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@B_Lindz probably a lot less, Sony would undoubtedly subsidize it & cut some corners to hit closer to Switch 2 price. This is sold at $1K for profit with both Asus and MS taking a bite of that margin.

A full-on remake makes sense if this is meant to target everyone & isn't just an excuse to put the game on PS like GoW1 was.

@dancingstar93 thank you! I have to get around to playing FFV.

3rd person melee action and puzzles? ICO remake incoming!

This is why they have Nixxes and Bluepoint as in-house solutions. With plenty of 3rd parties like Sabre & Panic Button that can do the work too.

Cheaper than a PS5 Pro at launch is interesting given PS5 prices have only risen with time. Would PS6 launch at $600 while the PS5 Pro is still $750 and the PS5 Slim $550? If PS5 prices drop $100-150 next year across the line we'll see some validity to the rumors.

SE usually hits in the art department, specially for FF games, but I question Kain's fit, I would never have recognized him in that without the pic showing his dragoon armor in the back (the rest are fantastic). Though it doesn't really feel like Dissidia without the playable big bads.

Who's the kid between the FFXIV(?) goth and Cloud?

I put an ungodly amount of hours on this game and a fair amount on the Vita version too, rough as it was. I'm surprised other kart racers haven't copied the weapon system, allowing you to stack & make more powerful weapons.

Girl from tropical island is wearing a bikini, short-shorts & has a tan, then throw in some fighting gloves so you remember she's here to fight. It's about as generic as can be, with only the thick bracelets standing out. Her costume 3 look is much better, and color matched to her powers. All that said, she does look fun to play.

@4fold did you watch the trailer? You can see plenty of jiggle in the victory scene over Zafina, and a tasteful amount when talking to Sergei & during her ultimate move.

Just drop Duodecim on the PS Store like they did for Resistance Retribution please. I don't even need trophies, I just want the game to be out of PSP hell.

There's really no need to be cheap on a "Deluxe Edition" of a game.

@PuppetMaster Sorry to intrude, but Remedy is doing all that too just at a smaller scale given they're not Capcom sized. They're making a Max Payne remake and Control 2, so they are giving their fans what they want while making new things. To continue your Capcom comparison this is their Exoprimal, a multiplayer shooter that tried something different & failed.

It's wild that you'll now be able to have a complete 3v3 all Goku fight without a single repeat character or a fusion, count is at 6 Goku's & 4 Vegeta's (counting Super Baby 2).

The eventual Trilogy pack is where it's at for physical collectors, or maybe a special 4-pack that features Reunion as well with the classic Buster Sword menu screen as box-art.

Time for the expanded version that adds a ton of content and leaves people that already got the game without an upgrade path.

I still wonder what Sony-Bungie's expectations of it are to quantify a success, it's a niche extraction shooter where the biggest player is something like Tarkov.

I really don't like shared health-bars in tag fighters, but I'm willing to give this a chance. Hopefully there's 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 modes at launch, unlike with DBFz.

ASW basically pioneered the "simple mode" controls back in the Blazblue 2 days, and have stuck to them since, I trust their balancing that with traditional controls.

That looks way better than the One's Justice games. I'm surprised they kept the blood in, that's usually a big thing the arena brawlers never have.

Yokumo's getting the double-scythe from Senran Kagura?

I fully expect next-gen to release and be the last Xbox console, because right now it seems to their benefit to have a home console for GamePass and games. That said, I wouldn't put it past MS to decide it's better to cut costs by eliminating hardware altogether as soon as possible, as the only place they seem to want to spend money on is on their AI wing.

Goku, Vegeta and Gohan make up a sizable portion of that number, especially if we count the fusions. lol

First matter of business for Year 2 should be getting the GT and og DB side filled up more, it's criminal that only kid Goku is there for the og. Also new stages, game really needs new & more varied stages at this point.

If they said $15 for the combo and the money goes to a cleaner experience with less ads, or a bigger money pot, I could see it making sense, but $40 for the full package is crazy.

I've never had to replace a dualsense battery yet, but I'm all in for an easier process. I've changed dualshock 4 and PS Vita batteries, and while they're fairly doable jobs a process that doesn't require you dismantle the whole package would be nice.

The Savage Land looks fantastic

They're betting big on selling skins and cars by the truckload, likely thanks to NetEase's own success in that front with Marvel Rivals. We'll see if it pays off, but it's at least a unique approach to this kind of game.

Big asterisk on limiting collabs to what they think "makes sense" especially in a game that's playing with surrealism & dream logic, as we saw in the campaign trailer. By spring they could be adding Freddy Krueger and argue it makes sense given the story.

It's about middle of the road for the GoW themed controllers. Better than the awful one for Ascension and the lame one for '18 (the custom PS4 Pro it came with was gorgeous), but below the Ragnarok controller.
My favorite efforts are still the PSP's. The red one with Kratos face on the battery plate for CoO and the black with red buttons and highlights for GoS, were pretty darn good.

