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@Sanquine Enjoy! Yakuza 0 is one of the games I wish I could play again for the first time. So is Witcher 3, where your avatar is from!

As I did last week, I want to sing the praises of Beyond Galaxyland. What a fun sci-fi aesthetic,
great pixel art, great characters, excellent combat system.

The game has so many great things-it is unbelievable that this game was basically developed by one person. How does one person develop a game with this much in it?

2024 has been an excellent year for games, but I think I have had more fun with the indies than the big ones. Last year was the opposite-so many heavy hitters. But this year, I am having the best time with smaller games.

@Wario_Waha It is fine if you don't like Horizon, but I don't think the fact that it happened to release against two of the most beloved franchises of all time (Zelda and Souls) is a very valid strike against it. Just because it didn't do what almost no franchise would be capable of doing doesn't mean it is not a top IP.

Just between Zero Dawn and Forbidden West, the series has sold almost 35 million copies. And that is even with going up against extremely heavy hitters To pretend there isn't a significant audience for this just because it somehow didn't beat Link is a little absurd.

I was hoping this game would review better, but it still sounds like fun. I will get it when it is on sale.

Running into the voice of Tuvok himself was one of the nicest surprises in Starfield. Especially since he plays one half of a duo in the game, and the person who voices the other half is also a hoot! I am looking forward to hearing Mr. Russ in this game when I eventually play.

I am still so sad about all of the great performances we are not going to get from Lance Reddick. And now Tony Todd. What losses.

I had to give up on Dying Light 2. I liked Dying Light so much, but the sequel made some tweaks to the formula that made the sequel one of the most annoying games I have ever played. And the story is bland and certainly not worth the hassle. Hopefully Dying Light: The Beast will be a return to form.

So I picked up an indie called Beyond Galaxyland and I am having a blast so far. I am only a couple of hours in, but the retro sci fi aesthetic and pixel art are fantastic, and the characters charming. Very fun.

Have a good weekend everyone! There are so many great and varied games out there-there is always something fun to play!

I am a lawyer who is very familiar with labor/employment laws. I have read through this multiple times, and I have no idea what they are getting at with this statement. So much wrong here, starting with the fact that PS doesn’t hold a monopoly position in the first place.

For those who haven’t played it-Ghostwire Tokyo is a real treat. The reviews here are always great, but I enjoyed the game much more than the 6/10 given by Push Square. Really great atmosphere in that one, and some fun, simple magic shooting.

Also, I don’t know if the DLC is included here (it was in the version I played on Game Pass), but the one in the haunted school has one of the best jump scares I have ever experienced in a video game!

Well….I was writing this one off because I bounced off Inquisition really hard-I thought it was quite boring. But this review makes me interested (I love Mass Effect 2 BioWare), and all the reviews I have read seem positive. So maybe I need to add it to the old wish list.

Damn-the list of games I want to play/backlog keeps growing while my time to play keeps shrinking!

This just makes me so sad. ☹️☹️☹️

I was recently watching Kite Man, and one of the joys of that series was the portrayal of a funny, wicked Lex Luthor for the first few episodes by Lance Reddick. Then he tragically passed away and a new actor took over-no offense to that actor, but it simply was not the same.

Sylens is such a crucial character so there was no choice, but I hate that this happened so much.

@XscapingReality Ghost of Yotei is coming in 2025!

@XscapingReality I just finished El Paso Elsewhere, which is a really good 10-15 hour game. Recently I have enjoyed Still Wakes the Deep and Immortals of Aveum, also pretty short.

I usually am drawn to sprawling RPGs that are completely incompatible with my work and home schedule. 😬But I have played a few short gems lately!

On PS5 After finishing the excellent El Paso, Elsewhere, I am continuing my string of spooky season games by finally getting to Dying Light 2. So far it is the absolute definition of a 7/10 game, but I am having fun.

My youngest son is so excited that we picked up the new Mario Party last night, so the whole family is doing that together tonight!

