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Major flaw in your argument - if it doesn’t make sense for Sony to make a Vita 2, they are pretty much guaranteed to do it. The fact we haven’t had one probably suggests it’s a good idea!

Jumping between TOTK and Diablo 4!

@Gremio108 Big Boss says holidays are coming

Probably Baldurs Gate, but for me it’s Tears. To take nothing away from TOTK, it’s probably too similar to BOTW to win the top award and I can kinda appreciate that.

@silverspeed nice one, just checked and I can see physical GT7 is on sale.. might have to find the funds for that low, low price (£30 at Argos, where are you seeing it?)

Ah nice, GT7. I have not seen it on sale before. Unfortunately can’t budget for it right this moment. Hopefully it comes up again around Christmas…

I got Diablo 4 physical for £35 the other week - quite enjoying it!

I would like to get one, but I reckon it’s overpriced by a couple of hundred quid

For real though, it has no value to me - I can see it for others BUT lack of BT is a massive omission for many people. What were Sony thinking?

Game pass ready!

Yeah, it’s got to be Divinity OS3!

It’s certainly quieter than my PS4. And I like that the turbo drive let me play Pillars 2 without the insane 2 minute load times. Not much else to say unfortunately!

Damn it!

First!!!

Diablo 4 for me, level 26 barbarian on the go so early days but enjoying it enough.

Also started a new Mario Odyssey play through on Switch, so, so good. Can’t wait for the next Nintendo console.

Been thinking about a Steamdeck this week too (Half Life is also calling me!). The new ones sound cool.

Ah, I fell off it going into Act 2. I just found the story to be a bit of a jumble and overall uninteresting. I’ll give it a while longer and start over. A shame as I am a big fan of the OS games, Baldurs Gate 1, Pillars of Eternity…

My game of the year is TOTK. I really enjoyed BOTW but Tears is another level for me. 200 hours and I still have plenty to do. Of course quantity doesn’t mean quality but I mention the length of time I’ve played it because I can hardly believe I have sunk so much time into a game without getting bored. Usually half that time is my fill!

I’m 60 or so hours into my second Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire play through, I fired it up for a quick go while playing Baldurs Gate 3 as it had got me thinking about it, and ended up dropping BG3 for it! I do much prefer the story, lore, writing, setting, graphics, music and characters in Deadfire, I must say. Looking forward to going back to BG3 at some point though.

Also I fancied playing Resident Evil 3 remake again, so downloaded the PS5 version. I actually enjoyed this more than the Resi 2 remake. Jill is the best, the Nemesis chase sections are fun (where as Mr X’s constant presence becomes quite annoying) and the game is just nice and breezy.

I couldn’t wait, so moved my standard PS5 a few inches further away from the sofa and burnt £500 in the garden

Max Payne 1, 2 and 3 are all most excellent - all over remakes of these games, but of course a new instalment is what I really want…

Dead Space 2 is one of my favourite games of all time, well up for a remake on that. Sure, DS3 needs a lot of work.

I'm less concerned with it really, looking at games as a more transient experience - you can't hold on to everything. Of course, it'd be nice if the industry made a larger collective effort, and I enjoy being able to play older games when I have the means.

I wonder if Ozzy Osbourne is still using his

Same thing as the SOTC remake, really. Some of that PS2 dreaminess is inevitably lost. It’s ok, though. No way those animals will look as good as they do in game, I bet.

@Spider-Kev good air quality though I bet.

@NotSoCryptic “You should see what they do to a ps3 these days.”

I know, it’s crazy.

Who the hell has internet access these days..?

@Broosh when you see it, make sure you go ! …”just a box.”

Nah. I love these games, but played them to death over the years and no real inclination to go back to them anymore. It’s easy to just play them in my head or skim through a YouTube video. Maybe one day.

Number 2 is the best, it’s really on another level - it’s just so out there, but 1 is my favourite.

@Falcon94 well, I feel stupider than usual! Cheers though, that’s good news for me.

