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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

Looks great, I'll follow this one closely!

@Haruki_NLI they are free competent games which are heavily "inspired" by other games (e.g. Genshin is very much "inspired" by Breath of the Wild) and most can be played on your phone. As they are free, the games are gacha games, meaning important progression is tied to items you only can acquire by pulling for them via random loot boxes. This pulling requires a currency you can acquire with real money, or by doing (daily) quests. Often (always?) these gacha games are predatory in many different ways, as some items are only available for limited time only (i.e. "banners"). Got into Infinity Nikki myself, which is a fun 3d platformer with gongeous graphics, but also got out of it (as I am not really into the dress up part of the game, where the gacha is oriented at)

Played Yooka Laylee on the PS4, thought it was a fun 3D-platformer. Surprised the developer does a full remake, would have preferred a sequel actually.

Releasing a successfull GaaS is (was?) the holy grail (cash cow) every publisher aims for, just like MMORPG was before it. Sony had multiple in development wanting that GaaS money, but only Helldivers II succeeded, and that success came completely out of left field for Sony, as Helldivers II wasn't (severly) monetized. But gambling costs money ...

@z0d15g0d Maybe, but it isn't clear if you'd only get an one time payment, or if you gain royalties when your voice is used in an generative AI. If it is an one-time payment, it better be big because when your voice is available for a company via generative AI, why would they need your VA services again? If you gain royalties it could be profitable for VA's, but legislators/accountants will have work to do ...

Why? Just.....why? What's next - Pong with Playstation Spectral Super Resolution?

Do games truly need more power behind them? I mean, loadtimes are barely a thing anymore, graphics are topnotch, development time is already at the max ... Limits create creativity, and I think the limits of PS5 aren't really explored fully yet

Checking boxes off can be fun, but be careful, that's how gaming becomes another job ...
Using the trophy system as a simple archiver of my gaming journey instead as a checklist a small decade ago revitalized my love for gaming

I almost can't keep up with these updates, just been able to finish the main quest and firework isles! Great game, developers truly put time and effort in it. First gachagame, and its essentially free as I do not really care about the dressup part (did buy the fireworks bicycle for 1€ tho)

This one seems more for the shareholders, just like buzz words of yesteryear"NFT's", "microtransactions", "GaaS", "Live service", "Battlepass" ...

@Richy2025
Its not a GaaS, so I don't see why this should be free for owners of the original version?
@Hundred_Hand_Slap
Don't forget about gems like Bloodrayne: ReVamped, Asterix & Obelix XXL: RoMastered and SpongeBob BfBB: ReHydrated!

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Helldivers II is (or rather was?) an AA title, and it carries the GaaS strategy of former Sony management on its back. Also, the double AA area is partially taken by indie devs

@slayernz I commend you played through the story, but why go and plat it if you're already burnt out from the story?

Although I am not one to judge, I sometimes fall into the same trap

I hope Shadows is great and it does well for Ubi, but I also hope Ubi dares to reinvent AC again for the next iteration. And they should try to diversify a bit more, drag some old IP on the forefront (SplinterCell, Rayman, Prince of Persia, finally release BG&E2 ...)

@amatmulisha Steamdeck? I'm pondering if I should buy a PS Portal or a Steamdeck ...

@RiotShieldsHurt Thanks, and I do yours! Given the difference between the games, I do understand your POV. Eternal is complexer in its gameplay, more fastpaced, almost no horror element anymore, and feels way more arcadey than 2016.

@RiotShieldsHurt I do not agree, Eternal is superb, just like 2016, but it is different from 2016, just like Dark Ages will be different.

Stupid question maybe, but are the games fully loaded on the disc? (Can I play the games on PS5 in offlinemode?)

Cut the entire southern half part of the map, focus on a story with smaller stakes as a new first year student of Hogwarts, make creating a social network with your fellow students and teachers a part of the gameplay, and dare challenge your gamers with your puzzles. The first one did a lot right, but had a bad case of the open world bloat too common in recent open world titles

I love R&C!

Just wish J&D and Sly Cooper would have gotten the same love as R&C ...

Nice, excited for High on Life and PacMan RePak, ideal PSPlus games imo, bitesize, little niche.

PayDay 3 seems like SuicideSquad, an empty bag of an online game

most of the time, at least one or two games appeals to me, so i think ps+ still worth it

For me, Insomniac together with Naughty Dog is the duo that made me want a PS2/PS3 as a kid.

Santa Monica (God of War) and SuckerPunch (Sly Cooper / InFamous) were also great but came after I owned the consoles

Yes, even more camera's in my daily life ... Hard pass, Eye Toy is the only playstation camera I need

A wasteland of releases may lie ahead of us, but luckily a big backlog is smiling behind us

Game Pass as a consumer is great if you often differentiate in what you play during a short period of time. If you only play 1 game for long period of time, it is not that great.

Game Pass also already plundered the older games it has access to and provided these to its users, AND a lot of people only want to play the recent games.

Game Pass is an absolute steal for the first months/year, but after a while, you've played what you wanted to play, and you'll cancel your subscription, only the resuscribe for a few months at the time for a new release, just like Disney+.

Still playing my first gacha game, Infinity Nikki, and after that one I think I'll close the books on gacha's for a while again. While IN is a great game on it's own merits as an open world platformer, the daily routine it encourages is something I actively stepped away from in the past for ease of mind (WoW, LoL, Hearthstone ...).