It's not that it doesn't deserve the praise. It's just kinda eye roll worthy knowing there's so many jrpgs, as good if not better, that will never be given the same amount of praise or attention simply for being anime and Japanese. It's a great game but in that sense, it really does nothing that special. Yet the praise would have you believe its this entirely unique take on the genre never before seen, and it's just a really good non Japanese jrpg
Does anything happen to games you bought but didn't download so just let rot in your backlog? Cuz I have a lot of those lol. Or is it just gonna do the check when I finally download them and then never again. What a mess
Capcom is taking the spotlight atm, but rn my 2 goty runners so far are nioh 3 and pokopia. Did not expect koei tecmo to pull up like that this year but I welcome it
If anything it has less of a chance of appeasing muh critics. Mario had the opportunity to be an amazing animated film and they chose to make slop twice. Live action video game and anime movies are always bad and the pics of link and zelda don't inspire any confidence that it'll be different. I'm still gonna watch it tho cause it's zelda on the big screen lol
They're really not hard to follow, outside of maybe the mobile games stuff, and not messy anymore now that they're all bundled up in collections. Just play them in the intended order and it makes sense. Whether you like the story being told in these games is another matter. But it has a lot of great moments and it's easy to get invested in the characters. Add to that, genuinely fun action combat and worlds to explore, and amazing music and you get a good ongoing series
I honestly think 1 is my least favorite just cuz of the simple (and clean) story it had. The other games give it that "nomuras wild ride" reputation which I personally love. But to give 1 credit, it had the most fun exploration for a long while till 3 finally surpassed it. It had a good amount of interactivity and verticality that pretty much every other game, except maybe dream drop distance, didn't have
Idk that reads more to me as basically saying here's to another year of KH. But I guess they could have said something, anything about kh4 or kh in general to give us something to cope with lol
For that price itd have to really stop being a walled garden kinda like what this project helix is touting while also keeping exclusives, exclusive. If it's just gonna limit what you can do with your hardware while costing very similar if not the same as a pc. Then you might as well go for pc. At least that's what I would do.
As someone with a ps5 and pc already, I dont think I would want to pay another grand for something that likely won't offer me nearly as much as what a pc does
Off the trailer alone, this looks nothing at all like pokemon beyond the fact its in the same genre and very much it's own thing. But whether that thing is good remains to be seen
What could they even do with a definitive edition, but I was hoping anything left for frontiers was being saved for a sequel. I'm still gonna likely get it cause this game is amazing. When you just want to run around open fields that actually take advantage of sonics speed with fun puzzles and platforming, this game does it so so well
I mean for a remake cut into parts it was always gonna appeal more to the people who played the original back then. I could've sworn they said XVI had successfully attracted a newer younger crowd
I might pick it up soon. I just finished 100%ing nioh 3, which is my goty and I have no clue what to play next so I might start this. I'm a little scared cuz of the claims of how big it is, I dont want this being one of the only games I play for the rest of 2026 😂
But since I'm hearing the story is abysmal dog dookie, I'll play it here and there just to explore with no rush like I do the open world Zelda games
It genuinely looks so atrocious and fake, but then I've never liked dlss anyway. I always turn off anti aliasing whenever I can and this new version is only pushing me to dislike it even more
I just wanted to know if this is a potential pre order or not, if it lives up to the hype and my own expectations which ive kept mostly in check. But theyre hellbent on denying me that knowledge till release 😂
These games have always sold great and are really great fun but idk why this one in particular feels like it's getting a Clair Obscur moment 😂. I'm sure it's amazing but it seems like another re game to me
I haven't played this since I put some 12 hrs into it when I 1st picked it up, but I genuinely didn't notice the ai voices. I'm glad they're gone tho lol. One day ill get back into it, it was a lot of fun
Those guys aren't even ps5 fans per se, they're multiplat owners baffled that a 3rd party multiplat dev hasnt been porting some of its games to one of the bigger platforms, after saying they will aggressively pursue being multiplat, rather than trying to pull gotchas on people who agree with a console manufacturer allegedly wanting to stop devaluing their platform by keeping its 1st party single player games exclusive
This doesn't affect me but it's sad to see after the awesomeness that was ffxvi. That said, this happened with octopath 1 and triangle strategy. It really wasn't all that surprising another game associated with asano was gonna go thru the same thing
Whereas palworld took some of the same or similar visual cues and details as pokemon for some of their mons, this one literally straight up took link with pikachu riding on his shoulders in the 1st 10 seconds
The demo convinced me to give the series from the start a chance and im glad I did. Can't imagine how awesome 2 and 3 are gonna be if the 3ds game is already a ton of fun to play
It's weird how similar in gameplay loop it feels to the main series. Fight and tame mons, get their parts to build your gear and fight and tame new mons with said gear to build even more gear lol
Finally finished the main game for DK Bananza. As much as I thoroughly enjoyed it, man do I wish it had the same energy and creativity that it had in the last 4 or 5 layers. Gonna finish up all the post game content, some of which amped up the difficulty so much lol
