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Oh, great vid by the way. He could totally play Nate in a movie.

@GravyThief I played them all for the first time before UC4 came out and it is worth it. My tip would be to forget about the collectibles and just steam through the story. All games have a handful of "treasures" hidden in each level, and later games have the odd additional conversation to trigger. I expect you're like me and will hate ending a level with 3 of 4 treasures collected, but I urge you to resist replaying the level or reaching for the browser on your phone. Just accept that you are going to play it through once and will not 100% it. I do recommend poking around every corner in a level to see the scenery, but don't get caught with the completionist compulsion. The game is also more engaging when you keep pace with the music, set piece transitions, direction cues etc. If you are searching around trying to find every last object you slow down the game and lose some immersion.

@ShogunRok Fair dos. I didn't realise the listicles were so popular. I visit multiple times daily specifically because of the quality of journalism. I don't begrudge the site making money by adverts or click-throughs or whatever. It just seemed like there was a glut of these 'guides' in the past two weeks, and not all of them show the same level of effort. The ones on PSPlus credit, external harddrives, or racing wheels, for example, were just a list of amazon links. No opinion, no assessment criteria, no comparison, just a description of what the thing is. Top quality content? Not in my book. The headphones one was great, that's what I'd call quality content.

Just holding you guys to the high standard you set elsewhere on the site. Not being blind to economic realities.

The best eh? 30 of them? Didn't work too hard to narrow down the selection did you. Oh, but there are 30 Amazon links posted. Hope it satisfies the paymasters. Seems to have been a lot of "The best..." articles in the past week, helpfully accompanied by Amazon links. Are you having to meet a quota? Feels like it.

sigh...

Nice one. I'll have a piece of that pie.

I was nonplussed about this game, but that trailer has got me interested. Looks bonkers.

This is why we can't have nice things.

I enjoyed JC3, but they need to bring something new (beyond just stable performance) to get me excited for JC4.

Not wanting to be THAT guy, but the car in the clip has a roof. So not F1.

This is why we can't have nice things.

Nice feature. Some pretty fugly looking games tho.

Road Rash 4 please.

Wow, that is, er, wow. Yes please!

Thanks for the article. It's given me the nudge I need. I'll give it a crack at the weekend.

Ding dong!

nice picture

Oh man, this is major news!

I've been waiting AGES to find out when @Rudy_Manchego was going to get back on the kit kats. I can rest easy now.

Took down four so far (without the guide!). I'm finding it all a bit depressing actually.

I just hope you get a new promo image to use. Getting a bit bored of that same picture for every CP77 article.

I didn't realise this was from Codies. Will be interested to read some reviews; I do enjoy a good arcade racer.

Been hoping they would release a GT40. Would like to see the modern one too next.

Any chance of showing us the votes tally? Just wondering how much of a landslide it was for HZD.

I'm also curious where GT Sport would have come if it had been shortlisted. At least 10 people mentioned it in comments.

+1 for GT Sport

HZD was easily GOTY for me. AC: Origins really shone too.

Great read, thanks for that. I'm not bothered about the remaster (there's only so many hours in the day and so many games I haven't played yet), but I loved the original.

It will be interesting to see how they recreate the atmosphere of the original. Part of what made it such a good game was how they used their limited assets to such great effect. Playing it at the time you really appreciated how they had taken things to a new level (music, lighting, art design, characterisation, etc) - I'm not sure if new players will experience anything close to that these days.

Thanks @BAMozzy and @ShogunRok

I've been glancing at other reviews and they all seem to confirm that the open world aspect is great. Which is what I was hoping for, and is probably enough to warrant a purchase. I just want to know what the overall gameplay experience is now.

The reason I'm holding out for the Pushsquare review is because I find my opinion on a game, or the things I look for in a game, are often very close to the main reviewers'. Also, being a regular reader, I understand how the team generally feel about the series and how that will shape their review. Basically Pushsquare reviews are my most trusted thermometer these days.

That said, HZD DLC is out next week, so maybe I'll just wait for AC to come down in price.

The metacritic rating is reassuring. I find them pretty reliable.

When is the AC review coming out? I'm not buying it until I hear what Pushsquare thinks.

Remember when everyone was grumbling about micro-transactions?

Violence in games (books, movies, TV, theatre, music, VR) is always going to be an issue for some people. Ultimately it does come back to censorship as a couple of people have pointed out. I'll always be against censorship in any form.

Nice one @hadlee73

I thought the trailer was great. World building for the game, makes sense to me.

I suppose REALISTIC violence is more discomforting than movie violence, but that's a good thing, right? Violence is a facet of humanity that we can't ignore. Exploring it is not glorifying it.

Interesting (and encouraging) that Bungie are explicitly saying we don't do this. They clearly think it makes more commercial sense for them to market their games as fair and respectful to players.

Micro-transactions don't really don't bother me because I simply ain't interested in spending money on in-game items. If I end up in a game where other players have a paid advantage, then I'll just stop playing that game. And I think a lot of other people will too. Bungie also seem to think this.

That said, I do feel some of the comments in the other thread about the risks to vulnerable adults or unsupervised children are pretty valid. Like others said in that thread though, there are ways those risks could be managed.

@get2sammyb "God, this thread did not go well."

Beg to differ; it's the most enjoyable comment thread so far this week.

The fact that Pushsquare publishes the occasional tongue-in-cheek article and has genuine interaction with its readers is what I'm here for. Keep taking the risks guys, I think the majority of your readers really appreciate it.

Looks cheap. Just like all other crystal hardware. Not a fan.

Do they get grubby over time? I've always stuck with black or blue controllers.

@SwitchGlitch "You literally laughed out loud at that?"

Technically, I laughed out loud at your macho posturing on the internet.

"So go ahead, big guy."

LOL!

The weekly maintenance has slowed my progress somewhat, so yeh, I'm still grinding the endgame.

Also wanted to give a shout out to the active clan members responsible for those free engrams I'm picking up each week. Much respect!

Slick trailer.

@kyleforrester87

LOL. Totally.

"OBJECTION YOUR HONOUR!!!!"

Ubisoft clearly very proud of their new particle effect coding.

Third month in a row of great games! That I already own

The transparency of the nomination process fills me with so much faith in the validity of the results.

Dodgy as......

I like to get the Dead Orbit scout rifle, but I prefer the look of FWC's inventory. Was also FWC in D1. Plus I can't get over the emo vibe of Dead Orbit.

Er, no, it's nowhere near the Playstation's "Best Ever Commercial". Not even that impressive really. I'm feeling that headline is a tad too click-baity for the high standards set on Pushsquare, Sammy sir.

I really enjoyed that Destiny dance-off one a couple of weeks ago.

Ahhhhh, mass killing immortalised forever. See the detail in the eyes of the father of three about to be murdered as part of Nate's personal hunt for redemption.

That is far and away the best Destiny promo I've seen. Some pretty dope moves in there. Way funnier than the western one.

I would say it doesn't top the "Gary" line in the D2 story trailer, but overall it made me smile more.

Ready to kick ass. Or more realistically, have my ass kicked.

I'm in UTC+7 timezone though, so might not see you guys much.

Like the man says, it's clearly great value. That's why I voted. I'm not interested in EA games though.

Suspicious lack of gameplay footage.

Need for Speed games are so hit or miss. Not a Day 1 for sure.

RTS on console rarely works as well as PC, but if they can overcome the lack of a mouse then this looks great. Hopefully the gameplay will be something like Company of Heroes.

Vice City was the sweet spot for me. The music and visuals came together so well I spent more time smiling than any other game I can remember.

Great selection! So good I already own them. yay.