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Aloy's Crossbow Training

Always love it when a dev treats you to buy their quick port if you ever want to see another entry.

Wasn't this the worst game in the series anyway?

@Ken_Kaniff The irony is that most can't people can't keep up with multiple live service games. And this at a point where even companies like EA and downscaling their focus on live service stuff. If true, Sony is late to the party, and don't seem to have learned from others.

@ArcadeHeroes They were for a good while, that's what counts. Any game gets ported to another platform at some point, so it's a moot point really. Besides, anything is playable on PS5, so if you want to be really pedantic, nothing is exclusive on PS4.

@ArcadeHeroes God of war, horizon, last of us, uncharted 4, last guardian, bloodborne, spider-man, days gone, death stranding, ghost of tsushima, do you need more?

@ArcadeHeroes Several dozen of them?

Already have Plague Tale on PS4, but grabbed the free digital copy on the 5.

How is that even possible when the world is only 2,021 years old?

@lolwhatno I got my PSVR for €180 (came with VR Worlds). I got Astro Bot and a bunch of other VR games on sale for 10 each (mere months after Astro Bot came out). 4 VR games for €10 each is €40, with the system itself it's €220 total. That's €55 on average per game, and the VR system itself can be considered free. It's less than four brand new AAA games. And I got VR Worlds and a bunch of other stuff for free as well. It's not that bad if you look at it this way. And the more games you buy, the less the cost per game will be.

Wow. Six of my accounts have been banned...

@sqxrz MS could easily sell it at a loss or close to breaking even if it wants to drop the price fast.

@NEStalgia A new Wipeout doesn't sounds that bad!

There was hardly a trailer, was there? The 10 seconds they showed had some cheap flash animations, so I can't say it looked good to begin with. Hopefully it has considerably changed. Digimon games always looked worse than Pokemon games somehow, and that's not easy.

@NEStalgia He'll have to go here first to see the notification, so you're probably safe.

@Gremio108 Tren sneks

@Broosh PSVR isn't that expensive anymore, and maybe it'll be compatible with the PSVR 2. I hope so at least.

@Broosh Rescue Mission was even better than Playroom IMO!

Cat? That thing looks like a baby leopard.

@solocapers Yeah, exactly. Just like how they control their own media, they also want control of foreign media, to control the way China is portrayed in the media. And it will work in the long term.

In Chinese media you don't hear about the protests in Hong Kong for example. Most probably don't even have a clue what's going on. The Uyghurs, who are they?

@Rhaoulos I got the disc PS5, and I get what you're saying, but at least it gives me the option to buy games cheaper at launch. For me at least. Once I have bought 5-10 PS5 games, I've already made up the difference. So it's actually cheaper for me in the long run.

Last of Us on HBO, and Last of Us on Netflix. Who would've thought?

Why does it matter how much a game sells? Since when if FIFA the best game ever? The game was a success, that much is clear, who cares if it ''beat'' GOW or not.

Besides, if the game was as bad as some make it out to be, you wouldn't notice that in sales. Cause you'd have to play it first; you'd know if the sequel/part 3 would do a lot worse. That would be evidence, not the game itself.

And maybe people didn't buy it at launch because some couldn't stop bickering about how it ruined gaming even before it came out.

I think they bet all their money on England in the finals, and are now looking for way to get it back.

@lolwhatno I'm usually not a big fan of open world games, but this one clicked for me. I think it's because you can essentially set the difficulty yourself. The more cargo you take on your journey, the harder it becomes. But the trade-off is that you can complete more quests simultaneously, or in a shorter amount of time, so I kept pushing myself to go for the limit every time, and the result was a very challenging game.

The reason why ''people'' call it a walking sim is because you do deliveries. But it's not as easy as walking from one place to another. The terrain can be a giant obstacle, and the more cargo you carry, the harder it is to balance yourself. You're always engaged with the game, because you have to keep adjusting your balance and watch the terrain. That's why it's completely different from mindlessly walking from A to B, like in any other open world game.

There are enemies and monsters, and there is combat, you can avoid it, you can engage in combat, it's all up to you. You can get more resources, upgrade stuff, build stuff, build vehicles, roads, charging stations, etc.

