Sacrosanctus

Amazing story and my second favorite game of 2023 after BG3.

By "wider audience" are they referring to "modern audiences"? Because that's for sure not the wider audience.

Why don't they remake / remaster the entire God of War Greek Saga in one game collection while they're at it (including God of War 1-3, Ascension, Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta)?
Besides God of War 3, there is actually no way you can purchase them. The only way to play the first games on a PS5 is via the horrible cloud system that's on the most expensive subscription tier.

"The game, which is being released for PC and Nintendo Switch as well as PS5", hol' up, how is this game being released on Switch, but not PS4 / PS4 Pro?

I'm eager to see how GTA VI will play on the Series S, and whether or not it will be delayed on Xbox because of that. Honestly I'm even worried for the base PS5.

Good, all according to plan, personally I haven't even bought Helldivers 2, as I will never support this live-service shift from Sony, even though I know it's a good game.

The game released and its fine, though people were right to be somewhat concerned. Personally I knew this can't be a Cyberpunk 2077 situation (you were exaggerating guys), that game released on the threshold of two console generations and it was on the following systems besides PC: PS4, PS4 Pro, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X. When it comes to consoles, Black Myth Wukong is on PS5 and PS5 only, far easier to have the compatibility sorted out.

Edit: I forgot about Google Stadia, lol.

@Jaz007 @PuppetMaster Fine, have your multiplayer, I just hope we don't get a Call of Duty campaign in length.
Edit: I've just checked and the campaign is about 12 hours long, that's...ok I guess, could be a bit longer. The thing is, because I won't subscribe to PS+ ever again, I will only get to experience 1/3 of the game, so I'm going to wait for a sale.

Multiplayer is really not necessary for this, and what does the Season Pass even mean here? Is it like a battle pass for the multiplayer PvE and PvP or is it the next one or two campaign expansions for the game?

This game is way too expensive, there's a change it'll last less than 10 hours, or maybe up to 15 hours tops. It's not a proper AAA, which is good, but this has to also reflect on the price.

Here's hoping they will add an upgrade path, just like TLOU Part 2 Remaster did, but it probably won't happen, as it's a Remake.

Hard pass, I only play single-player games on my PS5 and never sub to the PS+. This seems like a generic, uninspired Overwatch, at least Overwatch has better character design and gave us some corn, lol and is also f2p now. Make no mistake, this Concord will have f2p level of MACROtrasactions, despite being buy to play.
Like others have said, I will never support Sony's live service push.

@DennisReynolds I think I know where you are and I thought so too, but it's not a point of no return, if you continue a bit more you will be able to fast travel to all the graces.

Ah, I will wait if it will also have a paid DLC. I am intrigued by this game but I don't want to spend as much money on it as I did on Elden Ring or FFXVI.

Yeah I do worry, because for example Naughty Dog were shifted into the live service scene, then they dropped it after years of development to the point where we may not see a tentpole single-player game from them in years, I guess the end of this gen at the earliest.

Moving on to the others: Guerilla, Santa Monica and Insomniac released their tentpole games not that long ago, so we're really left with Sucker Punch releasing their safe sequel to Ghost of Tsushima by the end of 2025. I expect something like how GoW: Ragnarok, HFW or Spooder-Man 2 were, not really moving the needle by much or be as impactful compared to the first installment (in the case of GoW I mean the 2018 game).

Rant over.

Shocking, most people are simpletons, AC is kind of like Fifa or CoD, ofc it sells, regardless of price and quality.

@Nei this issue most probably occurs after the last update / DLC, not since the game released.

I think it's not bad, what, people really expected that FFVII Remake Part 2 will pull higher numbers than a brand new entry in the franchise such as FFXVI?

I mean Hellblade 2 and ES6 should come to PS as we already have the previous game of these franchises, not getting the sequel makes no sense.

I hope we will get Hellblade 2, the first game is already on the PS, it's baffling if we won't get the sequel, I really don't care about Halo or Starfield.

Animation and Original Music should have been FFXVI, best character should've been Astarion, not Miles Morales, lol.

I only care about Hellblade 2, so that I won't have to upgrade the gpu of my PC.

@jFug either that or the cross-gen period of PS6 should be even longer than what we had (or still have?) for PS5. I'd prefer your option, 2028, but with next-gen PS6 games right off the bat with little to no cross-gen.

@Shstrick I will also add Diablo 4 (say what you will but it had enormous hype and huge player base at start), Re:4 Remake, Lies of P and the massive 2.0 update and Phantom Liberty DLC for Cyberpunk 2077 if we count releases up until September (as you mentioned Starfield). All in all, yes it had no room to breath and to no one's surprise it flew under everyone's radar.

Thanks for this: "Hi Ho Silver Lining - Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to talk to Mr. Hands in the Heavy Hearts club because he wasn't interactable or did not spawn for players who experienced this issue on 2.1."
Though I have to check if it's actually fixed and for me it occurred even before 2.1.

Yep, I knew some people would fall for this. Ma dudes, we are in a bubble here, most gamers don't watch news sites about video games. I reported this before that it states nowhere on the store page that there will be a discount if you own the PS4 edition.

It's a pass for me because I have a burnout for open world games.

Hopefully they fix the bug about that certain fixer that is nowhere to be found after completing all the gigs.

I loved the game, personally I would rank it 3rd best game of the year after BG3 and FFXVI. I don't think I want a sequel though, as it would most likely be more of the same. I think of HFW, God of War Ragnarok or Spider-Man 2 compared to their first installment. I would instead prefer one or two DLCs, could be a small and a big one, something like FFXVI is doing, or even a single one, something in the length of Phantom Liberty.

They needed to clarify that the upgrade path is only going to be available at release, as currently only the full price is displayed on the store. I even installed the game in order to check if the upgrade path is available somewhere in-game, but it's not.

@Fight_Teza_Fight how about 2018? God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2 (already proved my point just with these two), Spider-Man, Detroit: Become Human, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, AC: Odyssey (I thought it was really good, albeit bloated).

I think FC 24 would've been second if not first again if it would still be called Fifa, lol. Anyways, Hogwarts Legacy was done dirty at the clown show that was the Game Awards, for me it's actually fighting for the second place with FFXVI, undeniably BG3 is also my goty.

The purchasing power in my Eastern European country is really low, yet the price for a full game that's usually 70 EUR is actually around 77 EUR with added VAT. Prices should be localized.

Bah I knew it, since it's November and we have no release date, "winter 2023" could not be feasible. The second half of 2024 is a huge delay though, but that's fine.

@MrMagic The only thing I care about of all the things you have listed is the God of War Ragnarok DLC, which is still just a rumor.