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Re: UK Sales Charts: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Holds Back RoboCop, But FC 24 Sneaks By

KeldorTheCursed

I'm really happy for the RoboCop developers. Reviews were up and down, but the player scores have been pretty consistently high and word of mouth has been really great.

It's my personal GOTY because I'm a huge Robo fan and I've had more fun playing Rogue City than anything else this year.

I'm about halfway through my second play through and hoping for a NG+ soon (robo fingers crossed).

Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Marvel's Spider-Man 2?

KeldorTheCursed

8 because all of the Venom stuff was a huge whiff for me as a massive Venom/Eddie Brock fan. Just too out of character and odd. Plus giving not one but two Eddie Brock roles to other characters stung a bit as a fan of the character.

That said, the Kraven stuff was great and Harry was great other than the symbiote stuff. The gameplay elements were improved enough as well. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Story was better in the first game, everything else was better here.

Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Is a PS5 Masterpiece, According to Super Smash Bros Maker

KeldorTheCursed

A brief follow up on Spider-Man 2 (if anyone cares). I liked the ending. It hit the emotional notes I was looking for in a Spider-Man game… but I still really didn’t like what they did with Venom. It was a huge whiff for me in an otherwise excellent story. I liked some elements they brought in from recent depictions of the character, but they didn’t pay off other than for visuals and he really was just Venom in name only to me, so that was pretty disappointing.

But that’s just one negative mark on an otherwise excellent experience and I’m really just more annoyed by it because I’m as big of a Venom fan as I am. I’m sure other people’s mileage will vary greatly. I’ve already seen other people saying it’s the best depiction of the character ever, so what do I know?

Anyway, it’s still a great game and if you love Spider-Man, you should play it.

Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Is a PS5 Masterpiece, According to Super Smash Bros Maker

KeldorTheCursed

I have one mission left (maybe 2?) in SM2 and my impression (so far) is that I preferred the story in the first game, despite being a huge Venom fan. This just isn't "my" Venom at all, but I suppose that was the intention. That and some other things have really solidified the "alternate universe" aspect of the series and it feels like less of a "true" Spider-Man game because of it. But that's just me and is of course entirely subjective. That being said, the gameplay is pretty much perfect and the side quests are a lot better and more fleshed out. I still really love the game but I think the first story hit me harder. Maybe that will change as I wrap this one up.

Re: Skipping RoboCop: Rogue City on PS5? You're Going to Need a New Plan

KeldorTheCursed

Since RoboCop is my favorite film and it's been 30 years since a good RoboCop game (1993's RoboCop vs The Terminator), I'm VERY excited for this one. Even more so than Spider-Man 2, which I'm also pretty hyped for. Instant pre-order for me. I'll buy that for a (lot more than) a dollar!

@atthegates I don't know about how it'll be on my PS5, but John from DF LOVED the PC demo. He raved about it on the Sunday's weekly video. Hopefully the full game is optimized well across all platforms.

Re: RoboCop: Rogue City Is Much More of an RPG Than You Might Think

KeldorTheCursed

I’m really looking forward to Spider-Man 2, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t more excited for RoboCop. I still occasionally play RoboCop vs the Terminator on my Sega Genesis because I’m a HUGE RoboCop fan (it’s my favorite movie) and there hasn’t been a truly good Robo game in decades. I’m super hyped for this as it’s right up my (dystopian Detroit) alley.

Re: Poll: Are You Playing Assassin's Creed Mirage?

KeldorTheCursed

I’ve played most of the series (I skipped a few after 3) and enjoyed Origins and Odyssey (especially the later). That being said, while Valhalla was so big I got bored with it and never finished it, this return to the older style of games doesn’t interest me, either. Feels like a ā€œbeen there, done thatā€ to me. I also found Basim (and all of the Valhalla characters, really) deeply uninteresting, so I’m not excited to play as him. I hope those playing really enjoy it and have a good time with it, but I’ll be skipping this one.

Re: AEW: Fight Forever (PS5) - A Superkick Party Pooper Fit for Elite Fans Only

KeldorTheCursed

I’ve been enjoying it for what it is (a half baked, but fun game), but it’s way overpriced. I hope they add a lot of wrestlers over time or it will wear out its welcome rather quickly for most people. New wrestlers added now and again should keep it entertaining for die hard Aew fans and/or people who enjoy the arcadey gameplay.

