Was expecting as much. Last time I counted I had over 80 musou games and that was quite while ago. This one looked off from the start and sounded worse and worse the more news we got. I really hope they go back to the previous gen and work upwards from there. The series sure could use some new ideas and needs to evolve a bit, but this clearly was the wrong way to go about it.
@HungryWolf Ah that's good to know. But I've been buying every single Neo Geo game that they release on Switch and have just bought the Hori arcade stick for it as well, so I'll continue there as my main arcade platform. All those Psikyo ports and other arcade games help as well.
Really wanted to pick this up at launch but I'm already drowning in games as it is, not to mention the big one coming out on Friday and one in December. So I'm gonna have to put this on my "to buy" list instead.
@get2sammyb True. But I can't deny that putting Injustice 2 at number 1 really threw me off.
Damn, forgot about Skullgirls... That's what I get for ordering it from LRG and having to wait over a year to actually, well still be waiting on it... lol
Also strange how KOF 98 and Waku Waku 7 aren't on PS4, yet they are on Switch. Brilliant games as well, although they are polar opposites.
@get2sammyb 1:Garou Mark of the Wolves 2:Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3 3:The King of Fighters 14 4:Tekken 7 5:Samurai Shodown 2 6ead or Alive 5 7:Street Fighter 5 8:Guilty Gear Xrd Rev.2 9:Gundam Versus 10:BlazBlue: Central Fiction
Wasn't expecting this kind of implementation. That's a hard pass for me then and time to finally pick up Dirt 4 instead. Shame really, it looked kinda nice.
Why even release a game when it has this many issues? Delay if for a couple of months and put out a much better product ffs. I know the reason always comes down to "publisher X wants developers to hit date Y" but it's getting damn annoying.
For games that have received a pro patch, boost mode doesn't do anything anymore, even when set to 1080p. It only works for games that never got updated with a pro patch.
Tough luck. They don't own that particular genre of games, nor do they have the right to attack others that move in on this genre. Looks like they are worried that someone might upstage them.
Just make sure to create the superior game and leave the rest to the market to decide. Making public comments like that just makes you come of as whiny brats.
I've been moving away from AAA games myself for the past 2 years and these kinds of moves by big publishers make that process go much much faster. I'm very selective in the multiplayer games I play and I've burned out on the overhyped "next big thing" kinda games that get shovelled aside ones another hits.
Or "Is it me who is out of touch? NO! It's the customers who are wrong!!! >" The more things change, the more this company remains one of the worst in the industry.
Yeah, I still don't see it. There's nothing that stands out in this game at all. Just a run of the mill cobbled together mp FPS that has been done to death by nearly everyone, and in most cases done better to begin with.
Looks generic as hell. Who thought it was a good idea to create a by the numbers MP FPS game that "borrows" tons of elements from a bunch of other games that do those things way better? This one has flop written all over it.
@OneArmedGiant Yep, same here. If Splatoon didn't come out today I might have given it a go, but I don't have time for Destiny right now. Nor the urge to play it, even though I loved the first one for a couple of months.
That's one of the problems with the industry today. Whenever a new trend emerges the big publishers jump on it and all of a sudden everything needs to be just that. It's no surprise that EA, Activision and Ubisoft are the ones that are mentioned here as they are the ones who tend to take the least risk and produce games mostly in a "by the numbers" philosophy. Which is great for squeezing every last dime out of an overdone genre, but in the end just gets repetitive and stale.
Sure, it'll attract a core number of consumers as always because that's what it's been focus tested to do. But it's no wonder that more and more people are starting to look for something different and want to get off the hamster wheel. So the publishers and developers who create games that stand on their own, do something different and buck the trend will always find a place into my collection.
@dok5555555 nah, Vita systems are universally identical. The only difference a Japanese system has from a western one is that O is used to confirm and X to cancel. This is the other way around for us here.
It would have been a day 1 purchase for me were it not for the Switch coming out 2 days later. Been waiting 6 years for the next console Zelda and since bother games are big adventure games, I'm not going to be playing them alongside each other. Once I finish Zelda, I'll pick up Horizon for sure.
This actually made me order a Pro. It'll be here on Friday. Can't wait to play some more EDF 4.1 with less tearing. Combined with the quicker load times from the external HDD, this firmware beta has been a major success IMO.
About time! I'm up to 108 physical games and counting. With all the crazy patches around cough DOOM cough, I hate to remove games from my 2TB one to play something else.
