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@Americansamurai1. The fire effects looked so shoddy. I’m surprised no one else mentioned it. One hundred million dollars and they couldn’t properly code realistic flames. Lucky there were no mirrors.

@Northern_munkey. @TrickyDicky99. Don’t you recognize a sarcasm when you hear it Charlie Brown.

Are you guys going to review the Kona sequel?

Wow! I did not realize how large the staff of Push Square was until everyone did a WAYP at the same time. I always kind of imagined Sammy running it out of his bedroom. Oh well. Shattered illusions and such. Anyway, still playing Spider-Man 2 with my son and we might try Lost in Random that I picked up in the store sale for under three dollars because of a mention from someone here on the site. Also Salt and Sanctuary for under a dollar. Thanks guys for paying attention.

And of course someone has already voted Abysmal, even though there are no votes for Average, Poor, Bad or Terrible as of yet. I doubt this person has even played the game. And if so, it begs the question why spend seventy dollars on a game that will obviously play like it’s predecessor? They must know if they liked the original by now. If they did, does more of the same justify abysmal? And if they didn’t like it, then why buy the sequel? Trolls are gonna troll.

@Voltan. Unfortunately, the first game left the subscription service earlier this year.

@Northern_Munkey. Just wanted to compliment your new profile pic (or at least I think it is new). Love Warren Ellis and Transmetropolitan.. Recognized the glasses. Nice.

I promised my son that I would wait until he gets home from school. Just a few more hours. Spidey senses tingling.

Suddenly the PlayStation Portal just became a lot more attractive. Certainly Sony will integrate that functionality into the device. At some point.
I hope.

Bring on The Callisto Protocol.

Dead by Daylight. My son bought the Nightmare Edition which includes Steve and Nancy and the Demogorgon from Stranger Things. The developers lost the rights to the Stranger Things characters so they have been removed from the game and the physical copy sells for an obscene amount on eBay. But it’s his money that he has been saving, and he loves the game, plus the price seems to be gradually increasing, so he can always resale the disc later. He has found a glitch (he loves glitches) that allows him to put a portal on a downed survivor, and when he starts to burrow, he is able to carry the survivor with him through the Upside Down. He did it during a game, and then the other survivors started standing on the portal and teabagging because they wanted to be carried through the Upside Down as well. Hysterical. Much fun. The only bad thing is that it is a PS4 disc and the PS5 upgrade that he usually plays does not unlock the characters for some reason. So now he has been playing the game nonstop on our older console and will probably end up getting a second Platinum. That is not ideal for our trophy competition.

I would post my hours on OverWatch, but I don’t want the community to think less of me.

@get2sammyb. I am more impressed with your Level 642 and 168 platinum trophies.
Also, I am surprised by the three or four players who have so many hours on The Binding of Isaac.

Help me out here. Doolally?

Wow. This thread turned ugly.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner. The apostrophes around forget are hilarious. The abundance of those in that dude’s posts always bother me. It’s like I’m stressing every other word when reading.

Damn. And they recently had a really good sale price and I waited for the similar Black Friday deal because that is when my subscription ends. Typical.

Why is that a 20% increase in price for the European market but a 35% increase for the U.S.?

@Logonogo. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I had to start the first game over on my son’s account because he wasn’t getting trophies. I think we will move on to the sequel since we are in an ongoing trophy race.

@Logonogo. I started the first Moving Out with my son a couple of weeks back when I heard this was coming to Extra, but only Player 1 seems to get trophies. Did you notice if it is the same with the sequel?

I think a large percentage of the people who bought a PS5 and played the included Astro Bot game would be so impressed that they would buy a sequel. I know I would. In fact, it might be enough to persuade me to purchase a PSVR2 if it is for that platform.

@gonzilla. Thank you. I really appreciate that.

@gonzilla. Off topic, how do you get the italic typeface in your post?

@gonzilla. The poster’s original comment made it seem like he was talking about the audio coming from the controller itself, not using the jack on the controller for a wired headset. I was just using the Pulse as an example of any headset being superior to the sound from the controller. The post has since been edited to clarify a wired headset plugged into the controller.

@GamingFan4Lyf. Are you being serious? You don’t have to be an audiophile to tell the difference between the twee sound coming out of the controller compared to the 3D spatial audio of the Pulse headset. Tons of examples. In shooters, you are able to discern the direction of incoming fire. Horror games especially are enhanced and made creepier by the overall sound design. Audio truly adds to the overall immersion of the gaming experience. But surely you know this.

