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@ChrisDeku Or 1000 super credits. I'd bet my mortgage on it.

@puddinggirl Honestly I always suspect everything is a PR exercise of some kind.
Even if it's just, "Let's see how they react to this."

@UltimateOtaku91 I feel for this guy.
Arrowhead are a relatively small dev. They've been around for a while, but the levels of success they've reached recently, it happened so fast.
He's probably used to dealing with a small dedicated community, rather than the massive community Helldivers 2 has attracted.

Fair play to him for owning this.

@naruball @Deityjester
The only time I've had racism directed at me when playing online was, by chance, when playing Halo. It happened twice.
But I'd never assume XBOX is the only platform it happens on. I'm sure the only reason it hasn't happened to me on PSN is because I learned to mute my mic so they can't mock my accent.

I'm not trying to derail the conversation here btw. Just agreeing with naruball on the confirmation bias comment.

@Ricky63 I like the first party stuff, bit I'm not missing them right now. There's just too much to play.
As you say, the games are coming in droves. If there was a new Uncharted game out this month I wouldn't have the time to play it.

@PS3Gamer Sammy gets slammed for being negative about PlayStation, and he gets slammed for pointing out when a community reaction is overblown.
I don't always agree with him, but to my recollection I don't think he has ever gone out of his way to he condescending.

• Helldivers II
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Hard Mode)
• Fallout 4
• And hopefully I'll finally start Dragon's Dogma II at some point.

"I payed this much for a pc to avoid those playstationers, do not force me to mingle with their kind."

An actual negative "review" that I just read on the steam page.
I mean there is a legit reason to be annoyed by this if you live in a country where PSN is not available (although I'm sure there are workarounds), but I don't know if this is a parody review or a legit opinion.

Let's see what the total player count is tonight. Because if the Hogwarts boycott thought us anything, it was... definitely something.

@Voltan That's fair. I hadn't considered that.
It was no secret that this would be a requirement, but I wonder if there's a legit workaround. Like making this mandatory only in regions where PSN is available. It would be a shame to cut out players based on geography.

@UltimateOtaku91 Outrage culture in general. There was always going to be something that turned players against this game. I've been waiting since launch to see what it would be.

Edit: I wonder if there's somewhere we can place bets on things like this 🤔💸

Just a few weeks ago PSN trophies on PC was a good thing, no?
How did people think that was going to work?

If I ever find the time to play Sea of Thieves I'm fully expecting to have to link my XBOX account. Just be smart with your passwords and thank feck for GDPR, or whatever equivalent of that you might have.

Nice. I think I have enough points in PS Stars to pick up the currency for this too.
Perfeito.

Too bad. It's not a franchise that I follow but I can understand the disappointment.

For myself, I'm still regularly dropping into Moss II, GT7, No Man's Sky, Horizon and Legendary Tales on my PSVR2. I haven't started Arizona Sunshine II yet, and Behemoth is still lurking around somewhere. There's plenty to play there.

I wouldn't complain if Half-Life: Alyx made the jump though...

I'll be surprised if Bethesda's main IP (TES, Fallout, Starfield) don't all continue to release on PlayStation maybe a year after they launch on GamePass. Avowed and future Diablo games too. These are the most obvious ones I think.

Other than those franchises the other one that I'm most eager to try is Sea of Thieves, but between Helldivers and the rest of my backlog I just don't have the time for it.

@get2sammyb I'd love to see Flight Sim make the jump, yeah.
It's such a chill time.

@Marceezy It looks brutal in the short vids there.
But they're working on it anyway. At worst they'll just have to roll it back.

I'll go back and play more Legends mode after it launches on PC. That should give the community a nice boost, and that mode is a lot of fun.

@rjejr Ah true, true.
They'll keep making those titles for Switch I'm sure.

I remember the DLC for XV. I didn't love that game in general, but I was hoping for that final DLC to round out the ending. Was really disappointing when it was cancelled.

As for FF VII Part 3, you can bet Sony will fund it if needed.
They definitely put resources and/or funding into the other two games. They show up in the credits for both.

They were talking about doing this last year weren't they? I don't think it has anything to do with the sales of Rebirth.
I was wondering what the outcome of this process would be. Hopefully it doesn't mean the end of Octopath Traveller and the likes on console and PC.

Cool.
I love me a good artbook or a graphic novel. I'll be ordering.

I'm very eager to start it, but that 2024 backlog is in the way.

@thefourfoldroot1
I was seeing it more as;

1) Those who are convinced that it was/was not censorship.
2) Those who are yet to be convinced one way or the other. (🤚).
3) Those who insult rather than engage with a different opinion.
4) Those who troll.
5) Those light-hearted individuals who love to post funny comments regardless of the topic and who keep the rest of us grounded and humble (@Hoodie718 😂😂).

I don't think anyone is happy to be dictated to or told what to think (hence the state of the world atm).
Personally it seems to me like a last minute design choice.
But I won't know that for certain until they patch the costumes.
If they patch them. The fact that they are discussing it internally suggests that they might.

• Blue Monsoon is unchanged.
• Dev has stated that this was a decision they made themselves.
• Dev has also stated that they are having internal conversations about this.

Everyone thinks everyone is lying these days, but it's always felt to me like this was a last minute design choice, especially given that there are other revealing suits that have not been edited.
They'll either switch it back or add a toggle to switch between both versions of both suits in an upcoming patch, and that will be that.

