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@alexybubble DLC codes in a box will be the height of it, I think.

I'm honestly cool with some of the mainstays being missing. Not every game needs to have every character. Like I'm kinda glad Sagat isn't around yet as there's already four shoto-type characters in the game. I don't see Balrog or Dudley showing up anytime soon as we have Ed.

I'm glad too that Elena is the last character this season. I didn't enjoy her in SF3, but she's not the typical character, and they've killed it with all of the characters' gameplay designs so far. Let them cook, I feel.

ITT - people who don't get the satisfaction of overcoming a Souls game is part of the appeal, and that not everything is made to appeal to everyone. It's akin to complaining that Miles Davis made Bitches Brew instead of a pop record.

Also ITT - people getting mighty defensive without provocation about their lack of gaming skills.

@NoHope Why should it have been? They went with a different design language/colour scheme. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean others don't.

@alexybubble

I just hope that the rumored Super Street Fighter 6 comes with a few new non-DLC characters of its own; it'd at least partially help to rectify some of the missing fan favorites and potentially even give some room for some weirder picks that'd otherwise be pushed out by the missing faces.

Where's this rumour coming from? Non DLC characters exclusive to a brand new version of the game will never happen as that'd fracture the playerbase which in turn would annoy a lot of existing owners and diminish the lifespan of the game.

And they're never going to spend the time and money developing new characters and then artificially gate them away from potential customers (AKA the millions of people who have already demonstrated they're willing to pay money for the game).

@Medic_alert Oooh yeah, that'll definitely give you burnout. I've played 2 to 5, and always with several years between them and even at that, have never rolled the credits on any of them (despite really enjoying them).

@Medic_alert 2 and 3 feel like proof-of-concepts compared to 4 and 5. The latter two smoke the former in terms of polish and mechanics (not that 2 or 3 are bad games, just not a patch on their sequels).

@wiiware A lot of bad takes there.

The popularity of those franchises in the different regions is mainly down to the gameplay loop, not the content. And it's not like Monster Hunter isn't a massive franchise in the west either.

The violence in MK1 isn't realistic either. It's graphic for sure, but it isn't realistic.

And I'm not gonna touch your last paragraph, other than it's xenophobic nonsense.

@ThroughTheIris56 Yeah I kinda liked the idea of trophies when they were akin to getting your name on the high score table in the arcade - effectively bragging rights as they took skill to do, and are rewarding.

The MP stuff is wack. I don't mind things like say survive the twelve weeks with both factions in The Last of Us as it forces you to play intelligently and doesn't jeopardize others' enjoyment. Worst one I encountered was some fella using turbo fire on Virtua Fighter 5 FS to do something like 1,600 fights. Ugh.

@Runex2121 Yes and no about exclusives. Sony and Nintendo wouldn't put the same effort/time/money into making some of the very best/popular games in the industry if it didn't drive sales of their platforms.

@Member_the_game Yeah that's fair enough, and if it does come to PS5 I'll probably pick it up at some point. FH4 is my favourite too. I actually bought a Series X just before FH5 launched for it, so was pretty bummed when I realised 4 was the superior game. Really enjoyed the seasonal mechanic in 4 too.

Borrowed a mate's Xbox One to play the other games (plus he wanted to play Bloodborne so it was an easy swap between us for a few weeks).

@Member_the_game You might be lucky and get FH5 (which is probably the weakest of the lot) as even the Xbox itself has had most of those games delisted due to licensing.

Will definitely give this a go, though having almost 600 hours on Street Fighter 6 has rendered other fighting games moot.

Hopefully the netcode is up to scratch. I don't enjoy Tekken 8 as much as Street Fighter 6, and the rubbish (in comparison) netcode is at least a part of the reason.

