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@Grumblevolcano makes sense. I wasn't really paying attention to whether it was live service or not. Honestly a game this far out from release just isn't much of a priority. Definitely even less of one now.

@get2sammyb okay, I watched. Looks like a third person Doom Eternal to me which, is awful imo, but as much as everyone loved that game you'd think this maybe would get a better reception. So I'm kinda confused there. Unless it's just a matter of everyone expecting something a little more Arkham-ish.

Purple orbs? Maybe I really should be keeping up with these SoP things.

Must resist urge to feed the troll.

Unfortunate read, I was really looking forward to this game. Then again I still haven't finished CotM and still have much to do on GT7 but VR just isn't VR if I can't be scared out of my mind. That's like the 2nd best reason to have a headset, and the number one reason is unavailable as well so definitely room for improvement this gen.

@Th3solution yeah I've certainly warmed to Pascal the more I see of him. Had only really seen him in the baby Yoda show and as a terribly corny villain in WW84 so not much to go on there. Still not 100% sold on him playing Joel but they definitely could have done worse.

I guess I didn't realize you are American. I assume everyone on this site is from the UK by default. Whoops.

It's understandable she'd be inexperienced. But she is an actor so I assume they were leaning into that inexperience for the show instead of training her to be capable with a firearm. I actually can't even form an opinion here because I haven't watched this far but I have no doubt, with British actors being some of the best in the business, she could have seemed more proficient if that's what they'd wanted.

But to revisit my original point, normal or not, kids can definitely be deadly. There are examples of this since the advent of guns or you can even look at the child soldiers in Africa for a more contemporary example. A kid with a gun ain't nothing to mess with anymore than an adult with a gun. Turns out it's kind of an equalizer across the board. "Oh you're bigger, stronger, and older... awesome, well I have a firearm so..."

@Th3solution Well context is always good. But don't let me disabuse you of the notion that America is full of crazies lol. And it's kinda funny you mention not knowing she was British. I got in a bit of hot water with a fair few PushSquare members for saying she looks too British. Which I should reiterate wasn't a slight at all, just simply that Ellie isn't and therein lies the rub (for me). And another disclaimer: i'm not at all saying all Brits look the same either. okay. well anyway hopefully i'm done being offensive for the day as it is quite early.

@BadPlayerOne definitely no biggie. I wasn't so much offended as worried you might think of me as a typical gun toting American. I actually lived in England for roughly 3 years. Cornwall. I loved it and dearly miss going about the day without a fear of randomly being shot. And that's about all I'll say there.

@Th3solution it really kinda depends on who you ask honestly. For some it's a tyrannical government, for others it's a right to protect themselves generally. But yeah it's original intention was a check on government power. So basically we have Britain to blame lol. I mean, I've a pretty unpopular opinion on guns, even amongst fellow (US) leftist, so really I just try not to talk about it.

@BadPlayerOne well yes, all of that is true because they wrote it that way. If that makes sense.

But no need to take a dig. Explaining what's normal in America is different than agreeing with those things.

@BadPlayerOne plus Bill single handedly fortified and defended an entire town, because of his vast experience as a... paranoid doomsday prepper. Not sure how realistic that is.

@BadPlayerOne maybe it's my southern upbringing but I don't find the idea of a 14 year-old holding, and efficiently firing, a rifle to be at all unrealistic. Now could a 14 yr old take down dozens of men or zombies... Eh, maybe not a dozen but a few sure. Zombies would need to exist though and they don't so we're kinda back to that suspension of disbelief thing.

In any case, I certainly wouldn't go running at any teenager holding a rifle that's for sure. But again maybe this is a southern United States thing where you got kids in middle school and younger skeet shooting and hunting and all kinds of other things. Fairly normal.

Also, just as an aside, I told my family that we'd never see the infected hive mind thing play in again after it was introduced and I'm thinking I'm right. Like other terrible shows it was contrived for convenient plot purposes for one episode.

@Ambassador_Kong omg someone else who gets it! "Show, don't tell" is like the first rule of any visual storytelling. But yeah, no one seems to know this anymore.

@Flaming_Kaiser indeed. They make the joke about unsold MGK's and it's funny because it's true. Like multiple versions of a halfway popular artist whose demographic imo doesn't immediately jump out as the Funko demo. But yeah then you throw in all the marvel and star wars variations and all the different sized figures they have now and dioramas of bands on a stage and you can see why they're tanking financially, the way they just flooded the market.

@Stevey_Mac I have a Joel and an Ellie. And it drives me crazy that it's a Part 1 Joel but a Part 2 Ellie. It's bizarre the characters that get Funko's and the ones who don't. You'd think a Part 1 Joel and Ellie or a Part 2 Joel and Ellie would be a no brainer but nah, one from each lol.

@tallythwack lol well I mean I know that's all a bit sarcastic but as others have pointed out, the planet is fine. We're simply endangering our ability to live on it. So I mean, I wouldn't get too worried about the planet just for the sake of the planet.

