@gymratAmarillo 100% agree with you. To add a little bit to it, Destiny is such a ln established and recognized brand that if they release a new game with less predatory monetisation and a more streamlined progression system that lets new players in easily, it would be very successful critically and also profitable.
"Doing the sort of journalism for which awards are given" and you proceeded to do the same thing, although being sarcastic all the way to "There you have it — the answer to a question that has kept us up for days on end, finally answered." Are you ok? Blink twice if you're being forced to write articles against your will.
I'll wait a year and buy the game and the DLC in a bundle for £30. It should've come packaged with the game and Atlus won't get me with their scummy practices.
@naruball It basically has classes and relationships that are similarly done to Fire Emblem. The combat has units that you organize in rows and they act according to the skills you've given them and where they are positioned. Very similar to Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen and Ogre Battle 64.
The story is very standard but well told with medieval flair in the dialogue.
If any of this interests you, it does everything I described quite well.
She's a terrible actress and one of the reasons I stopped watching the series. People are comparing to Forspoken but I don't think it's fair, since Forspoken at least had good graphics and the gameplay was acceptable. This looks much worse.
Funny how people jump to defend this game for its graphical and sidequest issues while XVI was completely blasted for the same reasons. The bias is real.
@ArashiKageTaro I have absolutely no idea who he is nor could I care less. I played GTA V and I still don't know who he is. I'm not in my 60s. Maybe if you're a bit less condescending and more empathetic you can realize not everyone has the same musical taste as yours.
The jump in players is obviously leaving early access and due to websites showing Steam stats we knew for sure the game has sold way past 10 million copies. Not much new information there.
@Th3solution I'm not registered on Pure Xbox and I couldn't care less about the console wars. I actually said the he explained his point well in the review while the bullet point is way too vague to be understood, that's all.
@Impossibilium It's still trite to say it. Just because he explained it doesn't make it less trite. Instead of writing that in the negative points he could've put "slow burning and excessive reading". I understand his argument, but people who look at the bullet points will be dissatisfied. It's similar to the IGN Pokemon review with "too much water". Even though the writer went in detail about why the excess of water routes in a Pokémon game bogs it down, everyone thought that saying "too much water" was overly simplistic.
Kudos to them for the dedication and quick resolution. Even though it's not my kind of game, I'm really happy that the end product is a high quality game that the people who bought can enjoy and the developers can be satisfied with the results.
£35??? I loved Else ring, but I bought the game for £55 and doubt this DLC Will be almost 2/3 the length of the original game. I'll wait for a price drop, that's way too much for an expansion.
Remember when people were complaining that everything was a soulslike? Welcome to the era of "everything is a survival game". Publishers really don't understand that if they bloat the market they don't sell their product.
I would say Phil Spencer is two faced, but a more accurate description would be no faced. That man wears whichever mask is more convenient for him at the time.
I understand the concept, but frankly I felt uncomfortable when I woke up today and next to me was Phil Spencer in a dressing gown whispering "everywhere" in my ear.
I remember in the comment section of The Game Awards some people being snobbish and writing that the DICE awards are where the professionals of the industry vote and that's what counts.
I wonder what they have to say now considering 80% of the winners are the same. I guess the professionals and us common folk are not so different after all.
@ChrisDeku Considering I'm married, probably 99.7%. It makes me wonder if people who jump to defend her horrible design have never seen or touched a woman.
@UltimateOtaku91 It's a live service game that has very few players after a week. Number of copies sold is not the only thing that maintain a game like that alive. Suicide Squad is DOA.
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Re: Vault Dweller Experiences Wasteland Justice in Fallout Prime Video Teaser
I hope I'm wrong, but it's not looking good at all.
With Amazon's recent blunders I wouldn't hold my breath expecting this to be great.
Re: Bungie Shuffles Marathon Leadership as Fears of Further Layoffs Loom
@gymratAmarillo 100% agree with you.
To add a little bit to it, Destiny is such a ln established and recognized brand that if they release a new game with less predatory monetisation and a more streamlined progression system that lets new players in easily, it would be very successful critically and also profitable.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Refuses to Budge Among Heavy Hitting Competition
@AdamNovice It just that ranking wise it looks worse than the first one. But you're definitely right that Digital may factor in a lot.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Refuses to Budge Among Heavy Hitting Competition
Rebirth is a bit of a flop, huh?
Congrats on Helldivers! I haven't played it yet, but everyone seems to be enjoying it!
Re: Random: Sydney Sweeney Reveals Which PS2 The Simpsons Game Was Her Favourite
"Doing the sort of journalism for which awards are given" and you proceeded to do the same thing, although being sarcastic all the way to "There you have it — the answer to a question that has kept us up for days on end, finally answered."
