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Means nothing. At least tlou2 had the visible white walker/clicker battle that got denied us.

People should give outlaws another shot over this. I'm glad they fixed the money grab scheme of it, but outlaws wasn't the insidious mess that battlefront 2 was. First, the always online requirement was inaccurate for rage bait sakes, and the bug reports were also blown way out of proportion. Too bad the internet prefers to give blue tick engagement trolls the attention they desire.

@KundaliniRising333 was it a dud? Most of the reception was positive and the first one was good.
Sounds like a short yet focused single player game.

I actually managed to rack up about 30€ in store credit with few digital purchases (mostly DLC, full games usually physical) and taking part in all campaigns that give coins without having to buy stuff.

However, as most of Sony's good ideas it was poorly advertised and implemented since it never was on the console itself, but I did appreciate it.

Do we need traditions... not really. Are some traditions nice to have... absolutely

@PuppetMaster I know, and they're fun. When I see the art however I imagine a RPG or something.

Pull the plug, reboot, and have the studio turn it into something they actually want to do instead of whatever corpo morons think we want.

Dang, always get all excited when I see anime art like this, just to be let down that it's another shmup rather than something with a story. Not that they're bad... but it's just a shmup.

@dskatter I know denuvo and I'm not a fan. I totally agree with you on that.
What is worrying is how gaming media is constantly kindling outrage with the language they use paired with highlighting a selected loud crowd that like to engage exclusively in negative discourse.
Video games are a nice fun and occasionally inspiring distraction. Rather than engaging in what we love we've created this extra layer of distraction on top of it where all the business, controversies, social media buzz,... has become front and center.
Bottom line, more playing, less negativity and when there is a truly pressing issue we let em know in a way that truly matters, our closed wallets.

@get2sammyb yeah, some outraged by default people on X, what else is new. I'm not "reading the room" over some comment section gamers.

However, shift ups comments are relevant. I hope everyone who wants to play the game gets a chance sooner or later as it's a great game.

What "controversy" again? One of the most overused trigger terms in gaming news these days. How about trying "may cause issues", especially when not even released yet, but that would't kindle the wanted engagement.

Game streaming on plus, only to be able to stream it on a console that can run the game anyways. Still no sign of a mobile or browser app, and no... getting a portal is not the answer.

As for classics catalogue, we had some cool surprises, but Sony is getting complacent again.

Hope more people will give Star Wars Outlaws a chance as it's a fantastic game as well.

I was sure this was project mugen or one of the other unreleased f2p waifu gotchas. How much time do they think people have?

The "little" handheld that could.

@3Above agree, SquareEnix spoiled us over the last few years. Too bad most comment section gamers completely ignored those games, while being too busy commenting on sales expectations.

Staff should already freshen up their CVs and start applying elsewhere by the sound of this.

Why anybody would still give blizzard, bethesda and bioware any attention baffles me. Two bad studios and one has been (I could at least imagine bioware having a comeback).

If people are so intent on silly naming conventions like jrpg, I'll give a new one, brpg for boring rpg.

Oh people sure love these two things:

A) being outraged about whatever people want to get outraged about.

B) thoughtlessly consume by the motto "you can't tell me what I should do with my money!"

I'm looking forward to yotei as much as most of us, but pre ordering digital is the dullest tool thing to do.

When it's done is the perfect release date.

SOP should be a preview showcase only, no deep dives. Those can be left to the studios itself. Seriously, too much coverage makes me loose my appetite for a game, even if it's something I look forward to. Gameplay trailers, short and sweet.

Great family game for a lazy afternoon. Really enjoyed it on game pass.

@Kierant202 absolutely agree with you! There are enough turn based RPGs that are successful and the entire narrative around squareenix/final fantasy or the industry as a whole trying to undermine turn based gameplay is just made up in thin air. It's just cheep social media hyperbole from a few edge lord purists. SE released a bunch of bangers the last few years (triangle strategy etc) but people didn't show up to support them and rather just punch around on square enix. The sales expectations gag has also gotten pretty stale.

I find FF7r has found a perfect balance between the ATB (which I'm not very keen of) and action gameplay, while FFX perfected the pure turn based gameplay. The action gameplay of FF16 wasn't it's problem, but rather that it didn't have personality, identity or depth, but I think square realised that.

I hope they can still fine tune the game and patch it, that the re-release will be a success. The indie survival horror scene is fantastic at the moment and I wish this team all the best, as well that expedition 33 will continue to sell well. These games have more personality than anything Bethesda's ever made, even if they're considered mainstays in the RPG genre.

