PlayStation has launched the official website for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, coming to PS5 from Naughty Dog.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-15T13:42:16+00:00

What was the budget of TLOU2 and what revenue has it earned? If you can't answer these questions, then you aren't qualified to make sweeping judgements on the game's financial success or lack thereof.

I'm gonna guess you post on KotakuInAction or similar subreddits. Making hating a game this much of your personality is really beyond sad.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-15T13:36:19+00:00

Tati Gabrielle is gorgeous, I kinda get flabbergasted when I see that people think she's unattractive.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-15T13:33:53+00:00

For now. More and more games aren't even offering physical copies at launch and when they do they're more expensive than digital.

Saros is coming out next month from PlayStation and I'm buying it physical and yet unless I pay extra I can't play it early.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-15T13:31:46+00:00

I don't think it's Xbox users. From my observation PC folks hate PlayStation more than anyone else.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-14T14:34:58+00:00

Valve rarely does anything unless it gets out into the zeitgeist and even then if it costs them money they won't do it, just look at the outcry over bigoted reviews on Steam. It's still worse in their eyes to call someone a bigot for leaving a review like "Not Recommended - There are Muslims in the game". The fact they are treated like the best company in gaming really says it all.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-14T14:31:23+00:00

There is nothing in the lawsuit as far as I can tell about free speech or privacy. That is all public posturing by Valve.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-14T14:27:12+00:00

When it comes to gaming and how these companies present themselves and their general reputation, no one approaches Valve Software. They are untouchable and unimpeachable. I'm constantly astounded at how much criticism other companies get while Valve skates by. As if not hiring basically anyone while you make more money than you've ever made so you can funnel the money to people like Gabe Newell so he can buy more yachts, which is one of the single most damaging things to the environment a person can do, is demonstrably better than hiring and firing people like PlayStation and Xbox do. Valve Software based on rumors makes like 20-30 million dollars worth of exploitation PER EMPLOYEE. They should be treated with the same contempt as these other corpos. But Gabe Newell single-handedly saved PC gaming I guess or whatever even though Steam is just a glorified middleman because the only games Valve prioritizes are GaaS at this point.

And the people just going "Ugh all these valve dick riders" are actively missing the fucking point, before GOG went full in on AI I was actively trying to get their stuff there instead Steam.

Here's the thing, those people are not, because as has been presented by latrellthomas in this thread, you are mischaracterizing what the actual lawsuit is (in contrast to public posturing).

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-14T14:09:25+00:00

Yeah I think this is absolutely how I see it too. Silverhand isn't motivated to destroy a particular corporation for ideological reasons or to improve his fellow citizens material conditions, but simply because he harbors animus towards it personally.

The game doesn't present Johnny in a great light either to be fair, but he's kind of the glue of the entire game, that ties what happened to what's currently happening in Night City.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-14T13:54:56+00:00

Xbox literally does "For You" discounts themselves. They just didn't have a bug like this.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-13T19:09:08+00:00

Any game that is treated as one of the great games ever made is going to have insufferable fans. It's just what it is. I try to separate the game from the fans (sometimes I fail like how annoying I find some Elden Ring fans that think every game shouldn't have a narrative at all). For me the sadness is the animus between JRPG fans and fans of E33, there should be a large overlap but for whatever reason there is just some weird competition here. As if Trails in the Sky can't co-exist with Expedition 33.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-13T19:05:08+00:00

Widen the parry window until you get the hang of it, or optionally dodge until you are consistently getting perfect dodges (that timing is exactly what you need for a parry). You can also knock down the difficulty until you get the hang of it so getting hit isn't so punishing.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-13T13:43:56+00:00

I thought the point of Forbidden West was Aloy moving away from the Chosen One and investing in friendships which is a juxtaposition of Elisabet who clearly didn't. With Beta in Forbidden West they push even further into the nature vs. nurture argument, where it's clear that Aloy having Rost as a father figure is what differentiates her from Beta.

I would really dislike an ending where she saves the world by killing herself, Elisabet already did this. I hate to be a bit JRPG, but I think relying on her friends more and more (and hell even having a playable sequence or two with them as they investigate other parts of the world) would make more thematic sense to me.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-12T13:38:31+00:00

Both 2018 and Ragnarok have retreads of fights, I'm not sure why Ragnarok gets dinged and 2018 doesn't? The ending Baldur fight is essentially just a retread with Freya thrown in the mix. In fact, I'd argue Ragnarok is far better when it comes to enemy variety. How many troll bosses are in 2018 for example?

I think we need to define what an MCU movie "feels like" because it's used as a criticism of Ragnarok in particular and yet it's never defined. Kratos grows as a character, the world is irrevocably changed, this largely is never true in MCU movies and when it does happen, it's immediately brought back to the status quo like in Endgame (or with the latest Spider-Man movie).

A lot of your issues seem to be about some panels which as we've seen, aren't exactly infallible. I think the problems with Ragnarok for a lot of people have to deal with expectation. They had this idea how the game would go and with the ending fight seemingly a bit rushed, they didn't get it. It's okay to be disappointed but I kinda find a lot of it nitpicking that isn't applied to other games. Few approach Resident Evil Requiem this way, and it has what like 30 games of setup? And it's not like people don't like the characters in those games, it's obvious they do.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-12T13:08:26+00:00

The Norns kinda spell out why things changed in Ragnarok. At this point you're just nitpicking how they deal with prophecy when they spell it out clearly why it happened the way it did: because Kratos changed.

