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So are the 2 tapes going to release on extra or is this going to be "first bite is free, gotta pay for the ending." Kind of deal?

@mariomaster96
Personally I feel that if you really want to understand Majima as a character, you only really need to play Yakuza 0. Though his character mainly boils down to the "Japanese Joker" I guess.

I might try to knock out either Resi 3 or Dragonball Z before Monster Hunter comes out.

Don't target the "Western audience" too much 😉

I feel like civ 7 handled changing cultures better than Humankind did. I guess it's because there is still. Recognizable leader at the head of each civilization, as opposed to the "personas" that Humankind had. Ages also feel done better too, I look forward to seeing what this game becomes in a few years.

@tameshiyaku
If Sony allowed refunds on games like steam does I'd be more willing to try something to see if I'll truly like it. Unfortunately with the way things are, "forming my own opinion" can quickly become quite the costly endeavor.

Even if I had an interest in Shadows, I think I'd still be too busy playing Monster Hunter Wilds. I'm gonna sink so much time into it...

I'm just waiting for the dang patches to start rolling out like they have been on PC. You telling me an indie company like 2K can't get Sony to fast track the authorization process? If not those patches then they at least really need to address the constant crashing and the literally broken merchant menu.

Oh and I've found that fractal maps tend to have the most variety, I suggest you go with those until we get fixes...which sounds like they'll be a while away on console!!

Pretty much just metal gear and monster hunter for me. Onimusha might be cool if it isn't too souls-like.

I've come to accept that these showcases are no longer for people like me. For those that enjoyed the non dark and gritty PlayStation. The PlayStation that didn't want to make each game a movie experience.

I'm just happy with my indies and the odd Astro Bot release.

Imagine if Ubisoft said "Pre-orders are doing terrible and nobody wants to buy our game." In other words, I'll believe the hype when I actually see it.

I've managed to play the beta with a few people and man, coming from a solo rise player I have to say I'm excited to finally have a group to play with. It now feels like I was missing the other half of what makes Monster Hunter so good. Really awesome and friendly community. PvE is always the way to go online. You meet the cesspools of humanity the moment things get competitive.

Welp we're going to see a certain community go wild once they get Eve's files in their hands...

Depressing. Hand the reigns back over to Japan.

That thumbnail alone already looks like something I don't want to play. Another win for Sony, eh?

Yep, I've had to do that with my own traders. It got really tedious when I was completing my economic milestones. So much so that I stopped using the traders completely after leaving the antiquity era. Oh and a bit of a little tip here but you don't have to go as far as the city center with the merchants. As long as you are within that city's borders you should be able to activate the trade route.

@thedevilsjester
Yeah the trade screen feels broken to me too. I have to manually set each trade route so that sucks. Overall though I have found I can live with the bugs but less patient people would definitely do well to wait for a few patches...or the full game on sale like a lot of Civ fans apparently do.

It really does feel like the game is begging for an atomic era to really finalize the experience. There's more evidence pointing to it's existence because you still get promotion points when you finish the modern era that are seemingly supposed to carry over to the next era. That being said eras are a huge deal now so I can see them needing more time to cook up an atomic era.

My guess for atomic era mechanics: The world goes into a cold war. Everyone races to get their hands on nukes (or maintain them if they already have them.) The more, the better...but it's also more expensive and the possibility of a Chernobyl can strike if you slack on proper care and maintenance. The possibility of nuclear Armageddon looms over everyone and the threat of mutually assured destruction keeps everyone's fingers off the button. Will nukes be used as a deterrent? Or a weapon of mass destruction? Find out in the atomic era.

@breakneck
Isn't that sad? That Sony won't tell us customers what is wrong but they'll absolute bend the knee and grovel before the almighty investors. I don't get why we don't think this is a problem anymore. People are too used to getting kicked in the ass and being made to say "Thank you, Sir."

I don't know why EA keeps churning out these DLC but still don't bother to release a native PS5 version of the game.

My friends and I were planning to play the monster hunter beta that day. It's the only time of the week that we all have time to play together. Did it absolutely ruin my day? No...but it sure was annoying to have that happen even after we gave Sony more money for subscriptions.

