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They really should get Asobi to animate Astro as the host introducing all these games. That way I would stay awake due to his jovial chirping.
At least Housemarque haven't been tasked with a rubbish GaaS title and are bringing their bullet hell expertise back to salvage a very thin first party line up.

It's pretty much obvious that this will be the SoP where we finally get that 8k/480fps patch for Bloodborne 7.

@Jswift56 Sony's State of Play events are the box that holds Schrodinger's cat aka the Bloodborne remaster. It merely exists in a probabilistic state and only when the State of Play occurs can we confirm the non existence of the remaster...yet again.

@HRdepartment Still the best game (on any platform) in the last 10 years for me.

Finally went back to grab the Platinum for Returnal and spent 15hrs trying to find the last cipher. Sounds annoying until you realise that it just meant playing more Returnal.
Doom Eternal shares the same fantastic gameplay. Spatial awareness and an emphasis on movement is essential. Both have that wonderful style of video game mechanical art that sometimes feels lost to 'realism'. One where, once it clicks and you're in the zone, there's not many games that feel better to play.

There will definitely, unequivocally, most certainly, without the slightest shadow of a quark sized doubt that a Bloodborne remastered remake will be announced for PS5.

I have a feeling like Griswald does in National Lampoons when his boss gives him a one year enrollment in the 'Jelly Of The Month' instead of his Christmas bonus.

So people now don't want smaller AA games?

@PegasusActual93 MGS5 was an obvious unfinished mess due to the split with Konami which meant a lot of exposition dumps were simply missing and Death Stranding contains plenty of overly long cut scenes with the finale on the beach being 40 mins worth of Kojima excess.
I like his work but I also wish he'd offer exposition that isnt just told in a tediously long, non interactive cut scene which induces paralysis in the flow of the gameplay.

If no-one has advised Kojima to reign in his cut scene over indulgences then I'll pass on this. The ending of the original game was far too elongated than it needed to be.

@Drago201 A great existential crisis is coming for these crusaders when they get what yearn for. Much like the conundrum of how to avoid boredom in a utopia these folk will face an ever deepening reality that they've nothing to offer once the holy land is reached. Peddling the same tripe in a world they willingly ushered in isn't going to lead anywhere but the job centre.

KCD 2 is seeing Agincourt levels of success.

Nintendo is arguably the worst, certainly when you factor how pedantic they can be in other areas. There are some geniunely creepy titles in amongst all that detritus too, and for a 'family friendly' company I find it odd that they pass the review system.

@Flaming_Kaiser Yeah I forgot that all discs are region free so you don't even need a Jap/HK account.

Burnout 3 is widely regarded as the best arcade racer ever and yet EA eventually saw fit to task Criterion with pursuing the vastly inferior NFS games.or being support devs for other projects.
Even the fabulous riot that was Black never saw a follow up.

The absurdity of this is that it takes barely 10 minutes to set up an Hong Kong account, buy a HK PSN code off Playasia, purchase a game with a English dub and then download it straight to your PS5. You can also collect the trophies if you just play it on your main account.

Is there a chance Team Asobi could give us a Momo Bot bedecked in fashionable attire?

I spent most of GTA5 throwing him out of helicopters solely to watch this insufferable character die.

@nomither6 I've a degree in uttering terrible jokes. Hence the zero likes!! 😥

It's an excellent remake of an all time classic so much rejoicing is to be had that Bloober truly pulled it off.

Gustav Herman Hulst's 'Concord,The Bringer of Low Player Counts'

I can see why the team embraced the possibility of rebranding themselves as Tickle The Trigger.

Nice to see the community engage with the mailbox idea in a positive way.

@Vaako007 You're well within your right to enjoy it and I won't begrudge you your enjoyment. However, I personally see it as hideously dated. For a company that thrives on sandbox game worlds and hyper realistic physics Rockstar's mission structure is ruthlessly linear to the point of absurdity. At no point does the game have confidence in the player to approach a mission uniquely so they are railroaded into playing each mission exactly how Rockstar want you to, with any resistance from you met with a 'Mission Failed' screen.

@Rich33 Super glue could be trusted to keep my pantaloons from falling down in public. Staples would expose my inadequacies!

