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So deserved, I frikkin love this game. If my GOTY is decided on hours played alone this will 100% be it. I’ve recommended it to anyone who will listen and even bought it as birthday steam gift for one mate who was taking too long to buy it himself. Beyond happy it’s been a runaway success for LocalThunk and can’t wait to see what the future holds for him.

@Ainu20 I picked this up on the steamdeck this weekend funnily enough. I’d never heard of it before but was in the mood for a new metroidvania and it popped up on my search. I’ve only played a couple of hours so far but it is really good!

I was one of the PSVR2 adopters last week so I will be playing some more of that. Synth riders is really fun and I am finally starting to get used to VR enough to give the resi evil games a good go. When I’m taking a break from the headset it will be FF rebirth chapter 10.

@Kidfunkadelic83 The learning curve is steep because there’s so many different systems but once it clicks it can be dangerously addictive. The tutorial gives you the basics but you really learn from just playing, observing and reading the tooltips as you go. I’d honestly recommend giving it another go if you find some time mate! I also didn’t get on too well with it at first but I picked it up again a few months later and just got hooked. Never thought I would be pumped for Civ7 but it’s one of my most anticipated games.

@AhabSpampurse Haha cheers for the tip. I am well overdue an opticians appointment anyway so will leave it till I have an up to date prescription that’s not about 4 years old.

@AhabSpampurse @dschons Cheers both. I didn’t even know lens inserts were a thing but it’s a genius solution….Ive had a phobia of touching my eyes my entire life so too much of a wuss for contacts. Thanks a lot!

On payday as well! That is really really really tempting. Can any glasses wearers who have it give me a bit of feedback on their experience? PSVR1 was playable but not particularly comfortable.

Monster train is excellent. I played it to death on Xbox and Steamdeck so I probably won’t triple dip but highly recommend it for anyone who likes Slay the Spire or roguelike deck builders in general.

I played and enjoyed it last weekend. As progress doesn’t carry over to the full release I am probably going to leave it this weekend and dive in properly when it’s out.

Splitgate was a breath of fresh air and I cannot wait for the second. Bring it on!

@Member_the_game I wish Pes continued to be solid so FIFA actually had some competition but it just completely dropped off after 2008. I will always have a special place in my heart for Roberto Larcos and West Midlands Village though. Fingers crossed you are right and 2K do something special!

@Member_the_game I have historically bought every fifa day one since 2010 but I held out till Christmas for this one. I got it much cheaper and didn’t feel like I missed out too much even though I exclusively play ultimate team. I played it solidly till about March and barely touched it since though so I might also give this one a miss or wait till the inevitable PS plus drop.

I’ve played enough over the weekend to know I am getting it day one. It’s not perfect but it is a beta missing quite alot of content and probably in need of some balancing updates. Most importantly for me it’s fun and a game I can dip in and out of!

Overall I’m enjoying it. I have put about 90 mins in and definitely have a few favourite characters and some which feel pointless.

Aside from gameplay I feel genuinely sorry for the sad acts who have decided they hate something entirely on the basis that it is “woke”…they complain about media being inclusive so as not to offend minorities, failing entirely to see the irony that they, themselves are offended by this. I can’t possibly understand how something, which can be entirely ignored by you, but might make someone else feel slightly more comfortable in their skin can be a bad thing. The only saving grace is that the next generation is way more accepting than this one so the bigots will at least be outnumbered if not die out completely within the next 100 years. Im tempted to pre order solely to support general decency over being a narrow minded POS.

@Vaako007 Haven’t you been over on PX rampantly defending the gamepass price rise….now your here complaining about the selfishness of a small company going public to make money? Pick a lane dude, are you pro conglomerates making money or not? Or is it just cool when it’s a trillion dollar company?

Planet coaster is awesome. One of my favourite early PS5 games although I was a bit bummed when I realised there was an item cap on sandbox parks. I hope they either make it unlimited or much much bigger.

Jesus Christ….could this be it? Could this be the month where more people are positive than negative about a PS Plus drop? I honestly didn’t think I would see it in my lifetime.

I’m not pre ordering but looking forward to playing the open beta and judging the game based on how it plays rather than how it looks.

