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I really wanted to enjoy the demo, but I just didn’t vibe with it. It didn’t scratch the Mario Kart itch for me. Something about the handling was a bit of a turn off. Maybe it was the combinations I tried - wish I had a bit more time with it to try again.

What is the story behind the bugs? Is this a Starship Troopers tie-in? Could we expect Johnny Rico being revealed as the Green Ranger?

@T-Bone09 They’re off about .25 so 4K is practically non-existent right now, haha

I’m not saying Tencent is innocent in their efforts to plagiarize. I just don’t see the similarities. The gameplay looks nothing like Horizon. Horizon isn’t my type of game, but I’d be more inclined to play that before whatever Tencent is selling.

I don’t see it. This looks more like Ark than Horizon.

@S1ayeR74 Nothing wrong with Freemium, just a matter of how they monetize it and longevity. Freemium can be egregiously exploitive or fair. Warframe is a fine example of a non-exploitive Fremium title.

This would have been a day one buy if the game had gyroscopic controls like Gran Turismo.

Will Forza Horizon 5 feature gyro controls? If yes, this is a day one.

Please let this mean a ROG Ally with RDNA 4 is on the horizon. I’d love to play Monster Hunter Wilds at 60 fps in 1080p on a mobile device.

I’m surprised that back in the 90’s I aced these games, but with THPS1+2 I just couldn’t get back into it. But I’m glad that we’re seeing a resurgence in the franchise.

Seriously? I love Monstet Hunter and this is a day one buy, but by your own and reviewing criteria this is not a 9 out of 10. At most it should be a 7 by the review criteria set by your editors, maybe an 8 if you’re really pushing it. Not saying it’s a bad game or even not fun, but the deficiencies you point out… weak plot, poor optimization, low texture quality. This is a PS5 game, NPCs shouldn’t look PS2 quality.

Seriously? Dreary story telling, clunky menus, dodgy performance, and low quality texture issues make for a 9? I love Monster Hunter and this is a day one buy, but by your own and reviewing criteria this is not a 9 out of 10. “A game awarded this score ensures an excellent experience across the board.”

@StrickenBiged Yes. The devs that were left behind worked to try to make the game profitable again, which included essentially a hard reset to the progression and a complete dismissal of the original gameplay loop to one that favored pay to win.

I just want some co-op terrorist hunt… I miss classic R6 gameplay, and recently revisited the N64 version.

@UltimateOtaku91 Yeah, hence the reason for my disappointment for an earlier launch. I doubt they’ll release a version for the Switch 2 if it’s releasing initially on the original, though it may see some performance enhancements.

I previously joked that this game got delayed to become a Switch 2 launch title. I was hoping that’d be true, while not the most graphically intense game I’m sure load times would benefit from a generational upgrade. Now… I’m kind of disappointed that isn’t the case unless they accidentally leaked the Switch 2 launch date.

Is there keyboard and mouse support on PS5?

The wild thing is… just by making that post they likely made 3x the offer in royalties from streaming services as people flocked to hear the song Rockstar missed out on.

I’m a bit disappointed that neither MS nor Sony have opted for a hybrid console like Nintendo, except intended for more powerful with the dock featuring a GPU component and the portable featuring a RDNA based CPU.

This is highly concerning as I was thinking about picking it up for my ROG Ally.

Crossplay is enabled so that’s awesome. Cross-save is not, but that’s okay. All living generals in the federation forces were once a proud ape on the front lines. I’m doing my part! Gonna earn my citizenship in the UCF.

It’s so cute! I wish we had a release date…

My ASUS ROG Ally has too many caps and a bone to pick with anyone claiming a PC cannot be a portable console.

Bugs taught them well… Hare today, gone tomorrow!

A high mobility DPS that’s doomed to be nerfed indefinitely by developers who want to artificially inflate the difficulty. Sounds fun.

I have it a 6. I thought my time with it was okay, but nothing truly breath taking. The gameplay feels disconnected between the real world, abyss (or whatever it is), and the board game movement mechanics between zones. I ended up uninstalling relatively quickly because it took too long to become enjoyable.

