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Im just going to come out and say it at this point it's Thursday a full week after release and they're still zero mainstream site console reviews other than one or two obscure ones.
what is going on this is incredibly suspect....
Stinks of corporate influencing a delay even beyond the obvious subversion they pulled by not releasing early console review codes.

It's Borderlands, a week later this game should be finished and reviewed.
Just be honest and keep some level of credibility and release your review we already know that the game runs like ass on consoles so no matter what you say on that front we know that truth....

I'm just going to come out and say it at this point it's Thursday a full week after release and they're still zero mainstream site console reviews other than one or two obscure ones.
what is going on this is incredibly suspect....
Stinks of corporate influencing a delay even beyond the obvious subversion they pulled by not releasing early console review codes.

It's Borderlands, a week later this game should be finished and reviewed.

The baffling part is that some of the really new and should have been in the base game side elements of this expansion don't apply to the base game. A huge miss that would have greatly improved the exploration, side activities, dual protaganist mechanics and overall greatly increased the value of the entire pkg.

This was a completely different studio that did this content(the mirage team), let them handle the rest of ac lol, because there are some pretty good side content ideas they tried in this expansion. Big missed opportunity here to get return playthroughs and new buyers into shadows with those potential improvements.

This game has no pro support at all. I guarantee you the same is occurring on base ps5.

Sad for those that bought it on release. The writing was on the wall with this. Hopefully people will stop pretending it runs great on console now that the truth will start coming out from reputable testers.

This game doesn't run well on the highest end pc hardware available. This isn't Un unreal engine 5 issue, nor a hardware issue. It's a greed issue where development was cut short so that gearbox and 2k could meet financial quarter sales targets.

After pitchfords comments since release, I'm not even going to buy this one on sale. Decent game or not, there's no way I want to increase the wealth of an ***** like that.

In this AC game specifically I think the Modern Day stuff was done terribly and it was pretty bad. I'd be pissed if they took out Desmond stuff from the first two but in the case of walking around what is essentially just a Ubisoft office in the mid-2000s was pretty lame.

So normally I would be upset if they cut something like that, as i think the best part of AC that is now missing was the actual isu storyline. Which is all but gone now. However in the case of black Flag I played the hell out of it and I'm going to be honest: it's not really even an Assassin's Creed game. it has so little lore and assassin specific anything. it's just essentially a pirate game where a pirate picked up an assassin suit so he gets to do some stealth kills and magically can all of a sudden parkour like a ninja.....
Lmfao.

It baffles me that so many people put Black Flag at the top of their aC list. It's the least Assassin's Creed game out of all of them but a fun Pirate game at the time.

He's not wrong. All of these publishers and devs know how important threading the needle in terms of release dates is in a crowded time.

For silksong to be essentially shadow dropped in terms of release date announcement was a dick move, just as the actual shadow drop of the oblivion remaster was.

I am playing Hell is Us over the overhyped metroidvania and loving it.

@Tarvold49 there isn't an fov slider because the game is so poorly optomized that allowing that adjustment would make it even worse performant on consoles.

Pretty clear holding back review code and decisions like this were intentionally made to try and mask the fact that this game was releasing in the state it is.

There are a lot of people claiming it's fine on console, however the actual footage and early impressions from tech gurus are that it is very much so not.

It's the performance wasn't so trash I'd be tempted just for some mindless shooter fun.

I just can't support broken on release games from AAA developers anymore

This game looks like a bit of a retread.

How many times are we going to ecplore a mansion/elaborate building with old world architectural elements, complete with the curved staircase entryway. Hopefully the story carries it so it's worth a playthrough on sale at the very least.

Great month for me with two (Invincible and green hell), I didn't want to pay full retail for, and hesitated on sales yet nonetheless interested in a playthrough of both.

So glad they didn't go straight into tlou3. They have spent the entire generation helping Sony cash grabbing/milk the property alongside the remasterake studios. The ip is getting tired at this point. Oh my bad they bailed on factions as well.

Looking forward to something new in Intergalactic.

Alot of games are stunning visually but look blurry and downgraded on console. That being said you can still see that beauty through the down grades even on PS5, but I'll not ate pc is the best visually
Not going to even give credit to rereleases of ps4 games like TLOU/Tsushima:

Clair obscur (pc) , bg3(pc) , Alan Wake 2(pc) lies of p (pc), hell is us, horizon forbidden west, Ragnarok, Rift Apart, Demon Souls Remake, Avatar, Indy, Wuchang (pc), Wukong. (pc)

I really hope this game gets more exposure. It truly is a great game a rare Oddity in the current gaming landscape. It's too bad it shows to release right before yet another metroidvania that is over hyped but I still think it might get legs.

