@LifeGirl I might be wrong but I think an open world Iron Man game is in development.
Personally I’m remaining positive on this. It’s been a while since EA has had a stab at a true open world so they might surprise us and do something different. They have proven they can respect a popular IP with the Jedi games so I am interested to see what happens.
@Mostik Try Balatro at your own peril. I don’t know how something that addictive can be legal.
On pure hours played my top 3 would be Tekken 8, Balatro and Infinite Wealth. I want to complete Infinite Wealth before diving into another big RPG, it will be a toss up between Unicorn overlord and FF Rebirth.
@Stevemalkpus it is incredibly stupid…you also get more points for games you bought using the credit you redeemed. Absolutely no benefit to buying the game instead of the credit although I did see on Reddit that in some regions the credit is more expensive against their currency so redeeming the game works out better. Not sure how true that is though.
Negativity aside though I have managed to redeem about £70 which I wouldn’t have had without the PS stars programme so overall I’m happy with it.
@kirkn Amen my friend. I renewed extra at full price last month but I bought the credit for it from Cdkeys so got it for about £85. I understand that not everyone is going to be pleased with the games every month but I don’t see how anyone can look at this list and think it’s bad value for money in 2024. A small pizza from my local takeaway costs more than a months PS plus premium…some people just seem to have no financial perspective when it comes to their games.
@NinjaNicky Bigger games like what though? We got Immortals of Aveum on essential this month and no one seemed to like that. Feb extra gave us Outer worlds, tales of arise, NFS Unbound and AC Valhalla but people still complained. If you look at the games over the course of the year rather than individual months you actually get tons of big AAA games they are just never going to be day ones. Sony has stated this numerous times, the best we are going to get for day ones are indies but some of them can be pretty impressive: Stray, Tchia, Humanity, Teardown as examples. Either it’s old AAAs or new-ish Indies, that’s always been the way and it likely always will be the way. The people who get the best value out of Plus extra are the ones who don’t buy games day one, hell I buy most of the games I want day one but I still acknowledge it’s very good value for money and just regret buying the games rather than waiting.
@Titntin got to admit I always roll my eyes at the toxic positivity on Pure Xbox over absolutely everything MS do (Phil Spencer shot a child this morning…YAY XBOX!!) but these monthly articles make me appreciate it more because at least it’s positive. Every month people seem to think that for their £60-£120 a year Sony should be curating a personalised list of games just for them. It’s especially ridiculous on the back of Ubisoft charging the price of a yearly premium subscription just for one Deluxe edition of their games. Like you said just no idea what people are expecting for max £10 a month!
@NinjaNicky I’m not going to defend the price hike but let’s be a bit realistic here. In the uk it went up less then £2 a month. You think because you pay an extra £2 they are suddenly going to put day one AAA games on there. I will admit premium has been pretty rubbish since the beginning but at £100 a year for extra what are you expecting?! What would the service have to give you for you to think you have got good value for £8 a month? Name some games you would have liked to see in April.
Btw there’s absolutely no way you know if at least two of the games are “trash” because they haven’t released yet. If you’re paying for the sub anyway why not just give them a go and see? You might be surprised.
I have wanted to try Construction Simulator since it released but didn’t want to buy something I might potentially hate. With Dave the diver and Zau on top this is an excellent month for me. Ahhh wait a sec I’m doing this wrong sorry everyone…..crap selection, usual rubbish, where is Stella’s Blade?! Sub runs out in 12 months and it can’t come quick enough. Stupid Sony.
It’s Balatro for me. Initially bought it on PS5, then I got a steamdeck and bought it on that. There’s a reasonable chance at some point i will buy in on Switch as well because I think the wife would like it. It’s a fantastic game that I have played it nearly every day since it released. Tekken 8 a close second and Infinite Wealth third.
