LieutenantFatman

@TheBuzz
We did get 5 LBP games to be fair if you include the PSP & vita. It was a good run.

@Stu13
As amazing as a Legacy of Kain remake sounds, I believe it's owned by Square Enix. So it seems unlikely.

Very exciting if true, would be brilliant to play a remade Demon's Souls as a launch game for PS5. Not too long until we find out I'm guessing.

I enjoy Kingdom Hearts but I'm not a fan of the overarching story being so needlessly convoluted.
And they go on a bit too much sometimes about Hearts, shadows and light, etc. One of those situations where someone can talk for an hour without actually saying anything.
Hope they improve on that when KH4 comes out in 10 years.

Housemarque are awesome, looking forward to seeing what they show. A shame about Stormdivers, hopefully they can use some of the work on that and it's not wasted.

I am properly stuck into Valkyrie Chronicles 4 at the moment, loving it. Also had a go on Blood & Truth, it's good, but it's no Astro Bot Rescue Mission.

Ah yes, the very lucrative business practice of exploiting children by teaching them to gamble.
How absolutely vile.

@Col_McCafferty
That's true, there aren't many games based in a historical setting on consoles. Apart from the big hitter, Red Dead Redemption and your FPS WW1 / WW2 games there's not much competition for AC.

My personal favourite is Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, really fun and clever little game.

The copy & paste issue isn't a total deal breaker on it's own, but coupled with such uninteresting narratives and poorly written characters.. there are plenty of far more interesting games worth my time.

I understand the strategy, big names will sell huge numbers regardless of the quality up to a point. You get that in the music and movie industry as well. So minimum effort, maximum profit.
Nice to see they've admitted there's a problem, that's the first step.

Some of the games created in LBP2 & 3 that were given awards by MM were incredible, so I'm very much looking forward to seeing the brilliance on offer this time round.

Poor bloke, they should have let him finish the round. Just think of his poor team mates being left on their own mid match. Brutal.

So this will be relatively close to the PS5 launch then.. as excited as I am to play this, waiting on a suped up next gen version seems like an option well worth considering now!

Knowing Cage, a few of those surprises will be something altogether creepy and massively inappropriate.

@nessisonett
Heh, I had a similar reaction when I saw how many hours I'd put into Apex Legends. These games have so many addictive qualities. Same as you, I enjoyed it but glad to be putting my time into other games and other hobbies now. Always good to switch things up a bit, keep things interestng.

It's going to be a very strong year for video games, I'm going to have a hard time chosing which games to play!
Nice list, Disco Elysium sounds rather special.

E3 is overrated. They became greedy, so it's no surprise Sony found smarter, better ways to do business.

In my mind if it releases on both new and old hardware, then it's not a next gen game.
If current hardware is perfectly capable of running it then I'll be assuming it's not making much use of the new tech that's been made available.

I think most people, when they buy a new console would be excited to play a game that really shows what the new kit can do. Otherwise it would be rather anticlimactic.

Impressive work as always, looks like a really nice level of polish.

Looking forward to the review, seems to have potential.

Show Spelunky 2 some love!
Three votes is difficult though, it's true.
Dreams and Cyberpunk get my other two.
Sorry Doom & FF7, I love you really!

Nooo, I loved mercenaries mode.
And giving Nemesis a good kicking for some awesome loot was always fun.

@Ralizah
You got my attention when you mentioned the Valkyria Chronicles' team. First I heard of Sakura Wars, will keep an eye out for it, cheers.

Good news, I was hoping for online co-op though.

Hell's horses, Liam. Did you actually just besmirch the Emperor of Mankind, Foxy by suggesting he's just a random twitter account!!?

Interesting, what could he be alluding to?

Improved share functionality, each user gets their own feed / wall showing recent activity where friends can view full videos you've shared. You can even react with the latest Brexit / Trump memes. Huzzah!

Home 2.0 That crazy experiment from the ps3 days will return and finally be out of beta. Create your own avatar and buy expensive virtual clothing, showing friends how easily you are tricked out of your hard earned cash.

PSone classics are back again with new trophy support! Feel the power of the retro pling.

Accessorise! Attachments are all the rage, connect an official Playstation cheese grater to your controller, and get the limited edition spaghetti bog trophy pling pling.

New melted next gen Playstation, guaranteed. With new incredible boosts in computing power comes unbearable heat! Despite super fans that sound like Concord taking off, your console will inevitably melt faster than that ssd can reload the first boss fight of Bloodborne 2.

New playstation hotline to call in about your freshly melted console, demanding a
replacement! Get a limited edition trophy for each console that overheats and melts!

