ChromaticDracula

Holy hell that first photo is actually frightening. That's such an improvement!

Surprise! It’s just a software update that unlocks pro features! Like when Apple turned on the temp sensor in the HomePod mini. Or when Nintendo enabled the Bluetooth feature in switch.
Let me be clear, that’s the only way I’m upgrading, even in the next 3 years.

Personally not at all interested at this point in time.
I’m playing games like streets of rage 4, tunic, slave zero X… all not graphically heavy or taxing on the ps5. Hell, the same games are playable on Switch.
I’m glad they’re pushing the envelope but look at the graphics (previews) on death stranding 2. Insanely good with current hardware.
Oh well…

Perhaps this is because we sort of knew what to expect with FFVII. Why try it when you’re buying it anyway. Lots of people didn’t even question their purchase and knew they were getting it, demo or not.
Stellar Blade is something new more or less so folks want to try it and see if they want to buy.
Data checks out to me.

The whole “…Pass” verbiage was always so cringe to me. What is this, Disneyland?
While on topic, so is the “Pro” verbiage on devices.

Anyway, just came to show my age. Like someone else said above, when I see anything has a “pass” it’s an insta-no-buy from me. If anything I wait until they re-release the base game with everything included, at a discount. Could be years after they release the game but that’s just how it is. 🤷‍♂️

Oh come on. I’m not sour I’m just flabbergasted that this is even being taken seriously.
4000 people is like… not even the amount of people at a video game convention, which would be the perfect place to poll people in fact.
What a joke.

As a newcomer to this series (I haven’t even read about the anime nor do I know the character’s names), all I want to do is drive that bubbly bike piloted by the female on the cover photo for this article around the desert and blow stuff up. It reminds me of a Tron/Death Standing design and I’m here for it.
My friend has this preordered and I think I might join him after reading this article. Going to try the demo first though.

I’m getting it but I still never beat part 1. So…. No rush here.

PlatinumTrophy.pdf

I’m so excited right now. This 3 minutes of gameplay is going to be more exciting to me than the ~25 minutes of the Nintendo Direct and I’m a HUGE Nintendo fan. I guess I’m an even bigger Elden Ring fan?
Seriously though, ER is my game of the lifetime. I loved Dark Souls and still do but ER is just special.

I was just looking for a PS4/5 version the other day as I thought it had maybe released by now. I can’t believe this game is still tied to Switch, mostly. It’s so good and I highly recommend it if you know even a little about SMT.
Will be buying if this comes to fruition!

First time hearing about it to be honest. It’s going to sound mean but it means nothing to me. I have no reference and so I’ll just wait until someone recommends it to even consider reading about it.

I liked the game when I played it way back in the day… the first one that is… and I always thought the characters were weirdly bulging. I lump that style in with the chibi style. It’s just off-putting.
Quality game though from what I can remember!
I’d rather Halo personally, if only for nostalgia.

Alright, which one of you asked for this?

I liked it…for what it is, that is.

Some positives: stellar audio (your footsteps change on just about every surface), graphics and atmosphere are immersive (although yeah, the models aren’t too convincing but the atmosphere is) and classic soundtrack.
4 out of 10?

It’s more like a 6. No real gameplay but this is a welcome return/teaser to “silent hill”.
PT did it better but there’s nothing wrong with this at all.
Even if I were blindfolded, just from the audio cues and soundtrack, I’d know this is silent hill. That says a lot and should afford more points/weight.

It’s going to be a tough sale for those who already played it and who know how it ends.
There are A LOT of people who played this. It’s like buying a remastered movie in a way except the price might be a lot higher so the sale of it is a lot harder.

Upset no Elden Ring DLC but don't let the word "upset" lead you too far in the wrong direction. I'm stoked, this was a great state of play. Im enamored over the Death Stranding 2 showcase. Kojima is just beyond words.
Upset is also the wrong word when I say all we have for Silent Hill 2 is "In development for PS5"
Like... no **it, Konami! Not even a Q2, Q3, Q4 piece of news.
The combat looked very gun-heavy and the showcase seemed very combat heavy in general which I didn't care for overall but it's coming along very nicely nonetheless. Combat in Silent Hill was never front and center except for boss battles. Not complaining, just mental dumping lol

Anyway, great SOP! I walked away happy!

