ThaBEN

Review bombing is not a problem, it's a symptom.
The real problem is current day game developers not understanding their core audience.
What good is a high review score if your game doesn't sell? (I'm looking at you Alan Wake 2.)
Instead of belittling gamers, maybe it's time to actually listen to some of the feedback from the people who actually are willing to pay money for your games, instead of solely focussing on praise by some review outlet.
Unless you want to play catch up with Ubisoft.

For me personally, the modern day sections were the highlight of the series. That is, until the Desmond storyline ended. I loved the mystery not knowing exactly what was going on and finding that out together with the modern day protagonist.
I'm willing to bet though that the new modern day sections will just be a big excuse to introduce the "Infinity Launcher" and flock players for more microtransactions. This series has lost it soul a long time ago.

Why not January or March? You know the game is going to catch heat all over again beacause February is Black History Month...
Also, is this game's launch still tied to the AC Infinity platform? That might be another controversial topic if it doesn't immediately add value to the customer.
I heard rumours that they were planning to only put the Infinity launcher on the physical disc, not the game data. That you still need to download a digital copy from the game via the Infinity launcher in order to play it, which would make the whole point of buying physical obsolete.

Ubisoft is just being ignorant with the flag stuff, the Torii gate, the "Yasuke Katana" from One Piece, other cultural inaccuracies etc, whilre claiming they have historical experts working on the game.
And now, after all the criticism about Yasuke, they decided to delay the game to be released right in the middle of Black History Month. It's almost as if they are deliberately trying to sabotage their own product.
I see another delay coming, or another controversy about releasing in Black History Month.

@KeenAerondight
They did make AC: Freedom Cry in the past, which was an excellent game with a black protagonist in the Caribbean setting.
But that was before the woke epidemic and I agree that the Ubisoft of today wouldn't dare to do such a thing.

Ubisoft just cancelled their Tokyo Game show presence for AC Shadows. No joke.

Why not a disc drive in the same style? You either have to go full digital, or accept that you have to stick a white random looking disc drive on that beauty, which is blasphemy!

I need to have the physical PS5 version of this. Maybe not at launch but I will get it at some day.
I liked the story in the first game way better than the sequel. Probably in my all time top 5 stories for games.
I understand that they made a sequel, but storywise the first game was perfect and didn't need another chapter to expand the story.

I bet this would be cool in vr

You'd probably need a PS5 Pro with WiFi 7 to be be able to play wireless, if this theoretical PS VR2 Pro even exists.

For reference, the price is:
$699.99 USD / €799.99 Euro

That equals $882 USD for us European. And that is without a disc drive, that's insane!
Or another way to look at it, in the USA people pay the equivalent of €633,98.

If I didn't already own a PS5 then maybe, just maybe I would consider it.

Right now I'd rather wait to see what the Switch 2 will be and spend my money towards that/
The Switch 2 is probably cheaper and brings complete new gaming experiences.
Seems a better deal than just better graphical performance in games that already look pretty good if you ask me.

The only "Double Assassination" will be the reception of this game following the Star Wars: Outlaws release.

I think this price is aimed at people who haven't played it before. A lot of PS5 owners didn't own a PS4. I saw a comparison video yesterday, which showed substantial improvements. New camera angles, new lip sync, new walking animations etc.
Sure, if youbayed the PS4 version, it's a steep price.
If your new to the game, it seems like experience worth the money.

@thefourfoldroot1
I own the base game without the DLC.
I don't see a upgrade path.
I guess you need to own the Deluxe version on PS VR1 first, before being able to upgrade to the PS VR2, which will cost you another €10 on top of the upgrade price.

*Edit
From the YouTube video description:
"Upgrading will require having the original game purchased and installed on your platform."

Probably can only do the upgrade on your console that way, not via the app.

Tooting away with this one!

Massive Turok (N64) vibes!
I love it!

Since this is the big "Year-2 Update" and we're getting 3 out of the 6 characters on launch date in september, does that mean the release of the remaining 3 guest characteres will be smeared out over the entire second year?
Like, one new character every 4 months?

@PSme
If it's just fiction, then why do people lose their mind, when you point out Yasuke has probably never been a real Samurai?
Also, has anyone seen that they try to sell Yasuke's katana at the Japan Expo this weekend in France, which turned out to be a copy of Roronoa Zoro's sword from the immense popular Manga/Anime One Piece?

After reading some more info about the game, decided to go all in and buy the special edition including all DLC.

Only downside for me is that the game seems to be "digital only". Would love to have this piece of art on a physical disc.

