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@Northern_munkey You do realize that ‘assault rifles’ count for a mere FRACTION of the actual murders of people in the US? Handguns are used to commit more crimes and murders than any other type of weapon in the US, FAR AND AWAY. it’s not even close. ‘Assault rifles’ are just a political distraction to get the average low information citizen to pay attention to the wrong thing so the scumbag politicians can push other agendas and further divide the citizenry. Do the research - see for yourself.

Our gub’mint can get bent. Go focus on something actually worth the time and effort like China, the food supply in the world, our frail power grid, homelessness and any other myriad of worthwhile issues.

Still wandering the Lands In Between in Elden Ring and loving every minute of it! The scale and depth of this game is ridiculously incredible!

I absolutely love the Aliens franchise and have played every game that's been released for it going back to Aliens vs. Predator on PS3 (loved that!!), but I may just pass on this. I'm not into real-time, X-com type strategy games AT ALL. This definitely looks good if that's your type of game, but it just isn't for me

This game was certainly good but not 'GREAT'. Since the update is free and I still have my copy I'll definitely be going back to it and getting 100% completion.

@Dusk_Actual Just sent you a friend request. I’m only LVL 60(ish) right now and have only beaten a half dozen bosses or so (you can take a look at my trophy profile to see about where I’m at), but my magic is strong. LOL 😉😂👍🏽💪🏽

@Dusk_Actual Sounds good and I will keep you in mind! I've played all the Soulsborne games so I know my way around 'em but I can always use some help too! Is your PSN ID: Dusk_Actual ?

I am lost in my first play through of Elden Ring and LOVING IT!!!

If the trophies are working properly now I’ll definitely be getting this………… when I’m done with Elden Ring, which I just started 😉👍🏽💪🏽

No interest at all for me in a remote play device but I’d be all over a PS Vita 2. I quite enjoyed my Vita but the lack of support for it along with not many good titles (or at least titles I’m interested in) have basically relegated it to being an expensive paperweight 🙁

As much as EA pisses me off sometimes and as much as I detest them for ruining some of my favorite franchises, I also can’t deny some of my favorite franchises in gaming are published by EA. Such as Dead Space, Crysis, Battlefield and Battlefront. But I also will NEVER, EVER pick up another Battlefield game until it’s gotten stellar reviews by both the critics and the gaming community at large. I thought BF V was bad at launch? I hadn’t seen anything until the unmitigated stinking dumpster fire that was BF 2042.

Not a single one on there I have even remote interest in so, crap selection for me.

@LordBakemono Well, if you want to single out the story, RE 4's wasn't any less cheesy. At least IMHO. And Sheva's AI wasn't all that bad as I recall. I did platinum the game twice - once on the PS3 in co-op w/ a good friend and once on the PS4 solo. Funny enough, I don't recall the final Wesker fight being ridiculously difficult either in co-op or solo, though a final boss fight SHOULD be tough, or at least the toughest in the game. The boss fight that both I and my co-op partner thought was ridiculous was the Ndesu fight where you're in the back of the truck w/ the mounted gun. THAT was some garbage. But, I do agree with you on at least one point - Chris punching boulders was some over the top LOLOLOLOLOL!!! Like you said, to each their own, for sure. There's no accounting for everyone's tastes. And I also second what @It'sBritneyB_tch said: I didn't like RE 6. That was some hot garbage............ although I did recently go back and 100% it's DLC / MP modes. Some of those were actually not bad. But the main game was shiite.

@ItsBritneyB_tch Cool - Thanks for the insight! And that sounds legit. I personally loved the randomly respawning enemies in DS remake as it gave it a touch of 'realism' that the original didn't have but I can certainly understand your viewpoint. Thanks again!

@LordBakemono Actually, (and I know this is a REALLY unpopular opinion), I thought 5 was far superior to 4 in that it did everything 4 was trying to do only better. It was a more streamlined, smoother experience than 4, and had the benefit of some fun online modes to boot. I think 4 gets the love it does because it was the first game to give us the 3rd person shooter perspective, which, at the time was something new, interesting, exciting and fun. But going back and playing even the PS4 version of 4 against the PS4 version of 5, I just think the mechanics and gameplay of 5 is superior, hands down. In the interest of full transparency though, I will also say, 5 was my first experience w/ RE and when I went back and played 4, it just felt slow, clunky and a step backwards. That may also provide some reasoning as to why I liked 5 better than 4 as well. Just my 2 cents. Let the flaming begin LOL

Very strangely, I have NO interest in this even though I very much like the RE series, but 4 never jelled with me at all. Never saw they hype although I thoroughly enjoyed 5, 7, 8 & 2 remake. My question to any who have played both of the following is: OBJECTIVELY speaking, which do you feel is the better remake - Dead Space or RE4?

