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Thank you for the interesting topic. I am one of those folks that almost never replays a game. I usually spend a lot of time with one game at a time, wring every last drop out of it if I like it, and then never touch it again even if it is great. I can only think of twice in the last decade I have gone back to a game that I already played, and both times was to finish new content I did not get to the first time: I replayed Last of Us (because I had never gotten to the excellent Left Behind DLC) and Bioshock (Becuase I had never played Bioshock 2, and PS Plus offered the opportunity).

There are multiple reasons for this. The main one is: I play games very deliberately, I have limited time for gaming, and there is a lot I want to play. I also have a more quirky reason: I am usually drawn to open world games with some choice, and once I have made those choices I kind of feel like that individual story is complete and I don't want to mess it up by making different choices. I know that is odd, but I can't shake the feeling when it comes to games like Witcher 3, which is my favorite game of last generation, but that I probably won't touch ever again.

@anon_pel222 I agree with this. I am no ones idea of a good gamer, and 30 hours in on hard I am rolling through every enemy. I am sure it will get harder as I go to even more regions, but my main criticism so far is that the combat is way too forgiving.

I am really enjoying everything else though.

So many rogue lite releases every day-and still no Hades on PlayStation. 😢 Please SG, don’t make me try to pry the Switch away from my kids to play it-that is a battle I will surely lose.

Undermine looks interesting. Reminds me of the combat in Moonlighter, which was fun.

Well, I am always going to have a PlayStation, as I have since PS one. But it appears that the time will soon come to make a decision on whether to bring an Xbox or gaming PC into the fold.

Missing out on StarField or the next ES game would be a very bitter pill for me to swallow.

@Mintie good luck finding a good one-I always pick a short game in between longer ones for a change of pace. I just finished the single player campaign in SW Squadrons for that purpose.

I am glad 13 Sentinels is good. It is patiently waiting in my backlog, and I am looking forward to it.

@Mintie “If you don’t get on the plane with that trophy you’ll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but soon, and for the rest of your life.”

Just kidding, you should play whatever you want! If you liked Nioh-maybe a From game next?

I am starting Assassins Creed Valhalla tonight. So, I will see you all in two months.

@__marc I don’t know what your ridiculous condescending post was made for, but you should really get a grip.

If this is how you talk to people who politely express an opinion different than yours, than not many people are going to listen to you about anything. And rightfully so.

There is a lot to discuss about gaming companies pushing hype vs. consumers being unreasonable, a tension that existed well before this pandemic. But why would I bother with someone so rude?

Maybe just to say that most everyone thought Sony was pushing an unrealistic release date for GOW to push hardware the minute it was announced, so that unrealistic target never had a single thing to do with Covid. But whatever, clearly you have this tension that has existed since gaming started all figured out, being so smart and all.

@GamingVeteran Sony has nothing to do with it? Sony told gamers to expect this game in 2021. That has everything to do with this.

I agree with you that gamers are not entitled to updates, and that gamers can sometimes be impatient. But when Sony hypes a release window to sell new hardware like it did here let’s hold them accountable for pushing the hype train forward and fueling that impatience.

I agree with him, but he should direct that tweet to Sony, not us. “2021 with a logo” was their idea.

Just finished Fenyx Rising, and I agree with Shigurui’s comment above mine: really good game, really repetitive by the end.

Today I am going to start Star Wars: Squadrons to see if it scratches the itch for more Tie Fighter/X-Wing I have had for 30 years.

I never got to this one, I have heard it is great, and I am in the middle of watching through the Clone Wars series with my kids.

All of this means I am in when this drops.

I am excited to play a number of these, but what I really want most from the world of indie gaming is for Supergiant to port Hades to PS4/5 ASAP.

Titles from SG are all great, so I will eventually play this on Switch if I absolutely have to. But I like playing games on my PS so much better. Besides, the kids never let me have the Switch!

Please Please Please Hades on the PS4/5 this year!

I cannot wait for this game!

@Daleaf I am also playing through the series for the first time-currently on Yakuza 3 after starting with zero.

I love these games, but I have found it best to put a few months in between each entry to avoid burnout. It will take me a long time to finish that way, and different things work for different people, but my personal experience is that a significant break between entries is the best way to enjoy this great series. Otherwise things get stale for me.

I finished up Cyberpunk last night on PS5, and before I wrapped it up I downloaded the new patch. I did this because I heard a few people say the game crashed at key moments at the end, and I wanted to try to avoid that.

Although there was nothing game breaking, I do want to report that the game crashed twice for me during the last two hours of the story, including once when I had almost completed the final battle. Again, this was with the new update installed.

