DrClayman

Given how beloved Bloodborne is, it blows my mind how Sony/From are just sitting on that property and let it rot. Hopefully games like this and Steelrising start to pick up the mantle.

Yeah, this game is dead, calling it now. It's heavily multiplayer focused, which was gonna be a struggle to build a community even at a £60 price point. It's a given it will also be full of battle/season passes, microtransactions and gambling, and they expect to make this a success at a £70 entry point? Will love to see what the playerbase is two weeks out from release.

I mean, could there just be heavy shaggin?

@BritneyfR_ee Nah, Naughty Dog has zero say on price point. Don't get me wrong, I agree that launching this at £70 is a terrible decision, but this lies 100% on the publishing side of Sony, not the developers.

Will probably grab it a few years down the line if they ever heavily discount it, but at £70 it's a hard no.

This gereration's Wii Sports lol

@Deoxyr1bose I don't think they care that much about that. RE2 remake and DMC5 came out within about a month and a half of each other, and I feel there's much more crossover between those two titles, than between resi and SF.

Not saying it couldn't be as far as May, but my feeling is earlier in the year, to give people some time to figure out the game before competitions. Combo Breaker is end of May, I don't think they'd still want SF5 there.

@Deoxyr1bose I'd put money on it releasing Feb-Mar next year

That's because it's been bloody impossible to get a PS5 without Horizon! Been looking for a while for a 2nd PS5, digital only, on its own (I already own Horizon), and they're virtually non existent.

Fingers crossed this is a sign of licensing having been figured out and we could see a classics MvC collection for consoles down the road. Regretting every day not buying 2 on PS3 when it was available, but still ain't planning to get a 600 banger arcade cabinet.

Speaking just for myself, I've not bought a day 1 exclusive since the PS5 launched, refuse to pay £70, so I'll either do it if I've got gift vouchers etc lying around from Christmas/birthdays, or wait for a sale. Hell, even with sales they're often sitting above £50, which is ridiculous sometimes. There's games like Returnal and Sackboy that I would have gone for, but because of that I still haven't done so.

Again, I'm just speaking for myself, but can't imagine I'm the only one.

Man I've never understood how on earth people can play with concave buttons comfortably. Don't like bat-tops either, but I get that's a preference thing. Concave buttons look like a recipe for blisters.

If Cerny is involved that can only mean one thing.

Knack 3 confirmed!!

My only hope is that they've gone back to the drawing board with this one, after going radio silent for so long, but I doubt it. If it's still multiplayer focused, solely ship-to-ship combat, I'm not too interested.

I swear I'm having mad Mandela effect right now. Not only I was sure this was already on PS4, but was also certain it was given out as a PS+ title and in my library lol

@Kooky_Daisuke Agreed about the PS3 downloads.

I do wonder if anyone knows if you're able to download the PS3 games on a PS3 as part of your sub? Knowing Sony I highly doubt it, but also can't see why not since that hardware supports them.

Pre-ordered both, thanks for the heads up! I've been looking out for these, was puzzled how they hadn't announced anything yet. I've got the DS trilogy compendium, BB+Old Hunters and Sekiro from them, and they are all magnificent, these will look great next to those. Shame they never did the Demon's Souls remake.

Everything in that wording screams MMO to me. Can't tell if it's a good or a bad idea, I guess we'll see. But considering how long it's taking and them saying it's their biggest game to date, can't see it being anything else.

@twitchtvpat 🤷‍♂️ dunno mate, I see that side by side with the original and can't see much changed. Put RE2 remake side by side with the original and see what that looks like. And even that was £45, not £70.

Ooooooft. I love the game but this looks like barely an upgrade from the 60fps PS4 version, let alone a full £70 game. Only way I'd excuse it is if there's a £10 or so upgrade path for existing owners.

I feel for Capcom, and for people who didn't want to be spoiled but were anyway because it was all over the place. Personally I don't mind that much knowing the full roster in advance, I actively searched for the leak when I heard it was out there.

That being said, I think what's been leaked looks sick as hell. Love the design, the choices, the number of fighters (if this is base roster). I think it's done more good than bad, luckily.

Yeah, don't mind that being there. IMO the new control scheme will have you at a disadvantage at even low-to-mid level play (3 less normals, basic combos), but hopefully as you mention, it works as a gateway for folk. If you've not played before and get a taste because of the easier controls, and then you want to delve more seriously into it, it still brings new people in. Everybody wins.

Much to my disappointment, I find it very hard to believe that Sony cares at all about Killzone. Especially since they've not put a single Killzone title up on the new PS Plus tiers, can't see any legal issues with that considering they're first party.

I'd love a Tomb Raider classics collection. Don't think I'd want a remaster/remake treatment, I'd prefer something along the mega Man collections, just authentic as possible ports, with things like rewind features, museum galleries etc.