@PsBoxSwitchOwner Everyone complains every month regardless of what’s on there. April could be Tekken 8, Baldurs Gate 3 and Stellar Blade and there would still be 50 comments like “Such a disappointment, can’t wait for my sub to lapse, can’t believe I pay £5 a month for this S*%^”
It’s really good seeing all the positive reactions here. I’ve gotta admit I thought this was going to be an overhyped flop so pleased to see I’m probably going to be wrong. I have the demo downloaded so will dip in at some point this weekend
It’s a weird game tbh. It’s janky, the story missions are terrible, the performance is questionable and the AI of the pawns is all over the place. However every time I start playing it I get sucked in for hours at a time, having heaps of fun and at the end of the day that’s what gamings all about. I’m not playing games to witness some polished, perfect, technical work of art….Im playing for a bit of fun escapism after the mundanity of a days work.
I saw these games and thought it was an absolute result. Came to the comment section to find people are, as usual, still disappointed. A years worth of PS+ essential costs £60…less than a single, brand new game. It comes with 36 games over the course of the year which you get to keep for the duration of your subscription and you get online play. They are not going to be bangers every month, they are not going to be brand new AAAs, they are not going to be GOTY contenders because YOU ARE PAYING £1.70 PER GAME!! The entitlement is genuinely madness to me but I am old enough to remember when we were paying £40+ a year just to play a console online.
The terrifying thing about biological upgrades for me is the potential need for surgery whenever anything goes wrong. The motherboard in my laptop goes I either take it to the shop or replace it….if the motherboard in my brain goes it’s not a job for the local Curry’s. Interesting stuff though, cyberpunk here were come.
I wont be getting it on release but might be tempted in the future if there are significant performance improvements. I would also be delighted if they changed the shape of the console to something smaller and more practical that doesn’t require a stand to simply exist. Either way I certainly won’t be paying mega bucks for it, if it comes in at the £700+ price point some people are predicting it will be a no but for now I would call myself intrigued.
Skyrim is one of my all time favourites. That said Starfield ruined a lot of my Bethesda related goodwill and I am no longer certain ES6 will be the blockbuster time sink Skyrim was. When we are looking at 15-20 years for a sequel it is going to have to do something different and special but I have a sneaking suspicion it’s just going to be Skyrim with better graphics and the same problems….problems that could be overlooked in 2011 but become much more noticeable when compared with other spectacular RPGs that have released in the interim like Elden Ring, Witcher 3, Zeldas and BG3.
I’m playing Dragons Dogma 2. It was an incredibly rare Series X purchase due to slightly better performance and being able to play it Thursday by moving to New Zealand. I’m loving it so far. Yes there are frame rate dips and the odd bug but no worse than Jedi Survivor, Starfield or Elden Ring so far. I haven’t even noticed the shop that people are losing their minds over. If you go into it knowing and accepting it’s flaws you can have a damn good time with it.
@Nightcrawler71 I am in exactly the same boat. I know I am going to buy one of them and up until recently that was almost certainly going to be Ronin. Reading the reviews of DD2 it almost seems like not playing the first is a bit of an advantage because it sounds like the sequel builds on the formula rather than reinvents it. Either way it’s going to be a fun weekend!
Does anyone know why Sony doesn’t allow early access games on PS? They could have made a fortune off Palworld and while it is a bit of an anomaly with regards to the high sales there have still been some really fun early access games on Xbox in the last few years like Slime Rancher 2 and Wandering village. By the time these games get full releases and arrive on PS the hype has died down and people have played them elsewhere.
@SolarSailor Completely agree it’s up to individuals to look after their own finances. I disagree that this is news though. It’s closer to an advert than it is to news.
PureXbox did this last year for the Xbox credit card. It wasn’t cool then and it’s not cool now. These sites shouldn’t be advertising credit cards without providing proper financial advice. Enough people commented last year that the article was removed and everyone who commented got an email apologising for the inappropriate nature of the article…..please do better Pushsquare because this isn’t the medium for people to be tempted into potentially destructive financial decisions.
@Frmknst Absolutely nothing….i didn’t watch the trailer or read the article but came straight from reading some stuff about No rest for the wicked somewhere else so I am getting my games mixed up.
It definitely helps that people know what they are getting with SoT. Games like Dragons Dogma and Rise of Ronin will probably have a massive amount of pre orders once the reviews are out (if they review well)
@__jamiie If you think this is weird wait till you get a bit older and explore the internet a bit more. I don’t want to spoil it too much for you but I would steer well clear of something called “Porn”….you would be absolutely horrified with what people get up to when they don’t have a strong moral compass like yourself to kink shame and belittle their uncontrollable urges! Keep up the good work!
