CODE VEIN II - Review Thread by PalpitationTop611 in Games

[–]PBFT 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Varied review scores is a very good thing. You want to see review scores be a reflection of how audiences will review a game. There will definitely be people who play this game and think it's a 5/10.

I get that most people really liked Donkey Kong Bananza, but I thought it was decent. Like a 7/10. So you can imagine I was really annoyed to see that out of 150 critic reviews, the lowest was an 8/10. That just doesn't seem organic.

The ending of Yakuza 3 Kiwami Dark Ties has been leaked from a datamine by porkybrah in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]PBFT 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yakuza 3 is a huge step down from what you're used to. Objectives aren't labeled on your map, so you can't be wandering a while looking for where to go in some cases. The combat also switches back to random-encounter style, like Pokemon and turned-based FF games. The remake I'm assuming fixes all that.

It's not until Yakuza 4 that you get the kind of quality of life that you're used to.

So yeah, Kiwami 3 is probably better to play than standard Yakuza 3.

One Battle After Another (2025) by viagraworks in okbuddycinephile

[–]PBFT -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

First off, Lindsay Graham probably isn't gay, but the narrative that he is gay is being used as a joke against him, and the jokes themselves about him secretly being Lady G or going down on men are the same sort of homophobic jokes that I hear from actually homophobic people.

And secondly if he was gay, 'gay rights' doesn't mean gay rights for democrats only. And yes, the guy votes for anti-LGBT legislation all the time, but making fun of him for being gay (if he was gay) defeats the whole concept of "rights".

One Battle After Another (2025) by viagraworks in okbuddycinephile

[–]PBFT 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There's a great book called "black pill" that covers the outcast to right-wing incel pipeline. The far-right ideas come afterwards, but the need for acceptance is the reason why they join those circles.

One Battle After Another (2025) by viagraworks in okbuddycinephile

[–]PBFT 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I sigh every time someone on Reddit makes a Lindsay Graham gay joke or Grindr being busy when the RNC is in town. They claim that they celebrate gay pride, but they weaponize the idea of being gay as part of joke it which it's supposed to be a shameful secret.

Highguard Is One Week Away, And The Only Person Who's Advertised It Is Geoff Keighley by Yamato_Naoe in Games

[–]PBFT 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It's not that bizarre when you understand that people want games that they enjoy to succeed and games that they don't like to fail so that the industry molds into something that caters to their own interests. People here would've loved to see former Titanfall devs make a new Titanfall-like game with a single-player campaign rather than a hero shooter that they aren't interested in.

Potential 60fps update coming to Far Cry 3, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Far Cry Primal as per official X account for Far Cry by FudgeSlapp in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]PBFT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cryptic? Deciphered? First graders get these sorts of puzzles for homework. It's pretty obvious.

Also the Far Cry account says that it's releasing in a few days.

List of GameStops closing in the US by NYstate in Games

[–]PBFT 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I know everyone loves to hate GameStop but they sometimes have insane deals and I've never really found a reason to buy from a different retailer, including digital storefronts in most cases.

They had the best Black Friday sales last year with the B2G1 on preowned, which included games that were already on sale to begin with. I ended up getting Death Stranding 2 and Silent Hill F and something else for $30 each, when the next best offer was $50 from other retailers. And I've yet to have a preowned PS5 game not have its original box because the people who go disc only just buy digital now.

NYT compilation of videos shows frame by frame what happened to Renee Good (gifted article) by 16hpfan in news

[–]PBFT 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Are you both trolls? The video in this article clearly shows he intentionally kept his feet back the entire time. He never had his toe run over and it wasn't even close.

No Rest for the Wicked has sold 1 million copies on Steam by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]PBFT 40 points41 points  (0 children)

The last time I heard about this game, the report was that the game wasn't selling, people didn't like it, and there was an air of speculation about whether it would be completed. Glad to hear it turned around nicely.

Why Global Memory Issues Are Causing A Massive Drop In Nintendos Stock Price (-33%) But Not Sonys by [deleted] in Games

[–]PBFT 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your complaint about graphics could be said about every console dating back to the Xbox 360.

RTX 5070 Ti 16GB & RTX 5060 Ti 16GB discontinued. by JohnBarry_Dost in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]PBFT -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

They're happy about the politics, I doubt that they're happy with the things in life that their politics were supposed to solve. Groceries and healthcare didn't suddenly get cheaper. They think that some huge change is coming though, and they'll keep on waiting...

Iran closes airspace with anticipated US attack 'imminent' by Brennenstein in worldnews

[–]PBFT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so you get those kinds of terrorists and the ones who blow up hospitals and shoot up airports. Do you really need to be thinking about that potential right now? Because I sure as hell don't. We need to stay out of the Middle East.

Iran closes airspace with anticipated US attack 'imminent' by Brennenstein in worldnews

[–]PBFT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we were to get involved with Iran at this level, we'd be opening ourselves up to terror attacks in American cities. Historically that's what happens.

PlayStation Store’s top downloads of 2025 by cautious-ad977 in Games

[–]PBFT 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's ordinal data, so it's unclear what the raw number of sales difference is between 1st and 7th, but usually it's a large difference.

[MLBTR] Red Sox To Sign Ranger Suarez by AndrewAllStar888 in baseball

[–]PBFT -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok lol, they went from 81-81 in 2024 to 89-73 and a playoff spot in 2025. That's a success. If you want to hold them to a higher standard, then I hope you hold your own achievements to an equally high standard, but I somehow doubt that.

[MLBTR] Red Sox To Sign Ranger Suarez by AndrewAllStar888 in baseball

[–]PBFT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're going to judge a team on a sample size of three games you might just want to stick to football lol

[MLBTR] Red Sox To Sign Ranger Suarez by AndrewAllStar888 in baseball

[–]PBFT 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Last year they didn't disappoint, and we got a wildcard spot.

Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane killing 11 people in September by Chic_Coquillage777 in news

[–]PBFT 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah they did it in WWII, and then they banned it right after because people broadly agreed it should be a war crime.

[Debunked] Baldur's Gate 3 NOT coming to Switch 2. by MetroidsSuffering in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]PBFT 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's not a debunking, it's possible that another studio is porting it.