@RobN Frankly, I don't see many people who are upset by those who oppose DEI (look at Harry Potter). Only some media strongly feel about it. Saying 2 sides is just simply wrong here.
It is not that simple, those mob don't just hate the games, they want it to fail, hence sprouting hate and resting in every articles. Those who like don't read/ react every article. Even what they say is clearly fake, it does have impact on the general audience, as mob mentality. This has seen in many elections, and even in games happened with TLOU 2. What started as an anger because of a certain character's death, it quickly turns into woke accusation. I played that game there is nothing woke in there. Not just TLOU2, these people accuses wokeness in every games they hate/ want to fail.
@Savage_Joe Let me explain as it is beyond you. It is partly because of word of mouth effect, Wukong games sold decently in the West (also because this game has been hyped for years) But without Chinese players buying 10 million in a week or rating overwhelmingly positive on steam and put in on the top chart and subsequently in the news, I doubt it will be sold that well in the West. Yes these days words of mouth and viral phenomenon are way stronger- look at palworld, helldiver's 2 and even hawk tuah.
I don't like Pushsqaure twisted the fact here. But there is no denying the vocal minority are commenting and reacting in every post related to this game, some of them are racists, some have a beef with Neil re: TLOU, some are disguised Xbox fanboys. They are clearly minority basement dwellers but what they have is time and thus they easily overwhelm any post/article. The nasty immature comments they made overtime drove away the gamers who really have interest in the game and ultimately do have some impact on game sales. This kind, you always see in political news. You will notice how fake commenters litter every post with the same comments, for eg Ukraine war news, election etc..
So people try to spread more positive news. Don't waste your time arguing with those idiots as talking to them is talking to the wall. They would keep dragging you through many irrelevant points. You never have as much time as these trolls. Their hatred is more than a protagonist's look.
@GamingFan4Lyf Disagree. Those that cost 10$ upgrade are for remaster. Not PS5 upgrade fee. All PS5 games if upgraded doesn't cost any. Remasters are much more than upgrade.
@Medic_alert You are not disconnected. It is clear that most of the voters are Chinese gamers. The nationalism is quite strong there. So yeah, these community vote winner would not reflect the GOTY.
Ubisoft's current market value is quite low. The only thing is whoever bought them needs to deal with the bloated company. If Sony can deal with it, they do have some interesting IPs.
@Flaming_Kaiser Disagree. Monetization is almost entirely cosmetics in this game. A few new characters pass are very cheap, single digit. Yes the low player base and thus long matchmaking time is an issue.
Before you guys jumping on live service blah blah; this game, Ubisoft recently killed game and even notorious Concord are good if not great. It is just those who played live service games keep playing the same games. It also has a great impact on general game sales as people keeps playing same thing.
@Nexozi Because that's what a lot of people say in IGN comments. Of course, that does not mean all people. But those who will only play camapign will sub for a month or even tiral. That's not a strange take, a lot of people sub on and off.
I don't understand why some people are so upset by this. It is what it is. Deep inside, you guys know, but when the reality doesn't align with your view, then you guys bring up it does not paint the whole picture, blah blah. No used market included blah blah. Have you guys even been to used games store like CEX, Games in the UK recently? They don't even have many PS5 used discs. They still have more last gen discs than current gen in store. Similarly, there used to be more sales of Physical discs last gen, but now much rarer. Note whether selling more physical or digital does not have any impact on me.
This is just an article to pad out the quiet week. I dont see any problem with this practice. I never buy deluxe edition for early access but purchased a few deluxe for other perks. Those who buy are adults and they make an informed decision. Who are you people to judge how they spend their own money is right or wrong?
Capcom is definitely going to remake this. If you want authentic retro, why do you even care trophy? Personally, these retro games controls and graphics are not holding up and will wait for remake. These retro availability are blown out of proportion. Only a very few people play them for nostalgic reason. I tried to play twisted metal and syphon filter on premium, 2 games i loved so much in the past but the controls are not good enough.
Google online game service folded just in 2-3 years. Google is as big as Microsoft and even they don't want to keep losing such a large amount of money. Yes GP is more successful but regardless what Microsoft says about revenue, the service is surely bleeding money.
