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@FatalBubbles pretty much. The ps5 trailers hinted at a lot of iconic sequel exclusives for 2021. Horizon and god of war spring to mind. However, covid has probably set everyone (developers and manufacturers) back 18 months to 2 years.

@The_New_Butler
If this remaster (or whatever it is) is successful the sequel will be Xbox / PC exclusive.

@The_New_Butler

Chances are this was agreed and planned prior to being acquired by MS. As such it’s still under ‘old rules’.

@Richnj
Directors cut existed on the PS1 all the way back in 1997.
Resident evil announced a directors cut, it basically enabled the dual shock controller to be used with the game.

@eltomo
Probably find it was in the deal struck with Disney a few years ago I.e two games to be produced. Disney gets paid even if the games a commercial flop.

@fR_eeBritney

why is gamora

Back to the game, this looks good. However, I’ve played avengers (different studio I know) so here’s hoping lessons have been learned and this game isn’t complete and total meh.

Avengers was average at best. Given what it could of been (singleplayer) and the characters, game mechanics that could have been utilised , Crystal Dynamics should be embarrassed.

How are they going to handle something as unique and quirky as Guardians of the Galaxy?

Damn I watched laymen gaming’s YouTube review and they gave it high praise. Maybe they had the PC version? They commented along the lines of Samie enemies but they really seemed to enjoy it. Shocked that’s it’s scored a 4. Oh well back to doom eternal.

Just completed the main game after purchasing this for £20, which I’d argue is still too much for this the ultimate ‘meh’ game.

They should have called this game pushsquare as that’s all you do in this game! Pushsquare to punch, pushsquare to open doors, pushsquare to open crates.

The graphics are great, the storyline is ok. Leading with Kamala was a good idea story wise but she’s not a mainstream name like Thor or Ironman so can see why people complained about her inclusion.

The levels are dull, the missions are dull, the RPG elements are dumb. In the middle of a fight I can stroll over and go looking for a crate to upgrade my bracelet by 1 point. I must have missed that in the MCU films!

Everything is solved by punching, there are no puzzles, no other game elements absolutely nothing radical or revolutionary. Crash bandicoot on the ps1 had more interesting gameplay!

The skins (which are truly awful) have to be bought, yet in insomniac Spider-Man they’re free if you go and look for them.

This was truly an ultimate example of wasted potential that should have been handed to rocksteady or insomniac.

You play as Thor, Ironman etc for a max of 2 hours each! Nowhere near enough time to unlock any skills or special moves or even care about your character or their motives. Black widow is terrible to use, her pistols do absolutely zilch.

‘ piss-stained PS3-era visuals,’
Not sure that’s the colour palette Sony were aiming for!

@PegasusActual93 I’m sold on that as it sounds an interesting concept. But I’m in the minority as I loved infinite and thought 1 & 2 were ok (I played them 10 years after release).

@Shepherd_Tallon you hit the nail on the head.

Angry birds (remember that) made billions so did flappy bird. It costs very little to develop an app but you could make a billion. It costs £100+ Million to develop a AAA game and dev time is in measured in years.

Sony have the branding, rights and consumer awareness of these games they’d be daft not to go down this route, the real question is what took them so long? iPhones have existed since 2007.

Hhhmmm tough one. By the time this gets released (assuming a 4 year dev cycle) then it would have been 12/13+ years since the original released. So a decent amount of time has passed, however TLOU1 still stands up today compared to modern games. TLOU2 didn’t reinvent the gameplay.

Sony aren’t being adventurous with creating or supporting high cost new IP’s but then if consumers only purchase remakes and remasters then they’re playing it safe and guaranteeing sales.

With all the IP’s that Xbox just bought and all the potential sequels is Sony being safe or scared?

Doom 3. Plays like a classic resident evil game in first person.

Hasn’t this game cost square Enix a £60 million loss?
Should have focused on solely being a single player game.
How do you ruin the freakin avengers?

@TheRedComet my thoughts exactly and make the campaign a good 10 hours + to explore the combatants and their views / reasoning.

Won’t happen. The single player campaign Will just be a 5 hour tutorial for the online arena.

Suspect Korea is out on bounds as doesn’t tencent (a Chinese company) own a percentage of Activision. So doubt they will risk the wrath of their owners.

Can’t wait for this. I have been following this game since it’s announcement trailer and now it’s finally here. Hopefully the reviews will be good.

@Voltan there’s YouTube vids where the pro’s and speedrunners kill him in 6 seconds. Though pc keyboard makes it easier to quick switch weapons.

@Welsh_Will
Play doom 2016 if you want a easier intro but to be fair eternal does a great job of introducing you to the mechanics. I play it on normal mode and have completed the first dlc which is harder than the base game.

The game has a learning curve; I hated the platforming and the marauder on my first play through but on the second I was acing all the aspects of the game. Strongly advise watching some YouTube vids.

I will be buying part 2 tomorrow to play Friday and I can’t wait.

@stefan771
Let’s put it like this. Doom eternal is the demo for Part 1. You get everything unlocked and upgraded to begin with but you’ll need it.

Storyline was great the rest of the game was poorly executed.

@Boucho11
Played the first level of the first game back in the day but it never got its hooks into me whereas the most recent games have. I’m even tempted to play doom 3.

Can’t f%#£*ing wait. Love this series, I’m a recent newcomer to the series I bought doom 2016 last March and bought eternal recently love the lore, gameplay and graphics. Replayed them both twice and bought the DLC, a superb FPS is not the best.

