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This is what i think about when there are complaints that PS Plus Extra has a trash selection. Theres NO SHOT people have the time or funds to keep up with every new release or offering. Honestly, im drowning in my backlog at the moment let alone any exciting new releases 😂😵‍💫

@DennisReynolds @Jade37 I mean, I kind of hinted at it in my first comment by not saying the World gameplay needed to be merged into the Story games in that parentheses. I disagree with World not being good but that's more of a personal taste thing because I love em; I understand that the niche aspect of the World's Tamagotchi-like monster raising gameplay isn't for everyone.

All I mean is that, yes, the World and Story games set out to do different things, but the Story games, in terms of dungeon/world design don't HAVE to be so linear. It would be neat if they could take the open exploration aspects from the World games and apply them to the Story games. It would almost be a direct answer to most people's criticisms of Time Story.

Brought up the Pokemon third version thing because Bandai Namco tend to channel time and energy focusing on one Digimon game at a time, but instead of spending all that time alternating between World, Story, World, Story, I think THE definitive Digimon game would take the best aspects of both. One of the reasons I love the World games is that they don't waste time with a bloated story (MAYBE a forced one, but meh), they just throw you in there.

@TheDaddyOtaku So do i. Just like i know people who only have an xbox or a playstation or a pc. Or people who bought the wii, only bought the wii, bought like 2 games for it and never played it again becauae it was nintendo hype. I know far more people who own an xbox and a switch, or a playstation and a switch, or a PC and a switch. Most people had a home console for graphics and then the nintendo for the nintendo exclusive games and/or portability. We can swap personal stories all day my dude, but again, even Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have all said, even at the height of the console wars, that they werent competing with Nintendo and it has existed in its own space for the past couple of decades. Again, it may change, thats just how it has been.

@TheDaddyOtaku Problem is that no one really sees Nintendo as a competitor, Nintendo doesnt even see itself as a competitor. People typically bought Xbox, PC, or Playstation, and then they had a nintendo console. That may change in the future but even Nintendo and Sony have said something virtually similar to this perapective.

Wasnt privvy to this situation at all, but if i understand right: It's like when Disney bought Fox, everyone was excited because it meant XMen in the MCU; but then, everyone simultaneously shocked in the dramatic drop in quality of movies under the Disney umbrella because they thought that they dont have to compete anymore, right?

It's so nice to see Digimon get its day in the sun 🥹 After playing the game, i totally get where @ShogunRok came from with his review in terms of a really good game (or game series because id argue most of the digimon games struggle with this) holding itself back. It's saying something that the most exciting aspect of the new game to me personally is that the dialogue hasnt been a massive slog ive been forced to sit through (Thank you Next button 😭). Never cared for Cyber Sleuth as much as everyone else because it's a massive pain to even try to replay

With that being said, Im having a blast with Time Stranger, but like how Pokemon got rid of their third versions, maybe Digimon's gotten to a point where it needs to merge the Story and World games somehow. Most of the complaints that the review had about Time Stranger, they basically addressed in Next Order almost 10 years ago. Time Stranger feels and plays almost objectively better through the presentation but if it had the best parts of Next Order (Pure gameplay without all the story fat, running around with digimon in open areas,)? Man that game would be phenomenal

@N1ghtW1ng @Decimateh-xblz You all are talking about Digimon World: Next Order (PS4) basically. It's one of my favorite games of all time but for some reason no one knows it exists 😭

@ShogunRok Ok, i can work with mashing through dialogue. But yeah, the "three different characters reminding you of what just happened" thing is a perfectly described vibe 😂

Last question related to that: I know you said the side quests are super basic, did they at least get rid of the ones that are basically just dialogue busywork? You know, the ones that are random characters telling you to run back and forth to talk to other random characters that end without battles or anything relevant to the more interesting characters/digimon? That was my main contention with Cyber Sleuth

@ShogunRok Sucks that it didnt live up to your expectations. It's actually disappointing to read that Digimon, as fun as it has been continues to struggle with making areas of the games less of a slog. Im a diehard so im hoping i enjoy it regardless of the flaws. But please tell me you can at least skip through the dialogue? Im a fast reader and one thing thats CONSTANTLY bugged me about the more recent games is that there hasnt been a skipping option 😅

Isnt the sequence of him getting pulled by the truck the exact same as Miles getting pulled by the boat in Spider-man 2? Right down to the QTE sequences?