I hope they dont change it, and it can remain as a challenge. But at least there is always an option. Back in the day, you would get stuck in the freaking licensing exam of the Driver game and I never got that passed.
Should remake 1 if this one succeeds. Never got past piano puzzle back then. Could not easily check like now back in the day. SH puzzles are more difficult, and intellectual than RE. Then again, finding the secrets and solving the puzzles yourself back in the day can't be compared with anything. Imagine your surprise and sense of achievement when you accidentally found a secret in mario 3.
Ubi will either have to come back or get bought by someone after series of high profile failures. I think Xdefiants and Concord are not bad games, but the live action shooter genre is already crowded and has no place for new IPs. The main issue with Ubi is that their games are all similar first- or third person open world games.
Open world games, by their nature, have to be padded with mundane tasks. GTA, by its nature, do not have big issue to pad out with filler missions. I personally find most open world games would be better if they had fewer filler quests/missions. But again, there are some vocal minority who relate the number of hours with the cost. The longer does not mean the better. Even with linear games like TLOU and the plague, their first games are shorter but better.
Like others said, get out of your bubble. Music, movies, and PC games have been almost entirely digital for almost a decade, and they are doing fine. We are not owning blah blah- drop cliche excuse. It is what it is. By the way, even if you own a disc, it does not mean you own them forever as these things broke with time too.
Disagree with gaming is inexpensive luxury. Completely ignorant quote. Games in 90s are much more expensive, if you take into inflation. Even console price are similar if you account into inflation.
Yes this is expensive but think of it as ipad, macbook or desktop everything electronic pro. Just buy the base version, you can still play the same game with a bit lesser experience. You want more, you pay more. You arent priced out of playing the same game.
@captainsandman Yes I have played both, only the beginning, and not finished. Can’t stand the camera movement. I really enjoyed dead rising co-op and want something similar but both dead island and dying light are unfortunately first person view.
Having multiple games from same franchise discredit this list. FIFA doesn't have any meaningful changes in terms of gameplay between each entry and yet,.. And no the sims 4?
Dont be fooled by its graphics. It is very enjoyable and entertaining game with interesting plot. I love helldivers 2 but i even like EDF more. The only thing I dislike was it needs a bit of grinding and needs to get to the boxes to get actual upgrade. With a bit tank like control, it wasn't very easy to do that. But at its peak, no game can compare to the chaos it creates.
Has EDF 6 fixed that? Do i need to get all boxes to get weapons and upgrade?
Every year, articles like this pop up, boasting what have improved. Realism blah blah. When I actually played ( from ps plus), it is almost the same as last year. Realism?? You can dribble past everyone and score. PES/ efootball has much better gameplay, but transition to mobile focused efootball and poor licensing has nearly destroyed the franchise.
Co-op is welcome. Sony should make more first party co-op games. It is a shame. Co-op used to be ubiquitous but when currently can easily done by online, co-op is a dying breed. Even Capcom not remaking RE outbreak, which was such a fun back in the day.
What’s wrong with that? Ultimate version with early access is not new. You don’t need to pay if you don’t want to. Spoiler is easy to avoid for such a niche game. The story and plots always leak for bigger games and even if doesn’t leak, the story was there on social media as normal gamers don’t finish the game in a few days.
Articles like this are damaging game companies and then these sites again cry foul when they lay off employees.
This will be a reality test for a turn-based game. Marvel turn based game did not do well last year. Ifeel this would not do well too. Turn-based games are a niche genre today.
@Athrum Oh well, this is how it has been since they use a tiered system, and I am one of them. Worse for me, as my current sub expires on June 10th . I just need to time correctly next time.
I agree that not all first party games need to be state-of-the arts hundreds of millions budgeted games. I missed games like Heavy rain, Detroit, Until Dawn, Heavenly Sword etc, all of which are excellent with low budgets. Ray tracing, detailed grass are overrated and blown out of proportion by PC players. Reducing those extra would also help with frame rates even though that is not important for some games.
