It's not what many were expecting, but Sony did indeed host an announcement-focused livestream on 8th July 2021. A new State of Play showcase focusing on Deathloop as well as third-party titles and indies, of course! At least it keeps us ticking over until the platform holder's next big event, right? Anyway, the PS5 timed-exclusive from Bethesda was indeed the centrepiece of the show, but that's not to say there weren't any new reveals to share. Far from it, in fact.
New game announcements included Moss: Book II and Arcadegeddon, while Jett: The Far Shore was in attendance with an important update. Sifu was also pushed back to early 2022 but Death Stranding Director's Cut was confirmed for 27th September 2021.
That's a quick wrap-up of what Sony had to show, but what did you make of the event? Was it your favourite State of Play livestream yet or were you disappointed? As always, place your vote in our poll and expand on your thoughts in the comments below.
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I’d rather know what everyone else thinks that put what I think. Kidding LOL. It was OK. None of the games on the Horizon interest me so I’ll wait for more of my cup of tea before I get excited.
I enjoyed having a new Lost Judgment trailer. That's about it.
that 1 side scroller looked good alongside jet which was interesting. death stranding director's cut has more new stuff then i thought.
but overall this was just meh. not to far off from most of the conferences at e3 this year.
It was very mkay. Deathloop looks fun, despite the AI seeming very slow. Moss 2 looks amazing, but I'm sad it's only on VR. Lost Judgement looks awesome, and makes me want to play the first. Other than that, there wasn't much that interested me.
That was the best Death Stranding trailer i have ever seen and i wonder why they didn't lead with something similar first time around. That made me interested in picking the game up - september looks packed!
Lost judgement looked great (but we jave seen that trailer already) and i was interested by the demon slayer game, though i hope there is an option for japanese v/o.
Moss was a great surprise and that FIST game looked fun.
Deathloop of course looked excellent, and it will be interesting to see how it reviews when it gets released.
That arcademageddon looked awful and the August PS plus game didnt seem that exciting to me. I thought Jett looked pretty dull too. Maybe it was just me, but Sifu looked like it was suffering major frame drops throughout
I liked it. Jett, F.I.S.T. And Sifu all look great. Tribes of Midgard looks fun, and I’m slowly coming around on Deathloop.
I liked that Sony is highlighting some smaller games, even though people seem to hat when they do that, and also hate when they don’t do that.
Not a lot really interested me tbh. That Lost Judgement trailer is looking great, and Moss is looking fine for the VR players, but that's about it.
I thought it was ok! It was nice to see some more of what Death Stranding will be offering, and I LOVE the look of Jett - can’t wait to pick that up. No interest in Deathloop though so I switched off for that bit.
Does anyone know if Death Stranding is going to be a free Ps5 update, Will it offer a Ps4 to Ps5 update purchase option?
Not really, no. Deathloop looks like a frustrating soulslike wannabe. As much as I love the Soulsborne games can't anyone come up with anything new anymore? Why does everyone have to lift Miyazaki's decade old game design?
Definitely seemed like a “ok let’s get these out of the way” kind of show. Hopefully a much larger PSX show is on the horizon- with a God of War trailer, Horizon Forbidden West release date and other surprises.
@Rob_230 I'm guessing the reason Death Stranding has never had a trailer like that, is that it doesn't represent the game at all. It makes it look like it's an action heavy game, which it's not.
It was good. They won me over right away with Moss though. They could have shown anything after that and I'd have been happy.
Good/Okay. A lot that looked good, but few surprises or dates soon. Sifu pushed back and no Kena!
State of Play will never be good until Sony univeils a new Jak or Sly game.
They beat absolutely everything shown at E3 and they didn't even try. Good job Sony, legends.
It was meh to me. Sifu being delayed is a bummer but understandable and Lost Judgment still looks good (even though I'm totally against English dubs in a RGG game). Everything else gives me that "shrug" feeling.
