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I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but, Zenless Zone Zero.

The game is much more fun being played on a PS5 and the new update is awesome.

I got the Christmas off last year so I'll be working this year since our IT team is 24/7.

Then again, I'm a remote worker so I'll be gaming anyway.

Sony is not leaving the console market any time soon if their hardware sales are any indication.

Microsoft however...

Push Square needs a feature to allow users to mute certain topics so I don't see this tabloid gossip level of "news" on my feed this early in the morning.

And going through the comments on these where people are calling each other names already breaking the comment section rule, you got your toxic engagement. Congratulations.

How do I block Push Square writer?

I love Falcom but this is not cool. I kinda expected this move from ATLUS but not them. The only saving grace on this news is the fact that I haven't purchased the original YS yet because of Metaphor (ironically), so I guess this is a welcomed news too.

@ChrisDeku It's the same combat from Daybreak.

Falcom's first ever simultaneous global release!

With the eventual remake of the other 2 Liberl arc, all Trails of Heroes games are now on a modern platform. I wonder if they'll extend the remake to Crossbell arc too.

Marvel Rival has 0 barrier to entry in its free to play model. People can just jump in and out of the game to play a quick match with no risk.

Add that to the powerhouse that is the Marvel brand, you'll get this winning story.

The game is actually so much chaotic fun that I haven't had the joy of playing in a while. I don't really care about the competitive aspect and ranked match, but rotating my favourite heroes and listening to their banters before the match begins actually gave me joy.

And that's what video games are supposed to do, isn't it?

We should include Spellbound on that list too. I was really looking forward to this Harry Potter inspired RPG and it just...never been mentioned ever again.

Project Century took the top cake for me. It's kinda unfortunate that this might be because Kimura was so done with Judgment series and are not renewing his contract. Judgment was a great side game for Yakuza universe because Yagami was a civilian. So you see a different side of the world compared to when you play as Kiryu (like the School Story was really great in Lost Judgment).

And after Cyberpunk 2077 disaster and how they lied about it, I'm not really hyped at all with Witcher 4. The studio is dead to me.

My answer for not watching reason of "I really hate Geoff's face and everything he stand for on his show" is not on the list.

@Deoxyr1bose exactly! Marvel already has a strong brand power backing it. Add the $0 price tag that effectively eliminate the biggest barrier to entry for most people, of course it's going to explode.

And Concord also had the audacity to put a price tag on their product when Rivals know that it needs to be free in these days and age.

Man I love Hoyoverse games but he's not really answering the question about balancing time commitment between their own games.

I dropped Honkai 3rd Impact when I started Genshin, and I dropped Genshin when I started Honkai Star Rail. Their games demands your time and the absolute grind that comes with it even as a paid player. One of the scummy practice I dislike from Hoyo is the fact that their Monthly paid pass currency does not get collected if you missed a log in. Unlike other games like Nikke or Azur Lane where your monthly pass premium currency is still delivered to your inbox even if you're not logged in. So you never feel like you're punished for missing a log in day.

This is not the case for Hoyo games, and as someone who tried their ZZZ during the first week of launch, I won't be leaving Star Rail to start ZZZ any time soon just because of the sheer amount of time and money investment I already spent on Star Rail.

That's the point he was missing with that question.

As it should NOT be. Good job, BAFTA!

Nope. I got the first game on Steam with a deep discount and asked for a refund after trying it. It was a buggy mess with one of the worst game mechanics I've seen in any game ever.

Good for you if you like that type of game, that's not for me. Life's too short to waste on a frustrating games like these.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!! what a clown show. I know it's Player's Voice or whatever but what the ***** is that list??

1 DLC, 3 F2P Gachas, and only 1 original IP new game??

I'm embarassed to be sharing the same entertainment space with these people who voted for those to have them made it to the final...

Imagine the sheer arrogance of thinking Black Widow is ripping off Widowmaker.

STFU Mike.

