@Leonhart Exactly. If anything, I sort of feel like Dragon’s Dogma and Monster Hunter have more overlaps than Dino Crisis. Happy for anyone that contributes to Capcom having success, honestly. Helps get me RE, Megaman, Street Fighter, and even things niche like Kinitsugami. Maybe I’ll even give the series another shot with Wilds too.
Love Capcom, but I don’t “get” Monster Hunter. It’s not for me. However, I’m all there for Dino Crisis. Like @trev666 said, Dino Crisis makes me think Resident Evil more than anything else. When I think about Resident Evil, I think about spending money immediately, right away, no questions asked.
The Harry Potter series, despite being something that should translate well into games, has typically been handled by teams that have treated the series like it deserves a set of junk tie-ins. Hogwarts Legacy deserves the top spot and it’s not even close. I’d say the Gameboy games are better than the PlayStation ones. And you know it’s bad when the LEGO Harry Potter games are better than most of the regular ones. A bunch of 4 and 5/10 tier games. It was always weird to me that the Quidditch game was the best HP game on home consoles til Hogwarts Legacy. The series deserved so much better.
WB, want to make a live service game that works and that people would buy? Make a Harry Potter game based on the events of the first book, but instead of playing as Harry, you’re a no-name create-a-wizard that starts the same year. Make expansion packs based on each year of school, release them periodically for a few years, and make it an MMO. Just use Hogwarts Legacy assets. The end. There’s your billions.
Can’t wait for Quidditch. I’m genuinely excited for that one. Huge win for the service that this game is on there.
Really not bothered that MLB is on there either. It’s a decent enough game. I gave it a play on Gamepass when I was subscribed and enjoyed it for a bit. I don’t play sports games often, but every once in a while I’ll get hooked on one for a day or two. I’m ok having this as an option for PS.
I don’t know why, but I’ve got this wriggling feeling that this one may not hit the expectations many have of this title from a financial or critical standpoint. While it has a lot of hallmarks for what should be a cult classic, there’s also something that has seemed just a bit off in the way the game’s been presented by Atlus recently.
That said, it’s also impossible to say. As a non-Persona player, I actually find Metaphor to be the most interesting game to me personally that Atlus has done, but I’m just waiting on the reviews to see if it’s for me, as I’ve bought several Persona/SMT games and just can’t get deep into them.
There’s a chance. If I was Sony, I’d do a creative marketing goodwill bundle with it in some capacity. Do something a bit “out there” to get word out about it in a positive way. The negative word of mouth is hurting it more than anything
Toward the end of chapter 2, I’m leaning toward 9/10. Potentially the third best game of 2024 so far. That could all change, of course, but that’s how I feel now.
Yeah, this review pretty much confirms my thoughts from the demo. I wanted to like it, but the characters were… there. Hearing that the story isn’t anything interesting, makes me uninterested. Oh well. That’s ok.
@naruball The portal streams the existing games on the PS5. Unless it’s a 1-to-1 PS5 handheld then, we’d have the PlayStation Series S, basically. No thanks for that.
@IOI I would imagine that, given these numbers and slow matchmaking, it won’t be long before Steam users start to drop off even more as a result of a lack of other players. It’s really sad. Concord doesn’t deserve this. Suicide Squad deserved to bomb. Skull and Bones also did. Redfall even deserved it. These were all 4/10 tier experiences (well… Suicide Squad is maybe a 3/10). Concord is a flat 7/10 experience and it directly addresses a lot of people’s complaints about the GAAS format, multiplayer shooters, etc. It’s actually a little bit different. If it’s a 200-300 million dollar loss for Sony, it’s a shame that it was this one rather than one that was trying to be another prong in the whale market. Also, I doubt this one flopping will stop the other doomed projects from releasing to similarly catastrophic results. I doubt Fairgame$ has a sunnier fate than Concord.
@get2sammyb As much as I do like Concord, is this potentially the highest profile commercial flop of a game in history?
I honestly can’t believe the number are THAT bad. Even more baffling is that the game is actually fairly solid, certainly better than the majority of games in its genre. While I think the industry deserves “the message” that games are tired of live service bs, I don’t think Concord deserves worse than Suicide Squad.
Sony hasn’t been able to focus enough on first party titles for their main platform, so why bother with a handheld? So it can be abandoned like PSVR2 has been?
