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@Frmknst I don't share your opinion that Redemption is the only good one, love me some Bloodlines, but I do have very fond memories of it. That mid-game jump was pretty insane back then. I remember the combat being pretty damn frustrating though.

It probably shouldn't be taken too seriously, but carrying the entire video game industry? As in, the biggest entertainment industry on the planet, with numerous games that sell dozens of millions of copies across a wide range of genres and a vibrant indie scene that is bursting with creativity and innovation, being carried by a single man who occasionally releases a triple A game?

Yeah that makes total sense.

@AgentMantis Knowing which character most of the complaints are about and the nature of the traumatic events that define that character's appearance in the original game, just makes the entire "controversy" even more perverse.

I'm not sure if it is ever a legitimate complaint - I can't think of anything - but in this case it absolutely isn't.

They weren't exactly subtle about it. Not sure who would fall for this, I'd like to say no one but that's probably a bit optimistic.

I'm pleasantly surprised by this, I didn't think Bloober were capable of it. Now I'm actually looking forward to giving it a go, which I wasn't really planning to do.

Hopefully it does well so Konami actually considers creating a new Silent Hill that isn't a pachinko machine.

Am I reading this wrong, or is the conclusion of the article the opposite of what Konami said? Konami is saying the new style made the game too easy, the article concludes that the old style camera gives you a better view and thus makes things easier.

@UnlimitedSevens I think the current iteration of Ubisoft has huge problems and they need serious changes, but it would be a very sad day for video gaming if they were to stop existing. They have such a rich history dating back to the 80s, full of memorable games and IPs. It would be a big loss.

We don't need them to go away, we need them to do better.

Nothing wrong with a bit of co-op with friends, it makes almost every game more enjoyable. As long as the single player experience isn't impacted, I'm all for it.

Having said that, I doubt they're in a position to spend extra resources on this at the moment, they need to focus all their attention on the core experience first.

Happy to announce that "Fortnite and the Epic Games Store have hit new records in concurrency and success" and made billions in revenue, but still needed to lay of 800+ people to be financially sound.

Does anyone actually believe a single word coming out of all these exec's mouths? I'm sure all those who lost their job are delighted to hear about all the milestones and peaks their ex-employer reached while they were still working there.

@ChrisDeku Those FF13 trilogy scores are wild. An average rating of 97% across all three games. That's just utterly insane if you stop to think about it.

@playstation1995 Why? I feel like Sucker Punch has been on an upward trajectory with their last few releases, and I don't see why they couldn't continue in that direction. They have the right idea here.

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare Judging by how tastefully they handled the Japanese setting in the first game, I'm not overly concerned.

My biggest wish for this game, other than a more compelling narrative, is that the world is more RDR 2 than Ubisoft. Less structured, less formulaic. So this sounds great to me.

I've seen the Hokkaido of that era described as a lawless part of Japan, which automatically makes it seem more like a Western. The music in the trailer also gave it that Western vibe. I love everything I've read and seen about it so far.

@DennisReynolds It has (whisper it) a wooman, so it must be pandering.

It's clear that a lacklustre preview cycle hurt the enthusiasm around the game. That, coupled with a conditioned expectation of significant discounts within the first 6-12 months, has led to these sales.

The only way Ubisoft can turn this around, is by focusing on quality at launch. That will lead to better previews, a better day one experience and eventually, better sales. For Outlaws, it might already be too late, unless they can do almost a soft relaunch with a huge update.

Not my future. There will always continue to be offline, single-player games out there. More than enough to sustain me for life.

I'll just leave this future for the shareholders.

@Xeno_Aura They were not ads. On both other articles I commented that this didn't look like an intentional feature. Only two of my games showed these screens: Amnesia The Bunker with a Halloween update from 2023 and The Quarry with a Halloween update from... 2022. Oh the ads!

But, since Push Square added to the controversy and kept calling them ads, we're now seeing a bunch of people on here adamant that this was somehow testing the waters, when that just didn't make sense at all.

@LifeGirl While it's true that companies are making huge money from microtransactions, it's also worth noting that Sony have largely stayed away from that, especially in their in-house single-player games. I mean, compare that to Ubisoft...

Did we really need another article on this? And once again it is called advertising, when many commenters have pointed out it's simply displaying the latest post of the Official News section of the game. At this point, it is entirely unclear whether this is even an intended feature.

Does this site really need to contribute to fabricated controversy on what seems like a dialy basis now? We don't need an article every time "the internet" is outraged on Twitter.

The Type A or Type B comment is a strange one. There are plenty of games releasing in the West with a simple male or female choice, so who exactly are they blaming? If they're being forced to do this, then it can only be by their own publishing company, which is Japanese.

I honestly think Kojima's storytelling outside of video games is going to be god awful, and I say this as someone who has played and loved almost all of his games. He's full of interesting ideas and when combined with his talents as a game director, it leads to weird but intriguing and often excellent games.

But as a writer, I think he's pretty terrible. It's just one big mess of nonsensical monologues, he barely even knows how to write proper dialogue. He needs a very, very good co-writer and an even better editor if we want the end result to be watchable.

Calling it a deluge of unwanted ads is absurd, it's just the last post of the "Official News" section of the game showing up on the background, and not even for all games that have posts in there (which not all games do).

Some of those looks in the article look a bit ugly and busy, but that might be because they were never designed to be shown on full screen like that. I doubt that's completely intentional.

But hey, another chance for Push Square to make a big deal out of something. It's been happening more and more on here.

