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Still Cyberpunk for me, going through some of the Phantom Liberty stuff which is cool, I'm enjoying it.

Sony and Microsoft both pissing off a lot of people at the moment lol

I think it's probable that at least some more Microsoft owned franchises will come to other platforms but couldn't this post have just meant games that are on these platforms already, Psychonauts or Minecraft for instance?

I mean, talk about entitled gamers guys. Not every game has to have new game+, or even new content.

For me personally Call of Duty occupied a unique space where I could grab a game a few years after release for a tenner or whatever, and then play it for a few evenings. Enjoy it, finish campaign, and then never think about it again. The prospect of yet another game pivoting to open world bores me to no end. I like open world games but I lament the loss of straight up linear single player shooters - people like me only have so much time in the day as well.

Bit wild all this. I'm old enough to consider Mario and Sonic on the same platform completely crazy, and now this.

I wonder if Microsoft are trying to get ahead of the game with this though and they consider the traditional console cycle fading out in a few generations, especially with their reported chip issues, maybe they had to jump now?

Actually giving the PS5 version of Uncharted 4 a go, completed the game 3-4 times before but love going back to it and it's still clearly the best Uncharted game.

If I find time I'll crack on with Cyberpunk too, still enjoying that.

It's not like me to me a downer but I didn't think it was that great. Death Stranding 2 looked really good, looking forward to that, but other than that there was little to get me excited.

I've made several comments about this recently on this site, I think I just prefer physical media now. I have plenty of games that are digital as I just tend to buy whatever is cheaper.

But I love that fact that I have all Metal Gear Solid games (included a boxed copy of MGS1 on PC and Twin Snakes) lined up in a row on my book shelf and one day I'll introduce the kids to the joy of opening the box, popping a disc in, reading the manual and playing the game.

Digital can't replicate that feeling.

@CallMeDuraSouka I get a lot of crashes too, have to reload quite a lot also.

@zhoont haha, she was my interest as well. Took me 256 hours to beat my first run and most of the first act of that was deciding between Lae'zel and Shadowheart lol.

@JokerBoy422 and ten million other live service offerings.

Even though this game doesn't have the worst traits of live service titles I fear that too much damage has been done already to change people's minds. ...Plus the gameplay is repeatedly not great.

@Flaming_Kaiser Sorry, I'm not sure what you're asking really. Nevermind hey.

I've been thinking about this a bit more recently. I tend to just buy whatever is cheaper and that can sometimes mean buying a game on disc.

However I think I'm leaning towards preferring physical media now. I was hoping to rewatch Battlestar Galactica recently and noticed that they took it off of BBC iPlayer just before I wanted to watch it. Where can I watch it now legally, short of owning the Blu-ray/ DVD? The answer : nowhere. I'm not entirely comfortable with a future where anything can be taken away like that with little to no warning.

@ApostateMage 'True souls, who couldn't be bought!!' brilliant section and brilliant song. Is Act 3 the strongest act? I kinda think so.

@Logonogo I'm playing on ps5 yeah. Perhaps I've been unlucky, still, most of them can be solved with loading the save again - they are just way more numerous than I was expecting.

Playing Cyberpunk at the moment and I'm enjoying it but I got more glitches in my first 2 hours of Cyberpunk than I did in my entire 256 hour run of BG3.

Main menu crashes 50% of the time, animation glitches, can't pick up phone sometimes, gigs get stuck, goes on and don't close...Still good game though in spite of all that.

@Sil_Am Yeah and not only that but increased profits too.

@Mintie The shagging to death section was hilarious. If you broke into the House of Hope prepare for one of the best songs in the game coming up lol.

Playing through Cyberpunk 2077 which I'm enjoying. I wasn't expecting it to feel like a mix of so many different games. It's Far Cry, Arkham Knight, GTA, and Observer rolled into one package.

How much do analysts get paid? Not like we saw this one coming.