I’ll be more supportive of it when Sony can get a consistent release schedule of first party releases to verify that they can handle developing for multiple platforms at once, as was something they could do in generations past.
@LifeGirl For what it’s worth, I think Freya is a video game character circa 2003 that came out in 2023 game. She was whiny and vulgar, but hey, Forspoken was a fun game with some solid aspects to it. It wasn’t a 10/10 by any means, but it was new and took risks and had very fun combat and traversal. This decade we’ve had games release broken that were forgiven, but the internet hated Forspoken (and Concord) a full year before it released and most detractors, I’ve found, haven’t played the game before trashing it. I totally respect anyone that played it and didn’t like it, but gaming culture needs to try new things or else this vacuum of remakes, remasters, and live service F2P will persist.
@get2sammyb I agree. It reminds me of Forspoken, which had a similar thing where people just wanted to dogpile on it for some reason. I don’t get this trend in gaming where people have more fun hating a game than playing it. If anything Concord is more of what people tend to say they want out of multiplayer games too (at least people I know that used to play multiplayer, but have dropped out of it).
Really looking forward to this one. I’m sort of stoked that we’re getting a bunch of smaller releases this fall that seem tailor made to my gaming tastes, but LiS is perhaps the biggest one for me. This one looks better and better each time I see it. And if it doesn’t deliver how I want it to? Lost Records looks poised to try its best too. Great time for this genre with two heavy hitters coming out so close to each other
If I didn’t feel like this one was going to get a fairly immediate discount, I would’ve gotten it. I liked the beta and honestly prefer it to Helldivers
I’ll be honest, this one might be a 9 for me… if I keep enjoying future chapters as much as the first one. I haven’t enjoyed a game so much since the day I one-two punched and beat Rebirth and Balatro in the same day. I haven’t played a game where I’ve fist pumped after beating a boss since Elden Ring (and I’m not talking Erdtree).
@Oram77 Hopefully the review embargo drops before the early access period! It feels like that’s a shady way to get people to purchase before reviews go out. “Pay more, know less” is hopefully not a strategy that persists in the industry.
@Batesy125s @Cloud39472 I had read somewhere that most of the time for development for the third entry is converting the map for the airship since that’s a radically different mode of travel. We’ll see how long it takes, but, man, do I hope it’s quick!
I agree with you! Remake, Rebirth, and 16 were all fantastic. I think I’d likely put all 3 in my top 5, but jeez would I need to sit on that and contemplate.
But in all seriousness, I’m looking more forward to the campaign for this one than I ever thought I would be. I suspect this game will surprise a lot of people with how good it is.
Bigger isn’t always better and I feel like the gaming industry has forgotten this, but I will admit I’m cautiously intrigued for this one. I’m really starting to wonder if I can fit this one into my schedule for the rest of the year. Jeez, October is packed…
I’ve got full faith in wherever they got for the final entry in the trilogy. So far, the first two are two of my favorite games ever made full stop. Can’t wait for more. I still miss playing Rebirth all these months later. Hope the wait isn’t as long for the third one. Can’t wait to see how they end things.
And realistically, the last third of the original is when Tifa was most prominent as a character, so they could do a lot of interesting things with her character in the finale.
Ironically, after failing all generation, Xbox finally has a compelling lineup next year. Next year does in fact look like the “next year’s the year” year. Shame it’s too late now. The platform has damaged itself. Even if I’m planning to resub and play almost a dozen games on Xbox next year, it actually feels weird to say that, after four years of a patchy release schedule
@SuperSilverback I’m sad it didn’t have that. I want that Death Stranding and OD double feature!
Honestly, ONL was pretty eh for me. Lost Records and Indy are the only games from it I’m interested in. I’m starting to wonder what happened to all the games I’m interested in at this point. Where is Pragmata? Where is Judas? No Metal Gear Solid Delta? Man…
Looks like I guessed the right Xbox game going to PS! Looking forward to this one a lot. Depending on how deep I get through my games this year, I’ll decide if this’ll be Gamepass or PS5.
@rjejr Wukong is certainly harder than easy mode Stellar Blade thus far, probably more challenging than normal mode too, but it’s too early for me to say for sure. I’m enjoying Wukong more so far. It feels more like its own thing. I don’t want to downplay Stellar Blade, but I feel like it was a bigger release this year than it would have been in other years due to a lack of big releases elsewhere. It reminded me of Nier perhaps too much, which I was comparing them in my head during my playtime, and I just think Nier did most things better.
