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Seasons? Oh this is gonna be so pretty. I wonder how that impacts gameplay.

Ouch. Welp I was gonna wait and see but I am out. This is not a gameplay style that BioWare excels at. Even Jade Empire, a game I adore, was clunky. I have given BioWare too many chances sight unseen. Won’t make that mistake again.

I fell out of love with Dragon Age (I have found that most sequels to Bioware games pivot too hard for my enjoyment) by the second game, but I might still pick this up eventually. That being said the original game still holds up amazingly especially with mods. I still wish Bioware well with this game.

Gonna miss old man cray cray Bison/Vega/Dictator but hobo steroid horse boy looks like a PITA as usual.

Welp this Switch (and PS5) owner is super hyped! Totally getting on Switch.

I wish Yu Suzuki would partner with the RgG team since their games are all shenmue inspired anyway; they could probably crank out the ending to the series much more quickly.

Well can’t be weirder than the original movie.

As I said before the plan was PSN registration all along. The previous debacle was due to them releasing games in regions that weren’t on Sony/PSN road map. They likely use PSN to track user engagement and metrics so it makes sense that they are pushing for their exclusive games to require it. If that doesn’t work then buy a PS5 to play the games.

Not much for me but I hope others are pleased.

Not my cup of tea but I have a buddy that is gonna lose her mind over this.

Cool! I will hold off on buying it for PS5.

That Erhu is rocking out. Anyway it looks good but since I have not heard of this studio i will wait on reviews (and possibly an xbox announcement. I can play the PS5 but the symmetrical layout makes games like this hard to play. ) but I am hopeful. Doesn’t feel like a soulslike to me but I may need more info.

I am just waiting on the definitive edition to come out.

I wish they would make an asymmetrical DualSense and fix the battery life. Not gonna happen I know, so I use my xbox controllers on PC instead.

Happy to see strong sales! On my 3rd playthrough.

Sorta sucks that his original statement was lost but it was rather rambling which is hard to digest for many. So I see why Sony tried to paraphrase but they should have said that was what they are doing.

That sounds interesting to me but the gaming community doesn’t like change. So many or the same stories are told over and over. Any attempt to change or update stories or characters and it’s deemed to be pandering, woke or “censorship “. So I expect there to be both a lot of “backlash” and potential for more mainstream avenues such as mobile gaming and tv/movie/animation media. Sorta like comics. Comics have come a long way in storytelling but they use other media to placate the masses.

Not bothered. I own both systems so I will just buy games on the systems they come out on.

I hope they aren’t expanding too fast.

Oh no gamers are angry about something especially if it doesn’t look like them. Anyway.

Ubisoft is only gonna care about sales. BOTW divided the Zelda fanbase…it also is one of their most lauded games and best sellers. Not saying this will be as good as BOTW but a bunch of angry gamers is meaningless. Don’t like it? Don’t buy it. People that like it will buy anyway.

That’s why Ubisoft always had that disclaimer at the beginning of AC.

Already preordered the CE. 3hundo for fundo.

I love the statue that comes with the CE and the wall scroll and don’t wanna pay triple price to scalpers later so preordering makes sense. Also I am very excited for the game. The trailer looks better than I had been hoping for. Plus it feels like it is getting back to actual assassins instead of rando chosen one stumbles into assassin work.

It is hilarious watching others get mad at how people spend their money though.

It’s funny, I have been thinking about Kassandra as well. I still need to finish the last DLC. Might fire up the series x and head back to Greece. Other than that I started Princess Peach Showtime, which has been quite entertaining so far.

I hope that prompts for more games to be ported. God hand and the drakenguard games would be great.

I kinda don’t blame PS4 users. I sat on mine for a year and a half into the PS5 launch and I still only have a few PS5 exclusive games (even less now that some have gone to xbox). I mostly use mine as a bluray player and to play PS4 games. I am a little worried as my ROI so far isn’t in my favor. But that just means this is my last PS system. Sony seems to be all in on PC so I think that’s where I am headed in the future. All in all gaming feels like it is slowing down on the AAA front. There are good games, great games even, but they take too long to come out. It’s more financially sound to wait 3-4 years into a console’s life before upgrading. Especially if you are a multisystem owner.

I don’t think sony will see an impact until PS6. As some folks will opt for a PS5 at that point or opt out to PC (like me). I do think the switch successor will have an impact as well. It wont match the PS5 (Or the PS4) in graphics probably but if more japanese games (that don’t go to xbox) go to it then that leaves Sony with exclusives as the main draw. And those aren’t coming out fast enough imo.

I just hope you can build quests like in odyssey. Either way I preordered the season pass so let’s see how it goes.

I really hope the sword combat is good. One issue I have with AC is that the weapons feel the same with damage modifiers. They have a chance to really step up this game.

Sigh. Ubisoft I swear you can’t just let the great trailer sell the game. Nope gotta do something stupid. Not everyone has amazing internet.

I will likely switch to digital then.

