BrotherFilmriss

Haha excellent, I waited for that Dark Ages discount. Physical (without game on disc), was 43 eur in the black friday week xD

CoD campaigns are a guilty pleasure of mine and except for Advanced Warfare I honestly liked 'em all. This time around I won't buy the game, got myself gamepass for a month to test out the campaign and it's an utter disgrace tbh. This whole thing plays like a limited Far Cry or some lootershooter live service crap. Enemies have health bars and way too high ttk, every level ends with an "endboss". Enemies don't lose their weapons (so I can test 'em out on them), there are no checkpoints, no pause option and every now and then some live servicy blingbling like level ups and sh*t appears. The art style is horrendous and the game looks like the earlier iterations pre MW reboot. Gone is every notion of the gritty more realistic style of the latest games which I really liked.

I'm in chapter 4 and the encounters feel like a chore already. Also the gameplay doesn't feel like Ninja Gaiden. I dunno what it is exactly, something with the camera I guess? Standard Ninja enemies are boring in design imho and the levels stretched out too long. Also the story seems to be very very stupid (thats no news for the series, but the decisions of the main character in the beginning are strange to say the least?). I want to like it, but I'm not feeling it atm. 6/10.

Ok, a little too blue for my taste, but I'm sure someone will like it. Already pre-ordered two Astrobot controllers this month

They should've salvaged the assets and recycle them into a proper Destiny expansion... Since recycling content is everything what they're good at. This is DOA, no one needs another extraction shooter.

The demo was really good and had me hooked instantly, but then came Death Stranding 2, Mafia, Indiana Jones PS5, Hexen+Heretic, Oblivion Remaster and my love for Elden Ring reignited... I really need like three Dr. Manhattan clones. Sooo many good games, so little time...

Hey hey Sony, no "refunds" when the game was downloaded, eh? 😁

Three games that I don't own and would've never bought, so this is a good month for me

Haze Remastered! 😁

I'd be definitely interested in Cold Fear.

@LiamCroft
Thanks for the review. How's DualSense implementation?

They should seriously fire some of their management and/or advisors when they really expected another extraction shooter (from a niche franchise) to perform well. I wanted to love this game, but it was too buggy in the beginning stage and after losing hours in progress through regular disconnects in matches I gave up on it.

I'm looking forward to experience a more stable performance and less muddier visual quality opposed the Series S version. But I won't be an early adopter this time around. Enjoyed the experience overall on my first run, except for the puzzles which dragged a little bit.

Straight 8/10 from me. I like it even more than its predecessor thanks to the new stuff, finishers and the murphy level. It' stupid fun. Bugs are little annnoying though. Experienced missing models just in the first dialogue and some time later again.

1st things 1st, place your PS5 horizontal. There seems to be a widely acknowledged construction error (not by Sony mind you...) with the liquid cooling metal stuff, which causes overheating.
I had constant shutdown issues with Rise of Ronin. When I figured out that it was overheating, I cleaned out the console (where I could reach without taking the thing totally apart), placed it horizontally and got some extra fans on the backside. I always had the console in an open place. After that crashes and shut downs were reduced significantly.

They should start with giving us back what they have taken away after the change from Now to Premium. Namely the Killzone Trilogy and Resistance, I'd also love to replay Syndicate or every other Starbreeze game for that matter.

Native PS5 version means new trophies, right? 😁
Well loved the initial release on PS4, also loved the sequel on Xbox, looking forward to play both titles on PS5 again hoping for some very good haptic support.

And here I go, initially not wanting to buy this on launch, but your review sounds very promising 😁

As owner of the previous remaster I got a free code for Xbox and it seems this counts as preorder, so a I'm eligable for beta access.
I'm a little bit disappointed that it basically looks exactly the same than GoW:Ultimate, so I think I'll skip it initially and maybe get it on sale for the trophies later. Still weird times that one is able to play an Xbox flagship on PS5 though.

I think this is a no frills coop multiplayer game. Nothing special, but still entertaining. Like it so far except for the expectable server issues (and some other bugs) at launch.
It lends basically the "service" systems of Helldivers 2 in providing extra cosmetics passes, judging from the deluxe edition content. Fine by me
40 bucks is too much though. Wouldn't have got it, if it wasn't for PS Extra.

THATS pretty awesome but like mentioned before, too little too late.

To this day I can not understand, how they could've messed up Factions. I mean they just could've remastered the original factions maps into the new engine (I'm pretty sure Bungie would've been superhelpful as they're really experienced in recycling content 🙄) and added tlou2's gameplay and weapons and e voila... and I'm pretty sure that creating two or three additional maps in the style of the "old" faction maps wouldn't be that hard.
Regarding Fairgames. Not.Interested. At. All.
Stop it. Let it die and burn it with fire.
If they want to do life service, maybe do it right? Mix it up with your single player games the right way, like in Doom: Eternal or GT?

I'm a little bit onto cleaning up the pile of shame. Recently completed my 2nd run on TloU2 Remastered (well actually my 1st run on remastered), just about to finish High on Life (maybe clean up run on collectibles later) and after that it'll be Blades of Fire.

Gave it an 8. It's a very good single player game but opposed to it's predecessor there's something amiss which I can not pinpoint. Loved the shield though.

I never expected it but I got around 3 hrs playtime from the demo. Didn't like it at first but somewhere down the road it clicked and when I reached the end of the demo I pre-ordered the game instantly.

