Dead Island 2 was from premium, and I enjoyed it but never finished it. Monster Train 2 comes highly recommended for those who love card games. I have the original on switch and enjoyed it.

Overall, not bad. Hope people give Dead Island 2 a shot, it's better than the first and better than you'd expect.

Pragmata was my GOTY almost all year, Requieum is a top notch game as well, and Onimusha has a spot in my top 5 as well. What a year for Capcom and proof that you can still make a series exciting, revive an old one very well, and create new IPs all at the same time.

If you look at the PS trophy percentage for beating the final boss, I believe it sat around 49% of players finishing the final boss when I last checked. That would imply that 1 of every 2 people who own the game finished it, and while people drop off all the time on games, that also is a small part of the telemetry they have on player data. I would love to see an infographic featuring deaths and victories and completion among other stats.

Ace Combat 8 has me hooked. I’ve never played AC before but goodness this might be my GOTY. I’m also working on Belmont’s Curse and not enjoying as much as I hoped. Control Resonant and Valor Mortis are also waiting in the wings! Enjoy all!!!!

It's because I trusted their ability to turn out a game I knew I would enjoy. Ghostrunner was a blast; this looked great, and they made the smart play by offering it at a lower price than they could have demanded based on prior work. I would also have paid an extra tenner for this without issue. Congrats!

I need to make room to hop back in and give this a go. Stopped at chapter 4 I believe. Life just got in the way and then the avalanche of this year’s games.

So yea, I’m thinking I’m back. Once I finish ten other bangers I have installed lol.

@salvadorhealth there was a patch recently that adjusted the amount of damage it did during the most infamous part of that fight.

Started a Carnage run in Onimusha and will slowly burn that away. Most of my time is with the incredible Ace Combat 8, a game I had no intention of playing. Control Resonant is being chipped away at, and I’ll probably pick up Valor Mortis after liking the premium trial as well as Belmont’s Curse (I forgot to preorder it and am miffed I missed the pre-order bonus). Too much to play before the next big title releases at the end of the month!

Enjoy the weekend all!

Mafia the Old Country already??! I am very happy with that alone this month!

Just finished Onimusha WOTS and it’s up there my GOTY. Have to admit the repetition of Kyoto wore on me after 30 hours and steered me off the platinum.

Now I’m on to Ace Combat 8 and Control Resonant as my two mainstays until Phantom Blade releases.

This looks great. I may pick up the first one while it’s on sale and use it as a palette cleanser.

Spent until 2am driving home last night so I’ll be playing sleep today. Then after I’m trying to finish Onimusha so I can move on to Control Resonant and Ace Combat 8!

Out of town but on my portal will be playing the lovely Onimusha WOTS as well as Well Dweller

For me it’s all about Onimusha Way of the Sword and I’ll be pre-ordering Control Resonant this week, unless Dawnwalker pulls me in a different purchasing direction. Ninja Gaiden 4 is also on sale at the moment! Decisions!

I thought Wo Long was under appreciated compared to the Nioh series. I am more excited for this than I was for Nioh 3. It’ll be a day 1 for me.

I just finished the platinum for Mortal Shell 2, which stands in my top three GOTY right now. So next up is Onimusha WOTS and when I need a break from that I purchased Midnight Fight Express in a sale recently. I may also return to some smaller indie games as well. Just balancing it all until Control Resonant later this month!

Attempting to wrap up Mortal Shell 2 and then move into Onimusha Way of the Sword. Those two games will be my mainstay from here on out until end of September!

Enjoy the weekend all!

Easily one of my most anticipated games. I live for these quirky, AA but striving toward AAA experiences. Wanted:Dead, Romeo is a Dead Man, etc.

@get2sammyb exactly lol. The hopium is strong this past week with some corners of the internet lol.

There’s also a rumour making the rounds that Publishers were trying to distance themselves at Gamescom and be less cooperative with Sony for marketing (outside of Capcom and Take Two). I don’t think there is much to that one either.

Wrapped up my first ever playthrough of Onimusha Warlords! I’ll check out Dawn of Dreams while I wait for latest installment come September.

Otherwise, now and for the foreseeable future it is all about Mortal Shell. I adore this game and it’s right behind Pragmata for my GOTY this year. I assume it will keep me busy until Onimusha Way of the Sword and DawnWalker drops.

If time I’ll continue some racing in Screamer as a palette cleanser as well.

Enjoy the weekend all!

@Neuromancer deeply appreciate the username.

@Fiendish-Beaver a lot of one shotting can happen early on. I’m still early but it helps to upgrade weapons and shells I think more than Harbinger. I found a giant ace that starts at +4 and I’m hoping I can spin to win. Especially because the amount of gloom required quickly becomes insane for Harbinger upgrades.

@Rangers420 I loved the main quest for Legacy, but you’re right in I still walked away disappointed. After getting the platinum I can say the story was the highlight; most of the collectibles wound up a spiteful experience. I would do the Waylon Jones side quest though, that was on the better side.

Finished and Platinum achieved for Legacy of Dark Knight. Looking to wrap up a quick playthrough of Onimusha Warlord as well.

