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Great for people who like to skip through games instead of actually playing them. 😉

Overwhelming apathy. I've played the two main Horizon games and thought they were alright. This one just isn't for me.

@McBurn A studio as creatively bankrupt as the current Bethesda wouldn't come up with something like this in a million years.

Stupidity debunked. So much for trusted sources.

I'll get it as soon as the performance improves. Game looked very promising from the moment I saw it, glad it's doing well.

On the one hand, Wo Long. I've been taking it slowly, doing one or two missions per day, but I'll probably pick up the pace starting now.

On the other hand, Dark Auction. Quirky new visual novel I'm playing on the side when I don't quite have the energy for Wo Long's action.

@TheArt Kiryu's "forever angry eyebrows" issue is fixed by actually playing the games and seeing what the character's like. Probably too tall an order for you I'm guessing.

Thankfully, every non-leaked game this month turned out to be more interesting than the leaked one.

I don't exactly hate the idea and sites for other media already do it anyway. Devs' feelings aside, giving trash reviews less visibility helps other users.

If someone on IMDB posts a garbage review, most people are gonna choose the option to say that their review was not helpful. Exact same thing could be done with people on Metacritic and whatnot who are e.g. mindlessly hating on stuff they clearly haven't even played. Even if their "criticism" isn't removed, it can be made less visible.

Probably not a popular idea for a site which chose to hide downvotes, though. 😉

On top of potential performance woes and all the extra workload, personally I'd rather all three games have a consistent look to them.

Well that's certainly the undisputed worst "headline" game so far.

Works for me. Won't be playing this at launch since I've got too much on my plate, but I will definitely pick it up eventually so I might as well make my character ahead of time.

Honestly, staying silent until the game goes live might just be their best shot at this point.

Anything they say or show prior to release will just add fuel to the hate fire but not create actual interest. The lack of any news is getting people to talk more about the game than they would otherwise and when/if they just drop it there at launch day more users might download it driven by curiosity, since its news cycle has been so weird.

Either that's the thinking here, or they gave up and just don't want to spend more money on promoting it. For what it's worth it'll probably do better numbers than the likes of Concord, being free and all.

I agree with john that this is arguably worse than the Yakuza 0 case, since this time it's an entirely different game being delisted, rather than the same game with a couple less cutscenes.

I've got a retail copy of Y3 so I'm not affected, but this kind of sucks for game preservation in general.

I probably won't, but not due to lack of interest. I'm already more than sold and would rather go into the game as blind as possible.

Not sure which is more baffling: an Xbox presentation where most/all content is PS-relevant, or Game Freak developing a game I actually want to see more of.

Solid chance they'll be planning 2027 around GTA6 too.

Doubt this would surprise anyone other than utterly out of touch investors and the like. Microsoft and Xbox gave up on their hardware as loudly as they possibly could.

Sandfall had my attention since their very first reveal trailer and they have it tenfold nowadays. Hope they'll take their sweet time with whatever they end up releasing next, be it 'Clair Obscur 2' or something else entirely.

Spare me the apologism slop buddy.

I guess as far as Marvel stuff goes, Wolverine is a decent pick for a game. If nothing else, both the action and the story beats won't be as painfully sanitized as they are in everything else Insomniac makes.

That said, the only Top 5 game here I'm truly excited about is Requiem. Neither 007 nor Tomb Raider are my thing, and my interest in GTA VI has taken many a hit between recent studio news and all the delays.

Sheesh. I am very positive about PS Plus as overall I get huge value out of my sub, but good grief this specific selection is a stinker.

It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't because they also said a little while ago that on 2026 Plus would start to focus on PS5 games alone. Looking like the dregs of the PS5 library so far, not the best first impression for this shift.

Can't wait for the same dude to cry and moan about E33 for the umpteenth time when it gets placed high on this list. Compelled to do so even when the article is not about the game in question.

It's one thing to be a tad obsessive about something you like, but spending so much time and energy repeating ad nauseam that X thing is overrated takes a special kind of sad bloke.

Going through Anonymous;Code, the latest entry in the Science-Adv series and the only (localized) one I haven't completed yet. On Chapter 6 and liking it quite a lot so far.

I might also start Wo Long this weekend, since it got added to Plus and I also bought the DLC on sale. Really wanted to get to it before Nioh 3 comes out.

@Losermagnet2 Sticking to what you like making >>> Capitulating to minority complaints. Especially when the thing being complained about sold 20 million.