@JadedNomad
Afaik one outfit and the shower scene is censored I'm afraid.

Would've been a day one for me, if it wasn't. Since i enjoyed the first remaster and the series in general. 30 bucks is also pretty steep imho. Wasn't the first game around 15?

I hope I'll be able to put my current Diablo IV addiction to rest and play this.. it's sitting ready on my PS5, had it preordered.

I just platinumed Dragon Age: The Veilguard some days ago. It was slightly better then expected, but still a huge letdown from previous entries and the writing was just hilarious. But since then I yearn to experience more of the DA universe again, so I started a new playthrough on DA:Origins again via gamepass. It's also fps boosted which is pretty cool.
Also will try out Madjack Mullet and return to my inferno playthrough on Lords of the Fallen.

@FinneasGH
There's a quest or occurance in the original Control this relates to. Don't wanna spoil it for you if you haven't played it

I'm generally looking forward to this and take a dip into the Oldest House again. This looks interesting and grounded and I am confident, that Remedy created an awesome experience for us.

Awesome, instabuy

Both Onimushas & Returnal 2 (Saros).

I pld High on Life on gamepass for a good while but didn't finish it, waiting for a proper sale since then. This is even better
Apart of that, not the best month anyway...

Will test out Forspoken for some good laughs about the horrible writing. Premium collection might be great for Cooper fans, not my cup of tea though.

From the selection:
1. Dragons Dogma 2
2. Stellar Blade
3. Space Marine 2
4. Still wakes the deep
5. Nine Sols

@Kiefer-Sutherland
https://www.truetrophies.com/news/legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-1-and-2-remastered-platinum-trophy-ps5-ps4-revealed
Not that straight forward that I hoped for... I think there are some interesting challenges there (i.e. not getting hit by Kain in the first boss fight or touch no water while climbing the cathedral).
Soul Reaver 2 is just a DLC list for Soul Reaver 1 which is quite a bummer.

For me this is a nostalgic 10/10 no matter what. Recently platinumed Blood Omen 1&2 via premium and just immersed myself into Defiance again in wait for this release, so looking forward to it 😅

Got myself some Indies: Butcher Special Edition, Squad 51 vs Flying Saucers, 9 Monkeys of Shaolin, Postal: Brain Damaged and Exo One (pld this on gamepass already and absolutely loved it).
Gonna say it again and again (and again 😜), when you're into psychological horror and a little bit walking simulator/re 7 style gameplay (yes, it has shooting), do yourself a favor and get 'In Sound Mind'. The 4 bucks are very well worth it.
Also some great offerings for retroshooter fans: 'Exhumed' and 'Rise of the Triad' available. Both are great remasters.
If you like old school arcady beat em up (sort of Street of Rage, but from top down view) you want to look into 'Redeemer', thats pretty cool too.

In preparation of the Soul Reaver Remasters I plan to platinum Blood Omen 1&2.

I'm into BO6s campaign via gamepass, tomorrow maybe some.Silent Hill 2.

On my German account there's no cashback at all, on my US account there's only 10$ per 2500 points..

Well it was a PS2 game ;] I remember playing it back in the day on PC and it was somewhat frustrating, never completed it though. I think there would be better alternatives from this era to be remastered, which still hold up or are fun today like Psi Ops, Area 51 or The Suffering. I dunno getting The Thing strongly depends on its asking price, max 20 €...

Do yourself a favour and spend 4 bucks on "In Sound Mind". Awesome game and a steal for that price ☺️

"Pinball M" sounds nice and although it's not on sale, will get me some slo-mo fun with "El Paso, elsewhere".

I snagged it pretty cheap on amazon.fr, downside is that delivery will take a week longer then usual. Was sceptical at first from the first preview videos, but after the latest gameplay reveals was pretty convinced that it'll be good. Also have no high stakes in it. I played it in the past on PS2 and PC but it wasn't my cup of tea then (unlike part1). So I'm really looking forward playing it with a fresh twenty year later perspective

From the first gameplay video my interest in this game died down instantly. The more recent clips didn't rectify that, a shame really.

I had the absolute fortune to had the gold edition delivered two days early, the game is an absolute blast and all I've hoped for. My GOTY now I think it hasn't been mentioned, but dual sense rumble is also pretty good.

@somnambulance
Thanks for the explanation. Might give this a try next month then.

Since my budget is a little thin for games this month, I decided to go for Bleak Faith instead, which is a very cool game this far (gameplay a little rough, but oh my god the atmosphere, music and world is awesome). What would you compare Wukong too? Stellar Blade with Ape? Or more like Enslaved?

I think theres an hdd-image around somewhere in the internet, so u could install the pt files on a blank ps4 without needing to hack something, but I think you need the license to play it, can't remember the whole process, but u may google it... and I can at least verify that it worked

Playing it on gamepass right now and I think I'm homing in on the end. Pretty solid game this far, doesn't overstay it's welcome, stealth sections are brief and tension always held up, although there are some humerous elements which lighten up the mood. Think I'll buy this on PS5 later to enjoy it with better performance, since I'm playing on Series S.

@Kidfunkadelic83
I feel it harder to NOT fill the bar....It's so stuck in my head to collect.all stuff 🫣

@BIG3
Cheers m8, hope it's the solution ☺️

@BIG3
You thought about building them first? Just buying them isn't enough.