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It’s a brill addition. Customised it to the way I want but my biggest gripe is the pics/screenshots tile, it doesn’t shuffle automatically, just the same pic every time.

To be fair, Cult of the Lamb is the most heavy metal album name ever.

@Deoxyr1bose not once would you have been charged to play this game online.

I used to buy PLAY in the 90s when I couldn’t afford the extra three quid for OPM. Sad times

Heard a rumour about A24 landing the Death Stranding movie with Alex Garland directing. Seems too good to be true but one can dream!

Loving the trailer. Still can’t get my head around just how great Bella was in season one. Considering her character turns from someone beloved into an even worse person than Joel it will be interesting to see if she can maintain the impossibly high standards she set for herself during the course of the series.

Ghost of Yotei, the best PS Plus month in YEARS, Hitman psvr2, NieR AutomataXstellar Balde… a State of Play that was actually well worth watching!

@johncalmc “ Yes they've improved the audio mix I think” excellent, there were loads of lines of dialogue here and there that were too muffled/not mixed right. I forgot how much I loved the music, too!

Nice!! Does it have the original intro or are we stuck with that daft Nico prologue opening still?

Themes how they were on PS4 are pointless with how the PS5 is, but this welcome hub feels like a welcome middle ground. Great update.

Not a big fan of his but this is pretty disgusting even by Konami’s now standards. It’s his game beat for beat with a lick of paint.

Seven HUNDRED quid for no disc drive and no guaranteed 60fps at 4K. What an awful, awful presentation that was.

Seven HUNDRED quid for no disc drive and no guaranteed 60fps at 4K. What an awful, awful presentation that was.

@Kienda as a big FF fan who’s been playing them for three decades now, it’s a GREAT ff game, you’ll love it! As for 15, easily a top 5 ff for me, possibly top 3.

@BlaizeV “ The very rare sega Tetris that was included with the Mega Drive mini seems like a good choice.”

Not the same exactly but you’ve just made me remember Columns on the Mega Drive! I’m sure it was one of three games on the cartridge.

As a long time FF fan this is easily one of the greats, a steady 4k 60fps will do it more justice on pc though.

Using AI to help redraw everything seemed a bit iffy at first but from what I’ve seen it looks amazing.

How did you decide on who got 1 & 2 both 9.3? I forgot how good Rise of the Tomb Raider was, if it weren’t for Uncharted 4 being so ridiculously OP it would have registered a lot better I think.

Absolutely ridiculous. I love coming back to this game. Sounds like there’ll be more of the new music as well. I hope it’s PS5/current gen only, things that weren’t possible on PS4 just to highlight the quality of it all.

The pacing of 4 was its biggest strength. It finally took storytelling in the UC franchise seriously and it showed maturity that was lacking previously. It’s also got the biggest, best and smartest set pieces in its history.

I remember playing Bubsy loads on the demo mega drive in Littlewoods! Wasn’t there an absolutely awful reboot a couple of years ago or am I dreaming?

I didn’t even realise I’d been building points up until my mate me he had enough for a surprise fiver in his. Turns out I’d been sitting on £20 for a while without even knowing it! Cashed it in last week

As a huge Uncharted fan, the film was fun. Looking forward to more!

@chesheer YES nice catch

@Orpheus79V another sequel?

Big fan of this ever since trying it at EGX 2016, and the soundtrack is chefs kiss. I’ll def check this out.

The missing pool scene and the scenes that were missing from the credits that are clearly big spoilers for part three, and the way they're revealed will have the ultimate say on how impactful this is. We've not seen the full story yet. Loved the way it was done so far.

One of the best months in quite a while, pleasantly surprised by all four!

@AverageGamer didn't see the quotes, thought it was a really sensible thing you came out with! 😆

@AverageGamer "Complaints of bloat in a huge jrpg are almost rediculous, it’s a pretty much an accepted part of the jrpg experience and part of the enjoyment of the title. It’s like asking Sega to make 'Like a Dragon' with just the story missions. Such people are missing the point and should just go play a narritive action game and leave jrpg's to those of us that enjoy the format.”

• This. I played just the story missions because I didn't want it spoiled for me, the bloatiness is completely optional and it strikes the balance perfectly. Now I'm doing the tons of optional stuff on my second playthrough and loving it. History will indeed be very kind to this game.

It's been a great game for years obviously but honestly I liked the launch version, and sort of miss the simpler version of it sometimes.

@ShogunRok came here to say this, performed completely deadpan/earnestly as well. Done right it could be the comedy film of the year

@tomted76 yeah sometimes I'll click on an article on here that I'm not even really interested in just to check out the subheader. Some absolute crimes have been committed in that department 🤣

@Shrek_Realista I'm glad you think so, I just had a much better time with the ea/dice versions.

These two games don't really hold up well compared to the two recent ones but I'll still give it a go for nostalgia sake

"Wielding her infamous twin pistols" we see you push square 🤣 thus fictional character looks great - incels can do one.

Rise of the Tomb Raider us still criminally underrated, if it weren't for UC4 it would be more widely regarded I think. Shadow seemed to improve further on things so I'm looking forward to what they come up with next.

I hope you're both ashamed and extremely proud of that sub header 🤣

It's easy to see the remnants of that in downtown Seattle early on in the game. It's a pretty cool small slice of open world with a few "dungeons" that can be done in any order. More of the same would've been nice to see!

I really, really want to give Rocksteady the benefit of the doubt with this one. Arkham Knight still a top 10 of all time for me and they've been on a charm offensive about respecting the players time etc, plus I want to get to know the Arkham universe's Superman... but I think I'll get bored after an hour. Hopefully there'll be a trial

Game changing update for the headset and earbuds. The lack of EQ was stopping me buying a pair.

Hue is so, so good. The soundtrack is great as well.

Pretty naughty from Sony, that. I went to check it out as a pre order upgrade and the only option was the full price game. It was such an obvious, cynical move to not be transparent about it.

Great choice, she was FANTASTIC in No One Will Save You. I hope her team have her well protected from the idiotic goblins who are "concerned" about her looks in relation to a made up character. She'll be fab.

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Noice.

I love A24 and it's a great fit, but squashing this into two and a half hours? Eep.

Great read, shame it's not up to scratch, but as a massive fan of the original when I was a kid ("it's like looking at real people! How can games look any better than this!") I'm still gonna check it out. I would argue that no matter how bad it is, it can't touch the reputation of the first, just like Fade to Black didn't. Kudos for mentioning the great music, too. Music and sound design is such an important part of any game experience and bizarrely ignored by 95% of reviewers.

Lego might be fun for a week but I've had Sable on my wishlist since it came out so this is a pretty good month

Great stuff, easily a top 5 non story mission for me.

Love this! I'm probably a couple of years older going off the story but pretty much v similar story around the same time, except it was FF7. What shop did you get that from? Electronics Boutique jumped out at me goddammit GAME and all your aggressive business practices!

Decent. Def getting on this for a tenner!