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I too find myself often being ordered to perform random non-sensical tasks by strange women. At least until I slap them and yell, “go do it yourself, Mum! I’m 36, can’t push me around anymore” and go back to bed. Sounds like I’d feel right at home in this game.

@bubblyboe Sorry didn’t see your reply til now, something wrong with my notifications. But yeah, when I can go on SteamDB and see the data for myself, I don’t know why I need a 3rd party website to do the same for me whilst being salty about it. The difference with Push Square is simple: it’s respectful and adds context. In other words, it collates and curates the news in a way I find useful rather than ranting and raving.

And is it really a hot take for me to call adults who act like 9-year-olds and sling insults “mouth breathing morons”?

edited to add: Also, Push Square isn’t the Times, it’s a fan site, and the people who run it are fans. It’s fine for them to present their views through the lens of being Playstation enthusiasts. That doesn’t make them shills, and it doesn’t make any sense to expect otherwise. What’s the point of an enthusiast website run by non-enthusiasts?

@Gunnerzaurus @Ooccoo_Jr That’s not really fair though, is it? Marathon is a first party PS game, so, like it or not, how it is faring sales-wise on pc is newsworthy. Doubly so since we don’t have PS5 sales data. I don’t have a dog in this marathon, since I don’t tend to play multiplayer, but I am interested in industry trends and the state of Playstation’s business, and it doesn’t seem logical to expect a Playstation-focused news site to ignore either. Indeed, it’s why I’m a subscriber. And if bringing in clicks by publishing interesting articles helps Push Square thrive, why would any of us be opposed to that?

@get2sammyb On the bright side, if all the mouth breathers are over there focused on their new shiny object, they’re not here bothering all of us and fouling your comment section! Maybe you should set up some dummy decoy sites to lure them away (if you haven’t done already…)

@Max_the_German Wow that’s surprising. I get so hot and bothered by that part that I keep restarting the game so I can examine that guy again. Haven’t been able to make it any farther in the game yet in over a year! Different… er, strokes… for different folks I guess.

Woke up this morning stoked that there was a 5.2% chance of pssr2 releasing on any given day from now through the end of March. Since it appears today was not today, that increases to 5.55% when I wake up tomorrow. Exciting times to be alive!

@hi_drnick Don’t feel bad. The other day someone made a commemt in Dutch, and I responded and used Google Translate to change my reply to Dutch. My comment was removed for using a “foreign language”, while their’s remained. It just means another reader took issue with yours and flagged it. Annoying, I know. Hopefully you see this before it’s removed for “discussing moderation”.

Dang, meet out back at the woodshed, Sony.
@JackiePriest I get what you’re saying, but just 2 weeks ago Amazon was offering codes for Xenoblade X for $40 whilst it’s $60 on Nintendo’s e-shop, so sales and competition are possible in those instances. I didn’t realize PS doesn’t allow that.

Thank you for the thoughtful review. While this isn’t my type of game, I appreciate that you guys went ahead and published your early impressions for your readers. This is why this site (and Nintendo Life/Pure Xbox) continue to be the only gaming news sites I care to peruse. (Shout out to Digital Foundry, though not news precisely).

Disgusting. I have Expedition (Shakedown) 33 sitting on my PS5 as both my boyfriend and boss (not the same individual!) have been urging me to get around to playing it. No such thing will ever happen now.

Imagine trying to bully another struggling artist into believing nobody else has the right to utter “Clair Obscur”, a term Sandfall certainly did not invent. Or perhaps “udder” is the word I’m looking for.

Always happy to have my backlog get a bit smaller! Now back to Forbidden West…

Personally, I’m waiting to get into these series until Dragon’s Dogma XVI and Final Fantasy II Remake Part III get PS8 Pro patches. I hear good things, though.

@Northern_munkey LOL I don’t actually know Dutch, just thought it sounded ruder that way.

Also, to further the analogy, I don’t feel one need worry overmuch about the feelings of the goat farmers. It’s on them to convince me why I should spend $40 on their flea-infested product, plus another $10 for the condiments, so to speak. And it’s fine to advise others against eating unregulated goat testicles, even if I haven’t sampled the merchandise myself.

@SanquineEn ik heb nog nooit geitentestikels gegeten, maar ik voel me nog steeds op mijn gemak om een mening over de kwestie te hebben.

Bold of them to assume I will be playing.

@Enuo On the positive side, with most retailers going “rouge”, nearly all shoplifters last month were caught red-handed!

@DanteDevilHunter Right, “Goodbye, Volcano High”. I mean, how discouraging must it be to have the literal creator of GOW play an hour of your game and then take a big public dump all over it to his large audience of GOW fans? I mean, would it really be so hard to just graciously congratulate them on their effort? I bet that would have meant the world to them. These are just young people making the game they want to make and not hurting anybody. If it’s not Jaffe’s cup of tea, maybe he can mentor somebody on how to do it better.

