VaultGuy415

I do not accept the premise that profitable enterprises like PlayStation need to screw customers and workers to chase unsustainable growth targets at the behest of financial markets.

That aside, it's obvious that Jim Ryan screwed the pooch chasing the Fortnite fad, they have next to nothing in the hopper, and they're scared.

DS2 is fantastic. If it weren't for ADP confusing players and making rolls seem impossible it wouldn't be so underrated

Crushed by the lack of 1st party muscle behind it. Shame because the hardware is great (I'm fine with the lenses). GT7 was incredible and CotM was promising

He drove PS5 into a ditch

Doesn't Alyx require the Index? Don't see why Valve would make an exception for PSVR2 in PC mode

Talk about mixed feelings! I'm glad this lovely piece of hardware will be more useful but this also feels like a surrender on high-quality first party stuff

@TheArt I made the mistake of playing it on a new PC and I didn't go back to it after beating it that first month. The stuttering was atrocious. Beyond that, during that first month, the game had very broken ashes of war (hoarfrost stomp anyone?) and horrible balancing between classes. The mounted combat was really easy to abuse — I killed Fire Giant first try on the horse by poking his toes, but in co-op runs I experienced a <3% win rate because of all the cheap one-shot attacks.

It was a rushed, sloppy mess at release. They fixed a ton of stuff later on but that was too late for me. I rate BB as a 10, ER a 7.5. DeS (both versions), DS1, DS2 Scholar, and DS3 are all better games, too.

I'll be the lone voice of dissent and say that ER isn't nearly as good as Bloodborne. Wish this dev team's amazing talents could be pointed at a BB sequel instead.

Should have separate, substantial modes for flat and VR2

They need to tease the Bluepoint/Bend/ND/Sucker Punch work that's going on ASAP. It's fine if it's in the same '25 launch window as GTAVI and MH Wilds. This generation is feeling like a rugpull at the moment with the long drought and dearth of VR2 content

I think they would have teased Ghost of 2shima by now if it wouldn't awkwardly undercut the Rise of the Ronin release

Yeah i did like 3-4 unrewarded missions on Sunday morning

@Falien You can play it solo but it's a somewhat limited experience, the game does not balance difficulty for fewer than 4 players so harder missions are too hectic and overwhelming without a squad

Great review. I found the first game amusing but ultimately I'm not into 2D gaming. This one is a direct hit. Napalm, mini-nukes, and ICBMs seem to never get old

GREAT game that should have been on PS5 ages ago

This is a brilliant game; a perfect 2D-to-3D translation of the original Helldivers and a triumph for PlayStation. It looks amazing and plays great. The writing is hilarious — it evokes classic 80s TTPRGs while satirizing hit games. The pay2win elements are trivial. Couldn't be happier and I'm glad I bought it on PS vs. Steam.

Yes there are server issues, but they will pass.

The game is a triumph of managed democracy, great job Arrowhead and Sony!

Servers are aflame

This actually looked pretty interesting to me. Not amazing visually but it seemed to have a good mix of interesting gameplay and RPG elements

@RicebinBernacky Some of us were hoping to see new video games from Sony.

@TandyMiller It's Monster Hunter: World and backlog stuff for me. I'll play Helldivers, FF Rebirth, and maybe DD2 this year but that seems to be it. Sucks!!

@AdamNovice Concord probably gets TLOU'd. What a dumpster fire

Zzz. Hopefully PlayStation can recover from Jim Ryan's tenure before the PS5 era is over

@PsBoxSwitchOwner No new Wilds info until Summer Games Fest. Try to solo Alatreon and Fatalis before then!

PS5 and PSVR2 are a laughingstock in terms of exclusives. They need to tease something big here or more will opt for Steam versions of multiplats. I'm gaming on PC more than I ever thought I would and I'm not the only one.

