We can only hope western investors see that when you make a good game without any hidden agenda's, we will support it. Don't listen to the tiny minority obsessed with certain political issues. We play games to escape real life crap and more and more companies are shoving this into our games.
Very immature Click bait article from PS. I like this site because even though it's PlayStation centric, it doesn't ignore clear problems with a game and just calls criticisms 'haters'. Hopefully this isn't the path you as a company decide to go down. I think you will lose all credibility and if you don't have that you're just another kotaku/polygon
Well at least they won't have people attacking them for making Mrs freeze too attractive..maybe should ignore those people and take a page out of steller blades book
A lot of these comments are on point with their criticism. For me the side quests were painful but the glaring issue with the game is the combat. No strategy needed besides stagger and then unload your abilities to do as much damage as possible. This was the killer for me when I realised that it was just never gonna get anymore deep than that. Once you realise the gameplay loop is so basic the game then just became a chore. Still finished it as I really liked the story but I stopped enjoying playing around 30% of the way through
Bloodborne was I think the last game I got kind of obsessed with and couldn't put down, played it a few years after it came out and is my favourite ps4 game. Tbh nothing that's has come out since has matched it. Would love a sequel just to get more lore on that world
@neverwild My God valid criticism is hate now 😂 look you clearly are one of those people who will stand up for massive corporations over customers so good for you 👍 I will now "move on" of my own accord and not waste any more time on this conversation
@Neverwild PlayStation have been brought to court for their digital storefront practices, they deserve plenty of criticism. Why defend what is clearly a massive rip off to consumers?Digital sales cost much less than selling physical yet they are on average way more expensive.
@Neverwild of course not all are cheaper everywhere that's why i used the words 'most' and 'probably'. Using absolutes to try and disprove my point is lazy
Actually looking at the list there are a good 5 or so games that I'm looking forward to playing. I'm good with that since work/family take up so much of my time I would only have time to play around 5 games in a year.
Unfortunately dlc characters has killed my interest in fighting games. Remember when we used to get characters as a reward for beating challenges in a game? That was so satisfying. I know people will say paid dlc is the norm now but that doesn't make it right
Can we please stop blaming the pandemic, it's been long enough that devs have recovered by now. It's not like they had stopped working altogether they were just working from home which I will grant can slow down progress but it's not the obstacle it's made out to be. I worked from home all the way through covid and still work hybrid now, it doesn't affect my productivity at all
@Odium completely agree on the mini games too, but just dealing with the checklist and not actually enjoying it is such a shame in modern gaming. This isn't just a rebirth problem it's a massive problem of all open world games these days, in my opinion anyway
So I can't continue with ff7 rebirth for now. Have got as far as nibel and just can't do another box ticking world map. Will need to take a long break so instead I'm playing the OG Final fantasy 7 😂but with the new threat mod on my new gaming laptop, also a lot of really cool graphics upgrade mods that make the game look amazing 😍
Why in the article are the character designs of that concord game dubbed objectively good? They are the most generic Fortnite overwatch marvel modern day cartoon like characters who are subjectively awful and everything wrong with modern gaming
Thank heavens, another team based shooter that I'll never play! Absolute garbage SOP. Astro Bot is just another sackboys big adventure which I didn't care about and that being the 'highlight' really is a downer. So disappointed but at least I have so many old games I've never tried that are so much better than anything being released these days. Currently playing though the arkham trilogy and loving it.
Funny thing is, this shouldn't be even classed as fan fiction since the writers openly mocked the source material. This show is from writers piggybacking on a much better writers work and trying to improve it.
