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All things considered, I would give it an 8: it might seem high but this actually went a lot below my (admittedly lofty) expectations - I thought this would realize the incredible raw potential of the first game and really blow us all away and become this generation’s TW3.

It’s still VERY absorbing though: If you liked the first one, buy this without minding the discourse about it…the MXT are completely not necessary and the technical problems, while actually serious here, tend to become white noise as you progress. Or at least until you play the Stellar Blade demo for hours and then come back and feel like you are playing a slideshow 😅 then it takes another couple of hours to adjust again

Ah, kombini - one of my favourite places in the world 🍙. I will surely keep this on my radar.

To anyone interested in knowing more about these amazing Japanese shops I recommend the short novel “Convenience Store woman” by Sayaka Murata. It’s really about conformal rules and society expectations but it does offer some views on how kombini really work.

@Voltan thanks! I feel like my mental sanity improved knowing there’s a way out of it LOL. I would just play DD2 and then do a few tries and fail miserably 😅 but all the other quests are progressing.

Oh, that’s way I couldn’t complete that quest! Well, I’m sure they will fix it later on…platinum is definitely on the cards but not in the near future.

@SuperSilverback That makes two of us. And I am decent at fighting games 🥲

I really like Promises to keep. It rubbed me the wrong way when I first heard it outside the game but then the instrumental version hit me and I couldn’t stop humming it for days

@danzoEX This! And then you get some stunning games and people still complaining about the look of them …

@Darude84 though there are some similarities in the setting that are enhanced by the music, the game is very far from Nier in terms of gameplay. This is more like Lies of P or boss fights in GOW (2018).

@pyrrhic_victory love your Roman history user name. Yeah I was wondering about the statue too, seems pontless for like 3 vitcoins. I also found out that when you come close to the first body of water, you can go right and find a rare enemy thingy.

The plan is to get Stellar Blade and the FF16 DLC, then it’s finally time for me to get seriously into a PS5 playthrough of Hi-Fi Rush and/or Unicorn Overlord.

If Sony announces a big Astrobot platformer this will be the best PS year ever for me

@Icey664 @Voltan
Well, for my exploration yes! I made a second play through (very rare for me for a demo) and now I am before the boss grinding enemies for skill points and exploring but I couldn’t find it :/

Guys, any way to unlock the chest you find in the bar? I have managed to unlock the one in the drugstore but I’d love to get this as well.

P.s. upgraded the parry window and now it’s much easier

Turning RT off definitely helps a lot! But the game looks a lot worse imho

This is so my kind of thing! Stellar () combat, not too easy but not frustrating and nice polygon models. The only thing I don’t like is the PS360 era brownish palette.

Edit: husband now calls this “the perverted souls-like” but already said he is available for a shared playthrough 🤔

Piano music is excellent, I need that South Corea Vynil

Biggest problem of the game for me is being played after Rebirth where every quest (not the open world stuff) was endearing on some level. I still like the game a lot, though!

Are we doing Xbox smart pants?
I am all for this kind of things, mind you. It would work wonderfully with Ff16 Active Time Lore.

@Korgon Agreed. Even the most silly quests give you a worthwhile moment in the game but this was my favourite unexpected quest conclusion 😂

Will surely watch it. Rebirth is the best game I played on PS5 imho. Can’t get enough and thankfully it’s a very generous JRPG serving.

@Korgon the ending of that quest though! 🔪 🐔 😱

I’ll be honest: If it runs the very majority (90%+) of ps5 games at 4K and 60fps I am willing to spend even 600-700€ on this.

There is a fairly decent PC in this house but most of the times it runs games slightly worse than the Ps5 and for some games like Final Fantasy I don’t even have the option to play them onPC till later on so …yeah, maybe it’s just for some people but I can see this having a market.

On the other hand I am more worried about the extra stress this will put on developers. I remember when FF15, of alll games, had to to do some extra tuning because the release date slipped past the PS4 Pro release date LOL As if it hadn’t already had its fair share of development drama

It is also dubbed in Italian and French, this game has my name on it! Glad to hear is kinda on the “harder” side in terms of difficulty

Thank you for the review - I highly recommend Grandia II to anyone interested in classic JRPGs, it was a cult hit for a reason: it kinda reached FF level of “influential”. Played on DC 🥲 I miss this era so much

@Nepp67 yes I am still unconvinced about the gameplay, cannot really have a clear idea from the video they showed us, but that’s what demos are for!

