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Digital Foundry did a good video on this. It is a lazy effort. It's basically GoW Ultimate with a couple of extra tweaks. It's still running on UE3 🙄 
I've grabbed it because it's on Game Pass but there's no way I would have bought it.

There's no doubt its a decent game, I enjoyed the first three GoWs, but just kind of shocked at how dated it looks...

Its free on gamepass so I downloaded it yesterday. I swear it looked better when I played it on Xbox 360. 

Game is out now but the reception has been pretty mild particularly on PC. Just sheer laziness from Microsoft piggybacking a shite port rather than do a trilogy from the ground up like how MCC and Mass Effect Legendary was done. Feels like this was just done to wet the appetite of PS5 users in time for E-Day next year with it being a prequel but for £40 it really is a shite offering. 

I grabbed this for £42 on Game Thor which is a great site - there was no way in hell I was paying £70 especially for a shot-for-shot remake. Completed the Virtuous Mission part and they've definitely done a great job with the visuals and cutscenes. Controls take some getting used to and there is some annoying collision issues with bodies on the floor though. Unreal 5 once again proves itself as a dogshit engine and Tim Sweeney today has come out and blamed all the developers for problems across the entire portfolio of games that utilise it. 

At this point developers need to start investing more time in optimisation, its all very well having a great looking game but pointless if it runs like a turd.
 
Is it true they updated the game but not the controls? I hear its quite fiddly in places.
 
70+ quid too. Yeah no thanks.

Oh dear, what's going on in Manchester? GRIMsby times apparently 🙈

Imagine spending $750 on a PS5 Pro and getting a baseline performance output the same as an Xbox 360! Even upscaling with as much slop as possible can't hide how poorly optimised these modern games are compounded with a sheer lack of power and flexibility from the locked hardware. 
 

Project IGI (2000)




 
Command and Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour

It's going to be a very interesting season and I think Arsenal's depth could be key for them but it'll be interesting to see where Liverpool are at with some big departures and incomings. Chelsea aren't quite there yet but they should be better placed to compete for top 4 and Man City will be up there but I can't see them winning it or even getting near the top 3. At the other end, I think West Ham are going to have a very challenging season but for the first time in a very long time, I think the promoted sides may be better placed to survive unlike previous years. 
 
Unbelievable pressure for Arteta to deliver this season though - over £1bn spent in his tenure and still only the FA Covid Cup to show for it and that was with Emery's squad. I don't even think the FA Cup and League Cup would be good enough to suffice - it has to be the League and/or the Champions League. Not many teams blow through that sort of rate and win less than Leicester. City were nailing the treble off the back of multiple titles and trophies in which Arteta played a huge part in that with Pep so the expectations will be insane but I think they are well-placed this year to do something. 

Activision caught bribing streamers including 3 convicted cheaters for fake trailer reactions😂 this franchise is an embarrassment 
 

I totally agree, there's a lot of strong teams this season with a lot of cash being splashed on players, with probably more to come before the window closes next Monday.
 
Arsenal and Liverpool probably fighting it out for top spot, with Chelsea, Man City, Newcastle, Spurs and Maybe Forest in the mix again for the rest of the top 6.
 
I would have said Villa and Man Utd too but they both look a little off the pace so far.

Thomas the Frank Engine has done a good job so far for Spurs, he's even getting the best out of Richarlison....and I think we'll do a little better than last years 17th place 🤪
 

If it plays anything like BO3 and AW then I'll be very happy as I really enjoyed both of those games.
I always felt there was just something off with BO6. It didn't feel like a Treyarch game. So I'm fully convinced that BO6 was released just as a stop-gap until they could get BO7 out.

It certainly looks more refined like Black Ops 3. Not sure what the hell they were thinking with BO6 especially with the stupid movement. They had it nailed down in MW2019 and Vanguard yet they practically made it so flimsy and exploitable in the last game that it just looked and felt ridiculous. 
 
I think this will be a similar case to Advanced Warfare where the devs have tried their hardest and produced a reasonably polished game but shocking direction and shite marketing ruins it. Sadly it'll look and feel way more superior to 6 but get ten times the flack. 

The developers here are more known for their walking simulators so hopefully they'll be able to deliver on RPG mechanics. Having just played their Still Wakes The Deep game, they certainly know how to build a world and tell a story but I hope the core gameplay has some substance. 
 
Not sure why the original game wasn't simply remastered from the ground up though as there would've been many takers for that and the development wouldn't have been half as borked. 

The game itself looks fucking class, so these stupid pricing practices may well be a case of shooting themselves in the foot. As much as I now want to play it, I'll be awaiting a sale before I buy it 🙃  Congrats to the bellend marketing pricks 👏

From the 2 hours I've seen of the game its clearly very different from the original, but still, it looks well done and a game I'd like to play.
 
But yeah, will have to wait a while to see what happens with ridiculous day one dlc...

It does look good albeit I have kept my expectations in check just because of everything that has gone on with it, between that and Battlefield maybe I am just getting old 😄
 
 

Still Wakes the Deep

He'll never walk alone that's for sure. That was a wheely stupid thing to do first game of the season. 
 

What an absolute load of shite. £70 too
 

The original is an all time classic, and old as hell.
 
I'm going to watch Cohh's preview videos on it and hope to myself they have made a great sequel.
 
It's had a lengthy and complicated development though, which often leads to disappointment, so we'll see...
 
Due out end 21 October I believe.
 
 

This game is getting beat down and it deserves it. This is the best reaction I've seen so far.
 
 Wtf are these Devs actually on about 😂

One of the weakest reveals ever last night. Many words were spoken but nothing much was said. Haven't heard such generic waffle in all my life. 
 

One of the weakest reveals ever last night. Many words were spoken but nothing much was said. Haven't heard such generic waffle in all my life.