Talking Point: Did PlayStation Showcase 2021 Deliver on the Hype?

The first twenty minutes was mixed, but the last few really was a hype train.

On that note...

WOLVERINE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Was NOT expecting a Wolverine game from Insomniac.

Probably one of the best games media presentations in a while. Lots of great reveals and very happy that a lot of it was narrative game focused vs multiplayer.

I'm a marvel fan boy. More gameplay of Guardians of Galaxy, Marvel Spider-Man 2, Marvel Wolverine. 20/10 Will watch again.

I liked the KOTOR reveal and the GoW2 footage.

The rest was meh.

This showcase was the best we've had all year, but as good as it was, I really wanted to see either Hogwarts Legacy or Last of Us Factions 2. So yes I'm hyped for everything I saw but also disappointed 😞

Insomniac making Wolverine is insane. My inner child is super hyped.

I'd say it was good. We got some great proper reveals and some intriguing new games. But to be silent for a whole year, and that year be the first year of your brand new console, and then just to deliver a "good" showcase, I don't think it was enough.

Pants for me personally but they delivered for the fans I guess.

Pretty disappointing, 80% advertsing games we already knew about and ones I think many werent as interested in hearing about in a Sony specific showcase. GTA? Rainbow Six? Come on...

Definitely underwhelming and for me solidifies that sony has little in their deck other than selling consoles and profiting off last gen/ current gen offerings, many of which are re-releases.

Nope, disappointment again.

I think the only two real “surprises” were KOTOR and Wolverine. Both are probably years away. But still a decent presentation.

Yeah they nailed it for me. Next year is packed!

Not necessarily a lot pf games that I will play but it did surely pack a punch!

It was great - uncharted remakes over a new release was a disapointment - and no Final Fantasy 16 was a shame - also hoped we might see/hear something about factions, or the rumoured MGS remake. And more about Horizon of course. BUT - WOLVERINE! SPIDERMAN 2! WHEN DO INSOMNIAC SLEEP. INSANITY. And God of War looked fantastic.

I wasn't sure - but was KOTOR remake exclusive?

Honestly very middle of the road, apart from the few minutes in the end. Some trailers like the eve game and extraction were unnecessarily long. In a vacuum this was a good show but considering that Sony has been radio silent for most of this time it was a little underwhelming. Insomniac though, they have been on complete fire.

You could have skipped all, but the last 5 to 7 mins and not missed anything. Spiderman 2 will not release 2023, and GOW looked like the first one. It did not look like the PS5 pushed that game any further than the first. The showcase was okay, but definitely not worth waiting a year for.

Could of skipped the first half hour, I thought it was going to end up being disappointing, felt liked they just slapped a few trailers together of games we already knew about. The last 4 games shown made it all worth while

Post show is more interesting

First half was terrible overall, way too much time spent on duds.

That final third was amazing though, just disheartening how we have no solid dates for GOW Ragnarok or GHOSTWIRE.

Overall a good event, just needed less third party garbage.

7.5/10

It's no wonder they didn't turn up to E3, they didn't want to embarrass everyone else

@Rob_230 KOTOR is a timed exclusive.

Some surprises, some expecteds, some “mehs” and some “what the cauliflower cheese?”.

One thing that does disappoint me is how the art styles of many of the games shown is so similar, that when the quick fire summary video at the end is shown so many mould into each other you’d think it was all one big series bar a few.

Insomniac saved the event.

It was okay. Nothing particularly blew me away.

Started off well with Knights, Project EVE and Forspoken, tailed off a bit during the middle (Deathloop? We all feel like we're already in a loop with this game!) but then killed it at the end.

Wolverine. Spider-Man 2 and God of War Ragnorak.

Slightly disappointed there was nothing from Naughty Dog or Final Fantasy stuff but overall it was a good to very good show.

I'd give it 8/10.

I didn't get anything on my list. So... it was ok I guess but I'm not excited for the future of PS5 yet. Maybe I'm dead inside.

It delivered and then some. I'm actually impressed and more interested in Forspoken than Horizon FW. Not something I expected to say. God of War looks brilliant, so does Project Eve. GT7, outstanding. Time to start saving money for 2022.

I always vote 'very good' on these sort of things just to annoy the people who moan

Wolverine, Spiderman, Uncharted on PC and that cute animal controlling game, decent.

Not fussed about anything else and God of War looked identical to the last game. Which isn't a bad thing, but it hasn't blown me away.

I voted Good.

KOTOR aside it was pretty weak to start off but once the 1st party section happened i was blown away, my jaw dropped at Wolverine and God of War looks incredible.

Ok/Good showcase.

Weird to not put release dates in the showcase itself for the exclusives other than Spidey 2023. And a surprise that more exclusives weren’t shown, though not sure it was even needed.

But Hurst confirmed GT for March 2021.

Surely God of War Ragnorok is going to be June, right?!

That just disappointed me in many ways. Annoying updates that we didn't need were filling up the showcase instead of actual new titles.