@ThroughTheIris56 Honestly, I agree with you there. I enjoy trophies that are tests of skill, that makes you learn the mechanics of a game inside out, which in turn make you better at the game. I've Platinumed games like Titanfall 2 (a mostly easy list bar "... Becomes The Master" which is a huge skill check that really forces you to learn and engage with the mechanics), WipEout Omega Collection (about a third of the trophies are at 0.1% completion, because it's nails), Sekiro (no explanation needed). But in doing so it made me so much better at playing those games.

Like my PSN account is in its 16th year and PlayStation is always my main platform, so I have a ridiculous amount of trophies anyways (in excess of 12,000), but it's incredibly rare that I find a game engaging enough to actually pursue a Plat (plus, I have trophy notifications turned off, so I've managed to finish games without even seeing their lists).

You know what my genuine beef is with? Online multiplayer trophies where team-mates or your opponents aren't playing the game to you know, play the game, rather pursuing some asinine trophy unlock requirements, which spoils others' fun.

@AhmadSumadi I like how you deliberately missed the bit where people are bored stiff of the same old tired worlds, stories and characters.

Much of a muchness now as Insomniac have been demoted to pumping out Marvel garbage until the 2030s.

@ThroughTheIris56 That's the thing though, most games don't have interesting lists. A lot of them are arbitrary goals because the devs aren't arsed but have to have them.

Replay value for me is highly enjoyable mechanics, not running around looking for 100 McGuffins.

@J_e_f_f__D Yeah no duh. We're not supposed to stick an explicit "IMO" at the end of everything we say to clarify that we are in fact expressing a personal opinion, but I appreciate basic literacy has fallen off a cliff in recent years.

The Outer Worlds ran like total doggy doo on the PS5, such a disappointing port.

Mostly pointless busy-work nonsense. Trophies - sucking the fun out of gaming since 2008.

Hopefully whatever they do next, Days Gone is left dead and buried. One of the worst games I've played in the last decade.

@JAMes-BroWWWn Yeah Sony only changed the gaming landscape, had the first console to crack 100 million units, PS2 was the highest-selling console of all time until very recently, PS4 crushed the Xbox One, PS3 - despite being the poorest-selling PlayStation - still outsold the best-selling Xbox, PSP was the only handheld to ever realistically compete with Nintendo's, blah blah blah. But sure, they only hire incompetents.

So what do you work at? Do tell, everyone in this thread is dying to know...

@wildcat_kickz Agree there re; Andromeda. I thought the writing in Andromeda was subpar when compared to the original ME, but it wasn't outright bad. Gameplay was great.

Played ME:A for 80 hours and rolled the credits, sold the disc of DA:V after 15 hours of tedium.

@Deljo You're calling people "*****" and getting "annoyed" at them because they let Ragnarok pass them by and happy to play it now on their sub while you also had a little p*ss and moan yourself about not buying games digitally for £70. Ever stop to think the people you are being sh*tty to here are doing exactly the same as you stated you would?

Up or down, your comment in this thread is one of a petulant child, and I sincerely hope you're no older than 14.

@Deljo So these people are ***** and annoy you because they prioritized real life over videogames? You must live a charmed life with literally zero to worry about.

And it's a bit rich considering you said this...

As digital slowly takes over I've no issue with subscriptions as there's no way I'll ever spend £70 on a digital copy

... the other day.

Has to throw him into the red hot memory modules.

@Fiendish-Beaver For a second I had to think "Sting uses Push Square?".

(sorry!)

@KidRyan Bar the fact that the NES was more power than the Master System, the SNES was more powerful than the Megadrive, the N64 was more powerful than the PS1, and the GameCube was more powerful than the PS2.

And Nintendo don't care about story much at all.

Strangest... and best. The untouchable Twin Peaks theme is extra haunting today. RIP.

@LavenderShroud "My brother" means squat in terms of statistical significance.

@Troubbble Calling the graphical difference between PS4 and PS5 minor is sheer lunacy. Demon's Souls Remake on PS5 launch day was leagues ahead of anything on PS4. Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 is a clear generational leap over the PS4 version. Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart's graphical fidelity is in an entirely different league to the PS4's R&C game.

