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This sucks if accurate, and if it's mainly due to Bungie's assessment, ugh. Destiny is what it is, but I don't think Bungie necessarily has the live service secret sauce. Destiny is more or iless mpenetrable now, and that's how I feel having played the og for a bit.

2 games I was curious about that I would never have bought. This is exactly what I want out of Plus.

Cool, might try it out. Otherwise would skip entirely.

Returnal is the best PS5 game. Glad there are other Atropos fans on here.

I'll probably finish up Unpacking. I think it's a beautiful little game, not without issues, but I'm really enjoying it. If I have more time I may play some Solar Ash, which I finally bought on sale last week. It hasn't totally grabbed me yet but Heart Machine is a favorite so I'm going to keep playing.

I enjoyed the first one but frankly barely touched 2. I thought it came out too quickly and wasn't really different enough to me.

I'll watch the SF6 update after the fact. Excited for AKI's release coming up soon.

My friend bought this and I'm sort of curious about it, but the aesthetic doesn't grab me.

Ugh, that trailer looked totally insane, in a good way.

I haven't been able to get into a Yakuza game since finishing 2. I played a fair amount of 3 and started Zero but always lose interest. Maybe I'll give Like a Dragon a shot.

I love Bluey. Honestly, my wife and I enjoy it more than our son.

I'm down for a Bluey video game, but I'm not sure this is the one. It looks really rudimentary?

@Kiefer-Sutherland This was my issue last night too.

I actually was having issues playing a bunch of games online with a friend, we tried Far Cry 6 and The Ascent too.

OK, so I guess I have a very different takeaway than everyone else. This isn't especially shocking to read or even "sobering" as the writer puts it. Microsoft is a huge corporation that is used to dominating its marketplace and becoming a monopoly (Windows). But let's look at it this way, who wouldn't want to buy Nintendo? I can tell you Sony would love to buy them too.

When Phil is saying that Nintendo is not seeing that their future isn't on their own hardware he is imagining a world where people are not complaining that the Switch launched with specs that were horribly outdated - look at Mortal Kombat 1 on Switch.

I've seen comments that Nintendo doesn't need Microsoft since their games sell insanely well, and sure, but that is not the point. The point is if Smash Bros. was on Series S/X would it not still sell 30m copies? Maybe not because of Game Pass, but it would still be a juggernaut that would put Xbox's in homes, including Japanese ones. Maybe it would also have a robust online component!

Phil sees a future where Nintendo is no longer hamstrung by "inferior" hardware. Imagine a world where Nintendo didn't have to worry about dated specs? Even the gaming community buys into this! How many articles are there complaining about their specs and how it's so challenging for 3rd parties. Nintendo doesn't need better specs or even want them. By not clawing at realistic graphics they save themselves millions of dollars and years of development time. This allows them to continue a stream of high quality first and second party games. Cheaper and quicker games equals more profit, especially with their stinginess with sales.

Nintendo was very wise with the Wii to veer left when Sony and Microsoft continued on their path. But both of the latter will always covet them. If either of them succeeded the other would be toast.

This looks pretty rad. I never love Vanillaware games, I always think the gameplay isn't quite there for me, but a tactical RPG seems like a great fit for them to me. I'm definitely interested in this.

Hopefully a new release date for The Plucky Squire!

An interesting selection. I'll give 13 Sentinels, Unpacking and Cloudpunk a shot. Odin Sphere is a neat game too but I couldn't get into it back on PS2. Does the remake have any QOL stuff?

NieR Replicant is appealing too, but I own that already. Just haven't gotten around to it.

I'm still working through Sea of Stars.

Rad if true,13 Sentinels has been on my curiosity list for a while.

Haven't started yet, waiting to jump into a co-op campaign with my friend. I've never played a BG game before but she has, and we played Original Sin 1 and 2 in co-op.

I'm 16 hours in and enjoying it thoroughly. I think sometimes I wish the writing was a bit more nuanced, but it captures that sort of plucky coming of age JRPG we all remember.

I'll be curious to see how I feel once I've finished it, but I think this is a close second to Cosmic Star Heroine for me on indie JRPGs - I might check out Chained Echoes next.

