Playing on pro and couldnt agree more. Bizarre quests. Controls are terrible. Visually can look great but loads of issues (flickering/pop in etc). Combat is dreadful, like worse than ac Valhalla. Camera is weird in combat. Just a very bizarre experience so far.
One of the worst sequels I’ve ever played. I loved the first game, this trivialised everything. No journey felt arduous. No real challenge or a need to craft and one of the worst/stupidest stories of all time. Kojima can’t keep it together and has to go so over the top. Rubbish.
DS2 open world was dull. Many quests from the first game repeated. No reward in completing multiple deliveries. The struggle that made the first game great is almost absent. You can literally take on most missions without crafting a thing and still get it done.
Steep price? The base models have never been priced steeply. Especially when compared with the last gen tech of the switch 2. PlayStation has the best exclusives and the only next gen controllers and was priced competitively from day one. The ps5 pro (which I bought) is a whole other story.
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Re: Hands On: Crimson Desert Runs Well Enough on PS5 Pro, But What About That Intro?
@Cres_Waven1 hahahaha absolutely no chance. None of the Nintendo magic is present here.
Re: Hands On: Crimson Desert Runs Well Enough on PS5 Pro, But What About That Intro?
@Gurdi gamer journalists and gamers aren’t mutually exclusive.
Re: Hands On: Crimson Desert Runs Well Enough on PS5 Pro, But What About That Intro?
Playing on pro and couldnt agree more. Bizarre quests. Controls are terrible. Visually can look great but loads of issues (flickering/pop in etc). Combat is dreadful, like worse than ac Valhalla. Camera is weird in combat. Just a very bizarre experience so far.
Re: Crimson Desert Looks 'Rough' on Base PS5, Here's 25 Minutes of Direct Capture Footage
Performance mode on base is certainly a choice. There is awful screen tearing on pro
Re: A PS1-Era Cross Between Silent Hill and Truck Simulator Is Not Something We Knew We Wanted
I did not spend £700 on a console to play PS1 looking games.
Re: Round Up: Crimson Desert Reviews Are a Major Disappointment
@Titntin Agreed. Am soon to stop using this site completely. The turn on a dime attitude is disappointing
Re: Round Up: Crimson Desert Reviews Are a Major Disappointment
What a stupid article. Lies of P has 80. Stellar blade 81. Yet 77 is a major disappointment? Erm ok.
Re: As PSVR2 Fades into Obscurity, VR Specialist Reveals Its First Ever Non-VR PS5 Title
@Snowrunner Even at its peak Pushsquare barely covered vr2 games for review.
Re: Highguard Permanently Shuts Down on 12th March
About a week after push square wrote an article saying it was doing alright.
Re: Video: Silence as PSVR2 Turns Three Years Old - Is Sony's PS5 Headset Dead?
Don’t forget this very website failed to review many of the great games released for the headset. Even early on in its life.
Re: Video: Silence as PSVR2 Turns Three Years Old - Is Sony's PS5 Headset Dead?
This article brought to you by the same guys that said high guard was doing ok. Lol
Re: Here's How Beefy a PC You'll Need for Death Stranding 2
@DennisReynolds that’s because Nioh 3 has ps3 visuals
Re: Marvel's Wolverine PS5 Release Date Announced
100% down to Bluepoint heat
Re: Sorry Haters, But Marathon Is Looking Real Good Right Now
@ATaco it’s not out yet 👍
Re: Hands On: God of War: Sons of Sparta Shows Real Promise with Lovely Pixel Art and Punchy Combat
Looks rubbish.
Re: Jaw-Dropping Black Myth Sequel Effectively Confirmed for PS5
@Simu001 git. Gud.
Re: Nioh 3's Bosses Took a Lot of Inspiration from Lies of P, Says Director
Haha. If only it was as good. Also visually this is the worst looking open world game I’ve seen on ps5
Re: Highguard Player Count Is Actually Hanging in There as It Makes 5v5 Mode Permanent
@Boxmonkey Arc Raiders is great. As is Helldivers 2. That’s why they are still killing it.
Re: Highguard Player Count Is Actually Hanging in There as It Makes 5v5 Mode Permanent
@Boxmonkey exactly.
Re: Highguard Player Count Is Actually Hanging in There as It Makes 5v5 Mode Permanent
No it isn’t. It’s literally gotten as low as 3000 players today.