That trailer was fantastic. I haven’t been this excited to play Assassin’s creed in so long… but this is gonna be day one collector’s edition for me.

Heard this song and dance before. The Sims needs to be dethroned but nobody has gotten close yet.

Canceling the switch version killed it for me. I bought it for xbox later at a deep discount. I haven’t opened it yet but the cards thing concerned me as well.

I really enjoyed Horizon, Spiderman (MM especially ) and Ghost of Tsushima so I hope for more good games in the future.

Yep, about what I expected. Figured they would calibrate their sales range.

This is petty and childish. Won’t impact his day although he may pull back and become more distant PR wise with the public. Then those same gamers will complain that he sounds like all the other execs. Frankly these people don’t know why the closures happened. And looking for someone to burn in effigy isn’t gonna restore a single job or fund dev work. Grow up. It’s all virtue signaling anyway. When Volition shut down, folks weren’t sad they lost their jobs. It’s only the people that do the stuff they like.

@pyrrhic_victory Thank you! I will wait to see if the offline mode is added.

Question: does suicide squad have offline content? I want it, but not if it is online only.

I still wish the original Prey had gotten a sequel.

I mean what do gamers expect? You can have a “revolution “ but no company is gonna pay for it. Oh it’s bad now because it’s something they like? Either way I hope those that lost a job find another one but honestly if you don’t want to represent a company don’t work for them or make your own business.

Account linking is likely still the end goal overall and not just for this game. They now know which countries not to sell games to and once this game is less popular they will likely bring back the requirement.

Well that matches much better honestly. Folks were mad that they were told up front they would need a PSN account eventually since they could buy the game in places that didn’t have PSN accounts. So now the sale of the game matches the PSN requirement and people got their money back. Problem solved as it is doubtful that the PSN requirement will be walked back. (Edit: guess I was wrong about this part but that is surprising) Honestly this sounds like Valve might have opened the game to the wrong regions from the start and Sony didn’t notice until the complaints rolled in. Sucks but is fixable by giving people their money back, which they are doing.

Oh No gamers are mad about something.

Anyway, moving on.

But they informed gamers in advance. People say they want crossplay but not what it takes to implement it.

Always happy to see different markets making globally accessible games.

Fallout riffs on a specific aspect of Americana so yeah a Fallout set somewhere else wouldn’t work and would just tick off whatever the new locale is anyway. Because folks would complain that Bethesda doesn’t get their culture and would miss the satire narrative. If you want a local game, make one. Post apocalyptic stories aren’t unique and I am sure a team somewhere else could make a new IP that represents their culture. Could even go back to the isometric roots at this point.

That sucks. I love the OlliOlli series.

I liked 2 but haven’t had time to play legion. The first game was boring to me though.

I don’t think usually beg for DLC but I really hope they expand this game. I loved the ending and the payoff from the first game.

Edit: whose pawn is falling off a cliff? I trip and tumble down mountains all day and my pawn is like “I will go find some stairs or a path. Someone grab a potion so we can heal this clumsy idiot.”

@Nightcrawler71 any pawn can get it. The rate supposedly goes up if you fight dragons or your pawn gets controlled by one. That being said you can sleep at camps and pass it to another pawn in your party or of course dismiss the infected pawn. The progression is super obvious (they get arrogant and combative, sit down during idle and bicker with the party, they ignore commands and eventually their eyes glow red) but if you make it to the post dragon aspect of the game it is scripted that all pawns get it to push the urgency of the end game. But honestly if you play well you don’t need to sleep much during that time so there is usually no impact. It’s really there to keep you invested/paying attention and to keep folks from camping on pawns (granted I never got to the point where the infection was dangerous). Personally i think there should be more consequences but that’s just me.

@MikeOrator I think his disgruntlement is valid. Sometimes a franchise swerves really hard or just loses that magic that might have hooked a person initially. That gets unfairly chalked up to nostalgia sometimes when that isn’t always the case (I do think angry pokemon “fans” just out grew the series and won’t move on so I am not dismissing a person making more fuss than it’s worth.) And the fallout series had a huge upheaval not just from the tech but the writing and the scope. And when that happens a lot of the foundation of the original series is lost. (Kinda like song sampling through generations.) So a person that played the first two games especially if done during the original release when they were doing something fairly novel at the time, will make it harder to stomach all those changes or ignore recency bias. As long as one doesn’t run around raining on everyone else that enjoys what the series has become, then yeah those feelings…that grief is valid.

@Terra_Custodes Ouch, well sometimes them’s the breaks. Sucks when a franchise goes into a direction you can’t enjoy. But I think it happens to everyone at some point. Mass Effect and Dragon Age’s sequels were that for me. (Actually at this point I am grateful Bioware never made a sequel to Jade Empire) So I get it. Hope you find a new franchise to love.

Cool! I’ll trade in my PS5 copy and pick it up on Xbox.

Noooooo! Granted I only really got it when it was scripted. If you just pay attention it’s super obvious when pawns have it. Granted I am on my 3rd playthrough so I don’t care too much.