@EarlyBird94 so yeah I definitely don't wanna come off callous in regards to the environment. I do care. A great deal. But you've touched on something very accurate in that people are usually quick to codemn some form of waste so long as it's something they aren't really interested in.

Though this does remind of how ag ended up leaving many a harvest to sit and rot during the depression because it was simply cheaper. Sigh.

Idk guys, this seems like the kinda thing that happens every day on a smaller scale at just about any place that manufactures anything. I work in printing, for example, and the amount of chemicals and paper and just all kinds of materials that get thrown out is staggering. On a daily basis.

Not saying either is good... but maybe we could dial back the "funkos are ruining the planet" rhetoric. Like, we're on a PlayStation fansite after all. None of our hands are particularly clean.

@ItsBritneyB_tch I couldn't agree more. Like when Ellie gave her "everyone except you" line to Joel it felt so unearned. Feels more like they barely just started out together and still barely know each other.

@arsmolinarc yes we now have Joel with a black woman and Ellie and Tommy. It's like c'mon guys. Don't get me wrong, my wife is one of the lightest women I've been with and she's Mexican lol, so I get the appeal but like it's just getting weird now.

I mostly just laughed at Maria's race-swap though. Definitely not even close to the worst aspect of that episode.

@InsaneWade @kcarnes9051 @LimitedPower there's blubbering and crying when a loved one is dying in your arms and there's blubbering and crying during a therapy session. I think those are pretty different.

But it's true the pacing is different. As a result we've seen none of Joel's brutally. We've been told about it ad nauseam but thus far it's been Joel killing people under fairly understandable circumstances and even then somewhat hesitantly.

In any case far more apologists have popped on since I last got on here and started this reply and rather than turn this into a serious wall of text I'll just say adding complexity can fundamentally change a character that wasn't too complex to begin with. Joel was a regular dad and then stuff happened and then he became cold, disillusioned, bitter, and mostly uncaring. That's not really complex. And at some point the more you add, the more the character changes.

So agree to disagree here I guess. Like if in the upcoming GoW series Kratos starts crying and spilling his guts to Freya I'm not gonna call that adding complexity, no matter what Christopher Judge says.

And to be clear the changes aren't necessarily out of order, so no one need justify the why... I'm just saying he's different than the game, by a mile. And I didn't expect that, and don't particularly welcome it. But again that's just me.

@kcarnes9051 Joel has been noticeably hesitant, he's having panic attacks and blubbering and crying. You don't see that as a fundamental change in his character?

I think it can safely be said that this is something of a reimagining (especially in regards to certain characters) and while there's nothing wrong with that, it would have been nice to know that going in imo. I mean, when one of your main characters is just so fundamentally different it's, at the very least, a little jarring.

And don't get me wrong, obviously not everything can carry over from one medium to the other. Changes are expected. But like, imagine "Harry did you put your name in the goblet of fire!!!" but it's like that for every scene. That's just a different Dumbledore entirely.

Just one man's opinion.

@DarkestHour yeah, they aren't exactly A24 high brow horror but definitely fun with friends and family. Also I was really torn up when I got Brenda Song killed. Stayed with me for days lol.

Kinda prefer this one over Until Dawn personally.

Good lord I have like all of these, I'mma just stop buying games ffs.

Very close to $50 worth of rewards points on my PlayStation card but if I can't get there while this sale is still going on it might be for the best with PSVR2 right around the corner. Definitely curious about NFS though.

@mcdreamer that's pretty much what I did but at 20 bucks it's probably worth it. I should say I unlocked the 2nd island and then got distracted by other games and never ended up going back but a lot of fun up to that point.

@J_e_f_f__D yeah at almost 50 that's still overpriced. It's not as horrible as some make it out but it's definitely not a AAA title imo. Base price should be 49.99 at best.

@mrbone yeah but it's still running on backwards compatibility. that's gotta amount to some resolution loss, not to mention it loads slow as molasses even on the SSD.

@MrMeeeseeeks or the hatchet he put in that prisoners head. Or those bar dudes he straight blew away. Or the way he killed that cannibal leader. Or how he did Shane. Yeah Rick was gangsta. And you're absolutely right that Joel seems tame in comparison.

And Sofia. Can't forget that one.

@ItsBritneyB_tch y'know I thought that exact same thing about Ramsey in that scene. She was good.

@Jacko11 from what I've heard they are less subtle with David's creepiness from the outset. Unfortunate if true.

Anyway, best episode yet imo. Even if Kathleen didn't work for me. And maybe the whole deaf+cancer was a little much too. Like pick one lol but really solid episode nonetheless.

@Victor_Meldrew I think we all just had less to choose from at one time.

One thing that I think this sketch misses the mark on is that it's acting as if the new TLOU series is a gritty take on a video game without realizing, it's simply a gritty video game in the first place.

