MrPeanutbutterz

@Balaam_ Pity you dont get a new hobby and spare us all from your incessant ranting about trophies.

Gaming clearly makes you miserable - we've understood that since your 1,000th post pissing and moaning about trophies.

And no, it's not "anti trophy hunter criteria, it's actually what the kids call a "skill issue".

@Thrillho I played it, nice art style, phenomenal soundtrack, ho-hum gameplay.

I also don't understand the hype for it.

@LifeGirl One of the best things I ever did in terms of enjoying games was turn off trophy/achievement notifications.

Glad that Nintendo have held firm and not introduced these things to their platform.

@DennisReynolds Sony's $299 at E3 1995 (was it called CES then?) was brutal.

@Playandhavefun Yeah I guess. I had fun with it, but was very bored by it by the time I quit.

Bought it physically at least, so was easy to resell.

@Playandhavefun It's an amazing world to explore, looks and runs fantastic too, but oh my word is the gameplay repetitive.

It's a cheeky little tactic, this — announcing a low cost for your game while AAA publishers toy with the idea of $80

Is it? There's plenty of AAA games I'd prefer at that price than this.

@KundaliniRising333 For-profit business seeks to protect said profits. More news at 11.

@twitchtvpat Everyone knows what's meant, why double down on the semantics?

Regardless of it being a small slice of the game, or the full game locked behind a five hour timer, both serve the same purpose - to demonstrate the game to potential buyers.

It's a demo, plain and simple.

Enough to see if the map screen makes my fan go nuclear.

Yeah I have the free upgrade from within the app. That said, you'd have to pay me to entertain this game ever again.

@GoatFace04 Yes, I ended up preordering the full game based on how much I enjoyed the beta lol.

@InJeffable Bayonetta has frenetic combat. Sekiro has frenetic combat. Hellblade 1 has barely interactivity. The combat is insultingly pedestrian.

I really need to get on the emulation train if Gradiua V is destined to fester on PS2 seemingly forever

@LikelySatan Videogames aren't inherently juvenile. My avatar is from BoJack Horseman, which has some of the most accurate (and at times, brutal) depictions of mental health issues, addiction, being a royally messed up human being, etc. going.

But yes, you're right, some of these people could be horny teens.

@Danbottomburp It's at 80 on Metacritic, so no, the reviews are not "overwhelmingly positive".

There's no negatives unless you put over 200 hours in to Bloodborne over a decade ago, which I did. Poor imitation is a poor imitation.

Not Bad 6/10

I'm sorry, this fundamentally fails as a videogame. Strip away the shiny graphics and there is nothing.

Just buy Fallout 4 GOTY Edition next time it's a tenner than waiting for this turd.

@PuppetMaster Because we all know that the objectification and sexual harassment of men in society is a 1:1 match for what women experience, don't we?

Lmao, sure bruh, whatever makes you sleep well at night I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

@naruball Got it in one.

@PuppetMaster Reading everything that doesn't align with your opinion as "angry" and "offended" = juvenile behaviour.

Simping over a fictional videogame character (especially one that doesn't have realistic proportions) = juvenile behaviour.

Objectification of women (because let's face it, no one is objectifying the male characters) and not understanding the repercussions of such behaviour being normalised by society = juvenile behaviour.

Being annoyed at being called out for what is quite clearly juvenile behaviour and doubling down on it = juvenile behaviour.

Need I go on? Sigh...

@PuppetMaster If you can't see why these comments are juvenile, then you know what that means.

@janineking The only sane take in this thread. The reactions in here are one of the reasons why I barely admit to playing games these days.

@LifeGirl Yeah I'd imagine the name has recognition with newer players, but if their only exposure to the series is the modern games, they'll be in for a rude awakening with these.

@LikelySatan Dumb fun is definitely fine, but the fun part needs to be there. The first two games in particular are atrocious.

@stinkyx Ken is one of the most played characters in SF6. This is to draw in SF6 players who were on the fence.

@Danbottomburp It's a pale imitation of Bloodborne with some awful level design.

His corner carry is still borderline busted.

