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When I saw it was a roguelike my enthusiasm was tempered. However after catching some of Playstation Access' stream this evening I'm eager again. There were some narrative beats and also a neat new combat style I won't spoil.

1763 hours across 44 games

Top games

1. Balder's Gate 3 - 289 hrs
2. The Witcher 3 - 236 hrs
3. Cyberpunk 2077 - 141hrs
4. Resident Evil 4 - 105hrs
5. Planet Coaster - 103hrs

924 trophies.

I like they added most played each month this year.

I enjoyed the FFVII Remake enough that I'd like to play the next part but probably much later when it's reduced. Dragon's Dogma 2 has me curious so I'll keep an eye on it. Overall though the only one I am actually excited for is Star Wars Outlaws.
Fine with me though, I've got plenty to play for the time being.

Light no Fire was the most interesting for me and I'll certainly keep an eye on Exodus.
The former could be something great to get lost in as long as there are interesting things to discover. Also looks pretty crazy (as well as current NMS) for such a small studio.
The later could help fill the void left by Mass Effect and hopefully lead to becoming a new studio whose output we can look forward to.

Only ones I’ve disagreed with the majority on are Genshin getting the popularity award ( surely the player base is too large plus the ‘gift’ for voting) and the Elden Ring dlc. Pretty sure a developer said recently not to hear anything about for a while yet.

@twitchtvpat I won’t be surprised if it breaks 100million.

I was a big fan of 5 at the time but it definitely felt like the pendulum had fully swung into action game. For me 4 is already a tad too action focused and is why 2 is my favourite.
I think the original is sitting out in the cold and could do with remaking to have the main saga all together in the same style.

How many views do we think this will get in the first day?
I imagine the trailer will mostly just show the setting with a small glimpse of the main character (s).

@ShogunRok I fully intend to replay but going to play something else first before going back. At least that is the plan 🤔

I hope the update also includes remembering if you have hidden silly hats on characters when you swap them out of the party.

Would have never guessed Sammy covered this one.

Unified inventory!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I'll have to load up my final save and check out that epilogue stuff too.

Thought the stream was going to be on here?

I know they've spent a lot of time updating but how is Cyberpunk an 'Ongoing' game?

I hope they can return to form and it ends up good. Otherwise I'm not sure they even get a chance to do another Mass Effect.

I'd be surprised if this isn't like all the usual sub sales where you can buy a year and add it to your existing subscription.

I have just turned off my PS5 having got the platinum trophy after finishing my first playthrough. I'm glad I waited so long to eventually play it as I loved it in it's current form.
Once the update hits tomorrow, I'll start a different background and try out the new stuff ready for the expansion next week.

@Splat I’m doing the exact flip of that. Just finished my male V nomad and going to do a female V street kid for the update/expansion.

I've only just recently finished my first playthrough and loved it. I'm still playing and mopping up trophies. In the process of deciding what to go for before the update and what to leave for after.
I think I'm going to start a second playthrough with a female V with a different background for the changes and DLC.

Playstation Access also mentioned about a special video (Spider-Man related) tomorrow. I've got a feeling there might be a lot of hands on impressions dropping tomorrow.

Looks really impressive in the trailer.

Very pleasant surprise from the SoP. So soon too. I'm sure it will be reasonably priced🤞.
Should be able to squeeze it in before Phantom Liberty.

Curious to see how this one pans out. Think it will probably be like their Terminator game, nothing special but some fun to be had when it's a bit cheaper.

The '20 seconds to comply' will only count if we get to play as ED-209 @ShogunRok 😉

Well deserved. The best game in the series for me. Intrigued where they go with the next installment.

Hopefully an official announcement is imminent. Do this right and this is a day one purchase for me.

'no notable sporting or cultural events to mention'

Not a fan of the women's World Cup @get2sammyb?

It’s great this is looking more likely to be true. Just a question of the level of improvement involved.
A decently optimised port is good enough for me to purchase. Anything above that is a bonus.

I’m curious to see if the name change has any effect on sales. I do wonder how many gamers that don’t follow gaming news might be unaware.
I’d guess EA is going to do a lot of marketing to make sure everyone knows.

