ShogunRok

If anyone's got any questions about the game I can try to answer them based on what I've played. Will hopefully have a review sorted soon!

@BIG3 For me it's usually motion blur, but screen shake also gets disabled if it's as noticeable as this!

@yazzika I'm glad we're keeping our expectations in check!

Lance lads, assemble!

The potential is clearly there but personally, I need to see more. And that screen shaking is already nauseating.

@Deadlyblack Very well done. Top of the board right now!

@BeerIsAwesome It should be there now, just took a little time to register. Congrats!

@Yousef- No PS5 code yet, we're expecting it at launch. Obviously means we won't have a review until the game's out but we'll be as quick as we can!

@Zeroo Should hopefully hear about this soon!

@caiol92 Nah from what I understand it's not very heavy on story or story-driven cinematics. Much greater focus on the action and making big, crazy-looking boss fights.

Also worth noting though, that the review embargo had a lot of restrictions on what could be shown, including cutscenes. So that'll be partly why there's a lack of footage.

@Splat I played a couple of hours last night, love it so far!

@Kidfunkadelic83 Boss battles are definitely the crux of the experience — and there are a lot of them — but there are also smaller fights and some exploration in between, so it's not strictly boss rush.

I guess it's like a kind of... more linear Souls game? If that makes sense.

@Ravix I'm glad you enjoyed it. DD2's turned out to be a lot more divisive than I thought it'd be, but I obviously loved playing it as well. Still hoping it gets an expansion and some updates — I need an excuse to go back to it.

@Americansamurai1 Yeah the emulation features are a must for some of these old games. Makes you realise how much patience a lot of us had back in the PS1 and PS2 eras!

@Americansamurai1 "Fortunately, the PS5's PS2 emulation software has a couple of tricks up its sleeve to help with this. Tapping Options and then going into the Settings allows you to remap all buttons, including directional inputs from the analogue sticks, and so you can brute force the camera controls to suit your needs."

John's just saying that by default, without any finicky customisation, it hasn't aged well at all.

I think Gamescom should be decent this year, when you look at all the games that are scheduled for the next few months and 2025. I can see us getting a handful of surprise announcements as well (although nothing too crazy).

@Northern_munkey This isn't on PS5, it's PC footage just labelled as PS5 (you can see the button prompts are for an Xbox layout later in the video).

From what I understand, the game has never been shown running natively on PS5. Is that a reason to worry? No one can say right now. But it's best to be cautious given the initial state of games like Cyberpunk 2077.

@Northern_munkey There is no PS5 footage. No one's played the game on PS5.

And this isn't scaremongering, it's providing information for people who might be about to drop money on a game that we know nothing about. Would you rather we just say "the game's great on PC, pre-order on PS5 now!"?

@Tielo @Bentleyma Not sure if Aaron can reply right now, so I'll try to answer.

No difficulty settings, and Aaron was saying to the rest of us that he found it easier than most Souls games overall, but some bosses in particular were really difficult.

If Elden Ring's difficulty is a 10, I think Wukong is like a 7, based on what Aaron told us.

@koverby Thanks for pointing that out, we've fixed it!

Hey everyone, just to add to Aaron's preview, we'll definitely have a PS5 review once we actually get to play that version. We've got another article that hopefully explains our situation going up this afternoon.

@CastelloGG Sadly I'm not totally sure. It does have difficulty options, but in the preview build I played, only one was available — so I don't know if you can change during the game.

Going to assume that you can, though, since Reload allows it.

@Ryall I think so, but I'm not 100% certain. From what I understand, you can choose to play Episode Aigis from Reload's main menu, so it's a separate entity from the main game.

However, I don't know if you need to beat the campaign first. I would assume you don't, and you can just play it as soon as you've bought it.

@LieutenantFatman There isn't a native PS5 version as far as I know!

If anyone's got any questions about the DLC, I can try to answer them based on what I played.

Can also answer questions about the actual epilogue too, based on the original FES version (although I can't go into spoilers).

Should have more room to breathe in early 2025 (until Monster Hunter Wilds and a bunch of other blockbusters inevitably get dated for Q1).

All five people who haven't played The Witcher 3 are going to be losing their minds.

It's a shame Sony couldn't leak RDR 2 for PS5.

@Enuo Happy to report that you can play as Shion (and the other kijin, apart from the blacksmith guy).

Guy inexplicably ends up wooing the women of his dreams? Reminds me of something...

The PS5 price sticks out like crazy on that list.

@code45709 We plan on reviewing it ahead of release, but it all depends on when we actually get access to it. Sadly out of our hands right now, but we'll do our best!

As someone who's tried multiple times to get into Borderlands but the tone's always put me off completely, I found this review quite cathartic.

@Americansamurai1 I can only apologise.

@Alps_Stranger It's been described as a story-driven, single-player campaign with three-player co-op as an option. I would assume the campaign will be built around single-player, since a dedicated co-op mode exists separately.

@Kraven @ear_wig @Alps_Stranger It's got a full single-player campaign which can also be played in co-op, and then it's got a separate, mission-based co-op mode on top of that.

Aaron's been banging on about this game ever since he started previewing it, and I must admit, the hype is infectious. Sounds brilliant.

@NEStalgia That's a very good way to look at it!

@NEStalgia Definitely makes you wonder, but at the same time, it's probably a bit of a special case since it's Star Wars. I suppose EA will be looking at the ultra casual market who might still game on PS4 and never cared about upgrading.

Still, it'll be really interesting to see how they squeeze it onto such old hardware!

@rjejr Hahaha, hopefully you find the right place to ask them!

And yeah, Echo's a freelancer. Obviously this review's my take and the NL review is theirs — I'll be interested in seeing how well Cat Quest 3 reviews elsewhere too.

For me, the second game is still the best, but I can kind of see why some people might prefer this third one. It does feel well made and very polished.

@Simon_Fitzgerald I know, just never thought of doing it while I was playing!

@Americansamurai1 I haven't actually seen the Trophy list yet — doesn't seem to be public — but I did get a lot of Trophies throughout my entire playthrough. I'd be surprised if it's that much harder than what's come before.

If anyone's got any questions about the game or the review, let me know and I'll try to answer them.

@rjejr All I can say is that we'll have a review soon!

@CthulhuFhtagn Nah, I'm automatically disqualified since I make the quizzes!

@Dragon83 The review criticises a lot more than the graphics, to be fair. I agree that you can't just complain about old games being old, but I don't think Khayl's review does that at all.

@Czar_Khastik I'll be honest, it looks more pixelated than I remember! But that's probably down to playing the original on comparatively tiny TVs.

But yeah, it is going to look very pixel-y on any reasonably sized TV. It's definitely not unplayable or anything, but it might take some adjusting to.

There are a few screen options to play around with too. You can have borders, stretch the game to fit the screen, 4:3, and there's an optional CRT filter to smooth the edges a bit. I played without it, but it's worth trying.

Just to be clear, the 3D environments look fine — it's the spites and stuff that can appear quite blurred.

I think your best bet might be to try and find some 4K gameplay on YouTube and watch it on your TV, because it really might depend on your tolerance for how pixelated it can get.

@Miserablefish I'm so glad someone referenced this.

If anyone's got any questions about the game or the review, let me know and I'll try to answer them.

Had a great time revisiting Tomba! (Tombi!) after so many years. Played the demo disc to death as a kid, finally played the full thing via emulator much later. Still holds up!

@Logonogo To be fair, the demo takes place a few hours into the game. I'm a Mana fan and I still found it quite overwhelming at first.

I would assume the full game will ease you into things a lot better.