I do not know what is worse: That AI blatantly does not give a crap about producing rip offs. Or that Playstation can't produce something better than they have by using their actual IP
I got one of these. I think mine was a special edition as it is slightly cooler π
Pixelart Avatar of a Galactic Smuggler
and yes, that right there was the 6 word prompt I used to generate the image for the sake of satire about how easy it is to just plop something out with little to no thought. I do imagine an artist was paid a pittance and thus chose to use AI as they couldn't warrant spending more than 2 minutes of their life on this task for a very low paid commision, though
The 60fps was perfectly consistent so it was ready to ship. But the unlocked mode does feel extra smooth, it has to be said. I do wonder if they considered this originally or decided to add it later just because they could.
Warhorse offered this unlocked performance day one, however
Wish i'd known earlier, PushSquare, I could have tested it yesterday π
The unlocked fps is a good SIE staple now, I was surprised it wasn't there at the beginning, but it is good to know it is there now. The 40/60vrr with even better graphics settings is also tempting to try.
Some of the ommisions are egregious and designed to favour votes for certain games. No GTA in most anticipated is lunacy, and designed to make it seem like a level playing field, when it isn't.
No Warhorse Studios in the studio of the year list, one of the few studios to release a game that worked with PSSR and was well optimised on all versions from day 1. Who kept patching the game throughout the year, released 3 DLC's in the year, and are just generally awesome devs who have taken their obscure medieval sim into the mainstream. But yeah, no mention at all seems fair π ah, but at least Netease gets an honorable mention π
Remember: Sony are evil for offering a console and games that people actually want and dominating in marketing and sales. This will be the narrative soon enough as Xbox looks to blame anyone but themselves for their continued gaming division collapse
Fargo Season 5 is already a bit Far Cry 5, in a way. I don't imagine they would start with an American set one, but you never know. It feels like the smart move will be to start with a more isolated setting to set up the premise. But i'd be hyped to see an American cult season.
@Fiendish-Beaver I imagine they will want to somehow frame it as "we are stopping because the people do not want it, it is you that stopped buying it, and we are struggling because of the evil competition dominating the market! It is not because we messed up over and over again and only throw money at problems and hope"
And they will probably want to lever this poor tale into being allowed to buy another massive publisher.
As for the other hot topic in this thread: Sony raising prices. They have learned their lesson (hopefully) Target the enthusiasts with high prices, that works, but they need to make sure the general public keep buying PlayStations to play GTA, Minecraft and Fortnite, CoD/Battlefield/Fifa/Madden to keep all that storefront cash rolling in. They will weigh up the cost/price based on these factors. They don't want to alienate kids and casual gamers who spend on digital coins.
At this point do we think they should just take themselves out of the market all together and just let everyone get on with their lives? It will cost them too much to make consoles that the market mostly doesn't even want. Seems like an announcement may near, honestly
Concord was out ages ago, what is this guy even talking about? π
But apart from that... surely Wolverine. That game has to sell more than Spider-Man 2? Unless there is an Uncharted game ready to go this gen, but I can't see it reaching the same level as a Marvel game with a character who also appeals to people that like a bit of grit in their comic book action, if it isn't a Nathan Drake focused Uncharted.
They'd surely hope everyone who bought Spider-Man 2 would buy Wolverine, anyway (because Marvelsomniac) plus a whole bunch of other people that want that bit of extra visceral Wolverine action. And how often do you get a Wolverine game... it feels like everything should align for it to be a big success. The hunger is there for this game, right?
the only problem with these polls is people that didn't play Yotei will vote for Jin and Tsushima, whether they are just assuming they won't prefer it, or because they want to add to a narrative.
Of course, not everyone that plays Yotei will prefer Atsu, or the game, but it will always be an unbalanced poll, and that could lead to some thinking "well i'm justified in not getting it, because it won't be as good" and they will be missing out on a fantastic game that is objectively better. The fact that a decent amount of people actaully prefer Atsu should be signs enough that the sequel has been a success from a character standpoint too, because it is hard to make a new character resonate with people, and they achieved it with ease.
Comment one literally falls into this trap, too. "Poll says i'm justified in my preconceived ideas, so those views must be correct - might buy second hand" π
@Th3solution I expect your full review in the forum once you've had a chance to use it a bit π this is basically what we've all been waiting for, right?
Now do I get the portal (on black friday), or wait for the next gen monster π¬
An article that relates to your recent musings. Might be worth asking Aaron for a recommendation, Sol.