Just have to hope MS doesn’t lock it to the Xbox...

Doom and wolfenstein. Though the doom dlc looks like it’s wrapping up the plot nicely. Wolfenstein Youngblood sucked but the previous titles were ace.

Not sure why people are expecting a sequel to prey, whilst it was a great game I’m under the impression it’s sale figures underperformed.

By any chance will they be selling an XP booster micro-transaction???

@2cents
I’m getting a bad feeling about this...

“I know this will be disappointing to the community of Anthem players who have been excited to see the improvements we’ve been working on.”

Rough translation: we’ve made our money, sooo long suckers!

Well MS tried to double the cost of game pass recently, the internet declared war and MS backed down. So MS definitely are seeking to make more money from gamepass.

I suspect doom, wolfenstein, fallout etc will be locked to the MS console and if they are continue losing money then they might send some titles Sony’s way.

MS hasn’t been able to comment on their plans until the deal is signed and done. Hence we find out in March what their actual plans are....

I guess Konami ‘kept you waiting huh?’

I’ll see myself out...

@tameshiyaku
Geek moment: the la le lol thing isn’t supposed to be in the game. It’s supposed be static / censored / gibberish every time someone mentions the patriots. but for some reason when the game was released in foreign markets they didn’t get the memo...

Well I’m still waiting for level 50 it’s only been 5 odd years.
Also f**k Konami.

@GamingVeteran - Sony wont ever get rid of micro transactions. let alone force studios to remove them, as can be seen by the main article they make Sony a huge amount of revenue (for doing absolutely nothing on Sony’s part).

They put the dates in the trailer to ensure people had a reason to buy a ps5. If the ps5 released in late 2020 but there were no games scheduled for release until 2022 no-one would have bought the console.

Also covid has no doubt impacted the dates.

I remember that when this game came out and people complained about the plot, the twists, the crunch, the trans character, they said that cyberpunk 2077 would show Naughty Dog how’s it’s done.

How’d that work out?

Well that means CDPR have made £650 million from a sub par broken game. My PS4 copy is under the tree - so I’m practicing my surprised x mas face!

@QuizKid agree with everything you’ve said. I’ve been watching videos comparing cyberpunk’s AI, NPC’s, Psychics to 5+ year old games (GTA V, Farcry 5 etc) and those games do it so much better. How/ why did CDPR not implement basic gameplay features?!

@Whyita the simple answer is that there are approx 100 million PS4’s and not that many PS5s. If you’re going to sell a game, recoup costs and make a profit the console with the most units sold / available is the only option.

Sadly this game’s ambition outstripped the PS4s and Xbox capabilities and CDPR knew this but went ahead any way.

Level 50 for MGS5 incoming!

I love that gender selection, side missions and dialogue options are seen as ‘new’ in COD. Pretty much standard in most games!

I’m only ever interested in the single player campaign, which by the looks of it is shorter than usual (possibly due to the impact of covid) so I’ll pick this up when it’s bargain bin price.

I play the cod single player campaigns in a once and done style. The campaigns generally tend to be short but 5 hours is really short and a shame; as the 1980s Cold War setting looks awesome and really appeals to me. I’ll wait until it drops down to £20 as that’s my price limit for a 5 hour campaign.

This game was on my buy list. Never played the PS3 version but the OG graphics looked cool. So the remaster took my interest. Not at £45 though!

So far the reviews seem negative, though is this mainly due to removing the cel shaded art style? You’d think they’d give you options to play the game in cel shaded or the modernised look they’ve gone for.

Are pushsquare intending on reviewing this?

Edit: Just watched gmanlives review on YouTube. Yeah this remake is terrible. Bugs, glitches removal of the comic book aspects (frames / panels) this game isn’t worth £45 or worth playing by the looks of it. A real Shame.

Hhhmmm price is getting tempting I.e it’s the price it should have released at. However, my personal rule if the hours of play are <10 it’s a £25 price tag.

Also, might wait for physical, as when I finish I can sell it on for x amount, whereas digital I get nothing!

Just finished the game bit of a boring chore to be honest. Surprised I didn’t read the pushsquare review when making my purchase decision as their scores normally match my own.

The game was repetitive, the tasks basic and the storyline was not engaging in any form. Oh and the difficulty spike of the last three bosses, absolutely ridiculous! Took me an entire afternoon!

Yes it’s a ps2 game from 2005 but MGS3 was from this era and it’s a masterpiece and still plays well today. Destroy all humans does not.

@Quintumply.
I’m a one and done single player campaign kind of guy.

Shame it’s £50 as I did read it’s only 7 hours long.
With a campaign that short i’ll Wait until 1/2 price.

£50 quid for miles morales. Is this as long as marvels spiderman? As that’s a lot of cash for a glorified DLC!

5/10 shame as I was looking forward to this having missed the Crysis hype back in the day.

Surprises me that they used the PS3 version rather than PC but also skipped the expansion pack. YouTube reviews have also pointed out that certain features haven’t been ported and that individuals have created better mods than this ‘remaster’.

Ssssssnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkeeeeeeeee!!!!

@CuzzoWuzzo - so unbearable that you read and commented? The true horror you must have experienced!

@CuzzoWuzzo - pay attention to what a couple of trailers? Not that they hinted at an online element. A couple of dev features on YouTube? This game’s been silent for a while.

My main concern with online games is that they become the Anthem, Fallout 76 and the Avengers. You know. The games that suck.