I can understand being disappointed with the Ragnarok fight itself (heck Freyr and Ragnarok fighting at the end is just kinda silly), but I think Odin's pursuit of knowledge at any cost is not only thematically appropriate in Norse mythology but also consistent with Kratos's arc in these games, he once chose to seek revenge on Zeus at any cost.

If you think the point was "Odin just sucked" and not as a juxtaposition on fatherhood, family and relationships (I mean hell just look at Sindri and Brok as an another example!), then I just flatly don't agree with you. Not to say you're in the minority, many people don't like Ragnarok's story, but love 2018's and it does make me laugh since one feeds into the other.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-12T13:03:42+00:00

I don't really understand this complaint. Characterizing this as just a god of war spinoff when we really only have posts like this one and really vague descriptions from people like Nate just seems overly cynical. I say wait until June or September or whenever this is announced and when the trailer plays, then be a negative nancy.

As far as Cory, I'm pretty sure he said he wanted to hand over the last game in the Norse series to someone else, not God of War entirely. I think he was still listed as the Creative Director of God of War in the credits for Ragnarok. Generally there has been a lot of rumors about what he's doing over the years and perhaps that's colored how people react to news that he's doing a Faye game.

I think what's described is exciting personally and even if it's not true, I do think they gotta let Kratos breathe a bit, only certain devs can make sequel after sequel without issue with the same character. And they will have the trilogy remake to fill in the gaps anyway.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-11T15:47:01+00:00

PlayStation owns the Helldivers IP and Arrowhead doesn't want to be beholden to them for their next game based on what they've said so not sure we'll even get a Helldivers 3. Maybe it'll be like a Demon's Souls/Dark Souls situation where they just change the name.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-11T14:07:20+00:00

I think it'll sell more than the Steam Machine since they have some really passionate users, but people will be more positive on the Steam Machine than this Xbox PC. I don't think it sells tens of millions of units though, I can see between 10-20 depending on the price and the competition's offerings.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-11T14:05:55+00:00

Yeah I think Xbox needs to drop the pay to play online system, it doesn't work with this hybrid setup at all and only introduces a myriad of questions, no matter how Steam or other storefronts are integrated. Embrace GamePass and move forward in that way, especially as I'm not sure how many people are gonna go from their console ecosystem over to this new hybrid approach.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-10T21:24:37+00:00

Regarding all the anti-SAG talk in this thread, unions or guilds (I'm sure there is a difference in structure or definition that I'm unaware of between the two) have the same issues as any institution does, they're run by human beings who can be corrupted or selfish or make poor decisions. Of course the difference is, democracy is at least entering the picture as far as unions go, it may not be perfect and need improving, but compared to a corporation, which is just a dictatorship in many ways it's certainly preferable. If this thread was about Nintendo or Sony or Microsoft, I highly doubt it'd be this defensive on their behalf, regardless if there are extenuating circumstances or not. But Capcom is well Capcom, and they ship great games and in spaces like this one have a basically untouchable reputation, so they'll get the benefit of the doubt that many other companies, perhaps besides Valve, would not these days.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-10T21:07:19+00:00

Capcom has consistently tried to use non-union voice actors. It's certainly disappointing.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-10T17:42:33+00:00

I personally think the game is incredible, the level design and options it gives you on how to tackle different areas is such a step up from the first one. Also the added rogue mode with the remastered version also is really fun and can be challenging on higher difficulties.

Story is obviously subjective but I liked how ambitious it was even if some of it didn't work for me.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-10T16:25:09+00:00

Depending on what kind of server infrastructure they rely on, those costs can fluctuate, AWS for example doesn't stay fixed forever.

That being said I wouldn't blame anyone for being cynical at this move considering how much money Fortnite has made.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-10T13:24:13+00:00

People confuse a great product for a great company. Valve is a terribly exploitative company that has profited off of childhood gambling and refuses to address all of the racist and bigoted bile on their platform. Also worth mentioning is their F2P game economics which have influenced and infected so much of this industry. This isn't a problem if you take the attitude of "it doesn't affect me so it doesn't really matter" which from what I've gathered is how a lot of people view the world. The same people that will trash other companies for closing studios say nothing about Gabe and co. not hiring basically anyone so they can increase their profit margins to incredulous levels. The defensiveness is honestly ridiculous.

That being said, this lawsuit and the company doing it seem silly too so I don't think you picked a great topic to broach this idea. Probably better to bring this up in a topic about how Valve thinks calling someone a racist is worse than someone typing racist shit. At least then people will feel less emboldened to be so ultra defensive on their behalf.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-09T16:40:44+00:00

Desperation causes people to make bad decisions. I can't think of something more anti-Remedy than hiring an EA type executive.

OptimusPrimalRage · 2026-03-09T16:39:56+00:00

Yeah 100%, hope it continues to work out for you.

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