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Agreed. I actually enjoyed the platinum grind for Rebirth but I just platinumed Arkham City there and it was beyond tedious for me. I understand incentivising the players to experience the game in its fullness but making every conceivable ounce of content into a to do list isn’t ideal.

@__jamiie hilariously it’s one of the most captivating games I’ve ever played.

Is it a Dead Rising situation, where the game is the same but the graphical assets have been redone? For 10 quid, that’s quite generous.

So no cameos in Astro Bot then?

On the one hand, Rayman. On the other hand, modern era Ubisoft.

I know it’s a video game, but this a microcosm of the times we live in. Unhinged people unsatisfied with reality and so they try to rewrite it to suit their narrative.

Silent Hill needed a win. Well done, Bloober Team.

It’s been a long day, so here I am getting emotional about a childhood favourite coming to an end.

These anti-woke obsessives will demand a black character be removed from a game while in the same breath cry censorship when a woman character is given a bra. As commenters have already pointed out, there are issues with how Shadows portrays its subject matter, but the conservation has been irrevocably overwhelmed by culture war nonsense.

Square Enix is absolutely the type of company to brand their IP as “iconic” while declining to be part of a big PlayStation hootenanny at the same time their games are underperforming left, right and

I’m going to pass and continue deluding myself that this isn’t a precedent for console pricing going forward. I’m sure it’s cool for tech enthusiasts, but I can’t justify dropping a month’s rent on a PlayStation.

Meanwhile, Nintendo fans are paying a premium to play barebones 3DS remasters on the Switch (looking at you, Luigi’s Mansion).

It seems the old “churn out jank and fix it in post” strategy has finally caught up to them. Ubi’s reputation is such that the genuinely good games they put out suffer.

Dead Space is a huge get.

I’m seeing a lot of philistines here simping for Ghost of Yotei when the Keanu Reeves Sonic DLC is right there.

Jokes aside, I audibly breathed a sigh of relief when I realised the Horizon remaster wasn’t their headline reveal.

Well, I appreciate knowing in advance not to stay up for this

Chernobyl was less of a disaster than Concord

It’s amazing the amount of money you save on games when you actually address your backlog

My hope (fantasy) is that the graphical assets they’ve already created can be reconfigured into a different type of game.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner 8 years in development only to be removed 2 weeks after launch is a bit more than a flop, particularly as it was billed as being the poster boy for the live service strategy Sony has hitched their gaming business to.

An unprecedented first party flop. That’s actually insane. Good luck to whoever has to rebrand Concord when it re-emerges.

On the other hand, Helldivers 2 launched with an identical price point to extreme vitality. There’s clearly a secret sauce here.

@nessisonett no doubt Ubisoft will assure us it wasn’t their intention to make a political statement in their game brazenly drawing from political events.

The Mafia games are underrated pleasures of mine. Even if they don’t quite meet GOTY tier, they’re always memorable and gripping. Mafia 3 baking systemic racism into its open word mechanics was one of the ballsiest thing I’ve seen devs attempt in a game.

As for authenticity, I remember there was controversy here in Ireland because helping the Irish mob boss deliver car bombs to the IRA was a mission. They certainly do their homework at Hangar 13.

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts let’s goooooo

Not saying any game is entitled to anyone’s support. Sony clearly punted on a bad idea here, but considering the rampant layoffs hitting the industry, cheering on the downfall of a game knowing what that outcome means for the devs is a bit callous.

The original Dead Rising has always been a game I wanted to play. I had 2 for a bit but never made much headway. The remaster seems like a perfect game for Halloween this year.

Not interested in the game but am equally not licking my lips over the prospect of it failing like a weirdo.

PlayStation as a brand isn’t what I’d like it to be at the moment but I’m still beyond satisfied with the hardware. I’m not gonna pretend that the amazing 3rd party games I’ve played this game don’t count because they can’t be used as console war fodder lol.

I feel a lot of people are conflating no sexy women allowed ever with taking degrading pictures of unconsenting women in compromising positions as a standard gameplay mechanic.

I can see how taking lewd photos could go against the character of Frank West: a photojournalist trying to break an important story. At any rate, the original is available to play.

Even though it was quite a bit tamer than the concept art, Epic Mickey was one of the ballsiest thing anyone has done with the Disney license. Too many games at the moment to grab the remaster at launch but I’ll be grabbing it on sale.

@jvecc assuming their reasoning is that base Helldivers 2 is already cheaper than most of these other discounted games so they want to discount it without actually discounting it.

After Concord’s frosty reception, Sony had to slam the emergency booth babe button.

I actually think it’s crazy that Sony is going all in on live service multiplayer and not using the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale IP.

Honestly it’s really cool that Sonic 06 is still honoured as a part of the franchise worth celebrating. It would be so easy to pretend that the game never happened.

Very excited to return to this game. Some of the most fun I had on my Xbox 360.

First dud of the new Capgod era

This game’s reputation is battered and bruised. I feel like this is going to do nothing for the people who lost interest and only galvanise the anti-woke crowd.

This is looking like 2002 RE Remake of the Dead Rising series. Capitalising on every ambition the original fell short of due to hardware limitations or clunky design decisions. The original was designed to be a showcase of then next gen machinery so I think a remake is interesting and appropriate.

Jumped in recently and having a ton of fun. I’ve noticed low player counts depending on the time of day I login.

Seems like people are rooting for this game to fail. Disappointing. I maintain it’s not my cup of tea and a bit of a shameless trend chaser but it’s clearly a polished, well put together title.

Of Sony’s live service shooters, who would have guessed that the one that’s a brazen rip off of Starship Troopers would be better received than the one that’s a brazen rip off of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Joking of course. Game looks solid. It’s not my vibe personally but I have a feeling that Bungie veterans might know what they’re doing when it comes to online shooters.

World’s first AAAAA game

A well curated trophy list encourages me to experience a game to its fullest, important given how expensive games are these days.

Don’t mind no new games once the classics are readily available. I feel like the half the anxiety about keeping franchises “current” is that the alternative is total erasure.

This feels like it was made for me. Will be watching with interest. Microsoft brought the goods today.

Why not just reveal gameplay at the same time? Unless it’s a 5v5 shooter.

Quite a sensible move on Sony’s part, I think. I can’t see this shifting a ton of copies on PlayStation alone. Switch is a very co-op friendly platform thanks to the joy cons.

I’m loving this utterly unserious take on Horizon. I love the series but I do not much care for the writing.

Capcom vs. SNK lives on!

I kind of love it. Gives the Horizon IP some much needed broadened appeal.