Looks like the first game I’ll buy next year, given the current release schedule. Really looking forward to this one and you can bet I’ll be comparing it to the new LiS. Can’t wait!
@Bentleyma This game is the epitome of what looks like a January/February release. Unless this is a 10/10 masterpiece, I don’t know how it’s going to compete against the bigger releases at the end of the year…
@BrotherFilmriss Yeah, happy to help. I was pleasantly surprised. I haven’t really had a game I’ve been absorbed into in a while, since maybe March-ish (even Stellar Blade, Dragon’s Dogma, and Erdtree didn’t grab me as I expected). Was started to feel like maybe I was losing that gaming feeling, but man Wukong set my head right real quick. There’s a lot of naysayers for this one, but judging it purely as a game, I really enjoy it. If you like some good combat above all else, but want something a little different from the Souls formula, this is it. The reviews that have called it a boss rush game are downplaying how the game actually functions too. It’s super linear, but there’s breathing room with minor enemies in between. If you aren’t so good with the combat, you can certainly die at bosses and grind the minor enemies a bit for xp as well.
Wukong reminds me a lot of Stellar Blade so far. Souls-adjacent is the perfect term. It’s challenging combat that has just as much in common with God of War or Devil May Cry as it does Souls games. Personally, I’m glad this style of gameplay has came into being recently. It reminds me of games from 2, 3 generations ago, but evolved with modern sensibilities. It’s hard to say how I’ll feel about Wukong yet by the end of it, but I think it’s got a fairly easy chance to land in my top 10 list for 2024. It’s visually impressive and it definitely has that “just one more” loop of gameplay. It’s a lot of fun. It feels like it’ll be an 8 or 9 by the end of it.
@Whately86 Definitely safe. I put a good 2 or so hours into it already and I’m enjoying it so far. The game runs very well and looks fantastic. It’s definitely a contender for best visuals yet this generation.
@Jireland92 I’m not saying that would be good enough, but I’d rather it be true to itself than a smoothed out, homogenized product. We all know there’s enough of that in gaming in 2024.
@Bentleyma I have a feeling the Alone in the Dark remake is exactly the same tier of game Silent Hill 2 may be, and that’s totally fine if that’s true. That’s not GotY caliber, but it’s quirky, memorable, and true to itself in spite of any flaws. That’s brave development in this current gaming landscape.
Well, let’s see when it releases for Xbox, so I can decide if I want to brush the dust off my console or not and go the cheaper route with Gamepass for a month or buying straight up on PS5 after reviews.
@LordOfTurnips Man, I hope Pragmata still exists… At the original PS5 showcase, that was my most anticipated title…
For me, Death Stranding 2 is certainly number one for me. I’m hoping we get to see more of OD too. Outside that Expeditions looks interesting, still not sure what to think of that one. Lost Records is towards the top of my list. Outside that, I’m just hoping to keep the hype coming for Life is Strange and Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. I know it’s not PlayStation (right now anyway), but Indiana Jones is towards the top of my list too. Realistically anything that’s out in August or September doesn’t need anything, in my opinion. I’m already buying what I’m buying. Can’t sell me anymore on those ones unless we get shadow drops!
Love Until Dawn, but I hope this one fails Sony’s expectations hard. Jim Ryan greenlit some of the worst decisions the brand has ever seen toward the end of his tenure.
Man, I love all those special bots that were listed off. I’ve got 0% chance of seeking this out. I wanted this game a few hours after I bought a PS5 way back in January 2021 right after I completed Astro’s other adventure on the console. I’m perfectly content to let this game surprise, delight, and entertain without any thought of spoilers.
I mean, even reading this, I’ll still be “”oo-ing” and “ah-ing” with all references I see. What an especially meta and fun experience this game will be!
@Whately86 Lol, with Stadia closing down, I got a refund on Cyberpunk twice somehow. I’ve never experienced such glorious jank. The jank was my favorite part about Cyberpunk.
@beltmenot To think that earlier in the year it was considered by many publications to be the de facto likely goty at the halfway point of the year too. It’s fascinating how much it’s fallen.
