I don’t know about you, but for me it’s definitely to live out the thrill of seeing if I’ve ended up on team yellow or not.

Mediatonic’s Fall Guys: Ulitmate Knockout is a charming experience. An all you can eat buffet of diving finishes and fancy dress silliness. It’s also the most downloaded Playstation Plus game ever.

So is that all it’s got going for it, that it’s cute and silly? That may be why you tried the game to begin with, but is that why you keep coming back to it? People who have never got a win are continuing to play right along the players with double digit crowns and a developing god complex. Are we all slaves to this cutesy Nintendo-esque escapism?

Probably.

I think it’s a little more than that, though.

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You’re running through caves, obnoxious armor clipping through vital organs, clanking like a bag of change.
You come to a sudden stop. You begin to perspire.
Oh no.
It’s happening.
There’s a muddy brown cave to your left…but then there’s a muddy brown cave to your right. If you’re having a real tough time, there’s also a muddy brown cave directly ahead of you. Any one of them could be the right way to go, and finding the right way first time would be terrible.

What do you do?

Congratuations, you’re playing an RPG!

Also, sorry. You’re about to experience levels of stress that you will somehow convince yourself is enjoyment for the next 50+ hours.

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It’s the end of August and we’re still no wiser on the cost of next-gen consoles, the exact date they will be available for sale, and we can’t even go in blind and pre-order the console of our choice to give us peace of mind come launch day.

But…

You can now register your PSN ID for the chance of “being one of the first to pre-order your PS5 console from Playstation.”

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