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The optimist in me hopes they’ve given themselves 6 months instead of multiple smaller delays, to give plenty of time to launch in a state with stable frame-rates. But they also have the flexibility, no matter when they release it’ll be in profit by the next day.

Well those comments went in a strange direction. But all good news on the ME front, Veilguard really grew on me so I have faith they’ve still got the heart to provide fun gameplay with good characters.

‘Civil War’ sounds interesting - if it’s about curing the genophage, and another Krogan uprising, I wonder if they’ll slot in any previous choices. Would it mean, possibly, we see Wrex again? Could we play as an alien, on any side?

They’re both great games, and it’s been a while since I played Tsushima so might not remember all the details.

But Yotei has tighter, more challenging (on higher difficulties) combat, the exploration is masterful, with distinct organic visual markers, and I love how the flashbacks are handled.

But Tsushima seemed the bigger spectacle, that iconic intro, some real standout main quests. But I’ve not played many main quests in Yotei, so the spectacle may still be there later on. But generally, both similar, both good.

@FuriousMachine that’s my thought too. They were fired for trying to unionise, but they had to find a justification first, which they’ve likely been able to provide. They’re a big business that earns BIG money, unions threaten the profit margins

Incredible studio, and amazing to have grown up with their increasingly mature games. Still holding on Jak 4, I know it’ll never happen but a boy can dream. Also, am I going mad or did they blur out a pride flag in the video?

@Haggis555 my bad, I couldn’t see it in the Reddit picture. Then there is sadly no ironic joke to be made

The fact you have to pay $200 to access the hot air balloon is beyond satire

Been burnt out for months, hits about 10pm and I crash out. I got Ghost of Yotei yesterday and played it until 4am. Weirdly had energy to go to a gig tonight. If it cures my Burnout I’m recommending it to the government for NHS rollout.

It’s a really fantastic set of characters, heartfelt story and excellent animation, I really enjoyed my afternoon with it. I have a feeling each episode will be about an hour, so won’t be long, but a good story can fit into 8 hours.

I was disappointed by some piss-poor stammer representation, where you’re given three options telling a character “Nah, you don’t have a stammer, you're just anxious!” - which is the sort of annoying bs prejudice we’re constantly facing, but it’s heart was in the right place.

I forgot about this one, I’m always up for a good sci-fi narrative-based game. Looks like it’ll have a Stella soundtrack too

@Burnish1619 Dragon’s Dogma 2 is definitely better than the original - it’s almost a remake of the original. It’s fantastic, hope you enjoy it!

Very strange game in many ways, won’t be for everyone, but if it clicks there’s nothing else like it.

I’m on God of War: Ragnarok, creeping towards the end (at 520h so far) of Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and about to get stuck into ‘Dispatcher’ now we’ve got a decent chunk of episodes out!

This looks absolutely delightful! The furless cat (pig? Axolotl?) is a little disconcerting in design, but the rest looks very cozy and gentle fun.

Interesting article, but I don’t think TikTok and the like is a big threat to gaming.

I think the cost (justified, often, in terms of manufacture) is more a factor, but with the cost of going out increasing, younger generation not drinking as much, I don’t think gaming is under great threat - we might just see a shift in the types of games played.

Maybe an increase in more multiplayer/party games, but a decrease in overall sales as people make the most out of the fewer games they can afford.

Never mind Killzone, where on earth is the Black remaster or sequel?! The true Halo-beater.

Really excited about the news - original was my first FPS and PC games ever. I was dreadful, but loved every, intense minute.

Bot played it since, so a remake will give me all the nostalgia without any of the disappointment. I remember it had guns, vehicles I often flipped and a part fighting invisible ***** aboard a ship, give me that and I’ll be happy.

@cburg apologies, that was an unfair statement (therapy day, so a bit grumpier than usual).
I’d be very happy to be wrong, the most recent game of theirs I’ve played was the first Outer Worlds.
Was Avowed, grounded or Pentiment any closer in terms of character, personality and emotion to their earlier output like Fallout: NV, NWN2 or KOTOR2?

I’ve been intrigued by this one from first look, glad it’s shaping up, even if gameplay is limited a good story and characters can carry it.

