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@MikeOrator I don't think Zelda is childish but it’s also not a specifically adult experience like BG3 or AW2. The people who are attracted to more mature games will be splitting their votes between the two mature games. I think it’s ultimately a close two way race between Zelda and BG3 and Zelda gets the win because AW siphons votes from BG3.

I think Alan Wake and BG3 will split voters who prefer more adult games and Zelda will win.

@BionicDodo I’m so torn about when these awards should happen. Logically it should be January so the full year is included but in my heart I know that I care about these lists in December because it’s a good time to reflect on the past year and I care much more about what is coming next year by the time January arrives. Perhaps because I have been trained for that cadence but still.

I don’t get how the weirdos who view games (and probably life generally) in extreme binary, ie they either rate games a 1 or a 10, do not understand that no one cares about their opinion due to a complete lack of nuance in their thinking.

If they had just given this game, they have probably even played but still hate, a 6 it would carry much more weight but when normal people see 11% rate the game a 1 they know those reviews are just haters and pay them no mind.

@FEWGEE1 That’s the type of entitlement that will have you upset at life. These games are not the thing you’re paying for, they’re an add on perk to the thing you’re paying for. And if you’re paying for essential with the expectation that the games given away at no additional cost will justify the purchase, well you’ve been given more than enough information at this point to know that’s usually a bad use of your money.

I really hope this comes to extra. It’s hard to justify buying the game when I already have so many amazing racing games to play on PS+ and GP.

I’m not the type to complain about free games so l I’ll just say, these sure are some free games.

@TJ81 The developers don't choose the development priorities like optimizing file size, the publishers does. Every time you think a worker is causing a problem, there is always a ***** greedy executive creating the circumstances under which that worker is struggling to do good work. Stop blaming workers who have no control.

Today this game went from being one of my most anticipated games of the year to something I have zero interest in playing because it doesn’t seem like a game for me. It’s super important to actually read reviews and not just pay attention to scores.

@Max_the_German If even just the mostly not buggy PS5 version released today it would be my GOTY for 2023 so far. Cant wait to give this version a go.

@nessisonett I’m really hoping for GT sometime soon. It looks great but it’s hard to justify even the sale price when I have Forza games available to me on Game Pass.

I feel like the problem is that games are too big. Desperadoes 3 could have been 10 hours shorter and I still would have loved it just as much. And if I wanted to more, I could have replayed and tried different routes through levels are switched up how I approached scenarios with different characters.

@NinjaNicky That sounds like an edge case and I hope it works out for you but reading through this comment section I still think I’m correct that most people purchasing this are needlessly giving money to Sony out of allegiance to the brand when a cheaper third party product would be more than sufficient for their needs.

@NinjaNicky A Backbone controller is half the price and equally functional. Plus for most people able to afford this, their phone screen will be superior and it will work with whatever headphones they already have.

It’s shocking to me how fanboys of all three consoles are just waiting to throw their money in the trash to support their favorite multinational corporations.

@Toilet_Goat I had that same initial reaction to the date. I would have released it in December. But I don’t actually think it’s a problem. I feel like this is not a game for everyone but if it is for you then it’s very much for you. It is very much a game for me so I’m way more excited for this than any of the big games releasing in October.

The loud beep is awful. I get it if a quick beep doesn't bother you but it's weird to me that some people think it is an essential part of their PS experience. Y'all have Stockholm syndrome.

@Amnesiac I definitely did not have a unique experience. The top result here has 3500 comments about bugs...

https://www.google.com/search?q=reddit+horizon+forbidden+west+bug&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#ip=1

@Powerplay94 Okay. That was your experience. My experience was two major bugs in Cyberpunk and around six in HFW and I experienced roughly the same amount of insignificant mostly visual bugs in each of them.

My comment was mainly that it's weird that this doesn't show up in discourse or reviews when even you who are attacking me confirms the game had bugs. I don't understand why my comment is so troubling for you.

@AdamNovice A lot of people on Reddit had similar issues. Perhaps it had to do with the settings I chose?

@Andy22385 Weird, I had a few quests that just wouldn't complete and some where I couldn't start them until after reloading the game. When I encountered these, I googled and a lot of people on Reddit had similar experiences. Did you play on performance?

The base game was probably the buggiest game I have ever played, and I've played Cyberpunk. I found it very weird that these issues don't really show up in the discourse about this game or the reviews, especially considering that Sony published games tend to be nearly flawless.

I'm baffled that 7% find this to be a crap selection. Are they extremely picky or just miserable people? There is no pleasing some people I guess.

@Justin113 Let me start by saying I do appreciate your respectful response. I gave a dissenting opinion about Starfield on Purexbox and received a lot of passive aggressive responses so I commend your tone. I also don't enjoy the ***** state of internet discourse, especially regarding video games, but at the same time I feel like my comment is fair. The article asks what we thought of the demo and a gave a response centered on my feelings rather than making a pointed negative statement about the game.

My comment was not intended to offend but rather an attempt to engage. There has been a lot of mystery around the new combat system with games like GoW and DMC thrown around as comparisons. I was excited to try it out because I enjoyed the games it is being compared to. I found a combat system that felt nothing like the weightiness of GoW or the intricate combo system of DMC. It felt more like a Mosou game or Scarlet Nexus, and there is nothing wrong with that, those games are widely enjoyed, but they're just not for me. I wanted to weigh in on this simply to say it's not what I was expecting and then I specifically mentioned that I can kind of see where it's going and that it will likely be fun for other people, and I really hope people who are looking forward to the game enjoy it.

I think a big part of improving the level of video game discourse is to respect other people's preference even if you don't agree with them or if they are not affirming the games you love. I'm sure there are some ***** comments on this article and those have no place but it should be acceptable to register a dissenting opinion in a kind and courteous way.

