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Whether or not the technology justifies the price tag is completely missing the point, exactly the same as it did with the PSVR2. The problem is Sony having the gall to rinse the whales of 700 quid upwards for very little tangible reward, even if that is a fair price for all the extra terryfloops. The whole sorry affair just reeks of arrogance and whatever the noun for being out of touch is.

@Shalooda I make it in the office and then try and smuggle it home without her noticing. I am yet to be successful.

@themightyant she's already got me on the waitlist for that too.

@themightyant I begrudge them, I begrudge them plenty! I have two kids, I can't buy this nonsense. I already have to get my Lego purchases delivered to the office in case the wife finds out I've been splurging again. Imagine if I came home with this 700 quid white elephant. She would destroy me.

@themightyant perhaps my original post needed more sarcasm because obviously I am not shelling or for this monstrosity.

@themightyant I am. To go with my £530 PSVR2, my £180 Dual Sense Edge controller thingy, my £150 sony ear muffs or whatever and my £13 a month crazy pills prescription. Hell I'll add on the remote too while I'm at it.

And then play the whole damn thing on the £200 Portal so as not to benefit one tiny bit.

@tinCAT-zero The US pricing does not include tax as this depends on which state you purchase it, so once you factor that in it is essentially the same as other regions.

@themightyant How can you possibly compare Tetris, a game you pay for once and then own in its entirety forever, with a game that relies on you consistently shoveling money into it with no endpoint in order to see the whole game?

No one is complaining the gacha games are too much fun, we are complaining that the monetisation model relies on a small percentage being rinsed for all they are worth, whether they can afford it or not. It's grubby and I don't like it, same as all f2p stuff.

@TheAmbienWalrus Sorry to hear that mate, I can't speak with any authority here as it is not something I have experienced, unlike yourself. I just think it's important to point out that just because someone can in theory play these games paying very little that shouldn't excuse them because they rely on that small percentage of gamers paying way over the odds in order to sustain them.

You are quite right it is all F2P stuff, not just gacha games. And yes I certainly include Fifa like someone mentioned previously. That's even worse as it comes on the back of a full price game.

@themightyant And people are also free to raise concerns about games using a model that preys on those with an addictive nature in order to rinse them for as much and as long as possible.

Hooray, another predatory gacha game! We almost went 10 minutes without one.

Hooray - time to punish myself and my free time once again! Why do I play this? I've no idea, but that's what I do.

"PlayStation is paring back production"? How can they possibly produce any less than they currently are!

Unless they start physically going into people's houses and taking away their copies of Call of the Mountain, it would be impossible to have any less output than the zero they are currently managing.

My understanding is that in order to survive more than 5 minutes in the DLC you need to have a character at a ridiculous level, like 150 or something. Therefore it's hardly surprising that it has reviewed so well as the only people able to play it are already Elden Ring superfans

Perfect, sounds spot on to me. I don't care what anyone says, I'm looking forward to this one.

@MikeOrator That Tallneck set was beautiful wasn't it, I almost got it and I've never played a Horizon game. After this and the Lego Deku Tree set they have just announced I am dreaming of a Lego Zelda game next but I can't ever see Nintendo allowing that to happen unfortunately.

Am I the only one excited by Lego Horizon? Not seeing much chatter about it but I thought it looked great.

I will also be getting Astrobot even though (whisper it) Astro's Playroom was a tad overrated.

Ghost of Tsushima had a lot of similar criticisms levelled at it, namely another generic open world game full of the usual tropes, however I absolutely adored that game. I guess because I haven't played any of the Ubisoft open world games everyone seems to hate but continue buying anyway, so I don't have that fatigue. Sounds like if you are like me and are not burned out yet on open worlds you can probably add a couple to the score.

Having said that the best thing about Breath of the Wild was the exploration and discovery was left up to you. I'm amazed that 7 years on games still aren't copying it but instead sticking to their guns and just cluttering maps with icons.

@Max_the_German Hey, that's my Ma you're talking about!

I also like boobies

@Pinkman Wii U was abandoned by the players, not Nintendo. It had great first party games like Mario Kart 8, Breath of the Wild, Pikmin 3, Mario 3D world, Smash Bros, Mario Maker etc etc. First party support was actually the only thing going for it. The fact Sony has gone an entire year without so much as even announcing a game for the PSVR2 is absolutely criminal

Has there ever been a console so utterly abandoned by it's creator this quickly?

