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I would love to see a selection of bootup screens available. They'd never do that and if they did they definitely wouldn't do this - but it would be awesome if you could up unlock themes based off first party titles by beating the game. Little extra rewards for people to shoot for beyond trophies. And it'd be a lot of fun, too

"Go after" data miners? If it's on the disc then it's fair game. This is for any studio - either take the time to remove what you don't want seen or do what Mortal Kombat has done since the second game and mix in a ton on nonsense.

I hate spoilers and I miss being genuinely surprised by announcements but that's on me, not the data miner.

Absolutely no point to patch notes like that. A lot of Android apps do the same. I guess in many cases it's true (stability and anti hacking) but give us at least something nice alongside it

@wildcat_kickz I get all of that, but what about story-wise?

(please be .hack)

This is awesome, but serious question. Why are companies releasing remakes/remasters of sequels first? Or is it just because the first game is totally unrelated. I've never played Ninja Garden or Silent Hill 1/2, or even the first four Resident Evil games, but I've played MGS1 and never played 2. Why remake 3 before 1?

@Northern_munkey I actually messaged them after they released the PS5 version about an Inquisitor upgrade and also if the DLC was cross buy. The person who replied said that the upgrade wasn't free and implied that it wasn't the developers decision. The way it was worded implied (to me) that the devs weren't thrilled with that decision.

But you're right - the quality of the license is all over the place. I love that the IP is thrown across a lot of genres and there's a healthy amount of games coming out every year that are all drastically different, but they really could exert a bit more quality control over the titles. Although I'd also argue against that, because I'd worry the creativity would be stifled

@Keyblade-Dan unfortunately that jank won't appeal to the millions of people who only stayed with Skyrim. They have certain levels of tolerance, but it only goes so far.

As a Mortal Kombat fan I'm thrilled to see two different entries both in the top ten. I hope it's enough to convince WB to keep investing in the franchise but painful enough to get them to ease up on the awful mountain of MK1

@Fishnpeas I think the full quote is "The customer is always right in terms of taste"

Abusing staff is not taste, whether it's to demand something in an unreasonable manner or anything else

@Majin_Deicide They did - apparently the game will scale to one or three players and they want three players to feel accomplished upon defeating a boss. Makes little sense and is very dumb

Absolutely not, so incredibly stupid to not allow duos. As a father with a full time job it's hard enough to find even one friend that can match my schedule - having to find two friends consistently for a challenging game means it's an automatic no for me.

@McDosy ...ok Sony

PlayStation's become so ridiculously greedy. Huge collection of excellent well regarded original IPs and they seem to solely focus on live service games and sequels to PS4-era ones that are all the exact same formula.

They should have set up a talented AA studio when thinking of their subscription service and have them pound out some remasters/AA remakes or sequels of the dormant IPs. Nothing that's expected to sell millions but are instead a bit different from the AAA flagships, maybe experimental a bit with features and styles, etc. Not only would they pad out that subscription service to justify the insane price increase but would also potentially have an unexpected hit they can build on.

Hate how every publisher seems to be intent on spending 4+ years developing a game that may or may not be a hit.

@colonelkilgore the Batman hide and seek is superb, never thought about what it would be like to be stalked by Batman before and it was kind of terrifying. I'm going to spoil the ending for you though so don't read on, but it's actually extremely disappointing

There is no ending

I really like People Can Fly's games. They're never the greatest of all time but I've always found them to be something many other games are not - mindlessly fun, bit goofy, always enjoyable on some level. I really wish they would be finding more success but unfortunately I guess they're stuck in the Gears of War era and have never evolved.

And I guess that's why I like them. I miss the Gears of War era

For me, the issue is that it's very obviously a show purely about marketing. Trailer after trailer after trailer, boring rehearsed speeches and pre-recorded interviews, you forget 90% of what's been shown with minutes.

The thing about E3 was that you got a steady drip of info across every platform in every type of genre over several days. And you got journalists who were able to go hands on with the games and not only provide written previews but also be able to provide context from their interviews and informal chats with the developers themselves to add a lot of flavour to the articles. Now every single article is a three sentence rehash of a trailer, because that's all they're given

Gonna be honest, I kind of like Threads. Clean looking, bit confusing to navigate (might be a bug in at least one area?) but I enjoy the simplicity. Twitter was always a bit oblivious looking for me going back ten years and even though I don't care that Musk owns it, I do care that my feed somehow has become filled with the most controversial and misogynistic/racist posts ever. Which mates no sense because I don't tweet and only follow video game developers and actors/writers I like

@Balaam_ calm down there buddy, lots of people just lost their jobs and trophy hunters are a very very small percentage of the community. more important things to focus on in the industry right now

Remake's DLC was actually extremely forgettable, got the 100% this past June and couldn't tell you a thing about it. Glad Rebirth is a complete package

@SJBUK hey buddy you don't head to defend your purchasing decisions to strangers on the internet lol

Guess there won't be trophies for Resistance still.

Also, Digimon Survive was the first visual novel I ever played, didn't realize it was one when I bought it. Unbelievably dark. Solid game

Well I get it.. needs to be properly defined but social media probably should be a bit more regulated. Maybe parents should be required to have oversight in some way? Although unsure how to balance that with privacy etc

@Medic_alert ok buddy lol you be happy getting ripped off and needing to troll other sites for discounts

@Medic_alert so you're saying to go to a third party website to buy a discount? I obviously chose a few games instead of doing a long list, but yes you can wait for a sale and hope the prices drop low or you can buy physical significantly cheaper any time, resell if you'd like to recoup cost, and most importantly - you actually own it.

