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There are other male characters in the series. Like a lot of them. Why are we assuming he'd be Shepard? I think he'd make a fine Garrus.

With the added time constraint on using points, of course they got rid of the "here's $5/£5" options. You now have to spend a lot more money to earn enough points to spend on a $15 or $20 game. It'll net them more money while screwing over everyone. Welcome to zero competition in the console space.

This is what the PS5 is for... prettier versions of PS4 games. PS5 Pro? Even prettier versions. New games? Look elsewhere.

Given that games release with a ton of bugs, I'm not willing to pay the developer for the privilege of being QA.

@xDD90x What loophole? Getting the PS5 version for $30? If they have to charge more than that for the PS5 version, then either don't offer the $10 upgrade or... don't make the game.

I don't know why you're playing this off as expected. This is the very definition of sleazy business practices.

Well... time to play the two games back to back again only to wonder why I did that to myself. And they'll finally get my $10 for the Part II upgrade.

More updates to the live service initiative please. You've gotta demonstrate that you've learned all the wrong lessons from Concord. If you don't, are you really a PlayStation executive?

This game has been sitting in my wishlist for what feels like over a year. It's about time. I think it looks gorgeous and I can't wait.

If a few million more people bought Concord, then we'd have gotten the vertical stand thrown in for free.

For that price, I'd seriously consider throwing a couple hundred more at it and just getting a beefy PC instead.

Well... Concord loss recovery starts today.

I recently got a Switch and even though it makes more sense to get this collection for a system where the touch screen controls are in tact, I got it for PlayStation anyway. That's where all my other Castlevania games are afterall.

Lots of reviews mentioning that the campaign is severely worse when played solo. Your AI squadmates suck apparently. It's either getting called out explicitly or is glossed over so quickly that I don't believe they played it solo for any real length of time (like this review).

I usually like the Jason Schreier post mortems on these things but I can't help but think this one will be the least interesting. The game works as intended. That intent was just way off base. But we've all known it was off base this entire time so what is there to say? Nothing that we won't be also saying about Fairgame$ next year.

Asking the devs to wade into social media to boost player morale demonstrates a complete disregard for the morale of the devs. Put yourself in their shoes for a second and ask yourself if you'd feel like tweeting anything right now. No, thank you.

Joanne clearly didn't read a single thing on game theory before designing the sport and it really shows.

Finally got around to playing the Advance Collection this past Spring so I'm in need of some new Castlevania games. These and their soundtracks will do nicely.

Say hello to the Suicide Squad on your way out.

@DennisReynolds Like I said, this was my most anticipated game. So I've read a bunch of the preview impressions. Zero people played it solo with AI squadmates who enjoyed it. All the praise is for co-op play, even in the campaign. You mentioned games that had single player campaigns that were designed as single player campaigns. I'm saying this one isn't one of those. If I'm wrong, I'll be happy and I will buy this. I'm not going to be wrong.

@DennisReynolds Did Gears and Halo just have a bunch of previews stating as much? No? Then what are you on about? We're talking about a game that hasn't come out yet and the impressions being shared. You seem to be stuck on the marketing hype and are thinking about other games you like.

@DennisReynolds What part didn't you understand? A solo campaign designed around co-op isn't a good solo campaign. All the previews say that squadding up with friends is awesome. If they mention playing with AI squadmates at all, it's to say that it sucks.

I'd love to hear a single positive thing about playing it solo with AI squadmates. Until then, this is just another multiplayer attempt at being a forever game that I have zero interest in. This went from my most anticipated game of 2024 to being dropped right off my radar thanks to these previews.

@dskatter An actual defense of it? Wow! Now tell us how getting rid of the music actually fits with an anti-corporate theme that runs throughout the sexy zombie killing game.

@Nepp67 I saw that but, as you pointed out, it makes zero sense. Yes, you can bring the gore back but why did they take it away at all?

We took away the music and gore!

Thanks, I hate it.

@ShogunRok That's what I assumed too until these previews came in. Nothing in them looks good for solo players. Digital Trends even calls it out directly. The rest, including the one on which we're commenting, paint a dire picture.

@ShogunRok That doesn't answer the questions asked at all. We know solo exists as an option. Is it any good or do you need to play co-op in order to actually enjoy the game? Based on this preview (and a few others I've read today), I've taken it off my wishlist because the solo player is clearly an afterthought here.

If the focus is co-op, then I'll pass. If it's the sort of game that you can play solo but it's not really how it's intended, then I'll pass. The first game had a great solo campaign and this whole preview just turned me right off.

Geoff Keighley be praised! Henry's coming to see us. Can't believe I'm actually pre-ordering this.

200 years from now, there will be movies and games set in the 1970s that have cell phones.

I honestly thought I was the only one driven to irrational anger by this. It's good to know that I'm not alone.

Ask Suicide Squad how much a good story and characters matter to a live service shooter.

I'd love a Final Fantasy style pixel remasters collection of the first six DQ games. This is still awesome though. More Dragon Quest on PlayStation please!

@8bitOG Yes, that is exactly what I mean. 5-8 years which is not "constant." And the pro models would be less than that which, if you read carefully, is what I'm criticizing.

I'm going to be fairly unhappy if this is the norm. 60 fps needs to be available on base PS5. If it isn't, we're just going to go through this again with the next generation of consoles. We have consoles BECAUSE they're not PCs and we don't want to update them constantly.

Someone finally noticed the one thing this string of surprise hits had in common.

RIP Heartland. You died so XDefiant could live for a couple extra months before being devoured by Call of Duty.

Aquatic Adventure Awkwardly Acquiesces

The original game also had multiplayer which I heard was kinda fun. I never played it because I rented it from GameFly and it had one of those passes to prevent renters from playing the MP. Remember those?

Got the platinum just last week so I will absolutely dive back in tonight for some kaiju action.

The first game's mission structures were amazing and left so much room for alternatives that aren't spelled out for you; I just want more of that. Better facial animations are great and I'm glad we'll have them but it's not what's bringing me to the game.

Could this mean that CoD isn't the #1 selling game of the year for two years running? If Madden or the College Football game do well enough, and enough people play CoD on XBox, is it possible?

They don't want to become framerate snobs. It happened to me after only 2 PS5 games. It's a problem.

Currently grinding my way to the final couple trophies so the timing couldn't be more perfect.

Love it! Can't wait.

Nothing for me except maaaaybe Tunic. But it feels difficult to say it's a bad month when one of the biggest franchises in the world is included.

The only thing I care about is what this means for Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Friends.

My favorite game from PS4 is getting a sequel! This is as excited for a game as I think I've ever been.

If this was different in any way from Ubisoft's usual practice, I can see getting upset. But it's not. This is the case with every Ubisoft open world game. I look forward to more "water is wet" articles.