(Sorry to vent it all in my reply to you! I don’t comment much but that guy really pissed me off).

Also, reading back through the comments now, I saw where @LogicStrikesAgain mentions the developer direct with Mega Cat. Just went and watched that, and I have to say it’s pretty poor form for Jaffe to go online and savage them like that. Sure, this project is funded by Sony, but they’re a small indie team doing their best on a passion project, and seem like nice people, and definitely don’t deserve to be dragged through the mud.

If one has critiques of their work, fair enough, but Jaffe just comes off as a schoolyard bully. Maybe when he produces something of value, I’ll be more interested in his opinion (but I sort of doubt it).

Makes me want to play it like 10x more now.

Speaking of “who the f$@$ wants to play this”, I showed my boyfriend (big fan of the two “reboot” games) the creepy bathhouse scene from GOW 2 last night on youtube, and he was like “gross”. So we’re not too chuffed about Jaffe’s boorish takes.

@DennisReynolds I always thought it was neat how with E26 they had basically no budget due to the office manager blowing it all on gummy bears, so they couldn’t hire voice actors nor a typist. All the characters communicate solely through interpretive dance. Neat example of working within artistic constraints, though a bit much to take in one sitting, being the longest game in the series at 472 hours.

Never had any desire to play E30, as the experiment in having the whole game take place in a high school cafeteria seemed like pandering to a niche crowd.

Does anyone know if I have to play the first 32 games to understand what’s going on, or can a new fan jump in here?

@Sequel Honestly at this point I’m so bored with the idea of Bloodborne 3, I’m hoping they just skip right to 4, but in an edgy twist, simply call it Bloodborne. Please be turn-based!!🦆

@NEStalgia Nonetheless, as a DQ fan since 1989 (that’s Dragon Quest, not Dairy Queen), I feel completely entitled to embarass myself and everyone around me in the most messy way possible until I get what I deserve as a fan. Apropos of nothing, I wonder if anyone on here knows Yuji Horii’s home address? 😃

@NEStalgia “All about the f---ing hero of g-----n light. An emotional tale about a broken hero dealing with love, loss, regret, and lots of puff-puff… It'll also include a Lara Croft cameo.”

Does it make me a bad person that you just made me realize that’s all I’ve ever really wanted from a Dragon Quest game?

I only play AAAA games, and Ubisoft have yet to say if this is one such. Why the silence? I have never played anything less than AAAA in my life, which means Skull and Bones remains the only video game I’ve ever been able to tolerate. Mere AAA Insomniac/Guerilla/Naughty Dog tripe is for peasants 🤮🤮🤮. No AAAA or above, no buy!!1!

@Pinkman Cancel or cancel not; there is no “try”.

@naruball No, you’re correct of course. I probably didn’t read the article carefully enough and hadn’t realized he’s violent. Certainly nobody should have to entrust him with their safety. It’s still sad to think of anyone so young being locked away for life though, short of actually committing murder.

What a waste. MI6 should hire the kid, buy him a TI-92 calculator, and aim him at Russia. He’d be performing a massive public service and probably enjoy himself more than screwing with video game publishers. Not that I condone what he’s done, it’s deplorable, but talk about failure to make proper use of an asset.

Seriously, **** Chadley. I hope they include a minigame where you set him on fire.

Rumor has it Gilson B Pontes is cooking up something special. It’s such a travesty that Elden Ring ripped him off so shamelessly. Truly the finest Playstation exclusive developer! ( /s, before I get savaged by you lovely people)

@Dezzy70 I think about 11 years from announcement to release is about right. I have such fond memories of that decade I spent getting hyped for Final Fantasy Versus XIII/XV. Brilliant marketing strategy, kept me from buying any other games from 2006-2017, and now it will be up to my grandkids’ grandkids to work through my backlog. I’ve already revoked their college savings accounts so they’ll have more time to focus on gaming.

@AndyKazama Poor Mike, he was only a week from retirement. They originally had dlc planned where his widow had to navigate signing up for health insurance after his death, but it was cancelled after being determined to be too horrifying for children.

They’ll somehow have to find time for the remake of the first third of their greatest game, Metroid Other M, Part I. I heard the classic game beloved by generations of children will now be in glorious dynamic HD (540p undocked*) with full analogue drift action!

Well that explains why the lead character keeps screaming the same thing over and over while his friends are trying to engage in combat operations and would probably prefer not to draw too much attention. Here I thought to myself, “how cool they finally made a Final Fantasy with a brain damaged protagonist”, but it turns out the code is just glitched.