Or maybe you could pester PushSquare to do a roundup of the BEST gaming headsets for gaming with the best gaming headsets on so you too can play games with the best gaming headsets on after reading an article featuring the best gaming headsets money can buy. (A helping hand for PushSquare's SEO π)
@Oram77 @Kidfunkadelic83 haha you'll see. But its very RPG and it became a thing on reddit as everyone was just doing everything but the main quest, as its structured in an open, non urgent way, so people were realising how deep the game was and were posting how they still haven't been to the wedding after x hours of pure questing and exploration.
There are pretty hefty rumours of a PS5 update to the first game. Not sure if it is a remake to bring it in line with KCD2 gameplay, or a patch, though.
I'd say play the first game first, but apparently 2 is easier for people to get into. Bare in mind it will kick your ass if you treat it like a regular game, but not as much as KCD (unfortunately, in my opinion, as I like when it lets you make lots of mistakes and punishes you for each one π) so KCD2 is definitely seen as the easier one to get into.
You will find notes of Oblivion and similar rpgs, so if you like games like that, you should vibe with what it is doing fairly quickly.
It is really hard to make a first-person game look right and function correctly in third-person. Fair play if this is such an achievement.
I know a lot of people swear they can't play first-person, so i'm wondering what would happen if they made a Far Cry game have this functionality too. As FC is a pretty well off franchise as it is π€
At this point, do we think they've been turning it into a completely different game for a 2.0 re-release on PS5 and also, by default, pc and game pass?
I'm not sure exactly what they can do though, as they are Bethesda, and it is a very Bethesda game to start with. It's okay, good at times, but it just drags and drags and loses all momentum. A looooong time has passed since Skyrim, and Bethesda is probably the most outdated of all devs.
@ApostateMage it's really satisfying to play for a while. Steep learning curve, but one that can be tackled enough in one session to open it out to be really quite fun in more of a simulation way. It's pretty intuitive, despite being less gamey.
It has a cool photomode too. And the wear and tear is so satisfying as you wreck all your board art π
@Oram77 my hype has always been suspicious but hopeful. But the more I see the more I think it lacks a soul or a real x-factor. But I thought similar things about Dragon's Dogma 2 pre-launch and I still loved actually playing that. This is the game it most resembles, to me, but DD2 was really nice from a gameplay standpoint and had it's own unique weirdness and systems that make it unique. If this achieves similar it could well be very good, but it is still a tough ask.
Sometimes games do feel much better in-hand than in previews is all i'll say. As watching videos you kind of notice any blandness and negatives you might not notice when playing.
Then again it could be similar to Forspoken, which is another one I was excited for, but the devs put me off with their long drawn out videos of how bland the game looked before release. And when I tried that one I still thought it was boring and lacked soul.
Real user impressions or a playable demo are definitely needed on this one before a digital purchase.
@get2sammyb i'd be more sceptical on whether this is PS footage. They have showed PS footage with the "captured on ps5/pro" in the past and it has got progressively worse looking, and this is suddenly an upgrade. Really nice if it is and they managed to optimise it, but i'd expect this to be PC.
But there is some other huge news worthy of an article and further PushSquare research into the matter... it seems they have finally replaced Comic Sans as the in-game font! π We need an interview with the dev team detailing this monumental change and the thought process behind 1: first using comic sans in the game, and 2: realising it looked terrible and changing it π
@ApostateMage mate, i'm sorry, but that is hilarious π€£π€£π€£ The amount of times I've come off a BMX (without a helmet and got away scratch free π¬) makes me glad i'm not a stupid kid any more. Please refrain from putting your body in further peril and STICK TO VIDEO GAMES! π
Ghost of Yotei it is better than I expected, and I loved Tsushima going in. It does everything Tsushima did, but it is a better game all round. Atsu is a proper sneaky savage and I love it. This is a long game if you want it to be, too! And I want it to be. Having a blast duelling every **** in Ezo!
(Apparently .gifs from imbb don't work on PushSquare like imgur did π)
@Rich33 not only do these crazy reviews suck because they are mindless nonsense spewing things they've been told to think that take away from genuinely good games. But if you have a legitimate reason to not like a game as much, your genuine opinion gets lost in the wave of nonsense and that, to me, is the worst part of it.
Legitimate concerns get left behind. And usually they feature in the most genuine reviews.
