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@Loamy Mandatory comment: I own all the consoles. Then I can say bad things about one of them without being called a fanboy.

Maybe it's because Sony removed the game from the PS store after that disastrous launch.

I know there were some problems with the refunds between CD Projekt and Sony, and perhaps this left some bad blood between the two.

Anyway, with the DLC not on disc, and without knowing which version of the base game I'm going to play, this is a no-buy for me.

I don't like the guy, but he is someone who has worked in the industry for a long time, and has worked in important franchises, so I believe that an award is not that far-fetched.

That said, it seems that the treatment he receives from these people is different that other people in the industry receives, with accusations such as crunch, or contractors being laying off, not receiving any severance pay and “being pressured to keep the news confidential” not being given much importance, or being quickly forgotten.

Even in the franchises that many people link to him, he was either not the creator (Uncharted), or he was not the only creator (The Last of Us), AFAIK.

With all this, perhaps Amy Hennig would be a better choice.

I really liked the atmosphere in Okinawa, in Yakuza 3, so i´m really hyped to play in Hawaii. But being too long is a con for me, as my time is very limited. This is a 3 month game for me, easy - short plays at night while the twins sleep - haha.

I like my games in physical form, I like collecting and seeing my games on the shelf. That said, lately I've been buying a lot of games in digital form, and physical games only when I know they are complete on disc (retro collections, game of the year edition, etc). What's the point of having the game today, if there are updates on the first day to make the game playable? In a few years, these blu rays will be useless.
So, I still continue to buy games in physical form, but only selected ones. Just like my vinyls.

The first game is one of my favorite games of all time. The game's environments are mysterious, the story, music, are all excellent.
Very excited to play this game.

@Loamy @Intr1n5ic Yeah, welcome to the blocked club! It´s way better this side.

Based on the trailer from a while ago, I think the game's location will be Madripoor.
Maybe that's the game's explanation for why he didn't help in NY.
The place is an island too, which makes sense in open world games.

@ShogunRok This looks like fun, few hours to complete plus some collectibles?

Maybe they're not talking about videogames, maybe they're talking about a Netflix adaptation... which, come to think of it, is actually even worse... Ugh

The Medium is a cool horror game, I'm glad I played that a while ago, but it sucks for The Quarry. That's what happens with these subscriptions, too many games with not enough time for all of them. Even more so when you are a father of twins.. haha.. maybe I should unsubscribe.

@Perturbator hahaha.. I was just about to say something about Craig the Brute, but you beat me to it.

I think this game has a lot of important things about the story related to the next Like a Dragon, so SEGA thought it would be better to do this release this way, incomplete, so that people don't end up without understanding certain things in the next game.
Maybe they didn't have time to dub both games at the same time, and since their idea is to release the next games at the same time around the world, they had to do it that way with Gaiden.
But yeah, I agree, they could have planned all of this better.

They should've just made a 2D point and click game with Gollum, with the same art as Pillars of the Earth. This is what Daedelic fans expect from them.

@Sakai Yeah, classic Druckmann. That´s one of the reasons I don´t like the guy and ND direction.

I really don't like the direction that Playstation has taken, especially in terms of communication, the launch of PSVR2 was disastrous, and I miss a bit of the brand's Japanese sensibility, whether in commercials or in games.
That said, I respect Jim Ryan a lot, he faced an extremely difficult period for the industry, both in terms of the pandemic and the issue of company consolidation, surviving the struggle with Microsoft and going head to head is not a task for everyone, and despite all this, the PS5 is about to break records compared to its predecessors.
So in my opinion, as the difficulties will only increase, the next president can and should be someone aggressive like Jim Ryan. What Sony really needs for Playstation is a better marketing, PR, more Japan, a face to appear and communicate to fans, interact with people, and that person doesn't necessarily need to be the CEO.
Wish all the best to JR, as a Sony fan, he has been with the brand since the beginning, a good retirement for him and good rest from this crazy industry. The family is always more important.

