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@Northern_munkey not been any innovation since ps1/ps2 ,loved the battle systems of shadow hearts and legend of dragoon. I'm hope with the spiritual sequel to shadow hearts - penny blood and wild arms spiritual successor - armed phantasia It comes back in a big way in 2025

In my honest opinion it's because they are spending too much money on making games with no real innovation. Mostly remakes and remasters. Naughty dog remaking a game that's only 2-3, years etc also spiderman 2 cost 300M but it wasn't that different from spiderman 1 , a lot of palette swaps, enemies with the same attacks, similar minigames. It was only the last third of the game that changed things but only slightly also its can be completed in 20/25 hours - not worth the £70 price tag . Not worth 300M. They need to make it fully open world with loads of activities. Would love a spiderman unlimited game set in alternative earth

Considering its not persona, it's not really a change in structure ; just like persona is not devil summoner or shin megami tensei

I played the demo, it reminded of the OG prince of persia released in the late 1980's, not a fan, too many traps . May pick it up when it's on sale under £20 . I still hope they remaster the sands of time. Also ubisoft have shot themselves in the foot by suggesting subscription models -clearly profit greedy. I personally don't subscribe to subscription models , think it's ruining the gaming industry

I heard the main story is only 8 hours and all content can be completed in 18-20 hours. As per this and last gen too much focus on graphics plus had enough of open world stuff
Not a fan of avatar , not seen any of the films

@IOI fair enough ; although the rest of that statement is not quite accurate you can get cheaper alternatives , at least in the uk. You can use cdkeys to get a couple quid off or rhe likes of online retailers like shopto which you can buy cheaper psn vouchers. And ps+ subscriptions

@IOI to be fair all digital storefronts take 30% it's not just Sony. I'm pretty sure this was the recent court case between epic store and Google. So if anything it could cause a major shakeup in the way storefronts operate. If the person on the class action win . I mean the reason digital prices are high is to keep standard brick snd mortar shops open though personally I use online retails like the game collection /shopto etc. I rarely buy digital unless there's a really good sale on or exclusive digital deluxe version

There was updates to the T&Cs that if anyone tried exploiting game glitches it's a straight ban , likely scenario and also any toxic behavior is a straight ban

Bg3 for the win, ff16 wasn't great but still second choice Copy and paste enemy skins and aummon abilities were just copies from the first summons abilities with variations on elements , loved the eikon boss battles , thought the end boss was weak narratively ]plus party system wasn't great - overall preferred ff15. Spiderman 2 was also weak at story and pretty much exact same gameplay as spiderman 1 and miles morales . The symbiote combat was a nice addition but not enough to save the lackluster story. So had to pick trails games of course . Also enjoyed assassins creed mirage but bottom 5 as felt ubisoft didn't put a lot of effort in overall. Really look forward to 2024 though Townes of j-rpgs out in the 1st qrtr

I stopped buying tv stuff on PlayStation since 2 years ago Sony removed films I bought

Only game I'll be buying is like a dragon: infinite wealth, as bought another 12 months of ps+ essential unless something comes up in ps store sale

As a yakuza vet (played every single game , thats come out in the uk) this article isn't quite accurate. Previous characters from next game in series still get referenced; while it's not one big story its still all related, especially latest like a dragon: gaiden. Also the point the judgement/lost judgement doesn't tie in with like a dragon/ yakuza games isn't entirely true either as Kaito appears in a side quest in like a dragon: gaiden that happens before lost judgement

Agreed! Bloody amazing but very hard game. On my 4th attempt playthrough, over 130 hours now. Tbh there's been no game that's came close, no microtransactions , no content ripped out and remade as dlc, very few bugs. Been very few good games this yeah. Imp spiderman 2 fell short, story wasn't the best and similar/recycled gameplay - venom like power were cool but been don't better . Not many gsme makers take risks anymore. Been a lot of remasters the last couple years