A good example is the Witcher Netflix show. It isn't bad because it's woke nonsense. It isn't bad because it's not like the games. It's isn't bad because of one weird decision (did Eskel turn into a tree? I have forgotten a lot about the show, thankfully, haha) It's a bad adaption because the showrunner didn't like, understand nor respect the source material and therefore it lacks the original soul. It almost had some moments or glimpses of something, but mostly it lacked quality and had no real long term direction which meant it got worse and worse as they tried to link things back together after making some weird changes. But it is probably enjoyable enough as a standalone thing for kids, teens and general consumers of content who don't know any better.
Extreme reviews never help anyone, is the base of what i'm saying, anyway. And it drives a culture of people trying to make up for it on the other side. Although someone being excited and rating a game they love in the moment a 10 is far more forgivable than someone rating it 0 or 1 because they have insufficient minds for an original thought of their own.
@ShogunRok the 6 second load to actually playing the game where you left off shocks me every time I put the game on. It feels faster than Xbox's 'Quick Resume', but it is loading from a totally shut down state. Madness.
The open world, although not truely peak in the open RPG space, is pretty damn good in the open world action game space. I could not stop playing the game last night after saying "just this one last little sidequest" and I think it grabbed me for another hour and a half π¬
It's very good. I've not really been following the yellow story quests yet, as i'm exploring, dueling, and bounty hunting at my own pace to settle into the area and get coin, so I can't comment on the story as much. But during a regular activity I was fed an unexpected cutscene to set a little more of the tone for the area, the story and the "political circumstances" which was a nice touch.
I'm going to push on with a main marker I discovered to see exactly how they balance story and side content though, as i'm at risk of overdoing side content at this rate, and I want to see if they improved the layout for quests in a way that takes you towards side content more naturally anyway. (The structure and layout of stories and activities in the first game was a slight critisism I had of it)
Everyone dislikes "young Atsu" VA, but it is so goofy that, after the initial double-take of "what the hell is that voice", I actually quite like it. She's an annoying kid, and it's an annoying portrayal, so it works for me π
My only gripe, so far, is I want a horse that can move at a canter rather than the choice of: slow trot, or gallop like its been shot out of a bloody cannon π¬
Ghost of Yotei primarily, but also a bit of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 as the DLC's were longer than I expected so i'm still dipping into that from time to time.
Yes! As in, I have it and will be playing it later tonight, anyway. Got my CE delivered and have quickly checked it out. I was in two minds whether I really wanted it, but as soon as I saw it in person I was glad I kept my pre-order!
π€ @CrispyMango92 it really is a nice set, well put together.
My instant reaction to the title was "oooh, yes!" And then within seconds my brain processed it and asked "will it though? Will it really compete with Hogwarts Legacy, or are you just trying to sell it to investors"
And would you look at that. The rumours have come from a sales pitch, rather than from anything to do with the actual game being good in any way.
Gonna need a time machine to unbuy all the EA games I've bought over the years.
I do wonder what PIF will do with the PGA tour games license, though, considering they own LIV and are hell bent on owning all golf. But i'd be tempted if they made 'Bryson DeChambeau's Big Baby Simulator - Now with 110% more tears'
@Oram77 oh, wow. Ignore that reply, then. I didn't know that was a thing π€¦ββοΈ I guess I thought I lived in a world where, when people bought games, the games are still included, haha.
@Oram77 it can be an annoyance if you have the digital only console. In that case a digital code is welcome as anyone can use that. They should maybe offer the choice at this point, as the landscape is what it is with a lot of folk having digital consoles and games rarely being fully playable on the game disk anyway. I guarantee this game will have about 3 massive patches before it works, too π
Steelbook, cloth map and cards, plus game for Β£80 or the game for Β£55 is not bad pricing.
I mean, i'd prefer to have the whole thing, but, being a complete unknown of a game, I guess i'll pass. If this was The Witcher 4 and Β£250 for game, statue, map and steelbook i'd not bat an eyelid π€·ββοΈ
I might as well share the rest of my thoughts I noted down:
They are saying all the right things, for me. The actor seemed to know what he was doing, and understands the emotional depth behind the role. And they all pretty much mentioned the damaged nature of a man who has been used and abused, lost everything, lost himself, and that struggles to keep himself on a level.
I was surprised that the modern warfare remakes are higher up than the originals for units sold. I thought when MW came out it was one of those games that everyone in the world had, and I thought people had soured on the remakes.
Other than that, looks about how i'd expect, sadly.