It's rare anymore that you have a game that's just straight up fun to explore Above All Else and this one did it for me. I genuinely hope it gets a sequel because there's just a few things that need a little expansion in this would be one of the Great action adventure series

@UltimateOtaku91 I don't necessarily disagree with you on your point but the problem is this entire generation tailor Made for consoles has often just meant using upscalers (terrible FSR), to compensate for significant downgrades due to underpowered hardware that usually result in a blurry mess in motion and often don't really run that great considering the downgrades.

Still a hard pass. Too saturated a genre that has worn out its welcome mechanically in terms of personal fun factor. I do wonder how many singing it's praises as a masterpiece, will actually finish it. This game could end up rivaling some of the top games reviewed ever in terms of Metacritic score which I think is insane that this could compare to something like Elden Ring, The Witcher 3, Clair Obscur: expedition 33, or Baldur's Gate 3. As it's nowhere near that tier personally. However different taste different folks I suppose.

Greast for those loving it despite it's shortcomings.

This is shaping up to be a really bad technically performing release. It's clear that the console code was held back strictly due to performance. Another example of this shady practice. This game is being shredded on steam due to performance.

Expect this to be insanely downgraded in console, likely relying on terrible amd uosamcaling from a low resolution to attempt to achieve playable fps targets.

Wait until they actually finish their game. Don't give them your money when they want it to inflate a significant benchmark in of the most important months in the corporate goon financial calendar.

It sounds like it's completely un-polished even on pc. Bugs are frequent/widespread, some almost game breaking. Along with actual text typos. Pretty insane for a AAA effort.

So yah one can deduce that console.
performance is terrible.
It's a bummer story, legendary drops, and characters are mediocre, as that's basically always been the case and the primary area needing improvement. The mundane side activities and very repetitive combat encounters absolutely needed to evolve and apparently have not.

Sounds like you'd be selling yourself short to Play this at launch. A wait for a steep sale or never is where I'm at now.

It's a great one and I will absolutely jump back in for a new game + play through when they are done patching it up. The only downside aside from performance which was shaky for sure is the last act.

The game just released unfinished and it shows in the last area for sure but even with that I was hooked to completion. Grest lore, atmosphere, gear, and build craft in a setting more dark and gritty than the hokey elder scrolls tone.

This one is a hidden gem completely not given a spotlight by games media.

It was a breath of fresh air compared to that overhyped oblivion remaster.

@Frmknst it's not like it was in the past though the resale value drops so drastically just a month after release that it's not worth it you might as well keep it to play it again or try it out if there's updates

This game in particular will get you like 15 to 20 bucks resell now, maybe 30 tops a month or two after launch

@themightyant that's a good point I forgot it's necessary to cloud stream. That does offer value. Regarding game lubrary: it's not that an expected slate of monthly games is missing. It's that what they have added is pretty mundane an offering as a whole.

Still haven't booted this up, but plan too. I have no doubt this is a great chill game.

Really bounced off 2. Was just to boring and repetitive gameplay-wise

Premium is a waste if your in it for old games at this point, however, if you cloud stream it still has some value

Good month for me though👍
I've been wanting to play Green hell and the Invincible. NICE

@DreadfulDragon @wildcat_kickz perhaps, however I suspect that if you polled a large subset of those that purchase cod and/or fif, made, and NBA whatever. You would come to find a great many of them only play shooters and sports or one or the other.
This is obviously an assumption o my part but I've personally met dozens and dozens of individuals that own the newest console and only play Call of Duty and or "insert whatever sports game you like. So it's really an assumption based on my lived experience.

I also think it's quite the stereotype to assume people that don't play those games are" nerds" as that's quite the similiar generalization as well.

Yes we all know that these games sell millions and millions of copies a year I was merely suggesting that it would be interesting to see what the top sellers were when you weed out those that engage in those annual obligatory purchase games.

Even that 10% though could probably bust out some smaller side projects like a Cooper sequel or something new would be awesome . I can't imagine all of them wanted to just be stuck in a current Sony IP sequel Factory forever making ghost games for the rest of their existence lol.

Or like poor insomniac stuck with Marvel

These studios are big enough now where it seems like they could work on multiple projects of varying size and add much needed diversity back to Sony's portfolio.

I would argue you need to take out all of the call of Duty games though because that's a totally different subset of folks that really only play those games. I personally wouldn't even classify those folks as true gamers in the broader sense of the medium. Obviously there's a few exceptions of folks that play Call of Duty and a ton of other games but I bet it's a very small group.

I think taking those out along with Guitar Hero, any sports games that would take their place and maybe even Minecraft would produce a much more interesting list.

@GrimWillows right after I posted this I thought about that and the fact that it is an exclusive as well. this is totally going to come to PS Plus at some point but I highly doubt they would do it with the Dlc.maybe though

Nice!
the base game's half off right now too for one more. Day. I might just finally bite on this so I get caught up. Definitely want to give this a go. 8-12 expansion is definitely a meaty offering!

Another delay incoming too maybe?

