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There’s many layers to grief and ways to handle loss. I don’t have any issues with Sony exploring one of the most relatable themes. We all have or will grieve over loss of life at one point. It’s inevitable yet also unfortunate. It’s one of the few ways people can relate to fictional characters and see themselves in them, especially in fantasy settings. I recently read The Epic of Gilgamesh which dealt with grieving over a dead friend, human’s mortality and how to accept it. I have no qualms with Sony’s Studios, their storytelling and their exploration of grief.

@Czar_Khastik much love my dude 💙 So I’ve beaten the mimic, got the key & used it, and have Monoco pretty much locked into my line-up so I don’t miss a foot. I actually fought that weird monster once and got destroyed so I put that monster on the back burner. It’s awesome to know I haven’t messed anything up yet 😂😂

Are you from the UK/Europe? Because I keep reading that only you guys are getting the 20th Anniversary bundle with 0 Director’s Cut, Kiwami 1 & Kiwami 2. I’m from the USA and might try to get it sent over because… I want the steelbook 😂😂😂

@get2sammyb oh Sammy, that’s the best news I’ve heard in years. Sign me the heck up now on Day 1

…but let’s be real: I was always going to buy it Day 1 to play the Mine game

Is the combat more in line with the original Yakuza 3 or like Yakuza 6? Yakuza 3’s combat was a slog for me. Also seeing Rikiya like that blows my mind every time. It’s going to take a minute to get used to it

@Czar_Khastik thank you my dude! It’s reassuring to know nothing is missable. Weirdly enough, I’ve actually enjoyed not having a map for every area. I wouldn’t want that for every game but it’s fun to explore here. And much appreciated about the optional boss! I really hate when games bloat the HP of a boss and say “look, now it’s tougher!” I think I’ll try to beat it by parrying at first. But if it takes too long, I will resort to other tactics :’) I got some Yakuza remasters to play in December after all my brotha 😎😎😎

@Czar_Khastik how was the platinum for Clair Obscur? I’m slow rolling the main story because I want to savor it. I also have tons going on so that helps 😂😂 I 100% plan to platinum Clair Obscur in the future

@cainhurst94 if you’ve never had an OLED TV before, you’re in for an amazing surprise. I couldn’t imagine console gaming on anything else tbh after experiencing it

I always tell my friends, once you go OLED, you can never go back.

Yakuza 3 was the only Yakuza game where I hated the combat. Not gonna lie, there were many times I wanted to drop Yakuza 3 because of it.

What did I love about it? The Okinawa/Orphanage events. It doesn’t seem like many enjoyed it like I did. But, it was awesome to see Kiryu’s character have & raise a family. He truly loved each and every one of his orphanage’s children. And the way they looked up to Uncle Kaz 😭😭💙💙😭😭

Yakuza Kiwami 2 is my favorite Kiryu game so I’m stoked to replay it once again. I’m part of the double dipping problem 😭😭😭 Can’t stop, won’t stop buying Yakuza/Like A Dragon games

I don’t believe a State of Play was warranted today. They could’ve just announced Wolverine at the Game Awards or another major event like a bigger PlayStation showcase. Saros I get but they could’ve just announced the info at the Tokyo Game Show.

Don’t get me wrong; I loved seeing Wolverine & Saros. Wolverine is going to be friggen phenomenal combat-wise. But other than Alan Wake 2 coming to PS+ and the two mentioned earlier, I wasn’t that hyped. Chronoscript looked super interesting but thats still a major wait and see.

It’s going to take time for me to adjust to Rikiya’s new actor. He was one of the highlights of the game. I hope the combat has vastly been overhauled too. Yakuza 3 was in heavy need of a remake IMO. So, I’m glad it got one!

@nomither6 I’m just trying to play them in order. That’s why it sucks not having 1 & 2 readily available 😭😭😭 but thank you though! One would think a remaster/remake would be a no brainer for Sony even if they went like a Demon’s Souls route with the trilogy

I just feel like I’ll somehow break the game by falling at the wrong place and causing a glitch that my character can’t ever recover from

@nomither6 honestly, I wanted to stream them using the PS3 games on PS+. But for some reason, my internet hates the streaming service from my PS5. In God of War, having terrible lag is actually a big detriment because every time I had to button mash an input, it would almost never register properly. So I REALLY want to play the originals and hope they get a proper and well-deserved remake

As someone who never played the originals, I just want a God of War Trilogy remaster, port or remake. I love Greek mythology and want to experience the originals so badly

Some FF7 Remake Part 3 news would be amazing but unlikely. I’m expecting all the Yakuza updates to be at the RGG showcase. I’ll take some RE9 updates though! Anything Clair Obscur (like a DLC) would be wicked too but unlikely for this State of Play. A Wolverine release date would be awesome as well!