Loved playing games like this on the Vita. Will be fun on the PS4 as well I'm sure.

@Neolit
Now that's just ridiculous, it's the Playstation 5, not the Playstation 8 pro. Be sensible!!!!

So what you're really saying is you desperately want a Resogun tv Netflix adaptation, aren't you?
I'd watch that.

@JamieO
Gunlord X came out just under a month ago on PSN. Looks like a love letter to Turrican more than anything, might be worth a look if you're currently deciding on what to review next. I get the impression it's meant to be decent.

@JamieO
Great stuff, thanks Jamie. I did read a review on this game a few months back. I was tempted but the relative shortness of it, the potentially low playing time put me off a bit. But you've persuaded me I really do need to play this.
Definitely getting it the next time it's on sale.

Loved Midnight Resistance back in the day, thanks for another awesome review.

There's another rumour Sony are planning to take over EA and Ubisoft, first.

That's a strong list, I'm a little surprised by the omission of some titles such as the awesome Uncharted 4 or Bloodborne but I appreciate you're trying to represent as many genres as possible here.
I'm very pleased Spelunky is there, well done to whoever insisted that should be present.

Merry xmas everyone! Hope you got some cool Playstation related gifts.
But more importantly hope you all have a great day.

The level of quality in this game really is incredible. A huge game, I completed every mission and all the dlc and was sad when I'd played all of it. I look forward to playing through all it again.

Rotten tomatoes currently shows 67% from critics and 88% from the audience. Not bad!

I gave this game a few goes and I'd rate it as a 4/10. It's just poor on so many levels, Apex Legends is far better if battle royale is your thing.

But it certainly has had quite an impact, no question about that. The fact it's been in the news so many times is testament to that. The real horror story here though is how badly the staff are treated on the development team, like they're subhuman.

Assuming the voice acting is decent, and it should be, I'll always stick to English. I'd enjoy that more than reading subtitles. If I want to read, then I'll pick up a book.

I've not heard of these artists before but I'm optimistic there will be a lot of good stuff in there.

Well deserved I think, amazing game. Someone mentioned above this isn't talked about by sites much.

I'd say that is due to having no multiplayer or dlc, those sort of things get reported on a lot, just look at Destiny. Not having those doesn't make it any less deserving though, just less of a cash cow. That's no bad thing.

Gearbox have one popular overrated ip. Everything else they put out has been terrible as I recall. And most of us know how dishonest / unethical they are as a company. Disappointing.

I demand a recount, A RECOUNT!! Ah sorry, just getting ready for tomorrow..
The PSone was robbed I tell thee!

Still waiting for the Bioshock game they announced for the Vita. Any day now..

A shame the plat was so easy for this game, I traded it in ages ago. Didn't expect to see it get so much extra content.

Oooh, the psone, amazing times. My Dad told me we would be getting one, I was excited but didn't actually know what to expect. I just knew the next generation of video games could only be a good thing.

But wow, what an understatement. On seeing Tomb Raider loaded up for the first time with my family, I was absolutely amazed. And that feeling continued for quite some time, what an incredible game. My jaw dropped a few times at Final Fantasy 7 as well, they told one hell of a story there.

I've always dreamed of owning my very own Playstation heart rate monitor.

Respecting the competition is smart, Google have a lot of money to throw around, it would have been foolish to underestimate them. Wouldn't be worth risking the assumption that they would mess up the launch so badly.

The PSone introduced me to Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy (the best ones), Resident Evil, Command & Conquer, Tekken, Wipeout, Armored Core, Vandal Hearts, Xcom, G-Police, Castlevania, Rollcage and so many other amazing classics.

It still has the best version of classic Doom even to this day. And it had the best video game magazine ever created with one hell of a demo disc to look forward to each month. The PS4 is great, no doubt, but PSone is still king for me.

@JimbobLink
I'd suggest starting a post by calling the author a hypocrite definitely leans more towards trolling than debate. Not that I'm wishing to pile on here but it's something to reflect on.

Back on topic, Spencer doesn't know his numbers it seems, either that or he's being disingenuous here. As for calling VR isolating, I would disagree. I don't think you can simply apply that notion to the technology as a whole, it comes down to the individual games.

Having played some of the party games on psvr with a few different groups, I can tell you they were in no way isolating. We could do with a few more party games on the platform though in my opinion.

I can understand looking after a baby making it difficult for someone to find time for their hobbies but simply being married? I don't think so.

I wouldn't say no to a psvr game on there, that would be nice, assuming it's a decent one.