@Onearmbandit ....Balatro...wtf lol. It has its hooks in deep. To the point when i can't shut my brain off to sleep it's partially because I'm dun, dun, dun, dun-dun in my damn head and it won't go away. Just a stroke of genius the way dude manipulated poker.
@Steelhead being able to 3x the speed of the OG FF7 is a Godsend. Lol. It's my GOAT game so I get the itch to crack into at least once a year. The story, music, characters and overall theme just resonate with me so much. Hope you are enjoying it!
Praying to who? Lol. I appreciate the gents who run pushsquare.com on the other side of the pond. Everyone of you from Talby on give me a different perspective on the pulse of gaming. Chrono Trigger should be preserved. I'll glady take a nice HD coat to play on my 5 or series (or just a damn port, I know there are too many hands and license issues...or so ive read). But I'd never, ever consider SE touching the core experience in any way. It's the pinnacle of gaming. The unicorn if you will. Just keep it alive on ANY current platform.
It's just that good. Hope it sells 30 million or more. It brings people together. It's funny, smart, logical and completely bananas at the same time. Truly a special video game that can help people bond. And on the damn couch!!! Deserves every accolade it gets. My wife and I have been just cheesy grinning while playing this masterpiece.
Garbage. I mean pure, gross garbage. I've been agnostic to A.I. thus far. But yuck. What a deceitful and unbecoming way to gather data. They'd of been better off having a concept, creating a survey and advertising it that way. I'd be much more inclined to answer these questions if it wasn't so shady. But 90+% of gamers only play FIFA, CoD, Fortnite, Roblox and the like. Still....yuck ass yuck
@lazarus11 to be fair I don't think either were trying to be in each other's space. They are vastly different titles. I don't have the capacity to pick flowers for 3 hours to get a dagger and learn how to shoot a bow beyond 5 feet for the first several hours. I appreciate what the game does and am glad many enjoy but to say I don't like avowed because it's not like KCD2 makes no sense and perfect sense at the same time.
Not gonna lie...Avowed has the hooks in big time. I'm loving this game. It's like vibrant skyrim-lite with substantial combat and is well voiced acted and has a great upgrade/crafting kinda system
@OMG_Waffles I never even thought about that scenario. Chances are what you are referring too doesn't happen so quickly in the show. If they are doing 4 seasons it could not be til sometime in season 3. Pedro is too much of a top billing kinda actor at this point
If you couldn't find something to enjoy then maybe it's time to rethink your hobbies. There were at least 4 or 5 games I found very interesting and will be excited to play in the future. Sometimes I think Playstation fans are the worst and don't understand how popular the system is. I've never understood the toxicity around gaming in general. It's baffling. And creepy.
I'd just rather know what actually happened. I've got 2 young kids, gaming is a luxury rn for me so I didn't even care. But 2011 was savage and people still remember.
When you can't play a single player game offline cause you bought it digitally....or even physically. I'm a huge physical buyer when I can but that even means nothing now for the most part. We've gotta stop supporting this. <<insert disc>>...<<pound sand>>...is an unfortunate series of events
Looks like I'm the minority there. I buy digital if I have to. That's it. At least what I have will appreciate in value because i take of it and my kids can have it. And I double dip on amazing games or rare physical games. So I have plenty still in the cellophane and a digital to play. The industry should love me lol
@Americansamurai1 the word is new Xbox is coming sooner rather than later. Like 2026. Between Spencer, Booty and Bond they have confirmed at least 1 more hardware iteration.
@Stickleman no kidding. It's a shame they keep dropping the ball but still keep makingnso much. Portal, Wukong and HD 2 brought in a ton. That's how they've been able to waste 100s of millions on failed service titles. Hopefully the course is correcting but with dev time lines I'll be old before that happens lol
Gotta get that 100 billion back. But unless they make something very unique for their next hardware I cant imagine it selling more than 10-20 million units to the Xbox hardcore fan base. And I don't even see an issue with that. Really the only concern I see with diminished hardware sales would be how much effort is being put in post launch by the hardware team. Will the Firmware, QoL and UI updates be as frequent if you have less than half the units in the wild? Or would it just be typical MS and layoff half the team due to redundancy
@Porco it was being developed as a live service title for the first several years before EA told them to abandon that, salvage what you can and make a single player game. This game would have probably needed to sell 5 million or more to break even
Im enjoying the game. Yea the writing isn't groundbreaking but it's hardly offensive imo. The combat is great imo even if it is a massive departure to previous installments. I've settled into Bellara and Neve for combat and I'm good. Maybe if EA would have let them make a single player game in the first place it could have recouped some of its cost.
