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Yakuza 5. Even though I've already played through Yakuza 0-4, it's great to see that Yakuza 5 is still finding ways to mix things up and offer surprises.

Nice artwork on those cards, but I can never figure out how to play these games in Yakuza.

AI along with misleading adverts, not a good look.

I've played lots of the previous games, but I'm feeling burnt out from the series. Plus, I'm still on PS4, and it won't run on my PC, so I'd need to upgrade something before I could play it.

I'll see how things are once the inevitable Iceborne/Sunbreak style expansion releases. Perhaps I'll come around to the game by then.

Not a great sign. I'm not optimistic about this game, but I hope to be proven wrong.

I'm certainly interested in playing this. Not every Yakuza games needs to be completely off the rails, but a Majima pirate game is the right way to do a weirder entry.

The only thing stopping me from playing it immediately is that I'm still behind on the series, and playing the earlier games.

I'd be down for a sequel. One thing I'd like to see is for it to have a bigger focus on the activities inside the castle, such as attending classes, interacting with other students, and more in-depth side quests.

Would be great to see a re-release of the original Sims 1&2. They're currently delisted, and last I checked it was quite fiddly to get it running with the various expansions. If they release a complete package with all the expansions to modern hardware, then I'd be eager to buy it.

I doubt they're going to touch the alternate PS2 ports and spin-offs, but I had an absolute blast with The Sims Bustin' Out back in the day.

It would be great to see a Broken Sword 2 remaster. I get why Broken Sword 1 is the fan-favourite, but Broken Sword 2 is my personal favourite of the series. 2 has a lot of varied and interesting locations, and memorable moments.

That number does seem unbelievably high, but I'm glad it's been a big success for them. I've had a blast with the modern trilogy, and still playing it (I've been really into the Freelancer mode lately).

Pac-Man World 2 remake would be nice. They did a good job with the remake of the first game. I had a lot of fun with World 2 back in the PS2 days.

Nope. Too late for me, plus the awards are often questionable, and I don't really care for awards shows. I'll catch up on any interesting announcements the next day.

I'll watch streams fairly frequently, often in the background whilst doing other things such as playing games. I choose streams based on which streamers I find entertaining rather than which games they're playing.

I don't agree with the suggestions about publishers "ceding significant revenue opportunities" or that they can "bring video content inside their own ecosystems". People are going to watch on wherever their favourite streamers are, such as Youtube or Twitch. Publishers are going to struggle to entice people into watching video content in their own ecosystems.

It's been a while since I stopped using X, as the feed was getting rather bad. It was bringing up more and more controversial topics instead of things that I'm actually interested in.

I haven't yet tried Bluesky. Can't say I'm in any rush to give it a go.

Edgerunners was great, though naturally that was down to Studio Trigger. It sounds as if this new show will be something separate, perhaps with a different studio, so I'll have to wait and see if it's any good or not.

His removal in Hitman isn't surprising given the court decision. I wonder what will happen to those that bought the DLC pack. It would be nice if IOI could keep his mission, but just switch out his character for a generic wrestler NPC.

4/10. The only question I knew for absolute certain was the Tomb Raider one.

8/10, probably my best score on one of these quizzes.

Fair enough. I usually select the gibberish Monster Hunter Language when playing this series, so I'd be uncomfortable if the humans started using human speech.

I've been meaning to play the original for quite a while now. Guess I'll wait and see whether this remake is a better place to start.

I'm mostly getting started with Master Detective Archives: Rain Code. Along with that, I'm also finishing some of the side content in Yakuza 4.

Hopefully it'll be brilliant. My one concern is that they might stick too close to the Hitman formula. Bond and Agent 47 are different people, and have different ways of resolving problems. Bond is smoother with the ladies, more reliant on gadgets and fast cars (vehicle missions?), and gets himself into trouble more often. On the other hand, 47 is all about the stealth and remaining undetected whilst in plain sight.

The base game was good fun. I certainly wouldn't say no to some extra content.