I wonder if a UK/europe list would have more leftfield surprises? Or just more Fifa :/
@Ricky-Spanish whatever helps what? I detect a childish "get out clause" to avoid reply to that point, as it seems you think you have won and will close off your brain to any responses. Why are you even talking about MS profits? Do you genuinely think that MS having all the money in the world means gaming is in a good place and games will only improve because of it, while industry experts and people that have inside knowledge of how things are going at Bethesda say otherwise? π€¦ββοΈ You're in too deep to the cult of Phil, and you think people talking objectively about the negatives are an attack on this dear company that you love, for some reason. You are banging on about a console war whilst coming to help defend a trillion dollar corporation while other people speak objectively about how subscriptions f***ing suck for the industry.
They all suck. But maybe Sony's sucks a little bit less because they haven't bastardised their new releases within their subscription model. This is not a war, it is an objective statement about how each decided to pursue their own subscription model.
But do please read why these industry experts think subscriptions are bad for the industry, rather than assuming it is some weird console war s***, because maybe, just maybe, they have the interests of the creatives and the players in their minds, more than, you know, a trillion dollar corperation that just wants to hoover up more money π«‘
And hey, I only came on to make a joke about how people act in these situations, but now you've got this to reply to. So, enjoy it, haha.
@Jammer haha it is well worth it. Premise is basically the same, wander about and look for ways to mess with people. I think the AI in Goose Game is a bit better than in Bond, though π (noticed that the dude just stares at the tap ad infinitum π¬)
@get2sammyb did you get Untitled Goose Game vibes? That was my first thought when Bond gets to actually start doing things to upset the guards and staff π
I know this is totally unrelated, but how is (bare with me, forgotten the name of it) ... Minds3ye doing these days? Did they release any of the DLC and fixes yet? Or has it totally fallen off the face of the earth? It'd be cool to see a PushSquare update article on the state of that at some point, just saying.
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Re: Sony Accused of Using Generative AI Art for PlayStation Advent Calendar Promo
This took literally 5 seconds π
pixelart avatar of a god of war
I do not know what is worse: That AI blatantly does not give a crap about producing rip offs. Or that Playstation can't produce something better than they have by using their actual IP
Re: Sony Accused of Using Generative AI Art for PlayStation Advent Calendar Promo
I got one of these. I think mine was a special edition as it is slightly cooler π
Pixelart Avatar of a Galactic Smuggler
and yes, that right there was the 6 word prompt I used to generate the image for the sake of satire about how easy it is to just plop something out with little to no thought. I do imagine an artist was paid a pittance and thus chose to use AI as they couldn't warrant spending more than 2 minutes of their life on this task for a very low paid commision, though
Re: Ghost of Yotei Gets 'Incredible' PS5 Pro Frame Rate Boost Thanks to New Patch
The 60fps was perfectly consistent so it was ready to ship. But the unlocked mode does feel extra smooth, it has to be said. I do wonder if they considered this originally or decided to add it later just because they could.
Warhorse offered this unlocked performance day one, however
Re: Ghost of Yotei Gets 'Incredible' PS5 Pro Frame Rate Boost Thanks to New Patch
Wish i'd known earlier, PushSquare, I could have tested it yesterday π
The unlocked fps is a good SIE staple now, I was surprised it wasn't there at the beginning, but it is good to know it is there now. The 40/60vrr with even better graphics settings is also tempting to try.
Re: PS Blog Wants Your PS5 Game of the Year Nominations for 2025
@LiamCroft fair enough, a little strange but at least it is explained.
The Injustice for Warhorse and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, however π±
Re: PS Blog Wants Your PS5 Game of the Year Nominations for 2025
Some of the ommisions are egregious and designed to favour votes for certain games. No GTA in most anticipated is lunacy, and designed to make it seem like a level playing field, when it isn't.
No Warhorse Studios in the studio of the year list, one of the few studios to release a game that worked with PSSR and was well optimised on all versions from day 1. Who kept patching the game throughout the year, released 3 DLC's in the year, and are just generally awesome devs who have taken their obscure medieval sim into the mainstream. But yeah, no mention at all seems fair π ah, but at least Netease gets an honorable mention π
Re: Looks Like PS5 Is Going to Clean Up This Black Friday
Remember: Sony are evil for offering a console and games that people actually want and dominating in marketing and sales. This will be the narrative soon enough as Xbox looks to blame anyone but themselves for their continued gaming division collapse
Re: Far Cry TV Series Officially Announced, from Creators of Fargo and Always Sunny
Fargo Season 5 is already a bit Far Cry 5, in a way. I don't imagine they would start with an American set one, but you never know. It feels like the smart move will be to start with a more isolated setting to set up the premise. But i'd be hyped to see an American cult season.
