@nessisonett Tons of games are made solely for artistic reasons, ever heard of indie games? Game mods? Mods in particular almost never cost any money to play.
@Ogbert
Marauders are not that hard, sawed off shotgun and ballista combo and you are golden. Ever played Quake and encountered an enemy called Spawns before? Now those suckers are some actual bulls--t.
@MrPeanutbutterz Character design is an acquired taste I will give you that but the art style is gorgeous if you like stylistic low poly games. The environments pop in motion.
@AceReaper1994
Maybe its just because I grew up in D.C and its a city that rarely gets represented in games especially open world games, but I actually prefer Division 2's setting over Divisions. NYC is cool and all but its been done in games to death.
@Deadlyblack Triple A games these days are so large and have so many moving parts to them that getting a game out every 2-3 years just isnt feasable anymore. If you go back just a couple console generations you may notice that outside of some genres like RPGs, games across the board were much shorter.
@ShadowRJ Its from the creators of Fargo which was a black comedy anthology series where every season is a new storyline so that same approach makes sense to me.
@8thDoctor Nobody goes into a Walmart and walks out with a gun in 10 minutes. There's a long wait period due to background checks. I get what you are saying and that's it's still too easy but let's not exaggerate here or else it will be used as ammo from the dissent.
I played this on PC awhile back via Game Pass. Honestly if you primarily play on Playstation you guys arent missing much. Its not BAD per se its just kind of boring.
@Oram77 Problem is those games were so expensive to make that they didnt turn enough of a profit to satisfy Square. We might get a new game someday but probably not by Squares hand.
@ryan_nil Nightdive have done a ton of remasters of older games on both pc and console that are just as good and not just shooters if you would want to go down that rabbit hole.
@nomither6
The COD games were primarily relegated in multiplayer to small maps and static environments so you can optimize for 60 easily. BF has always featured much larger environments, more players, way more s--t going on, etc. They are not even remotely comparable. Also every Battlefield on console has been 60 since 2013.
@CheapMerc Soldiers also arent jumping out of jets with an RPG, taking out the enemy jet thats behind them and then landing back into their jet cockpit. These games are not simulators bro. A true simulator wouldn't be very fun.
@Truegamer79 I remember when MGSV was in development Kojima was constantly posting videos and pics of him playtesting it, he would also continously take notes about things he wishes to be edited or changed later including minor stuff so he definently plays his games during development at least not sure about others though.
@darkswabber
The last 2 BFs did not flop and I have no either where the actual hell you pulled that out of. BFV sold 7.3 Million in its first month. 2042 sold over 4 million in its first week. Also thats a normal game price which adjusted for inflation is still the cheapest AAA games have ever been.
@IntrepidWombat You are comparing very small scale mostly linear games to a sprawling open world title with lots of AI, physics, etc. Not anywhere in the same ballpark.
@Alps_Stranger
Countless iconic games have seen major pivots mid development including but by no means limited to; Bioshock, Doom, Team Fortress 2, Splinter Cell, Borderlands, Conker's Bad Fur Day, The Last of Us, Half Life 2, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Red Dead Redemption, Overwatch and Assassins Creed. Just to name a few. Games changing during development is not a bad omen for anything. It is an extremely common practice because development is about constantly trying things, ditching what doesn't work and keeping what does.
AI slop aside a survival horror game that starts out calm and ASMR like and then goes crazy at the most random times and then switches back at random times would be a terrifying idea if done right.
@zhoont
Just because it's not your favorite genre doesn't mean they are middling at all, they are beautiful and lovingly crafted horror platformers especially the 2nd one.
@16BitHero As much as Kojima's games copy films I never got the feeling any of the settings or stories he makes would work well outside of video games. The plots are so convoluted and full of weird imagery (not to mention the constant tonal whiplashes) that I just don't think it would ever sit well in live action. Animated...maybe? But even then it would be a nightmare to translate some things into a movie runtime.
It's the internet, no matter how much evidence otherwise people will still pull mental gymnastics to "prove" the contrary. If they have their mind made up nothing will change that.
