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Yeah I think I'm gonna take a break from this site and it's comments section. It's getting increasingly more stupid.

@MrPeanutbutterz I think people still fundamentally misunderstand the essential service and expect major first party titles or AAAs to be given. Except for Veilguard it is exceptionally rare to see it.

Reminds me of Stellar Blades costumes. Hot but not "Sexy".

@Reeneman Surprisingly popular in Asia where F2P is strong. Like top in the 5 PS store.

Perfect length. Let's go!

Didn't one of the trailers or concept art have a PS5 looking spoof console? It was triangular with white covers.

@MrPeanutbutterz Vanquish is generally a damn good game. Could've been a alltime great with more enemy variety and a better plot.

I quite liked the chaos of Controls combat but it took long to get enough upgrades to truly sing.

I mean that's cool but I really hope the game plays well. Control felt really good and arcade-y but Alan Wake 2 was downright awful.

definitely getting these tomorrow morning. The bosses are some of the most fun fights I've had in a game recently.

VR has been one of techs biggest failures (when Apple cannot make it work, it ain't happening). Called it ever since the PSVR that all these studios were betting on the wrong type of games. I would feel bad but the writings been on the wall for years.

This goes directly against what Yoshida and Layden kept saying that PC sales don't hurt consoles.

I mean it was always common sense which is why I was surprised Sony really tried to do this.

It's ND so I have no doubts it's going to be incredible. It's also a new AAA IP with a massive budget which is exceptionally rare at today's date.

Really want to see the gameplay reveal. Hopefully them and SSMs games are shown soon.

Tifa DLC when?

@themightyant I really think this whole ordeal showed how bad gaming discourse has gotten especially with PCMR/console war along with the preservation/piracy people adding false narratives to the situation.

I also think Sony should've responded faster but they seem to generally disregard social media nonsense like Nintendo unless it breaks containment.

@Solid_Snake33 Nine Sols has accessibility settings if you want to give a pretty good Metroidvania a go and don't like very high difficulty.

Strong month. Even Fifa for the casuals. Nine Sols for the Hardcore. Wuchang for the freaks

They'll make it back 100 fold from Shark Cards let alone unit sales of the game. .

@get2sammyb MCU fatigue is real but Wolverine, Batman and Spider-Man have managed to always defy that fatigue. This is just the comments section being the comments section (vocal minority)

@Nem She wrote Forspoken too. I like that game but the story was bad. Uncharted 3 was all over the place with its narrative too.

Her new game has been indefinitely delayed.

I do feel bad for people who were waiting for price cuts. It feels like all tech has gotten affected by this nonsense. A few years back this price increase would've made the console unattainable for me.

Hopefully Sony reduces it soon or has more 'sales' for the console. Consoles near the end of their lifecycle should be getting those on the lower income brackets in.

I feel by Uncharted 3 you could see the story struggling under Hennig. Also the supernatural enemies were always the worst part of the first 3 games. Bullet sponges.

Uncharted 4 elevated the gameplay and elevated the story telling while also doing something very rare in games, sending it's protagonist off in a good way.

@AlanWoke I remember there was a lot of talk on length and the Androids being dull enemy types, story was also mixed. Most of the praise was for the atmosphere and Xeno AI.

Cannot wait to find a video on Youtube of "all Xenomorph kills" since I'm too much of a coward to actually play this

@SMJ I hate it. I feel if you are using score systems they should be like EuroGamer or Push Square. whole numbers. No halves, decimals etc. If a 5 point scale uses halves just make it a 10 point scale. If a 10 point scale uses decimals... That is just stupid.

Personally I liked EuroGamers old Essential, Recommended and Avoid tier ot ACGs Buy, Wait for a Sale, Never system.

The IGN review doesn't really bother me. They're one of the strictest review sites now. I've never really bothered with them to be honest. I always found Eurogamer, Kotaku and Push Square to be better at it. I do think the little summary IGN does has started to hurt it more and more as it seems to keep finding itself in "too much water" style criticism (correct criticism, stupidly written).

For Mouse PI a Noir FPS game, it is absolutely correct to dock points for not doing anything noir-ish. Regarding the cheese puns, I think Stephanie Sterling on their podcast put it better "they're not good cheese puns and the game repeats them often"

What surprises me more is how many comments talk about how this game is not for them every time we have an article about it. Like, we get it, Returnal was too hard, Roguelikes are scary.

Either way I got the digital deluxe edition and cannot wait! Returnal is a Greatest of All Time contender and definitely the Game of the Generation so far in my eyes.

@MonkeyGibs Developers are really leaning into horror. I think it's because they're very streamer friendly.

Regarding the games... They look fine. I'll probably forget they exist in an hour. Nothing really stood out.

Push Square a few months ago: WE NEED THIS GAME

Push Square now: Yeah... You can keep it, We're good.

I jest but it is interesting how much of a double edged sword late releases can be.

