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@Kidfunkadelic83 How far have you gotten now? 😂

My first thought reading this was, I wonder if this scenario would make Square Enix happy...

Delighted for Bloober Team though. They were getting a lot of flack after that combat trailer.
Maybe this weekend I'll actually have the guts to walk further than the church...

Saw the three Metro games for something nuts like 8 euro last night.
Couldn't say no at that price, not with Metro Awakening on the way.

Excellent. Just added Dino Crisis and Dead Island 2 to my library.
I'm another who'd like to buy Dino Crisis. Usually there's an option. I assume it's an oversight?

@Czar_Khastik Who are you and what have you done with our sarcastic friend!? 🤨👀

I'm getting plenty of use out of mine.
Even if it's just dropping down to the family house and sitting on the couch with the dog for a few hours without missing out on any of that precious weekend gaming time.

Unicorn Overlord and Diablo for me.
I gave up trying to play Silent Hill, for now...

@Dobbos Oh there's no actual Valium, don't worry.
Just a mild exaggeration.

When I was younger I'd have squished them, but at some point I just started letting them out under the deck.

@Dobbos Same with me. Spiders on the TV screen never bothered me.
A spider crawling down my literal TV screen though, that would be enough to send me running for the spider kit in a panic. (A towel, a pint glass, a piece of card, some valium.)

@DrVenture69 It has a horde mode???
I hadn't realised. I can see myself killing a lit of Sunday afternoons in that.

@DrVenture69 I need to start AS2 actually.
It looks like more of fun time than a scary time.
I reckon I'd be okayish for most of REV too actually, until the dollhouse. Then I'd be wrecked 😂

@J2theEzzo @Shalooda
😂
I couldn't do it. I have Resi 7 and I have PSVR, I just could never bring myself to do it.

That Kitchen Demo in VR would definitely knock a few years off my life 😂

@Kidfunkadelic83 @colonelkilgore
Same 😂
I've been playing Diablo and telling myself I'll start Silent Hill in five minutes for about three hours.

@dschons If I'm not paralyzed by fear playing a horror game or watching a horror movie I'm legit disappointed.
It can be a nuisance though - I couldn't finish Alien Isolation for example - Was walking down a corridor, did a quick 180 and walked straight into the android I didn't realise had been following me.
I had instant muscle spasms in my neck and chest and haven't played the game since 🫠

As for horror in VR, I haven't been brave enough yet 😂

My copy came today.
I'll do the same thing I did in 2001 - Walk from the car to the town, freak out over the vibe, turn it off and not play it for five years 🤷

I'm surprised they didn't wait to release it closer to the launch of the movie.
Or maybe they feel it has legs and it'll just chug along in the background regardless.

Either way, it's on my wishlist but I'll get it on sale in a year or two.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Ah, fair point then if it's true. Whatever about XII, but X-2 was the first FF game I couldn't get along with.

@RudeAnimat0r I was going to say the same thing. I thought the opposite was true in fact, that Famitsu scores are highly regarded.

Delighted to see good first impressions for both of these. I'll add them to my Christmas/Post Christmas list.

@RiceC03 I'd have similar sentiments. They're definitely a massive part of the future, but not the whole future.
Obviously the guy who needs people to keep investing in Fortnite as a platform is going to say it's the future, like the people who needed streaming to succeed said it was the future or that we'd have to get used to not owning our games.

tbh though I can see Fortnite becoming a kind of Oasis or PS Home where we go to launch other games.
It's kind of already happened with Lego Fortnite.

But no. It's like we said before here - As long as we want single player games and consoles, they'll keep making single player games and consoles.
There's plenty of room.

Also, didn't Black Myth WuKong just happen a few weeks ago?
We're fine.

@Sleepwalking Yup. Confirmed to be a bug.
“Everybody settle down; it’s just a (new) bug with an existing feature.”

@Blofse @AccessibleDaydream I don't know. The base consoles and the Pro range are in two different tiers. PS5 Pro is positioned as a top tier product.
PS6 when it launches, even if it's more advanced than PS5 Pro, it will be in the "starter" tier. In my mind it will be around €600.00 - €650.00 at launch.

It won't reach as high as €800.00. I'll eat my socks if it does.

Have Sony said that this is what they are trying to achieve?
I remember this same things happening a few months back, but it was back to normal after a few days.
I assumed it was a bug where the news feed was displaying instead of recent activity.

@UltimateOtaku91 Oh fair point. I never considered this.

I'm 50/50 on this:

Absolutely, when Square picks a direction they tend to put their blinders on and go for it. I wouldn't be surprised if their "aggressive" third party approach is exactly what happened here.

On the other hand I'd like to think we're getting a dedicated DLC stage later.

I don't see it on mine. Is it regional?
I see what some others are saying about it being a bug from the news feed too. I definitely remember that particular bug happening once before.
Are we maybe jumping the gun here?

Edit: I took a look and it definitely looks like the newsfeed bug.

Other than Helldivers, this is the online game from SIE that I'm most interested in.
It feels like an easy win if they can keep the gameplay from the main series intact.

I didn't see this one coming. Can't believe how cool it looks.
I've been itching for a Thunder Blade or an After Burner for ages too.

I got the plat on Astro last night (that final challenge mission took me all week), so I'll be back to Ghostwire and Helldivers today.

