CynicalGamer

@WallyWest Fair enough. Capcom really knows how to target various demographics. I think it is smart that they have a game that targets more powerful consoles and another game that targets their traditional audience.

@Ralizah Yeah I am happy to wait longer for a proper next gen game.

@WallyWest Yeah and also I think Nintendo fans are easier to please graphically. For a new playstation game, they will get more harshly judged if it gets developed in the near future since it would then have to cater to last gen as well. And there are regular doses of people complaining about developing on last gen when it comes to playstation.

Well deserved. I would love a MH built from ground up for next gen consoles as even pc would benefit from that too.

They will prob market it heavily with the new netflix season. That may be why it is potentially getting PS5 upgrade before Cyberpunk. I think Cyberpunk upgrade will come with a story dlc of sorts to boost sales.

Well thank goodness I did not book vacation for then. I tend to avoid booking vacation around release dates given the delays these days. I do anticipate a "difficult" February juggling Horizon FW and Elden Ring lol.

Good interview! This could be a decent game if the characters have depth to their personality outside of your typical school jrpg stereotypes.

Lost Judgement. Wrapped up all Town Go Shop and School tasks including some minigames that need better restart mechanisms truth be told. Pressing multiple buttons each time to restart made the later attempts for some minigames really annoying. Then there's some grindy Town Go City stuff like cat interactions that is also not really fun. But aside from that, the game has been awesome.

Black Flag and Brotherhood for older games.
Odyssey is my favourite of the newer trilogy. I found Kassandra to be the best character in the newer trilogy. Especially the manner in which they expressed her charisma. Valhalla characters just feel bland to me. Honestly if I could get a Kassandra skin in Valhalla I would probably jump back into it.

This is great. Was planning to finish this before dying light 2

I think this game should be an 8. It just doesn't have that same stature as many games that have gotten 10s before. Like you still hear about God of War, TLOU, etc. I doubt this will be revered as much years from now, unless there is a sequel that is brilliant.

Results are sensible imo. 6-10 was peak ff. First 5 games were good for their time but the five that followed were much better as far as I'm concerned. I do think X-2 gets a lot of hate when it's gameplay was quite good. I guess the story was a bit silly and maybe people hate the main cast as well. Also think 12 is quite good but the main character should have have been someone else. 14 gets very good but it just takes too long to get through the earlier (less stellar) levelling storylines.

@TheArt Fair enough. If it was fixed though, it must have been at least months later, by when most enthusiastic gamers will have finished it at least once. Much like with Yakuza games.

Edit: I just checked again and horse ran off a cliff. Maybe I shouldn't be moving so fast but still find the frequent possibility of this scenario unrealistic. Not that it matters to me, just like it doesn't with Yakuza. My main point of tagging was the suggestion of an anime art style though as I think that would be a major detriment to the identity of Yakuza.

@TheArt I do have to disagree with the anime style part you are suggesting. The art style of Yakuza makes the characters look like Japanese citizens in a Japanese city with a Japanese culture. Anime rarely matches the realism in a Yakuza game when it comes to portraying a Japanese city. And it is precisely this realism combined with the combination of wacky and serious themes that gives the series its identity. I also think both RDR2 and Yakuza have their share of realistic and unrealistic dynamics. Example the number of times you have horses crashing into trees is unrealistic as trained horses are smarter than that. And let's not get into the wacky stuff that can happen in GTA. I guess the point some people are making here is that regular doses of great games can be more impressive to some gamers than the occasional masterpiece.

The great thing about this series is it makes your gaming system worth it purchasing. I would argue that having multiple great games in one generation as a whole easily matches the quality of just one high quality game like RDR2. It means you aren't waiting for a high number of years for your next fix.

@Cherip-the-Ripper Yeah it would suck a lot. But I trust them to come up with a compelling alternative if needed.

Was expecting this but great to see it confirmed anway. I think the changes to combat was a great refresher. If I can play a game like Lost Judgement/Yakuza 6 one year and a turn-based one another year, it will reduce chances of burnout.

Lost Judgement. Maybe Tales of Arise too given the new difficulties.

They would not have started another console generation if they didn't want to continue having console-type games. I don't like mobile gaming but they need as much revenue as possible to compete with Microsoft.

This is why I keep all my older consoles. I can play any playstation game on their respective consoles when I feel like conquering games that I failed to in my childhood. If I don't like changes in remasters, I can always go down memory lane with the older consoles.

If it happens, awesome. But I'll be cynical and assume this is just an unproven rumour.

Thanks to their contribution to some of my greatest gaming experiences. On the other hand, I would like their replacements to not change things too much as they are almost perfect as they are in my opinion.

@KingPev Lol this the nickname my significant other gives me. Must be true somewhat.

Meh bargain bin for me. Simply because I don't like the feeling of not completing 100% of a game. And no game makes me get bored with collectibles like Far Cry does. I guess for many others, this is not a problem hence why far cry is always selling well. Which is great for its fans I guess.