@Czar_Khastik if it has a steelbook, I’m Day 1. If not, I’ll probably wait for a sale but inevitably cave like the weak man I am

Will Push Square be doing a review on Sworn? Because I’m super interested in it as I await for Hades 2 to arrive to PS

I want to play Ghost of Yotei Day 1 but…

1. I’m playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and just met Verso who’s the man

2. I have a wedding I’m attending a week after release. So I don’t want to start it then have a long pause in-between

3. Maybe if I’m patient, there’ll be a decent enough discount on Black Friday. Highly unlikely because it’s a PS Studios game but… dreamers gonna dream :’)

I really, really, REALLY hope we get a PS6 version down the line. Heck, I’d pay for it full price.

I platinum’ed the game well before the big update 2.whatever and had an amazing time. I expected CD Projeckt Red to go “The Witcher 3” route with a complete edition which includes the DLC and… a brand new trophy list.

Now, I understand I can play the DLC and all… no worries. But Cyberpunk 2077 was a slam dunk candidate to be a double platinum game. I refuse to auto-pop trophies so I would’ve had a clean playthrough. I’m torturing myself for no reason. This is a me problem, not a CD Projeckt Red/Cyberpunk 2077 problem

Yep, sounds fair. I honestly prefer him to map it out by himself rather than with a huge team. Too many voices in the conceptual stage can muddy the process. I see nothing wrong with this tbh. I’m actually more excited because of that.

Sweet! I’ve held back on playing this only because I have a massive backlog. I look forward to diving into the PS5 version down the road (if rumors are true/confirmed)

I still need to play the first one. I platinum’ed the second and have been slowly doing a second playthrough. Now I’m motivated to buy and play the first!

Octopath Traveler 0 definitely looks awesome. I love how all 8 characters will be able to contribute rather than just the 4. It spices things up from the second game. I’m looking forward to it!

….and the save data bonuses are such a sweet add-on. Honestly I don’t get why more studios don’t do this. It seems like a slam dunk move in most cases

Yeah, this is what I assumed the time limit would be which I’m absolutely fine with. I still want to see more and check out reviews before I commit Day 1

When I get back from my best friend’s wedding, I’m finally digging into the expansion

It really seems like such an no-brainer decision to re-release these games. It’s easy money.

I hope DQXII can get rolling sooner rather than later

SGA is a damn boring “superstar”. I get that this was the easy choice, but yeah

I finished Chapters 1 & 2 of Death Stranding and it took me 9 and 1/2 hours. I took my sweet time with it hoarding as many packages as I could find though.

Now, I’m taking a break and replaying Persona 3 Reload. Gonna do one “dungeon phase” at a time then take massive breaks in between tbh

Going to highly enjoy starting “Death Stranding 2” tonight after finally finishing & slogging through “Alone In The Dark”. That game was just meh to bleh IMO. DS2 should be a blast!

Square Enix should be able to do both. They’re more than capable of pulling that off. Just make a spin off series with the FF name that targets action like FF7R or turn-base then make the mainline games the other. And obviously keep going with FFXIV. Once FF7 Part 3 is finished, it wouldn’t surprise me if they have major changes to the way they go about FF in the future

I am now conflicted on buying this Day 1 or waiting for the community to build more strategically-placed structures before I begin. Seems like waiting may not matter if the natural disaster aspect can tear them all down 😂😂 I’m 100% playing the game; just don’t know if I’ll cave this week or next 😂😂

So if P4R was announced but not arriving until 2027+, what the hell does that mean for Persona 6 which hasn’t been announced? P6 has to be getting closer to a reveal by now.

Tons of questions now regarding this. Will they sink more money into this and try to make it work? Will they just can it? What happens to Bungie in either scenario above that results in a failure? If Bungie gets either bulldozed or resources significantly limited, is this Sony’s worst acquisition? Will Sony back off acquiring other devs because of this? Will Sony still desperately chase after live service games after literally losing billions of the acquisition proves unprofitable? Does Sony focus now shift to single player action-adventure games and they relocate assets that way? And many more questions. I’m not a live service shooter player myself so Marathon wasn’t interesting. But the ramifications of the game’s outcome was what intrigued me.