@GymratAmarillo
As a lifelong Star Wars fan I have enjoyed the majority of the shows thus far not just Andor. Skeleton Crew was good, Bad Batch was good, all the Tales of were pretty good, Ashoka was fine, the only outright "bad" one for me was Acolyte, and maybe Boba Fett which even then still had it's moments. I feel some people just want to find anything and everything to b--ch and moan about (or are just butthurt that some things aren't canon anymore which does not in any way, shape or form affect your enjoyment of past content) no matter how meaningless it is. The batting average is better than some people want to give honest credit for.
@dardel
Dude has had major writers block for the last like 15 years and he is almost 77 years old and not in the best of health so let's face it he probably won't have another 10 years. Maybe 5 at most. I would rather he just hand the series over to another experienced writer to finish it using his reference notes and then he can happily ride off into the sunset but he doesn't want that.
@Lup I was always roll my eyes at that line of argument, for most games on Game Pass Microsoft cut the developers a healthy check for the privilege to have those games on their service. It's no different than Netflix paying production studios to have movies on their platform, somebody is getting well paid no matter what.
Game prices are still the cheapest they have ever been when you factor in inflation. If you bought an SNES game in 1992 it would cost 60 dollars. Sound good right? Wrong, it would have cost 137 dollars in todays money. Bought a PS1 game in 1996, 50 dollars or 102 dollars in todays money. Bought a PS3 game in 2007, 60 dollars of 92 dollars in todays money. 60 dollar games were the norm for over 2 decades and that's while game development costs were skyrocketing. I'm surprised they didn't raise the price at least a decade ago. Also SNES and PS1 games were significantly shorter and lighter on content in general outside of RPG's. Pick any game on the PS1 that wasn't an RPG, look up playthroughs of it on YouTube and I guarantee you that playthrough is 8 hours or less (vast majority don't even exceed 6). Meanwhile todays games regardless of genre almost always last into at least the double digit hours. You all really do not understand how good you have it now.
@BAMozzy Doomguy didn't feel weak in Eternal, he had the highest kill count in it of any Doom game in the series (at least until Dark Ages) and combat was brutal with many weapons like the Super Shotgun, Ballista, and especially the BFG being extremely punchy. That never changed. Also the platforming is not nearly as hard as people seem to make it out to be, 95 percent of it is jump button, boost button, point in the direction where you need to go. Not exactly Mario Odyssey level of complexity there.
@Ultimapunch The perfect summary of these review bombing idiots is that there's this image that incel haters of the show keep spreading around of some screenshot of Bella making a face for half a second that kind of sort of looks funny that 99.999 percent of viewers didn't even notice. Thats all they are whining about right now. People sometimes make faces in high stress situations. Is this really what they waste their energy on all day? Talk about a miserable existence to be this perpetually mad about so many nothing burgers.
This is the most accurate portrayal of Florida I have ever seen in a video game, and I can say that I've lived in this monstrosity of a place my whole life.
@nomither6 I'd rather take something with color in it then all those boring brown and gray aesthetics that plagued almost every single game from like 2005-2015ish but that's just me.
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Re: God of War TV Series Has Found Its Atreus
@tselliot
Show has already got a guaranteed two seasons. Amazon clearly has faith in this after Fallout has been such a hit for them it seems.
Re: God of War TV Series Has Found Its Atreus
@nessisonett
Tons of games are made solely for artistic reasons, ever heard of indie games? Game mods? Mods in particular almost never cost any money to play.
Re: No, GTA 6 PS5 Physical Copies Won't Be Delayed
@RatmCky
Oh look another genius that doesn't understand that websites are private spaces that can enforce their own personal guidelines. Grow up.
Re: 'We've Got Much More in Store': Legendary DOOM Developer id Software Celebrates 35th Anniversary
@Ogbert
Marauders are not that hard, sawed off shotgun and ballista combo and you are golden. Ever played Quake and encountered an enemy called Spawns before? Now those suckers are some actual bulls--t.
Re: Going Platinum #10: Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
@MrPeanutbutterz
Character design is an acquired taste I will give you that but the art style is gorgeous if you like stylistic low poly games. The environments pop in motion.