@somnambulance Personally the definition for live service is entirely different because I’ve seen games like No Man’s Sky and Sea of Thieves. I’m simply more impressed that Sony of all companies is doing this considering how close the devs are/were to Microsoft. Let alone the fact that many in Japanese media were being pressured by Nintendo to essentially pretend Pal World doesn’t exist or risk losing sponsorships and promotional deals.

@somnambulance Wait… since when is Palworld a live service game? They don’t have a cash shop and there’s no option for perpetual fees. Could it be added later? Yeah, but at this time it’s just a one time purchase.

@Mortal I haven’t been following the game much, is it closer to Destiny or Warframe in terms of gameplay and progression?

I really enjoyed my time with Overwatch. I’m down for a new hero shooter on consoles.

Wait what?! Switch! What year is it that Sony crosses platforms to a direct competitor?

I’m not opposed to this, but BL3 did not live up to the expectations I had after BL2. I dunno why though… it just felt like a massively imbalanced game. BL2 I can progress fine, but BL3 I keep getting downed.

Huh? That’s a wild rumor if true… why just the first one?

@tselliot Throw a few paint balloons at the wall, see what sticks, and voila - you have a target audience.

Never been interested in the Nikki series, but this looks interesting. Maybe I’ll give it a chance when it comes out.

@Waitinonpsvr2 Give me Ice Climbers by Mary Makes Games (Celeste) and Mario Bros by Yacht Club (Shovel Knight).

Minecraft has only seen 300 million lifetime sales? I would’ve expected it to have been closer to 1 billion with how widespread the popularity has been. (I mean, come on have you seen my avatar?! Of course I’d think that, haha)

I hope they don’t take this approach… the Persona games are long games with so much content to the point that they are quite literally the equivalent of a 2-season anime or more in terms of content. Making it an annual series would dramatically impact the quality of storytelling. A 2-year release cycle may be a bit more realistic, but even then I have concerns about their ability to maintain quality.

While I loved Diablo 2… Could we see a Tony Hawk revival under Microsoft’s tutelage?

I’d love to play a story based shared world Iron Man co-op with large lush atmospheres, raids, and shared hubs.

Mega Man X Back to the Future is the crossover I never knew I needed.

@dark_knightmare2 Who said they’re losing money? They want more money. That’s a fair desire because they’re a corporation and that’s why corporations exist. If Microsoft releases 3 major titles a year, they make their money back so long as a subscriber maintains their subscription for 4 months. Granted this is a dramatic oversimplification because they gotta pay for games from 3rd party devs like Persona, Palworld, and others so those are definitely losses, but once they get someone in the door they’re more likely to stay since they forgot about the subscription entirely.

I mean… even at stalled numbers that’s still what? 30 million people paying about $15 per month to not own the games they play? Simply because the publisher wants to make more money doesn’t make it a bad deal.

I’ve been saying this on Reddit for weeks and getting downvoted because “it’s just how mergers work.” Glad someone finally called Microsoft out.

Call of Duty is defined by the cinematic experience. I could see an open world being interesting if the progression is similar to Dark Souls where everything is connected. Otherwise it’s simply an Arma clone and the last thing I want is a run simulator.

I don’t understand the hate toward Foamstars. Seems like a good game to me.

Download it now and resell the PS5 for 4x its purchase price later.

I’m so confused by this… is Rockstar trying to make the case the people would rather watch T-Pain play GTAV on an RP server than play GTA6 with T-Pain playing one of the characters? This is so backwards… as a company I’d rather T-Pain be playing since it’s effectively free advertising. At this point, Rockstar should be more concerned that someone is going to use an AI voice generator to create their own T-Pain inspired story.

@Kidfried Not necessarily. Warframe is both a co-op persistent shooter, but it’s largely a single player game with co-op elements.

I’m surprised that they announced season 3 but have given zero information about it. Season 2 was announced a weeks after season 1 launched and they drip fed information about it until launch. It’s kind of disappointing how little information is available.

Something feels really off about this. While I don’t think that “only” licensed controllers should be compatible (therefore Microsoft should be fined and is the greater threat here), how many of these compatibility issues with 3rd party controllers are simply due to inferior components? I’ve had issues with 8BitDo on my Switch and they’re fine controllers that I’ll keep using, but not flawless. How were the tests performed to identify the licensing requirements as the problem and not the controller itself?