Origami makes me remember Heavy Rain. I want more games like this- Heavy Rain and Detriot becomes Human for me are unforgettable experiences. Story trumps everything.
Do you think it is related to the fact that Capcom develops all of their games in Japan? The west game development is mostly in trouble. Japanese people work so hard for a relatively low salary while due to cost of living and other multiple factors, game development cost, I think, is much higher in the west?
I always expect something like this could happen. There is no win for Microsoft here, whatever they choose. Last year they shift the blame on Sony and blind fanboys just take it but no excuse this year. A year old COD value has come down a lot as Sony usually gave out for free many times. But the new COD, no matter how bad the reviews are, always make loads of money. Will Microsoft break their promise (like they always do) and don't put it on GP day1? Or they keep their promise and eat their mega revenue loss? We shall see. Yes Playstation mostly contribute to the sale of COD but giving out the game free on whatever platform changes people's perceptions of that game's value, based on previous day 1 released games.
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Re: Hands On: Final Fantasy 16's Clive Is Ridiculously Well Realised in Tekken 8
I watched the trailer. It is actually impressive. FF16 is a great title. Some people just hate for being exclusive and for not being a turn-based.
Re: Intergalactic PS5's Toxic Detractors Peddling Patently Fake 'Leaked' Story Details
@RobN Frankly, I don't see many people who are upset by those who oppose DEI (look at Harry Potter). Only some media strongly feel about it. Saying 2 sides is just simply wrong here.
It is not that simple, those mob don't just hate the games, they want it to fail, hence sprouting hate and resting in every articles. Those who like don't read/ react every article. Even what they say is clearly fake, it does have impact on the general audience, as mob mentality. This has seen in many elections, and even in games happened with TLOU 2. What started as an anger because of a certain character's death, it quickly turns into woke accusation. I played that game there is nothing woke in there. Not just TLOU2, these people accuses wokeness in every games they hate/ want to fail.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Deserved Astro Bot's Game of the Year Award, Says Game Science CEO
@Savage_Joe Let me explain as it is beyond you. It is partly because of word of mouth effect, Wukong games sold decently in the West (also because this game has been hyped for years) But without Chinese players buying 10 million in a week or rating overwhelmingly positive on steam and put in on the top chart and subsequently in the news, I doubt it will be sold that well in the West. Yes these days words of mouth and viral phenomenon are way stronger- look at palworld, helldiver's 2 and even hawk tuah.
Re: Naughty Dog Turns Off Intergalactic PS5 Trailer's Comments As Discourse Turns Nasty
I don't like Pushsqaure twisted the fact here. But there is no denying the vocal minority are commenting and reacting in every post related to this game, some of them are racists, some have a beef with Neil re: TLOU, some are disguised Xbox fanboys. They are clearly minority basement dwellers but what they have is time and thus they easily overwhelm any post/article. The nasty immature comments they made overtime drove away the gamers who really have interest in the game and ultimately do have some impact on game sales. This kind, you always see in political news. You will notice how fake commenters litter every post with the same comments, for eg Ukraine war news, election etc..
So people try to spread more positive news. Don't waste your time arguing with those idiots as talking to them is talking to the wall. They would keep dragging you through many irrelevant points. You never have as much time as these trolls. Their hatred is more than a protagonist's look.
Re: Rumour: Kadokawa Employees Eager for Sony Buyout and Change in Management
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Re: Rumour: Kadokawa Employees Eager for Sony Buyout and Change in Management
@GamingFan4Lyf Disagree. Those that cost 10$ upgrade are for remaster. Not PS5 upgrade fee. All PS5 games if upgraded doesn't cost any. Remasters are much more than upgrade.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring DLC in The Game Awards' Fan Vote Final
@Medic_alert You are not disconnected. It is clear that most of the voters are Chinese gamers. The nationalism is quite strong there. So yeah, these community vote winner would not reflect the GOTY.
Re: Rumour: Ubisoft Turmoil Continues as Shareholders Consider Buyout
Ubisoft's current market value is quite low. The only thing is whoever bought them needs to deal with the bloated company. If Sony can deal with it, they do have some interesting IPs.