Re: You Can Buy a Fully-Fledged PS5 for the Same Price as a Less Powerful Xbox Series S Right Now
@Fiendish-Beaver I imagine they will want to somehow frame it as "we are stopping because the people do not want it, it is you that stopped buying it, and we are struggling because of the evil competition dominating the market! It is not because we messed up over and over again and only throw money at problems and hope"
And they will probably want to lever this poor tale into being allowed to buy another massive publisher.
As for the other hot topic in this thread: Sony raising prices. They have learned their lesson (hopefully) Target the enthusiasts with high prices, that works, but they need to make sure the general public keep buying PlayStations to play GTA, Minecraft and Fortnite, CoD/Battlefield/Fifa/Madden to keep all that storefront cash rolling in. They will weigh up the cost/price based on these factors. They don't want to alienate kids and casual gamers who spend on digital coins.
Re: Quick Thinking from Sony Should Shield PS5 from RAM Shortages for Now
At this point do we think they should just take themselves out of the market all together and just let everyone get on with their lives? It will cost them too much to make consoles that the market mostly doesn't even want. Seems like an announcement may near, honestly
Re: 'Terrible' Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European Sales Are a Devastating 63% Below Battlefield 6
Re: PS5's Biggest Game Has Not Released Yet, PlayStation Boss Teases
Concord was out ages ago, what is this guy even talking about? π
But apart from that... surely Wolverine. That game has to sell more than Spider-Man 2? Unless there is an Uncharted game ready to go this gen, but I can't see it reaching the same level as a Marvel game with a character who also appeals to people that like a bit of grit in their comic book action, if it isn't a Nathan Drake focused Uncharted.
They'd surely hope everyone who bought Spider-Man 2 would buy Wolverine, anyway (because Marvelsomniac) plus a whole bunch of other people that want that bit of extra visceral Wolverine action. And how often do you get a Wolverine game... it feels like everything should align for it to be a big success. The hunger is there for this game, right?
If it is Drake, however... π²π²π²
Re: PS5 Fans Say Ghost of Yotei Plays Better, But Can't Match Ghost of Tsushima's Story or Hero
the only problem with these polls is people that didn't play Yotei will vote for Jin and Tsushima, whether they are just assuming they won't prefer it, or because they want to add to a narrative.
Of course, not everyone that plays Yotei will prefer Atsu, or the game, but it will always be an unbalanced poll, and that could lead to some thinking "well i'm justified in not getting it, because it won't be as good" and they will be missing out on a fantastic game that is objectively better. The fact that a decent amount of people actaully prefer Atsu should be signs enough that the sequel has been a success from a character standpoint too, because it is hard to make a new character resonate with people, and they achieved it with ease.
Comment one literally falls into this trap, too. "Poll says i'm justified in my preconceived ideas, so those views must be correct - might buy second hand" π
Re: PS Portal Gets So Much Better Today in Huge UI, Cloud Streaming Update
@Th3solution I expect your full review in the forum once you've had a chance to use it a bit π this is basically what we've all been waiting for, right?
Now do I get the portal (on black friday), or wait for the next gen monster π¬
Re: Hardware Review: RIG R5 Spear Pro HS - Entry Level PS5 Headset Has Surprisingly Great Audio
@Th3Solution @JohnnyShoulder
An article that relates to your recent musings. Might be worth asking Aaron for a recommendation, Sol.
Or maybe you could pester PushSquare to do a roundup of the BEST gaming headsets for gaming with the best gaming headsets on so you too can play games with the best gaming headsets on after reading an article featuring the best gaming headsets money can buy. (A helping hand for PushSquare's SEO π)
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 604
Ghost of Yotei. I feel like Atsu is much more menacing and badass on her quest for revenge than Jin was.
A real OnryΕ
Re: 'Final' Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 DLC, Mysteria Ecclesiae, Dated for November
@Oram77 @Kidfunkadelic83 haha you'll see. But its very RPG and it became a thing on reddit as everyone was just doing everything but the main quest, as its structured in an open, non urgent way, so people were realising how deep the game was and were posting how they still haven't been to the wedding after x hours of pure questing and exploration.
Enjoy!
Re: Project Tal Is Another Stunning Open World Action RPG Targeting PS5
Strong Dragon's Dogma 2 vibes (like, seriously similar at times) but with a more eastern mythology skin
Re: 'Final' Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 DLC, Mysteria Ecclesiae, Dated for November
@Kidfunkadelic83 @Oram77
There are pretty hefty rumours of a PS5 update to the first game. Not sure if it is a remake to bring it in line with KCD2 gameplay, or a patch, though.
