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I'll wait until I see gameplay to fully judge if it's something I'd be interested in or not. I've not really tried an extraction shooter yet. I gotta say though, based off the description it sounds kind of...well boring. Hopefully some gameplay will change my mind.

I didn't think it was awful or anything but just kind of lacked the punch of the games. I think the cast for the most part was fine but the pacing is all out of whack. The time jumps between 3 (or was it 4? I couldn't keep up😅) different time frames made it very hard to follow along.

I was certainly hoping for something better but oh well. I'll probably still finish it since there's only 3 episodes left anyway.

I'm still going to give it a shot tonight but my expectations have been set accordingly. My best friend and I are huge fans of the series so hopefully we can at least get something out of it!

@ChrisDeku
That is true about the different team sizes but my point still stands. It took MM almost a decade to put out Dreams and it completely flopped. Just like it had been ages since Japan Studio had put out a hit before they were transformed into Asobi.

I'm just saying I wouldn't be surprised if Sony is considering a similar route with MM as it doesn't seem like they got all their ducks in a row over there either.

The same argument though could be levied at the likes of Media Molecule and they are still somehow around. Their last commercial success was LBP2. That was a PS3 game. I wonder if Sony might be considering a similar approach with them in the future.

It does still sting with Japan Studio. Yes Gravity Rush didn't set the world on fire with sales but those two games are fantastic. They deserved more credit than they got.

I'd be perfectly fine seeing it get licensed out. Judging by how some folks comment on it apparently the series was never popular anyway (even though it had six entries in the series) so what would they have to lose?

Next thing you know they are going to charge for reduced input lag on controllers. Not cool COD. Not cool at all.

I would rather just get a new game in the Origins/Legends style personally but this could still be cool. It'd be nice to see Rayman back again. Always felt like the forgotten but fantastic platformer.

To be fair this still is kind of a pointless remaster. The original version still looks and plays perfectly fine. That said though it does look better for sure. Plus the faster load times will be nice.

If they wanted full price for this there isn't a chance I'd be interested but at $10? Sure, why not.

People beg Ubisoft over and over to do a different, smaller, not open world or live service game. They finally do it and no one buys it. Then people go on to say how dare Ubisoft disband the team that made it.

Make it make sense.

I'm sure it will be a fine game but I just can't bring myself to be excited for this. I say this as someone who likes Horizon. Just not into the Lego art style anymore.

To these people asking "Where has all this support for Killzone been!?"...I mean where have you been? They've made four main console entries and two portable spin-offs. That means there was a pretty consistent fanbase for the series to receive that many entries.

Was it the biggest selling franchise of all time for Playstation? Of course not, but let's not pretend there wasn't a dedicated community for the series. You don't get six entries in a series when nobody likes it.

I just recently got the email from Sony saying my Gold edition pre-order is going to be refunded soon. I honestly would consider getting this but I can't justify spending $200+ on a collectors edition of any game.

Still looking forward to Shadows though. February is going to be very busy!

@themightyant
I know they aren't all bad and yeah the two examples you mentioned are great too. The funny thing though is that those two have been dabbling in the live service business before Bungie came around.

With Helldivers it feels like they were caught off-guard with how successful it was. Then they canceled TLOU Online after years of development. Then Concord...

It just seems like all Bungie has brought to the table for them is more problems, not less... which isn't good considering Bungie are supposed to be the "experts" in this field.

It's worked out so well for them so far.

I'm not even asking for a new game. (Though I'd love to see it) Can I just get a PS3 Killzone collection? That's all I ask!

It's a real shame they shut down Guerilla Cambridge. Mercenary was fantastic and I was hoping that studio would just become the new Killzone studio while Guerilla proper could move on to Horizon.

I just miss Killzone 😢

Whatever it ends up being I will be there day one. Metaphor has completely blown me away.

A very good game. Had a blast with it the whole way through...except those pesky MJ missions!

Seriously Insomniac please for the love of all that is holy don't have those again! Please!

Because DLC worked out so well for the first game... It's okay to move on people. There other games to play you know.

I'm about 30 or so hours in and I am completely in love with it. Where do I start? The presentation? The music? The gameplay? The characters? The story? It's all there, and it's all incredible.

This is Atlus at their best, and when Atlus is at their best, it's the very best the industry has to offer. Easy 10.

But I don't like Monster Hunter...and now I only have one week to finish Trails through Daybreak 2 before Yakuza comes out...plus there's AC Shadows too...

What about my needs!?😄

Only the gaming community would complain about a deal being too good.🤦‍♂️

It's a new studio's debut title. It makes sense that they would consider a cheaper price tag since they are trying to get their name and game out there as much as possible. A cheaper price tag will help with that.

I personally can't wait to play it. It has continued to impress me with every new trailer.

I'm not a monster hunter fan but this just makes my February even more packed together since Trails and AC Shadows come out a week earlier.

I would have rather they pushed it back a week than forward one!😅

Sounds like something I could get into. The only problem at the moment is time for me. I'm still on Metaphor and don't think I'll have the time to squeeze this in before Dragon Age either. Maybe around Black Friday I might give this a go.

That was a fun read! I especially found the bit about Western and Eastern preferences in protagonist interesting as I do think Van is definitely my favorite protagonist since Estelle from the Sky arc.