Re: A Month After PS5 Performance Update, The Division: Definitive Edition Leaks
@AceReaper1994
Maybe its just because I grew up in D.C and its a city that rarely gets represented in games especially open world games, but I actually prefer Division 2's setting over Divisions. NYC is cool and all but its been done in games to death.
Re: Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat Publisher Warner Bros Bought for $82 Billion by Netflix
@LogicStrikesAgain
They claim Hbomax isnt going anywhere anytime soon so we will see. I actually prefer their service over Netflix
Re: The Witcher Dev Still Wants to Release Ciri's Whole Trilogy Within Six Years
@Deadlyblack
Triple A games these days are so large and have so many moving parts to them that getting a game out every 2-3 years just isnt feasable anymore. If you go back just a couple console generations you may notice that outside of some genres like RPGs, games across the board were much shorter.
Re: Beyond Good & Evil 2 PS5 May Not Be Dead Just Yet
@PuppetMaster
At least you can play some of Star Citizen
Re: Far Cry TV Series Officially Announced, from Creators of Fargo and Always Sunny
@ShadowRJ
Its from the creators of Fargo which was a black comedy anthology series where every season is a new storyline so that same approach makes sense to me.
Re: Twisted Metal Renewed for Season 3 and Gets New Showrunner
Season 1 was pretty meh but 2 was a welcome improvement. Still, surprised this got renewed but Poker Face didn't. Wasn't that a more popular show?
Re: GTA London Will Remain a One-Off, as the Series Needs Guns and American Culture, Says Dan Houser
@8thDoctor
Nobody goes into a Walmart and walks out with a gun in 10 minutes. There's a long wait period due to background checks. I get what you are saying and that's it's still too easy but let's not exaggerate here or else it will be used as ammo from the dissent.
Re: PS4's Legendary PT Demo Used to Teach Japanese Students English
"Hey you kids are ten years old here's a crying bloody fetus in a bathroom sink." Japan has no chill.
Re: Xbox, PC Sci-Fi RPG Starfield Won't Be Revealed for PS5 Until Next Year
I played this on PC awhile back via Game Pass. Honestly if you primarily play on Playstation you guys arent missing much. Its not BAD per se its just kind of boring.
Re: Death Stranding's Anime Movie Has One of the Most Striking Art Styles We've Seen in Some Time
@Mr_Singh
This isn't adapting the game it's a new story.
Re: Silent Hill F (PS5) - Brutal Survival Horror Walks a New Path
Ya'll acting like a 7/10 is a bad game. Thats above average.
Re: There's Even More Classic Tomb Raider Coming to PS5, PS4
@Oram77
Problem is those games were so expensive to make that they didnt turn enough of a profit to satisfy Square. We might get a new game someday but probably not by Squares hand.
Re: Preview: Why 007 First Light Is the Most Exciting Game of 2026
Gameplay wise this is exactly what I wanted in a modern Bond game. Feels like a modernized version of the PS2 007 games.
Re: State of Play Confirmed for 3rd September, Deep Dive on 007 First Light
@Frmknst
Bro? Goldeneye? Nightfire? Everything or Nothing? Ever heard of those?
Re: Lost Soul Aside's Hilarious English Voice Acting Goes Viral as PS5 Action Game Launches
@Pat_trick
Bad acting aside this is objectively a better game than Mindseye in every way.
Re: Preview: The Outer Worlds 2 Doubles Down on RPG Gameplay to Great Effect
@Bunchesopuppies
Its not 80 anymore they dropped the price.
Re: Preview: Hellraiser PS5's Sexual Horror Is Pushing Its M Rating to the Max
@tangyzesty
In fairness that seems to slowly be changing. I've seen more uncensored wang on TV in the last five years than ever before.
Re: The New Assassin's Creed Mirage DLC Isn't Suspicious at All
@daveofduncan
Free extra content for a game especially if its one you personally like is never a bad thing.
Re: Meltdowns on Social Media As Sony Markets Its Upcoming Xbox Port
@rjejr
Twitter is a total cess pool, I left that garbage years ago and have never looked back.
Re: Rumour: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Campaign May Force You into Multiplayer
You people do know what a rumour is right? You all are acting like this is official news.
