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KCD was my Covid19 game, absolute bliss of a game

I think PS+ Essential is more than worth it, since there are games I really want to play and would have bought anyway but got for free this way, and there are games I wouldn't have bought but I'd might try for free:

Would have bought:

• High on Life
• Lies Of P
• Jusant
• RoboCop: Rogue City
• The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

Might try for free:

• Pac-Man World Re-Pac
• TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection (for couch coop)
• ARK: Survival Ascended (for online coop, maybe)
• Alone in the Dark
• Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard

There are more great games available, but some are just not my jam (Diablo IV, KoF, Digimon, NBA 2K25 ...), and Balatro I prefer on phone

It really pays off to be a focused gamer, AND only buying a game the moment you decide you want to play it. Although with my PS+ backlogged games, I seldomly buy games these days ...

@Fazermint Yeah, this is what I worry about too, young people will soon not be able to perform certain tasks without AI assisting them. I think AI will also lead to a stagnation in creativity and innovation

@Dodoo Moaned about by a vocal minority, Ubi's AC / Far Cry games all follow the same formula but still sell like hotcakes

@rjejr Yeah they bit of a bit more than they could chew with "big updates every 6 months" ...

The base game is a really massive 3d platformer with a lot of side content and a lot of detail and care, releasing a "sequel" in less than a year, even aside from player housing and regular smaller updates, indeed seemed wishful thinking ...

Last time I spent real mony on a free game was LoL, more than 10 years ago, but the fireworks bike was like a buck and I spent more than 100 hours in IF, so I wanted to spend something on it

The stories about how dark Love Nikki and the prequel really enticed me about the narrative of Infinity Nikki, but since they already started retconning a few months in, and all the other drama, I don't have big hopes for the future ...

When the next big update releases, I'll check reviews and decide then if I drop back in, because I can't be bothered with the current useless collecting of materials which you just don't need, crafting clothes I personally don't care about and banal side quests

Glad I tried a gatcha, but I actually think I got my fill, IN is a great platformer game for free, but I rather put my little gaming time in other games

I'm happy with my PS Portal, since I only use it at home.

But being able to use any headphones would be nice, cause i ain't buying PS Pulse just for my PS Portal ... Also, let me stream YT or Netflix

@rjejr Yeah, but the quality of the content ain't great imo, I stopped after the scary season event, with philomena and her castle. Might dive back in after the next big update, but I also prefer to be free of the shackles of gatcha (although I only bought the fireworks bike with real money)

A colorful cartoony double A action platformer?

What year is it?!

If I remember correctly, wasn't PS Stars created with assets from some NFT ***** Sony scrapped?

Stars was okey, low effort and some nice rewards, never understood why it wasn't implemented on consoles. Oogling the collectibles for a minute each months will be missed I guess, because there where a few fun ones

@TheEnygma Since when did people dislike Fairy Tale? I stopped somewhere during the Tenrou Island Arc because of life, not because it dropped of (like for example 7DS)

While it is consumer friendly in the short run to have games published everywhere, it is not so consumer friendly in the long run to have but a few (digital) storefronts to buy games from, as a oligopoly favors the sellers.

Exclusives are an important way to distinguish your platform from others, it is how Nintendo flourished/survived till now

Loved it on release, but I just deleted the game from my hard drive to make room for other games, as the current dripfeed of story/gameplay isn't my jam.

When 2.0 arrives, I might dip back in, but until then, my Nikki is chillin in the golden fields of the Abandoned District, where I logged off.

Seems like a good adrenaline inducing FPS, will buy this!

@K1LLEGAL ow, could a remake/remaster being made?

In this particular case I don't mind it, buuuut ... the problem is, it's a thin line with AI, and a slippery slope at best, so I chose "Meh, a little bit but I may still play it".

If you don't want to make the cost of hiring a flavor text writer, just don't add flavor text ...

Who needs discounts when you got a vast backlog smiles cryingly in adultgamer

Completed the story campaign of Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance HD and did a few optional revisits of bosses and played some Flick Rush, and started Warhammer 40K: Boltgun, which is really, really simple fun

Played Infinity Nikki for 100hours, have had my fill of gacha shenanigans, so this is a pass on that merit alone. 7DS also went from peak to trash over its lifespan (except Escanor), so the theme also doesn't do it for me

@Truegamer79 I recommend these:

• Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
• The Cosmic Shake

There are a lot of other PS2 games which are also good/decent (like The Movie The Game), but those didn't receive a remaster or remake yet.

Looks interesting, depends a bit on the pricetag and runtime

This looks ***** AWESOME!

