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I am feeling a very mild annoyance by all the cheese puns. Tis a good gift though. I've stiltons of games to play before Death Stranding.

February is getting really busy... especially from SEGA, holy hell. Yakuza Collection, Two Point Hospital, and Bayonetta + Vanquish remasters... I need more time, and my wallet needs rest!

Saw this during the Nindies presentation. This idea sounds interesting on paper but I am worried about it getting stale too quickly, especially since the gameplay feels like the only real draw of the game, and I am expecting the variety to drop off. I hope I am wrong though as it could be really fun to play otherwise.

"The thing is, as fans we need to embrace the changes, and see where they take us."

Not all change is for the better, so I don't really feel we should embrace any change. That said, change will happen whether we want it to or not. Leaving feedback is the only thing we can do if we dislike the direction that it is going. It is times like this where I am glad I have all the major console because I can always leave to another console if need be if Sony really do seem to not listen to feedback.

However, I do not feel Sony are at that point. Not by a long shot. I still think they have had a pretty good generation and the PS5 has a disc drive, and I am confident that Sony will still have games worth buying their console for, so I am fine with them right now. The State of Play we just had would probably have been better received by fans if it wasn't for all the leaks as there was some good info (release dates for dreams, and reveal of RE3).

@carlos82 It wouldn't surprise me if he hadn't played completely through it. There was a review of Yakuza 0 he did where he was talking about the story being very poorly paced and not as interesting as it could be, and part of me is convinced he did not make it through to the end of the game so I could see it being a similar case for Death Stranding.

Like I said, he can sometimes be insightful, but quite a lot of his content does seem to be based around inside jokes from previous videos he has done; for example, in his Spiderman review, he starts the video mocking IGN for saying that "It makes you feel like Spiderman" within the first minute of the review, which comes from him mocking reviewers for saying the Arkham games make you feel like Batman. Probably best to watch most of his videos with a pinch of salt.

You are probably also right about most of the audience having not played the game either, but to be fair, I don't think they would of played the game even if Dunkey hadn't done that video; probably just looking for an excuse not to play.

I still need to buy this and play, but admittedly, I haven't yet done so because I am unsure if it would be worth my paying full price for it especially since PS4 games do seem to go down in price reasonably quick. It does seem to have difficulty getting people's attention though now that it has launched.

@carlos82 That was probably videogamedunkey you saw. Most of the time I find what he says quite useful, and the jabs he gives games are normally on point though I do occasionally disagree with a few things he says. I can't vouch for the death stranding video, as I purposely stay away from videos of new games that I may want to play.

Definitely gonna get Vanquish. Would love to try it.

@N0C7 Previous owners of Playstation 4 Edition should be getting Bedrock for free via digital, assuming it works like it has for the Switch and Xbox One variants.

Damn... I guess this means Playstation 4 Edition will no longer be updated... shame for 4J Studios, end of an era.

I do wonder if Bedrock is going to have a seperate trophy list (and therefore, a new platinum).

EDIT: Ignore me, 4J Studios do participate in devlopment of Bedrock. I thought that they only did the console editions.

I wonder if there will be any surprises, or if the one surprise they had was Resi 3. Either way, new info about this and GoT should be interesting (release dates wink wink).

@GodGamer I believe Nintendolife themselves did an article around E3 with Atsushi Inaba, Platinum Games Studio Head who said development was progressing well. Not to mention, games can be announced too early; for example, FF7 Remake was announced way too early (Edit: E3 2015), but it is indeed being released in March 2020.

At least you can buy them separately, I don't feel like buying Bayonetta again (own it twice despite not having yet beat it), but I am interested in Vanquish.

It is a pity that he wasn't vetted before hand since it is mentioned that other works were plagiarised, but to be fair, that could of been discovered at the same time as this trailer so it may not have been possible.

Still, these things happen; you only have to look at IGN for example with what happened with the Dead Cells review, it is all in how they respond I suppose, and Sony have removed the offending video so hopefully it will be ok.