Obsidian have sadly lost their magic in recent years, sounds like this just confirms it. They make perfectly fun and perfectly forgettable games these days - but I’ll grab on a deep sale, same as the first one, and enjoy the ride while I’m on it.

It was an absolute blast - I remember for the time, although it obviously did emulate a lot of GTA themes, it also had some original and well implemented ideas. Great world, music and decent graphics (for the time) too.

I’d love to see it resurface, pipedream would be a remake, prequel or spin-off.

It’s very cool, but come on, “best merch ever”? It’s not 19” of Venom is it?

I wish we saw “Jeff Goldblum’s out of control again” on more games - it may not always be relevant, but it would be TRUE

Looks like it’ll be a perfect, great fun blast when it’s on sale or a subscription service.
There are enough games out there with great action sat on my backlog after a strong couple years of games

@Marquez bold of you to assume they aren’t your 16yo daughter. Bold of you to assume everyone besides you on this site isn’t the different guises of your daughter.

So do we NOT buy physical, to show them we don’t approve of this practice, or DO we buy to show there’s a market for physical?

Either way, after trying to peddle this for £80-90 initially, not doing this poor game any favours.

BG3 and Expedition 33 have shown a cheaper price, and a good product, will sell shedloads and win you good publicity.

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Rughteous mostly for me. Almost 500 hours in. Almost finished. Good gods, almost finished. As in, probably another 15 hours or so.

Then I’ll be jumping into a mix of God of War: Ragnarok, Baldur’s Gate 3, Rogue Trader and maybe something under 100-500 hours long if might be so bold.

With the torrential flow of issues around its development I’m not massively surprised, but I was hoping it would be a surprise hit.

Still, I’ll play it when it inevitably comes to PS+ expecting the worst and finding it surprisingly enjoyable. Looks like it might scratch an itch at some point

Looks very intriguing, depending on price I’ll keep an eye out for this when it drops.

Honestly this is of very little interest to me. I’d rather hear:

• Will the combat/gameplay be crunchier and more exciting
• and/or will we get stronger characters (or really any memorable character will do), story and roleplaying

I did enjoy the first game, but it was a bit flat in all areas, and I’ve never wanted to go back for a second playthrough. It had a lot of potential I hope this will realise though.

I’ve already got the fantastic Silent Hill 2, great addition for those that haven’t.

But I’ve been wanting to play ‘V Rising’ for ages, waiting for a decent enough sale, and the others look interesting too. Good month!

I have a strong feeling performance will be choppy and it’ll need some patching, but it looks like it’ll be a tonne of fun.

It also looks like it’s focusing on “what would be fun” and “what would be cool/ridiculous” - it’s not trying to reinvent the wheel, it’s not being overblown as such by the studio. If it has just focused on those, I think it’ll deliver. Probably looking at a very fun 7 or 8/10.

Finally, a game that’ll let us beat up a bunch of children without a morality system!

I’m a huge fan of the Avatar series, if you’re an adult and haven’t both Last Airbender & Korra are well worth it. Korra builds up to huge ends to seasons, Last Airbender builds up to a huge final season - it’s slower, but both have incredible character arcs, world and heart.

How are there 33 comments and no one’s mentioned the sunglasses-inside, yaoi-handed, Beetlejuice-shrunken-headed, kylo-ren-shouldered monstrosity of a man in the trailer? The lady with planet-sized breasts straight off the bat too.

Looks superb. I’m in.

@Jacko11 Walmart don’t own ASDA anymore, the majority shares are owned by some faceless group that’s probably a hedgefund.

But the merch looks fun, hopefully it does cross the pond to our fair(ly grim) shores

@Jammer can’t find anything linking him to ANTIFA, might be worth double checking that.

They’re the hot new target to pin everything people don’t like on, but it’s worth remembering they’re just a largely unorganised group who oppose fascism, although some might put on self-defence classes or help spread relevant information - which is, generally, a good thing.

On this video, it’s disgusting and must have really scared staff. A strange man lurking in the dark shouting aggressively is weird stalker energy. Hopefully enough to get him a police warning.

