WB owns Ready Player One right? To me that's the easiest way to get into a live service game. It has it's own built in reasoning for including every franchise that WB has the rights to in order to maximize engagement.
@Nightcrawler71 up until BOTW/TOTK The Legend of Zelda was my absolute favorite franchise. No matter the praise those games get I just don’t enjoy them. 75% of the reason is the weapon degradation system. I hate it. I want to love them, but it just sucks.
@PuppetMaster to this day I continue to argue that SF II: The Animated Movie has some of the absolute best fight scenes I've ever seen. That Vega/Chun-Li fight is goated.
If Sony really wants to make a splash in the live service market they need to make their own version of Sony Rivals. They have the IP to support an endeavor like that. Use them all. Stop trying to make either a new IP or a game set within a singular IP. Combine them all and reap the rewards.
@PloverNutter Adding more X-Men with X-Men '97 themed suits just seems like a way to print money if I am being honest. I wonder if they will make exceptions to add 3-4 during specific seasons. Like a Defenders season adding 4 and an X-Men season adding more than 2. Seems unlikely given their statements, but this X-Fan can dream.
@get2sammyb I concur. I was really into the Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 & Phantom Blade 0, but SW:O might just be the most impressed I’ve been over SGF.
I had every intention of playing it at launch, but then I started Lies of P. That game is fantastic. I am glad it was in so many of the top 5 lists from this site, because it certainly deserved it.
If they had cut the fat out and condensed it to around 45 minutes with FF7, MK1, Sonic, Sandland, Prince of Persia, Alan Wake 2, and a few others most people would be rating this at very good or excellent.
@Greger22 Yes from the looks and description of it. Very similar. There will be some overlap between playable characters and kameo characters, but from the sound of it most of the kameo characters will not be playable.
I know it's totally Castlevania vibes, but something about it has me thinking it's what it would be like to play a Mega Man X game where you could swap between X and Zero whenever you wanted.
I do wonder if the game had launched with these features would it have won GOTY last year from most outlets? I feel like these enhancements make it a 10.
@Jackpaza0508 my Fortnite total was ridiculous...243 hours. Granted my 7yr old played it on my account too, so it was probably more like 190 hours but still.
Honestly I have been really intrigued by the trailers of this since its debut, but this has actually turned me off of the game. It looks ok. However, the depth of field isn't very detailed, the world seems empty, the frame rate isn't up to par, the graphical fidelity looks old gen not current gen, and the combat seems like it could get clunky.
Marvel's Avengers is a game with great combat, but no rewarding loop. The only way to earn in game credits is through the Challenge Cards, but those have a maxed out amount. So unlike other GaaS there isn't really a way to earn the true in game currency to spend at the marketplace. Couple this with the lack of mission/scenic variation, no PvP(or PvEvP), lack of quality loot and most people feel no reason to keep playing it.
@dbunny @Jaz007 Ok sounds like i've got some good options to keep an eye on when sales update. both of those look like they'd fill a good vr void in my life. Any other VR reco's? I finally played Tetris Effect in VR the other day and it was incredible. I've got Iron Man VR, which if it weren't for the load times i'd consider it a good VR game.
Forget fixing the dead scout thing...I want them to increase the roll rate for some of the rare rooms with scout logs and cyphers. This randomness towards the platinum is frustrating.
I get the name Game Pass is taken, but really there is no need for a Video Pass. This is not the answer to Xbox right now. There are already too many VoD streaming services available. Netflix & Disney + just signed deals with Sony for streaming rights to their films and shows. Are there really that many people not subscribing to either service?
Answer Xbox by combining PS Now with PS+. If they need to offset the profits then make it a tier system. PS+ standard is normal price, PS+ Platinum is $10 extra.
Personal opinion - TLOU2 Factions got so big and ambitious that they could no longer feasibly launch it free as an update. So package TLOU Remake with Factions and they can use it as an excuse to charge for it.
