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Bungie needs to go back and start making single player campaigns again in their games. I had zero interest in Destiny 1 and 2.

Looks great! A shame that they've handled the roll out of information on this game so poorly though. It was announced way too early, and now they have leaked footage before a real proper blow out reveal of the game.

It is a travesty that you have to pay for online play and save backups on consoles. Sony already takes a 30% cut from all software, DLC, and micro transactions sold on their console. They would be completely fine if they made online play free.

The biggest scam in gaming continues to be console manufacturers charging for online play. Has been for a long time.

Honestly, the reason I didn't buy this game when it launched (or at all since) is because it only ran at 30fps, when the remaster of the original was on PS4 at 60fps. I just can't do a downgrade like that for a sequel.

I could play this on my Series X, but I'd rather just wait for the PS5 Pro version later this year.

Very well deserved. The sequel is even better. All the new fans will be in for a treat with that one.

I bought Returnal and didn't like it, so I haven't bought Saros as a result. It's that simple. I may give it a shot in the future at a deep discount since some of the changes seem to address what I didn't like about Returnal. But no way I'm paying full price for it.

I can't imagine why, or how, you would even remake this game? I could see a 4K remaster, but that's not a remake.

I just can't get behind these types of games. Love the look and style of the game, but free-to-play gotcha games are a no–go for me.

I didn't even know this game had a story. Doesn't it not even have a story campaign?

I only found it to be okay in the end. I didn't like the story very much, the game has some of the most uncanny valley looking characters I've ever seen in a game, and some extremely awkward animation that really pulled me away from some of the story moments. Gameplay was pretty good, but it got old fast doing the same quick time events during combat over and over. It's not a bad game by any means, but I'd give it probably a solid 7/10 rating. It's not great, and it's most definitely not a masterpiece.

@get2sammyb They added the difficulty option a long time ago. You can make the games extremely easy with it by setting it to "0" in the settings for each game.

@For-Kier That's not really true anymore if you've been keeping up with the news. Since the PSSR 2 update, you can confidently know that the Pro version is better going forward. But before PSSR 2? Yeah it was a problem. The more you know!

I'll pick it up when it's on sale. Not before then. Hopefully it'll be in a more complete state by then.

God, looking at this is exactly why I refuse to play free-to-play games. So many stupid currencies and ways to milk money out of the player. It's so predatory it's insane.

A shame that it's free-to-play. Love the style, but I do not support these games.

The game was clearly unfinished. Yes, it's nice that it's being improved a lot with updates, but I feel bad for the people who spent full price on the game, only to be effective beta testers. This is not something the developer/publisher should be praised for. I'll get the game when it's on sale and in much better shape.

Crunch is always an example of a failure of management. Always. If you are a project manager who continuously makes unrealistic deadlines, you are a failure at your job. I know this from my own experience as a manager. And let me tell you, I never F'd up that badly and always made realistic deadlines, and expected the employees that I managed to meet those deadlines without burning themselves out. And you know what? My team had the lowest rate of attrition in the entire company for the 9 years that I worked there. And it wasn't even close. Turns out people are happy when they aren't stressed all the time.

Not even remotely surprising. I was witness to something similar at my previous job, where I worked for years and worked my way up from being a simple part-time designer to an executive who built an entire design team from the ground up and eventually became in charge of all shared services at the company. Only for the business owner to sell us to a billion dollar company and I watched the entire business get run into the ground as I became powerless to do anything about it.

Did they ever fix the screen tearing? I dropped the game as soon as I noticed it. Way too distracting for a fighting game.

@LifeGirl The problem is that in many parts of the world, a 5/10 (50%) is a failing grade in the educational system (and a 7/10 is average). And it's understandably extremely difficult to rewire someone's brain to think of it as anything else.

Honestly, I voted for Rushing Beat X. It's a shockingly good follow up to what was an extremely mediocre beat'em up series on the SNES. Good fun.

Sony will be insane if they launch a new console any time before 2030.

@johnedwin Only in fantasy land. Money is money. And when people don't have it, they can't spend it.

