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No chance day one even though it's highly likely this won't be as hard to source unlike the PS5 for obvious reasons. Unless of course they get some decent (non-remastered) titles out there in the first few months unlikely though. I guess if this thing is going to release soon-ish we'd know about the games in development and there seems to be zilch of note so far. I almost wish Microsoft weren't clearly in decline as it will encourage Sony to get (more) complacent.

Sheesh how much? The LN3 Mirror Edition was as high as my wallet would allow this month!

I'm hopeful but suspect it could be another Lost Soul Aside.
Mind you this is by a South Korean publisher who don't have iffy geo-politics like Lost Soul Aside so I can get behind it.

@Oram77 Well that would truly be something especially after the graphics they achieved on the PS5 version of Elden Ring. People bang on about the Demon's Souls remaster but no way was visually it more stunning than Elden Ring. I'm still in awe of how beautiful the visuals were and that was on the base PS5 wonder what it's like on the Pro?

@Oram77 I think if they were going to do BB they'd have done it by now and there is likely some behind the scenes cobblers stopping it from happing we aren't privy to. I'm not fussed with BB because one gen difference upgrade isn't really an issue and PS4 version is still a going concern. Whereas remaking games like the first SH four gens apart is good news.

Just give us the Resistance Trilogy remastered already!

I love AW2 and Control but this game just seemed a non-starter despite being set in the same universe. Hell it's even free on Plus but I have no urge to even try it. They should concentrate on Control 2 or AW3 granted the latter is me dreaming and must be years away.

Also the title has issues, reminds of a night and/or bad morning after a hot ruby.

@ShogunRok Thanks, perhaps I'll wait for a drop in price although to be fair it's quite cheap on Amazon. If they were charging 70 sovs that would add insult to injury!

I'm still tempted but can anyone confirm if it's playable on the base PS5? I've already been stung once this week with the pretty ropey LIS Collection.

Annoying crud like this makes it to PS5 but the likes of Deadly Premonition 2 are nowhere in sight.

Sheesh how longs this game been out and they are only getting round to it now? Doesn't exactly fill one with confidence.

@Logonogo But it isn't. What time is Love?

@ilyn It was that true, it wasn't on par with any other From game perhaps Night Reign aside haven't tried that. But to anyone who beat it well they need praise I mean that final boss anyone who did that I salute you.

But back on topic Code Vein is in no shape or form Souls like. These fraggle rockers may as well be typing Story of Seasons is Souls like!

@DonkeyFantasy Have you played Sekiro? That is the Hill I died upon. Never finished the final boss and will never return to. A difficulty level so absurd you'd need the patience of a saint to complete or the skills of a catlike ninja. Praise to those that did though you gentleman are in a league of your own.

@Oram77 It's the new craze that's sweepin' the nations; label anything "souls-like"! Code Vein isn't neither is SHf. I wonder if it's folkers thinking the difficulty of a Souls game will put others off buying a game and if they have a pet peeve against a franchise or game saying it's "souls-like" will ruin it.

To be fair Sony know they are winning and can play it safe console wise. Gates obviously has his skeletons rapidly rolling out of the closet and Microsoft in general are facing a battle on two frontages!

@get2sammyb It's pretty solid also the PS4 original has a nice PS5 friendly update not a full blown native PS5 version but near enough.

And it's not souls-like not sure why it's even lumped in with those games bit like Silent Hill f. The gameplay is more like FF XVI if anything the difficulty sure as Hell isn't souls-like.

@Czar_Khastik Keep thinking they'll announce it with the KLF "What Time Is Love?" blasting out. Or "Dyna-mite" from MUD circa CONTROL...

@DuncanMcleod Thing is and I'm no expert couldn't you just add her profile as a friend then pass the controller. Mind you would need either two PS5's or two separate profiles I guess.

I don't know why so many are down on this game, the other two didn't have couch co-op and were pretty near damn perfect. Also considering the ending of two I for one cannot wait to plunge into this. Hope they tie in both endings of one and two though.

@Oram77 It would have surely as they wouldn't have had Reedus featuring and him not kicking some derriere. I never got to play it though, was the character in the teaser actually Reedus I guess I should watch it on youtube but then there would be even more "what could have been" jazz. It's up there with the lack of Deadly Premonition 2 on the PS5 for pet hates.

@Oram77 But PT would have had combat a bit like the two demos for Village and RE7 where the teases were exploring only.
PT is the one reason Konami won't get a free pass anytime soon, the whole debacle or what could have been still grates.

@Shinnok789 It's sounding very similar to that free SH game The Message which was OK for free but hardly noteworthy. Personally I'm looking more forward to the remake of the first game by Bloober despite not being a fan of remakes in general.
My main gripe with SHf was the lack of scares especially in the damn netherworld parts, each time Hinako ended up there I cringed as knew things would go downhill. Totally preferred the town and outside settings far more atmosphere if they had nailed that for 75% of the game I'd have been happy but it was a game of two halves literally.

The demo sold me let alone the stunning Mirror and/or Prism editions. The Mirror edition is a very fair price too let alone tomorrow we also get a free PS5 version of the first game. Good times.

One question about the co-op, if playing with strangers does it mean they aren't muted I can't stand hearing some ned playing r'n'b or metal over a mic gotta mute 'em all!

@Propaperpusher I'm in the same boat, after one playthrough can't really decide if it was very good or very average at this point. Problem is with so many other games out I'm hesitant for a new game plus run yet.

If there wasn't so much back log I'd give it a punt and haven't played a COD game since Black Ops 2. But with Little Nightmares 3 this Friday no fecking chance!

