DuncanMcleod

Such a fantastic game. Bought it day one and couldn’t stop playing since. The visuals, soundtrack and gameplay are top top level. And we, french gamers, are very proud to see a French developer being hailed for making one of the GOTY.
Now, do us a favor and release a sequel, please.

My girlfriend and I loved the first two and were willing to jump into this one as well. But no local co-op makes it a pass for us, sadly

Ghost of Yotei and Silksong are both installed on my PS5 and they’re like my two childs. I can’t choose between the two of them.

It’s a good game with a moving story (Sicilian dialogue option was nice) and a cool infiltration system, though simplistic sometimes. Hopefully it selling well will motivate them to release other games in the franchise and explore new historical settings.

I’ve been dreaming of a « Skywalker saga »-type of game applied to Batman. They made it true and can count on me day one ! Hopefully we’ll have a full rogue gallery

This looks terrible. Robots, zombies, giants, jet pack … CoD doesn’t make sense anymore, devs are running out of ideas and it shows.

Streaming or native, I wish every new game on the service could be released with trophies. Resistance 1 never had a list but it was a great co-op experience and I wouldn’t mind some extra challenges now …

Who cares about an Horizon mp game really ? Sony keeps throwing online stuff at the wall until something finally sticks.

It looks so boring I could barely finish the video. I was really impressed by the first trailer of the game two years ago, where you seemed to be playing in co-op to take down giant robots. But since they decided to make it a generic extraction shooter my interest in the game totally vanished. Unfortunately for them, they learned nothing from Helldivers 2 success. People want cool co-op PvE games with interesting lore and fun gameplay loop, not this generic PvPvE looting stuff.

I didn’t want to buy the game when it was digital-only, but now it has a physical release I’m tempted. But frankly, at 70€ the price point it way too high for a one year old game. I’ll wait until I can grab it at 30€ max with all DLCs included.

In France all options for € rewards have disappeared since last week.

I agree with @RBMango , they should have released the game before The Expanse, not years after. I’m 100% sure this will be a hit. I have dozen of non-gaming friends who would buy it day one as they loved the first episode (which they played during Covid).
Strangely it’s a title that reached beyond the gaming barrier, and LCG doesn’t seem to understand how lucky they are to own the IP.

And I’m surprised to see they are encountering funding problems. Are Warner and DC Comics doing nothing about it ? The game is a derivative from a Vertigo comic series, surely DC has to know its existence. And the second game could boost sales for Fables collected editions, so it really doesn’t make sense to me that DC is not making sure is gets over the line.

James Gunn, if you ear us, do something about it.

It was a great Metroidvania, with good gameplay, nice visuals and an interesting story. The Prince of Persia franchise is a bit all over the place nowadays, but this entry was creatively inspired and you could tell it was made by talented people.
I think it suffered a lot from a rocky launch, with glitches and freezes plaguing the game on 1.00. But even through this period, devs were surprisingly communicative through their Discord channel. I had a trophy problem at some point and had the pleasure of getting an answer almost immediately from their team, which is pretty rare in the industry.
Hopefully devs will find a new project to show their talent, they deserve it. Shame on you, Ubisoft.

It actually looks promising. I never paid attention to this game before, but it looks like something I could play with friends/siblings. I hope Sony will offer it through PS+ Essential/Extra in 2025.

The game was alright. It looked and played exactly as Prince of Persia : The Last Crown. Except it’s not as polished (obviously, since the budget is not the same), neither as captivating. But you could feel the developers were mastering their craft, it’s a shame they won’t be able to follow up on this experience.

As a fan of Spider-Man comics for 20 years. I absolutely loved this game. It was very short yes, but the production value was fantastic. The story is on par with the first one, which already had a great narrative. If every AAA games and comic book adaptations could look like this I would buy all my games day one.

My friends and I are big Rocket League fans and we really didn’t like what Rocket Racing was offering. At first we thought it would be a Mario Kart-like experience, but as soon as we completed the first track we knew this game mode was not for us. As stated in the article, it felt too complicated for nothing, and far from the fun you can have as a team in a Rocket League game. And as none of us are Fortnite players, we uninstalled the package immediatlely and never went back to it.

I’m on holidays, but my copy is waiting for me at home. My friends can’t wait for me to come home for us to start playing this gem.

Already pre-ordered. Can’t wait to play with GT characters. Might even buy the music pack DLC if they put all classic themes in it.

I’d like them to release the Master Chief Collection first. I wouldn’t be there day one for a Halo 1 remake, however I’d easily preorder the Collection at 100€ if I must.

One element most of comments don’t point out is how essential Ubisoft is to France’s worldwide reputation. It’s the biggest video game company in the country, owned and led by French CEOs. And as the article stated, they employ a ton of people here. To see them in such a bad state is bad for players but even worse for the economy of France.
With the amount of fantastic IPs Ubisoft has, they should be leading the market right now. In France and elsewhere, gamers have been begging for new entries in the Rayman and Splinter Cell franchises for years. Instead of delivering great AAA solo experiences (which initially made the company famous), the Guillemot family chose to prioritize live-service games such as Riders Republic while still rushing the release of main solo franchises. They’ve been running after too many (crazy) rabbits at the same time and now they’re paying the price for it.
As for the supposed « woke » agenda, it’s kinda absurd. Women being main characters of games is not an heresy. Diversity in games is something that should be encouraged by players. I seriously pity gamers who don’t favors openness and acceptation in entertainment.