@Enuo Exactly this. Said it before in another comment but this game is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Totally get being inspired by animations and gameplay and copying it and expanding it in your own game; but this game so blatantly rips off animations from other games and pastes their own character assets over it.

Ill be honest, this game's begging for a lawsuit. Everyone's pointed out the similarities in Spider-man and Yakuza but it honestly looks like they just copy-pasted their own assets over animations ive seen in both game series as opposed to being inspired by those series and imitating the action. The PS4/PS5 spider-man swinging/combat has such a unique look and feel to it, theres no mistaking it. And ive definitely seen the dumpster slamming move before.

I love Yakuza 0, but it already has such a robust full satisfying story, i dont really see the point in double dipping on a director's cut unless you are someone who already wanted to play it again or have never played it before. It made sense to me to some extent to have it as a draw for a nintendo console since they havent had it before, but unfortunate pass from me.

I skipped this because it was in first person. Whats the point in being a giant blue cat person if you cant see it? Was such a massive oversight imo. But now the hype is renewed 🤩

@Dalamar Meh, edited

Man i miss Infamous so much, and theres so much you can do with the world, the lore, the powers. But cant help but feel as though they peaked at 2 and just left the series alone when Second Son ended up being overwhelming. To this day i feel like they wrote themselves into a corner with the way they ended Infamous 2 and then they just left it. Hoping that Sucker Punch proves me wrong someday

I dont understand why people are so surprised that this game is worth looking forward to 😂

Been a diehard digimon fan since the beginning and consistently kept up with their games since the PS1 games. The only thing that has kept them from being one of the big time gaming franchises imo is lack of advertising and budget. But their quality has been fairly consistent for the past decade or so (Except for Digimon Rumble All-Stars). In fact, Digimon World: Next Order for the PS4 is one of my all-time favorite video games in general.

@Decimateh-xblz Digimon Story games are turn-based like Digimon World 3, yeah.

I voted an 8, but i waver between a 7 or an 8 depending on the day. I tend to judge any fantasy game by the magic/spells in the game because i love magic and rping as a mage. Maybe because i didnt grow up with this game (my first one was Skyrim), but the magic's disappointing to me.

It's cool being able to craft new ones and make all these wacky effects, but when i can create a tornado in Dragon's Dogma, or summon a dragon head to spew fire in Elden Ring, or even summon a giant water globe to trap enemies in a mid game like Forspoken, shooting various colored energy balls (or lightning in the case of shock magic) is just really underwhelming to me. With that being said, everything else about the game has been fun.

@LoneWolfMcBrod79 This, tried doing the science build and my recollection is the amount of options were underwhelming. What they DID have was really cool and fun, but it wasnt much

I liked the first game's combat but ultimately didnt like the game as a whole because it felt like the combat was almost an afterthought compared to the conversations and lore; the balance was really off despite trailers being filled with cool sci fi weapons shooting enemies. Tried to do a science build and just when id get going with all the blasting, itd be over and id be right back in all the convos. Just might be that it's not the game series for me, but hoping the adjustments theyre proposing addresses that.

I would LOVE if this is true. But i can already see the downfall of this era of gaming: RPGs are notorious for being bigger longer games. If theres a bunch coming out at once, theres no shot theyre going to be sustainable. Enjoy this phas when it comes folks 😂

@Enigk Lol similar to past instances where older nongamers referred to all portable devices as "The Gameboy" and now use "Xbox" as a shorthand for consoles. I can see the vision 😂

Game Devs: "Hey! We're going to actually spend time making sure we develop quality experiences instead of trying to churn out half-baked perpetual moneymilking machines!"

