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I'm still doing the tutorials but even some of those are making me feel awesome. Breathing life into a scene feels great

Woefully underused feature. My favourite example is probably the beeping of the motion detector in Alien: Isolation. So simple but so effective.

@nessisonett This is honestly my biggest problem with the game so far. I do like that it tries to show other characters and flesh out the world beyond the major fights, but if you're going to name your game Kakarot, at least have us playing Goku during those scenes/quests.

Oh God, we're not going to end up with another downgrade controversy are we?

I'd love an English dub but I'm glad it's with a new protagonist because I can not imagine Kiryu with anything but his Japanese voice.

This most likely isn't quite correct. The number is probably based on the usual PS store price but not only do most games on the store stay near to or exactly the same as the price they launched at, but a lot of them spend most of their time popping up in sales at 50%+ off. Titanfall 2 is a great example because it seems to be in most PS store sale at like £5-10 but its usual price is probably 300-500% of that.

Quick question: you mention the "short runtime" but just how short is that? ... Honk!

Definitely plan on giving the game a go at some point in the new year but right now, my PS4 needs it's obligatory Xmas theme.

Days Gone was a big surprise for me. It was a game I had zero hype for and only bought because of Sony's recent record for fantastic first-party games, and yet it managed to be one of my fave games this year. Deserves the award in my opinion.

I won't be playing Outlast but Nioh is one of my fave games this gen. I like the selection just for the fact that it's made me want to go back and play some more of it. Maybe I'll do some more of the DLC or finally even get the plat.

The longer it takes, the more time EA have to pull themselves together and realise what kind of game it should be.

As my fave series ever, I'd kill for a trilogy remaster. Won't get my hopes up though because as we all know, EA are pretty godawful at providing what fans want.

Thanks for this. The tutorials, or rather the books, in-game don't touch on many of the controls and what Dan can do so this is helpful.

One thing I'm wondering though: is there any gameplay reason why strafe and block aren't the same button? I can kinda see why being able to block without losing 360° movement is helpful but I wish strafe would also hold up your shield. Its kind of annoying having to hold both R1 and R2 to keep facing an enemy.

Super disappointed about WD Legion but considering the bugs that GR Breakpoint launched with, I'm all for this. Also wouldn't be all too surprised if they've decided to rethink their approach to microtransactions.

@ShogunRok Ha, I thought I didn't have any questions after reading the review but that is a very welcome piece of information. Thanks

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the first game. I even got the plat, which is pretty rare for me. Looking forward to jumping into this at some point.

Finally, so nice to see Kirin get it's comeuppance

PS4 or not, at this point I'd very much be surprised if there wasn't also a super-duper-ultra-gorgeous PS5 version for launch. Backwards compatible the PS5 may be, I bet some people would be willing to wait on a version that was upgraded for the new-gen.

That's nice for them but how about a full new entry in the series?

When your companies own president wasn't a subscriber, you knew it needed a rework.

@TheBuzz Not a big fan myself but I'll admit that it can be helpful when you're not 100% sold on a title. Watching a streamer/YTer playing can often give you a better sense of what the game plays like than a publisher released video.

EDIT: Just read your new comment and understand better what you mean now. Nevermind

Fortunately I don't have to use many of the accessibility options but I do love the extensive customisation of the HUD. Sometimes games have text or minimaps that feel a little too small for some people who sit a fair distance from the TV, so being able to tailor it to suit your own personal needs is fantastic.

I'm looking forward to it and I really enjoyed Wildlands but it will no doubt be similar to Ubi's other releases, where I can't play it for more than several days before the tedium sets in and I have to turn to another game for a few weeks. I mean Wildlands took me 11 months to complete and even a year after release I'm still slowly working my way through AC Odyssey. It doesn't generally take away from how much I enjoy the games though, it just helps them last longer.

Sony tried to give away PES with Plus a few months back and people weren't happy so they changed it. Now they try it again with a sport that even less people are interested in. Seriously?

I could tell it was bad when all I got excited about was a bloody demo.

I loved the first. Played it multiple times across both PS3 and PS4 but am I hyped for the sequel? Not even a little. Dont ask me why because I honestly don't know, but for some reason I just do not care about it.

