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I rarely agree with lists but you got the top 3 spot on.

@Zombiechris I played through Leon & Claire’s campaigns and loved it. I’m counting down to the free PS5 upgrade. It’s a 10/10 to me.

Update: It’s available for US East now. From the PS5 I searched the PSN for “Final Fantasy” then selected the thumbnail that said “+ Exclusive”. This will bring up its product page, then change the droplist from “Game” to the other “Game”. Yeah I know. Then it gave me the option to add to library and download.

@Hatsune_Miku Not working for me. The free PS5 upgrade says it’s incompatible with my PS Plus version.

Not going to claim any of these. I’d rather play good games. I haven’t claimed a PS Plus game in half a year.

Playing through Nier Automata again. I’ve gotten Ending E before but am starting again from scratch and will 100% it.

I’d been playing Nier Replicant v1.22 the past couple months, going for Ending E and its repetition has worn me out. I liked it at first but I kinda hate this game at the moment and it’s refreshing to play Automata instead.

Will take breaks from Automata with some WipEout Omega Collection.

Never heard of this, thanks for the article. It looks like something up my alley, going to check out the demo 👍

I don’t mind the sparse environment is the gameplay is up to par.

I’m a fan of both IPs since their first entry launched on PS1. I’d pick WipEout for sure. Twisted Metal I’d pickup if it’s good, there have been some stinkers in the franchise’s past.

After the last 2 months, IMO I’d say better games. The last 2 months if the first time I didn’t claim any of the games.

For PS Now, I’d do GameFly before I’d do PS Now and that’s because of selection. PS Now has a lot but not very many I am interested in that I don’t already have.

@Amusei Who’s crying? They asked for opinions and we’re giving it.

Complete trash and the worst month I’ve seen.

It’s like ordering a steak and they bring out a cut that’s all fat.

I’d have more fun with a $5 hooker than this trash.

Nier Replicant - I’m 33 hours into Route A. I have a couple more side quests then can finish for Ending A. I’m so tired of these fetch quests, running back and forth all over the map. In fact I’ve skipped most of them, doing only important ones but it’s still absolutely brutal. I can’t imagine what completionists are going through with this game. This could’ve been such an amazing game but it has the most padding I’ve ever experienced in a game. It really impacts the overall experience. Especially considering that most these “optional” fetch quests are indeed necessary if you plan to get the final ending - Ending E. Sometimes I am smitten by this game and other times I’m like “f**k this game.”

Tetris Effect - I bought this for my wife, she’s enjoying it. Very trippy at times.

And I picked up an Anbernic RG351P handheld for emulation on the go. I loaded the 351ELEC 2.0 firmware on a new 128gb SD card, it’s awesome! I just wish the screen were bigger or that I had eagle vision. No bullet hell games on here for sure.

@F1at8mot0 What do you not like about TLoU2? I thought TLoU1 had terrible gameplay (controls) and heard that TLoU2 improved on that? I’ve only played the first one.

@UnlimitedSevens I’ve never played Mother Russia Bleeds but how does it compare to Fight N Rage?

The thing about Fight N Rage is it has deeper fighting than what’s typical for a beat em up like Tekken’s wall juggle and SF3’s parry and other fighting game stuff like that.

Having said all that, SoR4 is my favorite.

@Weebleman The DLC is $8

And here I am still using a controller like a shmuck. But I don’t have the room for a wheel + a stand for it to be mounted on + somewhere to sit.

I’m one of the ones who took Returnal off my wishlist once it released and I found out about what’s expected time-wise with your runs. I don’t get 2 hours to play a session.

I play a lot of Resogun and Nex Machina so I know how good these guys are. But ***** it I guess.

Does the PS4 DLC run at 4k 60fps on PS5 like the main game does?

I’ve started the 2nd half of Route A in Nier Replicant. This game was rough at first because the hours of fetch side quests were like punishment. They were that bad. I went from regretting buying it to loving it when I stopped the side quests.

So my tip is, don’t worry about the side quests. Do the ones you feel like and that’s it.

@Luigia Me too. I went from excited for WRC 9 to not wanting a single of these July games.

I find it hard to believe that these disgruntled PS owners are anything more than a small group of whiney babies on whatever social media platform.

My wife: Hoa, Kena
Me: Stray

@Pete_Stooge Yup. The Netherlands guy with the Turkish name is actually a Japanese man who uses a mousepad of a Dutch guy.

This will be only the 2nd time I have no interest in the PS Plus games.

Rumors said WRC 9 was going to be on the list.

Admittedly any game called sifu would at least spark my curiosity. The combat in the videos looks very cool, can’t wait to see it more polished like its previous videos.

@gollumb82 That’s bad news bears about WRC10. I don’t like recent Codemasters racing games. As much as I love Donut Media, I couldn’t get into Dirt 5 at all.

There goes WRC down the 🚽

WRC9 is the only ones that strikes my fancy.

I don’t like the mainline Uncharted games’ floaty controls so I’ll skip this spin-off. A lot of people love Uncharted though so this is great for them.

Never heard of Plague Tale but I’m all pandemic’ed out.

