The_Wailing_Doom

No upgrade path = no money from me.

Dark Souls 2 was very good. People hated it because Miyazaki didn't direct it. Most people probably couldn't even tell and jumped on the hate bandwagon. I could tell it was different because the world was less connected than with the Souls games before it, but that was a minor thing, not the existential crisis the "fans" would have you believe.

@TheDudeElDuderino
That stuff works for me, but, anyway, the outcry is not about those things. It's about flame weapons being reigned in. Before that, it was about the quasar cannon getting a longer cooldown, so it would stop being overpowered. The biggest outcry by far was people upset they had to do what they agreed to and create a PSN account. There is too much whining. So, yeah, it's embarrassing.

I have been playing the game since launch with my brother and my friends and it has been in great fun. All these people crying after every change Arrowhead makes need to stop being babies. It's truly embarrassing.

If you buy from scalpers, you are the reason scalpers exist.

I don't understand why people cannot just enjoy themselves. The game is gun. No longer being able to melt a charger with the flamethrower has not made me want to rage against the game. I'm still having fun. I think it's just the people who want to be overpowered instead of having some semblance of skill that are having issues.

'tis a fantastic bit o' kit!

It's a beautiful controller and I would totally have gotten it if I did not have too many controllers already. I bought two Spider-Man 2 controllers plus the three original DualSense controllers I have.

I remember really being interested in this game. The music in the trailer was a banger, too.

Alternative title:
"PlayStation's Domination of Europe Set to Continue as Xbox continues to do Xbox things."

"As bland as the brand it's based on."

Them's fightin' words!! I love the series. The characters and the unique skills and skill trees are great. Honestly, I don't like all the driving around, but aside from that, the games are great. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a nice spin-off that cuts out a lot of the stuff I don't like, while also catering to those who play tabletop RPGs.

Warhammer 40,000 is my favorite setting. This quote is from one of the Warhammer 40,000 books:

"I have at my command an entire battle group of the Imperial Guard. Fifty regiments, including specialized drop troops, stealthers, mechanized formations, armored companies, combat engineers and mobile artillery. Over half a million fighting men and thirty thousand tanks and artillery pieces are mine to command. Emperor show mercy to the fool that stands against me, for I shall not." – Warmaster Demetrius

I AM SO READY FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've waited a decade for more.

@Haruki_NLI
They deserve it, honestly. I think it's karma.

@Mikey856
Absolutely. People are making no sense.

The "PS5 hAz No GaEmZ" crowd is just wild. Absolutely wild.

@Mikey856
It doesn't make sense. The games might not be specifically first party, which, for some reason, people think is the only thing that counts, but the PS5 has plenty of great exclusives and many of them from this year. We got Helldivers 2 and Final Fantasy Rebirth so close to each other for example and they are both top tier.

Helldivers 2 is the gift that keeps on giving.

I would love for the studio to expand and make more games, but not at the risk of fewer God of War games. I need more.

Where is the lie?

@colonelkilgore @Yousef
Yes, that is a good recommendation for PlayStation. Also, War Gods Zeus of Child on Xbox.

Yasssss!! I really liked the third person Darksiders games.

@AverageGamer
Bungie didn't want to be stuck with Microsoft again, which actually tells you something.

@Tecinthebrain
Easily in 30+ years.

Sony had to buy Bungie before Microsoft did. Microsoft already bought Bethesda and was in the process with Activision-Blizzard at that point. With Bungie being a private company, Microsoft could partake in their favorite pasttime of skirting around the regulators.

I suppose I should play the Skywalker Saga with my daughter. No excuse now.

Oddly, the U.S. store lists the Portal as a "deal" selling at full price. I see that it is labeled appropriately on the E.U. store. I'll continue to wait for a true deal on that.

Maybe I am missing something. There are many things labeled with a "deal" tag on the PlayStation Direct store, but are not discounted at all. The Portal, for example, says it's a deal, but it is still $200.

I am also incredibly surprised there are some Spider-Man 2 collector's editions available still approaching a year after launch. That is wild. I never pre-order games unless there is some sort of collectible I must have, like the Venom statue in this case or the statue with Space Marine 2. If I knew I could just buy the collector's edition whenever, I would not have pre-ordered (because pre-ordering is all-around a dumb idea and sends the wrong message).

Despite being a massive Borderlands fan, I waited for a HUGE sale before buying the game due to all the crap with the Epic Game Store. When I finally did buy the game, I did not really get into it because I prefer the crafted characters such as in the other Borderlands games rather than generic characters you create yourself, though I understand why they went that route. I didn't like the more simplistic classes with a focus on multi-classing, either, because it took away from each class's uniqueness. I ended up uninstalling the game and didn't play it until just recently. I must admit, I actually really liked it. It's not up to the quality of the mainline Borderlands games, but the gameplay was fun and the presentation was very good. I would definitely buy a sequel, either at launch if it launches on Steam or after a deep sale on Steam if it doesn't.

@nomither6
I certainly did. I really liked it.

Helldivers 2 is so awesome. I am excited to try out some of the new weapons.

NOOOO!!! I liked him in the excellent The Dark Pictures Anthology games.

That is beautiful.

An unremarkable game like Overwatch with an unremarkable Marvel skin. How unremarkable.

Considering how awesome the PS5 is already, any improvements are just icing.

@Yousef-
Just a fun fact your comment made me think of: Only the collection of planets, moons, and other bodies orbiting around our sun is called the solar system because Sol is the name of our sun specifically.

Hell yes! More Helldivers is always a good thing. The game is so good!

I am anxiously awaiting my statue!

@Enigk
I imagine it's more for crossplay.

What an absolute clown show Xbox is.

Consumers are their own worst enemy. <sigh>

I hope fire-resistant armor is included. I love using fire weapons, but hate lighting myself on fire.

Maybe this is a sign PlayStation is finally leaning into its Japanese roots more. They definitely need to do that.

I hope this battle station is more effective than the Menkent Line of defenses we established. Those defenses were overrun almost immediately and didn't do a thing.

@GamingFan4Lyf
The game has major orders and personal orders. The major order usually relates to the story and is a community-wide goal. For example, there may be a major order to liberate a planet for whatever reason. Sometimes, the reason is to get a new strategem (a weapon or ability you can call upon like an air strike or a defensive turret). Other times, that major order exists simply to unfold a bit more of the story or set an event up.

Every time you successfully complete a mission, you liberate the planet a fraction of a percentage. When the planet is fully liberated, it means it's fully in Super Earth's control.

A personal order is a personal goal. Sometimes, that is something like getting 100 kills with a machine gun.

It's an incredible game. Hopefully, I helped with some of your questions.

@SoulChimera
That's the right way to handle this. Anything less would have been unacceptable.

It's good to see Guilty Gear Strive up there in third since that is considered a niche fighting series. Tekken is my favorite fighting series, personally, but I end up playing Mortal Kombat and Injustice most of all just because that is what my friends like most.

It's wild to me Sony owns Evo, but has no fighting game(s) of its own.

I used to play every night for an hour or two, but there was a period of two weeks I could not play because I was on vacation. Now, I play a couple of times a week. There are a lot of other great games to play and I realized my backlog was only growing as I was fixated on Helldivers 2.

I have Borderlands 3 on PC, where I own all the other Borderlands games, so I'm not exactly upset about having that game on PlayStation, too, but it's not giving me any value. I have no interest in Among Us or NHL. I also don't have weirdly high expectations for my ~$7, though.

@KidRisky
I would be surprised if points are not awarded retroactively, but I have been surprised before!!