Re: PS5 Climbing Game Cairn Is the First Success Story of 2026
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Re: PS5 Climbing Game Cairn Is the First Success Story of 2026
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Re: Hellblade Dev Plotting a More Gameplay Focused Successor, Presumably for PS5
This studio just isn’t very good
Re: PlayStation Studios: All Sony First-Party Developers and What They're Working On
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Re: Game of the Year: #2 - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
@DennisReynolds Same for all
The other items. Literally no need to craft a single thing and you can still get it done. No challenge.
Re: Game of the Year: #2 - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
One of the worst sequels I’ve ever played. I loved the first game, this trivialised everything. No journey felt arduous. No real challenge or a need to craft and one of the worst/stupidest stories of all time. Kojima can’t keep it together and has to go so over the top. Rubbish.
Re: Game of the Year: Best PS5 Story Game of 2025
Kojima a great storyteller? Hahahahah! The story in DS2 is an absolute disaster. He can’t resist adding stupid nonsense and has zero self
Control.
Re: Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025
DS2 open world was dull. Many quests from the first game repeated. No reward in completing multiple deliveries. The struggle that made the first game great is almost absent. You can literally take on most missions without crafting a thing and still get it done.
Re: Game of the Year: #8 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
So good that I’m on a second playthrough.
Re: Game of the Year: Robert's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
I found both Yotei and DS2 to be nowhere near as good as Tsushima and DS1
Re: Cronos: The New Dawn Update Will Add a New, Easier Difficulty Setting in Early 2026
Criminally underrated game.
Re: Action RPG Lords of the Fallen 2 Absolved of Sin with Brutal PS5 Gameplay Trailer
Despite work on the first game post launch it still looks awful btw. And this is on ps5 pro.
Re: Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat Publisher Warner Bros Bought for $82 Billion by Netflix
@Chip-Douglas Ridiculous take. One massive company swallowing another is never a good take. Especially when it’s Netflix.
Re: Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Makes It onto PS5 Just in Time for Christmas
Yes. This isn’t available?
Re: Cult Hit PS5 Horror Game Cronos: The New Dawn Cracks Half a Million Sales
Glad to see all the positive comments. Is among my fav games for the year. Underrated imo
Re: One of Ghost of Yotei's Most Unique Features Was Meant to Be Much Bigger
Thank god. It’s irritating enough as it is.
Re: The Brilliant Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Has Now Sold Over 4 Million Copies
This, EX33 AND Cronos best games of the year. Don’t skip Cronos if you’ve not tried it. Seriously underrated.
Re: Poll: Is Ghost of Yotei Better Than Ghost of Tsushima?
@Shaw_Brothers Agreed. This game feels more disjointed to me. They tried to make it feel more natural but I preferred Tsushima.
Re: ARC Raiders (PS5) - A Triumph in Multiplayer Immersion
@BLKxHER0 Correct. The reviewer is wrong. Solos match solos.
Re: Nioh 3 PS5 Release Date Leaks Ahead of State of Play
That demo was rough.
Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Tipped to Takeoff on PS5 This November
This game was a total mess on series x so I’ll be keen to see what they’ve done to fix it. Awful low res textures. Screen tearing. Unplayable.
Re: PS5's High Price Becoming a Serious Headache for Publishers
Steep price? The base models have never been priced steeply. Especially when compared with the last gen tech of the switch 2. PlayStation has the best exclusives and the only next gen controllers and was priced competitively from day one. The ps5 pro (which I bought) is a whole other story.
Re: Astoundingly Ambitious PS5 RPG Crimson Desert Looks Like It'll Ease the Wait for The Witcher 4
Pushsquare overselling this again. I don’t think it looks all that great
Re: More Wuchang PS5 Updates Detailed as Studio Commits to Support
This game is considerably better than Pushsquare will have you believe.
Re: Alien: Rogue Incursion Drops PSVR2 Requirement with Evolved Edition on PS5 This September
It’s more than solid. It’s one of the best games for psvr2.
Re: Sony's New First-Party Studio Working on Lighthearted Team-Based Action Game for PS5
This sounds terrible already
Re: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Tops 3 Million Sales in Three Months
@Svark Agreed. These two will be hard to beat.
Re: Days Gone's Review Scores Have Been Rising Over Time, with PS5 Version Coming Highly Recommended
Game is rubbish
Re: Days Gone Remastered (PS5) - The Definitive Version of a True Fan-Favourite
@Dampsponge The blue looking filter looks awful. Especially at night.