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The fact that 2015 was a decade ago is actually disgusting

I’ve already got Cyberpunk, Zelda, Ace Attorney, Silent Hill and Dragon Quest 3 fattening my backlog.

Concord was especially fudged in my opinion and its Hindenburg status isn’t necessarily a condemnation of live service games. I do think the amount of them that are being chucked into the world, only to shut down months later is something that needs to be addressed.

@ecurb7 this is exactly it. A lot of these dormant Sony games excelled within a niche or in an era where less than a million copies sold didn’t kneecap a company.

Looking forward to picking this up eventually. Bloober had such an uphill battle with this one and I’m so happy for them that they smashed it.

As someone who is generally resistant to multiplayer focused games, Helldivers 2 made me “get it.”

I like Ben, he seems very enthusiastic and grateful for every project he’s been involved in. Expedition 33 is on my radar partially because of his presence.

Seismic. The PS2 still feels like THE console. Even so, Nintendo is worthy of their spot on the throne.

I take it there’ll be no Wukong cameo in the next Astro game then?

Could also be fatigue. I bought Frontiers, had my Sonic fix so I skipped Superstars. Now I’m back with Generations.

Okami getting a sequel amid a sea of a studio closures and layoffs is nothing short of a mirace.

I snagged it on Black Friday on the back of the friend’s recommendation but was still sceptical because of the bruising launch period.

Was won completely over within the first few hours.

@Matroska to me at least, Indiana Jones is a nostalgic or “old” franchise. Attempts at modern instalments are few and far between and don’t have a fraction of the impact of the 80s ones. Ghostbusters is another one. There are new ones but no one’s going to put those when asked to describe a Ghostbusters movie. Star Wars is as relevant as it ever was.

Was coming here to give some free advertisement to the amazing Lies of P but I can see everyone else has already done that.

The games industry is parodying itself with this one

Agreed. I actually enjoyed the platinum grind for Rebirth but I just platinumed Arkham City there and it was beyond tedious for me. I understand incentivising the players to experience the game in its fullness but making every conceivable ounce of content into a to do list isn’t ideal.

@__jamiie hilariously it’s one of the most captivating games I’ve ever played.

Is it a Dead Rising situation, where the game is the same but the graphical assets have been redone? For 10 quid, that’s quite generous.

So no cameos in Astro Bot then?

On the one hand, Rayman. On the other hand, modern era Ubisoft.

I know it’s a video game, but this a microcosm of the times we live in. Unhinged people unsatisfied with reality and so they try to rewrite it to suit their narrative.

Silent Hill needed a win. Well done, Bloober Team.

It’s been a long day, so here I am getting emotional about a childhood favourite coming to an end.

These anti-woke obsessives will demand a black character be removed from a game while in the same breath cry censorship when a woman character is given a bra. As commenters have already pointed out, there are issues with how Shadows portrays its subject matter, but the conservation has been irrevocably overwhelmed by culture war nonsense.

Square Enix is absolutely the type of company to brand their IP as “iconic” while declining to be part of a big PlayStation hootenanny at the same time their games are underperforming left, right and

I’m going to pass and continue deluding myself that this isn’t a precedent for console pricing going forward. I’m sure it’s cool for tech enthusiasts, but I can’t justify dropping a month’s rent on a PlayStation.

Meanwhile, Nintendo fans are paying a premium to play barebones 3DS remasters on the Switch (looking at you, Luigi’s Mansion).

It seems the old “churn out jank and fix it in post” strategy has finally caught up to them. Ubi’s reputation is such that the genuinely good games they put out suffer.

Dead Space is a huge get.

I’m seeing a lot of philistines here simping for Ghost of Yotei when the Keanu Reeves Sonic DLC is right there.

Jokes aside, I audibly breathed a sigh of relief when I realised the Horizon remaster wasn’t their headline reveal.

Well, I appreciate knowing in advance not to stay up for this

Chernobyl was less of a disaster than Concord

It’s amazing the amount of money you save on games when you actually address your backlog

My hope (fantasy) is that the graphical assets they’ve already created can be reconfigured into a different type of game.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner 8 years in development only to be removed 2 weeks after launch is a bit more than a flop, particularly as it was billed as being the poster boy for the live service strategy Sony has hitched their gaming business to.

An unprecedented first party flop. That’s actually insane. Good luck to whoever has to rebrand Concord when it re-emerges.

On the other hand, Helldivers 2 launched with an identical price point to extreme vitality. There’s clearly a secret sauce here.

@nessisonett no doubt Ubisoft will assure us it wasn’t their intention to make a political statement in their game brazenly drawing from political events.

The Mafia games are underrated pleasures of mine. Even if they don’t quite meet GOTY tier, they’re always memorable and gripping. Mafia 3 baking systemic racism into its open word mechanics was one of the ballsiest thing I’ve seen devs attempt in a game.

As for authenticity, I remember there was controversy here in Ireland because helping the Irish mob boss deliver car bombs to the IRA was a mission. They certainly do their homework at Hangar 13.

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts let’s goooooo

Not saying any game is entitled to anyone’s support. Sony clearly punted on a bad idea here, but considering the rampant layoffs hitting the industry, cheering on the downfall of a game knowing what that outcome means for the devs is a bit callous.

The original Dead Rising has always been a game I wanted to play. I had 2 for a bit but never made much headway. The remaster seems like a perfect game for Halloween this year.

Not interested in the game but am equally not licking my lips over the prospect of it failing like a weirdo.

PlayStation as a brand isn’t what I’d like it to be at the moment but I’m still beyond satisfied with the hardware. I’m not gonna pretend that the amazing 3rd party games I’ve played this game don’t count because they can’t be used as console war fodder lol.

I feel a lot of people are conflating no sexy women allowed ever with taking degrading pictures of unconsenting women in compromising positions as a standard gameplay mechanic.

I can see how taking lewd photos could go against the character of Frank West: a photojournalist trying to break an important story. At any rate, the original is available to play.

Even though it was quite a bit tamer than the concept art, Epic Mickey was one of the ballsiest thing anyone has done with the Disney license. Too many games at the moment to grab the remaster at launch but I’ll be grabbing it on sale.

@jvecc assuming their reasoning is that base Helldivers 2 is already cheaper than most of these other discounted games so they want to discount it without actually discounting it.

After Concord’s frosty reception, Sony had to slam the emergency booth babe button.

I actually think it’s crazy that Sony is going all in on live service multiplayer and not using the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale IP.