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I find it hard to believe that this couldn't be optional. If it's not, then I would probably leave it; I find I've almost completely drifted back to single player games anyway, after the Destiny 2 debacle. It's gonna be along wait for Elder Scrolls 6 though

Maybe they will have an auto decline option, like ESO has for PVP duelling? I have to say though, that Fallout, as we know it, doesn't seem like a great candidate for an MMO.

Don't care. Fix the plethora of existing problems with the game before trying to shovel more expensive trouble down players throats;and I mean fix it now, without charging more money for it, like £35 for "future updates" kinda BS.

I'm surprised about the base building; didn't get on with it at all in F4. It's funny that you mentioned Destiny 2, as it seems that a lot of upcoming games are now at pains to talk about how they will NOT be like Destiny 2; I wonder why that is?

It's just impatience frankly. These games obviously take time, whilst developers still need to be seen to be relevant; thus early announcements. There are plenty of AAA games around at the moment, and most of the future games discussed here will be for PS5, or whatever, so perhaps we all need to chill out and enjoy what the current gen has to offer and let the future take care of itself.

@NecuVise OK, thanks for that. Will probably give it a go.

Interesting! Is this one of those really, Souls level, difficult ones, or is it a Skyrim/Dragon Age type difficulty? I'm too much of a casual for the harder stuff

Cringe indeed. Looks pretty good though.

So happy that they are doing it; but sad that it is so far off. I cannot over exaggerate my deep seated, visceral need for a new Elder Scrolls game

I think that they need to move the release date. If Anthem can produce something that is everything that players wanted Destiny 2 to be, they will have 3 million plus sales just off the back of that, and that will have a negative effect on Days Gone sales for sure.

I have to say that they made it all look very enticing; but then they are experts at doing that. I will certainly wait for a while after release to see the reviews, but not sure I will bite on this one; the way they have treated their punters up to now is not good, and a lot of good will has been lost.
@shafedog247 it's not just about hours played surely? It has to be about quality and overall experience as well.

At least someone at Bungie has a sense of humour. I bet it's not that smarmy grinning bloke though.

I hate to say it, but, generic or not, if Anthem can give Destiny players back all the things that Bungie took out of D2, then it will have a ready made audience of about 3 million straight off the bat. If it can improve further on that, then I reckon EA are probably on to a winner.

Loved Fallout 3, 4 was meh. Not really up for any more online multiplayer games to be honest.

LOL, Destiny 2 year 2 is Destiny 3 isn't it? They will never pull back the 80% of the playerbase that walked away. I still think they will pull the servers early next year and call the whole thing a day.

I wonder why so many people are hoping that this will be the game to replace Destiny? Nobody plays Destiny anymore? So if it does 'replace' it, it can look forward to 250k players max.

Got my head in my hands over this. Why can't we have a new Elder Scrolls game? They are the best games ever made!!

It will be Mass Effect Andromeda!!

Agree with others about the building in Fortnite, this looks much more interesting; will have to have a go.

I still got my PSOne

Sounds interesting. Will keep an eye on it for sure.

I honestly think that paying that kind of money for a controller is nuts? And the left analog stick is in the wrong place. My advice; don't be such a try hard, and just get better with the dualshock

Please let it be Elder Scroll VI; please. please. please!!!

This looks great. I always found the community a bit toxic on ESO, but if you stay away from the serious end game stuff and just like doing the quest lines, some dungeons & a bit of pvp it's a pretty good game. I dip in and out of it every so often, so may well give this a go.

Interested in Division 2 for sure.

Nice to see he's still keepin' it in the family. I actually liked the Resi films, and was always partial to Milla, so excellent news

LOL, it cocked up the rest of the game though; no powerful engrams for you dudes this week What a bunch of idiots they are!!

Good review and sums it up nicely. The comments about fanboys and casuals is interesting, as in the case of D2 it is running at about 20% of its original player base; so a lot more casuals here than in D1 obviously. I kinda feel for the die hard fans though, as they surely can't really enjoy what Bungie are doing. My prediction is that they will massively over price the September offering and the game will wither away over the following 6 months or so. Sad, as D1 was one of my fave games.

Already paid for it so will play it. As @Bad-MuthaAdebisi says, they are heading in the right direction, but still a bit more to do. Not sure if there is enough new content there to get me all the way to September though.

Edit: Lolz. I played it today. They have added a very minimal amount of new content, the story is very short and, get this, they have just made the existing content stupidly hard, so it just takes ages to do anything and you still get a load of cr*p at the end of it. What a joke! I think this will finally sink them.

