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Re: Best PS4 Co-Op Games

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A couple of games my friend and I go back to play off and on together are:

No Man’s Sky (which seems a good candidate for the top 25)
RDR2 Online
Warframe

Re: Warframe Leaps to PS5 Later This Year, Has a Load of Next-Gen Upgrades

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@themightyant Warframe is very grindy and the RNG goddess can be a cruel deity. But it’s one of the more fun games out there with the free-to-play. The movement is spectacular and the “frames” are fun. It can be as complex and theorycrafty as you want it to be. I get back to it from time to time, but I tend to avoid the heavy RNG grindy games anymore.

Re: Poll: What PS5 Launch Games Will You Buy?

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I couldn’t get in on the presale, but I’ll grab one once the next grouping comes out. Sackboy sounds like a fun time and Demon Souls sounds like torturous “soulsborne” fun. The Pathless looks intriguing as well.

Re: Days Gone Gets Huge 25GB Update Ahead of PS5

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I hope the load times are improved. I just recently finished this game (minus the post story stuff) and it acts really dated (slow load times, janky character bugs, etc). The best part of Days Gone is Sam Witwer. If not for him, I probably would have never finished the game.

Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Teases the Mythical Realms of Asgard and Jotunheim

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@nessisonett Well, Ubisoft making games with the rioters waving flags with the BLM fist and your task is to take them down isn’t happening daily with companies world-wide. Ubisoft might be “trying” to fix their toxic company, but for me, they have a very long way to go. I will no longer support them until they prove they’ve taken the long road to fix their top-down toxic work culture and practices.

Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Reveals How You'll Switch Between Heroes

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@Matroska That was also over a decade ago. Times change and being a woman gamer, it’s a tired trope and newer data doesn’t support the claim that male characters sell more. No one is taking Kratos and making a female option, though. There is a time and place for female leads just as for male leads (Jin Sakai). I’ve always preferred building my own character, mostly. But then I never leave the character building section (especially JRPG!) and I will neither confirm nor deny that I’ve restarted a game multiple times after not liking the character I built

Re: The Last of Us 2: All the Tiny Details You Missed

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The sound design, for me, was like another character. The music, the intensity of the sound as enemies were looking your way, the crunch of glass, or the tinkle of a wind chime, the sound of gun fire and explosions, people’s voices and breathing, footprints, doors creaking, all add to the level of immersion. This game deserves a big award in sound design.

Re: Guide: The Last of Us - Full Story Recap

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@Crimson_Ridley Especially since we don’t even know the full story of TLOU 2 yet. It’s like bashing a movie before you even see it. People just like to complain too much these days. Choose your battles, man. There are bigger and more important things to apply your energy to, especially these days, than creating petitions about the direction of a video game. A. Video. Game. TLOU is one of my favorite games and I’m looking forward to joining Ellie on her journey; no matter which direction it takes—kind of like life, ya know?

Re: Soapbox: Seven Years Later, The Last of Us Remains a Masterpiece

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@LiamCroft Great SoapBox and you hit all the marks for me. I played this originally on the PS3 and then 3 more times on the PS4 with the remaster. And I agree with some other gamers here—once you get to play as Ellie, the game is in full throttle and the storytelling ramps up. That’s when I fell in love with her character. I can’t wait for Friday.

Re: Hands On: The Last of Us 2 May Be the Most Accessible Action Game Ever Made

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@Skoda You might be confusing game genre with actual gameplay. Heavy narrative story driven games have been around, but not like TLOU and the Uncharted games. Naughty Dog set that bar. But I’m referring to playing the characters, you know, as in a video game. How they move, how you navigate the environments, how you accomplish your goals, what equipment do I need, etc. You play as the protagonist, which is an experience you lose completely by “watching it as a movie.” Watching has no consequences for your action.
Sounds like you don’t care to play this genre, which is fine. To each their own. But it is a video game, not a movie.

Re: Feature: The Last of Us - Full Story Recap

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Very nice summary. My friend and I were just trying to remember it all last night. We remembered most of it, but forgot how Joel lost Ellie to the Fireflys at the hospital.

To the person that leaked the spoilers, “Pretty selfish of you and you are not above reproach. Shame on you.” I haven’t seen/read them, so I don’t know them, but I can guess. To the people that are surprised TLOU 2 is a revenge story, must’ve never watch the first teaser trailer when Ellie is playing the guitar. She says it right there.

Re: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - One of the Best Star Wars Games Ever

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@kyleforrester87 NA NA NA! * hands covering ears * I'm not listening!

I've had to retrain my brain on this game, as I love to explore (which this game is great for!) but I found myself in a rather challenging place, with most dreadful of enemies, handing me a thorough bashing, until I finally realized I had gone to an area better served with additional skills. Ah, gotta love a game that doesn't make it so linear you are gift-handed every mission. And the SoulsBorne-esque playstyle is right what I needed.

Re: Death Stranding - Hideo Kojima's Next Revolutionary Masterpiece

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People get upset about a 10/10 review rating for some odd reason. Hmmm, there are plenty of 10/10 games out there that I don't like or don't fit my style, so why would that make the game any less good? A 10/10 rating doesn't mean everyone will like it; it means the reviewer ( @LiamCroft excellent review, written well ) finds the game exceptional.

