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If a movie/show is like a meal then David Harbour is like pickled cucumber on top of it - he just makes everything slightly worse although I can usually manage if there isn't too much of him.

@thefourfoldroot1 I was thinking more in the line of a sort of crown shaped like a trophy. I honestly think the world would be a better place with lost of people walking around with those on their heads.

Sony should hand out shiny trophy hats every year based on current trophy level. Then you may proudly wear your gold trophy hat wherever you go and be admired by the homely peasants you chance upon as you travel the world in search of new adventures.

Well if that doesn't sound like a great reason for studios to stay independent I don't know what will...

Sony should make a whole ad campaign out of this cluster****

"PS5 - it's a riot!"

The Crew 2. It's alright, but I can't shake the feeling it would be 10 times better in VR. This is a normal curse for us VR folks.

@GeneJacket Hey no worries, I was being plenty dickish myself to be fair.

My reasons for being lukewarm to these types of mech games are several, but floaty controls, dumb swarm enemies, boring environments, lack of overall atmosphere (the complete opposite of why I like From's other games really). Daemon X Machina was the most recent game I played where all this was an issue. Not a terrible game but very average, imo.

It remains to be seen if this new AC game has evolved sufficiently on these issues to appeal even to someone like me. It looks pretty good at least, but I can't tell how it plays without trying it.

@GeneJacket Yeah buy a PS3 (or perhaps a PS2?) and some Armored Core games so I can tell what this new 2023 game will play like. Excellent plan!

Guess I'll have to go for Plan B: "Tough Sh*t". Does that come with free DVD replacement plan?

@GeneJacket Yeah I'm sure anyone curious about Elden Ring would do well to try King's Field from 1994 too.

Think I'd prefer a demo, Gene.

While I love From's other games I've never been a fan of mech games. A demo with a couple of missions would tell me all I need to know.

@Logonogo Personally I think it looks even worse, but I'm probably not the target audience for this, tbh. The Destiny crowd is, so it depends how they feel about it.

Getting some serious Anthem vibes from this game.

Is there a co-op survival mode in this one like the first game?

A Resistance collection with all games remastered + full PSVR2 support would be awesome. Those games had some great weapons and environments that I think would be really cool to see in VR!

Also, I'm surprised to see people didn't like Sunset Overdrive... that game was like a more fun and less dour Infamous game to me.

I played Vertigo Remastered. The sequel Vertigo 2 is coming to PSVR2 and is supposedly even better, but the first game is a great little VR adventure with some HL2/Portal vibes in its own. If you have PSVR2 then Vertigo 2 is really something you should look forward to.

About 10 hours into Witcher 2, also in VR (through ReShade). Really great so far, especially compared to the awful netflix series.

It's beginning to look a lot like Darksiders
Ev'rywhere you go;
Take a look at the horsemen, glistening once again
With essence stones and enemy weakpoints aglow.

This looks like more of the same great stuff as the first one.

Won't get it at launch but likely wait for a nice sale and try to trick a couple of friends into buying it for co-op.

The interesting thing now will be to see if Sony has been hiding some upcoming titles while waiting for the outcome of this deal.

I sure hope so, because that last State of Play was abysmal, especially regarding the future of PSVR2.

A metroidvania called Alwa's Legacy

@Toot1st It does look a lot like Darksiders, especially the desert parts of the first one.

I would have preferred more Surge, tbh, but it doesn't look bad. Will wait for some reviews on this one.

@WallyWest Ok, Mr. 2500 comments not-so-random Push Square comments Wally West.

Sony should just cut any further Activision games that they haven't made a deal for and just let MS have them exclusively from now on. That 10-year plan is just a prolonged advertising campaign for Gamepass going forward.

Sure it'll hurt the Sony coffers and some players will go to team green permanently (good riddance honestly) but think of it like ripping off a band-aid instead of slowly peeling it off - a short moment of pain compared to long torture.