@DonJorginho to be fair all this was greenlit under Ryan as it's been several years for both. Herman inherited a turd. Not saying he's been great but he has been putting out one dumpster fire after another that wasn't his. Now I'm pretty sure I read he was a big proponent for Concord...lol yikes. So there is that to balance the scales a bit. Either way I miss the Shu, Shawn era. Those 2 were on the same page all the time
Oblivion was interesting. The level scaling was terrible though and made some latter oblivion gates pure insanity if you play like me and level up a lot off the beaten path. I did collect a metric F*** ton of nirnroot though lol
@Slippship I don't think it'll ever happen. I say that because Sony will grow it's install base immensely as the next Xbox will only sell to the most hardcore fans. I could see 20-30 million "Xbox first" console owners switching over to PlayStation. That'll create more Plus Subs and MTX money. Xbox will just rake in money on being arguably the largest publisher of some of best and most recognized IPs in gaming
@Steel76 100% Sony bought them without a AAA game under their belt. Just amazing, white knuckle games. If they don't let a team of 50-80 churn out a top down/isometric bullet hell shooter or Resogun 2 that's a travesty and an overwhelming level of incompetence from Sony. Yu needs to step in and bitch slap these confused execs
@Brundleflies21 I'm tipping my hat and beer. While also winking and giving a thumbs up to this comment. The game was a beautiful disaster. Intense, poignant and calculated. It's a rare gem for sure. Not for everyone but neither is a rare gem lol
I'd never have an EV as a daily driver. They are huge insurance liabilities and hatefulky expensive to fix. Even with quick chargers it still takes 1000% longer to "fill up". It is a cool looking ride though lol.
Please let 15 people on the dev team branch off to fix resogun on ps5. The co op is entirely busted and it makes me sad. Aside from Returnal, which is no doubt a bullet hell magnum opus, all their games have had amazing co-op options
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Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Split Fiction?
It's perfect. That would have been my entire review lol. Haven't had this much fun in quite some time with video game
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 572
@Onearmbandit ....Balatro...wtf lol. It has its hooks in deep. To the point when i can't shut my brain off to sleep it's partially because I'm dun, dun, dun, dun-dun in my damn head and it won't go away. Just a stroke of genius the way dude manipulated poker.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 572
@Steelhead being able to 3x the speed of the OG FF7 is a Godsend. Lol. It's my GOAT game so I get the itch to crack into at least once a year. The story, music, characters and overall theme just resonate with me so much. Hope you are enjoying it!
Re: Chrono Trigger Turns 30, 'Variety of Projects' Has Fans Praying for a Remaster
Praying to who? Lol. I appreciate the gents who run pushsquare.com on the other side of the pond. Everyone of you from Talby on give me a different perspective on the pulse of gaming. Chrono Trigger should be preserved. I'll glady take a nice HD coat to play on my 5 or series (or just a damn port, I know there are too many hands and license issues...or so ive read). But I'd never, ever consider SE touching the core experience in any way. It's the pinnacle of gaming. The unicorn if you will. Just keep it alive on ANY current platform.
Re: Split Fiction Already at 1 Million Sales After Just Two Days
It's just that good. Hope it sells 30 million or more. It brings people together. It's funny, smart, logical and completely bananas at the same time. Truly a special video game that can help people bond. And on the damn couch!!! Deserves every accolade it gets. My wife and I have been just cheesy grinning while playing this masterpiece.
Re: Split Fiction Smashes First Weekend in the UK, Physical Sales Dominated by PS5
The Pig game had me and the misses in tears laughing. Such a great game. Gives me hope for the industry
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Will Require a Microsoft Account to Play on PS5, Raising Preservation Problems
This basically equates to a long term rental lol. Not a fan of a digital only world
Re: Until Dawn Remake Dev 'Effectively' Closed, Says New Report
The game industry reminds me of the craft beer industry. Hate to see a decent group go south though. Hopefully those affected land in their feet.
Re: Activision's 'AI Slop' Strikes Again as Fake Crash Bandicoot, Guitar Hero Games Appear Online
Garbage. I mean pure, gross garbage. I've been agnostic to A.I. thus far. But yuck. What a deceitful and unbecoming way to gather data. They'd of been better off having a concept, creating a survey and advertising it that way. I'd be much more inclined to answer these questions if it wasn't so shady. But 90+% of gamers only play FIFA, CoD, Fortnite, Roblox and the like. Still....yuck ass yuck
Re: Rockstar Acquires Remaster Dev That Fixed Awful GTA Trilogy
State of Emergency, Table Tennis, Manhunt please!!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 570
I can't stop playing Avowed. I'm loving it. The wife will demand some Tetris Effect or DK Country Returns HD at some point
Re: Ghost of Yotei Dev Eager to Push Creatively and Technically with Anticipated PS5 Sequel
GoT was maybe my favorite new IP last gen. Sucker Punch is right up there with the S Tier devs.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii?
