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Getting this next week (stupid bills!) and am glad to see this VERY bright spot after the last few weeks of bleh.

As the great Jeremy Clarkson famously said: “Oh no! Anyway…”

@IamJT …no, it’s pretty accurate here. They’re very cringe.

@Gremio108 Astro Bot GOTY if they do this.

@AdamNovice There are studios to pump out things like Concord and Dustborn.

Imagine if those devs were used for good instead of bland crap.

I know that description is harsh, but damn if it isn’t accurate for a lot of stuff.

@AdamNovice I’m all for new IPs, single player or multi, as well as new entries in existing ones.

Imagine making a new Infamous game as a PS5 native game. Or Twisted Metal. Or even freaking Syphon Filter! Sony has so much under their belts that it’s a no-brainer.

And then we see Bungie pillaging the past to make Marathon, which is completely unrelated to the original game series. This is how you do NOT bring back previous games.

I respect Sony. I’m a fanboy, and have every gen PS they’ve ever made. It’s hard for me to cast aspersions on Sony in general.

They done effed up and need to take some important steps to fix things.

@AdamNovice Prety much all the games on my shelf are single player. Yakuza. Final Fantasy. Persona. Spider-Man. Disgaea. NiER. Assassin’s Creed to an extent. Death Stranding. Metal Gear. Dragon Quest. Visual novels. Mass Effect. The Last of Us. Hell, I’m enjoying the HALO SERIES right now, of all things. Never played them before (in the middle of Halo 2 atm) and the single player campaign is pretty decent.

I own physical copies of all of those. I’ll own a physical copy of Astro Bot, too.

I’m not a multiplayer kind of person, other than WoW (for my sins, done with that one!), FF14 and (when the urge strikes me) Helldivers 2. Other than those, single player story driven experiences are what I crave in my gaming.

I hope I’m not alone, and I hope Sony and Microsoft figure this out. Nintendo already does for the most part, with games like the Zelda, Mario, Bayonetta, and other series they have created/have the rights to.

Not every product is a success. I knew instantly when I saw the original trailer for this that it was going to end up being just another live service annoyance in a market filled with them.

For anyone who enjoyed it, I'm sorry your enjoyment got cut short and I hope you get a refund even for your physical copies. But this impending failure was just so blindingly obvious.

I hope Sony learns from this L and focuses on the things that made PS an amazing platform. Sadly, they probably will not.

That said, bring on the adorable Astro Bot! PRETTY sure that isn't going to be a failure.

@rjejr Er…weren’t they implementing microtransactions anyway? Your statement seems a bit…misinformed if so.

@PocketHotDogs Take out the “probably” and your statement would still likely be accurate!

@Ryne-Gaia Any other game in existence? There’s lots of them. I’m glad you and the 800+ others who enjoyed it got some value out of it, and you’ll get your money back while remembering the fun. I’d call that a win for you.

Still amused that the US gets a physical Switch release, but the UK gets a PS physical release.

Import time for me!

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Grizzled gamers: “Rawr, no improvements to this game I already played or have no interest in!”

Young HP fans who have never played it before but now will: “Yay, Harry Potter game!”

Guess which group this is aimed at? Spoiler alert: not the complaining ones.

@DennisReynolds Heh. If I could post pics here, I’d show you my physical copies of AC 1/Ezio Collection/3/Black Flag/Syndicate/Valhalla/Origins/Odyssey/Mirage that I picked up for like $10 each. Same with Watch Dogs 1/2/Legion and Fenjx Rising.

Then I’d STILL say Ubisoft games are overrated and not worth buying at launch.

Glad you’re having fun, though!

@Tecinthebrain Not an argument I’m going to get into, I’m speaking only about the fact that she’s more successful than that random commentor calling her a hack EVER will be.

@Enuo A hack that’s sold millions of copies and will have more of a cultural impact than anyone in this comment section ever will.

“Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions' Snitch Has Been Dramatically Nerfed on PS5, PS4”

That article title could have been more clearly written. As it is, it makes it sound like the GAME ITSELF is somehow nerfed on PS specifically, compared to other versions.

@Vaako007 If they’d stuck with cell, devs would have probably focused more on XBox instead with the PS4/XBone generation. Sony stated they made the PS3 intentionally hard to develop for, which kinda hurt Sony a bit and sounds really bad.

I’m glad they made a clean break from that processor, even if it cost us BC with the PS3.

@Vaako007 Because looking back, the lack of PS3 backward compatibility creates situations like this. Where a beloved game is stuck on a single system.