@Fiendish-Beaver in total agreement, BG3 pushes the goal posts so far back that I don't think it will be bettered in decades. Spiderman 2 is a good game but not the paradigm shift Baldur's Gate 3 is.

Whilst I feel that Baldur's Gate 3 is by far the better game in my opinion, more people probably played Spiderman 2 and everyone has their own tastes don't they.

Glad we all had such great games to play this year.

I finished BG3 the other day and I agree that this is a once in a generation masterpiece. Just so great on every level.

Just about to finish Baldurs Gate 3 - has been absolutely epic, undoubtedly one of the best games I've played. After that I'll move on to Cyberpunk (finally) with a bit of RE4 on the side.

Legendary Edition was great, the games really hold up well.

Shame about COD, but look on the bright side - a lot of the games in this list are actually good!

Near enough £30 for a car is insane.

@Broosh I was going to say this, bit bizarre isn't it. And if you wanted to look at people in tight fitting clothing you need only walk down the street.

@Bentleyma I played this at launch and also again a few years ago. I enjoyed it well enough but I think it's one of those games that you remember being slightly better than it actually was. I remember they patched and rebalanced the combat but there is still too much trial and error and enemies are too overpowered. It's enjoyable enough but not a masterpiece as some make it out to be.

Game was and is incredible. This is icing on the cake if you will!

8/10 is a low review score for this game if you ask me. Don't get me wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinion but for me personally, and having played it again recently, it's better than 90% of games released today. Just so well designed in every area.

People are strange aren't they.

@GeeEssEff Agree with all of that.

@Mintie Oddly for me I got a more bugs in act 2 than in act 3. After I reached Baldurs Gate itself the bugs seemed to largely disappear. I'll be playing it this weekend, the end is in sight... I think.

FF7 Rebirth has come around fast you know. Doesn't seem so long ago that part one was released.

Both games are certainly eye watering.

Still going on Baldurs Gate 3. 140hrs in and just about to start Act 3. Absolutely brilliant game.

Also a bit of Alan Wake Remastered on the side in preparation for 2.

Still in Act 2 of BG3 after 130hrs, still loving it.

Also playing Alan Wake Remastered so I can crack on with 2 around Christmas time.
So far AW is my least favourite Remedy game but still has some interesting stuff in it.

@Flaming_Kaiser I think you're right and that's a shame. Trouble is the general public isn't as well informed as us Push Square readers!

First thing they should do is make sure the controls are sorted out, RDR2's were utter ***** lol. I love the game but when I'm trying to buy something and then I shotgun blast a guy in the face I'm not having a good time, and neither is that guy.

Yeah I mean I love the three main line Mass Effect's, yes even 3 which I think is great, but it's hard to get excited for this considering Bioware seems to be in constant turmoil.

I wonder if karmic dice will be set permanently off as well?

I loved Far Cry 2, 3 and 4, but I couldn't get on with 5 at all. Haven't played it since as bored of the Ubi open world formula.

@kyleforrester87 Dead Space 2 was fantastic, so many great moments. And I agree with most people, Dead Space 3 was not great.

Playing Alan Wake remastered at the moment. I think it's my least favourite Remedy game but really looking forward to diving into AW2, maybe next year.

I love Media Molecule but it baffles me how they can be profitable for Sony.

Oops. David Gaffe.

@Fiendish-Beaver It's great isn't it? It's remarkable that I'm not even remotely bored by any part of it yet, even though 100hrs would normally be considered long for a whole game lol. I know it is a big game but I'm not sure I anticipated just how big it is. When I looked on How Long to Beat and saw that people smashed it in about 120hrs total I thought I must be going mad so glad to hear someone is in the same ball park as me.

Still Baldurs Gate 3 for me, absolutely fantastic, probably in my top 5 games of all time. I'm 95 hours in and near the beginning of Act 2. Looking forward to Spider Man 2 but may have to wait for a bit whilst I finish BG3.