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No romances is a plus in my book.

It would be nice if write ups like this gave some context for what sales numbers might mean. How does this compare to similarly budgeted games in their first X months? Total sales numbers are fairly meaningless once the game starts going on sale, so what were the sales numbers while it was full price? etc.

It's an unfortunately abelist point of view. Refusing to acknowledge that people with disabilities and long-time gamers who's reaction times are slowing due to age might need tweak the game a little for their enjoyment really doesn't look too good in 2024.

I bounced off Nioh for this reason. Harder than any FromSoft game I've played.

Looks pretty and it looks like it might have a pause combat function to issue commands? Hard to tell from the short trailer. I'm definitely interested it just depends on how grindy they make it. I'm very anti-grind these days.

I don't care about trophies, it's fine to ignore them.

Cunoesse was the best, she cracked me up like no other character.

The gameplay loop as described sounds like absolute torture.

This might be a game I shut off my brain to enjoy, and that's OK. Just hate the yellow paint for traversal, it irks me.

This is making me yearn for news of a Control sequel.

This sounds good to me, now I just need to hear the words "limited crafting system" or even "no crafting system".

It sounds like a useful idea for those int that sort of game. I would want it sectioned off in it's own area so I wouldn't have to look at it or get useless news about games I don't play.

This game seems right up my alley

Romance and relationships were novel when Origins came out but I feel like too much emphasis has been put on them since then. Didn't want to romance anyone in 2 and Inquisition. What I need from Veilguard is a compelling story with well written dialog and choices that make you think before you make them. Relationships are very background for me.

I never said I was sick of sad dad! Still, astrobot looks fun. Gonna skip Lego anything though...

Sounds very promising!

If they make any decision that isn't about maximizing value for the company they can be sued by their share holders.

I'm hoping the tone of the writing in the trailer is NOT reflective of the game itself. Not interested in a quip-fest at every turn. The fun banter from Origins would be welcome though, but that only happened in between plot scenes and was more background.

I'm so excited for this new Pixar movie!

Since the creative leads were driven away by Suicide Squad to start a new studio (and took the good people with them), any future games will be basically from a different studio, and I will have no expectations one way or the other until they release something to evaluate.

Dragon Age: Map Icon-apalooza!

It's not the size of the map, it's what you can do with it.

I have more games to play in my library still than I have time for, so not worried about the state of things just yet. The resources being put into getting the next big live service game are really what's killing things for new releases. Plus we're still seeing the after effects of the pandemic so I'm happy to wait a bit and see how things shape up.

Spider-Man will always be hamstrung by the need to make this game acceptable for younger gamers. For adults the storytelling will be too safe and boring, even juvenile, but they can't make it too dark like they sometimes have in the comics. Luckily the game play is fun itself so it's worth playing, but I don't think I'll ever be impressed with the writing, which is what makes or breaks a narrative game like this (for me).

Wow, I won't even bother putting the essential games in my library, which I almost always do, even if its not my cup-o-tea. The only other games I didn't add in the past were MMO type games like Destiny which I do not play.

This is the first I've heard that it's a survival game, which is... disappointing... nothing makes my eyes glaze over faster than to hear "crafting system" about a game.

What's a "kill the klowns make"?

Anyone who's been interviewed by a journalist etc. knows this is par for the course when the edited version comes out. They always put words in your mouth!

The first one had great audio design and a nice story but really terrible combat. I bet it will come to PS5 eventually, I can wait, and also wait for a sale.

I just started playing the first game last week. Haven't had a lot of time so far but it's enjoyable, despite some maddening mechanics, like shooting a bow with no reticle and lockpicking. The best part of it for me is how immersive it is. Good looking faces (mostly) and facial expressions and mostly good voice acting. I like games where I can just wander around slowly taking it all in. I'm enjoying it a lot so far!

It will probably be difficult to get a PS5 Pro for a while so this gives me more time to get it before GTA6

I'd probably keep an eye out for games with good reputations that I somehow missed back in the day. It's nice to have some retro options available so I can keep avoiding all the current gen live service crap.

Fine for a new generation of Persona players but I'm already tired of the formula so not for me.

"... and you don't even have to pay it a salary!"

I haven't played Black Flag - is it so different than other AC games? I got tired of the formula pretty quickly and there are probably more AC games I haven't played than have at this point.

I was a huge fan of Dragon Age: Origins but haven't liked anything since. Inquisition was especially terrible, following open world bloat trends and using cheap stereotypes as a stand-in for diversity and inclusion. It will pique my interest if I read about how different this one is compared to previous games but otherwise I'm not that interested.

They shouldn't have paid the ransom, now it will just happen again with every little thing.

I hope they go back to unrealistic gigantic tombs to explore instead of what the last 3 games had.

There are more games I want to play than I have time to play, so can't complain

Hmmm, this sale hasn't shown up yet in the U.S. store

Sports titles- UGH! Tunic seems fun for my taste!

I was unimpressed with the first game. More visual novel than game. Hewed a little too closely to tired noir tropes for my taste.

I barely remember the first one, but do remember thinking it was derivative and I didn't bother checking out sequels as a result. Maybe I'll check out 2 at some point.

Time for your sixth meal of the day, 2nd supper, go and get those ingredients!

No grindy games for me, autoplay or not

I'm playing the Shadows Of Undrentide module for Neverwinter Nights. This is the last of the old school D&D based games I have in my library (BG1 & 2, Planescape, Icewind Dale). Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 still rank highest for the writing and scale of the story, but I am enjoying this current module quite a lot.

I played Fallout 4 last year and sunk a disturbing amount of hours into it. It was fun, exploring was rewarded. The only thing I didn't like was settlement building and that was because it was hard to place objects and even by end game everything you could build still had an ugly shanty town aesthetic to it. There were mods available even on ps4 so maybe I'll revisit one day, but now back to my back catalog!

Aaaannnnd....back to my backlog of games...

I only notice the frame rate when it changes right in front of my eyes, and that's my only problem with frame rates.