My biggest issue is these Ubisoft games just pump more and more collectibles rather than innovate (by my personal standards). I'll get it at some point. But all those collectibles on map just make me want to throw my controller for some reason. Maybe it's an OCD thingy.

I wish there was some figure talking about relative values (to previous periods) but I guess limited by data

@Martsmall No, what sells Playstation is its currently superior offering of games. The two companies have very different approaches to games as a service. Sony simply cannot take a financial risk on Gamepass like Microsoft can. So they rely on other strategies.

Edit: Also Sony has a more decorated history and is the default platform for most families that have older gamers.

@Martsmall Xbox has to submit to player outcry because they are playing catch up. As soon as they get to Sony's current level, the same corporate arrogance will come up. Let's not give some false moral high ground to any company. They are all driven by money. Which is normal in all service industries.

@Would_you_kindly Exactly why I never go into any month expecting any nice freebies. It's really a matter of whether I want to pay for online and I could easily stop paying if it bothered me.

I rarely ever play ps plus games. Control was the only recent one really. Do enthusiasts really have time to play "free" games when there's so many new games? Many of us just use it for online. I also usually finish the good games within months anyway.

Lost Judgement and Tales of Arise

@Originut Fair enough. There was prob some mismanagement by Devs as well.

I'm all for innovation but not this type of innovation.

This all comes down to executives always prioritising releases with financial quarters in mind. Rather than when the game is actually ready.

Okay less "chaos" is already a brownie point from me.

Looks like a customer experience forcused logo I guess. Bit bland for my taste. I think they have probably made some unannounced business decision that this plainer logo will be more appropriate for.

For me it would be between X and XII. I Really enjoyed older games for their time but I personally feel they just didn't age that well.

Honestly, in my opinion, the familiar maps is precisely why many people enjoy the game. Obviously when most games reuse map assets it looks lazy. I think the Yakuza games however really nail down resuing map assets. It's like basically living in the games.

Tales of Arise and Lost Judgement. I'm actually quite close to wrapping up the arcade minigames for the latter now. Usually I leave these for later in the game and then give up haha. Tales of Arise is great but just seems easier than previous entries even on the hardest available difficulty.

@ShogunRok are there any of those silly tough minigames that might be a nightmare to get platinum? This determines how much time I must budget for the game this year!

I don't see the problem here tbh. It's not like Sony will only make Marvel games going forward. The next two marvel exclusives 2-3 years from now. Healthy gap between marvel games if you ask me. And honestly if any other marvel games are of the quality of Spiderman games then it is worth it.

Just announce the games so we know what platforms they will be on. Don't even have to show gameplay. Just show the platforms they will be on. I have plenty of friends that are waiting to hear if their default console manufacturer will still get the games they always have historically. I buy all platforms but not everyone has that option. Better yet can this exclusive war over former big third party devs come to an end please, at least for a year or two.

@RaZieLDaNtE Thanks. Got it a few hours ago now. Have a good weekend!

Playing Tales of Arise. Looking quite good. I dont quite like some of the respective dialogue such as when finding a certain type of bird buts that is minor to me.

Gave Deathloop a try by my friends house and while it's decent, I'm not feeling the 10/10 sentiments that many reviewers have. It just doesn't give me the same feeling as games like TLOU, GOW, RDR2, Zelda BOW or Persona 5 Royal. I personally feel it's a solid 8.5.

Agree with this. Don't like waiting say 12-15 years to get to the end lol.

No. This month is too packed with Tales of Arise and Lost Judgement been my priority. Will prob grab it later down the line.

I loved the Futaba/Yusuke pair. I did not allow my MC to romance her as I feel those two have a great relationship lol.

Edit top characters:
Yusuke
Futaba

Bottom character:
Morgana. Well the cat got more tolerable in royal...

Tbh wasn't expecting Persona 6 to be announced yet. On the topic of of Sega acquisition in comments, I would hate it more for their screwing over their traditionally loyal fan base on playstation than for the effect on Sony. I would probably not even get their games anymore for my PC or Xbox. Might even "retire" from gaming as gaming will truly have lost its soul to me at that point.

@lolwhatno Yeah I feel like this trend of dark themes needs a refresher. Personally I think they need more subtlety than just relying on violence and the characters been victims of repulsive criminal acts. It's like maturity is been confused to always mean how much blood and violent/abusive suffering the character goes through.

@ruralamerican Lol mate. Most of the games are from series that did well so worth the hype. But any game can be overhyped based on previous games. Including Dying Light 2. It's a a wait and see game. Also please note that just because a game gets support for years, does not make it better by default. I always wait for reviews anyway. Maybe Dying Light will review better. Let's see. Cheers.

I feel like lowering the score because of superficial detective gameplay is a bit unnecessary. The detective part is mostly the narrative theme imo. Are we going to start punishing RPGs just because the minigames around the narrative theme are not as robust as the fighting gameplay? Just feels like double standards given how shallow minigames are in other highly rated games.