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@PenguinLtd a lot of Devs have said this is why they don't mind having their games on a service. A bigger audience to sell DLC packs to.

While it is a pretty crap month, I'm happy I don't have to buy saints row. I have a feeling I'll put a few hours in and realise it's not for me. I'm just in the mood for a open world checklist game.

To the 33% who said you'll be letting your subscription lapse, it's incredibly easy to cancel your subscription using the PlayStation app. Go to the ps store tab, click the subscriptions tab, then the 3 lines in the right corner, manage subscriptions. Cancel that thing! You'll have to your renewal date. I've got till June next year.

This has pushed me to cancel my subscription now. I meant to do it before it renewed but I forgot. I've got till next June and it won't auto renew. It's very easy to do via the PlayStation app. Subscription gaming just doesn't work for me. I see them as "less than" games.

In the year that I've had it I think I've finished 3 of the games. A lot of the games I already own and was happy to buy them full price or in a sale and the rest are just clutter that I wouldn't play anyway. It's a bit of a waste on me.

I'll probably platinum it when it's on sale. £15 or lower. I'll see you in a few years, my love

How many will buy it expecting a game on the level of RDR2, see the graphics and be utterly disappointed.

Anyway, this has had me thinking, how much do you think they're going to charge for GTA VI? £30 more then a 13 year old game? I think we're about to see a £90 standard edition game here.

This reminds me of the first South Park game on PS1. That was a first person snowball shooter. Terrible!
I wonder how involved Parker & Stone are with this one. I'm sure I saw an interview about "Stick of truth" saying it was harder to develop then they were expecting. I wouldn't blame them for taking a back seat for this. In fact Cartman's voice sounded a little odd in the trailer.

The more comments I read, the more it sits uneasy with me. Red Dead Redemption was my favourite game before RDR2 came out. I would kill to play it but these decisions don't deserve my money.

How long was it before GTA 3, then Vice City and then San Andreas came to PS Plus extra? I don't think it was that long. I remember they came and went pretty quickly, though. Maybe that's how I'll play it

One of the few games I got 100% back in the child free days. I was looking forward to returning to it, but not at this price. It's hard to say what price I'll go to, though. Maybe £15. The PS3 version is on my shelf. I don't think it'll be hard to boot that up. Hopefully my dusty PS3 still works

I agree with the article; it's the price that stinks. Do a port of a 13 year old PS3 game but price it as such. It wouldn't surprise me if the CEO of Rockstar was Leviticus Cornwall himself.

Actually heartbreaking. Not even a 60fps option. But not surprised after the lackluster GTA trilogy.

And for heavens sake it better include unread nightmare

I feel the graphics of rdr2 wouldn't suit the style of red dead redemption. Rdr2 is a more grown up story with less outrageous and cartoony characters. I'll be more then happy with a 4k 60fps update. Much like the Xbox backwards compatible version.
Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie

It's been happening to me on Kingdom Hearts 3. First time it happened I frantically searched for a save point. But no need to worry. Funny game, that. Kinda wanna leave it but want to press on. All the worlds are just retellings of the movie. A little boring.

For anyone interested Dishonored is on sale, on the PSstore, for £3.99 and Dishonored 2 is £3.19
No need for premium to enjoy the first game and grab that bargain for the second.

Kiss my face! What a month. There's multiple games I'll play there

You know, gun to my head, I couldn't tell you if this game was in the PS Plus extra collection. Seems like the perfect game for it

To think someone's been paid a bucket full of cash to "design" that logo.

@MickOnYourFace I think so. When you start, pick the expeditions 9 missions. It'll help you to get used to certain features and give you some fancy rewards that you can take in to a new play through. When you start a a normal game follow the missions. If you find it hard or laborious you can alter the difficulty to make mining faster or non existent. There's so much to do as a single player and multi-player. I'm loving my time with it at the moment.

Yeah, kinda liked going through the games again. I play quite often, not everyday, but, it's surprising how few games I was ticking off. I'll have to tell the wife I need to play more. Pray for me.

@Wayward_Boglin it was apparently a Samsung thing. I must have the certain phone that wouldn't work correctly. Like, playing red dead 2, the button inputs were either mixed up or just wouldn't work. I tried it last night and it's all working 😁

Knowing Square Enix they'll probably release it the week before Final Fantasy XVI. Spread your games out! Especially the massive JRPGs 🙃

@ThomasHL thank you! I'll give that a go while the wife watches TV soon.

