@Arisen I mean, every single nominee in the Score category was more deserving than GoW. π Ragnarok was great, and probably should've won GotY, but it had no business winning best score against that competition
@KAIRU I mean, glitched quest lines, bugs, poor balancing in character builds, reused bosses, lazy copy pasted endings and worse boss design than the last 3 Souls games? It was good for what it was but I wouldn't call it the best. It definitely deserved to be nominated in all it's categories though
I'm real happy for everyone that now has the opportunity to play this awesome game. It's very fun and has just enough different but familiar from World
Harry McEntire not being nominated for Best Performance in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is total robbery honestly. None of the nominees did what Harry did in Chapters 5 and 6
Every time I hear about Kojima hyping up his next big project, all I can think of is that episode of Bojack Horseman where they were making a movie, and by trying to go so outside the box, it ended up becoming a bimonthly basket of curated snacks. The future of cinema
@ShogunRok As someone who hasn't played any Trails titles before, how do you feel this holds up as a starting point for the series given that it does wrap up threads from the previous Sky games? The Trails community can be rather insistent that you play them in a specific order and I do not have time (or a PC) for that. Thanks!
What's funny is Sony's presentation may only be 20 minutes versus Nintendo's 40, but that's because you know half of Nintendo's time will be spent showing off games coming to Sony as well π
Suikoden V rekindled my love of JRPGs during the PS3 era when I thought the genre had gone stale. Very special game to me. Even if this announcement is just an HD collection, I'll be happy
@SoulChimera Pretty sure the team was just looking for a name that had exactly as many syllables as Jet Set Radio while still being able to describe the feel of their game.
Either Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair or Kaze and the Wild Masks should have been listed here. A Hat In Time also could've been included. Pretty poor list honestly
Yeah sure I'd try it. Would prefer if it let you open, design, and manage your own shop as well though like the Style Savvy games on 3DS....Annnnnd I already feel judged π
@Judal27 The dungeons in TMS are fine. They're quite a few steps up from Persona 3 and 4, but one step back from Persona 5, which from what I've seen, is still quite better than Soul Hackers 2.
See, this is why I like Devil Survivor as a series. No dungeons to worry about lol
@Judal27 Going off reviews, it's looking like Soul Hackers 2 has the better story, and TMS has the better dungeons. They're probably about on par with each other
This game is looking pretty good but I'm still not quite finished with SMT V and then there's Xenoblade 3! All these JRPGs back to back can't be good for me π
@theMEGAniggle In docked mode yeah it's exactly the same as PS5, but in handheld, probably because the resolution drops to 720p, it manages to run with less frame drops. The lower resolution also helps to make the A I smudging in the upscaling look more natural. They preferred it in handheld overall. Pretty Interesting stuff honestly
All the people here trashing Nintendo fans for praising Chrono Cross despite performance issues clearly didn't get to the part of the Digital Foundry video where they explain the Remaster actually looks and runs better in handheld on Switch than it does on PS5 π
So I take it the Embargo doesn't allow for reviewers to discuss any of George R.R. Martin's involvement with the game? I was kind of hoping that with a big writer attached, we could see just a bit more from the story and character department. I would love to know more
@Quintumply Not sure if this has already been covered but is there any carry over between save files from the first to the second game? Sometimes sequels will carry over gear or decisions made in the first game and other times they'll reward returning players with something else. Any of that here? My PS4's Hard Drive crashed a couple years ago and took my original Zero Dawn save with it Just wondering if I'd be missing anything if I just started the sequel fresh. Thank you!
@Broosh I feel like crowd basing art and character designs never goes well for anyone. Last game I remember doing that was Mega Man Legends 3, and well.....
Wasn't expecting The Protomen! Game looks great! But does anyone know what happened to the original dev team? Is this still made by them or just a completely new team?
@ShogunRok Thank you so much for this brilliant review as well as taking the time to respond to so many of these questions! I have to ask, dungeon design was a bit of a sore spot for me with Tales of games, so much so that I dropped both Graces F and Berseria at the final dungeon because I didn't want to slog through awful dungeon design. Do you feel Arise avoids this? I don't want to get burnt again lol
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Re: Fans Begin to Debate Which PlayStation Franchise Could Be Getting an Anime
The Yakuza or Like a Dragon series
Re: Publisher PLAION Plans to Voltron Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Ravenscourt into Single Studio
@Khayl Ok I actually love that haha
Re: Publisher PLAION Plans to Voltron Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Ravenscourt into Single Studio
@Powerplay94 This is the best way to describe a merger that I think I've ever heard lol
Re: Publisher PLAION Plans to Voltron Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Ravenscourt into Single Studio
What is happening in this title?
Re: Sonic the Hedgehog Is Dead! Find Out Whodunnit in Free Steam Game
I know this isn't actually Playstation news of any kind, but I'm really glad you reported it
Re: Sonic Frontiersβ Sights, Sounds, and Speed Free Update Is Available Now
Gotta comment fast!