Great article! Maybe by the time the first Yakuza (Like a Dragon) came, the place was a lot worse. A lot happened between 2005 and now. But it´s one of the places I´m definitely going to visit if I ever go to Tokyo.

If people think that Microsoft buying everything will automatically have all their exclusive games on their platform of choice, they are very mistaken. It takes a lot of money to make a game, and I don't know how Microsft is going to do it in a healthy way by distributing all the games for free to its subscribers, even with all their money, they are still accountable to shareholders. What will happen is these companies will make fewer games, and permanently bury some franchises. Hey, Microsoft bought SEGA, that's so cool! Forget about releasing a Yakuza game every year, or even Sonic. Tails will probably be a COD skin, just like Kiryu.

Good. Every year I have less time to play video games, I´m not getting younger, and Microsoft ending everything sooner will be better for my money and my time.

What`s soccer? ;p
I´m jk, but not even a pun with the word? Just like that, soccer? Come on uk, don´t normalize this. haha

I pre-order the game on the cover alone (besides being a Falcom game). So charming.

I don´t think they will change the controls:
"While the new graphical style isn't what we'd call cutting edge, it's certainly an improvement on the jaggy originals. If you're nostalgic for that pointier look, however, you can swap to it on the fly."
If we can swap the graphics on the fly, I´m almost certain the controls will be the same.
And I´m thankfull for that.

I think this is pretty cool.
I´m not the target for this, but it´s nice that more people will be able to play console games (I just don't know if Death Stranding would be the ideal game for this, but I know more games will follow).
And about the screen size, it´s possible to connect a phone to a tv, and mirror the screen.

The only Turtles sequel I´m interested is for TMNT: Shredder's Revenge. Awesome game!

They should do both, a sequel to Astro Bot Rescue Mission (they need people to buy those PSVR2) and a sequel to Astro´s Playroom.

I´ll wait for the physical edition, 35 hours to complete is a no for me at this moment, so I can wait a little. Hope it´s a normal wait, and not a LRG wait.

At least she looks more Lara than Shadow of the Tomb Raider Lara.

This looks really fun to play with the wife, I´ll keep an eye on this one.

The news of Expeditions was unexpected and a surprise, as Little Nightmares 3, and a date for Granblue, so a positive presentation for me.

More Kiryu is fine, for me he is the better protagonist. I know Majima is returning. but hope to see more old characters as well, like Shun Akiyama.

@Pixel_nme Yeah, the original Motorstorm is great to play even today, I also really miss that series.

Really nice, I´m probably going to buy this, a physical edition is expected at LRG (Argh), hope they do another one with the original Prince of Persia and all it´s versions, including the more obscure and better Prince of Persia 2. I really like these collections.

@luvgaming1001 Yeah, there´s that too. But 10 years of COD, I think the next gen are safe. For the most part anyway.
Even that way, Activision needs a lot of money to fund the games, expansions, etc. If Microsoft, in the future, is willing to give it away for free only to MS owners (I know it´s not free, but GP is cheap), they need to start thinking a way to make more money. Or a lot of franchises now in Microsoft´s umbrella will get the shaft, and they´re solely focus will be on COD at that time.
I really don´t know, is just talk and guessing, 10 years is really far away, maybe I won´t even be gaming by then. haha

@luvgaming1001 I think just Diablo V will be exclusive, and that game is years away. I don't know about older COD games. But I understand your point, but Sony should definitely celebrate, even with all this news about Microsoft's purchases, they're managing to keep being the top selling video game.
To me, it just goes to show that the only company that have to be worried is Microsoft, not Sony, who will lose out on all that revenue. Kind of hard to think, even knowing all the money Microsoft had, how they're going to fund all these franchises without losing money and without Sony´s consumer base.

I don´t know why, but I can´t stand that guy. Also, I´m tired of The Last of Us.
I used to love Naughty Dog, but it seems that nowadays they are a one franchise company. I´m almost sure the game is The Last of Us 3, they wont do a Game of Thrones with the franchise and let the tv series story surpass the games (in GOT case, books).
Good for Sony I guess, The Last of Us brings them money, and good for the fans.
But I really really wished that it would be or a new Uncharted or a new IP. Hope to be wrong.
Sorry for the negative comment on a Naughty Dog ​​post, I guess it´s because it was my favourite company in previous years.