Enjoy the game!

Wow what a lineup. I've already played and loved or own several of them and there are still some I'm super excited for.

@Muttt same thing is happening on Xbox regarding having anything less than glowing opinions about starfield. I hate that video game discourse is this way. Some people are incapable of nuance and have to lump everyone into either the fanboy or hater categories with no room for reasonable people in between.

The combat had no weight to it and felt so button mashy. I can see how it might eventually open up into something fun for other people but I don't think it's for me.

Weird, I think most of Sony's other recent titles would be a better basis for future output. Horizon might be Sony's prettiest game but all of their other recent titles feel better to play, don't have the same issues with bugs that Horizon has, and look just as nice.

I feel like this boss was an upsetting reality check for all the people who grinded their way through Elden Ring. He really isn't that hard, he is just too early in the game to overcome through being OP.

Trophy Hunters: Every game has ***** trophies.
Also Trophy Hunters: I got the platinum.

It's really confusing to me.

@IslandLogic You're calling a Latino racist for telling another person of color that they're doing a bad job of supporting our shared struggle. I don't think you have room to talk.

@IslandLogic You do realize it can both be true that this game is deserving of critique and that games with black protagonist always receive an exceptional amount of pre-release criticism. This is literally Deathloop all over again. If you want to ignore that pattern cool for you but doing so doesn't make you more sophisticated and rational as you seem to imply. I would say it makes you a bit of an Uncle Tom but that's your business.

People are being overly critical of an unreleased game with a black protagonist? I'm shocked, I'm absolutely shocked, that anyone would be surprised about it because it happens every time.

@whitejessegpfc I feel like the problem with Returnal is less about difficulty and more about bad RNG. Don't get me wrong it is hard but as long as I have good enough RNG outcomes to beat the first biome, I beat the game every time. You can usually tell within 10 minutes if a run is going to be viable and abort if not.

This game is a 10/10 masterpiece. Weird that it has performance issues on PS as it performs perfectly on Switch. I imagine it will be patched.

@KaijuKaiser I'm too far gone? My dude look at how everyone on this message board is responding to you. And yes, you appear have attached your identity to this game. It seems to personally offend you that other people do not like it. It's okay, it's a normal widespread phenomenon. People with sad lives attach themselves to games, companies, nationalism, Elon Musk, etc because they feel proud by that which they have associated themselves with. A common trait of people who do this is to attack anyone who does not like the thing they like which you are doing.

Maybe I am wrong but the alternative is that you're just kind of a rude ***** to people for no reason. If that's how you would prefer to be perceived then so be it.

@WallyWest Lawyers for the Republican party in the US had to define the word woke in court and defined it as the belief that the world is not equitable and effort to make the world equitable. It's funny to see them forced to admit that their supposed boogeyman is just a bunch of people who want the world to be a little bit better.

@NateGoesLive Your concerns make sense. I really enjoyed Cult of the Lamb and got to the final boss the night before Ragnarok released. I have not even attempted to beat the final boss because I would much rather play Ragnarok.

@Dishonored29 If you are sitting more than 3 feet away from a 55" 4k TV science says there is no difference. That being said I have done the eye test and yes I can see a visual difference between performance mode and visual mode. The difference I see is developer added detail rather than additional clarity. Polygon's article about Ragnarok visual modes has an image slider that shows exactly what I am referring to. I think people confuse this for added clarity.

At a normal viewing distance your eyes cannot even see the difference between 4k and 1080p. I will take 1080p and 60 fps everyday but I cannot even get that on some games because people insist on 4k for literally no reason.

@BlackMayge I also stash games in my backlog so I can play them when I have an itch for the genre. I never understand why people are so stressed by their backlog. I actively maintain and grow my backlog so I know I always have something fun to play no matter what I am in the mood for.

Does anyone know why the bottom part of my phone screen is dark when playing remote? I bought a Backbone to play Persona 5 and have ended up not using it much because the bottom third of the screen is so dark.

I see a lot of confused comments here about this design decision. As an American, allow me to explain. A lot of people here are gun obsessed weirdos who wear camo and several guns everyday when they like shop for groceries and spend the entire shopping trip fantasizing about an opportunity to use their guns on a bad guy robbing the store. It's very scary. Also dumb because camo stands out in an urban setting.

As an American it's rare to see news I feel good about. There may be a lot of terrible stuff about us but at least we weren't scammed into playing the boring parts of games for pointless digital tchotchkes.

@stvevan Yes, you respond with a fanboy comment "look at the sales numbers" and I am being childish for pointing out evidence. When one source says one thing and a bunch of other credible sources say the opposite, you ignore the one source. It is being sold at a profit. Now it is going to be sold at a greater profit. This is price gouging.

@stvevan No I am not. Google it. You will find dozens of articles talking about the PS5 no longer being sold at a loss.

I hope you actually do take the time to google it and find out that you were extremely wrong and then take some time to reflect on all the other stuff you just talk out of our ass about. And then maybe reflect on your relationship with corporations that do not care about you and how you were so willing to eat the ***** they feed you because you like the games they make.

@get2sammyb This is not conjecture on my part. Sony said that the price of the inputs has decreased significantly and that they are now making a profit on every PS5 they sell. This is not happening because it has become more expensive to make and distribute PS5s. It is happening because they want to turn a bigger profit. All of the current "inflation" is price gouging. How many more times do you need to see a company announce positive financial news one week and then cry about inflation the next week before you realize we're all being scammed?

This is bad reporting. Earlier this year Sony announced that the PS5 which was initially sold at a loss had become profitable. Their costs have decreased since launch, not increased. They're price gouging and lying about inflation and you're carrying water for that lie.

It's weird that they would not raise prices for the US. Half the people here are bootlickers who admire companies for price gouging.