I will say that I remapped the controls somewhat as they weren’t intuitive for me at all.

Re: Claims of Co-Op in Spider-Man 2 Shot Down by Insomniac

KeldorTheCursed

@Soulless666 I’m not lonely, but I am misanthropic and old, šŸ˜†

I quite enjoy playing with friends live, but online just isn’t fun for me, especially with random strangers. That being said, I wouldn’t have been bothered if the game had multiplayer, so long as I wasn’t forced to play it to enjoy the game.

I’ve been playing a lot of ā€œAfter the Fallā€ lately, and I’m enjoying it, but I’m just playing with AI. Just give me the option to play solo and I’m cool, and let people who love multiplayer enjoy that, too.

Re: Impressive and Beautiful Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Made with 'No Compromises' for PS5

KeldorTheCursed

Spider-Man was one of the few games where I didn't mind the repetitive open world stuff because I've been a fan of the character since I was a kid. I used to fire that game up simply to swing around as a form of relaxation. Your mileage may vary, I suppose.

I don't see the game map changing much as Spidey is a New York based hero and always has been. I do hope we get more indoor environments though. I like that idea a lot.

Re: Preview: Street Fighter 6 PS5, PS4 Chucks the Kitchen Sink At Fans Who Complained About the Previous Game

KeldorTheCursed

I hadn't really played a SF game since 2 or maybe 3. I fired up SF5 some years back when it was free to play, played it for a couple of hours and then deleted it. I think maybe SF just doesn't do it for me anymore like it did when I was a kid. Capcom games in general just seem overly... maybe "hyper" is the word I'm looking for? šŸ˜† That said, I'll likely give the demo a try, at least.

Re: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PS5) - Fantastic Sequel Is Bigger and Better in Every Way

KeldorTheCursed

I enjoyed the first game for what it was (I wasn’t as blown away by it as many others seemed to be), but thought the combat was pretty lackluster. It sounds like they didn’t do a whole lot to improve that aspect of it, so I’m not really chomping at the bit to play this one. That being said, my backlog is so full, I won’t be playing it anytime soon, anyway. I’ll pick it up during a future sale, for sure, though,

Re: Poll: Are You Playing God of War Ragnarok's New Game Plus?

KeldorTheCursed

I never finished it as I got kind of bored around what I assume is maybe the mid way point (Asgard). I'm sure I'll finish it eventually. I did the same thing with the previous game. Great games, but I get bored part way through and put them away for months until I eventually get the itch to play again.

Re: Soapbox: PSVR2 Already Feels Like It's on Course for Failure

KeldorTheCursed

This strikes me as a ā€œthe sky is falling!ā€ kind of article. I don’t get it.

Personally, I think it’s about managing expectations. The PS5 has only just now become readily available for a lot of folks. It’s a lot harder for them to pull the trigger on a PSVR2 than it is someone like me, who’s had the system since launch.

I think anyone who was expecting this to be some kind of crazy huge launch were deluded in thinking so.

Personally, I’ve played nothing but PSVR2 since it launched. It’s a blast. I have like a dozen games to play that I like and a lot of them weren’t even on this site’s ā€œbest ofā€ list, so I have plenty to keep me busy.

I can’t think of a single positive thing that this article accomplishes. If you want this peripheral to succeed, helping convince folks on the fence about it that it’s some kind of disaster certainly isn’t to going to help.

Re: Best PSVR2 Games

KeldorTheCursed

I keep seeing people online (not just on Push Square) saying that Call of the Mountain's story is hard to follow and I simply don't get it. As a fan of the first two Horizon games and their lore, it's very easy for me to follow. In fact, it's quite a simple story in general. I will admit that the story almost requires knowledge of those games, but if you're familiar with the series, it's not rocket science. It's also one of my favorite of the 10 or so PSVR2 games I've played so far. Your mileage may vary.

Re: WWE 2K23 (PS5) - 2K Sports' Wrestling Series Continues Its Steady Rise

KeldorTheCursed

I've been playing these since the original Smackdown! on PS1, but this is the first year that I'll wait for a good sale. Last year's game was good but I didn't play it all that much. Frankly, I'm just not that familiar with most of the modern wrestlers and waiting for a sale will give the community more time to make me some nice legends to download šŸ˜Ž