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@WhoderMan That's it, yeah. I had the same thought!

Very Might and Magic. Never had a good enough pc to run it (back then), so would love to get this on PS5 with some haptics!

@playstation1995 A real-time, turn-based shooter 😂

Far out concept, but also quite accurate!

@Midnyte-Monkey Aesthetically, it looks a lot like Vanquish, so very PS3/ 360 era, yeah.
Only this plays at about an 1/8 of the pace, and has you jump and hover, rather than slide behind cover. 😂

@TBubs311 I'm with you on the jump thing. Being able to jump in Elden Ring was a game changer, and then it's hard to believe something so small wasn't previously implemented, for all the good it brings. Now, I can't go back to games without a jump! Like, what do you mean a small ledge is blocking my progress? Naaah

@AdamNovice For sure. SF6 has been a big glow up all round!

@AdamNovice Haha, I feel you man... Blanka was my go-to in the early days of SF2. Probably more for just being able to bash 'b' and electrocute (and what kid doesn't want to play as a weird green ape guy?). These days, I'm all for Ken... but my secret card(s) are Sagat and Abel. Hate the characters, but I can't deny their offensive versatility!

@Hyena_socks I would second this! I always liked the stripped back strategy of making a random officer and rising through the ranks to become emperor.

I've always enjoyed playing as Cap, much as I think he's a boring character, but Doom is calling me.

@AdamNovice I actually haven't picked it up (yet...), but I'd include his SF6 appearance as doing him justice. Just feel some time beforehand, he became made out to be a bit of a 'joke' character, same as Paul in tekken.

Not so into this series, and still somewhat put off by the guest character fiasco, but I am glad to see my main man Ken get the love he deserves at last across his last few entries!

Darksiders 1 and 2 were cool. Can't help but feel the series fell off a bit, and - I'm sorry (not), but Fury and Strife are not horsemen of the apocalypse. Give me War, or give me Death.

Now, that is an advert.

I mean... I'd say 5/ 6 good games out of that list...

Keen to pick this up at some point soon! Glad for its success and for showing that there's space for multiplayer shooters beyond the ususal battle royale and extraction/ hero shooter types.

Looks dull as hell to me, but do they really need to sue for cash - as if they don't have enough? Suppose tencent probably have some deep pockets themselves, mind... I figure destroying all the assets is enough.

Wonder if this is a little closer to the Horizon mp game they're planning than they'd like!

@PuppetMaster Have to agree, yup. Looks much less like a standard stamina bar, and much more like its own resource meter tied to special moves etc.

A bit like the posture gauge in Wo Long, maybe. Builds up over time and combat, but is used for more powerful spells and techniques. I believe they said itd be tied to special weapons also, like the hand cannon we've seen in previous footage.

Any case, looks good!

Oh Capcom... how the mighty have fumbled!

Combined with the Stellar Blade worthy costumes, this game's gonna milk it.
Take that how you will!

That is incredibly amusing news. Power to the (one handed) gamers! ✊️

Can't wait to play as Mrs Junko...

Kidding.

Dude who's never played the game promises to 'honour' the very titles he can't play - but he's watched all the videos - and promises it isn't just a glorified franchise cash-in courtesy of Amazon's billionaire financier.

Yeeah, sorry; I don't have any hope for this, regardless of his professional credit. Why not put an actual gamer at the helm of the video game adaptation? Same reason why Cavill left the Witcher series, I suppose...

Hmm... now as a huge fan of side scrolling brawlers, even I have to confess that I'm a little worried by how it's become the new genre to get over saturated. Over the next year alone, there's more of these games releasing than has been in the past few years consecutively...

Still, I did feel SP was one of the more nuanced and original titles to fit the format. Hoping this one continues to try and do new things, but isn't half the buggy mess of the original - though somehow, I don't think the art and character design looks as good as the earlier title. Scott's all grown up, I suppose.

Been waiting for this update! Had too many close runs ended by a random 3rd dropping out before the boss (or poor network issues).

I just thought the game looked poorly made, with some bad design decisions. Silly ai, lacklustre stealth/ mechanics, etc.

The thing is, a sequel could have improved upon all this, and therefore it's a shame that a new IP doesn't get to shine in favour of the same old, successful, franchises.

But then, perhaps they should have tested it a bit more thoroughly beforehand, and implemented the 'too little, too late' changes ahead of release, rather than afterwards. 🤷‍♂️

Not everyone gets to be a 'Cyberpunk'!

@get2sammyb Curious to see who the next characters will be, but I'm most interested in what the gameplay will be like... hoping it'll come with some character specific special moves, and not be a more basic button bash type brawler.

There was (what seemed to me at the time) a really good Fantastic Four beat em up on PS1, and it was cool being able to unlock new super moves to use, (like throwing fire balls, or doing big stretchy punches) asides from just the regular combos and grabs.

@get2sammyb There's an animated Planet Hulk film, which skirts very close to the live action Ragnarok film, only, instead of Thor, it's Beta Ray Bill that Hulk has to fight, who is essentially like Thor in all but name.

It's a solid film though, the action scenes are cool, and Hulk wins - as he probably should.

@thefourfoldroot1 Majora's Mask this ain't

Too many good games releasing every year, at too high a price point, in an industry swamped with live service titles that take up over half of all the revenue.

Less live service titles would mean more money around to put back into original IP's, rather than keeping the same few behemoths afloat.