Looking forward to Daybreak 2 and Sky 1 remake!

I don't really mind this practice much personally. I don't like it but it's not enough of a nuisance to get upset about. Now the real kicker would be if they charge extra to play a game without ad breaks or something along those lines. That would annoy me a bit more and make me consider not supporting the product at all.

A very odd choice considering the vast majority of classic games are available to purchase separately. You lose out on potential sales and I highly doubt the ability to play Dino Crisis would move the needle much on subscription numbers.

There is no upside to doing this so I'm a bit baffled.

Metaphor is literally all I think about right now. I'm completely obsessed with that game. Really well deserved how well it's doing. I can't get enough of it!

My wallet weeps! 😂

This will take priority though over Yakuza and AC. I gotta support Trails!

I loved Hogwarts Legacy so I'd absolutely be up for more. I'm not really sure I want anything in particular though. Maybe let us explore a new smaller school? Or maybe take up some tasks from the Ministry of Magic?

Looking forward to it!

An absolute masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. The single player was fantastic in just about every single way and still holds up very well today.

And that multiplayer. Ohh that multiplayer was sublime! This and AC Brotherhood were all I played for like two years until Uncharted 3 came out!

This time was the peak of gaming as a whole for me. Games had awesome single players and experimented in interesting ways with multiplayer. I do miss when not every single multiplayer game had to be a big giant GaaS game. Good times.

Yes I'm playing it. And I will be playing it for a while. Games like this don't come around too often. Enjoy it everyone!

@Orpheus79V
That would be great to see as that was my favorite era of Tomb Raider. Legend is really great and yeah it would be great to get the 360 version brought up instead of only the PS2 version.

I know its easy to poke fun at these games (AOD in particular) but from a preservation standpoint I think it's actually pretty cool that they aren't pretending like these never happened. I appreciate them putting this out there so that people who want to can kind of get a full idea of how the series progressed through both the good and bad times.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't this leave only Tomb Raider Underworld as the only Tomb Raider unavailable on modern hardware? Not counting Tomb Raider Anniversary.

I'm so excited to jump into the full game this weekend. The demo has been living rent-free in my head for a week now. Congrats to Atlus. Another excellent RPG!

To be fair the announcement for this one was more of a recruitment ad than an announcement for the fans so I'm not surprised it's still a ways off.

An odd promotion...but kinda cool in a way! I don't got the money to get to the UK at the moment though so I'm out of the running. 😅

Sounds like a solid enough time. I'll give it a watch. I'm really looking forward to the next game. I loved the reboot trilogy and am excited to see where they go with it.

@MichaelNau
Indeed it is! I've been meaning to take a break from it for a while now though so Metaphor will just provide the prefect opportunity. I have over 500 hours logged into SF6 so it deserves a break!😄

I've already cleared my calendar for launch. Goodbye social life!

They are the only developer that I can say I look forward to how the menus look in their games. I'm sure it does take a lot of work but boy oh boy does it pay off. Metaphor is no different from what I've played of the demo.

My first exposure to gaming as a kid came from Sega Genesis so I naturally have a soft spot for them. For a while though I wasn't as into them as I should have been for the PS2/PS3 generations.

Then along came 2017 and I haven't gone a year without buying a Sega published game since. Persona 5 was the catalyst. I hadn't been into JRPGS in a while until I played that and went on to play the rest of the series.

Then I finally gave Yakuza a shot with Yakuza 0 and went back and played all of those and loved every minute of it.

Then I decided to play Valkyria Chronicles for the first time and fell in love with that series. Then I also figured it had been a while since I'd tried a Sonic game and tried Frontiers and ended up having a blast with it...

So yeah Sega has been absolutely crushing it lately. They really have become probably the most important publisher around for me.

Atlus simply doesn't miss. I'm not done with the demo yet but I can already tell this game is so up my alley. As exceptional as ever Studio Zero!

Even though I mostly do my gaming digitally nowadays I still have a lot of PS4 games physically. If for nothing else I'd still want a disc drive for backwards compatibility.

I'm not in the market for a PS5 Pro so I didn't get a disc drive since I still use my launch PS5 but if PS6 did the same thing PS5 is doing currently and selling it separately I will do my best to get one.

@Shalooda @torquex
I think that's kind of the point of the joke though. It's hidden in a trash heap=The HD Collection version is trash. They probably figured somebody on PC would do this out of bounce trickery and post about it on social media and create a news story and well...here we are!😄

I wonder if the reason there is no upgrade path is because it's a different developer from the original. It's also not a developer that Playstation owns directly like a Nixxes so maybe they just said they wouldn't work on it if it wasn't full price.

Not that that justifies it. I'm not interested myself either.

He's pretty good!

It is true that Xbox isn't the first destination that people think of when they think of JRPGs. However I think it's mostly the name of the game that isn't doing it any favors. It is a very odd name that just doesn't stick with people.

I'm very excited to play it though. It's my most anticipated game of the fall by a mile.

Guess the PC crowd didn't want to hear "You're on fire brother! It will pass!" 5 billion times in combat. I don't blame them!

I can honestly say I've never heard of this character in my life. Just another odd choice in a game that is overflowing with odd choices.