Re: Mini Review: Tales of Symphonia Remastered (PS4) - Barebones Remaster Distracts from a Classic RPG
Can we get a remaster of Abyss already please?? I miss that game so much
Re: Persona 3 Portable PS4 Patch Will Reportedly Fix Audio Quality Issues
But can we please get manual skill inheritance though?
Re: Feature: The Results for Our Game Awards 2022 Quiz Are In
This was super fun! Thanks guys and see you next year!
Re: All The Game Awards 2022 Winners
@Arisen I mean, every single nominee in the Score category was more deserving than GoW. π Ragnarok was great, and probably should've won GotY, but it had no business winning best score against that competition
Re: The Lords of the Fallen Teases PS5 Gameplay in Moody Trailer
@bozz I'm tired and can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not lol. You mean a Souls game? Because there definitely isn't a shortage of them π
Re: All The Game Awards 2022 Winners
@KAIRU I mean, glitched quest lines, bugs, poor balancing in character builds, reused bosses, lazy copy pasted endings and worse boss design than the last 3 Souls games? It was good for what it was but I wouldn't call it the best. It definitely deserved to be nominated in all it's categories though
Re: Monster Hunter Rise Confirmed for PS5, PS4 Release, Out 20th January
I'm real happy for everyone that now has the opportunity to play this awesome game. It's very fun and has just enough different but familiar from World
Re: Best Platformers on PS5
@MasterVGuides Oh you're totally right. That makes way more sense.
Re: God of War, Sony Exclusives Dominate The Game Awards Nominees
Harry McEntire not being nominated for Best Performance in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is total robbery honestly. None of the nominees did what Harry did in Chapters 5 and 6
Re: Hideo Kojima Says Next Project Will Transcend Video Games, 'It's Almost Like a New Medium'
Every time I hear about Kojima hyping up his next big project, all I can think of is that episode of Bojack Horseman where they were making a movie, and by trying to go so outside the box, it ended up becoming a bimonthly basket of curated snacks. The future of cinema
Re: Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Now Playable from Start to Finish
This is what Bethesda calls "Going Gold" π
Re: Trails from Zero (PS4) - Classic JRPG Finally Comes West, and the Wait Has Been Worth It
@ShogunRok Helped immensely. Went ahead and preordered the Switch version. Thanks as always!
Re: Trails from Zero (PS4) - Classic JRPG Finally Comes West, and the Wait Has Been Worth It
@ShogunRok As someone who hasn't played any Trails titles before, how do you feel this holds up as a starting point for the series given that it does wrap up threads from the previous Sky games? The Trails community can be rather insistent that you play them in a specific order and I do not have time (or a PC) for that. Thanks!
Re: Treat Yourself to a Silky Smooth Forspoken Trailer, Hot Off the TGS Press
This is gonna be the best 7/10 game released next year
Re: Poll: Was Sony's Latest State of Play a Show to Remember?
Synduality, Project Eve, and Like A Dragon Ishin for me please. Oh and that angry dad man game
Re: PS5, PSVR2 to Feature in Sony State of Play Livestream Tomorrow
What's funny is Sony's presentation may only be 20 minutes versus Nintendo's 40, but that's because you know half of Nintendo's time will be spent showing off games coming to Sony as well π
Re: Reaction: Publishers Are Getting Worse at Nintendo Direct-Style Livestreams
@ShogunRok This is exactly how I felt watching the Disney presentation
Re: Konami Renews Suikoden Trademark Ahead of Anticipated TGS Showing
@Flaming_Kaiser Even if the announcement is disappointing, there's still Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes coming out hopefully next year!
Re: Konami Renews Suikoden Trademark Ahead of Anticipated TGS Showing
Suikoden V rekindled my love of JRPGs during the PS3 era when I thought the genre had gone stale. Very special game to me. Even if this announcement is just an HD collection, I'll be happy
Re: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Tagged With a Delay, Getting Up in Summer 2023
@SoulChimera π
Re: Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Tagged With a Delay, Getting Up in Summer 2023
@SoulChimera Pretty sure the team was just looking for a name that had exactly as many syllables as Jet Set Radio while still being able to describe the feel of their game.
Re: Best Platformers on PS5
Either Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair or Kaze and the Wild Masks should have been listed here. A Hat In Time also could've been included. Pretty poor list honestly
Re: Beer Brewing Sim Knocks Back a PS5, PS4 Release Date
Yeah sure I'd try it. Would prefer if it let you open, design, and manage your own shop as well though like the Style Savvy games on 3DS....Annnnnd I already feel judged π
Re: The Last of Us: Part I Launch Trailer Is Here, Looks Incredible on PS5
Looking at the comments, it looks like the PokΓ©mon community up in here. Everyone was complaining about the franchise being milked, how it's a lazy cash grab, and how unnecessary it all is, and now that it's about to release, you all can't keep it in your pants.
