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Let's gooooooo the hype can't be stopped

As someone who doesn't care about critic reviews AND user reviews, i might give this game a try only because i really liked the presentation, combat and some ideas of this game. Some people here gave their thoughts about the game for me (thanks, guys) and I'm pretty much aware that Starfield isn't Fallout 3 or Skyrim, but i still want to try. Not gonna buy now, though, I'll probably pick this up on sale

I learn something really important: reviews, no matter what kind, are always important when they tell me something objective, like "the game doesn't have fast travel" or "the game crashes a lot and has performance issues". This is the kind of thing that i take into consideration, anything else is "eh". I didn't like Clair Obscur or Helldivers 2 but i loved Possessor(s) (a game described by many as bland) and Gotham Knights (another very mid game), so i really think we should have our own takes and give whatever game we're interested in a try, unless someone has pretty much the same taste as you and they say X game isn't good, then i can value their opinion, but even then...these kinds of things are so subjective. I like that, i like be an individual with an opinion lol

@AnginaPectoris yep, they are and it's quite disturbing because I'm pretty sure they're not joking. This world is doomed

@Reeneman i know, I'll try to ignore. This kind of stuff really taints the enjoyment of the game, so i do think the best choice here is to just focus in the game itself and ignore the pervs

Saros will take priority here, and then maybe I'll buy RE Requiem, after God of War Sons of Sparta, but I'll play this one eventually. This is one of the best places to talk about this game without reading creepy ass comments from perverts. It's impossible to follow this game on any social media. Disgusting disgusting nasty people out there

@Yor-sama this is 100% what i think too lol

Seems like Playstation is pulling away from mobile and PC (at least partially) to focus on their ecosystem. It sucks for all the people that lost their jobs, but i think i can understand their strategy, though i can't, for the life of me, understand why they closed Bluepoint. I just hope that we will have good news soon: "Hermen Hulst steps down from Playstation and he's gonna work at a McDonald's, flipping burgers"

I just can't help but feel this is all Hideaki Nishino's doing. He's tired of Hermen's *****

Maybe the next story can go back to Ellie's immunity. I'm pretty sure Abby's father wasn't the only surgeon in USA alive, or maybe he was but they can always go to another country. After the ending of Part 2 i don't think Ellie has much reason to keep going, anyway, and she was always in favor of being sacrificed to create a cure, so maybe we can have something related to that in a possible third game

Maybe we'll see someone else who's also immune

Maybe someone already has the cure for the Cordyceps but they're ***** and want to secure the immunity only to a specific group of people, or maybe the opposite: they managed to have control over the Cordyceps and they're using to eradicate groups of people

I think the idea to go back to Ellie's immunity and the Cordyceps itself is a good way to finish the whole story and bring us a definitive conclusion to the future of humanity and the franchise

@darthvirgin yeah, i gotta agree with you here. Also, some screenshot comparisons would be nice...

@Balosi yeah, i know and i agree. It could be both, it could be just due to low sales. Maybe we will know more about this in May (their next meeting with shareholders)

It wouldn't surprise me if their decision of pulling away from PC is a direct consequence of what they're doing now

Sony will need their exclusives more than ever now to convince people to stick to their PS5 ecosystem and spend money there

@Berry48 ... because it is...? And bosses in this game aren't difficult, so the lack of them doesn't change anything related to difficulty

And the game does have glitches. I've fallen through the floor on the sixth biome which ***** my run and i also saw items floating that i couldn't get more than once

I thought that Push Square would be invited to preview the game in Housemarque's studio

@Scottyy as someone who got the Platinum and played Returnal +100h on PS5 and +50h on PC, i gotta warn you: the 5th biome will be tough, but persevere because it's definitely worth the effort. Just pick up an Electropylon Driver weapon and use it until you unlock all of its traits and hang on to dear life lol

@AnginaPectoris i find infuriating and bizarre how PC players are always talking about how games should not be exclusive anymore and console manufacturers should become multiplatform even though their dear Valve isn't putting any of their games anywhere else but on Steam. They could release Half Life Alyx on PS5 because the console supports VR, where is it? Are we gonna have CS2 on PS5 one day? Are we gonna have Deadlock on consoles? Riot put Valorant on consoles, so why Valve hasn't?

