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@Fiendish-Beaver I know, but PushSquare reviews are generally quite good. And here, the criticism is very specifically about the gameplay, and its lack of responsiveness and precision (which would of course be a game killer for a Soulslike).
Weird and interesting, I'm very curious to try the game though, now, to make my own mind!

@nessisonett @dschons @titntin Add me to the list.

I love to death Soulsborne games since Demon's Souls, and Mortal Shell had everything for me to enjoy (the setting and art direction especially).
But there is something in the gameplay I can't quite put my finger on it, but it "feels" wrong. Not as tactile as From Software's games.
I think people tend to underrate how incredible visceral Souls games feel. You are not only controlling a character, you are feeling the character through your controller. Mortal Shell didn't achieve that for me, and it's a shame, as I would have loved to love it!

Ouch! It's weird, as Fextralife has given this a 7.8/10
I generally trust Fextralife for soulslikes, so I am surprised here : did Fextralife got sponsored by the game, or is the PushSquare reviewer out of his depth here?
Well, let's hope the game ends up in PS+ at some point, I guess.

Link to the Fextralife review for those interested :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zENaKrTkDFs

Wait are the streets still empty? I thought they told us that the city would be populated....
Frankly, after Spider-Man, there's no excuses...

@Perryg92 @dschons Puppeteer is so underrated! It came at the wrong time, just as the PS4 launched.
If it came out today, it would be seen as one of the best example of Sony's first party studios' output.
When you see how something like Stray has been received, Puppeteer should be lauded as what it is : a fantastic, inventive and extremely fun game.

Oh and yes, it would be amazing in VR!!!

@lindos Oh I've tried, and the Ray Tracing is incredible in that game! I'm glad I managed to wait until I could play it on PS5.

@Max_the_German To be honest, I'm playing the game in quality mode and the framerate doesn't bother me - but I'm not a 60fps purist, I'm quite accustomed to 30fps, and I've played through Blighttown on PS3 so, I'm immune to bad fps!
Bad screen space reflections though, I'd love them to go away ad they get distracting in some places.

Still no ray-tracing?
I'm really curious to see what they'll manage to do with that, some areas would really look stunning with RT reflections (think Liurnia).
Or if it's only RT lighting, then any catacomb or cave!

Well that looks like it's right up my alley. Something between Sengan Kagura and Onechanbara.
Titles like that are always welcome!

The making of Split/Second !!!!!!
I'll be reading that eagerly and Time Extension has earned a new subscriber!

I'll sum up my impressions :

• great looking world
• very average lore
• non goals (you really have no motivation to do anything)
• bad cat models and, especially, animations
• very limited gameplay opportunities (everything being tied to specific button presses and not being organic makes its very frustrating and not liberating enough)

tldr : very average and limited 3D platformer

If even after a few trailers, you're hoping people will "understand" what the game really is, you're doing a completely botched job advertising it.
Or maybe it is exactly what people think it is, and they don't like it.
We'll see I guess, but not really a good start...

@get2sammyb Ok, I have to ask, which outfits did you find that "interesting" you needed to point it out that way?

@get2sammyb I can confirm that these 2 games run at 120hz :
Super Impossible Road
Agent Intercept

After Uncharted, it's hard to get excited for another Sony franchise adaptation. I know it's a series this time, and the game devs seem much more involved, so I'll stay just a bit optimistic.

"lore taking their queues from the likes of Joe Abercrombie, Brandon Sanderson and Isaac Asimov"
LOL I didn't know that they said that, it's hilarious!

Ouch, when you know how the guy loves to hype up things he produce, you know we're in for a very lame series of summer announcements...

