NoxAeturnus

I love Persona 5. A sequel sounds awesome. I HATE that this is a musou game. I have yet to enjoy any musou game I have played.

But does this matter? There are many fewer XB1's in the wild, and many many many PS4's. It would be a ludicrous strategy for Sony, but for MS it might make sense. I know if those games are enticing I'd be looking them and thinking I don't have any MS machine at all. And if I have to buy a machine anyway, I have two options - I can get in quick and cheap with the old machine or pay extra and get the new one for better future-proofing. It's a little like Nintendo. 3DS has been the budget entry-point for a while, and now Switch Lite is taking over for it. All MS is doing is setting up that situation out of the gate. Which is probably fine considering that they're moving towards Game Pass as the future. The software will drive the real product in the end, and that's not the hardware for MS.

@ShogunRok PushSquare's best taglines of the decade. Where's that article/poll? Crown one subheading to rule them all.

I get the argument for its influence but...one of the games of the decade? I don't know. This is a weird inclusion.

@Yogsoggoth A decade is any ten year span. Cultural parlance names the decades according to their tens digit. While you're logically correct from the frame of reference of year zero, that frame of reference is irrelevant to anyone who isn't being a pedant. For the rest of us the new decade starts 1/1/2020.

@J2theEzzo Are...are you trying to rules lawyer what a decade is? Because you're not doing a good job.

@Yogsoggoth 1920 wasn't part of the 1920's?

@jdv95 How could taking turns through the cloud or button mapping SP controls across two controllers force features into games? This seems unobtrusive and like it might not require the game developer at all. If nothing else, it sounds like we'll have full controller mapping for every game. I don't see anything but good here.

My wife and I co-op played botw with one controller each. This could be fun for a lot of games for us, especially if we can map who has which controls.

Just make a PS Now app that let's you connect a dualshock via bluetooth to your mobile device. Boom. Portable playstation gaming.

What if it's not just a remake? What if it's...a sequel?

Two thick books.

Crap, I had ONE JOB!

Well that's disappointing.

That does sound neat. Although, I think I've only hit the current share button by accident.

But which next generation?

@Eldritch He's not that bad of an actor. He has a narrow range, but manages solid depth and competence if the character falls within that range. I don't think they're leaning on his star power too much in the game's development. Keanu isn't this game's only selling point, or even a major one. However, the marketing team sure isn't going to pass up the opportunity to push that angle after the positive attention he got on stage.

@Gmork___ It's weird that we're totally fine with actors playing different roles in different movies, but throw an actor's likeness into a game and it's jarring. I mean, I agree with you, but I wonder why...?

@Claude Hollow Knight is a real gem. The exploration is top notch, the game drips with lore (sometimes literally), and its combat is challenging but fair. If you like that kind of game I think you're in for a treat!

Ugh, why'd it have to be a musou game...?

@kyleforrester87 You've got red on you.

Watch it be the Wii-U port of ME3 exclusively for Google Stadia.

That's how much I trust EA to get it right.

PS4 has a huge install base. It's guaranteed sales. But it would be awesome to have a PS5 "Pro" version. Just pull a botw and call it a day. It would give the most people what they want. Seems like a no-brainer to me.

I don't really like hack and slash and FFVII in the same sentence, but whatever. It'll probably be fine for most people and I'll try it and skip it if I don't like it. I don't remember the last time I had faith in SE.

@Netret0120 Oh yeah, no doubt a cheap PS4 is a good buy even now if someone doesn't have one. It's just the Pro that I'm saying is unattractive.

Is the Pro attractive to anyone at any price point right now? At this point, if you don't already have a Pro (like me), you're probably going to save the cash for a PS5 (which is what I'm doing), because backwards compatibility.

This soapbox is spot on. I've seen nothing about these gems, meanwhile TLOU2 gets a huge blowout right after taking up space in the State of Play with its launch date? The hype is too much and too long for the heavy hitters, and pretty much nonexistent for everything else.

Pass. Is there an AI assistant that DOESN'T require an always on microphone and constant internet connection? Because these are the things that XB1 was lynched for once upon a time.

I want to see a horse in a mocap suit.

@tameshiyaku I'm with you, except it doesn't feel like years. It really is years.

