Jedihillis

My all-time faves:

FF7
MGS
SUIKODEN 1 AND 2
SOTN
FF8
FF9
WILD ARMS
TEKKEN 3
RESIDENT EVIL 1&2
CRASH 1-3
TONY HAWK 1&2

Last of Us Part 1 needs to be $35

Boooo. This seems like the most obvious thing to do.

I fired this up yesterday because I had heard about the Pro enhancements being insane. I'll go ahead and say that I was really impressed with it. Some scenes look photo realistic, especially at the beginning when they're riding the horses into town.

I wasn't going to get one but I had about $300 in Amazon gift cards and Im selling my ps5 for $300. I'll pay the $100+ for an upgrade.

I'm actually surprised how good the PS4 version still looks. I'll play this again but after I get my Pro in.

No one is surprised.

This looks so awesome.

What a difference a few days makes. Wow, coming back to this after seeing all of the push-back online has been interesting.

I'm glad to see it's a good game. I don't know if I feel more compelled to play it than before, as the game style looks off. I'll check into some videos and see. I'll be very curious to see how this sells.

GTA6 will consume my life. #1 for sure.

Death Stranding 2 is #2 and Clair Obscura #3.

I think I'd have to mark it as "Solid" even though I overall thought it was disappointing.

I expected the game play loop to be similar as the prior game(s), but what really irked me was the treatment of the characters, especially Peter Parker. It's probably been said 1000x here an elsewhere, but they really neutered him in favor of pushing some other, lesser characters to the forefront. I felt like it was more like Spider-Therapy at times. Mary Jane was....pretty lame. Miles was great, but being set-up to replace Peter is overall stupid IMO. The writing was just forgettable and felt (dare I say it) woke.

Great game play, though, and traversing around the world was as fun as ever. However, I think they should have saved the wing-suit till later in the game. Getting it right off the bat made me feel like swinging was kind of pointless.

Based on the 10 hour demo, I'd give it an 8. I felt compelled to keep playing, even though I thought I'd quit a few times. I did feel like I was struggling to latch on to the characters and overall point of the story, but I do want to play the full game eventually.

The more I see this, the more I cannot wait to get my hands on it. Looks incredible.

@Andy22385 This is ultimately why I got one also.

Pre-ordered the pro from Amazon. Had a gift card for $300 and am selling my old ps5 for $300. I didn't want to do it at first, but the PS5 is my primary gaming unit and I want the best experience I can get on it.

@ShogunRok thank you for that response! I'll keep playing the demo and see where it goes and then maybe do what you suggest and take a look at the videos. Appreciate it!

So, I've been playing the demo and I'm feeling mixed about it so far.

I feel like the way you get thrown into the world is very jarring, especially considering how outrageous some of the world/character designs are. Granted, I'm only maybe 3 hours into the prologue demo, but so far there's already been some major events that have taken place and I'm struggling to figure out why I should care.

Can you speak to how this plays out as the game progresses? I loved Persona 5 and think this looks good, but it's another huge time commitment I'm not too anxious to commit to.

Really excited to finally play the Dead Space remake.

How much time are people spending on the media bar? I just go where I want to go and ignore all the background stuff.

Just waiting for them to release the eventual S/E DLC pack.

I'm so excited for this. It took me like 4 tries to get into the first one, but by the time I did I was very grateful I stuck with it. Such an incredible experience.

That photo mode is something else. I'm honestly kinda blown away.

I've been an MK fan a long time but MK1 was a big step back IMO. I know they're trying to do an alternate universe, but most of the changes are worse IMO. Cyrax and Sektor look completely uninteresting.

Get back to the dark feel of MKX.

I'm more and more interested in getting it the more I hear about it.

I'll admit it: I'm starting to come around to wanting one...

I do think it sucks that a game like this is launching into an environment where stuff like "girl bosses" are incredibly taboo. IMO, I don't like the constant gender swapping and replacing of masculine roles with females....when it's done poorly.

Jin was the least interesting part of GoT to me. I honestly forgot his name. If there's one thing that Blue Eyes Samurai taught me is that a badass female samurai can work just fine if handled properly. Just don't take away what makes her a female by trying to make her just a man with boobs. Retaining her femininity while also being a warrior would be great to see.

Hard hit for Sony but I'm glad this happened in such a big and impossible-to-ignore way. They've got to do better.

@Cloud39472 Same

$700 is ridiculous. I don't know if I'd pay that for a PS6.

Not even close.

I'm an FF8 defender but the best ever? Stop.

To quote the great Buzz Lightyear:

Gavin, "You are sad, strange little-man. And I pity you"

But seriously: get over yourself.

I'm so glad this game exists.

It's been a while since I've played a game that just felt like a joyous experience. This appears to be everything I hoped it'd be. Can't wait to get my hands on it!

Just came here to say what everyone else is saying: Wow.

This is like "Lord of Ring, Gollum" levels of failure.

Unfortunate for the dev that 8 years of development time leads to this nonsense.

I'm so stoked for this. Looks awesome.

not really surprised or too upset about the lack of a disc drive. I think so long as there's an option to add one for $50, it's no biggie.

@get2sammyb bruh lol.

I tried but wasn't able to when I clicked the link.

Glad to see the correct game in the top spot.

I can't not think of the LSM crew where I hear about this game.

Could just be me, but the combat felt unresponsive. Like I felt an annoying input delay so I found all the precision dodging/blocking to be more difficult than it needed to be.

Hiroki Totoki Literature Club

If this weren't coming out as literally the same time as every other big game this quarter, I'd be all over it. I'm just gonna have to shelve it for later.

I really don't mind that the game is years away. Personally, I love having stuff like this (on occasion) get announced where we have years of anticipation, discussion, and hype around it. On a base level, it's just cool to know that Kojima is working on something akin to MGS, which is something I always hoped he'd return to.

I rated it excellent. Really no complaints at all. Almost all of the content looked like something I'd be interested in trying out.

Sad to hear! Condolences to he and his loved ones. He definitely left his mark on the industry for the better.

It was a fairly innocuous joke. Why should he be under fire for something like that? Can't people laugh at themselves?

I'd really love to see an FF6 and Xenogears remake done like this.

@AaronBayne I never played all the way through the first game. How imperative is it that I finish the first before trying this one?

Love both 14 and 16. Must feel great to get that kind of praise from the creator of one of the most storied franchisees in gaming history.

“Cryin’” Jim Ryan