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I'll probably just get a month or two of Ubisoft connect and play this, prince of persia and the skate board update for riders republic for like £15- £30.

@HotGoomba anything that's a point and click style game, like oxenfree 2, or turn based strategy, like into the breach, arguably works better on a touch screen interface on your phone than console using a controller. It's the freaks playing dead cells or gta on netflix by touchscreen there that melt my head. That might be an age thing though, the youth love a touchscreen lol.

I'm playing FF7 remake and on Chapter 9. I only played FF7 once over 25 years ago and yet the nostalgia hit from playing remake is so strong. Hope those playing rebirth this weekend enjoy!! Have a great weekend folks

It's a cracking game though no denying it is a niche title. I don't know how much variation there is between playthroughs as I only did one, but I certainly didn't see everything.

God I hope so, playroom is still one of my favourite games this gen!!

@UltimateOtaku91 without units sold, this chart is kinda meaningless. I thought I read that it sold half of guardians of the galaxy at launch, which wasn't considered a commercial success, despite being top of the charts.

@Boucho11 this, if you skip the clip, it just doesn't let you join the server.

It's great fun. I'm normally not a multiplayer guy but really enjoyed some of the quick missions I played with randoms yesterday. I forgot there was friendly fire until I picked up an explosive barrel and someone shot it!! Perfection

@Bamila that's good to know!! I did manage a couple of missions on easy solo. On your own, they are not easy!!

I'm hoping to play some Helldivers 2 later. Played some last night but couldn't get matchmaking to work. Hoping to squad up later and find a group!

Some more yakuza 7 hopefully (I'm weirdly into the business management game!) and hopefully a bit more plague tail innocence. Have a good one folks

@Voltan I would go along with that, if you look at uk market xbox physical games lose their value quicker than PS5 games in second hand markets. In CEX xbox version of a game is typically £5-8 less. I thought that was combo of reduced demand for physical sales and smaller install base.

I'm pretty much physical only if it's a AAA game with digital for smaller indie stuff without a physical release. That's across all 3 console platforms. It's not about preservation or collection (though I think both are important) but as I rarely replay games, about selling the physical game on and that often, you get a better deal with physical. I often use hit.co.uk and its consistently cheaper than digital at release and has come a few times a day or two early. Clearly the manufacturers would love to get rid of that but I think the first one that makes a whole gen digital only will get punished by gamers.

I'm on Chapter 10 of yakuza 7 now and this review makes me want to finish it, play the man who erased his name and then jump into this one after the other. Can you have too much yakuza??

Fantastic experience, the ambition to effectively make 3 movies and the way the AI in the background works is staggering. If your thinking about trying it out, avoid anymore detailed info/watching a playthrough and enjoy!!

I think I would play this game if it didn't take hours of punching trees before I got a gun to shoot my legally distinct, in no way pokemon creatures.

I'm hoping to give a Plague tale innocence a bash, some more yakuza 7 like a dragon and if I get a minute, to try out 13 sentinels aegis rim. Have a great weekend folks!

I'm amazed it's taken this long, always get a better deal cash or store credit at cex. Combined with crap prices compared with online sellers, it's kinda a miracle it's still there.

I've got niece and nephew over for a sleep over so probably some mario kart 8 while I try and convince my daughter not to kerb stomp them!! I played a little of the ff16 demo earlier but that will be it this weekend, have a good one folks

Just finished the demo tonight, really enjoyed my time with it and the platforming and movement before any ability upgrades feels pretty good. Surprised that it doesn't have hdr to be fair, that would really make some of the colours and environments pop and contributes to the dated visuals. I've played a decent amount of blasphemous 2 and ori will of the wisps last year so I'm not in a mad rush for this but it's a game I'm definitely going to play.

I'm on the final chapter of Dead Space remake, never played it before and this game is brilliant!! It might be my favourite horror game ive played. Just wrapped up Chapter 5 of yakuza like a dragon. It took a couple of chapters but the turn based combat has really grown on me. Maybe blasphemous 2 but I've hit a wall of a boss and need to watch YouTubes to beat it and haven't made time yet. loved my time with it but might call it a day. Have a great weekend folks!