Even the price is the same as Concord.

As someone who grew up with RE4, I've never seen Resident Evil as a pure survival horror experience but rather a mix of that and action horror. So this combo fits me like a glove.

Very happy for the Clair Obscur team as I think they fully deserve getting showered in awards.

That said, I think the two indie-related categories could and probably should have gone to a game working with a smaller overall team and budget. I think the people trying to paint it as a lite AAA title are absolutely ridiculous but I also don't see it as an indie - it's quite clearly AA in my opinion.

Nonetheless, I'm happy for the team that it won every category it fully deserved (score, game direction, art direction, narrative, GOTY).

@TheArt The comment reads to me like a parody of every throwaway "criticism" I've seen directed towards the game. Especially by people who haven't even played it.

Hell yeah, I'd been holding out for Wo Long. Figured that with their next big title (Nioh 3) coming out super soon they'd start thinking of putting the previous one on the service.

Mirage is a bit more surprising since they just had that free Saudi Arabia DLC if I remember right. Typically a big free DLC is used to incentivize a boost in base game purchases, and being added to Plus kind of runs contrary to that. Works for me, though.

Mostly Balatro. I'm close to winning Gold Stake with all 15 decks (just a couple left) and also making good progress on the gold sticker collection.

On the side, I'm also playing through 11-11 Memories Retold before it leaves Plus. Hopefully I can finish it by Monday since then I'll want to focus on Yakuza 0 Director's Cut.

I clicked a random point in the trailer and instantly read "INCIDENTRWS" on the TV screen.

Yeah, they can keep this one to themselves.

So a director who has zero idea of what he's adapting, what its strong points are and why people like it. What could possibly go wrong?

checks the previous 59387 projects where they tried this

Oh...

Should put a title card saying "A Hideo Kojima role" right before the mole first appears.

I was sold months ago Yokoyama, but I appreciate the extra hype nonetheless.

Really like the concept - the UI, not so much. Still would give it a try.

Oh definitely. This is the main reason why I didn't buy SMTV back at launch day on Switch, and a few years later, there ya go, Definitive Edition BS.

I'm just glad Metaphor didn't turn out like this... so far.

Fortunately I've got physical copies of most games in this series, Y0 included.

I'm looking forward to this excuse for playing one of my favorite games again. Bit worried about how I'll react to the new scenes based on what I keep hearing, though.

Way better than the selections we usually get on December from Plus Essential.

Always had my eye on Neon White and I might try LEGO Horizon too.

Well deserved, it's a great game for many reasons beyond the one the two crowds of simpletons ("game bad 'cause boobs" & "game good 'cause boobs") can't stop parroting. As exemplified perfectly by this comment section.

Super satisfying combat, awesome enemy variety, mindblowingly good soundtrack and rock solid performance/graphics. For the sequel they mostly need to work on their environment/biome variety and writing.

Playing Sonic Frontiers before it leaves Extra next month. Having a good time with it overall, plus it had been ages since I last played a Sonic game.

I like both first person dungeon crawlers and deck builders, so there's a very good chance I'll like this.

Also it probably won't get as old as Vampire Survivors did. Fun game but boy did the runs get samey on the way to 100%.

Have they said anything about potential console censorship? It's hard to imagine some of the stuff in that trailer making it to PS5 with their current guidelines - similar games, like Agony, launched censored outside of PC.

Would be cool to see, though.

@Czar_Khastik Gotta wait for the Dream Machine for that.

Regardless of worthless rumors I do believe Leon has a chance of showing up, but I won't hold my breath.

With or without him the game looks great anyway, and Grace is a massive step-up from Cardboard Winters.

Always a masterful move to exclude the platform where the IP thrived in the first place. 😉

I was pretty annoyed when this was announced as a Switch exclusive, so I'm glad it finally got to PS. Really like Somnium Files, especially the first game.

Finally one of these I'll actually watch, instead of skimming through the headlines later.

Not expecting anything specific, just hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

I got a Portal on sale about a month ago and I've barely sat to play in front of the TV since. It's honestly the best way to play most of the stuff I engage with. I'll still go to the TV for things that require complete precision though, or if graphics are one of the game's main selling points.

But yeah, it's been a great buy so far, and I didn't even know it was about to get way better with the recent major update.

Good. More people get to play the games at launch and the games sell better. Win-win.