@mac_da_man Glad you had a mostly bug free experience! The strange thing about the trophies is, I got the game to start giving me trophies again by deleting and reinstalling the game. So I have a bunch of trophies in the middle missing, and then I got the story trophies after them that I should not be able to have without first getting the others!

Apparently this is a known bug that the developer has been trying to patch for a while to no avail. I find it annoying but also fascinating-I haven’t encountered anything like it with a PS game before.

Still: RoboCop and Terminator are excellent games. Which 80s property should they tackle next? Someone here suggested Total Recall, which would be amazing!

@mac_da_man I just finished Terminator Resistance too, and really enjoyed it. Just like Robocop Rogue City, they got the atmosphere of that world perfect. I would have been happy if the story of Resistance had been the sequel to T2 instead of Rise of the Machines.

My only complaint is that the Enhanced edition was really buggy, with some crashes etc. Most strangely, Some trophies I earned refused to pop, including unmissable story trophies even though I completed the game. I have never seen story trophies not pop before. Still a good game.

I am now playing El Paso Elsewhere. Fun, Max Payne meets supernatural horror game perfect for spooky season.

Oh wow, I loved this game on PS1!

I am looking forward to playing this, and I’m glad they are taking the time necessary to get it right.

8/10 last week. 4/10 this week.

The world of PS knowledge is very humbling.

I finished this game last week and enjoyed it. Flawed but fun. I put in about 50 hours and got very few bugs. Some flickering on some ship launches and one time where a glass was hanging in midair over a cantina bar. That is it.

I just….I don’t see how any patch fixes what people did not like about this. I really liked it-the Star Wars atmosphere is off the charts. But I just think the stealth base of the game and a pretty slight story turned a lot of people off.

I want the game to do well-I would play a sequel for sure. But I don’t think this is a matter of polish or a patch. I think a lot of folks are rejecting what the game is. I don’t think that is fixable.

I have a Series X and a PS5, and what I usually do is play both for about six months out of the year-3 month game pass purchase and back to PS5. This is the hardest part-I have been mostly a Playstation guy since the PS1 days; my current Xbox is my first one. Every time I go on an Xbox run, I spend weeks pressing the A button when I am supposed to be pressing X. That button belongs on the bottom dang it!

Also, the red PS5 controller shown here is my favorite one!

I thought it was good without much for me….and then the very last announcement made it GREAT!

I rolled credits on SW Outlaws last night. The flaws were so evident, so I understand why it did not do well to start. But…..I had a big stupid grin on my face the whole time I played. It just oozes Star Wars. It really felt like being placed in a story during the Return of the Jedi era. The point of gaming is to have fun, and I certainly did.

This weekend, I start my spooky season line-up! El Paso Elsewhere, The Quarry, Still Wakes the Deep and V Rising are all getting time as we move through October!

I love this game series, and I love games with pirates.

Has some game developer somewhere been reading my diary?????

8/10, my best score ever! And I wasn’t even guessing like usual!

@SMcCrae95 That is really helpful, and does seem like it would be a problem for an arena type shooter.

Thanks for the additional information, and the well written review!

@MFTWrecks I will check it out, thanks!

This is a well written review like all are on PS, and I understand that the mini-review format means more reviews of games. But I am on the fence about this game, and I think it could have benefitted from the full review treatment. Because of space limitations, I read this and don’t really understand the weaknesses of the game. The gameplay needs to be pushed further, but what does that mean? What is it missing?

It may make sense in the abstract. I’m sure there was a thorough analysis done at Sony before pricing.

But consumers are simply not going to buy at this price. They aren’t. So you either wait until PS6 or you recognize that the price has to be lower to get people further attached to your ecosystem.

I agree with most: the price is simply too high.

What I hope for now is it leads to a price cut for the slim so I can pick up one of those to back up my launch model.

