This is the most hyped I have ever been about a PlayStation Studios game! I hope it's as good as it looks and as fun as the PS5 pack in! The cameos looked amazing! And wash your mouth before badmouthing 2024 as it got me Rebirth, Stellar Blade (just got the plat!) and now this!
Can we close the “censored game” school of clowns now? 🤡
I got the costumes and I look forward to embarrass my husband by sneakily equipping one of them minutes before his mother comes to sit on the couch with us.
It’s good that he has such confidence, but why would anyone talk of their personal project in these terms?Just undersell it and then surprise everyone…
Sign me up! And Sony, make this a PlayStation series! This game is perfect for a sequel: it has the narrative for it and even being absolutely great as a whole you could point many parts of the game that could use improvements!
Started NG+ on Stellar Blade to get the last ending and collecting the remaining cans. Really robust Ng+! Hopefully I can do I it all before Akuma drops in SF6 because then I will be very busy beating a lot of wannabe edgelords demons with female characters and Blanka:P
Stellar Blade performing better than Bayo 3 is a testament of how much Sony missed out not picking up Bayonetta 2 publishing rights. It’s a series that would thrive much more on PS/Xbox than Nintendo.
Errr..:this was always obvious, how could one even think this game has been censored? There are tons of ridiculously skimpy outfit much more revealing than the two “censored” ones.
@get2sammyb I don’t understand where this is coming from, it feels like we had 1 Horizon game for every 12 Cod and Mario themed games 😁 I am hopeful to play Horizon 3 before 2028 :/ FW has been one of my PS5 era highlights with Rebirth and Returnal
@ChrisDeku I feel you, that is a completely alternate reality 🤣 Mario kart remaster is the best seller of an interminable list of rehashed games, remasters, “remakes”, Wii U and PS3 ports
^ yeah if we have to count the spin offs as well, we have been receiving one game a year for a while.
Also I need some kind of change in the next main episode, the rigid nature of the gameplay loop has kind of worn me out.
It could be something as simple as not attending high school during the day and exploring adult life…I am sure being a salary man or office lady has plenty of hardships.
Persona is actually one of the few IPs I have clear ideas about things they could implement that would make everybody happy without turning the franchise upside down, like multiple main characters (with different age, occupation, gender, social class) that lead to different introductions (think Dragon Age Origin) and perspective to the story. Or daily-life boons for each arcana - let’s says you can manipulate people with extra dialogue choices if you are holding a persona of the devil arcana, chariot gives you a boost in sports/mini-games, lovers let you get more charisma points from stat boosting activities, moon gives you a perk in night time activities, magician lets you see secret doors, strength has no perks but its personae are really strong in combat and so on…
I mean no offense to Xbox fans (play wherever it makes you happy!) but can we do some black magic and swap Xbox with SEGA back again? 🥲 They are working on reviving so many dormant IPs and I would buy a console just for Sega/Atlus stuff, let alone third party support.
As long as we are playing great games, do we really care if they are first or third party? I struggle to think of a first party title that I would enjoy as much as Stellar Blade or Rebirth. A fulll Astrobot game, maybe
@REALAIS As you can read in my comment, l agree that selling and then making the game impossible to play in a lot of countries was incredibly stupid and that’s why this decision is the only logic one they could take.
@ShogunRok seconded!
I am happy they reverted the situation because it didn’t have any sense to delist the game in countries that have no access to psn, just don’t sell it there in the first place. Players from the remaining countries (95% or so, I’d imagine) could really benefit to learn to read before buying 🙃
PlayStation’s strength is its variety so more first party titles will be very welcome when they release.
As for me, none of PlayStation first party studios has the ability to produce something I would enjoy on the same level I enjoy Rebirth or Stellar Blade, so it’s definitely working!
@Pixipantalon Thank you, will indeed try! I am also a native French speaker (my mother is French, my dad is Italian) and I thought the French dub was alright! Italian one has more striking Adam and Lilith!
It’s a 9 for me! It is so much fun and Eve is adorably sweet. Maybe not as challenging as I hoped it would be, as it gets a lot easier as you get new abilities and equip, but that is my main gripe. The Italian dub is significantly better than the English one, so I switched to it. Will try Korean for NG+
Absolutely appreciated the DLC for this game: Kairos gate in particular is really addicting stuff! While I vastly prefer the approach that SE had in Rebirth, XVI can be a very intense game.
@Deljo it’s not really what is happening, as you can see from the poll results. It’s more like Microsoft published studios “begging” to have an audience that justify their development (not to mention acquisition) costs.
