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Dragon Age Veilguard on PS5 for the RPG fix and Black Ops 6 on Xbox for the multiplayer fix. Have a great weekend everyone

Wow…that is actually a fantastic first Season drop. Say what you want about Activision but they know how to do live service.

I’m about 4 hours in. It’s been linear so far and I’m hoping it opens up a bit soon but I’m still very much enjoying it. The combat is satisfying, the skill tree looks super customisable and even though I wasn’t a fan of the art style in the reveal I think it really suits the game, it’s beautiful! I’ve always been a gameplay over story person so the acting and dialogue hasn’t bothered me all that much and it’s definitely not the worst I have seen.

@Cruz13 Treat yo self!!

@Cruz13 I’m also 36, I also don’t care about woke and I have Dragon Age Veilguard so here’s my review just for you my friend: It’s fun you should give it a go! 😁

Out of those it’s either Astrobot, Rebirth or Balatro for me. However my personal GOTY might just end up being Unicorn Overlord.

This article isn’t really doing the actual Reddit post much justice. The guy found a loophole where he could buy 24 years worth of PS Plus essential and upgrade all those years to Premium for one payment of $200. I personally wouldn’t do it but if the service remains the same or similar he has got 24 years for a significant discount, fully paid up front. He needed to do it in bulk to make it worthwhile and it certainly seems excessive but Sony have been pretty good at honouring subscription commitments one way or another when they change the service. Unless they retire PlayStation consoles or go out of business entirely there’s a good chance he has saved a chunk and dodged future price hikes. Definitely a bit of a publicity stunt but I also respect a ridiculous, ballsy effort to save some money.

@Titntin fingers crossed! Would be really really crappy of them to remove this option with no prior warning. Some people still seem to be able to redeem £10s though so hoping it’s just a bug while they roll out the new Ts&Cs.

I still don’t have the option to claim store credit. I really hope this is a bug because I have enough for £20 which I was going to put towards a new game next month. Sort it out please Sony!

@ShadowofSparta “You start feeling like you’re not really a person to them”…this is the heartbreaking realisation that put into words how I feel when I look at some of these comment sections nowadays. When people assume a minority character can only exist in a game entirely because of a tick box that group ceases to be human and instead becomes a tool. The thousands of years of history or the vast culture get reduced to an idea that these characters can ONLY exist to support white straight males rather than in their own right.

@Ainu20 I hope you’re right that it’s in the death throes. The younger generation are way more accepting of people’s differences nowadays which is awesome. It’s just a lot when you just want to log in to see what is the latest gaming news and instead are faced with a barrage of hate. Your right it’s almost impossible to know whether it’s better to try and educate or just ignore but I’m moving towards the ignore option because I just don’t have the energy.

@Kienda Believe me I am discouraged with society as a whole as well. Gaming is meant to be an escape from all that. I am old enough to remember when gamers themselves were marginalised for being weird nerdy loners and as such it seemed to be a much more accepting and liberal community. This seems to have gone out the window with the gaming boom.

I think my point is I’m here to talk about games not to talk about whether those games exist to push some imaginary agenda. When you see more and more games ridiculed, criticised and their failures celebrated simply because the main character is a person of colour it stops me feeling like a member of the community and more like an outsider. Tbf the Push square team is great at moderation but when these people’s comments get deleted they see this as a validation of their views rather than an opportunity to reflect on their relationship to race.

@ShadowofSparta It’s getting truly depressing. Some of the comments on recent articles suggest gamers are getting worse for this “everything is DEI” rubbish. Particularly the Unknonw 9 review here and the Alan Wake 2 a year on article on Pure Xbox. As a mixed race man I’m getting very close to just completely disengaging with the gaming community because what I thought was a vocal minority seems to be a much larger subsection who are gathering confidence every time they see someone else post some ridiculous “it’s woke” comment.

When can I play on Nintendo Switch? That was part of the deal Microsoft made wasn’t it?

I’m going to be controversial here but I’m actually not against early access with deluxe/premium editions. These £80/£90/£100 editions with DLC, skins, season passes and all that jazz have been around now for the best part of a decade, they are nothing new. At least with some of them nowadays you might get 3-5 days early access on top.