There should be an option for "Yes, but only for 2 hours then I uninstalled it"

Slow, tedious, boring, and they basically took everything that was great about POE and turned it into this garbage mesh up of Souls-like game ARPG no one asked and somehow managed to make the loot system also trash. I ran a dungeon with absolutely 0 drops for a full 90 minutes, not to mention boss fights that are 70% dodge roll with clunky mechanic that just doesn't work with a top down camera like this game. This is also probably the first ARPG I've played where your character somehow felt weaker as you leveled up because how your skill level is tied in to the loot RNG drop that never seems to be in your favour. Just plain not fun.

They keep saying end-game is where the game really shines, but when it's a slog to get there, no one will experience endgame. Diablo IV finally learned this and made early leveling faster, even Last Epoch knows this and made early leveling faster. Who actually asked for this game to be a Dark Soul mashup?

I want an ARPG because I sucked at Souls games, so I avoid those games or anything that pretended to be one.

They had a winning formula with POE and somehow they managed to ruin that with this Dark Souls wanna be game with one of the worst skill systems in any ARPG I've seen.

I'm going back to POE.

Definitely expected this, soured but I'm also glad for their success being one of the last few really transparent studio that connects with their players.

@themightyant Sorry but in the world where BAFTA exists, in what way is TGA celebrate games and game makers?

The show spent 90% of its time for advertising, celebrities cameo that has nothing to do with games, and the audacity to push Award Winners off-stage during their acceptance speech. How is it celebrating them?

"Members of Geoff circle-jerks are saying that the next circle-jerk is going to be awesome!"

Can't wait to catch-up on all the reveals from the studios own YouTube channels after the clown show. This guy is not getting my engagement anymore. After last year, TGA is an insult and an embarrassment to gaming.

Yeah after the beta and the abysmal launch quality for Dragon's Dogma, I'm gonna sit and wait for this one.

Wait wait wait, didn't I just read an article from PushSquare about some Ubi's executives saying that the game is still going strong and they can't wait to see the future with it?

That's not even a month ago.

Way to go people, vote with your wallet!

Next, stop buying day 1 and wait till the discounted "Definitive Edition"

China really is unashamed about stealing and copying like-to-like contents. Which I don't know why because Black Myth shows that they are more than capable of creating their own original IP.

The region is also rife with their own untapped historical story and myth.The Wuxia world alone will be enough for them to make multiple different games and connected universe with.

It's really stupid that they had to resort to things like this instead of really expanding their portfolio.

My ***** god!! a new-class! This is probably the best news I've seen today.

And finally Death Domain Cleric!

Larian kept cooking.

"Pick your jaw off the floor and try a new subclass in the comments section below."

Too late! I need to head to the ER to get my jaw relocated. Thanks Push Square.

***** finally, just converted all my points and added like $50 into my PSWallet before they took it down again.

Finally a new planet!

No more beach episode. Ooof, but pairing Hotaru re-run with FuGue is absolutely mean...I still need my Hotaru.

This and Unicorn Overlord snub are exactly why TGA is nothing more than a clown show.

UO is a fresh revival on a genre that has been long dominated by Fire Emblem and its exclusion from the award is absolutely insulting yet not surprising.

TGA is a Geoff Keighley's circle jerk show anyway. It's there to stroke his ego and make him feels important and part of the conversation.

The new built-in mod inclusions made the game absolutely feels fresh again. I'm playing a 4th run on a bard but the rest of my companions are on a homebrew custom class.

BG3 is a behemoth and it's absolutely unstoppable.

2B did this exact same thing if you tried it in Nier Automata. Kaine also kicks the camera if you tried to peak under her dress.

It's not a new feature for Nier games.

I can't believe people are actually dumb enough to use Blood and Wine winning best RPG as a comparison.

Expansions and DLCs are always eligible for best game design, best narrative, best audio, etc, those are not the issues.

The issue specifically here is adding a DLC into GAME OF THE YEAR category where historically they are not eligible to be included. Until they changed it this year - at the 11th hour to boot - just to include SotE. That's what scummy about it.

And no, you shouldn't be cheering this practice so that it "raise the bar of future DLCs and expansions". Game of the Year award should always be reserved for a new complete game that raise the bar for that particular year. Not an expansion of the game released in another year. That's like saying "it's ok your initial game is a broken mess as long as you churn out 9/10 DLC to be considered in GOTY nomination". If they want to celebrate expansions, make a separate category.

