ATaco

Nice one, Herman.

I'll bet a lot of people though "yikes, this is looking rough." While developing or supervising the game but for fear of being labeled bigots or whatever they had to keep their mouth shut. Now they're losing their jobs anyway.

You mean the game from the guy who whined like a baby seeing his character in Astro bot?

Nintendo wants a monopoly on these Pokemon style games. Why allow healthy competition if you can just sue the opposition? That way you can continue to release low effort games and make millions.

This might be the first state of play in a long time that I don't even bother tuning in for.

The big thing is that this is supposed to be a remaster, not a remake. A remaster should have minimal changes (whether they personally offend you or not) From lines of dialogue being changed (one guy calling Frank a commie) to the VAs being swapped out. Even rewriting Frank to be less of a sleazeball, despite that being how his character was meant to be. He wasn't an action hero, he was a scumbag put in a crappy situation that eventually decides to do the right thing for once.

Everyone seems to be focusing on the photography thing as the one big thing (which is how this always works. Everyone always targets the one thing that best lines up with their preconceived notions) but in reality the photography is just one slice of a big cake of changes. Does it REALLY matter in the end? I don't even consider it "censorship", it's just a pointless change that only a few people would have cared about if it was still in. Same as how only a few people really care that it was taken out.

About what I expected, when I first started the answer I was excited for more of the game I had fallen in love with, unfortunately I didn't quite get that with the expansion.

I watched a rather comprehensive video of all the changes from someone who was clearly passionate about the original release and it seems that all these little changes and edits do add up. The casual fan who just wants to mindlessly murder zombies in a mall won't notice but for those with love for the original release, just play that one on PC and install some mods to update the experience (it'll be cheaper too!!)

I don't have an infinite budget or endless time to hope that a game I play will be worth said money/time. Highly reviewed games are usually a safe bet, though I don't mind gambling every now and then if the game is from a developer I enjoy or a genre I like. Ultimately though if you want good review, just make an objectively good game.

I would have gotten a nine but I misclicked. My best showing yet.

Saw it for $5 at a theater like a week after it released. There were like 6 other people there and nobody laughed at any point. Honestly I just decided to watch it because it was really hot that day and was hungry for some popcorn.

I mean it looks like it comes with a lot of collectible trinkets. Good if you're a huge fan of the game.

Honestly the pro just doesn't seem like that much of an improvement over the base console. It's not like we're talking buying a series X over an S. It's just... slightly better and that's it. It's kind of a shame since I've been considering trading in my original PS5 for an upgrade but not if it will hardly be an upgrade.

Hopefully nobody buys these things so scalpers are forced to take a big loss.

We're due for another game industry crash. Hopefully it gets all the investors to bail so we can go back to publishers making smaller but more enjoyable games that don't cost millions or billions to create.

"Man, I really hope the Powerstation 5 Pro is a worthwhile upgrade."

Ironically they're only in this mess because they keep listening to investors.

Sony is just raising the price of everything nowadays.

Rockstar I can bang some pots and pans pretty well, if you still need someone. I'll settle for 7.5k for my talents.

You mean that different players like different experiences and catering to as many different people as possible with many games so they buy your stuff is the key to success? Someone give that guy a raise! And close another studio to save a buck!

He should feel honored his game was included with the likes of gaming legends.

2 new titles being added every week seems rather compelling. I can see the library growing to a respectable number in a year, if the platform is still available. There is something to be said about how easy it is to just pick up and stream without having to fuss with roms and emulators. Unfortunately they really should have launched with a free trial, to ensure you can even play these games well.

@themightyant
Absolutely, I almost quit playing one of my favorite game franchises (Persona) because I was more worried about collecting shiny fake things and I got so upset that I missed an event that would force me to replay the entire game just to go back and get it. Missing that trophy was so frustrating and all I could think about when I started the game, to the point I would barely get any progress done. Eventually I set the game aside and just played something else for a while..but in that time I thought to myself "WHY am I doing this? Do I EVER have fun getting these trophies?" At most I'll get an endorphin rush that lasts for like 20 minutes when the plat pops and maybe a simple "congrats!" When I tell friends...but was it worth the hours of frustration getting some of these trophies usually brings?