Bloodborne 2 for the love of all that is holy, please Sony! I haven't really enjoyed anything this generation to the same extent as say, Bloodborne or ghost of Tsushima. Need something to show me buying a ps5 was even worth it
@breakneck Sounds like you've had the same experience as me. im seriously tempted to Skip a lot of the side junk but it goes against every instinct I have 😅
Still ff7 rebirth. Just at Cosmo canyon now and 65 hours in. I'm a huge FF fan but this game is too much. There are too many mini games, too many 'places of interest' on maps that are too big. It's become boring and I just want to get to the end before spoilers but the completionist in me means I have to tick every box. This game is what is wrong with modern games, they feel like they need to be huge and take 100 hours to complete so cost way more money to produce which then can put a company on trouble if it doesn't perform amazingly. Remake was shorter, more streamlined and much better for it. I hope square learn this for part 3
Really looking forward to this. As others have said the first game laid some solid foundations so if they can build on that and tweak a few things they're on to a winner
To everyone complaining about the score, it's a 5 which is average. It's like you're upset the reviewer didn't think it was better than average. Reviews are subjective and shouldn't be judged as objectively right or wrong. Comparing to what other sites give on a subjective opinion and wanting it to be higher here makes absolutely no sense
@DaniPooo Yeah I must say I agree with your assessment of both games. Every fight in 16 boiled down to mash abilities to get stagger. Once staggered use the most damaging abilities, rinse repeat. 7s definitely has more depth with things like elemental and status affects and the much more customisation with materia, not to mention multiple characters with different unique abilities
@IntrepidWombat ya you've definitely got a point about waiting before buying games. But 16s combat is awful in comparison to ff7 rebirth. 16s Looks flashy but is shallow and gets extremely repetitive
@__Seraph clearly youre referring to me. My life is going just fine thank you and I'm quite happy. All I'm doing is demanding more from a subscription service that raised it's prices and offered no upgrade to the quality of their games. If we accept whatever we are given and just be happy we won't see an improvement, like we haven't had most months since this service began. I mean come on, medieval is already available to play multiple ways and I'm supposed to be happy it's added to the already bare bones premium tier?
@get2sammyb look of you're looking forward to 'checks notes' Tales of Kenzera: ZAU and animal well, 2 indie metroidvanias in an already saturated market fair enough. But these games will be bargain bin prices in matter of months
Rebirth and battlefront classic collection for me. Still very curious to see rebirths sales figures as its an amazing game with a lot of work put into it I hope it does well as the developers deserve it. All I can find is an old article about it's sales dropping in the first week in Japan
I used to always check out the sales until I realised 95% of the games arent discounted, they are just reflecting their real life value. The scam is when there is a game that's like 5 years old and psn has its "real" value before the discount at like 69.99
Hmm not too happy with these choices myself. Was looking forward to this game but co op multiplayer seems a strange choice. Could be closer to suicide squad than GoT
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Re: Round Up: What Was Announced During Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024?
I haven't watched it but is that it??? Thats the full list? What the heck was the point in this?
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Is Blowing Up Big Time on PS5, PC
We can only hope western investors see that when you make a good game without any hidden agenda's, we will support it. Don't listen to the tiny minority obsessed with certain political issues. We play games to escape real life crap and more and more companies are shoving this into our games.
Re: There's Already Concern Over Concord's Player Count as Open Beta Begins
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Re: Take in a Concord Double Feature with These Scene-Setting Cinematic Vignettes
The steam numbers are pretty horrific for this game. Says it all really. Please ignore me though because I'm a hater
Re: Preview: Ignore The Haters, Concord Is a Good PS5 Shooter We Can't Wait to Play More Of
Very immature Click bait article from PS. I like this site because even though it's PlayStation centric, it doesn't ignore clear problems with a game and just calls criticisms 'haters'. Hopefully this isn't the path you as a company decide to go down. I think you will lose all credibility and if you don't have that you're just another kotaku/polygon
Re: Remain Chill, Playable Mrs. Freeze Will Soon Join Suicide Squad's Rogues' Gallery
Well at least they won't have people attacking them for making Mrs freeze too attractive..maybe should ignore those people and take a page out of steller blades book
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for July 2024?
Awful month. Borderlands 3 is not worth playing and the other 2 games,for God sake
Re: Poll: One Year Later, What Are Your Thoughts on Final Fantasy 16?
A lot of these comments are on point with their criticism. For me the side quests were painful but the glaring issue with the game is the combat. No strategy needed besides stagger and then unload your abilities to do as much damage as possible. This was the killer for me when I realised that it was just never gonna get anymore deep than that. Once you realise the gameplay loop is so basic the game then just became a chore. Still finished it as I really liked the story but I stopped enjoying playing around 30% of the way through
Re: FromSoftware Boss Twists the Bloodborne Knife, Says It's 'A Special Game for Me'
Bloodborne was I think the last game I got kind of obsessed with and couldn't put down, played it a few years after it came out and is my favourite ps4 game. Tbh nothing that's has come out since has matched it. Would love a sequel just to get more lore on that world
Re: Over 1,600 Must-Play PS5, PS4 Games Discounted on PS Store
@neverwild My God valid criticism is hate now 😂 look you clearly are one of those people who will stand up for massive corporations over customers so good for you 👍 I will now "move on" of my own accord and not waste any more time on this conversation
Re: Over 1,600 Must-Play PS5, PS4 Games Discounted on PS Store
@Neverwild PlayStation have been brought to court for their digital storefront practices, they deserve plenty of criticism. Why defend what is clearly a massive rip off to consumers?Digital sales cost much less than selling physical yet they are on average way more expensive.