@crossbit I am so glad you raised the check point issue, because that is a big one too. I have lost a couple chunks of progress from guard I didn’t see in the corner after stealthing carefully. There really are not enough checkpoints during those sections.

You used the perfect word in your response to me to describe the system: archaic. The game is really fun, but it could have been even more with a deeper system.

The stealth in the game is not generally overly difficult, but what I think (hope?) they are fixing in the insta-fail stealth missions are the times when detection is broken. In the first mission of that type, which I think is the one getting the most complaints, there were a number of times when the prompts came up for me to do a stealth take-down, the animation would start with Kay popping up, but then I would register as caught instead of completing it. That is the kind of stuff I hope this is fixing.

I also don’t think we should be doing insta-stealth fail in 2024. Blasting your way out should always be an option!

I am really enjoying Outlaws. The atmosphere is fantastic. But for a game with so much stealth, I really wish they had done more with it. The ability to move bodies, wear disguises and no insta fails would have been good starts.

As long as in game Indy gives the exasperated look he gave the sword wielding man in Raiders every time he has to shoot…….. 😃

I thought Days Gone was a good game. Nothing spectacular mind you, but entertaining enough, and glad I rolled credits on it.

I like the game less and less the more the team behind it whines.

8/10. Flawed but super fun. And it has the best Star Wars atmosphere of any game I have played. And I am old and have played a LOT of them.

Still playing Star Wars Outlaws and having fun.

But this whole morning has been co-op with my youngest son in Cat Quest III. What fun! It is charming and purrrfect!

@Loamy This is exactly what I think too. There are flaws in the game for sure, but I am having such a fun time. Every cantina just oozes Star Wars. It is too easy, and repetitive, and this and that…..but I just can’t stop playing.

Star Wars Outlaws. A lot of flaws in the game, but I am having fun. The Star Wars vibe in this is off the charts (especially sound design) and that is carrying the experience so far.

My wife got me a shirt with Han Solo’s face on it that says: “I know” on our trip to Disney this year. I have been wearing it the whole time I play! This means I am approaching it with the right spirit, and also that my wife married a nerd.

Yes. It has obvious flaws that were well covered by the PS review. But the Star Wars atmosphere is really well done. So far that is carrying me past the flaws, and I am having fun. It certainly won’t be for everyone.

I agree with pretty much everything said in this well written review so far; I am a few hours in and the flaws are evident and annoying.

And yet….I am still having fun because the Star Wars vibes are so good. That may wear thin as time goes on, but for now the scoundrel life is fun to get lost in. They got the atmosphere really right in this game.

Lost in Random is a fun, utterly charming game. I will absolutely play the sequel when it comes out.

First one was good fun, so I will check it out sometime!

@pyrrhic_victory Now I had to know, so I googled it and it appears it is him. He posted something on X about working on the game.

@pyrrhic_victory Pretty sure it is the same VA who does Jensen/Coe. Has to be, right?

I’m interested but…….are the people robots? They move and talk like robots……..

@ProfessorNiggle JAAAAA-SOOOOON!

Can I go around to each exhibit wearing a fedora yelling "This belongs in a museum!" as loud as I can, nod approvingly, and then move on to the next exhibit?

I finished the first game, and it was fine but I don't think I liked it as much as most people. Something about the combat and the loop just felt off to me.

But this has been on my radar for a while, and it looks great. I love the art style, the idea of managing the different characters and agendas, and I am a sucker for anything with a wild west theme. I am looking forward to playing this.

I also really enjoyed the interview!

My youngest son and I are going to play this co-op. Can’t wait!

Folks who like this need to check out the Ghostwire Tokyo DLC set in a school. It is great, and features one of the best scares I have had in a game in a long time.

@ApostateMage I have a dog and two cats, and the room where my consoles are is the one place they are not allowed! They hate it and are always trying to get in, but I am tired of pet hair in and on my gaming machines! 😃

I’ll give The Skywalker Saga a go.