So, when’s the next PlayStation showcase?

Hard pass. Nothing even remotely interesting or worthwhile this month IMHO. Bit of a letdown. Hopefully the Extra & Premium games are solid.

A bit disappointing not to see Bulletstorm, Vanquish, Bayonetta, RESISTANCE: Fall Of Man, RESISTANCE 2, Borderlands 1 or 2, and Crysis 3 not in the top 50. Those games were all miles better than some of the others listed, at least IMHO.

Typical of a hypocritical scumbag politician and especially from her side of the aisle. I expect as much. NEXT.

I’m actually playing HFW right now but I don’t think I’ll be jumping right into the DLC. Probably gonna wait for a sale on it, though I’m sure I’ll play it at some point

I’ve never played a Silent Hill game so I’m really looking forward to this! I’m also hoping Silent Hill: f (flower?) isn’t far behind either.

I'm a big sucker for the Aliens franchise / license but I'm not a fan of Xcom type games at all. Maybe I'll give this a shot though. Going to depend heavily on how well it's reviewed by both critics and fans, as well as how difficult it is.

This is easily a Day 1 purchase for me or **maybe** even a pre-order even though I almost never do that anymore. The first one caught me so off-guard with how much fun it was it’s become, EASILY, one of the most enjoyable game experiences I’ve had in recent years.

I’ve already played and platinumed this, but if the update adds some new trophies I might go back to get 100% completion as the game was definitely enjoyable enough.

I want to like this but I’m just NOT feeling it.

That may have been the most game-accurate episode yet. SOLID. I haven't been wild about every episode this season and the season itself felt very uneven, having a few episodes they could have either cut out completely or cut down the content of in favor of other story beats, but this particular episode was bang on! Bravo and a great ending. Looking forward to season 2!

@AgentGuapo I actually did. I platinumed the remaster on PS4 and didn’t mind it as much. Part of it was that I REALLY enjoyed the MP. That broke it up a bit for me in between playthroughs of the story. Part of the problem with 2 was once you knew the whole story it lost a lot of it’s appeal the second time around and wasn’t nearly as fun to play through that incredibly LOOOOOONG slog.

I FINALLY upgraded to PS+ Extra so I downloaded Stray, Horizon Forbidden West and The Surge 2. I’m starting with Stray which I’m halfway through right now. It’s an interesting curiosity of a game for sure.

Definitely a good pickup for $9.95. If I had paid full price I might have thought otherwise. Game was WAAAAAY too long for it's own good but definitely well-written and entertaining for the first solid playthrough. The second playthrough for platinum felt a little like a chore though.

Not sure what to think of this other than it looks like Anthem crossed with Dino Crisis. This is the kind of title that could easily end up being either utter one-trick-pony trash or absolutely bonkers fun. I will be interested to see how it turns out......

BattleFail Twenty Forty No. I can’t detest that game enough!

I don’t understand why they don’t slash prices to the bone on them and see what money they can recoup. I mean, something is better than nothing, right?

I’m playing through Scars Above this weekend. It’s DEFINITELY a B-grade budget title, but it’s not without some fun. Not worth $40 tho as it’s short and, again, nothing special but maybe worth $20 or less when it hits a sale or the price comes down.

@R_Ryder Good to know. I enjoy this site but the ridiculous amount of activism in the comments is insane. Like people REALLY think they’re going to change someone else’s mind with a comment section post? Wake up.

I started playing Scars Above last night and it’s a decent enough game as far as I can tell. It’s DEFINITELY a budget title and there’s a certain level of jank to it, but I’m having fun with it so far after only putting a few hours into it.

Can't speak to it's current state, and I will never, EVER put that game in my PS5 again, but BF 2042 was utterly broken at launch to the point of being rage-inducing, and was the most frustrating, unenjoyable, horrendous experience I've ever had playing a videogame in over 14 years of playing!

Still have my PS3, a library of games for it and I enjoy it whenever I can!