For some slower paced games it's great. Never played anything too taxing on it. One of the major bummers was not being able to connect the dualsense to my Samsung phone. It just doesn't work, so I've been using the dualshock 4. Anyone know if they've fixed that.

I kinda like that feature. I need to know how far I have left. I'm constantly looking at full game walkthroughs on YouTube to see how many hours I have left, roughly

Terra,
Cloud,
Squall,
Zidane,
Tidus,
Lightning,
Noctus and..............
Clive!

Great article, very much looking forward to this game. I don't buy many games on day 1 anymore but this is looking a likely early purchase.

I picked up 2/3 games. Sekiro was half price at £30. I haven't seen this game cheaper then 50 anywhere.
I also got Danganronpa 1 and 2 for £7.
Bargain!

@itsfoz the team behind it (Avalanche?) Don't really fill me with confidence. We've not seen them do something this big before. Would love them to release a fantastic, successful game but it wouldn't surprise me if it was filled with bugs, like you said.

I can't even remember what I voted for. I'm pumped for Octopath 2, even though it didn't make the top 20! That artwork above for FFXVI is awesome. It fills me with confidence that this is going to make up for XV. I couldn't stand that game.
I'm also a bit salty about the change to Assassin's Creed. I've loved the last 3 games more then I care to admit, so feel great betrayal at this supposed change back to the classic style. Plus i couldn't give a monkey about Basim.
Happy New Gaming Year, everyone. Lots to look forward to.

My personal top 3 are Ragnarok, Horizon:FW and Elden Ring my top game. But the real winners are the Gamers! 😬

I've been ready to finish it for ages. I completed all boss fights in Limgrave, Cealid, Liurnia and the ones around the Volcano Manor. Then i just fell off it, for no reason other then things came up. I should get back to it. It really changed how I feel about those soulsbourne games. I'm so far in to Demon's Souls now and loving it. I hear so many good things about Bloodborne but that framerate hurts my eyes too much. I need update, Sony!

A demo can only help this game. A good decision by Square-Enix. After the memes and bad press around the dialogue they need to show people how good it plays. I'll definitely be checking it out

Fantastic month. Not long ago I was planning on joining the EA games collection thing. Can't remember what it's called, just for the Mass Effect trilogy. I'm glad I waited now, and because it's the essential monthly game I don't need to worry about it leaving extra before I get chance to start it. Gotta finish Last Of Us part 1, then go through the mammoth God of war ragnarok.

I didn't care till I went back to 30fps. Playing Red Dead 2 is hard on the eyes now

@Matroska it was a long day!

A Bonnie & Clyde story sounds great. I'm still wanting those rumours of a police officer protagonist to come true. Maybe you could play both sides of the story. The criminal and the bent detective out to catch the pair. Like Heat!

I agree with a few comments here, that logo looks child friendly. Almost fortnite font style. It doesn't give off a medieval rpg feeling.
I played Inquisition and liked right up to the point Witcher 3 came out. I realised that was the style of game I wanted. I just can't face going to to Inquisition.

Typical Yorkshire man with my penny pinching, I got the game from curry's for £40. Going to have to wait till Friday night to get stuck in

Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year.

I loved the game, the story, how it felt and the city is amazing. What has surprised me is that Rockstar has never brought the city over to GTA online. No Niko or Roman. Maybe with the power of PS5 there could be a bridge linking the state and Liberty City together.

I'm looking forward to these. I just wish they'd release GTA IV on ps4/5. I wouldn't even be mad if it was a straight port. There's no way I'm dusting my ps3 off to play it

Great work, team. I've played all the AC games but it wasn't until origins that I fell in love with them. I do think they outstay their welcome, though, as most Ubisoft games do. My top 3 is Odyssey, Origins and Valhalla.
I would love see a list of top AC protagonists. Kassandra for the win!

VI will forever hold the top spot for me. I bought the game for PSone only for the demo disc of X. I didn't play it for years after that when my girlfriend (now wife) suggested we play it. My first FF was VIII so that always holds a special place for me. IX is awesome too. XV is dog poo. It actually makes me worried about forspoken.

I think it is worth it. I've loved my time with the base game and when I finish the story I'll be buying it. The one thing I'm a little peeved off at is you buy the season pass but you have to do long quests for the cool outfits. I've paid for them so I want them ready waiting for me!