RoomWithaMoose

That's everyone. About everything.

I didn't know how many followers there really were on this Earth until the 'influencer' title became literal.

@Athrum I think a silhouette at the end of the recent trailer. I honestly am not sure; I closed it before it got to the end.

Not that this matters...at all. But I really can't picture Dr. Doom working with Carnage. Ever. For any reason.

It would somehow make more sense to me if Carnage was on Ghost Rider's presumable Midnight Sons team. Not much more sense, mind you, but a tab bit more.

I mean, that's clearly not true considering how successful the PS5 is. Or, actually, I guess the survey might be onto something since it shows the majority of gamers DON'T buy game consoles for exclusives.

Since we had to bring up Xbox for some reason, is the implication of this article that if every Xbox Game Studios project stayed exclusive, the Xbox would've handily bested PlayStation? Xbox has certainly been putting out more games than PlayStation for the last few years. If Xbox cancelled every upcoming PlayStation/Switch port, should we assume the Xbox Series would be flying off the shelves? If exclusives are the primary indicator of success, you'd think they would, right?

@arty1977 @TDHorizon Not every sale on PC is a potential PS5 sale. Even assuming each sale on average made $30 of profit — between fees, development, miniscule marketing, and Steam sales — that's still 9 million. Which would cover the annual costs of around 100 employees alone. Definitely not nothing.

"Is there really all that much value in an extra 300k sales of God of War Ragnarok when it’s sold millions of copies on PlayStation?"

I mean...like...18 million dollars...

@LogicStrikesAgain It's Such a Beautiful Day might be extremely esoteric, but I f*** with it. It is an animated film, but with some transcendent rigging. Almost Hedgehog in the Fog-like, if you know what one.

But I absolutely love it. It's probably my favorite art piece across all mediums. I cannot recommend it enough, though that's with the caveat that everyone I've gotten to watch it really hasn't liked it much.

@LogicStrikesAgain Shetz, I missed out on Triangle of Sadness when it came out and still haven't seen it. I really wanna see that one, though. And 12 Angry Men; that's been on my list for probably a decade.

I think you have me beat with movies. There's a decent chunk there I don't even know. Love the Reservoir Dogs appreciation. I've seen a lot of people say Tarantino's early stuff doesn't compare to his later outings, when I think the exact opposite. And lots of Kubrick!

No one really ever has a top 5 at the ready. I guess that I do is some weird personality quirk.

5. Scrooge (1970)
4. Dr. Strangelove
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Hot Fuzz
1. It's Such a Beautiful Day

Always felt like my list was a little too modern and comedy focused, though.

@LogicStrikesAgain Man, I love me some Indians Jones. Not sure how well they'd hold up if I hadn't watched them as a youngin', though. I'd say try to watch Raiders and don't worry about the rest. The two sequels really don't do much besides provide more Indy. The fourth isn't as bad as people say, but it's entirely unessential. I haven't even seen the fifth...

You happen to have a top 5 movies?

@LogicStrikesAgain I'll concede my 'hardcore' definition is poorly thought out. However, I don't think the cinephile (I've been saying that wrong for years, I guess...) comparison is far off at all. Sure, playing individual games is less accessible than watching individual movies. But heavily investing your knowledge-base, time, and identify into movies really isn't different at all from doing the same with video games. After all, any serious cinephile has thousands and thousands of hours of content to work through. Even though movies are much shorter on average, the medium is also over twice as old and significantly outpaces gaming with releases.

When it comes to genre...I mean, the same applies to movies. Maybe someone doesn't like comedies, but Chaplin is pretty essential viewing from the silent era. Musicals and Westerns might not be someone's cup of tea, but ignoring them ignores a pretty sizable chunk of Hollywood history. A lot of westerners have a hard time watching foreign films, but, frankly, I don't think you can call yourself a cinephile without extensive international cinema exposure. Ditto with animation. And every cinephile has to watch at least a few actively-disturbing-to-the-near-point-of-kink films that should be uncomfortable for literally everyone.