They are not going to tease Ghost of Twoshima until after RotR is out

I would really love to know what Bluepoint is up to (Bloodborne 2 hopefully)

The Pulse Explore were a huge bummer for me. The most uncomfortable earbuds I've ever worn. Returned them after 2 days. It's too bad because the sound was great

Digital Foundry did a great analysis vid. The foliage is significantly improved and the game does actually look across-the-board better in native 40K/40 fps if you muck around in the settings.

I'm skipping this upgrade. I'm a sucker for Horizon Zero Dawn so I'll probably do that one, though.

I watched the DF video showing the scant visual improvements (really just the foliage)

I love the gameplay but mostly hate the story

No Return is just going to feel like "No Factions "

So I'll save my $10 and put it towards Helldivers.

announcements for PS5 and VR2 exclusives that come out in the next 16 months

@DonJorginho Seriously

Slapped-together Tsushima 2 teaser with no release date seems within the realm of the possible

I am playing World again and loving it. When will other devs start to take cues from MH's complexity? Forbidden West, for example, would have been a cooler game with more complex movesets and itemization.

While BG3 is obviously game of the year it makes sense that it would take a little hit in a PS5-specific context because of the release date

Thank you — GT7 VR2 deserves way more recognition.

It's pretty goddamn obvious that TLOU2's perfect gameplay would be fantastic attached to a fresh multiplayer implementation as opposed to Druckmann's dull and monotonous narrative for Part II.

I'm bitter about the mix of politics and incompetence that deep-sixed this game. And I don't buy the official explanation at all.

I thought it was a really great game; don't know what people are grousing about. Will buy and play the DLC as soon as it's out. It would have gotten my vote for Sound Design I suppose but BG3 and Totk were better obviously.

I don't really care about whether Xbox succeeds or fails, although personally after Starfraud my feelings for them are at an all-time low.

I am concerned that there is so little new stuff coming out of Sony's first party studios. It really does seem like Jim Ryan tried to reorient everything around the Fortnite fad during covid and now they're stuck with having to turn the battleship back in the right direction.

But ***** it, who cares, we get to chew up our backlogs in 2024 and then we get Monster Hunter and GTA.

Yeah, on my playthrough I killed her with magic missiles and guiding bolts

good list! sable is great y'all

"Heavy" is a kind way to put it. Part II's story is a one-note sadism fest with uninteresting new characters. Druckmann is a suprisingly terrible writer without adult supervision from the likes of Straley or Mazin.

But the gameplay is 10/10, which is why I'm heartbroken about Factions 2 & why I'll pay $10 for No Return.

Hey guys, the #s are incorrect for Essential. I'm only seeing a 20% discount for Essential, they are asking me to pay $63.99 for a new sub. It's only $8 but it's pissing me off enough to stay lapsed

@Snicklefretz $150 is a crazy low price for that

Bring back the social feed of friends' trophies! WHY would they get rid of that?!

The show is its own thing. Mazin has said there will be substantial changes to S2.

HBO's Ellie is more angry and twisted than the game version of the character and imo Ramsey does a fantastic job with it. Same will go for HBO's Abby; if it's Dever she'll bring her own brand of toughness to the role rather than huge muscles.

The sour, giant-armed version of Abby in the game didn't exactly work for a lot of people and they obviously aren't going to copy it for HBO's audience. (She isn't going to be killing Pedro Pascal at the very start of the season, either.)

"We've reached out" translates to "Sony won't return our calls"

Yes please, can't imagine there's a better choice out there

I am both excited and annoyed — par for the course re: audio. I've invested quite a bit in game audio equipment but it sounds like this will blow my existing setup away. Interested to see if wireless magnetic planar over-ears are the next thing to come out of the Audeze acquisition

I didn't appreciate rhat other dev who tried to pretend like the original release was fine. But 2.0 really improved things and the writing/acting/scenarios in PL are all top-notch. Fine work CDPR!

@BearsEatBeets I agree, it's 30% off across the board aside from the Essential->Extra 25%