This guy gets so much praise whereas true auteurs like Jeff Minter deserve it more. Jeffage is a legend.

@somnambulance Have to agree, it's pretty but hollow. A predictable plot, swap male for female lead/girl boss, all boxes ticked. Thankfully Little Nightmares 3 this Friday.

@Czar_Khastik Get the Dead Space remake, as much as I dig Cronos and am warming to Silent Hill f Dead Space trumps them all and it's dirt cheap at the mo.

These publishers and/or developers shoot themselves in the foot/or knee in this case. I really wanted to play Oblivion but the negatives rule out a day one purchase. Same as the Life Is Strange Collection, now it's been confirmed 3 out of the 5 games are the PS4 versions again no day one punt. And with the latter the damn remastered versions are supposed to be buggy as Hell and how many years has it been since those were released?

Well it's free so I'll give it a go but the whole blood money angle seems distasteful from the usually OTT PC correct Ubisoft.
Bit like the last world cup where all the players and management conveniently forgot human's rights issue when big bucks are involved...

I'm torn between Hell Is Us, Silent Hill f and Cronos but would go with Cronos as despite the initial difficulty curve it was pretty much perfect. Whereas Hell Is Us totally lost it's way half way through and Silent Hill f had way too much repetition and combat as dull as dishwater.

I've never known a game that got easier bosses the further you progressed although granted perhaps that was clever uses of the Omamori and maxing out stamina. I don't even think I died once during the last several bosses crazy.

They wouldn't be out of place on a Saturday march in London that's for sure.

No New Game Plus, pass.

@captainsandman To be fair I can see why some would slate SHf simply out of frustration. The repetition of the netherworld levels (crests ad infinitum) and janky combat let alone some of the obtuse puzzles is testing my patience and I love the franchise. Can't judge it properly though till completed one playthrough.

Not this Nate geez again, he's as reliable as a Blackbushe Market seller doing a Del Boy stint.

Also having played the game to death (well twice) I'm done with it and am more looking forward to the free Little Nightmares PS5 upgrade this Friday.

Life Is Strange Collection for me this week if and it's a big unconfirmed if LIS, LIS:BTS and LIS2 are actually native PS5 versions and not just the PS4 versions bunged in. Despite the collection dropping this week there are no reviews or unboxing videos to be found anywhere and Square are keeping very quiet too.

@somnambulance I'm not sure it's like AC but would agree both games are highly over rated. I've played both and enjoyed them somewhat but they never really strike me as out and out classics. I can't even remember how the last DLC ended so it couldn't have left much of an impression story wise either.

Not meaning to stir folkers up but I'd hazard a guess if Aloy was a male character they'd have never been such big hits. A lot of the success came about because the narrative hit at the right time with what was going on in the world then. Whereas if they released today suspect sales wouldn't be as high.

Holy Hell how is Elden Ring PS5 not on there? Even on the base PS5 as soon as I started the Erdtree DLC the first landscape reveal blew me away. It is jaw dropping literally and easily better than most of the above hands down. It should be number 1 up there and if Sony had any sense they'd use it in their stores as a demo disc to shift PS5's in great(er) quantities.

At this point I think 7 out of 10 is very fair. Although am only 1/3 a way through and suspect the game will be far more enjoyable during a second run through for various reasons. The main gripe being a lot of the time you can end up running from the repetitive enemies and miss the opportunity to explore which again I guess will be easier to do during new game plus.

I find the nether world parts off putting and when it feels least like a SH game. That is where the game loses it's way as it's just not like the nether worlds from the western set games or as sinister. However the first hour or so with the Akira soundtrack and certain tips of the hat to the franchise overall you could almost imagine you are playing a retelling of SH1 or 2 so plus points for that.

It's not just Microsoft though, the Life Is Strange Collection that came out yesterday has only 2 out of the 5 games included on disc. No reviews of that anywhere yet either as I suspect they'll be quite negative. Especially if they've also just bunged the old PS4 versions of the first 3 games and touted them as native PS5 versions on the front...

Those character models in the video look a bit iffy especially the devil one...

I would kinda agree if IGN didn't feature. The only good thing about IGN is they aren't as bad as Kotaku. Not sure they can write a review without the so called "journalists" bias seeping in, easily The Guardian of gaming sites.

@yohn777 Because the original SH games are decades old so it's not a fair comparison as the games industry numbers wise was totally different then. It would be like comparing the sales of say a PS1 to a PS4.

@Nepp67 It was the puzzle box or the first part that got me, when it mentioned "sweet", "cake" "fruit" "tart" etc. It seemed to point towards choosing those exact items not just the sweet fruits that actually solved it. Also the fact the pictures weren't too clear of what some items were didn't exactly help.

It's unfair to compare it to the original SH games as it was a totally different demographic back then. Bit like inflation you can't factor in profits from decades ago compared to today's prices.
The SH2 Remaster though obviously that's more recent so it's fair game. I'm not totally sold on the game yet, need to perhaps start it from scratch as find the enemy repetition grating let alone the puzzles are a bit obtuse to put it mildly.

@KundaliniRising333 Could be because there have been so many good games released recently and back catalogues are building up. I can think of at least 4 new games I need finishing before I even think about Yotei.

I may be among the few but actually liked Veilguard for what it was. Think it got a very harsh slating granted it came across as Dragon Age Lite but even so was a decent game regardless.

Perhaps they should give away any SH2 DLC for free to appease the fans disappointed by the performance and lack of support since release. Hang on it's Konami so that'll be a cold day in Hell then...