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I think this is the biggest problem in some of these live service games that fail, they feel like the concepts were designed by a bunch of suits who never played a game before in their lives. Meanwhile, when it’s a fresh idea by passionate people, like Helldivers 2, they’re a runaway success. Let creatives be creative.

People saying there’s no story to Elden Ring really surprised me. What game did y’all play? The story plays out in every inch of that game.

The game’s alright. I just don’t think that cuts it right now.

A wee bit of hidden inflation, stop rewarding people with discounts

I remember when prices of a console went down this far into their lifecycle. Crazy times!

Probably one of my favourite games of all time. Everything about it is perfect.

That’s a really solid lineup in my opinion. ARK has a lot to offer if you can push past the jank, probably one of the deepest games I’ve ever played. Balatro is a 10/10, full stop. Boltgun rips if you like boomer shooters.

get rich or die trying

The weird celebrity cameos cheapen the vibe, I don’t think there’s any coming back from that no matter how much money you throw at it

When are companies going to realize you’ll just need to let Fortnite have that space?

I never think to try this. Mouse and keyboard on PS5 without the PC cheaters is probably the best way to play some of these games.

I think I preferred the pixel art of the first one, but I’ll check this out. I still fire up One Strike with friends sometimes, it makes a great party game because it’s so stripped down.

I’m all in shrug

Facts have really become irrelevant, haven’t they?

I really wish they’d do a multiplayer overhaul but that would probably take much, much longer to implement. It’s my only complaint. Friends I previously played Rise and World with have so far opted out because of how convoluted the whole thing is. It’s crazy to think it’s sold 1/3 of World’s lifetime sales already. What could it be selling if it had normal, accessible multiplayer?

While there is a broadening of the space into different platforms and delivery methods, I can’t take these CEOs seriously at all. They have a vested interest in blowing whatever smoke up your you know makes them the most money or pleases their investors. It’s everywhere in tech as a whole. Oh SaaS is the future, GaaS is the future, AI is the future, digital only is the future, streaming is the future, blah blah blah. Don’t let these people tell you what to like, it’s all just market manipulation.

I can’t wait. The first season was fantastic.

Someone should tell them you’re supposed to PLAY the games to have fun, not complain about them on the internet. OOPS! Everyone makes mistakes.

It is sadly just a fact of the technology. Most storage technology, in fact. Games preservation will never involve original media and needs to exist on transferable storage devices that can be modernized and updated when those storage devices begin to fail.

@Rhaoulos oh, you mean the episode that won all the awards and got all the attention? Yeah, sure hope they don’t do THAT again…

Easy 9/10 for me

I’ll be playing it eventually, looking forward to it. I just recently finished It Takes Two and that was pretty great.

Well deserved, great game. Performance has been fine on pro. There is a lot of talk about this game online that is just plain false in my opinion. Luckily it doesn’t seem like too many people are getting caught up in it.

Bit of a W for the pro, I’ve yet to have a single moment that’s pulled me out of it

Started it up last night, it’s good. The combat and gathering and traversal all feel great. The story is typical MH cheese. Performance mode on PS5 Pro seems pretty smooth so far. I’m happy with it.

I think “discourse” is too good a word to use to describe the internet, it implies there’s some sort of intelligent conversation happening.

The trick is to never pay attention to people on the internet, myself included.

Interesting, I might try this out now. Not enough belt scrollers experiment with some meta progression elements. I really enjoyed that recent Double Dragon game that had some roguelike/progression elements in it. It’s a genre I would love to see more innovation with. Dragon’s Crown is still one of my GOATs.

It’s a tough space with the quality some indie titles are bringing. 40-50$ titles with sometimes less quality/content than a 5-20$ title is a tough sell. My two longest playtimes of any games ever were Valheim and Project Zomboid and I got both of them for less than the price of Gravity Rush 2 at retail. Vampire Survivors can keep someone occupied for 100 hours or more probably for the 100% play through and I spend more on coffee before noon most days.

Would be nice if they rescued VV from doing Blizzard support for this one

The tech industry as a whole is in such shambles, it sucks to be a dev right now. Mass layoffs and hiring freezes have been the norm for a few years now. There’s a lot of factors at play.

They likely adjusted some sliders on the build step and called it a remaster.

Returnal is still my top PS5 game, I can’t wait for this.

It was aight. New Housemarque really has me excited, though.

I’d be dead in a week with that kind of money

Loved it. Happy to see Philly take it after Trump backed KC haha

Most services seem off and on, app’s been solidly down for me since yesterday. I think whatever is happening is still ongoing. I’m going to keep my distance until it’s been totally cleared up. The lack of communication is really messed up.

Just seeing this, appears to still be down for me in Canada

I liked the first one more than I thought I would. I’m sure they’ll find some way to mess up the sequel if it happens, though. These big AAA publishers are like a bunch of dying elephants thrashing about. Instead of learning from their failures, they’re doubling down on what’s caused the wound in the first place.

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare lol would love to see your earlier drafts if this is where you landed on that one

@HotGoomba that’s definitely not what he’s referring to

@Reform what about the cover art is a red flag?

They’re not really the kind of games most PC players are into, they’re still very much console games.

What’s there to work on, other than finding a way to profit off of them haha. I can see the internal memo now, “People are enjoying something for free, fix it QUICK!”

PS5 Pro MAYBE. Dragon’s Dogma 2 PS5 Pro performance mode can more or less squeak out 60fps with some corner cutting but I would imagine GTA6 will be a LOT more CPU intensive than that game, afaik that’s the bottle neck. I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Nice, I’ve been wanting to try both high on life and pac man world

Paul Heyman’s spot with Drew McIntyre last night with the cover reveal was pretty good haha, Heyman’s so much fun to watch.

AAA gaming continues to buckle under the weight of its own expectations. A collapse is imminent.

Excited to try GoWR, those games aren’t quite my thing, but they’re close and the first one did a pretty good job at winning me over by the end of it. Playing them on a sub is a perfect match for me.

Damn the dollars lost on this live service push must be absolutely staggering, amazing the C-suite all still have jobs, frankly.