@Rob_230 yeah kotor is a ps5 console exclusive according to an other push square article.

It was OK, the exciting announcements were just cinematic trailers and years away.

Far too much focus on games we've already seen a lot of and stuff like GTAV and Uncharted PS5 ports were unnecessary, plus that 5 minute nonsense chess video at the start.

God of War looked good but this could have been half the time and better for it

5/10

It was alright. That Korean Bayonetta-y game was pretty cool. KOTOR remake might be cool as well, although they didn't show any gameplay, so it's hard to say anything about that either way. Still don't know what to feel about Forspoken.

I appreciate Spider Man 2 and GoW Ragnarok were exciting for people, even if they don't do much for me.

Doesn't really make me want to part with money for a PS5, unfortunately, but I can't say it was bad. Not For Me/10.

i'm happy, i'm sure there are people that are never happy , and no matter what sony announces they'll still complain.

The first party showcased really saved this show. Otherwise, Forspoken and Project Eve look really cool. Everything else ranged from okay to great. Not the best show ever, but it got the job done.

Forspoken and Eve impressed me in terms of gameplay and wolverine for the hype train

What’s that Ghostwire; looks crazy. Eve looks alright

Honestly the gt7 release date is all I care about but spider man, kotor and gow look pretty cool too

What a show! Wolverine, Spider-Man being a highlight for me. Kotor as well!

Project Eve looks awesome, people really sleeping on that and I don't really know why

Great showcase. My Xbox is not going to be seeing much action going forward.

wow.... speachless with utter disappointment. Time to dabble in other gaming modalities.

Hmm, I thought it was a showcase with a lot of variety but I guess you can't please everyone.

It wasn't Oh My God, I can't believe it hype BUT they showed better games than either Xbox or Nintendo did this summer, of that there is no doubt.

WOLVERINNNNNEEEEEEE AND GRAN TURISSSSMOOOOO

Need I say more?

Definitely gutted we’ve still not found out what the hell Abandoned is. Most bizarre moment in time ever.

Also no PS+ update which was hotly suggested. Stumped by they to be honest.

They showed GOW 2, so that was good enough for me.

@Cherip-the-Ripper LOTR is launch exclusive so most likely exclusive for a year, but still enough time to be a massive system seller

i feel that if this was just a state of play with only the 2nd half then it would have been a 10.

but the entire show felt more like a gamescom type show with only the 2nd half being a PS showcase worty event.

Half and half. Some great, some Deathloop. Good surprises.

Had to be the best showcase I've seen in ages.

@Ralizah same, I've no reason to get a PS5 for at least 2 years by the look of this. The 3 games I'll want were just cinematic trailers and the likely first coming in 2023

Wolverine was a great surprise. GoW trailer, unsurprisingly, was amazing. project eve, forespoken and ghostwire Tokyo are on my radar too.

Nothing but God of War for me.

I got a GT7 release date, and a good few new games I’m interested in. As a game only showcase I don’t think I could have asked for much more.

It was pretty terrible as a showcase, announcement wise? Yeah that aspect was great, but it showed barely anything besides "title, 15 second cgi trailer"

God of War 2, Forspoken, Ghostwhire and Wonderlands were the highlights- while I'm excited for SWTORR, I need more than a logo to be satisfied and have big hype

Great showcase overall. I'm excited for Kotor, Project Eve and Wolverine. I don't feel the hype for Spider-man 2 or Ragnarok for some reason. It's probably fatigue from the series.

The first 30 minutes were trash. Stuff we’ve seen before (and wish we hadn’t ...Deathloop). Stuff we already played 5-10 years ago (Alan Wake, GTA V, Uncharted 4 zzz). Crazy Japanese stuff that gives me a headache.

Then, the thing we all tuned in for... PS exclusives!

Wolverine! Awesome but one 15 second CGI trailer (that doesn’t reveal anything at all really) isn’t going to cut it I’m afraid.

God of War Ragnarok ... looks amazing. No release date... probably 2023.

Spider-man 2 ... looks amazing. 2023 release date. Probably 2024.

GT 7. Not into racing games unfortunately. Looks nice though.

This was Sony’s moment to sell the PS5... and basically, we don’t need to buy one for another 2 years...

Wolverine, GT7, Uncharted Remastered, Spider-Man 2, Alan Wake, KotOR, Project Eve, and closing with GoW2. There were some duds, but if you were disappointed then I don't know what to tell you. I'm sure Sammy and the gang will find a million things to complain about so don't worry about having miserable fans on your side.

I really think it was okay. People saying "very good" are fooling themselves based on the last 6 minutes. Tons of non exclusive games, Deathloop again...was expecting a bit more gameplay out of God of War.
Thank god we have Santa Monica and the genious Insomniac to save the day.
Insomniac doesn't stop, it's unreal!

Deathloop again really?

