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@get2sammyb Why oh why did I click on that link? Sammy, you’re ruining me. 🤣

It's too late for me to push that play button. The last thing I need is someone like that GoCompare guy in my head when I'm trying to sleep. 😂

To this day, I absolutely refuse to even visit the GoCompare website, even when my insurance is due for renewal. The adverts are so irritating, I actually don't want to support them in any way. Pretty sure advertising isn't supposed to have that effect.

Holy moly, now these are some fine looking controllers. Not sure how I'm supposed to pick...

@ShogunRok You made this article just for me, right?

@ztpayne7 whoops 😅

@get2sammyb Yeah, I agree. I honestly don't understand how watching a game online replaces the gameplay experience, but I think a lot of people like the social aspect of YouTube and Twitch. Watching a good Let's Play video is a bit like hanging out with a friend.

When I think about it, though, I used to do a similar thing as a kid. Me and my dad used to play the old PSOne Tomb Raider games together; I say "play", but one of us would be playing while the other directed and helped verbally. The experience on Twitch and YouTube isn't entirely dissimilar to this.

I actually do think that YouTube and Twitch has negatively impacted linear single-player games. Just in my own circle of close friends, they've started buying fewer single-player games and watching them online. I've noticed their buying habits have altered significantly since they started watching Let's Play-type videos. And they have plenty of money to buy them, they just don't anymore.

Interestingly, the one game they did buy was Persona 5, and I remember one of them saying it was because some of the content was blocked for viewing online. Although, obviously, I realise this is a small sample of people near me and might not be indicative of the wider gaming community, but I think it's interesting to note.

This sounds really interesting.

@Octane Haha. Yeah, I hadn't noticed that!

This looks really good. Nice to see a properly clad female character wearing actual armour!

@ShogunRok Yeah, I'm leaning towards Tekken, especially since I was such a big fan as a kid. I don't really care about online at all, so my pick will be based purely on single player content. Not sure if that changes anything?

@ShogunRok So if I wanted to get into a fighting game on PS4, what single game would you recommend?

The last fighting game I played was Tekken 3. (Long time, I know!)

This actually looks like a nice controller, and Hori have a good track record of making these kinds of things. I echo the sentiment that Sony ought to make their own, though.

@adf86 I know, right? It's potentially the video games I've always wanted.

No, stop it! I can't take it.

I love how all they have to tweet is "beep," and Twitter goes crazy. Wonderful stuff.

You can really tell that Sammy loves writing these articles. He really goes to town with it.

@johncalmc She sure does.

Just finished Edith Finch and that has a beautiful soundtrack.

@ShogunRok Did he really not enjoy it, then? I noticed he recently finished it.

@dark_knightmare2 Horizon wasn’t snubbed, it came in at number 3 in a year when a ridiculous amount of amazing games were released.

@gbanas92 Definitely. I really think this kind of game is excellent for VR, and if they were to be a little more imaginative, it could be fantastic.

I still haven't played this, but seeing all this love is making me want to give it a try. I would love to play something like this in VR.

Nice list, Liam. The Evil Within 2 is tragically underappreciated – it's a great game.

@Kai_ you’re not alone. I personally found Horizon really dull.

Oh dear. Please be careful, Atlus.

@get2sammyb Would you say the Move controllers are essential to fully enjoy Superhot VR?

Edit: Nevermind, it seems they're mandatory.

@get2sammyb It looks like both Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montréal are working on the Avengers game together. The project announcement trailer included both studios.

@Ryno I would definitely recommend this over Integrity and Faithlessness.

@get2sammyb Sure, just not micro transactions that feed directly into the balance of play. If EA had implemented it into cosmetic stuff or even a season pass I'd be playing a Star Wars game over Christmas. I'd rather miss out on some content by not buying DLC than play a game that has been gimped by micro transactions that alter the balance of play (that's not to say I want to miss out on some of the content, either, mind). I'm not completely against ALL micro transactions, but I absolutely loath the way they were implemented into Battlefront II, and I won't be buying any game that does it like this in the future either.