Not playing it yet but I will. I gave the demo an hour and really liked it. Unfortunately I just have too many games on the go to give it the attention it deserves
This went straight on my wishlist as soon as it was announced. It’s got serious Ori vibes and just looks beautiful. It will be competing with Stellar Blade for my money around then but given my love for a fast paced Metroidvania it might just win.
I tried Mudrunner but couldn’t really get into it but when I saw the trailer for this I thought it looked incredible. Glad it’s reviewed well I might give it a go when it’s a bit cheaper.
@Nintendo4Sonic I very much agree. I am having a lot of fun with Tekken and an optional shop with no bearing on gameplay is not going to affect my time with it. I also sympathise with Harada’s reasoning for adding a shop. Games cost a ton of money to develop which is often recuperated during release window sales but they also cost money to maintain. Initial Tekken 8 sales alone are not going to keep the servers live and regular updates happening for the next 10 years. If people buying silly outfits and accessories improves the gaming experience for everyone then that’s absolutely fine by me.
@breakneck This is exactly why I don’t understand people whinging about £70 games. The RRP of a game 10 years ago was £60 so we have seen about a 16% increase in a decade. Here in UK over the same time period food increased around 40%, electricity 60%, petrol 40%-60%, clothing 35%. If we were saddled with the rising costs of development combined with realistic inflation we should probably be buying £100+ new games by now.
As much as everyone hates paid customisation and microtransactions they are here to stay unless we want to be paying even more for new games.
Very expected when it includes cross save and cross progression (admittedly I actually wish more games included this). But like @lacerz says it’s mainly going to lead to inflated engagement stats and Philly Spence banging on about how much the Xbox brand has grown this time next year. It won’t be “Millions of players are now playing our games on PS and switch” it will be “Xbox has seen ___% engagement growth in the last 12 months….look shareholder’s are you seeing these frikkin numbers yo?!?….No don’t ask questions it’s all Xbox growth”
Strictly speaking he won’t be lying but it also doesn’t tell the whole picture.
This weekend was the first since release where I had absolutely no problems matchmaking or being booted out completely. We are getting there! Muchos fun
I would absolutely love one but just cannot justify the cost. I’m very interested in the future of AR/VR in general though, especially having read a bit about Apple’’s new ridiculously priced tech demo. In 10-15 years it could be the new normal for gaming and general computing.
While it didn’t launch in the best state (partly down to way more demand than expected) Arrowhead’s commitment to fixing it has been phenomenal. Nearly every time I turn on my PS5 I notice a new Helldivers update starts installing. I hope they keep this up!
@cburg *All other multiplatform websites acknowledge this.
PureXbox and Nintendolife do exactly the same. Prime examples are the Balatro article on PX yesterday and the Minecraft DLC announcement on NL. It comes with the territority of being a console specific website. If you want 100% agnostic news then these sites are not for you.
Edit: read the NL article properly and it does mention other platforms. My bad. The PX Balatro one deffo doesn’t though. I read that yesterday and had to google whether the game was on PlayStation.
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Re: Job Listing Confirms EA's Black Panther Game Is Open World
@LifeGirl I might be wrong but I think an open world Iron Man game is in development.
Personally I’m remaining positive on this. It’s been a while since EA has had a stab at a true open world so they might surprise us and do something different. They have proven they can respect a popular IP with the Jedi games so I am interested to see what happens.
Re: Feature: Push Square Readers' Top 10 PS5 Games of 2024 So Far
@Mostik Try Balatro at your own peril. I don’t know how something that addictive can be legal.
On pure hours played my top 3 would be Tekken 8, Balatro and Infinite Wealth. I want to complete Infinite Wealth before diving into another big RPG, it will be a toss up between Unicorn overlord and FF Rebirth.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 524
Got a free weekend so I will be flip flopping between loads of games due to my ADHD levels of attention span.