Hey, remember when Valve put Team Fortress 2, Portal 2 and Half Life 2 on consoles and then they stopped porting games on consoles, but no console owner complained about this? I do lol

And yet PC players are always offending console players and demanding PC ports of everything, and if they can't have it, they emulate

Death Stranding 2 got pirated even before it was released on PC (by a mistake caused by Valve itself, mind you) and I've seen a lot of people pridefully saying that they were playing the cracked version of the game already lol what a bunch of cool people

Anyway, I'm out. Good luck to you if you're still gonna debate with this person. I put them on my ignore list and now I'm gonna play some Ghost of Yotei on my PS5

@cragis0001 "There is talk that PC will overtake consoles in revenue by 2028"

Bro is reading one analysis from one website and taking it as complete truth

@cragis0001 if Playstation stops with PC ports, nothing will change negatively for them because that 1.5% of total revenue in the span of the last few years is laughably low, but it does affect the brand and platform in long term, so no, i completely disagree with you. Fortunately Sony is apparently pulling the plug before things get worse. Also, every major company has been closing down their studios, and it's no different with Sony, but if they didn't believe in THEIR product then we wouldn't have Saros, Astro Bot, Ghost of Yotei, Returnal and etc

If anything, they don't believe that putting all of their games on PC is gonna help them somehow, and we got data to back this up

"The brand is strong enough for various reasons for them to be a multiplatform publisher & platform provider" . This has to be a joke, right? Sony doesn't need and doesn't have to put their games on anything but their own platform because it's there where they earn the most profit. Why the hell would they put their games on a platform where anyone can pirate their games and no one cares about buying their stuff? And you also gotta learn something: hurting or not hurting sales of PS5s isn't the total picture here. A lot of people might have a PS5 and a PC and buy every 1st party Sony games on PS5 and everything else on PC, which means Sony will lose money in this case

There are people that only have a PC and even if they buy every Sony game on Steam, they'll also buy everything else on PC as well. Sony won't get anything from these 3rd party purchases, DLCs and whatnot

Some people might be thinking about getting a PC or PS5 and they're seeing all these Sony games on PC right now. If they decide to go full PC, AGAIN Sony loses money

So, as you can see, we have 3 different occasions where Sony can be affected depending on the outcome. Why give people more reasons to support PC instead of Playstation 5, then? They would be just shooting themselves on their foot

I need this game in my life, like right now

@Ralizah why would Sony release their single player games on PC right after putting them on PS5? So they can reassure people that they don't need a PS5 and they can buy everything on PC?

Also, let's not forget that the first PC ports sold OK on PC and they were games released 2-3 years before they were on PC, so your theory doesn't stand

@LogicStrikesAgain pretty much this. Dude was acting like a X user that spend the whole day port begging. Gregory was there to talk about the game that isn't even out on PS5 yet and the dude was asking about a PC port. It reminds me of that video on YouTube about Astro Bot, where a guy was interviewing the director of the game and he started asking about a PC port, and once again, the game wasn't even out yet and the poor guy had to say something, he couldn't just ignore, so he said "we hear you" and that was it lol

Also, Jason Schreier commented about this "article" on Bluesky already. When asked about this he said, and i quote: "Copium, as the kids say these days"

@lazarus11 i can't say anything since i don't own the game and never will, but I've read others complaining about performance on Reddit as well. This game is big and dynamic, so this might vary from user to user, but I'm pretty sure most people complaining about this won't make videos about it, they just comment about it. Anyway, as a PS5 base owner this game is a big no for me, regardless. Not gonna spend money on unoptimized games when i can play stuff like Ghost of Yotei or Death Stranding 2 that runs really well on base PS5

"The real kicker, though, is that the frame rate can still crumble on PS5 Pro depending on the in-game location. Large enemy hideouts, for example, can see frames plummet to sub-20 levels as you fight for your life."

Oof. Digital Foundry spent 2 minutes talking about performance issues on the Pro that you can almost miss, while here this issue is highlighted, alongside other stuff, which is the right thing to do. I'm really starting to dislike DF recent analysis, they're getting lazier. I've read a lot of comments from PS5 Pro owners in that video complaining about issues with image and graphics, to the point that they feel scammed by DF analysis

This review is way more informative

@dodgykebaab pretty much. I've seen people talking about this on Twitter days ago. Nothing new

There are interesting news today here, but this one definitely isn't

They made so much money that it's just impossible to ignore a PS5 port by this point. Good to know they've been working on this already

@LordAinsley Slay The Spire 2 still has to leave early access to hit PS5, so it'll probably take 1 year or more for that to happen, based on what the devs said on their Steam page. Hades 2 is being kept hostage by Nintendo and Supergiant Games timed exclusive deal, to the point that i completely lost my interest in the game. Since i already bought it on PC for my friend back in 2024, I'll skip this one on PS5 and play this on Steam, if i ever play it

1-I've pre-ordered this beauty already

2-I'll definitely not going to give views to any influencers or youtubers that got to play the game before me. I'm not even subscribed to any of these people and i don't even know who they are

3-I'm hyped for this one

Old news. This was announced on last Saturday and i tried to talk about it here by tagging @get2sammyb in one of my comments, but he didn't answer me