@kyleforrester87 my thoughts exactly. Plus if they were planning to use a "season" per season of the first game, they could film 4 seasons during that stretch and release them all to minimize Bella Ramsey drastically aging each season.
I played a hive, a villain sector, and all of the Hawkeye story last night. It was extremely fast, smooth, and gorgeous. I am playing on a 70" 4k 120hz Samsung tv, and that 60fps and graphical upgrade really made a difference. I immediately felt like this game should have ditched releasing on the previous gen and waited until now to launch, because it more or less felt built for it.
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Re: PS5's Highly Anticipated Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Will Debut New Stages at TGS
Give me Cyclops & Gambit please. Then it’s an insta buy day 1.
Re: Suicide Squad Disaster Not Stopping Warner Bros from Making Another Live Service DC Game
WB owns Ready Player One right?
To me that's the easiest way to get into a live service game.
It has it's own built in reasoning for including every franchise that WB has the rights to in order to maximize engagement.
Re: The Weapon Durability Debate Is Back with PS5 Action RPG Blades of Fire
@Nightcrawler71 up until BOTW/TOTK The Legend of Zelda was my absolute favorite franchise. No matter the praise those games get I just don’t enjoy them. 75% of the reason is the weapon degradation system. I hate it. I want to love them, but it just sucks.
Re: State of Play Confirmed for Wednesday, 40+ Minutes of PS5 News and Updates
Marvel Rivals season 1.5 trailer incoming
Re: Critically Maligned 90s Street Fighter Animated Series to Make Shock Blu-ray Comeback
@SoulChimera you're welcome. EVERY time I hear Them Bones I picture the Ken driving scene. That soundtrack really is great!
@PuppetMaster completely agree on all accounts. I am really going to have to watch that again soon.
I recently was cleaning out my garage and found my SF2:V collection on dvd. I am really tempted to rewatch it now. It's been decades since I have.
Re: Critically Maligned 90s Street Fighter Animated Series to Make Shock Blu-ray Comeback
@PuppetMaster to this day I continue to argue that SF II: The Animated Movie has some of the absolute best fight scenes I've ever seen. That Vega/Chun-Li fight is goated.
Re: Lists of Sony’s Cancelled Live Service PS5 Games Paint a Worrying Picture
If Sony really wants to make a splash in the live service market they need to make their own version of Sony Rivals. They have the IP to support an endeavor like that. Use them all. Stop trying to make either a new IP or a game set within a singular IP. Combine them all and reap the rewards.
Re: Marvel Rivals Will Grow Rapidly with a New Hero Being Added Every Month and a Half
@PloverNutter Adding more X-Men with X-Men '97 themed suits just seems like a way to print money if I am being honest. I wonder if they will make exceptions to add 3-4 during specific seasons. Like a Defenders season adding 4 and an X-Men season adding more than 2. Seems unlikely given their statements, but this X-Fan can dream.
Re: Marvel Rivals Will Grow Rapidly with a New Hero Being Added Every Month and a Half
It's a good pace for sure. Unfortunately though, this means we are still likely a year+ out from Cyclops & Gambit.
Re: Marvel Rivals' First-Month Revenue Shows Sony Should Continue to Pursue Live Service on PS5, PC
Sincere question. Is GameLook reliable in these estimates? This seems unrealistically high for the first month.
Re: Vast Majority of Gamers Say Elden Ring DLC Should Never Have Been Nominated for Game of the Year
DLC is CONTENT. It’s not a game. It’s content for a game. Game of the Year should be reserved for a game and its released content during that year.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Demos Out of This Galaxy PS5 Gameplay
@get2sammyb I concur. I was really into the Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 & Phantom Blade 0, but SW:O might just be the most impressed I’ve been over SGF.
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 Predictions for Summer Game Fest 2024?
Marvel vs Capcom 4 announcement
With MvC2 being remastered as well
At least that’s my hope.
Re: State of Play Officially Confirmed for 30th May, Updates on PS5, PSVR2 Games
My son Drake's 10th birthday is tomorrow. I am now predicting an Uncharted announcement.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered?
