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@nomither6 If it's "oversaturated" with air dashing, then name these games?

I'll wait for your list 🤗

One of my biggest gaming regrets this decade.

@WolfyTn "I can prioritise the shinier gaming box, why can't others?" ain't it.

@Meowmixes98 You're an executive's wet dream.

@Balaam_ They sold two million copies in one day. They don't care about your luddite ass.

@PaperAlien FH5 isn't all it's cracked up to be. There's zero sense of progression (to the point where the complete overhaul to it is one of the main promoted points of FH6 so far), and it really doesn't handle like an arcade racer at all. The cars turn like boats and feel heavy, unresponsive.

@nomither6

sonic crossworlds is a kart racer

And your point with this is what, exactly? I don't think the person you're replying to is under the impression that Sonic CrossWorlds is a rally sim or F1 game.

@DennisReynolds Okay then. Rubbish. Dung. Doggy doo-doo.

Now am I talking about the game or your non-point? (Hint - it's both).

And it's back. Your dork knickers can be safely unknotted.

@DrVenture69 I know a bit of jank goes hand-in-hand with Fromsoft games, but running Sekiro on PS5 cleans it up nicely.

Enjoy if you try it again!

Relative slop sells with a big brand attached. Who knew?

@WolfAi You want compensation for the few hours per year it goes down? Really?

You know nothing is infallible like you're implying PSN should be?

@Balaam_ So why do we have to suffer your regular meltdowns about not being able to obtain trophies?

@Foxhound How so?

@Balaam_ Your second point partially contradicts your first. "All skill levels" means that yeah, there's gonna be trophies that will ask you to crank the difficulty right up and very much "get good". Can't reach the skill check? Then yeah, you don't deserve that trophy.

Your frankly warped sense of entitlement doesn't give you a free pass to dictate what is and isn't acceptable for trophies.

@Bamila Yeah that's why I gave a cascading list of issues. This falls under the "still needs work" banner. But it's still of the "launch now, fix later" ***** mindset.

@tameshiyaku Right on. Again I'm a gameplay mechanics first sort of player, but having the superb story just elevates it.

I am definitely interested in CD, but that's if they can iron out the considerable creases (I see they're patching in control options... like how did the only current way to control it even make it past testing?).

I love a big sandbox to mess around it. Heck, that's what I'm currently at with Death Stranding 2 - I have a rough idea of the story, skip most of the cutscenes, but the actual mechanics and what you can do with them are so satisfying to engage with.

@DrVenture69 I also bounced off Sekiro hard when it came out.

Your milage may vary, but I revisited in 2024 and it's one of my favourite games ever now. Two things changed - for one I approached it as a straight up action game, (which it is) and not a Soulslike.

More importantly, I played it at launch on PS4 Pro. The framerate was unlocked and fluctuated wildly, which lent parrying an unpredictable margin of error. Playing in 2024 on my PS5, the game was a locked 60FPS, which eliminated this issue entirely.

@BennyTheCat That's interesting as I'm a big fan of their twin stick shooters too, and found Returnal to be their easiest game overall.

I think the first biome was the hardest as I was finding my feet and understanding the game, but after that it clicked and the difficulty fell away.

@DennisReynolds Yeah I wouldn't play those games for that reason. Shock horror I've a generally low tolerance for jank and avoid it.

@Silenos Okay? All that stuff was patched. They cannot patch good storytelling or lore into Crimson Desert.

For what it's worth, I'm usually a gameplay/mechanics first sort of person. Witcher 3 was the exception, but my point is for a lot of people they need that great lore, writing, characters, etc to really elevate a title. Crimson Desert will never have that stuff fixed.

@tameshiyaku Nope. Witcher 3's lore, world, story were unaffected by the underlying tech issues. Those are what elevate it (I've 475 hours played, and I was there for the rudimentary gameplay).

When this thing is eventually patched up, the story and characters will still be meh, as will the lore, waffle bad mission design, etc.

A tale as old as time. These companies don't care, but why would they when gamers repeatedly cough up for games that still need work/aren't finished/are straight up broken?

@PercyChuggs I'm not defending Crimson Desert, in fact I've been one of the more vocal on here on the run-up to release that it looked like garbage.

My point is your point is nonsensical. CD's failings don't make E33's successes any better, particularly when one is apples and the other is oranges.

