BearsEatBeets

I gave the first season a try and didn't get past the second episode. I didn't think much of the writing and the animation is fairly 'Saturday morning kids show' basic.
As much as I like the games I've yet to be impressed by any of the films/shows from it unfortunately.

Yeah thankfully my subscription ends on the 27th. So like last year I will let it end then resub the next day. I suppose each year I'm pushing that window back a day but shouldn't be a problem for a few years.

I'm curious what that puts the current headcount at CD at? Is this a fairly lean studio now?

That puts it exactly on schedule with RDR2. Announced, delayed to following spring and then delayed again to make it a year after initial plan.
I'm not convinced like many that it will get delayed another whole year after that, but time will tell.

If insomniac weren't planning to have Wolverine done by October they are probably going to be pushing for that now.

Well this an issue all narrative open world games have. Having high stakes stories is tricky when you allow the player to wander and do as they please.
Some manage it better than others and find ways to make exploration key to progression of the story

I’m just curious why they didn’t seem to consider making a non open world game for a change to make it work.

I've tried it in the past. My brother has a ridiculous amount of hours in it and we did a few hours of duos. I can see why some people enjoy it but doing the same thing over and over for hours on end just gets very tedious very quickly for me.
The novelty of this could possibly make me give it another quick go but that's all it would probably be.

I'm obviously in the minority that gives little thought to Halloween. It certainly has no bearing on what I play. The only factors that determine what I play are what time I have and what I feel like playing from my available games.

I don’t think the existence of other first party games next year prohibits this from also releasing.
Didn’t TLoU 2 and GoT release about a month apart?

I enjoyed it enough to bash out the platinum but the novelty wore off for me long before all the extra DLC stuff.

@Balaam_ That would certainly make sense. They already half way there with the Steamdeck.

If they do drop out of making consoles I wonder if there are any other tech manufacturers considering a run at the market, i.e. Samsung or Apple?

I haven't got the game but had to check if our 1/10 person was about. They are clearly committed to the bit.

I can understand telling the story but why promote the idiot by giving the video publicity.

How big is Blooper? They seem to be turning games out pretty quickly.

I could have sworn I read that Bioware had already been cut down to about just 60/70 staff after Veilguard. Not sure that they could cut it anymore and still be a functioning studio.

Curious that it will take all the way to 2027 to complete the buyout.

Not seen enough to make a fair judgement yet but it seemed good enough to indicate he has strong potential to play the role well.

I would love to actually be surprised by something unknown that hasn't been spoilt by 'insiders'.

Playstation Studios - plural 👍

Do we think the 1/10 is the same person every time? Is there someone with an account on this site with a game catalogue full of 1/10 games?

I have no distinct memory of when I purchased the PS1 (or PS2). So I either got them later on and formed no lasting memory of the purchase or my brother got them, hence why I just remember having and playing one.
I clearly remember buying 3, 4(+Pro) and 5 on launch.

I'm pretty sure it's not me getting old and my memory being shot as I still remember my Dad taking me to Toy R' Us to buy my Sega Master System which was long before.

That explains why Playstation Access stream has yet to start.

@Shepherd_Tallon Man I forgot about that show. I used to look forward to Movies, Games and Videos on a Saturday lunchtime. Good times.

I've never been much of a Hitman fan but I think this looks different enough to possibly be good.
I do think that they need to do a bit of work with the fluidity of switching between their melee animations. It's clearly more advanced than what they have done before but the speed changes just seem a bit odd at the moment. Enough time to tweak and improve though.

Not someone I could picture in the role but I can't judge until I see how it goes. As iconic as the character is the series has never been known for compelling stories. I don't think any of the attempts so far have been particularly great but would love if someone can finally achieve it.

Get ready for ridiculous expectations/predictions over the next few days followed by frustrations when it's not those things.