Its eurovision style scoring and spiderman 2 is a title nearly everyone will have played, enjoyed and scored highly. I'm sure those who played baldurs gate 3 were more likely to score it at the top of their list, but there will be less people on staff/freelancers who played a 100 hr, digital-only release DnD rpg compared with spiderman 2. The same applies even more to the community votes. Its hardly rocket science to figure out. Why are people losing their mind??

I loved humanity but have yet to finish it, I just love playing a couple of levels with a decent cuppa and a podcast. Cocoon is good but gets a little one note by the end. I've only played the demo but liked viewfinder, I thought it might have scraped on here.

Great game, I haven't tried the separate ways expansion but can't wait too. Truly perfect pacing. Typically I sell games after I beat them but I kept hold of RE4 remake, I know I'm going to play it again.

@CJD87 you warned me about it and just got to that boss fight last night. I can go through that first phase without any damage, that second phase is too much though!! @JamieO I'm clearly going to have to hit youtube as well, even with 6 bile flasks I've not got past a 3rd of that 2nd phase healthbar :/

In addition to the sound design, it probably has the best haptics on ps5 from a 3rd party dev, right up beside returnal and Astro Playroom. Honestly, I loved the resi 4 remake amd enjoyed it more but it's not really horror in the way Dead Space Remake is. I never felt anywhere near the levels of dread about entering a new area in RE4 than I did in Dead Space.

It's a great game!! I'm sure it's controversial for fighting game community but adding the modern control scheme was a brilliant idea. It allows those who aren't going to spend 100s of hours getting good and committing moves to muscle memory to play online and think, "I should throw a fireball and drive charge to back it up at this person" rather than "I need to twirl quarter moon shapes furiously and punch cos that's the move I remember". The arcade hub where you can access classic games and look at the monstrous avatars people have come up with are great to. Strangely, despite having a weird yakuza-esque single player mode, I've barely touched it. I'm normally a tekken guy but SF6 is special.

I'm playing way too many things at the minute!! I've reached the svsona boss in Blasphemous 2 but my daughter had grabbed the switch to play animal crossing so that's going to have to wait! Been loving Yakuza like a dragon and Dave the diver too and last but not least, I got to man up and finish Dead Space remake. Hope everyone has a great time at Christmas!!

@Zuljaras that sculpture is gorgeous!! Amazing work 😍

@KundaliniRising333 I've definitely found that the different areas have different feels to them. For example one area might be a dark, gothic spooky house, where another might be this more light, almost andalusia/moorish architecture. The music completely changes by area too. Their is decent enemy variety, but not as varied as hollow knight. I'm like 8-9 bosses in so not finished but what I would say is that routine enemies can sometimes have milder variants of boss attack styles, so you have some muscle memory. Having said that, plenty of the bosses have kicked my ass!!

Blasphemous 2 is brilliant! Some amazing boss fights and right alongside hollow knight for one of the best 2d indie metroidvania's. "And we shall descend into a sea of mourning" that because there have been so amazing games this year, it will likely be missed from lots of goty lists.

Ben Hanson at Minnmax is a great interviewer and has a real talent for picking up people who have recently left studios and letting them tell their stories. His interview with Bruce Nesmith, who was creative lead for skyrim and at Bethesda for Fallout 4 and begining of Starfield was great too. Shouts out to independent media, doing the Lords work!

There's always going to be bias from folks working on it and fun doesn't always equal multiplayer success (look at halo infinite). It feels like these types of games almost need an early access model to find where they are in the market.

I've been laid up with some bad ass flu and never even made it out of bed yesterday. I ended up playing a bit of vice city on my phone through Netflix. Combination of smaller screen and original lighting means this looked way better than the San andreas remaster did at launch. I'm hoping I'm up to some Dead Space Remake or blasphemous 2 but realistically, I'll be lucky to handle some more vice city. Have a better weekend than me folks!