I’m curious what all the fuss with Hades is. My friend has it on Switch and loves it. I don’t particularly like rogue-likes but may give it a try.

Cotton Reboot
Darius Another Chronicle EX+
Hoa: my wife loved the 15 mins of gameplay vid on YouTube
Kena: I’m hoping this will be my wife’s God of War-ish title
Ninja Saviors: I thought this was out already?

Well if I had to pick
Mighty Goose
Mass Effect LE
Death Stranding

@Mckilmer Maybe we should partner up because I have a very promising business as well but I need Sony as a financial backer.

I travel the world in search of the best snake specimens in existence, then I de-oil them and bottle it. It’ll cure what ails ya!

2021 games I’ve gotten: RE Village (PS5), Nier Replicant, Control: Ultimate Edition, R-Type Final 2

I loved all of them and don’t know which would be my #1. Probably RE Village but I’ve put the most time into R-Type Final 2

@Deadhunter Was it the general gameplay mechanics that wore thin and did you feel the same way about previous R&C games?

I haven’t played Rift Apart, I’ve only played the 2016 reboot. R&C 2016 was my first R&C and I just started playing it when it got the PS5 60fps update. It had the intended effect and made me add Rift Apart to my wishlist. I’m waiting for a price reduction before I pull the trigger.

I can do $60 for a new game but $70 sounds more expensive than it is, even though it’s just a $10 difference. Not to say I won’t buy a $70 game in the future but I need time for the price change to marinate. Ideally it’ll have the benefit of playing it fully patched up by then.

I have such bad timing. I just bought Nier Replicant for $60 a few days ago.

I have more digital games than physical but if it’s a game I really love then the digital won’t do, I have to get the physical.

You’d think it’d be the other way around so I can sell games when I’m done with them.

I’ve never played the original, I’m new to Nier. I just heard about Automata for the first time a few months ago, so playing through Automata was my introduction. A mind-blowing introduction at that.

It being a PS3 gen game and Yoko Atari having to work with a small budget explains a lot though. I’m going to stick with it and adjust my expectations. Play the game on its own terms.

@AndyKazama I bought Nier Replicant last week and am 7 hours in. I was enjoying it for the first 2 hours but the past 5ish hours have been rougher than I’d bargained for with monotony.

Reviews mentioned the monotony but honestly I disregarded that b/c people said the same about Automata and I didn’t find Automata to be very monotonous.

@TBubs311 Biomutant’s reviews talk about the PlayStation port being the worst-looking resolution-wise, having the most visual glitches and even crashing a lot. How’s your experience been so far?

@Residentsteven You’re not alone. I put 2 hours into HZD recently and had been excited to finally try it. The combat bothered me. I didn’t like how aiming felt with the bow + arrow but the worst is the melee. The melee is more clunky than a 1980 Cadillac Brougham.

Mighty Goose

Nier Replicant: I finished Automata last week so I decided to pick up Replicant. I’m only a couple hours in so I can’t say much about it yet but it’s exceeding expectations so far.

Fight N Rage: The more I play it, the more I’m starting to see why so many people hype it up. The combat is deeper than it seems. To me it’s not as good as SoR4 but it’s up there.

Puyo Puyo Tetris: I got this for my wife

R-Type Final 2: I finally got past the homage stage x2.0 boss (the Leo stage) and got to see the 2 new stages from R-Type Delta and R-Type 1. I love the Delta stage and can’t wait to see what the next 2 homage stages will be.

Bethesda games being console exclusives now doesn’t compare to the Nintendo vs Sega exclusives of yesteryear. Where whichever side you chose, you were missing out on some great games.

Bethesda’s never made a game I care about.

@thetraditional I DualSense in a handheld is a cool thought but it’d impact the battery too much.

Remember why the Game Boy killed the Game Gear. The Game Gear was technically better than a NES but it’s short battery life killed it.

Batteries and mobile hardware optimization has come a long way but battery life is key. I hope Sony does re-enter mobile gaming cuz I need something for work trips and the Switch is the only option (f**k “games” on my phone).

So many comments talking about TW3. It’s such a beloved game, I wish I liked it. I bought it and got about 2 hours in then I couldn’t do anymore. The controls/combat is what got to me. My wife loved watching it and wants me to get back to playing it.

I’d like to give Cyberpunk 2077 a try once it’s patched up but its controls/combat is probably even worse.

Good point @Argamonte

My friend said it’s free on GeForce Now. You don’t have to own it already and you can use a free membership.

I’m not chomping at the bit to play this game though so I haven’t tried this.

I was about to add this collection to my buy list. What’s the point in making a PS5 port of each then?

We want full PlayStation backwards compatibility. Patch that sh*t in.

@Porco if I was to guess it’s so this new dev team can cut their teeth on this project and get a lot of experience. While ensuring it’ll sell better (based on name recognition) than whatever other project they would’ve been working on.

They’ll probably put out a decent game, no RE2-quality remake.

@Jayofmaya Same, I told myself no more too. My backlog is getting stupid but I just picked up Hotshot Racing & Nex Machina.

RE Village being on PS4 didn’t take away from the PS5 port’s next gen experience. At every moment of the game it’s clearly next gen. That will be even more true for 1st party games.