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@Rambolike thanks buddy! Glad you like it.

You gave the game a fair shake and it wasn't for you. Fair play for that. I tried persona 4 and just couldn't get into it, and most people love it.

Not everyone loves everything, and that's fine.

@Ryany most of the people on this site and people who want something they can boot up and play without depending on servers or other people. Nothing archaic about wanting to enjoy something you own on your own terms.

I'm really excited for this. Cuphead was a perfectly balanced difficulty for me and a nice throwback to my contra (well, probotector) filled childhood. It helps that it's stunning to look at too.

Looks good and I'm cautiously excited, but what is it? Is it single player? If so I'm in. Day one. If it's online mp only I'll be giving it a miss.

Remember Where the Water Tastes Like Wine? This is going to be a similar story. It'll sell in single digits and the studio will probably go under.

Blaidd is the new Solaire far as I'm concerned. Easily the most likeable character in the game.

Let it die was pretty good fun for a few hours so I'll likely give this a go. It was the only F2P game I've ever spent real money on so it was doing something right.

@tomassi I've played Rugby and used to box in my teens. The issue isn't being anti sports, it's being anti football. Since we're stereotyping here then maybe us "basement dwellers" don't have much interest in a sport which relies as much on convincing the ref you've shattered your femur on a blade of grass as it does on skill. In front of an audience of baying, racist, violent morons.

See? Stereotypes are dumb. Most people I know love football, they're good people, and they all happen to own FIFA already if they play it.

Oh here we go. Of course it's @#$^ing football. How many times do they need telling; ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PLAY THIS CRAP WILL HAVE BOUGHT IT ALREADY.

@MightyDemon82 as much as I'd like to agree (as in its an incredible kids cartoon and it was inspired by one of the greatest bands of all time, Ween), it just isn't for me. If you or anyone else loves it though? Good times! It's a great show!

Card games are beyond tedious. I mean you're on a console that lets you do pretty much anything and have unparalleled control of your character. Why bother being limited by the constraints of a physical game?

I'm too old for SpongeBob so no point there and Hood isn't exactly setting the world on fire is it? I don't have time to invest in becoming competent at a repetitive MP game and I really don't want to.

Three pointless games which Sony should be ashamed of. It's all well and good saying ItS OnLY A poUnD a MonTh or whatever but the fact is this is a service that has gone massively downhill, and to not speak up about that is anti consumer.

I'm a bit old for SpongeBob, still don't have a ps5 and card games can get Donald ducked so this is a turd of a month for me.

Ah well, ELDEN RING.

So the company was making games which apparently nobody liked, under a boss everybody hated.

Good riddance and I hope the Devs find better work on better games.

I'll likely go for the most expensive seeing as it's got the PS3 games and my ps3 packed in after fourteen years. If GT7 is an indication of how Sony are going to handle live service games then I definitely won't be sticking around for it though.

Nothing of interest there. I'm fuming I have to have plus just for Elden Ring as I'd have gladly skipped it again otherwise. Apparently Spartacus is getting announced "in the coming hours" according to Reddit so hopefully there will be some better news than this.

Card games though? Why? Just buy a physic deck with pictures of elves or whatever on them. Pointless genre.

I'm not a fan of the property, but it's really nice to hear fans being so excited for this game. It looks amazing!

I'd say the best way to go would be a full on arcade style Quidditch game. Similar to Rocket League. Take it online and possibly f2p and it could be absolutely huge.

It's pretty obvious that Hogwarts Legacy is going to be a massive hit, so there's no reason it couldn't support spin-offs. I'd like to think that the fans have made the whole property their own thing now and that the author is being sidelined. A huge community based around a multiplayer Quidditch game could be a good addition to that.

Well it looks incredible. The graphics are unbelievable and the gameplay looks like it could be good.... But I'm just not a fan of the franchise. I could maybe look past that but the other issues I have with the author in particular mean I can't support it.

I still remember this being on plus and posting a sarky remark about it. @get2sammyb replied that I was talking out of my rusty sherrif's badge (I'm paraphrasing but still.) So I decided to play it.

Three hours later I was a wreck. One of the most profound and beautiful pieces of art I have ever witnessed. It's a true masterpiece and something everyone should experience at least once.

@MattBoothDev you do realise you can play offline and not see any messages (which are usually left to assist players) from "idiots" like me, right?

We get it, you don't like soulsborne games. If that's the case then why feel the need to tell everyone?

Anyway Elden Ring is incredible and there's no way GG could have predicted its success. HFW is gonna sell by the bucketload for years, no need to worry. Aloy isn't going anywhere.

I usually hate anime and even I loved the first series of JoJo on Netflix so yeah, glad to see this is popular.

Not looking good for Forspoken though is it?

The only thing I was really interested in was the ninja turtles collection as I haven't played the arcade game since I was ten in a bowling alley and I've always wanted to.

@thedevilsjester hello police, I'd like to report a murder.

Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say but nonsense came out when she moved her lips, just a bunch of gibberish and gamers wanna go and forget about Frey.

They specifically mention the "hero" in that release so hopefully they've just got rid of the actress and redone all the dialogue so it doesn't come off as completely tone deaf and fake. I wouldn't play this thing for charity but at least it would serve as a warning not to patronise your audience.

