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Unless they plan to do something crazy with it then it is actually insane this far into ports, remasters and remakes by Square Enix that this game remains untouched.

Not as bad as when square delisted the best looking version of DQXI...at least it's very cheap physically.

Really don't understand the need to do things like this.

It'll never be put discs in or let us play our digital libraries and that is a real shame.

All in on not playing anything from Ubisoft

@Slideaway1983 At least Saudi are quite invested in F1 so in theory they should care about the game enough to keep it being made.

Personally I fell off of the F1 games years ago, they became very stale. I wish they would add a bunch more open wheel series to the game with F1 being the main draw. Something similar to Toca Race Driver back in the day which had so much content and felt more fleshed out.

What always confuses me with the vast amount of bootlegs etc on eBay is how the company themselves get away with it?

eBay's entire business model is fees from sales. Which obviously means they profit from illegal counterfeit products.

While it is a huge marketplace to regulate and there are tools in place to report items and sellers the truth is eBay don't do alot to counteract these sales.

It's always amazed me how they aren't being sued all of the time by companies who have obvious cases against them for loss of potential revenue. And those losses being to eBay's benefit, not just individual sellers

I'm essential only and I'm looking forward to Stray.

Definite purchase.

I love all the weird small japanese ps1 games.

They do such weird stuff with this franchise in gaming lately.

Not sure what I would actually want beyond another Musou though tbh

Best AI news in ages.

I want to live in an actual reality, enjoy creativity that is authentic and made from the human experience.

AI has no place in the world of human expression. It's a tool to crunch numbers and simulations not to replace art and the human expressions therein..

What depresses me is just how many are out there casually using chatgpt and the like. I made a silly AI song about a year ago and a couple of pictures when that dhali or whatever thing first appeared.

Not touched it since, this crap evolves through use so if you hate ai then don't use it.

Dual sense is the most uncomfortable controller I've used in decades.

The PS5 is ugly as sin and overpriced. Price hiking and record profits huh? On a console that has only now crept past the worst selling home console for Playstation ever? Hmmmm

I want to upgrade and I'm getting closer but the truth is that many haven't because what the PS5 offers isn't that appealing to them. That is a truth and the active ps4 base proves that.

Not cel shaded so not interested lol

I don't know how you managed to make this guide already. Your sleep schedule must be trashed.

Your sacrifice is greatly appreciated.

Definitely going to GET this game. This coming out again is pretty WILD. But I bet, given its age AND stuff, it'll be quite TOUGH to beat.

Still playing on ps4 all the time. Screw dualsense, most uncomfortable controller ever for the ugliest console of all time.

They've literally made the PS4 shop worse for years. Removing loads of sections, having A to Z as the default on most sections that remain. And then of course, like every other store, it being swamped by absolute garbage for the most part.

The cycle of buy studio, mismanage studio, close studio is peak capitalism nightmare

Who needs suits?? Basically no one. Greed is killing everything good in the world at an alarming rate.

So those price rises weren't really needed then?

Remember when British Gas made record profits in an energy crisis? This isn't a whole lot different is it?

Just gross.

argument that perhaps FF has lost some of its uniqueness by turning slowly into an action rpg compared to its legacy.

perhaps the success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 might turn their heads and make square rethink?

Problem with waiting for a sale is arcade archives releases rarely ever do go on sale. And when they do the prices don't drop too much.

I remain interested but these price increases are getting too much. Doubling the price of a normal AA release even for the base version is hard to swallow.

Remember when Daytona USA got a HD remaster for just £6? Those were the days.

Never stop porting this game until all of humanity has played it I guess

Not bothering with this gen. PS5 is an ugly console, that is overpriced and overvalued in regards to the amount of software on it. This generation has pushed me away from Playstation. I have my PS4 and I'm happy with it.

I don't value high end graphic fidelity. I've bought a Switch 2, I'll get to play at least an entire generation of fun Nintendo games I missed and hopefully the best of what Nintendo has to offer. Not that the current news coming out on that system feels me with much optimism either.

Prices should always go down on tech, not up. Nothing manufactured 5 years ago in the tech world should be more expensive now than then. At least that should be how it works.

Americans need to realise that this isn't remotely similar to Mattrick's idiocy. That was a self inflicted mess.

What is going on right now is laid squarely at the feet of the american electorate and their sheer stupidity to put the world through this again.

Sympathy is kinda low given they obviously revealed the game way too early. Not that any abuse they might've received is justified by that.

I think the approach of announcing a game within 12 months of when you hope to release it, as a trend, is a better way to go.

I hate seeing scores with a .5

Like somehow a scale of 10 (already too much in many ways) isn't enough.