PS5 - Infinite wealth, Helldivers, immortals of aveum, Tekken 8
Series X - Halo Infinite, Dragons Dogma 2
Steam deck - Dave the diver, Balatro, Cozy grove, Vampire Survivors.
Re: PS Stars Rewards Now Include Top PS5 Games Rise of the Ronin, Helldivers 2, More
@Stevemalkpus it is incredibly stupid…you also get more points for games you bought using the credit you redeemed. Absolutely no benefit to buying the game instead of the credit although I did see on Reddit that in some regions the credit is more expensive against their currency so redeeming the game works out better. Not sure how true that is though.
Negativity aside though I have managed to redeem about £70 which I wouldn’t have had without the PS stars programme so overall I’m happy with it.
Re: 16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
@kirkn Amen my friend. I renewed extra at full price last month but I bought the credit for it from Cdkeys so got it for about £85. I understand that not everyone is going to be pleased with the games every month but I don’t see how anyone can look at this list and think it’s bad value for money in 2024. A small pizza from my local takeaway costs more than a months PS plus premium…some people just seem to have no financial perspective when it comes to their games.
Re: 16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
@NinjaNicky Bigger games like what though? We got Immortals of Aveum on essential this month and no one seemed to like that. Feb extra gave us Outer worlds, tales of arise, NFS Unbound and AC Valhalla but people still complained. If you look at the games over the course of the year rather than individual months you actually get tons of big AAA games they are just never going to be day ones. Sony has stated this numerous times, the best we are going to get for day ones are indies but some of them can be pretty impressive: Stray, Tchia, Humanity, Teardown as examples. Either it’s old AAAs or new-ish Indies, that’s always been the way and it likely always will be the way. The people who get the best value out of Plus extra are the ones who don’t buy games day one, hell I buy most of the games I want day one but I still acknowledge it’s very good value for money and just regret buying the games rather than waiting.
Re: 16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
@Titntin got to admit I always roll my eyes at the toxic positivity on Pure Xbox over absolutely everything MS do (Phil Spencer shot a child this morning…YAY XBOX!!) but these monthly articles make me appreciate it more because at least it’s positive. Every month people seem to think that for their £60-£120 a year Sony should be curating a personalised list of games just for them. It’s especially ridiculous on the back of Ubisoft charging the price of a yearly premium subscription just for one Deluxe edition of their games. Like you said just no idea what people are expecting for max £10 a month!
Re: 16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
@NinjaNicky I’m not going to defend the price hike but let’s be a bit realistic here. In the uk it went up less then £2 a month. You think because you pay an extra £2 they are suddenly going to put day one AAA games on there. I will admit premium has been pretty rubbish since the beginning but at £100 a year for extra what are you expecting?! What would the service have to give you for you to think you have got good value for £8 a month? Name some games you would have liked to see in April.
Btw there’s absolutely no way you know if at least two of the games are “trash” because they haven’t released yet. If you’re paying for the sub anyway why not just give them a go and see? You might be surprised.
Re: 16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
I have wanted to try Construction Simulator since it released but didn’t want to buy something I might potentially hate. With Dave the diver and Zau on top this is an excellent month for me. Ahhh wait a sec I’m doing this wrong sorry everyone…..crap selection, usual rubbish, where is Stella’s Blade?! Sub runs out in 12 months and it can’t come quick enough. Stupid Sony.
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Favourite PS5 Game of 2024 So Far?
It’s Balatro for me. Initially bought it on PS5, then I got a steamdeck and bought it on that. There’s a reasonable chance at some point i will buy in on Switch as well because I think the wife would like it. It’s a fantastic game that I have played it nearly every day since it released. Tekken 8 a close second and Infinite Wealth third.
Re: Cowardly Helldivers Turn on Malevelon Creek Veterans, Targeting Noble Cape Wearers
This is hilarious. I love the universe Arrowhead have created and just how bought into it the players are.
Re: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU Also a Day One PS Plus Extra Game, Out 23rd April
Get in I have had this in my wishlist since it was announced. April is looking solid!
Re: Dave the Diver Will Launch on PS Plus Extra, Free for Members on 16th April
Super news. I probably won’t double dip as I have been religiously playing it on steamdeck but highly recommend any PS players to give it a go!