I also wouldn't quite say a MLG Pro Gamer No-scope or speedrunner are the types of gamers I'd consider hardcore. And that can entirely be a failure on my part. I would sooner compare them to a Star Wars super-fan, or something. Very passionate about a specific thing. But not necessarily engaged in an entire art form. I guess my real issue was assuming being on a gaming site implies that level of devotion. As talking about movies reminds me that plenty of people are serious about movies despite being content never watching Kurosawa.

S***...I guess I was just being gatekeepey. Well, carry on gaming however you see fit. But also, maybe try some of those games some time. You might like 'em.

@themightyant I get what you're saying. But, unless you're clearance hunting, I think physical/digital pricing often matches up regardless.

It should also be noted that retailers sometimes have digital codes to freely price. I've gotten a few Nintendo games digitally half off from Amazon and Best Buy.

@themightyant I mean, the physical version of Ultra Street Fighter IV for the PS3 has never been this cheap on amazon and is currently going for $30.

@LogicStrikesAgain Starfield is so goddamn boring, I wouldn't suggest anyone make it their first Bethesda game. At the very least, don't assume it's representative of the entire studio. Except the animations; they all have those s*** animations.

Also, the PSOne port of Doom is iconic for its music, lighting, and general atmosphere. Despite not feeling nearly as smooth as the PC version, it's developed a fanbase for itself by evoking a horror vibe lacking from the original. Which isn't really important to this conversation, but I always thought it was a fun fact.

@PuppetMaster I really wouldn't call most of the games on that list 'Xbox games.' I'm not offended at all and I never called people weird. Though your 'massacred your family' comment is actually weird.

If you don't want to play a bunch of highly regarded games, that's your prerogative. Like I said, it's akin to a cinemaphile refusing to watch historically, culturally relevant movies for no real reason.

@Steeleye25 Will do.

@Steeleye25 I've played about an hour. Haven't had time to play more.

Not sure what that has to do with anything...

I do already see how the game's sense of humor can become grating. Though I doubt the mouse slaughtering would ever be much of an issue for me, personally. Although that's also because I think the game's too narratively boring for me to engage with it; my critique is that it spends too much time not being a boomer shooter.

@Zeke68 I've spent an hour trying to figure the association between moose and mice just to finally realize you misread my name.

@Steeleye25 What IGN gave Watch Dogs 2 is irrelevant to what Will of IGN gave Mouse.

You're completely justified not agreeing with the criticism, just like Will is completely justified making the criticism.

His 'cheese' critique was due to what he saw as overbearing pacing of obvious cartoon-mouse-in-a-noir-video-game jokes. Again, you can disagree. But I don't think it's hard to see why someone could get tired of cheese jokes and gags at an excessive frequency.

Also, a 6/10 is still considered a positive score, and several parts of the review read positively. Mouse doesn't just get a pass on everything because it has a really cool art style that the devs put a lot of work into.

@Steeleye25 So he thinks you shoot too many mice because of ludonarrative dissonance? Still don't really see how that's not a fair criticism.

You don't have to agree with it, mind you. But if a game is spending so much time trying to engage you narratively, just for the gameplay to contradict the themes, motivations, and internal logic of that narrative, it's fair to point that out in a critical way.

Games are more than gameplay, and ergo can fail in aspects that don't directly relate to moment-to-moment fun factor.

EDIT: Also worth mentioning that this point was interspliced with self-derision. The reviewer knew plenty wouldn't see the problem per se, but still felt the need to share a fault they personally found the game to have in their personal review. Because the reviewer knows what a review is.

@Steeleye25 I haven't read the review, but are we sure the 'shoot too many mice' thing isn't specifically a critique about a lack of enemy/gameplay variety that was misinterpreted by some Internet guy as some nonsensical strawman?

@LogicStrikesAgain Well, as an entirely friendly suggestion, maybe consider trying out some games you've never felt intrinsic interest in. The original Doom, in particular, I'd say is a must-play for any gamer (and it's, like, $5, and regularly on sale). Banjo-Kazooie is my second favorite game of all time. I don't absolutely adore Bethesda, but I think it's worth playing at least one of their games at some point. Etc., etc.