Really says something about modern gaming when i find that reassuring; but also really goes to show why i really like CD Projekt Red

The nemesis system really should have been adopted and treated as a mainstay of modern gaming. I wish i couldve seen what it wouldve looked like if passionate developers had been allowed to evolve it over the years. Instead, Warner Bros greedy hands have it captive forever 😑

Atelier's games arent my speed, but commenting on this article just to give the subtitle props. If theres an award for Top Push Subtitle of the Year, it's got my vote 😂

An Ubisoft game thats completely polished before release?? It's a (late) Christmas miracle!

Havent had a chance to watch the vid yet, but do we have to feed him or does he come with snacks?

Wow i never heard of this one but it's definitely on my radar now!

With that being said, im hoping we're not heading back to the PS3 days where the aesthetics are just black, gray and brown. Really weird for a game about mascots; the gameplay for this and Tides of Annihilation look like a lot of fun but the colors look washed out and dark for some reason? So much so that the bright thumbnail for the Digimon article almost looked like a jumpscare compared to other game thumbnails on the website

I was waiting for this article, because, Jesus Christ, it had to be said.

The State of Play was perfectly fine; and i refuse to believe that gamers truly want 30 games all perfectly catered to hype up everyone across every demographic. Forget 1 or 2 games i like for 2025, i still have games in 2023 and 2024 i still havent gotten to 😂

Im biased, been waiting for Digimon forever; so i thought it was phenomenal 😂 With that being said, said it in chat, im concerned for the state of gaming with the amount of complaints about it being a bad showing.

There were a TON of games, tons of gameplay, and most, if not all of them, had a 2025 release. I wasnt interested in all of them, but it's fine. Im genuinely confused about the dissatisfaction. Someone else made a good point about the amount of content out there creating dissatisfied feelings.

All 3 of them are games ive had an interest in trying, but never wanted to put money towards playing. So im here for it 🙌

@Oram77 Bless him 🥹

Someone tell Sean Murray he can rest. It's been years! We've forgiven you! 😭

@Jrs1 @Titntin Gotta say, your comments are hilarious to read together. Well done 😂

@Oram77 I think the "doom and gloom" comes from uncertainty of whether or not we actually ARE on the other side of these things. The higher-ups at Sony this generation seem to be particularly egotistical in terms of what they believe will net them a profit, and despite warning after warning they launch these things and criticize the consumer for not liking them.

Sony's just getting their ego smacked around all angles, but apparently it's needed.

We're talking about the same company that had a massive hack and leaks pertaining to bad out-of-touch ideas pertaining to Spider-Man villains years ago. Everyone at the time said those movies were going to suck and that they were awful ideas, every trailer led to people complaining how much it's going to suck, and they still tried to make a Spider-man Villain MCU anyway and flamed out spectacularly. And even then, the CEO's arguing that the movies were not bad, critics just hated them for SOME reason.

It seems like across entertainment, Sony is the embodiment of that Spongebob quote, "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!?"

What the-? Then make remasters/remakes we'd actually want 🫤 Zero Dawn was a pretty polished game and it's available on the ps4 that most people were content with its initial release and didnt see a need to rebuy it. Meanwhile, Bloodborne's been locked away forever and id eat up an Infamous 1&2 remaster. (Is Sucker Punch a first party studio? Cant remember... But ultimately doesnt matter)

@Aquariusjive I dont know you, so im probably totally off here (only really bringing it up because i ran into it with people in my friend group who grew to love anime after), maybe the aesthetic or aspects of japanese culture is what doesnt jive with you.

But anime's just a visual style ultimately. If youve been trying to get into anime by watching the top ones, which are usually shounen action (Naruto, Demon Slayer, One Piece, etc), maybe some other ones in various genres are more your speed. Might not be "anime" that you dont like but because the super popular ones tend to be the only ones people check out. Example for me, i tend to recommend Death Parade to some people because its very different than what most people tend to expect from anime and its sort of reminiscent to Squid Game.