The best protagonist for me would be Squall, and not because FF VIII is my favorite FF, he has the best weapon, Gunblade, and his catchphrase is.. Whatever..

Really excited about Sniper Elite 5, I recently discovered this series through the PS Plus service, the game set in Italy is awesome, so I'm happy for the campaign in France. As for the rest of the games, apart from Snowrunner which is amazing and I already have it, I'm not very interested.
Edit: I forgot to mention, It Takes Two is excellent, I finished the game with my wife, we had fun from start to finish, I totally recommend it.

It´s a shame, would love another point and click from these guys, Deponia, Pillars of the Earth and Silence are all incredible.

This game has a beautiful atmosphere and visuals, and an amazing soundtrack. Other than that, it's a cluster of famous actors with a pretty convoluted, nonsensical story. Despite liking Kojima, and it's important for someone like him to make these kinds of games, taking risks like that, I still think that the game's story doesn't have anything special, and that not everything he does is a work of art. And I think the movie will show that.

One of my favorite game of all time is receiving a sequel, The Talos Principle, so for me this game alone would make this a great presentation. With Spider Man 2, AC Mirage and GranBlue, it has become an amazing presentation.

Well, the Majora´s Mask mod with Nicolas Cage face is truly one of the most disturbing things ever to apear on a videogame, I think it's going to be hard to be scarier than that.

I really liked Valhalla, it was the game I played the most last year, but it so time comsuming. I'm really looking forward to Mirage and the promise of being a smaller game. Because I don't know if I can put in as many hours as in the Odyssey or Valhalla games.
Actually I think RED and HEXE will be similar to the new Assassins Creed, RPG and open world with a million collectibles. But I hope Mirage is a success, and between these bigger Assassins Creeds, they always release a smaller game in the series for those who want a shorter experience.

My first FF was VIII, and I really love this title, from the characters to the music and story. I know it has its flaws, and I can see it now, but the first time I heard Balamb Garden, went to the moon and back, and saw the endgame animation (I won't spoil it), my younger self couldn't find no fault with this magical game.
That said, IX is by far the best FF I've ever played, an absolute classic and a masterpice.

@StrickenBiged I think the slogan "From Gamer to Racer" is from the original GT Academy, so it´s not something they came up with for this movie, I think they're just referencing something from the history of the event. But yeah, it´s not good.

@FenIsMightier I don't know if this interferes much with consumers' habits for gamers. Sony just broke every record in Playstation history for March in console sales this past month.

Loved the art style! I can´t wait! But still not sold on the character clothes, this game taking place after Ys II, where Adol still had his armor, it´s weird seeing him with that 90's teenager outfit. haha

The thing is, Stardew Valley besides beying awesome, looks more "adult" than the other farm simulators out there (that I know), with some really complex themes for some characters.
But this one looks good, maybe I´ll give it a try.

Okay, competition is good for the industry, I agree. But Xbox has been around for over 20 years and has more studios than Sony now. And yet they are losing, releasing fewer games and not delivering the same quality. Okay, let them buy Activision, to stay competitive. What if they keep losing? Let them buy EA. Now Ubisoft. What is the limit for incompetence?

Can't wait to play, the game looks beautiful, even if it´s FF only thematically. My first FF was VIII, and despite how divisive it was/is, I absolutely adore this game, from the story to the music to the combat. I don't think FF will return to turn based gameplay anytime soon, I think Octopath Traveler is the new FF for old school gamers.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Yeah, some decisions by Sony are hard to understand. This being in the premium tier is a joke. People will need to spend money to find out if they like a game, just to spend more money buying that game afterward.

@LifeGirl Yeah, Final Fantasy XIII is ok, the graphics at the time were incredible, and the sequel is even better, for me is more "Final Fantasy" than XV, for example.