I had every intention of playing it at launch, but then I started Lies of P. That game is fantastic. I am glad it was in so many of the top 5 lists from this site, because it certainly deserved it.
Re: Street Fighter 6's Battle Pass Brings the Heat with Retro Games, Classic Music, and More
I wasn't exactly impressed with the pass itself, but the fact you can earn back the fighter coins it makes it potentially worth it.
Re: Poll: Was Summer Game Fest 2023 a Sizzler or a Wash Out?
If they had cut the fat out and condensed it to around 45 minutes with FF7, MK1, Sonic, Sandland, Prince of Persia, Alan Wake 2, and a few others most people would be rating this at very good or excellent.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1's Breathtaking First PS5 Footage Stains Summer Game Fest
@Greger22 Yes from the looks and description of it. Very similar. There will be some overlap between playable characters and kameo characters, but from the sound of it most of the kameo characters will not be playable.
Re: PlayStation Showcase Finally Announced for 24th May
My "bold" prediction: Iron Man VR remastered for PSVR2
Re: Actress Ella Balinska Anchors Massive Forspoken PS5 Showcase
The more I see of this game the more my hopes for it go up.
Re: Gotham Knights Co-Op and Climactic 'Villain Night' Events Revealed in IGN First Preview
This has "Villain Sectors" written all over it.
Re: PGA Tour 2K23 Takes a Shot on PS5, PS4 on 14th October, Pre-Order to Play as Michael Jordan
Tony Romo would have made this an insta-pre order for me.
Re: Pretty PS5, PS4 Platformer Kena: Bridge of Spirits Getting Massive Update
Any trophies being added for the New Game+ and the Spirit Guide Trials?
Re: Slay Together in Grim Guardians: Demon Purge, a Co-Op Castlevania-Like
I know it's totally Castlevania vibes, but something about it has me thinking it's what it would be like to play a Mega Man X game where you could swap between X and Zero whenever you wanted.
Re: Poll: Which Final Fantasy Game are You Most Looking Forward to?
If it were an option I'd easily pick FF Tactics Remake...but given that it isn't and hasn't officially been announced yet I selected None of 'em!
I still haven't finished FF7R. Every time I hit the side mission parts in the towns it just ground my momentum to a halt.
Re: Sonic Frontiers Debuts First Open World Gameplay in New Video
This was made in Dreams right?
Re: Big Final Fantasy News Coming This Month or Next as Series Celebrates 35th Anniversary
I anticipate they finally reveal Final Fantasy Tactics Remake
Re: Hands On: Returnal's New Co-Op and Endless Modes Reinvigorate a PS5 Great
I do wonder if the game had launched with these features would it have won GOTY last year from most outlets? I feel like these enhancements make it a 10.
Re: PlayStation Wrap-Up 2021 Available Now, Share Your Gaming Stats
@Jackpaza0508 my Fortnite total was ridiculous...243 hours.
Granted my 7yr old played it on my account too, so it was probably more like 190 hours but still.
Re: Raw Forspoken Gameplay Features Combat, Menus
Honestly I have been really intrigued by the trailers of this since its debut, but this has actually turned me off of the game. It looks ok. However, the depth of field isn't very detailed, the world seems empty, the frame rate isn't up to par, the graphical fidelity looks old gen not current gen, and the combat seems like it could get clunky.
This is disappointing.
Re: Here's Your First Horrifying Look at Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Well...you're right Sammy. This is a horrifying look.
Re: Marvel's Avengers' Free Black Panther Update Looks Impressive
Marvel's Avengers is a game with great combat, but no rewarding loop. The only way to earn in game credits is through the Challenge Cards, but those have a maxed out amount. So unlike other GaaS there isn't really a way to earn the true in game currency to spend at the marketplace. Couple this with the lack of mission/scenic variation, no PvP(or PvEvP), lack of quality loot and most people feel no reason to keep playing it.