The game discourse since the beginning of the year has been heavily centered around PlayStation exclusives anyways (Rebirth, Helldivers, Stellar Blade…) 🤷🏼♀️
Completed the NG+ skipping the prologue but luckily this didn’t happen.
It’s good they are advising and informing players, less cool they found this almost one year after the release of the game.
@Elitepatriot if it can be of any help, it’s more like playing god of war on the hardest difficulty settings than a souls-like, even though it has the bonfire mechanic and some other element taken from the genre. The demo really makes it seem harder than it is, once you start piling the abilities and equips you can make the game forgiving.
@JohntheRaptor I agree. Eve might not be in the same class as Bayonetta in terms of charisma but I like her more than 2B…Nier automata is a good game but she’s not really what makes the game stand out.
Playing it with my husband as the first game we actually play together (and I mean sharing the same playthrough) since Elden Ring! It’s lovely.
Nothing too innovative but it hits that sweet spot between playing a souls-like and god of war on hard. Having a blast so far
For all the annoying new trends in games, I must say I like the “roguelite dlc” one.
GOW Valhalla was awesome and FF16’s not bad either.
There’s a copy of this game in my house, still sealed…
It looks really good but it also looks more of the same and I am growing extremely allergic to formulaic games. Could end up being my GOTY but also one of those game everybody loves but I find incredibly boring.
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Re: Astro's Playroom PS5 Gets New Update, New Trophies Out of Nowhere
Heck yeah! Love an excuse to revisit this
Re: Xbox Series S Specs Limit the Scope of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
@ATaco I honestly feel like this is one for the reason why we won’t see FF16 and Rebirtth on Xbox
Re: Classic PS1 Platformer Tomba! Arrives on PS5 in August
Tombi! This brings back so many memories of the 90s and would have been a nice addition to the kinda nostalgic State of Play …
Re: Astro Bot Raises the Bar for Sony's PS Studios Intros on PS5
That’s a neat little thingy
Re: Astro Bot Looks Absolutely Glorious, Lands on PS5 This September
This is the most hyped I have ever been about a PlayStation Studios game! I hope it's as good as it looks and as fun as the PS5 pack in! The cameos looked amazing!
And wash your mouth before badmouthing 2024 as it got me Rebirth, Stellar Blade (just got the plat!) and now this!
Re: Infinity Nikki PS5 Is the Open World Anime Dress-Up Game of Your Dreams
This is too preciously delicate for me to stomach >_< I can't be the only one.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Sony's State of Play for May 2024?
It was exactly how I imagined it to be! Astrobot looks fantastic and it is releasing so soon! Day one
Re: Stellar Blade PS5 Quietly Adds Uncensored New Costumes in Controversy Aftermath
Can we close the “censored game” school of clowns now? 🤡
I got the costumes and I look forward to embarrass my husband by sneakily equipping one of them minutes before his mother comes to sit on the couch with us.
Re: Stellar Blade PS5 Patch 1.003 Is Live Now, Brings a Challenge Mode, New Outfits
Ok Roxanne near the bulletin board has a couple new nano-suits bikini inspired by Alice in wonderland (well…) and red riding hood
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Stellar Blade Is on Top Again, Sells 10,000+ Copies
@The_Wailing_Doom both excellent games! Ps5 has been so good for Japanese style games
Re: Stellar Blade PS5 Patch 1.003 Brings a Challenge Mode, New Outfits
Those dresses are so pretty! Currently playing through NG+, will give this a try! Would also love a photo mode
Re: The Next Naughty Dog Game Its 'Most Thrilling Yet', Says Neil Druckmann
It’s good that he has such confidence, but why would anyone talk of their personal project in these terms?Just undersell it and then surprise everyone…
Re: Stellar Blade Sequel Is Under Serious Consideration as Dev Eyes AAA Franchise Success
Sign me up! And Sony, make this a PlayStation series! This game is perfect for a sequel: it has the narrative for it and even being absolutely great as a whole you could point many parts of the game that could use improvements!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 529
Started NG+ on Stellar Blade to get the last ending and collecting the remaining cans. Really robust Ng+! Hopefully I can do I it all before Akuma drops in SF6 because then I will be very busy beating a lot of wannabe edgelords demons with female characters and Blanka:P
Re: Square Enix Bestows New Name on Creative Business Unit 3
Shhh guys, let’s not complain too much or they’ll give the rebranding job to the guy who penned some of their game titles.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Stellar Blade PS5 Sales Hold Strong
Totally deserved! It’s such a fun game to play!
Stellar Blade performing better than Bayo 3 is a testament of how much Sony missed out not picking up Bayonetta 2 publishing rights. It’s a series that would thrive much more on PS/Xbox than Nintendo.