I've still yet to see any sitting on store shelves and the digital still seems a little hard to come by even online but it's definitely a vast improvement from the situation over most of the past two years. I mean, I could just order a Disc edition Ragnarok bundle right now if I wanted. At retail. Weird lol.

Pretty much hate the cinematography but other than that it's pretty solid. And I definitely had my doubts. Even Ramsey seems fine in the role of Ellie. Not perfect, mind you, but not objectionable.

@InvaderJim also enjoyed the Curtis and Viper inclusion. Having a show definitely gives them a chance to more seamlessly weave in Part 2, which I look forward to.

@ChrisDeku agreed. everyone kinda conveniently ignoring the passing of time that has and will continue to have occurred since this game's initial release on console.

Still, it could've easily been 59.99 on PS5.

I'm all for moving on to PS5 exclusivity but choosing DLC for a cross-gen game as the time to make that move is borderline disrespectful. Anyone who can't admit that is in a bizarre place in life.

Even as a PS5 owner what I take away from this and their statement justifying it is they really held back for the main game (the one I paid 70 for) but the DLC "yeah man we went all in." Lol, like what?

@SolaceCreed perhaps due to the pandemic but the films were shelved in favor of the Rick/Michonne spinoff series.

As regards this series I was most worried about Pascal as Joel but honestly it's Ramsey that just doesn't work for me. That could change once I start watching but man is there an expectations to reality gulf at the moment.

Also don't understand the Sci-fi Channel lighting they got going on but that just seems to be the trend with more and more streamed shows these days. Not a fan. Doesn't need to be Ozark dark but holy moly I feel like I'm watching an episode of NCIS with these trailers.

@Milktastrophe kinda think he's rushing through the game so he'll be done and can stop worrying about spoilers (even inadvertent ones like this here article).

Luckily I don't care about this game but if I did, I'd call that Heimdall line a spoiler. A major spoiler? Of course not. But it does spoil a brief moment of revelation, yes. Which, in games driven by character and story, is kinda what it's all about.

But for some reason the staff on this site (and many users) are never willing to acknowledge they may have inadvertently spoiled some small bit of fun. Kinda disappointing really.

@Jettstyles so with PSVR 1 there were just the Move wands, which you didn't need for everything. But they helped and if you had them you kinda had to have 2. Those charged with same connection as the standard PS4 controllers. In my case, I seemed to have several different charging blocks and cables from cell phones that used the same USB type so I'd usually just charge the Move controllers with those but occasionally I'd use the PS4. In any case it's a bit of a juggling act keeping all the different controllers charged but honestly I never found it to be that much of a bother.

I imagine a controller charge station is something you never really need until you've had one and then there's no going back. That's probably why I'd never buy one because I know I'd be spoiled by it from then on.

I find just having a job to be a much easier and consistent way to make money than scalping but that's just me. So hopefully I'll be able to snag one tomorrow for personal use.

Game was never my cup of tea (though neither is SSB) but I didn't realize it was such a flop since my kids loved it at the time.

Funny that it's being referenced but man, what a spoiled Easter egg this is.

Still major patches coming out for this but there's nothing left to fix? I'm with @KaijuKaiser, there's definitely no harm in waiting for a complete edition, or something comparable, where the game will be at its absolute best.

Mind you I have a disc copy from launch but I'm not going back to what was an absolute mess of a game until it's definitely done.

I hate being told anything I didn't ask for. Even the "Hint" button that pops up in Tlou infuriates me because jfc I'm scavenging, not running around trying to find the obvious door I need to open.

A menu option regarding puzzle help is the only way to go on this.

@WizzNL thanks, was also having no luck with this campaign. And I'm certain I'm set to limited.

@Would_you_kindly yeah I tried it for a good ten minutes several times yesterday and nothing registered. It's whatever, I kinda only care about the points but not so much I wanna commit hours trying to figure out how to get this to register.

Also annoyed that I just recently started Returnal to try it out and defeated Phrike like literally 2 days ago but that campaign isn't available to me so I guess certain campaigns will forever be unavailable should you do something after the campaign exists. And, well, that's kinda dumb.

@nessisonett fwiw I understand the impact this economy has on each individual varies and it doesn't always have anything to do with anyone's poor planning or lack of work ethic or other such bootstrap-ish mantras. And hard as I try not to spend money (primarily out of spite toward our corporate overlords) much of my ability to afford a PSVR2 is largely just happenstance.

@nessisonett lol, that kinda hurts. I mean, I'm willing to drop this much on VR but in my defense I'm about the most penny pinching tightwad on the planet with just about everything else as I'm generally opposed to consumerism but gaming is my one vice.

@thefourfoldroot1 same. can't not. And I can swing an extra 550 knowing I have a couple months to plan for it.

Was really turned off by the cheaply lit look the trailer had but I'm hoping maybe this gets fixed in post production, though I'm not even sure how much they can do when they seemed to have shot everything with soap opera lighting.

Still I wasn't aware Melanie Lynskey was in it so that's pretty much a guaranteed give it a try for me.