Shame that reviews are largely bad for this game as it's been on my radar for a good while and I was looking forward to it. Especially after Atomic Heart bombed so badly. But, I need something to play for a little while and I'm a sucker for shooters and sci-fi stuff so, I guess I'll gve this a whirl since I still have a $50 gift card leftover from Christmas.

Honestly? The DLC was FAR more fun to play than to watch an entire episode of TV made out of it. Certainly worth seeing how Ellie got infected but to spend an entire hour on the story when there's still a lot of content to cover and only 2 episodes left to do it in? They could have condensed it down a bit for story purposes.

After experiencing the quality of the Dead Space remake, I’d be all for remakes of 2 and 3, but I’d much prefer an all new 4th entry instead.

Just finished my first ever playthrough of TLOU 2. Not so sure why it was SO divisive. I understand a lot of people didn't like the ........'main plot point'... towards the beginning of the game that essentially drove the rest of the story, but to me it was logically sound, fit the narrative & the world the story was told in and was a nice twist. I just don't get why everyone seemed to raaaave about the game. I'd agree the first one (including the EXCELLENT MP) was a '10/10', but in no way shape or form was part 2 a '10/10'. More like an 8.5/10 at absolute best (at least IMHO). Overall I liked the game and the storytelling was largely quite good, but there were definitely a few things that could have been done better. I liked splitting the story between Ellie and Abby and thought that was a great idea, effective, and really drove the point home that there are no 'good guys & bad guys', but everyone is morally grey. But WOWWWWW was the story waaaaayyyy too long!! They should have really trimmed it down a good bit. The pacing felt a bit off at times with some of the slower narrative sections. And what in the heck was with Abby's massive man-like arms?? I mean, even the game itself sort of joked about that at one point. Anyway, I could go on about the game, but suffice it to say I'm glad I played it, mostly enjoyed it, but I'll also be glad when I'm done with the second partial playthrough for platinum.

If they’re saving the ‘good stuff’ for closer to E3, was yesterday’s showcase ‘the bad stuff’ ??

BF 2042 can get bent!! That is EASILY, far & away the worst gaming experience I have ever had! And I say that with over 240 games (almost all of which are are platinumed or 100%) on my account over the past 13 years or so. I can’t hate that game enough and more so Dice / EA for what they’ve done w the BF series over the past 2 or 3 releases. This game isn’t even worth the price tag of ‘FREE’. And I’m off my soapbox…….

I will say though Ghostwire and RS: Extraction were a LOT of fun and Fenyx Rising was a good time too. Actually, I REALLY enjoyed RS: Extraction- surprisingly good, fun title! All in all, a pretty solid month if you have the Extra tier……..except for that one stinking turd they had to sneak in there for Essential.

Not really blown away by anything shown. I had been looking forward to Suicide Squad but knowing it’s a 4-player co-op live service game is really taking the shine out of it. Even if Rockstar games is making it. And nothing else really grabbed me - not even RE4 for some reason even though I dig the RE series.🤷🏽🤷🏽

I'm a huge FPS fan and I love a good stylistic game. That said though, I'll be waiting for a sale on this as there's either too much coming out soon or games that are already out that I want to play. Besides, with the criticisms levelled against it by both professional reviewers and the player base, I can't justify $70 for it. But I'll definitely get to it at some point.

With other scores being higher and this being lower I’d have to guess it’s somewhere in the middle and say it’s probably around. 7 or 7.5, as that’s the way it seems to turn out for me, personally. I’ll give it a go when it’s on sale or there’s a price drop, for sure. I’ve had my eye on this for some time and I do really want to play it eventually.

Curiosity piqued…..

Playing through The Last Of Us Part II for the first time to see what all the fuss was about and since I’m watching the TV show as well. Besides, $9.59 is a darn good deal 😉💪🏽 So far it’s pretty good and I like the ‘big shocker’ towards the beginning of the story. Makes sense for the world the characters live in and I know why they did it as I already know the broad strokes of the plot. I’ll be interested to see how the rest of the game shapes up…..

I’m just playing through TLOU 2 now for the first time and I don’t really have any issues with where they’re taking the story. It seems like a natural progression for that game world, especially considering how violent and factional it is. That said, I can understand some people not liking what they did, but to lose all sense of reality and forget it’s just a game …….. WOW. People like that are truly under the control of the devil as clearly evidenced by the blind hate in their hearts.