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Over-commiserating?

Great review; it's all so true!

@InsaneWade it did, yeah.

@Truegamer79 I think it's fair enough, really. I've been playing games for 30 odd years, and the state of today's industry is nothing much, by my opinion. So many boring, or uninspired games getting released, at such high prices, puts pressure on the increasing costs of production. For every shabby game that gets released, and fails, costs go up for better games that have to recoup losses. Rather there was less saturation, and more outstanding content. But in between GaaS, and having perpetually online games that try to eat up everyone's time, the whole industry looks to be on a downward spiral of chasing trends and profits, rather than making rarer, and more exclusive and interesting games with unique premises.

Can't say that I'm surprised... nothing that I read made this sound like a 'good' game- just a good star wars atmosphere, tied to a lacklustre game. Essentially an officially licensed cash-grab.

MGS4 stands out as a great game that probably still looks good and doesn't need a lot of work. That said, I'd love to play MGS Rising, so if a collection comes out, I'd be tempted to grab it.

Gameplay looks promising, but the art style/ direction puts me off a little. Not super interesting characters?

@JohntheRaptor I definitely know the fromsoft frustrations of thinking "why the fu#k didn't he sip his flask" as I hammer the drink button 20 times mid-bossfight.

@Fishnpeas Everyone in the comments section, apparently 🤣

The Concord killer has entered the room

From the ps store description, sounds like it has a bit of a pokemon/ persona thing going on, with catching and fusing monsters, that you can use/ summon in battle.

Thought the first basic enemies seemed a bit spongey (I don't want to have to slash a grunt 100 times with a sword to take them out...) but boss fights looked good! Feel like there's a tough balance between making the player and the enemies seem/ feel equally dangerous, but this seems to do it well.
As much as I loved Ragnarok, that was a game that belied the strength of the "god of war" by making you duke some regular enemies that'd take far too long to kill!

About 8 years too long, by the looks of it.

Last trailer made the enemies all look so spongey, I'm not sure how well it's going to play (or how fun it'll actually be), despite the nice look of the cel-shaded graphics. Some very empty looking scenery, too.

@Yagami Yeah, that's fair. I'm also not opposed to limiting spellcasting to magic classes, etc. (Witcher 3 struck a good balance, with a mix of ranged attacks, not OP spells, and melee). I've yet to play DD2, but was a big fan of Dark Arisen, and I was always left a little disappointed that you were only able to have 3 skills for the greatsword. Seems 2 has made combat more intuitive with opening up how combat works, so I can't really compare to this, but I'm a simple man who likes having options, haha.

@Yagami I meant just in terms of being able to climb things, and all the variety and fluidity of attacks- having a sword and shield, but also a bow.
The one thing about combat in DD that always put me off, was just how you were limited to only 3 or 4 skills per weapon, so being able to 'multiclass' like this makes me think there will be a more extensive skill list- and I see that as an upgrade.

@vrubayka Did you ever play Kingdom Come? That's a game that goes pretty hardcore on the immersive aspect, and can ususally be picked up for a few quid in sales

Combat looks like an upgraded Dragon's Dogma, but I'm not entirely sold on the boss defying gravity and hovering a second in the air, before slamming down.

Looks like a poor man's Deus Ex with terrible AI. (Seriously, did the enemies even try to fight back?) And I don't know what's going on with the Megan Fox imitation lady with fake botox lips. So distracting. There's a difference between noir and being vague, and this looks like it'll fall into the latter.

I'm a fan of Borderlands (1 and 2, to a lesser extent 3), but don't have any desire to watch the film. Shouldn't there be an option for that on the survey?

On another note- I can't help but feel that the film has kinda forgotten what the initial 'hook' was for Borderlands; the uncannily inventive quality and quantity of guns. Sure the film has a lot of shooting (so it looks), but wheres the fun guns, and loot by the bajillion? Where's the class abilities? Krieg should be setting himself on fire and running around like a maniac, throwing tnt covered buzzsaws. But does he?

No wonder it flopped. 😌

Next year, someone will make a game that is exclusively Dead Rising style upskirt paparazzi missions, in a mall full of zombies. Now what to call it... 🤔

Head Rising? Dead Ricin? Red Dicing?

I think it's strange that people are offended by the very silly and campy idea of taking "erotic" pics of female zombies in a silly pastiche of 80s zombie horror. It's 'exploitative', yes- but so was a lot of zombie horror from the time, and I think it's fine to consider that the game is ironically doing the same thing. You get a "reward", as in points, but it isn't meant to make you feel good about it- it's silly at best, and a bit cringe otherwise.

But my god, you best leave in the sexy outfits in Stella Blade, so my character (based on a real actress/ model) can look super hot, while I perv on her bouncing ass as I slaughter monsters and have her covered in 'blood'. Oh, and a photo mode is a must have!

Why the outcry for one thing, but not the other?

@Monstermash40 I think a lot of peoppe would be glad to have the old tier back, where you didnt get games, but multiplayer online was free. I'm sure I'd be satisfied with that!

@Monstermash40 You literally could have downloaded it for 'free' on ps plus, if you were 2/3 days quicker!

@Nakatomi_Uk The actual game itself feels fantastic to play (BL3), but that really is it's only redeeming feature.

The blade reminds me of Soul Edge, and wait a minute... isn't that one of Disco Elysium's neural personalities talking? 😏

@Cloud39472 That's totally fair, and I think you've given a well reasoned response.

