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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After the catastrophe of Concord Sony is reportedly cancelling other projects including a God of War live service game⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But hear me out. Battle passes and FOMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 177 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoyed this game way more than I thought I would. You’re right though, it’s more akin to a Mario 3D world than it is to a LBP game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH - PC Features Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well you do have to give it to him, three graphics options (low/med/high) is more than the two graphic options (low/high) that came in the previous game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia Announces RTX 50's Graphic Card Blackwell Series: RTX 5090 ($1999), RTX 5080 ($999), RTX 5070 Ti ($749), RTX 5070 ($549)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rebirth also says it requires 12 gigs of vram, my 3080 is crying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NVIDIA DLSS 4 Introduces Multi Frame Generation & Enhancements For All DLSS Technologies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh cool, more AI crap instead of real performance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2025 will be a make-or-break year for triple-A video games as we know them⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well somebody better tell Ubisoft to delay Assassin’s Creed Shadow till 2026 then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IGN Brazil Interview: 'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' sales don't disappoint but they can't be exclusive to a single console anymore⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If Sony is willing to put up a bunch of money to get a game made with a 3rd party company like Square, and I’d Square wouldn’t have been able to do the game otherwise, the. This being an exclusive could be the only reason it exists.

  Similar to Alan Wake 2, which I still haven’t played, it’s possible that this game owes its existence to the exclusivity agreement giving the necessary upfront funds to get the game development going.

  But this isn’t like the previous generations of exclusive consoles. These consoles are significantly more expensive, development on video games is significantly more expensive, and the profit margin that you could make from being exclusive to just a single console is significantly lower.

  This is a combination of ballooning budgets, expensive hardware with lower sales, and the PC gaming market looming over Sony and Microsoft’s shoulders.

  Does this mean exclusives will go away? Probably not. If it’s financially beneficial to go exclusive, they’ll do it again.

  But it does mean that the gap between the potential lost revenue of going exclusive and the potential locked in revenue from the exclusivity agreement is currently looking razor thin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Can’t Afford to Look This Good⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh don’t dismiss that they’re also graphics and programming wizards. They don’t work with the cutting edge, but they run circles around anyone on the lower end, making games look and run better on potato hardware is no easy feat.

  I’d argue the optimization required to make something like that happen is significantly more skillful than all of the crap AAA stuff that takes 250gb and requires shader compilations every boot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Finale May Not Be the End, Says Tawny Newsome⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I sure hope not. This show has been an absolute treasure!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is the first new Naughty Dog IP in ages – WGB⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The bounty dispatcher or whatever is a woman version of budget Snake Plissken and a smoker, but the voice actor sounded like she was lifted from a 1940s movie and had never smoked a day in her life (rare, I know, but still). I expected at least a hint of gruffness from her character and got absolutely zero of that.

  I felt the same way when I heard her voice. Not near rough enough for how that character looked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hideo Kojima seems to be testing Death Stranding 2, but it's not going well: "I fell asleep twice while on a delivery and ran the vehicle into a cliff"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At the same time, this could be your typical Kojima fuckery where he makes it seem like he’s talking about himself, but he’s actually talking about an exhaustion mechanic from Death Stranding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Meh I’m still skeptical. These reviews seem awfully generous compared to the gameplay footage I saw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to boot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t Microsoft just talking about how important game preservation was to them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mortal Kombat 1's Next DLC Wave Reportedly Cancelled⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Four characters, and 3 hours of extra story. But I heard the extra story sucked and wasn’t in any way worth the time or money put into it.

  I’ve been holding off on picking it up until it goes on a deep deep discount because there’s no way I’m paying nearly the full price of the game for a fraction of the content.

  They 100% did this to themselves. Tons of fans loved the precious story DLC’s on the older games. Those were cheaper and way longer. They didn’t justify the extra cost for this DLC in any way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mortal Kombat 1's Next DLC Wave Reportedly Cancelled⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well damn. Maybe they shouldn’t have made the last mediocre DLC $50. Totally killed my interest in the game.

  That, and I hate the modern monetization methods of mortal Kombat. I miss the Krypt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shame Ubisoft doesn’t feel this obligation to gamers. If they did, we’d probably only have 4 assassin’s Creed games

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hot take Hasan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation Uses Safety Concerns To Defend Steam PSN Account Requirements⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t explain single player games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A year back he started invading my feed and I took the bait for a bit. Ended up blocking all his channels I came across though. My mental health has thanked me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to be clear. The radical view in this context is “metal gear solid is going political”

  In this case, it very much was a joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 87 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  FEED ME, SEYMOUR

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know this was something I agreed to when I bought my console.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or a Wrestling Faction from the late 90’s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Got to be honest, this is the first I’ve even heard of this game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered - Announce Trailer | PS5 & PC Games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they fix some of the wonky character animations during cut scenes, it might be worth it for that alone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how is final fantasy XVI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, so I played through final fantasy 16 on PS5, and well… Let’s just say I’m not in any hurry to play through it again.

  Once you’ve figured out how the combat works, there’s really no additional depth to it. The summon fights look spectacular but aren’t all that engaging. Lots of spectical, The game is absolutely gorgeous, but it’s so so shallow in gameplay. The side quests are extremely boring. The main story is ok too. They really tried to be a lot more serious like game of thrones, but still kept it like right below that mature line, so it felt like a half measure to me.

  There is absolutely no depth to the weapons or equipment outside of ‘number go up’. There aren’t any elemental weaknesses in you or the enemies, so The only challenge comes from the actual fighting technique, perfect blocks perfect parries, and chaining together different summon powers. If you like the combat, you’ll enjoy doing the monster hunts, but there aren’t many hunts compared to other ff games.

  Overall, the story is decent, if a little lacking in focus. I’d probably say it’s worth picking up on sale, but it is not really worth the current price tag at all. It really is a shell of a final fantasy game compared to the past games. It’s a great looking action game, but it’s shallow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Majima-Focused Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Announced at RGG Summit as Next Yakuza Game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh to be someone outside, looking in at this series… It must look absolutely insane lol. As someone who’s been playing these games for years now, this feels right at home for this series to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the community for Honkai Star Rail and Genshin Impact like this?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People went anonymous online and lost all shame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remedy and Annapurna announce a strategic partnership agreement on Control 2 and bringing Control and Alan Wake to film and television⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Remedy has always wanted to blend the lines between tv and games, so this honestly doesn’t surprise me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s the Flintstone Rap! 🦕⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just a reupload of sick animation.

  Seems this whole channel is just reuploading other people’s work. Reported.