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Re: Not Much Space for Dino Crisis After Monster Hunter Success, Creator Says
@Leonhart Exactly. If anything, I sort of feel like Dragon’s Dogma and Monster Hunter have more overlaps than Dino Crisis. Happy for anyone that contributes to Capcom having success, honestly. Helps get me RE, Megaman, Street Fighter, and even things niche like Kinitsugami. Maybe I’ll even give the series another shot with Wilds too.
Re: Not Much Space for Dino Crisis After Monster Hunter Success, Creator Says
Love Capcom, but I don’t “get” Monster Hunter. It’s not for me. However, I’m all there for Dino Crisis. Like @trev666 said, Dino Crisis makes me think Resident Evil more than anything else. When I think about Resident Evil, I think about spending money immediately, right away, no questions asked.
Re: Retro Inspired Rugrats Platformer Makes a Play for PS5, PS4 Next Month
I’d preorder it right now if I could
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Harry Potter Game?
The Harry Potter series, despite being something that should translate well into games, has typically been handled by teams that have treated the series like it deserves a set of junk tie-ins. Hogwarts Legacy deserves the top spot and it’s not even close. I’d say the Gameboy games are better than the PlayStation ones. And you know it’s bad when the LEGO Harry Potter games are better than most of the regular ones. A bunch of 4 and 5/10 tier games. It was always weird to me that the Quidditch game was the best HP game on home consoles til Hogwarts Legacy. The series deserved so much better.
WB, want to make a live service game that works and that people would buy? Make a Harry Potter game based on the events of the first book, but instead of playing as Harry, you’re a no-name create-a-wizard that starts the same year. Make expansion packs based on each year of school, release them periodically for a few years, and make it an MMO. Just use Hogwarts Legacy assets. The end. There’s your billions.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for September 2024 Announced
Can’t wait for Quidditch. I’m genuinely excited for that one. Huge win for the service that this game is on there.
Really not bothered that MLB is on there either. It’s a decent enough game. I gave it a play on Gamepass when I was subscribed and enjoyed it for a bit. I don’t play sports games often, but every once in a while I’ll get hooked on one for a day or two. I’m ok having this as an option for PS.
Re: Preview: Metaphor: ReFantazio Won't Blow You Away in Its First Hour
I don’t know why, but I’ve got this wriggling feeling that this one may not hit the expectations many have of this title from a financial or critical standpoint. While it has a lot of hallmarks for what should be a cult classic, there’s also something that has seemed just a bit off in the way the game’s been presented by Atlus recently.
That said, it’s also impossible to say. As a non-Persona player, I actually find Metaphor to be the most interesting game to me personally that Atlus has done, but I’m just waiting on the reviews to see if it’s for me, as I’ve bought several Persona/SMT games and just can’t get deep into them.
Re: Talking Point: Can PS5, PC Shooter Concord Be Saved?
There’s a chance. If I was Sony, I’d do a creative marketing goodwill bundle with it in some capacity. Do something a bit “out there” to get word out about it in a positive way. The negative word of mouth is hurting it more than anything
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Black Myth: Wukong?
Toward the end of chapter 2, I’m leaning toward 9/10. Potentially the third best game of 2024 so far. That could all change, of course, but that’s how I feel now.
Re: Castlevania Dominus Collection Gathers Dawn of Sorrow and Its DS Brethren on PS5, and It's Out Now
…and downloaded.
Re: Visions of Mana (PS5) - Classic RPG Series Returns with Good But Flawed Intentions
Yeah, this review pretty much confirms my thoughts from the demo. I wanted to like it, but the characters were… there. Hearing that the story isn’t anything interesting, makes me uninterested. Oh well. That’s ok.
Re: Poll: What PS5 Game Had the Best Showing at Gamescom 2024?
Life is Strange, Lost Records, and Indy were the hits for me.
Re: Rumour: Sony Paying Close Attention to Handheld Market After PS Portal's Shock Success
@naruball The portal streams the existing games on the PS5. Unless it’s a 1-to-1 PS5 handheld then, we’d have the PlayStation Series S, basically. No thanks for that.
Re: Things Are Getting Worse for Floundering PS5, PC FPS Concord
@IOI I would imagine that, given these numbers and slow matchmaking, it won’t be long before Steam users start to drop off even more as a result of a lack of other players. It’s really sad. Concord doesn’t deserve this. Suicide Squad deserved to bomb. Skull and Bones also did. Redfall even deserved it. These were all 4/10 tier experiences (well… Suicide Squad is maybe a 3/10). Concord is a flat 7/10 experience and it directly addresses a lot of people’s complaints about the GAAS format, multiplayer shooters, etc. It’s actually a little bit different. If it’s a 200-300 million dollar loss for Sony, it’s a shame that it was this one rather than one that was trying to be another prong in the whale market. Also, I doubt this one flopping will stop the other doomed projects from releasing to similarly catastrophic results. I doubt Fairgame$ has a sunnier fate than Concord.