@Logonogo Yeah, as somebody who doesn't care about sport teams at all, it was a bit abstract at first glance, but you make a valid argument

@Logonogo but in what way does it represent the city? To me, it's like going to a horse race, slapping a sticker with a city name on each horses' forehead, and be "proud" of the horse with the sticker of your city on it's forehead ... Buuuut ...

As I am writing this, I acknowledge that the main allure is the other people (friends, family, neighbors ...) who root for the same team, and the team of your city is the "easiest" to follow since it is nearby, so it does make sense in that way.

@Genghis_Schlonng Nah I get where he's coming from. The players aren't from the city the team "represents", so why care if your "home" team wins or loses? I would rather follow a player or a coach through their career instead of always cheer for the same team. But I understand this view differs from most people.

I like to think the girl on the left daftly positioned her arm like that to upheld her boobs, because otherwise they'd droop past her bellybuttom.

Exaggerated anatomy aside, great anime art.

If you don't like it, don't interact with it.

Don't care about sport games, but I understand a lot of people do. Alone in the Dark and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk are ideal PS+ fodder, not interesting enough to buy, but interesting enough to try for free.

I will miss the discounts, but I won't miss PS Stars because I never cared about it. Like, the digital collectibles were scraps from a aborted NFT project (when those were all the craze). Sure, they were nice to look at for a second when you got them for free, but who would pay for them, as you couldn't do anything with them?

Been playing through The Story So Far since the pandemic, atm playing Dream Drop Distance, in the Notre Dame world, and the gameplay is starting to grow on me. But the franchise really should find a way to knot everything together in a satisfactory way and start anew someway, cause damn is the story a mess even if you try to follow it ... After playing for 400h, really want to dig into KH3 but still got to get through Chapter 2.8

Has potential. But played Infinity Nikki recently, loved it but quit after the main plotline, since as an adult, I do - not - have the time for gacha games.

I don't understand the whole upheaval about Nintendo's price hike ... We're in a global recession, inflation is rampaging everywhere, and since Nintendo doesn't really do the MTX-schemes in their own games, the only way they can combat inflation is with a price hike ... If you buy Mario Kart physical, you'll also be able to sell it for almost purchase price, since physical Nintendo games retain their value for a long time

Great trailer, great artstyle, but not really into MMO's either. Never heard of it before

I can't wait for the "larger map is better map" to lay down ... Give me a small and dense map, which changes over time, or which you unlock parts of while you play. The Yakuza series always have small maps, but you really start knowing Kamurocho

@rusty82 yeah seems like a game which I'd spent 20 bucks tops on

Spent 120h on this game, dropped it after spooky season since I managed to complete the story by then. I also realized that the sidestories are not particulary engaging and I don't care about the dressup part enough to keep logging in on the regular. But as the new area entails more gameplay, I will make a short citytrip to Miraworld again! Really looking forward to the major update, really curious where InFold will take the story

As a kid, Ubisoft was a brand which stood for quality. Rayman, SplinterCell, BG&E, Tom Clancy, FarCry, Assassins Creed, Watch Dogs ... Why chase a trend which already is falling off or is saturated, be original again, make some great singleplayer games again with a more limited scope and world

So another character/hero shooter, but with a bit of LoL Arcane on the aesthetics?

World wide inflation does that to prices ...

Like I am fine with Nintendo asking $80 prices for Switch2 games, since Nintendo doesn't really do the whole MTX money milking shtick in their games, but other pubishers who do will absolutely follow suit ...

Seems like a nice palate cleanser, also not too long, if it is decently priced, I'll think about it!

It just needed to be a solid family movie to do well financially. Not everything needs to have "Barbie" levels of creativity

Performance - Portability - scoPe

These are my 3 P's for the PS6 papi

Eh, if it were just a base price increase I'd be ok with it, inflation and all, but it's on top of all the other money siphoning tactics which are implemented in games nowadays ...

Played this in corona times a few times, fun game, glad it's still out and about, but must be sweaty nowadays

Really have to play GTAV soon it seems ...

Nice selection of double AA games, covering a lot of bases. I will definetely give RoboCop a try, maybe Digimon too, but Chainsaw Massacre will be a skip for me because it is multiplayer

Just bought Grounded full price a few days ago, last time they get me to pay full price -_- Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy is one I will snag up for that price tho!

Played it for the first time a big year ago, what a game, one of my GOAT's, a spend DAYS reading up on theories on the lore after completing The Old Hunters

Don't care about clothing merch, give me that remaster collection alreadddyyyy - I loved the original PS2 game (never played 2) and finished the PSP games multiple times, but most of all, I want to play the recent ones, but first I want to play the old ones, come on alreadddyyyy

I like IN, but I'll wait for the continuation of the main story to dip back in

There is a difference, but not enough imo to sell my ps5 and buy a ps5 pro

@Tomato_Goose I hope it too, but somehow I doubt that