I’m seeing a lot of “if people are stupid enough to pay for it” comments etc but at the end of the day people put different values on different things and shouldn’t be judged for how they spend their money. If they can afford it, being able to play a game for a whole weekend before it releases on a Tuesday for example might be worth the extra £20. Only game I have done it for is BG3 when I had a completely free weekend for early access but my next 3 weekends were jam packed with plans. It was a no brainer for me.

@LowDefAl my closest is also tucked into the back of a Sainsbury’s…it’s a 3 minute drive for me so I would use it all the time if it ever had anything in stock.

@Member_the_game My favourite pre order was the Xbox One from Game. They didn’t accept payment at the time you made it but instead took payment for all pre orders at the same time a few weeks before it released. The thousands of simultaneous charges for the exact same amount triggered NatWests security procedures and all payments got blocked…everyone affected had to contact Game directly to sort it out which I imagine their customer service lines had a ton of fun handling.

Every time I try and use Argos I am amazed they are still in business. They never seem to have anything I want in stock for delivery and my only option is to travel to the “nearest” store which has it. This is almost never one of the three stores within a 10 mile radius of me. A British staple that I don’t want to see go under but they seem to be getting worse every year.

I’m a bit late to the party but completely obsessed with Unicorn Overlord at the moment. Aside from that me and the wife have started a Cat Quest 2 co op campaign and I’m enjoying it way more than I thought I would.

I am going to save it as a Halloween treat!

@Maubari Crash site and Tree level for me! Managed to contain it just to my head for now so I don’t piss off the wife to much but I’m definitely singing around the house while she is out!

This is genuinely the gaming news I have been waiting on. Some of the Astrobot songs have been permanently looping in my head for weeks

@topher6490 Astrobot really does have a way of making you nostalgic for old games and wanting to dive back in. I haven’t purchased anything I didn’t own already but it has got me redownloading and playing the Legacy of thieves collection and some infamous.

I will be trying the Metaphor prologue, working towards the Astrobot platinum and some Space Marine 2 for good measure. Have a great weekend everyone.

This has found itself firmly on my radar. I love the creepy vibe.

For the first time ever I have been tempted to purchase a console cover but I have the OG fat. Might pick up the teal DualSense though.

This is the best essential lineup in ages! Personally I’m most looking forward to WWE2K24. I picked up last years on a whim having not played a wrestling game in about 20 years and really enjoyed it.

@PuppetMaster Blue Eye Samurai is incredible. If Ghost is half as beautiful and gripping I would be a happy chappy.

I already own it but what a great price for SF6!

How the hell has the persistence and dicey dungeons made this list but rogue legacy 2 hasn’t?!!

@PsBoxSwitchOwner he’s a right sad act but whoever took over the name Sifi and started posting stuff like “I’m crying into my Xbox pillowcase” is an absolute legend.

I’m not a fan of the original design tbh. This improves the look of it slightly but it is still obnoxiously big and impractical. Personally id be happy with an unassuming box which takes up minimum space in my tv unit, is easy to move and doesn’t require a stand….especially if that stand is sold separately. Xbox consoles have PS beat on design this gen for my personal tastes.

£700 is a massive ask and the upgrades nowhere near justify the cost for me. Particularly when it lacks a disk drive. This makes me increasingly worried about the base cost of a PS6.

It is almost certainly going to be the next game I buy but not got enough time to devote to it at the moment.

Astro Bot and maybe a bit of Black Ops 6 beta in the unlikely event I need a break.

It’s sooo good. I’ve got to admit I was initilally planning to wait for a sale and buy Space Marine 2 instead but the reviews swayed me and I’m so happy they did. I don’t usually have the attention span for a platinum but I might go for it with Astro Bot because it is just such silly fun and it respects my time like no other game I have played in a long while. There’s literally no filler so far, everything feels purposeful.

@WanderWhere ok. Have a great rest of your day.

@WanderWhere You have contradicted yourself. You say one game might appeal to one person but not the other and then start making blanket statements about what reviewers should be scoring games. Platform games obviously don’t appeal to you…that doesn’t mean that they can’t appeal to other people. When someone scores a game they have to score it for its own merits and take it for what it is, not compare it to every game that has ever existed. BG3 is exceptional and I couldn’t agree more it’s a 10 but it’s not comparable to Astro Bot in the same way it would be dumb to compare Gran Turismo 7 and Alan Wake 2. If games only got 9s and 10s based on how big they are and how much freedom they offered then most indies would never score higher than a 4. If these things are what you look for then fair enough but to suggest YOUR metrics for liking a game should apply to everyone else show a lack of empathy and frankly symptoms of being a sociopath. Also a 10 is not “perfect” as perfection doesn’t exist.