Beat my Summer Game Fest :

2K - GTA Online exclusive PS5 pack
Activision - COD Warfare x Top Gun crossover
Atlus - Persona 5 Strikers 2
Bandai Namco - Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Movies DLC
Bloober Team - Silent Hill 2 VR (exclusive to Oculus Quest)
Capcom - Street Fighter 6 roaster (8 characters to honor the classic SF2, but none of the classics except Ryu, but he's old now)
Coffee Stain - GOAT Simulator Ultimate
Deep Silver - Dying Light Retro
Devolver Digital - Trek to Yomi Colored DLC
Digital Extremes - Warframe Story Expansion (2 hours long, you need to be in the endgame to play it)
Dotemu - Windjammers x TMNT crossover
EA - FIFA 22 special Stade de France thugs DLC
Epic Games - Fortnite x Teletubbies crossover
Focus Entertainment - Warhammer Spacemarine dating sim
Frost Giant Games - Unreal 5 RTS that has orcs, elves and humans... but is not Warcraft... nope...
Humble Games - War on Terror, a game about family life
Level Infinite - Z Rising v1.0 (Vampires replaced by Zombies)
Mediatonic - Fall Guys x Lizzie crossover
MiHoYo - ok, more Genshin Impact waifus, no issue here
Netflix - Stranger Things Season 4 ***** mobile game
PlayStation - God of War Ragnarok and Bloodborne Remakestered (fanboy here, sorry)
Raw Fury - Townscaper story mode (will win Game Of The Summer award)
Samsung Gaming Hub - nothing, the demo will bug out
SEGA - Total War Warhammer Origins (a remaster of the first one)
Square Enix - Final Fantasy XVI mobile companion (create your chocobo that you can then import for a fee)
Skybound Games - The Walking Dead Karting
Steam - Steamdeck Pro (available winter 2026)
Studio MDHR - Cuphead the Animated Series season 2
Tribeca Festival - Oxenfree android version
Warner Bros Games - Gotham Knight delayed to 2023
Xbox - Halo Infinite 2

@RobN @twitchtvpat Unity and Origins are both my favorite AC games.

Unity is visually stunning, even today. Arno is a very good character, with an interesting progression. Paris is still the best city of any AC game, and the story is pretty good. The climbing is also very well balanced.

Origins has Bayek, the best AC character after Enzo, a magnificent and exotic open world with Ancient Egypt, a very interesting story with cool links to the rest of the franchise and very good combat mechanics (much more analog than the MMOesque Odyssey and Valhalla). Its length was also (at least to me) right what it should : expansive but not overly long.

If you have any interest in the franchise, play both games, you won't regret it.

@PlatinumPlaystation @WizzNL You're both absolutely right, my brain has just melted for a moment. Of course it will stay the same for the basic subscription. #Faceplam

So I guess we're sure that us in Europe won't get any PS+ "free" games for June?

You know what, that's actually a good idea, even for veteran gamers like me, as the landscape is changing rapdily.
I'm sure some will cherrypick some definition, but it's a good initiative.

I have watched the trailer and I haven't seen anything that couldn't be on last-gen consoles.
I guess this move is only to lessen the need for optimization and spare some time/money.

Seeing a trailer like this, I start to realize how Elden Ring has put me in a state where I am a lot more harsh and demanding of fantasy action RPGs.
The same thing happened to me before after playing Dark Souls. It took quite some time before I could enjoy another action RPG without constantly comparing it to DS.
Elden Ring is a really a massive and special achievement, and I hope it won't demotivate devs to up their game, but in the contrary push them to get even better.
This game looks absolutely fine, it will maybe even be quite good. But will it offer me more than a NG+ go at Elden Ring? That's my current state, and I both hate and love ER for it.

Question : let's say I have 15 month left on my PS+ subscription. I want to try PS+ Extra or Premium for one month.
Can I upgrade for 1 month by paying the Essentials to Extra/Premium difference for just 1 month?

Or do I have to upgrade for 15 month by paying the whole difference?
If so, do I have the option to pay a full priced PS+ Extra/Premium subscription for 1 month?

I hope there is a demo.
The art design is fantastic, the game looks good, but these souls-like games live and die with how their gameplay feels.

