@Johnnycide My Friend of Misery, you mustn’t fret, you may draw the Shortest Straw with poor Battery life, but situation is in the Eye of the Beholder. Although it’s Sad But True, it can leave you Broken, Beat & Scarred, but it could also be the Day That Never Comes, either could be a Merciful Fate. Either Seek and Destroy your enemies because it’s Killing Time or Jump in the Fire because it’s the End of the Line!
@FinneasGH when my daughter was 2.5 years old, on vacation she would only take a nap if I put on Master of Puppets for her and pushed her on the swing. She’d be half asleep and throwing a tiny fist in the air every time James said, “Master.” 🤣
@belmont I’ll get back to it eventually but I stopped 40 hours in because I got so sick of mini games. I must have stopped before that one because it doesn’t sound familiar.
@Blaze215 I’m right there with you. I get so worn out so quick with most open world games because I want to do everything but then it becomes a chore. I’d rather a concise 15 hour game than a bloated 100 hour game any day. I loved Remake and want to love Rebirth but just can’t.
On Steam Deck I fired up my favorite game of all time, Nier Automata. Besides that, my son and I jumped into Hypercharge Unboxed and I’m continuing my journey through Stellar Blade.
@Titntin it’s such a shame. I wanted to love that game so badly, but just couldn’t. Every time I started to really enjoy myself they threw a forced mini-game at me. The GS Chocobo race was one of the least egregious of the mini-games, that was far better than having to play Rocket League as Red XIII to get coupons for clothes. I’ll go back to it eventually but I needed a break, I just wasn’t enjoying myself.
I couldn’t care less about a photo mode, but that would be great for those who want it, the perverts would have an especially fun time with it though! All jokes aside, I’d be cool with a DLC announcement.
@IamJT I completely agree. I understand why 2 is looked at as the worst, though I personally enjoyed it, but I don’t understand the Infinite hatred, I adored that game.
@nomither6 I have to respectfully disagree. I love Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite. I can understand why most people didn’t like 2, but I didn’t hate it like most and I think the combat was a lot of fun in it. Bioshock is a masterpiece of a game, so I have no arguments there. I personally loved Infinite, I thought the story was really good, the lore was interesting, and the gameplay loop was a ton of fun. Also, in my opinion, the Burial at Sea DLC is single-handedly the best piece of DLC I’ve ever played.
If you’d asked me years ago I’d have hoped for another Borderlands and Bioshock, but the Pre-Sequel was awful and I was severely disappointed in B3. Granted, I didn’t expect any to live up to B2 since it’s one of my all-time favorite games, but I expected far better. Bioshock on the other hand is still one of the greatest series ever made and I will gladly welcome the official announcement of the Antarctica Bioshock game.
@Martijn87 it’s also worth getting A-E because the game does change with each play through, so you aren’t completely playing the same thing five times. I NEVER replay a game right after beating it the first time. I beat it all five times back to back and was sad there wasn’t more.
@Blaze215 well said, I adored Remake and was so excited for Rebirth. I kept lying to myself saying I was crazy and that I DID actually love Rebirth, but I finally had to accept that I just wasn’t having fun with it. I hit 30+ hours and took a break. There is just far too much mandatory bloat in this game. I wouldn’t even mind doing all of the open world bloat if I wasn’t forced into a mini-game every half an hour of story time.
I’ve gotten burnt out after 40 hours of Mini-Games the Game, I mean, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, so I’m stepping back for now and jumped into Stellar Blade. I’m loving it so far.
I’m only a couple of hours in so far, but so far it’s a solid 8. There’s things I love and things I think could be better. It’s no Nier Automata, but that’s my all-time favorite game so I’m bias.
@Goat_FromBOTW I’m glad I’m not alone on Wendy, she was just annoying, they set her up to be that obnoxious but funny character, but they seemed to have forgotten to funny part of that. The rest of the show was a lot of fun though.
I played this on Xbox and loved it. As someone who usually can’t get into survival games, I thought it was VERY welcoming to new players, so I’m surprised to see that as a con.
@Kidfunkadelic83 it’s been a while, but if I remember right give times total. Each time gets quicker though. It is well worth going through all of the play throughs.
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Re: Ridiculous Action Game Killer Bean Will Be Blasting to PS5 Eventually
@Weebleman this comment made me laugh harder than it should have
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate Summer Game Fest and Its Surrounding Shows as a Whole?
If it weren’t for Xbox’s showcase and Astro I’d have said it was pretty disappointing.
Re: Metallica Fronts Musical PVP on Fortnite Festival's Battle Stage
@Johnnycide My Friend of Misery, you mustn’t fret, you may draw the Shortest Straw with poor Battery life, but situation is in the Eye of the Beholder. Although it’s Sad But True, it can leave you Broken, Beat & Scarred, but it could also be the Day That Never Comes, either could be a Merciful Fate. Either Seek and Destroy your enemies because it’s Killing Time or Jump in the Fire because it’s the End of the Line!