Had my ps5 since launch, later interations have been worse and worse by reducing the heat sink more and more; will mean it'll get warmer more often I would only replace if my ps5 somehow breaks probably skip on the pro as well , as ps6 is meant to be out at the end of 2027/28

Played all though wasn't a big fan of issen

Isn't the heat sink smaller? I couldn't care less what it looks like, its a box to play games, not the next catwalk model 🤣

I've played all the games apart from the zombie spinoff and second game with kiryu ancestor . Massive fan. Also played the two judgement games

@DixyViking that kind of how an rpg works new expansions. Old gear become obsolete. Hell even normal rpgs when you go to a new town you have to buy new weapons and armour personally I haven't been a fan of xestiny since they changed the game model to focus in a battlepass. Grinding over and over to get points. Also a large amount players left it . Especially after spending 300+ for expansions and then bungie gave the gsme away for free, left a bad taste in my mouth . Almost as bad as activision.. not surprising they are losing money. Now Sony using bungie as an example of live service - they are one of the worst examples . I think they made a mistake in buying bungie. Final fantasy 14 / swuare enix would have been a better choice

I'm taking my time with it, going for all the side content - I'm only about 25% through the main story plus its not the main focus - trying to clear some backlog

Used to love these games but with barely any effort from Konami - hard pass. Exactly the same game as on ps3. Might consider the second rumored collection of peace walker, mgs4 etc

I've only played about 8 hours , focusing on clearing some backlog before the J-rpgs come out in jan/feb24. EDIT: There's only been one bug for the crawler puzzles/ miles uncle when the game wasn't recognizing I'd done the puzzle and pull l1/r1 mechanics wasn't loading

Personally I don't rate guerrilla games.mid at best. Horizon forbidden west is a very padded game , typical fare open world game. 1 person leaving/getting the sack wont change much

Passing, it's not bad but a grind once uou reach a certain part. You come to wall and have to spend lot of time grinding, really tries to encourage spending money on microtransactions. I get its a free game and it needs to generate income etc just don't have time for the amount of grinding required . Aa much as I'm a big anime fan I'll keep my money for when the big Jrpgs hit first quarter 24

Ahh, I thought something was up as for some reason I couldn't download a save from playstation cloud

Got assassins creed mirage, spiderman 2 on 20th, star ocean 2 remake on 2nd Nov but don't see any mention of like a dragon : gaiden: the man who erased his name out 9th November which I'll also be getting

It's not bad but it's more like a hybrid of old and new games but took the bad stuff from valhalla like barricaded doors and a much smaller skill tree. I rekon ubisoft will make basim the main character for the next few games like ezio trilogy

Completed cyberpunk 2077 like 5 times . 3 on ps4 for all character routes and twice on ps5 update but never bothered with all the missions/police scanner stuff. I've been playing it on pc for the last month, just completed all missions apart from police scanner so probably take another weekend to finish that.so love everything to do with cyberpunk and then onto dlc 😀

Gonna hold off until a sale on this, as dragon quest 11 wasn't the best and not played one piece odyssey but heard it was super easy

Haven't touched fighting games in about 5 years, got sick of ripping characters out as paid dlc as charging a fiver a character. Miss the good old days, when you unlocked characters by beating them or getting a high score/secret stage .terrible tactics a full price games 65/70 with microtransactions

Crew:motorfest, cyberpunk 2077: phantom liberty, assassins creed mirage and spiderman 2. Cant wait

@MagisterMagi they are ending support from Friday so eventually will be. It's on the official website

No last month was worse imo, terrible indie game, dreams that's servers are closing in october and some golf game. . On terms of subscription increasing I expected it. I'm very good at predictions especially with inflation and interest rates especially in the uk. I bought a years essential ps+ last new years and I'll probably get another year in around black friday/cyber Monday

I think its going to flop. Especially as it can only be used on home networks. Especially the high price . I've never used remote play and don't really have any reason to use it. It may be useful for couples with only 1 TV etc . I'd much prefer a new console. Also if I was going to use remote play it would be with a mobile and backbone device that allows you to play everywhere