MikeOrator

I was about to write an essay about my love of Ubisoft open-world games and how I have fallen off them but then I decided to say this:

Less of them coming out yearly has freed up my time to play other things. Now I get what everyone was talking about when they would bash them. I have finally escaped from the Stockholm Syndrome that Ubisoft had placed on me.

That being said, I still hope these new AC games are good.

@AccessibleDaydream

Yes, then no, then an EP, now the full thing. The Persona 3 Portable soundtrack and the dancing games have similar tunes but not the full remade songs on the P3R soundtrack.

"When the Moon's Reaching Out Stars" is peek video game music. The jazzy/funk of City Pop with a hip-hop backbeat. /chefs kiss/

I have decided to make this the year of Atlus. I had a detour with Fallout 76 for about 8 hours (mistake). Playtime this year includes Persona 3R with second playthrough for Plat, Soul Hackers 2, Persona 5 Royal, SMTVV, Persona 5 Stikers, Metaphor: Refantazio, and Persona 4 Golden (from Limited Run). I May pick up a copy of SMTIII on PS4. I have been trying to source out some 3DS games but I cannot abide paying those prices, hoping to find some yard sale deals. I get this is ambitious but, /shrug/ gonna give it the old hyper fixation and see what happens.

@Terra_Custodes

Its all good. I get heated sometimes and I was probably a little overzealous in my response. I will say that I have not played the first 2 so I cannot even judge that. I did however redownload Fallout 76 because of the show and guess what...It's crap. If Fallout 4 was a mess it was at least some sort of fun but 76 does not even have the fun left in it. Fallout 76 should be called, "Over-Encumbrance: The Search for Caps". Why tell me, in my menu, that a gun is worth 63 caps if I can only sell it for 3 caps which is 2 caps less than it costs to buy 1 bullet...??!?!??!?

They should take a page out of Stellar Blade's playbook and make all the female hobbits smexy. All the jank will just disappear in a cloud of jiggle effects and thick thighs.

@MrBook

I did play the demo. It seemed janky to me. Or at least I couldn't forgive the jank as much as some people seem to be able to.

Don't get me wrong, I think this game deserves to exist in its current presentation. But the way it's being lifted by some of the community and used as a pillar in their so-called "war on wokeness" is a shame

@Darude84

There wasn't any censorship of genitalia in Cyberpunk 2077. So that cannot be the censorship everyone is worried about for this game.

@MrBook

Again I must preface my comment by saying that a little bit of fan service in a game is always fun for the right games. TONS of games offer this with varying quality, Final Fantasy, Nier, Atelier series, and even Genshin/Honkai. So actually, there isn't a shortage of games with "smexy gyatt" in them.

But this game has been BLOWN out of proportion to what it is, a janky AA game. It would not have been in any conversation if this game had a "realistic" character model. I also feel that the wrong side of the fandom is using this game as a flag to wave in protest of perceived "wokeness" in games.

Sexyness in a game does not make average gameplay better, just as realism does not make great gameplay bad.

What's up with all these realistic-looking character models, this game has gone woke.

I can't wait for this game to come out so I can see that 99% of the people earned the trophy for starting the game and playing through the introduction and then the trophies fall off as fewer and fewer people decide to keep playing.

@Ryu_Niiyama

However, when Fallout is spoken about in broad circles, "real" Fallout IS Bethesda Fallout. What's the point of coming here and gatekeeping a franchise because of two entries from 25 years ago?

Article: There is a cool game coming to other platforms that may or may not be your cup of tea, but if it is, enjoy.

Gamers: Neat! Now let's fight for some reason.

@Terra_Custodes

This is like saying Rockstar Grand Theft Auto or actual Grand Theft Auto.

I don't make a distinction because the vast majority of the world's population has no idea there is a difference and of the very few that do know most of them don't care.

So to answer your question. The Fallout that most gamers "actually" played and know.

Fallout 1 and 2 came out so long ago as to be considered like Dig Dug or Frogger. Something for grandpas to rave about while they say things like "back in my day" or "get off my lawn"

@K1LLEGAL

Xbox IP's dominating the game charts is not on my 2024 bingo card.

It's a racing game based on the Wacky Racers franchise but instead of driving your car you point and click on the track for movement and then roll dice to decide on the success of your overtaking or cornering.

EDIT: OMG I just discovered this exists as an actual board game. The deluxe edition even comes with fully detailed and painted models of the racers from the TV show.

@B0udoir

Unfortunately, no matter what the intent was when that punk band started, having all that corpo money slithering around makes selling out the preferred choice.

@riceNpea

Then let me rephrase my question. What is hyperbolic about any of the quotes from the press release? I see no exaggeration of the truth for dramatic effect, just some science fiction world-building that may or may not have anything to do with our present reality.

@riceNpea

What did you find hyperbolic in this trailer? I did not hear any kind of exaggeration of the truth for dramatic effect. All I heard
was a bunch of gameplay systems to be followed to win a video game.

I am not sure what is being discussed in this trailer that could be so upsetting to others. I did notice one thing, not one flat planet, is that it?

@Sequel

I love to hear about others' gaming habits. I want to throw rocks at those who come here and brag about DAY ONE on game pass or already played it on game pass like it's some sort of Gotcha for us lowly PS fans. But Nintendo is the GOAT and the Switch is the best console they have ever made and nobody will convince me otherwise.

