WhoderMan

Are they adding cheats to Rebirth (part 2) as well?

At the end of the day, I don't mind if there are cheats. I wouldn't want them to affect trophies, but that's it.

@JustMyOpinion You too, boss. Enjoy your week!

@JustMyOpinion I understand everything that you're saying and appreciate the fact that this isn't the best venue for the discussion. I also appreciate civil discourse whether we agree or disagree!

I think that this buyout is above and beyond government ties, though. It will start with little to no change but within 20-30 years we will see the bigger picture.

It is selective outrage and there are PLENTY of things in the world to be upset about. But this will be more than mere governmental influence. Kushner and the Saudis aren't buying this cause they love EA. If I remember correctly, they were also looking to buy Ubisoft. They just want a large foothold in Videogame Entertainment, for profit and to push their agendas to a young audience.

@JustMyOpinion as far as I know, the Saudi monarchy is their government and is going to be in control of EA, at least partially.

You may not like other governments and their actions. But generally, the government is not in control of a videogame company, at least in the west. I am honestly not sure how much, if any, that the Chinese government controls its game development. Or how much, if at all, Russia controls its game development.

A government that controls media influences how its citizens think.

@ilyn It must have sold terribly or something for Squeenix to not have announced it by now. It reviewed great.

40/40 in Weekly Famitsu which was a really big deal back in those days.

I wonder how the Saudis feel about videogame reviewers/journalists giving their games bad reviews.

Sure would be nice to put them out of business!

They have failed to deliver on all of their best IPs. I don't think that they even have a FIFA license (but I don't follow that) so someone else can take up the mantle of best Football/Soccer game.

If the NFL can do multiple licenses then maybe we could get some competition again like in the NFL2K days.

They should have just done both rewards programs.

Don't forget that there's also a multiplayer mode coming for those who like that!

Incredibly low effort for a premium priced controller. This is a 10 dollar upcharge for a red stripe.

Pretty sure that's supposed to be 5th of February 2026.

The english sounds bad. It is weird, but hearing English with a Japanese accent would sound better to me. Maybe, I'll try Japanese with English subtitles.

Now let's get Vagrant Story Remade!!!

I really feel like ambitions have tapered off since the PS3/360 era to a large degree. Some things in the PS4/Switch era were def ambitious, but not as many. And I don't know of anything off the top of my head that was super ambitious in the PS5 era compared to what we got in PS3 and PS4. Kinda expect more of the same with PS6.

Things like Arkham Asylum, God of War 3, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Darksiders, Okami (PS2), Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Zelda BotW and TotK, Mortal Kombat 9, Street Fighter 4, god of War 2018, Witcher 3, Cyberpunk, GTa5, etc. Many of those are clearly based on other things but they stand out to me for some reason.

Probably I am just stuck in nostalgia or old and feel like I've seen it all before, but I don't see a lot of really new and ambitious stuff. GTA6, Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 will all be huge and ambitious, but how new will they feel?

Donkey Kong Bananza looks pretty new.

Maybe y'all can remind me of new stuff that feels more original.

This sounds like how difficulty should be done, to me. Not higher health and more damage output, but better or even new behaviors.

I remember Perfect Dark on the N64 had different things for different difficulties. I think one mission supposedly had you protecting someone doing something important by covering them with a sniper rifle or so. But on a harder dificulty, YOU were the one doing the thing and maybe without sniper cover!

What about the guy who played Roy Kent in Ted Lasso? I think he was also gonna be Hercules in the MCU. Great actor and I can really see him as Greek and ANGRY. Lol

He may not be as huge as others, but I don't think that is the most important thing.

An HD2D remake of Metal Gear 1 and 2 would be neat. They may need to be expanded a bit or bundled with more stuff. I'm not sure that just those 2 games is enough content.

A Metal Gear Solid 1 remake is the most important to me. It is the most iconic game in the series (in my opinion). All of the other games hold their own in the sense that their graphics are stylized enough (i.e. 2D pixel art) or modern enough to be playable (i.e. PS2 gen and later).

MGS1 is rough by moden standards. I have heard that it is shorter than I remember, so bundling it with HD2D remakes of MG1 and 2 would be ideal.