But Star Wars: KoToR remake, Eve, Forspoken, Wolverine, Spiderman 2, GT 7, Ghostwire Tokyo, God of War: Ragnarok.

I'm quite pleased overall.

Kotor, Ragnarok and Wolverine take the cake. I know I set myself up for disappointment hoping for mgs, silent hill or shenmue, but I can't help myself.
90% was stuff we knew was on its way, but all good stuff.

Great show and so many new games that I want to buy and wishlist!

It was alright.

The only games that excited me were the Marvel games. I think I’ve realised that PlayStation just isn’t for me anymore.

It was like it was catered specifically to my interests (sans Uncharted and GotG). I was worried I was wasting my time like I did with Gamescom until they opened up with KOTOR.

I already went in with low expectations and still was disappointed.
Alot of the games we already knew about and the last 5-10mins does not make up for the showcase as a whole .

alot of the games that were shown last year like Tokyo Ghostwire still dont have a release date .

and its really hard to get excited over the wolverine and spiderman 2 trailers when they were just CGI trailers .

overall the showcase was a 6/10

@Kanji-Tatsumi eve is liquid sex. See how fluid she is putting manners on those brutes pony tail swishing all around; phenomenal

It was ok but after a year of nothing and no big fall exclusives outside of a timed-exclusive from a now-MS owned dev that will never see a sequel on PS5, I expected a lot more. Wolverine was the highlight, that and Spider-Man 2 will be awesome and just further cements Insomniac as the crown jewel of PS Studios right now. It's carrying the PS5 right now.

First 30 minutes.
Some multi platform games.
Some remakes.
Not a great first 30 minutes breaking it down.
Last ten that was Sony Studios was ok.
Not sure why Sony don’t excite me as much as the PS3 and definitely the PS4 days.
Maybe I’ve been gaming with them to long.
I think with the Sony Studio games
Wolverine, spider man 2 and GOW2 calm and waiting patiently is in order.
I don’t think Sony are for me much more.

Gow was only game of interest the rest was mostly rubbish.

When the claws shot out of Logan's fists, I literally slapped the table in front of me and yelped in excitement, nearly giving my mother a heartache. Hahaha!! Personally, I thought Sony did a fantastic job today. Having a showing that strong with how the state of the world is right now wasn't an easy task, but I think they did great.

So about that the last of us 2 factions and naughty dog telling us to watch this event ….

Also it would of been cool to hear what all the other teams are working on if they're willing to show a two second trailer for wolverine.
Like what the heck is the days gone dudes making. Are sucker punch working on a GOT2 or Infamous reboot, What's happening with twisted metal, Is there a Alan wake 2 coming out. Etc
They could of cut the ( please for the love of god buy death loop
Section) for something more substantial if they're willing to give a tease for something that isn't coming out until 2023

The first half of the show was horrible but luckily PS Studios saved the day. My PS4 will be happy until 2023.

It makes me laugh people were acting like Sony had nothing being developed for 2022. In 2022 you get Horizon, GT7, and Forspoken all in a 4 month span. That's ridiculous to start a year.

The showcase was absolutely terrible. They spent 35 of the 40 minutes showing games that we've already seen before. Only the last 5 minutes were good when they showed all exclusives.

No Metal Gear Solid Remake, no Silent Hill. As far as I'm concerned, those game don't exist, they are what they are and that's rumours.

Meh. It was was some FPPs and Marvel TPPs and that is all I will remember.

What a ***** show.

I think it was decent. Cringed at Deathloop though. Not too fussed about new games for this year. Enough third party games all the way until Horizon. As for true PS5 exclusives, it is simply not financially worth releasing too many of those atm. Games with PS5 versions is good enough for now. Unless you think PS4 sucked. Because it started with less games. At least we saw some future games.

Every game was great that they showed expect for Deathloop.

Project Eve looked amazing, Forspoken looked great.

I will play Tiny Tina because Tina can be fun sometimes, although I hope she's playable.

Ghostwire and Rainbox six looked great.

The worst part of the show was Deathloop by far, even though we got more news about the main character. Alan Wake also didn't look that good.

Blood Hunt looked alright.

Tchia is going to be a surprise hit because that game looks adorable.

Cautiously optimistic about KOTOR, and GoW Ragnarok looks incredible!
Forspoken could be a surprise hit, and Insomniac... Well it's Insomniac 🙌
But I've made my decision and I'm getting the Series X as soon as I can find one for a normal price -_-

@Jireland92
I know where you are coming from.
Loved Sony in the PS3 and PS4 days.
Maybe I have PlayStation syndrome but they don’t excite as much as they used.

One of the WORST showcases I've ever seen. The fact PS5 seems to now be the Marvel HQ and I DESPISE all things superhero makes me want to throw my PS5 in the trash. Forspoken has awful facial animations and God of War Ragnorok looks so last gen it could have been released in 2018. Hated the entire thing. Seriously considering selling my PS5 at this point. The focus seems to be on games I'd never play.

