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I managed to play the network test along with the kid, it's a fun game and probably one I will be looking to pick up.

That said some of the races were utter madness due to the weapons.

If they tone that down, touch up the speed a little and maybe just over all let the racing show through the chaos, it's will be a solid kart racer

The last one to offer a reward program and bailing in it already.

I've not had the most out of it, just checked, £65. It was handy to pair with cheap PSN vouchers to take the cost of games down but overall was pretty poor.

Always used to annoy me when I would buy a game and a few days later it would be on a campaign that would get points, happened recently with Clair Obscur. Not a huge deal, not like it was a great rewards program anyway but still, was better than nothing.

Watching how console manufacturers are carrying on at the moment is making me feel like I'm no longer the target customer type for them however, and although the removal of a poor rewards program doesn't seem like a massive issue in the grand scheme, it's another little thing that will ultimately force me out of this gaming space.

Nothing for me but reading the list is a fair bit of scrolling. I like the fact that you list them with a nice bit of info, could that be expandable though? So if we want to read more we can? If that makes sense?

Anyway, this has reminded me how much I would kill for a new inFamous game along with remakes/remasters of the first 2 (and 3 as well, why not).

I mean we have remastered TLOU about a million times now, why not show inFamous some love

For something I know nothing about, I'm interested.

Played it for a few hours after work, for to say it's a fun little game, would pretty much echo the comments of @Jeaz above.

Worth a punt for the price

@ThroughTheIris56 if it's the latter then that will seal the deal for me that the 5 will be my last PlayStation

Ah, love the stench of politics permeating through everything, particularly rancid American politics.

Politics aside, if this is the state of play in the console market then I think unfortunately the Playstation will be my last.

I've said it in comments on other articles, the days of me having the time or inclination to sit down and dedicate a chunk of my life to the next 100 hour plus AAAA (🤨) blockbuster are long gone. And well given the fact that we seem fond of remastering anything and everything this gen, there just not much of the way of anything to really keep me hooked.

With the exception of a few, they no longer hold any interest for me. I find myself more drawn to smaller indie titles that tend to be more respectful of my time and diminishing attention span, or a good strategy game.

I actually play more on my PC now that I do on my PS5 and can see that trend continuing to be fair.

I don't mind an open world but I am one of the 64%

Open World games are fine, 100 hour long open world games full of fetch quest fillers, I don't have the time for that anymore and if I'm honest, I'm probably burnt out of that type of game.

So yeah, I'm down for more story driven, linear, shorter games. Allows me time to actually complete them instead of chucking them to the side when they inevitably bore me asking me to go get a doodah from big Mike at the other side of the bloody map

Old Country. Focused Story. Under £50.

Yup, count me in. More of this please.

I'll play it at some point.

A combination of changing taste in games, the length of time since 5, the talk around pricing, probably my age... I'm just not overly hyped for it like the previous games.

I have plenty to play just now, Precinct and MindsEye have me curious though.

I'm glad in a lot of ways I have less time for gaming, I don't have the time or inclination for a 100 hour jaunt with a game, so have found myself buying more strategy and indie games over the past few years.

I know it's been raved about over the past week or so but something like Clair Obscur is the perfect point IMO, great game, great length and at £50 not breaking the bank.

Might be a good thing for the smaller studios and push people more towards these games, out with the annual FIFA and COD crew

Best game I have picked up in a long time, was particularly keen on it when I see it wasn't another 100 + hour slog.

Glad it's been a hit for the Devs, they deserve it, think a lot of bigger studios could do with taking notice.

I just delete all the games off my PS5, installed games from my backlog I plan on completing and a couple of pallet cleansers.

Then I bought Clair Obscur.

So guess I'm playing that. Oh well.

Was one I was going to mayve wait for a sale but after seeing the reviews I'm planning on picking it up this evening ready for the weekend

I picked this up a while back, had a good time with it,then got distracted by something else.

Seems like a good time to get back into it once the new content drops

Can believe you didn't lead the article by noting the improvements to software performance and stability! Was panicking that there was going to be no improvements

I actually spent more time trying to read the headline than I did reading the article.

Read a few reviews but I'll be holding off for now, which is a pity, was quite looking forward to this.

Certainly won't be a console purchase either way, I prefer my strategy games on the PC.

Stellar Blade for me. Was always on the fence about it but glad I picked it up, having a blast with it.

I personally found HZD to be boring as hell, so never bothered with the rest. Just felt like a run of the mill Ubisoft game.

A movie however, I could be interested in that, I mean it has all the ingredients to be a cracker if done right.

I've picked up a fair chunk of store credit which is nice.

