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"Make it more Western" is something that literally no one is asking for, ESPECIALLY the Western fans. But somehow we end up with this exact same article every few months.

V's Anniversary number V, eh?

Give me VR, please. That would likely end up just being PCVR, not PSVR2. But that's what the new Steam Frame is for, right?

The lack of Kingdom Come Deliverance II from the early categories is an oversight I wouldn't have made but I understand.

Having a category for PSVR2 games and not listing Arken Age means they don't have the first clue as to what's happening on their own platform. What a joke.

@SoulsBourne128 OG Dead Rising 2 had proto-Glen Powell, not Frank West. Frank is the protagonist of Dead Rising 2: Off the Record though.

The persistence of Lego games is as perplexing to me as the abundance of souls-likes. Nothing up my alley this month per usual.

So Rob Mac is playing Hurk, right?

An executive who's been promised higher profits and lower costs by snake oil salesmen is excited. And we all have to hear about it. We're in hell.

Reading these comments makes it obvious that some of you were upset that the console wars ended and you're really hoping to start them up again. It's going to be more expensive than a PS5 and it's pretty silly to expect it not to be.

As a huge fan of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 I now hate Expedition 33 and hope it loses everything. Then I'll change my mind when I finally get around to playing it myself. Such is the life we've chosen.

No, I've actually zero desire for a low effort, AI infused, gacha game on the PS5. But clearly people like slop so...

I plan on getting the Frame VR headset and a Steam Machine. It will replace my PSVR2 and offer me a pain free entry point to PC gaming. But I doubt that it'll change anything about my regular PS5 console gaming. If anything, it might mean that I wait on a PS6 instead of snagging one at launch.

I've played through the game twice now. Once at launch and again when Hardcore mode was released. I haven't touched DLC 2 or 3 so I may be loading it up again over the holidays to wrap those up. Brilliant game and one that I'll likely be playing from time to time from now on.

Seeing as the input lag is the worst on PS5 and PS5 is the only one issuing refunds, it's safe to say that THAT'S the reason and not any of this BS about the game being too hard. Total mischaracterization of the complaints here in order to make them look foolish.

Oh. I didn't realize that I'm wrong about not liking a game when a certain percentage of critics did like it.

@JimmyRiddle Just Cause 3 is still my high watermark for any traversal system. I don't think I ever used fast travel the entire time.

Kingdom Come Deliverance II is my current game of a lifetime. I really hope that it's able to snag an award or two this season.

PSVR2 got me into VR and I'm definitely interested in playing this. But I recently picked up a Quest 3S to do other stuff in VR. It's great and it doesn't make me as ill as the PSVR2 does when it uses reprojection.
But I have to start thinking about continuity and backlog preservation. Let's be real... there won't be a PSVR3. There will likely be future Meta headsets. So now I have to ask myself where I'd like to build my VR library.

Everyone here is familiar with the Grandpa Simpson meme regarding "it" and being "with" whatever "it" happened to be, right? Well TikTok is weird and scary to me. But I'm old so this doesn't even involve me. The important thing is that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time.

Seeing as Dragon Warrior was my very first JRPG, I've waited for this to be my first HD-2D RPG. I love the look but just hadn't gotten around to trying Octopath or any of the others yet. Tomorrow can't get here soon enough.

While I waited 2 years for a PS5, I'd likely go for a PS6 at launch. That has nothing to do with Sony's timing and everything to do with where I was/am personally and financially.

Today I learned that I'm a whale; a whale that waits for sales. I've bought 32 games so far in 2025. Six of them were the pixel remasters of Final Fantasy I-VI and several were PSVR2 games that I bought after dropping PS+ Premium, but it's still a pretty typical year so far. Infinite Wealth, Gears of War, and Maestro were the only day 1 purchases but Dragon Quest I & II and Pools will be added to that list in a few weeks. And then I'll probably pick up several more in the post Christmas sale.

I've never felt overly partial to blue. Blue is nice and all but nothing special. Also odd colored controllers are nice but nothing special. But... this controller is calling to me. It's a strange siren song but it's undeniably there. I think that I have to have this one but I'm still unclear as to why.

