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I like how people are just assuming people who bought it are going to be truthful in a steam review. If it's in vogue to hate on it and you get 2 secs of attention then I'm sure people will give a negative review even if they like it. As most gamers are D*ckheads these days.

@InterceptorAlpha Same. One Elite and two Elite 2 controllers. The latter always seemed to have an issue with some button presses not working which was annoying but got one replaced and it's been grand.

Don't mind paying more for a controller if it's worth it to be fair. Might pick one of these up when I get my bonus.

@theduckofdeath you can have a ever ending sub but you'll just need to pay for it.

I'm on EE in the UK so I've get GPU bundled in my contract 😎

Yup. Replacement process wasn't too bad at all from what I remember. Eventually sold it and got an Elite which is still going today. Think most of my controllers are working as well.

Christ the console 'wars' are the most tedious thing about modern gaming. It was tiresome when I was a kid and it was Spectrum vs C64/Amstrad or SNES vs Megadrive but it was mostly lighthearted.

It's depressing how ridiculous it's become and how one of my favourite hobbies has attracted some very intolerant, hateful and toxic people.

Just depressing.

@Dan1283 On systems where you can patch games they always have. PC games have always been this way. There's a good few fan made patches for old games now. This isn't some new thing at all. It's happening on consoles as they release patches and are forced into very quick development cycles.

I remember games on the ZX Spectrum that were released that you couldn't complete due to bugs. Jet Set Willy is a quite famous example. Shame as the first person to complete that was going to win a helicopter ride

@Lightweight if they just cared about the money game prices would rise with inflation and games would be over £100 these days.

Needs a 60fps patch for Xbox.

Being able to play RDR handheld is very tempting. £50 isn't too bad for a game of this quality. Paid more for far worse.

I mean. SNES games were the same price in the 90s. Surprised games are far, far more expensive with inflation on the years.

Was this game ever reviewed? The last review I can see on this site is in June. Has there been a decision to stop reviewing games?

Any game I buy I'm not going to get round to playing for months so it's just pointless. Too many games in the backlog to tick off.

Does anyone know if there's any gaming sites that actually review games? The last review I can see here was posted nearly a month ago.

Only if I had the spare cash and wanted to set up an Xbox in another room.

I certainly wouldn't replace a console for a new one with asthenic changes only and no tangible upgrades. At least the OLED switch added a huge screen upgrade.

@Kaloudz I think the boycott probably helped sales more than anything.

Surely most people who wanted to play Elden Ring would have done so by now?

And would it be on Game pass long enough for people to get through it? My first playthrough was 200+ hours

And I wish I could go back and do it all again fresh.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner I live in rural Northumberland and get better internet here than when I lived on a new build estate in the South East. So not sure where this rural people don't have good internet comes from.

I also get 5G a lot of the time up here too.

Rural doesn't mean we're 20 years behind other places. In the UK it's the very select few who don't have good internet access.

Got this on PS5 due to the rave reviews.

It's ok. Not amazing. Graphics and atmosphere are grand but the gameplay is really, really shallow. Never bothered to finish it. It was probably my most overrated game of 2022.

Bought this on release and it's great fun. Still dip in now and again to keep my arcade running. Won't be for everyone but certainly worth a try.

I get it as part of my EE phone contract. So I'll keep subscribing for sure.

VR is 3DTV v.2 and too many people get motion sickness for it to ever take off. Plus it will only ever work with some genres. It's pretty limiting in what games you can develop and make. Everything has to be first person which can be pretty limiting.

AR tech is the way forward.

Looks good. Proper throwback to the original game mixed with a metroidvania. A persroidvania.

Win-win for me.

@ZuneTattooGuy be very, very glad. I wish I couldn't.

It's probably because allegedly Microsoft have been using twitter's data in a way that could be illegal. Musk has called them out on it and said he was going to pursue a lawsuit.

So this could all be Microsoft's own fault. Hence no explanation.

Facts are good 👍 Bias and presumptive attitudes aren't.

Most people surely must own at least one of the major consoles and a switch? Unless they're a diehard mental obviously.

Thought I'd wondered in the fetid depths of PushSquare for a moment while reading these comments.

Don't know why people get so partisan over it. If you're a gaming enthusiast you'll have all the consoles instead of not buying one because you're team blue/green/red. Seems mad to limit the games you can play because of some weird allegiance to some company.

@CutchuSlow in the UK you can get game pass ultimate as a free add on with some of their tariffs. I've just switched to a sim only deal with them as my Vodafone bill hit near £100 over the past two price hikes. Tend to have the best 5G coverage in the UK too. Far better than Vodafone and ahead of O2 I think.

@NEStalgia I've had a couple of Surfaces and you see them often in business set ups. They're bloody brilliant to be honest and it was a shame when they stopped doing the Surface Book. Great corporate/work devices. Also damn good for some productivity stuff and if I had the money I'd get a high end one for music production stuff.

@cragis0001 BT doesn't own all the broadband network. There's at least three major providers - virgin, BT and a new fibre network (OFNL). I don't think you've got your facts right all all there.

Business ISPs also have other providers aside form the main three.

Other companies will pay to use those networks (Sky on BT, others on Virgin and a whole raft on the Independent OFNL) and BT certainly doesn't get a cut of all of it. I bought a new build with FTTH and couldn't get any BT packages or companies that use their network as they had zero presence on the estate when it was built and the fibre network wasn't connected to openreach at all; it was entirely separate.