Yes, that physical version of Concord is really doing people a lot of good!

"Not enough, Give me Astrobot"

Is what I expect some to demand.

Sony should drop the prices for Plus back down to what they were before the hike earlier. Clearly none of that extra money was invested in improving the infrastructure.

@Vladspartan
Says the one wasting time looking up news and commenting on a video game forum.

@Blofse
I'd like to see where all these technical issues are! I've now put in 11 hours and have only crashed twice. I also play Civ 6 and I STILL get crashes to this day!!

The complaints aren't really from a technical side but an aesthetic one. This release has actually been pretty polished so far!

I've been playing the game and also feel mixed...though mostly more on the positive side. The foundation here is all solid, each era feels like a separate and new game almost. It allows you time to reset your strategy and prevents one player from absolutely snowballing to victory (mostly). It also plays really well on a controller, so I just hope that we keep getting those updates the day PC gets them, too many times console feels like a second class citizen when it comes to these sorts of games.

But yeah, I think the loudest gripes come from the fact that this is the biggest change to the civ formula that we've seen yet but honestly...if you wanted the old gameplay untouched you literally have 6 other releases to go back to. I welcome the breath of fresh air and look forward to seeing how they build upon what we have here.

Oh man, the new monster is tearing me a new one. I thought the earlier monsters were pretty easy so it's nice to see there'll be some challenge.

Hey not bad, I didn't think I knew so much about Ratchet and Clank!

Usually when a game I'm really excited for comes out I put all my attention on that one game. My social life probably suffers but it...but then again it's not very often that I'm incredibly excited over new game releases these days so it works out.

And this will be another studio that shuts down because they were never able to figure out why people aren't buying their games.

As long as it's not a "trial and error bang your head against the wall until you win" kind of game then I'm fine. If I remember correctly the original Onimusha games played closer to Devil May Cry anyway.

Age of Empires 2 is one of the only games where I agree when people say "you really need a mouse and keyboard for this". I have tried to play it on Xbox but I can only do easy difficulty because I get overwhelmed with all the button configurations.

Sounds like a pretty feeble excuse to me. Something tells me it was because it would have been too difficult to turn the actress into the roid machine Abby was.

Being able to pay off jail time with a fine wouldn't even be an option for a normal person.

As long as it's a better game than Humankind I'll be happy.

They need to demote Herman even further. This is probably not even his fault but still, something is funny to me about some suit shouting HERMAAAAAN whenever something fails to sell.

Man, too many games out this month. If Civ 7 and Monhunt weren't coming out this would be also be a day 1 purchase.

@Andy22385 I also have both, premium and ultimate. Far cheaper is a stretch considering that Sony hiked the price up twice now...and Microsoft's rewards program (as nerfed as it is now) is also very generous. I've earned another 3 months free just by playing, staying subscribed and otherwise being loyal. Sony has no loyalty programs besides the pitiful stars thing. In terms of value it's difficult to argue that day one releases and ways to earn free Gamepass don't make it a more enticing product, especially if you can only choose 1.

It's compile heart, expect a low B to C tier game.

Fun little selection. I think only Payday 3 I couldn't care less about.

@atoqir
But if everyone waits then they'll consider the game a failure and stop development. You need suckers like me paying full price at launch to show the execs that it's worth continuing to produce content for the game.

Sorry but I'm a hypocrite and am preordering the founder's edition. I just can't say no to Civ. Civ 6 was my most played game probably ever and I know this one will be more of the same.

Gamepass is too good a deal for me to buy Microsoft games on PlayStation.

@Andy22385
Yeah you're right, People would sub to Gamepass and drop Plus in a heartbeat.

Looks like the predecessor to Dokapon Kingdom... just without the fun multiplayer aspect.

Finally, I guess Sony got tired of losing money!

What a shame, Bioware games used to mean quality.

Steven hates the character that put him on the map. Meanwhile Michael and Franklin's actors absolutely love every season of the attention they get.

The best part of the first KC was the ability to leave the main story aside and simply live the medieval life. Keep this mantra...and fix the combat...and I'll be beyond satisfied.