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Wow, loved the 1st, never played any other - and I don't generally like platformers, I will keep an eye on this one.

Breathtaking!

It's obvious why they insist on FPP titles but what about TPP, just with a wider angle of view? It would open a world of opportunity for action titles/RPGs of all kinds.

Snapped up Journey Collector's Edition, haven't played any of the games and they are a bargain at that price!

Trails of Cold Steel - yes!

Review, review!

It may finally be time for me to get DA: Inquisition.

I think MS is very clever announcing Scorpio now. They lost this gen's war (although hardly a failure themselves), so the only way to get ahead is cut Sony's lead short - by introducing next gen sooner.
One way for Sony to gain the lead back is making PS5 a PSNow game streaming 'box' and never be bound by hardware limitations again (but by 'just' the internet speeds, so a huge impediment atm). It's going to be tough.

The tweet is so bad it's good!

@FullbringIchigo Me too!

With all the games in the lineup for this and early next year, they missed the boat. Obviously, more quality games = better, but surely the market will be more crowded when this comes out compared to last year. I know it's not on my - already pretty full - list of games to buy.

Dear Americans, please share your thoughts with us on what you thought of VR when you get a chance to have a play! I have mine on preorder but having doubts if I should keep it, if they decide to do roadshows in the UK, I will queue to try it out. In the meantime, please tell us your impresssions

'Instant gratification' is a great marketing concept, and I am all for it, difficult to keep under wraps, though, for projects (hardware, software), which take years to initiate, develop and complete, with a massive branching chains of companies=people involved. Sony tried with PS4K but was ultimately forced to address (tactfully, might I add).

Speaking of projects, @rjejr, I work in a project environment and there is a running joke in the project manager community that whatever timescales you arrive at and resources you plan for, add another flat 50% on top and you have a 'realistic' idea of what is going to happen. We are talking about multi-million cash projects here. Combine with 1st point and I am surprised the reality isn't actually worse than it is. It p****s me off, too, but it is true nobody quite cracked it yet for the highly desired/anticipated software and hardware.

Can't wait for FFXV but it just can't come fast enough, the fatigue started setting in and that's not good months before launch.

The one question I have is how many spoilers of the game are present in the movie i.e. do events in it happen first, at the same time (which is what this article is suggesting) or asynchronous in other ways? I imagine this will be handled properly and you could watch the movie (since it comes out first) without spoiling the game but do we actually know?

Day 1, I LOVED the first installment despite its many flaws to the point of being my favourite Vita game. Can't wait for this!

Am I missing something here or am I blinded by fanboism? I think this is great. I hear what everybody is saying but this looks insanely fun if you can play the battle right, of course, which this guy obviously didn't.

@themcnoisy It's evil, I know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tZVvjwe9GA

@BigDaddyT0101 @themcnoisy Let it go guys, let it go...

@BAMozzy All you need is one documented example of a game running differently on both formats for questions such as that one to be asked of other games. Precisely because gamers (e.g. those who will be looking for reasons to justify the expense) won't know what the differences are as this could potentially play out in a number of different ways. Install base is high, so percentage of those wanting to know will also be high, I imagine.

You read a bit too much into my comment BTW, but that's ok.

@get2sammyb If you do that, one of the first questions you are bound to get in the comments section will be: how does it run on 'old' PS4? Every single time.

YESSS!!! Never played it, this will close the loop of FFs for me

Sick indeed, I am definitely getting this one - and some other games mentioned today; a great day for gaming news I'd say.

Oh wow, didn't even know this existed, love me some D&D.

Just make Chrono Break, or whatever it was going to be called.

I don't actually get it why they won't release the Vita version - it's there, digital-only, and they needed to do translation for the PS4 version, surely somebody just needs to copy-paste it in...?

Is this digital only? I am hyped for this.