Re: Things Are Getting Worse for Floundering PS5, PC FPS Concord
@get2sammyb As much as I do like Concord, is this potentially the highest profile commercial flop of a game in history?
I honestly can’t believe the number are THAT bad. Even more baffling is that the game is actually fairly solid, certainly better than the majority of games in its genre. While I think the industry deserves “the message” that games are tired of live service bs, I don’t think Concord deserves worse than Suicide Squad.
Re: Rumour: Sony Paying Close Attention to Handheld Market After PS Portal's Shock Success
Sony hasn’t been able to focus enough on first party titles for their main platform, so why bother with a handheld? So it can be abandoned like PSVR2 has been?
I’ll be more supportive of it when Sony can get a consistent release schedule of first party releases to verify that they can handle developing for multiple platforms at once, as was something they could do in generations past.
Re: PS5, PC FPS Concord's Poor Player Numbers Have Predictably Gone Viral
@LifeGirl For what it’s worth, I think Freya is a video game character circa 2003 that came out in 2023 game. She was whiny and vulgar, but hey, Forspoken was a fun game with some solid aspects to it. It wasn’t a 10/10 by any means, but it was new and took risks and had very fun combat and traversal. This decade we’ve had games release broken that were forgiven, but the internet hated Forspoken (and Concord) a full year before it released and most detractors, I’ve found, haven’t played the game before trashing it. I totally respect anyone that played it and didn’t like it, but gaming culture needs to try new things or else this vacuum of remakes, remasters, and live service F2P will persist.
Re: Preview: Double Exposure Stretches Life Is Strange Across Two Gripping PS5 Timelines
@Batesy125s I agree wholeheartedly! I’ve got a t-shirt for True Colors.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 543
Black Myth Wukong if I get the chance to play
Re: PS5, PC FPS Concord's Poor Player Numbers Have Predictably Gone Viral
@get2sammyb I agree. It reminds me of Forspoken, which had a similar thing where people just wanted to dogpile on it for some reason. I don’t get this trend in gaming where people have more fun hating a game than playing it. If anything Concord is more of what people tend to say they want out of multiplayer games too (at least people I know that used to play multiplayer, but have dropped out of it).
Re: Preview: Double Exposure Stretches Life Is Strange Across Two Gripping Timelines
@Batesy125s Definitely getting Mixtape too. Gotta wonder if Chloe will have any type of cameo in the new game
Re: Preview: Double Exposure Stretches Life Is Strange Across Two Gripping Timelines
Really looking forward to this one. I’m sort of stoked that we’re getting a bunch of smaller releases this fall that seem tailor made to my gaming tastes, but LiS is perhaps the biggest one for me. This one looks better and better each time I see it. And if it doesn’t deliver how I want it to? Lost Records looks poised to try its best too. Great time for this genre with two heavy hitters coming out so close to each other
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Concord?
If I didn’t feel like this one was going to get a fairly immediate discount, I would’ve gotten it. I liked the beta and honestly prefer it to Helldivers
Re: Atlus, It's Time to Stop Spoiling Metaphor: ReFantazio
It’s Atlus. It’ll be 900 hours. It’ll take a lot of trailers to spoil it.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong (PS5) - A Spectacularly Creative Action Romp
I’ll be honest, this one might be a 9 for me… if I keep enjoying future chapters as much as the first one. I haven’t enjoyed a game so much since the day I one-two punched and beat Rebirth and Balatro in the same day. I haven’t played a game where I’ve fist pumped after beating a boss since Elden Ring (and I’m not talking Erdtree).
Re: Expect New, Stronger Tifa in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Sequel, Says Director
@LifeGirl heck if I know! I’m not the developer!
Re: Silent Hill 2 PS5 Remake Is Quite a Bit Longer Than the Original
@Oram77 Hopefully the review embargo drops before the early access period! It feels like that’s a shady way to get people to purchase before reviews go out. “Pay more, know less” is hopefully not a strategy that persists in the industry.