Honestly I welcome all of them doing exclusives. Let them all fight. I want blood. I think XBOX takes the most interesting route as they go into direct competition with STEAM, Nintendo and Playstation. I don't think Xbox has the focus to actually succeed but it'll be fun to watch either way

I think it would be a good thing for Xbox but they have some severe problems
1. Game dev has to be affordable enough for them to get rid of the Playstation and Switch audience
2. They need the killer apps to sell the console to that audience who are already invested in those ecosystems
3. They need players to actually buy the games. Being Gamepass day one is massive weakness they NEED to correct. I think COD being removed is the start of this. Which Xbox games outside of Forza have actually done well?
4. If they want to grow on PC they have to start viewing STEAM as a threat on the level of Playstation (more than PS IMO). They cannot be okay with the majority of their purchases losing them 20-30%.

Asha Sharma says the right things but Nadella has to actually be capable of seeing these plans through.

@Quintumply Kotaku was saying that the game had extremely strict restrictions. Did it make the game harder to review?

Also, great job with the review! It's to the point and explains the pros and cons clearly

@Logonogo it's especially visible when you see Season 1 and you see the Nolan vs Mark dialogue. The way Nolan expresses every emotion is absolutely incredible. Now it's so static unless it is a major fight. It wastes the incredible voice talent putting them with mediocre animation.

Just pre-ordered the digital deluxe. Knew I wanted it but an 89 on MC and 92/93 on OC cemented the need to get those suits.

July is a smart release date. It seems like a empty period on the calendar but I still think 60 bucks is too much for a remaster of a AC game. Especially when they go 25% off in 2 months

I see it didn't take long for the comments section on Sony first party games to get.... weird. Any who I am super hyped for SAROS. Waiting for the reviews in a few hours to decide if I get Digital Deluxe or Regular.

Returnal was a masterpiece (personal Game of the Generation) for those willing to have the patience to learn it's mechanics. If SAROS can keep the difficulty while being more accessible and tell a more in-depth story it could surpass Returnal.

Also, it seems like Playstation big wigs are really confident on Twitter.

Curious to see how they handle it. If what Virtuous said is true and FH5 sold 5 million units despite it's age, i don't think Microsoft will have much of a choice with exclusivity. Especially if they still plan day one first party gamepass. I can see 6-12 month exclusive windows but not much more than that.

Not to mention even Steam is a platform competitor if Microsoft want the windows storw to succeed.

The one thing I don't understand is why Xbox shares everything to the public? Steam, Nintendo, PlayStation don't (unless absolutely necessary) and it seems to work for them.

@Boxmonkey outside of Bethesda and open world Capcom whats the last major AAA to ***** up? Shadows was polished, RE9 and Pragmata were, Yotei was polished, Marathon launched in a good state. This anti AAA nonsense is getting tiring

@AFCC Yeah I've been skeptical since all prior trailers lacked the IOI feel but this one finally won me over. Until yesterday I was actually more excited for Lego Batman

@Reeneman I feel this has become an issue for many third party games. Colors just seem very muted. Somehow even the new Splatoon game looked more muted than the previous games that popped visually

@Oram77 haters in shambles. Yotei has been a really steady seller. Lot of Sony first party games now seem to have long tails.

The difference in price is still pretty massive. The big problem now is Xbox has added another asterisk to Gamepass as a service. PS Plus has always been clear that it's another way to play games (especially for those not well off or during a bland period) but not the preferred way (buying games day one or on sale).

Either way, it is good for those who were priced out by the GPU hikes and Xbox has been getting some pretty solid games on the service and Playstation really needs to improve the Premium edition releases.

@nomither6 It doesn't help that my brother bought me a Tony's bar from his trip to the Netherlands (before I had to start my diet). So every time I open the fridge it beckons to me.

@Yousef- It's fine. A solid way to pass a boring weekend is how I saw it.

@Dogbreath ah yeah completely forgot about Anvil (not touched a AAA Ubi game since WD2). Shadows looked incredible!

@Hyena_socks but did the last week ever happen? Think about it...

@Slideaway1983 recently axed chocolate and sodas from my diet and heavily reduced deep fried food. I'm already feeling the difference. Now just about staying strong.

@Oram77 I didn't mean to say it's a bad engine. It's really good and I love teams that use their own tech. I just think the engine is very limited right now. It shines in shorter, linear games but is too CPU heavy for their open worlds.

Very interested to see REX.

Edit: also Decima is an absolute unit. Seeing Death Standing 2 and Burning Shores it's still witchcraft. I'm curious to see Naughty Dog because we know Intergalactic will be a looker

@Oram77 maybe when Capcom does open world games better. They still have DD2 and MH Wilds which were poor.

If i had to rank them:
1. Decima
2. ID Tech
3. INSOMNIACS engine
4. Sucker Punch Engine
5. RE Engine

While it sucks that Sony isn't working fast enough to take down this nonsense it is also very funny that any trophy hunter of honor would stoop to downloading and playing this game.

It does look very clean though as a piece of hardware... Black and gold is always a great choice plus those old school joysticks always make things look aesthetically pleasing

@XenonKnight I don't have to give my HKID for anything. Hong Kongs censorship is only focused on national security (so movies that show the HKPF or gov in a bad light). Adult content, LGBT content, chat messages, discord etc are fine.

China... yeah that is a different story.

Is Alinea analytics actually accurate? Weren't they the ones who got Yotei's launch numbers wrong by a significant margin? I don't give a crap about Starfield but I do find it weird that we get these estimates from a group that doesn't really share it's methodology and treat it as news.