I understand fashion needs to be updated, it's been a few decades after all, but the art has really lost all the sauce. Flannel and a tank-top could work, but the looks needs to be a bit more stylized. She's a speed demon let her look aggressive, put some attitude into her facial expression!

It's Twitter, of course the hate is relentless and uplifted by the algorithm, the point of the platform is to be negative. Usually about the dumbest of things: linear game is linear, the R&C dev made some old-school boss battles SHOCKER, or that Jean doesn't have 1 of the 2 face shapes they like on women. That's not to say the game looks perfect or is free of criticism just from the previews and trailers, but Twitter is not the place to go to for thoughtful discussion.

I wonder if they'll leave the graphic style raw like in the og or cell-shade it to better match the cartoon. It has an old school look for sure, so I'm not sure they'll be super happy leaving it as-is, just hope we get an option to switch between both.

A realisitc UE5 gacha dark-fantasy RPG? Interesting idea, though I don't think they needed to make it that drab. The style seems too limited and moody for their bread & butter money makers, but I'm sure they're accounting for that.

Makes sense, people playing it like that are unlikely to care about trophies/achievements anyway. Though it would be nice if you could still earn non-combat related trophies, any miscellaneous "get to this area", "get all Legendary weapons", etc trophies as a compromise.

The face throws off the plates design, but not enough to ruin it. It's such a solid idea with the two-tone look and transparent claw marks. Black&Yellow controller is an absolute win, what a beauty.
Guessing Saros didn't get one because they didn't want to release 2 black-yellow controllers in 1 year. lol

It's always the more dedicated fans that are going to pre-order, specially for a digital-only game, so it makes sense that they're going for the most expensive version where they can have everything. That said, it's also an era where you can just buy the deluxe upgrade at any point after purchase, so to me it makes even less sense to pay up front until reviews clarify how game changing the items are.
I'm just going to buy the normal edition on launch and then I'll upgrade later if they really make the experience better.

Glad the added the battle damage in there, that's a weird oversight. The color difference is probably from getting access to how the suit actually looks like IRL vs the suit after color grading the movie.

I really don't get what's the point for Netflix in burning bags of cash to have a 6 hour exclusivity window that's not even going to last long because a bunch of unofficial accounts are going to immediately upload this to Youtube and social media anyway.

Now I'm wondering if they called Sucker Punch for the exposed ass tech expertise.

All that debt is going to crumble EA, that's before the new ownership starts demanding changes. Sports games, Battlefield and maybe a new live service Need for Speed is going to be all we get as they futilely try to pay that down.

I've been waiting since Remake to buy the complete trilogy pack on disc. I have them on digital, except Crisis Core which I have on disc and UMD. I'd be heartbroken if they do a digital only release for Revelations. A big Trilogy Box Set should be an easy win along with the base physical release.

We'll see how the character combo trials go, ArcSys can be very demanding on them and of course it's only a Silver trophy. lol
I can't think of another fighting game that limits what "do Y, X number of times" trophies you can earn in offline MP, so I'm taking this with a handful of salt. That alone would make earning a ton of those trophies more annoying than it otherwise is in the genre.

@JohntheRaptor from what we've seen, most are wholly new characters or new versions of old characters. It's mostly bringing in the DB representation the game was weirdly missing, rounding out the GT side and some adding some old "favorites" from Tenkaichi 3. From my rough head count, there's only like 4-6 of them that are new forms counted separately. 3 SSJ's (Vegeta gt, Trunks gt, bardock), giant Piccolo db, and 2 maybes with Super 17 depending on how they count him (but likely a fusion) and cyborg Tao (who I don't remember seeing in the trailers).

EDIT: There are a handful of new repeats: Goku DB-end, Piccolo DB, Tien DB, Vegeta GT, Trunks GT, 17 GT (the devs love 17), Uub DBZ, and Might Mask (a 6th Trunks!).

True, I wouldn't have bought a console strictly for the Japan Studio games, but they did keep me using my consoles long after the system sellers had run their course.