@Would_you_kindly fromsoft wouldn't do that though. Any kind of mtx and lootboxes would completely break the game and render the core experience absolutely pointless, that's before you get to the multiplayer aspect. One of the many reasons (and good god there are SO many) I love the soulsborne games is that they seem to be above that kind of monetisation.

@Ranger_River there's a couple of million people who would likely say otherwise on that front, choom.

It's an 8 for me. I love it, I'm enjoying every minute, but there's a couple of minor issues that are stopping it being a 9 (I've never played a 10).
1. The lock on can be unreliable leading to cheap deaths.
2. Netcode isn't what it could be (though that may change as player numbers stabilize)
3. Frame rate may be an issue at times
4. Occasional inputs not registering. I'll hit attack with a full stamina gauge and nothing happens. It's not common but it's not great.

I've platinumed Bloodborne and I've put hundreds of hours into each souls game, but I still believe that there should be an easy mode. Maybe with less trophies. They're such incredible games and it's sad to see people put off them.

@Junosbetterhalf talk about good little consumer who's ready to kowtow to corporations who just want their money.

@Apfelschteiner I don't have the main game so for me- and many others- it's a bit of a kick in the teeth.

So we're getting some of Ghost of Tsushima. Are they serious? After last month with tiny Tina and the idiocy of the godfall nonsense I'm not renewing plus anytime soon.

I'm a rare case personally as I finished the first game but I'm not buying the sequel. Nothing against it and if you like it then great, and I hope you're having a great time with it. I just don't click too well with it and I didn't really enjoy it much.

Still, quality AAA single player story based games are the best, and I hope it sells millions.

@Marquez well I have to disagree for obvious reasons but it's true, Manchester is great! It's so nice to see how it's been developed around the canals etc and all the work that's gone into the Salford end.

@Futureshark how very original. Some of the greatest history and science institutions on the planet, a city that went from "managed decline" to being at the forefront of business and culture in the north but no, it's just full of people who look like a sketch from twenty odd years ago that wasn't even that funny.

@BoldAndBrash judging by your previous comment I'm not going to bother indulging you.

@Wolfie_Pie that stuff is lethal! Used to drink that in my late teens and spend less than twenty quid on a night out in the krazyhouse. Marvelous times.

@Wolfie_Pie ok that's mad. It's likely we've met as I'm sort of classed as furniture in the Swan. Pint of warm trooper on me if you ever come back!

@get2sammyb my old band played in there a few times! It's a good laugh the Cavern. They had some weird bands on at times too. I remember correctly ending up onstage with a load of people skanking to some ska punk band years back. Good times!

Liverpool is a great city. Lived here most of my life and was born here.

Cilla Black was vile though. Nasty piece of work who looked like Ronald McDonald after a three year drug binge and sounded like a goat gargling marbles. Horror.

Anyway, this is really good news for the staff and it's nice to see some investment round here. For anyone who's never even been, try to keep your mouth shut before making tired jokes, and remember that there's a lot more to the place than pathetic football rivalries.

It's similar to Manchester, amazing city which us scousers are apparently feuding with despite them giving us Joy Division and some of the best nights out of my life.

Inclusion and caring? This is going to be the Fyre Fest of video games and I am absolutely here for it. Remember when a bunch of streamers did this massive anti bullying thing and it turned out they were just trying to sell headphones?

Here's the thing. If you give anyone even partial anonymity and allow them to communicate with other anonymous people then they won't be inclined to be IncLuSIvE and CaRIng toward them. They'll act like they have no reason to respect them because, well, there isn't. Nobody owes you kindness. I'm all for treating people as you'd like to be treated, but it's just not going to happen.

Also, Mark Cerny is weird as hell. I always found him really creepy.

The Wolf Is Loose and Circle of Cysquatch by Mastodon should be on every racing game. All of them. ESPECIALLY Kart racers.

I will also accept the entire oeuvre of The Vengaboys.

Yeah because most of us can't get one. I'm still trying to get them when they're back in stock and avoid scalpers. I've had the money sat in my account for months (protip, if you're in the UK and you've worked from home the last couple of years you can claim up to 312 quid a year back. Don't do it through a dodgy company, contact HMRC direct and they'll sort it) and I still can't find any online. I'm not even angry, I just want to play demons souls!!!!

Hotline Miami, Wipeout, Uncharted Golden Abyss and Killzone Mercenary. If you were into Japanese stuff then you'd get a lot more mileage but I'm still salty at how pathetic the support was for larger scale games in the west.

I hate this game and I've never even played it. The trailer seemed custom made to make me want to smack it in it's big stupid face. I'm glad it's gone.

"Ultimately, it may come down to whether Sony feels generous enough to continue to invest in this project."

Oh you sweet, summer child. Unless this takes off like Fortnite 2 there's no way this game is going to be alive in a year.

@LordOfTurnips nothing, in fact I prefer them to jrpgs as at least I can hurl them at people for fun.

At this rate Spartacus will be an NFT of a turnip in a bin with #1 written in glitter on it.
Can't wait for the PlayStation access video of one of the team trying desperately to summon enthusiasm for what is an absolute dog egg of a month.

Great. Now you get to watch teenagers discuss their feelings with better lip synching.

@Nepp67 well I can tell that you're not a true watchdogs fan like me. I can frequently be found waving my phone at traffic lights while wearing a big coat, or bothering San Francisco. /S