To be clear, I've always enjoyed FF, and I did really like Remake, for it's moment to moment gameplay and just about everything else. I thought it was overall really solid (and happily beat it twice!). I don't doubt I'll pick up Rebirth, but some of my gripes with the direction of the previous title just put me off from a day 1 purchase. That said, I'm just happily getting through my backlog, and didn't think I had the time to invest!

@PuppetMaster But it is the same story, no? That's my point. They've essentislly given us the same story, then just changed some key sequences by relating to multiversal shenanigans, at a time when I feel like the multiverse concept is so ubiquitous, it just feels tired, and not half-so clever. In that way, I feel like something more interesting/ less arbitrary would have been better, or else, yes; stick to the original.

The problem of a multiverse, and this is spoken of frequently, is that it takes away any real gravitas because, if something important happens, you can just spin a yarn about how it's a separate timeline, etc.

Regardless, it's all subjective, but I don't think it's fair to say that anyone who doesn't like the direction of Remake/ Rebirth isn't a true fan, or are simply being contentious.

@PuppetMaster Speaking for myself, it isn't about "time travel" as a storyline that's put me off, I would just say that the excess story baggage has been largely unnecessary, and for me (as well as for others, I'm sure), it falls flat, rather than hits the mark, so to speak. I understand it's a remake, and so they want to make it feel fresher, but I think that could have been done in a better way.

So you might disagree, as do others, and that's fine- but I think if there's a vocal crowd who are all making the same complaint, then that's a valid complaint, and no less right than the fans who say they love the new changes. Some of whom seem a bit 'salty', and maybe they would have equally loved the game without the new direction, because they're such fans.

The thing is, most remakes (in film, at least) will offer a new take on the story- very few will retread the same story but change key moments, and backlash is the reason why. I don't see why that's a difficult or different concept to grasp with Rebirth/ Remake.

@Czar_Khastik The name must be a real curse when it comes to asking genuine and sincere questions! 😉

@Czar_Khastik I thought that was Concord? 🤭

What about the PS One edition?

@Radekbejbl1 I really wish they'd take her out already. She just about epitomises everything that's wrong with the games.

@SterlingEyes Bingo!

I like the offerings of FromSoft. And I enjoyed Team Ninja's efforts (Niohs 1 and 2), and while there have been a few good efforts from smaller companies, like Salt and Sanctuary, or The Surge that were enjoyably different, I do feel like the best ones are by From, and the rest generally pale in comparison. That said, Star Wars worked well, and I don't see why the formula can't be used successfully, but there needs to be more originality and less aping what's come before.

I don't really understand the point of this release, when there's the Marvel vs Capcom collection soon to be released? Seems a waste of time and money to me!

Played it for several hours, and I felt the characters were totally bland, despite a high quality of presentation. The humour fell flat, feeling like a poor man's Guardians (as many have said), without giving any reason to care about any character. I'm not that fussed about cosmetics, and the few I unlocked seemed totally boring and pointless (a keychain for a gun that you never even see?). After so many hours of playing the same game type, it just got incredibly boring, and certain characters seemed entirely useless compared to others. If the game was free, I wouldn't want to play it; for £40, or thereabouts, I wouldn't even look at it.

@PuppetMaster I get that, but I actually don't mind Ryu so much, and Kazuya has always been my main. I suppose it's entirely subjective, but I just find him a bit bland- and again, I'm a Ken fan in SF, so it's not just the blonde American thing

Possibly one of the most boring looking fighting game 'poster boys'?

He's apparently Harada's personal favourite character, and he claims to have not realised that they truly "killed" him off, so I'm not entirely surprised.

@themightyant In all honesty, I don't even care about the game, or any gacha style game for that matter. I'm just saying, the point about the name change is moot, because the letters vary across languages. That said, I think it's fair to complain that a game that riffs off cultures doesnt even attempt to do them justice, because otherwise, they may as well have created an original character with an original name.

@themightyant But you do realise the letter change is because the letter L basically doesn't exist in East asian languages? That's why Krillin, from dragonball, is called Kururin in Japanese because, again, there is no letter L.

@CielloArc @DennisReynolds The protagonist, William, is actually also based on a real guy- the same inspiration for the character of Blackthorn in Shogun.

Not surprised by FF in 1st place, though I've yet to play it. Didn't expect so many people to have jumped on to Stellar Blade, in comparison to 3rd, however.

Yeah, echoing the sentiments of most, in that those are horrible to look at. Not even anything vaguely Tekken about them. Saw a mock-up on twitter of some Nike hi-tops with a purple snakeskin design (imitation Kazuya coat) and they looked infinitely better.

@nitram2k11 I am absolutely baffled that it's still selling so well/ much.

@Artois2 I don't take to mean it as in "these games are crap", but by crap selection, thinking that if only every 1/3 people decide to download a game (because they either have the others, or aren't interested, regardless), then that's pretty crap? If I decide to download 2 games out of 3, or people on average decide to download and play 2/3, then that's pretty good, and if by some wonder all 3 games are so good that literally everyone downloads them, and wants to play them, that's a miracle.

I feel like probably for every person downloading a game, maybe there's 1 you like or want to play. (Personally 0 for me, but irrelevant) So 1/3 isn't really that good?

@Bizzy I wish they would. I only pay for the essential tier, and only to play online. If it was free (like it used to be) - or at least cheaper- I'd be delighted and would happily take that over an increased cost and crap games every month. 😉

@Gremio108 The humour is at an all time low on this one, coupled with the least interesting villains in the series. The gameplay is the only redeeming feature, but the characters are also hardly as good as in the previous 2. I rushed to complete it and was glad to trade it in.

@Supern0va That's what I was thinking! That game seemed pretty ahead of its time, and it's like there's been nothing else like it- till now