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I wonder how it's going to play, wouldn't surprise me if it plays more like the Norse games. But if there going to do that then they need to make the originals more readily available.

@nolifebr They probably started it way before Ragnarok, albeit with a small team.

@AK4tywill I heard a rumour that it could be a GoW spinoff where you play as Faye before she met Kratos but that rumour is flimsy at best.

Day before my birthday, let's go.

After reading the Blog, I'm convinced that the story mode is more like Guilty Gear's visual novels rather something like Mortal Kombat.
The team lineup for the X-Men seems to give clues as to what type of characters we're going to get. X-Men have two classic characters and two that are new to fighting games.
Captain America is leading the Avengers
Spider-Man has his own team (Venom please)
Ghost Rider maybe a Midnight Sons team
And Dr Doom a possible villains team?

Well you can't say Sony don't have games this year.

@StitchJones The Decima logo seen at the end of the trailer, game engines can change artstyles.

@StitchJones I'm pretty sure it's using the Decima engine.

Hopefully plenty give actual constructive feedback. Because if anyone just writes "This is woke, slop trash. No one asked for this, just give us Horizon 3." Then it's just going to get ignored, developers actually want proper critiques, not mind numbing rage.

@Drago201 That's my point, if a game can't keep a large player base within the first couple of weeks then it seems it just isn't allowed to grow again.

@MonkeyGibs Yeah we had Shelby Oaks last year from Chris Struckmann last year but that one fell under the radar.

Games just aren't allowed to grow anymore, you either knock it out of the park from the get go and establish a large player base or jobs will be at risk.

Would be nice if we can have one SoP without podcasters or "insiders" trying to spoil what's going to be on it.
I get why Push Square print these stories, I just wish they didn't.

@tselliot Just finished it tonight, took me 12 hours.

@somnambulance My interest largely comes from Arcane (which is an incredible show) so as far I was concerned the more they added from the show the better.

@OME I need to go back and check then, sometimes I can miss things like that.

@DennisReynolds ArcSys have to make the characters from scratch which takes a long time. Games like Marvel Vs Capcom were essentially asset dumps so it was easier to bloat the roster.

That's a decent sized roster. Dragon Ball Fighterz had 24 at launch but there was about 2 Goku and Vegetas though.

I was put off 2XKO as soon as I booted it up and realised that there's no basic arcade and that you have to grind for the characters you want online and I only wanted to play as Jinx & Vi but not online.

That leaves just Freya and maybe Faye to cast now.

@Simu001 It does several things.
1. It will allow the game to scale for different platforms compared the much realistic/high fidelity of the main games.
2. It gives studio more creativity for characters to have more outlandish abilities that would look out of place compared to Aloy's games.
3. It makes more appealing to younger audiences which clearly what there going for.

A Remedy developer said recenty that they made Firebreak because they wanted to expand their audience beyond those that just play cinematic single player games, this is the same thing.

Push Square should do a big survey asking it's readers what games they want from Sony's studios. I bet you the majority just want sequels, old IPs been revived and only single player games. We often accuse developers for making games by committee, yet the core PlayStation audience is hardly any different.

@deezcronuts Looks more like Arcane.

@charbtronic Different studios with different ways of working. Plus development is cheaper in Amsterdam then it is in LA so GG can afford more developers to make games at a more reasonable budget.

GG would have started on Horizon 3 at the earliest in 2023 so it makes sense that it won't be ready till about 2028.

@scottXedgar I couldn't believe that there wasn't even a basic arcade.

Cairn by a country mile for me.

I think it's pretty cool, there obviously going for a different take on the IP, hence the different art style. I'm still confused by the timing of the announcement though.

There's supposed to be a state of play coming soon, so announcing this out of nowhere seems like a weird choice.

"Help me doctor, I've bitten off more then I can chew."

You mean they weren't added already?

K Pop has gotten so huge these past ten years it's crazy. I think Sony should make an action game about K Pop stars fighting hellish monsters, I think the idea is golden.

@MrPeanutbutterz Sadly too many only think AAA or top tier indie games are worth the time. It's the same mentality when a game gets 7 or 8 out of ten and think it's not worth the time.

I was put off by the price, especially when it sells itself as a big crossover game so the DLC is a big part of it.

@get2sammyb The coverage is great once again Sammy. Rain 98 is the one that stood out to me.
What is it about Taipei game show that makes you want to go back every year?

"If you need me, I'll be in the wine cellar."

@AhmadSumadi Was thinking the same, there all mythical fantasy hack n slash games.

I hope it turns out to be good, the FGC got real salty when this was announced because it wasn't Daisuke's next fighting game.

I'm glad that the development community is pushing back a bit because it's getting pathetic with the amount of people who gleefully want games to fail. If people spent as much energy talking about the games they do like compared to the ones they hate, maybe online communities wouldn't be such a cesspool.

I'd be surprised if it's Rule of Rose. It's probably another Layers of Fear.

I suspect this is going to be a story where the media are completely against him but a lot of gamers actually agree with him.
We saw with how certain outlets treated Hogwarts Legacy that many weren't willing to review or even cover a game in isolation because of outside forces that weren't connected to the game.
And I think a reviewer online even recently admitted that they shouldn't need to complete games in order to review them.
With things like that, it's no wonder that a lot of gamers lose trust in reviewers.

Also Jeff Gertzmann's reply is disappointing considering he famously got sacked from GameSpot because he didn't give Kane & Lynch a high score despite the website getting sponsored by it. Which is surly confirming Swen's point of people looking for trusted outlets.

They should do a WWE spin off and call it Reigns: Roman Reigns.

@Anke I respectfully disagree, people already put way too much value in the Steam numbers as it is.

@Cry_Zero Because randoms have infinite time to do the work. Sony have to assign employers and a budget. That's if it's a priority to begin with. Also Sony have to deal with licensing and legalities as well, it's not just the technical side that's the problem.

I wish they would bring some of their older games over to PS5 as well. Sunset Overdrive and Killer Instinct are the big ones for me.

I now want Rainbow Mika to be added with the moveset of WWE's Asuka.

It all looks promising but I wish the anime aesthetic was in the actual racing part too. A bit like Auto Moblista back in the day but hopefully better.

@UltimateOtaku91 I have to agree on that mate.

I just noticed that there's a Marathon wallpaper on the welcome hub now too

I'm looking forward to it. Bungie always make high quality shooters and the art style is cool. It's the business models where they tend to be suss.

@Accipitridae I kinda want that now, I mean it isn't more outrageous then when he had Arnold Schwarzenegger as a twin brother?

@Dream-CasterX Yes I played them all multiple times thank you very much. Don't know why my opinion invalidates that.