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Will probably get a couple of the Planet Coaster DLCs at the weekend, just started on it last night so will see if it holds my attention before picking them up.

At this point I'm actually surprised they are even bothering developing a new game in the series.

Although the probably know fine we'll they can just "enhance" that every few years to keep the money coming in, along with a MTX ladden online mode it will keep them going for years.

Oh. Yay... Can't wait...

Live service games such as Fortnite ain't for me, just not my thing but I appreciate that people do love them and that's good, we all like different things.

If there is balance (as in all the GaaS efforts aren't online shooters) and there is still focus on the SP narrative driven games, then I don't see an issue really.

Can't imagine why anyone would be mad about it.

Planet Coaster and UFC have both been downloaded, not interested in the dlc as I've never really liked Borderlands.

Not a bad month for me given there's two games, I'm looking forward to.

How about a round of Gwent?

Personally loved Gwent, stand alone, Thronebreaker and in the game.

So yeah, I'd be up for some more.

@Flaming_Kaiser well... When you put it like that 😂

Picked it up cheap at the end of last year, had a mess around with it just to see what like then left it be for the update.

The little I did play I quite enjoyed, empty street and pee poor police AI were a bit jarring though.

Potential is there though.

I'm happy with UFC and Planet Coaster, not a fan of Borderlands and the fact it's a DLC is a bit... Poor.

Can see why people would be a bit annoyed at the selection though.

Roll on Spartacus, they might knock it out the park...

Played them all, more than once.

Not gonna bother paying for this, don't have the will to play them again to be honest, regardless of how good they look.

Plenty of new games about I'd rather sink my time into.

There will be PS5 upgrades I do get on board with, I upgraded Death Stranding because I never actually got that far into the PS4 version, but this... Nah.

Tried it when it first came out, didn't hold my interest, the wee man got a couple of weeks out if it before getting bored.

Will download it again over the weekend and see what it's like now

Planet Coaster, my type of game so happy with that.

I'm a big UFC fan, never bought any of the games however as never fancied them, happy to give that a go.

Decent enough IMO, can see why it will go down like a lead poop however

They don't need to go toe to toe with MS in an acquisition face off which they likely can't afford anyway.

Why do they need to have the same? Why does Sony need a gamepass clone?

Time for Sony focus on what can differentiate them from MS. VR, fantastic 1st person exclusives, Discord integration for better community features.

And then there is Spartacus. Ideally a retro collection for those who want it, maybe discounts for members instead of day 1 releases (to make PS5 games price points more palatable).

Support for indie studios, not every great game is AAA as we know, focus more on pointing the community to great indie games, put them in the spotlight more.

Loads of ways they can play it without resorting for a tit for tat acquisition spree which, let's face it, makes gaming worse for us.

Hope its decent, would love a good tennis game, it's been so long.

Although if its decent, MS will probably just buy the studio.

I don't tend to play any of their games so from that point of view, it's not gonna impact me at all.

Bigger picture though, not a great deal from an industry point of view

It looks cool, I do like the art style.

But the gameplay is... Not for me.

Sony have bumped games up to £70 RRP

Subscribers to Spartacus (or whatever it ends up being called) get a discount on 1st party games up release, bringing them down to a more palatable £50/£55.

Unlikely but it would be a hit with a good chunk of people. And yeah, I have no idea if it's sustainable but certainly more sustainable than full release day 1 you would imagine.

As well as merging Plus and Now into one service.

Downloading with low expectations.

Oh to have a fully fledged PS5 WipEout, I'd struggle not to day one that.

Wouldn't be surprised if they combined them both and added crunchyroll.

I'm not sure I'll fork out for much more than a Plus tier (like we currently have) to be honest, unless they managed to offer something seriously tempting and if I'm honest, I don't actually know what they could do to tempt me.

I have GP, IMO it's not as insane value as some people make out. Lot of padding in there. I keep it mainly for the wee man so he can mess about with games on his PC.

So a GP clone, nah. Anime, nah.

Was anything else every said about the trial they run in Poland? Movies I think it was? Even then, I don't think that would be worth the extra for me?

Retro games? Again, not for me, very few I go back to an actually enjoy like I did at the time.

Seems I'm gonna be very difficult to impress 😂

I've not voted as to me, length doesn't matter, quality of gameplay, story etc matter more.

I checked my stats the other day, 418 hours into the Witcher 3 for example.

But I'm equally as happy stick 15 hours in Ratchet and Clank, or 30 hours into Spiderman (can't remember the exact numbers there).

Suppose it all depends on what's important to you. I've thrown thousands of hours each into Cities Skylines, CK3 and Football Manager on the PC for example, because the gameplay loops keep me coming back.