Re: Ubisoft Cancels Free-to-Play Shooter The Division Heartland
I can manage to deal with this particular loss.
Re: Superb PS5, PS4 Brawler Street Fighter 6 Is Getting a Big Balance Update
I kind of got into Aki but after diamond she is hard to win with. Mostly bad matchups. Hope she gets some buff
Re: Shift Up Director Puts Stellar Blade, Sony Costume Conspiracy to Bed
Errr..:this was always obvious, how could one even think this game has been censored? There are tons of ridiculously skimpy outfit much more revealing than the two “censored” ones.
Re: Hermen Hulst, Hideaki Nishino Replace Jim Ryan As PlayStation CEOs
@get2sammyb I don’t understand where this is coming from, it feels like we had 1 Horizon game for every 12 Cod and Mario themed games 😁 I am hopeful to play Horizon 3 before 2028 :/ FW has been one of my PS5 era highlights with Rebirth and Returnal
Re: Sony Committed to Better First-Party Games, 'Richer' Experiences, More PS5 Users
@ChrisDeku I feel you, that is a completely alternate reality 🤣 Mario kart remaster is the best seller of an interminable list of rehashed games, remasters, “remakes”, Wii U and PS3 ports
Re: Rumour: SEGA Wants Persona to Be an Annual Franchise Alongside Like a Dragon, Sonic
^ yeah if we have to count the spin offs as well, we have been receiving one game a year for a while.
Also I need some kind of change in the next main episode, the rigid nature of the gameplay loop has kind of worn me out.
It could be something as simple as not attending high school during the day and exploring adult life…I am sure being a salary man or office lady has plenty of hardships.
Persona is actually one of the few IPs I have clear ideas about things they could implement that would make everybody happy without turning the franchise upside down, like multiple main characters (with different age, occupation, gender, social class) that lead to different introductions (think Dragon Age Origin) and perspective to the story. Or daily-life boons for each arcana - let’s says you can manipulate people with extra dialogue choices if you are holding a persona of the devil arcana, chariot gives you a boost in sports/mini-games, lovers let you get more charisma points from stat boosting activities, moon gives you a perk in night time activities, magician lets you see secret doors, strength has no perks but its personae are really strong in combat and so on…
Re: Capcom Now Considers Dragon's Dogma a 'Key Brand' Following Substantial Sales
Yay! Very good news.
Now please make my dream of Darkstalkers’ return a reality. Or my pipe dream of Sega vs Capcom.
Re: Founders, Long-Time Employees Reportedly Say Xbox Now Effectively Microsoft Gaming
I mean no offense to Xbox fans (play wherever it makes you happy!) but can we do some black magic and swap Xbox with SEGA back again? 🥲 They are working on reviving so many dormant IPs and I would buy a console just for Sega/Atlus stuff, let alone third party support.
Re: The Big Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Reveal Is Incoming, 2024 Release Date Reportedly Set
I quiet like the Dragon age series a lot and Inquisition in particular but we have to take into account that we are all playing this after BG3 >_<
Re: PS5 Fans Mostly Happy with Sony's Third-Party Deals, But PlayStation Studios Need to Step Up
As long as we are playing great games, do we really care if they are first or third party? I struggle to think of a first party title that I would enjoy as much as Stellar Blade or Rebirth. A fulll Astrobot game, maybe
Re: Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, More Closed in Brutal Bethesda Restructure
And this causes less of a controversy than the HD2 PSN requirement, of course
Re: Helldivers 2 May Turn Negative Steam Reviews into a Fashionable In-Game Cape
@REALAIS As you can read in my comment, l agree that selling and then making the game impossible to play in a lot of countries was incredibly stupid and that’s why this decision is the only logic one they could take.
Re: Helldivers 2 May Turn Negative Steam Reviews into a Fashionable In-Game Cape
@ShogunRok seconded!
I am happy they reverted the situation because it didn’t have any sense to delist the game in countries that have no access to psn, just don’t sell it there in the first place. Players from the remaining countries (95% or so, I’d imagine) could really benefit to learn to read before buying 🙃
Re: Talking Point: Have Sony's Third-Party PS5 Deals Made Up for Its Lack of First-Party Games?
PlayStation’s strength is its variety so more first party titles will be very welcome when they release.
As for me, none of PlayStation first party studios has the ability to produce something I would enjoy on the same level I enjoy Rebirth or Stellar Blade, so it’s definitely working!
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Stellar Blade?
@Pixipantalon Thank you, will indeed try! I am also a native French speaker (my mother is French, my dad is Italian) and I thought the French dub was alright! Italian one has more striking Adam and Lilith!