I'll do the tasks or whatever that gets points. Couldn't care less about the take with the collectables, seems pointless to me

Always rest mode, unless I am going on holiday or something or know I won't be using it for a few days at least

Not sure it's awesome, just more clutter IMO.

Would love if they were passionate about a disabled switch for it

Urgh, last couple of days before returning to normal 😭

Working my way through Cat Quest, got Cat Quest 2 lined up, picked up Stellar Blade yesterday so will fire that up today as well.

Also a bit of Manor Lords on PC.

Hope you all have a good weekend

I picked this up on a whim on the Play Store, mainly due to the noise around it and the price. I figured I would maybe play a few rounds then never touch it again .

It has made me use my Chromebook again, its basically now become a tablet for Balatro.

It's in my top 3 for this year along with Manor Lords and Astro (Metaphor would probably be in there but I've yet to pick that up).

Happy Christmas to you all, hope everyone is having a cracking time

It's really at the point where I find it baffling that these games keep coming out.

I can't see any of them taking off to be honest, I think between your already established games, as @somnambulance mentioned.

@nessisonett exactly this, superb game, easily the most fun I have had this year with a game, with Astro running it close.

And here I was being told it was game changing as well.

Can't say this surprised me at, the amount of stock people put in this machine to be the magic fixall.

Glad you all get to beta test it before they implement their new tech properly in the PS6 though!

Never mind it not having Pro Support, I can't believe it wasn't the first Pro Exclusive.

@Toot1st it has changed THE game

A PS4 game (that's been remastered already) looking good with a graphics bump on a console 2 steps down the road, game changer 😂😂😂

Love a good dose of hyperbole to keep the slow Mondays alive.

Can't imagine why my visits here are less common with game changing articles about every pro game

I managed to redeem for £10 this morning after agreeing the new terms.

Notice it has changed to £5 and £10 instead of £5 and £20, rate still the same as before though

Not for me, I had a quick look and didn't think that there was anything on it that would improve my experience of turning a console on and going into the game I wanna play.

Pointless really.

Needless clutter, an option to turn it off would be nice

Urgh I have so much to play at the moment.

Been dragged back into my long running FM24 save.
Got Frostpunk 2 on PC to start after buying day 1
Got Astro to start
Been flitting between Dead Space Remake and SH2 for some spooky fun

And I wanna buy Refantazio

Hoping Silent Hill gets solid reviews... Will probably pick it up regardless unless everyone says it's horrendous.

Was going to make it my game to spend my Christmas holiday on but I'll probably crack if it reviews well.

Given I thought HZD was turgid and I dislike online multiplayer, hard pass for me.

Imagine it might do well if done right though.

Had enough coins that I managed to pick this up for under £10, so if it's not my thing, no great loss. And the kid will no doubt enjoy it, so not a total waste.

I never did get around to buying the DeadSm Space remake so that suits nicely for Halloween. The other two, meh.

First time in month I will bother to actually download an Essential game

Will be keeping an eye on this

Gonna pick this up once the listing goes live

Good few I am interested in there, the Ghost reveal was a welcome surprise.

Loved the first, bought the second on release but yet to fire it up, saving it for my weeks holiday at the start of October.

Glad it seems to be doing well though

Tempted by this, might pick it up over Xmas for a nice we family game with the kid

I think this is the first time I have been bored of my Playstation.

I remember my parents stumping up for the first one at launch... Gaming was so much fun back then.

Now a games barely even launched and had a first sale and it's getting a remaster

I have sat here and criticised every remaster, and this one is no different.

But it will be one I would at least pay a £10 upgrade for.

I never liked it anyway, so I'm not all that fussed by it, but we are gonna get to the stage shortly where we are remastering games before they a even released.

Bet it looks super amazing as a launch game for the shiny new £800 console tho

Ha PCs are too complicated. Trying to convince himself or the casual gamer?

Never mind, they really aren't difficult at all.

Do I prefer to plug in a console and play? Sure, but I like to tinker as well so a PC would be no problem to me, the additional cost isn't an issue, and if I'm laying down £700+ to game (and really it would be closer to £900 by the time we include a disk drive, stand and additional dual sense), it sure as hell won't be on a console where I am locked into an ecosystem and locked hardware.

If this is the price point where console gaming is heading towards for the next gen, I'll be taking my money and putting it into a PC where I can play what little I play online for free, where I can sink as much or a little as I want into it at any given time, where I have a multitude of store fronts and sites to purchase games, where I can take a mouse and keyboard for my strategy games, a control pad to play Forza, then maybe switch it up to Spiderman afterwards.

Yeah, consoles are more convenient to a point, but I think if this pricing is the way forward, it will have reached the point where the convenience just doesn't provide value for money for me.