Kurt Russel is like a national treasure. He’s so good…
That being said, David Hayter or GTFO. Hayter brought the absolute perfect VA to MGS and I won’t take anything else for an answer, including Kiefer Sutherland, although he too had his place.

Death Standing 2
Silent Hill 2
Elden Ring DLC

These are my pillars. Without them, I will fall tomorrow.

Trying to not get too greedy here: Silent Hill 2 news alone would make me most happiest and provide me with a solid few months of anticipation and gaming. All else is the icing on top.

This is actually really cool how Sony handled it. Not trashing Nintendo but Nintendo would’ve just swatted it down like a fly. Sony was more like a beekeeper and relocated it to a safer place.
Nice job, Sony!

I don't need an internet browser. For those who want it, I hope you get it someday.
Me? I want Sony to focus on system stability and bugs, not updating their browser so it works with some websites. WHY NOT FOCUS ON GAMES.... ?

Folders would be nice.

Themes... meh... the background switches when selecting games so the "dynamic" nature of it is preferred for me I suppose.

@Nepp67 LEGEND.
I’ve been playing Dark Souls again to break things up a little but as soon as I beat Ornstein and Smough again I’ll be diving back into Elden Ring to get primed for the DLC.
I couldn’t beat Malenia solo the first go-round so I’ll be trying that on this NG+ run. Can’t wait to be utterly obliterated by water fowl with the increased difficulty.

Wow the juxtaposition of Dark Souls and Nier is spot on. I dig.
It’s hard for me to enjoy other Soulslikes when I know they are sort of trying to be like the real deal. There’s something about this one though that intrigues me! To the list you go!

I've gotta agree with @DennisReynolds, I came to say something similar about how the game is like a movie, so making a movie sort of makes this like some kind of weird coming-full-circle thing.
A movie, based on a game that's based on movies. Only this time it's not interactive so .. it's just a movie.
I wonder if it will take on its own story or be just loosely based on the scenario (winter cabin, stereotypical tropes, a slasher on the loose, people go missing, etc.) of the game?

Yep — I'll be buying this physically to go along with my TLOU part I PS5 version. I wonder if they'll do a "box-set"/"master collection" of sorts?

The 60fps is appreciated but if there’s a way to turn that down to 30 I’m doing it. I want full retro, no holds barred, authenticity.

This looks awesome- I’ll be getting it on switch though if it performs well enough. Maybe 30fps will even be enforced on that version!

@Beerheadgamer82 what, are the rest of your corners wet? 😂

In all seriousness, these are words to live by. I’ve bought lots of digital music but if I really truly like an album enough, I’ll burn it lossless add it to my “favorites” or just flat outright buy the CD. I’m supporting artists I love and also future proofing sort of.

This all-digital stuff is so anti consumer and out of principle I won’t support it if I’m able to.

Elden Ring utterly devoured my life when it came out. Stayed up way too late on work nights, ignored life responsibilities, didn’t know how to act in public around those who weren’t playing it, fought tooth and nail to conquer beasts….
Then one day I beat it…

I need more of that in my life. Give me more content!!!!!

When we start getting more PS5 exclusives (and when devs really start optimizing) that’s when I’ll even acknowledge it. Right now it sounds like a joke to even consider releasing a pro version of a system that still feels like it’s in its infancy.

Definitely sorry for everyone that was looking forward to it but I was not one of them. I’m not a multiplayer gamer and I am definitely not a live service gamer. I would rather watch the TV series and play single player games. I agree though it should have been a mode n TLOU2 if anything, not a fully fledged standalone thing. That could please everyone at the end of the day.

Wouldn't it be some funny turn of events if Microsoft's Xbox team is doing all the hacking to try and stifle Sony's PS5 successes in literally crushing Xbox?
I DO NOT condone hacking like this and I think this is really sh*tty, especially this studio who delivers true quality games. But in a comical sense, that would be hilarious.

Silent Hill 2 Remake
(I understand why it isn't listed but IT'S GOT TO RELEASE in 2024, right...? RIGHT? RIGHT!?!?!?)