Not writing this to complain-I finished the game fine with minor inconvenience. Just FYI.

I finally finished Cyberpunk last night-a good game that is not nearly as great a game as Witcher 3. It also crashed twice in my final 2 hours even with the new patch, but whatevs.

Whenever I finish a big RPG, I always like to follow it with something completely different. So, it is finally time to see what Kentucky Route Zero is all about.

Happy gaming all!

@katamariUK Amen to this. Hades on PS4/5 is the gaming announcement I want most right now.

Every game from Supergiant is fantastic -Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, all great. I will eventually play Hades on my Switch if I absolutely have to.

But I like games on the PlayStation systems much more, and my kids never let me have the Switch anyway! I am hoping that if I am patient enough, I can play Hades on my preferred platform. Really looking forward to it.

Whether to port the new Indy game to PS5 is being examined by Top Men. TOP. MEN.

I am a happy PS customer since the original, and I always will be. I would prefer if all Bethesda titles were still available on PS5, but if I have to buy an XBox to play this and Starfield on a console, I will.

FYI, I believe the PS4 version is part of the holiday sale right now if anyone is interested. I have not played the game but I am considering it. Heard good things!

Cyberpunk. I had to really dig into the settings to make combat and exploration tolerable, and there are still crashing and other technical issues pretty regularly on PS5.

And yet.....this is a really good game. I am hooked by it. The characters and quests are great.

It is a real shame that it is so much work to get to the good stuff, because I know it will keep some people from playing. Cyberpunk really is a special game hiding under some pretty annoying issues.

My wife has gotten me a PS Store gift card for Christmas as one of my gifts for a long time now.

The prices in this sale don’t look spectacular, but I am sure I will find something to tempt me........

@Col_McCafferty That is exactly how I felt too. It seemed like there was some fun stuff to explore there, but it was such a pain I eventually just sighed with exasperation and gave up. Too bad.

At least you have a wise PS4 that values your time!

Playing Cyberpunk. I was really struggling with it, but after some research and helpful tips from other gamers I changed a lot of the settings and focused my build a lot more than I had been. Combat and exploration are so much better now, and last night was the first time after a few tries that I really had fun with the game.

15 hours in on the PS5 and I have been lucky not to experience a lot of the technical problems that Robert and others describe (fingers crossed) Lots of visual bugs (people floating, getting stuck in things etc.) but no crashes or quest breaking bugs. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.

It shouldn't be this much work to enjoy the game, but it does seem like there is an adventure worth playing here. It is just a shame that it takes so much for it to shine through.

@Col_McCafferty It is such a shame-Jedi Fallen Order is a good game. But when I think back on it, my frustration with Dathomir level design is the main thing I remember from the game.

Thank you for this well written perspective. It is very interesting to me how differently a game can strike two different people. You describe Witcher 3 as a chore-Witcher 3 was my game of the PS4 generation, while 10 hours into Cyberpunk I am finding it to be an absolute slog.

I have actually been rather lucky on the technical side so far-many funny visual glitches, but no crashes or game breaking issues (knock on wood). Its just-I find the combat really boring and the driving mechanics absolutely awful. Every time I am in a vehicle, it feels like I am driving a log around!

I see potential in the story, and I am going to keep at it. I have not uncovered a lot of options for combat or driving yet, so maybe my thoughts will change. But where I gleefully played Witcher 3 for three months straight, sitting down with 2077 feels like work at this point.

I am glad others are enjoying the game. I hope to join those ranks as I progress.

FYI: I also saw this for $40 at Best Buy and Amazon in the US yesterday. I am strongly considering an early Christmas present for myself!

I have the opposite problem: I always have a backlog, and I hate it. I have a family and a time consuming job, so my gaming time has been very limited for two decades or so now. I love this hobby, but I often find myself trading sleep for gaming if I want to make any progress on big titles.

Transitioning to a new generation is when having a backlog is particularly hard. I am again coming to grips with the fact that I have a lot of PS4 games still to play that I paid good money for, and the simple truth is not all of them are gonna get played. There simply is not enough time.

This is a very insignificant problem, and having a backlog never stops me from playing what I want when I want (because this hobby is supposed to be fun!). I also like reading about other perspectives on backlogs from Liam and others here.

The move to a new generation just reminds me that I wish I had more time for games, and that I probably won’t get that until I retire decades from now. Not a big problem in the grand scheme, but it makes me a little sad.

My two favorite ways to deal with Hordes in Days Gone was to put traps near explosives (like the video) and to lure hordes into enemy camps and let my two opponents attack each other. Great fun.

I wish the story and writing in Days Gone was a little better, because the gameplay loop was a good time (other than maintaining your bike, which I hated).

