DrClayman

@themightyant Yeah, it's a pretty big deal, fighting games have a much smaller audience unfortunately.

For example Strive, that was one of the best reviewed and most celebrated fighting games of the past few years, took over a year to reach 1 million sales.

Very few in the genre break numbers bigger than these, namely Smash and MK.

@Kidfried that made me lol, thank you

@Hundred_Hand_Slap Haha, more power to you man, glad you're enjoying it! 76 is impressive, can't see myself sticking with it that much, think I'm around 40? It is a good way to get outfits though if you grind the scrap yard minigame, although not sure if that has any effect on leveling.

@Cashews Yeah, it's not terrible or anything, I actually quite like the setup/idea of it, I just think it's a bit too long, only want to finish it now because I'm close to the end and want the trophy lol, but would have preferred if it was closer to 8-10 hours instead of 20, it's overstayed its welcome just a little bit.

Yeah wouldn't mind it being a month for the battle pass, and would also be nice to get other daily challenge kudos, like ranked for example, seems to always be Battle Hub wins.

Minor gripes though, I've only played for an hour or two most nights since launch and still managed to get through it in good time.

Got through the last battle pass relatively quickly, not nearly as grindy as other games, and I can get this one with the credits from the last one. Such a great idea.

Tbh at £4 I'd be more than happy to pay again, the game is incredible. World Tour is a bit of a slog tbh, but can't take away from the whole package.

Uncapped FPS to 120 with VRR would be so sweet

Damn, if they keep rolling that being able to get the next battle pass by finishing the previous one, that's a huge incentive to keep everyone invested long term.

Maybe not so great for making money though lol, so the pessimist in me thinks that's just for this month. Great stuff so far though, makes me a lot keener to throw the 4 quid in.

I really hope we see SF6 getting some wider recognition when it comes to awards season. Fighting games have always felt like they're relegated to the "Best Fighting Game" category, no matter how good they are. Hopefully with scores like these, we can see SF6 nominated for GOTY, if not win.

Code Veronica remake, and a X-Men/Marvel/MvC fighting collection please.

I've not had a huge amount of time to put into Street Fighter, but very glad it's doing well sales wise, Capcom seem to have put a lot of effort into it so good news it's paying off.

Also, come on, who is still buying GTA V 😂 is there anyone left that doesn't own this game?

Yeeesh, if that's the best they can show mid-gen, ouch. Still no mention of Bloodborne, nothing from Sucker Punch, Factions 2 seems dead by now...

Couple of positive things, but thought this would have been the banger they were holding off for.

Nope, sacriledge. Might as well stop calling it Final Fantasy if we're dropping the roman numerals.

A Final Fantasy announcement with a number on it holds a lot more weight than when anything else FF related is announced. Don't wanna lose that.

Not too surprising tbh, MK11 is at what, 80-90gb I think?

@Th3solution I disagree, I think a Bloodborne would do insane numbers on PC, wouldn't be surprised if it outsold every other Sony first party release so far. There's a huge FromSoft community, and Bloodborne is regularly brought up as the company's best game. Esp now after Elden Ring got such a reception.

PS5 as well, I've put probably 300 hours in the original? I'd still buy it day one, whether it was full price or upgrade, port or remake. And as you say, PS5 customer base is much bigger now than when DS remake launched.

It's still mad to me that Sony is just sitting on that property doing nothing with it. We've not seen any signs about a PC Port, PS5 remake or a sequel happen. Not saying that all of these should/will happen, but you'd think at least one of those would be in motion by now.

Playstation Ball Stars - 3v3 arcade football game where you build your team of three from Playstation characters, third party too why not, and they've got specials and supers and stuff. Yup, definitely happening.

Let's gooooooooo

@Polley001 Yeah, depends how you define metrics. SF2 has sold over 20 mil I believe, but that's only if you combine all individual version sales.

@0niguy No, they weren't involved at all, PC port seems to mainly have been developed internally at Naughty Dog

So this year we're getting Atlas Fallen, from the developers of Lords of the Fallen, not to be confused with Lords of the Fallen, previously The Lords of the Fallen, that is the actual sequel to Lords of the Fallen, from a different developer, also coming out this year?

I'm confused, do all of these have Gerard Butler in them?

@Rob_230 Yeah, it's bonkers. Sony bought Nixxes that specializes in PC ports (and pretty damn good at it) and then decided to hand this port to Naughty Dog that have literally only been making console games in the past 30 years, and for most of that time for a single platform.

I absolutely love Code Veronica and it's hands down my choice from that list. It's the true sequel to RE2, the story is important for the greater series (far more than 3 and 4 I'd argue), and it's such a great setting, would look amazing with modern visuals.

