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Usage of AI to "amplify creativity" is a laugh.

PR people at this point are just stringing words together without stopping to think for a second whether it all remotely makes sense. Kind of like the average AI when given a prompt.

I'm not going to pretend I've played most of the nominees, but even if I had, I'm certain I'd still vote for Clair Obscur.

@get2sammyb I play plenty of popular games, Fortnite is just not for me and never will be. You're making a lot of assumptions about commenters out of thin air there, considering no one who posted before you implied they avoid/dislike the game because of its popularity.

Grabbed it, thanks for the heads-up.

I'll politely decline, thanks.

This comment section perfectly encapsulates how much fandoms, and the people in them, suck. Not including the users joking around, of course.

As for the collab, it's really cool to see. I loved both Expedition 33 and Rebirth, the former's expansion and the latter's sequel are two of my most anticipated future things.

I wish Dreamcast's Seaman got a revival too.

The cumulative years of development across all their studios that Sony has wasted on live service bandwagoning is quite something. And better not think about man hours.

Not a good month for me, but they can't all be winners. Already completed Stray when it was on Extra, and whatever the sports game is, I don't care about it. Might try Battle Simulator at some point, I guess.

Being an interviewee sucks when you've gotta measure every word with a ruler on account of all the illiterates out there.

There's no "imagining" nor "reimagining" anything when AI enters the equation. Imagination, creativity and art all die with it.

Still haven't played RE0 myself, it's the only numbered entry I haven't gotten around to yet. Probably will give it a shot sooner rather than later since I like Rebecca's character.

That said I never did like the classic RE style with fixed camera angles, tank controls and awful shooting mechanics, so I welcome the idea of a modern remake in the vein of RE2/3/4. Better 0 than 5 at any rate.

Absolute cancer.

Honestly I'd rather have nothing new than Atlus' usual "Here's an improved version of the game you bought with a large chunk of brand new content, sold at full price with no upgrade path".

"We wouldn't say Silent Hill F received rave reviews. Critics were largely positive on the title, but it wasn't met with particularly eye-watering scores."

... What? It's sitting at an 86 on MetaCritic. That is "rave" alright.

Holy crap. Awesome news.

shuts down Stars
raises Plus price
adds even less games per month

I'm so tired of these types of promises at this point.

Bend and Bluepoint's secret projects had been teased as 'cool sh*t' for a long time and then they turned out to be more live service slop that won't even see the light of day.

Between these, Naughty Dog and whatever else we don't know about, just how many development hours has Sony wasted on their trend-chasing garbage plan? All that talent and passion and they're stuck working on the most soulless, hopeless projects imaginable.

I feel particularly bad about Bluepoint, because they've never had a chance to do something big that was truly their own. They finally moved on from their (very solid) remake projects and all they get is a ticket to the God of War live service mines. What a bad joke, I can only imagine how utterly demoralizing that must be for creators.

The Stanley Parable is wonderful, but I own it since launch. And I couldn't be any less interested in Dead Service 47 and Car Thing 12.

Excuse you, that's clearly Julian Mallard from The First of Them.

They should just wait until the finale movies are out and have all the characters in the series available for the roster, but I guess they wouldn't be able to sell a whole bunch of DLC if they did that.

So a multiplatform game has sold 21% less units across Europe than a PS5 exclusive which itself (unfortunately) underperformed.

Is the world now done pretending that Veilguard was a success, or do we have to wait until EA begrudgingly admits they lost over $100 million on it?

I can't imagine something much worse than a western company in all but name taking control over a good chunk of the manga being created.

Piss off with that money and go make Concord 2 or something.

It's just a cheap excuse to fill up GOTY nominee spots with DLCs and keep the likes of Wukong or Stellar Blade out of the running. Nothing more, nothing less.

@nomither6 Yasuke is not Japanese whatsoever, the historical person arrived in Japan on board of a slave ship. Oda Nobunaga made him one of his vassals and gave him the name.

But re-reading what I wrote, the "American" bit actually doesn't make sense in this context, so I'll amend that.

"When the work they pour their hearts into is twisted into a symbol of division"

"We put an African samurai in the game because we cannot relate to a Japanese person"

Sounds very much like intentional division to me.

Not that I have a horse in this race, but a peak of 70k concurrent players isn't a whole lot for a game with such a huge budget, no? Typically you can estimate the actual sales number to be several times the peak amount of concurrent players, but even then we're probably talking about something in the ballpark of several hundred thousand sales on Steam.

