DiggleDog

A decent mix of titles for sure. I can’t see anything but Elden Ring getting the crown but I’m glad to Xenoblade and Stray get the nod.

Not interested in supporting Harry Potter due to the reasons alluded to in the disclaimer but it does looks like the devs are pulling out all the stops for the fans. I’m sure 8 year old me would lose his mind if he saw this.

I’m really enjoying Horizon Forbidden West but Aloy outright telling me how to progress in certain parts has irritated me to a degree I didn’t expect. Now, I don’t mind it so much when there’s a few characters as it’s only realistic they’d try to puzzle it out together, but stuff like “I bet this specific item would work on this specific thing” is just annoying. There should be a feature to turn it off or at least a button prompt to hear the hint if you so wish.

It’s my incentive to pass my assignments next month

Saddos investing way too much of their personal self worth in a product they had absolutely no hand in creating. Disgusting carry on. Hope the reviewer isn’t too shook up and continues in their field.

Actually so chuffed for the blue boy and the fact so many are rooting for him.

A 2 point difference on Metacritic is hardly any metric to go by, especially when Elden Ring and Ragnorak have different priorities as games.

I’m not not going to skip the game because of the diversity issue, but that interview response was so bad. Really weird coming from a Square employee considering the company is releasing Forspoken soon, a fantasy game with a black lead.

Between this and VII Rebirth, it’s a good time to be a Final Fantasy Fan. Square really needs a win after their string of bad decisions.

@4kgk2 I prefer Phil to Jim honestly, or perhaps Don Mattrick really was just that toxic to the Xbox brand. The games on PlayStation have always been what attracts me but Phil’s put in the work to make Xbox enticing. Meanwhile, Jim seems to be a walking PR disaster.

Isn’t he a Joe Wicks type figure in Japan? So it’s a parody of one of his workouts for children?

Funnily enough, I feel like a classic LittleBigPlanet would be massive on PC. The community and creation aspects seem tailor made for the platform.

@Tharsman my assumption was that once upon a time gaming was drawn along tribal lines and Japanese consumers/devs were naturally inclined to support native businesses like Nintendo and Sony over Microsoft, leading to this image problem Xbox has with traditionally Japanese content.

It only makes sense that the Japanese market alone can’t sustain these ballooning development costs. The sad part is that more niche series are likely to fall by the wayside while companies go in on safe bet IPs that are sure to perform globally.

I’m curious as to what the factors are that would allow the PC gaming market to go mostly digital with little issue but not console?

Haven’t played 2 but 1 was an excellent experience. It wears the Soul inspiration very abundantly but I found the speed of combat made it exhilarating and empowering to play. Fighting Yokai as an Irish Geralt in feudal Japan is something that needs to be seen to be believed.

So much talk of Bloodborne, I may have to fire it up again

That’s good to hear. The Resi games (3 remake notwithstanding) tend to strike a good balance for me with length. Not too short that I feel ripped off but short enough that I immediately want to start a new save and try new things.

I’ve come to regard Uncharted as one of PlayStation’s least interesting properties now. The original trilogy works in the context of design trends of the era they were released in but I found 4 hard to replay because I found little compelling about it other than it being a showcase for the PS4’s graphical grunt.

I am beyond excited. I was one of the doubters as to whether or not Resi 4 needed an update but they’ve completely sold me. I am hoping the camp, chaotic energy of the original remains somewhat intact. The trailers and footage seem to indicate a generally more serious tone.

It looks very good, at least as for a first look. I’ll observe with cautious optimism, but Silent Hill 2 is something special. Like lightning in a bottle and not something easily recreated. At any rate, it does my heart good to see horror headlining the triple A industry again. Dead Space, Resident Evil and now Silent Hill are all back!

Please be good! I finally managed to snag a PS5 and am looking forward to all the next gen horror goodness coming next year.

Michel Ancel was horrible to work for by all accounts so I can’t imagine anyone chomping at the bit to finish his opus. With him gone, the project is just an aimless, expensive time sink.

CoD is massively important. Always has been. Like it or lump it, it makes billions. Microsoft having exclusive access to it would be devastating for Sony.

Probably doesn’t help that you can get the PS4 version for a fraction of the price. As a few people have pointed out, including a PS5 upgrade of Part II would have really made it a stronger value proposition.

What I’ve heard about Bloober Team’s past work makes me nervous. Konami’s last attempt at re-releasing Silent Hill 2 makes me nervouser. But let’s wait and see.

@Johnnycide I’m interested to see rapidly evolving tech can upgrade what was a graphical benchmark for consoles less than a decade ago, but I can watch footage for that.

These games are such guilty pleasures for me. Little janky, little meh in the open world department but their stories were pretty great. 3’s implementation of systemic 60s racism into its gameplay was an interesting display of games as social commentary, even if it didn’t amount to too much.

I could see something like Parappa the Rapper working quite well on mobile.

I'm probably gonna go with an Xbox Series S when the time comes. It'll be a shame to miss out on some exclusives (Final Fantasy being the big one) but the games that are really nudging me to go next gen (Dead Space, Resi 4, Street Fighter) are for the most part third party offerings. As a young adult, this is the first time I need to seriously budget gaming in with other expenses and the PS5 is just way too much. Luckily, God of War is still coming to the 4. I won’t be personally offended by Sony trying to do what they deem is good business. I’m just going to take my business elsewhere.

I haven’t been so excited for a Capcom fighter in ages! Everything about this game so far just oozes confidence.