I'd also like to see a few more fighting collections from Capcom, one with all the versus series from Children of the Atom up to MVC2, and one with their 3D fighters (SF EX, Rival Schools, Power Stone etc).

@get2sammyb I find it really difficult to imagine a God of War without Kratos, don't know if Atreus can carry a game in the series.

Way I see it, Miles is another Spider-Man, but Atreus is not a God of War.

@Jayslow Yeah wondering that myself, unless this is a remake of the first game? And the sequel is The Lords of the Fallen?

Surely they wouldn't release a sequel with exactly the same title? lol

Small correction - MW3 also released on the Wii, and BO2 and Ghosts released on the Wii U. Ghosts I believe was the last COD on Nintendo.

Knack 3 or we riot

Quickest rollercoaster ride I've ever been in.

Yeah, don't mind it being there, but would prefer it to be optional. Either you can turn it on or off in the settings menu, or like some games have done where it's like "hey press button if you want hint" and you can do it if and when you want. I think some early Uncharteds did that?

14/15. Damn Soulcalibur tripped me

Six! Damn, that's gonna be a long Digital Foundry video.

Yeah, really excited. As cross play is becoming more and more common, we need a central comms system across all platforms, and Discord is perfect for that. It will also be on Xbox, so that's all fantastic news.

Shame about PS4 though

I'm not surprised, it's a game with "4" on the title, and primarily known for its narrative, people are going to be more hesitant to jump in.

IMO Sony should have just ported the trilogy, it doesn't need to be up to par with modern releases, people know they're older games, we see old games re-release all the time.

Overwatch 2 is 120fps as well FYI

Yeah, hadn't played since around 2018 and jumped back in big time now. The fact that it's free to play and cross progression as well helps big time, means I can jump between PC and PS5 whenever I feel like it without any hassle.

Oh boy, these are truly horrific

@Olmaz Not gonna lie, a lot of this is going over my head lol, but what I think you mean is that the hardware is capable of using VRR at lower than 48fps, but it's a software limit on the PS5 that doesn't allow it?

Appreciate you explaining though regardless of me being a bit thick lol

@Olmaz While I don't know the ins and outs of how exactly VRR works on PS5, everything I've seen says it only kicks in between 48-120fps, so don't think it would be any help for 30fps games.

Ugh, I was already on the fence with this, but they can get in the bin now with 30fps in 2022. Might give it a shot if it's ever on Game Pass on PC.

@Deityjester @banacheck "forced" "having to play". Has anyone in these comments played a single game of Overwatch?? You don't have to play against PC players, crossplay with PC is off by default, and you can't even choose to, on most occasions. Literally the only time you'll end up in a PC lobby, is when you actively choose to, willingly, team up with a PC player in your group. Which is fair play tbh, how is that not getting through to anyone?

Man this is being made to be such a bigger deal than it actually is.

First off, this is not new, pretty sure it was implemented ever since Overwatch 1 got crossplay.

Second, it only ever comes into effect if you willingly team up with a PC player in your group, in all other cases console players only play with console players and PC with PC.

Lastly, the advantages/disadvantages of aim assist are not as clear cut as people here make it out to be. Go check some footage from Daltoosh in Apex and see how he wrecks on controller vs kb/m players and how much of an advantage aim assist can be if you know how to use it.

I'm not taking a side just to be clear, personally couldn't care less, but just want to point out it's not as easy to make a decision on how to tackle it, some companies will do it one way, and some another. It is an issue, and there never will be a perfect solution.

Bloodborne Royale

It's a fantastic selection tbh, something for everyone. Unfortunately for me, first time in a while that I already own all three titles. Can't complain too much I guess, can't even remember last time that happened.

@ApostateMage Same man! PES 4-6 I played with Spanish commentary permanently on, way more passionate than the english one, and I couldn't understand a word they were saying. Win-win really.

***** title like that has to be a Kojima game lol

Noice. 14-16 is the magic number for me for a launch roster, 18 is in the ballpark, not bad.

Anything they bring back from Unity is good news imo (apart from the bugs obvs). That game had a rough launch, but once it had a bit of polish, it was fantastic.

I would really like to see a PS5 remaster tbh, nothing too fancy, but the game on PC is still stunning all these years later.

@Shepherd_Tallon What, but Jim Ryan said without CoD their entire business will collapse and they will vanish off the face of the earth. Do you mean to say you can still have a successful console if you just, I don't know, make good games??? Now that's just crazy talk 😂🤣

Like, someone's taking the piss with titles at square enix, right?

fs 30-40 hours for the main story alone? I was interested but that seems a bit much.