@PuppetMaster @Nexozi no that's not at all true. I platinumed the first one and I am just commenting on not seeing the improvements I hoped they would make in a sequel . It's just an observation and that's exactly what a comment section is for: your opinions on the given subject matter

Just because something isn't parroting the echo chamber you desire to live in, doesn't mean it's negativity. It's just opinions and I hate to break it to you but every every time someone has a different opinion than you you get all upset because it's negative this world is going to provide you with many rude Awakenings...
I hate to break it to you all, but just because you guys don't like seeing it doesn't mean I'm going to stop. So perhaps rather than attack maybe just move on past it or offer insightful rebuttals ?..

@LogicStrikesAgain i hear what you're saying but I don't see the point in comparing them as greater or lesser at all when they're both just capitalizing on global economic Trend to price gouge.

Just two versions of scum either way you split it.

@Enuo what ever do you mean? Am I not Pushsquare's biggest echo chamber ray of sunshine?

The truth is, it's only seen as what you have described because the opinions differ from your own. I think that says a great deal more that a need for insightful reflection is in order rather than some anonymity protected personal attack on another...

@LogicStrikesAgain your not wrong, however I will be saying that because it will be too expensive for what it costs to make and what it offers, Plain and simple.

Not sure why you bring console war jargon into it though. Nor why anyone would condone or make excuses for a practice designed to take advantage of them.

Art style is still nice for sure.

It all Just looks so similar to Tsushima (a Ps4 game). I really hope this isn't another iterative Sony sequel completely ignoring the areas for improvement from he first.

Because adding weapons if the same Ubisoft enemy camp clearing repetition exists and a ridiculous 'flower trails boost your horse speed,' gimmick to traverse through an empty landscape peppered with mostly cosmetics as an impetus for exploration just ain't it for me.

Sony and Co have really fallen into this very safe samey sequel output that is really amounting to noticeable diminishing returns in terms of gameplay and wow factor. Here's hoping Yotei marks a new trend for the better.

@Medic_alert 100% agree and planning to do the same.

Let's Be real here. Based on 5 years of trajectory, the ps6, detachable drive, weaker models, portable, whatever: it's all still going to be grossly overpriced in a time where real people are fighting the same price gouging in every aspect of life.

The cost of living is being artificially inflated to extremes that aren't even close to alignment with wage trends, production costs, or reality for that matter.

This console will just be another example of corporate psychopathy, and be insanely inferior in terms of performance capability compared to current mid spec pc builds. The truth is the cost to make these consoles is nowhere near what they are charging. It's all a lie and their profits and continued releasing of gimmick support and cosmetic altered hardware prove it.

I think if this console is any where near $700, many will just save for a pc build they can upgrade incrementaly and garner far more value and longevity not only in that modulaity, but also through a less monopolized software market that results in far cheaper games. Especially considering exclusivity this gen has really meant nothing in terms of Sony's suite of offerings, Or lack there of.

Across the games media landscape I keep reading variations of "this, this, this, and this are terrible,.... Buuuut it gets a bit better as you go... Sooooo,....... It's a masterpiece!"

This game is clearly not Masterpiece, but rose tinted goggles, and viral bandwagon herd mentality regarding this series will garner it reviews far higher than it deserves once again. It's almost as if everyone has some strange underlying fear to break from that herd and be honest.

The major criticisms with the game are not these patch improvements. You can't fix terrible world design, story and voice acting with the middling sales and reception this turd got.

About to start Hell is Us shortly 😀

@somnambulance also, how do you feel this silksong compares to hollow

@somnambulance awesome list. Did you try mondragora or blasphemous or dead cells at all. I know some have rogue elements but imo they are still extremely similiar in gameplay and world Design

I'm curious people that have played nine Sols and how they compare that to silksong. I got there's all this nostalgic Euphoria over Hollow Knight but a great many have come since that have done the same thing and better post hollow knight

I'm wondering if anyone after letting those Rose tinted goggles wear off a little bit, maybe can reflect and see if there's any ones that actually are better? I think nine sols and mandragora are the only ones i thought looked somewhat interesting that I didn't try.

It was an easy pass at full price once reviews shed light on the basic gameplay.

I wonder what their expectations were though🤔, and how much they put into this coat of paint re, rerelease.

I say this because the one week later marketing for this game being blasted all over Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, etc is pretty insane. From my experience, this is often, But not always a sign of desperation where the game is not getting the initial sales they assumed. Whether justified or not.

SE is notorious for this.

@StitchJones same

@LiamCroft gotcha. Thnx

@Damage99 is mandragora good? This one always intrigued me but I held off because it got somewhat panned via mainstream reviews.

@LiamCroft so is it completely separate area outside of the Vatican because I thought the Vatican was the weakest part of that game

Lol I love how the enemies are so kind as to stand around you and watch as each enters the fight to die one by one.