The whole middle section of the show and that weird ad they started with was hilariously bad. But at least project eve, forspoken, and ghostwrite Tokyo, keep looking more and more interesting. Not a huge comic book fan but a wolverine game by insomniac sounds every bit as fun as you'd think so I'm very curious about that. And venom in a spiderman game is all I need to know that I want to play that game

No ffxvi was a bummer but expected

I feel it was perhaps overhyped, which isn't completely Sony's fault. I would really have liked to have more of what Sony Studios are up to, off the top of my head only Polyphony, Sony Santa Monica and Insomniac (especially Insomniac) showed up. Still, suggests there is still a lot more to come.

Really wish we got some updates on PSPlus/Now though and really starting to think that Bluepoint acquisition was some sort of mass collective hallucination!

I'm in it mostly for the wow moments, and KOTOR and Wolverine certainly gave us that at least

Some visually impressive games but lacking in variety for me - pretty much all shooting or whacking. Would have like to have seen more GT 7 too.

I’m sure it was great if you’re a big marvel fan. I’m just really burnt out on superheroes to be honest

I thought that kind of sucked, personally. Bunch of same old, same old.

Understand now why Horizon Forbidden West was pushed back... they needed some big games for 2022.

@fR_eeBritney
I said basically the same, did not really do it for me.
Lots of multi platform and remake games.
GT is a boring simulator to me.

Got more Ghostwire footage and some Ragnarok, so I'd rate it okay. The monster design in Project Eve was neat as well.

Star Wars and superhero stuff do absolutely nothing for me, so I was just sitting there blank-faced while (I'd assume) many fans were screaming incoherently out of sheer hype. I've also been shown Deathloop way more times than I cared to see it and that Gran Turismo trailer felt like it ran for three years.

The showcase at best was 6/10. Not many of the games were interesting. Hoping more games get announced at TGS.

Insomnia games and God of War saved this sh*t show. lol

I think they delivered but I wasn't personally hyped about new info. Honestly that Eve game intrigued me the most - mostly just because I've never heard of it before and it looked like it could be decent.

Wolverine will likely be good but CGI teasers do nothing for me.

That game where you can possess animals looked like it could be good but I didn't really get a sense of the gameplay.

God of War looks good but I was expecting that. Not much more they can do to get me to buy it!

Hey!!! It was a great show!!! Wolverine & Kotor were pleasant surprise!! Pretty much excited for Spiderman 2, GT7 and obviously was looking forward God of War:Ragnarok like crazy!!! An interesting thing regarding GoW:R, since sometime around GoW’s 2018 release, there was an article/rumour of the game story will be trilogy, but now I somewhat doubt that…

@TeapotBuddha that island game looked fun!

No Final Fantasy XVI but damn, Wolverine and Spider-Man 2 with Venom. The start of this show felt sluggish for me but the last 10 minutes sure redeemed this showcase. Insomiac is on the roll

Of course it didn't , lol . arent the answers always no ?

@QBGaming12 yea Ghostwire and Rainbow Six brought the next gen vibes. Eve looked a little out of place taking on those monstrosities Alan Wake will tide me over Halloween; reeks of €35 max hope they don’t go nuts

It was good.i was hoping for bluepoint metal gear remake.bloodborne remake.sly cooper or a resistance game.but god of war ragnarok looks amazing.wolverine game wow.that eve game looks like a platinum type bayonetta game.etc.it was cool.spiderman 2.etc.word up son

It was good. Project Eve looks badass! KOTOR remake is an awesome surprise as well. I really didn't need to see Deathloop again. At this point it feels like Sony is just beating a dead horse by showing it. God of War is always a welcome contribution to any presentation.

The most interesting game here for me was an indie Super Mario Odyssey ripoff and I don't even want that, tells you all you need to know about what I thought about it. Still not enough to make me want a PS5, wake me up when we get a new Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, Gravity Rush, Knack, or any new IP with a similar vibe to those games, those are the kind of IPs I'm waiting on.

Also don't get why everyone keeps creaming their pants over Marvel games like Spider Man and Wolverine. Marvel is oversaturated enough as is in movies, we don't need to see 5000 Marvel video games as well.

@munstre ''gearbox trash'' haha , yeah , that tiny-tina game just looks like borderlands 3 DLC . mediocre to say the least.

The only disappointing thing from this showcase is that playstation have nothing for thus year apart from kena Bridge of spirits and dishonoured 3

@Jireland92 LOL It's lonely out here for non-Marvel fans. Feels like I've been drowning in superheroes I don't really like for years now.

But yeah, while I'm excited for Horizon Forbidden West, I'm mostly feeling the same way. Happy for people who are excited for this, but I'm not feeling it, personally.

A few games Looked good, but wanted actual dates for 2022 (I am full for 2021)

My list only got one more game (GT) on March 2022. But I'll take it. That still gives me 7 months of a clear schedule 😀

wow some of you really need to get off their computers more , you read fake rumors and get upset that it didn't happen.

