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I was hoping the “everything is woke” brigade would all die out within the next 15-20 years but it seems muppets like Andrew Tate are creating a whole new generation of closed minded sad acts. The crazy part is these people have the audacity to call everyone else snow flakes when they are the ones offended by a female/gay/ethnic minority etc protagonist in a frikkin video game. Why do they care so much it doesn’t affect them in the slightest?!

@Czar_Khastik You speak sense but sense rarely plays into me spending money on games. I will probs get it day one. I have that Friday already booked off work and a free weekend as it stands.

Must…not…buy…on…release…. Need….to….stick…to…New…Years…resolution…and….wait….for…sale.

@Mad001 Not sure this is going to be your thing. I heard a rumour that halfway through the prince changes gender and his sword is actually a black female in disguise. Damn lefty’s get their filthy “let’s make the world a better place” paws into everything…am I right brother?

@Dalejrfanfreak The moment you use “leftist propaganda” as a criticism of this game you lose all credibility in my opinion. We live in a world filled with people of different races, religions and sexual orientations and as we become more globalised by the day the entertainment industry is acknowledging that their products are reaching more people and therefore should be more inclusive. Trying to make a wider audience feel more welcome in your game/film/comic is not “leftist propaganda” it’s a positive step forward in a world where these mediums are no longer predominantly consumed by straight white males. It’s insane to be that people can be so upset and offended by the world becoming a more friendly and accepting place.

Happy new year everyone at Push.

@Kienda I hope you have a fantastic 2024 and things are on the up for you. Enjoy your PS5 and more importantly your son’s health!

While I don’t agree with this as a result it was always going to happen. Spider-Man 2 is one of the best selling PS games of the year and has broad appeal. I’ve seen as many comments on here saying they are unsure about getting BG3 as people praising it. When community votes are taken into account the game most people played and enjoyed is going to win because people won’t vote for a game they haven’t played regardless of how well it reviews. Either way don’t let it ruin your day people!

@MrGilly69 It is genuinely a masterpiece but does have a fairly steep learning curve if you don’t know anything about D&D or you haven’t played the Divinity games but it is well worth cracking. I think Divinity Original Sin 2 is on sale atm so might be worth giving that a go first to find out. If you like that you will love BG3 and if it’s not your thing at all I wouldn’t bother.

Merrrrryyyy Christmas everyone. Have a great day!

@Titntin If you are a fighting game fan you owe it to yourself mate! It simply feels amazing to play and constantly pushes you to be better. I have learned more about fighting game mechanics from the last 6 months with SF6 than I have in the previous 25 years of playing them.

I will only get a few hours today before the non stop family & friend Christmas stuff starts so will probably play some Prodeus which I have been really enjoying so far. Deffo not usually my thing and I wouldn’t have bought it in a million years but it’s the perfect PS plus extra game.

@wildcat_kickz being a real gamer is all about gatekeeping fun, belittling other people’s opinions and generally turning your nose up at anything even remotely popular. Basically imagine a hipster who doesn’t leave their parent’s basement.

I haven’t played through a COD campaign in over a decade so couldn’t care less about timelines and continuity but some of that Black ops multiplayer goodness is music to my ears. I can’t put my finger on why but I have always preferred Black Ops entries to the others. I even loved the ones which were generally considered mediocre like Cold War and Blops 3 which I think is still my most played PS game ever.

If it is an option rather than forced I’m all for it. Easy, normal, hard, nightmare and AI mode type thing. If, however, I turn on Spiderman 3 in a few years time and my only option is to play the game at a difficulty AI has decided is most appropriate for me I will not be thrilled.

I didn’t play much Lies of P when it came out because of other massive games releasing so have got back into that on gamepass recently. On the PS will be continuing with Valhalla and Alan Wake 2 which is getting better and better.

In a world of micro-transactions and loot boxes this was a very refreshing addition for free. I was initially dubious about how a roguelike mechanic would work in GoW but it actually fits perfectly. Can’t wait to play more over the weekend

“Go on I will give Valhalla a quick try”…..3 hours later I am still going. It’s just brilliant. What I thought was going to be a gimmicky GOW themed take on a roguelike has turned into a fully fleshed out, thoughtful game in itself. So happy this is free DLC.

This is a really cool feature that never fails to remind me I should probably go outside and touch grass more the following year. No surprise Baldurs Gate is my top played game followed by Street fighter. Great year.

I love me a good Tekken but can’t see it gripping me like SF6 did. I’ll give the demo a go and probably pick the full game up when it’s cheaper.

I’m enjoying it but it could do with some more maps and variety of game modes. Looking forward to seeing how they build on it over the coming months.

@R1spam I was watching this thinking it had an air of Ori to it. Looks very good

Didn’t watch live because I was fast asleep but was pretty happy reading through the news this morning. The hello games open world and Sega modern versions of classic games were the highlights for me. It seemed like there were more announcements than usual even if a lot of them were just CGI trailers. Just give us some first party news Sony! It’s been super quiet for too long.

