NES was my first console. Ps6 is the first console I’m not excited for in the slightest. I remember the excitement for n64 and then the ps2 and the Xbox 360 so vividly. (how could you fumble that momentum from 360 so bad Microsoft?) Since the ps360 era each gen has come and gone with less enthusiasm. Ps6 will be the first I take a wait and see approach. I’ll probably wait till the 6 pro comes out. If I upgrade at all
@MrPeanutbutterz That's exactly it. I played games a lot more then because you could beat a game in a weekend to a week. The investment to play games now is crazy. For fighting games you could pick and master more characters in the game. Focused and well curated. How many junk characters are in these behemoth rosters?
Omg…. This game stilll????? The hype has totally killed any interest I have in the 6th game in a series. Make a new ip that’s is a success rockstar. Flush.
@nessisonett I work at a place that did something similar. They couldn’t fire the person who joined a union on their own, so they eliminated the entire position across the company to mask getting rid of 1 person. 28 people lost their jobs. They called it “restructuring “. We were already short handed too so it only made the job worse for the rest of us.
@Oram77 I agree. I feel like after seeing avowed and outer worlds I just don’t know if they have another game of new Vegas quality in them. That’s not to say those games are bad at all. They’re just not new Vegas level. I’d be shocked if we ever see another fallout game on that level again
@Odium it’s funny I was really excited for gears on PlayStation. But it released… I didn’t get it.. and I’m still working through other games. I played the hell out of them on 360. So I’d rather play games I haven’t played. Same for halo.
@somnambulance they’re different. Obviously. But I probably enjoyed Clair obscure more than remake. I haven’t played rebirth yet. However…. FF7 og forever
@ShadowRJ oh man I totally forgot about red fall. I mean we all did…. But talk about a forgettable game. At least concord failed on such an epic scale we won’t soon forget it. Redfall didn’t even have the courtesy of being an epic failure.
Well yeah. It’s ea…would anyone expect this company to anything that isn’t awful? People keep supporting them so they’re not changing course any time soon if at all.
@Northern_munkey I’m a minimalist though. I prefer bare bones as opposed to the garbage we’re getting today. I don’t think anything they’ve added makes up for the value in the free psn. Personal opinion. I didn’t have issues with match making then really. Yea, it was slower. But again, I grew up with loading screens being normal so it doesn’t bother me much.
I liked all of halo 1. Masterpiece. So many of us bought a system just for that game. However…. A lot of game’s aspects age differently because of the times. Somethings are best left in the past. Remaking everything tarnishes our memories of the time. But hey. I’m old. What do I know.
@ED_209 if it’s true and they remove paywall to play online…. Just imagine all the other scummy things they’ll do to make up for that. Ads every 30min of gaming perhaps???? Hope not. But the way things are going it wouldn’t surprise me
Charging so they can provide more “service” in the future. Heard that before. I still prefer the free ps3 era psn. They haven’t added anything that I’d say is worth the state of it now imo obviously.
Finished Clair obscur the other day with as thorough of a play through in a single go through as I could do. Just wow. What a game. At 50$ price point no less. It may hope other devs take notice. They won’t… but one can hope.
I’m torn between starting death stranding or Batman Arkham asylum now.
@Medic_alert that’s as accurate as a statement as it can be. I work in a company that’s setting unrealistic number expectations and to achieve those numbers it comes at a great cost I know wasn’t considered when they set those numbers. Now they’re in a constant state of thinking addition through subtraction. But it just doesn’t work that way if you drive away business through scummy practices to achieve a number.
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Re: Romeo Is a Dead Man Will Be One of PS5's Craziest Action Games When It Launches in February
This looks right up my alley
Re: Cryptic Game Awards Statue Teaser Reportedly Not Related to Diablo 4, Elder Scrolls 6
I hope it’s a great new IP. No sequel or remake please and thank you!
Re: Red Dead Redemption PS5 Another Subpar Re-Release from Rockstar
@Paramahansa that would cut into the bosses bonuses.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 609
Been working one death stranding directors cut. But I ordered a new tv a few days ago, probably going to break on games until it comes in
Re: PS5 Roguelike Let It Die: Inferno Uses a Crapload of Generative AI
@KillerIsD34D I hear you. I try as much as I can to not support scummy practices. Though it’s damn near impossible.
Re: Talking Point: Does PS5 Have a Sequel Problem?
@Dodoo Yup. Open world as the standard has gotten very cookie cutter and uniform.
Re: Talking Point: Does PS5 Have a Sequel Problem?
Gow:R is far and away the worst of the entire series. It’s a good game mind you. Just the bottom of the barrel.
Re: Poll: Five Years of PS5 - How Would You Rate Sony's Console?
