@theheadofabroom nobody cares about the protagonist's gender. It's her character which is not great. The gameplay doesn't seem to be all that great either.
I don't think it's fair to anyone to just republish a review from 2018 for an online game. I'd rather see a new review in its current state before I decide whether to give it a shot.
I was saying it. Elden Ring should win GOTY but I thought Ragnarok would mainstream its way in. Elden Ring was just so much better as a game. It was the first time in a long time where I thought "this is just a pure game". It also deserves Best Direction. Pushing the Souls style successfully into a massive world and telling a deep story in a subtle way through interactions with NPCs, gear descriptions etc. is so much more organic than the movie style narrative of Ragnarok (which fell short of what 2018 gave us).
While woke reviewers are prevalent - Kotaku, RPS, PC Gamer, Polygon, IGN for instance - they aren't the reason this game didn't do well. It did deserve to do better though.
It's sad that people think referencing the existence of woke anything and the negative consequences of their actions is somehow a red flag. The culture does exist and it does cause harm.
I am so glad they went back to the OG art and story style. I mean they had to really after the fallout from 3. That Lords of Shadow isometric shot probably still gives the Devs nightmares. I'm definitely buying it.
This is easily better than Forspoken. Also we know a lot more about this game as the Devs gave us plenty to look at and learn months ago. Randomly spawning enemies, zero G in more places like the docking bay, power routing decisions (do you choose lights or atmosphere for example).
When you think about it, the combat isn't that different to X-Com. Your available abilities in mission are chosen at random instead. Firaxis does deserve credit for mixing up their games instead of reusing everything.
I'd like the Netflix content to be optional so I can refuse it. I hope they fixed the movement because it's atrocious. Sometimes when all you want to do is.enter a doorway Geralt will struggle and even do a few die hard rolls instead.
I hope Elden Ring gets GOTY. At this point only The Callisto Protocol has a chance. Ragnarok fell off so only Callisto has a chance of being as good as it.
Also bless you for not doing the USA/UK thing anymore. Love from Ireland.
People acting like animations are whipped up in 5 minutes or that they aren't tied to anything like new enemies or environments.
It's funny reading through the comments and seeing how season pass suddenly turned into battle pass which is something completely different. It just shows how people don't bother to read and jump straight to outrage.
I'm not canceling my pre-order either way. I know what I'm in for and I can't wait.
I have no love for the game awards. They seem to be bloated with ads and freemium/battle royale games, but I like Geoff so it's cool that he gets to make big announcements.
All of my yes. Space horror is a seriously underused genre. Callisto Protocol and Dead Space remake releasing in the next couple of months is like a relative tsunami of content.
I do hope their next mainline game is in space as well.
7 or 8. I'd give the last game a 10 but this has issues with the main story and some battles being too hectic for the camera and the weapon switching mechanics. There is also way too much of the last game mindlessly cloned into this one. The new weapon is great though.
Currently Elden Ring is still GOTY for me. I'm hoping The Callisto Protocol takes that crown.
I'm sad there is no Norwegian language for the game. I can get past the accents and the fact everyone talks English, but the very prominent use of modern American slang words were breaking immersion. I would not have been surprised if Atreus called Kratos "my old man".
My experience at launch was so bad that I will never want to play this again. I'm glad I got a refund. I'll never lose the bad memories capped off by the 20+ crashes I experienced.
You don't really want to play games like this in 30fps. When you need to perfectly time your dodges for instance the difference between 30 and 60 is being hit or not.
A plague tale needs the newest graphics cards like the 4070 to hit 60fps on 4k so it's not surprising it is 30fps on PS5. This game on the other hand, I don't get.
Zero G was always going to get a change considering how much it improves across the three games. I would have preferred if Isaac didn't talk. The original was so ahead of its time that I never felt it needed a remake or remastert. This is more like a final cut type of redo so I'm happy with it.
Cheeky headline. The Stadia idea was good but before its time. I think cloud gaming is the future but the industry just lacks the infrastructure to support it for now.
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 459
Two PS5 upgrades - Kakarot and Witcher 3
Re: Forspoken Will Take Up a Hefty Chunk of Your PS5 Storage Space
With Dead Space and some recent PS5 upgrades I have no reason to get this. It also doesn't seem to be very good, politics aside.
Re: Hogwarts Legacy on PS5 Supports 30fps, 60fps, and VRR
@InternetUser Alienware released a 500hz monitor. Where's my 500hz setting?
Re: Forspoken Continues to Divide Opinion Following PS5 Demo
@theheadofabroom nobody cares about the protagonist's gender. It's her character which is not great. The gameplay doesn't seem to be all that great either.
Re: Random: That Original Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser Trailer Is 10 Years Old Today
I've never actually seen this ad
Re: Frey Faces Her Fears in Flashy Forspoken PS5 Cinematic Trailer
Too many quality games coming out this year and this one went way down in my estimation since the initial reveal. I won't be taking a chance on it.