Sounds like I made the right choice by skipping this. The he'll are Sony playing at😩
Liked Death Stranding: Director's Cut, looks nice. Sony basically firmed up what August and September are looking like. Ghost: DC and Kena for August. F.I.S.T., Deathloop, and DS: DC for September.
@themightyant I was glad I didn't watch it b/c no Kena.
Poll needs an - I didn't bother to watch it b/c Sony basically told us not to - option.
I do think it's good they didn't show this during E3. Even though I didn't watch it it doesn't really sound E3 worthy. Well maybe this past year. 😝
I think it was good. Everything shown ranged from meh to interesting or cool, nothing looked like ass, and the Deathloop gameplay pretty much sold me on that game.
It was alright. Games that Sony have been plugging for a while mostly.
I’m starting to hate state of play I want a big event from Sony.
Moss 2 👍👍👍
Everything else 👎
I actually think it was better than I was expecting. A good mix of games, I thought.
Having said that, it's just not what people wanted out of Sony after E3. Bizarre how out of touch they are that they can't see enthusiasts are waiting for a big event, especially when I don't think anything like that actually exists.
I just hope that ps plus game they announced is part of PS4 lineup and ps5 game will actually be something good.
Lost Judgment continues to make me very excited! I also thought that FIST game looked pretty cool too. Moss 2 will make PSVR users happy I'm sure. Sad to see Sifu get delayed but oh well. So overall it was pretty good I thought.
@4kgk2 It's fine that these State of Plays aren't always huge. Ones that are focused on one big game like they did for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ghost of Tsushima, etc. are obviously usually the best.
I agree that it would be nice for them to actually have a really big event though, especially since they skipped E3.
Is this being average at best going to really matter to me? No, as it doesn't change the fact that the future is very bright games wise, and it's still a good time to own a PS5 (if you are lucky) despite all the negativity being thrown at us by the media of late.
Well, it was exactly what they said it would be, can't fault them for that. But it wasn't what I wanted. I still don't know the reason why we should have a PS5 at this point, expecially with Horizon not having a release date and we're being over half of 2021 mark.
Still, Fist looked kinda cool I guess.
@get2sammyb Totally agree. I can’t see any marketing team putting together some fairly pushed games into a smaller state of play and not folding at least some of these into a larger event. A lot of Sony’s first parties have unloaded in the last 2 years, with studios just getting back to reality in the last few months maybe it’s best to be patient and see what comes next.
Mediocre for the most part. Judgment looks adequately bonkers and Jett looks pretty sweet, reminded me of a fleshed out take on Race the Sun. Those two aside it was utterly forgettable.
Lost Judgement is the only game I was interested in. Loved Death Stranding, but not going to play it again even with all the new bells and whistles.
Overall a poor show for me at least.
No little devil inside so I’m a bit disappointed
It was thoroughly meh for me.... FIST looked good and was excited to see Sifu.... then crushed when it was delayed to next year. The state of play format feels stale now. I hope they have some sort of PSX larger style stream soon with better reveals and announcements. How long will I have to wait before I can expand the internal storage on my PS5 for god sake?!?!?!?
All of the Indie's looked really cool. F.I.S.T looks awesome by the way(that's the best trailer I've seen for that game).
Deathloop needs to show how the woman plays or if she has a story or something because every single trailer ends with her saying something and then a shot, then that's it.
Moss looks adorable, I know it's for the current PSVR but I wouldn't be surprised if they make it for the new PSVR. Sifu is going to be awesome(let them take their time with it, the delay will be worth it). Jett looks unique but cool.
The two multiplayer games looked unique. The Battle Royale looked good graphically and the combat looked interesting. It's free with PS Plus so it's worth a shot.
This was a very good State of Play, and they said at the end that they will be back soon so that will probably be the big one people have been waiting for.
I think showcasing all the indies is a bit tone deaf considering the outrage indie developers have put out in the public and Sony not addressing that. Plus it’s concerning they did not detail any upgrade options for Death Stranding.