These games were mechanically rubbish. If they didn't have the gratuitous gore-porn the series would be nothing more than a footnote.

This thing is DOA. User created content in a niche part of an already niche genre? Lol.

@Michael2008ish Fair! I'll boot later and report back... could have sworn there was 😂

(but you're right - the original controls are not great)

@Michael2008ish Pretty sure there's a one stick control option in at least one of the re-releases.

Lies of P ain't fit to lick the muck off Bloodborne's boots. It's a very poor imitation. And that clock tower (church, whatever it was) ascent is one of the worst stages in a modern game.

@KundaliniRising333 Nah, FW improves a lot in terms of gameplay on ZD. I struggled to play through the remaster of ZD after 200 hours in FW.

Besides, it's a direct sequel, not a reinvention of the wheel.

@Shepherd_Tallon

I'm not one for these kinds of legal cases. When Nintendo tried to sue Palworld I thought that it was like Star Wars suing Space Balls.

Space Balls is intentional parody. Palworld just ripped Pokémon off. They're nothing alike.

@ThroughTheIris56 Massive installs so you don't play anything else. Again, working exactly as intended.

@Flaming_Kaiser Okay, and? They called the company "incompetent" and that's what's being discussed, not how "horrible" they are.

@ThroughTheIris56 By consistently having the highest-selling game every year for almost two decades? Yeah, clueless company...

There's very few gaming franchises that I actively despise, and of the few I do, none more so than CoD (I won't even claim these games on PS Plus), but what they're doing here is working exactly as intended.

@Questionable_Duck See the article about more PS exclusives going over? I'm wrong. I also really don't care.

@Balaam_ I'm sure they're heartbroken. What sort of junk do you actually Platinum?

I say I don't do trophies, but I still have Platinums for the likes of Wipeout Omega Collection and Sekiro, because I play games that actually require skill and don't hand out trophies just because I booted the game a few times... which is precisely the vibe you're giving.

The hilarious thing is your trophy list says a lot about you as a gamer, you being "an avid trophy hunter" and shying away from games like this isn't the flex you think it is. Quite the opposite, in fact.

@Oram77 Wikepdia is widely regarded as being accurate.

@Questionable_Duck Mate, I really don't give two *****. I'll go buy an Xbox to play Uncharted 5 on it. Happy now?

I know I bought a handful of Street Fighter 4 ones, will have a gawk tomorrow to see if they're still there.

@Questionable_Duck I do understand how Microsoft works. They don't report game sales because they sell sweet ***** all, or at least enough that it's not good optics.

You reckoned they just lowered the price of The Outer Worlds 2 out of the goodness of their hearts? Or was it because it was doing lame preorder numbers? Gee whizz, I wonder.

By all means holler when Sony do drop a tentpole title day one on Xbox. I'll be here.

@themightyant Very true! I'm not poo-pooing on anyone's fun there, more that it's very much everything I avoid in terms of games.

@The_Elder No, because then they don't get ad revenue from your click-thru, nor the possibility of user engagement.

narrative-driven survival co-op experience,

Everything I don't like about games in one neat package!

@TheEnygma Right? Lies of P was one of the most generic games I've ever played. And the clock tower ascent was one of the poorest designed stages I've played in the last decade or so.

Yet I keep reading about how it's as good as Bloodborne...

@Kidfunkadelic83 Was about to ask about a worthy sequel to PES 3, 5, 6.

@Questionable_Duck Yes, really. Microsoft went multiplatform because the value of ABK and Bethesda was in their releases being on everything. Keeping them exclusive neuters a lot of their value. They bought these companies to try and get more people onto their rental service, but it went spectacularly wrong for them.

I mean, if Xbox sells so many games, why does Microsoft report along the lines of "rEaChEd 10 mIlLioN PlAyErs" instead of sales figures? We all know why, and it's because they don't sell a lot of games.

And it is clear cut. It's about maximising profit. Always online game with bigger playerbase = maximised profit. Putting your tentpole titles on rival platforms because you destroyed your own = maximised profit.

I won't move any goalposts, but again, wake me up when Sony actually start doing what Microsoft are doing. Until then it's just hot air, nothing more.