The story is absolutely mental. It doesn't make a lot of sense I think. There's some logic to it, but it's all so weird. It was definitely fun to experience, and it wasn't bad, just incredibly weird. But in the end there's coherence in the story, and there is lore that kinda makes sense. But again, it's just very absurd. I liked it quite a lot, but I can see that it's not for everyone.

@Xenomorph_79 lol, take it easy. I rather have a good show than a rushed one. And you all are forgetting there's a global pandemic as well. Things just take a little longer these days. So be it.

They should time it right. Not really a fan of the small showcases. Doesn't need to be a full E3 conference, but if it has a Horizon trailer, maybe the first GOW trailer, and another big game, GT7 or Forspoken, add in a couple of indie announcements. Just something new and something to get excited about. Just save up the trailers until you have enough.

10 doesn't seem so bad. Can you import your save from the PS4 version?

@JaphyRider Perfect for churning out EA turds.

Conceptually this is really neat. A single player action-adventure LOTR game. But it just doesn't look good. Wasted potential.

What's the point of an OLED screen when the games run sub-720p in handheld mode anyway? And the screen is bigger, but with no increase in resolution. I'll stick with my OG model, thanks.

@DertieBertie So it's just a troll then?

Why even give this any attention? Only a 100 idiots have signed it. Moving on!

@Kidfried I mean, I grew up with the PS, but I didn't know it was a 3D model, you can't even tell the difference unless you hack your system like the video above

@HotGoomba Could still have been a pre-rendered image of a 3D model, you wouldn't know the difference!

Everyone can see it's a 3D model, but that doesn't mean it had to be rendered in 3D every time you boot up the system. Since there's no alternate viewing angles, it makes just as much sense for it to be a pre-rendered image.

@Voltan I meant the physical version. I keep forgetting there's a €10 difference between those two as well...

@Voltan No, the PS4 game is 60, the PS5 version is 80, same as every other PS4 and PS5 game.

@ShogunRok I think it only works if you ONLY select Other, but I haven't tested that out for obvious reasons. You have to pick three, can't do two, and Other can't be part of those three. Maybe @antdickens can look into it?

@ShogunRok I thought it was 2021, oh well. Then I'll have to find a third one, cause it doesn't allow me to vote on two, or two + Other, that doesn't count either it seems

@get2sammyb In the EU it's difference of €20; €60 for the PS4 version and €80 for the PS5 version. That's $23.70! Makes the $9.99 look like a steal.

Makes me wonder if it's €60 on PS4 and €80 on PS5. If so, lol.

@ShogunRok As an option I meant!

@ShogunRok Where's Little Devil Inside?

@jdabb I'm still not sold on Superman with a wig as a stand-in for Geralt either

The appearances of the game's cast have been so engrained in my brain, this is only going to feel like a cheap knock-off at best.

@Bazooka Plague Tale is around 10 hours. I wouldn't say that's too long, it's even a on the short side compared to other linear SP games like Uncharted 4, and TLOU.

@Ralizah Hey, this is your dream come true!

@JustPlainLoco I mean, I don't disagree! It's just that a company buying another company isn't as easy as Google just walking in claiming it with a big bag of cash. Bluepoint can always say no if they want to keep developing for Sony. And I would assume they would approach Sony first saying, ''hey, Google offered us this to buy us out, do you have a counter offer''. I just wonder how much of a danger a sudden buy-out would actually be. I don't think it was something to worry about.

@Dange Their games were already published by Sony, so I don't think it would make a big difference. Sony paid the company for a game, and they get the revenue. That's not really any different to any of their other studios I presume. I assume they also get bonuses depending on sales numbers and the likes.

@JustPlainLoco To be fair, you can't just buy a studio. It is an agreement between both parties. So if another studio approached Bluepoint, they certainly would discuss possibilities with Sony first, I assume there was already some sort of mutual agreement between the two.

For a studio like Ready at Dawn, I don't think they saw much potential. The Order wasn't a big hit. And who knows what else was at play. They certainly know more than we do!

@FX102A Bluepoint could've started their own original project at any time if they wanted to. I think Sony specifically bought them to work on remasters and remakes. I definitely expect more of those than an original game at this point.