ATaco

This game is weird, there's not enough blood and guts and dismemberment. Instead it has this icky pervy stuff. Where's my tasty delicious gore??

Not a fan of futbol besides having it on at the background during get togethers. That being said, if it serves as competition for EA, I'm all for it doing well.

I will now try your Gacha. With smart saving you can get any character you want. Imo it should never be difficult to pull for a character, they can just make their money off cosmetics. Cosmetics that you can't get if you don't have the character. So it's in their best interest to make sure that at least the character is easy to acquire.

The gameplay itself was excellent but the story wasn't great. Even if you did enjoy that aspect, it dragged on by the end.

Civ 7 was a big disappointment, Oblivion was a fun nostalgia trip but so far for me The Alters is what's really sticking with me.

Edit: I totally forgot Wilds came out this year too. While I eventually got bored of it, playing with friends and just grinding for armor was one of the highlights of this year. I think I'll still give it to the Alters though.

Gee thanks for giving us this one on day 1. Really dripping with quality, plus is.

Second I heard it was some extraction shooter my interest plummeted beyond saving.

Final fantasy was always turn based RPG to me. I hate this edgy action stuff they've been doing lately and haven't bought any of them.

Unsurprising, should have seen what the monster hunter community was doing and still is doing.

I don't want to pay $80 for an unfinished game. Simple as.

@johncalmc
As long as the boobie games actually play well I'm all for it!

So much for this game barely making waves. Seems like it's quite the hot commodity and what people have been clamoring for.

The power of Mario Kart/ having tons of stock on launch day.

Sony please don't give this one to us for free in a few months.

I now find it pretty incredible that they tried to spin this into "they're attacking our game unjustly." It was no doubt an attempt to get a head of any criticism.

Terrible idea to purchase outright, which makes the Gamepass offering all the more enticing. Xbox really wants you in that subscription ecosystem.

I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. I was skeptical on P3Reload but they really knocked it out of the park. That said, I'm not sure exactly how eager I am to go back to 4 again. Was really hoping we'd finally get to play as an adult. Either in a college setting or as a salaryman. There'd be so much more to explore from a more grown up perspective.

Tasty delicious blood and guts

If you aren't a fan of souls likes or Hades likes there was maybe 10 minutes worth of stuff to watch. State of Play was WAY better in way less time.

@Olmaz
I think Naughty Dog have the pedigree to do whatever they want and continue to make money. Sex sells but a solid reputation can also do wonders for you. That being said, many people will judge a new developer by their cover (in this case their art style) and, unless you make a masterpiece of a game, players simply will not try what you have to offer unless they really like how the characters look.

Did you guys see all the blood and violence? Hell yeah, so much blood!

Really happy to see Japanese developers have a chance to shine. They have a distinct style to their games and I'm glad Sony isn't burying them in favor of showcasing more western studios for once.

@DennisReynolds
We'll need to wait and see how SB performs on PC to get a fuller picture. Not that I'm going to discount Clair Obscur's success but again that game is nearly a masterpiece in it's own right. Stellar Blade by my own admission doesn't stir the pot, it doesn't redefine the action game genre...and because of that, it wouldn't have stood out nearly as much if it didn't have an attractive main character to help win people over.

Bad games don't fail because of "wokeness"...but it helps. Good games don't succeed because they are filled with sex bait...but it helps.

@Stale-Bread
Seems the demographic is pretty big if they keep pandering to it and those that don't are struggling more and more.

The simple truth is that an average game with an attractive character will be an easier sell than one without. So those that want to avoid the male gaze really need to make sure their game is damn near a masterpiece to attract the crowd that only plays 9s and 10s.

But I thought she was being forced to walk around in a bikini and needed us to save her? 😢

I suppose that's why the big 3 are so hungry to turn more of their franchises into big TV shows and movies. It really does drive up interest in the old games.

@McBurn
Nope, Rine Factory 5 which I believe was only released on Switch and Steam.