Is this the best choice for a Poirot adaptation? Seems like this is one that is hard to forget the who in the whodunnit.

It’s not on the list, but I would like to see a release date for Star Wars Outlaws.

Thought I would start Chicory before it leaves the subscription service next month. Also, my son got the platinum on Undertale and has challenged me to do the same. He somehow thinks I won’t be able to make it through some of the bullet hell levels and harder boss fights. I’ll show him.

What about Red Dead Revolver? Is that playable on modern systems?

Too bad this delay doesn’t give them the space to release a physical copy.

Who needs this when you can just play Dead by Daylight? Actually, Leatherface is already in that game. And if you don’t want to pay the couple of dollars for the character, the Hillbilly is free and he has a chainsaw.

@Vega37. @j2c. The Saudi government also owns over a five percent stake in Capcom. Does that mean no Resident Evil, Monster Hunter or Street Fighter for you either?

Wow. Can you believe this article has gotten over a hundred comments? All over a beep.

@StripedTomato. Thank you for the response. Went ahead and purchased the base game today.

@Geep. A Jicks reference. Love it. Although you might be dating yourself a bit, but it’s always nice to know there is another older gamer on the forum, especially one with such fine taste in music. Made the purchase today. Many thanks.

Interesting. The results appear evenly divided.

Is Metro Exodus worth $5.99? The sale price ends on Thursday.

I started playing this with my son a few months back when he discovered it in the PlayStation Extra catalog. He has purchased a lot of the DLC packs in various sales and even managed to platinum the base game, which is impressive considering the number of trophies. Now he wants the Stranger Things physical version for Christmas because it has been removed from the game, but it sells for over a hundred dollars used on eBay. The amount of support this game has gotten, and continues to get, is staggering. I guess that is what keeps the player base engaged all these years later.

@StrawberryTurtle. A Gorillaz crossover in Fortnite would be brilliant.

He said duty. Ha.

“Blizzard’s move breaks with long-held live service norms…”. Does it though? Because the same thing is true in their Battle Pass for OverWatch 2. Hell, you don’t even get the premium token in the Battle Pass. They dole it out in Weekly Challenges. And even if you complete them all, you still won’t earn enough currency for the next Battle Pass. So this isn’t a surprise.

The last fighting game that I purchased at launch was Tekken Tag Tournament for the PS2, but Homelander, Peacemaker and Omni Man have made the new Mortal Kombat a must have as soon as released. I’m honestly surprised by the number of people that are unfamiliar with the characters. The Amazon series aside, The Boys was a brilliant comic by Garth Ennis coming after his hugely popular series Preacher. Ennis is a major talent and I thought more people would know The Boys. And James Gunn turned a minor character from Suicide Squad into probably the best series set in the DC Universe. I cannot wait for this and hope future DLC is similar.

@LifeGirl. It’s only ten or twenty dollars more than a standard Dual Sense and provides an invaluable assistance to an under serviced market.

@rusty82. Well that’s a shame especially since the charges were dropped.

High on Life with my son on his Steam Deck. It’s a bit repetitive but if you enjoy Rick and Morty the character interaction and constant chatter from the gun is amusing. Luckily Justin Rolland started his own game company, so I guess he can’t get cancelled from that at least. Also Alan Wake on Extra. Never played it when it was first released because it was an XBOX exclusive. Maybe because I played so many games from that era I have no problem with the combat mechanics. Really looking forward to the sequel but I wish there were going to be a physical release.

@Kyushutrail. Isn’t AC Valhalla still on the subscription service?

Push Square hasn’t mentioned it, but this comes right after Epic eliminated the daily rewards for logging into the Save the World mode, which was my primary method of accumulating V-Bucks (outside of the Battle Pass). Once a week, the daily rewards were at least 150 V-Bucks, sometimes 300, 800 or 1000, just for logging into the game. I have amassed an impressive collection of skins and emotes over the past three years, all for free except for the initial purchase of the Save the World mode. To raise the real money cost of V-Bucks immediately after eliminating a perk that has been there since the beginning is a scummy move by Epic.

Is Cold War the one without a single player campaign?

This company has several licensed characters from Sega as well. The Kazuma Kiryu rubber ducky is classic.