Re: Over 1,600 Must-Play PS5, PS4 Games Discounted on PS Store
@Neverwild of course not all are cheaper everywhere that's why i used the words 'most' and 'probably'. Using absolutes to try and disprove my point is lazy
Re: Over 1,600 Must-Play PS5, PS4 Games Discounted on PS Store
@get2sammyb I'm sure they are on ps store but if you count most other places you can buy the games they are probably cheaper not even on a sale price.
Re: Talking Point: What PS5 Game Had the Best Showing Across All the Summer Gaming Events?
Actually looking at the list there are a good 5 or so games that I'm looking forward to playing. I'm good with that since work/family take up so much of my time I would only have time to play around 5 games in a year.
Re: Sonic X Shadow Generations Looks Legit on PS5, PS4
Really looking forward to this. And yes agree with most comments on here shadow was always badass. SA2 was amazing especially playing it as a kid
Re: Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (PS5) - Combat-Heavy RPG Gets a Major Overhaul
Think I'm gonna like this one. Once I saw 60 fps I was sold
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Reveal Has Utterly Torn Fan Opinion as Trailer Gets Slaughtered
I thought I was watching the concord trailer again 😂
Re: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Will Add Over 20 DLC Characters Across Its Season Pass
@Shad361 clearly it's not enough which is why they are adding more with dlc
Re: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Will Add Over 20 DLC Characters Across Its Season Pass
@Nepp67 I haven't played any recent diagonball games which ones you talking about? I know xenoverse has tons of dlc characters.
@EYEBALL Ya and soulcalibur 2. The peak time for fighting games were pate ps1 early ps2, for me anyway
Re: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Will Add Over 20 DLC Characters Across Its Season Pass
Unfortunately dlc characters has killed my interest in fighting games. Remember when we used to get characters as a reward for beating challenges in a game? That was so satisfying. I know people will say paid dlc is the norm now but that doesn't make it right
Re: Reaction: Summer Game Fest 2024 Showcases AAA's Endless Winter
Can we please stop blaming the pandemic, it's been long enough that devs have recovered by now. It's not like they had stopped working altogether they were just working from home which I will grant can slow down progress but it's not the obstacle it's made out to be. I worked from home all the way through covid and still work hybrid now, it doesn't affect my productivity at all
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 531
@Odium completely agree on the mini games too, but just dealing with the checklist and not actually enjoying it is such a shame in modern gaming. This isn't just a rebirth problem it's a massive problem of all open world games these days, in my opinion anyway
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 531
So I can't continue with ff7 rebirth for now. Have got as far as nibel and just can't do another box ticking world map. Will need to take a long break so instead I'm playing the OG Final fantasy 7 😂but with the new threat mod on my new gaming laptop, also a lot of really cool graphics upgrade mods that make the game look amazing 😍
Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand
Why in the article are the character designs of that concord game dubbed objectively good? They are the most generic Fortnite overwatch marvel modern day cartoon like characters who are subjectively awful and everything wrong with modern gaming
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced During Sony's State of Play Livestream for May 2024?
Thank heavens, another team based shooter that I'll never play! Absolute garbage SOP. Astro Bot is just another sackboys big adventure which I didn't care about and that being the 'highlight' really is a downer. So disappointed but at least I have so many old games I've never tried that are so much better than anything being released these days. Currently playing though the arkham trilogy and loving it.
Re: Feast Your Eyes on Liam Hemsworth as Geralt in The Witcher Season Four
Funny thing is, this shouldn't be even classed as fan fiction since the writers openly mocked the source material. This show is from writers piggybacking on a much better writers work and trying to improve it.
Re: Feature: Revisiting PlayStation Showcase 2023, an Event Sony Must Improve Upon
Bloodborne 2 for the love of all that is holy, please Sony! I haven't really enjoyed anything this generation to the same extent as say, Bloodborne or ghost of Tsushima. Need something to show me buying a ps5 was even worth it
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Dated for 15th November in First Trailer
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Re: Another 2,000 PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Epic Sale
Remember kids, buy physical (unless it's under 20 euro 😅)
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 528
@breakneck Sounds like you've had the same experience as me. im seriously tempted to Skip a lot of the side junk but it goes against every instinct I have 😅
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 528
Still ff7 rebirth. Just at Cosmo canyon now and 65 hours in. I'm a huge FF fan but this game is too much. There are too many mini games, too many 'places of interest' on maps that are too big. It's become boring and I just want to get to the end before spoilers but the completionist in me means I have to tick every box. This game is what is wrong with modern games, they feel like they need to be huge and take 100 hours to complete so cost way more money to produce which then can put a company on trouble if it doesn't perform amazingly. Remake was shorter, more streamlined and much better for it. I hope square learn this for part 3
Re: Over 1,250 Massive PS5, PS4 Games Discounted Right Now
@kirkn Exactly! You will find 99% of these games on "sale" cheaper elsewhere and not on sale.
