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@djlard I don’t remember that, what are you referring to?

My favourite game of all time, I’ve played it through countless times and never tire of it. The combat is just so satisfying and the mood and look of it is perfect. I would happily do some very immoral things for a sequel.

@ShogunRok there’s definitely a market for it, and it’s more a personal taste thing. I just find that Ubisoft games put me off due to the overly busy map and the onslaught of ads for mtx and dlc as soon as you boot the game up. If anything I’ve been playing more stuff like Balatro and Returnal lately, just because I can start the game and be doing something fun within 20 seconds.

Liked AC2, tried Valhalla but didn’t like it. Not bothering with this one.

Could we create AI versions of various executives and publishers we could hurl abuse at? That might be nice. Reducing the likes of Andrew Wilson to a quivering, weeping, shell would be a lot more fun than playing FIFA or CoD.

If they’ve made 4 play the same way as 3 then they’ve missed the point. It was meant to be a sort of “hang out and skate with your friends at your own pace” sort of deal, so I don’t understand this at all. I’ll still buy it of course, but I’m not sure how they’re going to make it work.

@Cambrius 20p and a tissue, and they still overpaid.

***deep breath*** HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Good god how badly must this garbage have failed in order for this to happen. It’s like putting heads on stakes to deter others. Get proper writers in and patronise your audience at your own peril.

Turtles is pretty great tho, not bothered about sonic.

PAC man just isn’t for me, I’m glad it exists and it seems well made but not my thing at all. Jedi Survivor I bought in the last sale and haven’t played yet (my stepson is really into it though!) and as for Topspin? Two words and the second one is “off”. I do not play those sorts of games. So not a great month personally but I can see why some are happy about it.

Really tho, tennis? Who cares?

@ChrisDeku as someone who’s championed them I’ll happily tell you; this game looks absolute dog eggs and I won’t be buying it.

Much as I love the soulsborne games, I am 100% out on this. If it works for you, fine, but I’m not wasting my time on a MP game when I could be enjoying a replay far more.

Unless this is F2P I can’t see it doing very well, the audience certainly doesn’t seem the type to stick around for this kind of thing. Oh and Concord, lol. As mentioned above.

@Korgon they could still sell the sp at 70 dollars and the mp at say, 50. That’s a lot of money seeing as a lot of people would buy both.

I’m up for that. I’ve no interest in the online element of it at all. From what I saw of GTA online after playing a few sessions over a few years, it was an absolute cesspit anyway so I’d rather not pay for it.

BRING. IT. ON.

Eternal is one of my favourite games of all time, and 2016 was incredible. Even Doom VFR was a riot! I’ve been playing Doom since 1996 and it NEVER gets old.

BioWare are a completely different company to the one that made ME1 to 3. They’re a shell of what they were. FIFA or whatever it’s called I don’t care about, it can do one. It’s a shame BioWare suck now but hey ho, at least we’ve got some decent devs who are working on some likely amazing games.

@RoomWithaMoose sadly though, if you criticise a game with a female or POC or both protagonist a lot of the time, people just think that’s the issue you have. It prevents valid criticism, and both sides really don’t help.

@Hyena_socks no need to apologise mate, I shouldn’t have been as vague as I was.

@Hyena_socks funnily enough what I was referring to wasn’t a female protagonist, or her race. I’m all for diversity. BG3, TLOU2, Horizon (great game even if I wasn’t too fussed on the gameplay, I’m more into soulslikes), Uncharted Lost Legacy, Alien Isolation…. I mean I could go on. Many of my favourite game series and games have a great deal of diversity in them, and I love them because they’re well done and well written.

I watched a couple of trailers for this game and it came off as mean spirited and lazy. The writing for the main character seemed smug and arrogant, and when you do that (Hi Forspoken!) in a way that alienates a lot of potential players, it’ll mean you fail.

What I meant was that writers and developers need to up their game with writing and design, instead of just aping what they think will work and then screaming misogyny when nobody buys it.

@get2sammyb Robocop Rogue City, Terminator Resistance, Hi Fi Rush, etc. all A to A- tier and sold well. If you make a solid product people will buy it.

I’m loving this. Let’s just hope Sony get the message and start making decent A tier single player experiences alongside blockbusters, and focus on one or two MP offerings that are actually good.

Nintendo is Nintendo, it’s got its audience and it does what it does very well. It’s not a threat to PlayStation, it’s an accompaniment.

I wouldn’t have bothered as it’s another GaaS, but I’d love something like War for Cybertron again.