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for April 2024?
@PsBoxSwitchOwner Everyone complains every month regardless of what’s on there. April could be Tekken 8, Baldurs Gate 3 and Stellar Blade and there would still be 50 comments like “Such a disappointment, can’t wait for my sub to lapse, can’t believe I pay £5 a month for this S*%^”
Re: Poll: Are You Playing the Stellar Blade Demo?
It’s really good seeing all the positive reactions here. I’ve gotta admit I thought this was going to be an overhyped flop so pleased to see I’m probably going to be wrong. I have the demo downloaded so will dip in at some point this weekend
Re: Game Pass Woes for Indie Devs as Microsoft, Epic Funding Reportedly Drying Up
@lightningbolt79
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/02/playstation-follows-xbox-in-announcing-significant-layoffs-for-2024
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/02/phil-spencer-gets-why-helldivers-2-isnt-on-xbox-but-still-thinks-its-silly
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/12/bungies-independence-reportedly-under-threat-after-layoffs-and-destiny-2-expansion-delay
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/11/playstation-studio-bungie-knows-its-lost-a-lot-of-the-destiny-2-communitys-trust
https://www.purexbox.com/features/reaction-playstations-showcase-was-a-win-for-xbox-whichever-way-you-slice-it
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/01/sony-joins-xboxs-accessibility-mission-with-project-leonardo
Take off the fanboy goggles and you will see pure is just as bad as push. Can’t speak for Nintendo life as I rarely go there.
Re: Not Everyone Is in Love with Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5
It’s a weird game tbh. It’s janky, the story missions are terrible, the performance is questionable and the AI of the pawns is all over the place. However every time I start playing it I get sucked in for hours at a time, having heaps of fun and at the end of the day that’s what gamings all about. I’m not playing games to witness some polished, perfect, technical work of art….Im playing for a bit of fun escapism after the mundanity of a days work.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for April 2024 Announced
I saw these games and thought it was an absolute result. Came to the comment section to find people are, as usual, still disappointed. A years worth of PS+ essential costs £60…less than a single, brand new game. It comes with 36 games over the course of the year which you get to keep for the duration of your subscription and you get online play. They are not going to be bangers every month, they are not going to be brand new AAAs, they are not going to be GOTY contenders because YOU ARE PAYING £1.70 PER GAME!! The entitlement is genuinely madness to me but I am old enough to remember when we were paying £40+ a year just to play a console online.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Discover Working Trebuchets, Secret Areas
@DennisReynolds Found it this evening. It’s a core upgrade that means your standard attack sometimes steals items.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Discover Working Trebuchets, Secret Areas
@DennisReynolds Do you know what the skill was mate? I just switched to thief last night for a play about.
Re: Random: Neuralink Brain Implant Patient Pulls All-Nighter Playing Civilisation 6
The terrifying thing about biological upgrades for me is the potential need for surgery whenever anything goes wrong. The motherboard in my laptop goes I either take it to the shop or replace it….if the motherboard in my brain goes it’s not a job for the local Curry’s. Interesting stuff though, cyberpunk here were come.
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About the PS5 Pro?
I wont be getting it on release but might be tempted in the future if there are significant performance improvements. I would also be delighted if they changed the shape of the console to something smaller and more practical that doesn’t require a stand to simply exist. Either way I certainly won’t be paying mega bucks for it, if it comes in at the £700+ price point some people are predicting it will be a no but for now I would call myself intrigued.