Re: Foamstars Support Ends in January as Square Enix Drops Soapy Live Service Shooter
@Flaming_Kaiser Disagree. Monetization is almost entirely cosmetics in this game. A few new characters pass are very cheap, single digit. Yes the low player base and thus long matchmaking time is an issue.
Re: Foamstars Support Ends in January as Square Enix Drops Soapy Live Service Shooter
Before you guys jumping on live service blah blah; this game, Ubisoft recently killed game and even notorious Concord are good if not great. It is just those who played live service games keep playing the same games. It also has a great impact on general game sales as people keeps playing same thing.
Re: PS5 Dominates UK Black Ops 6 Sales, As Game Pass Causes Xbox Share to Collapse
@Nexozi Because that's what a lot of people say in IGN comments. Of course, that does not mean all people. But those who will only play camapign will sub for a month or even tiral. That's not a strange take, a lot of people sub on and off.
Re: PS5 Dominates UK Black Ops 6 Sales, As Game Pass Causes Xbox Share to Collapse
Those who would sub GP for this will only play the campaign.
Re: Like It or Not, This Is Why PS5 Pro Doesn't Have a Disc Drive
I don't understand why some people are so upset by this. It is what it is. Deep inside, you guys know, but when the reality doesn't align with your view, then you guys bring up it does not paint the whole picture, blah blah. No used market included blah blah. Have you guys even been to used games store like CEX, Games in the UK recently? They don't even have many PS5 used discs. They still have more last gen discs than current gen in store. Similarly, there used to be more sales of Physical discs last gen, but now much rarer. Note whether selling more physical or digital does not have any impact on me.
Re: Beloved Co-Op Platformer It Takes Two Has Sold a Whopping 20 Million Copies
Well deserved. A rare game with creative ideas. Such kinds of games are rare today.
Re: Opinion: The Price of Playing PS5 Games Day One Is Getting Higher and Higher
This is just an article to pad out the quiet week. I dont see any problem with this practice. I never buy deluxe edition for early access but purchased a few deluxe for other perks. Those who buy are adults and they make an informed decision. Who are you people to judge how they spend their own money is right or wrong?
Re: Dino Crisis Fans Hoodwinked as Capcom's PS1 Classic Requires Premium, Lacks Trophies
Capcom is definitely going to remake this. If you want authentic retro, why do you even care trophy? Personally, these retro games controls and graphics are not holding up and will wait for remake. These retro availability are blown out of proportion. Only a very few people play them for nostalgic reason. I tried to play twisted metal and syphon filter on premium, 2 games i loved so much in the past but the controls are not good enough.
Re: PS5 May Soon Be Unchallenged by Xbox in Some Regions
Google online game service folded just in 2-3 years. Google is as big as Microsoft and even they don't want to keep losing such a large amount of money. Yes GP is more successful but regardless what Microsoft says about revenue, the service is surely bleeding money.
Re: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero's Great Ape Vegeta Fight Is Driving Players Insane
I hope they dont change it, and it can remain as a challenge. But at least there is always an option. Back in the day, you would get stuck in the freaking licensing exam of the Driver game and I never got that passed.
Re: Silent Hill 2 (PS5) - The Horror Great Remains So in This Excellent Remake
Should remake 1 if this one succeeds. Never got past piano puzzle back then. Could not easily check like now back in the day. SH puzzles are more difficult, and intellectual than RE. Then again, finding the secrets and solving the puzzles yourself back in the day can't be compared with anything. Imagine your surprise and sense of achievement when you accidentally found a secret in mario 3.
Re: Underperforming XDefiant Pours More Misery on Embattled Publisher Ubisoft
Ubi will either have to come back or get bought by someone after series of high profile failures. I think Xdefiants and Concord are not bad games, but the live action shooter genre is already crowded and has no place for new IPs. The main issue with Ubi is that their games are all similar first- or third person open world games.