Otherwise, now and for the foreseeable future it is all about Mortal Shell. I assume that will keep my busy until Onimusha Way of the Sword or DawnWalker drops.

If time I’ll continue some racing in Screamer as a palette cleanser.

Enjoy the weekend all!

@FreasurePlanten I did the first Beta for it, and it makes Horizon look like the next Fortnite by comparison. The shooting was dull, and the textures were so muddy and muted I thought my TV had broken.

@IntrepidWombat my hometown! Miss that place. Hope you enjoy the time there!

@LN78 very much the pattern I’ve experienced with Sony sequels. Yotei was the first I skipped for that reason

I’m hoping to finally get the platinum in Legacy of the Dark Knight after doing the absurd number of collectibles.

This week I’m just waiting on Mortal Shell 2 to be available so after LEGO Batman I will most likely continue the narrative in Screamer. That’s it for me, enjoy the weekend all!

@JalapenoSpiceLife Hell is Us is definitely not soulslike. Its combat is more action oriented and it focuses more on atmosphere of a war torn nation. The closest soulslike element is you can lose some currency when you die, but you can also turn that off in options and never lose anything.

@Weebleman Hell is Us is good for exploration and atmosphere. Go in with low expectations and knowing the end is disappointing and you may have a good time. I got the platinum, and loved it, but I also know the novelty of what it is pushed me through it.

@IllusiveMan I wondered if anyone else would say that too. Every sequel I’ve played in Sony’s first party catalogue this gen has come off as less interesting, and caused me to feel that they don’t have the magic for sequels. And that’s not true of other franchises. RE has blown me away every game, Nioh has been stellar for 3 entries, etc.

So in the end, I never bought Yotei, and I worry Horizon and Spider-Man will continue to suffer as well.

I’ve been really into blasting through Legacy of the Dark Knight and Beat Hazard Arcade. I’m really just killing time until Mortal Shell 2 releases, so I also started Entoria because I keep seeing good things about it.

Beyond that just another weekend with the kiddos!

Thanks! This was exactly the review I needed to help me determine if this was going to be worth my time before Mortal Shell 2 drops in a few weeks!

Retrace the Light for me. A great Transistor spiritual successor.

@GirlVersusGame never mind I just read your whole post. Lots of good info in there!

@GirlVersusGame having just started Palworld this week, what’s one thing you’d tell me to focus on in the early game? Is it quests, is it catching certain pals? I’m level 6 if I recall, so literally maybe an hour into it.

Finished and Platinum achieved for Luna Abyss. I’ll continue working on Legacy of Dark Knight as well as starting and working through Palworld Screamer and Lovish

Lovish is excellent by the way and several levels in I can tell this game is going to remain endearing.

I’m sure these all fall by the side next week for Beasts of Reincarnation

Enjoy the weekend all!

@get2sammyb have we ever had the privilege of a Sammy’s personal Gacha rankings? If so, can you create an updated rankings? And if not, what do we have to do to have that feature happen?

@AFCC quick look at PSN profiles shows there are 34 to collect and a platinum! So I’ll be there for the game and those. List doesn’t look too bad either.

I put upwards of 70 hours into Strive and it was the game that got me to purchase a fight stick. So yea, this is on my list, but I’ll wait a little after launch. I’d like to get through some single player experiences first before I lose 50 hours to this.

The Relic: First Guardian looks promising. I may wait though as I want to be ready for Beast of Reincarnation the following week.

Snagged the Platinum in Mouse PI so I’m all about Luna Abyss and Tokon right now.

Beyond that I think I’ll knock out some levels in the Cowabunga Collection or soar through Gotham in Legacy of the Dark Knight. Enjoy the weekend all!

@DennisReynolds why do I get the feeling you’d be unhappy with any source I provide? They’ve been accurate for quite a while now (less than 5% error) on almost every given occasion. You asked for a source, but I can tell there would be no pleasing you.

@REALAIS @DennisReynolds Alinea Analytics source that has an estimate of numbers: https://alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/ghost-of-yotei-outsold-assassins

Do what you will with that info considering that the rest of the series typically sells well into double digits.

I’ve been working on wrapping up both Mouse PI and starting the excellent Luna Abyss. Beyond those two it’ll be the occasional round in Black Jacket and most likely getting back to Legacy of the Dark Knight if I can.
Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend all!

@ShadowRJ it’s very good but in a niche genre of mp. Something like Arc Raiders was the exception to the extraction shooter.

Working on several games right now : Legacy of Dark Knight and Mouse PI are my main focus, but I also started The Librarian on my PC. In between those I’ll be checking out and revisiting Remnant 2, which has been a great comfort food game as people might say. Enjoy the weekend all!

@Haruki_NLI So true. Even as a longtime plus member Rogue City isn’t $9.99 for me, it’s $11.99 thanks to the arbitrary dynamic pricing scheme.

@nessisonett first had a lot of charm surrounding atmosphere and the concept. This will be markedly improved. Every preview seems to suggest this will be a AC1 to AC2 situation for the devs; groundwork is laid and now the systems and growth will be evident.