@Falcon94 I actually thought you couldn’t play it, at all, without PS+. I’m sure I looked into that. What’s the situation then??

I’ve yet to get it, but it’s a matter of when and not if.. having missed the launch it kind of makes sense to give it another 6 months or so. Although, I did say I’d grab it over Christmas - perhaps that will still stand!

Having finally played through Diablo 1 this year I’d at least like to experience the story to round them all out.

The two things that put me off, to be honest, are the level scaling and the PS+ requirement. I don’t mind it being always online, but I haven’t subbed in ages and to pay monthly to play D4… I dunno.

@Northern_munkey that’s all part of the ruse!

@ShogunRok ❤️

@ShogunRok I pay your bloody wages mate.

It’s only a few hours… give them a break

Some casual Pillars of Eternity 2 for me. Love this game!

I’m cycling off-road london to Brighton on my new bike! Lost in some woods at the moment. Chasing the Koroks. Pretty nice. Might just stay here.

If I do get home again, probably some FF7 Remake tomorrow - giving it a third shot.

My uncle gunna be pi$$ed!!!

@Ralizah that’s true, but I generally stick with “Sir” and “Master”, if I know what’s good for me, at least.

I mean, that's obviously how you pronounce it.

And that comes from someone who used to call Sephiroth "Superioth" and Phoenix Downs "Phonetix Dawns"!

Then again I persist in calling Chocobo's "Choocoboo" and Gil "Jill".

That sucks but you dust yourself off and get another job, such is life.

How fast do you wanna go?!

Sorry.

I actually (dead) fired up the brilliant Pillars of Eternity 2 last night and played the start of that. I dunno, playing Baldurs Gate 3 got me thinking about it.

If you like BG3, give PoE2 a go!

@SoulsBourne128

Godspeed, James 🫡

The extended edition of this film is actually pretty good, in that it actually tells a cohesive story.

It can be really hard to protect against this stuff, even when you’re keeping an eye out. I got done at work a couple of years ago, I was waiting for a report from a third party, chased it up, the person I had been speaking with to date responded with it attached and I opened it without giving it a second thought (as you would, I’m always getting emailed stuff, I had been asking for it, plus I inevitably was distracted at the time). Turns out their email had been compromised and they were just waiting for people to ask for stuff! I bet all sorts of weird file types get sent around Sony’s inboxes which doesn’t make spotting dodgy files any easier.

I haven’t really had the headspace for Baldurs Gate 3 at the moment to be honest. I think I know what’s going on, then something happens that feels like I’ve turned over 3 pages at once and I’m left feeling pretty dumb! (Why am I raiding this monastery exactly? I killed all the guards outside the door, now I am allowed to just come on in to town? But I can see the blood of your allies from here!)

So I’ve gone back to TOTK this week, which feels like a comfortable pair of slippers in comparison. An absolute banger!

@DennisReynolds I won’t sit here and say the original games hold up well, they don’t. I still find them pretty playable but of course they are hard to recommend these days.

My point is the spirit of those games in a modern engine is where I would like the see the franchise go moving forward.

Basically, if they mention Lara’s daddy, I’m out.

@DennisReynolds I certainly wouldn’t consider that peak Croft, but horses for courses. Anniversary is fantastic, of course, but that’s because it’s practically a straight remake of a brilliant game. Not saying Legends is bad, but it’s heading in the wrong direction for me.

Lara doesn't need character development anymore than Mario does, she can just be a shallow sexy broad who cracks wise, raids tombs and kills goons for the hell of it. Shame they forgot that and turned the series into a dull family drama with cookie cutter RPG lite elements.

New Tomb Raider games would benefit strongly from channeling a little bit of that Dark Souls magic.

I woke up at 4, cycled 100 miles (70 of which were great 30 of which I regretted everything which led to that moment). It was a big loop around The New Forest - really beautiful place I have to say. I’ll sit around feeling sorry for myself until I pass out and hopefully play some BG3 tomorrow.