Fantastic hidden gem : the art design, the voice over and the ost are just wonderful!

For all those that try and play it, one tip to make the combat a lot more fun : be more aggressive, don't just wait for bombs or other spells to be available, go and use your weapons, the combat will become very fun and dynamic that way.

So sad it doesn't look better. The anime (and even the manga) is a fantastic piece of art, with a disturbing mood and setpieces, and I would easily place it among my favorites.
Well, let's hope the gameplay is fun enough.

Just... simply... what... the... *****!
That is absolutely gorgeous and mind-boggling!

What about countries where PS Now is not available yet?

I had it pre-ordered (although I'm against pre-ordering, due to inflation, the prices in my country will go up very very soon so I decided to buy it before that happened... these things sadly happen in 3rd world countries).
But as with any games, I'll wait for a few patches to play it, just to be sure I get all the bugs ironed out, and all the quality of life additions that may come in the coming month.
I have enough to play right now (i.e. the next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077, finally!) so I can wait.

No, I have no interest in playing the game.
Yes, I watched the trailer for Mai.
Sue me.

“The mission that the leaders of Haven Studios have set for themselves […] is to promote inclusion and caring.”
When marketing is talking, it's talking like that... damn how empty a sentence that was!

Splitscreen?

any split-screen local multiplayer?

@OneWingedAngel Fair enough about the 400 millions, it's not pocket change.
Still, my point stands : a difference of only 10% in the acquisition price between Star Wars and Bungie is not right... either Disney got the deal of the century, or Sony got ripped...

@nookie_egg Exactly! It's a good purchase, but 4bn!? That's almost the price paid by Disney to buy the whole Star Wars franchise!
Who can even compare Bungie with the entirety of Star Wars!? I feel like Sony didn't get that good a deal...

@RareFan Well, Activision owns the IPs, therefore from 2023 on, Microsoft will and this is the kind of IPs where there is no doubt they will become exclusive.

Well, when you've just lost Spyro and Crash, you have to scrap the barrel to get something in the 3D platform genre...

Not that the game looks bad by the way, it seems inoffensively fun!

@Fiendish-Beaver I was more or less joking about the bullying, of course.
It's just the constant flexing that can get annoying, especially for people who love gaming and think this acquisition (and those that will happen after it) is not a good news.

Please add River City Girls

How much more condescending are they going to be?

I understand the gloating, they have made a major move, but this is starting to become some kind of bullying...

917 hours played over 337 days (only 28 days not playing games, damn!)
Good year...

That's some t-shirt physics there!!!

@AdamNovice +1 for referencing PSVR without Parole, great channel!

Racket Fury: Table Tennis on PSVR was an absolute blast, I hope this one is at least as good!

@LiamCroft True, I'll give you that.
I don't have an internal SSD yet (still too pricey, I won't pay 3/4th of the price of my new gen console just for 2TB) and transferring games back and forth can be a pain.

"with the last-gen system boasting more ways of boosting your storage capabilities"
I may be wrong but I think the issue is not the number of ways to extend your storage, but more the price of said storage (specifically the internal SSD's).

PS4 :

• change internal HDD
• add external HDD

PS5 :

• add internal SSD
• add external SSD
• add external HDD

@dudeAmarillo Agree with your assessment, and my main issue with the game wasn't that it was "just a skin". It lacked polish, and a lot of things were flawed, or subpar (see my previous post).
But still very enjoyable, especially if, like me, you like 3rd person action-adventure games. It is still IMO very overrated, as if it is an incredibly good game, when I think it's our thirst for decent Star Wars games that made the industry think that about it.

Extremely overrated. It was an alright action-adventure game with a Star Wars skin.
The character models look horrendous.
The movement is floaty af.
The lightsabers are, again, baseball bats with lights.
The gameplay gets quite repetitive.

It got that much rave reviews because we were hungry for a good Star Wars game.

IMO, in case anyone was wondering.