MrBiron

Streets of Rage 2 has an awesome soundtrack.
 

The prices keep increasing yet the quality just keeps on going down. The game industry really is a shitty industry.

The prices keep increasing yet the quality just keeps on going down. The game industry really is a shitty industry.

The prices keep increasing yet the quality just keeps on going down. The game industry really is a shitty industry.

I swear to god every new release these days comes with a day one developer apology

It's becoming a normal trend now. Absolute shambles!

Another game that's been revealed from the 2023 Playstation Showcase. We should probably call this Starship Troopers really shouldn't we? 😎
 
First one was an underrated third party game from what I recall and this looks like they wanting to build hard on that success. Coming to PS5 and PC.
 
 
Thoughts everyone?
 

Not so precious apparently 😅
 
 

Spot on. Activision do not give a single shit if you've been playing COD for 15 years. Well, they care in so much as you've been giving them money every year for the past 15 years. But they don't care if you're a "loyal COD player". That means fuck all to them. All they want is money. If they piss of their player base so people stop playing but STILL make shit loads of money then they've achieved their goal.

Spot on. Activision do not give a single shit if you've been playing COD for 15 years. Well, they care in so much as you've been giving them money every year for the past 15 years. But they don't care if you're a "loyal COD player". That means fuck all to them. All they want is money. If they piss of their player base so people stop playing but STILL make shit loads of money then they've achieved their goal.

Spot on. Activision do not give a single shit if you've been playing COD for 15 years. Well, they care in so much as you've been giving them money every year for the past 15 years. But they don't care if you're a "loyal COD player". That means fuck all to them. All they want is money. If they piss of their player base so people stop playing but STILL make shit loads of money then they've achieved their goal.

I'm still disappointed that this is going to be a whole new game rather than the expansion to MW2 that it was originally rumoured to be.
I also fully expect this to be an unfinished mess. No beta* until October. The reveal is supposedly not coming until August.
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*playable demo.

I think it's brilliant business from Activision. I said back in December that come the halfway point in the games cycle, they will start implementing light pay2win elements in DMZ even with the mode being in beta and that by Spring, there will be aggressive and predatory pay2win bait bundles in play to milk the remaining audience with carefully curated pricing to maximise their income. A couple of people told me I was full of absolute shit and that Activision wouldn't ever dream of doing things like this but here you go. In March they even charged £25 for a bundle which could not be purchased with COD points that was recycled free content from MW2019. 
 
Their aim is to convert as much real world money into store credit aka COD points and to do this, they offer 'perks' aka discounts to people with a low ATV spend or a lesser established purchase history. Loyal customers don't receive such perks because Activision does not reward such things - discounts mean less money from willing paying customers which could also psychologically reduce their impulse purchase potential with future day one bundles if they believe they may get pampered reductions. 
 
None of this is new and that's why I was a bit taken aback in that other thread of users denying Activision's antics when there was literally 5+ years of this industry behaviour with irrefutable evidence of methods and implementation. Activision are in business to make as much money as possible and if they have to shit on the few remaining customers they have to extrapolate as much money as possible, they will at any non-monetary cost. It will be all gone and forgotten come the next game and that's why they don't care.  

This game should have been delayed again. Digitalfoundry did a PS5 analysis and found that the performance mode not only doesn't get to 60fps most of the time but the resolution drops BELOW 720p at some points.

This game should have been delayed again. Digitalfoundry did a PS5 analysis and found that the performance mode not only doesn't get to 60fps most of the time but the resolution drops BELOW 720p at some points.

This game should have been delayed again. Digitalfoundry did a PS5 analysis and found that the performance mode not only doesn't get to 60fps most of the time but the resolution drops BELOW 720p at some points.

It's not just about what MS products get used in the UK. The UK has a lot of power in the world and a lot of services and technologies are owned/run by the UK. The CMA ruling affects the whole world.

It's not just about what MS products get used in the UK. The UK has a lot of power in the world and a lot of services and technologies are owned/run by the UK. The CMA ruling affects the whole world.

The deal has to be approved by the US, UK and Europe for it to work. 
 
It's like a jury or trial/investigation so to speak. 
If it's not unanimously decided the deal is off. 
 
Just because it's 2 American companies. Their products and services are consumed globally. 
It's like a fair trade kinda scenario. 
 
Unlawful monopoly of the market. 
It's the biggest gaming merge ever. 
 
To be honest I'm not the one deciding. 
I couldn't give 2 shits if it's a yay or nay. 
 
It's a huge deal and the future could be murky for many others if it goes ahead. 
 
Maybe in Europe and America you can throw wads of cash about to make things happen. 
The UK has concerns it said no. 
 
Note that Europe and US haven't put their conclusion forward. 
UK goes first and then will be made to look like backward thinking neanderthals. 
Not seeking any "progression" in technology. 
 
Plus who is this deal good for? 
The 2 companies in question. Not the average Joe or consumer. 
Just 2 big companies getting fatter and richer. 
 
The future is uncertain on their intentions after the merger went ahead. 
Who knows what they have planned for the next 5 years or beyond? 

Can't believe they still have that problem. They surely must be aware of how off-putting it is to new players trying to figure out how the hell to play the game 🙈

I've been playing this a bit more and I'm still very confused as to what to do. I see I have a mission that tells me to do a few things, I go to do those things only to be told I can't do those things as there are other things to do *before* I can do the things I need to do 🤷‍♂️ I think I'm still only very early on in the actual progress of the game and a lot of the missions I keep trying to do are from much later in the game. I'll stick at it and see if I can figure out what the shit is actually going on.

I've been playing this a bit more and I'm still very confused as to what to do. I see I have a mission that tells me to do a few things, I go to do those things only to be told I can't do those things as there are other things to do *before* I can do the things I need to do 🤷‍♂️ I think I'm still only very early on in the actual progress of the game and a lot of the missions I keep trying to do are from much later in the game. I'll stick at it and see if I can figure out what the shit is actually going on.

I've tried this a few times but never really got into it as it gets boring playing on your own.

I've tried this a few times but never really got into it as it gets boring playing on your own.

They've said that the beta is running on old netcode. And at least this is an actual beta rather than a playable demo that we get with COD.

They've said that the beta is running on old netcode. And at least this is an actual beta rather than a playable demo that we get with COD.