To me, game time is low down on my list of what is an important factor in making a purchase.

For the people looking forward to it, hope you all can avoid any spoilers, hate when games get ruined like that.

Personally, doesnt effect me, I'll not be picking it up. I found HZD to be incredibly boring in terms of story and padding. Gameplay was decent but not enough to keep me engaged long enough to complete it.

@AstraeaV yeah very true.

I just checked my play times for the 1st time, 418 hours on it 😂

So yeah, if it's a good enough game apparently I am more than willing to put in close to 500 hours.

Game length is a funny one. I sunk well over 100 hours into one playthrough of The Witcher 3 (dlc included), well over 100 into Persona 5 (and now playing Royal)... I was gutted when they ended as I could have played more.

Shorter games are also fine with me, Rift Apart took what, maybe 10-12 hours. Still a good game.

If the quality of the game is good, the length of time to complete is irrelevant to me

Tempted to pick this up whilst it's.on sale but got quite a bit to get through at the minute.

Great month for Persona alone, looking forward to it.

Helping the wee man with a Miles Morales playthrough on the PS4

For me, messing about with Cyberpunk to see what it's like, will get into it properly once the drop the PS5 patch. As well I'll be continuing my P5R run through ahead of Striker on Plus this month. Bit of Asteroids Recharged thrown in as well, cracking pickup for us to play as a family taking shots about. And not too far removed from the original, whilst still feeling like a decent experience on current gen.

Happy New Year!

@playstation1995 wtf 😂

Had previous gen Xboxes, may well pick up the X at some point.

We have a Switch, a PS4, a PS3, a PC. I'm well covered thanks.

Couldn't care less who agrees with me because I dislike 3 franchises out of multiple exclusives.

@Dezzy70 plenty other games that Sony have released that I like.

Don't have to like all their exclusives to have a PS5 🤷

I'm not actually interested in any of these.

Could not stand HZD, found it boring as
Not a fan of GOW
I prefer arcade racers to just throw on and have a few races so GT is out for me

Sure there will still be plenty to pick up.

It's a good start to the year for sure.

Already got DIRT, it's good fun. Deep Rock - meh.

Very much looking forward to Strikers, need to push on with my Royal run through before starting it though.

Disco - one of a small number of games I wish I could experience again for the 1st time.

Merry Christmas to you all!

P5R for me, a bit of Asteroids thrown in at some point over the holidays, not today day as leaving for the in laws soon 😐

Tempted to pick up one of FIST, Cyberpunk or Kena in the sales, maybe two of them...

I picked up DIRT in a sale earlier this year, looks good and is a fun arcade racer, I like to have an arcade racer just to throw on every now and then. Cracking if it's on Plus for people to try.

P5S I've looked at a couple of times, just bought P5R in the sale (already completed vanilla P5) so will work my way through that and look forward to following up with Strikers.

Not really interested in the co-op game but that's cool.

If it's all true it's a great start to the year for sure.

Honestly, this was my favourite game this year, took a minute to get into it but once I did, I couldn't put it down.

Great art style, story and pacing and some genuinely fun ways to build your character.

Might have to go back to it over the holidays.

Returnal - I'm one of the 1000% of people who haven't completed it. And I never will if I'm honest with myself, but sometimes I get the notion to do a few runs and then turn it off.

P5R - been a few years since I completed P5 and loved it, decided to pick up Royal in the sale for another run through over the holidays

Sackboy - picked it up a while back for me and the kid to play through, gonna start it later today.

@Cambrius I remember those days well. Sadly they are no more 😂

I've always swithered on Godfall... Was quite happy to see the leak saying we were getting it.

This though... Not gonna bother now.

Cup of tea first thing, a comforting way to ease you into the day. Breakfast is over rated (mainly cause I'm never hungry enough for it).

What's not over rated is those stability updates. Love the smell of my tea mixing with some stability in the morning.

Sackboy and Death Stranding DC for me.

Got a wee hankering for a decent strategy game though so might go look around Steam to see if there is anything decent going cheap.

Hellblade is one I have nearly pulled the trigger on so many times, other than a wee bit of backlog there is probably no reason not to at that price.

@J2theEzzo well played sire 😂

Tempted to get Sackboy to play with the wee man.

My favourite game of the year I reckon, picked it up in the recent sale and absolutely loved it.

Recently picked up Dirt 5, Disco Elysium and Returnal in the sale and got a FIFA 22 Beta code this week from EA so a bit of a mix for me.

Nearly completed Disco so will probably work towards the end of that then get on with Returnal.