You had me at “Ori Dev”

Jaw dropping. I need more friends…

The art style is incredible. Sign me up

First trailer looked incredible. Everything I have seen and read since then makes me think this will be a gigantic flop.

£13.39 with PS Plus…don’t mind if I do.

Yesssss this looks exciting as hell. Give me a date so I can give all my friends and family enough notice not to disturb me for at least 2 weeks.

Never been excited for news about a patch before….I'm obsessed with this game.

I’m angry. I spend £60 a year on essential and for that I expect at least 2 AAA GOTY contenders a month. Where was BG3 and Alan Wake 2? It’s Christmas FFS Sony. At the very least they should be comparing my library against my wishlist and curating three games that i personally haven’t played. Weak month, weak year, can’t wait to let my subscription lapse. Just depressed I am subscribed till 2031

I’d be interested if they released something new and different or did some cool crossovers with their IPs. However if they just reskin your standard mobile games (infinite runners, colour matching puzzles, point and click adventures etc) with PS characters I really couldn’t care less.

Some features I would like in the future:

• ability to search your party and non party members inventory
• ability to rename backpacks, pouches, chests etc
• A much easier way to move loose items from your travellers chest into backpacks/pouches within the chest.
• ability to change your active party from a menu rather than needing to talk to a character to dismiss them then talk to the character to replace them (although I imagine this is a design choice for immersion and proper RPGing)
• cross play…every single one of my friends who plays BG3 has it on steam.

General bug fixes in act 3 would certainly be welcome but so far I’ve not had anything game breaking and an overall improvement of load times would lead me to experiment a bit more. That said I have happily played this game for nearly 140 hours without those features and will no doubt put 140 more in for a second play through. Bugs and minor annoyances haven’t stopped this being a 10/10 game of the year for me.

@BetaRabbit64 Same. Mid 30s and looking forward to my physical games from the wife….she definitely thinks I’m a big kid though.

Out with the boys for some day drinking today. If I’m not too hungover tomorrow it will be some BG3 and I am going to get Dave the Diver on switch.

@Czar_Khastik You genuinely crack me up 🤣 Always look forward to scrolling for some savage industry critique.

Finally Sony are going to be held accountable for all those times they held a gun to my head and forced me to buy £70 digital games day one when I couldn’t afford it. Thank you Alex Neill, I can’t think of a more important use of the court’s time!

@Ward_ting It’s just soooo good. I’m still learning new mechanics and spell uses 120 hours in and have barely even scratched the surface of multi classing. I know when I wrap up this playthrough I am going to dive straight back in to a new game to apply everything I have learnt.

Pretty busy this weekend but when I do get some time to play it will be Mortal Kombat 1 which was my Black Friday treat and of course BG3.

I’m way more tempted by it now having read quite a lot of user feedback saying it works better than standard remote play on a phone. Unfortunately I can’t afford luxury purchases like this a month from Xmas so may look again next year.

I bought Mortal Kombat 1…off Amazon.

Well this is a slap in the face for existing premium customers. Sony are really doing their best to burn through PS+ subscribers good will over the last few months.

Great games and great times. God of War for me. Everything about that game blew me away from start to finish. Probably Dark Souls 3 second although my gaming hours would definitely suggest Black Ops 3 was my fav of the generation.

I don’t think he is saying that he just wants to make a crap game that’s long. I think there’s an underlying assumption here that users are only going to spend hours and hours on something they enjoy. I don’t pick up a game, dislike it within the first 2 hours and then think “well the next 60 hours are going to be a slog but here we go”…….I just play something else.

Overall my unpopular opinion is that I agree that games for the most part are still good value at £70. We like to pretend that gaming is the only inflation proof industry but with the price of literally everything else on earth flying up why shouldn’t games? They are bigger, better, smarter and more interesting than they have ever been before and a new AAA game is just £10 - £20 more than last gen which is like a 15% price increase. My grocery shop, petrol, clothes, gas/electric etc are 30-50% more expensive and those aren’t considered luxury entertainment they literally keep me alive. Frankly with the cost of development I think the industry overall has done us a solid and we are lucky a base edition AAA is still under £100. hides

@Scottyy I think they probably will but just haven’t announced it ahead of time. I extended my premium by a year last Black Friday. The main limiting factor for me is that I want to downgrade to extra but last time they offered extensions you could only stack on the service you were on.

I have no plans and the wife is away so for the first time in a long time a completely free weekend to devote to games. I am on act 3 in BG3 with about a billion side quests to look into and I will also be playing Alan Wake 2 but only during daylight hours and when I’m feeling brave.

@somnambulance Same for me. I have tried so many of the Yakuza games and never got past the first few hours. I loved Like a Dragon though and cannot wait for Infinite Wealth. Giving this one a go on Gamepass but from what I have played so far it’s not massively drawing me in.

My personal favourite is BG3 by a country mile. Im not usually massively invested in these awards but I really hope it wins GOTY simply because of the obvious passion and attention Larian has put into it.

I am about an hour away from the Spidey platinum and then I will give more time to Alan Wake 2.

I have no time to Talos Principle 2 at the moment but the first is one of my favourite puzzle games ever. So glad the second one seems to be living up to expectations