Yet no mention of how they came back crying to Nintendo after they nearly bankrupting themselves with The Spirits Within and begged them to be able to make games for the Game Boy Advance which ended up saving the company.
Yamauchi reigned Nintendo with an iron fist, that's very clear to anyone even slightly familiar with the brand, but you can't argue with the results it brought them.
How is this something that's just been discovered? It's not something you'll easily miss unless you shut of the game immediately after finishing it. :-/ I've seen this the day after the game came out since I finished it in two sittings and people were already talking about this scene all over the internet by then.
I'll gladly take this "man on the Internet" his word on this than anyone on here. He's proven to be a lot more reliable than any copy&paste "journalist".
Let's hope this comes out in December in Japan. I'm ready to import this again and then double dip when it's released in Europe 8 months later. Would love to be able to play non-stop it during my 2 week winter break.
@Jake3103 "Maybe go to a place that specialises in steak next time?" Not sure what to take from this. Do you mean that PushSquare is like a fast food place that targets the lowest common denominator? If so, o...k.... I guess. lol
Some more Shiren the Wanderer on Vita, Just picked up Nuclear Throne. Going back to Toukiden Kiwami and trying out some Titanfall 2. Probably going to do some EDF 4.1 as well.
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Re: Review: Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4)
Was expecting as much.
Last time I counted I had over 80 musou games and that was quite while ago.
This one looked off from the start and sounded worse and worse the more news we got.
I really hope they go back to the previous gen and work upwards from there.
The series sure could use some new ideas and needs to evolve a bit, but this clearly was the wrong way to go about it.
Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Look Absolutely Amazing in First Injustice 2 Gameplay
Wow, they actually brought back the real Turtles? kudos!
Re: Guide: The Best PS4 Fighting Games
@HungryWolf
Ah that's good to know.
But I've been buying every single Neo Geo game that they release on Switch and have just bought the Hori arcade stick for it as well, so I'll continue there as my main arcade platform.
All those Psikyo ports and other arcade games help as well.
Re: Weirdness: Capcom Will Give £50,000 to Anyone With Proof of Real Life Monsters
Show me the money!
Re: Guide: What Time Do The Game Awards 2017 Start?
Yeah, not going to stay awake for some glorified advertisements that get hyped to look like the next coming, like in the previous years.
Re: Review: Star Wars Battlefront 2 (PS4)
Glad I skipped this.
And I have a feeling I'll be skipping quite a lot of EA games these coming years. If not all.
Re: Feature: 8 Essential PS4 Roguelikes to Crawl Through this Hallowe'en
Now that's a brilliant list!
Finally some recognition for Nuclear Throne.
Although every since one of those games is a gem.
Re: Review: Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon (PS4)
Really wanted to pick this up at launch but I'm already drowning in games as it is, not to mention the big one coming out on Friday and one in December.
So I'm gonna have to put this on my "to buy" list instead.
Re: Guide: The Best PS4 Fighting Games
@get2sammyb True. But I can't deny that putting Injustice 2 at number 1 really threw me off.
Damn, forgot about Skullgirls... That's what I get for ordering it from LRG and having to wait over a year to actually, well still be waiting on it... lol
Also strange how KOF 98 and Waku Waku 7 aren't on PS4, yet they are on Switch. Brilliant games as well, although they are polar opposites.
Re: Guide: The Best PS4 Fighting Games
@get2sammyb
1:Garou Mark of the Wolves
2:Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3
3:The King of Fighters 14
4:Tekken 7
5:Samurai Shodown 2
6ead or Alive 5
7:Street Fighter 5
8:Guilty Gear Xrd Rev.2
9:Gundam Versus
10:BlazBlue: Central Fiction
Re: Guide: The Best PS4 Fighting Games
Well it's a list, that's for sure.
Re: Guide: Can You Play Gran Turismo Sport Offline?
Wasn't expecting this kind of implementation.
That's a hard pass for me then and time to finally pick up Dirt 4 instead. Shame really, it looked kinda nice.
Re: Massive Battle Chasers: Nightwar PS4 Patch Promises a Much Improved Game
Why even release a game when it has this many issues?
Delay if for a couple of months and put out a much better product ffs.
I know the reason always comes down to "publisher X wants developers to hit date Y" but it's getting damn annoying.