Re: Mysterious, Viral Dragon's Dogma 2 Mechanic Infecting Player's Pawns
Daily line of your pawns for a quick eyeball check and some stern words….tis the only way Arisen
Re: The Elder Scrolls Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Gives a Small Update on TES 6
Skyrim is one of my all time favourites. That said Starfield ruined a lot of my Bethesda related goodwill and I am no longer certain ES6 will be the blockbuster time sink Skyrim was. When we are looking at 15-20 years for a sequel it is going to have to do something different and special but I have a sneaking suspicion it’s just going to be Skyrim with better graphics and the same problems….problems that could be overlooked in 2011 but become much more noticeable when compared with other spectacular RPGs that have released in the interim like Elden Ring, Witcher 3, Zeldas and BG3.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 521
I’m playing Dragons Dogma 2. It was an incredibly rare Series X purchase due to slightly better performance and being able to play it Thursday by moving to New Zealand. I’m loving it so far. Yes there are frame rate dips and the odd bug but no worse than Jedi Survivor, Starfield or Elden Ring so far. I haven’t even noticed the shop that people are losing their minds over. If you go into it knowing and accepting it’s flaws you can have a damn good time with it.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 (PS5) - This Could Be the Apex of RPG Adventuring
@Nightcrawler71 I am in exactly the same boat. I know I am going to buy one of them and up until recently that was almost certainly going to be Ronin. Reading the reviews of DD2 it almost seems like not playing the first is a bit of an advantage because it sounds like the sequel builds on the formula rather than reinvents it. Either way it’s going to be a fun weekend!
Re: Pocketpair in Talks to Bring Palworld to Other Platforms, Potentially Including PS5 and PS4
Does anyone know why Sony doesn’t allow early access games on PS? They could have made a fortune off Palworld and while it is a bit of an anomaly with regards to the high sales there have still been some really fun early access games on Xbox in the last few years like Slime Rancher 2 and Wandering village. By the time these games get full releases and arrive on PS the hype has died down and people have played them elsewhere.
Re: Unlock a Free 12 Months of PS Plus Premium with PlayStation's Visa Credit Card
@SolarSailor Completely agree it’s up to individuals to look after their own finances. I disagree that this is news though. It’s closer to an advert than it is to news.
Re: Unlock a Free 12 Months of PS Plus Premium with PlayStation's Visa Credit Card
PureXbox did this last year for the Xbox credit card. It wasn’t cool then and it’s not cool now. These sites shouldn’t be advertising credit cards without providing proper financial advice. Enough people commented last year that the article was removed and everyone who commented got an email apologising for the inappropriate nature of the article…..please do better Pushsquare because this isn’t the medium for people to be tempted into potentially destructive financial decisions.
Re: Nobody Wants to Die Looks Too Good to Be True on PS5
@Frmknst Absolutely nothing….i didn’t watch the trailer or read the article but came straight from reading some stuff about No rest for the wicked somewhere else so I am getting my games mixed up.
Embarrassing senior moment!!
Re: Nobody Wants to Die Looks Too Good to Be True on PS5
I love Ori. I love Soulsbornes….i think I’m going to love this game
Edit: I’m getting my games mixed up…I’m an idiot. Ignore me here and probably best to ignore me in the future as well!
Re: System Shock Remake Is Out for PS5, PS4 on 21st May
Now THAT is a happy Tuesday surprise!!
Re: Smooth Sailing for Xbox Exclusive Sea of Thieves As It Tops PS5 Pre-Order Charts
It definitely helps that people know what they are getting with SoT. Games like Dragons Dogma and Rise of Ronin will probably have a massive amount of pre orders once the reviews are out (if they review well)
Re: Sony Patches Mistakenly Released Stellar Blade PS5 Demo to Stop People From Playing It
@__jamiie I know 🤗🤗
Re: Sony Patches Mistakenly Released Stellar Blade PS5 Demo to Stop People From Playing It
@__jamiie If you think this is weird wait till you get a bit older and explore the internet a bit more. I don’t want to spoil it too much for you but I would steer well clear of something called “Porn”….you would be absolutely horrified with what people get up to when they don’t have a strong moral compass like yourself to kink shame and belittle their uncontrollable urges! Keep up the good work!
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Unicorn Overlord?
Not playing it yet but I will. I gave the demo an hour and really liked it. Unfortunately I just have too many games on the go to give it the attention it deserves
Re: Looking for a New Metroidvania? Tales of Kenzera: ZAU Seems Fine on PS5
This went straight on my wishlist as soon as it was announced. It’s got serious Ori vibes and just looks beautiful. It will be competing with Stellar Blade for my money around then but given my love for a fast paced Metroidvania it might just win.
Re: Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (PS5) - An Absorbing Vehicular Puzzler
I tried Mudrunner but couldn’t really get into it but when I saw the trailer for this I thought it looked incredible. Glad it’s reviewed well I might give it a go when it’s a bit cheaper.
