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Is there any genres you used to play either when you were younger or in recent times but just don't anymore? I was thinking the other day about some and the reasons why. Here's a notable few:- Strategy/Management games I used to love these when I was growing up - games like Championship Manger, Age of Empires, Total War and Civilization. They were huge time-sinks and highly engrossing but in recent years I've struggled to get into this genre either due to time constraints or just not having the energy to work through a grand campaign. These games also require a lot of brain power and I feel to exhausted and overwhelmed at the prospect of playing a game of this nature. Arena Shooters Loved the likes of Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 growing up but the genre itself has faded massively in the last 15 years and so has my interest. Mainstream titles like COD offered so much more for small team games and then you have grand shooters like Battlefield which offer a massive MP experience. Sports Titles This genre has been captured entirely by scummy AAA companies who can afford the licences which is a huge part of these games. Although these publishers have always played a part in the big names, it's their greedy practices that have turned me off enjoying the products to their full potential plus laziness with non-monetised aspects such as career mode in FIFA has been a real killer. I do tend to pick up one or two of these games each year now but I never pay full price and I barely dedicate any significant time to them. The way FIFA and PES eFootball is going, I may not be buying any games in this genre anytime soon. There's probably a few more but those are the ones off the top of my head. I think open world games will be another one that I overlook going forward - the game would have to be an absolute masterpiece like The Witcher, God of War or Red Dead Redemption for me to consider playing. I feel this is a heavily saturated genre that to me feels repetitive and tiresome. I do think game design is the big problem at its core rather than the genre itself but a game would have to be truly special for me to consider playing 35+ hours on. Oh and battle royale games can sod off once and for all.

This upgrade topic came up in the FIFA 22 thread regarding PS4 to PS5 upgrades. If you intend to upgrade this game to the next gen, you will need the $100/£90 Gold Edition. There is no free upgrade and you cannot do this on the standard edition. You cannot pay the difference either. This is EA's new tactic and I expect other AAA publishers to follow suit so I don't want to see anyone getting burned by buying the base game and then not being able to upgrade and having to buy the next gen version from scratch. Battlefield 2042 Will Give You A PS4 To PS5 Upgrade If You Spend $100/£90 On The Gold Edition - PlayStation Universe WWW.PSU.COM Unlike most games, Battlefield 2042 won't offer a free PS4 to PS5 upgrade, with you instead having to pay for the Gold Edition of the game. We had a good little cup run with free upgrades lately but now with console changeovers anticipated in the coming months, companies like EA will look to milk where possible forcing people to buy premium versions at the potential of upgrading or them getting paid off twice.

There is no free upgrade this year - you have to pay £90 for the ultimate edition to do so. EA don't give a toss about splitting the playerbase - they just want to rip people off because they know people will pay up regardless FIFA 22 PS4 to PS5 Upgrade Locked Behind £90 Ultimate Edition WWW.PUSHSQUARE.COM No free upgrade this year - There will be no free PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 upgrade for FIFA 22, EA Sports has confir...

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What an absolute knob

There's no way cross-gen will happen as both games are running on very different builds - even the PC version will be running off the old gen version this year. Haptic feedback along with the new animation library is way too ahead of what the old consoles can handle. I'm not even sure if PS5 owners will be able to downgrade their version this year either. With FIFA 21 it was a PS4 upgrade that was also downgradable back to its original status so the current gen could play with old gen users but PS5/XBSX may be hard-locked.

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New footage in much better quality - wont last long though

This looks like a proper current gen game

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Played a bit of the beta and they've done a good job with the remaster - really brought it up to date without losing much of what made the original so good. Sadly there's all this Battle.net integration shite even with single player and they've also removed promised ultrawide support so fuck them and fuck Blizzard. Wont buy this unless 21:9 is re-enabled and this game can be played without connecting to their shitty services.

Meanwhile the new Elder Scrolls game that was teased 3 years ago is still another 5 off at the earliest. Bethesda trying to rival Rockstar's GTA V for the ultimate milkage.

Open beta begins today and you can pre-install it right now.

Released to existing PC owners for free today and also available on PS4/5, XB1/SX (gamepass) and Switch. Also features crossplay, 4K support, ultrawide on PC plus includes all expansions. One hell of a package! Quake remake available now | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM And it's even got the old Trent Reznor soundtrack.

20 maps at launch which includes 16 6v6 ones. Suppose that's improvement even though this was the expected amount a decade ago!

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Nothing yet which likely means it likely wont happen.

Most generic and safe trailer imaginable

Bloody hell! Thankfully they did ours normally