Open world games, by their nature, have to be padded with mundane tasks. GTA, by its nature, do not have big issue to pad out with filler missions. I personally find most open world games would be better if they had fewer filler quests/missions. But again, there are some vocal minority who relate the number of hours with the cost. The longer does not mean the better. Even with linear games like TLOU and the plague, their first games are shorter but better.
Re: A Massive 75% of UK Game Sales Were Digital Last Month
Like others said, get out of your bubble. Music, movies, and PC games have been almost entirely digital for almost a decade, and they are doing fine. We are not owning blah blah- drop cliche excuse. It is what it is.
By the way, even if you own a disc, it does not mean you own them forever as these things broke with time too.
Re: Jaw-Dropping 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro Console and Accessories Will Bankrupt You
I just bought astro bot version and also want this controller. The pro version will be scalpers' heaven.
Re: Talking Point: Is PS5 Pro Way Too Expensive?
I think Sony strategy is high RRP and then heavily discount in holiday season and many trade in promotion. Mark my words.
Re: Talking Point: Is PS5 Pro Way Too Expensive?
Disagree with gaming is inexpensive luxury. Completely ignorant quote. Games in 90s are much more expensive, if you take into inflation. Even console price are similar if you account into inflation.
Yes this is expensive but think of it as ipad, macbook or desktop everything electronic pro. Just buy the base version, you can still play the same game with a bit lesser experience. You want more, you pay more. You arent priced out of playing the same game.
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on PS5 Pro?
Will definitely buy one. I guess the trade in program is coming soon.
Re: Astro Bot PS5 Sales 'Aren't Huge' in UK, But There's Still Hope
@McTwist The game is great. And it is 60$/£ game, not 70.
Re: Preview: Dying Light: The Beast Pulls a Lost Legacy as DLC Turned Full PS5 Game Impresses
@captainsandman Yes I have played both, only the beginning, and not finished. Can’t stand the camera movement. I really enjoyed dead rising co-op and want something similar but both dead island and dying light are unfortunately first person view.
Re: Preview: Dying Light: The Beast Pulls a Lost Legacy as DLC Turned Full PS5 Game Impresses
I just wish there was 3rd person view. Parkour and first person view are really bad match.
Re: Hands On: Black Myth: Wukong Is Brilliant, But We Have PS5 Concerns
I don’t like games without any tangible story.
Re: Best Simulation Games on PS5
Having multiple games from same franchise discredit this list. FIFA doesn't have any meaningful changes in terms of gameplay between each entry and yet,.. And no the sims 4?
Re: Poll: Is the Astro Bot PS5 Controller the Best DualSense Yet?
wow this is such a looker. Didn't even realize they had announced them
Re: Earth Defense Force 6 (PS5) - More of the Same Insectoid Mayhem, and We Love It
@kendomustdie Ah no!! Is the control still a bit tanky? I will still play it, but I wish they improved it.
Re: Earth Defense Force 6 (PS5) - More of the Same Insectoid Mayhem, and We Love It
Dont be fooled by its graphics. It is very enjoyable and entertaining game with interesting plot. I love helldivers 2 but i even like EDF more. The only thing I dislike was it needs a bit of grinding and needs to get to the boxes to get actual upgrade. With a bit tank like control, it wasn't very easy to do that. But at its peak, no game can compare to the chaos it creates.
Has EDF 6 fixed that? Do i need to get all boxes to get weapons and upgrade?
Re: Deals: PSVR2 Price Gets a Hefty Cut at Numerous UK Retailers
I'm going to buy it this time or on Black Friday. Any recommendations for good games, including game suggestions for my elderly parents.
Re: Preview: EA Sports FC 25 Promises a Different Kind of Rush on PS5, PS4
Every year, articles like this pop up, boasting what have improved. Realism blah blah. When I actually played ( from ps plus), it is almost the same as last year. Realism?? You can dribble past everyone and score. PES/ efootball has much better gameplay, but transition to mobile focused efootball and poor licensing has nearly destroyed the franchise.
Re: A 3D Double Dragon Revival Is in Development at Arc System Works
Double Dragon Neon is good. So looking forward to it.