Re: Tekken 8 Patch 1.02 Out Now on PS5, Adds Cosmetics DLC Shop and Adjusts Characters
@Nintendo4Sonic I very much agree. I am having a lot of fun with Tekken and an optional shop with no bearing on gameplay is not going to affect my time with it. I also sympathise with Harada’s reasoning for adding a shop. Games cost a ton of money to develop which is often recuperated during release window sales but they also cost money to maintain. Initial Tekken 8 sales alone are not going to keep the servers live and regular updates happening for the next 10 years. If people buying silly outfits and accessories improves the gaming experience for everyone then that’s absolutely fine by me.
Re: Machiavellian Arrowhead Dev Orchestrates Helldivers 2's Intergalactic Struggle
@djlard It has single player…you won’t have as much fun but you can play it entirely solo.
Re: Tekken 8's Tekken Shop Will Include Both Paid and Free Content on PS5
@breakneck This is exactly why I don’t understand people whinging about £70 games. The RRP of a game 10 years ago was £60 so we have seen about a 16% increase in a decade. Here in UK over the same time period food increased around 40%, electricity 60%, petrol 40%-60%, clothing 35%. If we were saddled with the rising costs of development combined with realistic inflation we should probably be buying £100+ new games by now.
As much as everyone hates paid customisation and microtransactions they are here to stay unless we want to be paying even more for new games.
Re: Sea of Thieves Players on PS5 Will Need a Microsoft Account to Play
Very expected when it includes cross save and cross progression (admittedly I actually wish more games included this). But like @lacerz says it’s mainly going to lead to inflated engagement stats and Philly Spence banging on about how much the Xbox brand has grown this time next year. It won’t be “Millions of players are now playing our games on PS and switch” it will be “Xbox has seen ___% engagement growth in the last 12 months….look shareholder’s are you seeing these frikkin numbers yo?!?….No don’t ask questions it’s all Xbox growth”
Strictly speaking he won’t be lying but it also doesn’t tell the whole picture.
Re: Helldivers 2 Servers Hold Fast in Face of 800k Screaming Concurrents
This weekend was the first since release where I had absolutely no problems matchmaking or being booted out completely. We are getting there! Muchos fun
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 517
If (and this is a big if) I can tear myself away from Balatro I will be continuing with Infinite Wealth with some Helldivers 2 for good measure.
Re: Poll: What Do You Think of PSVR2, One Year Later?
I would absolutely love one but just cannot justify the cost. I’m very interested in the future of AR/VR in general though, especially having read a bit about Apple’’s new ridiculously priced tech demo. In 10-15 years it could be the new normal for gaming and general computing.
Re: Helldivers 2 Now Kicks Inactive Players, Server Capacity Increased in Latest Patch
While it didn’t launch in the best state (partly down to way more demand than expected) Arrowhead’s commitment to fixing it has been phenomenal. Nearly every time I turn on my PS5 I notice a new Helldivers update starts installing. I hope they keep this up!
Re: Mini Review: Balatro (PS5) - Roguelike Poker Ain't No Joker
@bowzoid no work got done for the rest of the day?
My 1 hour free trial last night turned into a purchase and a further 3-4 hours playtime till I absolutely had to go to bed.
Re: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Out for PS5, PS4 on 21st June 2024
Still my fav game of all time and my first ever platinum. Cannot wait for this
Re: Elden Ring DLC Reveal Trailer Debuts in Less Than 24 Hours
@cburg *All other multiplatform websites acknowledge this.
PureXbox and Nintendolife do exactly the same. Prime examples are the Balatro article on PX yesterday and the Minecraft DLC announcement on NL. It comes with the territority of being a console specific website. If you want 100% agnostic news then these sites are not for you.
Edit: read the NL article properly and it does mention other platforms. My bad. The PX Balatro one deffo doesn’t though. I read that yesterday and had to google whether the game was on PlayStation.
Re: Highly Acclaimed Poker Roguelike Balatro Out Now on PS5, PS4, Free Trial on PS Plus Premium
Well that hour free trial went by way too quickly….this is frikkin fun!