Markatron84

As I only own a PC, yes. Astro Bot looks cool as hell and I'd like to play it.

From what I played of the open beta, Concord is a good game. It's just not doing anything that warrants the £35 price tag. Speaking personally, I generally dip in and out of multiplayer shooters, mostly because I'm dogs**t at them nowadays, so the idea of spending that much money on something I'll likely give up on for months at a time isn't appealing.

Fair play, that's brilliant.

I would be very interested to see the PS5 numbers for Concord. I wasn't expecting more than a few thousand on Steam, but 697?!

I know I'm in the minority, but I played the first 4 hours of God of War 2018 when it finally came to PC and noped out of there. It looks gorgeous and I was into the story and characters, but I disliked actually playing it.

@Futureshark

Now fully porn compatible

All thanks to the PSVR2 PC aFAPter.

@InfidelFrigidstraigh ah yes, the developers of Black Myth: Wukong, AKA the patron saints of scumbaggery.

They should absolutely include more deep cuts like Jeff.

This is the best thing I've ever seen. £100 says Turn 10 puts this in the next Forza Motorsport update.

@get2sammyb precisely. So why stick to a "house style" that contradicts that fact? A house style that, judging by the comments above this one, I'm not the only one confused/irritated by?

@get2sammyb

This is just the author's opinion

Here's my problem with that statement. You say that this write-up of the game/beta is one person's personal opinion, yet it's not presented that way:

Yet after our time with the closed PS5 beta

That, we're not so sure on.

After just a couple of rounds the fatigue of this take had already worn on us.

But in our first handful of hours

We can envisage

After a handful of hours with Marvel Rivals, we're not eager for one more game

Oh, and my personal favourite, in regards to your statement:

However, Marvel Rivals lacks a certain fun factor — at least in our opinion.

I've noted and voiced my opinion on Hookshot's constant insistence on using "we", "our", "us", etc, when it makes no sense whatsoever to do so, which you've just proved 🤷

Sorry, but having spent time with both the Concord and Marvel Rivals betas, the latter is unquestionably the better game.

@naruball Really? I thought it was arse.

I played the original PS1 version for the first time recently. Hate to tell everyone, but that game's bad.

Those walking/running animations are abysmal.

I played Speedstorm for around 2 hours before losing interest, due to the need to purchase and then level up individual characters to even have a hope of being competitive. Plus, hot take, but:

1. Speedstorm's gameplay isn't the hot sh*t everyone says it is.
2. Speedstorm's visuals/track designs are ugly.

There are so many far better - and less scummy - Kart racer alternatives out there, I'm amazed the game's lasted this long.

If I want to game in the nip, I'll game in the nip. You're not the boss of me.

It's not the "hero shooter" part that bothers me, just the "shooter" part. If it's a 6v6 game where you actually use each hero/villain's powers and traversal abilities, then I'm all for giving it a go. But if it's another Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League situation (Thunderbolts: Kill the Avengers?🤷), where every character has guns regardless of whether or not it makes thematic sense, then I'm out.

Surely the only people taking Famitsu reviews seriously nowadays are those working in PR for game publishers?

Bloody finally!!!

@HoodedSpirit don't forget Conker-ing the seven seas 👍

Lots of games looked very promising and I'll definitely be checking out Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, Sonic X Shadow Generations and Judas, albeit on PC. That remake of Silent Hill 2 though? Oof. That looks ropey as f**k.

@matekomlosi they've probably got to put at least one more version of TLoU2 out yet.

@ApostateMage they'll have Cloud f**king a bear within the first 5 minutes.

@Khayl

Maintain a scholarly decorum in the comments below

Make me. ( . )( . )

@Nepp67 Two Girls, One Cuphead

@kuu_nousee *fourth game

@riazor agreed. I guarantee that this will happen again.

@Sakai well said and yet gone after mere minutes.

@get2sammyb @DreamlandGem feedback isn't unconstructive just because you don't like what's being said. And if your issue is with the way it's being said, then perhaps reflect on that; the way something was said - by supposed professionals, no less - is why you received the feedback in the first place

@PsBoxSwitchOwner

Headline is a bit fanboy like surely? The facts may well be true, but I dunno maybe tone it back a little? Just going to encourage the usual console wars.

Good luck trying to get PS and PX to stop baiting arguments between fanboys. They're quite happy to fan the flames. It's either an SEO thing or they have a "banned for flaming/arguing" monthly quota they need to meet 🤣

The madness won't end. Yes, us rational level-headed people would never even entertain the idea of paying £17/$20 for an in-game cosmetic. However, the reason companies feel like they can get away with charging these sorts of prices for microtransactions is... well, they can. Enough people are obviously paying these prices on a regular enough basis, or the prices would go down.

It's not right, but it's the sad truth. As people more attuned to games we can vote with our wallets and not buy this stuff, but we're outnumbered exponentially by casual gamers - who maybe just play free-to-play live service games - who have no issue spending ridiculous amounts of money on cosmetic microtransactions.

@Deadlyblack @DonaldMcRonald I like repeatedly smacking people laying on the floor in Gaiden and watching them rapidly spin around on their stomach.

It's good so far, but playing it has cemented my opinion that the series' move to turn-based combat was a good one.

Microids couldn't stand Daedalic and GameMill stealing its thunder and swooped in at the last minute to try and steal 2023. The video game industry is a rollercoaster.

I like (ok, I admit it, love) My Hero Academia, so I really need to give this a go.

@NotSoCryptic What?

@Amnesiac

Oliver Twist survival game

An Oliver Twist battle royale set in the orphanage.

Winner winner gruel dinner!

Can they share this tech with Turn 10 please? Forza's AI is dumber than Jedward.

@Nintendo4Sonic it also got lower scores elsewhere. People have different opinions 🤷

I played through this on PC earlier this week. Even though the formula of "talk to everyone, receive an item, then follow that item chain to the end" became apparent early on, it's an effortlessly charming and funny game.

To be honest, as painful as it is to say, this doesn't surprise me. MM's games seem to take ages to make, lack mass market appeal and aren't the massive sellers that Sony's other franchises are.

It's not "Carl", it's "CORRALLLL!!!!".

@MightyDemon82 it is without a doubt the only acceptable answer.

@Voltan please, have some respect. This game is based on actual historical battles.

It's the crab one.

@MagisterMagi presumably Ubisoft would be out of the question, as then Microsoft would get the cloud streaming rights to ABK games back.

A Pac-Man battle royale doesn't interest me in the slightest.

I do, however, completely approve of the name Chomp Champs.

@get2sammyb @x3King84

What’s the point of this article now.

My thoughts exactly. If Push Square is going to continue to publish this sort of article, maybe they shouldn't try and pass it off as "news"? Any news outlet worth a damn is supposed to be impartial and unbiased, not spout opinion and stoke fanboyish rallying for or against a specific company. Poor show, Push Square.

Edit: I'll just add, before anyone accuses me of anything, that Pure Xbox is just as bad, but in the opposite direction. Over there, they're simping over Phil Spencer and Xbox can do no wrong and everything Microsoft does is "fantastic for the industry".

It's currently £2.99 on Steam.

EA will definitely be looking to sell now. How else will they survive such financial turmoil?

Are you splashing out £40 / $50 for it?

Am I f**k.