PuppetMaster

I don't have any objection for Wu Kong winning GotY despite my personal choice for Rebirth or Astro Bot. At least it's not a DLC.

But it's nice to see Helldivers 2, Astro Bot, and FF VII Rebirth won some category which is a clear sign that PS5 did really well in 2024.

I can see next year will be Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2 got nominated for GotY too. But we all know GTA 6 will win everything which is kinda sad really...

Nice to see SH2R and Metaphor are still hanging in top 10 although i hope Astro Bot still in the top 20.

• MGS
• RE 1-3
• SF Alpha 2 & 3 (although Alpha 2 is a bad port with massive delay input and 30f)
• SF EX 1 & 2
• Suikoden 1 & 2
• Wild Arms 1 & 2
• Vagrant Story
• Alundra
• Lunar
• Legend of Legaia
• Breath of Fire 3 & 4
• Legend of Dragoon
• Xenogears
• Parasite Eve 1 & 2
• Front Mission 3
• Galerians
• Koudelka
• Crash 1-3
• Omega Boost
• Tobal 1 & 2
• Ehrgeiz
• Saga Frontier 2
• Legend of Mana
• Brave Fencer Musashi
• Bloody Roar 1 & 2
• Kagero's Deception 2
• Dead or Alive
• Tekken 3
• Ape Escape
• Ridge Racer Type 4
• Ace Combat 3
• Tenchu 1 & 2
• Armored Core
• Castlevania SotN
• Battle Arena Toshinden
• GT 1 & 2
• FF VII-IX
• FF Tactics
• Star Ocean 2nd Story

Man, PS1 is one giant gold mine!

A balance update is fking useless when no one plays the game. The crappy delayed based netcode is pretty much killing VF5 US on PS4. I boot up this game last month when i took a break from SF 6. But it's pretty much a ghost town.

So why on earth Sega didn't add rollback for PS4 as well crossplay?

They knew this game playerbase is very small compare to other giant like SF or Tekken. But what they did is divided PS4 and PC playerbase with a different version of the same game!

Man, i don't have any hope for VF 6 if Sega are this clueless. I'm just gonna stick with SF 6 that has superb netcode + crossplay where i don't need to wait long to get an online match.

Not a single game on my wishlist get a discount. Dissapointing. But oh well, i still have plenty of backlog to play.

I personally think P3 Reload is an unnecessary remake. Not just Atlus changed some music track which imho the remix doesn't sound good but they didn't do anything to make Tartarus more enjoyable.

Metaphor is far more deserves to be nominated or win GotY, music, RPG, and art category than P3 Reload.

@ChingChengHanji I feel sorry for people like you. I hope you get help.

@GymratAmarillo Why would PS end the relationship with SE? That doesn't makes any sense.

I'm surprised DQ 3 doesn't sold at least 1 million copies with how Japan worship the series + Switch 33+ million userbase.

I'm still waiting Balaam to give me that list of generic-soulless anime who looks similar like Metaphor.

@S1ayeR74 This isn't censorship, it's an easter egg from Nier Automata. Lay off the "it's Sony censorship" drug for a bit will ya?

@ChingChengHanji "I do see a big issue with the game though in that it promotes the objectification of women"

Nonsense. In what way this game promotes objectification for women when even women themself loves playing this game and they don't have any problem with Eve design. Here's some example who enjoyed playing Stellar Blade.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uo-CqmlGyE&pp=ygUgR2FtZXIgZ2lybCBwbGF5aW5nIHN0ZWxsYXIgYmxhZGU%3D
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WeQK5l87h5Y&pp=ygUgR2FtZXIgZ2lybCBwbGF5aW5nIHN0ZWxsYXIgYmxhZGU%3D

You shouldn't eat that nonsense from IGN French who claim this game is harming real women just because it has attractive female character 🙄

@Serpenterror "It shouldn't be this difficult to make a new Shenmue game"

The only question who's gonna funded the game when the 3rd game doesn't sold well and dissapointed many Shenmue fans.

I feel Yu Suzuki have better chance to finish the series through manga or anime.

I saw a brand new copy for $15. But i'm not sure if i need to grab this game to complete my Shenmue collection since i heard mixed reviews with more negative than positives...

I just watched Mortismal review after 100%
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aO5bhnmYoIw&pp=ygUadW5rbm93biA5IGF3YWtlbmluZyByZXZpZXc%3D

Mort seems kinda enjoyed the game despite all the jank and tech error although he didn't reccomend it or big big sale. For me it looks kinda eh. I mean, for a new IP, i think it lacks of flare or unique stuff unlike Slitterhead and Kunitsu Gami that can hooked me at 1st impression.

