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Here's mine: RPG Madlad.

Ahhh. That's a shame. I still use it and haven't encountered the issue before like bob mentioned where there were ads/problems.

Quick, someone write this on a Polaroid!

Exactly how I feel. We have seen this all before, very little distinct identity or novelty to that trailer.

With this, let the floodgates open for them to release most their games cross console platform now.

It doesn't say they won't put up the sub price does it, unless I missed it.

Leon is macho? I think you mean a bit camp.

Yeah, joining the Edge dogpile here. The couple of occasions I bought it I remember it was really expensive and mostly contained pictures with little in the way of actual writing. Style over substance for sure.

Jeff Grubb makes me think of the caterpillar from A Bug's Life.

See for me Undertale was a stroke of genius with very charming music and characters, but certainly a "one and done" kind of game. It really can't be enjoyed the same way a second time. I can understand it isn't for everyone though, very much self aware and "meta" in what it was going for. I agree with your points on Tunic. I think the visual style very much does a lot of the heavy lifting.

Yeah, they're done. At least as a traditional console manufacturer. One idiotic decision after another really.

Perhaps controversial opinion but IMO PlayStation Plus Extra (not Premium, that's not worth it) is better than Game Pass. Especially now that Microsoft have clamped down a lot on the practically "free" Game Pass workaround. Game Pass might have more titles overall and generally newer ones but Plus Extra has a bunch of first party Sony games on it which are better than Microsoft's own Series S/X first party titles. And you also get the monthly games to keep with PlayStation Plus sub which you no longer get with Game Pass. At the very least you can't really say that Game Pass is a USP given that Sony have a comparable service. And the "day 1 on Game Pass" doesn't really mean anything when the small smattering of first party games they've released over the last few years have mostly ranged from bad to ok.

The issue here is that they couldn't implement it in time for launch due to server difficulties from the unexpected popularity of the game. Sea of Thieves requires a Microsoft account too on PS5 and there's other games out there that need similar accounts not related to the platform you're playing on. It probably didn't even occur to them that there'd be a backlash by reinstating it later - and I'll bet they're kicking themselves that they didn't have this ready at launch since now they can't implement it. The whole story is a storm in a teacup though, to the point of people saying they'd quit playing a game they're enjoying. There was a pretty good article on Kotaku documenting the sensationalism.

Agree 100%. Sorry as my first post was facetious.

But because of it he has a super successful Netflix series. He was playing the long game all along.

The Steam Deck is pretty crud though. Someone has to say it. I remember playing it for a good hour or so at EGX one year; I played a fair bit of Elden Ring and wondered why anyone would ever want to play it that way. Honestly, for a game of that quality it doesn't do it justice. It did not run well at all when I tried it, regardless of settings. And the stick and buttons felt very uncomfortable/difficult, especially for the kind of game that Elden Ring is which requires you to quickly roll and circle round enemies while poking. Fair enough, if you're travelling or away from home then the Steam Deck has a use, but you're kidding if you think most people will want to play that way, especially when most play at home where they can use their TV. It's also uncomfortably heavy to use for long periods. And I think you know it's not the magic bullet you're presenting it as - since the deck clearly hasn't replaced the PS5 like you're suggesting. It's a niche product. Also if Steam Deck 2 provides a boost then so will PS5 Pro/PS6, so it'll always be behind. You can't expect a small-ish handheld that has to compromise to match the power of a full size console. And "works out of the box". Ca'maaan, no it doesn't. Since it's underpowered you often need to tinker with settings for individual games to get decent performance. The only things that work out of the box are consoles.

To be honest it doesn't matter if a company will simplify the PC building process somewhat, assembling a PC for your average gamer is not easy and so most will not do it. It's also more expensive than a console and many people want to play PlayStation games that aren't on PC or at least not at launch. There are just too many reasons why consoles will continue to lead in terms of your average gamer.

Building a PC isn't easy for your average person, let's not kid about. Not even 10% of gamers will be building a PC, it does require research into what parts you need and how to put them together. Put it this way - you can spend maybe £500 and buy the PS5 Pro and just plug it into your TV and it works. Or you can faff about buying parts and put them together, and let's be honest it will be a lot more than £500 if you want considerably better performance than the PS5 Pro. What do you think your average gamer will pick?

I built a gaming PC about 10 years ago for the purpose of gaming on TV and it was all a bit of a faff. For starters, forget using a keyboard and mouse on a sofa - it's not comfortable. So you're basically dependent on a controller set up. The main issue though was that a lot of PC games are not optimised for playing on TV from a distance. The amount of times text or UI elements were too small, it ruined playing a lot of games for me.

The majority will never take to PC as their main gaming platform. Expensive, inconsistent and not well suited to being used on a TV - which is important for many. Those who say it's superior to console are looking at a spec sheet and not the practicalities of modern life.

Whatever the situation, his anus knows who's going next.

At the rate you complete them you could drop them on eBay for all your money back, haha.

It sounds as though if you did want to just jump into DD2 you wouldn't be missing anything story wise, in case you did want to do that. But the first game is still extremely playable today.

Really happy this is reviewing well and sounds like it doesn't lose what made the first one so special.