Give me that Phantom Thief's edition. I missed out on the special edition for the original release.

Well, I should probably try to get into Resident Evil now all the major games are on one platform.

@GamingFan4Lyf I think the cheapest I saw the Switch was a Switch Lite for £169 instore at ASDA, otherwise I don't think it got anywhere below £199. £109 in comparison is pretty desirable I guess, although I despise an all digital future personally.

@Deadlyblack Not gonna lie, personal pet peeve of mine is when someone is playing games and eating something at the same time, especially when it is something like tangy cheese doritos because it can discolour the controller.

Not too fond of COD, but I do want Doritos now... damn it.

I feel like his comment may not be the most informed since it does appear to be selling, but to be fair I don't have any interest in VR, at least not enough to spend £250 on it so I'm thinking that he feels most people will not want to spend extra on a VR peripheral. They are probably also nervous about inflating console price with peripherals given the whole Kinect situation with Xbox One.

Is that all the main resi evils on PS4 then if this is true?

On an unrelated note, P5R west announcement in 12 days according to Atlus USA twitter.

Don't have too many. Currently Level 13 with 13 platinums. Most of my ones are fairly easy, but can be time consuming:

Persona 4: Dancing All Night (PSVita)
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
Persona 4: Dancing All Night (PS4)
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Marvel's Spider Man
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Zero Time Dilemma
Spyro: Reignited Trilogy (3 platinums)
Rayman Legends

Kiwami 2 was probably the hardest, but Rayman Legends was the most time consuming due to the stupid awesomeness level.

Edit: Very close to platinums in other games such as Dragon Quest 11, Persona 5, and Yakuza 0.

Edit 2: Actually, not 13, but 14. Forgot that I recently got platinum on Danganronpa: Ultra Despair Girls.

@LiamCroft Thank you for confirming. Was a little worried given the publisher's history, so will most likely buy this.

The struggle to maintain a decent framerate is concerning, so I might wait until that gets fixed, but it sounds decent otherwise. No microtransations either from the sound of it so I am tempted to get this.

Huh, and I was looking at getting Arcade edition for cheap the other day... I shouldn't be surprised, it is Capcom after all. Next will be Hyper Turbo Championship Edition.

For what is essentially the same game with multiple improvements and extras, it has done fairly well for itself. From what I have seen, I have never seen remakes or the like normally do that well in Japan, mind you, that could just be the games I've seen I suppose.

Either way, a release date over here would be nice.

I know that there were registering the trademark for a few years, but honestly, I thought they had stopped doing even that. I am not expecting this to ever see the light of day unless something changes drastically.

I am getting more interested the more I hear about this. I wasn't that excited when they first announced this, writing it off as another warriors, but it certainly looks like something more now based on the trailers.

"It’s worth mentioning that with the PlayStation 4 now commanding an install base of over 100 million units – the second highest for a home console of all-time – this means that approximately a third are signed up to the service"

It would not surprise me if the statistic is closer to half based on people who have double-dipped for the Pro such as myself. But then again, active users also factor into it. Congrats to Sony either way. I have still not signed up to it ever as I still don't think it is good enough for me but that just may be me being unreasonable given this news.

I did see a trailer of this whilst watching youtube the other day and it didn't look great there although it certainly was nowhere near this glitchy. I am not sure what any of the dev-team/publisher staff were thinking in releasing this game in this state.

I had almost forgotten about this game. I am vaguely interested to see how it will turn out.

Still too expensive for me, but as I said in another article. I am not in a rush. Have plenty of PS4 games to play after all.

Just looked at Fallout 4 season pass as I own it on disc, and it is £25, meanwhile Fallout 4 G.O.T.Y is £20 which includes all the DLC... what the hell?

Edit: Just did a quick search as well on Amazon and Fallout 4 G.O.T.Y edition is £15 at the moment... I suppose it is a case of whether you want the convenience of digital versus the security of physical.