I don't think I can't simplify this even further.

If DLC and Expansions has always been able to be nominated for GOTY just from Critics choice, Blood and Wine ( a 92 meta score and 9.3 user score) should have been nominated as GOTY too back then.

That fact that Erdtree stole another potential GOTY award from a full-game like Infinite Wealth shouldn't give this guy a pass.

Changing the rule at the 11th hour just to include Erdtree is really disingenuous and highly biased. Stop watching it and stop engaging it, stop giving this clown a platform.

Whoa, that's pretty early. I'm absolutely looking forward to it.

Erdtree shouldn't be nominated at all for GOTY, but what else can you expect from this joke of a person and his show.

Definitely just gonna be skipping it this year and watch the trailers on YouTube after; not even gonna bother giving this guy an engagement. The quality and integrity of this "award" keeps deteriorating each year.

JFC...you know if you people actually thirsty for these kinds of games with more actions, Honey Select 2 already exists. And yes, you can bring all kind of DoA girls into it.

Maybe they should try cutting off those with higher salaries. Like the useless executives.

"Are you looking forward to the third part of Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s trilogy? "

After how Rebirth ends, no. Imagine being told over and over again that you're going to change history and destiny only to have the exact same ***** happens on the 11th hours. Only this time in 4k and a ***** PhD to understand what's going on.

Not everything needs to be a ***** Kingdom Hearts.

The mistake was having Herman Hulst as a co-CEO and hyping this game from the start as the "Future of Playstation" on his hubris.

Now this is the most effective PS5Pro "ad" and "endorsement" yet. Two important things.

Yeah I noticed this as well, and thank goodness someone finally gives an explanation for it as I was confused on Wilds felt so very off.

Now that I know it, Hitstop is absolutely crucial in titles like these. As a longsword main, those impact should've stayed so so it doesn't feel like I was hitting the monster with wet noodles.

They're free to do whatever they want with their games, as much as we're free not to purchase it as a consumer.

Personally, I won't be touching this mess of a title after all the annoying drama surrounding it and now that they delayed it to February 2025, that decision is a lot easier with a slew of great titles coming out that month. I found both camps of people attacking and defending Yasuke are equally as aggravating and obnoxious as neither of them seems to realize that this discord is a well-crafted experience by Ubisoft's team to create more buzz on the game for free. So carry on virtue signaling for both your camps while the rest of us just sit here looking forward to Yakuza: Black Flag and Monster Hunter: Wilds. We also already have AC in Japan, it's called Ghost of Tsushima which was arguably far more superior experience than any previous AC titles. Ghost of Yotei is also coming out next year which is a death warrant signed for Shadows.

Ubisoft's demise is long overdue and I'll be the first one cheering when they announce their bankruptcy or buyout.

I'm balancing playing this and Veilguard...It's good thing I'm on vacation.

Oh Koei Tecmo will go wild with Season Passes and DLCs on this.

And here I thought the Yakuza games would prepare me for any level of random weirdness but there's absolutely no way to prepare for this trailer.

I absolutely need this game, I don't know why.

Everyone could seen this writing on the wall months ago. They brought this on themselves with their hubris, hard to sympathized after that.

Herman Hulst should also be axed for allowing this atrocity to hit the market in the first place.

@ShogunRok That helps, thank you!

You are right though, in the world where Baldur's Gate 3 exist (which arguably is the peak of an RPG right now), Veilguard will definitely be found wanting by majority of people. But I'm just glad that at least based on this review, Bioware is attempting to capture their old magic back.

@ShogunRok I can't believe no one asked these yet:

• How are the romance handled? can you romance everyone or you're locked into one or two companion like previous Dragon Age? (Lelliana or Morrigan, you can't have both)
• Is there a reset skill point like previous games?
• How are the craftings handled?
• The review seems to contradict itself at some point, does Rook actually have choices and consequences in the game (so like a proper RPG), or it's the illusion of choices where every response pretty much ended up with the same result just told in a different flavour?

Thanks!

An 8 is a great news after their last two back-to-back flops with Anthem and Andromeda.

It's been a long while since I'm actually looking forward to Bioware's game but I can't wait till the 31st for this. Thanks for the early review!