@velio84 the deluge of Marvel stuff casts a grim forecast. Already hitting us with a sequel to the latest Spidey reboot Wolverine’s a solid enough fella though; could be ok

The funny thing about a Playstation studio developing a Wolverine game is that I couldn't get TLoU out of my head when I was watching Logan. I guess it really is a match made in heaven.

After all this time, that was a poor-ass showing. Aside from the final 10 minutes, Project EVE, and GhostWire Tokyo, that sucked.

@SystemAddict Project Eve looked awesome for a game being shown for the first time anywhere. I feel like people are sleeping on how impressive that game looked. Sony even gave it a decent amount of time.

Alan Wake just looks meh for a remaster.

It was good. Definitely surprised by the Wolverine and Kotor remake announcements. I was hoping for something from Silent Hill or Metal Gear news or possibly a release date for FFXVI. Fingers crossed for a Tokyo game show announcement!

The last 8 minutes did!!! The rest was p00 tho Thank GOD for the AMAZING PlayStation Exclusives at the end

I can't believe playstation are getting freaking wolverine and star wars old Republic wow..but forspoken left me speechless it looks just looks like magic

Guess I’m easily pleased and am happy to be so. There are some exciting games in the pipeline. Great show.

@Orpheus79V exactly man that came outta left field

It was okay for me. I can't get excited for timed exclusive games. GoW doesn't really excite me. I played the previous one a few months ago since it's in the Plus collection, but I thought it was a nice looking, average game.
I'm not into Marvel games. So only thing that I'm looking forward to is Gran Turismo.
Was hoping for some new IPs.

Spider-Man 2 2023 😳

@Gremio108
Sooo...good...but not great? Or simply ok?

There was a part of it that was starting to get me worried about it being bad but then the 1st party segment saved it big time. So overall - good!

I really was expecting some complete wild cards but they never materialised, though KOTR was a nice touch and gave me goose bumps and pure nostalgia.

GoW stole the show for me. Was sad we didn’t get any PS+ subscription updates though.

I think a good show on the whole but not groundbreaking.

This is what happens when you starve your fans for so long when it comes to info. You get a bunch of fake nonsense. Playstation has the fakest insiders and the current Playstation leadership is antagonistic in the moves they make towards the hardcore base.

Rant out of the way. Project Eve looked fun. Forespoken, the story doesn't sound too hot but the gameplay looks alright. GT7 looks good. Insomniac still the MVP of PlayStation right now, they're crazy over there. Ghostwire looked cool, i'm looking forward to that. God of War looked ok(definitely looked like a cross gen game). The trailer really didn't deliver to me.

Overall, the showcase was weak on the surprises other than Wolverine and Kotor. Stuff like Abandoned look even stranger by the minute by not showing up lol.

no Finny the fish 2!!! outraged!!!!
Trashing my ps5 and getting an Atari 2600 right now!!

It was a good presentation overall, looks like there’s going to be some fun stuff coming in the next six months or so.

@Bolt_Strike thats the problem you are expecting games that aren't coming.

Considering Sony really needed to deliver, they just didn’t. It was no better than Xbox’s E3 showcase, it was actually very similar but obviously with different exclusives. The last part of the showcase saved it imo and I’m looking forward to most of the exclusives. But overall Sony needed to (in Sammy’s words) bring the house down and I think most can agree it really didn’t.

Pretty tough crowd around here. I thought it was great! It had a sprinkling of the known, the unknown, and the completely unexpected. Who was it that said “Eh, Insomniac just released two games within the last year so we’re not going to see anything from them in a while.” 😂. Granted Wolverine is probably a couple years off, but still. That studio is just on another level.

Project Eve looks great! But not many surprises besides Wolverine and Knights of the Old Republic. God of War looked pretty cool. I'm also starting to get a little nervous with all the super hero games. I don't want to see what happened to the movie industry happen to the game industry.

Hopefully Wolverine is where they cut it off. Overall an OK showing today.

Lots of games coming in 2 years time for a console you’ll have trouble getting for the next 2 years.

It was a good 2023 preview, but it didn’t sell me on scouring the world for a PS5 in the meantime.

I voted Okay. God of War looks good, did I miss the release date? KOTOR is a big announcement but nothing was shown. The games I would be interested in were all CGI trailers which kinda sucked.

Forespoken looked massively disappointing. The lead waffling on a load of cringey nonsense didn’t help.

Anyone voting poor or very poor is on the wrong site. If u did and only own a PlayStation 5/4, then u need to sell ur console and move to another system, cause this is Sony! For me, it was missing at least 1 big banger but it was still good if not really good.

Aye overall I thought it was good. The first party stuff looked good, the flashes of gameplay from God of war looked good, insomniac amaze me and GT7 looks good though I like my racers more arcadey. The bayonetta looking thing looked decent and I'm up for kotor.

Project EVE and Ghostwire looked promising.

