Echo Apsey

Best news of the year so far is that the new Styx game is good. Both of the previous ones were played so much by me and my sister when we were younger.

Seems like a great idea, although not entirely surprising given the company.

For @pushsquare.com I reviewed High on Life 2 which is a great sequel, improving on some of the first game's weaker aspects. The skateboarding and shooting works excellently, but the PS5 performance leaves a lot to be desired. My review:
www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps5/...

Fuck me. Need to wash my eyeballs out after reading that.

People: "We don't need next-gen consoles anytime soon"

Me: *Looks at High on Life 2 running on PS5 Pro.*

Ahh The Smashing Machine, or as I call it "2 hours of complete saucelessness"

Not listening to the new Charli XCX album because I want my first experience with the songs to be from Wuthering Heights tonight is like Torture.

We really are in the second half of this console generation because even PS5 Pro is STRUGGLING to maintain any kind of visual clarity and quality for some third party releases.

I think the fact that Microsoft couldn't even get the release date announcement just a few weeks ago for this game they are clearly investing marketing/resources into says a lot about how valuable devs/publishers think the Xbox brand is.

The best forgotten about racing game to ever exist.

You ain't seeing this for at least 18 months/2 years. Saber is constantly juggling too much and they have a lot else to release before this. Will probably be great tho.

Every day at some point I think about what I would do if the NHS or my GP just decides to ignore my private diagnosis and almost 3 years of hrt, because that's a legitimate thing that could happen and the options aren't great 🫠

It's a miracle anyone still gives their careers to this industry tbh.

Code arrived quite late but my review for High On Life 2 will be up on @pushsquare.com in a few days once I have been able to dive into it properly.

I think a lot about that GDC talk Bungie did about Destiny and building it as a live service and how developers seemingly took nothing from that.

Cant be a good sign that I am sleeping in till 4pm 🫠

Romeo is a Dead Man is messy, oblique and sometimes old fashioned. However, those flaws paired with its constantly shifting art style, its singular weirdness, and the fact that it is just so god damn cool is what makes it deeply human.

My review: www.gamerguides.com/romeo-is-a-d...

Gonna need some actual level design in this one before I care.

"You will die while you work and own nothing"

Yakuza 3 Remastered on Steam Kazuma Kiryu has earned his retirement on the sandy beaches of Okinawa. But when a deadly power struggle arrives on his doorstep, he’ll have to walk the streets of Kamurocho to escape his past for goo...

Anyway, y'all hear of this game, Yakuza 3?

It's pretty good. You should buy it before they take it off sale in a few days.

store.steampowered.com/app/1088710/...

Given the state of this release, you have less than 2 days to buy Yakuza 3 Remastered (which is much better from the looks of it) before it becomes exclusive to a bundle that costs more than £100.

Still available until the 11th.

Technically poor and hurried, devoid of the original's charm, and full of filler content and baffling changes, Yakuza Kiwami 3 is a 20/100, a 2/10, a one-star game.

It's a seismic miss that left me questioning my love for the series.

My review: www.gamerguides.com/yakuza-kiwam...

Whoever is marketing this movie is providing people with a great case study on what not to do. Every trailer/look at it has been dreadful.

Larian not being involved and Craig solely leading it is a big red flag honestly.

Fuck me 😂😂😂😂

I feel like Monster Hunter but Horizon is a better sales pitch than whatever this collection of ideas cooked up in a production meeting is. Feels lacking a clear vision of what it wants to be with its "modes". Need to try it but the more I watched the less sold I was on it.

YouTube video by PlayStation Horizon Hunters Gathering - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

This not being in a State of Play makes me think we ain't getting one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jubg...

Nintendo really wants you to know Resident Evil Requiem is coming to Switch 2. Feel like we are seeing it too much at this point.

It coming out in Fall makes me hope they have altered/changed a lot of it.