Re: Go Down to the Woods Today in Blair Witch: VR Edition, Available Now for PSVR
@dbunny @Jaz007 Ok sounds like i've got some good options to keep an eye on when sales update. both of those look like they'd fill a good vr void in my life. Any other VR reco's? I finally played Tetris Effect in VR the other day and it was incredible. I've got Iron Man VR, which if it weren't for the load times i'd consider it a good VR game.
Re: Go Down to the Woods Today in Blair Witch: VR Edition, Available Now for PSVR
@Bleachedsmiles oh i imagine that would be quite jarring mentally hahahaha
Re: Go Down to the Woods Today in Blair Witch: VR Edition, Available Now for PSVR
@Jaz007 Are either of them good? I've never actually seen them in action. Might look into them if they are.
Re: Go Down to the Woods Today in Blair Witch: VR Edition, Available Now for PSVR
@dbunny Is it any good?
Re: Go Down to the Woods Today in Blair Witch: VR Edition, Available Now for PSVR
@MaccaMUFC it's honestly one of my biggest complaints about VR games. I've pretty much never seen a game that had the arms with the hands.
Re: PS5 Architect Mark Cerny Adds Returnal's Platinum to His Collection of Prestigious Pots
I'd have had mine weeks ago if the stupid House sequence one wouldn't have glitched on me. 🤬
Re: PSVR Co-Op Shooter After the Fall Highlights the Snowbreed Hordes in New Gameplay Video
Um...is it just me or does one version of the snowbreed look just like a bloater?
Re: Sonic Origins Brings the Genesis Classics Back in a New Collection
I was sold with Sonic CD
Re: Returnal Update 1.3.7 Arrives on PS5 Today, Here Are the Patch Notes
Forget fixing the dead scout thing...I want them to increase the roll rate for some of the rare rooms with scout logs and cyphers. This randomness towards the platinum is frustrating.
Re: Movie Review: Mortal Kombat (2021) – An Uneven, But Ultimately Enjoyable Film
Please stick to video game reviews.
Re: PlayStation Plus Video Pass Expands PS Plus with Movies and TV Shows, but Only in Poland for Now
I get the name Game Pass is taken, but really there is no need for a Video Pass. This is not the answer to Xbox right now. There are already too many VoD streaming services available. Netflix & Disney + just signed deals with Sony for streaming rights to their films and shows. Are there really that many people not subscribing to either service?
Answer Xbox by combining PS Now with PS+. If they need to offset the profits then make it a tier system. PS+ standard is normal price, PS+ Platinum is $10 extra.
Re: PS Store Spring Sale Refresh Adds Another 250 PS5, PS4 Discounts
@Relygon Yes.
Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Yuffie DLC Officially Titled Episode INTERmission
@nessisonett Might have stood a better chance had they just named it PSP2.
Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Yuffie DLC Officially Titled Episode INTERmission
@nessisonett They have that in common with Xbox.
Re: The Last of Us Is Getting a PS5 Remake Eight Years After Release, Claims Report
Personal opinion - TLOU2 Factions got so big and ambitious that they could no longer feasibly launch it free as an update. So package TLOU Remake with Factions and they can use it as an excuse to charge for it.
Re: Virtua Fighter 5 Could Be Making a Comeback on PS4
I just want a remastered Marvel vs Capcom 2...
Re: HBO's The Last of Us TV Show to Start Shooting in July
@kyleforrester87 my thoughts exactly. Plus if they were planning to use a "season" per season of the first game, they could film 4 seasons during that stretch and release them all to minimize Bella Ramsey drastically aging each season.
Re: PS5 Makes a Mockery of Marvel's Avengers' Long PS4 Load Times
I played a hive, a villain sector, and all of the Hawkeye story last night. It was extremely fast, smooth, and gorgeous. I am playing on a 70" 4k 120hz Samsung tv, and that 60fps and graphical upgrade really made a difference. I immediately felt like this game should have ditched releasing on the previous gen and waited until now to launch, because it more or less felt built for it.
Here is a clip of it -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TkAsTglmsA