Re: Placing Your PS5 Vertically Could Kill It, Unverified Claims Suggest
I've had mine since launch and had it vertical the entire time and no issues.
On the other hand I've had 3 controllers develop left stick drift, always drifting left. One controller had it out of the box and was returned.
Re: Fallout 76 - A Shockingly Bad Attempt at Multiplayer Survival
I don't think it's fair to anyone to just republish a review from 2018 for an online game. I'd rather see a new review in its current state before I decide whether to give it a shot.
Re: More Upcoming PS5 Games Handed Wishlist Pages
I hope Stellar Blade is as good as it sounds. Haven't seen any Korean games that aren't mmo
Re: God of War Ragnarok Dominates PS Blog Awards, Wins Game of the Year
Definitely not biased lol. Elden Ring is the best game.
Re: Random: Watch in Awe as God of War Ragnarok's Hardest Boss Destroyed in Seconds
The guy's gameplay ability wasn't great but his build was really good to do that much damage.
Re: Kojima Productions Studio Tour Reveals Swankiest Offices You've Ever Seen
Such a shame they can't display any MGS stuff in there. It's just a Death Stranding museum.
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 Will Officially Release Fall 2023, Sony Confirms
2021 was awful but 2023 is ridiculous. I'm sure there's at least one big release every month.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing The Witcher 3's PS5 Upgrade?
Playing ME trilogy first. Glad we got that as a monthly game.
Re: Poll: What Is Your PS5, PS4 Game of the Year 2022?
1. Elden Ring easily
2. Mount & Blade II
3. Ragnarok
4. TMNT
5. Tactics Ogre
Re: Insomniac Raises Pulses with Unprompted Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 GIF
@4kgk2 Miles is the sidekick.
Re: All The Game Awards 2022 Winners
I was saying it. Elden Ring should win GOTY but I thought Ragnarok would mainstream its way in. Elden Ring was just so much better as a game. It was the first time in a long time where I thought "this is just a pure game". It also deserves Best Direction. Pushing the Souls style successfully into a massive world and telling a deep story in a subtle way through interactions with NPCs, gear descriptions etc. is so much more organic than the movie style narrative of Ragnarok (which fell short of what 2018 gave us).
Well deserved From and bring on AC 6.
Re: FromSoftware Reveals Armored Core 6 for PS5, PS4, Out Next Year
We are back, baby. I can't wait for the return.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Watching The Game Awards 2022?
Poor Geoff only got 2%
Re: Days Gone Director Blames Woke Reviewers, Programmers for Critical Reception
While woke reviewers are prevalent - Kotaku, RPS, PC Gamer, Polygon, IGN for instance - they aren't the reason this game didn't do well. It did deserve to do better though.
It's sad that people think referencing the existence of woke anything and the negative consequences of their actions is somehow a red flag. The culture does exist and it does cause harm.
Re: Preview: 20 Hours of Diablo 4 on PS5 Has Us Believing in Blizzard's Latest Trip to Hell
I am so glad they went back to the OG art and story style. I mean they had to really after the fallout from 3. That Lords of Shadow isometric shot probably still gives the Devs nightmares. I'm definitely buying it.
Re: Dead Space PS5 Looks Like a Remarkable Remake
This is easily better than Forspoken. Also we know a lot more about this game as the Devs gave us plenty to look at and learn months ago. Randomly spawning enemies, zero G in more places like the docking bay, power routing decisions (do you choose lights or atmosphere for example).
Re: Feature: 8 PS5, PS4 Predictions for The Game Awards 2022
Elden Ring needs to win GOTY. Ragnarok will probably win due to it being a more mainstream franchise with bigger marketing.
Re: Hands On: Is Marvel's Midnight Suns Any Good on PS5?
When you think about it, the combat isn't that different to X-Com. Your available abilities in mission are chosen at random instead. Firaxis does deserve credit for mixing up their games instead of reusing everything.
Re: Poll: Did You Buy The Callisto Protocol?
Pre-ordered it as soon as it was available. Playing it day one. We need more games like this, the genre is under utilised.
Re: The Witcher 3 PS5: Everything New and All Improvements in the Next-Gen Upgrade
I'd like the Netflix content to be optional so I can refuse it. I hope they fixed the movement because it's atrocious. Sometimes when all you want to do is.enter a doorway Geralt will struggle and even do a few die hard rolls instead.
Re: Preview: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion Is a Great Remaster of an Awkward 2007 Spinoff
The original is a classic. It's just the hardware having one stick. It still looks great today upscaled on an emulator.
Re: God of War Ragnarok Gets Its First Game of the Year Award from TIME Magazine
@Americansamurai1 Not even the best in the franchise. God of War 2 is the best GoW game.
