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Hmph I sometimes forget I own this game.

Elden Ring, Bloodborne, AC Valhalla and anything else.

The best games these days don't even require so much power. Talking about you wanna see a game that utilizes the latest tech to the fullest and then it only sells 2 million after 100 years of development. Naah, the strategy would have to change.

@DrVenture69 He's Kalè in the Church of Elleh.

@LordAinsley Yep they should stamp that on Yakuza too.

Elden Ring, "we" thought we could fool Ranni, who were we kidding. Bloodborne Old Hunters, it's like a bunch of Gadcoignes, so brutal.

Poor graphics? That's why it's sometimes great to focus on a distinct art direction so your graphics aren't called poor. Leave those realistic graphics to PS Studios and Rockstar. Funny how FF back in the days was in the league of impressive visuals, what happened...

Wow I remember seeing this R logo a lot when I had GoldenEye, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo Kazooie in my N64 days, it meant what I'm about to play is pure quality. Now the R that has replaced that is none other than Rockstar!

"which goes to show how far into the mainstream Elden Ring managed to break through.'

And low-key, it's why certain fans would say they don't like ER but prefer the others, because it's mainstream, so pathetic some people.

Xbox: see kids, we love to share our games unlike PlayStation.
Kids: Yeah big bad Sony!
PS: Ok ok just take this Uncharted Collection and go!
Xbox: it worked! 😄

@Ainu20 Yep, it's as if PS5 doesn't even exist.

People talk about Bluepoint remakes but some say the Demon Souls Remake lacked some vibe, atmosphere of the original. No matter how many times San Andreas has been remastered and remade, they say it lacks the original atmosphere. So I think it's time the industry leaves games as they are and move on. Else we're going to be stuck in this Remasters loop going forward.

They're capable of making a new theme again. After the successes of Bloodborne and Elden Ring, they're confident enough not to stick to the Souls theme. Lovecraft BB looking wild west with all that cowboy and top hats, they could go sci-fi, cyberpunk next, anything.

@KundaliniRising333 " has amazing art design and really carries the experience but it's definitely not pushing graphical fidelity at all"

Yet ER won Best Art Direction over HFW/GOWR. So it's not really about pushing graphical fidelity when it comes to art style. I mean Okami was so unique and beautiful with its paintbrush stroke style. Everything doesn't have to match PS Studios graphics.

@VaultGuy415 You can't say "nearly as good", maybe it's the theme you like but when it comes to pure size...just minus the open world of ER and you could say just Stormveil is bigger than Central Yharnam and Cathedral Ward combined. Yeah Bloodborne has this unique charm, one isn't flat out better than the other, they're different, they're both timeless masterpieces at the end of the day.

Wow...this is going to be big! Typical From trolling, I thought it was a countdown to the reveal sigh. Anyway just look at THAT ART!

First time you step out and see the Lands Between and that music starts, Tree Sentinel patrolling, and White Mask Varre mocks you about being maidenless...you feel lost, hopeless - that feeling just can't be explained. Looking forward to this DLC, will probably be their biggest yet.

Here we go again with the marketing. Come PS6, it'd be the best place to play GTA6 and people would have to double dip. And then it's going to be remasters upon remasters with little boosts playing PS5 games on PS6. Rockstar haven't really cared about fps, they like 30fps, gameplay, realism and attention to detail is their main focus.

@Northern_munkey I'm not even that much of a DLC fan, because no matter what, it's never gonna be as big as base game.

They wish they could bring Starfield but just scared of the backlash from the Xbox loyalists, looks like a last minute change. So they had to reassure them like "it's not Starfield and Indiana Jones," you can relax now.

More like "Starfield and Indiana Jones aren't coming to PS5 because we couldn't take the backlash from the Xbox loyalists, but maybe... someday."

People should look forward to cross-gen being normalized if they're going to keep upgrading hardware whilst games are taken longer to develop. You're talking about latter stages when ND haven't even released a single new game. Don't go early adopting PS6 thinking it won't be flooded with cross-gen games with PS5. @TrickyDicky99 brace yourself.

I wasn't expecting them to stop. If anything they want to coax Sony into bringing PS exclusives to Xbox OR just buy up more studios so Sony can't play the "they're making a multiplat exclusive" card in court.

@NieR_Dark @andrix9743 Yes it's definitely one of my proudest plats. I'm guilty of not having gotten around to Old Hunters but some day definitely. Fps doesn't bother me though, so I'm just going to keep going back to this timeless classic.

Timeless Elden Ring and Bloodborne. After almost 9 years and several playthroughs, still amazed at the detail on BB's attire and equipment, just as detailed as RDR2, the game was so ahead! Bloodborne will never die.

Pfft had Gears back in the day on 360, it was great but nothing too special. If it came to that, I'd want Forza Horizon but I think they should just keep their Studio exclusives and let the Bethesdas go back to being multiplat. Else all exclusives should cease and let's see Uncharted and co. on Xbox to be fair.

When was it ever a right idea to buy up a multiplat dev and make their games exclusive... The Bethesda name was almost fading out, I'm sure they started complaining. Bethesda, Activision games would be multiplat, I think they would just keep their Halo and Gears.