Re: Soul Hackers 2 (PS5) - SMT on a Budget
@Judal27 The dungeons in TMS are fine. They're quite a few steps up from Persona 3 and 4, but one step back from Persona 5, which from what I've seen, is still quite better than Soul Hackers 2.
See, this is why I like Devil Survivor as a series. No dungeons to worry about lol
Re: Soul Hackers 2 (PS5) - SMT on a Budget
@Judal27 Going off reviews, it's looking like Soul Hackers 2 has the better story, and TMS has the better dungeons. They're probably about on par with each other
Re: Untangle the Twisted Threads of Fate in Soul Hackers 2
This game is looking pretty good but I'm still not quite finished with SMT V and then there's Xenoblade 3! All these JRPGs back to back can't be good for me π
Re: Stray (PS5) - Atmospheric Adventure Is the Cat's Pyjamas
@Quintumply Which is moodier, the sci-fi or the cat?
Re: Bandai Namco Reportedly Subjected to Ransomware Attack
I wonder if this has anything to do with FromSoftware's website being renamed to Armored Core
Re: Tokyo Game Show 2022 Confirms Major Publishers, But Sony Presence Seems Limited
Not gonna happen but I'd love for Konami to show Suikoden some love.
Re: Mini Review: Road 96 (PS5) - Political Trek Gets Our Vote
Wow I already wished I didn't live in America, but after reading these comments, now I REALLY wish I didn't live in America
Re: Chrono Cross Remaster's Shocking Frame Rate Issues Lead to 'Worse Performance Than PS1'
@theMEGAniggle Oh for sure. The problem is people keep buying these remasters so Square Enix has no reason to put out a better product
Re: Chrono Cross Remaster's Shocking Frame Rate Issues Lead to 'Worse Performance Than PS1'
@theMEGAniggle In docked mode yeah it's exactly the same as PS5, but in handheld, probably because the resolution drops to 720p, it manages to run with less frame drops. The lower resolution also helps to make the A I smudging in the upscaling look more natural. They preferred it in handheld overall. Pretty Interesting stuff honestly
Re: Kingdom Hearts 4 Revealed, No Date or Platforms Given
I like the Giga Drill Break reference when he's confronting the Heartless
Re: Chrono Cross Remaster's Shocking Frame Rate Issues Lead to 'Worse Performance Than PS1'
All the people here trashing Nintendo fans for praising Chrono Cross despite performance issues clearly didn't get to the part of the Digital Foundry video where they explain the Remaster actually looks and runs better in handheld on Switch than it does on PS5 π
Re: Poll: We Want You to Rate Your Favourite PSP Games
Shout out to Lunar on PSP! But man are there a lot of bad games on this system
Re: Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (PS5) - Utterly Ridiculous Final Fantasy Spin-Off
This review is complete CHAOS!
Re: Elden Ring (PS5) - Likely Another FromSoftware Great
So I take it the Embargo doesn't allow for reviewers to discuss any of George R.R. Martin's involvement with the game? I was kind of hoping that with a big writer attached, we could see just a bit more from the story and character department. I would love to know more
Re: Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - Excellent Sequel Is a PS5 Essential
@Quintumply Thank you for the reply! I'll be starting Forbidden West on Friday with a clear conscience then!
Re: Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - Excellent Sequel Is a PS5 Essential
@Quintumply Not sure if this has already been covered but is there any carry over between save files from the first to the second game? Sometimes sequels will carry over gear or decisions made in the first game and other times they'll reward returning players with something else. Any of that here? My PS4's Hard Drive crashed a couple years ago and took my original Zero Dawn save with it Just wondering if I'd be missing anything if I just started the sequel fresh. Thank you!
Re: So, Beyond Good & Evil 2 Is Probably Never Happening
@Broosh I feel like crowd basing art and character designs never goes well for anyone. Last game I remember doing that was Mega Man Legends 3, and well.....
Re: The Wolf Among Us 2 Shows Its Fangs on PS5, PS4 in 2023
@JustPlainLoco I'm pretty sure it was yeah
Re: The Wolf Among Us 2 Shows Its Fangs on PS5, PS4 in 2023
Wasn't expecting The Protomen! Game looks great! But does anyone know what happened to the original dev team? Is this still made by them or just a completely new team?
Re: Tales of Arise (PS5) - A Fantastic JRPG, and the Strongest Tales Game in a Long Time
@ShogunRok Thank you so much for this brilliant review as well as taking the time to respond to so many of these questions! I have to ask, dungeon design was a bit of a sore spot for me with Tales of games, so much so that I dropped both Graces F and Berseria at the final dungeon because I didn't want to slog through awful dungeon design. Do you feel Arise avoids this? I don't want to get burnt again lol