@SoNico89
I hope so! The PS VR1 version made use of the Dualsense controller, not the move controllers. So it should be an "easy" way to port it to PS VR2 in regards to control scheme.

The PS4 version had PS VR1 support. Does the PS5 version include PS VR2 support?

This is crazy, because Helldivers was inspired by this franchise. Curious to see how they compare.
The addition of singleplayer is a big plus for me.

@LaurenIpsum
It is, just not on PS VR2

The lack of a physical disc made me skip this game. Now I will buy it. Another victory for us gamers on top of the recent Stellar Blade and Helldivers controversy.

Digital preorder just went live

€70 standard version
€80 deluxe version

Thats a lot

"Our game is so perfectly good that it failed"
I believe that is the denial phase in the 5-steps of grief program.

Hmm. I will probably buy it on day one, but this would be the first lego game based on a adult only franchise, right?

Those are some awesome games. Unfortunately I alread own all of them except Ghostbusters.

Please, let the Astro Bot game be hybrid VR, so both PS VR2 owners and flat screen players can enjoy it.

Stellar Blade discount? That's the only one I'm looking to buy soon. Actually, would have bought it last week, until I remembered Days of Play were this week, so I postponed my order.

I've heard rumours that only the "Infinty Platform" is present as data on the disc. And that you need to download the game data for AC: Shadows before you are able to play the game.
I hope that isn't true

I believe it was mentioned in Luke Stephans recent YouTube video called: "Assassin's Creed Infinity Details"

Translation, we like to pay our staff less for the same quality of games.

@DennisReynolds
Well, not all games are affected (yet). I don't want to go to off-topic, but lately it is happening in a increased pace. The fact that we're having this conversation in the comment section of a article about retroactive censorship via a patch should be a hint. And it's not the only game that this has happend to.

And I'm not saying that the characters are ugly per se, but I do think they are "Uglified", meaning they are made less attractive than they used to be.

Not every female character has to be a "babe", but the main thing which convinced me of this deliberately "Uglification" is when I started to notice that when I look at the male and female face models for popular Western games, the digital men always look spot-on to their real life counterpart (or even better), while the women in the same game will be dowgraded (Californian man-jaw and other androgynous features so that it no longer resembles the Face Model in the slightest).

And if this is a creative decision, why does it only seem to happen to the female face models that one would consider to have traditional feminine beauty in real life?

@DennisReynolds
Eve is created by Concept Artist "Jiyun Chae".
"Shin Jae-eun" is the Korean model from which they scanned her body.

Are the slow motion killcams/bulletcam still a thing?

PS VR2 would be awesome!

€199,99 amazon.de
€199,99 amazon.fr
£129.99 bij amazon.co.uk

I pre-ordered 2 on Amazon Germany.

Note! The prices in € look like placeholder prices (at least I hope so) and include Amazon pre-order price guarantee!

Pre-order price guarantee:
The price of a product that has not yet been published may change from the time of pre-order to the release date or first delivery date (for pre-order products without a specified release date). As a pre-order you will receive the item for this period at the best price.

I'm still rocking a 60hz 4k tv (Samsung KS7000). I need to upgrade my TV first before even thinking about getting a PS5 Pro.
However, if the PS VR2 will also benefit significantly from a PS5 Pro, I might get one after all.

Anyone know if XBOX will release physical games on PlayStation (as they did with Minecraft)? Would love to have this game on disc.

Own it on Switch. It's a blast! Especially when you enjoy games like Rhythm Paradise. This is the closest thing to it.

Will there be a physical PS5 edition?

That's why I practically buy all my games and movies on physical disc.
Too many examples of paid digital content being erased or replaced with a censored version "suitable for modern audiences".
I only buy digital games for PS VR2, because changing discs while wearing a VR-headset is cumbersome or when the price is cheap enough that I wouldn't care if I lost the digital item. In the latter, those most consist of games that I wasn't intended to play anyway (at least not for the recommended price).

Video of the peripheral:

https://youtu.be/bbmNkhZr8vY?si=luZY7b_mJfit6uIx

Wait, you mean to tell me we can get a official new Rock Band controller?
This might make me want to buy Rock Band 4!
Edit:
Rock Band 4 + Rivals Expansion bundle is currently just €9,99 on PSN!
I bought it and now I only need to get my hands on this guitar, lol!

Count me interested. Now just wait for the soundtrack to be revealed.

@jaymartin Thanks for the reply!
Glad to hear this, instant buy for me!

I'm planning to buy this for my son. However, the absence of a "change height" option might be a issue for him...