At the end of the day I can accept you saying “this game is not for me” and moving on but passing judgement on it when you haven’t played it and even worse, passing judgement on the people who enjoy it is just childish. Can’t believe I’m having to explain this to a 50+ year old who should probably be setting a behavioural example to others. Grow up!

@WanderWhere Screw it i will bite

1. Chances are this game is going to be played by more adults than kids. Something doesn’t have to be gritty and blood soaked to be fun…when you hit 18 did you just suddenly decide that the only way you could enjoy something was if it was sweary and violent?

2. Sony doesn’t have to “make up for concord” to you. If you bought the game they are refunding you. If you didn’t buy the game (which I’m guessing is the case) they don’t owe you anything.

3. Everyone’s idea of what a £60 game should be is going to be wildly different but its probably an 18 hour campaign if you breeze through and then significantly more time if you want to sweep up collectibles and secrets, of which this game has MANY. Not to mention the challenges and speed runs they will be adding in the next few months. I have bought £70 games which have bored me within 3 hours and £15 games that I play for years. Price point is fine and if not it will be on sale within 6 months…no one is forcing you to buy it day one or at all for that matter.

4. I don’t think anyone is “desperate” for a new game. This year alone there has been some first class games released all over the shop. Could it just be that all the critics are right and this is a good game? Not overhyped, not over exaggerated, just a bug free, well made bit of fun.

I would have thought someone in their 50s would be better at not judging a book by its cover…I learnt that when I was like 10

Is it tomorrow yet?

Yessssss was hoping this turned out to be a winner. Can’t wait!

I don’t think I have ever been interested in a remaster before but this hit me straight in the nostalgia. If it’s not a ripoff I may pick it up!

@Rob3008 PS version is much better than switch but it is still quite slow late game! I’d say you’re looking at about a 30-40% speed increase. I was desperately hoping for a native PS5 upgrade after watching my mate play it on his blazing fast laptop but not long now till 7 at least.

My main hope for the game is that it’s in a reasonably good state on steamdeck day one. I will get it on PS5 if not though.

@DETfaninATL Yeh I can imagine Sekiro gave you some fun. I also saw Returnal on there which is one that leapt out at me as something I would not have the patience to even consider. Well respect my friend, I will check back every now and then to drop my jaw at the progress….you are not picking easy games to platinum 😂

@DETfaninATL That’s awesome. Some insanely difficult platinums in there! Which one are you most proud of? I only have Elden Ring because it’s my favourite game and Spiderman 2 because it was fairly quick and easy.

@DETfaninATL As someone who has the attention span of a toddler and rarely even finishes most games, let alone platinums them. The sentence “Since I platinum what I play” is fascinating to me. Do you genuinely not start anything unless you intend to 100% it?

@IOI This is not an accusation but a genuine question. What have Sony done to gain this reputation of abusing their position as market leader? I constantly see “if Sony are left unchecked” comments but don’t really understand the history behind them.

I imagine they are as greedy and evil as the next corporation but if Xbox exited the hardware market they are still competing with PC, Nintendo, Handhelds and Mobile for our time and money. If they aggressively raise the prices of consoles/games people will abandon PlayStation in droves. Steam is already significantly cheaper for software, you don’t need to pay a fee to play online, you can basically turn a desktop into a console and you don’t need the very latest rig to play games at 60fps (which seems to be most gamers benchmark) so I don’t get this theory that the moment Xbox shut up shop, Sony are going to make the consoles £1000 and price every game at £100. Surely they would aim to draw an already dubious fanbase of Ex-Box users into the ecosystem and going full price hike crazy would be counter productive to this aim as it would just drive them elsewhere.

I somehow missed that this weekend is a bank holiday in the UK (woooo) so I might pick it up for the long weekend. I do however have concord on preorder (hides) and an incomplete FF7 Rebirth in my backlog so I may pick it up further down the line.

I was looking forward to playing this day one but happy to wait if it needs optimisation. At least it sounds like the fundamentals are there for the most part!

@WhiteRabbit 😂 LOL….now including Infrared Vom Sensors™️ which notify you when it’s nearly full.

This looks fun….vomit inducing but fun.