Well I've bought Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted Legacy of Thieves, TLoU Part 2, Dead Space and Demon's Souls Remakes, GoT and Death Stranding Director's Cuts... So where's my new WipEout, Shu?

@Flaming_Kaiser I did not, but just googled out of morbid curiosity... my word. The one with lasagna in particular is all kinds of awful, even by POP's already lower-than-the-Mariana's Trench "standards".

@LavenderShroud And just because you have zero taste and are easily amused by plastic trash doesn't mean we should be quiet.

@Diowine Yeah wasn't it Iwata (RIP) or Miyamoto who said that everything is in competition with their products because people have finite free time and money?

Like I bought a new drum kit recently. That's the probably twice my initial Switch 2 budget up in smoke. And the PS5 has barely been turned on since my time is for the drums. And the weather has been okay this last week, so I'm out cycling again.

Then, when you focus these things into more like-for-like products (in this case videogames on one box vs. videogames on another box), the competition becomes more obvious. Like this Saturday coming, I'll be out for a cycle, get some time on the drums, and will be playing my buddy online in some Tekken 8. If I had a Switch 2, I wouldn't be inclined to do that instead of exercising or practicing music. If anything got the chop there for Switch 2 time, it'd be Tekken 8.

@Jacko11 I'm all for "you do you", but these things are just on an other level of unappealing to a LOT of people - cheap, nasty plastic, horrendous bug eyes, takes iconic character designs and destroys them by giving all of them the same generic block head (thereby ruining their silhouette).

They both play videogames and can be hooked up to a TV - of course they are in competition.

Like if I park a Switch 2 beside my PS5 (which I more than likely will), it will mean I have less time and money to spend on PS5 games.

@Scrubchub I'm not a biased fanboy. ALL gaming subs are garbage - GamePass, PS Plus, Nintendo Online. You jumping to me being a biased fanboy reflects your mindset, not mine.

And yes, it's toast. Otherwise why are they pivoting to releasing their games on their rivals' consoles? (Hint - because it stagnated before they got to a fraction of their desired subscriber numbers).

@Mikey856 Which will be released before EVO this year.

Insert "y'all got any more of those" meme for the Dualsense Edge stick modules here...

@MrGawain Huh? Most of the games on GamePass are not shooting or fighting games.

In fact, there's basically no fighting games on there at all bar Killer Instinct.

@Scrubchub It was Microsoft's great Hail Mary play to save the Xbox. And now they're a multiformat publisher.

It's toast.

@Dimey Because regional pricing exists on everything.

I'm so glad this garbage has imploded.

@dBackLash It frequently sells for chump change.

I bought it + REmake 3 for €15 or so, and that was in 2023.

@PuppetMaster I broadly agree. MK's guests feel like they're designed to drive engagement with anything other than the MK universe. Noctis and Negan in Tekken 7 are two of the most tone-deaf additions to a fighting game ever made.

The guests in SF6 are miles away from that nonsense though. For one, Fatal Fury and Terry were created by the same person who created SF and Ken - FF was his spiritual sequel to SF when he moved to SNK. Terry is effectively a rework of Ken. FF and SF have always had broadly similar gameplay and aesthetics as well. Terry looks and plays like a SF character in 6 (his "lane switch" feels more like a visual nod for fans of FF than anything as you rarely see people use it online). Pao-Pao Cafe looks like a Street Fighter stage.

Again, this is all miles away from the nonsense of say Clive (and his stage) in Tekken 8.

@Fishnpeas No. People who don't have a clue what they're talking about - especially ones who hurl abuse at staff - are not customers. They're *****.

They're not coming back in the future? Good.

@Fishnpeas Have you ever worked retail or customer service? The customer is frequently WRONG, heck sometimes they are UTTERLY CLUELESS.

Funnily enough, the uninformed ones are usually the most combative too.

Better than nothing, right?

Wrong!