Rebirth and ZZZ on PS5.
Backpack Battles, Cobalt Core and Balatro on Steamdeck (I’ve accidentally just turned it into a roguelike machine)

It’s probably going to be a toss up between Infinite Wealth and FF7 Rebirth although overall I’ve probably spent the most time on Balatro

I quickly bounced off both Genshin and Honkai so I was pretty surprised when I gave ZZZ a “quick go” last night and ended up playing for about 3 hours. I’m still getting to grips with the gacha style and understanding the gameplay loop but the combat is a lot of fun and ridiculously stylish. The amount of grinding for new stuff will ultimately determine how much I play this in the long term but so far I’m enjoying it wayyyy more than I thought I would.

I would like to but first night it was unplayable due to performance issues and last night I couldn’t even get in because the server was down for maintenance.

I think I’m going to enjoy it but I played for an hour last night and the performance was awful the moment I got out of the tutorial section. The end for me was a game breaking bug whereby an enemy I needed to kill to progress just froze and then 30 seconds later it booted me to the main menu.

I’m absolutely not writing it off and looking forward to playing it after a few days when they iron out the issues.

I have hit chapter 9 on FF Rebirth and will be continuing that. It’s so much better than I thought it would be. Aside from that picked up some bits and pieces in the steam sale for the steam deck… and tear myself away from
Backpack battles though. One of the most addictive games I have played in ages!

@Andee Me neither to be fair. I have always enjoyed sim racers but never been particularly amazing at them. I played a fair amount GT sport on the PS4 but GT7 grabbed me by the Crown Jewels and wouldn’t let them go for a solid 12 months! Hope you enjoy it if you decide to take the plunge mate.

@Andee Just wanted to reiterate what everyone else has said. The main issue around the MTs was the fact that Polyphony didn’t include them in the review copies of the game but added them to the retail release. This was seen as shady, which tbf it was but they absolutely aren’t necessary to enjoy the game. GT7 was my most played game of 2022 by a significant margin and I didn’t spend a penny extra than what I spent on the disk. If you love racing games it’s an absolute must play! Especially with the consistent support it’s received over the last 2 years.

@nessisonett so true. The guy is a hate peddling ***** and he has truly fallen on his own sword here. Walk like a pedo, talk like a pedo…you a pedo Doc

@Fiendish-Beaver no worries mate.

I also just want to add on topic that:

• MS has openly lied about Sony paying to keep games off gamepass before (see the cult of the lamb drama from a few years ago)
• Jez Corden is about as reliable as a cardboard bridge and will say anything for some console war clicks
• Everytime Sony has secured timed exclusivity for a game they will market it to the moon and back. If they genuinely have done this in secret to raise doubt about the Series S it’s so sneaky and conniving I don’t know how anyone can have anything but respect for that level of S***housery 😂…..it does seem really unlikely though.

@Fiendish-Beaver It really depends how far you go back and what games you are classing. They were rife for it in the 360 period: Bioshock, Mass Effect, last remnant, dead rising. This trickled into the early days of the Xbone: Titanfall, more Dead rising, Rise of Tomb raider etc.

Their decline in market share obviously meant that they struggle to make these deals nowadays for the massive games but they proved during 360 and One era that they are more than happy to do it. They still do with games like High on Life, Tunic, Gunk, Rogue legacy 2 just off the top of my head but obviously just not able to secure the massive AAAs. I don’t know if you are suggesting Sony are bad for securing timed exclusivity deals so don’t want to put words in your mouth but if that is the case you don’t have to go back to far to see Xbox doing exactly the same thing and what’s good for the old goose is good for the gander.

Edit: You appear to have removed the comment I was responding to so now I look like some sort of insane person 😅

I absolutely will be buying it but I will wait till I have completed Rebirth first. Excited for it though I love Elden Ring

@__jamiie I think most people would agree. Not every game needs a remake and I would personally take a new exciting IP over a remake any day of the week however Bloodborne is one of my few exceptions, although I would rather a sequel over a remake.

Like all Soulslikes it requires split second reactions and 60fps just makes that much easier and more satisfying. If you don’t want it that’s fine but it’s a bit weird belittling the opinions of people who do when you haven’t even played the game.

@__jamiie You have it backwards. People want a remake BECAUSE it is so good. In March it will be 10 years old and regardless of the the platform it released on initially, it is showing its age when played today. Doesn’t make it a bad game it just makes it old.