Re: God of War Ragnarok Gets Its First Game of the Year Award from TIME Magazine
This is silly. Elden Ring is the better game. This game was marketed harder and has recently bias.
Re: Future DC Games Will Connect to the DCEU, Confirms James Gunn
Terrible idea. Gunn doesn't know video games.
Re: PS Store Sees Even More PS5, PS4 Games Reduced for Cyber Monday
Lost Judgement is on sale too
Re: The Callisto Protocol Gets a Spooky Live-Action TV Spot, Building Hype Ahead of Launch
Still can't believe people think the season pass is actually going to be just animations and not that they are part of dlc content.
Re: When Is The Game Awards 2022?
I hope Elden Ring gets GOTY. At this point only The Callisto Protocol has a chance. Ragnarok fell off so only Callisto has a chance of being as good as it.
Also bless you for not doing the USA/UK thing anymore. Love from Ireland.
Re: Some of The Callisto Protocol's Death Animations Are Locked Behind the Season Pass
People acting like animations are whipped up in 5 minutes or that they aren't tied to anything like new enemies or environments.
It's funny reading through the comments and seeing how season pass suddenly turned into battle pass which is something completely different. It just shows how people don't bother to read and jump straight to outrage.
I'm not canceling my pre-order either way. I know what I'm in for and I can't wait.
Re: Rumour: Final Fantasy 16 Release Date to Be Announced at The Game Awards in December
I have no love for the game awards. They seem to be bloated with ads and freemium/battle royale games, but I like Geoff so it's cool that he gets to make big announcements.
Re: Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 21
I always thought Gon was an original Tekken character.
Re: The Dark Pictures Anthology Is Going Sci-Fi in Next Entry Directive 8020
All of my yes. Space horror is a seriously underused genre. Callisto Protocol and Dead Space remake releasing in the next couple of months is like a relative tsunami of content.
I do hope their next mainline game is in space as well.
Re: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (PS5) - One for the Fans Lacks Ambition
I liked Man of Medan and thought Little Hope was boring from start to finish.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give God of War Ragnarok?
7 or 8. I'd give the last game a 10 but this has issues with the main story and some battles being too hectic for the camera and the weapon switching mechanics. There is also way too much of the last game mindlessly cloned into this one. The new weapon is great though.
Currently Elden Ring is still GOTY for me. I'm hoping The Callisto Protocol takes that crown.
Re: Multiple Voice Actors Discuss Becoming Kratos in God of War Ragnarok Dev Diary
I'm sad there is no Norwegian language for the game. I can get past the accents and the fact everyone talks English, but the very prominent use of modern American slang words were breaking immersion. I would not have been surprised if Atreus called Kratos "my old man".
Re: PSA: Watch Out for God of War Ragnarok Spoilers on Your Own PS5 or PS4
Aside from switching to Netflix once, I've never actually moved from the game since release. So I've never had this risk.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077's New Patch Brings a Visual Boost on PS5
My experience at launch was so bad that I will never want to play this again. I'm glad I got a refund. I'll never lose the bad memories capped off by the 20+ crashes I experienced.
Re: God of War Ragnarok: Is It Good on PS4?
You don't really want to play games like this in 30fps. When you need to perfectly time your dodges for instance the difference between 30 and 60 is being hit or not.
Re: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me Was Inspired by the Saw Films, and It Shows
Concerned the multiplayer won't work properly as it hasn't in the other games. They never fixed the issues.
Also Until Dawn has a scene inspired by Saw as well. It even involves a saw.
Re: Support to End for F1 Manager 2022 Less Than Two Months After Launch
Frontier usually support their games for years
Re: Highly Promising PS5, PS4 Horror The Callisto Protocol Is Ready for Release
I've had this pre-ordered for months. I can't wait.
Re: Critics Are Divided Over More Than Just Gotham Knights PS5 Performance
A plague tale needs the newest graphics cards like the 4070 to hit 60fps on 4k so it's not surprising it is 30fps on PS5. This game on the other hand, I don't get.
Re: Resident Evil Re:Verse Drops Cel-Shaded Look, Out Next Week on PS4
This looks positively ridiculous. Feels like RE's version of Metal Gear Online.
Re: Dead Space's Jaw-Dropping PS5 Remake Adds Extra Exploration
Zero G was always going to get a change considering how much it improves across the three games. I would have preferred if Isaac didn't talk. The original was so ahead of its time that I never felt it needed a remake or remastert. This is more like a final cut type of redo so I'm happy with it.
Re: You Can Now Transfer Your Cyberpunk 2077 Stadia Save to a Proper Platform
Cheeky headline. The Stadia idea was good but before its time. I think cloud gaming is the future but the industry just lacks the infrastructure to support it for now.