@Rich33 I'm not a graphics wh$@e but it's pretty horrendous when you see it in person. Much like Remake it stiill has rather offensive texture pop in too with some of the rock faces never even making the effort to turn up at all. It's bizarre because the cut scenes look phenomenal, but when you're 'in game' it's so easy to spot where corners were cut or UE4 assets were simply plonked in place with no finesse. I (slightly pedantic) took umbrage in the choice of font usage for a lot of the shops and stalls too. It just looks as if it was slapped on with no depth or shade to the area it's mean to cover.
I mostly enjoyed the game, barring the terrible ending, but there are numerous times when it feels like the whole thing is being held together with staples.

@Rich33 Pro upgrade is the only way to enjoy 60fps with clean, crisp visuals. They added a sharper option in the base performance mode, whilst keeping the terrible original option too for some reason, and it still looks horribly blurred. I had to play it in 30fps due to how bad it was (and still is)

Looks utterly fantastic

@Lightworker It's not that die hard fans want it to play exactly like the original in terms of plot beats but nearly everything new they've added is either superfluous or in some cases outright bad. Many sections are unnecessarily padded out and characters like Chadley or Roche feel like they've jumped in from a different dimension thematically (Roche utterly sucks)

The mind numbing ending of Rebirth was the nail in the coffin in terms of my anticipation for the third game. It was so poorly written, tone deaf and over the top that I've no hope that they can salvage the narrative arc in the finale.

I'm just hoping it's nowhere near as dated as RDR2 when it comes to Rockstar's god awful antiquated mission structure.

@ApostateMage There's a sinister whiff of intellectual dishonesty which I find thoroughly distasteful.

@ApostateMage https://www.ign.com/articles/the-resident-evil-game-that-cant-be-remade
The main (rather predictable) issue arrives nearer the end of the article. Numerous western outlets didn't like it upon it's release and i'd probably bet it's something Capcom will just want to avoid.

There's sadly not a chance in hell that Nintendo would allow Mario and Astro to mingle but surely Sega wouldn't mind a Sonic cameo?

Over to you Housemarque.

@get2sammyb And that ball having the same mass as a neutron star.

A colossal goatcluck. To have Bluepoint working on one is quite possibly the worst of the lot. Why buy a studio with a track record of nothing more than (admittedly excellent remasters and remakes) and task them with a GaaS title from one of your biggest IPs?

A rather fine gentleman leaves a rather fine legacy. Good luck in whatever you choose to do.
An extra Kupo coming straight from MogNet.
Kupo

Balder's Gate 34: Rule Thirsty For More

Astro or Mario I'd definitely enjoy a slice. A grimdark nihilistic nightmare less so.

I'm still cleansing my impure self after the disgusting descent into debauchery I succumbed to with Halsin, Gale and the Drow twins.

@colonelkilgore Biggus...

@MikeOrator It's a subjective view but to me he's as flawed as he is talented. MGS4 is as bafflingly terrible as it is occasionally genius.

@ButterySmooth30FPS I'd say that Nex Machina is as close to a perfect game as I've played and a 120fps patch would be most welcome.

Returnal is still by far the best game this generation for me. A butt clenching, palm sweating cacophony of orchestrated violence.

There will certainly be an overly long, tediously drawn out cut scene which'll have my eyes rolling into my head leaving me perplexed as to why Kojima is put on a pedestal. Then there will be a gameplay mechanic where I'll understand why I should put up with his many flaws.

@J2theEzzo I'll read this message at a high price.

Capcom's excelling at the mo' because they've got a selection of good things on sale stranger

Rescue Mission's inventiveness is still the biggest jaw drop Team Asobi have ever created but Astro Bot on PS5 is hard to find fault with and full to the brim with creativity.
It was certainly my favourite of the year.

Metro morphed out of GameCentral which took over from Digitiser and Mr Biffo (back to the Teletext days) so they're far older than many of the current mob of journalists.
Out of the list you give I only know Critical Drinker and that's because he reviews movies. He seems to have unintentionally taken on RLM's Mr Plinkett character now that Stoklasa retired him.
I doubt half of his audience give a toss about games if you were inclined to notice the difference in views.