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Trophies not transferring is not a con for me. Looking forward to getting the plat again for this version.

I know I can never compete with scalpers for that PS5 Pro, but I need that Dualsense!

I’m sorry but putting Vampire Survivors ahead of The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is a perfect example of recency bias.

The only thing Vampire Survivors has on The Binding of Isaac is it’s a newer game and it’s way easier.

The Binding of Isaac has it beat in terms of enemy variety, amount of items to collect, weapon combinations and variety of builds, boss battles, characters, level variety, amount of secrets, interesting side content, I can go on. It has infinitely more depth to it than Vampire Survivors.

I just got 100% trophies in Vampire Survivors yesterday. Took me 89 hours for all 221 trophies. By the end of it you can really feel the limitations on the build variety after going through all the weapons multiple times over at that point.

For perspective it took me over 700 hours to legitimately 100% trophy The Binding of Isaac: Repentance and I was still surprised by weapon and item combos I discovered right until the end.

All this to say if anyone likes Vampire Survivors and want to try a much deeper and more rewarding roguelite experience, you cannot go wrong with The Binding of Isaac.

Great reason for me to replay Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus again. Incredible game back in the day.

Make that 152k concurrent now. I don’t think many people expected these numbers.

I can’t wait to check it out for myself next month even though I’m getting a late start.

@PALversusNTSC

No, many of the ports of Skyrim and Re4 are barebones. The latest remake of Re4 is substantial no doubt, but all of the “HD remaster” ports of it going from Gamecube, to PS3, PS4, Wii, etc. were mostly straight ports with slight bumps in resolution.

At least this remaster has a new mode in No Return which is supposedly worth getting alone.

@Vil

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim has been ported/remastered/remaked more times by itself than every entry in the Elder Scrolls series.

Resident Evil 4 has so many ports and remasters/remakes as well that I bet if you combine all of its versions with other remakes in the series like Re1 Re2 and Re3 that I bet you it eclipses regular entries in that series as well.

It’s only a problem with The Last of Us because this is the cool series to hate on.

“No return is worth the purchase alone”

Ok now you have my attention. It’s got some pretty big shoes to fill after I just completed God of War: Valhalla which I thought was excellent.

Great games is why the PS5 is flying off the shelves, it’s as simple as that. Gran Turismo 7, God of War: Ragnarok, Horizon: Forbidden West, Returnal, Demon’s Souls, Mile Morales, Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank.

High quality games have released during this console gen from Sony and that’s what it’s all about.

Day 1 baby! I need as much console power as possible.

Continuing my way through the campaign in God of War: Ragnarok. This game is phenomenal. Every realm you travel to feels very otherworldy and honestly I can’t help but stop and stare at how amazing everything looks. I really admire the level design that Sony Santa Monica has going on with these newer entries; essentially an interwoven Metroidvania world that keeps opening up more as you go along.

Just like in GoW 2018, the combat feels weighty and very satisfying. It’s way more my style personally than Spider-Man 2 which is the last game I’ve played.

Can’t wait to catch up to everyone else and try out the new Valhalla DLC eventually, but I’m in no rush, and am really just enjoying my time with this one.

A little Crypt of the Necrodancer on the side of course to keep from getting rusty.

Happy gaming everyone.

Not playing through that slog. One time was enough.

I did like the Nuka-World and Far Harbor expansions, but not enough to get me to play this again. The main campaign’s story was so bad.

I still haven’t beat Ragnarok, I’m about 20 hours in!

I’ve heard Valhalla is an excellent piece of DLC though, with much more story segments than originally anticipated. This has me even more eager to play it after beating the main campaign.

Out of just that list, it’s FFVII: Rebirth.

But if Death Stranding 2 makes it next year, that’s easily my #1

I would also take DLC such as Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree and Destiny 2: The Final Shape over anything on this list.

I just started Ragnarok a couple days ago. Doubt I’ll have it beaten by the time this Valhalla DLC comes out, so if they recommend I beat the game first, guess I won’t be checking Valhalla on day one.

I think I went 20/20 this time.

But stay tuned to find out!

That Dualsense is so sexy!

Sony, make that PS1 themed Dualsense into production and sell it as one of the standard Dualsense color options. Why don’t you want to print money?

@Flaming_Kaiser

Yeah I agree with you on some points. It’s why I dropped it for now myself, because it doesn’t have the best catalog of the older titles. I think it’s good for newer and ongoing shows if you want to stay updated with the latest episode soon after it airs.

The language options were never something I realized because I watch everything in Japanese with English subs.

@Flaming_Kaiser

Ah ok, you meant Crunchyroll. Is it really expensive? I think it’s $7.99 per month for no ads? Or $79.99 for the year if you do a 1-time payment. That comes out to $6.66 per month. Seems pretty reasonable for the amount of anime offered.