That one of SP//dr in full mech mode is real good and Spidey in a classic swinging pose is something I expect most Peter mains to use. It's a good freebie, hope PC players get a way to earn them in game or similar poses at least.

It looks fun and probably good that it's free on PS+ to get a lot more people in the door! It's more open-ended and seemingly lengthy nature of exploring probably won't be a great fit for the short session style of the current so called "friend-slop" games that are exploding everywhere, but it's likely to attract a crowd specially thanks to PS+.

So Far Cry 7 and 8? Ok, that's cool. I enjoy the games, but they give me awful motion sickness no matter what settings I tweak on PS5, so I haven't been able to get through one in forever. I really wanted to do it with FC6 since I dig the Caribbean setting and the great Spanish dub, but it's too bloated to power through the pain.

Veilguard is also a casualty of that mess, given it was thrown around and pulled in ton of different directions before ending up the way it released, but it's also too recent.
Let some space exist from Veilguard and people will start missing the franchise and only remembering the good stuff, we already went through this with Inquisition. Then someone will pitch bringing Dragon Age back to it's roots, then it's a matter of praying that EA actually lets them rather than start telling the team they want to make it fit into whatever genre is super popular at the time.

I knew the art looked familiar. It's really solid work from him!
I imagine some of the other routes will be more serious, but I really enjoyed the more fun vibe of this part of the story. Kamala's actress in particular really knocked it out of the park with her energy and line reads.

I'm not sure I get the point of this announcement. We're getting the trilogy remakes next, that's the next Kratos game, and they are still many years away from release.

@rjejr I would appreciate a shorter game, something tighter like the Greek games would be a god send in this world of 30 hour games.

Was expecting April-May, mid-Feb is surprising and awesome!

Phoenix Force 5 Cyclops is a really, really odd choice. His eye beams will always be his main zoning tech, not sure what the Phoenix powers will bring to his kit aside from a sick Ultimate move. Cyclops, Magik and Ghost Rider, just one member short of fielding a complete fire based team.
I guess his dialogue will constantly reflect his state of mind during AvX event, can't wait to here him talk with Cap. #CyclopsWasRight

Logan x Jean romance is a disease, I need it to finally just fade into obscurity never to resurface. It's awful and it's only ever made the story it shows up in worse for it.

I dig how Sabertooth (with his furs) and Lady Deathstrike look. Really cool outfits. Not impressed with the story direction at all so far, gameplay looks fun, but I need a bit more bite to the story if this is a linear 10-15 hour experience.

@Krlozgod No yeah, I agree they look better inside the actual 3D space, but they still never fit in quite right. This has the added negative of being a model standing in front of what looks like the Dead by Daylight squad screen so it sticks out even more than it likely will in proper gameplay.
Another factor I think that will make it stand out more than in Spidey is the open mask and exposed arms. Peter and Miles are covered head to toe which helps as pass it off as the look/texture of the suit Logan will be showing his cartoony mouth and arms constantly in contrast to the rest of the game's aesthetic.

I know it's what they did in Spider-Man with animated suits, keeping the look and intentionally letting it stand out, but the Tokon suit in Wolverine looks like what you would find in a mod, specially next to the Tokon art. ArcSys taking the care to translate the Wolverine suit design to their game looks more purposeful.

It's obviously very early days and they still don't know what the deal will end up like, I could see them just buying IOI, so I get trying to be careful about the language they use.
IOI is in a fantastic bargaining position here: they made a fantastic game, everyone want a sequel from them and they're a proven studio for timely sequels, but they have Hitman to fall back on so they don't need Bond as much as Amazon needs them.

I wonder if Sony is willing to just stick it out with Marathon until Bungie has a new game ready to go? They already killed Destiny 2, it would likely look worse (for management) if there's no on-going Bungie game on the market.

Since BGS is keeping Fallout 5 for themselves. Obsidian should go crazy and make a game in the style of the og Fallouts, the game director did both Pillars of Eternity games so they know what it takes to make an isometric RPG. Cash in on the Baldur's Gate 3 mania (years late) and the Fallout show crazy (years late).

Given the speed at which MS likely wants this game, I expect it be more like a reskin of Outer Worlds 2.