Re: The Witcher 3 PS4 Pro Patch Provides Resolution Boost, but Hurts Framerate in Places
@MadAussieBloke
For games that have received a pro patch, boost mode doesn't do anything anymore, even when set to 1080p.
It only works for games that never got updated with a pro patch.
Re: PUBG Dev Isn't Too Happy About Fortnite's Battle Royale Mode
Tough luck. They don't own that particular genre of games, nor do they have the right to attack others that move in on this genre.
Looks like they are worried that someone might upstage them.
Just make sure to create the superior game and leave the rest to the market to decide.
Making public comments like that just makes you come of as whiny brats.
Re: Square Enix Wants to Focus More on Multiplayer and Service Games Going Forward
I've been moving away from AAA games myself for the past 2 years and these kinds of moves by big publishers make that process go much much faster.
I'm very selective in the multiplayer games I play and I've burned out on the overhyped "next big thing" kinda games that get shovelled aside ones another hits.
Re: Poll: Are You Looking Forward to Tokyo Game Show 2017?
Japanese video games have been my bread and butter for over 38 years now, so yeah, you could say I'm excited about TGS.
Re: Gamescom 2017: People Were Overly Critical of Mass Effect: Andromeda, Says EA
Or "Is it me who is out of touch? NO! It's the customers who are wrong!!! >"
The more things change, the more this company remains one of the worst in the industry.
Re: Gamescom 2017: A New Pro PS4 Controller Has Been Announced
Don't call it a pro-controller when you can't even get the d-pad right.
Gives me flashbacks to the wester Saturn V1 d-pads. /shudder
Re: Shenmue III Lands New Character Art, Global Publishing Partner
@BLP_Software The only cook I see is Yu Suzuki.
The rest are just marketers, investors and pimps.
Should be just fine.
Re: Review: LawBreakers (PS4)
Yeah, I still don't see it.
There's nothing that stands out in this game at all.
Just a run of the mill cobbled together mp FPS that has been done to death by nearly everyone, and in most cases done better to begin with.
Re: Hands On: Does LawBreakers Exert Its Own Pull in the Multiplayer Shooter Scene?
Looks generic as hell.
Who thought it was a good idea to create a by the numbers MP FPS game that "borrows" tons of elements from a bunch of other games that do those things way better?
This one has flop written all over it.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing the Destiny 2 Beta This Weekend?
@OneArmedGiant
Yep, same here. If Splatoon didn't come out today I might have given it a go, but I don't have time for Destiny right now. Nor the urge to play it, even though I loved the first one for a couple of months.
Re: Need for Speed Payback Has the Dumbest Pre-Order Bonus
EA ladies and gentlemen! lmfao
Not even once.
Re: Game of the Month: Top 4 PlayStation Games of April 2017
I haven't played Persona 5 yet as I'm too busy with other games.
So my vote goes to Dangun Feveron.
Re: Opinion: Why Sony Is Zagging While the Industry Zigs
That's one of the problems with the industry today. Whenever a new trend emerges the big publishers jump on it and all of a sudden everything needs to be just that.
It's no surprise that EA, Activision and Ubisoft are the ones that are mentioned here as they are the ones who tend to take the least risk and produce games mostly in a "by the numbers" philosophy. Which is great for squeezing every last dime out of an overdone genre, but in the end just gets repetitive and stale.
Sure, it'll attract a core number of consumers as always because that's what it's been focus tested to do. But it's no wonder that more and more people are starting to look for something different and want to get off the hamster wheel.
So the publishers and developers who create games that stand on their own, do something different and buck the trend will always find a place into my collection.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 165
Looks like it'll be Battle Garegga, Dangun Feveron and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Re: PlayStation Japan Still Has Faith in the PS Vita
@dok5555555 nah, Vita systems are universally identical.
The only difference a Japanese system has from a western one is that O is used to confirm and X to cancel. This is the other way around for us here.
Re: Poll: Are You Buying Horizon: Zero Dawn?
It would have been a day 1 purchase for me were it not for the Switch coming out 2 days later.
Been waiting 6 years for the next console Zelda and since bother games are big adventure games, I'm not going to be playing them alongside each other. Once I finish Zelda, I'll pick up Horizon for sure.
Re: Feature: Would You Snog, Marry, or Avoid These PlayStation Stars?
The hell am I reading?
Re: PS4 Pro Boost Mode 'Makes a Huge Difference to Some Games'
This actually made me order a Pro. It'll be here on Friday. Can't wait to play some more EDF 4.1 with less tearing.