They found an untapped niche in the extraction-shooter genre, with this sci-fi extraction-brawler idea. Hope it pays off for them, Grasshopper is a solid AA developer with unique games.

Game looks good and using the King in Yellow as a story base is never a bad idea. I wonder if the eclipsed sun iconography that's so potent in this is the yellow sign?

I've been meaning to try Cocoon, very happy to see it here. Pretty good month overall!

Liam is a wonderful choice for Logan! Game looks gorgeous, bloody and brutal.

To my ears the dub sounds perfectly fine, except the main character. I've never seen a dubbed Mifune film, so I can't tell if the voice is on purpose or just a miscast.

@Hesse they didn't include the War of the Lions content because they wanted to remain "true" to the og PS1 game, it's the same argument Atlus made when the remake of Person 3 didn't include the FES and Portable content, or SE themselves with the latest remakes of FF1-6. Even though the existence of a Classic mode in this for purists would in theory allow for the Modern mode to feature all the extra content/QoL features from WotL to be here.

I expect them to sell the extra classes and characters as a little DLC for $15 or so, even though it was optional content that was just included for free on PSP.

Maybe hire Nightdive to remaster the Marathon Trilogy for consoles & PC in the meantime? That's likely to earn some good will on a fairly simple project that's fully outsourced.

@Nalim damn, this is just an awful deal all the way.

I trust A24 to do it justice, just have to remember the actual core of the game is the human connections, and not the weirdness with the tar, the beach, the ghosts, nor the powers.

I adore all 3 Fumito Ueda games! Hopefully 1 day we can get ICO playable locally on PS4|5, it's a crime that it's only available to stream.

Wish someone at Sony would call up genDesign to get an update that uncaps the frame rate on PS5.

Getting the Tsushima platinum gives you the reward of: being able to spend $25 on a pin. Is the shipping at least free? lol

I wish more games gifted PSN avatars as rewards. I remember the Persona 5 platinum got me a couple Velvet Room ones (I still use the V logo one) and a PS4 theme. That's a good way to reward trophy list completions.

I like the woman with the tattoos running around in a dress shirt and pants. Healthy amount of maps, but surprised they're holding Nuketown back again to release it a couple of months after release. Just have it in there from day 1, it's in every BO's game and it's not about to miss one.

I don't expect things to get better until FSR4 support comes in for the Pro since that's actually important for PC support moving forward they can't just halfas it.

I'm sure the Kratos actor will be fine, he's just quiet-angry for like 85% of the game and loud-angry the other 15%, I'm more interesting in who's going to play Atreus. Not easy to play a grieving kid who's stuck with a quiet stranger, but also finds time to be the source of levity in the journey.

I think Peace Walker should be next, but it's a PSP game so you can't just put a UE5 wrapper and call it a day; things have to work better as a console-desktop game. Just keep to a chronological line, but skip the 5's.
They have an important question on whether they want MG1-2 to be remade in 3D to match the rest of the series or to keep the 2D perspective, and if so whether that means using 3D models or new 2D sprites.
I wouldn't be surprised if their priority is the mainline games though, and doing MGS1 or MGS2 next. If MG 1 & 2 are going to be kept 2D then a studio that specializes in that should do them and not virtuous, who can focus on pumping out the main saga.

Gameplay wise it's effectively Lego Arkham Knight and that's pretty amazing. I hope it's not just Batman getting all the nifty legacy suits, I want a playable Discowing!

Frank Castle Ghost Rider is an interesting choice, I would have guessed Danny Ketch was the GR (if any) was most likely to appear. All that's missing is some proper Fantastic Four representation, roster could use another beefy brawler so I feel Ben is most likely, and a magic caster.

Hope you can at least still experience the Abstergo story line through cut-scenes, like Unity & Syndicate did. The Abstergo story it told tied in nicely with the story the Edwards side is telling, specially the Sage concept.

I still think AC1 should have gotten the remake treatment first, that has a lot more room for a broad rethink on how it plays & works.

Venom is going to hurt, without Tony Todd voicing the character his voice was so unique. 😭

I bet it's going to use the DQ7re styling (though obviously not using Toriyama's art as base) to capture the more cartoony look of the og rather than going in the realistic styling of the modern games. So I think it's real, but maybe DQ7 took priority over it, as DQ12 is perpetually far off, and FF has had a busy decade overall.

The lack of Gold is so weird, hopefully it's added as DLC or on a Vol. 2 with the 3D era games.

I legit can't spot the difference from PS4 to PS5 (doesn't help that it's an 1080p vid). The Switch 2 upgrade trailer said Fall 2025 so it should be releasing in the next 2 months, weird to not have a set date this close to release though.

I applaud Capcom for actually using Switch 2 footage for the Direct trailer, and for all 3 RE games (though I question releasing them all on the same day). Way too many devs just drop PC videos running on max specs or in the case of Switch 1, you got a lot of PS5-XsX promos rather than reflecting the visually downgraded Switch experience.