AdamNovice

@CaptainWow Thanks for the reply. It's a weird one for me because I looked at before that it would be a game without substance. But a lot of people seem to love it, which is nice to see many being positive about a game.

@UseInkRibbon Absolutely right mate. I'm still disgusted when it happened to Insomniac.

How well does it run on a base PS5 now?

It's almost like letting platform holders buying whole publishers was a bad idea in the first place. Many of us said that at the time but I remember certain media people were championing it because "it would bring competition." And that we were just "fanboys."

Some of my thoughts.
In terms of an overall package I'd say Street Fighter 6 is the best right now.

For Mortal Kombat, 11 has the better story but MKX has the better gameplay. MK1 just felt like a side step. And invasion mode despite what the article says was universally hated.

Guilty Gear Strive is easier to get into compared to the Xrd series. It has a great roster now, though it's story mode is largely just a visual novel.

Tekken 8 has a better story mode and online compared to 7 but it's mechanics have really alienated a lot in the community.

Fatal Fury Cotw is a fun fighter and I like that buying the game gets you the first season of DLC for free.

2XKO is for the more hardcore fighting game fans so it lacks content for casuals.

Brawlhalla is your go to of the Smash clones unless your big fan of Nickelodeon characters.

And for something a bit left field I recommend Gigabash, especially if you love Godzilla type movies.

For retro options then you can't go wrong with Capcom's three fighting collections.
Tekken 3 is still great and if you want a lot of single player content then Soul Calibur 3 is the best option.

That's great to see. I would love The Longest Journey to get similar treatment.

Are Level 5 just bringing everything over today? Lol.

That was the artwork we had in Europe back then. I always prefer MGS to have Yoji Shinkawa's work for the box art.

People also criticised God of War Sons of Sparta for it's artstyle as well. I honestly don't know what people expect some games to look like, not everything can be completely original looking.

A space game I recommend that's a bit different is Observation. It's made by the studio that's making Silent Hill Town fall.

How did this MF will Pokémon in NMS into existence yet I can't get a new PlayStation All Stars game?.

Apparently Rockstar have spent over 2 billion on salaries since 2019. When you have big studios with some of the most talented developers in the world, in areas where living costs are already expensive. That's where the costs rise.
People think it's the cost of the tech to actually make the game, it isn't, it's the mundane stuff.

@djlard My go to is Titanfall 2.

@Scottyy Licencing cost, marketing, rise in employee wages in an already expensive state. It all adds up.

I don't think Sony will get anywhere close to Switch sales in Japan till they make a handheld sadly.

I'd rather PlayStation Productions were involved cos there output is better then Sony pictures's recent films... except the Spider verse movies.

I believe you also get an exclusive Omni-man skin for taking part too.

PES was my evergreen title back through the PS1/2/3 era, such good times. I don't find myself playing all that many sports games these days weirdly. Maybe because there's far too many choices now. Back then I couldn't just jump on the store to buy another game.

@PuppetMaster All there ready to go

I've been going through Housemarque's back catalogue. I did Resogun the other day, now I'm on Alienation.

It's just a competition, I don't know why PS feels the need to drag the topic out.

It takes two selling 30m is insane. That's keeping up with the likes of Elden Ring.

If Sony are doing a 3rd party SoP then it makes me wonder what they might have planned for the May/June period...if any.

@Americansamurai1 It's why I said it. I don't think we've seen it for 4 years now.

I wondered what they could possibly add next, Pokémon isn't what I would have guessed.

Come on Little Devil Inside.

@Icey664 How do you know what I look like? Lol

I wouldn't mind a feature in the PS app where you can scan your face to be put into various games as a background NPC or possibly as yourself in a multiplayer title. Providing there are options where you can tell Sony not to use your likeness beyond that.
Also I just noticed the thumbnail, that's an image I'm not going to shake for the rest of the day.

@Stragen8 I remember some of the Fifa games about 15 years ago did something like that.

That's great news, I've got the perfect face as the protagonist in a first person shooter.

I think they will remake the first game.

Hopefully Implicit Conversions can get in touch with them to share knowledge because having PS3 games been made playable again natively will be great. Though on PS5/6 it sadly won't mean all of a sudden every PS3 game will be playable because Sony will need to get various companies to be open to rereleases and as we're finding out the with PS1/2 classics, few companies aren't interested.

@stefan771 It was likely delayed because Marathon was coming out in March as well and Sony wouldn't want two big games releasing next to each other.

@MrPeanutbutterz Lore isn't plot though, all the most interesting stuff that happens in FromSoft's games happen before the game even starts. There's a reason that lore videos do so well because the games don't do the best job of telling you. Environmental storytelling only goes so far and item descriptions don't always give definitive conclusions (something Miyazaki often doesn't do).

Some on here are so desperate for games to fail that it's just pathetic now.

@HRdepartment Rather that be miserable or angry all the time.

If it was an option I'd have gone for Marvel Maximum Collection since that's the only one I bought.

@IOI I don't like Sony closing studios either but there's nothing we can do about it so might as well move on.

I wonder if one of the reasons Sony purchased that machine learning company is to help them develop PSSR further.

@MichaelNau Yeah it's crazy she got added to that because she only existed in the PSP version, so God knows how they managed that.
As for her being strong well it would make sense since she's essentially a god.

@get2sammyb Don't you dare tease me with a good time Sammy lol

It's about time SF6 got some weird characters. We've only really had Aki, hopefully she proves to be a fun character because the hate she gets for being in Capcom Fighting Evolution is so forced.

Close enough... welcome back Mirrors Edge.

@get2sammyb It is par for the course with ND though. Remember Lost Legacy? That was going to be an expansion for Uncharted 4 (they even had a season pass which they later cancelled) but instead it grew to the size where it was sold separately.

That's my concern if it's the corporations's endgame, hardware too expensive so subscribe to stream instead.

It's why I only want the handheld to play PS5 games or older. They can make PS6 games as a streaming option and bring out an upgraded model later on.

@lazarus11 That's a massive drop lol.

@LifeGirl I would say it is, a lot of people are looking forward to The Witcher 4. If that new expansion is true then I wouldn't be surprised if it acts as a bridge to the new game.

Even if he is 100% in the right, airing your dirty laundry through your product to the consumers is very unprofessional.

@Perturbator Haha.

I read that at some point you can summon an eclipse which makes the world more hellish and difficult. Which sounds great...but I'm a Berserk fan so the whole idea makes me shudder.