Not too excited for Sony's first party offerings, looks like they are going for the safest, most proven money makers possible. Which is understandable since these games are getting so expensive to make... but still makes me miss the weirdness and creativity of Sony of the past.

Also a bit sad that Insomniac is now a full time Marvel/superhero dev. I had hoped for something different from them.

Oh well, I'm still looking forward to hearing more of PSVR2, and will put my faith in that instead.

It was a weird conference for me because they showed some great stuff but there's also so many games they didn't show which im really wanting to see.
Is it weird to think there might be too many games being released next year? lol

@oconnoclast lol more people are starting to think that. In the event that was the case, id have some serious questions for PlayStation leadership as to how they allowed that to happen. That wouldn't be a good look on them so I have my doubts that's the case despite how incompetent Blu Box looks.

Sony better be thanking their lucky stars that they secured Insomniac because they're carrying PlayStation big time.

Not being mean but all the people that say PlayStation isn't for you anymore. Does that mean you'll no longer be posting on PushSquare?

I hope so, maybe this site would be better if it was just full of fanboys instead of all you moaner😝

Also, pray do tell what Xbox and Nintendo have in their pipeline that's so much more exciting than PlayStation? I'm not seeing it. Maybe you're just bored of gaming altogether.

🙄

Definitely excited for GoW2, Spiderman 2, and Wolverine. Definitely a decent show, but I’m glad I have both consoles this gen. Dev cycles are just so long now.

I thought it was pretty good but then again I don't live on Twitter. The bayonetta type game with the Japanese girl looks ready good, GOW, GT7, Spiderman 2 etc all look amazing. The girl with the speaking bracelet looks like westernized crap, that's the only game to me that doesn't look good.

Excited for Forsaken, GT7, Eve Project, and intrigued by Wolverine. As for Spider-Man…I liked the first, but got MM on PS5 and I was bored pretty much from the start as it was exactly the same. More of the same again doesn’t appeal; God of War I didn’t like either, but want to give it another shot at some point. Can’t play the new uncharted remasters until I play the old ones…Will try Alan Wake, gives me Deadly Premonition vibes, not interested in any of the first person shooters or online multiplayer games, they inevitably become repetitive. I didn’t like KotOR when I got it originally, mainly as the party members levelled with my character, but I think I’d like that time saving mechanism now.
Overall, for me, a 7, generally for the market I’d say a 9.

Mostly enjoyed it. Quite a few games im going to buy so I suppose it did its job. And 2022 is looking very good. Just wish they hadn't shown deathloop again!
The good thing is they still have plenty of games left to show, I think Sony's future is very bright.

Decent show! Love the output of imsomniac and GoW ragnarok. Will buy GT 7 because i have good memories regarding classic GT.

Ps: not going to buy deathloop. Im so sick of seeing that game..

@oconnoclast Well I was expecting to see Sony’s answer to Game Pass. Last year in November, Jim Ryan said there would be “news to come” in response to Game Pass… it’s now almost a year since and we’re still waiting for that response.

Also I thought they would of shown limited edition PS5s, like MS did with the Halo Infinite Series X console and controller. There’s a few other designs too.

There’s no exclusives shown in that showcase that is coming out this year, some are next year, others are 2 and 3 years away. At least Xbox has a couple of big hitters out with Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5.

If Spiderman 2 is couch co op Peter Parker and miles??? Will be amazing I love venom as a character aswell !

@Culjoseth the problem , is those people either think announcements that aren't happening are going to be made , or they read every single rumor they find on reddit and believe all of them.

@Col_McCafferty People can nag all they want when playstation shows deathloop again. #boycot deathloop

@MaccaMUFC
So you wanted news about how to get games cheap and news about cosmetic changes to hardware?…OK.
And there were plenty of upcoming games shown. The next 6 months are crazy, those games are what I’m happy about.

GT7 with old campaign is nice.God of War was good but i dont think it will top the first one.Nothing really exciting.I would love to see Mad Max 2 or Twisted Metal

@MaccaMUFC with only 3 months left to this year , you were expecting them to announce a new game out of the blue to come out ?

@BrettAwesome I enjoyed it, although I'm always easily pleased with these things. Realistically I'll probably only play God of War and Spiderman, but some of the others looked good too. I'd say 'good' if pushed for a serious answer, although it did take its time to get going.

@Sanquine LOL I'm not sure I fully understand the Deathloop hate. Is it because of the publisher being owned by Microsoft now?

I'm not personally interested in it, but some people seem to be taking the game's existence as a personal insult.

@Rob_230 TImed for console. Likely on PC at launch

Pre ordered dishonoured 3 the other day off amazon, for some reason they are calling it deathloop 🤔

btw if you missed it Cory teased he was working on a game thats not ready to show off yet. can't wait till the next event.

KoTOR, Gran Turismo 7 and GhostWire: Tokyo were my standouts. Not really feeling the rest that were shown.

It was very mediocre or maybe I’m getting too old for this..