Re: Hideo Kojima to Host Special Death Stranding 2 Presentation at TGS 2024
I can’t wait! This alone sort of puts TGS as a better showcase for me than Gamescom. Most anticipated title for me right here!
Re: Expect New, Stronger Tifa in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Sequel, Says Director
@Batesy125s @Cloud39472 I had read somewhere that most of the time for development for the third entry is converting the map for the airship since that’s a radically different mode of travel. We’ll see how long it takes, but, man, do I hope it’s quick!
I agree with you! Remake, Rebirth, and 16 were all fantastic. I think I’d likely put all 3 in my top 5, but jeez would I need to sit on that and contemplate.
Re: Magic Takes Flight in Nostalgic Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions PS5, PS4 Gameplay
Bad joke incoming…
WB Sports: it’s in the game
But in all seriousness, I’m looking more forward to the campaign for this one than I ever thought I would be. I suspect this game will surprise a lot of people with how good it is.
Re: Silent Hill 2 PS5 Remake Is Quite a Bit Longer Than the Original
Bigger isn’t always better and I feel like the gaming industry has forgotten this, but I will admit I’m cautiously intrigued for this one. I’m really starting to wonder if I can fit this one into my schedule for the rest of the year. Jeez, October is packed…
Re: Expect New, Stronger Tifa in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Sequel, Says Director
I’ve got full faith in wherever they got for the final entry in the trilogy. So far, the first two are two of my favorite games ever made full stop. Can’t wait for more. I still miss playing Rebirth all these months later. Hope the wait isn’t as long for the third one. Can’t wait to see how they end things.
And realistically, the last third of the original is when Tifa was most prominent as a character, so they could do a lot of interesting things with her character in the finale.
Re: Reaction: It's Time for Xbox to Tell Us Which Games It's Bringing to PS5, and Which Games It Isn't
Ironically, after failing all generation, Xbox finally has a compelling lineup next year. Next year does in fact look like the “next year’s the year” year. Shame it’s too late now. The platform has damaged itself. Even if I’m planning to resub and play almost a dozen games on Xbox next year, it actually feels weird to say that, after four years of a patchy release schedule
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024?
@SuperSilverback I’m sad it didn’t have that. I want that Death Stranding and OD double feature!
Honestly, ONL was pretty eh for me. Lost Records and Indy are the only games from it I’m interested in. I’m starting to wonder what happened to all the games I’m interested in at this point. Where is Pragmata? Where is Judas? No Metal Gear Solid Delta? Man…
Re: Xbox's Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Comes to PS5 in Spring 2025
Looks like I guessed the right Xbox game going to PS! Looking forward to this one a lot. Depending on how deep I get through my games this year, I’ll decide if this’ll be Gamepass or PS5.
Re: They Finally Made an Animal Crossing Clone for PS5
So I guess with this one and Palworld, Nintendo derivatives are officially a trend now….
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Becomes Steam's Biggest Ever Single Player Launch
@rjejr Wukong is certainly harder than easy mode Stellar Blade thus far, probably more challenging than normal mode too, but it’s too early for me to say for sure. I’m enjoying Wukong more so far. It feels more like its own thing. I don’t want to downplay Stellar Blade, but I feel like it was a bigger release this year than it would have been in other years due to a lack of big releases elsewhere. It reminded me of Nier perhaps too much, which I was comparing them in my head during my playtime, and I just think Nier did most things better.
Re: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Charms with First Gameplay Trailer, Release Split into Two Parts
Looks like the first game I’ll buy next year, given the current release schedule. Really looking forward to this one and you can bet I’ll be comparing it to the new LiS. Can’t wait!