Geoff Keighley gave them the "wrap it up now" prompt 🙈

I love the ori games, looks like this is heavily inspired by them, will keep an eye out.

@KundaliniRising333 you'll be fine then, it's a rogue-like/lite

@Slideaway1983 all the netflix games I've tried have used the phone touchscreen controls. There are a couple of decent games on there that actually lean into that and do a good job of touch controls (like Poinpy and Layas Horizon) and some point and click things like kentucky route zero or oxenfree 2 where touchscreen works pretty well. Most control like straight ass with the touchscreen though 🙈!! I think they were trialing a couple of games on TV but it's mainly phone ports I've tried. Not worth a subscription for games but if you've got it anyways, worth a look.

Even with 200 mbs Internet, my remote play sessions on ps5 have been painful. Xcloud has worked better but even then, cloud streaming stuff for anything that remotely depends on any timing has been poor. Hope those who get it enjoy, as being able to play games not a big TV is super handy sometimes. Digital foundry take on why it appears to perform better than remote play app (and whether it works better than unofficial apps) will be interesting.

Is pushsquare trying to get featured in a Dunkey video?? 🤣🤣

@CJD87 Yeah, I'm still loving Blasphemous 2, the platforming is better than I originally thought too. My first boss took me a few goes but the areas seem manageable so far and importantly, when I die, it's my fault and I know what I've done. I've only played a couple of hrs of Disco but it's already got its hooks into me, it's so funny, dense and dark. Can't wait to play more. It runs OK on a switch, apart from the like 3 min boot up at the start, thought it wasn't going to run and id be stuck with strictly 🙈 Lies of P makes me think I should try Sekiro, the legion arm grappling hook rules! Did you play Sekiro? Bet you it runs awesome on steam deck

Still all the same things as last week as I've not had much time!! Got all three weapons in blasphemous 2 and unlocked a good chunk of the map. Lies of P has started to get its hooks into me and just beat the mad donkey. I'm on Chapter 5 of Dead Space as well but the thing I'm most excited about this weekend is the couple of hours I've carved out for myself later to finally start Disco Elysium. Have a great weekend folks!

@PixelDragon "It also ripped off Dances with Wolves." Completely this, in a way that feels cheap and gross.

I think the digital eclipse team really hit on the right formula for an interactive documentary with Atari 50. Hope they retain independence despite the acquisition and if Atari pivot back to hotels and crypto, digital eclipse continues to exist.

Happy 500!! Love this feature and try comment most weeks. I've been struggling for gaming time this week as I've had a ton of family commitments but hoping to get wrap up my time in Hackett's quarry and finish up the Quarry. On Chapter 9 and very much enjoying it. Hopefully some more Dead Space remake, it's my first time through on Chapter 4 just now and got myself a flamethrower! Last but not least, hopefully some more blasphemous 2 tonight. I have been thinking about whether I've made the wrong turning for about 3 days but not had the chance to play. Have a great weekend folks!

Like a bunch of others, I would have brought at launch but with it being digital only, I'll buy down the line. It looks great though, hope folks who are playing enjoy!

Why have so many people pre-ordered a digital release? There is no digital scarcity, you could just buy it at launch once you know it works. Not trolling (or certainly not trying to deliberately troll lol), just curious. I pre-order the odd physical release as I want to play the game at launch but you can do that digitally without a pre-order.

I played the demo and whilst I thought the game looked amazing, because it looked incredible it really affected the readability of the game. All I wanted to do after 15 mins was to switch off Ghostrunner 2 and fire up Neon White again!!

I'm playing some Dead Space remake, loving the atmosphere so far! Have a great weekend folks

I'm up to chapter 5 in The Quarry and need to get my but in gear to get it finished by the 17th (or more realistically the 23rd if I put my ps5 offline) before it leaves extra. Its so schlocky, im way into it!! Played a decent chunk of Cocoon last night, once you get your head around the inception layers you can get to, it's proper mind blowing! I'm not getting to play it yet but CEX got blasphemous 2 on switch back in stock so I've managed to get it ordered and will hopefully arrive next week. Have a good weekend folks!