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I wonder how much store exclusivity really matters on PC - it's never stopped me from making a purchase. I mean, would Sony actually lose sales by having games on EGS but not Steam? Do PC gamers care that much about keeping their game library confined to one app? I have PC games from Steam, GOG, EGS, itch.io, and Windows store/Xbox app, and it doesn't bother me at all. If I wanted to play the game and it was only on EGS, what do I care, as I still have access to it. Am I missing something?

Waiting for the next gen upgrade to play this one

Available in white, black, and hideous.

A fan-made Portal game/mod/whatever called "Portal Reloaded" was released recently on Steam if anyone is interested and unaware, and it's absolutely brilliant.

I enjoy these kinds of games and find the review and 6/10 score accurately reflects my experience. There are plenty of better and more interesting games in the genre.

I recently played through the '97 original and had a blast. Pretty fun little game with some cool weapons and great level design if you can look past the "offensive" stuff. It's literally free on Steam and GOG, and the "Redux" version is regularly on sale for $1.99

Finished up Maquette last night. It wasn't great. The gameplay just doesn't meet the potential of the concept. The story felt unnecessarily tacked on, and it honestly wasn't even very interesting. Performance was kinda bad too - it surely wasn't very well optimized for PS5. Certainly not a horrible game, but it definitely didn't meet my expectations.

@get2sammyb You might be aware already but dude is hate spamming the comments

I think he's pretty much right overall. VR will be niche until it's both wireless and powerful. Currently wireless isn't powerful enough, and powerful enough isn't wireless, and yeah, VR remains niche. It's probably going to be about a good long while before it becomes mainstream - a decade away at least.

Not so much surprised by the order as I am by the ratios. I would've guessed iOS and Switch would have higher percentages 🤷‍♂️

Wreckfest is alright. My buddy got pretty into it, but personally it's not as much fun as I hoped it would be. Plenty of other games to play anyway!

I think I'm going to break and just get the Deus Ex MD Deluxe Edition even though I already own the standard edition - just to get the DLC. I've been waiting for the season pass to go on sale for over 6 months now, but it never has - even though both the standard and deluxe editions of the games go on sale seemingly every other week. Really I'd only be saving about $4 by getting the season pass over the deluxe edition anyway. Plus, maybe selling "another copy" of the game will help the future of the series in some small way.

I may also pick up the Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition Duke Nukem Bundle. Seems like it could be some dumb fun.

Waiting to see what gets announced for May PS+ before making any purchases though.

Infliction or maybe Hong Kong Massacre would be cool

@bpomber Reviews often contain objective and/or semi-objective information such as game length, features, modes, options, and quality of experience (i.e. bugs/glitches) that are sometimes NDA'd out of previews and impressions. Knowing that kinda stuff before making an expensive purchase matters to me, especially when the game is a new IP and/or from a studio I'm unfamiliar with.

I'll be curious to see the "Did you actually buy Returnal at full price?" poll a week after release and see how it compares to these responses.

I picked waiting for reviews. If it's too short or buggy, I'll pick it up later.

This game looks so good. I love the style/art direction - the enemies look so creative and interesting. I'm really into it. I just hope the gameplay between combat is also fun.

I'm intrigued. It's on Steam early access with mostly positive reviews. Keeping an eye on it.

@Rash I understand that it's a gacha game. Getting your favorite character doesn't end the game though, correct? I mean, that would be pretty strange. I don't understand what you're trying to say.

@Rash So then you never use your favorite character? 🤔 Also how do you know they're your favorite if you haven't acquired them yet?

@Athrum That's fine, it's just not for me then 🤷‍♂️

@fR_eeBritney I see - nevermind then. 150 sure doesn't seem like very many across 4 devices. Hopefully they change that then. I'm surprised I haven't hit that threshold myself.

@fR_eeBritney It says that precisely because you're not subscribed - Cloud saves are for Plus members only, unfortunately. Mine said that too until I resubbed a few months ago.

I'll play this when there's an actual ending

@Nem Holy $#!+ don't even get my hopes up like that! I would actually explode and die like 😮😮😯😵💥💀 Honestly though I think they would probably try and complete the Jensen trilogy before remaking the original. That being said though, I would love nothing more than a great remake of the first game. It's still an incredible game, and holds up overall in my opinion, but a fresh coat of paint, tighter controls, better voice acting... Oh man... 🤤🤤🤤😳 I mean 😎 Yeah that'd be pretty cool or whatever

Outside of a couple minor changes I'd make personally, I think this is a great list. I also agree with the recommendations. Nice article!