I'd say play the first game first, but apparently 2 is easier for people to get into. Bare in mind it will kick your ass if you treat it like a regular game, but not as much as KCD (unfortunately, in my opinion, as I like when it lets you make lots of mistakes and punishes you for each one π) so KCD2 is definitely seen as the easier one to get into.
You will find notes of Oblivion and similar rpgs, so if you like games like that, you should vibe with what it is doing fairly quickly.
Re: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora's Third-Person Update Practically Makes It a New PS5 Game
It is really hard to make a first-person game look right and function correctly in third-person. Fair play if this is such an achievement.
I know a lot of people swear they can't play first-person, so i'm wondering what would happen if they made a Far Cry game have this functionality too. As FC is a pretty well off franchise as it is π€
Re: Xbox, PC Sci-Fi RPG Starfield Won't Be Revealed for PS5 Until Next Year
At this point, do we think they've been turning it into a completely different game for a 2.0 re-release on PS5 and also, by default, pc and game pass?
I'm not sure exactly what they can do though, as they are Bethesda, and it is a very Bethesda game to start with. It's okay, good at times, but it just drags and drags and loses all momentum. A looooong time has passed since Skyrim, and Bethesda is probably the most outdated of all devs.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 603
@ApostateMage it's really satisfying to play for a while. Steep learning curve, but one that can be tackled enough in one session to open it out to be really quite fun in more of a simulation way. It's pretty intuitive, despite being less gamey.
It has a cool photomode too. And the wear and tear is so satisfying as you wreck all your board art π
Re: Ghost of Yotei Continues to Iron Out Its Minor Flaws with PS5 Patch
I looted a bounty before the little mission complete pop up and I didn't get a sword kit reward. That is the only thing I can think of π€·ββοΈ
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 603
Got to get back on Yotei. Ezo won't photograph itself now, will it?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 603
@ApostateMage safe, sensible, digital skating, I see π€£
Did you ever try Session the skate sim? It's fiddly, but it is satisfyingly realistic and a good challenge.
Re: Stunning Crimson Desert PS5 Footage Reveals a Wildly Ambitious RPG
@Oram77 my hype has always been suspicious but hopeful. But the more I see the more I think it lacks a soul or a real x-factor. But I thought similar things about Dragon's Dogma 2 pre-launch and I still loved actually playing that. This is the game it most resembles, to me, but DD2 was really nice from a gameplay standpoint and had it's own unique weirdness and systems that make it unique. If this achieves similar it could well be very good, but it is still a tough ask.
Sometimes games do feel much better in-hand than in previews is all i'll say. As watching videos you kind of notice any blandness and negatives you might not notice when playing.
Then again it could be similar to Forspoken, which is another one I was excited for, but the devs put me off with their long drawn out videos of how bland the game looked before release. And when I tried that one I still thought it was boring and lacked soul.
Real user impressions or a playable demo are definitely needed on this one before a digital purchase.
Re: Stunning Crimson Desert PS5 Footage Reveals a Wildly Ambitious RPG
@get2sammyb i'd be more sceptical on whether this is PS footage. They have showed PS footage with the "captured on ps5/pro" in the past and it has got progressively worse looking, and this is suddenly an upgrade. Really nice if it is and they managed to optimise it, but i'd expect this to be PC.
But there is some other huge news worthy of an article and further PushSquare research into the matter... it seems they have finally replaced Comic Sans as the in-game font! π We need an interview with the dev team detailing this monumental change and the thought process behind 1: first using comic sans in the game, and 2: realising it looked terrible and changing it π
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Ghost of Yotei?
Somewhere between great and excellent, but i'm likely to give it a 9 or 10 on here as i've given GoT a 9 and this feels like a better game.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 602
@ApostateMage mate, i'm sorry, but that is hilarious π€£π€£π€£ The amount of times I've come off a BMX (without a helmet and got away scratch free π¬) makes me glad i'm not a stupid kid any more. Please refrain from putting your body in further peril and STICK TO VIDEO GAMES! π
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 602
Ghost of Yotei it is better than I expected, and I loved Tsushima going in. It does everything Tsushima did, but it is a better game all round. Atsu is a proper sneaky savage and I love it. This is a long game if you want it to be, too! And I want it to be. Having a blast duelling every **** in Ezo!
