johncalmc

I just wanna swing a lightsabre about though

@KidBoruto Well, it's not an afterthought. But it's not something that was keeping me playing. It's totally fine. And there's some fun characters. Some of the side-quests have basically no story - "Oh no, someone got attacked - go kill the monster!" - but some of them are quite interesting. Like, mini-stories about how the monsters have effected these people's lives.

But my main takeaway would be, if you're playing this because you want a story then play something else. The combat is the main attraction. But if you like a little story with your monster slaying, this is totally fine and inoffensive with some cool moments.

@Uromastryx It's funny you say this because I never had any major issues technically offline, and with the camera I only had a problem with one specific hunt that I can't talk about. Generally speaking the camera was fine for me but I spent most of the game locked onto enemies so maybe that's part of it.

It does happen sometimes though. I've had it the other way where I've talked a lot about how badly a game runs and then hardly any other reviewer mentions it. It's part of the weirdness of reviews. They all go live at the same time and then you find out everyone else had none of the problems you did or vice versa.

@KundaliniRising333 They've said there won't be any microtransactions and that upcoming DLC will be free, be history teaches us to be sceptical on this front.

@KundaliniRising333 For what it's worth I had barely any issues with it on PS5. When in co-op it did stutter a few times from lag - which I guess is to be expected at launch, or maybe they had a bad connection - and occasionally the frame rate noticeably dropped when things got chaotic. But aside from that, in normal play it seemed to run fine. One or two barely perceptible framerate drops. Couple of weird graphical glitches.

Certainly there were no massive issues, and it actually looks really nice in a lot of parts.

I've currently got the platinum in Yakuza Kiwami, Kiwami 2, 0, and 7. And I'm in the middle of working through 3 Remastered. Some of the trophy lists are ridiculous and this looks like one of those.

@ShogunRok hey don't listen to me I don't know anything.

I dunno man the grime is part of the charm

One of my favourite types of games is the rubbish but with some kind of inexplicable charm game.

This game looks like it was specifically made for me to like.

I hope it does get stopped. I don't care about any Activision franchises so it makes no difference to me, and I actually don't think it is unfair competitively so it shouldn't be stopped (but I'm no expert). I just want it to get stopped because Microsoft sucks and somebody needs to stop them buying their way to the top.

It obviously comes with the pretty major caveat that the Switch isn't really a home console and even calling it a hybrid is perhaps overselling what amounts to a handheld with an HDMI out port, but I do think there's a good chance it could do it and become the best selling console ever. God knows how - I personally think it's a garbage console with a decent if unspectacular line-up of games, but then I also think the PS2 is the worst PlayStation so what the hell do I know about anything.

@Flaming_Kaiser It annoys me the most because it's so close. Like, it's there. They've made a Midgar. They've got the characters right. The battle system - the music! I love so much about it. If it was a straight remake it would be one of my favourite ever games. As it is, I liked it, but I can't help feeling really disappointed - in part because the ending sucks so badly, and in part because it shows me how close we were to getting something magnificent.

Now I'm less interested in the follow up. I was so excited to go see Cosmo Canyon and the Gold Saucer. The Junon bit where you pretend to be the soldier. Now I'm wondering which bits of the game they're going to skip so they can craft a ludicrous, gravity-defying superhero fight with twelve time travelling Sephiroths spewing incomprehensible drivel.

Yes, I remember when they announced "Final Fantasy VII Remake" - a game that nobody was asking for - at E3 to a deafening thud. Nobody, clearly, wanted a straight remake. Probably wise that they turned the last couple of hours of the game into a nonsensical, Kingdom Hearts cringe-fest. Gotta keep people interested.

Yes, they should.

What they're probably banking on is that if they make a dozen of these things, eleven can fail and if one is even close to a Fortnite level success it will pay for the rest and then some.

Whether they manage to create one of those remains to be seen. I'm doubtful. Hopefully they're working with a lot of second parties on these live service games so we can still get plenty of actual games from them this generation.

This comments section is going well, I think.

Mildly back on track, I don't actually care about this game at all, but how is the character creator? I'm a sucker for a character creator. I might play it one day on the cheap or on Plus or whatever.

They could probably give you a ten or fifteen hour trial and it wouldn't hurt them in any way. Four hours is nothing in Persona 5. Four hours is a cigarette break.

Oh man. I thought everyone had agreed to just pretend Metal Gear Rising never happened.

Wow. That means I'll now have Destiny 2 physically, digitally, available as free to play, and some of the DLC through Plus, and I'll still probably never play it. Good on them for trying though.

