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With the development time needed to make games these days, I think these types of partnerships are incredibly smart of Sony to pursue. Rise of the Ronin is a hugely ambitious game with a reach that sometimes exceeds its grasp but gets enough right to stand on its own as a unique and immensely satisfying Samurai sim. Loved it.

So much potential here! I was holding out hope that this might release sooner than later but sounds like it’s likely not the case. Ah well, should be worth the wait.

Been waiting for this! Looks excellent, and so very Indy.

I don’t like the practice in principle but I can’t say I’m all that bothered if someone is willing to pay more to play earlier, and spoilers will inevitably be out within hours of release anyways.

It was a pleasure reading “The Magic of Kingdom Come: Deliverance” letter. Cheers.

Oh man, that shot of Tommy roasting a bloater 😂 …This is looking incredible.

Looks very cool. I’ll mentally categorize this with the A Plague Tale series for the time being. Yet another one to keep an eye on!

The incredibly immersive Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and Split Fiction with the fam. Happy gaming!

@Porco That makes sense, though it fundamentally alters the experience enough for me to just not be interested. I’m sure it will still be a fun game but not for me, especially when the 1 and 2 Remake is still great.

Sounds very interesting! The gaming schedule this year is already getting away from me.

A real shame. Hope they can work some magic in short order with what sounds like a polished AC around the corner. This doesn’t deserve to be overshadowed because of a bad port.

This blows. What were they thinking?

Yeah, this looks very interesting! Beautiful environments as well.

Hope to be picking up my copy today. Cannot wait!

Great read! Can’t wait, looks and sounds awesome!

@graymamba Ah, you’re in for real treat as far I’m concerned. Hope it goes well for you!

This looks like it could be great! Not long to wait, either.

I’ve been saving for a Pro but now this is awfully tempting.

Yeah this looks very interesting!

It’s okay. I hear Muse is great for patent preservation.

Wow! This is a truly great month.

@ChromaticDracula Yeah I think it could be really cool! Combining the two would give Bloober a lot more to work with from a character perspective.

I’d love to see them remake 1 and 3 into a single epic game. That said, I’d rather see something new. Either way, Bloober’s earned their shot.

@AhmadSumadi It’s not unprecedented. Ever talked to a sports fan? 😂 The thing is, people tend to become interested in all aspects of their hobby of choice because they are investing their time, energy, money and emotional bandwidth into it. Like it or not, hobbies are a part of our identity. Some people just struggle more than others with boundaries.

Depending on what they do with it, I might be very excited about this.

@Dalamar Mine is also 4!

I have to say, game preservation is a hilariously odd justification for what the wider implication is here.

@Rudy_Manchego PlayStation’s Q4 2024 revenues were up 16%, driven mostly by record PS5 sales and software revenue growth from non-first party games. All this from an incredibly quiet period of time from PlayStation first party. Astro Bot was a great portfolio piece but a comparatively (to other first party output) low selling property, albeit now with huge growth potential.

I really wonder if a focused and curated approach to the AA space, structured as a separate division/initiative through partnerships with external studios, would be both a safer investment opportunity and better marketing angle. The AA space needs its own approach.

The threshold for profitability is so tight between indie and AAA. There’s success to be had but I think you need a separate division that manages a highly curated portfolio of releases via partnerships with external studios. Sony already basically does this but it would be beneficial to change their marketing angle.

As understandable as it may be (there are still loads of folks who don’t appreciate what these games do), this was a colossal lapse in judgment for Sony. For what it’s worth, I’d argue that they did their part in rectifying their mistake, between the excellent Demon’s Souls Remake and the amount of respect they’ve given Miyazaki in regards to Bloodborne.

Really hoping we see the fruits of this labour in some capacity down the road. Of all of the publicized cancellations, this one hurt the most for me.

@Th3solution Separate Ways is excellent and an easy recommendation if you enjoy the base game. I played through it for the first time just last year and was not disappointed.

Hope to put a wrap on Metaphor ReFantazio, which has been a joy. Happy gaming!

@ButterySmooth30FPS Bang on, my friend.

Fair criticism is fine, as the article states. What it’s actually calling out are the pervasive false narratives that do nothing but shut down constructive community engagement. Somehow, a middle of the road state of play suddenly turns into:

!!!There’s no good games anymore and this gen is a joke and this is what happens with no competition and Sony is an evil empire and if you like anything they do you’re a bootlicking simp who doesn’t actually know what a good video game is and capitalism!!!

It’s exhausting, as per the article. And there are plenty of reasonable, middle ground takes that get left untyped because it’s alienating to come here as a video game lover and be made to feel miserable for it.

Huge congrats to Ted Price! Much deserved. No audio design nomination for Silent Hill 2 is a massive oversight. That was some next level work.

I’m really looking forward to this. I thoroughly enjoyed the second game but I felt that a lot of arcs were underdeveloped and major plot points were rushed and/or unearned, sending its tone into the realm of pulp, something that I don’t think suits TLoU’s universe. This is a great opportunity to do narrative justice to what I consider a heavily flawed masterpiece.

Perhaps some of the more ridiculous narratives I see tossed around these comment sections can now fade away into the night.

That Psychonauts 2 deal is a real no-brainer!

This is looking great!

Couldn’t be more excited! Shinobi III and the Game Gear Shinobi in particular are literally burned into my memory. This is so awesome.

Missed the showcase unfortunately so I have no impressions but it seems like a decent showing to me. As a massive Shinobi fan I’m obviously over the moon with that announcement!

I’m itching to play this but it’ll have to wait a bit, something polls like this aren’t making any easier. I’ve been enjoying the first though!

I’d love to give this a try so I’d be happy to see it ported but when will depend heavily on the price.

Sony provided an explanation and compensated its customers 5 times over, which is more than I receive when the phones go out, or the power…I’m satisfied.

This was in development for 5 years. I can understand why Sony might have gotten a little antsy about its release. Anyway, I really enjoyed this game as well and it’s a shame we’ll never see the world reach its full potential.

I didn’t know the disc drive needed online activation, which of course is ridiculous.

It depends but generally these massive RPG’s take me months to work through so I’m pretty selective with them. I like to drink it all in so I’ve got to be really enjoying the game to sink these kinds of hours into them and generally take longer than the playtime estimates. Sometimes I take a break from them as well. 100 hours is a lot of time!!

So I thought I’d give the first one a quick spin to see what all the fuss is about and I’m absolutely loving it so I will be picking this up eventually. Just have to tear myself away from it now in order to finish up the last bit of Metaphor!

@Rudy_Manchego Have you seen The Substance? 😆

Yikes! No restart checkpoint on that one.

Brilliant game and I’m thankful it exists.