@Yomv7t i don't think harassing a person online is justified in any way whatsoever and people from X, Reddit and Instagram were doing just that to her. Calling her a bitch and threatening her online doesn't sound like "tasting her own medicine" because she's never done something like this to BMW devs or anyone, this is straight up online harassment and completely disgusting

Pirat_Nation is just a troll that spreads lies every now and then, and ragebait posts

CGI labs has a bunch of garbage shovelware on the "add to your wishlist" section, so it makes sense that they're getting the axe. I was actually browsing at this section today earlier and there's so much garbage there... it's really difficult to find true games. I eventually found two that i wasn't even aware that it was coming to PS5: Hard West 2 (that don't support controller on PC, so this is a big W for us console players) and Hero Siege

@get2sammyb Minecraft Dungeons 2 is coming. You guys should let people here know about this because this a damn good game and fun too

@Flaming_Kaiser I'm not saying this is bad, it depends. I'm not the best player in the world and i struggle with some games, but with Returnal i love the challenge just because the gameplay loop is so satisfying, so i welcome every hardship that it comes with it, same with Risk of Rain 2. I actually prefer more difficult games when playing any kind of Roguelite just because they're supposed to be more challenging and that extends the replayability. If the game is too easy then I'll probably finish the runs very quickly and then move on to the next game

Anyway , if Saros can still be challenging enough for me, whether through tough bosses or enemies, I'll be very happy. I would prefer if they made the game challenging not by choice but i get that people bounced off from Returnal because of how unforgiven it was and i prefer more people playing Saros than not playing, so it's a trade off that i can accept and understand

Now a different case: with Malenia i beat her with help, by using a mimic tear instead of fighting her on my own. I got the Platinum in this game using mimic tear everywhere (i never summon real players). She wasn't as difficult as the final boss of the DLC, though. I'm still planning to do a run with 0 NPC help in ER

So, in the end, it just depends of what game I'm playing. I'm not going to skip Saros, regardless of how easy or hard it is because I've already pre-ordered the game on Amazon and I'm sure I'll love the game anyway

@Kane22_ yeah, i know. As long as i can make the game challenging for me, I'm fine with it. I just hope they can add some optional extra hard stuff for hardcore players, that would be awesome

Pirat_Nation is one of the worst accounts on Twitter. They posted a fake print about Alanah Pearce a few days ago, showing her complaining about her character on Dispatch being too sexualized, even though she hasn't been on Twitter since April of last year...they didn't even check her Twitter account before posting this ***** (which came from reddit, of course)...or maybe they did, and they just didn't care

I can't take anything this troll posts seriously, and I'm pretty sure this rumour started on Twitter by a random account which makes this whole thing more embarrassing

I might be a masochist, but i enjoyed Returnal's punishment, though i do understand why they're making this game less punishing, so that people can actually finish the game this time around lol

I'll definitely crank up the difficulty, though. I love this kind of challenge. Can't wait to play this one!!

"Not everyone likes frame generation because they feel the results introduce latency and ghosting". I'm one of them. I used this on PC and it works well, but it's not as good as playing with only DLSS

Also, if this is going to be implemented, I'll definitely have to upgrade my TV and get one with 120hz support because no way in hell any kind of FG tech work decently on framerates below or equal to 60fps. Time to say goodbye to my good old 2012 AOC LED TV*

At least this can help with games that are CPU bound

*I have a 120hz TV with 4K and VRR support but it's too damn big to put in my bedroom

@Scottyy thanks. I do agree that their marketing strategy was horrendous and it's weird that they got so much wrong after putting out the Wii, which sold like water

I actually bought Zombi U and yes, it was very cool. I finished the game on my Wii U and had a very fun time with it. Maybe I'll go back and play it again eventually on my Wii U (if the console is still alive, that is)

@Scottyy lol your last comment was gold. I own a Wii U and mine died last year. Apparently it's a very common thing to happen with a specific model of Wii U, depending of what kind of internal storage they have, so i was "lucky" to get the ***** one

I had to hack the console to bring it back to live. After that and after seeing Nintendo abandoning the Wii U like it was nothing, i pretty much started to dislike them

I used to like Nintendo. Nintendo 64 is one of my favorite consoles of all time and to this day Ocarina of Time is the best game I've ever played, followed by Twilight Princess. Hell, I'm a gamer because of Ocarina of Time and the Wii U was a very fun console for me, but i never had any console die like this. I've spent so much money buying all these games on the Wii U just to have it die on me...and then i would need to buy all of these games again if i wanted to get a Switch and play them there...? No thanks

I can't stress enough how pissed i was with this. It's not like there's millions of Wii U out there to buy

I'm always glad seeing PS5 surpassing Switch 2 in sales. Hopefully this won't be the last time. The console is still having a strong performance overall