Re: Hands On: Fallout 4 Next-Gen Runs Great on PS5, But Some Old Problems Persist
@twitchtvpat great thanks will give it a go so. Never managed to finish the game so the 60 fps and better loading should help with that 🙂
Re: Hands On: Fallout 4 Next-Gen Runs Great on PS5, But Some Old Problems Persist
Can someone let me know if my old ps4 save can be used on the ps5 version. Could not be bothered to start a new game
Re: Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Update Quietly Removes Sexy Lara Croft Pinups
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Re: Rumour: Sonic Frontiers 2 in the Works, Say Multiple Sources
Really looking forward to this. As others have said the first game laid some solid foundations so if they can build on that and tweak a few things they're on to a winner
Re: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU (PS5) - Heartfelt Metroidvania on the Simple Side
To everyone complaining about the score, it's a 5 which is average. It's like you're upset the reviewer didn't think it was better than average. Reviews are subjective and shouldn't be judged as objectively right or wrong. Comparing to what other sites give on a subjective opinion and wanting it to be higher here makes absolutely no sense
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Patch 1.31 Brings Big Damage Buffs for Clive, Better Side Quests, and Much More
@DaniPooo Yeah I must say I agree with your assessment of both games. Every fight in 16 boiled down to mash abilities to get stagger. Once staggered use the most damaging abilities, rinse repeat. 7s definitely has more depth with things like elemental and status affects and the much more customisation with materia, not to mention multiple characters with different unique abilities
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Patch 1.31 Brings Big Damage Buffs for Clive, Better Side Quests, and Much More
@IntrepidWombat ya you've definitely got a point about waiting before buying games. But 16s combat is awful in comparison to ff7 rebirth. 16s Looks flashy but is shallow and gets extremely repetitive
Re: 16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
@naruball thank you for taking the time out of your busy fulfilling life to reply to my comment
Re: 16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
@__Seraph clearly youre referring to me. My life is going just fine thank you and I'm quite happy. All I'm doing is demanding more from a subscription service that raised it's prices and offered no upgrade to the quality of their games. If we accept whatever we are given and just be happy we won't see an improvement, like we haven't had most months since this service began. I mean come on, medieval is already available to play multiple ways and I'm supposed to be happy it's added to the already bare bones premium tier?
Re: 16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
@get2sammyb look of you're looking forward to 'checks notes' Tales of Kenzera: ZAU and animal well, 2 indie metroidvanias in an already saturated market fair enough. But these games will be bargain bin prices in matter of months
Re: 15 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
Bargain bin selection of games as usual. My sub is running out this month and I can't wait
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 522
Rebirth and battlefront classic collection for me. Still very curious to see rebirths sales figures as its an amazing game with a lot of work put into it I hope it does well as the developers deserve it. All I can find is an old article about it's sales dropping in the first week in Japan
Re: New Marvel Game Reveal Incoming, Rumoured to Be a 6v6 Hero-Based Shooter
@nomither6 found the target audience
Re: New Marvel Game Reveal Incoming, Rumoured to Be a 6v6 Hero-Based Shooter
Shooter co op multiplayer online live service battle pass cosmetic microtransaction season pass
I'm so tired of this sh*t, so so tired
Re: Big PS Store Discounts on Major PS5, PS4 Titles for PS Plus Members This Weekend
@Specky I actually bought the Arkham collection last month on that sale, that's one of the 5% that's actually a good deal 🙂
Re: Big PS Store Discounts on Major PS5, PS4 Titles for PS Plus Members This Weekend
I used to always check out the sales until I realised 95% of the games arent discounted, they are just reflecting their real life value. The scam is when there is a game that's like 5 years old and psn has its "real" value before the discount at like 69.99
Re: Rise of the Ronin Confirms Character Creator, Four Player Co-Op for Main Missions
Hmm not too happy with these choices myself. Was looking forward to this game but co op multiplayer seems a strange choice. Could be closer to suicide squad than GoT
Re: The Best Star Wars Battlefront Games Are Coming to PS5, PS4
Oh my god oh my god oh my god I am honestly freaking out! The best battlefront games, with multiplayer, oh my god
Soooo many hours spent in battlefront 2 as a kid