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There’s apparently an issue with the PS5 version. Missing graphical settings that are available on the Xbox version and has no anti-aliasing so jaggies all around. Hopefully it gets patched soon.

@wildcat_kickz What’s funny about Pedro Pascal being the hot thing right now is that he’s not a spring chicken. Already 51 so a late bloomer so to say. 😀

Replaced (on XSX) and Hades 2 for me. Probably pick up Pragmata down the line. Great week of releases!

Ex-employee has bad things to say about employer. In other news, the sky is blue.

Maybe instead of wasting marketing money on crap like this, you could, I don’t know…maybe save some money to help keep one of your studios open longer?

@Bracing_space It’s really different from any racer I’ve ever played. It uses twin stick controls (left stick for turning / right stick for drifting). Was unsure about that system but it works wonderfully and hope other racing games adapt it.

But drifting is just one component. There are systems for shifting, boosting and strikes (for taking down other racers). It’s really deep. Maybe too deep for some but it’s a blast for me.

Story is a much bigger component as well (has a huge 100 chapter campaign). Also worth noting that it’s very challenging. One of the toughest racing games I’ve played.

Overall, it’s the best arcade racer I’ve played since Blur IMO. Could really use a demo so people knew what it’s really like. Not just a standard racing game for sure.

Yeah, it deserves it for the “extremely” positive scores for Marathon at 81 on OpenCritic and not the “massively disappointing” 79 that Crimson Desert got. We all know how such a gigantic gap in scores can influence the hyperbole here.

Even though it has some issues, Crimson Desert deserves it for pulling off much of what it wanted to do with such a massive open world.

That said, I voted for Screamer because it’s such a breath of fresh air in the arcade racing genre. It can be brutally hard but it’s the most fun I’ve had in a racing game in years.

Agree with taking down all the slop but also think the picture and subheading were really tacky to use on Easter weekend. And I don’t even consider myself super religious.

I loved Control and loved Alan Wake 2 even more (would likely be one of my favorite games of all time) so this is one of my most anticipated games. It’ll be interesting to see how much they integrate AW into. At first it was subtle crossover references but now that it’s fully out in the open, the could go wild with that aspect.

Created a second account since it wasn’t getting it. And sure enough, deal appeared. Got Saros for $35. Know I could have gotten a bit more but happy with getting what I got. Though I really wish I had gotten the deluxe for $5 more to play early.

@spcspc It doesn’t show it on PSN but you will only have half of the price withdrawn from Cash App.

This is a targeted offer. Most people using CashApp will not get it. I didn’t and see many others posting that they haven’t either. So big YMMV.

@Bamila Even OpenCritic has the game at 80. That’s a good score and doesn’t really imply a divided opinion. Then again Push Square said it was “massively disappointing.”

Wish it was the second batch of Tomb Raider games. I got 1-3 at launch!

@get2sammyb Not quite sure why Xbox being a third party publisher had to be mentioned in this article though. This was a partner showcase so none of the games are published by Xbox.

Still haven’t seen much in the way of Series X reviews but I’ve been quite happy with the performance of the game (using the 40 FPS balanced mode). Game looks great for the most part.

Definitely snagging Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana at a new low of $8.99. Been on my wishlist and was surprised to see it was that cheap!

Love the show but don’t see how it could work well as a VR game.

Lots of “disappointing” games recently on Push Square. This, Crimson Desert…

Surprised to see a 9! That will be the highest score on OpenCritic, where it currently has a 77, and MetaCritic (79). Was thinking those reviews might be considered a “major disappointment”, lol.

Seriously though, not a game for me but glad to see others enjoying it!

It may be wrong but I wouldn’t call it “bizarre”. Wouldn’t be a huge surprise to me if it happened.

It gets better the further you get into it. I really would not base your views on the game on the intro hours.

Funny how everyone says this had a “mixed reception”. May be surprising to know it has an 85 on OpenCritic and 83 (Xbox)/85 (PC) on MetaCritic. And the game actually has had updates to make it better since then.

Then again, this site said Crimson Desert scores were “‘massively disappointing” so…

Did we really need two stories about this this week? And yet, it’s a totally different tune when Sony is pulling away from PC ports.

The console war seems over everywhere but Push Square.

“Hopefully some of these updates make their way to the Android version eventually too” … and iOS version because there are people that use that too.