This was a particularly bad year for PS Plus free games for me. The only game that I played was Bioshock Collection because I had never gotten around to part 2 (It was great!). Every single other game I either already played or was not interested in.

This is not a complaint-I am well aware that Sony does not tailor the Plus offerings to my individual tastes. I have been a subscriber for a long time, and there have had plenty of years where I got plenty to play as a part of the service. This year just happened to be almost a complete miss for this gamer.

I am going to keep predicting Uncharted: Lost Legacy until they finally do it. On that sweet day, I will look like a genius! 😃

Playing Days Gone in honor of the season. It is a pretty mediocre game for me so far, but it is getting better the further I get into the story.

This is third on my list of things to play once I get a PS5, behind Cyberpunk and Miles Morales.

The cartoon suit in the original was my favorite, and the Spider-verse suit was fantastic in the movie.

So, I already know what suit I will be using most in the game!

I have both PS4 games, but both are well worth playing. Shadow of War is not as good as Mordor (too bloated), but is fun, and Hollow Knight is great.

Did I miss this: how do we/can we claim Bugsnax if we won’t have a PS5 in November? I have tried to preorder, but so far no luck.......

Bummer. I was going to play the heck out of this over Thanksgiving break from work.

Guess it will be Christmas break instead!

I am about 10 hours into Days Gone. So far: Meh. But I will give it some more time this weekend to click.

@kyleforrester87 Me too-I really want Hades on PS4. Eventually I will play it on my Switch if I must-no way I am missing out on a game from Supergiant-but the controls on PS4 are always so much more comfortable to me.

If I had a gaming Christmas wish, it would be news of a PS Hades port........

From Level 18 to 310. Fun!

This article is a very useful reminder that sales can make gaming a very manageable hobby.

One drawback: this method-“I can get five games for the price of one full priced game!”-is the exact reason my PS4 backlog is so shameful!

Vampyr is the game of this gen. I have the most mixed feelings about. It has some fantastic ideas and atmosphere, but a lot of it is executed pretty poorly. It is well worth playing, but prepare for some frustration and uneven play.

I will say this: I played this as my Halloween game two years ago, and the atmosphere is perfect for that.

Like Mr. Croft, I have been playing old games in between big releases lately. Just finished Bioshock again (Still great after all these years!) and last night began Bioshock 2, which I never got around to when it first released (really liking it so far). So-it is a Rapture weekend for me.

Now, Sony: Would you kindly allow me to pre-order a PS5 sometime before 2021?

Well-this is the first time In three plus decades of gaming that I have decided to try to get a console at launch-and so far I can’t get one. I have really tried too-frustrating!

Oh, well, not the worst thing in the world. I will get one eventually, even if 2021. Just a bit bummed with how this has rolled out....

Supergiant Games is one of my favorite developers. Every game they make is high quality-Story, music, gameplay all great, every time. For those who have not tried them, I cannot recommend Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre enough.

I really want Hades to come to PS4/PS5. I will buy it and play it on our Switch if I must (and if the kids allow it!)-I am not missing Hades. But I would greatly prefer to play it on PS4/PS5.

@TheFrenchiestFry Thanks for this great advice! Much to consider.......

I have always been a PS guy since PS1, and I am def. buying a PS5 around launch. But, assuming Microsoft is going to keep Bethesda titles exclusive (a big assumption at this early stage), I am going to have to find a way to play Starfield and the next Skyrim. Not playing those is not an option for me.

Sony usually does something spooky for October, so I am going to guess Evil Within. Then I am going to guess UC: Lost Legacy, because I do that every month now!

When my oldest son was in third grade many years ago, every student was assigned to research an animal. My son got Golden Lion Tamarin, which was fine. But then the teacher made every student do some kind of project on that animal every week for the rest of the year. Essays on Tamarins. Art projects on Tamarins. Speeches on Tamarins. On and on and on-by the end, our family had never been so sick of anything as we were of that stupid monkey.

I bring this up because Tamarins, while cute, are obviously evil and corrupt everything they touch. This game is just the latest example.

I just finished and got the platinum for Ghost of Tsushima a few hours ago. What a fantastic game and capstone to a great PS4 generation. That game really hooked me, and compelled me to explore every inch of its world. Well done Sucker Punch!

This weekend, I will try to finish Life Is Strange 2, which got put on the back burner when Ghost arrived!

@Kirbyboy92 Same for me. I am a huge Marvel/Avengers fan, so I am exactly the target audience for this game. But everything I have seen leaves me absolutely cold. I do not plan to buy the game.

I hope others enjoy it though!