But if you want to defend Sony trying to have a monopoly over their games go ahead 🤷‍♂️

This one's on Sony. They want their consumers to be 100% locked into their storefront, where they obviously set the prices and control discounts.

Pricing comparison of digital vs eBay physical:
Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut: £70 vs £32.99

HZD Complete: £45 for remaster as original was delisted vs £9.79 for PS4 + £10 upgrade if you wanted to

Spider-Man 2: £69.99 vs £30

@trev666 dunno man, they literally said only 20% bought PS4 Pro.. and that could output 4k and came a few years after everyone started upgrading their TVs from 1080p, so nice market.

The PS5 Pro is appealing, but between the high cost, unnecessary enhancements (still enjoyed obviously), and the disc drive not being included...... It'll sell fine, I just can't see it blowing up until the price drops significantly

Elden Ring was £50 too. A very pleasant surprise that convinced me in a random Argos to buy the game on the spot.

I still remember being absolutely blown away when Halo was in GameStop. I can't remember if it was a demo or the full game (thinking demo?) but the part available was The Cartographer, when you're dropped in and just charge forward. Absolutely stunning visually and it was tight gameplay wise. When I eventually got an Xbox I realised how great the story was too.

I wish the console wars were raging still because competition breeds innovation, but I'm all for Halo on my PS5.

@Khwarezm89 agree but MMOs require a LOT of work and investment, studios nowadays just want people to buy cosmetics and characters. I could see a Horizon survival MMO being amazing but it's probably going to be something generic.

I live NetherRealm reiterating on its core characters over and over again, even if I dislike some of it it keeps everything fresh and new. That being said.. WB needs to get to some realistic pricing for MK's content. £20 this is a must buy, £30 I'd buy it with justification it includes all the new characters, £40 is insanity.

WB could create insane amounts of goodwill by backing off the pricing a bit but for some reason they're so obsessed with short term profits that they don't seem to care anymore about alienating a ton of players. MK has been around since the beginning of the 90s - keep the pricing reasonable and there's no reason it can't continue another 30 years.

I fear the day Ed Boon has enough and retires and some corporate bozo comes in and destroys it all

@Deadlyblack yeah except you can actually work on other things while waiting in WoW

This probably isn't a fair comparison by any means but The Sims 3 came out 15(!!!!) years ago and has double the players online right now

They'll probably get trophies later down the line, but come on - this is sloppy and it shouldn't be happening

I've platted Suicide Squad and honestly the story was decent. If they fleshed it out, had more epic boss battles, and replaced the the absolutely ridiculous live service ending (seriously, wtf? I've never seen that before in any video game, including MMOs) then it would have been an amazing story driven game. Honestly, the combat and traversal, great graphics, and story ideas were excellent but absolutely ruined by greed

I could have given them advice to bin the live service game for a chill million pounds, no need to buy an entire studio for that

(an entire studio that's apparently hemorrhaging money)

Is Sektor actually Jacquie Briggs? I've not read anything about that but it sounds a bit like her, the braids, and the fighting style. If it is - awesome! One of my favourite MKX fighters

Edit: just saw the unmasking .. commented too early

Hahahaha I am pretty sure in one of the recent PS+ Premium addition posts I complained about games that should be on there and one was Fighting Force. Excited for this!

@AK4tywill oh sorry I don't disagree, I want hidden gems 100%. But where is Resistance? Or Fighting Force? Parasite Eve? Sony can afford to make deals with the third party companies - they've increased the price of PS+ by what, 30-40% without really changing the offerings.. they've also split PS Now into two tiers, and call PS4 remasters as "classics"

These "classic" offerings are so, so poor. What the hell is Ghosthunter?

There are some massive long forgotten IPs begging to be released. Sony is really taking the piss with the massive price hike and then hyping up two or three okay to meh games as justification.

@Batesy125s this is the most sensible comment in all of the discussions about this

I mean, he's right lol

I'm all for platform exclusives. Helps competition and breeds innovation, also theoretically the game would be optimised to take full advantage of the exclusive system.

However exclusive DLC (Spider-Man cough) and timed exclusives are ridiculous.

Too much gamer rage here. The Xbox showcase was phenomenal, great mixture of AA and AAA games, lots of different genres, big and small and new names, everything on Game Pass which is a great sell. My only complaint is the lack of dates, but don't rush development and let them cook. Look at Perfect Dark - thought the development was failing miserably then suddenly I see the trailer and am a fan. Didn't even like the N64 game.

@Rmg0731 Game Pass is a genuinely great deal for consumers, shamed Mattrick ruined the brand tbh .. I love my PlayStation but they need some competition

They increased the cost to give us worse games. They aren't bad ones, but somehow everyone seems happy to pay more money for minimal benefits..

@munkholt I just 100% the trophies on FFXV and started FF7R today hahaha

Let me know if you need any advice on XV, I know it got mixed reviews but I quite enjoyed my time with it.

@JalapenoSpiceLife wait how old are you? Because trophies overall are significantly easier overall than when they first launched on PS3 lol

Especially platinums. For a good summary go compare the Mortal Kombat trophies from 9 to 1. I'd say that's reflective of how trophies in general have gotten easier across the board and through the years

@Keyblade-Dan actually insane that Sony has an amazing IP and refuse to do anything with it. Not everything has to be AAA budgeted

@Angelus3K won't make too much of a difference I think because the game is CPU limited and the Pro I think has only 10% more power in that regard

@Czar_Khastik it's all marketing speak, so irritating. It's like developers (possibly through no fault of their own) forgot the benefits of optimisation