I was so bored playing God of War Ragnarok that I bounced. But it wasn't because of the same-y story, it was because the game has the worst pacing of any story I've ever experienced.

It means I wouldn't even buy a Dead Space 2 remake at this point. And that's a truly odd place to be.

If ever there was a "wait for reviews" situation, this is it. Looks like it could be a crass knock-off or a brilliant overtaking of Disco Elysium. Where exactly it falls in between those two remains to be seen.

@PuppetMaster To each their own obviously but hard disagree. I only play in English when Kasuga is the protagonist but I really like the new English VA for Kiryu. He sounds a lot more like voice in my head when I'm reading subtitles in the Japanese version, if you follow my meaning. I'll be playing this one in Japanese but felt I'd add that some of us like the new guy.

Good. I want this State of Play to be a deep dive on Sony's next big hit, Fairgame$. Remember Fairgame$?

A good compromise? We're playing for the privilege of paying for merch. That sucks and no amount of spin is going to make it comparable to PS Stars.

PSSR can't help but remind me of their AI insertion of frames on PSVR2 using reprojection. It's awful and it literally makes me sick. I am now at the point where I won't buy games that use it. So did Sony just jump on the AI bandwagon too soon (like every other company on Earth)?

I would love to point out the silliness of the censorship but I'm American so I think I'll sit out on the next several of these. Who builds a house out of glass? Honestly!

This one's been in the wishlist since it was announced. Sometimes I want to "just be" in another place in VR. Most of the time, that's a calm nature scene. Time to find out if "general unease" is also attainable.

When Dead Island 2 was free on PS+, I said that I'd try it but I would bounce off the first second that I got bored or frustrated. I didn't expect to finish it. 25 gameplay hours later I had the platinum. I was shocked by its adequacy. I'll give 3 a shot when it's out.

Press F to pay Fandango?

No. I don't think I will.

1. Kingdom Come Deliverance II DLC release date announcement.

2.

The upgrade seems to be a separate product from both the PS4 and the PS5 versions, which are also separate. That's how it looked on my app anyway. 3 listings in total.

Polygon's review is out and they say it's for the Switch 2 version. I'm pretty sure that's a misprint as that's not a thing, right?

FromSoftware's Soulslikes and Bethesda RPGs are two types of game that I just can't seem to get into. That said, I keep trying them. If this is different enough from their others, it could be for me. I'll probably give it a shot.

That was a very fun trailer. Thank you. Now back to my regularly scheduled "not thinking about Fortnite," which should last me for the next few years.

The PS4 version actually runs a heck of a lot better on PS5. The load times are significantly reduced and there's far less pop in. That said, it could be better and this will be welcome. Crap. I'm just realizing that it's a new set of trophies. I'm gonna have to do King Charming again.

A well regarded souls-like and some trash. Nothing for me. Glad that a game of this caliber is being given though.

@Ravix Makes sense. Don't want to come off like Florida Joker looking for a buck.

Not a lawyer but does $150K seem kinda low?

Absolute ghouls, every last one of them.

Is it at all possible that they're waiting to see how well Gears does next month? It's likely to do well but could they still be calibrating how much effort is worth it when it comes to these things? Or will Gears be so big as to label it's sales as an outlier?

Thanks for the reminder. I pre-ordered Gears of War this morning which put me over the top. Now I've got my last PS Stars $5!

Corporate boardrooms are a hellscape where human decency goes to die.

@get2sammyb That's fair. It'd be a shame if the goofiness was solely in those "90s movies" he made.

We don't deserve Karl Urban. He's been too good to us for too long.

I enjoyed the movie. But then I read a review from someone who'd never played the game. They had tons of questions. I realized that they were legit questions that I only knew the answers to because I'd played the games. So yeah, it didn't do the job. Maybe this will.

Anything with better pacing than Ragnarok. Everything else about that game from the story to the action to the performances was top notch. Then it was ruined by the worst pacing of any game that I've played. Playtest the whole thing, not just in sections is what I'm asking for.