@Ilovecoffee you are getting old

@MaccaMUFC but the PS5 has had returnal, ratchet, spiderman MM, sackboy, demon souls already since launch. Yes the xbox has 2 big hitters coming soon, but that's really their first big hitters since the console has launched! And I say this as someone who's had a series x day one and has been waiting for something 1st party to play on it!
The start of 2022 is looking very good for Sony.

I didn't enjoy most of it at the time, but looking at it retrospectively, I really liked it. I think there was a lot of good stuff, but it seemed poorly edited and paced.

I liked Project Eve, Forespoken, KOTOR Remake, God of War: Ragnarok, Spider-Man 2, and Wolverine.

And I know it confused many people, but as a Radiohead fan, I loved that there was a weird Radiohead thing in there.

I thought this was awesome! Not every game is for me, but many were, and I thought the pacing and editing were great and a few omg moments made this one a keeper!

@twitchtvpat Man, I would hope the Sony fan base would be smarter than that. Sounds like 1 of the other fan bases 😂😂.

It was a solid 7 out of 10. Not amzing but not bad. Better than the previous playstation showcase, especially with surprises like KOTOR and Wolverine catching me off guard.

However, did people really need to be reminded about GTA5 and Deathloop again? Also, why Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy? Why not the entire collection? The rest ranged from okay (RS: Extraction, GotG and Borderlands) to very promising (Forespoken and Project Eve). Though that's just my opinion.

Imo, I'd take another Horizon 2 gameplay sneak peak over another Deathloop trailer lol

@KundaliniRising333 Tell me you’re an xbot without telling me you’re an xbot.

Sure did. Apart from GTA V and Tchia, everything else was good.

Seems to me that the rumors that Sony seems to be pushing more towards those big movie experience games wasn't wrong. The presentation definitely seemed geared towards stuff like that...seems like we'll probably never get stuff like a new Medieval or Sly Cooper or even wacky stuff like Twisted Metal, unless Sony can cram a deep compelling story to it. Kind of a shame personally. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited for the new God of War and Horizon but it feels like Sony takes itself to seriously nowadays. Like they're the gourmet 5 star restaurant of gaming.

It was good, not great.

Not much there that had me jumping out of my seat.

I will be interested to see what Insomniac does with Wolverine. But that's probably a way off.

It was nice to see a little bit of God of War - much to the PS4 games credit, it really didn't look THAT much more advanced on PS5. But that game looked incredible as it was, so there isn't much more that can be done to improve the look. I didn't see a release date, though.

Not going to bother with Uncharted 4/Lost Legacy Remastered on PS5 - 60fps and DualSense won't be worth $10 - which I am sure Sony will charge.

I will be interested to see if KOTOR is timed exclusive or not. If so, I will probably wait for Series X version. I just prefer to keep the PS5 my exclusives machine (personal preference, nothing against PS5).

Overwhelmingly good. Fair play, they caught me off guard more than once!

@Angelus3K I have never owned an X box, and played an xbox 360 game once. I have been a loyal PS fan since the PS1.

I am simply able to be objective and call BS when i see it. Blind loyalty is willful ignorance, and right now I see a ton of BS. Just so ya know, when i referenced other modalities i was referring to PC.

This isnt about childish console war nonsese. It's about a company engaging in excessive profiteering, false advertising, and misinformation to perpetuate that greed alongside offering little to NO communication and engagement with those that literally support their financial security and have for decades.

@Saucymonk Your loss!

Project Eve and GOW. Everything else whatever.

And please god no more generic sounding rock music in games it completely kills the vibe.

@MaccaMUFC Yeah they're finally releasing first party games, a year after their console released and both games are on old consoles. For Ps5 the rest of the year you has Kena, Deathloop, and whatever big 3rd party games. 2022 you have Horizon, GT7, and Forspoken to start the year out in a the first 5 months alone. That's insane.

@Col_McCafferty "they showed better games than either Xbox or Nintendo did this summer, of that there is no doubt"
In your opinion fella!

@QBGaming12 Bit salty about Deathloop because of the whole Microsoft thing I'm guessing? 🤦‍♂️

No Pragmata or Stray footage. That disappointed me.

Got some games that caught my attention. It was good in my book.

Would've liked to see more of Little Devil Inside since the original trailer charmed the pants off of me just over a year ago.

Seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet.

@Eldritch777 No? I'm just tired of seeing it like 20 times. The game looks awesome. I could care less about the Bethesda thing lol.

I'm happy to still be getting some new games for my PS4. Insomniac are carrying the PS5 right now.

people realize there are still a lot more games to be announced right ?

good but curious how insomniac are gonna explain miles morales venom shock as he shouldn't have that power yet he doesn't get it much letter in original comic books after getting absolutely destroyed by venom

This was a weak showcase overall, they devoted too much to previously announced games and remasters when the last section should have been the primary focus. Alan Wake and GTA V are 2 gens removed from now and they hardly look any better.