Excellent, I skipped the last RF because it didn't release on PlayStation.

@LikelySatan
I just don't think you realize the blatant hypocrisy in this comment. You came into this article and called it embarrassing...all off of a single image? You know nothing about the game itself and you've already passed your judgement on it? And yet I'm the toxic one?

What you just did is the equivalent of passing by a hobby shop, seeing people playing cards inside and shouting "NERDS!" before walking off. It's just disrespectful and toxic and contributes nothing. We ALL need to do better.

@LikelySatan
Understandable. I might pop into doom articles and start calling the people who enjoy it murderers in training. All in jest I assure you!

@LikelySatan
An interesting bit of trivia. Here I play games like Nikke, ZZZ and all those other "gooner games" and yet I've never gotten a single ad like that. Perhaps they've mixed the two of us up?

@Frmknst
And it will make a crap ton of money, just like Nikke.

@CielloArc
I'd still consider Clair Obscure to have traditionally attractive characters though. Sure they didn't have sex dolls but they also didn't try to be brave and stir the pot with Concord designs.

Other devs could stand to learn a thing or two. Something tells me we'll get Stellar Blade 2 long before a lot of these other studios even push out another announcement that they're delaying their game for another year. These long development times are what's killing the hype. Nobody wants to get a trailer and then wait 2 years to actually get the game in their hands.

I'm the sort that seems to think the terrible months are great and these "average" months are pretty trash.

@NeonTiger
It always amazes me that comments like this are allowed to stay up for articles like this but would instantly be taken down in others. Why the double standards?

@SMJ
You are taking the game at face value and immediately dismissing it. I believe people call that "judging a book by it's cover".

I appreciate giving the game it's proper due. The artwork is indeed fantastic, the music is incredibly catchy and the story is certainly more than expected.

That being said, it still is a Gacha grind fest with all the free to play trappings. For some reason it also doesn't want you to see all it's content because it gets surprisingly difficult to clear even the normal mode at later stages...which is what I'm always confused by. Do they not want players to experience the excellent story? Normal mode should be relatively easy and THEN you make Hard mode require all the effort. I've fallen far behind and eventually gave up simply because I found getting through the story too grindy and difficult. Oh well, still hoping for a built from the ground up console game sometime.

It'll be on PS plus eventually. Even sooner now, looks like.

How do I apply to be paid for badmouthing a game? I'm such an idiot I've apparently been doing it for free!

I remember playing through this on the GameCube with my brother, good times.

Aw damn I got excited for a sec, thinking we'd get KC2. Should have known that offering would be too good to be true.

"That’s down 55% from the Season 1 finale, which scored 8.2 million cross-platform viewers, then an impressive feat given that it aired opposite the Oscars." The Oscars had 18.8 million viewers that year, for reference.

Tit for tat, it really does seem like retention is down, even if it was a holiday weekend.

Pretty soon every game will be a free to play gacha if Sony actually manages to get a foot hold in China. Though I wouldn't complain too much since Chinese developers seems to be releasing banger after banger.

I got at least $50 back in all the time I had it so it wasn't an insignificant amount but it needed better integration.

If you don't like Abby you're an incel hater. If you don't like Scarlet you're totally justified and a normal human being. Do I have that right?

The reality in this situation was that this was actually BETTER than what you had to do on the PS2. Atlus released vanilla P3 and then FES, meaning that if you wanted all the content as someone who bought a copy at launch, you would essentially have to purchase the game again.

Because Microsoft has done an excellent job firing thousands of employees so far. Now they can really let loose and start jacking up the price of gamepass.

What if this was secretly a proof of concept for them? Not only does this look like Nikke, it looks like a BETTER Nikke. Stellar Blade already made them a ton of cash, imagine how much they could make if they made a high effort Nikke game? I've since stopped playing the mobile version because I can't stand playing anything on phones but I'd 100% support a console release.

Those digital trophies will be completely annihilated. Hopefully nobody redeemed points for any of those because they are absolutely worthless!!