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@DennisReynolds ahh that's better. I still like the old way, as time is the discerning factor, not where it is kept. Thanks for the info

"Items in player's stash now keep their stolen item marker« - not a fan of this, if it means items always have stolen tag.

Wasn't sure if Low Roar could be replaced. This has promise

RIP Low Roar. Hopefully the new music is just as good.

Still too steep a price for so few games. At that price I'd buy Meta Rayban glasses. I'd use those way more often and possible also get as much entertainment value out of them.

Im leaning upgrade just for the horde mode really. $10 bucks will get me that or a dozen eggs(sadly).

This is still my favorite game on ps5. I loved everything about it. Yes the beginning was hard, not nearly as hard as the third biome, but like most rogue lites getting that perfect run is amazing my favorite moment ever in a game is a climb up to the organ piper. The music/sound was superb. I loved it so much I contacted Housemarque to thank them. I've never done that before. I'm super excited for Saros.

@HappyGamerGirl @reddevilcat Red HappyGamer is right. You can save and exit an any point in the game from the main menu. Yes the schnapps is still thr , but is a non issue as the save and exit is ALWAYS available. It also saves everytime you sleep in an owned bed. Hope that helps clarify.

Only about 5 hours in. Luckily downloaded it right before the psn issues. It is quite impressive. I'm terrible at Combat, but know once I learn a few techniques and a little practice it won't be as bad. It's already better than the first. Still not sure how I'll be role-playing Henry. Speech is my forte so far. Leaning charismatic rogue.

Might use it , if only for lockpicking in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

Nice! I'll pick up both. Was a fan of age of empire back in the day. That along with Command and Conquer red alert and the civ games had me going just one more turn often long into the night.

Playing the first now. Quite a Gem. Story is fantastic and great atmospheric music.

@Steeleye50 @Tomato_Goose thank you both your replies. I appreciate it. I am definitely leaning Astrobot now. I will probably pick it up in the next day or so.

As I look at my wishlist and the discounts, nothing is a must buy, but a few are maybes. Anyone recommend one of these 4 (My doubts in parentheses): Atomic Hearts(heard story is blah, fighting gets repetative), Outcast:new beginning(very janky, not much variety), House Flipper 2( not huge on simgames, possibly short), Astrobot(platformers not a fav. Genre). With money burning a hole in my wallet and no new games that I want to buy at full price for awhile, anyone of these games seem fun, just not amazing. Recommendations?

Fantastic. I was looking forward to deep oceans, building a secret base down deep. Also the water effects from close flying ships. Amazing. Hopefully the update downloads soon

Looks very very rough, even if most of the trailer is cgi. Straight to ps essential maybe reason to put out an official trailer on Playstation channel.

@Yakito1988 ahh ok. Its the system more than the setting you didn't like. I do enjoy D&D, but can see it's not for everyone. Deadlands is a very fun system. I think the simplicity of d20 allows for an easier entrance to tabletop hence more chances to convince your reluctant friend to join. I think Pathfinder has done it the best so far.

@Yakito1988 you obviously havnt played with a good DM then or read RA Salvatore 😃. There is hope for you though if you play tabletop. New edition is in Grey Hawk, no longer forgotten realms.

Gears of War most likely. Hell Blade 2 maybe on deep sale. Age of Wonders and Starfield are the the ones I hope come to Ps5

Looks good so far. Almost carbon copy music of Mass effect at the beginning, works for me. My only complaint, from a alpha trailer that is, was the MCs eyes. They seemed off or maybe too glossy? I'm sure I'd get used to it.

Game has always looked fun, but I dont use a mic and rarely play multi-player. I would buy it in a heartbeat if they had single player with bots.

It's too bad. I enjoyed Tina Tina quite a bit. While it didn't jump too far from BG3 style, it did have a few unique twists. It also had a few chuckling D&D references.

I'll watch the trailers of game releases after the show. Kudos to the devs though for putting in the time and effort to make great games

I have been enjoying it. I'm a big fan of owlcat, knowing they have a lot of jank at the beginning of their releases, but are committed to improving thier games. As an avid D&D player, I do enjoy the fantasy settings a bit more The lore of 40k is quite interesting and I've only dabled in Some tabletop. I havnt finished it yet, but I am having fun so far.

