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@Rich33 The one that looked like a trash can shouldn't be too difficult to hide.

I think I'm getting the Factions 2 LEGO set instead:

Elex 2 this week. Loving it so far, although the reviews were a bit mixed for this one. Like all Piranhabyte games I've played, it does exploration and levelling very well. And as usual it starts you off as a complete weakling so the first hours are spent running away from dangerous giant chickens. Finally, it has an upgradeable jetpack, and like ME Andromeda, that makes it easy to overlook any flaws.

I also met this peculiar fellow in a bar, that just so happens to look precisely like how I imagine the average PushSquare commenter ;-p

I like listening to awful music like this occasionally. It makes good music even better afterwards. Same with Eurovision.

Imagine the awkwardness if this guy had been watching porn instead.

Oh my... so Microsoft wasn't the savior of the common folk that some claimed they were as they were buying up all the publishers?

One of my fav talkshow hosts.

Sounds like a good choice, she's easy on the eyes and was good in White Lotus.

I started my subscription the month it had Awesomenauts on the service, so in April 2012 if Google is correct. It had its ups and downs over the years, but mostly it was good value.

@get2sammyb Can you hereby promise that PushSquare always and forever will disclose if AI is used in the writing of articles?

Let me throw in my support with the VR gang. Flying, and driving in VR is just something else.

So this is just some random text on some screens that 1% of players actually bother reading? Who cares...

@playstation1995 ♫ Bonita Applebum, you gotta put me on ♫

He likes big butts and the science don't lie

Looks pretty interesting, and potentially very stressful against difficult opponents.

That Bobby Kotick got out at just the right time, didn't he? Probably swimming in his money bin right now.

@Oram77 Lol yeah I heard. To be fair, Arc Raiders looks like it might be on to something.

@Jaz007 What genres do you think there's not enough of?

I love the art style so I'll get it when on sale or in a bundle down the road.

Push Square Gang telling their coworkers what to play:

You can play flat games like this on PC on a virtual cinema screen, but also add a 3D effect to the games with Reshade and Superdepth3D-VR. I played games like Witcher 2 and Dead Space 2 like this, but I doubt I would have bothered without the 3D effect.

I'd be more surprised if didn't have these systems. Pretty standard for most AAA games these days.

@Kiefer-Sutherland Yeah its a very demanding game, even on my RTX4080 Pc the fps will go as low as 50-60 fps at times.

Shadows of Doubt

Really good detective/investigation sandbox game set in a customizable, procedurally generated city. Investigating crime scenes, looking for fingerprints, putting together case boards, looking through security cam feeds and e-mails... as a lover of immersive sims, this game is doing all the right things.

Well hello there, Goth-Geralt. Out to hunt some more jocks to display their heads above the mantlepiece?

@SeaDaVie Yeah its too bad it got canned, the second season went batshit crazy and I wanted to see more of it.

Loved the gameplay of Beat Saber but the music selection is... well, not very good.

If it was possible to add your own music library with some way for the game to make a beat map based on each song, I would have played it a lot more.

If any of you PSVR2 users also have access to PCVR, I advice you try Google Earth VR. Flying around the earth, especially where you live, is such an awesome experience. And it's free.

I'm Commander Shepard and this is not my favorite article on Push Square.

Playstation is just lucky XBOX doesn't even see it as a valid threat, as Stadia was the real competition all along.

I enjoyed Sand of Time, but to be honest my favorite in the series was the 2008 Prince of Persia.

@Pat_trick

Always great to see someone taking advice and stepping up their game like that, instead of just getting angry and doubling down on the things that didn't work.

@EYEBALL Of the somewhat larger profile games, maybe... but worst of all no way. The mountain of crap that hits Steam on a daily basis is overwhelming. You just never hear of those titles unless you search for them. Makes it impossible to search for games by price low -> high on Steam during sales, unfortunately.

@J2theEzzo That movie was pretty disappointing. I recommend you watch Moon instead.

I'm guessing Stellar Blade 2 will release on PS5 (or PS6?) at the same time.

Weird, janky messes can sometimes be worth it (Alpha Protocol for example) but its hard to salvage a boring mess.

Got your new ad ready, Phil.

This so-called Robert Ramsey is right now swimming in dollar bills, cocaine and hookers from that bribe he's taking to trash this game... Don't trust a word he's saying, people!

I completed the first NWN three times with different classes because I enjoyed it so much at the time, but NWN2 never made the same impression on me. Think I played it for a couple of hours before moving on to something else.

Looks like a first person Control as a roguelike, so this right up my alley.

I was gonna put it on my wishlist but I found it was already there, so my past me must have snuck it in there at some point.

Side-by-side of original and remake:

Looks fine to me, although I don't feel the need to play the game again.

Frontpage news in my country today is about a bus driver who got into a fisticuffs with a bicyclist who wouldn't move aside. This game should be a hit here, at least.

It looks like a template for a standard third person fantasy action-adventure in 2025. I think that's gonna be a tough sell these days.

@sanderson72 This does look a bit like Ridge Racer type of handling, which is not my favorite.

Steelrising

Just finished this enjoyable Soulslike set to some crazy alternative French Revolution timeline with robots. The game has some issues but is still the best Spiders-developed game I've played so far. The Nemesis Claws and a build that focused on regaining health with counters worked very well for me.

The Forest (in VR)

Just started this survival game and planning to play some co-op with friends. The control scheme is very weird, from a time before devs had figured out good controls for VR, but otherwise its an awesome, creepy journey into Cannibal-infested woodlands.

A good soundtrack can definitely make me interested, so I put the game on the wishlist.

Similarly, a bad choice of music does the opposite. Mindseye just straight up copying Gears of Wars trailer song (Tears of Fears Mad World cover) is just such an unoriginal choice that it made the game seem even less interesting.

Hard to pick just 3, when its usually difficult to even find 3 of interest on most SoP's. So yeah that's a pretty good show.

I chose Nioh 3, Bloodstained and Thief VR.

Dead Space + Binary Domain + Newt from Aliens - The Game.