No no no it obviously needs to be a 20 point scale.

So so so dumb.

@DonJorginho I platinumed both Shenmue 1 and 2 having barely played the original on DC back in the day.

They are fun but also complete trash games. Agreed that beyond QTE's nothing about them is that influential really. They aren't open world in the way people say, the clockwork nature of them wasn't new either. Very dated and clunky.

Also what is the one thing Shenmue defenders like to say? "There is nothing quite like Shenmue" and while I agree isn't that also the complete opposite of Influential lol

my 10yr old nephew does 50% games on his phone that look like utter trash. The other 50% is on consoles mostly playing Minecraft or Fortnite. The latter of which he'd probably destroy most of you in lol.

He did just play through all of Luigi's Mansion 3 recently. I think they still value consoles to some extent because most children of that age are the children of Millennials who grew up with Consoles.

PC is the real competition to consoles for mainstream gaming. Phones are the competition in terms of sheer time spent. Streaming is non existent in comparison.

Bandai's Anime games need to move away from arena fighters. The formula is beyond stale. At minimum it'd be nice to mix that up with some action adventure stuff.

Bought it in mid December and I'm still playing it as my main game.

Absolute masterpiece.

would love a new peggle

Look at the uncharted and god of war ps3 controllers and then look at this.

Same for the majority of the Xbox One controllers which looked pretty amazing.

This is an incredibly lame design.

Has the vibe of some obscure Japanese PS1/2 game, which means it looks perfect lol

F**k shareholders

The trailer in the state of play for this was so exciting until she uttered the word digimon lol

hacking systems solves this problem and frankly all problems everytime.

You can play every PS2 game from a memory card!

The PS3 can be hacked wide open in 20 minutes.

One day I will eventually do this to my PS4 as well.

It's going to be okay guys.

I literally have not played a single game on these lists lol

Looks like alot of fun

Since the Crunchyroll/Funimation merger the physical media side of Anime has been really bad. Closing Rightstuf for the vastly inferior Crunchyroll store being the worst of it. Along with a huge drop in what is getting released on Blu Ray.

Don't really welcome a further monopoly from Sony, late stage capitalism is slowly ruining everything I love in life.

so it's just a slasher film then which other than the name it has no real reason to exist.

The smooth handles at the bottom make it vastly superior to the awful dualsense

Just here to mutter into the void my worthless personal opinion that GTA games have never been good and I'm dreading the upcoming tsunami of content this game will produce across every platform I visit.

a free to play like Capcom Arcade Stadium with maybe a free game on rotation every week and everything else as dlc?

I'd much prefer that.

@johncalmc

this is why a 10 point scale is flawed, a 7 weirdly feels low to many people.

If the rating scale was just 5 points it gives less wriggle room but it feels more consistent. A 7/10 is suddenly a 4/5 which reads more positively. The downside is previous 9/10's get 5 stars and will be unfairly deemed as perfect.

Still for me 5 stars is better as a scale.

1 = Don't Play
2 = Should probably avoid
3 = Flawed experience but give it a try if you want
4 = Good experience and worth playing
5 = Great experience and shouldn't be missed

So much simpler for consumers and reviewers.

Do you think Sony's version of Spike Chunsoft bothers with something like this?

I've been really into my PS3 recently, got the platinum on Tales of Xillia last week and I'm currently playing DW Gundam 2.

I think the JRPG genre could reward more trophies for playing through the story. For many that's all they are likely going to do (if that even) and too often the trophies for doing that equate to less than a third of the actual trophies on offer.

I've also always been of the opinion that the most grindy and difficult trophies should be bronze only, because those doing them care more about 100% really.

For example I recently got the the Platinum in Tales of Xillia. Completing the story was around 30ish percent of the trophies. 40% was levelling each character to max, each getting a silver.

I don't know that doesn't seem balanced to me. I was going for the 100% either way but those that don't get left with just 30% for playing through the entire story which is often anywhere between 30-70hrs in a JRPG.

I like the idea of more DLC for Shenmue 3 to get the ball rolling.

I like the idea some have of going back to the low res clunky look of the dreamcast games and cranking out the rest of the story on a shoestring budget while feeding graphics nostalgia more.

Amazing what buying a celebrated developer with a niche audience that could only grow can do.

It's strange how purchases like this don't happen more often, though so often even when they do the studios are mishandled.

Like Sega ever heard of supergiant? Seems like an easy win. Though of course remaining independent is totally fine, just using them as an example.

Makes sense though I wonder if it can really compete with the switch model since the PS6 and the handheld will be sold separately. Also the Steamdeck is a Linux platform with a massive library too.

I'm sure it will sell well but I don't see it taking over the current standards in the industry,