I decided then that the answer was no and went back to play Persona 5 again, solely focusing on completing the game and ignoring any of the remaining trophies. Ever since I just play something until it stops being fun, I don't even bother to complete games if I'm not enjoying them. Gaming first and foremost should be fun! I don't know how I forgot that a long the way. Reading this article about the trophy grind for Concord makes me happy that I left that part of myself behind.

Really loved dawn of sorrow and liked portrait of ruin. Never did play order of ecclesia but it might be time to change that...

We'll see the boxes at local swap meets going three for $5.

Microsoft's "Everything MUST run on series S" is really killing them here and I don't understand how they can claim otherwise.

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare
They'd murder the remaining goodwill they have if they hike the price up yet again. No way Sony is that dumb and if they are...well then I'll finally abandon consoles and go PC.

Looks more like zoomer fashion than anything else though.

@RoomWithaMoose
I'm not sure Sony can afford to test your theory many more times.

Pronouns were included in Concord so that you could say

"Oh damn, he's in that corridor over there."

And your teammate can say

"Um Excuse me they're not a him they're a she!!"

@Balaam_
On the flip side, how tantalizing must it be to have such a rare plat? It's definitely a gamble...

This was the most effective way to send a message, hitting Sony right in the pocketbook.

And now the narrative will be "people just don't want justice league games" or some garbage like that.

4/10 I guess I'm just not good at retaining random trivia.

This game looks like its really going to be something special. Hopefully it does well so that Sony takes note.

Now I just feel bad for people who actually bought the game. Then again they were warned, constantly. Incessantly.

@BloodyBlact
Hey it could be a HiFi rush situation, where they are saved from closure by another studio. Nobody wants to see people that are able to make good games get fired.

I think I saw a trailer for this in one of the game presentations but it showed next to nothing so it didn't leave much of an impression...

I still only pay $60 for games. If it doesn't come out at that price then I just wait for a sale. Plenty of games out there to keep my attention.

Ubisoft have gotten lazy. They think they can slap the Far Cry formula on everything and it'll just work. The lack of attention to detail really shows from different gameplay clips I've seen. Little things like the characters not getting wet after going in water, the NPC animations very lacking...this is what happens when you pump out open world after open world.

Seems like we'll be FF16 as a plus offering down the line, someone probably flipped the switch early accidentally.

I think it's more that these publishers don't want to put anything on Xbox because, unless it's on Gamepass, they won't buy it.

Yes, keep putting everything on PC and the PS5 is the last console I will buy.

Pack it up already Amazon. Stay out of the games market.

Just gotta cut your loses. I'm not sure how well it'll do going free to play (and it'll probably piss off the few actual fans the game has if they turn around and suddenly hand it out for free. I feel like both Concord and Sony were too stupid to correct ship and have now got to take their lumps for it.

@SMcCrae95
If this is the case I can see it actually being a positive rather than what I was worried about. The only civ game I didn't enjoy was beyond Earth but even that one had some good ideas, so I'll give Firaxis the benefit of the doubt with this one.

@anubisvel
While true, while playing Humankind I ran into the issue of the game quickly becoming a race to advances ages and pick the civ you wanted before another player was able to take them and lock them out. I just feel like this "changing civs" idea was already implemented in Humankind (which is a very Civ style game already) so my hope is that this doesn't just become a repeat of that game, which I wound up not enjoying as much as traditional Civ.

I'm really loving the change in art style but I'm very worried about the game lacking a bit of identity with rulers being able to lead other civs. It's how I felt about humankind, which this new system sounds similar to. I really hope Civ fleshes this out a lot better than that game did.

@dark_knightmare2
It's ok you can still enjoy your game no matter what the mean people on the internet say.

@Lifegirl
He was influenced into leaving his own opinion in this comment section about someone else's review of the game!

Does not bode well for the next Assassin's Creed.