@jrt87 have you been playing on PS5 ? I recently got the plat on the game and apart from a crash I had no issue with it when updated …
Hopefully Respawn will be able to include even more side quests in the third chapter. And who knows, maybe a new playable character ?

I’m one third into the game and there’s some crazy difficulty spikes, but the gameplay loop is actually very enjoyable. However I agree level design could be more dense. Most of the rooms are corridors without any environmental objects or traps, and thus the game relies a lot (too much ?) on its boss encounters. These are great, and the art style is simply amazing, but I wonder how repetitive it can get past the 20th hour.

Contrary to some of the previous comments, I’m not sure that the game si that far away from release. Arkane Lyon has always developed its games at relatively fast pace, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it release early 2025. Especially since Arkane Austin just released a vampire game as well, meaning Lyon could reuse a lot of environmental assets from Redfall, thus speeding the development process. A gameplay trailer could actually be shown as early as next summer to drive Xbox engagement during holiday 2024 using the Marvel brand.
As for its exclusive status, I can’t see Microsoft willing to release it elsewhere than on Xbox and PC. Blade is a massive franchise, and the fact that the game takes place in Paris could boost Xbox sales in Europe where it desperately needs it. As PlayStation players, we would be very surprised to see Wolverine, an Insomniac developed game, release on Xbox. PlayStation gets a strategic advantage for keeping it exclusive and the same applies to Microsoft and Blade. Surely they flooded Marvel with cash to make sure they compensated financial losses due to the game not releasing on PlayStation. Considering they paid 300 millions dollars to have Jedi : Survivor on Game Pass, a massive financial compensation seems the obvious method used here.
I’d be extremely happy with Blade releasing on PS5 but it seems so so unlikely.

Was looking forward to play all three games so I’m over the moon ! That’s actually one of the best month in the year, in my opinion.

My friends and I are not much interested in everything that comes with the Deluxe edition, except for the physical copy of the game. I don’t understand why they’re not shipping the game to classic retailers without all the bulls**t soundtrack and goodies. I just want to pay 60/70 euros for a Blu-ray and play the damn game. Guess I’ll have to hold on again I guess …

It will certainly release on older consoles as well, but in much downgraded versions in term of loading times, textures and lighting. I can’t see Rockstar refusing money from the gigantic amount of players who still don’t own a PS5. Especially since PS4 owners will probably be willing to spend money for a PS5 upgrade later as well. And we know Rockstar is a studio with a very business-oriented mindset. What I can also see however is a massive backlash regarding GTA VI performances on older consoles at launch. We could end up with a similar situation as the Cyberpunk launch, with technical issues plaguing the game on older consoles. But Rockstar will sell tones of copies on PS4 despite every technical issues, so they really wouldn’t mind going forward with it. And for anyone who’d answer me that Rockstar games are usually pretty stable at launch, I suggest you take a look at the Definitive Editions debacle and how Rockstar handled it. The main priority for them is to make as much money as possible on a game, they really don’t care about the « current gen console only » narrative.

To play Remedy games day one is rarely a good idea. Didn’t play Control on day one but bought it a few months later, and it was still hampered by technical issues despite how great it was. After spending 60 bucks on Spider-Man 2, there is no way I’m paying full price for a digital only release anyway. They’ll probably come to their senses and produce a physical version early 2024.

It’s actually a pretty good game, leaves the feeling of being a soft remake of the very first Assassin’s Creed. It really plays like a different experience from Valhalla, a way more stealthy one. My guess is Ubisoft will now switch approach regarding core gameplay depending on the historical period targeted (RPG for Project Red, Adventure/horror for Project Hexe, stealth for the next one …). All while selecting and integrating specific gameplay iterations from the previous games. It would allow them to keep the licence fresh for another 10 years while trying new things creatively.

It looks awesome but I’ll not support a game that excluded us Playstation players when it came out. I was willing to buy it day one when I saw the very first trailer, but devs choose to favor Xbox players over us at launch. Their loss, I’ll buy their game when on a discount at 5€ max.

Every single one of my friends who have a PS5, including those who played the first Alan Wake, will be playing Spider-Man when Alan Wake 2 comes out. SM2 is probably not going to be a 100hours game, but it will keep people occupied for a least 2 to 4 weeks. Releasing a digital only game during this time, and hoping for it to be a success is madness. I personally won’t buy Alan Wake 2 digitally until it’s on a very good sale, or unless they reverse the decision not to release a physical copy of it. And when you think about it, Xbox players won’t be jumping on AW2 either since they’ll probably be deep into Starfield, and not done with it at all.

With a good boosting squad the 15 rounds trophy is actually a funny one to go for. And in my opinion, changing the trophy list doesn’t make this port less of a scam. Especially since you can buy the PS3 box version for 5€ quite easily.