@lazarus11 to be fair I don't think either were trying to be in each other's space. They are vastly different titles. I don't have the capacity to pick flowers for 3 hours to get a dagger and learn how to shoot a bow beyond 5 feet for the first several hours. I appreciate what the game does and am glad many enjoy but to say I don't like avowed because it's not like KCD2 makes no sense and perfect sense at the same time.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii?
Not gonna lie...Avowed has the hooks in big time. I'm loving this game. It's like vibrant skyrim-lite with substantial combat and is well voiced acted and has a great upgrade/crafting kinda system
Re: Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind Free Update Literally Changes the Game on PS5, PS4
@J2theEzzo i wished Scott Pilgram didn't run so horribly on PS5...I still enjoyed SoR4 but agree some level of 'progress' makes a huge difference
Re: HBO's The Last of Us Season 2 Locks in 13th April Release
@OMG_Waffles I never even thought about that scenario. Chances are what you are referring too doesn't happen so quickly in the show. If they are doing 4 seasons it could not be til sometime in season 3. Pedro is too much of a top billing kinda actor at this point
Re: HBO's The Last of Us Season 2 Locks in 13th April Release
When ellie is thicker than abbey lol.
Re: Sony Japan Studio Closed Because AA Market 'Disappeared', Says Shu Yoshida
Gravity Rush was one of my favorites of all time. For some reason I liked the first more than the second
Re: Reaction: The PS5 Discourse Around State of Plays Is Becoming Draining
If you couldn't find something to enjoy then maybe it's time to rethink your hobbies. There were at least 4 or 5 games I found very interesting and will be excited to play in the future. Sometimes I think Playstation fans are the worst and don't understand how popular the system is. I've never understood the toxicity around gaming in general. It's baffling. And creepy.
Re: The GTA 6 2025 Release Window May Have Just Gotten Smaller
November. It'll sell 50 million for Xmas lol
Re: Poll: Did the PSN Outage Ruin Your Gaming Plans Over the Weekend?
I'd just rather know what actually happened. I've got 2 young kids, gaming is a luxury rn for me so I didn't even care. But 2011 was savage and people still remember.
Re: PSN Down as PS5, PS4 Players Can't Log In or Play Online
When you can't play a single player game offline cause you bought it digitally....or even physically. I'm a huge physical buyer when I can but that even means nothing now for the most part. We've gotta stop supporting this. <<insert disc>>...<<pound sand>>...is an unfortunate series of events
Re: Sony Issues DMCA Takedown Against Bloodborne 60FPS Mod, Four Years After Release
Bloodborne at 40 fps!!
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Confirmed for PS5, Out This Spring
I'll be curious to see how well it sells. GT7 is maybe the best GT game of all. Although Spec and 4 were phenomenal for their time.
Re: PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 Themes on PS5 Will Leave Tomorrow, But Sony Is Working to Bring Them Back
Coming back in months for 19.99 a pop!!
Re: PS3's Most Bizarre Game Will Have Its Own TV Show
This is gonna flop.
Re: Fans Are Buying Fewer Boxed Video Games Than Ever in the US
Looks like I'm the minority there. I buy digital if I have to. That's it. At least what I have will appreciate in value because i take of it and my kids can have it. And I double dip on amazing games or rare physical games. So I have plenty still in the cellophane and a digital to play. The industry should love me lol
Re: Xbox Rips Off the Band Aid, 'Expect Our Games to Show Up in More and More Places'
@Americansamurai1 the word is new Xbox is coming sooner rather than later. Like 2026. Between Spencer, Booty and Bond they have confirmed at least 1 more hardware iteration.
Re: Xbox Rips Off the Band Aid, 'Expect Our Games to Show Up in More and More Places'
@Stickleman no kidding. It's a shame they keep dropping the ball but still keep makingnso much. Portal, Wukong and HD 2 brought in a ton. That's how they've been able to waste 100s of millions on failed service titles. Hopefully the course is correcting but with dev time lines I'll be old before that happens lol
Re: Xbox Rips Off the Band Aid, 'Expect Our Games to Show Up in More and More Places'
Gotta get that 100 billion back. But unless they make something very unique for their next hardware I cant imagine it selling more than 10-20 million units to the Xbox hardcore fan base. And I don't even see an issue with that. Really the only concern I see with diminished hardware sales would be how much effort is being put in post launch by the hardware team. Will the Firmware, QoL and UI updates be as frequent if you have less than half the units in the wild? Or would it just be typical MS and layoff half the team due to redundancy
Re: Mailbox: The Joy of Astro Bot, Ciri in The Witcher 4, and Terrible Trophy Lists
Super cool and a big shout to the Vincent post!! Also east coast US. So I share the same sentiment regarding getting my PS news "early" lol.