@get2sammyb Could be just to support specific studios. I usually do that for indies, but did it for Astro Bot as well.

@OldGamer999 The transition between the Switch Pro controller and Xbox controller is definitely the worst. Why oh why did MS ever chose the same ABXY that the SNES used, but then put them all in different places? Such a pain!

Ghost of Yotei, Hell is Us and Soul Reaver. But there were a couple of other good ones as well.

There's just no excuse for this, it's abysmal stuff from Sony. I hope they don't sell a single copy at this price.

@ChrisDeku I had to do a double take when I read that GoT had "copied" the Arkham combat system. Sometimes you read stuff on here that just doesn't make any sense. I guess some people think the Arkham games invented the counter-attack and any game that features it must be a copy.

@wiiware That's two different things. I was talking about his character, you're referring to a possible angle for another story with him.

Anyway, I'm glad they didn't cover the second Mongol invasion. We've done that story, we don't need to do it again. And now we get to see Hokkaido, which is great.

I have to say I'm perplexed by how attached people seem to be to Jin. Despite really enjoying the game, I found him to be pretty forgettable. He wasn't a bad character or anything, just not a particularly strong one either.

I'm still angry at that Samus Aran reveal from 38 years ago on the NES! NintenDEI right?!

@djlard Include all DEI? What on earth is that supposed to mean? They chose to tell a story about a female main character, that's all there is to it. Making it a choice isn't just a cosmetic change, it could fundamentally alter everything about the story.

Ghost of Yotei was always going to be the big winner, but interesting to see Stellar Blade above Monster Hunter Wilds. And I'm glad people still have a lot of fondness for Soul Reaver.

@Athrum Yeah the article has been updated now, I guess I saw it just after it was posted without reasons given.

Interesting stuff, sounds like Star Wars Outlaws triggered some alarm bells within the company.

Such a late delay, and no details given. Feels like there's a story here beyond the usual "needs more time to polish".

I still think this is an unnecessary remaster, but I've got not complaints about how they're handling it. A substantial update with a reasonably priced upgrade path and save file compatability, it checks all the boxes.

If this is how they're handling remasters going forward and provided it doesn't take significant time away from new game development, I don't mind it.

My initial thought was the Ghost of Yotei reveal was needed to make it a good show. But even without it, it wasn't too bad. Perhaps nothing spectacular, but there were several games that I can see myself playing at some point, so I can't complain.

A solid show with a stunning looking first-party reveal trailer at the end, I'm happy with that.

@ATaco As weird as it sounds, I think in video games Assassin's Creed is probably a greater guarantee of success than Star Wars. But I could be wrong and it could flop, it more or less happened with Syndicate so it could happen here.

@ATaco It's fun for us gamers to think Ubisoft are scared of Ghost of Yotei or will be screwed by it, but in reality, AC Shadows will do just fine for them. Valhalla was one of the best selling games in the entire franchise an even Mirage sold really well for a smaller stop-gap release.

As the first big AC release since 2020, Shadows is undoubtedly going to find a large audience.

Dead Space is a big one. And I'm actually interested in finally trying out Doki Doki Literature Club. Good month.

@Ralizah Almost, it's DEI now!

@TheMysticOne The "Part I" subtitle was only introduced with the remake, so it's definitely referring to that game.

If this list is true and there isn't a major announcement among the remaining slots, I expect this will be the worst received showcase we've seen yet, across all platform holders.

Consumer trust in Sony has to be approaching an all time low this side of the PS3 price announcement, this is not going to turn the tide.

It'd be great to get these playable on modern consoles in remastered form, but that's definitely not the sort of news that belongs in a State of Play. Remakes would another matter, but I doubt that would happen.

It is unfortunate but there are simply too many games out there these days (despite people on here constantly complaining this gen has no games). I have both of these games on my wishlist, but I'm so far behind there's no point in buying them in the first year.

I've actually played and enjoyed quite a few of their games: Remember Me, Life is Strange 1 & 2 and Vampyr, so I will get around to these as well. Makes me sad to read they're considering changing their approach to reach wider audiences.

Yeah sorry but I don't believe this. These stories are just getting more outlandish. 400 million for that? Come on.

While I can understand not wanting to support it in future updates, taking something away that already works is absurd. It's a very specific use case, but someone might've actually bought it for the VR mode. This shouldn't be legal.

It's a little surprising because this game came at a time when most people agreed Bioware's standards were starting to slip, on the back of the middling Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3 ending debacle.

It wasn't a bad game, just not particularly great. Definitely an uninspired GOTY compared to a year later when we had The Witcher 3 and Bloodborne fighting for the crown.

Bungie badly needs a win, for their sake I hope they get it. Without a PvE element, this game is not going to be for me, but at least the trailer had a unique look about it. That's more than could be said of Concord, so I don't necessarily think Marathon will follow in that game's ill fated footsteps.

Struggling to think what would be even less exciting. Something that already looks and runs great I guess, like God of War or Ghost of Tsushima?

It's Jeff Grub though, so I'm not convinced it's legit. He's not the worst but I wouldn't exactly call him reliable either.

@nessisonett They're constantly releasing turn-based games on the Switch. Octopath Traveler 1 & 2, Dragon Quest 11 S, Bravely Default 2, Live a Live, SaGa: Emerald Beyond, soon Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D. There's more to Square-Enix than just the blockbuster releases.

The only positive here is that the ESRB lists it as "Remastered" rather than remake, which gives me hope it could a €10 upgrade path. A remake would surely be full price, and completely unnecessary.