Death stranding directors cut looks much better than I thought it would be, lots of new content which is great, what isn't great is the 70 quid price tag Sony will probably slap on the ps5 ,so no day one for me ,24.99 in a sale me thinks ,the rest all looked a bit meh,and I'm still not interested in deathloop it just looks like dishonored but with a timey wimey twist,and after the garbage dishonored 2 I cant be arsed ,ps plus game 2022 probably at some point.
Edit: I've just seen its $10 to upgrade so probably 14.99 proper money ,im happy with that,day one for me.
@Dalejrfanfreak its $10 as mentioned on here https://blog.playstation.com/2021/07/08/death-stranding-directors-cut-launches-on-ps5-september-24-2021/
I had very low expectations, so Moss: Book II was a great surprise. I’ve been waiting for more info on F.I.S.T., so finally nailing down a release window is great, as well. Sifu looks great as always but still a bit of a wait. I also thought Hunter’s Arena looked kinda cool and I don’t even like multiplayer/battle royale games. I do however love melee based games so, I might dig it. Oh yeah, and Tribes of Midgard for $19.99 gets a pre-order from me!
At least the smaller games delivered, because I sure as hell knew Deathloop wasn’t gonna. It wasn’t a great showing, but it was good.
Not sure why you label this as an indie event plus Deathloop and shoe horn sega in.
They should have done a bigger event for Lost Judgment. That game deserves attention.
@Scarla88 cool ,day one for me then
It had Moss 2, that actually looks like it might realise it’s potential by offering more than tedious puzzles. So it was good just for that in my view.
Not sure how anyone is putting less than good tbh.
Got trailers with gameplay, deeper dives into games that were voted on as being game to get excited about, on this site I might add, when announced i.e Sifu. Then a solid Deathloop deep dive.
Exactly what they said would be shown was, and it was solid.
People need to get a grip.
It was better than I expected. Very interested in Deathloop, Moss Book II, Lost Judgment, Sifu, and Death Stranding: Director's Cut.
Better than I expected coming into it with low expectations. Moss 2, Sifu, F.I.S.T, Jett, Lost Judgment, Death Stranding: DC all look like games I’ll pick up at some point. Deathloop even looked better than anticipated.
I thought it was great. Deathloop looks great, can't wait to jump back into Death Stranding, and Lost Judgement is not surprisingly going to be awesome. Not sure what others who were so disappointed were expecting, but I thought it was a very good showing.
Still excited for Sifu.
Now we've had a few SoPs, I think its okay to not expect anything massive, I think Sony's road map for the next year is set and known. SoP seems to focus on the next big game with some extras thrown in.
I didn't watch, but caught up after, like the look of JETT and Tribes of Midgard (can you play that solo? I cant remember)
@Scarla88 they must have posted that not long after I submitted my comment as I didn't see that on the blog. $10 aint bad, certainly beats the $30 they want for Ghost of Tsushima.
it was cool, nothing spectacular. I'm deciding whether I should finish death stranding or wait fo the directors cut to get back into it.
For what it was pitched as, I'm happy. It wasnt the 1st party AAA, AA stuff and as long as that hype comes down the line, I'm good ( See reference Horizon FW) 😊👌
I guess it was actually more than I expected.
@get2sammyb I refuse the believe they're unaware. They're probably not ready yet and figured this was better than more radio silence.
They did say "more updates throughout the summer" after all.
Also: F.I.S.T. looks great.
Is DS:DC the first PS game to support ultra-wide screens? I didn't know PS5 could do that (and they are supported according to the blog).
I think it would have been a lot better if we hadn't seen so much of Deathloop already. I feel like I've played a couple of hours of the game already lol
The reaction to this State of Play has been very funny, because I remember like a week ago when people were saying Playstation stopped supporting small developers. Now they've dedicated nearly an entire half hour show to smaller developers, and everyone seems to hate it? Makes no sense. If they hadn't set expectations before this, I'd get it. But they did, very specifically, and I feel like they surpassed what they promised. It's not the big show, but it doesn't need to be. That will come. Just seems like people want to be mad.