The Last of Us 2 announced December 2016
Ghost of Tsushima announced October 2017
Death Stranding announced at E3 2016

And it wouldn't be so bad - they're all good looking games - except that they've focused too hard and too frequently on those games without much else.

Any news about TLOU 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, and FFVII Remake is totally irrelevant to me at this point. I've already made decisions on all of those games. Months ago. The announcement and hype cycle is TOO. LONG.

Where does that leave this State of Play? Civ VI is nice. The demos are nice. CoD doesn't really need promotion. A couple small game announcements, one of which was utterly incomprehensible. TLOU 2 release date.

It's certainly pretty thin. Barely enough content overall to justify having the show. Just because I LIKE some of the things (like TLOU), doesn't mean I'm not disappointed. They just don't have enough to talk about until they're ready to start talking about PS5.

All I ever hope for out of these (and a Nintendo Direct) is one new thing. I swear, I'll scream if all they talk about is TLOU 2, Ghost of Tsushima, and/or Death Stranding. Or really spend any more than 30 seconds on any of them.

The hype cycle for this, Death Stranding and Ghost of Tsushima have all been way too long. I don't even care about seeing more at this point. The games are starting to feel old before they're released. Just release them so I can play them.

Ah yes, I've always said to myself "I wish my games would mostly play themselves." This is not the classic mode I was hoping for. Smh.

I find first person perspective in games LESS immersive, unless it's in VR. It feels like looking through a tunnel, or like I'm wearing a box on my face, and it makes the sharp precise movements of the camera more jarringly inhuman. It's like a unique form of uncanny valley for me, and it totally pulls me out of the world because there's just no ignoring it.

I'm not arguing that Cyberpunk should have a 3rd person mode, or that it will fail without it, because come on, this game is going to be something special and it'll sell like gangbusters. But the perspective has certainly contributed to me sitting on the fence about it.

Honestly, more than adding 3rd person, if they really want to pursue immersion, I think the best thing would be to add full VR support down the line.

@RawnDawn Doesn't seem like many single player games do a beta. Most of the time they're stress testing their servers and finding bugs for online play. If online multiplayer is a huge component or selling point for this game, I'm probably not interested in it.

Trial version? Are they dropping a beta? Because in my opinion, that would be a bad sign for the kind of game we can expect.

@AdamNovice I sincerely hope that is the case.

I'm extremely confused by the poll results right now. How do 2/3 seemingly hate the game - suggesting controversy - yet the comments section is both tiny and majority positive. Weird.

My body is ready.

@makoshichi You're totally right though, this is a super low energy cash grab because Lion King and Aladdin are in theaters again. But they've got me by the nostalgicles, so guess I'll have to shell out for it.

They should have remastered them as "live action" - you know, to match the new movies.

@Eldritch It's ok. I'm not offended that @makoshichi has never heard of me.

I showed this to my wife and at the same time we said:

Me: omg the LION KING!
Wife: omg ALADDIN!

We're now, apparently, fighting.

At this point, I just want the game and don't care for the drip-feed of teasers.

Sony: We're going to have ray tracing.
MS: Same.
Sony: But does your dev kit perfectly hold a piece of pizza?
MS: ...

Perfect! Time to retire ye olde launch disc.

It should work in reverse for Genos. The more Genos falls to pieces, the closer you get to being able to activate his self-destruct. Then, once he tries to activate self-destruct, Saitama arrives to save him.

But does it have a drone building simulator? Because if not...missed opportunity. Game league could have built fans and hobbyists to bolster real league.

The new carrying limits have drastically improved the grind in my opinion, but it's still very much: collect this thing to make that thing, make X number of the new thing and combine them with this other thing to make the newer thing, then install that thing on the other thing and don't forget to refuel it later with the other other thing.

But it looks good. And it always keeps me coming back to see what I can find over on the next ball in space. Loved the ring system planet in my starter system. And the flying manatees. Here's to astrozoology, which has become my personal primary objective.

@kyleforrester87 Agreed. Hats off. It's amazing how the same words arranged in the same way can have such a drastically different meaning in the hands of a competent wordsmith.

@kyleforrester87 "A redemption story can be a great one, if it didn't start with deception." Perfection. 10/10, would read your comment again.

@Quintumply Oh thank god, thanks so much for letting me know!