Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

Considering I’ve now sunk 45 hours into FFXIV since last Wednesday, I’d say I trust the team to deliver with XVI even if that trailer just did nothing for me.

My game of the show was probably Hogwarts Legacy - not that I am a fan of Harry Potter or the Fantastic Beasts but maybe because this was a surprise announcement and looked like it would be quite interesting to play.

Spider-Man looked OK but looked a bit too 'Infamous' and the bridge section seemed to echo Marvel Avengers game-play so I kind of got a bit of 'Deja Vu' watching it and that maybe had an impact on why it wasn't my game of the show.

I am not a Final Fantasy fan but the game-play made me think of the Witcher 3. Whilst watching, before they announced it was FF, I was thinking that someone was trying to copy that game, make their 'version' of it - not that the Witcher wasn't an amazing game, but that it again left me feeling like I have seen this before.

Most of the other games didn't really interest me and wouldn't be on my wanted list. I have no interest in Deathloop, oddworld or Demon Souls. I can't get excited for God of War: Ragnarok yet as I have not seen anything from it. I am sure it won't disappoint but until I get some game-play and more details, its too early to be 'excited' and certainly can't be considered for 'game of the show' with just that announcement.

Of the other multi-platform releases CoD looked like CoD - the sequence even looked like it was a sequence from an older CoD, albeit better looking. RE VIII: Village could be OK but certainly not a day 1 so all in all, the one game that really surprised me and stood out as something 'new' and interesting was Hogwarts Legacy.

As far as I am concerned, I have absolutely NO intention of paying those Game Prices and NO way will I be buying an All Digital Console and being held to ransom to pay those prices. With BC and a BIG backlog on both PS4 and XB1 inc free games from PS+/Gold, there is absolutely NO reason to buy games on day 1 and can wait until they drop in price or find them used on ebay. I hate not supporting the Devs by buying used, but I also intend to vote with my wallet that those prices are unacceptable. Console gamers are already expected to pay more than PC gamers and I refuse to do so. Its also making Game Pass a far more attractive model and Sony's price hiking could well push people over to Xbox and Game Pass - not just to play on a Console, but to play ANYWHERE if they have an Android device too.

Of course Sony fanboys won't buy an Xbox regardless and those who buy the all digital and digital games will be subsidising those who don't...

Personally, I was a bit disappointed with the Demon's Souls video. Might as well have been having a leisurely stroll to the shops with how easily they jogged along and casually one poked enemies to death. Didn't capture the feeling of the game at all.

@nessisonett
I thought the trailer was pretty good, although I am wondering how the combat will work.

I'm looking forward to these games that were shown off at the PS5 showcase yesterday.

Final Fantasy XVI
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Hogwarts: Legacy
Resident Evil VIII: Village
Devil May Cry V: Special Edition
Demon's Souls Remake
God of War: Ragnarok

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy VI is the darkest game for sure. IV has moments of dark if you consider a man dressed in purple having existential angst ‘dark’ I guess! Although characters do die in that one. Nothing will beat the Celes section on the island in terms of dark moments in the FF series because it didn’t need dialogue to convey what was going on. Nowadays, there would be a monologue about the power of friendship instead 😂

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy It’s amazing how many people I’ve seen who can’t get into VI. If you asked people 5 years ago, that would hands down have been voted the best game in the series. Nowadays I’d say VII or IX would be more likely.

@nessisonett X and XII are pretty popular too. People have also become a little more welcoming to XIII in recent memory as well

@TheFrenchiestFry X is great and I did enjoy XII a lot but that one will always be too divisive to be truly loved as much as earlier games.

@Kidfried I wish my wage was going up by the same amount as games increase in price

I can live with 70, because that means 60-65 for physical. But small scale games like Sackboy shouldn't be 70. Maybe 40, or 50 at most.

I actually really like Crisis Core. 10 will always be my personal favorite but I have a blast with the spinoff stuff like Crisis Core and Dissidia

https://twitter.com/geronimo_73/status/1306567775641632768?s=19

@Kidfried Hopefully you'll be able to finish it before the next one!

@LieutenantFatman I'm hoping that was just for the purpose of showing off some gameplay, just like there was no HUD either.

I urge ya all to check out the trailers in 4K on YouTube. Some of them are proper gorg.

@JohnnyShoulder
I'm sure you're right, just a silly moan by me, I expect it will be a great play when it arrives.

I'm honestly cool with cross gen games and don't get what the hubbub is about considering it's nice to have the option there for those who aren't compelled by what the PS5 exclusively has to it as of yet

I'm getting one at or near launch personally but the launch lineup already looks miles better than the PS4 launch games

@TheFrenchiestFry
The problem is a lot of people cant have a balanced attitude. They always need to have extreme positions. The reality is Sony made some weird misleading decision especially with Horizon BUT there are STILL PS5 exclusives games and even 3 at launch.

@JJ2 Telling people they can’t have a balanced attitude and then shooting down legitimate complaints with ‘there are at least 3 games’ is a little odd.

@nessisonett I think that is pretty standard when it comes to launch games though. I think there is more incoming than there was with ps4 in the same period.

Eurogamer isn't pulling punches here on Sony's honesty.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-09-17-ps5-is-a-surefi...

@JohnnyShoulder the launch window line up for PS5 is quite impressive. Day 1 there are already two games for me personally I want, and both are PlayStation exclusives, Demon's Souls and Spider-Man Miles Morales, and in the following months games like Ratchet & Clank and Returnal have my interest. Then we've got Horizon Forbidden West and GT7 too. I'm not going to lie, that's a pretty damn compelling reason for me to own a PS5. There are other games that look good to me too like Ghostwire: Tokyo and Deathloop, but I'm not sure they're exclusive totally to PlayStation and they'll probably come to PC too. But the first 12 months of PlayStation could be the strongest line up in PlayStation history. On the games front I'm sold.