My sympathy for the devs getting layoff one month before holiday / new year...

There's a demo? I'm quite hungry for detective games after finished with Blacksad: Under the Skin.

@Balaam_ I never see any anime that has unique artstyle / presentation like Metaphor. Can you name me those soulless-generic anime that looks like Metaphor? I'm interested to watch them.

Sony already tried many times with mobile games even as far back in 2007 when they released GOW Betrayal.

Then they made another mobile games like Run Sackboy! Run!, Ultimate Sackboy, Wild Arms: Million Memories, or Arc the Lad R.

I'm not sure what exactly Sony strategy for mobile games but it feels like they're burning money for something they don't want to do or doesn't have enough knowledge to success but still trying because of the trend.

I'll wait for PSN sale and see if my wishlist got good discount

@Lavishturtle "A way for Sony to block letting the games come to PC for a long time"

This claim isn't making sense when looking at Sony who has been consistently porting their own games for PC.

Even Bungie games are still available for PC after they got bought by Sony, with Sony released a statement that future Bungie games like Marathon will be multiplat and release for PC & Xbox.

@Steel76 If you want small-mid budget games without cinematic then start buying games like

• Slitterhead
• Kunitsu Gami
• No More Heroes
• Pacific Drive
• Unicorn Overlord
• Ys
• Legend of Heroes
• Gungrave GORE
• Wanted: Dead
• Kill Knight
• Shadow of the Ninja Reborn
• Iron Meat
• Ultros
• Sea of Stars
• Astro Bot

There are plenty of AA games in the market that can satisfy gamers who doesn't want AAA-cinematic games.

I like 2D-HD but when comes to mainline FF, the remake should be full 3D.

@MFTWrecks "The fact they don't have a reliable manufacturing partner pumping out quality figures and toys for their brands"

You're talking about this yes? And i answer they did, one of the partner is Good Smile Company. Here's one of their official PS toys
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9smQl0FWQcw

@AverageGamer @CielloArc @DonJorginho Yeah on a second thought, i think i agreed with you guys that this is not SIE but more likely Sony HQ acquisition. They probably not gonna put From Soft & Spike Chunsoft under SIE subsidiary.

At first i thought this could be an idea that came from SIE higher ups like Totoki or Nishino to acquire From Soft.

But it looks like the idea came from Sony main HQ to expand their manga, anime, and movie business. It makes sense since they already owned Sony Pictures, anime studios like Aniplex / A-1, and not long ago they bought Crunchyroll and Funimation.

From Soft and SpikeChunsoft is a bonus if the deal goes through and possibly Sony not gonna put them as SIE subsidiary.

This is sounds like Nishino or Totoki idea because Hermen would buy another western devs.

But i think it's a smart choice not just they get From Soft and Spike Chunsoft for games but they also got Kadokawa which is one of the biggest company in Japan or in the world when comes to manga, anime, and movies.

I got this feeling that Astro Bot will win some category but Elden Ring DLC will win GotY.

"Please note, though, the manufacturer will only ship the models to Canada, Mexico, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and USA due to “licensing restrictions"

No Asia? sigh...i want that Astro Bot and Kratos.

@MFTWrecks They always collab with Good Smile Company who already made high quality Nendoroid & Figma figures for GOW, Bloodborne, Gravity Rush, Horizon, Astro Bot, Ghost of Tsushima, TloU, Jak, Twisted Metal, Journey, and Uncharted. Next year they gonna rerelease Astro Bot Nendoroid for $40-50.

@LavenderShroud Sony doesn't have the expertise to manufacture toys by themself and it would need a lot of investment including making toys division if they gonna do it like SE or Nintendo. That's why they always collab or give the license to 3rd party rather than do it by themself.

It's funny since this year for Sony, according to their own words, didn't release a "major" game. But turns out Astro Bot, Stellar Blade, and Helldivers 2 are doing well and collecting nominations.

And yeah next year would be interesting with Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2, and who knows if Insomniac can finish Wolverine / Venom.

For BAFTA, Sony games got nominated / won GotY multiple times more than TGA.