Not that there's anything wrong with not playing everything notable. I think my comment was read accusatorily, but I'm not trying to sound gatekeepey. I'm just genuinely taken aback that list would do NOTHING for anyone hardcore enough to be here. And if you don't see value there, I sincerely think it's worthwhile to try some of the games listed. If you don't want to, ya know, that's your decision and, ultimately, I don't really care. But I reckon it would be more interesting for you to give 'em a whirl.

@PuppetMaster Gee, you sound very offended. I understand the logistical probability that not every gamer cares about every game. I also don't care about every IP @SMJ listed, or even every game I listed. But given their vastness and not-Xbox associated history, yeah, I'm very surprised a hardcore gamer who regularly posts on a hardcore gamer site wouldn't care much at all about any of them. This is like being on a cinemaphile forum and seeing several people agree that they don't care about The Godfather, Casablanca, Star Wars, Blade Runner, The Shining, and about another dozen legendary movies. I understand it's possible, but it's likewise pretty weird given the circumstances.

And while this is series specific, and hence nowhere near as surprising, I am also a bit thrown off when hardcore gamers say they've never played a Mario or Zelda game. Literally two of the most famous, prolific, influential series of all time — some experience with them is practically necessary reading. And, yes, while similarly brand specific and hence not as surprising as dismissing that original list, I would also be surprised if a hardcore gamer didn't care about a single PlayStation IP. I understand that plenty hardcores exist that don't care about every notable game/IP, but it still surprises me nonetheless that they would have such an ardent disinterest in engaging with famous games throughout gaming history. I also think it important to explicitly point out I'm talking about 'caring,' not 'liking.'

@PuppetMaster No, and no. I'm just surprised, is all.

Lots of good games being disregarded.

@LogicStrikesAgain @PuppetMaster
Woah, woah, woah, you're both saying you don't care at all about
that long list of IPs? It's not like any are in a particularly great place right now, and I've little faith in Microsoft to nurture anything. But, man, Banjo-Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot 2, Diablo 2, Dishonored, Doom/Doom 2/Doom '16/Doom Eternal, Fallout 1/2/3/NV, Gears of War 2, Halo: Combat Evolved/Halo 3/Halo Reach, Minecraft, Perfect Dark, Psychonauts/Psychonauts 2, Quake, Spyro the Dragon/Spyro 2, StarCraft, The Elder Scrolls III/IV/V, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1/2/3/THUG, and Wolfenstein 3D are legitimately some of the best games of all time...

I'm very surprised any gamer can look at that list and think, "...meh." Even just Crash and Spyro you'd think would have a lot of pull for PlayStation fans; I know I'd lose my s*** if we got a new, good game in either franchise. Don't even get me thinking about Banjo-Threeie.

First-world problems.

Either you care about Xbox games, in which case you may have to buy an Xbox console/sub GamePass at some point. Or you don't care about them, in which case why would you be bothered one way or the other?

F***, man.

Ya know, I played this for the first time a few months ago, and continued playing it with a friend for a while, and — man — I don't know if I've ever felt such a disconnect with modern gamers. Nothing about the game was horribly wrong, or anything, but it was all distinctly okay. It was not the most fun multiplayer experience I've ever had, nor anywhere close to what I consider the best.

I've just started playing Resi5, an all around subpar game, with that same friend and am already having an immensely better time doing that. I just don't know, man, maybe I'm just old... Anyway, there's some random thoughts for ya.

@UltimateOtaku91 So the purpose of this article is to gain the rhetorical upper hand with a subsect of its audience?

Is that...really the justification we wanna go with...?

@Yor-sama Console-based fanaticism doesn't need to be studied.

It's just people that were so effectively tricked by marketing they began defining their identity around a brand, and hence take attacks to said brand as personal attacks that must be combated. It's a mostly harmless microcosm of tribalism, through the lens of contemporary consumerism.

@Yor-sama Who gives a f***?

You don't need a PlayStation site to invalidate the opinions of Xbox fanboys. One would presume that isn't their job.