Am interested to see what they consider a unique mode? Hoarde mode is already on the way with the War MInd expansion, so it won't be that. If they introduce more end game content it will certainly help, but I think that overall, it's their arrogance that has turned so many people away; they insist on forcing the game that 'they' want onto their customers, but need to give customers what they expected from the game. My best advice would be a return to unique rolls on weapons and armour, as well as added end game content. They need to to it a lot faster than they are planning to though, otherwise it will be curtains!

I have less of a problem with directly paying for items in the model of Warframe, but loot boxes where you essentially gamble on what is in them are a big no; for me it's no different to saying "we will give you free whisky with each purchase", it encourages addiction.
With regard to Anthem, I thought that they were having doubts about it in light of the epic failure of Destiny 2? At least in terms of the type of game it's eventually going to be; D2 really doesn't seem like a game any developer would want to compete with at the moment, unless they want a race to the bottom of the pile.

Yeah, they have a roadmap apparently, this week was supposed to be the return of 6v6 Iron Banner; it never happened. It really is an unequalled catalog of disasters isn't it. I paid for the expansion pass, so will play through it, but I'm not hopeful. Rumour has it that they are down to about 300k players worldwide from a start of 3.3 million.; so, only a loss of 3 million players then, lol.

I liked Bioshock Infinite, and would certainly play another one.

From where I'm standing, the world and it's wife are playing Fortnite, which seems to be keeping them all pretty busy

I'm looking forward to it, although, as a subscriber, I resent the fact that it is another "pay for chapter" rather than DLC (which is what it really is); but why greed and cynicism still surprise me I'm not sure. Anyway, I'm pretty embedded in the game so will no doubt pay up.
I also noticed in their blurb, that they mention that this chapter concludes the main questline; wonder if ESO 2 is on the horizon? I can hear my wallet squealing...

@leucocyte Yes, you can buy stuff outright in Warframe, but you are buying the thing you want, rather than a loot box, where you may (but probably won't) get the thing you want; so no gambling.

LOL, first thing is I somehow didn't notice the word Beta, so thought it was the full game. Then, when I played it I got such bad motion sickness within 5 minutes I had to stop. Oh well...we learn and move on. Not for me this one.

I liked The Division in the end, so will check out 2 for sure. The series has a lot of potential, with the added bonus that they can look to Destiny 2 to see which mistakes to avoid when making a sequel.

Sounds quite a good update. Just downloading. Fingers crossed it doesn't brick my PS4, lol.

Am really tempted by the complete Horizon ZD at that price, but I have such a backlog already...

I can't believe that even after reading this article (or maybe they didn't bother to read it) people have still posted 'git gud' on here. This crap is so heavily associated with these type of games that I can't be bothered; it would be like encouraging kids not to go to school.

Thanks! Mine's due in April so will get it done today

Wow. I already have Ratchet & Clank, and I'm way too much of a
casual for Bloodborne, but a big well done to Sony for this; much more like it

@naruball I personally wouldn't get angry over computer games, but the creeping in of these gambling systems, or ways of squeezing more money from punters, is insidious, and is happening in many aspects of society outside of gaming as well. The best tool we have against this is refusal, so I refuse to buy any games that do this; not out of anger, but principle. If others don't care about these things; fair enough, and I hope they enjoy playing the game.

Meh, realism doesn't do anything for me; I want ES6 really (when will we ever hear anything about ES6?), give me wizards and the like and I'm happy. Also, for casuals like me, this sounds like hard work, and I've already got enough of that to do.

@Bonbonetti Surely though the game content is largely the same on any platform. If the review gives you a good summary of that, then it has its uses.
Game wise, it sounds like another game that has been released too early to me. I like these type of games though, so might get it once the bugs have been largely ironed out. I rarely but a game on initial release for this reason.

It sounds interesting but I'm still not sure whether I will get it. If I do I will do what I always do and wait for a price drop. How difficult is it relative to your average RPG? Is it "Souls" level difficult?

@Krest_arisen lol, yeah, I guess that depends on where you live

Another thing that I have reservations about, is that not having the usual Mage, Warrior, Rogue type characters takes away the replayability.

Sounds interesting. As someone who is desperate for Elder scrolls 6 to happen, this may scratch that itch. The skill leveling system sounds similar to Oblivion. On a more cautious note, most of those that play RPGs do it for escapism, rather that to mirror the minutiae of everyday reality, so we shall see.

I have no idea? I would say that if it is good then that's a good thing, If, however, it is another game filled with micro-transactions and loot boxes, then I hope it gets boycotted and fails dismally; they need to learn that gamers don't want it; and the especially don't want gambling mechanics in games aimed at kids.