Re: Anime Sensation Kaiju No. 8 Getting Game, But No Word on PS5, PS4
I definitely recommend the anime, even if you are not into them. Funny, great action, and fantastic OP and ED music.
Re: Preview: LEGO Horizon Adventures Is an Unexpected But Very Pleasant Surprise
Co-op is welcome. Sony should make more first party co-op games. It is a shame. Co-op used to be ubiquitous but when currently can easily done by online, co-op is a dying breed. Even Capcom not remaking RE outbreak, which was such a fun back in the day.
Re: Preview: Astro Bot on PS5 Could Be the Best 3D Platformer This Side of Nintendo
Going to pre-order this. The astro playroom is fantastic.
Re: Square Enix Offers $30 Upgrade to Play Life is Strange: Double Exposure Two Weeks Early
What’s wrong with that? Ultimate version with early access is not new. You don’t need to pay if you don’t want to. Spoiler is easy to avoid for such a niche game. The story and plots always leak for bigger games and even if doesn’t leak, the story was there on social media as normal gamers don’t finish the game in a few days.
Articles like this are damaging game companies and then these sites again cry foul when they lay off employees.
Re: Criticised Star Wars Outlaws PS5 Demo Merely an 'Amuse-Bouche' of the Full Experience
Keep your expectations checked. This game tries to be too many things which usually don’t bode well although I don’t trust eurogamer.
Re: Xbox Explains Why It Shuttered Beloved Hi-Fi Rush Developer
Can you stop a bit of your Xbox news and post Destiny 2 the final shape review? It is well received by media and players afaik.
Re: French Turn-Based RPG Expedition 33 Announced for PS5 in Promising Debut Trailer
This will be a reality test for a turn-based game. Marvel turn based game did not do well last year. Ifeel this would not do well too. Turn-based games are a niche genre today.
Re: Big Discounts on PS Plus Subs, PS5 Consoles, and PSVR2 in Days of Play Promotion
@Athrum Oh well, this is how it has been since they use a tiered system, and I am one of them. Worse for me, as my current sub expires on June 10th . I just need to time correctly next time.
Re: Big Discounts on PS Plus Subs, PS5 Consoles, and PSVR2 in Days of Play Promotion
@Athrum You are the second one who comment this. Please read carefully, there is 30% discount for all new sub, which includes essential.
Re: Key Sony Exec Gives Eye-Opening Quotes on the Future of PlayStation and Gaming
I personally welcome this approach. Ray tracing, reflection in the puddle are overhyped by a very small minority of PC players.
Re: Sony Committed to Better First-Party Games, 'Richer' Experiences, More PS5 Users
I agree that not all first party games need to be state-of-the arts hundreds of millions budgeted games. I missed games like Heavy rain, Detroit, Until Dawn, Heavenly Sword etc, all of which are excellent with low budgets. Ray tracing, detailed grass are overrated and blown out of proportion by PC players. Reducing those extra would also help with frame rates even though that is not important for some games.
Re: Mini Review: Paper Trail (PS5) – Unique Origami-Style Puzzles Set in a Gorgeous World
Origami makes me remember Heavy Rain. I want more games like this- Heavy Rain and Detriot becomes Human for me are unforgettable experiences. Story trumps everything.
Re: Capcom Hits Record High Profits for Seventh Year in a Row
Do you think it is related to the fact that Capcom develops all of their games in Japan? The west game development is mostly in trouble. Japanese people work so hard for a relatively low salary while due to cost of living and other multiple factors, game development cost, I think, is much higher in the west?
Re: This Year's Call of Duty May Not Be Included in Xbox Game Pass After All
I always expect something like this could happen. There is no win for Microsoft here, whatever they choose. Last year they shift the blame on Sony and blind fanboys just take it but no excuse this year. A year old COD value has come down a lot as Sony usually gave out for free many times. But the new COD, no matter how bad the reviews are, always make loads of money. Will Microsoft break their promise (like they always do) and don't put it on GP day1? Or they keep their promise and eat their mega revenue loss? We shall see. Yes Playstation mostly contribute to the sale of COD but giving out the game free on whatever platform changes people's perceptions of that game's value, based on previous day 1 released games.