(Apparently .gifs from imbb don't work on PushSquare like imgur did π)
Re: Write Full-Length Reviews for Your Favourite (or Least Favourite) PS5, PS4 Games on the PS Store
@Rich33 not only do these crazy reviews suck because they are mindless nonsense spewing things they've been told to think that take away from genuinely good games. But if you have a legitimate reason to not like a game as much, your genuine opinion gets lost in the wave of nonsense and that, to me, is the worst part of it.
Legitimate concerns get left behind. And usually they feature in the most genuine reviews.
A good example is the Witcher Netflix show. It isn't bad because it's woke nonsense. It isn't bad because it's not like the games. It's isn't bad because of one weird decision (did Eskel turn into a tree? I have forgotten a lot about the show, thankfully, haha) It's a bad adaption because the showrunner didn't like, understand nor respect the source material and therefore it lacks the original soul. It almost had some moments or glimpses of something, but mostly it lacked quality and had no real long term direction which meant it got worse and worse as they tried to link things back together after making some weird changes. But it is probably enjoyable enough as a standalone thing for kids, teens and general consumers of content who don't know any better.
Extreme reviews never help anyone, is the base of what i'm saying, anyway. And it drives a culture of people trying to make up for it on the other side. Although someone being excited and rating a game they love in the moment a 10 is far more forgivable than someone rating it 0 or 1 because they have insufficient minds for an original thought of their own.
Re: 'As Long as You're Having Fun, We Don't Care': Ghost of Yotei Dev Comments on Open World Freedom
@ShogunRok the 6 second load to actually playing the game where you left off shocks me every time I put the game on. It feels faster than Xbox's 'Quick Resume', but it is loading from a totally shut down state. Madness.
The open world, although not truely peak in the open RPG space, is pretty damn good in the open world action game space. I could not stop playing the game last night after saying "just this one last little sidequest" and I think it grabbed me for another hour and a half π¬
Re: Poll: What Are Your First Impressions of Ghost of Yotei on PS5?
It's very good. I've not really been following the yellow story quests yet, as i'm exploring, dueling, and bounty hunting at my own pace to settle into the area and get coin, so I can't comment on the story as much. But during a regular activity I was fed an unexpected cutscene to set a little more of the tone for the area, the story and the "political circumstances" which was a nice touch.
I'm going to push on with a main marker I discovered to see exactly how they balance story and side content though, as i'm at risk of overdoing side content at this rate, and I want to see if they improved the layout for quests in a way that takes you towards side content more naturally anyway. (The structure and layout of stories and activities in the first game was a slight critisism I had of it)
Everyone dislikes "young Atsu" VA, but it is so goofy that, after the initial double-take of "what the hell is that voice", I actually quite like it. She's an annoying kid, and it's an annoying portrayal, so it works for me π
My only gripe, so far, is I want a horse that can move at a canter rather than the choice of: slow trot, or gallop like its been shot out of a bloody cannon π¬
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 601
Ghost of Yotei primarily, but also a bit of
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 as the DLC's were longer than I expected so i'm still dipping into that from time to time.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Ghost of Yotei?
Yes! As in, I have it and will be playing it later tonight, anyway. Got my CE delivered and have quickly checked it out. I was in two minds whether I really wanted it, but as soon as I saw it in person I was glad I kept my pre-order!
π€ @CrispyMango92 it really is a nice set, well put together.
Re: Rumour: The Lord of the Rings Is Getting a Game to 'Compete with Hogwarts Legacy'
My instant reaction to the title was "oooh, yes!" And then within seconds my brain processed it and asked "will it though? Will it really compete with Hogwarts Legacy, or are you just trying to sell it to investors"
And would you look at that. The rumours have come from a sales pitch, rather than from anything to do with the actual game being good in any way.
Re: Mega Publisher EA Agrees to $55 Billion Buyout by Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake, Affinity Partners
Gonna need a time machine to unbuy all the EA games I've bought over the years.
I do wonder what PIF will do with the PGA tour games license, though, considering they own LIV and are hell bent on owning all golf. But i'd be tempted if they made 'Bryson DeChambeau's Big Baby Simulator - Now with 110% more tears'
Re: Good God, Crimson Desert's PS5 Collector's Edition Costs a Whopping $280
@Oram77 oh god. I will say no more on that, but yes. Yes, we have π
Re: Good God, Crimson Desert's PS5 Collector's Edition Costs a Whopping $280
@Oram77 oh, wow. Ignore that reply, then. I didn't know that was a thing π€¦ββοΈ I guess I thought I lived in a world where, when people bought games, the games are still included, haha.