An FPS being made by a team known for their strong narratives is a good thing, in my opinion. Cool trailer.

@sinalefa Yeah, and it also split the player base by giving those who spend more money a significant advantage during play. (Or it would have had they not temporarily turned MTs off, but that will be the outcome using this model.)

These are the same people who probably think that video games are only for kids. They don't understand the medium and it shows in their response to it.

@get2sammyb As soon as you unseal it and stick it in the console, though, I'm convinced you'll be hooked.

@ShogunRok Absolutely. That’s the problem, right? The Gladiolus DLC was indeed quite fun, as @rjejr said, but it doesn’t feel like extra content - it feels like stuff they ripped out of the base game and are selling it back to us.

I personally love the Deus Ex series so I hope they come back to it. I was also disappointed by the end of Mankind Divided, but hey-ho, life goes on. It was sill a great game on the whole.

@ShogunRok Well I worked at GAME for three years and never received a single Christmas bonus, so I’d say all of them.

@get2sammyb Yeah, they've definitely increased. Fifa cost me £48 this year; Battlefront 2 was also marked around the same price, although I never bought that one. I never used to spend more than, say, £38 on a game last generation.

@get2sammyb I really liked The Lost Legacy, just not as much as the others. I think they're all excellent, but as much as I like Chloe and Nadine, I really missed Drake (and Sully). I also think some of the set pieces were a little too similar to previous titles, albeit still fun.

I think my personal list would look like this:

1. Uncharted 4
2. Uncharted 2
3. Uncharted 3
4. Uncharted 1
5. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
6. Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Great news. Although, I also thought Syndicate was excellent, so what do I know? 😅

@get2sammyb But then you can usually get the physical copy even cheaper than the £40. In my experience, when Fifa drops to £40 on the PS Store, it's available for about £25 physically elsewhere. It seems to me that it's only when we get crazy deals on older or less popular games, such as we're seeing now with the double discounts, where digital sales become worthwhile. Like I said, I have loads of digital games, but they were almost all purchased in sales 12-months or even years after they came out.

@get2sammyb So you'll pay £59.99 for Fifa 18 on the PS Store over £45 for the physical? I've bought loads of games digitally and I'm happy to do so, but I would never pay that price difference just for convenience.

So many fantastic exclusives, it's a great time to own a PS4. I do agree with many about the tone of Days Gone being a bit too close to The Last of Us, though, but from what we've seen, both games will be very good, so I'm fine with more.

@Quintumply Same here. Picked up the first one for £3.99 on the PS Store. Crazy price!

Microtransactions AND a season pass? Hmm...

Great review, @get2sammyb. I personally hate racing online; I was a bit dismayed beforehand, but I gave it a go anyway for the love of GT, and I'm even more disappointed now that I've played it than I thought I'd be. I think the feel of the cars are excellent, and the way they look is sublime, but racing against other people with this ridiculously harsh sportsmanship thing is awful.

On one of the daily events, which is a really fast circular course where you simply race around in circles for 15 laps, I was doing really well, up to third place from a starting position of seventh. My SR went up loads during the first 7 laps and I never hit anyone or blocked anyone off, even though everyone was colliding around me. Then, on the 8th lap or so, someone comes up behind me, takes me on the inside, and purposefully rams into the side of me sending me spinning. I got a severe sportsmanship downgrade for that, even though I never blocked this person off or anything, and they purposefully rammed into me. Because I went spinning out, I inadvertently blocked everyone behind me, and I got disconnected for being so unsportsmanlike.

And that was the last time I put it on.

@get2sammyb Looking forward to your review of GT Sport, Sammy. I personally think it's a huge letdown and I'll be putting it on eBay shortly. Online racing really isn't for me.

Won't say no to more Star Ocean.

@get2sammyb Same here, I still hop on from time to time. It's a really decent racing game and it's amazing how different it is now compared to launch.

@Flurpsel Most Bethesda games seem to be reduced in price really quickly after launch. Even Fallout 4 was down to half price in the UK within a month of release.