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@get2sammyb Does that mean we can expect a PS review of College Football 25?

Well... I have the house to myself for the next two weeks while the fam are away and I already have backlog paralysis! I've been sitting here for two hours staring at my library and the GG app without success...

The plan is to clear a handful of games, focussing on those that are the best big screen experiences while I have the TV all to myself. I barely started Death Stranding and I have Alan Wake II in my backlog so they seem like a pretty good start.

Suggestions welcome, have a great weekend all!

This game keeps on giving - great looking update. Time to reinstall.

Just here to praise the sub-heading.

Concord beta, Destiny 2 and then I'll pick something at random from my backlog to start - in no particular order. And after all of that... It's Coming Home!

Where the hell is Concord you animals?!

Waits for @Zuljaras to post

In that lovely but horrible spot where I'm so much back into Destiny 2 I can't even find time to look at my backlog. The Final Shape is all-consuming at the moment.

Enjoy your diverse range of games everyone, I'm off to the Pale Heart

Concord - who's with me?

tumbleweed

Or possibly Astro Bot.

I've been holding off on Anno 1800 every time it's been on sale for exactly this moment, so pretty chuffed.

Played a bit of MH Rise on Switch when it came out but it's nowhere near as good as MH World.

Loved the main campaign and some of the scripted adventures that follow are the best in Destiny to date. Fantastic gunplay, still the best out there, combined with Prismatic, is so much fun. And the streamlining of bounties into the new Pathfinder system has made patrolling a tighter and more rewarding experience. So far - great. Looking forward to the episodes that follow.

My clan couldn't crack the first encounter Friday/Saturday, and there's some really capable players in that fireteam. Looking forward to over-levelling and then rolling through it later in the season - that's my normal approach to raid drops

Butchering of Bowie aside, I enjoyed the trailer and the art style doesn't bother me since I'll spend most of the game in some kind of zoomed out isometric mode, no doubt. Looking forward to the gameplay reveal tomorrow.

Destiny 2: The Final Shape - currently playing through the story missions on legendary difficulty and it's a really decent challenge. The new area(s) are absolutely stunning and, although I've only unlocked some of the abilities so far, the new prismatic subclass... wow. I hope the story sticks the landing.

I'm not going to judge it until I play it - they've covered their bases with the mode variety, which is good.

The only real hurdle is the lack of PSN availability in so many countries and territories (170?) although it should be noted that 1) PSN is available to most of the largest populations and 2) those currently excluded will include multiple island nations with five people, nine dogs and a shared 28k modem.

As for the game itself? I'd never judge an FPS on watched footage, because it's all about how the gunplay feels when you have the game in your hands. Let's wait and see.

I'm really excited for this, I think TV as a medium gives them the opportunity to smooth out the kinks in the narrative pacing, especially over the course of three seasons. I'm also expecting them to expand on what happens between the two games, with a slower buildup to THAT event.

It’s almost tradition at this point with Destiny expansions, I typically wait a couple of days before diving in but I can see how everyone wants to get that Final Shape story nailed with spoilers out there.

I’ve read the bulk of the comments so far thinking ‘tell me you’ve never led a company without telling me you’ve never led a company’… striking a balance between profitability and customer need is not easy. Definitely some missteps from Sony recently, but how about taking a step back and waiting to see what happens next?

It's a weekend of gaming crunch with Dragon's Dogma II unfinished, prep for Destiny 2: The Final Shape required and the need to boot up one of my gaming touchstones in G-Police

Have a great weekend everyone!

Well well well, Concord gameplay at number 5. The keyboard warriors just spat out their Mountain Dew.

@PuppetMaster I'm not sure how a game can play 'exactly like Overwatch, Apex, Valorant, or Destiny' when those four games are very different gameplay experiences to start with.

@AdamNovice This. And as I said in another thread, they wheeled out two former devs who were Destiny PvP big guns back in the day, who are at the heart of Concord's gameplay design. Expecting it to be super-tight.

Concord will have incredibly tight gameplay - that's my prediction. Seeing Newsk and Hamrick in that segment, two of the devs at the heart of Destiny's best PvP period tells me so. Some other potential gems in the SOP, and obviously Astro!

