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My question is if THPS4 actually contains the career/story mode, or if it's JUST a collection of levels with the "classic" runs of "Collect S-K-A-T-E" and all that stuff.

If there is a physical edition then I'll buy it, if only just to look at it knowing I never thought the day would come when Xbox killed itself. Already have them on Xbox but I assume that whole ecosystem will no longer be operating in 10 years so I suppose it's time to rebuild my catalog.

Stoked for this!

Well if EVERYTHING is an Xbox then that kind of applies here too. You can now install Steam OS on pretty much all the current handhelds as far as I'm aware, making all of them "Steam Decks". Hell, I turned my Steam Deck into a PS Portal, so spin this however you want but it doesn't change the fact that Steam has become a huge contender. If that wasn't the case, Sony wouldn't be desperate to get their games on Steam's storefront.

@Cutmastavictory i wouldn't know. Everyone I've ever talked to about the game say otherwise though...

Ok, normally i love a good challenge. That said, I've never played this franchise because the idea of fights taking over an hour and requiring multiple runs of the same said fights to get the resources needed to make items always kept me from trying out these games. If this title strays from that even a little bit, I'm willing to finally take the dive.

Sounds good to me! Silent Hill 1 or 3 remake!?

They just want to feed games to their A.I. so they can fire everyone and have the A.I. make games instead.

@Darylb88 lol, ok. Like the "data" they also had to back up Star Wars Outlaws being a huge hit too. However Ubisoft does NOT have over 300,000 pre-orders. From their own meeting with investors they said they had "around" 300,000. That could be any number, it could be 270,000 and they just rounded up. They've been caught doing it before...

Hey, I've seen this one before. When Ubisoft claimed they had the same solid amount of pre-orders with Star Wars Outlaws...

Now that we know USAID was buying boatloads of PS5s for migrants in the US, this isn't hard to believe.

Wow, surprise surprise, EAs learned nothing from any of this.

Damn... and here i thought they were pulling it for preparation to announce an ACTUAL Bloodborne Remaster in 60fps... guess not.

This is ridiculous, Microsoft lost the plot. This sucks for PlayStation gamers mostly though becuase now that Xbox is just an unofficial 3rd party developer, that means we're stuck with Sony being lazy due to no competition. I pray to God that Steam and Nintendo REALLY start bringing the heat here.

All that said, I'm going to buy a physical copy and possibly never open it, just to take in that we never thought we'd see the day of Gears on PlayStation.

The real question is if the classic boot sequence is coming back too. I don't care so much about the themes, but that boot sequence makes my whole day.

Real Gamers: Really Bioware?! We definitely trust you now!

Bioware: Really?

Real Gamers: No

Personally I think I'll wait to decide once I see the character creator....

@Crono_Roughknight you summed it up perfectly. Of course now we're all going to be sued by Square Enix for disagreeing with them lol.

Anyone who thinks it should be Cloud and Aerith never played Crisis Core.

Hahaha! No! Can I pet the dog? No, but i can watch a f**k ton of cutsceens with HORRIBLE voice acting... No, I'll pass.

They're taking away the 30th anniversary themes i bet. I'm not updating.

@AhmadSumadi no, but what it means is that people obviously aren't tired of hero games. They're tired of BAD hero games.

@z0d15g0d oh god, at this point I'd rather someone else does it. Rocksteady is cooked at this point. I could be mistaken, but I don't think anyone who was responsible for the amazing Arkham games even works there anymore.

@B0udoir this is what happens when bad writers pick up a pen.

@JohntheRaptor to be fair, oh god it hurts to defend them, but they had this all done before the game probably even launched as Kevin Conroy would have had to have finished his voice lines before he died of course, which I believe was before the game even released.

@AhmadSumadi right right, that's why Marvel Rivals is struggling so badly...