Are you ok? Blink twice if you're being forced to write articles against your will.
Re: Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake News Teased for David Hayter's Legacy Series
I love David Hayter and he'll always be Snake in my heart but I don't trust Konami with the development of any game.
Re: Sonic and Angry Birds Join Forces at Last in a Crossover No One Asked For
SEGA never disappoints when it comes to chasing trends from 10 years ago.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PS5 Sales Slip 91% at Retail
Divide one game into 3 and that's what happens. FFVII is suffering from "The Hobbit Effect".
Re: Nobody Wants to Die Looks Too Good to Be True on PS5
Too good to be true? In a cinematic trailer?
That's because it is. It's not real gameplay.
Re: Resident Evil 4's Remake Tops 7 Million Sales Milestone
"What're ya buyin?"
RE 4, apparently!
Re: Best Final Fantasy Games
Rebirth suffering from huge recency bias.
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Expansion Pass Priced at Roughly £30 / $35
I'll wait a year and buy the game and the DLC in a bundle for £30. It should've come packaged with the game and Atlus won't get me with their scummy practices.
Re: Persona 3 Reload's Episode Aigis DLC Was Dropped from the Base Game Due to Development Difficulties
@BeerIsAwesome Top tier reply!
Re: Full Price Remake Persona 3 Reload Will Be 'Complete' with Episode Aigis DLC, Says Producer
The one that it should've released with in the first place? I'm glad I haven't bought this game at release. I love Persona but I don't trust Atlus.
Re: Unicorn Overlord (PS5) - An Utterly Brilliant Strategy RPG
@naruball It basically has classes and relationships that are similarly done to Fire Emblem. The combat has units that you organize in rows and they act according to the skills you've given them and where they are positioned. Very similar to Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen and Ogre Battle 64.
The story is very standard but well told with medieval flair in the dialogue.
If any of this interests you, it does everything I described quite well.
Re: Unicorn Overlord (PS5) - An Utterly Brilliant Strategy RPG
Got the game a day early due to preordering and I'm having a blast!
If you like Fire Emblem and/or Ogre Battle, this game is for you!
Re: The Witcher's Anya Chalotra Is Haroona in Unknown 9: Awakening on PS5, PS4
She's a terrible actress and one of the reasons I stopped watching the series. People are comparing to Forspoken but I don't think it's fair, since Forspoken at least had good graphics and the gameplay was acceptable. This looks much worse.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 Frame Rate Controversy Rumbles on as Previews Give Conflicting Reports
I prefer 60fps, but if they can't reach it, at least lock it at 30fps. Uncapped with dips in framerate looks absolutely horrendous.
Re: Dune: Awakening Takes Place in Alternate Timeline, Devs 'Sort of Sidestep Religion'
"Hey, we're making the game without one of the core components of the franchise"
PASS
Re: Warner Bros' Reaction to Suicide Squad Flop Will Make You Question Your Sanity
I guess J.B. Perette is the living proof of the concept of "failing upwards"
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Graphical Problems Are Clear in Digital Foundry Report
Funny how people jump to defend this game for its graphical and sidequest issues while XVI was completely blasted for the same reasons.
The bias is real.
Re: GTA 6 on PS5 Will Seemingly Include ScHoolboy Q's Music
@ArashiKageTaro I have absolutely no idea who he is nor could I care less. I played GTA V and I still don't know who he is. I'm not in my 60s.
Maybe if you're a bit less condescending and more empathetic you can realize not everyone has the same musical taste as yours.
Re: GTA 6 on PS5 Will Seemingly Include ScHoolboy Q's Music
Thank goodness I'm too old to understand all this nonsense.
Re: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake (PS5) - Cult Classic Shines Through Technical Troubles
So remaking it to make it worse than the original? 200 IQ move.
Re: Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu Unlikely to Score Another Full Game
To echo everyone's sentiments here, he's a legend who truly deserves all the rest he needs.
Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Sales Apparently Top 10 Million
The jump in players is obviously leaving early access and due to websites showing Steam stats we knew for sure the game has sold way past 10 million copies.
Not much new information there.
Re: Mini Review: Pentiment (PS5) - A Slow-Burning 16th-Century Murder Mystery
@Th3solution I'm not registered on Pure Xbox and I couldn't care less about the console wars.
I actually said the he explained his point well in the review while the bullet point is way too vague to be understood, that's all.
Re: Mini Review: Penny's Big Breakaway (PS5) - Unique Yo-Yo Platformer Has Its Ups and Downs
Of all the things to be influenced by Sonic, being buggy and having collision issues definitely shouldn't be two of them.