Re: Metallica Fronts Musical PVP on Fortnite Festival's Battle Stage
@SystemAddict all while the top players Kill ‘em All.
(Very well played.)
Re: Metallica Fronts Musical PVP on Fortnite Festival's Battle Stage
@Johnnycide thanks! If she wasn’t holding my phone while doing it I’d have so many adorable videos of it.
Re: Metallica Fronts Musical PVP on Fortnite Festival's Battle Stage
@FinneasGH when my daughter was 2.5 years old, on vacation she would only take a nap if I put on Master of Puppets for her and pushed her on the swing. She’d be half asleep and throwing a tiny fist in the air every time James said, “Master.” 🤣
Re: Metallica Fronts Musical PVP on Fortnite Festival's Battle Stage
There has only been two times I’ve been interested in Fornite, when they brought the Kelsier from Mistborn skin to it and now this…
Re: Preview: Astro Bot on PS5 Could Be the Best 3D Platformer This Side of Nintendo
This is definitely one of my most anticipated games. Playroom is still one of my favorite PS5 games, so I have such high hopes for this.
Re: Forget About the Cheesy Reveal Trailer with 20 Mins of Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gameplay
It looks better than the reveal trailer but, honestly, still not that great.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Demos Out of This Galaxy PS5 Gameplay
I really wasn’t expecting this game to look this fun, I went from thinking I’ll grab it eventually to possibly grabbing it day one.
Re: Poll: Was Summer Game Fest 2024 Great or a Letdown?
Not a ton there for me but the Alan Wake 2 expansion completely sold me. Power Rangers looks great too.
Re: Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Now Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Full Gameplay Reveal Next Week
Dreadwolf was so much better of a name
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 Predictions for Summer Game Fest 2024?
They’ll announce a bunch of new Xbox games inbound 😂
Re: Poll: Are You Hyped for Summer Game Fest 2024?
Since we don’t have E3 it’s the next best thing, I guess.
Re: Newest Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Patch 1.040 Applies Some Quick Fixes
@belmont oh joy, that makes me sooo excited to go back. 😑
Re: Newest Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Patch 1.040 Applies Some Quick Fixes
@belmont I’ll get back to it eventually but I stopped 40 hours in because I got so sick of mini games. I must have stopped before that one because it doesn’t sound familiar.
Re: Newest Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Patch 1.040 Applies Some Quick Fixes
Does the update remove the mandatory mini games?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 531
@Blaze215 I’m right there with you. I get so worn out so quick with most open world games because I want to do everything but then it becomes a chore. I’d rather a concise 15 hour game than a bloated 100 hour game any day. I loved Remake and want to love Rebirth but just can’t.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 531
@Blaze215 I could deal with the open world checklist, it was the endless bloat of mandatory mini games that completely killed my enjoyment of Rebirth.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 531
On Steam Deck I fired up my favorite game of all time, Nier Automata. Besides that, my son and I jumped into Hypercharge Unboxed and I’m continuing my journey through Stellar Blade.
Re: Dynasty Warriors Origins Could Be the Comeback Fans Have Been Waiting For on PS5
Musou is one of those genres that I wish I liked but every time I play one I get so bored. Maybe one day one will click with me.
Re: Latest State of Play Is One of the Worst-Received PS5 Shows Yet
It had Astro Bot which was the only thing I cared to see, so I was content with it. The rest of the games aren’t really for me anyways.
Re: Concord Is Sony's Answer to Overwatch, Launches August, Beta Test in July
I’ve been wanting Sony to return to the FPS genre for years, this was NOT what I had in mind.
Re: Open World Martial Arts RPG Where Winds Meet Announced for PS5
@QiaraIris that’s great to hear, thanks!
Re: PS5 Platformer Astro Bot Will Have 80 Action-Packed Levels
This was easily my highlight of the showcase, I’m really excited for this.
Re: Open World Martial Arts RPG Where Winds Meet Announced for PS5
This looks really cool but I hope the entire game isn’t just 1v1 or a boss rush game like the video made it seem.
Re: Conscript Musters Retro WW1 Survival Horror for PS5, PS4
Might have to get this on Steam Deck, I’m loving the esthetic and art direction of it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 530
@Titntin it’s such a shame. I wanted to love that game so badly, but just couldn’t. Every time I started to really enjoy myself they threw a forced mini-game at me. The GS Chocobo race was one of the least egregious of the mini-games, that was far better than having to play Rocket League as Red XIII to get coupons for clothes. I’ll go back to it eventually but I needed a break, I just wasn’t enjoying myself.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 530
I beat Hellblade 2 Friday night, that’s likely my only game time this weekend since the family and I went up to Maine for the weekend.
Re: Millennials Must Gather Caring Energy in Care Bears: To the Rescue on PS5
Can we get a Naughty Bear crossover DLC? Might have to pick this up for my daughter.