A $200 increase for the Pro is absolutely staggering. We are in for a massive gaming crash in the near future. Nobody can afford this stuff anymore.

Just completely brain dead on their part. If you need placeholder art just draw a frigg'n stick figure. It's placeholder.

The controls make me feel like this is a pass for me. Using the right stick for drifting sounds absolutely wretched. Not to mention needing to play with manual transmission to get an extra boost. Feels like a perfect example of if it isn't broken, don't fix it.

@Titntin Holding R1 and R2 at the same time is awkward because, believe it or not, most people don't hold a controller that way. Most people only use one finger on top of the controller on each side, not two. Maybe you do, but if that's the case, you are very much in the minority, not the other way around.

@Gbarsotini Not really. They aren't blood related at all in that game. And when Joshua was adopted by the Brights, they were older kids and not one of them holding the other as a baby and raising them. Still a bit weird, but not Alex weird.

It has to be Claire right!? .....right?

I need to wait and see more reviews and impressions from the PS5 version before I would ever consider this game. What are the masses saying about it as well beyond just reviewers. Plus how do the early patches help smooth out the issues.

Absolutely insulting.

Games like Harvestella came out a long time ago, so I'm confused by its (and other examples mentioned) inclusion in the list of games. They only announced their multiplatform strategy pretty recently, which I assumed meant going forward and not necessarily going backwards. Sure they might release some of their older games on other platforms eventually, but they never promised to do so, and that stuff takes time as well.

@MrPeanutbutterz I'm confused by this comment. You're asking if the game is any good or not, and developers don't typically provide reviews of their own games. Do you really expect them to tell you, "Yeah, our game sucks, please don't buy it!". That's what reviews from gaming outlets (or users) are for.

If this had a single player campaign as part of the package, I'd give it a shot. But I have zero interest in a multiplayer only game like this. If and when it gets shut down, the game will become worthless. And I'm not spending money on that.

It makes sense to have exclusive games when you're a platform holder. It sucks for the consumer, but it makes perfect business sense. Sony makes a 30% cut from everything sold on the PSN store, it's in their interest to bring as many people as possible to their ecosystem through exclusive games.

Just finished it last night, and I'd give it a solid 9/10. Excellent game and new entry in the series.

If he's so sick of repeating himself then maybe...just maybe release more console footage as well as resolution and frame rate details? The game is only two weeks out from release, you've already cooked buddy. If the game is in such rough shape this close to release that you can't show it, then it's not ready for release.

It's very much not for me. Hope it sticks around long enough for the people who are into it at least. Last thing we need is for Bungie to also be shut down.

I'd be all over this if it wasn't toxic free-to-play gotcha style.

Oh this is going to be so F'd up....in a good way!

I'll stick to Hot Shots and Mario Golf games.

Just disgustingly bad management on Sony's part.

I'd have definitely bought this game if it wasn't predatory free-to-play gotcha nonsense. As it is, I won't touch it.

@Nightcrawler71 It's an arcade racer that takes place on the Tokyo freeway system. You select starting point on the map and then find opponents to race. And it's very different to a typical racing experience. Each racer has a "health" bar that drops when you do things like ram into the opponent or when you gain a lead in front of your opponent (their bar gradually drains when you're ahead of them). It's hard to describe without actually playing it, but it's super fun and addictive.

I may double dip on this one. I have it on my Steam Deck, and it is fantastic!

Not just a lack of cross play either. They've said nothing about fixing the game's dreadful net code. You would think they'd say something about that as well.

I agree that they should delay it until 2030. We don't need new hardware at all right now. The PS5 is plenty powerful enough to produce great looking and running games, and the diminishing returns with new gaming hardware these days makes each generation feel less and less of an improvement. It's genuinely astonishing to me that anyone would not understand that. To the point where I feel they are being disingenuous in claiming that they don't understand why people would want them to wait.

My expectations are definitely tempered for this one. Rebirth was massively bloated and ruined the original's most iconic story beat. I didn't dislike the game overall, but I didn't love it either.