Glad it is doing well.im a fan of the series. I don't have time for the demo, but from what I've seen it's promising.

@Llamageddon I second this! Not enough games have couch co-op any more. I will pick this one up, maybe on a sale if at $70 to start.

My most anticipated game of 2025. I'm hoping for an early in the year release date.

This is a nice addition. I am most looking forward to being able to carry guns up ladders. Was a lost art in the future and they learned probably by a freak accident. Maybe they always had a jedi at the top using the force to bring the weapons up. Honestly I'm glad they are putting the work in to fix a star wars game. I'll get back to it after this upcoming patch.

Mods brought me back for sure. Though I would have come back at some point, just not this soon. Mods can completely change the game and add many more playthroughs. Hope more games add Mods for consoles

Starfield, future elder scrolls, Stalker 2, maybe avoed if it's decent.

Not a fan of the modern day, however it would be fun to use it to reveal a whole new game where you step outside the room with the capsule and now your playing deus ex or cyberpunk like game.

Looking forward to it. A great game.

@naruball true. I don't understand their decision in Japan, but I also know little of Japan's economics and ties to Nintendo. In general though competition does affect business decisions, otherwise we wouldn't have laws against monopolies.

Another reason why competition is important. As Sony seems to own the console market for now, they have little incentive to sweeten the deal for us

Just to clarify the way you state cash rewards sounds inaccurate. Cash rewards implies that cash can be given and spent freely by the account owner anywhere. To be more accurate it would be better to state store credit as a reward, as this implies that the credit earned can only be spent on the stores website vs anywhere. When I first read the article, I thought I have never been given the option for cash rewards, but then noticed you meant store credit.

Wow! So many great games. Im Sure a few will push into 2026, but still a great amount. I'd pay full price a third of these, a small sale on most and a few id play for free. Only couple I won't play are the group games as I mainly play solo or with randoms if groups.

Just spent way to long making my new Mystic. Now on to savescum for a certain flaming sword.

The poll seems about right, being a Playstation fan website I can see polls being a bit lower for buying one with the avg. Crowd.
I won't be buying one. Ps5 is suiting my needs. I think I'm good until mid ps6 cycle as long as games keep coming for base ps5.

Not really a persona fan, but I'll give this a try. As long as the pacing isn't too slow it be a purchase down the road. Glad for the demo

As a few have stated, Without closer competition, Sony can easily keep it's prices higher. However a $700 console is not horrendous. I recently researched decent PC builds and a comparable $1200 up to $2100. Those are not high end. Sadly the days of cheap gaming may be coming to an end unless you go mobile.

I believe Sony really wants to be Apple and this price point is a test. Can they offer high priced hardware and still get the buy in? I think they might.

Too expense for what I want. The main reason I jumped so quickly to ps5 was for loading times. I have that and while impressive specs, something I won't upgrade too until the ps6...unless GTA 6 runs like crap on base ps5 then I might consider the ps5 pro my ps6.

Think I'll pass. It doesn't seem to have enough solo content for me and the mobs avoiding the bots seems troublesome. Looks great though.

I will try strike zone. Seeing ball movement in the Show has always been a struggle for me compared to older baseball games.

May the force be with you.

...and picked up Vrising on sale. I'll slowly build my castle

Excited to play MLB. I'm terrible at these games, but still enjoy it. No matter what view I choose for the batting view I still can't read the pitch well enough. I see if I can take my Brewers to the lead in the division like they are now.

Free to play would help, but ultimately it has nothing making it stand out. May be make a movie out of it and then rerelease it.

Impressive and completed in such a short time

I would have picked it up, but it's too close to Star Wars Outlaws release. I'll get it down the line at a slight discount.

The screen shake is an issue, as was Black Desert Online. I played a decent amount of BDO and got used to the screen shake where after awhile I barley noticed it. The issue I had with BDO was the crazy amount of pop in. Now that was on ps4, but clips I've seen of BDO on ps5 did the same. Hopefully that is much less in Crimson Desert. I am looking forward to it.