Don’t understand the comments about not releasing them day one on GamePass. Few if any of these were launched day one on GP. Very weird comment to make.

@GamerDad76 I’m the opposite. I bought Sonic Racing Crossworlds and never went back to Mario Kart. MK hasn’t done anything new for years. Crossworlds felt like a breath of fresh air.

Reading this makes me want to play…Condemned: Criminal Origins! Seriously, I’ll probably grab this after a price drop but appreciate the callout to Condemned, which i seriously need to play again. 😀

The problem with this won’t be bad reviews or a negative reception. The problem with this is that Bungie needs a huge hit to even come close to making their purchase worthwhile. This just isn’t it. It’ll be loved by a niche group of hardcore players. Not the millions that Sony needs from this dev.

@get2sammyb You said this: “Why would you be more interested in owning the follow-up to a console that flopped and less interested in one that was a success?”

There are people that still love Xbox despite all that has happened and also have libraries they want to keep playing.

(And other people like myself who want to keep playing both systems 😀)

@get2sammyb “Why would anyone” consider buying this? Because despite “failing”, there’s still millions of people that play Xbox that will be interested in this. And the fact that it will also play PC games, in addition to the libraries many have built up over the years, is a huge deal. The cost will certainly be a factor though.

Is this going to be F2P with all the micro transaction garbage like it is on mobile?

@somnambulance Or Steam on an Xbox…

Played this for hours last night and had a blast. It may be “old school” but as someone who has never played the series, the battle system is fresh for me and I’m loving it

A lot of this interview talked about how important the Xbox console hardware was. The next console is still coming and contrary to other reports, they are going full force forward with Xbox. Why aren’t you reporting that when you let an old Xbox executive say that Xbox is dead? (He later refuted that statement but again, no update to the story). Only negative Xbox news here then, huh?

@ShogunRok Since this article came out on GamesBeat, Blackley has pushed back on that he said Xbox is dead. He plainly says “No” to the question on BlueSky. Might be worth updating your article to mention that.

Even in GB article, he says the CEO may succeed. He even gives her advice to succeed. So there’s more context, which I think is why he came out with the post saying that he does not think Xbox is dead.

https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.bsky.social/post/3mfmty3ggms2h

What you need is what the lowest price has been period - not just in the last 30 days.

Not even out yet and Wolverine was already successful in his first mission: Operation Distraction!

I’m actually happy about this. Been wanting a newer golf game for a while now but couldn’t bring myself to spend the ~$30 this was going for (in sales). “Free” works (yes, I know it’s not really free).

@dskatter Push Square has a larger staff so they can get things out quicker than Pure Xbox.

I think both Spencer and Bond didn’t agree with the current strategy and I wouldn’t have blamed them.

PlayStation gets some bad press for Bluepoint and Xbox says “hold my beer”.

Probably will be a year exclusive like SH 2 remake was.

I might pick it up with a price drop. So many of these games launch at $20 or lower and many are fantastic. Seems like the extra $10 just for the God of War name and still get an average game.

Wish they’d just make another game that goes back to the original formula. Honestly DoA 4 was the last one even worthwhile IMO. 5 and 6 sucked.

I only play the original Xbox and Xbox 360 ones that are backwards compatible.

This one sounds DOA (pun intended).

The petty console warriors are out today in full force. If the next Xbox is a hybrid with all the functionality it’s rumored to have, it’s going to be a damn expensive niche machine. Microsoft would probably be positioning itself as the high-end gamer machine and isn’t going to be expecting to suddenly lead the “console war”.

If it does turn out to be an expensive, niche machine, do you really think Sony is going to cut off the revenue it’s getting from stopping or delaying PC ports just because a small percentage of the market will play them on an “Xbox”?

No, they’ll take the money thank you very much. Who TF cares about a few “Xbox” players playing their games unless you’re 10 and still believe stupid console war crap?

Honestly don’t know why this was even made to be a story. It’s like even Push Square wants to hang on to console warring. It’s getting old.

@Americansamurai1 Happy to be wrong!

Doesn’t look…great. Definitely holding off for now, especially at a $30 price point.

I personally think there were better games to end the show on.

9/10 from me. Looks gorgeous and the changes to the game itself make it much more of a joy to play.