@taylorsparks294 Was doing okay until I met Father Gascoigne. He moves quite a bit faster than the others before him. Not sure if I suck or if there is a gimmick I am missing.

@Flaming_Kaiser I am liking it so far as well, it certainly controls better than what I have played of Dark Souls although I feel like I am looping around a lot when exploring.

Just started playing this, but have absolutely no clue what the hell I am doing. Will be interesting to see where I go... Not really played any of the other games with the exception of Dark Souls where I am not that far in at all.

This sounds like a cool idea, but until we know more, this sounds like a bit of a nightmare for completionists if the bonds you maintain with other characters are truly meaningful. I could be over estimating the importance of this though...

Boss fights against P3 and P4 teams? Take my money!

Just a bit disappointing that it is DLC and not in the base game of Royal.

Probably me overreacting, but this just screams that PS5 is going to be stupidly expensive at launch. I already feel nervous about putting down £300 for a console, let alone £400-£500 that I keep hear being thrown around, so I get real nervous everytime I hear about something that could raise the price.

If they are indeed planning this, I hope they offer an alternative bundle for cheaper without the camera, otherwise it may be a very long time until I buy a PS5. Not in a rush to be fair, I have plenty of PS4 games to play still.

This would suit me fine. I am not personally interested in Final Fantasy VII, but Persona I am all over. Please be true.

Edit: Hopefully it will be late March purely because of the Yakuza binge that I will be doing in the prior month.

If they could get the idea to work I would find this appealing, but for me, it is a case of seeing is believing.

@hulkie Just been trying to find out if it can be disabled, but the website for Shenmue 3 does not appear to say anything, and I cannot find any tweets/messages from the developers saying if this is possible. It may be a case of waiting until closer to the time unfortunately.

That reminds me, I still need to play the first two. Have had them in plastic for a couple of months. Will get around to it eventually.

This is great. Good reason for me to return to my farm on my PS4 now that the new content is in the game.

My personal issue was that with the games announced, I had no clue what was actually meant to be happening in them. Humanity for example, it was not entirely clear to me what was actually happening. I just saw two hoardes of zombies (based on how they moved and fell) running into each other. Wattam is a similar case.

Arise: A Simple Story whilst looking pretty, did not really get me interested in wanting to know more. For some reason, it feels like similar games with the same idea have already been made.

VR was irrelevant, although that is on me rather than Sony due to personal preferences.

The Last of Us 2, and I know I am going to get downvoted for this, but honestly, I could not care less. I did not like the ending to the first one, and even then, didn't feel like it needed a sequel.

The only real thing that I found good was a demo for MediEvil and announcement for Civ VI being released. Although I have never played MediEvil, the fact that there is a demo makes me interested in trying it out. Civ VI was a genuine surprise which I wasn't expecting.

In short, I think the big issue for me is that what was shown was either something we already knew about, or was not well explained with no real surprises at all. Perhaps for me it would of been best to wait until they start talking about the PS5.

I am somewhat interested in this. I will definitely be keeping an eye out on it as we see more. Hoping it turns out great.

"Oh, and apparently, Yakuza: Like a Dragon is going to be longer than previous Yakuza titles, presumably because it's more of an RPG. "

Uhhh, given how long Yakuza is normally, just how long is this game going to be? 200 hours? Not that I am complaining mind, as long it is as fun as previous games.

Unravel 2 looks tempting at £4, but I still need to finish the first one.

Edit: Overcooked! for £4 is also tempting.

This alone makes Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate worth getting for me. I tend to find crossovers and guest characters make the series worth playing for me as horrible as that may sound.

Gonna go put that preorder in now. I will look forward to Yakuza Month, 2020. February? Never heard of it before.

Got the moves like Joker. Pity about the snooker/pool shot.

I am cautiously optimistic. I would like to know how heat actions and attacks translate into turn based combat, as I am worried battles won't feel as exciting. Nonetheless, based on my experience of Yakuza thus far, I am still expecting great things.

Edit: Good job me, misspelling combat with contact.