Cool. I stopped playing it because it felt like the video game adaptation of shows i watched in elementary school.

"Can YOU spell this word?... Thats right! S-P-E-L-L!"

After a while i just thought i was the wrong demographic for it and stopped. This streamlined version weirdly enough makes me retroactively think less of it. I guess it's supposed to be for all ages? 😂

Disappointed that the tagline isn't 'Okey-dokey" 😂

Better late than never, but why did it take this long to invest in a AAA game for this franchise? Instead we got those awful half-hearted series tie-in games 😂 The possibilities are endless! I'm psyched!

Like a Dragon: Pirates Yakuza wasn't enough, they had to add "in Hawaii" 😂 Love it, love everything about it and the gameplay. Day 1 Buy 🙌😂

@Yagami I don't disagree. So a more expanded version of what I was trying to say: I loved Dragon's Dogma 1... In the 2000s-2010s.

To this day, I can't think of moments where it felt better to cast magic. It's still so satisfying to cast a Tornado and sweep up a ton of small enemies or to cast lightning and have it break off a monster's tail. Those aspects of it are so so fun. But back when the first one came out, the annoying mechanics were fine because 1. I was younger so more time on my hands to play games and grit and bear the time-wasting mechanics 2. Gaming was in its adolescence to where the annoying time wasting mechanics were in everything so it wasn't anywhere near as notable or annoying.

Fast forward to 2024, gaming QOL has been streamlined and honed to such a point that the obnoxious time wasting game mechanics from the PS3 and earlier eras are barely a thing anymore. With every massive success like Skyrim, Witcher, Breath of the Wild, Elden Ring, developers took what did and did not work about those games and built on them. Every giant success in the gaming industry inspires innovation. So because of that, it's jarring to pick up a game and have it so full of annoying trends that were phased out or improved in the 2010s. I don't mind stamina, but to run out of stamina with every few steps? I don't mind weight management but to make every valuable item weigh half of what your pack allows? Including healing items? It's obnoxious. So I do agree there are gaming mechanics that are more fun in DD2 than Elden Ring (Magic still feels great). But what I'm saying is Elden Ring is very much a modern video game and DD2 feels like it was developed in the PS3 era and released in 2024.

@Yagami Oh I just meant I can play Elden Ring instead of worrying about the annoying bits, not a 1-to-1 comparison.

@Yagami Nailed it. Most of the features added in casual mode seem to be the things missing that turned off players like me from playing it in the first place. I played for like 10 hours before turning it off for good because it was annoying how fast stamina goes as a mage/sorceror and how often items need to be messed with for weight management. In a world with Elden Ring, who needs the hassle?

Man, I REALLY wanted this one to succeed. But whenever I thought of this game, the word "Ubisoft" would always pop up in my brain like a specter; and unfortunately, Outlaws couldn't escape from it's shadow 😔

I feel like the way PS Plus Extra currently is, it should be impossible to be angry at the library even if there's a lackluster selection for a month. The service has an enormous selection of excellent games and until they start being removed, the additions almost don't matter anymore.

A friend and I just started playing Monster Hunter Rise and when they went to download it, they were amazed at the other top tier games that were on there because they hadn't checked in a while.

EDIT: And almost forgot that the selection for this month is freaking legendary. Remnant II and Pathfinder 2 are amazing; and a lot of people love Mount II but it kind of fell in the uncomfortable RTS on console territory for me, but I know a lot of people would love to give it a go

@__jamiie Dude that's fine, Im glad you did! I'm just saying in terms of your original comment where it's a "baffling decision"?... Nahhhh, a lot of people weren't fans. So the series needs to be reinvigorated before they do a new one

@__jamiie Meh, 3 and 4 weeeeeere... not great 😅 Hopefully this remaster redeems it, I'm ready to dive back into a crowd of zombies with chainsaw oars 😂