Re: Stellar Blade Dev Teases News Set for Next Week
I couldn’t care less about a photo mode, but that would be great for those who want it, the perverts would have an especially fun time with it though! All jokes aside, I’d be cool with a DLC announcement.
Re: Best God of War Games
GoW (2018) would be my number one, followed by GoW3
Re: Square Enix Bestows New Name on Creative Business Unit 3
Equally as terrible
Re: Summer Game Fest Hosts New Game Reveal from One of 2K's 'Biggest and Most Beloved Franchises'
@IamJT I completely agree. I understand why 2 is looked at as the worst, though I personally enjoyed it, but I don’t understand the Infinite hatred, I adored that game.
Re: Summer Game Fest Hosts New Game Reveal from One of 2K's 'Biggest and Most Beloved Franchises'
@nomither6 I have to respectfully disagree. I love Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite. I can understand why most people didn’t like 2, but I didn’t hate it like most and I think the combat was a lot of fun in it. Bioshock is a masterpiece of a game, so I have no arguments there. I personally loved Infinite, I thought the story was really good, the lore was interesting, and the gameplay loop was a ton of fun. Also, in my opinion, the Burial at Sea DLC is single-handedly the best piece of DLC I’ve ever played.
Re: Summer Game Fest Hosts New Game Reveal from One of 2K's 'Biggest and Most Beloved Franchises'
If you’d asked me years ago I’d have hoped for another Borderlands and Bioshock, but the Pre-Sequel was awful and I was severely disappointed in B3. Granted, I didn’t expect any to live up to B2 since it’s one of my all-time favorite games, but I expected far better. Bioshock on the other hand is still one of the greatest series ever made and I will gladly welcome the official announcement of the Antarctica Bioshock game.
Re: Yoko Taro Making New Game with NieR Leads, But 'It Might Be NieR, It Might Not Be NieR'
@Martijn87 it’s also worth getting A-E because the game does change with each play through, so you aren’t completely playing the same thing five times. I NEVER replay a game right after beating it the first time. I beat it all five times back to back and was sad there wasn’t more.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 528
@Blaze215 well said, I adored Remake and was so excited for Rebirth. I kept lying to myself saying I was crazy and that I DID actually love Rebirth, but I finally had to accept that I just wasn’t having fun with it. I hit 30+ hours and took a break. There is just far too much mandatory bloat in this game. I wouldn’t even mind doing all of the open world bloat if I wasn’t forced into a mini-game every half an hour of story time.
Re: Rumour: SEGA Wants Persona to Be an Annual Franchise Alongside Like a Dragon, Sonic
That’s a good way to tank the quality of your beloved product
Re: Vengeful Fallout 76 Players Keep Nuking Xbox Boss Phil Spencer's Camp
This is so petty and ridiculous … I love it
Re: Rumour: Hi-Fi Rush Dev Was Pitching Sequel Before Microsoft Closed It Down
Just when I thought this couldn’t get worse …
Re: Rumour: Ubisoft Is Going All-In on Assassin's Creed with Black Flag Remake, Another Remake, Co-op Multiplayer Games, and More
I swear I’m the only gamer on the planet that doesn’t love this game, in fact, it ended my love for AC. I haven’t touched one since.
Re: Mini Review: Crow Country (PS5) - Brilliant Retro Horror Wears Its Influences on Its Sleeve
Never heard of this, but it has my attention now.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 527
I’ve gotten burnt out after 40 hours of Mini-Games the Game, I mean, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, so I’m stepping back for now and jumped into Stellar Blade. I’m loving it so far.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Stellar Blade?
I’m only a couple of hours in so far, but so far it’s a solid 8. There’s things I love and things I think could be better. It’s no Nier Automata, but that’s my all-time favorite game so I’m bias.
Re: TV Show Review: Knuckles - Fun, Lighthearted Spin-Off Eases the Wait for Sonic 3
@Goat_FromBOTW I’m glad I’m not alone on Wendy, she was just annoying, they set her up to be that obnoxious but funny character, but they seemed to have forgotten to funny part of that. The rest of the show was a lot of fun though.
Re: Fallout Games Attract 5 Million Users in One Day Due to Popularity Surge
@CooCooKaChoo or Half-Life 3
Re: Grounded (PS5) - Little Bites Pack a Big Punch
I played this on Xbox and loved it. As someone who usually can’t get into survival games, I thought it was VERY welcoming to new players, so I’m surprised to see that as a con.
Re: Stellar Blade Is a Better Game Than NieR: Automata, Yoko Taro Reckons
@Kidfunkadelic83 it’s been a while, but if I remember right give times total. Each time gets quicker though. It is well worth going through all of the play throughs.
Re: Stellar Blade Is a Better Game Than NieR: Automata, Yoko Taro Reckons
Nier Automata is my all-time favorite game, so I doubt it will be for me, but I can’t wait to possibly be proven wrong.