I don't care if PS is reporting on this. Even though there really isn't much reason to...like at all. But your reasoning makes no sense and lacks any professionalism.

Eh, we'll see. As much as everyone here wants hard proof that GamePass Day 1 is a stupid business model...for some reason, I don't think you guys are appreciating just how bad Xbox sales are.

If we got some hard numbers on pre-GP CoD sales by platform, I wouldn't be surprised to see Xbox is WELL below PS5 and PC. I'm guessing 20% on Xbox at most, probably closer to 15%. Say they lost half of that to GamePass; that's not that big of a loss. Well, it's not a big loss considering GamePass Ult users are bringing in half a CoD sale per month.

If anything, CoD GPD1 probably isn't growing GamePass, and that's the issue. I believe all streaming services are on the decline right now, and I'm sure people are cancelling GP before Netflix. The main hope for CoD on GamePass was to massively grow sub numbers, I'm sure. And it definitely hasn't been doing that. I dunno if that means it absolutely makes more sense to focus on direct sales. This very site spent months saying Blops7 was a commercial disaster, so not sure how keeping it off of GamePass would've helped much.

I'm a sucker for gold controllers. But that big ass '007' in the center just ruins it for me...

I f***ing hate baseball, yet this rounders (?) circle jerk is still offending me.

@CielloArc I really want an example of these politically charged subs.

@LifeGirl She really doesn't look anything like Lara, though...

Maybe if they did a young, inexperienced Lara. But people hated that about the Survival trilogy.

I love these s*** 'proof-of-concept' videos for s*** games whose only notable feature is having s*** Pokemon knockoffs.

Seriously, everyone should be able to make a monster catching game if they want. But I think it's pretty obvious what's happening when they all look this bad.

Also, Nintendo did not sue Cassette Beasts, Yo-Kai, or Temtem. Even though I don't agree with their Palworld lawsuit, I think you can tell they agree it's PRETTY OBVIOUS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

@Juanalf It's a rumor, not a confirmation. Honestly, so is the PS5 struggling with it.

Regardless, that's what optimization is for. It can target low resolution, have gimped textures, s*** draw distance, and a variable 30fps target. But I doubt it's impossible. Lest we forget Red Dead 2 arguably looks better than the majority of games released since. And that was optimized for PS4 and X1. Two consoles the S2 pretty roundly beats technologically.

Yeah, not too much to say here.

This was expected — though I don't think that morally excuses Sony of doing it.

Really don't know how any of my fellow Americans think anything is getting cheaper... Anywhere. This is what happens when you destabilize the global economy and hinge all your bets on an overly expensive, not-profit driven new industry that barely anyone wants.

I guess in America's defense, it's not like many countries have successfully recovered from COVID; mostly everyone targeted short-term relief at the expense of long-term health. And God forbid we collectively allow ourselves the grace of resetting the economy for instant recovery; that would anger the money God and somehow make everything worse...

@johnedwin I can see Nintendo eating the costs for a bit given that the Switch 2 is priced pretty competitively now.

Well, if they can even afford that model in the first place. Microsoft and Sony have a lot of extra income to sell at a loss.

@RyPal You know, Pearl Abyss just said they're R&Ding a Switch 2 port of Crimson Desert. DMC5 was just rated for Switch 2. Marvel Rivals was confirmed. Also, there's a rumor GTAVI is launching day and date on the console.

Not like it'll ever get 100% of 3rd-party games. But you can reasonably game exclusively on the S2 already and not miss out on much.

@SEVENTEENSOILS I'm sure there's an overstated pushback on this game given the hype. And anyone saying it's irrefutable s*** falls into the same 'learn what subjectivity means' camp I previously called out. That's despite myself definitely being more on the pushback side.

I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a 'callz it like I seez it' attitude, or being compelled to express how much enjoyment one is finding in the game. That's kinda more what my original comment was supposed to be about; we can have a conversation about this without actively shutting down any different takes. I just wish video game discourse didn't always sound so stupid. I don't really mind the negativity, personally, but I wish I could have more interesting discussions about video games with people.