P.S. I agree that RE1 and REmake are too similar to be counted twice

Deus Ex please 🙏

Could be cool - looks extremely similar to Quantum League

Gyro aiming is an incredible innovation. Of course it should always be an option/never forced, and should also never replace, but work in harmony with traditional right stick aiming. Really hope Capcom fixes this in RE8!

It will for sure be an old game they can use to promote a new game, like they did/are doing with R&C and HZD - so probably GoW.

@God_of_Nowt More power and good luck to you then. Seems like that could be an interesting community/platform/resource to say the least. Be sure to let (at least some of) us know when the concept comes to fruition.

@God_of_Nowt Have you considered creating your own site? Seems like you have a lot to say that other people aren't saying, and with a unique voice no less. You seem more than capable of making it happen if you really wanted to.

@lolwhatno LOL 😂 Thank you, I needed a good laugh to brighten up my morning. Cheers, buddy.

Enjoy it if you haven't already - This one is something special, and well worth your time.

@lolwhatno Haha.. Most liked comment of the day maybe, but definitely not ever on the site or anything. You might notice that comments towards the top of an article typically get the most "likes" regardless of content. Oftentimes this is simply because whoever comments first (or close to first) is really just the first person to say something a lot of other people were also thinking - I think that's what happened here too.

@S1ayeR74 LOL Dude, chill. Take a deep breath and go for a walk or something. You seem to have a lot of pent up anger. You attacked me over something you obviously misunderstood. I didn't insult anyone, I was quoting someone else - Just let it go.

@S1ayeR74 Of course they're not all my comments, I listed 5 comments for you to read again because that is the conversation I was responding to. It's not a lot of text. Re-read those comment #s please.

Okay, I assume you actually read those comments now. Do you understand now? Problem solved?

Maybe re-reading #199 and #200 would help?

@Richnj Look at comment #2 - I agree with you, dude. All I was saying in my reply to you was that Garvin is upset with people waiting for a sale, not people waiting for a review.

@S1ayeR74 Yeah, you didn't read my comments. Please try again.

#s 168 ,170, 172, 174, and 186

@S1ayeR74 If you're not trolling, please re-read what I wrote and the comments I was responding to. Your response is overly-aggressive and misses the point I was trying to make.

@S1ayeR74 ...Are you being serious?

@Richnj Dude, I wasn't actually calling people stingy gits, I was quoting your previous comment, sarcasm included.

Also, of course "professional" reviews are not perfect, but they obviously can guide you. The PushSquare review for Days Gone for example pointed out that the game has bugs that detracted from the experience. Additionally, user reviews are not a fail-safe surefire way to look into a game either - look at how many games get review bombed or sometimes the opposite like what was going on with Balan Wonderworld. On top of saying that, user reviews also do come fairly quickly anyway.

@Richnj Reviews come out on the day of a game's release or several days beforehand. You're a "no good stingy git" if you wait for a sale, not if you wait for a review.

Edit: Just wanted to specifically point out (because apparently it was not obvious) that I was quoting comment #172 and not actually calling anyone names. Richnj said, "if you wait for reviews of games to come in, you're a no good stingy git, according to this Sony dev it seems." What I should have replied with was perhaps something like, "I believe your statement would be more accurate if it was phrased as follows: 'if you wait for a sale, you're a no good stingy git, according to this Sony dev it seems.' " because Garvin was talking specifically about gamers waiting to purchase games at a discounted price, not gamers waiting for reviews. Hopefully that's clear enough to understand. If you would like to know what I think, scroll up to comment #2.

Hopefully people read this and think twice before attacking their fellow community members without taking the time to understand the context of what is actually being said and to whom.

Let's see how many times we can shout the phrase "buggy mess" down the echo chamber 😋

@Salt_AU Here's a quote from the PushSquare review: "Bugs can be problematic as well – at least in the review build we played. One side-quest completely glitched out on us, rendering it unsolvable; clipping, sound issues, and other minor technical hiccups also detracted from our experience."

Note to self: Make sure to wait for a sale before buying content John Garvin was involved with.

If you want people to buy a game at full price at launch, release a game that works, and is fun to play.

@TrueAssassin86x Because Xbox actually supports VRR? Haha.. yeah, maybe. Still weird though since what, like maybe 2% of TVs have a VRR setting? Hopefully they add more options in the future.

45? Who is that for? At least do 40 for 120hz TVs. Very strange choice.

@shgamer Mercenaries doesn't look appealing to me either, but it's not on rails, just FYI if that's one of the things that turned you off to it.

A time-limited demo makes sense for a multiplayer stress test, but this is just weird. I suppose it's not necessarily a bad way to generate hype. I'm already planning on picking it up, so the demo isn't for me anyway.