I thought Stellar Blade looked really generic, but I don't mean that as an insult, I just want to point out that it's pretty incredible that we have reached a stage in gaming where something that looks as amazing as Stellar Blade does can now be considered as fairly unremarkable.

@LiamCroft Nice review mate. How is this game for newcomers to the series?

This looks amazing! Seriously, how did they manage to make Lunar Lander look this cool?

It shows how terribly Sony have treated PSVR2 that predicting them just to release a single game for it counts as a long shot.

No. More. Live. Service.

If I were WB I would get this on Game Pass/PS+ straight away. Eliminates the bad news stories about the inevitable poor sales and increases the initial player base considerably. Would also make the grubby microtransactions a bit easier to swallow.

Worth pointing out that if you have Netflix then you already own this game on mobile so check it out there.

@thefourfoldroot1 Unfortunately you are arguing the merits of the F2P model with someone who voted Honkai Star Rail as the best game released last year. No wonder he is defending this one too. And no wonder Sony are (were?) going all in on live service. Hopefully it is not too late for them to change course.

Switch sales up 39%? That's mad for a 6 year old console! What a phenomenal machine it has been. I really hope this doesn't delay the Switch 2 release though.

It's not a "snub" just because it didn't win. There are like 200 Emmy categories ("Outstanding Main Title Design" anyone?) and only half a dozen or so Golden Globe ones so it's hardly surprising. You can't complain of being snubbed if you were nominated at least.

2017 for the Switch's first year takes it for me. Two of the all time greats in Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey plus so many other brilliant titles like Hollow Knight, Cuphead Resi VII, Horizon, Nier Automata, Prey etc etc.

Looking at all the winners there it's a good thing that Sony are investing their future in story driven single player games and not some GaaS nonsense. Oh wait..........

Is it possible to spoil a game that no one is looking forward to in the first place?

@NotSoCryptic Could you put in a good word for Fenyx Rising and try to get the sequel resurrected? That would be great, cheers.

@DrVenture69 Cheers pal and sorry for the spoilers! If it helps you are actually ahead of me on career mode - the golf course is in the bonus section. To make things worse I just know I'm going to buy the Back to the Future DLC. I don't have time for this - but I cannot stop!

@DrVenture69 Sign me up. Just spent two hours cleaning the damn mini golf course - WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?!

Disappointed that the Mega Man collection is gated behind Premium but I'm delighted that Tinykin is in Extra, that's been on my wishlist for ages.

Also does anyone know why I already have GTA V on my PS5 even though I have never bought it? Did Sony already give it away before or something?

Pikmin 4 for all of them

As big and successful as the Avatar franchise is I have never met anyone who confesses to be a fan of it.

@WolfyTn And how can you know that if you haven't watched the programmes?

@Kalime78 I was thinking exactly the same thing actually. Before I used to complain about these predatory type of practices but now if these idiots are the ones keeping the game price down then that's much better for me I guess. I'd rather some whales paid out hundreds whilst I just pay for the base game and nothing else. Same goes for these ridiculous Collector's Editions you get nowadays.

If you buy these then that's on you. People must be spending on this nonsense or they wouldn't do it. Personally I wouldn't buy these if they were £8 let alone £80 because I have never understood the appeal of cosmetic microtransactions, but clearly others feel differently or they wouldn't exist. If we all stopped paying money towards this nonsense then it will all go away (and be replaced by something newer and even more reprehensible).

I think I must have a different definition of the word "classic"

Oh cool I have this? I had no idea it was on PS+ Extra. Nice one. Hopefully it hangs around longer than Stray, that came and went on the service before I got a chance to play it.

No Bluetooth is an astonishing decision. Absolutely unforgiveable in my book.

Good thing Sony hasn't invested its future in the live service sector ....oh wait.

People seemed a little cool on GoT but I absolutely loved it. The setting was fantastic the combat was simple but fun and the platforming sections were extremely underrated - I thought it even outperformed Uncharted in this regard so I really hope they expand on it in the inevitable sequel.

I'd forgotten all about this, the name certainly doesn't help. It looked brilliant in the Playstation showcase though so really interested in giving it a go.