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@BeerIsAwesome That is true but the Chinese government isn’t exactly known for being lenient, even for smaller players. They’re pretty darn good at cracking down on basically everything.

I think they revised the Chinese version of the game. The Chinese version, just like Genshin etc, is completely separated from the rest of the world’s version (including other Asian countries). They have their own launcher etc.

@BeerIsAwesome Why not? Tower of Fantasy’s developer, Hotta Studio and publisher Perfect World are both Chinese companies… I guess the Chinese government just gave them a pass!

Awesome, kill it with fire!

Hopefully they will announce their demise so we Sony fans don't have to see Phil's smug face ever again.

@TheCollector316 There’s barely any competition to speak of anyway, Xbox losing on all fronts. Regulators can be bribed by Microsoft regardless.

Microsoft needs to leave the console hardware market. Better let Sony own the market, no one is going to fill Xbox’s gap if they leave anyway, so Sony can roam freely.

@UltimateOtaku91 For sure. I repurchased it since they claimed to have alleviated the issue, however, quick play is still largely a hit and miss. But it has improved, I’ll give ‘em that.

What? Arrowhead is a Swedish studio? Maybe I shouldn’t been so harsh to my fellow countrymen… I will repurchase it after a couple of patches.

@DarkTron Yeah, like Gears of War and Halo!

@FatalBubbles People on here are usually quick to slander anything Xbox related and now all of a sudden they want it on their PlayStation after all… seems rather odd to me.

I am genuinely surprised PlayStation owners want any of these game. You bought a PlayStation for Sony’s excellent exclusive titles not to play Xbox games.

OK, fine maybe ES6 but the rest..?

Why would you want it to stop? These articles are among the most popular on this site!

I tried but ultimately ended up refunding. Broken mess on PC, hopefully they can patch it up soon. I’m willing to give it another go then.

Good to see Granblue Fantasy: Relink up there. Finished its campaign the other day. Surprising good and with quite a bit of depth. There seems to be an ample amount of endgame content, too. Even the performance, on PC(!), was rock solid.

@zebric21 Can you turn off cross-play? Otherwise you’ll end up with cheaters regardless.

@__jamiie Blasphemy! Alas, it is unfortunately true that Nintendo’s underpowered childish toy outsells the glorious PlayStation.

But fear not comrade, when Sony releases its rumored handheld it will surely annihilate the Switch.

@man_what +1. But, admittedly, I have enjoyed generic crap before, so I might pick it up regardless.

Sounds like a load of horseshit. Of course they’re driven by competing against with other studios.

Internal desire? Give me a break.

Feels awesome. Hopefully Xbox finally kicks the bucket and leave the console market for good. One less competitor for Sony.

I would never pre-order a game. I’ll consider it after release, looks decent enough.

Nah. PC release probably years away anyway unfortunately.

I hope it’s true. Microsoft should exit the console hardware market and just be a publisher. Let Sony have monopoly, would please a lot of diehard Sony fans.

Best would be if Nintendo follows suit.

Awesome! Sony one step closer to full monopoly over the console market. Great for us consumers. Hopefully Nintendo follows suit.

That blows. PC it is then.

That’s cool. Tried Chinese EVs with Switch docks before. Pretty neat if you’ve got a family and need to keep the kids occupied.

Yeah, no. Not a fan of DLCs in general, free or not. Zero desire to return for this.

'Course! Finished Alan Wake Remastered last week in anticipation of the sequel.

Looks good but I can wait till it lands on PS+/Premium. The two previous games burned me out and from the looks of it this one appears to be more of the same, so might as well wait.

Thanks for a great review, as always!

“Performance largely perfect” though… YT certainly begs to differ. Anyway, guess I’ll have to try it out myself.

I’ll play the DLCs on PC since SE clearly have no intentions to fix the performance issues on PS5. Guessing the engine is already pushed to its limit.

Wow, early performance reviews shows a very wobbly 60 fps experience, screen tearing and close to a minute long loading times. Hmm, not sure what I was expecting, it is a very demanding game after all.

Luckily, it's the kind of game you can put up with 30 fps quality mode though.

@somnambulance Not surprised. Have you seen the Steam numbers? Aveum got a staggering all-time peak of 751 players…

Great game with no major bugs but abysmal performance. It's SE so I wouldn't hold my breath for any type of patch addressing the performance mode.

That’s all fine and dandy but should’ve been there on release (motion blur toggle). Now perhaps they may take a look at the game’s stellar performance mode…

@Ambassador_Kong The higher difficulties are unlocked upon completing the story, great innit!?

@Czar_Khastik You’re thinking of the PS8, bro.

I couldn’t care less about the Slim version or a detachable disc-drive, however, I’ll gladly switch out my launch day PS5 with, frankly pretty nasty, coil whine with a PS5 Pro.

Don’t know jack about Overwatch but other anime adaptations like League of Legends and DotA have been pretty darn dope. I’ll give it a chance!

Wow, for once I can actually vote “mostly happy” as I don’t own Alan Wake. I might consider playing it now.

8/10. Thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the storytelling, but it’s no GOTY contender for me personally.

I hope this saga never ends. So much juicy information! News sites must love this as every article drives tons of interactions.

Loved it. I’ll happily take more content. Price is arguably a little hefty but think I can stomach it. It was pretty buggy at launch although nothing game-breaking during my playthrough. PC performance was rock solid for once!

@bozz Agreed. Whilst I greatly enjoyed it and its magnificent story (finished it yesterday), it’s hardly the whole package, at least not for me. Take the side quests for instance, 90% of them were Ubisoft-level fetch quests. I would recommend cherry picking the ones worth doing and focus on the story, which is amazing.

@MattBoothDev Yeah, I hope Square will shoot for that. Performance mode in towns is essentially a 30 fps experience, no patch will bring that up to a locked 60. The Luminous Engine is probably already at its limit.

@MattBoothDev Don’t wait for too long mate. They’ll improve it for sure but the performance mode is so far off that I don’t think we will ever see a locked 60 fps.

@ApostateMage Fair enough, makes sense. And yeah, that is true hah!

@ApostateMage I envy you for being able to make this game hard somehow. Believe I used one or two potions during that battle. I don’t have any of the Timely rings equipped either. Crippling myself best I can. Really, really wish there was a proper difficulty option available without having to complete the game.

Final Fantasy 16. Should have it done by the weekend, I reckon. Zero obligations coming few days, wife and kids are away. That implies quality alone time spent gaming!

@LordBakemono Yes, I’m aware and it sucks big time. I don’t have the time nor will replay the game just to get a challenge. Give me the options from the get go…

If you don’t just button mash and actually dodge attacks you don’t even have to use potions. But you might as well since the game hands them to you like candy.

Switched to 30 fps. Performance mode in its current state feels pointless. Hardly ever maintains 60 fps and battles look like an oil painting on a large TV screen due to aggressive dynamic resolution. Plus the excessive use of motion blur. Sucks, but it is what it is.

But for me to keep playing despite running at abysmal frame rate tells you how much I enjoy the game though!