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I think Biomutant is getting next-gen patch, so presumably this is the launch of that. Unless it already came out and no one cared?

The football has killed my game time, at least for bigger games

I heard a theory that after accidentally buying it through being a fucking bellend, he's now being encouraged to kill the platform by someone like Russia or China (or Saudi), as it's been such a good way to get information out that if it goes there's nothing to replace it

I'm late posting this, but I bought God of War the other week I also got Yakuza 2 Kiwami. I got it digitally at launch, and I've got the original PS2 game, but in terms of having the modern releases physically it's the only one I was missing

This starts really well. I'm only just past the intro playing between World Cup games, but I'm really enjoying it. It feels like it plays better than the first one, possibly because I think it's defaulted me to the 120fps mode, either way it feels smoother

Granted I've only played the pc version but Ryse was still a ridiculous looking game back when I played it a few years after release

this does look good tbf. A little empty, a bit like Bright Memory, which I think gives away its budget, but it's running well now at least

not a full game but I think PT was the first game that really impressed me last generation. The Orders would be would be up there too. Guilty Gear looked amazing Then it's the obvious stuff like Last of Us 2. Was The Unfinished Swan last gen? That looked cool. I feel like there's probably a load like that, indie games we've all forgot about but had nice art styles. I thought Captain Toad looked great on WiiU

I think with Bethesda they've got enough developers, by this time next year they should have a packed release schedule

love the idea of the xenomorphs endlessly yammering on about their dicks. It'll be like Scorn

it has ray traced Global Illumination and AO on pc, plus FSR and DLSS. There's also Ultra+ settings, it doesn't sound like a global preset, more that a number of settings are getting an additional setting PS5 and Series X are getting RT GI too, Series S isn't but it is getting 60fps. PS5 is getting adaptive triggers too

yeah. I'm slightly walking back my entirely dropping twitter. I use Talon on my phone, no adverts, no money for Elon, and I only see what I want to see. So I likely won't be posting on there but I can still use Twitter for what it's good for. What we basically need is Twitter of about 10 years ago. As it is I'm on Mastadon, I'll post there, and keep an eye out to see which way the wind is blowing. I do think Twitter is kind of done though, certainly I don't want to be on there

If anyone wants a link to Mastadon, I've set up an account for the site. It'll likely get used even less than the twitter account, but at least no one else can take it @MFGamers@toot.community or just @MFGamers https://toot.community/invite/W4tgQVGX

I'm pretty sure we used to have a manga thread but it's gone now, I don't really mind if people are using this one. It's rare it's going to be an issue, but let's say you're on book 114 of JoJo, it'd mean having to be extra careful about spoilers in case someone is watching the series

anyone want to explain to me like my age starts with a 4 how Mastadon works? I've signed up on my pc, but when I've tried using the app it seems to not find my account. It's also not finding the community that I think I joined? Do you do that, or is it like Twitter and it's all just one place essentially, because I'm not really seeing how this isn't just Discord atm

Yeah but this wasn't just a divisive game, or even a good one with some slight performance issues (someone mentioned Elden Ring, but Sonic Frontiers with its draw distance is another example), the game was broken at release, crashing all over the place. Ignoring the critical faults with the game, because yeah, something can just click, I don't believe they got through the game pre-launch without experiencing those issues

as others have said, I think seeing the games being played helps more than reviews nowadays. There are times where a wealth of positive reviews can get my attention, or loads of negative ones (when does that ever happen though, maybe Saints Row?). It's usually indie games or smaller games where positive reviews might be enough to talk me in to something, partly because of the cost I suppose, but they're also less of a known quantity. Like, Elden Ring is one of the best reviewed games ever, it doesn't matter, it's not for me. Breath of the Wild, it's not for me, it doesn't matter who or how many love it. Marsupilami though, if something like that starts getting 8s then I'm more likely to pay attention. Which I think is part of the crux of it. It's not that reviewers are paid off, I think some publications, whether they're forced to or not, toe the line, and will give a positive score for an exclusive or whatever. Again, Saints Row had a review score that was significantly higher than everyone else, and can't have possibly missed the issues with that game. I think a few publications do tend to play it safe with scores. To some point I suppose your average reviewer is going to think mostly the same as other average reviewers, but there's definitely a sense of smooth edges, with big games rarely getting hammered and not too many outliers

same. twitter isn't anything like as good as it used to be (and I'm not just talking the last fw weeks), but it's still a really use site, especially if you aren't actually using Twitter itself and using a 3rd party app

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you're probably more likely to get one with a game bundled in tbh @OCH although they've got some in Argos https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8349000?clickSR=slp:term:ps5 console:3:499:1

That's not a lot of settings for pc, but given its 4k 30fps on the Pro consoles it sounds like it isn't difficult to run

Honestly I've no idea if it was, same as you I wasn't interested in watching the preview stuff because I was already going to get it, it would been no benefit to me at all

Without wanting to get in to a back and forth about it, I did, on page 1. We regularly have to call people out on it, all we ask is for a bit of consideration and sense to be used, same for any of the vague rules on here 😄 you shouldn't need reminding after the fact at this point Remember, any time we get a report either me, @retroedor @Jimbo Xiiihave to read it. I've got this waiting to be played, I now know something I'd ideally not know. Just ask yourself "is Ben going to get someone complaining about this", then, ideally, take sympathy on me and word things in a way that isn't going to spoil anything

You could have, yes 😊