@nomither6 I’m not about to declare a thumb war on them!

They’ve jumped the gun here - I know people pay to watch golf, and that gives false hope, but e-sports benefits more from extending its reach rather than capitalising on its niche market.

Then again who knows, it IS a sport, maybe they’ll sell enough to make it worthwhile, and maybe it’ll in some strange way make it feel more an established event.

Your reward is merch at a standard price? That’s a deal so bad I sneezed 14 times.

There’ll be bootleg versions within a month, probably sold cheaper.

Will you be limited in how many you buy? Or coukd you bulk buy and sell on?

Just seems ill thought out, and a bit exploitative.

Looks a lot of fun, but I never trust anything ‘free’ - cosmetics funding I can’t imagine going that far, once everyone’s bought the swimsuits and bunny ears for $15, what else are they going to buy?

But I suppose if you have millions of playing buying them it’ll tot up. I’ll keep an eye on this lil smorgasbords of stolen ideas.

Time will tell with this one - Disco Elysium is a spectacular, weird, wonderful unique game. It’ll be hard to capture the same heart, humour and intrigue, but not impossible. Hopefully we just end up with two groups of people making similar, wonderful games.

Damn those are some expensive horse tacks.

But can’t complain when base game is £55 and almost everything else and game is £80, perfect pricing really - something for everyone.

Good, traditional arcade shooter with great atmosphere and a bit of emotion and mystery looks great.

It looks like a game that knows what it is, leans fully into it, and doesn’t try to pad it out with needless fluff.

Looks fun and interesting! I wonder how they’ll play into battles though, and whether they’ll be repetitive music-wise. But definitely intrigued, will keep an eye on it.

It’s a truly breathtaking game. Controls are a bit clunky, the platforming can be a pain, but so much atmosphere and heart.

I’ve never played a game that had such an organic feel to a bond between characters - the way animations subtly change, how Trico listens to you more over time, the sparse use of a powerful OST. All just incredible, artful work.

That said, I definitely can’t afford $1,500 for a very pretty statue, but I’m sure some people will be very happy with it.

@LiamCroft thanks for the review, cautiously intrigued for this!

Just a few questions:

• Are the save or check points generous?
• Do enemies respawn?
• And, if you can answer spoiler free, does the increase in action/violence, or enemy design, have a story/character justification, or is it just purely more action-y for the gameplay change-up?

@Artois2 haha it made me laugh too, but I know what they meant.

Someone who purposefully wants to ruin other people’s enjoyment of something, for their own amusement, is an awful miserable thing to do.

Luckily my Mum’s not that!

@Elfuggingjefe spoken like someone who’s mum didn’t casually spoil ‘The Sixth Sense’ when it first came out. They can really ruin the impact a good twist can have at first.

But they tend to be easy enough to avoid, especially for a game that’s well known but not mainstream in the same way a new big show or film is, it’ll only be big in gaming spaces.

@PuppetMaster that’s a fair point - I just remember the earlier games being interesting worlds, intense gameplay and atmospheric in their own ways. But I was like 14 when I first played it, over 20 years ago, so perhaps not the most reliable critic.

But it does look fun, if the gameplay stays diverse, fast paced and challenging it’ll be a blast!

Looks fun but very much a PS2-style romp - run around bland generic environments slicing and dicing to nu-metal, interspersed I’m sure by sone techno-babble story around an evil shadow organisation running a corrupt world.

I could be wrong, and if I’m right, it could still be a fantastic old school arcade blast.

I hadn’t heard about this before but it looks fantastic, will definitely keep an eye on this and if it’s technically sound I’ll dive right in.

I think an episodic structure can work really well, I just need to know it won’t destroy my save hours in just before the end of the episode (thanks for that Lost Tapes)

I think it would be a very brave, or possibly insane, person that wouldn’t bet on this being gigantic - regardless of personal opinion GTA 5 is a game almost everyone gaming ended up playing or buying at one point.

Personally I’ll hold off for reviews - I’m sure it’ll be a lot of fun, but I have a feeling a game that size is going to come out a bit of a mess until a few patches are out