@DennisReynolds it's gotten better with critic reviews of horror films, but usually reserved for those that actually have something to say or do something new. The ones you mentioned and others like hereditary and get out are truly fantastic films, even outside the horror bubble.

Still, I find a critic that doesn't take the creators intentions and the goal audience into consideration a bit narrow minded. Even schlock has it's place and can vary in quality.

A damn shame having this cancelled. I enjoyed the expansion of the blade runner world. Of course Denis Villeneuve's sequel and the anime series on crunchyroll was pretty good as well.

Why infamous and resistance?

Only have time for one Rpg at a time, and I'm definitely behind expedition 33.

Looks fun, if the price is right I'd get it.

@dskatter oh yeah 😅

I wonder why "played it already on game pass" isn't an option here on push square?

@Residentsteven oh, that sounds wild. Reminds me when I had roach (horse/s in the Witcher series) catapulted into oblivion, post patch. Despite a rocky and slow start I'm glad I stuck with it, as Witcher 3 is one of my all time favourites.

@Residentsteven you might not like it for gameplay or design reasons, but the reasons you listed just aren't true. The game looks great and isn't buggy in it's current state. Yeah, that's also an opinion, but digital foundry, who are well respected when it comes to technical teardowns say that outlaws was one of if not the most technically impressive game of 2024, even on consoles. Players now generally report that the bugs have been fixed.

What, that's not even Guts but just some rando blizzard dark fantasy template dude!? If it's an entire berserk campaign I'm in. If it's just some lame crossover skins I'll remain just as interested in blizzard as before, which is not at all.

Demo was good on switch. Felt like it ran at a stable 30fps and the gameplay was comfy and fun.

x86 PC's and consoles are just brute forcing performance with high power consumption. Newer AMD and Intel GPUs are showing improvements, but I think we'll see big changes with arm64 compatibility layers/emulation.
These are far more elegant and sophisticated chips.
The snapdragon 8 elite 2 is supposed to have GPU support. Imagine having a phone/tablet handheld that can run the big games with upscaling/frame sampling if needed that have very long battery life (2-8h depending on application) and a GPU dock for hooking it up to an outlet and monitor.

I'm fine with the comparison since the ps5/pro is technically just a wee bit better than the PS4/pro.

Also seeing something like the xenoblade games load between fast travel points within seconds on a switch 1 shows that they already had a solid memory advantage ages ago.

I find this game has the most fun villain duo (unfortunately forgot what they're called... something Kraut I assume)

Bungie just evolving from a looter shooter to extraction shooter shows that they can merely chase trends rather than just do their own thing.

It's as exiting of a evolution as a grape turning into a raisin...

So basic. I'd wait for a cheap steam key. The game doesn't look like it's worth more than that.

Fun show for a silly game series. There's nothin "sacred" about the original source material, so I don't get the offense. The writing is about just as dorky as the original, presenting the youngest version of Dante we've seen thus far. The animation quality varies immensely.
Personally find it better than tomb raider and better than the middle seasons of the original castlevania show... seriously, the smug world weary monologues were so insufferable across far too many episodes. Nocturne keeps a better balance in comparison.

These games have no filler, just greatness.

@liathach everything you said about streaming is correct, but console streaming works on any device really. I didn't mean a bulky pc handheld but a tablet/phone/handheld with an arm processor. They have long battery life and can emulate almost anything up to Nintendo switch and even some pc games. I can stream playstation, but also pc, Luna, Xbox, GeForce now, netflix etc. If the controller breaks I can just get a new telescopic controller, and believe me dualsenses do break and drift.
I do get the appeal of the simplicity of the portal, and I wouldn't want to play astro bot on anything else but a dualsense, but an android based device is just as easy and way more versatile.

Expand it to browser and mobile apps. Portal just isn't a good investment. Pay somewhat more and you can get a device with a top of the line snapdragon chip that can perform natively and stream.
PlayStation is holding plus premium features hostage on their own devices.

Uhm, no thanks. Can spend less on some rugged jeans and a flannel shirt for the authentic "dad look".

Thanks for pointing out that this is from the Devs behind Ruiner. That was quite the overlooked gem, and that's coming from someone who doesn't care for games with an isometric view.

Maybe gamers just shouldn't be insufferable morons, nuff said.

Yeah, I remember this show having a few surprises. I'll look out for it this time around.

Good list, especially group chat and PS4 to ps5 upgrades have been handled better.