It'll end up shrinking COD and Activision's popularity considerably long-term and that would be superduperamazing.

This must be that new bearbnb thing someone faxed me about the other day.

I just started playing Hunt: Showdown and yeah, I can see why its Crytek's most popular game in quite some time. I've been trying to do the trials for some unlockables but they're really difficult! I can get 1 star on them pretty easy but any more than that would be too much of a time commitment for me.

In XX years from now:
"Grandad, grandad! What was Stadia?"
"Oh well, kids... I can't really remember."

If I understand correctly (after a quick Goggle search) then Nintendo's digital game sales make up about 50% of games sold, versus 70% for Sony. So the physical sales charts will heavily favor Nintendo every time.

Take Two managed to take (two) down the GTAV VR mod by Luke Ross with threats of legal action. So either that could have been because they have their own VR implementation and they don't want the competition, or perhaps because they're just bullish about anyone else than them earing money on their properties. I would have bet on the second option, honestly.

VR does take some space. Just extend your arms to each side and spin in a circle and then add a good margin to that and you will see how much space you need for the most physical games.

I've got a somewhat low ceiling here and I managed to punch my ceiling light yesterday when trying to climb a ladder in Vertigo Remastered. Luckily both me and the light survived.

I was watching The Legend of Vox Machina S2 today and I noticed he had one of the voices there (as an evil dragon). Very recognizable voice! He was great in anything he was in and a killer dragon as well.

And yes, The Wire is one of the best series ever... I'm gonna watch Homicide Life on the Streets soon and hope that has some of the same magic. It's from the same write apparently, with some of the Wire actors too.

It's going to be interesting to see how many of these Sony GaaS games find success or flop. Wasn't there talk of 12 live service projects?

Sounds like he's staying mobile

= So Long, Fallen Pies?

Too hot for VR, but too young to die.

I'm hoping for a proper Let it Die 2

I admittedly know little of Korean music, but there's probably a ton of crap and a tiny percentage of good stuff - like every other country!

@Triumph741 Why the need to play singleplayer titles day 1?

I will get them in time when on a sale when they have been patched (and in Starfield's case, modded) for a better experience.

I'm happier just having as few subscriptions as possible, to be honest with you.

Will be interesting to see how this game plays and if it can mech (ho ho) some adjustments to the genre that will make it enjoyable for less mech-enthusiastic players like me.

Just admit it, this whole project is just a sneaky attempt to bring back fluffy 80's hair styles.

Gave FH5 a spin during my free Gamepass trial, and was pretty disappointed to be honest. Felt very much like a typical NFS open world racer with floaty controls and on-rails AI, albeit a bit better looking but with very annoying characters/attitude.

What I'm missing in the arcade racing space is the great track-based games like Motorstorm, Wipepout, Blur, GRIP etc. Not a lot of them coming out these days as they seem to have been replaced with these busywork Ubisoft-like map marker racers.

Wow... This site really needs nested comments. What a mess.

1. Show nothing
2. Cancel everything
3.?
4. Profit

Looks good!

I hope they will build upon the roguelike mode that was included in the DLC of the first game. It was ridiculously difficult but had so much fun joining up with strangers online to see how far we could get.

It looks promising but will need to see more gameplay.

Capcom representatives will enter the stage, announce that Deep Down has finally been cancelled, and then there will be 35 minutes of mourning accompanied by very sad music.

It's crazy if its come to the point where we have reason to celebrate a full-price game not having microtransactions like a free-to-play game. It seems Oblivions oft-ridiculed "Horse Armor" had the last laugh after all...

Game looks great though, one of the best from Sonys last showcase, imo.

It looks jankier than a ED-209 attempting to riverdance, but I'll take it!

Wow, Liam Croft sounds like he's one step away from wandering the streets with a "The End is Near" sign in hand.

None of em!

I got plenty of backlog games so no need to feel bad for me.

Oh my, is it Geoff O'Clock already?