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I hate that I’m so skeptical towards this statement. I want to earnestly believe Tango is in good hands, but I really don’t know. Something about this publisher owning PUBG makes the whole thing not sit right with me…

Where are the big fixes?!

@riceNpea I was under the impression that Team Asobi set that price point, no?

Also, $5 increase for what ? Totally out of touch.

This seems like it has a roughly 70% chance of giving me nightmares. Maybe I’ll try it!

@Voltan congratulations on winning the tournament!

@IamJT @PuppetMaster Full transparency, I attempted to think of another feature similar to photo mode, that doesn’t impede enjoyment in its absence, yet adds utility for those who like it, but I couldn’t.

Overall, my point being that features of this type should not be news-worthy on their own, because the game should have these quality of life things at launch (feature-complete), with updates reserved for new content and bug fixes, OR features like this should be prioritized and mentioned with release notes for content updates.

Obligatory “games should be feature complete at launch” post.

Not necessarily bug-free, but they should at least be feature-complete* playable as intended, and free of any show-stopping issues. *excluding future DLC (new levels, customization, stories that were never intended to be in the base game), games should launch with features like a photo mode.

What about bug fixes?

I finally decided to buy the game a few weeks ago, after hearing so much about it and wanting to play it with my friends, and in the middle of the very first match I got into after the tutorial, the entirety of my custom control settings (from the in-game rebinding options) reset out of nowhere after I died.

Unfortunately for me, I rely on the in-game options (when available) to invert the controls, since it’s an inconvenience and a challenge to open the control center, click on accessibility, open the settings screen, go to custom controller settings, turn it on, and then get back to the game in time for the match to start. Why the PS5 can’t have the controller remapping settings in control center when the PS4 has them in its quick menu is beyond me…

Scott Wozniak and his friends will be happy!

So between this and the new Assassin’s Creed game, season passes are back?

@Dragonite89 my thoughts exactly! I had a thought, “woah, this sounds familiar” 😂

This does look interesting though…

Is this series like Persona at all?

This is what AAAA gaming gets you, folks.

@Northern_munkey The more I know! Thank you!

@GamingFan4Lyf Not having played Helldivers 2 myself, it is very confusing at times, because, yeah, it doesn’t really read like a news article, and it’s difficult to comprehend what’s actually happening. Kind of cult-esque, maybe?

The sound of the text boxes in that trailer is extremely unsettling to me, not sure why though.

The P3R soundtrack wasn’t already available?

As I said on the corresponding Pure Xbox article, isn’t this just Pac-Man 99, but on PlayStation?

@NEStalgia I read something about the “Starter Edition” Game Pass perk messing with the free trial you mentioned. How do I avoid that?

@NEStalgia That’s all very technical. Dizzying already… if I’m being honest. I have the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo downloaded already, should I start there to see if I even like a ‘more traditional’ Final Fantasy?

@NEStalgia How is Final Fantasy Online? The advertising is starting to get to my head, and I think I want to try it out, but I’ve only ever played the first two chapters of Final Fantasy 16, so I don’t know what to expect.

Ugh, I have so many games I want to play, and yet I’m tired of starting a game, really getting into it, putting it down, trying to play it again later, having no idea what I’m doing, getting frustrated or bored, and never playing it again until I eventually restart the whole thing, only for the cycle to begin again.

@Orochilocka P3R has been my first Persona game, and as I was looking into it I learned that it was an offshoot of SMT. I’m kind of confused though, why are they different series? What are the differences between the games?

I was just thinking yesterday how absurd it is that we’re halfway through the PS5s lifecycle, and somehow the PS4 is still getting games.

I guess the PS2 is all like 🥹 at the moment.