I'm still working my way through Torchlight 2 and Greedfall but let's be honest, my weekend is going to consist purely of Borderlands 3

I'm playing on an original PS4 and I have to admit that there are a fair few instances of textures taking time to load, and the menu can stutter a fair bit as you R1/L1 through the tabs or navigate the inventory. I haven't had any noticeable slowdown in the gameplay and I've started noticing the texture problem less as I've been having so much fun with the game, but I can't deny that the menu stutter alone can get quite annoying. Especially considering how often you go into the menus to check the map, look at loot, spend skill points etc.

I like the look of Amara's abilities but she's apparently more of a frontline, in your face fighter whereas I like keeping my distance. For that reason, and the fact that I LOVE pet classes, Fl4k is definitely going to be my first choice.

Decided to wait on the game because of these issues. Looks awesome though so I'm really looking forward to hearing whether or not this and future patches make it a little smoother.

@ShogunRok You say it can be challenging but is it a consistent challenge? Bound by Flame and The Technomancer had some awful difficulty spikes.

More companies should put effort into their packaging. I mean adding a steelbook is common practice nowadays but something with a little more creativity, like this, would be even better for things like special editions.

I'm back on AC Odyssey. Trying to decide if I should just continue trying to discover all the locations or do some of the DLC. Also carrying on with Torchlight 2.

I am looking forward to this but unfortunately my preorder was cancelled earlier today, because apparently a supplier issue means ShopTo won't be getting any stock. Here's hoping that problem hasn't hit any other stores.

@Nakatomi_Uk Yeah, sending your pet to town is still in. In fact from what I can tell its a feature complete port aside from the weapon switching.

I loved the game on PC and was playing it up to a few years ago, however although I've been playing a lot of the port, and generally enjoying it, I'm not 100% sold.

The targeting seems a little wonky, especially when there are a lot of enemies on screen; the input feels a little sluggish (and not just because I'm playing an Engineer wielding 2-handed weapons); and the mysterious removal of the ability to equip 2 weapon sets means that I can't easily switch to a quicker/ranged weapon when I come up against one of the more agile enemies.

The latter point is the one that really bugs me but it all so far stops it from living up to the incredible game I played on PC.

Whether it comes to PS4 or not I won't expect much. The first game is obviously a case of accidental brilliance, and that's not exactly going to be easy to recreate with a sequel.

Excited is not the word. In just over a week I've replayed through both Normal and TVHM in Borderlands 2 just to try and satisfy my hype.

I try not to get too hyped up for coming releases but I've always been a big fan of the series and considering its been what... 6 years is it, since The Pre-Sequel, I just cannot wait to get my hands on this.

I already own and have finished both (multiple times in Arkham Knights case) but the quality of both titles has me happy overall with it. Its nice to have Plus offering quality big money titles.

I only just remembered to grab the VR version last night. I love the main game, one of the best racers I've ever played and although I don't have PSVR I figured I'd grab the VR version just in case. Glad that didn't get delisted 2 days early.

I have to admit that while the game does look really interesting, both Bound by Flame and The Technomancer had very unbalanced difficulties. Think I'll wait for reviews before deciding if this'll be worth a buy.

I hit that limit a few months ago. Had a whole exchange with the Ask Playstation twitter account about it. Kinda assumed it was common knowledge I'd somehow missed. Obviously not.

About time. However, as much as I loved 4, I kinda hope it returns to the slightly more grounded set up of the third game. The superhero stuff was awesome but it did render some of the more basic stuff a little unnecessary, like vehicles and often even the weapons.

At this point the game probably only exists because its had over 5 years worth of development costs put into it. It most likely should have been canned a while back.

@grahamd This isn't an uncommon issue at the moment (I've also got it). The games twitter account has said they're working on a fix but nothing past that just yet.

I wonder how he reacted to Darksiders ~10 years ago, lol

FFXIV, as usual, and We Happy Few, which I picked up a few days ago. Actually quite enjoying it. Might fit in some random DBZ Xenoverse 2 as well.

Let me know when they patch out everything that isn't the combat (driving, story, the absolutely pointless and insanely dull open world) and I might consider picking it back up in the future.

Final Fantasy VII Dream-ake

EDIT: and I just noticed that it's actually called that. Well my life may as well end - I've peaked and it came to nothing

I'll let you know when I finally get to the DLC. Still haven't finished making my way through the rest of this enormous game.