@Juanalf @BloodyBlact

Knack 3

@Jayslow @LowDefAl

To be fair...and correct me if I'm off base here...but do we consider video game YouTube channels to be The News? This channel makes money off views and subs and right now they are getting viewership based on someone else's intellectual property whether that information is accurate or not.

I know that doesn't sound much different than "legitimate" news sources but isn't there some kind of FCC paperwork or the like to be filed so that the source can be considered "actual" NEWS and then exempt from takedown notices? I don't know how this works, and information was lacking during my 10 min internet search, but I always figured that the BBC, CBC, or CNN needed to have a licence to print or broadcast the "News"

If this leak was picked up by MSNBC and reported as news would Sony be able to stop them from reporting on it? Does this have more to do with corporations vs citizens than it does with being an actual infringement on intellectual property?

Also, I'm not saying this is good or bad, I'm just putting out some thoughts as to why it would not be considered censorship or infringing on freedom of expression.

It would not surprise me to learn Sony leaked this themselves just to build hype. Now the take-down notice gets attention and fuels the speculation.

You know what they say "Mouthwords work better than ad copy"

From what I have seen in demos so far, I am interested in having a closer look at the combat. The hybrid of Hack'n'slash that evolves into turn-based looks unique to me and I would love a deeper dive into this system.

Does anyone know of another game that does this?

@__jamiie

I don't feel like you do. Playing the games would help to understand the in-jokes and easter eggs but the show does a good enough job of world-building that you will appreciate what Fallout is about.

I did not have the kid who played Rico Suave from Hanna Montana as my favourite Fallout character on this year's Bingo card.

@Intr1n5ic

I would guess that too. But as we all know stranger things have happened.

Princess Peach Showtime looks like a GOTY. AND the three Switch versions sold 28,190 more units than all the other systems combined.

Not making any kind of point other than Nintendo is still Ichiban in Japan

Will this extend to all the DLC that came out for this game or just the vanilla release? Far Harbor and Nuka-World were cool stories and all the "workshops" expanded the base building a lot.

I watched the first 2 episodes last night and I gotta say, we may have a banger on our hands. It has great production, likeable characters, and a wonderful MacGuffin setup. But for me, it's the world building. It feels like these characters are really living in this world.

MGSV ran at 60FPS in 2015 on the PS4. Now almost 10 years later this is still a fricken debate. 60 fps should be the normal expectation and 120 fps should be the upgrade.

@NEStalgia

I recently picked up Soul Hackers 2 for very little. Should I be ok to play it right after P3R or is it better to have a palette cleanser in between to avoid comparisons?

I plan to finish P3R, then play Soul Hackers 2, and then if done fast enough, play the next part of my ongoing playthrough of P5R, then SMTVV when it comes out in June for PS5 and play that all summer, then get ready for the release of Metaphor: ReFantazio (not an SMT game but...) then finish P5R. I also hope to have my P4G from LimitedRun soon but not sure when I am going to play that.

Sorry that is a lot of exposition on my gaming life that nobody needed to know.

I guess what I really want to know is what PS Vita games should I get to round out my SMT collection that can be played on a Playstation TV device?

@Swizzle

maybe more Switches sell because they have more games people want...

@Kraven @Jimmer-jammer @Ashina

Which Assassin's Creed game is best to compare Rise of Ronin to... it looks a lot like Origins with some ACII thrown in.

@NEStalgia

As a lifelong Nintendo fan, it still shocks me as much as it thrills me when they continue to, month after month, dominate the market with that #*@&ing Switch.

Princess Peach Showtime OUTSOLD THEM ALL...lol...

And Mario Kart still sold more than DD2...its a 40 year old game at this point...

I feel that gamer bros are saying they are buying this game for the combat to be quite amusing. They want the nudie hot girl game to succeed so badly to prove whatever point they are trying to prove they will forgive any of its potential shortcomings.

Does everyone know there isn't a photo mode at launch? Guess what they are probably going to add to any PAID DLC? Thats right...Upskirt Camera Mode.

Sounds like a job for PS Portal...not my friggin phone again.

@trev666

Last month it was that developers should not charge for new game+, now we need it at launch? Not many games have this feature at launch as most people will take a bit of time to play through it the first time.

@Amnesiac

It would be all Doctor Who iterations and Jeremy Clarkson...lol...

Oh ya...and Bond...James Bond

@GloriosaDaisy

Now Now...there is no need to be edgy...

The one thing I learned from this pole, Ellie has a last name...

Was ready for fan service but the soulsborne death stuff and the parry/dodge stuff just wasn’t my thing. Just wanted a good hack & slash.

Isn't there a new Fortnite kart racing game? How is that one? Any opinions?

@BeautifulCreatures

There have been so many contenders but none seem to be able to dethrone M*r*o and friends. I used to buy Nintendo systems just to play the new versions of that game. Nothing else comes close.

@thefourfoldroot1

I have always found it weird too, but this gen I have had 2 PS5 controllers. The white one that came with the system and a red one later when that colour came out. I used them interchangeably so I always had one charging. Well, wouldn't you know but the red one got stick drift on the left analogue stick. This blew my mind as it had never been an issue before. And for the NEWER one to be the problem. Nobody else uses my PS5 and I feel that I have used the white one more as I have had it longer. Anyway, I have no hard evidence to prove anything I just thought it was interesting.

@Loamy

I can't figure out how to block people...lol...