• 2009: Uncharted 2 nominated for Best Game but lost to Batman Arkham Asylum
• 2010: Heavy Rain nominated for Best Game but lost to AC Brotherhood
• 2012: Journey nominated for Best Game but lost Dishonored
• 2013: ToU 1 won Best Game by beaten Tearaway (a Sony game), GTA 5, AC 4, Super Mario 3D World, and Papers, Please
• 2015: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture nominated for Best game but lost to Fallout 4
• 2016: Uncharted 4 won Best Game by beaten Firewatch, Inside, Titanfall 2, and Overwatch
• 2017: Horizon Zero Dawn nominated for Best Game but lost to What Remains of Edith Finch
• 2018: God of War won Best Game by beaten Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (a Sony game), AC Odyssey, Celeste, RDR 2, and Return of Obra Dinn
• 2020: Ghost of Tsushima, Spidey: Miles Morales, and TloU 2 nominated for Best Game but lost to Hades
• 2021: Returnal won Best Game by beaten Ratchet Rift Apart (a Sony game), It Takes Two, Forza Horizon 5, Deathloop, and Inscryption
• 2022: GOW Ragnarok nominated for Best Game but lost to Vampire Survivor
• 2023: Spiderman 2 nominated for Best Game but lost to BG 3

I can see Astro Bot or Helldivers 2 got nominated for BAFTA 2024

I agreed DLC shouldn't be GotY but i'm not mad at Mr Doritos since this is his event. As the producer / host, he can create whatever rules that he thinks will garner more views despite people disagreed with his decisions.

But again, i never take TGA seriously and only watch it for world premier trailer and funny moments like Kratos making joke of COD or some random kid crashing the stage.

For a more serious gaming award, i only check BAFTA and Playstation Partner Awards where the rules is mainly based on sales except fans favorite category.

I voted yes but if there's an option to vote "i want good & creative games for both AA and AAA" then i will choose that.

This year alone i bought a decent amount of small / AA games like Huntdown, No More Heroes: Travis Strike Again, Dragon Blaze, Tengai, Gungrave GORE, Vampire Survivors, or Kunitsu Gami but only bought 1 AAA game (RE4 Remake). All are solid games that i had a lot of fun with. Sadly, my economic situation isn't as good as last year or i would buy more AA + AAA games including Slitterhead.

And Bokeh Studios statement for IGN feels like they're just half joking. But if they really serious then i really understand their frustration since todays reviewers especially from western site like IGN doesn't have the skill nor knowledge to review games properly while has strong bias for modern game design. They tends to gives low scores for AA games just because the game is linear or had some janky control / animation.

I still remember how IGN gave amazing game like God Hand a 3/10 and that was the day i don't trust IGN reviews anymore.

This looks pretty decent

@GilgaMax309 "Regardless, I hope this doesn't stop Capcom from attempting fresh ideas though"

I don't want to crush you or anyone hope but i don't think we will see a new fresh IP from Capcom at least for another 5-10 years.

With Kunitsu Gami and Exoprimal are a flop and Pragmata has been delayed with no release date, there's very little reason for Capcom to make a new IP or experimental game if they don't bring them money.

If only Kunitsu Gami, Exoprimal, or both of them sold well, i can see Capcom put more money to pump out new IP.

So petty much Capcom will stick closely to their golden cows while throwing some remaster of their old IP's.

I love Kunitsu Gami and it's probably Capcom most unique IP since Okami. I'm sad it doesn't sold well, which probably this will push Capcom to slow down when comes to creating new IP and stick with old and popular IP like RE, MH, SF, etc.

@get2sammyb Yep pretty much.

It's the reality that a lot of gamers only talk the talk when comes to supporting new IP with smaller scale. They always complaint they tired of the same franchise and wants devs to take risk with new IP. But every year we see US, UK, and Japan sales chart always dominated by the same old IP like COD, Madden, Zelda, Mario, Pokemon, GTA, or MLB while most new IP either flop or barely break even.

Is there any news about physical copy for the remaster?

@Jrs1 That's Doom meet Contra right? I'll put it on my wishlist 🤝

Also, did you ever played Steel Assault? If yes is it good?

What a weird rule. But eh, it's Mr Doritos event where i only care for world premiere trailer and some funny moments like Kratos roasted COD or that random kid who crashed the stage just to talk nonsense about reformed orthodox rabii Bill Clinton lmao.

At least 2B looks great in this game unlike what Ubisoft did to her in R6 where she looks like a man cosplaying as her and iirc it's 5 bucks 🤦‍♂️
https://www.siliconera.com/rainbow-6-siege-2b-and-nier-cosmetics-go-on-sale/

@Jrs1 Completely agreed 🤝

It's just amazing to play a game like Huntdown. No DLC / season pass / MTX, no crappy story / dialogues, no forced DEI. But it looks and plays great as well works flawlessly. Oh and i don't need to worry the game eat 200-300+ Gigs of my HDD because it's only 800+ MB. Muah chef kiss

I wish i bought the game sooner though so i can give more support to the devs. I mean, we didn't have plenty 2D side scrolling run & gun with high quality like this anymore. So i hope the game sold well enough for the devs to keep them afloat and make a sequel...

