Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

I have some bad news about today's Showcase.
I seem to have misplaced my PS socks so I won't be wearing them during it.
I do have the t-shirt though.

@Voltan I can wear mine if that helps? I might even put on my PlayStation symbols lights on. I doubt I'll be watching it live though.

@JohnnyShoulder I do have the lights as well!

@Voltan Ha ha! Do you also have the one that you push down to turn on, and the start up music for PS1 plays?

I've also got a load of coasters which are like mini PS1 game cases. They even have the blurb and screenshots on the back!

@JohnnyShoulder Nah, mine just has a switch on the side that toggles between off/on/cycling between individual symbols lighting up. I keep it in the latter mode

The coasters sound cool

My Router has decided to die. Looks like I'll have to watch the showcase over the weekend 😞.

@MightyDemon82 Oh no!

On that note, I just realized I'll be at a festival during the SGF showcase, so I'll just be catching up on summaries and watching select trailers from that, I guess.

@Voltan I'll probably check out updates on the site later on and then watch it once my new Router turns up either tomorrow or Friday!

@Voltan Here is one of the coasters I have at work.

I have a few more at home too.

@AgentCooper I played through the tutorial + 1 level so far but I'm definitely going to play more. I was playing it in VR and while I don't think it's transformative to the game in any way, it sure is nice

I also really liked the trailer for Talos 2 and it sounds like my kinda game so I'll probably check out the 1st one soon

Talos principle was great, thoroughly recommend. Apparently it was playable on pc in VR, not sure whether it was just a mod but it is the ideal VR game and I'm surprised the second one isn't PSVr2 supported but then I say that about a lot of games.

The more I see/hear about this the more interested I get. I'll probably wait on some reviews to make sure there are no major flaws but this is probably the game I'm most excited for outside Spider-Man 2 right now.

I was kinda hoping it was going to an Xcom with Aliens, but the way combat works seems pretty unique. Feel like even as they explained it, I wasn't getting a full grasp on it. Sorta seems like you give each unit a set of behaviours and then the game effectively auto battles, but at any time you can slow down combat to give specific instructions if you want. Slow down time though, not pause. Lots of CRPGs have you fight in real time with a squad you set up, but they will let you completely pause the game to think and queue up actions, which this doesn't seem to have the option to do.

Seems like it has the potential to be a frustrating mess, or could work very well, depending on how robust the profiles are you can create for your Units (if I am even understanding how it works correctly).

One of upcoming PS5 game I want to play.
Thanks to Microids for providing more kids games on PS4 & PS5. ☺

@BearsEatBeets yeah anything Alien just does it for me, the game can be a 6 but it’s an 8-9 for me just being in that universe with pulse rifles. I will be getting this.

I was beginning to think that the next news we would see about the game that it had been canned.

@kyleforrester87 Yeah likewise. Only way I don't get it is if it's somehow a broken mess. Take a lot of features from a game I love (X-Com) and put them in one of my favourite IPs and it should be a home run. Don't mess this up Tindalos Entertainment.

I'm fairly curious to know Geoff's thoughts/insight into the remake with how well he knows Hideo, but not sure I can watch 3 hours.

EDIT: Just seen it has timestamps so will check it out after the F1 Quali

It's a shame Aliens: Dark Descent has to come out 2 days before Final Fantasy XVI. No way I'll get it at launch then, but it reminds me of Gears Tactics on Xbox and I loved that. Just real-time rather than turn-based.

@Kidfried Hahaha, if there was a writing job like that then I’d be set, I’m skint and have writing experience plus a degree in computing 😂