I really like what they've done with this game so far. Few issues with the demos for me but nothing major. Of course the series needs to evolve, that's what made it reach the lofty XV number in the first place. Everything needs to evolve if it wants to stay relevant. Yes, XIII wasn't great but far from a disaster that everyone is trying to make it out to be. It knew exactly what it wanted to be and realised that well; yes, it didn't steal the players' heart but they are addressing the complaints now. Not everyone will end up loving it, for sure, but it will sell well and will have a lot going for it regardless of what any one person thinks.

@CloudNine Exactly how I felt. I would add that I LOVED the battles in Duscae, which puts me in the minority but whatevs. I have a feeling/hope that it will be the most rewarding if it forces you to mix and match weapons mid-combos to optimise strikes, which will make it a lot more interesting and tactical. Yes, you'll be able to hold the button to strike continuously with the same weapon but that will not get you far.

Gravity Rush Remastered for under a tenner with PS+? Yes, please; already started replaying last night as it was my favourite game on Vita. I was worried about controls but are actually very good considering where the game originally came from.

Also, I am expecting some bigger games will release patches to upgrade them, unless this is more complicated and whole games need to be created with that in mind, wouldn't know really, but surely market will expect that? New lease of life to games already on the shelf for a long time.

I can hear 'voices' but definitely no 'acting'. Like they can't be bothered...? I'm not trying to be negative, I generally don't pay much attention to dubs anyway (always go English) but one has to admit that this is poor.

Still not sure about how I will approach it: either play as they come out or wait for the inevitable all-encompasing collection.

@sham8nix Me neither.

@themcnoisy Well it might also give incentive to explore to find better magic? I'm playing devil's advocate, in the grand scheme of things it's one mechanic and there will be many more to play around with. They will fix the aiming I hope as it was quite clumsy.
On a side note, I have a rule not to preorder games because of the regular patching culture and yet did it with this, so what I think I'll do is not play it straight away (if I can help it) and wait for enough patches until it's declared playable. I hope it will be day 1 but you never know.

I think magic will be just like those 'grenades' you were throwing in the demo, so handled like items. I have a tendency to underuse anything that is in short supply in games unless it's the only option.

All sounds good to me, if a little generic but that comes down to how they will actually implement it to fit the game world, design, story etc.

@SonuvLiberty My thoughts exactly, but will find a way to get rid of the doll

Not!

Remote Play on my PC - yay! Will try this one out asap. Nothing else of interest, yeah, the folder thing is painfully missing...

@NomNom I wil gladly sell it to you, have no need for it at all.

I've ordered one and thought to myself that if I have a change of hearts I will just sell it unopened for a good return on investment, however that is not going to happen (and I've never done it and condemn the practice, of course).

Toukiden Kiwami. Finished the story last night, now time for some ultimate missions and trying out some other weapons for a change (was using Naginata)

@WanderingBullet That is possible, we know Noctis will be able to summon more than one (we have Ramuh and we will get Carbuncle), then I think Noctis' gang mentions something about being on a trip to pay a visit to 'his ginormousness', then we have Noctis with the ability to lock on and teleport to enemies - would lend itself nicely to a (huge) eidolon fights, to prove one's worth etc.

@WanderingBullet It is Ramuh, you can actually summon him in Duscae and it's epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_0OCZC8TVY

I enjoyed Duscae more but this is great, too. Suffice to say, I preordered the Collector's Edition (yes, I am mad) and am a great fan of the series. This fills me with hope since it definitely gives me an FF vibe I've missed so much. I will enjoy this one for sure.

@LocalPenguin I've got it

@LocalPenguin Do they charge you upon ordering?

Edit: Ignore me, it's ~10 days before despatch.

@WanderingBullet Oh yeah, what's that about? I click sort and it does something there is no logic to!

@maamets Loved SSD but loved Freedom Wars even more. Funny thing is, I never thought I would enjoy monster slaying games as much as I do, I never seem to think it's my kind of game and then every single one I play has me hooked.