I finished one of my backlog, Blacksad: Under the Skin. I like the characters, the story and the dialogue options, the 1950's noir artstyle, and the music & VA's. But the control is just clunky as hell, probably the worst compare to other adventure games. I also got twice game breaking bugs when it suddenly stop working when i opened up a menu or in loading screen. I still reccomend the game though for anyone who enjoyed adventure games with detective in the 1950's era 👍

And i bought a brand new copy of RE 4 Remake for 28 bucks and Huntdown from PSN Indies sale for 5-6 bucks which is worth every penny + reccomended for anyone who loves 2D side scrolling run & gun with 80's cyberpunk vibe 👍

I already finished Huntdown on Hard difficulty and try to get Platinum trophy. What i need is 4 more trophies: 100% completion with Normal, Hard, and Badass difficulty as well found at least 5 easter egg. The easter egg trophy will be easy but 100% completion will be really hard especially at Badass diff since you only have one health bar and must finish the level without dying >.< . The enemies are pretty brutal in Hard and Badass difficulty.

The last, RE 4 Remake, i'm currently at Chapter 4 and so far the game is pretty awesome. Some small complaint though like why they didn't make cutscenes from the original like when Leon's boat anchor got stuck to the Del Lago monster and Leon try to cut the rope or Leon and Luis conversation about both were cops. Those cutscenes adds some cool moment and nice chemistry between Leon and other characters.

Have a nice weekend everyone and don't forget to bring an umbrella because november rain is here 🍻

@Weez Yeah it's weird that nowadays we didn't get many fun-lighthearted adventure movies. For me, Uncharted live act movie is pretty enjoyable to watch especially the set pieces despite i don't completely buy Tom Holland as a young Nathan Drake. I kinda hope in the sequel they make the story and set pieces more loose or not a copy from the game as well make Tom do more funny quips like Nathan.

@Flaming_Kaiser I think Vikander deserve a second chance but with this news i guess they already decided a new actor for Lara.

And talk about RE last live act movie, Imho they did some interesting things with the story. But man, they miscast plenty of characters especially Leon and Wesker. Then combining RE 1 + 2 in one movie is just a bad idea. At this rate, we'll probably never get a solid live act movie adaptation for RE outside fans film like The Keeper's Diary which is excellent.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j6f8MrpCz34&pp=ygUNS2VlcGVycyBkaWFyeQ%3D%3D

@AfroMario S.Korea developed:

• Lies of P
• Dave the Diver
• The King of Fighters 2001, 2002, All Star
• Metal Slug 4
• Gungrave Gore & VR
• DNF Duel
• PUBG
• DJ Max series
• Goddess Victory Nikke

S.Korea devs are pretty advanced, well maybe not in the same level as Japan, EU, or US. But i'm not surprised in the next 5-10 years they in the same level or even surpassed the big 3.

Angelina Jolie is still the best live act Lara Croft imho. Although, i'm probably in the minority, i quite enjoyed Alicia Vikander performance as Lara.

For Sophie, i feel like she's not fit as Lara. But again, i'm not gonna completely write her off until i see the movie...

@twitchtvpat The disc is clean so i don't think the data is corrupted...

With the doom and gloom from Nintendo fanboys who claim no one in Japan wants PS5 or PS brand is dead, I'm surprised with 75K of PS5Pro sold in the 1st week.

And Slitterhead numbers is a proof that even Japan doesn't give a damn about AA games from indie devs which is sad honestly. But that's the harsh reality of today gaming industry 😔

@breakneck Yes it is news considering how S.Korea loves their MMO & mobile games, i'm surprised Stellar Blade won multiple awards.

@DonkeyFantasy I'm not sure if the laser needs to be replaced or it's just dirty since it can still read and played like 95% of my PS3 games & movie collection.

@Flaming_Kaiser PS3, PS4, Vita, WiiU, X1, and PC. I bought the PS4 + Vita bundle years ago.

@twitchtvpat Yeah. Horizon series at 32 million copies ww vs Killzone series at 9-10 million copies across 3 generations of console + 2 handheld.

With the remaster, Lego Horizon, online game, and eventually Horizon 3, the series could pass 50+ million copies in the next 5 years.

Don't care who'll win goty but i'm interested with the world premiere. I wonder if Capcom gonna show RE 9...