I think people are requesting a remake after seeing what a fantastic job Bluepoint did with Demons Souls but personally I would be happy with a native PS5 version with 60fps like what Fallout 4 and Witcher 3 have received…both originally released in the same year as Bloodborne. Don’t know if you tried playing the older versions of those games in 2023/24 but they didn’t hold up all that well compared with stuff that is releasing currently. Again it doesn’t make them bad, it makes them a product of their time.

It’s my fav game of all time, my first ever platinum trophy and IMO just an all round masterpiece….still no clue what is going on though.

Anno 1800 alone would be great for me. Been toying with buying it for months. Monster Hunter Rise and Crusader Kings 3 really are the cherry on top.

This has bumped its way up to one of my most anticipated games. It looks stylish as hell!

Rebirth for me. So glad I finally picked it up because it is everything I want a Final Fantasy game to be.

@Fiendish-Beaver yeh fair enough. We all do it. I couldn’t help but laugh at the “PS games are all walking simulators” comments followed by “Hellblade 2 deserves GOTY” comments on PX but I have to stop myself tarnishing everyone with the same brush. I think some people would just be excited by Xbox games on PS for the sheer novelty of it. Regardless of where you stand Halo/Gears on PS is a truly wild thing to comprehend given the passionate fanbases

I’m looking forward to it and don’t really get all the negativity. Sure it has guardians of the galaxy clone written all over it but honestly who plays a hero shooter game for the story? Concord will live and die by its gameplay and it’s been a while since a Sony 1st party has let me down on that front. I will be happy to eat my words in a few months if I’m wrong but I think this will sell much better than the hardcore crowd predicts and have a similar critical reception as Helldivers 2. Is it going to revolutionise and change the face of gaming forever? No. Is it going to be a fun multiplayer game to dip in and out of? Hopefully.

@Fiendish-Beaver It’s not necessarily the same people saying Xbox has no games who want to see them on PlayStation. Applying the sentiments of a few people to an entire fanbase is illogical.

I see “Sony games are just narrative walking simulators” comments all the time but that doesn’t mean every Xbox fan believes that. I guarantee GoW, last of us or Spiderman goes on Xbox they would sell like hot cakes but if I was to believe half the comments I read on PX they are all the most boring games on earth.

This is quite cool. I do want to get a PSVR2 eventually but the initial cost and then needing to buy games on top is putting me off. If they start regularly putting VR games onto premium I could be more tempted.

I did not realise this was tomorrow. Late start for UK but hey it’s FRIDAY woooo. Cant wait.

I completely forgot about the new 007 game. Hitman 3 and world of assassination was my most played game of 2021 and one of my favourite of the generation so I can’t wait to see what IOI do with Bond. Bioshock 4 would also be an unbelievable announcement.

I’m getting Deja Vu here

Excellent news. Larian continue to deliver the goods.

@Ricky63 It didn’t work in Forza because of how grindy and laborious the upgrade system was. If Test Drive lets us upgrade cars with money and they aren’t too stingy with the race payouts I think it could be a winner. I vaguely remember the original TDU made you work for the cars and it felt good earning them however I also remember playing it religiously in Uni where I had all the time in the world to game so probably didn’t feel like a grind at the time. I hope they balance it right in this one.

I finally picked up FF7 Rebirth in the sale. I have been holding off as I didn’t particularly gel with the last one but I am enjoying this way more than I thought I would.

I will be peppering in some Age of Wonders 4 as well. I picked it up again recently and it has hooked me big time.

For me the proof is in the pudding when the game actually releases. Guarantee the comments on the Helldivers 2 and Stellsr Blade announcements were ridiculously negative and look at how they performed. Modern gamers love nothing more than complaining and it comes from a place of strange entitlement. It’s not like Hermes Hulst can just squat down and poop out a blockbuster. A game is an incredibly intricate piece of media which in many ways just feels like pure black magic to me. There is no other form of entertainment on earth that lets me interact with it the way games do and that can’t possibly be easy to create.

It’s not like we aren’t short of games to play at the moment anyway. There’s at least 3 AAA games on my backlog just from this year let alone the indies and the games I didn’t get to in 2023. With the way people go on with the negativity I wonder why they even bother to game at all as it just seems to be an endless source of dissapointment for them.

I like the look of it. Excited to try it out.