NES was my first console. Ps6 is the first console I’m not excited for in the slightest. I remember the excitement for n64 and then the ps2 and the Xbox 360 so vividly. (how could you fumble that momentum from 360 so bad Microsoft?) Since the ps360 era each gen has come and gone with less enthusiasm. Ps6 will be the first I take a wait and see approach. I’ll probably wait till the 6 pro comes out. If I upgrade at all
Re: Tekken Boss 'Interested' in Capcom's Street Fighter Paywall, Says Fighting Games Miss Out on Tournament Money
@MrPeanutbutterz That's exactly it. I played games a lot more then because you could beat a game in a weekend to a week. The investment to play games now is crazy. For fighting games you could pick and master more characters in the game. Focused and well curated. How many junk characters are in these behemoth rosters?
Re: 'I'm So Happy': Japanese Players Rejoice Over Finally Buying Cut-Price PS5
@Oram77 it does not
Re: Don't Expect Intergalactic PS5 to Launch Until at Least 2027
@TheKramer89 pretty much sums up the whole gen so far with kicking out bangers. They’re coming just drip fed
Re: 'Terrible' Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European Sales Are a Devastating 63% Below Battlefield 6
I haven’t played a cod game since og modern warfare 2. If it was gone tomorrow, I wouldn’t notice
Re: Ubisoft Is All In on Generative AI, Says It's as Big a Leap in Tech as the 'Shift to 3D'
I don’t buy Ubi anyway. They’ve long since joined ea and blizzard/Activision on my ***** list
Re: 'We'd Love to Do It': Sounds Like NCSOFT Wants Horizon Steel Frontiers on PS5 as Much as You
Yall don’t have phones?
Re: The Next Horizon Game Is an MMO for Mobile and PC, Prompting Fury from PS5 Fans
@nessisonett nailed it
Re: Classic SEGA Characters NiGHTS, AiAi to Join Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on PS5, PS4
Dang. NiGHTS was such a hidden gem. I mean, it was only really hidden bc no one had a Saturn. But great game for the time nonetheless
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for November 2025?
About as bad as it gets. So we don’t really have to worry about the next one being this bad. No where to go but up
Re: PS5 'In the Middle' of Its Lifecycle, Claims Sony
Sounds about right considering they supported ps4 for another 3-4 years after ps5 launch.
Re: Poll: Is Fallout 4 Underrated, 10 Years Later?
@MrRhysReviews Bethesda has been on a decline since FO3. Every game is even less compelling than the last. The best one, NV not even made by Bethesda.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 606
Finally started Death stranding directors cut. I hope to have time to continue it
Re: GTA 6 Delayed Again, Pushed Back to November 2026
@BLKxHER0 it’s the best one.
Re: GTA 6 Delayed Again, Pushed Back to November 2026
Omg…. This game stilll????? The hype has totally killed any interest I have in the 6th game in a series. Make a new ip that’s is a success rockstar. Flush.
Re: Physint, OD Teams Are Staffing Up for Development of Anticipated Games
Finally got around to starting death stranding. Only a few hours in, I’m really enjoying it so far.
Re: Physint, OD Teams Are Staffing Up for Development of Anticipated Games
@Czar_Khastik both goty contenders. Excellent work
Re: Protests at GTA Developer After Sacked Staff Deny Leaking Confidential Info
@nessisonett I work at a place that did something similar. They couldn’t fire the person who joined a union on their own, so they eliminated the entire position across the company to mask getting rid of 1 person. 28 people lost their jobs. They called it “restructuring “. We were already short handed too so it only made the job worse for the rest of us.
Re: Pay $150 for a Ghost of Yotei Jacket in Sony's 'Rewards' Scheme Update
Great game. But I’d laugh at anyone wearing one of those in public. It’s like seeing someone wearing a wrestling t shirt out in the wild.
Re: Poll: Is PS Portal the Biggest Surprise Hit of the PS5 Generation?
@dskatter for me it’s great. When my wife and daughter are on the tv I can put on headphones and play on the portal.
Re: Fallout: New Vegas Dev Knows 'Everyone on the Internet' Is Desperate for a Sequel
@Oram77 I agree. I feel like after seeing avowed and outer worlds I just don’t know if they have another game of new Vegas quality in them. That’s not to say those games are bad at all. They’re just not new Vegas level. I’d be shocked if we ever see another fallout game on that level again
Re: Remakes Eclipse Remasters for PS5 Gamers, Generate Double the Money
I prefer new games and new ips. Buying entries into series over 3 games deep 80-90% of the time end up diminishing returns.
Re: If You Grew Up with MySpace and AIM, You Need to Check Out VIDEOVERSE on PS5, PS4
ICQ and Compuserv chatrooms. Internet on floppy disks for 10hours at a time. Let’s goooo. The good old days.