It’s a must-play for me to conclude the story, and with the core of my clan still very active it should be a good time for lapsed players like me. How Bungie nail the conclusion to that story though… we will see.

With some of the OG Destiny PvP devs on this team I have high hopes. We will see.

My son got massively into Civ VI this past week and watching him working out all the mechanics for the first time is a lot of fun! Once I've booted him off the TV, more Dragons Dogma II and Destiny 2 for me.

Playing G-Police for the first time is one of my iconic PS1 memories - I am stoked.

I'm just here to remind everyone that the plural of Lego is... Lego.

It's going to be a sunny weekend so the plan is to get outside... with my Portal! Othercide and Sea of Stars in the garden is the plan.

Cannot. Get. Back. Into. Rebirth.

So it's Destiny 2 as I prep for the Final Shape, the new content is fun and the loot grind for returning weapons is real.

I'll also continue my Dragon's Dogma II playthrough. I wasn't going to look anything up but I really want to try Magick Archer, so I'll look to mainline towards that vocation's NPC.

Fix the known issue with refresh rate mismatch (PS5 is 59.94hz, Portal is 60hz) that causes constant stutter Sony, and then we'll talk. And no, having to change multiple PS5 settings manually every time I use it to try and coax out performance is not the answer... Mine is a good-looking brick on the sideboard until then.

Hasbro becomes the new Nintendo…

Finished season one last night and I'm highly impressed by the way they handled the three/four main character arcs throughout, as well as the balance between flashbacks and 'present' day. Great so far and can't wait for more.

Please be a G-Police remake. An absolute late 90s Psygnosis classic.

Combining the discounts I get from PS Stars with discounted store credit from ShopTo, digital games are more affordable than ever. I am even buying day one games digitally - even though at the start of this gen I promised myself I would buy all the major releases on physical and only indies/games on sale from the PS store. As an incentive to go digital, Sony have definitely won me over here, and I'm betting many others too.

Back into Destiny 2 for the new season after months away, played a little bit last night and it's still the best gunplay out there. Looking forward to the Final Shape already.

More Dragon's Dogma 2 for sure, it's my GOTY so far, and I need to find the will to return to FF VII Rebirth - like @Kidfunkadelic83 and @Rangers420 , when you drop off that game it feels like a hard road back.

I stopped playing Rebirth and Helldivers for Dragon's Dogma 2 and I haven’t played either of them since. Enough said.

Out all day for a few beers so when I get back tonight I’ll be playing Dragon’s Drunkma… I’ll see myself out.

Even though I've fallen off Destiny in recent months I still have The Final Shape preordered - I've played since the OG Destiny beta and this concluding chapter is simply a must-play for me. Fingers crossed for the reveal.

The plan was more Dragon's Dogma 2 on the Portal while I spend the Easter weekend at the in-laws, but their Wi-Fi is failing me... so I'l probably default to Civ VI on my laptop. Ah well.

I wonder if this will be another of those 'you only get Spidey on the Sony platform' situations... anyway, they had me at 'new Marvel game' and lost me at 'hero shooter'.

@ShogunRok Well I’ll at least report back once I get my hands on it - assuming I have time based on the review!

@ShogunRok Did you play with a VRR enabled TV or monitor? I have VRR and I'm hoping it rescues the frame rate a little. Great review in progress by the way.

Interesting, based on the previews I've read and watched I had this pegged as a 7/10 'wait for sale'. Which I'll still do, as Dragon's Dogma 2 comes first.

FF VII Rebirth officially has its hooks in me. And I'm only in Chapter 2. Can't wait to see where it goes.

Once I learned his dad used to play for United I went right off him

For those mentioning PGA - @Danbottomburp @PsBoxSwitchOwner - best sports game I've played in forever and a satisfying platinum too. Recommended.

Starting easy with the Dragons Dogma 2 character creator, then finally kicking off my FF VII Rebirth playthrough. My son is on chapter 9 and avoiding spoilers has been stressing me out, so I need to dive in this weekend. Late night Helldivers 2 also on the cards!

Hoping for a return to form for BioWare.