Insomniac is really the only studio carrying the PS5 with news that both Wolverine and Spider-Man 2 are PS5 exclusives though I wish they showed in-engine footage to really see what more PS5-only games are capable of. Makes me think they're quite a long way off, esp Wolverine which has no year attached.

I was a little let down by both GT 7 and GoW Ragnarok. GT 7 looked visually downgraded to me from its initial reveal last year and GoW Ragnarok so far looks like an expansion rather than a full blown sequel with seemingly recycled locations, models and animations. I'm sure they'll both turn out great but can't help but wonder how incredible they would have been if they were made for PS5 only.

Honestly, it's looking to me like the PS5 is losing steam. I was definitely expecting much more in the way of new IP or even just PS5 exclusives and I really don't think they delivered. There still not giving us any urgency to buy a PS5, imo. And hell, given how long they're apparently going to be supply-strained for, that might just be a good thing.

One thing is for sure, first-party wise, Insomniac is damn near carrying the PS5 on its own. I am utterly stunned that they just announced two more PS5 games after already releasing two in just the last year.

That said, I to roll my eyes at the Uncharted remaster. I figured Spider-Man wasn't going to be a one-off, so of course Sony isn't done selling us their old games again instead of providing free upgrades for them, but come the hell on. It just seems downright ridiculous at this point that they're going in on remasters once again, for pretty much the third generation in a row. Oh, and naturally they announced a PC version at an event for PlayStation...because OF COURSE they friggin did. Because Sony chasing after the PC market is evidently just as important to them as chasing after would-be PlayStation owners!

It was good! I would say very good but everything is so far away it deflates it just a little bit.

Not a fan of Horizon, GoW or Grab Turismo, and never finished Spider-Man, just got bored with it. The Square Enix game looks interesting gameplay wise, but the character art/animation was lacking.

Insomniac already released the two games I've had the most FUN playing on my PS5 and now not only a reveal of Spider-Man 2 but Wolverine as well!

We got to see some faces and not just a announcers voice made me very happy. After the long wait it was just good to hear from Sony. While every title didn't grab my attention, the ones that did made it a very good showing for me.

@twitchtvpat Well if they want my money, they need to make games I'd want to play. How do they expect to get new PS5 owners if they make the same kinds of games?

What I'm asking for isn't exactly unreasonable, especially when adding the "or any new IP with a similar vibe" part. Past Playstation consoles have always had some form of game like those IPs even if they haven't continued the same IPs I loved from the previous consoles (in fact, for the most part it's been new IPs that have drawn me in to the next console and the older ones I do want haven't really continued). They haven't shown such an IP on PS5 yet.

@twitchtvpat There are always more games yet to be revealed...

I was not expecting the KOTOR remake and was skeptical about it until hearing from aspyr at the end that it is more than just a spit and polish being applied, thank goodness.
Otherwise I was underwhelmed until Herman showed up with Wolverine! GT7 and GoW were great.

@art_of_the_kill they showed off a bunch of new ips? you realize there is still way more for them to show off right? Cory's san monica game , what naughty dog , sucker punch, sony bend and their new san deigo studio are working on , all those 2nd party studios they are partnering with, thats not even including team asobi and firesprite.

@Bolt_Strike key word is yet, well hopefully they'll announce something that changes your mind

@Col_McCafferty

I dunno bro. Metroid Dread is looking stellar and I’m way more excited to play it next month than GOW 2 next year.

Shrug didn't think alot of this most things shown were no surprise
Thanks for the GTA5 reminder......
No GOW release date
No GT7 release date
Devs of abandon had a chance here
Anybody else think Deathloop will flop?
It was Crash bandicoot birthday and nothing?
To the people saying it was great and saying oh there's much more to be announced just wait...that should ps5s slogan " "Just wait to play", problem here is its been ages since sony brought some news, then we expect more and they can never meet it

@Eldritch777 No loss for me. There is literally nothing for me to get excited about on Xbox. Tell me what I should be looking forward to?

@Ralizah I think it more has to do with expecting new games. We have seen deathloop 5 times now? I also dont want Sony investing in timed exclusives

I thought it was great! Really enjoyed seeing
Star Wars KOTOR
Project Eve
Forspoken
Guardians of the Galaxy
GT7
Spider-Man 2
Wolverine
God of War

Most likely will get them all but some of them I want to see more of first. Don't need Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection but I'm a sucker for Uncharted so will get that anyway. lol

Just wish they had Resistance, inFAMOUS or even Killzone to show. Would have been nice to see at least one of those instead of GTA V or Deathloop again.

As great as the showcase was, majority of the games shown will not be releasing anytime soon, which sours it a bit for me. Still a good show, though.

I voted okay because Venom would be a cool boss, as for Wolverine, I hope they don't just make Spider-Man/Miles Morales with Logan. I had a little interest in Project Eve and GoW (mostly because I still haven't played my copy of the first game) but I remembered KotOR after voting and wanted to change my answer to good. Oh well !