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Painkiller reboot is on the horizon and no mention of it in the article about the original developers?(

Best of luck to all people being let go

I remember the days when ps+ subs had 50% discounts - looks like those are long gone…

@Artois2 I don’t see how it would help if these trailers were 10 mins long, but showing the same dated mechanics.
Ok, let’s continue this chat in the review article comments.

@Artois2 I can see boring driving, boring weapons, boring enemies in these videos. What am I missing? Of course, the game can turn out better than that, but I would appreciate some reasoning for that, rather than blindly giving it a benefit of the doubt.

@ChrisDeku I have not played SOL, but yes, this is what I’ve heard of it: pretty standard run cover shooter elevated by its story. So that would be the best case outcome for Mindseye.

But even then, Yager had a quite distinct setting and showcased how sand will affect gameplay in pre-release trailers.

Here we were promised cyberpunk, drones, ai, implants and stuff, and the only gadget just highlights enemies?

@NonbinaryStarr I did not call it 1/10) my forecast is 6/10.

I agree with you that it would be nice if more people gave more nuanced reactions. Something like “looks janky, but I am interested in this setting/hungry for a new contemporary open-world/want to support smaller developers”, rather than “gta in cyberpunk setting, from ex-gta directors, yay, gonna be a banger like Exp.33!”

@ChrisDeku gameplay videos are the best piece of evidence (before release) we can have to figure out what the game will be like. Even then, they can be heavily edited and not representative of the final result. All other information is even more unashamedly altered to flatter. What’s your take on these gameplay videos?
@themightyant yes. But I can’t see why they would conceal supposedly the best parts. The reasoning why it should turn out better than it looks is “made by ex-GTA director!” (literally one of the comments I received here), which sounds like highly concentrated copium.

@ChrisDeku would unearned, unconditional praise be better?

I will be baffled if after these clips people will still come to game’s defence arguing that one of GTA’s co-creators can’t fail.

Tried the demo, and judging by your review, it is representative of the full experience. If they removed stamina and weapons breaking, I would be tempted to play the full version.

Unfortunate if true for me. Platinumed the first one, and was looking to do the same in the sequel. But I expect that there will be at least as much side content, and 150+hrs is a bit too much.

Like the cinematic part of the trailer; the gameplay part looked a bit generic and like a mobile game. Need a better look, but overall interested in the idea.

@ShogunRok understood, thanks for a detailed explanation! Yes, I thought too about this as a way of balancing - a big negative for me then(

@ShogunRok thanks for a timely and well-argued review, and hope you have not been left burnt out!
Are there any difficulty settings?
How is combat with multiple opponents? From what I saw in trailers, only 1-2 were actively attacking, and the rest slowly circling around…

@ProfessorNiggle agree! This jarred me most in the first aerial kill - an abrupt cut which felt like about 5 seconds worth of animations were missing.

Outstanding graphics and runs smooth, but again reminded me why this is not for me.

My personal peeves:

• no footprints on snowy roofs;
• yellow paint;
• samurai bouncing around the courtyard after an explosion;
• the first guard killed from the front without any reaction;
• guards/servants not reacting properly to seeing/hearing other guards attacked/killed;
• when fighting multiple opponents, only one is actively attacking, and the rest slowly walk around or run aimlessly.

Some of it may be due to difficulty settings, but as shown, this is too shallow for me.

@VenomUK wanted to write the same! Also, a reference point for all those arguing that an exclusive game sold poorly because the installed based is lower, compared to the previous generation.

@KoopaTheGamer it worked that way when the interest rates were close to zero. Unlikely offers like that will return anytime soon.

I can’t see disc drive here!!)

As with all leases, obviously worse than outright ownership long-term: I saw Pro offers for £660, and 36 months payment amount to more than that.

But can be very attractive for short-term power gaming sessions of a couple of months.

Also, do they require deposit or something?

@Lowdefal I think 25-30hrs was for 100% completion, no? In that case, it looks fairly accurate, by looking at HowLongToBeat times and platinum trophy guides.

On the subject: glad the trend of never-ending games is reversing a bit. I am also confident that it will get at least 30+hrs of DLC content, so those wanting a longer game have nothing to worry about.

Nice to see an unqualified success! Congratz to Capcom again!

