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Other: Super Mega Baseball 4

Cancel them all.

I'm actually really happy they are going this route, because when all these live service games bomb, they will realize just how much they need to stick with quality single-player gaming as their focus.

Pretty sad that this was the best reveal of the show, other than (maybe) Spidey and MGS — and it's not even an exclusive.

I'm honestly more excited about the Amico games coming to Switch.

Great news. Let's get back to a single player focus.

From has been making gems since King's Field 1, and they are probably my favorite developer. I'm quite surprised that ER has garnered so much mainstream success, but I am very glad to see it!

@Judal27 From has multiple teams now, so they haven't really changed genres off of Souls, they are actually working in additional titles. For example, you had Deracine on PSVR and now you have Armored Core 6. And apparently they are now expanding even more.

Just don't stop making HD-2D titles PLEASE...

King's Field V please!

@KundaliniRising333 I agree. The first game is okay and markedly overrated. It had some fun moments but much of it felt like a slog. With my backlog, it's going to be hard for me to put the new one anywhere near the top of my priority list.

@Ralizah But, but... it has an unconventional progression structure and experimental mechanics!

Finished Octopath 2 plat a few days ago so taking a break with retro games and Super Mega Baseball 2 before diving into Metroid Prime.

@PegasusActual93 I believe it!

@tselliot Yeah, probably why I generally do not like FPS. . I do hope you enjoy it.

16 years isn't really "almost 20", but I understand you're excited. This game would have to change a lot for me to be interested.

@OrtadragoonX That's funny. lol. Honestly, I don't remember there being bad language in FFVII, but I played it only once something like 26 years ago. Still, it wasn't spoken/heard, and I bet FFXVI has way more. Hard to say at the moment, I guess.

Once I saw "Mature", with "Strong Language", among other stuff, I was skeptical (if I really need to hear cursing, I can go outside in public and listen to countless inconsiderate uneducated teens to 30-somethings). Now that I've seen the video, I'm convinced I want nothing to do with this game. Overly busy, flashy, noisy, just a pure assault on one's senses that comes off as painful.

@kyleforrester87 Agreed. Also, I've asked a couple friends if they think Octopath's progression structure is unconventional, and I got responses ranging from "I'm not sure how" to "Quite the opposite". It seems pretty typical and FF-like to me, but I haven't received a clarification from Ralizah. Regardless, the Octopath games are incredible.

Honestly this looks pretty awful to me. Flashy effects do not make a game. It also looks way too busy to be able to keep track of what is going on.

@Ralizah To be fair, I've only played FF 4, 6, 7, and 10, but you do travel with multiple people in your party in Octopath and can switch them out, just like in the FFs I played. I know you can only see one person at a time though, and the story focus is on that person during that part of the story, but I didn't see that as a negative; I guess others disagree, which I can respect. I actually preferred the fighting mechanics in Octopath, as I found them to be more thoughtful/strategic than FF, but to each their own. I'm curious as to what you mean by the progression structure.

@Ralizah Disagree in the sense that imo Octopath is very much in the vein of earlier FF games. That said, I would prefer FF stick closer to its roots than it currently does.

Is there a lot of cursing? Hard pass if so.

I tried it for a while. Unfortunately, most of the things that I tried were glitchy/unfinished. I was also hoping that would be a much greater selection of retro-inspired creations, such as let's say a Donkey Kong (arcade version) game with numerous levels, or a huge updated version of Atari 2600 Adventure. Seems like Dreams would have been perfect for that kind of thing, but nobody was interested. Guess it arrived a couple decades too late.

No 60 fps option = no purchase.

@get2sammyb Not if you're about to vomit after 2 minutes with the headset on.

@Bez87 Well, that's actually in keeping with what I said before. That puts Japan's share at no more than 9%. I think Sony is happy to get sales in Japan, I just don't think they are going to fight hard or spend tons of money to win that territory, which is pretty much already lost. It would be cool to see Sony get more sales in Japan, though, and perhaps you are right that this device could help in that regard — but I'm not convinced a device like this that is tied to your console is going to be a winner for them.

@Bez87 You may be right, but I think Sony has pretty much decided to ditch Japan, which was only 6-7% of their market. Otherwise, they would have gone with a hybrid, like the Switch. Competition in Japan against Nintendo and phones is too challenging/fruitless to be worth the investment.

There will always be too much lag with these types of options; even 50 msec of lag pretty much ruins racing games and makes fighters and platformers annoying, and this is going to cause substantially more than 50 msec of lag.

@smoreon Great points!

@Jok-Havok Intersring. I'm close to your age and totally into modern gaming but still love all the old stuff going all the way back to Atari 2600 and late 70s arcade games.

@Drago201 No. Also, "dat" is not a word.

@Gamer_Guy Same here, pal!

No one would call clothing, music, or cars from 2006 retro. 70s, 80s, maybe 90s? That's retro. Still, it's kind of a pointless term and debate.

VR will never be a massive success until someone solves motion/immersion sickness, and that may not even be possible.

This article needs an editing job badly.

No $ until the editors openly state they will drop the occasional political commentary.

Got it on sale a few months ago. Probably going to give it a go soonish.

@Smiffy01 First was cute graphically, and I liked the upgrades they removed from SMB2/3. Gameplay I feel is a bit better on 2, but it's faster and tougher.

They need to go back to the crowd noise from SMB2; it was awful in SMB3, making it almost unplayable for me. The SMB series offers the best baseball gameplay — bar none. I LOVE this series overall, so I'm potentially excited — EA being involved does give me pause, though.

Reins not reigns

Hope Atari can soon move beyond their pretty awful Recharged series.

@Arnna I feel like DS2 is needlessly underrated. I really enjoyed my time with it. Fume Knight was epic and was the first time I finally caved to calling in help on a boss.

@Old-Red I hear you! I actually had to delete it off of my PS5 so I would play other games. Lol

@KundaliniRising333 Yeah I really enjoyed all the KFs. KF2 is probably my fave, though!

If this doesn't turn out to be first person, I'll be bummed.

Their original vision for their first big title was a King's Field-like game, but they abandoned that for Dying Light. I love the King's Field series that From has now moved on from with the Soulsborne games, and I really dislike Dying Light, so I'm personally super thrilled to get another KF-type of some sort.

And... nope... Forced VRR still not working right.

Forced VRR was no longer forcing VRR, for one thing (it said it was, but the frame rate was still hitching). Hopefully, that is now fixed.

Yup, just as I predicted. Removed my comment when I said nothing political and simply made a very valid point. lol I am sure you will be equally fair and remove post #2 above for also being "off-topic".

First one was a 9 for me for the look and combat mechanics alone, so this one borders right on a 10, but the use of certain "skills" outside of battle has been rote and uninteresting (also a problem in the first game), most if not all boss mechanics are repeated from the first Octopath, and the game leads you by the hand way too much (like the first). But the story and characters have definitely been more engaging. So, let's say a 9+.