Re: Good God, Crimson Desert's PS5 Collector's Edition Costs a Whopping $280
@Oram77 it can be an annoyance if you have the digital only console. In that case a digital code is welcome as anyone can use that. They should maybe offer the choice at this point, as the landscape is what it is with a lot of folk having digital consoles and games rarely being fully playable on the game disk anyway. I guarantee this game will have about 3 massive patches before it works, too π
Re: Good God, Crimson Desert's PS5 Collector's Edition Costs a Whopping $280
Steelbook, cloth map and cards, plus game for Β£80 or the game for Β£55 is not bad pricing.
I mean, i'd prefer to have the whole thing, but, being a complete unknown of a game, I guess i'll pass. If this was The Witcher 4 and Β£250 for game, statue, map and steelbook i'd not bat an eyelid π€·ββοΈ
Re: First Wolverine PS5 Gameplay Is Incredibly Gory, Set for Fall 2026
π Violent & Visceral π
I might as well share the rest of my thoughts I noted down:
They are saying all the right things, for me. The actor seemed to know what he was doing, and understands the emotional depth behind the role. And they all pretty much mentioned the damaged nature of a man who has been used and abused, lost everything, lost himself, and that struggles to keep himself on a level.
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Re: New PlayStation Rewards Program to Offer Exclusive Merch, Starts Today
I'll give them 10 seconds to include an actual reward alongside this "exclusive merch store" before telling them they are dumb f***s
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They are dumb F***s
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 599
Back to the Kingdom of Bohemia for the KCDII DLC
Re: USA's Top 20 PlayStation Games of All Time May Surprise You
I was surprised that the modern warfare remakes are higher up than the originals for units sold. I thought when MW came out it was one of those games that everyone in the world had, and I thought people had soured on the remakes.
Other than that, looks about how i'd expect, sadly.
I wonder if a UK/europe list would have more leftfield surprises? Or just more Fifa :/
Re: 'The Tension Is Hurting a Lot of People': Ex-Bethesda Boss Speaks Out on Subs Like Xbox Game Pass
@Ricky-Spanish whatever helps what? I detect a childish "get out clause" to avoid reply to that point, as it seems you think you have won and will close off your brain to any responses. Why are you even talking about MS profits? Do you genuinely think that MS having all the money in the world means gaming is in a good place and games will only improve because of it, while industry experts and people that have inside knowledge of how things are going at Bethesda say otherwise? π€¦ββοΈ You're in too deep to the cult of Phil, and you think people talking objectively about the negatives are an attack on this dear company that you love, for some reason. You are banging on about a console war whilst coming to help defend a trillion dollar corporation while other people speak objectively about how subscriptions f***ing suck for the industry.
They all suck. But maybe Sony's sucks a little bit less because they haven't bastardised their new releases within their subscription model. This is not a war, it is an objective statement about how each decided to pursue their own subscription model.
But do please read why these industry experts think subscriptions are bad for the industry, rather than assuming it is some weird console war s***, because maybe, just maybe, they have the interests of the creatives and the players in their minds, more than, you know, a trillion dollar corperation that just wants to hoover up more money π«‘
And hey, I only came on to make a joke about how people act in these situations, but now you've got this to reply to. So, enjoy it, haha.
Re: 'The Tension Is Hurting a Lot of People': Ex-Bethesda Boss Speaks Out on Subs Like Xbox Game Pass
@get2sammyb careful Sammy, don't want to highlight the flaws, noted by industry experts, of their cheap gaming sugar daddy.
"He gives me lots of games and tells me i'm a good gamer for eating it all up" all while the industry slowly burns in front of their blindfolded eyes
Kinky lads, these Xbox Game Pass lovers π
Re: Preview: Why 007 First Light Is the Most Exciting Game of 2026
@Jammer haha it is well worth it. Premise is basically the same, wander about and look for ways to mess with people. I think the AI in Goose Game is a bit better than in Bond, though π (noticed that the dude just stares at the tap ad infinitum π¬)
Re: Preview: Why 007 First Light Is the Most Exciting Game of 2026
@get2sammyb did you get Untitled Goose Game vibes? That was my first thought when Bond gets to actually start doing things to upset the guards and staff π
And I mean that in a very positive way πͺΏ
Re: Sony's Troubled Live Service Game Fairgames Just Can't Catch a Break
I know this is totally unrelated, but how is (bare with me, forgotten the name of it) ... Minds3ye doing these days? Did they release any of the DLC and fixes yet? Or has it totally fallen off the face of the earth? It'd be cool to see a PushSquare update article on the state of that at some point, just saying.
As for Fairgame$... that sounds... promising π