I wonder how many people are doing the same as what I'm doing with this thing, in that they're not pre-ordering it because they want to see how it sells and how Sony supports it before we buy. I had my finger hovering over the button, but if it doesn't sell and Sony Vitas it then I'm just left with a stupidly expensive pair of ugly goggles. I could spend that money on crisps.

This is bleak but it doesn't really matter to me as I almost certainly would never play a multiplayer game like this anyway.

This is a shame. I love XCOM, and I don't want to have to keep getting my XCOM fix from the damned Rabbids. Surprised we don't see more XCOM-a-likes like Gears Tactics. Mass Effect Tactics, for example. Or The Last of Us Tactics. Basically, anything tactics.

I can't believe you paid for porridge with your own money.

This controller is such an own goal.

I already have seven controllers and I don't care about the extra buttons or customisation options this one has, and I think it looks worse than the standard controller, and it costs £200 so I can't think of a good reason to ever buy one of these.

I have no idea whether I'll like this system or not, but one thing I am definitely not worried about in a Yakuza game is the tone of the serious story being at odds with the silliness of the battles. I'd be more worried if that wasn't happening.

It should have been Macho Man Randy Savage.

If the trailers didn't already have you worried about this one, the lack of review codes certainly should.

I'm not playing this on Gamepass, obviously, because I'm not an atrocious person. I'm going to play them as the good lord intended - after buying both of them for the third time once I've finished playing through Persona 5 which I also just bought for the third time.

He should be given a credit for co-creating the characters and the the world. Seems pretty basic.

Still irritated that they picked Portable but whatever. Any Persona 3 is better than no Persona 3.

I am so excited to buy this game, try to platinum it but fail because of the hardcore risette fan trophy, get annoyed and never finish it, and then start the whole process again.

I thought we'd all agreed to never mention Metal Gear Rising again.

Unless Ed Sheeran is doing the soundtrack, it's hard to imagine how I could be any less interested in this game.

Did I just read this article with my freakin' eyes?

Oh, yeah, I do that now.

I don't know what this is but it's one of the most hideous-looking games I've ever seen.

Great. Now I've got to beat three at the same time if I want to be the best.

I have absolutely nothing of any worth to add to this since I don't know who the Donkey Man is and I've never seen this game before, but I do think the game looks alright.

Mirror's Edge Catalyst for less than £2 is a no brainer. It's not tremendous or anything but it's probably a solid 7 and worth ten hours or whatever if you've got nothing planned.

The problem with these rumours - fun as they are - is that big acquisitions like this are never rumoured. They never leak. There's never insiders speaking off the record and somehow it finds its way onto a forum. Loose lips sink ships and in big business lips are tight. Remember all those rumours about Microsoft buying Bethesda before the news dropped? No, you don't. Any time there's a rumour like this it's more of a wish or a prediction than an actual rumour based on tangible inside information.

It's definitely deserving of it. God of War is a great game but that's all it is, for me - just another really good game. Elden Ring is truly special. It's a 10 through and through and one that people will still be talking about years from now.

I'm really looking forward to Final Fantasy XVI, the Like A Dragon games, the Cyberpunk DLC, and despite not really liking the first one - Alan Wake II. I really think they can nail the sequel.

I always thought Resident Evil 4 was too long. You could easily lose a little of the castle and a lot of the island and the game would be better, I think. But then I think the Resident Evil 3 remake is better than the 2 one so what the hell do I know, apparently.

I can't believe there was only me who got the best of the year list right.

Well, at least it wasn't Sonic.

Don't blame me for this one. I don't condone this 😂

@The_Pixel_King Class doesn't really matter much. It only really determines what weapon, outfit, and stats you start with and you can easily override that by levelling up and putting points into something else.

That said, for a total noob, I would say go for the hits things really hard with a massive sword style. I think that's the easiest way to get into the game. Also make sure you only put points into stuff you need. If you're not going to use magic don't be wasting points in Intelligence, Faith etc.

Just play for a while and see how it's going. Look up an article on stats and what they do. Find a weapon type you like. Don't be afraid to summon for help. And if you get to an area that's too hard just go somewhere else, explore, level up, and go back later.

I tried four times to get the Persona 4 Golden platinum and Hardcore Risette foiled me every time. I'm sour the port has the same list but I might as well try again.

This is the real quiz.

I was so mad when I saw this was on the list. I briefly considered sabotaging the poll and giving this game minus points. Being locked in the dungeons of Push Square HQ would be a small price to pay for our dignity.

But seriously though Sonic fans you gotta stop.