Re: Clair Obscur, Ghost of Yotei, and More Battle for Golden Joystick's Ultimate Game of the Year Award
Clair Obscur all the way baby. New ip, fantastic game, not price gouged to hell. This game deserves to be an example to the rest of the industry.
Re: Rumour: Halo 2, Halo 3 Remakes Also Purportedly Planned for PS5
@Odium it’s funny I was really excited for gears on PlayStation. But it released… I didn’t get it.. and I’m still working through other games. I played the hell out of them on 360. So I’d rather play games I haven’t played. Same for halo.
Re: Talking Point: If Xbox Drops the Cost, Would You Be Happy Still Paying for PS6 Multiplayer?
Don’t pay for ps plus now anyway so it doesn’t make a difference. Compelling single player games will draw me in.
Re: Final Fantasy 7, Expedition 33 Prove There's Only Love Between RPG Rivals
@somnambulance if it makes you feel any better I’m almost always one of the voters of abysmal on polls for the same reason.
Re: Final Fantasy 7, Expedition 33 Prove There's Only Love Between RPG Rivals
@Czar_Khastik the box breaking side quest near Aeriths house was S tier side content as well.
Re: Final Fantasy 7, Expedition 33 Prove There's Only Love Between RPG Rivals
@somnambulance they’re different. Obviously. But I probably enjoyed Clair obscure more than remake. I haven’t played rebirth yet. However…. FF7 og forever
Re: PS5 Extraction Shooter Arc Raiders Is Looking Like a Hit as Servers Immediately Struggle
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Re: Sony Bend's PS5 Game Cancellation Could Be Seen Coming, Says Ex Dev
@ShadowRJ oh man I totally forgot about red fall. I mean we all did…. But talk about a forgettable game. At least concord failed on such an epic scale we won’t soon forget it. Redfall didn’t even have the courtesy of being an epic failure.
Re: EA's Game Development Is Very Quickly Becoming an AI-Driven Hellscape, Report Claims
Well yeah. It’s ea…would anyone expect this company to anything that isn’t awful? People keep supporting them so they’re not changing course any time soon if at all.
Re: PS6 Could Be the Only Next-Gen Console Charging for Online Multiplayer
@Northern_munkey I’m a minimalist though. I prefer bare bones as opposed to the garbage we’re getting today. I don’t think anything they’ve added makes up for the value in the free psn. Personal opinion. I didn’t have issues with match making then really. Yea, it was slower. But again, I grew up with loading screens being normal so it doesn’t bother me much.
Re: Halo's Worst Level Will Be Much Improved on PS5
I liked all of halo 1. Masterpiece. So many of us bought a system just for that game. However…. A lot of game’s aspects age differently because of the times. Somethings are best left in the past. Remaking everything tarnishes our memories of the time. But hey. I’m old. What do I know.
Re: PS6 Could Be the Only Next-Gen Console Charging for Online Multiplayer
@Northern_munkey I played uncharted an awful lot. I had no issues. Actually less the. We do these days. Same for halo 3 match making. Ez pz.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5?
Bring me a new shadow complex and we’ll talk.
Re: PS6 Could Be the Only Next-Gen Console Charging for Online Multiplayer
@ED_209 if it’s true and they remove paywall to play online…. Just imagine all the other scummy things they’ll do to make up for that. Ads every 30min of gaming perhaps???? Hope not. But the way things are going it wouldn’t surprise me
Re: PS6 Could Be the Only Next-Gen Console Charging for Online Multiplayer
@Moonvalley2006 I’m a PSX forever guy personally. But ps3/360 is a close second.
Re: PS6 Could Be the Only Next-Gen Console Charging for Online Multiplayer
PS3 era psn was the best. Fight me.
Re: Capcom Refuses to Back Down on Crazy Street Fighter 6 Pay-Per-View Plan
Charging so they can provide more “service” in the future. Heard that before. I still prefer the free ps3 era psn. They haven’t added anything that I’d say is worth the state of it now imo obviously.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 604
Finished Clair obscur the other day with as thorough of a play through in a single go through as I could do. Just wow. What a game. At 50$ price point no less. It may hope other devs take notice. They won’t… but one can hope.
I’m torn between starting death stranding or Batman Arkham asylum now.
Re: New EA Partnership Will 'Reimagine How Games Are Made' with AI
I will never buy an ea game. Makes me sad bc I want to play dead space remake
Re: This Is Why Xbox Is Bringing All of Its Games to PS5 Now
@Medic_alert that’s as accurate as a statement as it can be. I work in a company that’s setting unrealistic number expectations and to achieve those numbers it comes at a great cost I know wasn’t considered when they set those numbers. Now they’re in a constant state of thinking addition through subtraction. But it just doesn’t work that way if you drive away business through scummy practices to achieve a number.