I generally really like Atlus games, but I'm in no rush to get this. It can stay on my wishlist for the moment as there's other games I'm more eager to get.

4 is my absolute favourite of the series, so it's great to see it getting the remaster treatment. 5 was alright, but it was fairly short and forgettable.

Angel of Darkness is a big surprise, I was fully expecting the collection to just be 4 and 5. Being a PS2 game, it differed greatly from the previous games. Plus it was critically panned. I enjoyed it back in the PS2 days, but it certainly has plenty of flaws.

It's a lot of money for what is a relatively short game. No surprises that people are reluctant to pay full price.

Glad it's reviewing well. I'm interested, but other games are keeping me busy right now, so this may be one for the wishlist. Plus, it's Atlus, so there's always the possibility of it getting a definitive edition or an expansion by the time I get around to playing this.

I sort of agree. There have been various videos about the game, but I've barely clicked on any of them. Looking back at the past articles, the story and character trailers always carry the risk of revealing too much, and the 16 minutes of unedited gameplay video is too long for me to bother watching.

Shorter gameplay trailers would be more useful for me. If they have been doing these, then I've missed them.

I'm still interested in this, along with Professor Layton and Fantasy Life. But with all the delays, it does seem like Level-5 is struggling to actually release games.

Metacritic scores are a useful consideration, but it's not the Holy Grail like some people regard it as. I'll take the scores into account, along with other factors such as gameplay trailers.

PCs have the big advantage of being able to do more than just gaming. Even if I wasn't a gamer, I'd still want a PC of some kind.

I've found myself playing on PC more these days as I'm still on PS4. Though, my PC is starting to get a little old as well. At some point, I'll want to upgrade something. The price point of the PS5 Pro along with concerns that the PS6 might follow suit is making me think a PC upgrade would be the better investment.

I'll be continuing with Persona Q, Yakuza 4, and Super Mario 64, and was also planning on giving Lollipop Chainsaw RePop a try.

I've been enjoying Volume 1 of the collection, and would certainly be up for a Volume 2. MGS4 is the obvious choice to put in it, but I'd also like to see some of the lesser known games like the Acid games.

That's way too expensive for me. If someone has the disposable income and wants to get this, then good for them, but there's no way I could spend that much on a console.

I don't really know how reasonable or unreasonable that offer is, but his response just seems so unprofessional.

It is not live service, at least not with any standard definition of live service. There's arguments to be made for the benefits of live service. However, this article is such a silly and weird take.

The first game was great. There's certainly ways they could further improve things in the sequel, but there's a solid foundation here.

Can't say I've got much hope for it. It's initial trailer was even more cringey than Concord's. Plus, Fairgame$'s name is just so eye-rolling.

That's wild. Obviously the game wasn't doing well, but I certainly didn't expect them to pull the plug this quick.

It's a sensible decision. The golden snitch works well as a plot point in the books, but it doesn't translate so well into actual gameplay.

I'm currently enjoying the Master Collection Volume 1, so I'd certainly like to see MGS4 get ported or remaked at some point.

Hogwarts Legacy was wonderful, though I did also rather enjoy Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban back in the PS2 days.

Like A Dragon games are great, though I've still got a fair number of them to catch up on. It can be hard to keep up with this series.

@Lup That might be true. It's been a few years since I've played Persona 5, so I don't remember too well. But even so, getting the player to move around in a linear section of the map and having a battle was a good way to show off the gameplay from the get-go.

Hagrid's looking as charming as always.

That's an odd design choice here, since Persona 5 handled this issue brilliantly. Persona 5 puts the player straight into the action, before going back and detailing the story up to that point.

It's a real shame. I sure would love to see more Crash and Spyro single player games.

Hopefully it'll be great with the extra wait for this game. I do like the other Dark Pictures games, but I certainly was concerned about the series getting stale.

Indy and Mafia at the end saved it from being a terrible show, but overall that presentation was not good.

I do generally enjoy Quantic Dream games, but it sounds like this one is in trouble. Until more info comes out, I don't have any positive expectations for this.