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Really just Ghost (and Metroid Prime 4 which doesn't count)

Honorable mentions: System Shock 2 bc I never played it way back when. DS2 even though the story will be bad. Hell Is Us even if I hate the title

4K Mario Kart looks great. The upscaled Zelda games look kinda weird!

If you complain about $80 games AND you throw a connipiton fit over occasional frame drops, you are a jerk and should find a different hobby. One or the other, please.

Let me buy San Andreas separately you jerks. It's free on Netflix ffs

I was pretty happy with the at-long-last appropriate difficulty for 8-star Tempered Gore Magala; hopefully the rebalancing in TU2 continues in that direction. Also happy with the quick timing on this next update.

@crackeastwood Elden Ring's launch performance on PC still makes me shudder. Much, much, much worse than Oblivion Remastered or Monster Hunter Wilds

I played through most of Elden Ring at launch (Ranni ending) but found it exasperating and poorly balanced across builds and abilities vs. Dark Souls/BB. I was probably too stubborn and should have used the Rennala thingy to respec to something cheesier. But I'm not interested in the DLC or Nightreign as a result.

I'm hoping they go back to classic Souls-style maps someday (probably in vain)

It started okay, but disappointed me overall. The brutally long tail of consequences from Dim Jim. Good thing that 2025 is shaping up to be a bright year for third parties. Pragmata looks cool, at least.

These poor dudes are just trying to get their next gig in the brutal games jobs market & it accidentally causes a micro-scandal. I feel for them!

The emotional response to this is dread

I wonder if they regret being on Game Pass. Awesome game, GOTY leader in the clubhouse for sure

I'm hoping these 8-star Tempereds actually hit hard & can't be stunlocked easily but I'm not too optimistic.

TLOU2 had a lousy story because Neil D. didn't have Bruce Straley as adult supervision. Shame that its perfect gameplay was bogged down by the grim, tedious script. It's no surprise that the show has gone on to also suck

Play Oblivion Remastered instead. These games used to be good

@thefourfoldroot1 It's not, the game is incredibly easy w/ flexible difficulty and tons of mechanics to abuse

If you're arguing specifically that the level scaling makes Expert and Master difficulty too hard, that makes sense, although I think the slider is the core issue

I really can't handle another underwhelming presentation stream, lol. They should keep quiet if they can't show us some fireworks

@thefourfoldroot1 The level scaling really isn't a problem at all. The difficulty slider is pretty lame though

Good subheader as always
The remaster is massively enjoyable, I just platinumed it. The performance whinging is overblown

Idiotic program that I'll be glad to forget. Just give people buying overpriced PSN games a 2-3% credit and that'd be fine

Art_Vandelay speaks the truth.

@KundaliniRising333 Dim Jim made the decision to pursue the "12 live service games" to excite the bankers. It's not controversial or "parroting" to state the facts. He personally announced it in February (when it was 10 games) and May of 2022. Look it up

@-Sigma- I tend to give Hulst a little more grace because Jim was the "chase the Fortnite bux" architect and HZD is a masterpiece (imo)

Put Jim Ryan in the Cyrodiil Imperial City Prison

Gloomhaven and PS5 Stalker is pretty good

I'll probably take the plunge on this game after I finish my Oblivion trophy campaign

Digging into KOTN DLC at the moment. The performance issues only occur in the open world and don't really affect a playthrough. So glad I'm finally getting to experience this game, which is almost as good as Morrowind.

DF is clearly doing very well on YouTube with hyperbolic negativity that gets parroted by those who never intended to buy the game in the first place.

@Nitefire7786 Well said

It's a great show, and it's a crying shame MS allows Howard to drag his feet on new Fallout games.

@trestan Thanks for confirming you haven't played it. Yes, it is hyperbolic to call the game unfinished and unplayable when millions of people are having a great time with it.

It's Morrowind, but they would have to do a Bethesda-sized voice recording session.

The new Oblivion has performance annoyances but the hyperbolic commentary (by people who aren't playing it) is out of control. The UE5 remastering in native 4K PS5 Pro Quality mode looks great & the game is a faithful TES-jank experience.

8. Would be a 9 if there were a better difficulty option (3/5 is super easy, 4/5 is super hard).

What I'm talking about is not like Souls at all. Tempereds and ATs are supposed to be hard enough to justify some minmaxing. There's no point in gearing up if the monsters are pushovers.

Tempered Mizu has a OHKO but the AT doesn't — it doesn't make sense. Worse, they made woundpopping too OP. It's a major design flaw that has resulted in Story mode difficulty. Everyone is complaining about this stuff for a reason.

@ATaco Use a ton of powders or even mushroomancer/wide range. Take responsibility for your randoms.

AT Rey Dau is undertuned, he should have multiple ohko attacks (he has zero!) and should topple way less often from wound breaks

Way too easy. Really disappointing!!

Less Titanfall in exchange for more Jedi games is a bummer

So great to get lost in a game with that extra level of depth that Todd trimmed away for Skyrim. I think it's more like an 8/10 but this is a fine review.

Given how awful Starfield is, this is could be the last opportunity to get truly drawn into a Bethesda world

I'm not paying $50 for your indistinguishable remaster, Hermen

Really thrilled with Oblivion Remastered. Would love to see Expert difficulty toned down a bit

@Rich33 Your "expert evidence" is divorced from context. The moments that stutter represent ~1% of a typical playthrough. Like any Bethesda RPG, you spend most of your time in this game in inventory menus or dungeons that run at a fluid 60 fps.

@Rich33 Overreacting to angry youtubers who are working to boost their subscriber counts is toxic gamer nonsense. The game runs fine except for in the open world on horseback specifically. I know because I'm actually playing it

Devs are releasing games very slowly these days and are clearly doing the best they can with today's tools, engines, and resources. The idea that even more online whining will cause businesses to delay earnings from releases even more than they already are is delusional

I would much rather see a DS3 Switch 2 port personally!

@Rich33 Thanks for confirming you are complaining about a game you haven't played. Hope the complaining is enjoyable!

I'm a little nonplussed by how cranky DF has been lately. Plz stop releasing whine/bitch/rage videos about games like MH Wilds & Oblivion Remastered. They are topping the charts across all platforms so just do a critical tech review and include recommended settings when applicable. It is not interesting to hear Alex repeatedly express exasperation & incredulity that a game was released with funky frame times.

In any case, I am having a blast with Oblivion on PS5 Pro despite stuttering in the open world

@cburg Anyone who paid full freight for Starfield is justifably mad

That said I'm totally loving Oblivion: Remastered. It plays like Skyrim but with much better writing

Super pumped for this; hope I can get lost in the game the way I did with Morrowind, Skyrim, and both BGS Fallouts (sorry, Starfield, not you).

The game is too easy but I'm still playing it a ton. Can't quite roll a perfect Artian weapon or a Power Prolonger+Handicraft gem, and I haven't even touched crown hunting. I'm hopeful that AT Rey Dau will be hard

Baffling that they would do it this way. Their anti-tamper tools on PC are totally ineffective and wreck the FPS. Dumb stuff

@VatoLoco47 Don't kid yourself. Switch 2 is going to be a mega-hit.

Nintendo has been just as bad as Sony at kicking out AAA 1st party games. If anything Sony has been better; 2022 was a great year with Horizon, GoW and Gran Turismo all coming out. Switch really just gave us the Zelda games imo. Those were wonderful, but output was thin over Switch 1's lifecycle. I'll grab Switch 2 for Metroid but I'm not preordering

The new Zoh Shia is really fun. Not all that hard — esp. if you use the Guardian Arkveld set — but awesome visuals and love the different phases