AgentMantis

"...maintain its position as a leader in the video game industry." I needed a good laugh.

Loved all 3 of their games and their commitment to reviving a dead genre. Its a real shame they couldn't find a larger audience. They've struggled financially to break even with each release and can't blame them for prioritising their families after three goes.

I've never played a game I've gone from loving to hating like this. All the promise of the opening hours is wasted as the back half of the game falls off a cliff.

@FatalBubbles Each region has its own storyline that ultimately ties into the overall storyline which typically gets its own expansion after the novelty of the new region wears off. Individual characters also their have sub-stories which tend to be one shots. The story is surprisingly good, it's not afraid to explore some pretty dark stuff and after some justified early criticism the writing has only gotten better.

The Saudi Government already own 8% of their shares, it's not as if they haven't been taking blood money already.

@DennisReynolds the CEO has been either in game retail or studio management (THQ Nordic) since the 90's so he knows the industry. Quite why the Saudi government is funding his consolidation of the industry is another question though.

Next they should include Jaws so we can jump it

@nessisonett Without touching the real reason many internet trolls had a problem with the series. Resi has an established plot and with well defined characters that fans have come to love. The show didn't respect the source material at all, it's unrecognisable car crash that just borrows Resi's name for promotional purposes. Compare that to Twisted Metal, a niche game with an almost bare bones narrative. As long as it has combat in cars and Sweet Tooth they could go in literally any direction and still claim it to be "Twisted Metal".

Yes! Now we just need Alundra.

TDU was one of my favourite racers ever, I'm hoping this turns out well

That's ugly af

The issue with indie games like this is that ps+ extra and gamepass has devalued them massively. Everyone just waits for them to pop up on there now

FFXVI, loving it so far

Forza horizon x Test drive unlimited

Really enjoyed it. I was going to wait but not sure I can now.

The main character looks like he's wandered out of Fortnite. The art style is just a bit too contemporary for my tastes but the game looked like it could be fun

I've loved pretty much everything Firaxis have put out but just couldn't bring myself to engage with anything Marvel anymore. I'm not even that hyped for the new Spider-Man.

And it still would have been average at best. How is this guy really that hung up on a zombie game?

Picked up HFW on ps extra. Graphics aside, it's one of the most aggressively average games I've ever played.

It was the type of game that would have thrived on ps+.

RDR 2's narrative didn't do it for me. Arthur's personal arc was good but pretty much everything else around it was poor. It was too unfocused, uneven and had plot holes you could drive a truck through.

@KidBoruto Ryu ga Gotoku developed Binary Domain

I rolled with the necromancer and killed everything in sight before any of my co-op melee class mates even got a sniff of the enemies. Proper class balancing needs to be a priority.

FFXV looked great but played like ass and completely forgot to include any kind of coherent story. I'm hoping SE finally remember how to make a decent FF again.

If only they could find the time to remaster Binary Domain!

If this had launched on ps+ it might have stood a chance. No one in their right mind will drop money on buying a live service game.

Saints Row peaked at 2 and has declined with every entry since, this really was the last scrapings at the bottom of the barrel. What's more worrying is that Embracer has yet to put out a decent game. They've bought up pretty much everything going, with Saudi money which is problematic in itself, but without the chops to do anything with it.

Kotick wants his grubby payday

I didn't mind some of the changes, beefing up Jessie's role for instance, but the last part of the game with all the Kingdom hearts 'fates' nonsense killed it for me. Also introducing all the cringe edgelord characters from Dirge of Cerberus was a massive mistake.

I like the AC series but wish they would bring back Chromehounds. That game was way ahead of its time and criminally over-looked.

Hopefully it's better than 6.

There's a fair few years between part 1 and part 2 thats ripe for exploring. I'd like to see them expand on the franchise with something original without racing straight into the second games story

Between this and stranger of paradise it feels square enix is a kid who's just discovered the joys of swearing but really has no idea how to do it properly yet.

The only good thing I can say about this game is it made me remember the PS2 classic Primal.

Absolutely loved their previous games, this is a must buy

@Bamila looks like it does if you search it in the ps store

Won't someone please think of the streamers!

@OrtadragoonX I agree the gameplay was great and the story was decent up until the final third when they drove it over a cliff with all the cringe Kingdom Hearts fates nonsense. It killed any excitement for the follow up for me.

I just hope they don't screw this up. FF deserves better than what it's been getting.

I can't see them moving on from P5 just yet, I bet they'll announce a proper sequel for release later this year and confirm P6 is in development but no release date.

I got burned out about 70 hours, realised I just wasn't having any fun with it anymore. There's a lot of great stuff but also a lot of reused content. I'll go back at some point.

I'm getting a lot of Yakuza vibes. Nice to see Stefanie Joosten step out from under the shadow of MGSV's Quiet as well.

Genshin has gone from strength to strength, the Sumeru update was immense. The fanbase is dire though.

Hopefully it's properly mature and not just edgelord protagonists and swearing.

@xeofate The opening few hours is arguably the best bit of the game, the second half is dragged out and the plot goes off the deep end. DQ11 was great, maybe too old school for some tastes though.

@KundaliniRising333 100%. Don't forget the sheet amount of superfluous dialogue. Half of the game is just the characters summarising what they've just witnessed. The writers needed their heads banging together. The final dungeons were almost unplayable as you had to stop for a chat every other room. Easily one of the most backward JRPGs I've played

The ending pretty much tied everything up and I was more than ready for it by that point.

If you want an offbeat crpg without a combat focus I can't recommend torment: tides of numenera enough

After it was revealed how badly they've been treating their staff I'm not excited for this anymore

Dirt 5 was ok, a few issues that a bigger budget would have sorted. The series could have been a multiplatform contender to Forza: Horizon

I was excited until this weekends revelations of how poorly they've been treating their staff.