I got this one on a sale and was pleasantly surprised by it ! My girlfriend and I loved it so much we could have bought a sequel on day one. It was probably the best new licence Ubisoft had released in a while, and they’ll surely regret canceling the series. In the end it really seems like they don’t know how to invest money on their own IPs anymore. Like many comments I’ve seen here, it just doesn’t make sense to spend years pouring money into stillborn projects like Skull & Bones and meanwhile cut budget and ambitions on franchises that had good reviews. If the first title of an IP doesn’t perform very well sales-wise, but receive good ratings, you have to trust consumers to support such a licence long term. Otherwise you’re constantly creating new IPs and killing them instantly, thus hurting the brand’s image. And we all agree that Ubisoft needs a new breath, away from Far Cry and AC. Everyone in the industry agrees about it, so it’s maddening that Ubisoft leadership themselves is unable to capture consumers feelings toward their own strategy. Their only hope now is that Star Wars Outlaws performs so well it keeps the company afloat for a few more years, because I bet Prince of Persia, despite all its qualities, is gonna have rough sales at launch.

I’ve never been interested in live service games and never will be. Even though there’s a decent number of cool experiences in this genre, most of them are scams, quite simply. I miss the time where Playstation Studios was putting all its efforts in making great single player games. When you look at the most successful PS brands of the last few years, all of them got popular because they were fantastic solo cinematic experiences. All my non-gamers friends played Ghost of Tsushima, loved it, but none of them was interested in playing Legends or any mp version of it. Knowing so many good studios are exclusively dedicated to making live service games makes me so sad. How many of these studios could have produced long lasting solo games, instead of chasing cash ?

I can’t see the EU validating the deal now that the UK has given a negative opinion on it. And if both the UK and the EU block the deal, surely it won’t go through in the US either. The Microsoft appeal will probably take some time to be reviewed by authorities, so it’s gonna drag on and on for at least 4 or 6 more months now. But after months of deliberation it seems highly unlikely the decision will be overturned. I wonder what it means for the Xbox Showcase coming next month, considering Microsoft said yesterday it wanted to close the deal this week.

@Dtrain45 He had his goofy moments over the years, but when McFarlane created the character he intended for him to be creepy monster with personality. In Amazing and Ultimate Spider-Man, Venom is far from being funny. The concept of the symbiote being a funny character really appeared in Venom comic books (when writers had to find new ways for the character to reach a wider audience) and in the movie adaptation.

@twitchtvpat I didn’t mention it on purpose, but yes I’m very curious to see how they handle that idea !

The first one already seemed quite dark to me (dat ending made me cry like a baby) …
Very curious to see how they’ll be handling Venom. Hopefully it’ll not be a comic relief (like in the movies) and more of a brutal threat (like in the comics).

That’s a weak sale. Been ages I’v been waiting for Firewatch and some other indies to show up, but they rather offer yet another sale on AC Syndicate …

I’ve been waiting for Firewatch to be on sale for what seems like forever. I wish we’d finally get a discount on it …

I would gladly pay 10/15 bucks for the Iki island DLC, but charging so much for the PS5 upgrade is a shame. Sony doesn’t show much respect for people who supported the game when it came out and we, gamers, shouldn’t let them get away with this.

FF7 and Disco Elysium would be mad. The internet would collapse.

Hyper Light drifter for 7€ is a steal. This game looks absolutely gorgeous and has never been on sale before, if I recall correctly.
Overall, a truly amazing sale if you ask me !

@rjejr Actually, it's possible to add PS5 games to your Library even if you don't own the system. You need to install the PS app on your phone, head to the store and look for the game in the search bar. It should show up as "free to download" and you can add it to your Library. You won't see it appearing on your PS4 Library, but when you get the PS5 it will show up.
It's actually mad that Sony didn't communicate more on this process, since I've seen so many people not aware of it ...

I bet we’ll have Subnautica and Resident Evil 2. If I recall, both haven’t been on sale for a while (RE2 was, but on package with RE3). I would happily welcome them on my library !

@elvisfan1 I think you're putting way to much importance on the completion of your trophy list. Don't get me wrong, I'm a trophy hunter too, but the main interest of a game is to have fun. And one of the best way to have fun is to play with a friend or gf and have a good laugh. Even if that means giving up on a Platinium trophy, honestly it doesn't matter that much, does it ?
And to be fair, this generation hasn't seen as many local coop games as the previous ones, so I think we can't really complain about coop games ruining solo experiences.

@elvisfan1 you know games are not meant to be played for trophies, right ?
That being said, I'm looking forward to the trophy hunt on this game, as much as I'll be glad to play it with a friend.

They are basically re-selling the Space Battle mode from BF2 for 40$. For all people who loved the Rogue Squadrons games back in the day, this game could have been something to look forward to. But I bet EA is going to try to cash in once again on the Star Wars franchise by selling us loads of spaceship's skins to "support" the game. Maybe EA's Play presentation is going to prove me wrong, but so far I'm being very cautious about this game.