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This is random as hell but it made me laugh.

And no one will play it. Unless something has changed since I stopped playing FIghtcade. 3S is far more popular than 4th Strike.

I'm surprised by this. Sony are typically asshats about refunds on PSN. Check that, they are assholes about this type of thing in general. I still remember the PS2 laser debacle. They refused to admit fault, got hit with a class action lawsuit, settled with no admission of guilt, and wouldn't fix your PS2 for free if it had been opened up already. Like people just sat around for years saying "let me see how this plays out". I mean look, them censoring the game post launch is bullshit, but it damn good game and I'm not refunding it over it. And lets be honest here, there is little to play on my PS5 that isn't on PC already. Just this and Rebirth. I've already played my Switch more this year, than I did my PS5 all of last year. If Shift Up is going to drop polished single player content that only takes of 30GB of space your hard drive, then I'm going to want this game to be successful. Lord knows the stalwarts of the industry have been shoveling out bloated crap with $70 point of entry that often isn't the whole game and even if you buy that $100 plus deluxe addition, you still got micro-transactions to deal with. TLDR: It's not worth stifling a promising up and coming developer over Sony's puritan nonsense. The more successful they are, the more independent they'll be. It's nice to play a "AAA" release that isn't well over 100 gigs, optimized as hell, and not full of micro-transactions.

SNK was worried about getting sued by Ricco Rodriquez. A Brazilian Heavyweight MMA fighter. There wasn't a shared likeness like M.Bison/Balrog, so I don't understand whey they thought they'd be sued. Ricco Rodriguez

Yeah I guess they don't fear being sued by Ricco Rodriguez anymore. Which I never understood in the first place. Marco looks NOTHING like Ricco Rodriquez.

I don't think anyone here has a i9 13th or 14th Gen but just in case be very careful. Intel was basically allowing unlimited power limits to try keep up AMD's gaming performance it's begun to call stability issues. Intel is trying to blame the motherboard manufacturers but it's on them. AFAIK it's only the i9s having problems.

Based on the Digital Foundry Demo and Final Game tests. That's not the case. Shift Up, to their credit, had just produced at well optimized game. Which more impressive because it's their first big release. I mean the Balanced Mode is better than the 60fps modes in most games. It looks to be doing well from a sales standpoint. Which is a good thing because that will allow them to self publish. Hopefully this game gets a PC release. Given how well it runs on PS5. 4K 60 won't be an issue for a mid level PC gamer. And at the high end 120+fps and 4K should be a thing.

Does anyone else get a kick out of Eve's animation when she picks up a drink can. All I need is the Zelda treasure chest theme to play during it for it to be perfect 🤣

Cyberpunk 2077 is on PS5. Their is full nudity in that game. Even male nudity, which typically gets censored harder in media overall not just games. So, Sony censoring Eve's outfits is the height of hypocrisy. Meredith Stout leaves a giant dildo behind after screwing you at the No Tell Motel. I'm about consistency. There is none here. They've also seemed to censor the gore. When I beat the first boss during the demo, Eve was covered in blood. Now there is barely any blood on her. In BG3, your party is continually covered in blood. So much so that it actually annoyed me. Going back to Cyberpunk you can let blow people apart in that game. It seems like Sony pulled a bait and switch on Shift Up and consumers. They let them market the game as "Uncensored in All Regions" then dropped a day 1 patch that censors content in the game. Which is technically false advertising. Again this is why "an all digital future" is terrible idea. Thirty years ago if you told me that I'd have to buy Nintendo versions of consoles games to the uncensored experience I would have laughed. Then the rating system hit and Nintendo has left third parties alone. If the rating system allows it, they allow it. Sony has gone the other direction. Again, you have NO sense of what their rationale is. I got DMCV on PC so I almost forgot about the ridiculous lens flare Sony added to it. When you save Trish and Lady their nudity was partially masked by a blinding lens flare that had no light source. Meanwhile Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3 have full nudity. Unless I've missed something. The only consistent thing I've seen is that Sony only censors stuff in games from an Asian developer. They seem to let Western developers slide. Sony's policies just push me further away from buying their platform in the future. I'm already on the fence about the PS6. With Sony going MS and dropping their exclusives on PC. There is minimal reason for me to buy their platform. Right now the timed exclusivity gives the PS5 some value, but if I can't trust Sony to let the developers release their games as is. Then that means nothing.

I feel that it is a direct result of people dividing up into their own online echo chambers. Group think does not spark the imagination.

Since I forget that I had pre-ordered Stellar Blade from Amazon. I have the digital and physical version. Maybe I can sell the physical copy as the "Hard R" Edition. 😉

I woke up at 3am this morning for some reason, my buddy pinged me on Discord. He'd preordered Stellar Blade but never played the demo. He really liked it so far, I would played the game myslef but I had to get back to bed. Had to be in at 7am today.

I don't know what Grummz is on with this one. Classic case of losing the plot IMO. This isn't some licensed property altered by SBI. This is an original game from Abubakar Salim. It doesn't matter if SBI is involved or not. It's his game, his idea, his concept. He can do what he wants with it.

So, @Chadoukenwhat do you think of the QB you did end up getting?

This reminds me of how sick and damn tired I am of people cheering hand me down characters. It's the laziest most obvious type of pandering there is and people want to pretend otherwise. It's not a flex. It's an insult.

I'm so glad we didn't take Drake Maye. Sorry Chad, didn't know Atlanta was gonna go Lorena Bobbit on you.

Damn, you made me realize my mistake. NFS: Most Wanted (2005) was one of my favorite games. NFS: Most Wanted 2012 was a completely different game. It was good, but it didn't hit me the same was the 2005 game did.

I absolutely loved that game. That was probably my most played 360 game outside of Mass Effect 1 and 2. As for Unbound. $8 is steal. I got in on PC a while back. It addresses some of the issues I had with Heat. Mainly the absurd costs of engine swaps versus the money earned for winning races. My main issue with Unbound is the AI and Cops. You can sort of remedy the AI issue be reducing the difficulty but at higher heat levels you just have to cheese the cops. It takes some of the fun out of racing at night. You can cheese the ground units by find places that obscure their line of sight but once the chopper gets out, that becomes difficult. Their is gain sewer drain at a construction site that was my go to "ditch the cop and choppers" location. There are other spots that hide you from choppers but those don't hide you from ground units. (Didn't mean to access Ultra Dimestinct Sign)

From what people that already played the game have said. "Hard" is just one of many random graffiti words throughout the city. This instance just happened to be next the "R-Shop".

IIRC the only thing that happened was he lost his job. He should have been questioned by police and he should have been banned from buying McRibs too.

I thought it was a big nothing burger. It's another case of American arrogance to be perfectly honest. Too many people here expect people from other countries to understand the idiosyncrasies of our culture. And I'll say what I did elsewhere. This being offensive is a big reach yet it got fixed immediately. Game isn't out yet. Meanwhile the Mile Morales's Cuban Flag Issue from Spiderman, which is actually offensive, took like a week to fix.

@ChadoukenHope you like the new thread title 🙃

I was just talking about this nonsense the other day. If they aren't going to do anything about it. Just change the name of the platform to XXX.

I'm hoping my team doesn't blow the 2nd pick of the draft. If you are going to pick a QB at 2, pick Jayden Daniels or just trade down. If the Vikings pick Penix, I'm going to laugh my ass of because I know you'll be online buying his jersey before the next commercial break. 😂

I'm thinking he's going to make him a Prime Sentinel