Plus I'm tired of playing Big Boss in prequels. Let's get back to the actual hero, Solid Snake!!

I really hope that ingame they have a few paragraphs of description of all of their heroes. A lot of us old timers are new to some of these characters. I read a description of Phyla-Vell a month or so ago and have no idea what it said, lol.

I love the look of the monsters and the world. But the main chracters aren't doing much for me. I honestly felt the same way about Wind Waker.

Honestly, I'm a little confused by what this is. Is it a remake of DQVII with some story or elements of the game cut out?

Cause to an ousider, that sounds kinda lame. The art style is unique and Dragon Quest-y. I guess I just need to learn more about this before I invest too much care into it.

DQ3HD2D and DQ1&2HD2D are plenty DQ for me for a while.

If you are a full time artist on a game then you are a developer of the game.

@emj2010

I don't know. It really all depends on what their position was.

Marketing people have nothing to do with development. Real development is done by programmers, artists, designers, writers and audio people. Producers mostly just organize. QA tests and may impact development but is rarely what I would call a developer.

By the way, that wasn't directed at you, danzoEX!

I was using the general "you" for people in general.

I had to look up what happened.

If you boycott a game cause 1 person says something you don't like then you will be boycotting every single thing that involves multiple people. Which is like nearly every business.

The CEOs and owners of many if not most businesses have probably said or supported things that you don't like or agree with.

My friend got it at launch and had Battle Arena Toshinden. I'm not sure what else he had.

I went for a vastly reduced in price 3DO. I remember doing that primarily because it could daisy chain so many controllers, had a ton of cheap games available by then and because of the M2 upgrade they announced but never delivered.

I got a PSOne when the writing was on the wall for the M2 and got the Iron & Blood D&D fighting game that was supposed to be an M2 exclusive. Also got Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.

Eventually, so many classics on PSOne. Soul Reaver, Tomb Raider, FFVII, Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Final Fantasy Tactics, etc.

@SMJ

There is a bigger audience for videogames now than there has ever been. I feel pretty confident about that especially when you include pcs and mobile devices. The PS2 absolutely dominated its generation and squashed the competition. But it didn't have any hits that stand out the way Call of Duty has in later generations.

I don't know much about Call of Duty, but as far as PS2 games on that list, I see Guitar Hero 3 (which was also PS3 as far as I know), GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas.

The rest seems to be PS3 and PS4 mostly. Some of these titles are cross-gen games. GTAV has been on the PS3, PS4 and PS5.

@Cavefish

How dare thee good sir!?!? The gauntlet has been tossed.

Prepare thineself for the Cantloupe - Watermelon War.

You shall choke on our seeds!

Keep in mind that the population has increased as well. This is why corporations love to brag about the most sales ever. Like there are probably more canteloupes sold than have ever been sold in history. Cause there are now more people who like canteloupe.

I don't like canteloupe. Canteloupe can suck it! As can GTA and CoD, lol.

I still remember buying Red Dead Redemption (PS3) and Alan Wake collector's Edition Xbox 360) on the same day. 'Twas a pricy day. But a good one!

I hope they release a PS5 demo for Adventures of Elliot around this show (or sooner!). That game looks really good.

Driving and shooting from IO Interactive?

So... it sounds like Minds Eye, amirite?!?!?

(I'm kidding, of course)

Switch 2 is very expensive now as well. Whole hobby is expensive as arecother hobbies.

IO Interactive... the notorius publisher of Mind's Eye!

@gamma64

I knew there were things that I was forgetting from the PS3 era! Nintendo had the Wii with their fancy motion control using 3 axes. Somehow, Sony upped it to SixAxis Motion Control, lol!

And then the Move controllers which had joysticks on them and were actually pretty good (I liked them at least).

Kinda sounds like it would get a better reception if it launched as a $40 AA game instead.

Not using Will Arnett is messed up. I wasn't buying it anyway, but even more not buying it now! Lol

@Boxmonkey Sony has made bank by copying and doubling Nintendo.