Other than that.. I have some others I hope release in 2024:
Luto
Small Saga
Metal Bringer
Post Trauma
Plucky Squire (crap I forgot to vote for this one 😩 )

I’m only maybe 1/8 or 1/4 into the game I think but it’s so damn good so far. Master-class in storytelling, detail, and gameplay.
Good to know I have this to also look forward to after!
I’ll be playing through Control first before I go for new game+ with this though.

I had no idea this was a widespread issue! I FINALLY bought Gotham Knight late afternoon on Thursday and it would not download. I tried again this morning around 9am and it was still failing. I’ll give it another try shortly but that’s definitely more than 5-6 hours.

INVERT FOR LIFE. Pilot controls.

I wasn’t aware it was missing this setting and thankfully I hadn’t bought it yet. If I bought this and found out it was missing the invert control setting I’d have stopped playing immediately.

I won’t be buying another $500 system but the controller I would yes.

I hated Ascension, then decided to give it a shot, and once I saw about 2 minutes of it and the atrocious UI for the "game" I was out of there quicker than this berry dude.
Great concept for a game but this is not something you should be doing with Silent Hill. Don't mix oil and water. Someone who actually knows AND CARES about the Silent Hill franchise would've understood that before even pitching this idea in the first place, never mind green-lighting it.

Signed,
-Can't wait for Silent Hill 2 Remake

How can the poll results differ so much from this “report”?
I know it’s a smaller sample size but still.

I know this news is like an incendiary grenade to some but I for one am excited. I just don’t know how much better it’s going to look/be. The base PS4 version looked insane. Then there was the PS5 upgrade. Now there’s the ps5 ps5 version. It’s a confusing thing as a blind consumer but… yeah
I’ll be playing it again, amazing game…

Too expensive for me personally. I’d honestly rather spend the $200 on a used 3DS or second Switch. I’m glad it reviewed well though- it looks comfy AF.

I had NO CLUE this was releasing now or so soon. Hell I had no idea when it was releasing, all I know is it was on my wishlist.

I remember this being showcased in the state of play I think and I fell in love. So happy this did well! I’m buying it this weekend.
SO. MANY. GAMES. TO. PLAY.

After seeing what they allowed with SH: Ascension, I dunno. Really scary stuff and I don’t mean the “gameplay” — more like the microtransactions and just non-Silent Hill vibe of it.
Second, I played through and beat MGS 2 on the new collection and you can see some glitches… the bugs on the floor were missing in the cutscene with Fortune, the flag is missing from the flag post at the end with Solidus, and the colonel’s voice (so obviously overdubbed by someone other than the colonel) when he tells you the swimming controls are all effed up. These are things that needed polishing before release on a modern console.
Otherwise solid experience…

Point being, Konami needs to get their act in gear if they wanna start sticking their nose back in our wallets.

Unreal engine 5 running on pachinko machines?
Kidding- cool, I just hope the original vision is there.

I’m still not showing the update today on my PS5. I’m still in version 1.002.000.
Tried a manual update in the software settings too.
Weird!

Loving the game so far. Absolutely LOVING it. The things I’ve noticed on PS5 are:
-In replays, headlights and their light output aren’t on for the beginning of the race for some reason. It’s like there’s a delay before they are rendered. One instance lasted a good 15 seconds into the replay before lights came on.
-framerate hiccups, nothing major but there were a few “moments”. About 7 races and it happened twice. This includes lots of screen tearing.
-I wish you could preview the co-driver voice before you select it. “Voice 1” “Voice 2” etc is not helpful at all. You can only hear what it sounds like when you’re in a race which is crazy unless I’m missing something

That’s all so far! Game is definitely the best rally game in the past few years. Feels completely fresh and I love the audio: music, pre-race banter, pace notes.

@Flaming_Kaiser Elden Ring and George R R Martin, and all Dark Souls games would like word with you. Sometimes vagueness, when done correctly, can ignite locked-away parts of your brain.

This speaks volumes to how badly anticipated this remake is. People fabricating stories and assuming.

And.. how much pressure is on Bloober. Godspeed, Bloober dudes and dudettes.
I for one cannot wait. I luckily have an original PS2 copy to fall back on if things just don't work out but I have faith we're in for a real treat. I really hope we get this no later than Q1 2024.

I JUST got the post and I have the disc in hand. I’m stoked! Can’t wait to play this!

I was really hoping this would be fully voiced. I’m probably buying this very soon!