It’s such a damn shame they never ported this game to XBox. (Me from back then would be shocked to hear myself say ANYTHING good about porting to XBox!) But the fact that I can play Revengeance on my Series X just makes me sad that 4 never got a release beyond the PS3.

It’s STILL an amazing game and I really need to bust out my PS3 to give it another playthru someday. Ah, well.

Suicide Squad for $20.99…

Still $15 too much for me.

In a world where Overwatch exists and is F2P, in a world where Marvel is doing one and it is ALSO free to play…

…why would anyone touch this, let alone pay real money for it?

Need another poll option for me: “Will try it out on game pass and then buy it for PS5 if it’s good.”

Well, at least the controller is finally getting a domestic release! I know they didn’t release the controller for Switch in the US previously.

@NEStalgia Because in the last movie, the de-aged Indy still sounded like old Harrison Ford, not young. Plus, I don’t think he cares enough to do it again.

@devil76 Very much so. That’s why I bought my first XBox ever a few months ago to add to my console repertoire.

8 years.

So this has been in the works since freaking 2016.

…that’s kinda sad.

@Flaming_Kaiser Of course they don’t. But it originated there.

@devil76 I bought my first XBox ever a few months ago to go along with my PS5 and Switch, and it’s been a pleasant surprise. Been playing Forza Horizon 3-5 and loving them, FF13 via backward compatibility, finally dipping my toes into the Halo and Gears of War series…

I dislike MS a LOT but there are good titles to be had there. But I’m still a PS/Nintendo gamer primarily!

@Boxmonkey Garbage like Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves?

There should be a poll option for “I’ll try it on gamepass and then buy it on PS5 if it’s good.”

@BeerIsAwesome Sooo…take away all the North American players who bought Spidey 2 and it was probably a pretty sad launch. Take away all the European players and whatever Cricket game exists probably sells five copies total.

What’s your point? Sales are sales.

@PuppetMaster Funny, it wasn’t impossible to include all content before launch in the days when you literally couldn’t change the game after launch…

I wish games like this would stop having “seasons” and just include all the damn content at launch.

Guess I’m just an old man screaming at the clouds at this point.

@WhiteRabbit HUZZAH! Genuinely glad to hear that for sure.

@colonelkilgore Amen!

@playstation1995 I’ve never said a bad thing about this game, been looking forward to it! I was gently mocking the doofuses who were against this game or were like “No locked 60fps no play!”

@WhiteRabbit I know, I was totally joking. I expect to enjoy this game down the road!

So literally unplayable, got it.

(Edit: For those who took me seriously, I’m looking forward to playing this when I can work it into my playtime, just mockng those who expected this game to run like crud or who insist the lack of 60fps locked makes a game horrible!)

That is, uh…that is a large and expensive SSD and I will never own one.

Holding back till I hear performance wise for PS5. That’s the only thing I’m concerned about, after still seeing the Cyberpunk scars on others.

@PuppetMaster Screen rant is a big joke, frankly.

@Flaming_Kaiser They said they won’t be doing a complete edition at all.

But then again, Atlus says a lot of things that may or may not be true.

I just want them to give Persona 4 a modern remake now. Preferably with Golden’s VAs if possible.

I forgot this game even existed.

And yet weirdly I’m now anticipating it more than Outlaws. Sadly this game probably won’t even happen at this point.

@Flaming_Kaiser Well, you hadn’t edited your comment yet when I was responding, otherwise I wouldn’t have responded originally

That said…shrug I don’t work for Atlus. I’m just happy to play it in a modern form.

@NEStalgia It’s possible…I definitely notice frame drops in general, but in a game like this they don’t bother me too much. Plus the original PS3 versions didn’t exactly run at full 60fps anyway, so I can tolerate things like that without being too bothered or even noticing much! It’s still a VERY purty game.

FF14: I’m at 100 with NIN, VPR, PIC, BLM, and BRD so far, with all my crafters and gatherers at 100 except fishing because I hate fishing.

@NEStalgia I…haven’t seen a single hint of stutters in my FF13 playthru on my series X. I haven’t left Cocoon yet, but everything has been smooth to my eyes.

I’ll get back to it this weekend (damn Dawntrail!) and look more closely, but I’ve been very satisfied with the performance.

@Flaming_Kaiser It’s…a remake of the original FES addition like P3R is a remake of P3. Sooooo…both?

@NEStalgia FF13 and the sequels play wonderfully on Series X via backwards compatibility, and I can attest to this. They did some nice enhancements under the hood, higher resolution and such. Just wish we could get the same treatment on the PS side.