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I have never enjoyed the gameplay. Will be playing Infinite Wealth as it has different gameplay that I actually like

@JB_Whiting yup, i got the foam issue too. Just one side so far but im sure the other will deteriorate soon.

Still works so its ugly and I dont need to upgrade, but if there is a good option maybe I'll bite!

@Rob3008 the unfortunate truth is that this is a short-term strategy.

these games eventually plateau and end up on PSPlus. Live action stuff goes forever.

I'm with you, I want more Single player games but its just the business truth

Is the Playstation Link the same USB with the current Pulse model?

I need reviews before committing to these or the Portal. I just dont trust the quality isnt going to be better than what I already got.

@BobaTheFett you have to actually make some games to sell eventually though! You can only get those game pass cheques for old games you suck up a few times.

@BobaTheFett I think they started prior but made the name change when they started getting really aggressive to distinguish themselves from THQ (known as a publisher) so Embracer would be known as a holding company.

Honestly I'm just reading their wiki page back and it's long and confusing, about 4 different companies, 3 renames and a few spin off companies.

Definitely a bit of a mess!

@BobaTheFett You mean when they switched to being called Embracer, from THQ Nordic? Or before then?

@SoulsBourne128 "if he keeps his word"

Why break the habit of a lifetime?

@Lup its called spiderman, not spiderwoke.

I did a double take on your comment there, I had to check the box to make sure. Was worried I'd been saying the wrong name all these years

@WolfyTn you're a pretty corny guy, but I like ya

@BobaTheFett

depends what you consider early days I suppose.

@thefourfoldroot1 on politics, I'd actually argue a lot of these games are pure capitalist exploitation! Minimal effort games with TnA in place of any artistic merit, existing purely to extract money from your wallet!

I'm not really arguing for censorship here, more for elevating the games medium

@RR529 I love Bayonetta also but i think it's a different kettle of fish to some of the other games you've mentioned. There's definitely more to it then the little girl water gun game.

Last of Us P2 has a pretty gratuitous sex scene id hate to see censored. It's not the lewdness, it's how it's done and the reason why

@BobaTheFett I'm sure most dev's would go with a better company if they had the option.

However i think the decision is simply, take their money and try and make another game, or go it alone already knowing we're not in a great place financially. I think its the safer option.

Please not I'm not saying Embracer is good. I think they're a mismanaged dumpster fire who have absolutely no idea what they're doing.

@thefourfoldroot1 I can't really ask this without sounding lewd but...instead of looking for games with pointless titalation, cant you just go and look at Corn online? There's so much of it.

None of these games are good apart from this titalation.

@BobaTheFett I'd say its grey. It's definitely greed, I wont debate that at all. The payout has these executives eyes popping out of their heads like Will-E-Coyote.

But I think its possible they know that they're potentially screwed without the deal, and this is better than the alternative. I believe recently some staff at Bungie, post-layoffs, have said that with the state Destiny 2 was in, the company would have had significant financial issues without the Sony Acquisition

@thefourfoldroot1 For me its not the content that needs blocking, but the "low effort" titles, but I think there is often crossover with low effort and sexual content so I think it creates some confusion

Titilating thumbnails, the sort of shovelware garbage that exists purely to pry open horny curious teenagers wallets.

I hate opening to store and seeing "Hentai or Die: Kawaii Sexy Warriors" on the front page

@BobaTheFett Studio owner can cash out. Usually they have the knowledge that they're teetering on the edge and might be shuttering in a year anyway.

Take the payout for yourself and ensure your staff also get paid for a bit longer.

are this studios games actually fun to play? the retro style looks interesting

Looking forward to this.

First game was fantastic. Thoughtful, fun and even unsettling at times, however without being scary. Great game by a great Dev IMO, glad this appears to be on par

An honestly dreadful game. I won't be playing another far cry entry

@Perturbator that's really impressive. I've done re7 on madhouse but I just need a bit more space and time in the vr space when I play.

@Perturbator interesting. I'd be worried about the difficulty. I've finished every souls game but I like to play re7 and 8 in vr on easy.

@Dalejrfanfreak what are you talking about

40 HR Spiderman2 Vs 100 hr AC Valhalla.

One feels like a breathing city with meaningful quests, the other feels like someone copy and pasted stuff all over the map 500 times

@heyalright I played these when they came out, literally impossible to be a zoomer and do that unless you have a time machine.

@LifeGirl I dont need FF7R but I need RE2 levels of changes. Nice modernisation of controls.

Anyone got any experience with this since it patched?

Also, any multiplayer suggestions? I've been playing Nock and C-Smash and loving them. Got After the Fall which is alright and Broken Edge which is eh.

@tameshiyaku do it

@tameshiyaku if it makes you feel any better, it kinda sucks

I'd rather have ID and Machine games back then Activision, I wish concessions had been made for that acquisition instead of this one

6 months is enough time to add team battle

ADD TEAM BATTLE

A funny game, but I dont think the original gameplay was that good, a remaster ensures the gameplay stays the same, rather than punch it up to modern standards.

Avoid for me.

@Smiffy01 oh hell yeah. i played the hell out of the first one when it got added, looking forward to that!

So shortsighted.

They've literally done this before, failed, and then scaled back.

So why, on successfully pivoting to licencing out your IP, is the consensus is not "Wow, this works really well, better than when we tried to run our own studio, we have clearly made the right decision here" but instead "dammit, money left on the table, lets try it again!"

If they get there way, you'll get a decade of struggle to make a successful title, and then they will shut down all the studios...again and pivot back.

Feels like so many businesses never learn any lessons from anything!!

unpopular opinion but this games good faith is purely nostalgia goggles.

i didnt own it at the time (but remember a friend who did) I tried it for the first time a few years back and thought it was pretty naff

@Greifchen As someone who paid full price for it and has the plat...it is not worth your time even for free. game blows

@Bunchesopuppies you say that but I hate Mortal Shell

@IndoorEnthusiast Dark Urge Barbarian Half Orc here.

D*** in pants though, sorry

they could've finally snuck a W from this release as it would have sold. Back to Embracer never having released a good game!

On launch the game felt finished, just not very good.
Cyberpunk felt like a good game that was unfinished, which diminished the experience

Can a game you feel this way about actually get better?

you should've just picked up a bicycle and started swinging it around to attract some local thugs

@BeerIsAwesome agreed. i was trying to wait it out but I'm starting to think its not coming

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@ShogunRok great review. my question: now 2.0 and this has launched do you personally feel that its a shame that CDPR chose to make this the only expansion, or was it a good time that you're ready to move on from, a final pleasant breath from the game?

I was sure this was going to suck so it slipped off my radar, and now I've got no time for it!

Will have to get round to it later in the year

All I want is Team Battle Namco. Make it so...bowl and ball are novelties, team battle is a key component of split screen play

@Voltan you're welcome (I bought unpacking last month, thus forcing it into this month's plus lineup)

>best games
>horizon

lol

amazing stats for Larian showing that niche games, if well done, can draw an audience outside of hardcore.

the majority of players have never played a game in the series but the word of mouth is too strong to avoid it!