I tried the demo for a couple of hours and stopped when I moved in the vehicle to a second area but never felt compelled to go back and play more/finish the demo.
I can't say I enjoyed the combat. I possibly didn't give it enough time to gel but I found the R1 timing thing to recover some health gimmicky.
I like the idea of following directions/clues instead of map markers but found it quite superficial in the demo. The first two examples were following wind chimes on trees and another with signs on trees. When the areas were fairly linear anyway. This may very well be just easing you into it early though to give you the idea of it.
Overall I thought it was fine but didn't leave me wanting to play more. Possibly playing a bit longer it might have hooked me more but maybe it's just not for me. I appreciate them doing the demo though, it generally shows confidence in your game to do one.

PlayStation Access has a video of the gameplay of this demo. They mentioned they were allowed to show 10 minutes of their gameplay so I’m guessing there are other channels probably able to do the same.

@pharos_haven Exactly. I'm certainly hooked. It would be great if it has a compelling story, as much as I love most of the series the stories have always been kind of a cheesy mess.

@Scottyy yes it would be good if they redid all those old ones to have all the games in this modern style. Maybe if they keep doing well they will continue to work through them.

@SeaDaVie That would explain it, thanks 👍

It's looking really good. For some reason as Grace's mum was from an earlier Outbreak game I mistakenly thought she was dead. I suppose the Outbreak games are a gap in my Resident Evil knowledge.
There is a Capcom specific event soon isn't there? Might get even more info/footage then.

Also half the presenting time seems to be telling us what we just saw then what we are about to see. Pretty much redundant information

About the same level as Gamescom every year.

Seeing as I don't work for Rockstar it's impossible to tell. Maybe if we don't start seeing more in-depth gameplay reveals near the end of the year/early next we can start to expect a delay.

We'll probably just see the footage that game journalists saw at Summer Game Fest. That's fine if that is the case but any new info would be cool.

After BG3 I'm excited for whatever it is.

This happened to me about a decade ago (or more). When I got my PS4 I gave my PS3 to my brother. A little while later I switched to a Witcher avatar I got for free on PS4 but decided shortly after I wanted to switch to my more unique PS3 one. I wasn't able to find it on my PS4 and had to get my brother to log in as me back on the PS3 to find the purchase and switch it back. I've kept it ever since.
So I think this might have always been the case if the avatar was purchased on a PS3.

Looks like some well thought out improvements over the original. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm fascinated that anytime there are multiple questions on a post, fewer people answer each extra question. Do people get disinterested that quickly?

Fingers crossed they make something great. I'm eager for a new Sci-fi epic.

I've often thought a football game where people could play proper positions in a full team could actually be interesting but as @ThomasHL points out it would require an actual organised group to do it properly.
I suppose that's why the smaller teams make more sense. When I used to play Rocket League with a few mates one of us would always play as 'goalie'.

Turns out it was an announcement for a cast meet & greet type event.

PlayStation Access is streaming this in a few hours I believe. Anyone wanting more info might find it useful.

@LordAinsley yeah definitely him. Can't say I've seen him in anything since.

I was quite intrigued until I discovered it was Call of Duty.

Most of what is known about the studio and game is certainly interesting to me but the footage of combat seemed a little off to me. Still, I'll wait until seeing proper unedited gameplay closer to release to make any judgement.

I wonder if the whole game is played as Grace or if they are going to throw in some OG characters if we're returning to Racoon City. I'm glad it seems to be third person.

First 1 hour 55 mins was dire but 10/10 for the final 5.

Whilst there didn't end up being much I'm personally excited for it was a great selection of quality games shown.
Hopefully Geoff has some great stuff in a few days.

@johncalmc That would be amazing. Shame that I have zero belief that will ever be the case.

Highly impressive demo. Actual gameplay will obviously have to make some sacrifices but i don't have a doubt at all that it will still look stunning.
Fingers crossed CD Projekt Red have taken the learnings from Cyberpunk to become an highly efficient developer and it's not too long before we see the final product.

I actually think it might be the show to see a new Resident Evil game ( 9 or Remake). I'm not going to get my hopes too high but the timing seems right.
I would love to see what Corey has been working on but not sure if that's ready for reveal yet.