As for DLC I would certainly have a look. I adore The Messenger, and it had excellent DLC. I'm all aboard team Sabotage at this point.

I'm even more interested in trying Saint's Row with Volition being shuttered.

I'm not surprised by this closure, but it's sad none the less. I agree with the comments that they were stuck in the past though. I haven't tried SR Reboot, but Agents of Mayhem was a painfully mediocre game. I bought it for $5 out of a Redbox kiosk because my friend worked on it and I played it for maybe 30 minutes and found it to be really dull.

I liked Red Faction: Armageddon and I played through SR3, but frankly they never made a game I loved. I always thought they were a solid B developer.

Also, for people talking about Gat Out of Hell, according to my friend that was mostly High Voltage Games and not Volition's work.

I know this is a click bait headline but Saint's Row is a big game for Essential. This is exactly the kind of game I want out of this tier.

Beyond that you cannot judge PS Plus' September until the Extra and Premium games are revealed.

I think the price hike socks, but I also think it's silly to expect a corporation to actually add something at a price hike. Everyone is trying to be Netflix for games and Netflix sure as hell doesn't give you anything new or better when they raise prices.

That's a pretty drastic price hike across the board. I don't imagine them announcing any sort of added benefit, although maybe they will have more day one releases like Sea of Stars.

But honestly, I don't think Extra is a bad value, even at $135/year. It's like $11/month for 20+ games. I usually only play 3 of them, but I'm willing to spend $3.66/month for those games.

Frankly, I imagine this is a reaction to them seeing a plateau of subscribers. This model only works with high revenue to get new games on the service, ie. throw money at publishers for their libraries and indies need are willing to take less for stability.

I'm glad I bought another year during the last sale though. This is definitely how they get you. I really have enjoyed Extra over the last year and I would never have tried it at $135/year, but I got it initially on sale and was only upgrading from Essential so it was like $30 or something. I'd be hard pressed to drop it now. It's nice to have a few games I've meant to play but would likely never buy show up every 30 days.

Downloaded it from Game Catalog. Beat the first non-tutorial boss before bed. It's very enjoyable so far.

Scope, that's the word of the day here. Very excited for this.

By not supporting Sega and Atlus you're making it more likely they will be acquired. Game Pass is basically free money for Sega since most of Atlus' audience is on PlayStation and Switch. This is a great deal for Sega to expose Xbox players to their titles that wouldn't otherwise buy them. It's the same thing they did with Yakuza/Like a Dragon and that's really helped that series' Western popularity.

On topic, I'm tentatively interested in this. I love tactical RPGs but I am also kind of tired of the P5 world. I never finished Strikers, but that's mostly due to the repetitive gameplay and greatly simplified social gameplay.

I'll wait for reviews.

I think it's a cool device, but if I'm buying a portable device I want it to be a legit portable device, rather than a mirroring device. Like for a little bit more you might as well get a Steam Deck.

I think this game might be a pass for me. I love P3 but the fact it's based off the vanilla version AND $70... I think it's a no thanks.

The graphics look slick, but I think the slicker Persona's graphics become the more apparent how dated the animations are, which are only sort of covered up by portraits during conversations.

I'll also echo other people, I just want a Persona 6 at this point. Tactica is also not getting me super excited. Or, actually, I'll wait for their other fantasy game, whose name has escaped me.

@Olmaz I see where you're coming from, but I guess I slightly disagree. I think by dressing and stylizing these characters a certain way they are telling you what they are not, not what they are, which are slightly different things. What they aren't is your stereotypical vg protagonist. But we don't know who these characters are, you can't know if they're relatable or not from a 2 minute trailer.

I also think game devs use worn tropes because they often do not have enough time to give you everyone's backstory. Realistically the game will have a couple hours of story content sandwiched between gameplay. It's a limitation on the medium and likely their game design as an action/adventure game.

@Olmaz I don't think it's that hard to relate to these characters. I've played as more heterosexual white dudes then I can count - I am one of those. I would rather play as characters with different life experiences as my own.