Also, I'll probably buy Sons of Sparta next month. I'm just feeling like supporting Sony more now that they're commiting to their console rather than other platforms, that's why i already pre-ordered Saros and I'm going to buy Sons of Sparta soon and I'll do the same with Wolverine later this year. They're taking priority over any other games now

I've read people complaining about the game's visuals on both Pro and PC as well, so i don't think anyone is safe lol

@Globo i agree with you 100%

Oh, by the way, in Brazil, Starfield Premium Edition is at the top of the list of pre-ordered games. The top 10 here are:

Starfield Premium Edition
Diablo IV - Lord of Hatred (Standard)
Starfield (Standard)
007 First Light
Diablo IV - Lord of Hatred (Ultimate)
Lego Batman (Deluxe)
Pragmata (Standard)
Diablo IV Age of Hatred Collection
Life is Strange Reunion (Standard)
Pragmata (Deluxe)

I think Microsoft lowering the price of their games had a huge positive impact in Brazil, since 250 reais is way more affordable than the usual 350-400 reais

@LogicStrikesAgain the best thing Push Square ever did was the "ignore" button. If you could see my ignore list, you would probably be shocked, but damn...now it's so peaceful around here lol

I could pre-order this game, but I've already pre-ordered Saros, so I'm good. I'll be purchasing a bunch of Microsoft games very soon: Starfield, Gears of War, South of Midnight and Avowed

They should call it Sony Network. Wonderful name and really sticks (I'm being sarcastic, y'all)

This was a game that never really interested me in the first place, but i gotta admit that watching people arguing on the internet because of it has been chaotic fun. I'm really curious to see this game running on base PS5, so I'm waiting for the DF analysis, but I'll definitely skip this one 100%

Risk of Rain 2 will be part of this event, so I'll definitely watch it

So, just another mid game that doesn't rock the boat, nothing really surprising. This game was never in my wishlist and I'll keep it that way lol

Oh, so we're not dead after all, huh, guys?

@LowDefAl i know that, but it's a shame that Sony don't use a decent DRM to stop piracy, at least for a few days. This time around Valve was the culprit because they uploaded a version of the game with no encryption at all. That's a big mistake on their part

Aren't you guys going to report that Death Stranding 2 PC version got cracked already on PC thanks to Steam's mistake? lol

I just love the fact that they've been showing most of these gameplay videos on a base PS5. Thanks for showing us, base PS5 users, some love, Housemarque. Can't wait to play this game. Already pre-ordered and I'm ready to go, and watching videos like this, showing all the features that the game will have on PS5 just makes me more excited about this game. I love haptic feedback, adaptive triggers and 3D audio. Playing anything on PS5 with this stuff is always so immersive and fun. I can't go back to simple rumble on a controller now lol

@themightyant that's really crazy. That's indeed a very divisive game lol i wasn't aware about the difference between scores from professional critics or about the low score on Steam. I do like sidequests and RPG systems, yeah, so i might enjoy it...? Hopefully. Too bad exploration isn't that good, I've heard about the loading screens and whatnot, but hey, who knows, maybe the game will be fun. I've watched the video they did about the new stuff and some things got me interested, like the "perk" system (don't know the name) and how weapons can vary with their own...perks...? lol
But if I'm gonna bite the bullet, I'll probably buy the vanilla version first, i don't know yet

I can't thank you enough for the detailed explanation, you really helped me, more than enough. Hopefully this game will end up being another Possessor(s) for me (this is a Metroidvania game that most people thought it was really mid and unremarkable, but i took the bait, bought the game on sale and actually enjoyed quite a lot). If i find a pleasant gameplay loop somewhere in this game that can tickle my autistic brain, then it's even better lol

@freddquadros exactly!! I do miss the good old era of PS4 games costing 250 reais. Those were the good days haha but yes, you're definitely right

@themightyant thank you for your opinion. I'll probably take some time watching videos, reading reddit posts and whatnot until i can have a basic idea of what to expect. To be honest, i rarely put my hype levels up the roof with any games nowadays, so even if I'm excited about playing something (like this game), i always try to reduce my expectations to "70-80% of my hype level", if that makes any sense lol

If the game has interesting exploration (i know about the procedural generated planets), some interesting sidequests and fun gunplay, then I'll at least enjoy the game enough, i think

Thank you, though, always nice to have different takes about a game

@BleedingDreamer nice! Good to know. I love Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls franchise is really good, so this actually makes me more excited about this game. Thank you for telling me this!!

The price of this game here in Brazil is R$250 for the base game and R$350 for the bundle with all the expansions, a very reasonable price, imo

I'm not sure if I'll enjoy this one, but it's on my wishlist and I'll probably buy it eventually. Thanks for the game, Todd!