Millions of gamers chose Xbox for emulation is quite a reach. I think most chose it because of Gamepass.

It's fair enough what MS have done. Goes against their policies and the vast majority will use illegal roms. PC is still the defacto emulation platform if you're serious about it rather than faffing about with the Series X. Or get a Steam deck or pocket retroid or similar.

...which will end up gathering dust once you realise most of those games you loved ain't as good as you thought once the nostalgia wears off.

Vampire Survivors is digital crack. It should be rubbish but it's brilliant.

More importantly it's fun. A key element to games that seems to be mostly forgotten.

The only reason for an upgrade would be for VR which is still niche and I seriously doubt if it'll ever replace flat screen gaming as the core experience. It's great for certain games, rubbish for most. And it makes a lot of people feel pretty sick. First time I used a VR headset for an FPS it made me feel wrong for a couple of hours afters. Not good when I usually don't suffer with motion sickness.

120fps is a nice but not as game changing as 30 to 60fps. Native 4K or upscaled 8k might be nice but there's nothing yet to really justify an upgrade for flatscreen gaming as early as next year especially as 8k panels might not be in widespread use by then.

Deserved. One of the greatest games of all time.

Game Pass is great. The biggest problem for years was piracy for most entertainment mediums and we've seen how subscription models seems to sort that out quite nicely

There will always been people that steal stuff because of many concocted self delusional reasons (giving it to the man etc) but in reality they're just cheapskate morons who don't want to pay for stuff.

I try and buy less games as I have a horrific backlog that I will never manage to play all of in my lifetime.

There has been a few games I have tried and bought on gamepass. Surge 1 and 2, Outer Wilds, DLC for Resi 7 and playing that meant I bought Resi 8.

So Game Pass doesn't really help much with stopping my gaming kleptomania

@themightyant exactly. Nikatine should be ashamed of the ridiculous actions they've taken in trying to derail this game.

@Kaloudz I envy you not being able to notice the difference between 30/60fps. Gaming on PC for years ruined it for me and I really struggle to play anything less than 60fps on a big screen.

Happier with 30fps when on the Switch in handheld mode though but that's more expectation probably - like what you've said with the Series S.

Biomutant for £17 is definitely worth a go. Got it when it came out and completed it. Enjoyable romp and the world is absolutely beautiful to explore. After a while I turned the narrator off as having just one voice through the game begins to grate.

@theGoodChap No no no. You'd need to keep that refrigerator on and running just in case you hurt it's projected feelings by getting rid because feelings > data, logic and common sense.

Getting Devs in smaller companies has been a nightmare for the past couple of years. Decent ones anyway. Big companies expanded quickly due to the pandemic etc and paid big salaries to hoover up talent. There's still a hell of a lot roles to fill out there after the Great Resignation of 2021.

@Mrzoomer I think you might be right on the combat. I also think the chests only containing aesthetic upgrades took any joy out of finding or searching for them. Felt there was a degree of jank with the combat at times which you don't get so much in souls game.

I'll give the new one a go for sure and hopefully it irons some of the problems out.

Fallen Order is such an odd game. I loved the first half, maybe 2/3rds and then it seemed to become insanely boring and I had to force myself to finish it. No idea why. It does from a solid 8/10 maybe pushing a 9 to a 6/10. Maybe less.

I've just finished off Lacuna on the Switch (really good story/adventure game) and just starting Spiritfarer which my wife loved. Such a beautiful game from watching her playing it and looking forward to playing it myself. It has an incredible soundtrack

60fps becoming the norm means this generation would get a B. With the work that's gone in on both the PS5 and Xbox to boost existing titles framerates and resolution means it gets an A.

Smart Delivery and Quick Resume are both excellent QoL things that I really miss on the PS5. Brilliant features that most will take for granted now

I had an absolute blast with Grounded and sunk loads if time into it. High on Life had been great mindless fun. Persona 5 is the GOAT JRPG. Mass Effect is arguably one of the great game trilogies - I played 3 after it'd been patched and didn't think the ending was as bad as people said.

It's been a damn strong year for Gamepass on reflection

Got a PS5 as well as Xbox. Voted don't care.

Most enthusiast gamers will have both so it's just the visible vocal minority fan boys who'll make a thing of it.

Partnering with, yes.

Can't see then buying them

Elden Ring is most certainly a masterpiece of a game. Just incredible and getting the itch to play through it again.

Persona 5 was one of my favourite games of last year as played it on the PS5. I'd say both are easily in my top 10 games of all time.

This article has reminded me I need to get back to RL2. Loved the first one and the sequel improves it in nearly everyday. Killer soundtrack too.

Thinking of advertising in games made me realise it's always been a thing - even back to the 8 bit days! KP Skips had a game on the Spectrum. You also had Marlboro in Pole Position, Midland Bank in Theme Park (I'd forgotten about that one!), 7UP in Cool Spot, Chupa Chups in Zool, Penguin Biscuits in Robocod and probably many more.

Always seemed quite novel and cool back then.

While I have no interest in an ad subsidised sub I think that anything that could enable people to afford a service like this in such a way can't be a bad thing. Lowering the barrier to entry to gaming is a good idea and while ads aren't the perfect way it's not a bad way. For parents or people on lower a income it's a great idea especially at a time when people are looking for ways to cut back on their outgoings.