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Stellar Blade?
It’s a 9 for me! It is so much fun and Eve is adorably sweet. Maybe not as challenging as I hoped it would be, as it gets a lot easier as you get new abilities and equip, but that is my main gripe. The Italian dub is significantly better than the English one, so I switched to it. Will try Korean for NG+
Re: Family Friendly Level-5 Boss Would Love to Make Violent, Erotic Games
TMI Akihiro, TMI 😝
Re: Feature: Final Fantasy 16 Expansion Pass Review: Is It Worth Buying?
Absolutely appreciated the DLC for this game: Kairos gate in particular is really addicting stuff! While I vastly prefer the approach that SE had in Rebirth, XVI can be a very intense game.
Re: Stellar Blade Dev Is Plotting Boss Rush Mode for PS5 Smash Hit
@shonenjump86 just did that! Surprised by how easy it was!
Re: Talking Point: What's Next for Xbox Games on PS5, PS4?
@Deljo it’s not really what is happening, as you can see from the poll results. It’s more like Microsoft published studios “begging” to have an audience that justify their development (not to mention acquisition) costs.
The game discourse since the beginning of the year has been heavily centered around PlayStation exclusives anyways (Rebirth, Helldivers, Stellar Blade…) 🤷🏼♀️
Re: Stellar Blade Wanted Its Collectible Cans to Be Based on Real Brands Like Pepsi
The designs are so cool. Looking forward to photo mode so we can have some nice shots of Eve’s goofy advertising-like poses when she picks them up.
The likely follow up could have better chances to strike a deal with soda companies.
Re: High-Quality Crossover Between PS5's Stellar Blade and NIKKE: Goddess of Victory Incoming
Stellar Blade is providing me with quality no frills-gaming (much needed) with a side dish of suggestions on how to use the ignore button more often 😂
Re: Akuma Brings the Pain to Street Fighter 6 in May on PS5, PS4
Ok, now that the edgelords are pleased can I have Laura for season 2 Capcom? Please!🙏🏻
Akuma is always playing hard to get @NxtDoc
Re: Returnal Studio Housemarque Teases News for Tomorrow
Returnal was the best game experience I had on PS5 till Rebirth dropped
Re: Final Fantasy 16 New Game+ Bug Preventing Progress, Square Enix Offers Temporary Fix
@Nepp67 I see
Re: Final Fantasy 16 New Game+ Bug Preventing Progress, Square Enix Offers Temporary Fix
Completed the NG+ skipping the prologue but luckily this didn’t happen.
It’s good they are advising and informing players, less cool they found this almost one year after the release of the game.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Stellar Blade?
@Elitepatriot if it can be of any help, it’s more like playing god of war on the hardest difficulty settings than a souls-like, even though it has the bonfire mechanic and some other element taken from the genre. The demo really makes it seem harder than it is, once you start piling the abilities and equips you can make the game forgiving.
@JohntheRaptor I agree. Eve might not be in the same class as Bayonetta in terms of charisma but I like her more than 2B…Nier automata is a good game but she’s not really what makes the game stand out.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Stellar Blade?
Playing it with my husband as the first game we actually play together (and I mean sharing the same playthrough) since Elden Ring! It’s lovely.
Nothing too innovative but it hits that sweet spot between playing a souls-like and god of war on hard. Having a blast so far
Re: Microsoft 'Meeting Players Where They Are' as Xbox Games Among PS Store's Bestsellers
“Meeting players where they actually buy games.”
I would have bought Hi-fi rush in this sale if Stellar Balde hadn’t come out.
Re: Story-Heavy Stellar Blade PS5 Launch Trailer Prepares You for Release
I am so ready! It feels like we’ve been waiting forever
Re: Next Free Lords of the Fallen Update Turns the PS5 Game into a Roguelite
@Northern_munkey will definitely give it a try this weekend
Re: Next Free Lords of the Fallen Update Turns the PS5 Game into a Roguelite
For all the annoying new trends in games, I must say I like the “roguelite dlc” one.
GOW Valhalla was awesome and FF16’s not bad either.
There’s a copy of this game in my house, still sealed…
Re: Persona Dev's Metaphor: ReFantazio Releases for PS5, PS4 in October, New Gameplay Is Glorious
It looks really good but it also looks more of the same and I am growing extremely allergic to formulaic games. Could end up being my GOTY but also one of those game everybody loves but I find incredibly boring.
Re: Tales of the Shire Turns The Lord of the Rings into a Hobbit Life Sim
I did’t know I needed a hobbit life simulator but I do. These animations are quite something though 🙂↕️