@Wiceheid my entire point went way over your head. I know what the policy says on paper. That's not what I'm even arguing about. The issue is by who's standard are we going by when we say "socially acceptable bahavior?" I think we can all agree we're living in a time where that is a massively debated talking point. That's my debate with you. I understand and agree with everything you've said on the surface. The probelm is that due to them leaving the wording so open to interpretation that alot can go wrong. Who's in charge of carrying out this policy is also a big question as well that can become an issue. We've seen many people clashing over political and social issues in the past and its not out of the question to assume that's going to come up rapidly here when moderators for this policy have to decide if a certain influencer or person of a conflicting ideology is in question, whether they will abuse this newfound power or not. History proves that they most likely will. That's my problem with this because too much is left wide open for abuse.

@Wiceheid can you definitively define "actions that exceeds socially acceptable behavior or is harmful."? You can't. They leave that open for a reason. Nothing in the policy says they will "specifically ban you becuase you didn't like their DEI policy." It doesn't have to say that. They left the wording wide open with very little context on purpose. That way they can punish anyone they don't like if that person speaks in a way they don't like. I'm not going to argue this further. You want to believe in the policy being heaven sent to save the industry, then go ahead, I won't stop you. However don't try to gaslight me into thinking Square Enix is doing this out of the goodness of there hearts at a time when they're losing record profits and have been facing fan backlash on decisions they've made.

@Wiceheid i suggest you read it again and understand how, in context, it COULD and most likely will be abused. Especially once other companies follow suit. Don't be naive. These companies are losing millions over people publicly calling them out on their bad practices and refusing to buy their games. This new policy is designed to attempt to put a stop to that, becuase if the public can't openly communicate to each other over problems with a product then people never find out about problems with the product. This isn't rocket science.

The policy over people making death threats is such a small part of this policy as well, and yes, those people should be punished, however that is not the entire policy here and it's not the part the majority of people are talking about.

@Wiceheid they said they'll ban you for criticizing them. Next!

@Wiceheid if only their policy was only about protecting employess... but it's not.

@Rich33 are those people not employees? The whole thing is they're trying to bully customers into allowing them to be invincible against criticism. It won't work.

@IamJT that might be right and probably is. However it won't matter. By doing this it will kill consumer confidence in Square Enix. The wording to the new ruleset is so vague that people will be too scared to speak up on actual issues with the games and Square Enix will slowly die off as toxic positivity kills them.

@IamJT they can't deny services in America to individual people and banning IP addresses over opinions would violate free speech laws in America. This whole thing is a bluff. It's scare tactics to get people in line becuase Square Enix is losing money and an embarrassment within the industry right now. I'm sure they won't have any issues making this work in some countries but there are many in which this won't fly. Either way, whether it works or not, this is bad publicity that Square Enix DOESNT need right now.

Well luckily for me as an American, they legally can't do that so I'm OK with watching this plan breakdown in front of them.

@JustCameHereToSay so lazy devs looking for us to beta test their products for them still... got it.

Omg! So the whole point of the PS5 Pro was PSSR and now all these games have to have the option to turn it off because it doesn't work!? You kidding me?

To PC we goooooooo!

Odd considering Randy Pitchford himself said Wonderlands sales were, "Wildly Successful" and "Bigger than Borderlands", yet here we are where a sequel is being delayed indefinitely lol. I don't trust anything from that studio, nor Randy Pitchford anymore.

Not usually into these types of games, but this one has me interested. Gave me weird The Boys meets Big Hero 6 vibes. Throw in an Aunt Cass type character and I'm sold lol!

Sounds like the best way to do something like this, however that said, it's just not something I'm into. Probably the first FromSoftware title I'll be passing on.

I checked out the moment I saw the judges panel and also when I saw Shadow of the Erdtree up for GotY.

I got so hyped that I just tried out the first game and am loving it!

I can't wait to see how they adapted this for the "Modern Audience."

Damn... the end of an era.

This just in, the grass is green.

This is way too cool. My childhood is smiling wide right now lol.

@Wario_Waha i recently left too. Saved up and got a Steam Deck instead of a PS5 Pro. Best decision I've made in years.