5 mil copies in 3 months, almost a decade from release is a staggering stat. GTA6 better be damn near flawless with all that money they're piling up. At the very least they can fix their controls (you'd hope!)

You all are aware Quake is on PS5, right?

I only want to see this happen to see the reaction of all those that are banging on about architecture nonsense excuses.

I still prefer the DS4, that's probably my favourite of all time. It's just a much better fit for my hands, I find the DualSense a bit too big and weirdly shaped. Can't believe they had the DualShock 2 and not the 4 on the vote though, that seems weird.

@Bu1ld0g Pretty much lol I wanna say PS4 took 3-4 years off the top of my head, but we're splitting hairs here, equally as ridiculous regardless

@thefourfoldroot Yes, half a decade later 😂

Sony doubling down on live service games after Gran Turismo's stellar reception.

@PenguinL Huh, nice one! Might have a look, I've not paid any attention to it cause I was sure it was an MMO, I could swear that was the case at some point, maybe they changed it. Or maybe I just dreamt it 😂

@PenguinL Is it single-player? I always thought this was an MMO.

@Martsmall yup, exactly, whoooooole other can of worms there.

@PapaGlitch Nah, that's a fair question to ask tbh. Can't say I know too much about the in game economies of Dreams or LBP, but I don't believe you can cash out, or monetise your creations in those games. Roblox is marketed directly at children, and makes a point of "you can make money" from this. You can directly sell your creations and Roblox earns a very significant chunk of it at every step of the process

That's not to say I agree completely with the games you brought up, there's issues there for sure in the grand scheme of things, although maybe a bit more indirectly? All that Dreams can do is sell more copies of the game, and yes, if there's a big community making creations in it, that collectively helps them, but it doesn't incentivise work for profit I guess? Definitely worth a discussion though.

@lolwhatno There's a lot to it, so I'd recommend either watching those docs or reading up on it. The gist of it is it doesn't happen directly on the platform, kids are recruited externally through Discord groups etc, so Roblox washes its hands off. There's multiple issues with that, recruiters profit directly from that and since nothing is official (contracts etc), they can be let go after months of work with nothing to show.

That's just one aspect of it, but it has other repercussions, The way creators and the in game economy works (basically scrip), means Roblox makes huge profits from every transaction, so while they say they provide a safe environment, they stop just short of enforcing anything of significance since it will hurt their pocket in the end.

Definitely worth looking into at the very least, there's a lot more to it, and I'm not as eloquent as actual journalists that have covered the subject!

@lolwhatno There's some pretty shady stuff around Roblox, was quite happy it was being kept away from PS platforms so far. People Make Games have done 2 excellent videos on the subject, and there's various articles covering the same points if you dig a little bit. Unfortunately it's something that's often overlooked

Hurray for child labour I guess...

That doesn't surprise me in the slightest, JoJo has been literally exploding in popularity in the past few years. Also explains why they'd remaster this, don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a bad game at all, but not exactly one people have been screaming about to revive (hello MvC2).

I can't not buy this. Turtles 2 on the GameBoy was the very first videogame I ever owned (along with Double Dragon 2).

I'm almost there, think I've only got 1 main quest left (or it certainly feels that way!). I'm about 55 hours in, so I really hope it wraps up soon 😂

Try stability, but hole.

@get2sammyb Nice, thanks! I actually didn't expect that, or not been paying enough attention.

@get2sammyb Is that confirmed about the Online, that if you claim it in the first three months you own it afterwards? I always assumed when they said "free for 3 months" that it's just that, free for three months and you'll need to buy it after that, kinda like those free weekends they do for some games but extended.

I'd be more surprised if there is an upgrade path than if there isn't. They did the same thing from PS3 to PS4. It's probably gonna top the charts regardless for a few more years, so they'll milk that all they can.

@get2sammyb I wouldn't go that far, the last two games they did were Nier: Automata and Astral Chain, both outstanding games in my opinion. They've misstepped in the past, I'm sure once Bayo 3 comes out we'll forget Babylon's Fall ever existed.

Will probably be on Horizon for a while, but planning to tackle this next. Although all the performance reviews might make me hold off a bit longer, either for a patch, or a decent mod on PC.

@BRT15 Wow... just wow, I would not have noticed that if you hadn't pointed it out, that is awful!

Man, I was holding off for DF to see if I should get this on PS5 or PC. Looks like it's ass everywhere lol

@KilloWertz Yeah, 100% loving the game. As bad as that shimerring issue is, and a lot of jankiness tbh, it doesn't take away from how good the game is. Even the 30fps mode, which I struggle sometimes with in other games, is rock solid and well handled in terms of motion blur and effects to make it less jarring.