Re: Unknown 9: Awakening's Release Date Now Known to Be October on PS5, PS4
@Bentleyma This game is the epitome of what looks like a January/February release. Unless this is a 10/10 masterpiece, I don’t know how it’s going to compete against the bigger releases at the end of the year…
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Is Blowing Up Big Time on PS5, PC
@BrotherFilmriss Yeah, happy to help. I was pleasantly surprised. I haven’t really had a game I’ve been absorbed into in a while, since maybe March-ish (even Stellar Blade, Dragon’s Dogma, and Erdtree didn’t grab me as I expected). Was started to feel like maybe I was losing that gaming feeling, but man Wukong set my head right real quick. There’s a lot of naysayers for this one, but judging it purely as a game, I really enjoy it. If you like some good combat above all else, but want something a little different from the Souls formula, this is it. The reviews that have called it a boss rush game are downplaying how the game actually functions too. It’s super linear, but there’s breathing room with minor enemies in between. If you aren’t so good with the combat, you can certainly die at bosses and grind the minor enemies a bit for xp as well.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Is Blowing Up Big Time on PS5, PC
Wukong reminds me a lot of Stellar Blade so far. Souls-adjacent is the perfect term. It’s challenging combat that has just as much in common with God of War or Devil May Cry as it does Souls games. Personally, I’m glad this style of gameplay has came into being recently. It reminds me of games from 2, 3 generations ago, but evolved with modern sensibilities. It’s hard to say how I’ll feel about Wukong yet by the end of it, but I think it’s got a fairly easy chance to land in my top 10 list for 2024. It’s visually impressive and it definitely has that “just one more” loop of gameplay. It’s a lot of fun. It feels like it’ll be an 8 or 9 by the end of it.
Re: Hands On: Black Myth: Wukong Is Brilliant, But We Have PS5 Concerns
@Whately86 Definitely safe. I put a good 2 or so hours into it already and I’m enjoying it so far. The game runs very well and looks fantastic. It’s definitely a contender for best visuals yet this generation.
Re: Return to That Special Place with Silent Hill 2 PS5 Story Trailer
@Jireland92 I’m not saying that would be good enough, but I’d rather it be true to itself than a smoothed out, homogenized product. We all know there’s enough of that in gaming in 2024.
Re: Return to That Special Place with Silent Hill 2 PS5 Story Trailer
@Bentleyma I have a feeling the Alone in the Dark remake is exactly the same tier of game Silent Hill 2 may be, and that’s totally fine if that’s true. That’s not GotY caliber, but it’s quirky, memorable, and true to itself in spite of any flaws. That’s brave development in this current gaming landscape.
Re: Rumour: Xbox's Indiana Jones Game Coming to PS5 in First Half 2025
Well, let’s see when it releases for Xbox, so I can decide if I want to brush the dust off my console or not and go the cheaper route with Gamepass for a month or buying straight up on PS5 after reviews.
Re: Poll: What PS5 Games Do You Most Want to See at Gamescom 2024?
@LordOfTurnips Man, I hope Pragmata still exists… At the original PS5 showcase, that was my most anticipated title…
For me, Death Stranding 2 is certainly number one for me. I’m hoping we get to see more of OD too. Outside that Expeditions looks interesting, still not sure what to think of that one. Lost Records is towards the top of my list. Outside that, I’m just hoping to keep the hype coming for Life is Strange and Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. I know it’s not PlayStation (right now anyway), but Indiana Jones is towards the top of my list too. Realistically anything that’s out in August or September doesn’t need anything, in my opinion. I’m already buying what I’m buying. Can’t sell me anymore on those ones unless we get shadow drops!
Re: Death Stranding 2 Seems Like a Lock for Gamescom Opening Night Live
Ready to preorder. My most anticipated game ever (well, at least since the first one). Death Stranding is my favorite game of all time.
Re: Until Dawn PS5 Is Priced at $60 / £60
Love Until Dawn, but I hope this one fails Sony’s expectations hard. Jim Ryan greenlit some of the worst decisions the brand has ever seen toward the end of his tenure.
Re: 15 Minutes of Astro Bot PS5 Footage Has Leaked Online
Man, I love all those special bots that were listed off. I’ve got 0% chance of seeking this out. I wanted this game a few hours after I bought a PS5 way back in January 2021 right after I completed Astro’s other adventure on the console. I’m perfectly content to let this game surprise, delight, and entertain without any thought of spoilers.
I mean, even reading this, I’ll still be “”oo-ing” and “ah-ing” with all references I see. What an especially meta and fun experience this game will be!
Re: Hands On: Black Myth: Wukong Is Brilliant, But We Have PS5 Concerns
@Whately86 Lol, with Stadia closing down, I got a refund on Cyberpunk twice somehow. I’ve never experienced such glorious jank. The jank was my favorite part about Cyberpunk.
Re: Helldivers 2 Community Fractures, Traitor 'Chaosdivers' Want to See Super Earth Burn
@beltmenot To think that earlier in the year it was considered by many publications to be the de facto likely goty at the halfway point of the year too. It’s fascinating how much it’s fallen.