Still FF VII Rebirth.
I'm doing the Brutal combat challenges atm.
I think I have a materia combo figured out that sorts most of the fights.
After that I'll be continuing my Hard Mode run.

Mine came early yesterday too, but I'm in the middle of my FF VII Rebirth hard mode run, and I'll be playing Dragon's Dogma II after that so it might be another month or two before I start Stellar Blade.

That said, FF has been a huge game. Stellar Blade might a be a good palette cleanse before I start DD II.

Fallout 4 cost €5.00 there for a few days, so that didn't do any harm. I thought I was done with that franchise too but the TV show was really enjoyable and reminded me of what I loved about the lore back in the day.
I started playing 4 again last night, but I'll probably leave it for now until I'm done with the backlog.

Excellent. Looking forward to going back to this. I didn't realise it had been so long since it came out.

Hopefully this version fixes that bug where you can't launch the game if you have Wastelander Workshop and Automatron expansions installed together.

This one has been on my wishlist since 2018.
What they described on the official site sounded like a lot of fun too.
Maybe one day...

Smart move. And really the only option for them atm.
Either it works out which is great, or, it makes selling large chunks of what's left easier later.

Hopefully that name means some Lord of the Rings projects are underway.
I'd kill for a good Lord of the Rings clone of Vermintide or a new RTS. I'd ask for a big RPG but I just don't think it will ever happen.

@UltimateOtaku91 That one game where players were rewarded for groping the girls is what comes to my mind every time this conversation comes up.
I remember being concerned about the censorship too, until I saw what they were censoring.
The only mistake they made there was that they started doing this at a time when everyone is screaming "stop telling me how to live and what to think!" at everyone else.

Going to finish off the main story for FF VII Rebirth today.
Then I'll be doing it all again on Hard Mode.

@Ravix I should probably just find some time to play the first game I guess 🤔

I have the first but never got around to starting it.
This looks epic though.

Any idea if you need to play the first one to get the most out of this one?

@Martijn87 100% agree with everything you just said.
I would only add that FF is a series that became known for mixing it up and trying new things with each entry a long time ago. It's never been one to sit still.
So when people are disappointed that a new game is not like an old game I see where they are coming from, but that's generally how FF has been done for a long time now.
Something new and different each time.

I don't think there's been a main series game other than XI that I didn't finish. XV was disappointing as you say, and for the reason that you mentioned, but that's it really.

Those without stomach for this place must move on.

@colonelkilgore Consoles are safe. I still believe that dedicated hardware for our games won't vanish until we live in a world where Shangri-La Frontier or the holodeck can actually happen.

This move by Sony is just so games that they publish are always in their ecosystem no matter where they are played.

@Ravix Alas, it's not available here yet.
Although I do have a friend just across the border in the UK 🤔
That's the plan. Good shout.

@Cloud39472 I fully agree.
The scalpers and the people who buy from them, ruining it for the rest of us.

@Cloud39472 Ugh.
Don't jynx us.
I'm excited for the Pro now, but I'm not looking forward to the anxiety of queuing up online and hoping to beat those plonkers.

@Member_the_game Honestly that's pretty much exactly how I used it too:

• Try a new game.
• If I really liked it, buy it when it's gone.

@Judal27 Ah my bad, my bad. 🙇

@Hamst88 Saaaaaame.
Once I hit 40 my perspectives changed on a lot of things.
I was doing those piano mission in FF VII wondering how much longer my fingers will be able for games like that.

@3Above Is it a mandate?
It all sounds optional, but necessary if you want that tag on your game.

I ask because I was hoping that they would allow the devs to make their own decisions on what way they want to upgrade their games, if at all.

@Judal27 If you've never played a FF game before and World of FF is going to be your first experience, let me tell you that it's nothing like the main games in the series.
It's one of the many countless spin-offs that the franchise has generated over the decades.

So if you don't like it, rest assured that it's not a game by which the series should be judged.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is the main reason why I'll never use any sub service as the primary method for playing my games. If the platform holder doesn't own the IP it's never going to stay there forever.

Dave the Diver and MediEvil for me.
They'll play nice on the Portal over the summer months.

Associated manga?
There's a manga too?
Man they really know how to get my money.

I enjoy the transmog in FF XIV and I use it all the time. I had never considered it for Helldivers though. Options are nice to have, but I can live without it.
Any light armour + the shield generator, this is still my go to setup.

Edit: Some Ratchet and Clank decals for my helmet or mech would be fun.

@Nei I just did that yday.
It's an absolute troll of a fight.
I went into it completely unprepared, raged for a bit, then I remembered Cloud had the level 2 Elemental materia...

@naruball I have a feeling Sony will put money into it if that becomes an issue.
They definitely had funds and/or resources in the first game.

@jFug Or a good Marvel game?...

Da Dun Tss

(I jest of course. I legit loved Spidey 2.)

I think with Marvel games I'm good with whatever Insomniac cooks up. Spidey 3, Wolverine and that X-Men game they're doing would excite me, but everything else I can skip.

@AdamNovice I have to say the same. As I get in to the later chapters I really feel like I'm playing an evolved version of something from the 90s Squaresoft days.
I'm enjoying it and I'm happy that my first playthrough has taken 120 hours so far because I don't want it to end.

I can only speculate that the factors mentioned by @ShogunRok are in play here, and that the game will have legs.
We mentioned before that we'll have to wait until Christmas to get an idea of how well Dragon's Dogma, FF VII and Rise of the Ronin will have really done.