@PercyChuggs They're nothing alike. E33 is really narrow in scope, the levels are limited and ultimately no more than pretty boxes.

For the record I don't particularly like E33 either, but you may as well compare this to Street Fighter.

@Gelly Oh I'm reading reviews and player feedback alright. Sounds like a mess...

@Littlebigmatador The media wants this game to fail? That's funny, because it's mostly been shill pieces for for it on the run-up to release.

Maybe players are sick of being promised the earth and handed a rock with a bit of poo stuck to it instead?

Pearl Abyss have been deliberately obstuse with this game - said "behold, the console version!" when pressured for console footage, yet only showed it off the PS5 Pro. Review copies were PC-only. And wouldn't you know, the base console version is clearly compromised, and the game has some serious issues.

If the devs were transparent about these shortcomings they'd have a lot more goodwill thrown their way. But they weren't, so they aren't getting that goodwill.

@MFTWrecks Welp, yeah that's just straight up a game design fail.

I see the controls are an obtuse mess too. And it doesn't support Intel Arc cards at all, but they casually forgot to mention this.

Sounds like they wanted to shoot for the moon and kinda blew up on the launch pad.

@nomither6 How did you arrive at that conclusion?

It might come as a surprise, but a lot of the people pre-ordering it haven't played it to form an opinion on it yet because hey ho they have a PlayStation.

A lot of those pre-orders are going to find it as a very mid and forgettable game too, just as a lot of Xbox and PC players found it.

@Divergent95 If it got mostly positive reviews on Metacritic the score would be a lot closer to 90, but it isn't. The rest is easy to infer from that.

@MFTWrecks I've also heard that you don't know what you're looting until you open the inventory to look at it, and that the limited inventory space is all you have. Effectively no stash.

@LikelySatan Well it was elsewhere, though I also expressed my reservations about what could be a "jack of all trades, master of none" approach by the devs, which appears to have come to pass.

Yeah no one saw that coming, no siree...

More red flags than a Liverpool victory parade.

@Haruki_NLI The game is already developed, they have extensive experience porting to those systems. Even if they "only" make up 10% of the total sales, it's still money on the table for them

Seeing as Returnal has probably the best implementation of 3D audio on the console, this makes sense.

Live scenes with Jensen.

@dodgykebaab Ah okay, ta for the info.

Blu-ray licencing does indeed make sense.

Call me cynical, but updating basically everything smells like a major PSN security issue was caught in time.

Cool story, Todd.

Nadella told you to do it, end of.

@Oram77 Oh nice. They're usually a few quid cheaper than RRP on most games (typically €5 to €10 on first party, anywhere up to €20 on third party - they've had Nioh 3 for €62.99 since launch).

They're effectively the last bastion of physical games here in Ireland, so I always try to buy anything gaming related through them.

PSA if you're in Ireland - Smyth's have this available to preorder for €49.99 (so a tenner less than PSN).

My local one usually bungs pre-orders in the post early to "ensure you get it on launch day". I've had Spider-Man 2, Ragnarok, and Yotei a day early from them.

I'm assuming that Smyth's UK have it for a similar price.

Heaven forbid the Trophy Bros play a videogame to have fun.

And they can do it without spoiling their (what everyone knows is obviously curated) profile too!

@Fizza Welp, I'm home and the updates for both SF6 and T8 are currently downloading! 💀

I know Reddit is an amplifier of all things shouty on the internet, but I had a quick look at the Tekken sub earlier (as I'd be one of the people who wants a "back to basics" approach) and yeah...

... so if Capcom can somehow outdo that negative reaction, then I can't help but tip my hat to them lol.

Starfield represents one of Bethesda Game Studios’ most ambitious projects

Ambitious ≠ good, mind. But I guess "Starfield represents one of Bethesda Game Studios' most mid and overhyped projects" isn't a great soubdbite.

@PuppetMaster @Fizza I did see someone say "he marries his second cousin"... err, say it ain't so 😂

@Fizza Haha, I won't get to check any of it out until this evening, sounds, err, "interesting" 💀

To add to what @DennisReynolds and @Voltan have said, given the negative reaction to this, I'll be giving it a hard swerve.

There's a big update for Street Fighter 6 today. Major balance patch (in which my two mains got nerfed lol), and Alex added. I'll be playing that instead.