Yep.
Got one on Smyth's last night. The hype is real now.
Looks like it's still in stock there too if anyone in Ireland wants to go for it.

I always wish I was in Japan 💖
But the booth is very impressive. Watching the video gave me old E3 in the late 90s/early 00s vibes.

Niiiiiice.
I'll definitely do another run on NG+ in that case. Will probably be my 4th or 5th time playing through it.

Very happy with that. Better than I expected.

• Astro content
• Dino Crisis Classic
• Lunar
• Soul Reaver
• ArchAge
• Ghost of Yotei
• A nice upgrade path for HZD
• Stellar Blade x Nier DLC
• Dragon Age gameplay
• Lego Horizon gameplay
• Lots of upgrades for PS5 Pro titles that I already have and love

I can't complain.

Only Sony: Hey, here's the biggest flop in modern gaming history.
Nope, never mind. Forget that. Here's Astrobot, PS5 Pro and a new Ghost game instead.
See ya ✌️

@naruball Yeah in that regard I fully get it - Sony fumbled the handling of this, especially with Helldivers. That was a mess at the time.

It's been on my backlog since launch.
AstroBot and Ghostwire Tokyo are between me and it atm, but after those two I have nothing else until Dragon Age on Christmas Day. I plan to fill in the space between with Unicorn Overlord.
Can't wait.

@naruball Agreed.
I mean what's the point of discussion if we're not open to learning different perspectives from each other?
Alas, plenty of people just prefer to be "more right" than the other person.

Personally I'm 50/50 on this whole thing:

• I don't like a double standard, that's why I'm not too fussed about the complaints from PC players here. Plenty of other publishers have the same requirements.
• I guess from their perspective the line has to be drawn somewhere?

@naruball I read this comment from you about people seeing some things as being non-issues and being accused of being shills because if it. Agreed with you on all points.

Then I scroll down a few comments and I see nothing changes 🤷

@thefourfoldroot1 @roe I have something similar in mind.
Something that streams PS5 and PS6 games, but that lets me install PS4 and earlier would be ideal.
It wouldn't need to be a powerhouse and there's no fear of it holding back the higher end console.

@playstation1995 I'm feeling the need to play Dragon Age again too. The hype for Veilguard is building nicely.

I'm still on AstroBot.
I got stuck on the Cross Challenge missions last weekend and stepped away from it for a bit to play Sky Gunners. I went back to it on Thursday though and beat three of the four cross missions in about 45 minutes.
I love when that happens with a good game.

Also, my friends and I are getting back into Helldivers 2 in a big way. I've been playing once or twice a month for the last while, but I'm all in on it again this weekend.

The numbers can't be right.
Can they? I expect a lot of sensational claims about this game now, but 400 million???
If it's true, it kind of puts that whole Fairgames is being received very positively internally thing in perspective.

I was very eager to see what Sony could do with GaaS, but if this story is true (again, if) they need to get over the GaaS chase and just be happy with Destiny and Helldivers.
Surely that online Horizon game will be fun...

@Fartingale I'm the same.
Had a few Sega consoles, every Nintendo, every XBox and every PlayStation.
Series X is the first one I regret buying. I haven't used it other than to install and try a few classic games the first week I had it.

@Absymbel It's not for everyone, but I love my PSVR2. Legendary Tales and Arizona Sunshine 2 are next in my backlog, and Behemoth is almost here too. I have as much hype for all of them as I do for Dragon Age.

I would actually be more interested in a remaster of this than Horizon.
I love both franchises, but I haven't played this since launch. I'd be happy to jump back in and start from scratch with some new bells and whistles.

Edit:
btw, "Less exciting" in his subjective opinion.
I'd be excited to play this.

I'll be more than happy with one of those controllers 🤤
And for the love of sweet merciful Shuhei please release the plates separately 🙏

@Yagami I have to agree. I had the same thought a few times now. Castlevania in particular set the bar for TV adaptions in my mind. Anime is becoming more and more mainstream. Even Lord of the Rings is getting an anime entry.

But I guess the big money is still with the live action stuff, otherwise they wouldn't do it. That said, I enjoyed The Witcher: Blood Origin.

Man I can't wait for Sky Gunner.
I wanted to play it decades ago but we never got a release here. I'll be jumping in straight after work.

I've never played SA Clank but everyone seems to love hating it.
I'll have to give it a try, just to see...

I assume it started development right after PS5 was released.
Interesting that they've stuck with AMD. I wonder if they'll stay with them for all future projects now. At least it keeps the price down.

On that note, PS6 won't cost as much as or more than PS5 Pro.
These are products in two different tiers. I can see it costing €600.00 - €650.00 though. 🫠

Sky Gunner and Secret Agent Clank make it a good month for me.
Not to mention the Plucky Squire.

Seems solid to me.
I'm not interested in investing in another ecosystem outside of Nintendo and PlayStation. I don't have the time. PC gaming looks amazing, but if I want that quality or something close to it I can just get PS5 Pro anyway.

Watching the Spy Family movie on Crunchyroll atm.
I'll be going back to Astro Bot after that.

@CielloArc Was just about to say this.
About a month ago didn't they say they wouldn't have any new blockbuster releases until 2025?

This time next year one or two big titles will be announced or released and nobody will remember that we didn't know what was coming.
And then about two weeks after that we'll be back to complaining that nothing is coming.