Re: Mini Review: Heretic + Hexen (PS5) - Dark Fantasy Shooters Righteously Resurrected
@ryan_nil
Nightdive have done a ton of remasters of older games on both pc and console that are just as good and not just shooters if you would want to go down that rabbit hole.
Re: Battlefield 6 Will Hit 60fps in Performance Mode on PS5, and Even Higher on PS5 Pro
@nomither6
The COD games were primarily relegated in multiplayer to small maps and static environments so you can optimize for 60 easily. BF has always featured much larger environments, more players, way more s--t going on, etc. They are not even remotely comparable. Also every Battlefield on console has been 60 since 2013.
Re: Preview: Battlefield 6 on PS5 Is the Battlefield We've Been Praying For
@CheapMerc
Soldiers also arent jumping out of jets with an RPG, taking out the enemy jet thats behind them and then landing back into their jet cockpit. These games are not simulators bro. A true simulator wouldn't be very fun.
Re: 'No, I Won't': Kojima Rejects Playing Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake
@Truegamer79
I remember when MGSV was in development Kojima was constantly posting videos and pics of him playtesting it, he would also continously take notes about things he wishes to be edited or changed later including minor stuff so he definently plays his games during development at least not sure about others though.
Re: Battlefield 6 PS5 Reveal Trailer Sets Up Modern-Day Setting, More on 31st July
@JB_Whiting
How do you not see it being ready by then if you know nothing about its state of development?
Re: Rumour: Battlefield 6 Out in October for PS5, Competes with Call of Duty
@darkswabber
The last 2 BFs did not flop and I have no either where the actual hell you pulled that out of. BFV sold 7.3 Million in its first month. 2042 sold over 4 million in its first week. Also thats a normal game price which adjusted for inflation is still the cheapest AAA games have ever been.
Re: Capcom Nixes Tone Deaf Conference on Monster Hunter Wilds Optimisation
@IntrepidWombat
You are comparing very small scale mostly linear games to a sprawling open world title with lots of AI, physics, etc. Not anywhere in the same ballpark.
Re: Resident Evil Requiem PS5 Was Open World, Online in Early Tests
@Alps_Stranger
Countless iconic games have seen major pivots mid development including but by no means limited to; Bioshock, Doom, Team Fortress 2, Splinter Cell, Borderlands, Conker's Bad Fur Day, The Last of Us, Half Life 2, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Red Dead Redemption, Overwatch and Assassins Creed. Just to name a few. Games changing during development is not a bad omen for anything. It is an extremely common practice because development is about constantly trying things, ditching what doesn't work and keeping what does.
Re: PS5's AI Slop Shovelware Has Hit a New Low
AI slop aside a survival horror game that starts out calm and ASMR like and then goes crazy at the most random times and then switches back at random times would be a terrifying idea if done right.
Re: Little Nightmares Is Getting Its Own Dedicated Livestream Next Week
@zhoont
Just because it's not your favorite genre doesn't mean they are middling at all, they are beautiful and lovingly crafted horror platformers especially the 2nd one.
Re: Death Stranding Is Getting Not One But Two Movie Adaptations
@16BitHero
As much as Kojima's games copy films I never got the feeling any of the settings or stories he makes would work well outside of video games. The plots are so convoluted and full of weird imagery (not to mention the constant tonal whiplashes) that I just don't think it would ever sit well in live action. Animated...maybe? But even then it would be a nightmare to translate some things into a movie runtime.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong's Secret PS5 Exclusivity Saga Rages Again
It's the internet, no matter how much evidence otherwise people will still pull mental gymnastics to "prove" the contrary. If they have their mind made up nothing will change that.
Re: James Bond Is Just 26-Years-Old in 007 First Light's PS5 Gameplay Debut
@Neither_scene
It's supposed to be a young Bond because the point is that it's an origin story.
Re: Mafia: The Old Country Highlights Its Gorgeous Period Setting in New Dev Diary
@AK4tywill
"Would like to do Sicily soon so I can finally get married (and then widowed)"
Umm dude.... are you plotting to kill your spouse?
Re: Star Wars Battlefront 2 Massively on the Up as Fans Return in Droves
@Fandabidozi2025
And conveniently forget that Legends had way more garbage stories than they would like to admit.