Rewind is going to be great for doing the undetected level trophy.

I wish him a speedy recovery. Hope he doesn't get too in his own head feeling bad about it, accidents happen and there's nothing you can do except get healthy.

It is crazy to lock a merch store behind a subscription. IF their plan was to limit who can access "super special limited edition collectors items Championship Edition" then they can just put up the walls for those specific items. How long before they'll say something like "80% of merch sales in the store come from subscribing members" to justify this change?

Sony should never have been allowed to buy Crunchyroll while keeping Funimation. They got too big in the anime space.

@2here2there Legends features about 40 of the 66 levels in Origins. With some remixing of elements and nixing the story stuff.

I find it odd that Legends Retold isn't being billed as a 2-for-1 double pack. This is such a fantastic and gorgeous game to just be a presented as a neat little extra you get when buying Retold.

I'm glad it's back on modern consoles, seriously this deserves to be played in all its 2D glory.

Pre-registered! I'm down to give anything R&C a chance.
After GT it's the longest ongoing franchise they have and it should be treated with more respect than Sony gives it. Like it's criminal that the only playable ones on them are the reimagening of 1, Rift Apart, and the 2 PSP games. I get the Future cycle + the other 2 spin-offs are a pain due to PS3 things, but 1-4 should have already been released in the modern PS2 emulator they have, like Sly Cooper was.

@nolifebr thank you for the correction.

Kieron Gillen is a fantastic get to do the story mode, really solid comics writer.

The massive launch discounts was a very smart move by Xbox, spending $30 to play on of these for a couple weeks with friends isn't a bad investment. Though I expect the full price kicking in next month and lack of cross-play, even between PS4 and PS5, will have this dropping off a cliff in the next few months.

$30 for the full-game or $60 for both is a much better deal, and rather reasonable, than $70 or $140 at full price. Unless you're only buying for the campaign, you basically need to get the season pass and get the extra MP and Zombie maps at this point.

I fully believe they can make a quality Fallout game, but only if MS gives them the time and budget to beef up the team for it. They need new writers that can push the current group to higher levels, they need Creation Engine expertise sent in and learned. You can't expect the current people left from Avowed and Outer Worlds 2 to just make Fallout New Vegas 2 on UE5.

I wish the Pillars of Eternity team had made a Fallout in the og style, but I doubt most that expertise is still in the studio.

Killing Id Tech would be crazy. MS should be investing more in their proprietary tech, not less.

Looking at GirlVersusGame's list, most of the Caribbean just doesn't have access? So it's very likely the only reason I have access is because I live in the US colonies. lol
I know the market isn't huge over here, but we are good people broadly speaking.

@CheesyOatcake Thank you so much! That's very insightful.

It looks gorgeous!

@CheesyOatcake Quick question, since this is more about playing games outside the console space rather than using PS5 or Xs and I am rather curious. Does that mean you can't buy an Xbox game on Steam outside those 41 countries, since you are forced to connect your Microsoft account, or is the more broad availability of the Xbox PC app and Windows itself serve as an option for the games to connect to thus allowing broader availability?

I love all things Alice in Wonderland, but I'm generally not a fan of roguelikes. Hoping we get a demo, really want to see if I can vibe with it.

It really depends on what we consider DOA. Early sales will be amazing, but it will tapper out fairly fast as the rich-enough people well dries out. I expect Sony will have installment plan options, so people can pay like $30 a month for 2 years to own one, so the less fortunate among us can get in.
The price and limited availability on launch will have a similar effect to the PS5, where it will entice people to go buy it for the exclusivity of it.

MS needs a team to make Fallout games and they're perfectly positioned to take over that franchise, since Bethesda Game Studios can't work on it while working on Elder Scrolls 6.

When Like a Dragon 8 isn't even halfway there after 2 years what chance does a new IP have? Hope they're not expecting stunts like Tupac's ghost to help carry sales.

Sony should be forced to fix Vita's "purchase history" store listing before they start closing anything down. It's desperately needed search, sorting and filtering options for 15 years now, and clogged up with useless PS3 and PS4 games and DLCs.