Bought it with probably my last PS Stars reward money. Who hit my first home run? The legend… Pablo Sanchez

Right when they said “other worlds” or whatever, I knew it was going to be Joker & Ichiban

Time travel detective game maybe? Could be wicked tbh. It would fill in the void of Judgment if they truly are just moving on from it (which I hope not 😭😭😭)

Like I’m not gonna play it, but that’s probably a damn fun MP game. I just don’t know many who are gamers plus my Internet is very moody

I’m pretty sure that was Chris Pratt

@Nepp67 yeah that’d be great. I’m not tryna rip on the game, but the loot system is such a turn off. If it had simplified the gear system into just one of a kind finds through exploration & fights and was less daunting/time consuming, it’d be an even better experience. But I’m sure Tom’s love their loot system and trying to optimize stats/builds that way

Is this a prequel? If it isn’t, I’m confused why they went MGS3 instead of 1 for a remake. I’ve never played any of them but the remake looks excellent regardless

The combat is fun in these games but the loot system is some of the worse in its field IMO. But I may be in the minority there. Still may give it a go because I’m a sucker though

Death Stranding 2 move over, Baby Steps is coming for ya one tumble down a mountain and into a volcano at a time

It felt more Uncharted than Hitman which I’m absolutely fine with. It should be excellent.

I hope they don’t abandon Hitman after 007 makes them a crap ton of money. Both would be amazing IPs to piggyback off of one another for the studio.

Cool cool. I’m hoping some actually big studio showcases something new though instead of everything we already know is coming. Horizon 3 tease maybe for a 2026 release? Something God of War? Insomniac Marvel update with Spidey or Wolverine (or better yet, Ratchet & Clank)? Uncharted remakes, side game or anything Intergalatic from Naughty Dog? Saros gameplay? Ghost of Yotei gameplay? I’ll take anything newish please 😭😭😭

I’m worried companies just push everything back to late 2026+ because of GTA6 only for it to be delayed to late 2026 and beyond.

Day 1 buy no matter what. Witcher 3 got me into the Witcher books so I’ll be forever grateful for that tbh. Plus, playing as Ciri is a dynamite decision if we didn’t have the choice to play as Geralt

Did the Cyberpunk 2077 release suck? Yes. But it was amazing later on so I feel like I still got my money’s worth anyways. I get people being hesitant on it but they did a ***** ton to repair that game. Only issue I have with them still is that they screwed people over who platinum’ed it before Update 2.0+. I would’ve loved to platinum it again so I’ll have to create a second account to play 2.0+ on the PS5 Pro

I’m holding off on DS2 at launch solely because I want to experience what the online community sets up in terms of zip lines and other stuff in the game. I feel like playing at launch as a person who sucks at setting that stuff up isn’t a good combo. It’s not like I won’t have to set up zip lines but at least having some to pave the way makes it easier :’)))

Replaying FF16 on Final Fantasy mode. Absolutely love Clive as a FF protagonist. Him & Cloud are probably my top 2. The Eikon fights are otherworldly beautiful on my LG G4

Pablo Sanchez is still my favorite baseball player to date

I’m pretty sure he just lives there at this point

I just want the Steelbook. I wish they sold those separately because I’d bite on that so damn fast. I pre-ordered the regular edition Day 1 and would’ve paid extra for a steelbook. I might’ve missed it if they did do that but yeah.

I’ve actually only played 5ish hours of the game. But… I decided to hold it off because updates/patches will make this game even smoother and better. I stopped before heading into the area with the Gestral Village. If I had kept going, there was no stopping me. I very rarely have the patience to hold off on games that have me 100000% interested, but I felt that Clair Obscur was absolutely worth waiting for the most optimal experience. I cannot blame anyone for going full force into this game as its story, music, world-building, combat and characters all seem “high level” to me. The art theme is also incredible too which opens up the door for hundreds (over-exaggerating but whatever) of sequels/games with a different art medium in any world

So, I want to experience Clair Obscur: Expeditio 33 when it’s closer to being fully patched. I’d also love if they fixed the lip sync before I started back up. But that won’t ruin my experience tbh

Not enough. I won’t be satisfied until they hit 80