@DennisReynolds It’s silly that I immediately thought of Skull and Bones when that doesn’t even fit the description you gave. 😅

Prince of Persia barely feels like a Ubisoft game, and I mean that in a good way…

I’m starting to think the “AAAA” comments were misunderstood, as it seems more and more likely they weren’t referring to high-quality games, but screams of infuriation: https://youtu.be/jVtp0pImrVo?si=cJ_J1QEEWWeAx2SV

@TwoDents TOOK YER DURRR https://youtu.be/APo2p4-WXsc?si=6Dbl0If_wS3HTkZK

@nessisonett @Octane it’s interesting how we all thought specifically of Ukraine…

Weren’t most of us around here who regular the Hookshot websites saying that this would happen from the beginning?

something something “Give us Crash Bandicoot 5”

On the other hand, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale would have a lot of room for crossovers…

@MFTWrecks “…which is exactly why they are in FPS games: instead of pointing the gun at your own head, you’re pointing it at the other players in the arena. Now you’ll HAVE to buy the cosmetics!” -EA, probably

Furthermore, it makes me feel strange in general to realize that as players we’re generally at the mercy of publishers and developers with these kinds of things, and just how far things have gone in favor of profits and corporations. An example is how, at this point, there are people defending microtransactions as a concept in an article about overpriced cosmetics. Because, truthfully, a few years ago the discussion was still focused around the vile idea of microtransactions as a whole. People say that it’s time to move on, let go, and just enjoy the game, but all that does is reinforce the idea that the corporations behind game development can keep pushing the needle bit-by-bit, until we’re left with a shell of an experience, and even then it’ll still require 40GB updates, take up 100+GBs of space, have overly expensive in-game purchases, AND be completely unplayable once the servers shut down out of nowhere on a day that ends in Y.

@AverageGamer Yes, I understand. And to that, I say we’re reaching the same conclusion. It’s not very great either way that the penny-pinching from the top down is as drastic as it is, but it seems destined to happen regardless since everyone involved is just chasing profits.

@AverageGamer Sony are not the only one quick to shut down servers.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/10/3ds-and-wii-u-online-play-ends-in-early-april-2024

Yeah, it’s not exactly the same issue… it’s arguably worse, since the Switch can’t play 3DS or Wii U games, and the ports that have happened ended up being changed just enough for there to be a noticeable difference (and, likewise, making it worth playing the originals over the ports) in most cases.

It’s not “at no extra cost”.

Netflix has disproportionately increased the cost of their service over the last few years to give us consumers the illusion of it being at no extra cost.

The difference is major.

@tabris95 I’m sorry, I believe I misspoke. The house-flipping business is what got us into that situation, and it took until a year or two ago for us to finally be clear of it enough to not have to struggle to survive.

@tabris95 I’m salty about it as well because one of my parents was led to pursue it as a sole source of income after losing a successful commission-based career and floundering in a customer service position at a marketing company during the US recession in the late 2000s, to the extent that my parents nearly separated and that by the time I was in high school my parents and I were homeless and staying in an emergency shelter during the first half of one school year. Luckily, we’re doing far better now, even considering the recent pandemic and looming drought.

@TRC it took a double-take for me to realize that the link you posted was a link to the service formerly known as Twitter.

This has no relevance to the article, though it was fascinating to realize that even I don’t recognize that service anymore, especially since I follow tech news every day.

I haven’t watched South Park in any capacity since the end of season 23, and so the clip above makes no sense to me whatsoever.

The wording of this article reminds me of the PS3 Slim’s first marketing campaign, and in a strange twist of fate in the final form, coming full-circle to say “You only do everything.”

Hmm, maybe this 🗣️ voiceover setting will help me learn Arabic vocabulary 📝 that would be useful in my study of the Quran. 📖

It also benefits me that I’ve wanted to play Assassins Creed 🥷 ever since III Remastered on the Wii U, but for whatever reason I’ve never actually done so. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Has there been any news on the 👩🏻‍🦯 accessibility ♿️ options in this upcoming game? 🎮

@dschons https://youtu.be/eaBUeINW_3s