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Loading times are a bit hit & miss though, in the sense that there's no flat decrease across the board. Some games load quicker, some games don't. Also, you might regret that second thing on the list.

I’m soon going to be one of the cool kids again I was honestly going to wait longer but the Pikmin 4 loading times are so bad I was like ACTIVATE PURCHASING MODE

I really struggle to look at the very few instances where AI has actually done good (mostly science/medicine) and consider it all worthwhile when seeing at all the damage it's doing everywhere else.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8r34nxeno I wonder why twitters chat bot thinks so highly of Hitler. Truly a mystery 😒

Dude, that first game (with the new island DLC) is one of the best games ever.

Running towards the end of act 2, some of the lustre is wearing off a bit. One thing I'll say is that the game is finally hitting a pretty high standard in art design, which I thought has been weak up to now with how stock UE5 its assets are. But it produces some striking visuals here and there, the second Axon dungeon and some of the views up to the 'final' dungeon. I think though that this type of AAA dungeon design is something I'm tired off, lots of tunnels with routes off to the side to pick up more equipment. They call it a AA game but it's very modern AAA in this regard (GoW Ragnarok specifically), except in its lack of providing a map which is a problem when some of these dungeons feel very prefab. Thing is, I can't knock it too much cause I can't think of any modern game I've played which has made dungeon exploring entertaining. Souls games do I suppose. I think also though it's a problem of variety. There's not really any towns in the game, except for one, and so every main story objective is designed around dungeons with sidepaths and a boss at the end, and at least one of these petanque guys, maybe one or two sub-bosses. It's a bit rote and it's why I think the game is very easy to get fatigued by, cause combat is stressful and it's really the only thing you do in this game. When I win a hard fight against a sub-boss, I wish the game would let me context switch to something different. I actually enjoy the beach minigames cause they give a break from things, but not enough of a break, so it's why Rebirth still feels like the best balance of activities in a modern JRPG for me. But that loses to this in story, not cause CO is amazing in that regard but just cause it actually has a story and Rebirth does not. The Nier series is also a good example of games which have varied gimmicks and minigames that could help a game like Clair Obscur

Do we know if they take the 'chronological' literally or does it simply put the two campaigns in order, but flashbacks etc. remain where they are supposed to? I'd assume it's the latter because otherwise the intended message of those scenes would get lost, but at the same time it'd be funny if the game started with In any case it's a neat idea. Would have been nice if it wasn't PS5 exclusive though. Edit: apparently it is truly chronological and the game starts with

There's a 300 year time gap between the settings of the games so I'm not sure how much of a connection would be there in any case.

That tomato score is surprising cause the reviews I'm reading are terrible (guardian, telegraph, irish times). But I don't get rotten tomatoes tbh

Given how iterative AAA sequels are nowadays I reckon I could just start with this one and ignore part 1. Will probably wait for PC tho

I'm already good on that front...

This is really the kind of shit they want us to be outraged about to distract us from the really bad things they're doing tbh. It's why we should all delete twitter.

Christ... what a world we live in.

Cap constantly looks around at the modern world and goes “Why are all of you people terrible?” The name begets his subversive nature Superman’s catchphrase for the best part of a century was “Truth, justice and the American way” he is cliche American patriotism. And now the right could possibly turn on him because, even though he is meant to be representative of idealised American values, he is an immigrant. Quintessential MAGA.

Wouldn't that be like Captain America... it's his name.

Let’s watch MAGA turn against the most American superhero of all time lol

If they introduce a third button I promise to stop calling it a 2 button game I will proceed to call it a 3 button game Dualsense will have to work a bit harder

Doesn't bode well then

Probably when you come up with a different comment...😉

Alanah and another banger I want to play The Snatcher, it looks weird It’s been a long time since I thought about it, really, but Kojima really is a fucking GOAT

Do you think they’ll introduce a third button to the gameplay?

https://www.eurogamer.net/ghost-of-yotei-state-of-play-confirmed-for-thursday-by-playstation Dedicated State of Play this Thursday... still one of my most wanted for the remainder year.

I'm in.

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