Re: Mini Review: Pentiment (PS5) - A Slow-Burning 16th-Century Murder Mystery
@Impossibilium It's still trite to say it. Just because he explained it doesn't make it less trite. Instead of writing that in the negative points he could've put "slow burning and excessive reading".
I understand his argument, but people who look at the bullet points will be dissatisfied.
It's similar to the IGN Pokemon review with "too much water". Even though the writer went in detail about why the excess of water routes in a Pokémon game bogs it down, everyone thought that saying "too much water" was overly simplistic.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Bucks Industry Trend with Rising Weekly Sales
Congrats to them, they deserve it!
Re: Helldivers 2 Servers Hold Fast in Face of 800K Screaming Concurrents
Kudos to them for the dedication and quick resolution.
Even though it's not my kind of game, I'm really happy that the end product is a high quality game that the people who bought can enjoy and the developers can be satisfied with the results.
Re: Hands On: Unicorn Overlord Has the Potential to Be One of 2024's Best RPGs
If you ever played an Ogre Battle or Fire Emblem game you owe it to yourself to try it.
It really feels like a mix of the two in the best kind of way.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Becomes the Second Highest-Rated Final Fantasy Game of All Time
So the best one stays in first place
Re: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Out for PS5, PS4 on 21st June 2024
£35??? I loved Else ring, but I bought the game for £55 and doubt this DLC Will be almost 2/3 the length of the original game. I'll wait for a price drop, that's way too much for an expansion.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Holds Firm While Skull and Bones Sails into the Top 10
So the AAAA game debuted in 4th place?
Ubisoft's CEO remains a master strategist.
Re: New Terminator Game, GreedFall 2 Headline Nacon Connect Showcase
Remember when people were complaining that everything was a soulslike? Welcome to the era of "everything is a survival game".
Publishers really don't understand that if they bloat the market they don't sell their product.
Re: Xbox Fans Petitioning for Helldivers 2 to Launch on Xbox
I would say Phil Spencer is two faced, but a more accurate description would be no faced. That man wears whichever mask is more convenient for him at the time.
Re: Xbox's 'Everywhere' Future Outlined in Company Memo from Phil Spencer
@Johnnycide Thanks! Just doing my best to contribute to society and the meme machine that Phil Spencer is!
Re: Xbox's 'Everywhere' Future Outlined in Company Memo from Phil Spencer
@puddinggirl Careful! If you say his name 3 times he shows up on your doorstep!
Re: Xbox's 'Everywhere' Future Outlined in Company Memo from Phil Spencer
I understand the concept, but frankly I felt uncomfortable when I woke up today and next to me was Phil Spencer in a dressing gown whispering "everywhere" in my ear.
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Wins Big at DICE Awards, But Baldur's Gate 3 Takes Game of the Year
I remember in the comment section of The Game Awards some people being snobbish and writing that the DICE awards are where the professionals of the industry vote and that's what counts.
I wonder what they have to say now considering 80% of the winners are the same. I guess the professionals and us common folk are not so different after all.
Re: Without a Physical PS5 Release, Alan Wake 2 Is Still Remedy's Fastest Selling Game
@Czar_Khastik Your top tier ***** posting is half the reason I read the comment section.
Thanks for the continuous entertainment!
Re: Round Up: Unicorn Overlord Previews Paint a Very Positive Picture of the PS5, PS4 RPG
It feels as if Fire Emblem and Ogre Battle had a child and I'm totally up for that!
Re: Looks Like This Is the New Lara Croft in PS5's Next Tomb Raider
@ChrisDeku Considering I'm married, probably 99.7%. It makes me wonder if people who jump to defend her horrible design have never seen or touched a woman.
Re: Looks Like This Is the New Lara Croft in PS5's Next Tomb Raider
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Re: UK Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 PS5 Drops into the Top 10
@UltimateOtaku91 It's a live service game that has very few players after a week. Number of copies sold is not the only thing that maintain a game like that alive. Suicide Squad is DOA.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League?
I don't like the art style, the gameplay and the Live-service model. Also, the reviews are mostly saying this is an average game.
That being said, if this game is for you, I hope you are having fun!
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for February 2024 Announced
I wanted both Rollerdrome and Steelrising! Great month!
Re: Rumour: Persona 3 Reload Lines Up The Answer as DLC
I'll wait a year or two until they release Reloaded and then the definitive version, Re-reloaded.
Re: Call of Duty Boss Takes the Top Job at Blizzard
The way these corporate execs speak and behave could make them easily replaceable by an AI.