I personally am using Funimation at the moment because last I checked Crunchyroll didn’t have some of the older shows that I wanted to watch such as Dragon Ball and Mushi-Shi.

Hoping for a release “window” at least at The Game Awards.

Death Stranding was without a doubt the biggest surprise of last gen for me. Never thought I’d put almost 200 hours into essentially a delivery game, but that’s an oversimplification anyway. It’s an incredibly deep and technically brilliant experience that I won’t forget.

@Flaming_Kaiser You hate the Sony Pictures Core app specifically?

I didn’t have any issues while using it, but I’m curious, what do you hate about it?

I’ve watched a few movies on the Pictures Core app. Everything works nicely, but the 100 movies do kind of start to look repetitive quickly.

Some anime shows added can only be a good thing. Hopefully they continue to increase the watchable content for Premium users. They need to keep sweetening the deal to justify the highest tier.

This game has looked awesome since it was revealed. It’s a got a pretty unique premise, to test your driving skills by escaping aliens/monsters in creepy roads, with the ability to customize your car.

Looking forward to playing it in release.

I don’t have the platinum yet, but I’m well on my way. Just taking my time with Spider-Man 2 and having a great time with it. The city traversal feels great and the combat is so cinematic with the camera angles chosen and the spectacle of things like finishers and abilities.

Hoping to have that shiny plat soon.

Best open-world traversal of all time by a long shot. The control you have and the things you can pull off in Spider-Man 2 do a great job of making you feel like a superhero.

I’ll definitely give it another playthrough for $10, if not for any other reason than to check out how the latest refinements by Naughty Dog are going, and also this new survival mode sounds dope.

My first playthrough of Elden Ring where I explored every inch of that world lasted 470 hours. Let’s see if it can top that. I’m ready.

@mariomaster96 You get content that can be used in the game now for pre-ordering. That’s the main reason why someone would get it this far in advance, I would guess.

Better to delay The Final Shape and Marathon than push them out when they are not ready. I have no doubts that both will be massive and set record numbers for Bungie when they release.

Destiny 2 - Festival of the Lost is in full swing and I’ll be grinding haunted lost sectors in hopes of nabbing that perfect 5/5 pvp Mechabre sniper rifle.

Spider-Man 2 - Slowly making my way through the campaign and having a web-slinging good time.

Happy gaming everyone.

Holy smokes, I thought it’d be a solid game, but not this good. This year has been absolutely nuts.

Welp, guess I’ll be getting this lazy effort after all. Can’t pass up a plat of the original MGS.

I played through Spider-Man Remastered earlier in the year, and Miles Morales just last month, and I instantly noticed a big jump with Spider-man 2.

Textures, geometry, draw distance, traversal speed, and combat all make for next-gen feeling experience. The combat in particular is noticeably more cinematic. The triangle+circle finishers in this game are absolutely epic! Much improved over the first two games.

Dang, I just bought Disco Elysium: The Final Cut on sale bout a month ago. Oh well, still a great month.

Can’t wait to see where they go from Returnal.

So ready for this. I just platinum’d Miles Morales yesterday. It’s going to feel familiar but at the same time I’m interested to see all the refinements and improvements.

Well deserved retirement, Jim. Kind of exciting to see who the permanent replacement is after Totoki fulfills his temporary duties.

Nice, The Callisto Protocol is definitely one I planned to get to at some point.

I played Elden Ring for over 400 hours this year. So nah…all due respect to the game but I think I’d be disappointed by comparison.

Been playing Miles Morales the last few days, 7 hours in and I’m 48% done with the main story. Been doing a lot of side content around the city as well.

Feels like a perfect little appetizer while I wait for the main course in October!

100% playing 13 Sentinels, Odin Sphere, and Nier Replicant from this list.

Excellent month with those 3 alone.

Going to be starting Miles Morales tonight in anticipation of Spider-Man 2!

Psh, more like wall of unimaginable pride. Amirite?

Destiny 2 - 946 hours
The Binding of Isaac - 759 hours
Crypt of the Necrodancer - 456 hours

Release date today hopefully!

So basically Vanillaware’s take on Fire Emblem? I’m in!

That’s what I’m talking about. Very pleased with Nier Replicant and 13 Sentinels!

I’m playing a mixture of Gran Turismo 7 and The Evil Within, and I always set aside some time for Crypt of the Necrodancer.

Happy gaming everyone.

Wow, would you look at that…

goes back to watching anime at 36

Can’t wait to get lost in this one! The true rpg of the year.

Definitely not the greatest essential month, but I’m still holding out hope that the Extra and Premium addition announcements later this month will turn the month around.