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Support Could Be Over Already as Patch 5 Drops on PS5
@Porco it was being developed as a live service title for the first several years before EA told them to abandon that, salvage what you can and make a single player game. This game would have probably needed to sell 5 million or more to break even
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Support Could Be Over Already as Patch 5 Drops on PS5
Im enjoying the game. Yea the writing isn't groundbreaking but it's hardly offensive imo. The combat is great imo even if it is a massive departure to previous installments. I've settled into Bellara and Neve for combat and I'm good. Maybe if EA would have let them make a single player game in the first place it could have recouped some of its cost.
Re: Astro Bot 'Almost' a Nintendo Beater, Says Reggie Fils-Aimé
Game is tippy top tier. Nothing else matters. You can compare and quantify however you want.
Re: Astro Bot 'Almost' a Nintendo Beater, Says Reggie Fils-Aimé
@Netret0120 cheers to that!!
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Director Is Leaving BioWare
I love this Game. The way it was skewered online was awful to see unfold.
Re: Reaction: Sony's Live Service Push Has Been a Disaster of Utterly Insane Proportions
All this was greenlit under Jim Ryan. The Don Mattrick of Playstation
Re: Sony Cancels Bluepoint, Bend Studio PS5 Games, One Being a Live-Service God of War Title
@DonJorginho to be fair all this was greenlit under Ryan as it's been several years for both. Herman inherited a turd. Not saying he's been great but he has been putting out one dumpster fire after another that wasn't his. Now I'm pretty sure I read he was a big proponent for Concord...lol yikes. So there is that to balance the scales a bit. Either way I miss the Shu, Shawn era. Those 2 were on the same page all the time
Re: After 31 Years, the Legendary Shuhei Yoshida Bids Farewell to PlayStation
No Adam, no Shawn and now no Shu...the dude who runs team Asobi needs to be considered for role like Shu. Not that dummy Herman
Re: Rumour: Oblivion Remake Isn't Just a Graphics Upgrade, It's a Full Gameplay Overhaul
Oblivion was interesting. The level scaling was terrible though and made some latter oblivion gates pure insanity if you play like me and level up a lot off the beaten path. I did collect a metric F*** ton of nirnroot though lol
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 563
Sifu, Super Mario 64, Clone Drone, DA:Veilguard, Tetris Effect and Mega Man 2.
Re: Rumour: Gears of War, Hellblade 2 Both Set for PS5 This Year
@Slippship I don't think it'll ever happen. I say that because Sony will grow it's install base immensely as the next Xbox will only sell to the most hardcore fans. I could see 20-30 million "Xbox first" console owners switching over to PlayStation. That'll create more Plus Subs and MTX money. Xbox will just rake in money on being arguably the largest publisher of some of best and most recognized IPs in gaming
Re: Housemarque's Swanky New Office Is Ready for Business, Complete with Awesome Returnal Spacesuit
@Steel76 100% Sony bought them without a AAA game under their belt. Just amazing, white knuckle games. If they don't let a team of 50-80 churn out a top down/isometric bullet hell shooter or Resogun 2 that's a travesty and an overwhelming level of incompetence from Sony. Yu needs to step in and bitch slap these confused execs
Re: Housemarque's Swanky New Office Is Ready for Business, Complete with Awesome Returnal Spacesuit
@Brundleflies21 also Resogun...pure magic. Needs a massive co op patch for ps5 as it's a jittery mess and literally unplayable
Re: Housemarque's Swanky New Office Is Ready for Business, Complete with Awesome Returnal Spacesuit
@Brundleflies21 I'm tipping my hat and beer. While also winking and giving a thumbs up to this comment. The game was a beautiful disaster. Intense, poignant and calculated. It's a rare gem for sure. Not for everyone but neither is a rare gem lol
Re: Random: Sony's Electric Car Encourages You to Flaunt Your Astro Bot Fandom
I'd never have an EV as a daily driver. They are huge insurance liabilities and hatefulky expensive to fix. Even with quick chargers it still takes 1000% longer to "fill up". It is a cool looking ride though lol.
Re: Housemarque Recruits PlatinumGames Dev of 11 Years as Lead Designer on Next PS5 Game
Please let 15 people on the dev team branch off to fix resogun on ps5. The co op is entirely busted and it makes me sad. Aside from Returnal, which is no doubt a bullet hell magnum opus, all their games have had amazing co-op options
Re: Site News: The Push Square Mailbox Is Officially Open, Send Us Your Letters
I member...you member??
Re: Happy New Year from the Push Square Team
Love this site. Just the different perspectives from across the pond and around the world is refreshing. Cheers everyone.
Re: Sony Says The Last of Us 2 Can Be Considered a Holiday Season Classic
Comments didn't disappoint lol