Whilst I’m up for another Last of Us game, I’m eager to see something new from them.
I’m hopeful the talk of staff moving off the multiplayer game was described as moving to other ‘projects’ plural. Maybe some staff are starting to kick off 3 but most are plugging away at a new IP that’s only a year or two away 🤞

I was waiting for this. Shame the day one patch didn't sort out all the bugs, I hope they can get on top of them quick.
Still doesn't sound bad enough to hold off, time to jump in I think.

@lolwhatno It's a single player game.

@AinsleyE You seem to be the only one realising this. Without the Skull & Bones problems I very much doubt this would be happening (if it is). Overall a pretty smart decision to help recover some of development costs which they probably unlikely to recoup from the sales of S&B.

Ditto the thoughts of some others here that despite the second game being superior in so many gameplay and world crafting aspects I generally prefer the original. Mostly just prefer playing as John and his journey.
A total remake in the sequel world/engine would be the best, a basic remaster next best, but failing those a straight functional port to current gen would still be welcome.
I'm sceptical it's any of this and won't get my hopes up until an official announcement.

I was finally planning on playing the game after finishing what I'm playing now. When I heard about this I thought about holding off for a bit longer but seeing as there different endings/starts I think I'll still play it and do another playthrough when it drops.

What an apt choice of words
'we need to be exploiting Lord of the Rings'.
The phrase 'all your eggs in the same backet' comes to mind.

They are killing it with most of their games but don't really know when or how to do a showcase yet.
They probably need to stop giving there best stuff to Sony to show off.

It certainly looks like a promising return to core gameplay design. Baring some bad reviews/launch issues I'm looking forward to it.

For games shown with Avatar, Mirage and Outlaws all looking decent it was a good. As for the 'presentation', it provided all that is not missed from old E3.

I thought it looked very impressive and a lot of fun. I loved the seamlessness of it all. Lots of potential in this one.

@danzoEX I did see that option appear when I finished and I will give that a go later as the combat you do play seemed enjoyable enough.
Not convinced on the giant entity (forgotten the name) battles though.

I'm on the fence about the game so decided to give the demo a go. I just finished it a little while ago and quite surprised how little you actually play the demo, at least for the first half. I think in the first hour, aside from the 'learn how to fight' training section all I did was watch cutscenes and walk/run from point A to point B.
I'm all for engrossing stories and quality cutscenes but was expecting a bit more idea how it actually plays from a demo.
It did pick up though and it got me a little intrigued in the story but it didn't do enough to get me off the fence.

Looks like there might be multiple colour-schemes for the suits this time. Looking forward to this.

That's a such an odd choice of skin as good old Optimus should be as tall as a couple of houses. I'd have to imagine it will look like a cosplayer running around.

Thanks for posting this. I've submitted my survey to let them know I would like The original and Code Veronica so that it made a complete saga of the first set of games all up to date.
I'm not fussed about any RE titles after that personally. Whilst I thought 5 was a fun game, it had strayed to far into an out and out action game for me.

@Fyz306903 Another Polish studio called Fool's Theory which has a fair amount of ex-CDPR staff. It's also being overlooked by CDPR themselves.
Yeah I think 2027/28 would be a safe bet on next gen.

I imagine we will see the remake before the new game, which I’m confident would be a new game to a great many anyway.
Even if the new one is 3/4 years away I still think that will be a PS5 game.

I'm just finishing up my playthrough of the current gen version having done it twice on PS4 before. I was curious if I'd love it as much a few years later and yep, still one of my favourite games ever.

Eager to see how the remake of the original turns out, plus the new game too.

@Frank90 Casey Hudson did start a new studio and is working on a sci-fi game (original).

I'd love to see it if they can pull this remake off but it does sound like a tough job.

I loved that you could tell the symbiote was starting affect Peter. I wonder how far into the game he gets the suit. Looking great.

I think they are probably trying to aim for September but aren't quite ready to commit to it yet.

Think that might be the first time I have voted 'poor'. Obviously not much ready to be shown from Sony's own studios yet.

Thank god for Spidey at least.

Question 29 is the big one for me. I hope the majority is right and we have at least one completely new IP and it's a total surprise because no internet attention seeker has heard about and decided to shout about it.

@LiamCroft Isn't The Expanse a Prime show not Netflix?

It's been sitting in my watchlist for ages waiting for me to start watching. Still it's good to know this is before should I decide to play it.

@Voltan yeah same. I just updated and gave it a try but it’s still the same and doesn’t trigger the flight starting point.