Re: Star Wars Battlefront 2 Massively on the Up as Fans Return in Droves
@GymratAmarillo
As a lifelong Star Wars fan I have enjoyed the majority of the shows thus far not just Andor. Skeleton Crew was good, Bad Batch was good, all the Tales of were pretty good, Ashoka was fine, the only outright "bad" one for me was Acolyte, and maybe Boba Fett which even then still had it's moments. I feel some people just want to find anything and everything to b--ch and moan about (or are just butthurt that some things aren't canon anymore which does not in any way, shape or form affect your enjoyment of past content) no matter how meaningless it is. The batting average is better than some people want to give honest credit for.
Re: Elden Ring Will Get Its A24 Movie Adaptation, with Alex Garland in the Director's Seat
@dardel
Dude has had major writers block for the last like 15 years and he is almost 77 years old and not in the best of health so let's face it he probably won't have another 10 years. Maybe 5 at most. I would rather he just hand the series over to another experienced writer to finish it using his reference notes and then he can happily ride off into the sunset but he doesn't want that.
Re: Atomfall Sequel in Talks After 'Immediately Profitable' Launch, Says Rebellion
@Lup
I was always roll my eyes at that line of argument, for most games on Game Pass Microsoft cut the developers a healthy check for the privilege to have those games on their service. It's no different than Netflix paying production studios to have movies on their platform, somebody is getting well paid no matter what.
Re: Beloved Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes $70, $80 Games Are a Steal
Game prices are still the cheapest they have ever been when you factor in inflation. If you bought an SNES game in 1992 it would cost 60 dollars. Sound good right? Wrong, it would have cost 137 dollars in todays money. Bought a PS1 game in 1996, 50 dollars or 102 dollars in todays money. Bought a PS3 game in 2007, 60 dollars of 92 dollars in todays money. 60 dollar games were the norm for over 2 decades and that's while game development costs were skyrocketing. I'm surprised they didn't raise the price at least a decade ago. Also SNES and PS1 games were significantly shorter and lighter on content in general outside of RPG's. Pick any game on the PS1 that wasn't an RPG, look up playthroughs of it on YouTube and I guarantee you that playthrough is 8 hours or less (vast majority don't even exceed 6). Meanwhile todays games regardless of genre almost always last into at least the double digit hours. You all really do not understand how good you have it now.
Re: Video: DOOM Gameplay Comparison Shows Decades of Evolution
@BAMozzy
Doomguy didn't feel weak in Eternal, he had the highest kill count in it of any Doom game in the series (at least until Dark Ages) and combat was brutal with many weapons like the Super Shotgun, Ballista, and especially the BFG being extremely punchy. That never changed. Also the platforming is not nearly as hard as people seem to make it out to be, 95 percent of it is jump button, boost button, point in the direction where you need to go. Not exactly Mario Odyssey level of complexity there.
Re: Just Like the Game, The Last of Us 2's TV Adaptation Is Getting Review Bombed
@Ultimapunch
The perfect summary of these review bombing idiots is that there's this image that incel haters of the show keep spreading around of some screenshot of Bella making a face for half a second that kind of sort of looks funny that 99.999 percent of viewers didn't even notice. Thats all they are whining about right now. People sometimes make faces in high stress situations. Is this really what they waste their energy on all day? Talk about a miserable existence to be this perpetually mad about so many nothing burgers.
Re: Round Up: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Previews Describe a Metal Gear Glow Up for Kojima Sequel
@get2sammyb
The environmental design/variety this time around just looks; chefs kiss
Re: Gallery: New GTA 6 Screenshots Look Utterly Outstanding
This is the most accurate portrayal of Florida I have ever seen in a video game, and I can say that I've lived in this monstrosity of a place my whole life.
Re: Gears of War: Reloaded Remasters the Original Game This August, Confirmed for PS5
@Keyblade-Dan
I'm genuinely surprised they haven't ported Rare Replay yet. Seems like a no brainer and would be relatively easy and cheap to do.
Re: Video: Everything You Need to Know About Marathon
@nomither6
I'd rather take something with color in it then all those boring brown and gray aesthetics that plagued almost every single game from like 2005-2015ish but that's just me.