For comparison's sake, Metaphor sold 1 million units on its first day across all platforms and peaked at 85k concurrent players on Steam. Metaphor visibly had a far lower budget than Veilguard so it might well be a commercial success if it gets two or three million lifetime sales, but Veilguard needs a lot more than that.

Granted, as the article points out, that 70k number will probably go up during the weekend, but I don't think it'll be enough to make a difference.

They've barely been showing OR telling anything for a while now, though.

@Czar_Khastik Sony will give you material for ages.

Unfortunate to hear, but I guess you can't win them all. While replicating the setting for this series is relatively easy, replicating its soul is a different matter entirely.

I might still tune in to watch (some of) it just to form my own opinion, since I've got access to the show anyway.

I'm looking forward to the new game modes and story content, but in terms of character banners this is where I'll start saving.

Zero interest in Yanagi, and I like Lighter but he basically fills the same position as Koleda, who I'll never replace. Also not interested in Harumasa nor Miyabi, which are most likely coming up next.

So yeah, a long period of hoarding tapes ahead of me. Would rather wait for something like an Ellen rerun, or another new character I'm truly into.

Yup, just as I thought.

They're doing everything right for this release so far, and I really hope it'll be a success for them.

@GeeForce How would that even matter to anyone who isn't a rabid fanboy, given that it's a multiplatform title anyway?

It's in pretty poor taste how every other similar game in recent times has gotten its fair shake, yet somehow everyone's decided that this one specifically gets to be the universal punching bag for people who are "tired" with the subgenre. This whole narrative feels manufactured and ill-willed, and PS actively enhancing it is pretty unprofessional.

And it's all the more annoying because the project looks high effort and it's been known about for a while. The likes of Wukong and Phantom Blade Zero get their praises sung at every opportunity, but now Wuchang comes back with another trailer after months since its reveal and suddenly it's all about soulslike burnout? Gross behavior.

It's their first project as an independent studio, with an entirely new IP. Regardless of quality or level of polish it makes sense to give it a more accessible price so that it won't struggle to find an initial audience, an issue which many full price games these days suffer.

It does surprise me, but only in a good way. I think it's a humble approach as newcomers that too many devs are not willing to take. And I was going to buy the game no matter what, so this is just a plus.

Watch them turn Death Note into yet another arena brawler somehow. I would laugh so damn hard.

It'd be pretty cool if we got a new Expedition 33 trailer out of this as well, but Like a Dragon + Wuchang is enough to make me check it out.

Appreciate the heads-up. This one is on my wishlist and it would have sucked to miss the demo.

Got it on the mail a few hours ago, already installed it. I'm trying to wrap up the TLoU remake before getting into it since I probably won't touch another game for weeks once I do.

Can't wait.

Sounds like a textbook example of a frog in the well. Or lizard in the well, if you'd prefer.

Ironically, I think its historical failure gave it enough "publicity" that more people might check out an F2P re-launch out of curiosity, compared to the open beta.

That still only means a couple days of passable player numbers followed by another ghost town after said curiosity wears off, though. There's no salvaging this project, in my opinion.

Good. The less time I spend looking at guides to make sure I didn't miss anything, the better.

Lengthy games should prioritize keeping your attention on the screen at all times, and getting rid of easily missable stuff goes a long way in achieving that. I love booting up a big JRPG and knowing I can explore its world and activities at my own pace without fear of accidentally skipping content.

I'm sure this will go down well with everyone who already thought this entry was way too safe, cartoonish, etc.

I'll upgrade to Premium when I've got a couple days left and play Dino Crisis. Always been curious about this one.

Planning to wrap up The Plucky Squire today and start either Bully or The Last of Us Part 1.

It's definitely going to affect the game negatively and it sucks.

Finally Atlus is trying out something new and exciting, and they get the unending failure of the generation that is Xbox to market it?

I honestly wouldn't have guessed there were that many lines dedicated to hints or battle indications. Regardless, that's a mod I definitely would have installed during my playthrough had it been possible.

When for years you get players used to not expecting quality at launch, they also get used to waiting a few months to buy the thing on a deep sale... or used to just ignoring your output period.

Gaming is too broad and varied a hobby for just one type of experience to ever define it.

Something obvious to anyone who actually games, but outright incomprehensible for corporate clowns like Timmy over here.

I'll re-read Doki Doki today. Already played through the original version on Steam way back, but this is a good chance to finally see the new content.