SNES -> 2 Triggers — PSOne -> 4 Triggers Baby!
N64 -> Analog Stick — PSOne -> Dual Analog, Baby!
N64 ->Rumble Pack — PSOne -> Dual Shock, Baby!
GameCube -> Long pull Trigger — PS2 --> All buttons pressure sensitive, Baby! (Not sure but I think PS2 actually launched before the GameCube...)
NDS -> 2 Screens, 1 with touch — PSVita 1 screen but 2 Touch capable things, Baby! (Ok, this isn't quite double...)

Now Switch 1 and 2 -> dockable and portable — PS6 compatible handheld -> dockable on 2 outputs at the same time and comes with a 2nd handheld device for twice the portabilty, BABY!!!

GO SONY!

LOL

Is Will Arnett still the voice of atman in this one?

It looks fun as heck. Hope the learnig curve is gradual.

@AaronBayne

Someone at PushSquare should ask Microsoft and Obsidian about 2 things:

1. Why hasn't the Premium Edition of the game dropped in price $10 to match the price drop of the Standard Edition? Currently, this means that the contents of the Premium Edition, initially valued at $20, has risen in price to $30 more than the Standard Edition. What is their claimed justification for this? Wll the price of the Premium Edition drop by $10?

2. How much data will be on the pS5 disc? Will it be just a download key or an actual build of the game?

Thanks!

@Quintumply

Hiya! It looks like you did the reviews for The Messenger, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound and Shinobi Art of Vengeance. If so, it might be a fun article to read your comparisons of the 3.

I have almost completed The Messenger (getting all of the collectibles was a bit of a struggle, but I did it; just gotta finish the last level and then do Picninc Panic DLC). Really looking forward to Shinobi, but feel like Ninja Gaiden may be a lot like The Messenger in some ways.

Anyways, it is just an idea for ya!

@Jammer Resistance Collection with all 3 PS3 games, the PSP and even the kinda trash Vita one would be sweet.

I enjoyed that series. I could NOT believe how much I liked part 3 with the Move controllers! Once I dialed in their sensitivity and settings for my tv and distance to it, it was AWESOME.

It really feels like more games sould have been included in this package. Even if it was just the latest PC versions ported over without a full remaster treatment.

Well, hopefully I can't get downvoted into the negatives, but here goes... lol

Currently, the game has an 86 average on Metacritic. Seems to me that if you wanna play it, you are likely to enjoy it, as the reviewer here did.

I watched the Digital Foundry review. They enjoyed the game! They then went and spent 30 minutes or so telling you its technical issues. Many of those you won't notice much while playing (some you will, for sure). I intend to play it and I am openminded enough to say later if the issues impacted my enjoyment and if so, how much.

If all you want to do is complain about something and dogpile with other people, that's your prerogative. In my opinion, people are taking this too far and blaming the reviewer which is unfair. Digital Foundry liked the game and did an exposé on its faults. So if you watched it for 30 minutes and saw nothing but negatives then you really aren't seeing the forest for the trees.

People complained and dogpiled on Concord and honestly that game seemed fine for the little bit I played it. Not amazing, just totally fine and very polished. It is a shame to see so many people rage about something like this without having played the game and seen for themselves whether or not it is that severe.

Regardless, I hope it gets patched and the PS5 Pro version improves. In the meantime, the game seems fun as heck.

This sale looks super familiar. Is it the same as the last or next to last sale?

Don't forget the whole Digital Eclipse interactive museum bits. That (and nostalgia) are what is interesting me the most about this.

All these great looking beat-em-ups and I just want Dragon's Crown 2!

This is the only game that I can think of where watching trailers of it starts to give me a verrrry slight headache.

Kind of interested in it, but the effects make me cautious.

@PuppetMaster LOL
But also there is Lost Soul Aside, Tides of Annhilation, Where Winds Meet and Blood Message.

So not everything starts with Wu. Just like half of em. Lol

@throwmeaname It definitely reminded me of the witcher trailer with the Bruxa "A Night to Remember."

I might also be very ok with Korean Witcher. But there is a ton to see and find out about the game.

I'm still confused by Where Winds Meet. Some of what I have read about that one sounds Witcher-y and some sounds Free Game-like.