@iplaygamesnstuff Same here. I haven't been interested in CoD since 2009, this got me slightly curious.

Atlus alas you ain't foolin no one on this Atlas.

Forget Wolverine, I'm already playing that with +8HookClaws in Elden Ring. Just found out the first ending I got - Lord of the Frenzied Flame - is actually the toughest ending to get. Didn't realize it being tough, I just tried to do everything. Even still I'm finding new corners I've never been in this my current run.

Can't believe people actually believed everything would be shut off including save functionality. A game without a save functionality is basically not a game. @PixelDragon you were one of those people, remember our back and forth hahaha. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/09/chequered-flag-for-gran-turismo-sport-as-online-services-shut-down-in-january-2024#:~:text=Chequered%20Flag%20for%20Gran%20Turismo,in%20January%202024%20%7C%20Push%20Square

Here we go again. It's absolutely messed up at Atlus!

@rawzeku "adding more teleports", haven't you heard... people like to fast travel everything these days. I wonder the point of playing open worlds if you're gonna play it in a linear way, teleporting the entire time.

@b7ray32 😂😂 Don't think he's a PC fanboy, read where's he's coming from. And yeah devs won't even take full advantage of a 2K rig.

The game with one of the hardest main menu music ever - ELDEN RING. With all the time I've spent with this game, Stormveil is still showing hidden paths I haven't been. What a game. I've managed to complete Boc's questline this time round, I avoid internet guides to keep the element of surprise coming.

I've never liked fast travel, might as well fast travel the entire game to the end and don't bother playing. It just fits in certain situations and feels fake in others. For example it makes sense to pick a taxi in GTA4/5 and skip the journey. It doesn't make sense in other games when you just pull up the map and teleport magically from place to place. I only do it it when there's no other way like The Institute in Fallout 4 and the Roundtable Hold in Elden Ring, in the latter's case I usually return to the last site of grace visited. When I find myself trapped in Stormveil, I find the challenge and fun escaping out of the there than just cheaply fast traveling my way out.

Looking forward to this. Elden Ring is just so good, I keep playing it instead of games I bought recently and uncompleted ones.

Looks like SEGA wants payback for y'all abandoning Dreamcast and Saturn 😆. Absolutely horrible!

Glad Atlus keep getting exposed. Award winning all new game Elden Ring released at £49.99, and what do we have here...a remake of an old game at £59.99 with less content... awful awful awful! GTAV FameOrShame Simon voice

It's back to the outstandingly artistic, incredible lighting, the sense of discovery like never seen before, the legendary... ELDEN RIIIIIINNNG! Lost my saves, so started off as a Nightfolk bandit with pale skin this time round, so swift with the dagger just being a renegade in the artistic Lands Between. Can't stop taking screenshots in this game. No contest it won Best Art Direction. What a true masterpiece!

Lol I remember when I used to spam those legs in Tekken 4, 5.

@DennisReynolds General comments online shows it ruins the experience for new players. It's just best for existing players who start a new game and want to blast through to Iceborne. Yet Capcom sets it as default armor with no explanation.

@DennisReynolds So they expect to just totally skip the base game and focus on getting to Iceborne quick... Naaahh I think it's there for people who've already beat the base game to jump straight to Iceborne. Still, it's confusing to new players.

I think if you love the game a lot, you'd find fun doing it all over again. That aside, I dislike when games provide buffs and stuff; like Dishonored DE on PS4 coming with so many charms in the beginning to make things easy. The powered up Guardian/ Defender armor available in Monster Hunter World from the start, why ruin the fun of the grind for new players...or getting some buffs for preordering a game...this should just stop.

After years of not playing, I reinstalled Persona 5, forgot how funny Morgana was/is 😆. Atlus though, are horrible with their money grabbing tactics. Plus it's still more legendary Monster Hunter World Iceborne for me this weekend.

86 on MC, not bad...is this the highest rated Ubisoft game in years...

I'll put it in the 3 games I've spent the most hours in: Rockstar Games, FromSoftware games and Monster Hunter World Iceborne.

Spectacular animations, nice artstyle, satisfying combat, hunting and crafting wonderful gear, beautiful and outstandingly animated monsters, depth. It's just lovely when you understand it but when you don't... you're just gonna sing the "it's not for me" tune.

Is there a DualSense and a Duel Sense...

@nomither6 yep they just want us to keep buying controllers, this thing should be protested enough, yet people are crying over puddles. I bought a unofficial DS4 and I think the sticks sensitivity is like that of the PS3, so I'm not really having drift issues like the official ones, how shameful.

@Mintie Lol. Just love the hunting to craft nice gear, did that a lot in RDR2. Other games underestimate the fun in hunting and crafting. Plus of course it's not just that, love the whole design in general, the combat, there's so much depth.

Mostly Monster Hunter World Iceborne still. Cumulatively I think I'm at 800-900hrs on this game. Plus a bit of Rise too, just want to be done with Iceborne first. Monster Hunter isn't for everyone they said...yeah right!