Combined with the quicker load times from the external HDD, this firmware beta has been a major success IMO.
Re: Next PS4 Firmware Update Finally Brings External Hard Drive Support
About time!
I'm up to 108 physical games and counting.
With all the crazy patches around cough DOOM cough, I hate to remove games from my 2TB one to play something else.
Re: Nintendo Supposedly Shunned Square Following Final Fantasy VII's Move to PlayStation
@Bliquid Whatever you say buddy.
Re: Nintendo Supposedly Shunned Square Following Final Fantasy VII's Move to PlayStation
@Bliquid
Oh my mistake!
Surely Wikipedia is then ultimate source for truth and facts! Lol
Re: Nintendo Supposedly Shunned Square Following Final Fantasy VII's Move to PlayStation
Yet no mention of how they came back crying to Nintendo after they nearly bankrupting themselves with The Spirits Within and begged them to be able to make games for the Game Boy Advance which ended up saving the company.
Yamauchi reigned Nintendo with an iron fist, that's very clear to anyone even slightly familiar with the brand, but you can't argue with the results it brought them.
Re: This The Last Guardian Ending Easter Egg Will Settle Some Arguments
@kyleforrester87
Ah no, I completely missed that part somehow. :-/
Figured it was Trico with a little one, so it's nice to see confirmation.
Re: This The Last Guardian Ending Easter Egg Will Settle Some Arguments
How is this something that's just been discovered?
It's not something you'll easily miss unless you shut of the game immediately after finishing it. :-/
I've seen this the day after the game came out since I finished it in two sittings and people were already talking about this scene all over the internet by then.
Re: Never, Ever Change Japanese Game Developers
Didn't see anything special until the used underwear part. lol
Yep, this is a Zombie game allright!
Re: Sony's Officially Licensed Elite PS4 Controller Is Out Now in Europe
150£ for this piece of crap that looks and feels worse than the original? hahaha
I feel bad for the people suckered into buying this.
And that's coming from someone who recently bought this beast for nearly £300 and I don't regret it one bit!

Now that's an elite controller!
Re: There's Excitement for a The Last of Us 2 Reveal at PSX 2016
I'll gladly take this "man on the Internet" his word on this than anyone on here.
He's proven to be a lot more reliable than any copy&paste "journalist".
Re: Hands On: Dragon Quest Builders Is One of the Most Addictive Games of 2016
Glad this is getting such positive reviews across the board.
I'll be importing the Asian English Vita version soon.
Re: Review: Lichtspeer (PS4)
@Quintumply Strange that it isn't up yet though.
Has it been delayed on Vita?
Re: Review: Lichtspeer (PS4)
This would be perfect on Vita.
Just noticed at the end of the trailer it says PS4/Vita.
Sweet!
Re: TGS 2016: Earth Defense Force 5 Looks Suitably Ridiculous on PS4
SMH at the people with awful taste.....
Let's hope this comes out in December in Japan.
I'm ready to import this again and then double dip when it's released in Europe 8 months later.
Would love to be able to play non-stop it during my 2 week winter break.
Re: Feature: Five Reveals You Should Anticipate at Sony's TGS 2016 Presser
cmd+F=EDF! EDF! EDF!
Allright, you guys did good this time!
And bonus points for Dynasty Warriors 9.
Re: Toukiden 2's Open World Oni Slaying Confirmed for North America and Europe
Let's hope the Vita version won't be digital only. Otherwise, I'll be importing.
The PS4 version is sure to be both physical and digital though.
Re: Rumour: PS4K Neo Launches This Week According to Report
Just when I thought they were finally done copying Sega!
They go full steam ahead like it was 1995 all over again.
Re: Review: Assetto Corsa (PS4)
@Tasuki Now I've seen it all!
What the hell is going on here lately? :-/
What's the next step? We have to buy you guys games as well so that they don't get reviewed months after the fact or not at all?
Re: Review: Assetto Corsa (PS4)
@Jake3103 "Maybe go to a place that specialises in steak next time?"
Not sure what to take from this.
Do you mean that PushSquare is like a fast food place that targets the lowest common denominator?
If so, o...k.... I guess. lol
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 131
Some more Shiren the Wanderer on Vita, Just picked up Nuclear Throne.
Going back to Toukiden Kiwami and trying out some Titanfall 2.
Probably going to do some EDF 4.1 as well.