I am honestly hyped we get a new Devil May Cry kind of game with a female lead, though my reasons may differ from other users’ 😅

Bring it on!

I will be back for the rising tide and will enjoy this changes in the meantime

Among these I would pick Returnal or Death Stranding! Bloodborne is also awesome, of course.

Played on PC and will get on PS5 asap, my plate is a bit full atm

It’s very enjoyable and I am glad it’s in the game but I don’t find it as well executed as Gwent. Positioning has too much importance

Best game I played this generation so I hope more people will pick it up. Honestly, most reviews undersell it.

Well, this will go down well

Oooh 😨 Grandia II is pure bliss and it is also the prototype for FFX (no, seriously Mareg and Kimihari can’t be coincidences) I would love an excuse to replay it and trophies might just be it

Sounds like a steal at that price, and I mean Helldivers II, of course.

Devil May Clive is a solid 8/10 - would play it again at 60fps. Some of the most epic fights I had in a videogame ever.

Honestly didn’t expect it to perform this well - but nice 😊 much more interested in Hi Fi Rush! The only other Xbox studios game I’d consider buying is Forza Horizon, as many have said.

I don’t find this offensive at all, a little bit over the top but it’s not like she is cooking dinner and cleaning for the MC - also we can all have some fun and I am the first one to get a little bit distracted by Ryu’s sweaty winning pose when I play SF6

Brilliant! Will do a run where I murder every NPC I don’t really vibe with XD

@Shepherd_Tallon @ceedj I am not even a FF7 hardcore fan but this went above and beyond my (kinda high to be honest) expectations and kind of retroactively made my consideration of P3R really sink. What a remake, what a game!

Chapter 6, I am loving every second, it’s up there with a 9-10, clearing almost everything just because it’s a delight to do it.

I love this kind of structure (way more than the first game) but of course I hope the story bits won’t be disappointing at the end of things

Noooo I missed it! I would have happily tried it

State of Stellar Balde incoming?

The Final Fantasy XV energy is strong with this trailer. Killer year for Japanese games

I think releasing so close to Rebirth didn’t do P3R any favor ether, but I am sure it will have legs. Congrats to Sony for having successfully launched two exclusives in a row.

Saving it for after FFVIIR, but the demo completely sold me on this

I love this 🤣 and yeah they look creepy

Different spin: It’s the second highest PS5 game launch ever in Japan, behind just FF16 😅

^Yeah, The only way they could make me spend more money on this is adding the female lead and her arc

Jet set radio? I can dream

@ShogunRok Just for the sake of conversation, (your reviews of these and more games were very informative and useful to limit my crazy JRPG spending):

Pacing problems aside, FF16 really lacks a third wind in terms of gameplay.

P3R, on the other hand, is a very subdued and understated "homework" remake that lacks the FF7 or RE remakes' impact, re-imagination and ambition. Consider Gekkoukan High in P3 and P3R, Kalm in FF7, and Rebirth afterwards—not exactly the same level of work 😅 the game maintains the same size as the original, doesn't truly utilize the power of the current generation, and doesn't even include all that might be included—the female MP and the answer are both missing.

And while these two games kind of tunneled me in different ways, FF Rebirth is the funniest game to play and the least dictatorial when it comes to telling me what to do and when to do it.

I have one hour tonight and I can do some Shinra Towers, unwind, do some hunting in Rebirth in a way that doesn't function well in the other two games. It’s just my taste though.

Good point about the install base@Porco I am not so sure about a ps4 version and honestly glad they just released it on ps5 - the visuals held better than from say FFXIII to XIII-2, it’s easier to make a linear game look very good but once you are out in very large areas …

@ShogunRok the skinner meme is on point hahah.

But I am seriously surprised you scored FF16 and P3R higher than Rebirth. I am only on chapter 5 but so far this is clearly the best experience out of the three. I mean, they are all good games and there is no accounting for taste but this is the richer, grandest and most ambitious game out of the three. I am constantly waiting for Rebirth to terribly disappoint me since I am really loving it hahaha

@somnambulance same experience here!
I hope the fact that it is actually a part 2 doesn’t punish its sales too much. Honestly the best JRPG experience I had in a very long time - loving it.

I still find it nice looking and fluid and pretty impressive considering its open world-ish nature, especially coming from P3 Reload that feels like a switch game most of the time (don’t get me started on the dormitory)

But yeah I recently played right on front of my TV and found the fuzziness people were referring to, though I still prefer it to the variable frame rate of 16, but if it can be improved I am all for it!

I will surely keep my eyes on this