I mean, I'd be a terrible reviewer since I don't finish enough games

Re: PS Plus and Subscription Services Have Indie Publisher Devolver Digital Worried

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I think Sony could help by actually organizing the PS Store a lot better. It's really a cluster that's not sorted or designed very well and it would be nice to have the options to search by developer/studio/publisher, release date, and game types. It's a pain to go sifting through pages and pages of games looking for something I might like outside the AAA games.

I do pick up some fun indie games when they go on sale--now to find the time to play them!

Re: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Previews Tell of a Promising Sci-Fi Action Adventure

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@Stocksy The story was okay. I enjoyed it, but there wasn't a lot of depth to Iden and it needed more story. I did like the best part on Jakku--flying about and landing to do ground missions. That felt more immersive. I like Iden and her storyline and I hope they continue on where it left off.

@JJ2 I still play SWBF 2. Some of the new additions have been really fun. And the new co-op mode lets you level up gear/cards as well. It's a good place to work on some hero stuff or to upgrade those special vehicles and troopers. DICE still sucks are balancing, but they eventually get it. If SWBF 3 is a combination of 1 & 2, I'll be really happy. SWBF 1 was so much faster than 2. I'd like to see some of that brought back in.

Re: Soapbox: Assassin's Creed Is Fuelling My Excitement for PS5

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@FullbringIchigo Yeah, but history isn't telling every person's story. They can easily choose to use characters from that time that don't have a direct impact on historical events, but they exist in the time those events happened.

I have a feeling TLOU 2 will be setting the bar pretty high for storytelling. I'm excited to see how Death Stranding does as well. I think it's exciting times for all us--zero load screen times while in game (which exists now), more adapt storytelling, deep graphical and audio immersion, etc.

I'm sure the PS5 will finally make me get a bigger 4K TV

Re: Talking Point: What if the PS5 Could Play Games from Every PlayStation Console?

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I'm not sure they would want to lose the marketing power of the Playstation Now's pure selling point of playing the older games. For me, I'd like the PS4 games to play more, as those are the ones I don't want to lose the ability to play. But, playing the retro games would be nice. I still have my PS3, so I can still switch between them, but my library of PS4 games far surpasses any I have for the PS3--especially on the digital side.

Re: The Division 2's Second DLC Is Out in Less Than a Week and Nobody Noticed

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I like D2 better than the first. It’s improved all the bad from D1, though their optimization of creating builds is still very limited and left to the RNG goddess too much. And this last patch changed the stats and ruined builds worked on for months. I don’t understand the sweeping changes that nullify all your old work. Really, who wants to reprint your entire build again with the tools they provide? I’m a little tired of how this has happened. I do love this game but the wind is out of my sails currently.

Re: Star Wars Jedi Story Trailer Is Its Best Yet

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@Vegetto I believe the timeline is post Rebels and pre Rogue One. Inquisitors were also created from the force babies the Emperor was stealing. I was excited to see Saw Gerrera in the gameplay trailer. I’m still not sure I’ll preorder, there have been some poor games I have preordered lately. But it is Star Wars! And it looks Force Unleashed-ish (which truly had an amazing story) enough for me to be seriously interested. I mean, I’m still playing SWBF2 because it’s SW haha.

Re: Guide: All PS5 Games Confirmed or Rumoured

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@ellsworth004 The couple big ones at the time were The Last of Us Remaster, AC Black Flag, Tomb Raider, just to name a few. Mostly Sony did good at keeping it separate. TLOU came out a few months later after launch. At least those were the games I cared enough about to repurchase.

Re: Feature: 10 Best PS4 Games of 2019 So Far

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I’ve have only played Sekiro and Division 2 on this list though I have Days Gone but I haven’t played it yet. I keep going back to the Division 2, it’s done so well and way better than Anthem. Sekiro I need to retrain my SoulsBorne brain but I do love that game.

Re: ANTHEM Sales Failed to Meet Expectations Despite Record Digital Performance, Says EA

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I do like Anthem, but it’s not really finished for a looter shooter. It’s fun, but then you play The Division 2 (granted this is Ubisoft’s second effort) and you realize how far Anthem has to go and how much the game is lacking in content.

And I wonder, not only about this game in particular, but games that are underdeveloped, don’t these people PLAY games? They seem to make mistakes that have been around for years by older games. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Re: PSN Name Change Functionality Finally Launches Today and Tomorrow

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@Paranoimia you can’t shut down PSN for “a couple days” to fix anything like this as a solution. A lot of games don’t function without PSN live. They say as much with what changing your name can cost you in certain games.

And for sure they didn’t build it on the correct architecture years ago. But that was almost 20 years ago on the PS2. Definitely a mess!! Seems they figured out the best solution they could.

Re: ANTHEM - Fun Combat Can't Save This Unfinished, Terribly Structured Looter Shooter

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@Shepherd_Tallon 100% Yes, this game feels unfinished and the loot system and abilities too few, but damn, I’m having fun playing with friends. They need to fix stuff (and have made some already) and add in some stats—especially your javelin. Their convoluted stats are not explained in the game and you can’t tell what gear is better to equip, so creating good builds can be difficult. Theorycrafters must hate this game