@WolfKingk87 Your comment made me chuckle, loving the sarcasm 😂
@sajoey negativity pushes headlines, i guess.
@Nem yeah, any cursory glance over the last month or so of Push Square articles will tell you as much
It was a good showing, exactly what they told us to expect.
They told us in advance not expect anything different so I dont feel disappointed.
I just want Sony to tell us when we can buy the upgrade space for the PS5.
Man y’all are a tough crowd. I thought everything they showed looked great! But what the heck has happened to Little Devil Inside? There hasn’t been any news on it besides the leaked image of the July release date, so I was convinced it was gonna show up here.
I never watched it, was planning to watch the video on YouTube some point after I finish work
It was meh to me. I enjoyed Moss so a sequel is nice I suppose but Moss has zero replay value. I'm glad I didn't set my expectations too high for this because I got what I was expecting so not excited not disappointed.
Sifu looks cool but I can wait for it to come to Plus eventually. Moss 2 is a nice surprise as well but nothing shown was really all that appealing to me at all. Glad some people found somethings they liked though!
The show is just okay, don't care about death loop but interested on death stranding $10 upgrade.
"Was it any good?"
Depends on what it was supposed to do. Going by the list of announcements, it seems this was meant as a small showcase on the games coming out in the next three months, in which case, it was decent enough I guess. But as the 'replacement' for E3 that some seemed to be hoping it was, it was nowhere close. The closest thing to a big announcement was the new info we got on the PS5 version of Death Stranding, which while cool (I certainly wasn't expecting it to have as much extra stuff as it did) is still just info on the PS5 re-release of a PS4 game released almost 2 years ago.
@Robocrop_Duster it's a £10 upgrade
It was decent, pretty much Sony's take on Nintendo's Partner Showcases of last year.
Interested in Sifu and FIST, still would've wanted to see more of Deathloop, not convinced about that game. Thought it was a nice little showcase
It was poor for me.
The positives;
The negatives;
If they would have brought this to E3, it would have been a travesty. Not surprised they skipped it, completely average show.
Poor another re-release of a ps4 game with death stranding and a paid for multiplayer exclusive in deathloop.
no interest in anything they showed
@Rob_230 I have to say I was thinking the same about Jett. It looks boring AF and I keep seeing folk say 'oh, hyped for Jett'. Each to thier own I suppose.
@Iroha haha im glad im not alone. It doesn't seem to be offering anything. I don't get it lol
@Robocrop_Duster LOL no its 10 dollars
@WolfKingk87 youre joking right?
Can't wait for Death loop.
If Tarantino made videogames...
@Old-Red what do you mean? Gameplay doesn’t even remotely resemble a souls-like or Soulsbourne.
@QBGaming12 Pretty much sold on Deathloop at this point. FIST looks fun as well. Maybe I’ll look into Death Stranding: DC as well though I hear the walking make Red Dead 2’s traversal look speedy by comparison. Still waiting on HFW release date though.
@Shepherd_Tallon I’ve heard of moss but never realised what it was until now. Looks neat
@Blackjay Have you played Demon's Souls? You have to go back to your body to pick up your stuff lost on death and you are invaded by another player trying to stop you beating the boss. Tightly designed areas that have unlocking shortcuts each time you play. Sound familiar?
I suppose to your credit it is more that the design has been lifted and not the mechanics, so I changed my original comment to express this.
@Old-Red Familiar perhaps but its’s possible that the similarities concerning the player invading on there game gimmick was purely coincidental given how old Demon Souls was at the time of its remake. Plus inventory and experience recovery is not unique to Soulsborne. Things like Minecraft and No mans sky did it as well.
I loved it, looking forward to both Lost Judgment and Death Stranding: Director's Cut.
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