The animation for Starlord's shooting move looks near enough exactly the same as either Deadpool/ Dante's lv 1 special in MvC3.... anyone else notice?

@AdamNovice haha, yes it was. But I have to say, I did think Starkiller and Vader were particularly good characters! 👌

If we ever get another SW fighting game on PS... 🤞

If they are making a new GoW, I'd like them to focus more on combat, refining things and opening it up a bit more. Maybe less loot and less rpg systems. Find some fun, new, ways to make Kratos an even more effective murder machine, kick out the kid and all the drama, and go back to a more bloody story with some good QTE's, like the old days. Felt the pacing of Ragnarok was terribly off and too many enemies were just tediously spongey on harder settings.

3 is still my personal favourite, and I think a return to that kinda bombast would be great with newer tech and quality graphics.

@AdamNovice I guess that's probably it! You wouldn't really be able to tell so much what a kicker was up to, if they were Yoda's height.

As I recall, Yoda did kick in Soul Calibur, but that was mostly while he was also bouncing about the place. 🤷

@Kiefer-Sutherland I was just going to ask about pricing... had it wishlisted for a while and I'm quite sure it jumped up a few quid! Actually thought it was closer to £35 originally, but that extra tenner puts me off a bit... 🤔

Is it ever explained in game why Sagat is so lanky? Same as Fahk.. from Tekken 8... why are all the muay thai guys so beefy?

But echoing others, yeah, looks way more brutal and actually like he's using a real fighting style! Very cool.

@LordVile It quite literally says it's a new, 10 part, series. Pretty sure all the characters from s1, bar one, are dead, so how could they continue on in s2? Did you actually read the article?

It's a good month, for the inclusion of Diablo, but as someone who bought it at launch.. yeah, not great.

Footage looks a bit like Resi 6 to me, which was kind of maligned, and didn't really feel very much like a RE game, even if a somewhat fun coop experience.

The new direction seems a better fit for the genre, but it would be good to have a nice spin off series that could use some of the coop stuff they've been experimenting with.

@N0CYmr0kI think a lot of peeps are just wanting to keep single player games sacred and strictly single player, after so many failed multiplayer games and the push towards live service. But as you say, multiplayer isn't inherently bad, and I always like being able to play a campaign coop with friends. Rather friends than bots, but I suppose giving them agency takes away from the role play, or story potential.

That said, the Gears franchise did it well enough, as did Space Marine 2, so I don't see the issue!

@N0CYmr0k I also think, having the ability to custom build a kind of unique 'class', then opening the story campaign up to have 2 other people join as a squad, rather than just ai partners, would be great.

Like R6 Vegas, in space.

Glad they reworked the campaign. It's a fun game, but otherwise got pretty tedious doing what felt like the same 3 or 4 mission types over and over again 🙃

@LtSarge I do somewhat agree with you, and see what you mean. A lot of titles, regardless of time between the first and the sequel, really just seem to refine, or tweak, a few bits and add in some extra features. Change the story, and there you are. After playing about 100 hrs of Spiderman, I got bored of MM within 5 hours, because it's just more of the same. And by Uncharted 4, I was definitely done with that series. I haven't played Death Stranding, so can't really speak for that.

Even still, I think in some cases, a story well done, combined with an improved and more intuitive gameplay design can be befitting of a worthy sequel. Case in point; I felt The Last of Us 2 was exceptional. Just better not do a threequel, eh! 😉

Just copied the game over to hop back in and was totally unaware of this. Curious to see what will be added... 🤔

Best be coop! Or, at least, that would be nice...

I am also aware of the irony of wanting multiplayer coop as an option for the single player campaign of a multiplayer game 😏

The "Like a dragon" series get talked up so big by the diehards, it makes it seem more popular a series than it is, I reckon.

I bought the original Yakuza years ago, (on ps2?) with zero knowledge, and was pleasantly surpised. But the games are dense, and the series is nigh impenetrable for newcomers now. Makes sense that they had to do a 'soft reboot', of sorts. Nevertheless, I can't help but feel like the only people buying these games are people already heavily invested in the series and story, but the games probably aren't picking up many new players.

@16BitHero Oh damn! I think I half knew the Plague Tale guy was involved... props to him, too! Boss fight music in the first SoR / SoR2 is like nothing else! Was always so epic hearing it come in, haha.

I was delightfully impressed with the SoR4 soundtrack. The 1st game is/ was peak early days gaming for me, and is probably what kick-started (no pun intended) my interest in electro/ techno.

On a side note/ more relevant note, Shinobi's looking great. Even better than the new Ninja Gaiden, dare I say... 🤫

@AhmadSumadi 😂 Totally fair criticism to make, yep. I absolutely felt compelled to try it with ps plus, but I'd just picked up Stellar Blade, and that had me surprisingly gripped, when I expected to fall off it, so I was comparing the combat of the 2 a lot.

@AhmadSumadi I have to say, I played it (Veilguard), and I'm a detractor. I found the characters unlikeable, the art style off-putting, and the moment to moment action pretty unexciting/ a bit janky. I don't think it succeeds as an action rpg, because it all feels way too shallow, and doesn't really feel like a good rpg either, because of the focus on action. Just my opinion! 😉

That's how it should be done- no matter the company, or industry. If your workers net you a profit, reimburse them to show you appreciate the staff.

@Fishmasterflex96 Haha, yeah, but pretty much all of their 1st party games are a success, no?