@Olmaz I'm curious how these characters aren't relatable? Sure the found family of misfits is a trope at this point, but 90% of vg characters are worn archetypes.

I have no memory of this game ever being announced but I'm curious about it. I will say one thing not working for me is the animation. As a story heavy game you need expressive faces, etc. and at least in the trailer there's minimal facial work selling the dialogue. It's worse since the models are somewhat realistically proportioned, despite being a little stylized.

Looks possibly cool.

Hrrmmm, to start my playthrough over a 3rd time...

Bummed it won't make it this year but unlikely to buy it immediately anyway.

OK, so maybe devil's advocate here, but what exactly is an unfinished game? I'll use one of your headliners as my example: Marvel's Avengers. Was Avengers a great game at launch? Probably not, but I'm sure some people liked it - a lot of people loved the campaign. However, was it a finished game? I'd argue, yes, it was. Perhaps the end game design needed a lot more tuning and content in the long run, but I would say it was a quote unquote full game at launch.

I think what you're getting at is whether live service is a title plastered on broken games, and I'd still argue, no. Most of these games were always marketed as live service games. I think designing games meant to be played forever is really hard! Players are always more clever and more dedicated that designers can plan for.

Maybe these games should launch as "Early Access" or whatever, but I think publishers know that gives a certain swath of players pause - like myself.

Honestly I could be fine with the casting, but Ruben Fleischer, ugh.

Was really enjoying this but bounced off of it for no reason in particular. Should get back into it before I'm consumed with Baldur's Gate 3.

Sure it'd be nice if there was one platform for everything, but only if it was regulated to not be anti-consumer.

I'd guess February or March. Give 7 its grand send-off and move on. That would allow the game a month or two before Evo Japan in April next year. Also, Evo said they were planning a third event, so I wouldn't be shocked if it was a Euro event and an announcement at Gamescom.

I always feel like this should be asked after the games are out.

@RedRiot193 I'm sorry it affects your experience, but there are only two binary reactions to this: either you buy it or you don't. I'm not empowering anyone by not buying it. If I don't buy it AND grouse on the internet about it it is still effectively the same thing: no sale.

I'm just not following how I am somehow part of the reason cosmetics are expensive I'll be totally honest, I've never bought a cosmetic in a game in my life.

@RedRiot193 They "get away with it" because there are people that will pay those prices. I certainly won't, but I also won't make too much of a fuss about it because it has no real impact on my ability to enjoy the game. Now if new characters were $15 a pop, then I'd take real issue.

Super hype for Sea of Stars. Also pretty interested in trying Cursed to Golf and Two Point Hospital out, both games I likely would never have bought.

It's an impressive number for a bit of a niche fighter based on a property that isn't well known in the West. I hope Rising does well, since people liked the og but the pandemic and no rollback really hurt its staying power. I wouldn't be shocked to see it as a main stage game at Evo next year.

@Angelus3K lol fair enough!

@Angelus3K If the pricing is "absolutely disgusting" why did you buy Donnie? You just validated their price point to them. You said this digital thing is worth $15 to me. That money speaks much louder than any comment anywhere online.

A good way to frame just how expensive it is is Rashid costs literally half the price of one turtle constume. So you could buy a new playable character for half the price of an avatar costume...

The prices are really pretty ridiculous, I couldn't have imagine the costumes being more than $5 a pop, but I can't be too mad about it. They're all cosmetics and avatar stuff for Battle Hub and World Tour, it's all very inessential.

People need to vote with their wallets. It's a fun collab and I'd like to see more, just priced in a more consumer friendly way.

Enjoying Tren with my toddler. This is a great game and has renewed my interest in Media Molecule.

I guess $50 is the full price for both previous seasons of DLC, so it's arguably an okay deal if you never bought in previously.

Trying to justify it for myself. It will depend on if my local FGC get into it or not, probably.

I'd like to get this but not sure I'm willing to drop $50 for it. I really enjoyed the first version but fell off of it after a couple months playing one friend. I don't think he's going to jump on this with SF6 still pretty fresh.

Does Rising include all of the previous DLC characters on its default roster?