Not sure if it is relevant to the case, but would be nice if this case addressed shocking (in many cases) discrepancies between PC and console pricing. For instance, DA: Veilguard is £50 on Steam, but £70 on PS Store.

Evil monopolist MS strikes again!)

Awesome news for all rts lovers on PS!

@graymamba you’ll in for a treat this summer!

@graymamba are you not tired of “spiritual successors” developed by “original creators”?

@AK4tywill that makes two of us.

I’ve been following this developer for quite some time. They’ve got about £100m in funding, and their other project, Everywhere, looks like Fortnite-at-home. So at least there is consistency.

Eh, looks like 3rd person Cyberpunk77 on a lower budget to me

Meh…
Jedi Survivor is on EA Play since last April. EA Play often offers £1 per month promotion quite often (I grabbed one last November and completed the game then). The game itself has been at -75% recently

This is what happens when someone adequately assessed the market and set the budget accordingly.

@MrMagic you made almost all the points I wanted to write when I saw the headline)

Surprised no one mentioned the steam rating - at 76% currently, which I think more accurately reflect the game’s quality. If you read the reviews, this drop (compared to ps5 and remake) is not exclusively due to technical problems with the port itself.

Also, shout out to the crowd accusing PS of anti-Rebirth bias: here is a piece of good news about it, and PS duly reported on it.

Thanks for the review and congratz to Warhorse! Made me want to play part 1!

82 is quite low for the supposed 4X flagship… Waiting for inevitable expansions to fix most issues (as always)

Over 5 years since PS5 release? About time!

Nice, hope this approach is picked by other publishers insisting on linking to their launcher! (looking at you, Ubi)

And some said that PC players are just being difficult and outrages don’t work)

GoWR, finally! Played it already, but good to see more recent first-party titles joining the service.

I only left it on for Gold and Platinum trophies, to avoid clutter.

@DonJorginho being one of them, I do hope you will be proven right😉

@DonJorginho shareholders will probably think otherwise) Expect the share price to tank mightily tomorrow, like it did when the first delay was announced.

In the long term, depends on how they use it and how the game turns out.

Ubi just can’t have a break from bad news…

This kind of sober analysis was sorely missed in 2022, when half of this site was crying in comments about how MS will pull CoD from PS current and future platforms

@Cloud39472 because it’s their job to report news, and it was rather astonishing that such a highly-rated game did not sell well. If it was breaking sale records, PS would be writing multiple articles about that.

Been following this discourse for a while, SE shared nothing new)
In the absence of solid data (production+advertising budget, sales/total income generated, exclusivity fees from sony), it is impossible to say how this game performed.
However, the majority of factors point towards underperformance. It is not a Forspoken/Concord level of flop, but if one of the highest-rates games of year, a remake of arguably one of the best games ever fails to sell more than the latest ff instalment (ff16), I can’t see how this can be painted as a success.

@ZeroSum I did not know that, awesome!

@ZeroSum agree with you on that one (still to watch the remaining non-Sony episodes from the 2nd half, though!) From what I’ve seen so far, it’s mostly safe stories and tropes, Pac-man being the most daring. Even Wh40k, for all its graphical glory, is just another “Space Marines endure!” episode.
Pushsquare, hoping you’ll publish an editorial about the series this weekend, so can properly exchange impressions!

@Ravix I still remember how everyone was hyped for Suicide Squad, before seeing any gameplay whatsoever. Even acclaimed developers may slip.
For W4, it is probably clear what kind of game it will be, but I am sceptical at this stage how it will not be “W3 but better graphics and bigger world”.
For Intergalactic, given ND’s emphasis how different and gameplay-oriented it will be, compared to their recent titles, and since it’s been in development for some time, I hoped for more.

A timely reminder! Personally not fond of “no gameplay” trailers. W4, given that it has been officially confirmed as in development, could wait until they had more than fancy graphics to show. Same for Intergalactic.

Appreciate separate polls, unlike in the earlier article, which left some confused. Think Rebirth will claim GOTY, but personally rooting for Balatro. If that happens, I expect the outrage not seen since when Telltale’s The Walking Dead got the honours in 2012!

From a guy who suggested tipping at the end of single-player games, blissfully unaware of “deluxe edition” upgrade most games have now…

As expected, and I hope can shorten the development time for Part 3 to less than 4 years.

Absolutely unexpected for me, given that they chosen to update W3 for PS5.