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@Skinny-Pete Fair enough...well, I would suggest a read of 'Empire of AI' to know the damage AI causes.

We could all stop using AI.

Although I love Marathon and think it's great I have to admit that paying 3.6 Billion for this studio is utterly insane considering Destiny 2 is no longer being supported. Sony must have known they were winding down development on that title as well.

It's a shame because I also gave this game a fair shot, I wanted to like it and it's an admirable effort but I just couldn't get into it.

Why not release it in September 2026? I think this is a good idea as that month is looking pretty clear of new releases.

If they shut down Double Fine that's going to be a storm like no other. I wonder why they can't go independent again as they were for decades before being acquired by MS.

@Northern_munkey Haha no worries, next time, I'll probably be on tomorrow evening.

Marathon Season 2 and Assassin's Creed Mirage.

I also agree that the game went on too long, there was a solid 5 hours where the Alien was not present, if I'm remembering rightly.

However the first half was genuinely terrifying and I've played a lot of horror games over the years.

This is the quality first person AAAA release we all want from this franchise. Take my money.

I think this looks great with some caveats.

I don't like the appearance of Male Jun, looks like an absolute Dweeb.

Also only appears to be two classes.

Will wait to see more but does look good.

Marathon Season 2 which has made a lot of great improvements to an already great game, and Assassin's Creed Mirage.

This is great news, I think we are seeing a linear single player experiences come back into fashion and I couldn't be happier. Too many games are too long or unnecessarily bloated.

@Northern_munkey Haven't joined season 2 yet but will tonight, looking forward to it.

Haters are gonna hate, I personally love this game and I'm primarily a single player gamer. Great shooting and looting. I would urge anyone slightly interested to give it a fair shot but there's also a great central mystery here that gradually gets unlocked. Once it's got it's hooks in your it's hard to let go.

I also thought this was a solid showing and a few games aside I'm primarily a single player gamer. Lots to look forward to this respect.

I thought the modern Tomb Raider Trilogy was fine but I couldn't help thinking I would rather play Uncharted.

Really enjoying Assassin's Creed Mirage at the moment. Enjoying the smaller map and the limited skill trees which is a refreshing throwback in an age of bloated RPG open worlds.

Who's actually the lead developer on this one? Cod isn't for me anymore but might play the campaign in 5 years when it's £5 or £10 or something.

I bought the PS4 base copy all the way back when it first came out. It's a solid game but I have no intention of revisiting it anyway.

@Northern_munkey 100% agree...I feel like the vicious internet hordes who want to see live service die or wished Bungie would have made Destiny 3 instead wanted to see this fail from the start to reinforce their own biases.

I haven't been on in a while because I was away but I'll back on this week mate.

@Haruki_NLI Yeah I know. Practically speaking how on earth are they making any kind of income.

This game was basically Hideo going full Hideo. I loved it.

Shame, we'll just have to play that other AAA D&D adventure again.

All great. For me it is:

1. Uncharted 4
2. Uncharted 2
3. Uncharted 1
4. The Living Daylights.

The Genji section was comic genius.

'We have tried to make the battles as historically accurate as possible... So here's this giant enemy crab.'

@Frmknst I totally I agree, this is not a new phenomenon.

This is great game, I've not had much time to play this week but intend to stay with it long term.

'Gigaflop' 😂, I'm using that from now on.

We still need to find out who Denis Villeneuve is going to pick as his Bond. Wonder if it will be this guy.

'Furious' describes the Assassin's Creed fan base generally.

'The player character will be able to make a smoke bomb, which will allow them to fool people into thinking they've "disappeared"'.

See, this is the kind of innovation the industry desperately needs.

The best Uncharted game in my opinion, just so great from start to finish, best story, best action, best set pieces. I replay it every few years with the Mrs and she loves it too.

Great game overall but was way too long, the fantastic tension in the first half dissipates significantly and then the game lasts another 6-7hrs. Hopefully lesson learned for this sequel.

Look forward to giving this a go when it's affordable! Returnal is great.

@old_gamer74 I felt the same but once you got to the last Biome I felt like you were over the difficulty curve and I did it the first time. Hopefully it's a bit more even all the way through this time.

I've completed the Mass Effect trilogy multiple times, read all The Expanse books and watched the TV show.

I'd say I'm the target audience here.

I'm sure it makes sense to someone but I have absolutely no idea what this headline means.

@DrVenture69 I also have Freelancer on disk, but maybe I'll give this HD project a go! Cheers!

I enjoyed Chorus actually, thought the combat was great, little bit underrated in my opinion. You could also try Everspace 2 but I found it to be a bit like Just Cause in space after a while, others seemed enjoyed it more than me however.

@DrVenture69 Freelancer, what a game, jealous you've got a set up to run it!

Bit of Marathon, got absolutely mangled in a few Cryo runs last night. Also bought Star Trek Resurgence, only played 30 mins or so but story is great and the characters are interesting so will definitely keep playing. About 2/3 though Spiderman 2 also, great game.

@Northern_munkey I'll be online on Marathon tonight!

Marathon, which is really great. And a bit of Spiderman 2, also great.

'Adverse weather conditions detected '.

Yeah no ****, I can see that. 😂

Marathon and Spiderman 2. Both great.

Marathon has got me, I can't break free lol.

@Sanquine Hey mate, i'd gladly join you! I don't get a lot of time to play, normally late evening but I'm sure we can work something out.

Add me on PSN (same name).

As I said on another thread I'm normally a single player gamer who purchased this last night and had an absolute blast. It's not perfect but a 9 for me so far. Haters gonna hate.

I'm not normally an online gamer but something about this title clicked for me during the server slam so I'll be playing later. I hope that unpacking the lore as part of your runs has a distinctly 'single player' feel.

I loved the server slam so I'll actually be playing this tomorrow.

@Czar_Khastik lol or an extraction shooter.