I mostly played through Dragon Quest 1 and 2 as a lead up to 3 2D-HD, which is next and I am very excited to start. I also planned this out before 1+2 2D-HD was announced, so I played through the original Switch remakes of the first two that I bought years ago. 1 was charmingly archaic and 2 was a competent, if overly obtuse, JRPG. Both good games, though.

I'm not really super hyped for anything this year. I am excited for Soros, but not $70 excited. Same with Yoshi and Pokopia. Hoping Fable will be phenomenal, but not holding my breath. I'm pretty hyped for Mouse: P.I. for Hire, but I don't expect anything revolutionary. A bunch I'm excited for, but nothing I'm expecting to blow me away.

@brakeman90 Well if they call it a GOTY pre-launch, they could be quoted by marketing and get some exposure.

It's like how film critics come away from premieres with snappy, one-sentence reviews.

@SEVENTEENSOILS I'm bothered by people's inability to differentiate subjective evaluation from objective fact. I do not mind people liking this game or defending it in good faith. I wouldn't equate that to people saying this review is wrong or journalism is corrupt over a score they disagree with. So I wouldn't say my stance comes off as ironic... But whatever. Your 'chill out' point still has plenty of merit.

Uhhh, haven't really had time to play much lately. I'm been trying to get myself to finish Metroid Prime 4 this week, but haven't been in the mood. I'm on a sabbatical from Tomb Raider survival trilogy and Dragon Quest series playthroughs after finishing the second game in each respective series. Probably going to end up buying Super Meat Boy 3D at launch and play through that. Also been sitting on 1000xRESIST and Skate Story for a while now, and badly want to play both.

@SEVENTEENSOILS I fail to see the irony.

But okay.

@Gunbeld He's just criticizing Sony fanboys in that post.

He's saying The Game Awards have always sucked, and people (i.e. Sony fanboys) were only jumping on it that particular year because they didn't have enough PlayStation news. He was not saying it was a good show, or celebrating the Xbox news. He only brings up Xbox in a matter-of-fact sense.

Shrugs I dunno, man, did you just not read what he said or the post he was responding to? Seems kinda like you just hyper-focused on the "replace OD for DS2 or Blade for Wolverine" part. Do you have better evidence that he's an Xbox fangirl?

@Gunbeld Plausible deniability.

Someone down the line of information would definitely get fired for letting this get out. It makes more sense for him to pretend he has no source and is just p***ing in the wind rather than risk ANY connection to his actual source. Especially if he wants to keep getting scoops.

Or he's making it up. We'll know soon enough.

Oh no. People can't reconcile with a game they love only getting a moderately good score. This is like whatever-the-last-review-I-read-was ALL OVER AGAIN!

Seriously, guys, it's time to grow up. I mean, hopefully you're all teenagers or something... Might as well get ahead of your peers and comprehend subjectivity, then. It'll save you a lot of embarrassment in the near future. And then you can start having interesting thoughts, like, 'how the f*** does anything exist if nothing can be objectively justified?' Just some real fun, existential early-20s s***.

Let me put it like this: I love a lot of Nintendo's games. ZP/FR's Yahtzee is one of my favorite video game reviewers. He, quite sharply, loves very, very few of their games and thinks most of what they make is archaic drivel. And I still massively respect the man's thoughts and opinions regardless of that. I also respect Stephanie Sterling's opinions even though I completely disagree with her old review of Breath of the Wild. Although, even then, I saw where she was coming from.

This is all a conversation, guys. Not everyone's going to agree with you, and you won't agree with everyone. That's the beauty of qualitative discussion. If you don't understand that, there's absolutely no reason for you to engage with it.

@Oram77 It just entirely depends on the game and its availability.

I don't think Jak and Daxter needs a remake, because it's available on PS5 and still looks and plays great. But still, this would've been a more meaningful visual update than all the PS3/PS4 remakes we've gotten.

Looks fine. Though I think it loses a bit of charm with the added fidelity.

Would rather see a new game than a remake here.