“We strongly condemn all forms of abuse, we just refuse to do anything about it”

@ChrisDeku I’m old and spent about a year thinking she was a medication before the first Spider-Man film she was in got released 😂

I don’t get it? It’s a story about Katniss Everdeen fighting post apocalyptic robot dinosaurs and unravelling a mystery. What about that screams “bad idea for a film”?

I’m not even a fan of Horizon, it’s ok but not really my thing. I just don’t understand the hate.

YES!!!! Been wanting to play the Stanley parable for ages! Not bothered about the other two but this makes me happy.

@Shepherd_Tallon I get what you mean, but my thinking is as follows:

I love coffee.
I occasionally enjoy a cup of tea.
I can make coffee whenever I like.
I can only make tea when there are other people making tea, and if I pay a subscription to the company which makes the kettle.
If I make a cup of tea, the kettle company tries to tell me that the tea looks a bit naff, and that I could have a nicer cup of tea if I pay another two quid.
The kettle company have had problems with their leads, so I can’t make tea for the next two days.

Sod it, I’m making coffee.

“ Going forward, we will continue to focus on developing live service titles along with the story-driven single-player titles that our players want.”

All you need is an “actually” after the word “our” in there and it’s perfect. Players want maybe two live services at the same time. We mostly don’t have time to play, say, seven of them concurrently without being left behind. It’s a terrible business model and it is not going to pay off.

Make fewer LS games which are actually worth the money, and funnel the cash into making blockbusters which people want. It’s not hard to grasp!

@LogicStrikesAgain it’s from this sketch; https://youtu.be/pfjVJEhqM7Q?si=1D5mKBu7t0gtGkY_

@LogicStrikesAgain I HATE bald boys. Every time I see one I feel like I’m back in the pants.

@nomither6 I miss the days where single player games would ship with a multiplayer mode. (Say, bioshock 2, that was a good one!) Some of them were really good fun. As far as live services, if they’re playable in single player then it’s not all bad. Destiny had a fun campaign and you could play alone without relying on other people, which was great.

Thing is, when you have something you pay for which is dependent on others it feels like you just don’t have any control over it, that’s not consumer friendly. Live service has its place, but if it’s done in the right way.

Oh joy another live service game. The acting on the trailer was painful too. They really need to stop getting actors to pretend to have fun playing these games. So fake.

I’ll stick with Behold The Kickmen! Which is the only good soccer game, ever.

It would be interesting to see which one out of global citizen, best mobile game, best esports thing, and games for impact people care the least about. It’s a pretty close thing personally.

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare I just woke up 😂

Very mixed. I’m loving the ship design and enemies, but the whole guardians of the galaxy retrofuture thing is way overdone and the main character comes off as a bit arrogant. Still, it’s ND so I have faith it’ll be good.

I finally got around to Phantom Liberty a few weeks ago aince playing through the base game about six months after release. It’s staggering. The effort theyve put into fixing it has gone beyond what would be expected and it’s now excellent.

My Spotify wrapped contained zero surprises (ween and pallbearer, occasional King Crimson and The Smile) so maybe this might change things up!

All well and good but how about a price cut on the existing dualsense? I have two which have developed stick drift, one making anything using the right stick unplayable now.

It definitely needs to end with a scrawled note on the screen that says “Concord died on the way back to its home planet”. It’s been the most entertaining game of 2024 and I’ve never even played it.

@Rob3008 having lived in Dublin for a while I can confirm that the Irish are indeed a lovely bunch of lads.

Guys a scumbag and should be consigned to obscurity. If they keep the mission and change the character to someone generic (like Mike Tyson being removed from Punch Out) then this is the right thing to do. If they get rid of the missions entirely it’s a shame but understandable.

@thechetearly those fifteen mins are surely close to being up now, right?

If the Mega Man episode isn’t soundtracked by Protomen then they’ve missed a trick there.

Is the PS5 Pro out? Would have thought this site would mention it somewhere….

@Northern_munkey heard it’s mandatory. It means well but it’s so heavy handed that it comes off as patronising.

I watched the “pulling a barve” clip and decided that I don’t really need this game. Loved BG3, love TLOU2, I’m in favour of diversity in games.

I’m just not in favour of bad writing and a grind. Don’t feel the need to review bomb it, I’ll just buy something else.

Playing an AC game for the modern day parts is like going to an orgy for the buffet.

At least they didn’t try to push the Death Note thing as a full priced release.

An anime among us depending on other players and an online connection? Donald Duck right off. Cancel it now.