Also started Pokopia, its been a lot more fun than I expected building the different habitats and seeing all sorts of pokemon pop up. And am now in the process of trying to make slowpoke yawn 😂
Still making my way thru Nioh 3. This is likely my goty so far. Ive adored every area in terms of exploration and level design. Difficulty is just right. It hasn't slowed down yet
And last, still slowly making my way thru MH Stories 1. Knocking out all the side quests with my black diablos before I leave the desert
It was one of the many reasons I got a pc in the 1st place. I mean I'm not just gonna drop it now that I have it lol, but if saros and yotei do stay exclusive then I'm obviously playing them on the ps5 and I don't mind one bit
I mean I could've sworn they said this ages ago which is why I was so confused people even wanted a bb remake from bluepoint lol. I'm pretty sure they dont even want to do a sequel too but I'm still praying for that
I'm tempted but ive only played 1,4,5, and 7. And I wanna play the rest 1st. Plus by then it'll probably be as cheap as literally the rest of the whole series lol
@DennisReynolds yea even on a base ps5 I thought it was great. It's not bad on pc but the pop in, fps dips when im running around solo, etc among other things is so noticeable there lol. Still love the game though
I'm praying my pc can run it as well as the base ps5 can. A small part of me feels a bit of regret getting nioh 3 on pc cause the demo looked and ran so much better on my ps5. Its left me a little concerned for future more demanding games
I'm loving the 1st game so much. Riding on my goofy little pink rath. The locations are actually quite pretty for a 3ds game. Genuinely stunned me how far it's come with that demo for 3. It was insanely gorgeous
@TrollOfWar still additional dev time and resources used to make the ports than to further make the sequel as amazing as as the 1st game 😔. Not that I have any doubt it'll be amazing but still
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Re: PS5's NTE Makes Back One-Third of Its Budget in Just One Day
@Slayer25c if they really wanted one, they'd already have one by now. But they keep making concords instead!!
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Dev Says He's Beaten Part 3 Over 40 Times Already
Then could they just release it already? I'd like to beat it a few times myself
Re: Poll: One Year Later, Did Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Deserve All the Praise?
It's not that it doesn't deserve the praise. It's just kinda eye roll worthy knowing there's so many jrpgs, as good if not better, that will never be given the same amount of praise or attention simply for being anime and Japanese. It's a great game but in that sense, it really does nothing that special. Yet the praise would have you believe its this entirely unique take on the genre never before seen, and it's just a really good non Japanese jrpg
Re: Zenless Zone Zero Fires Back at NTE with Stunning Season 3 Reveal Trailer
Why does that sunbringer not look as cool as the one in her 1st reveal. And once again zzz not letting me catch a break with all these must pull character designs. I wish my luck would come back 😩. Constantly losing 50/50s after hitting hard pity sucks so bad
Re: Classic PS1, PSP Tales Remaster Leaks, But It Might Be a Nintendo Switch Exclusive
Why would it be when none of the others have been thus far. Not even the redundant Berseria remaster
Re: 'You Can Play Your Purchased Games As Usual': Sony Breaks Silence on PS5, PS4 Game Expiry DRM
Does anything happen to games you bought but didn't download so just let rot in your backlog? Cuz I have a lot of those lol. Or is it just gonna do the check when I finally download them and then never again. What a mess
Re: PS4 Game Expiry Timer Sparks DRM Concerns, Here's What We Know So Far
Sony has fallen so low people find it hard to believe it's not intentional anymore
Re: PS5 Live Service Fairgames Reportedly Roasted in Recent Pre-Alpha
After this and the horizon game, will the concord sequels finally be done
Re: Koei Tecmo Is Absolutely Killing It Right Now as Hits Like Nioh 3 Smash Sales Expectations
Capcom is taking the spotlight atm, but rn my 2 goty runners so far are nioh 3 and pokopia. Did not expect koei tecmo to pull up like that this year but I welcome it
Re: After Critics Panned Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Maybe Sony's Legend of Zelda Film Can Pull It Back
If anything it has less of a chance of appeasing muh critics. Mario had the opportunity to be an amazing animated film and they chose to make slop twice. Live action video game and anime movies are always bad and the pics of link and zelda don't inspire any confidence that it'll be different. I'm still gonna watch it tho cause it's zelda on the big screen lol
Re: Opinion: I Played Kingdom Hearts for the Very First Time, Here's What I Liked and What I Didn't
They're really not hard to follow, outside of maybe the mobile games stuff, and not messy anymore now that they're all bundled up in collections. Just play them in the intended order and it makes sense. Whether you like the story being told in these games is another matter. But it has a lot of great moments and it's easy to get invested in the characters. Add to that, genuinely fun action combat and worlds to explore, and amazing music and you get a good ongoing series
I honestly think 1 is my least favorite just cuz of the simple (and clean) story it had. The other games give it that "nomuras wild ride" reputation which I personally love. But to give 1 credit, it had the most fun exploration for a long while till 3 finally surpassed it. It had a good amount of interactivity and verticality that pretty much every other game, except maybe dream drop distance, didn't have
Re: As the Series Turns 24, Fans Are Asked to Wait One More Year for a Kingdom Hearts 4 Update
Idk that reads more to me as basically saying here's to another year of KH. But I guess they could have said something, anything about kh4 or kh in general to give us something to cope with lol
Re: '$1,000+ Consoles Could Become the Norm': PS6's Price Touted to Touch Four Figures
For that price itd have to really stop being a walled garden kinda like what this project helix is touting while also keeping exclusives, exclusive. If it's just gonna limit what you can do with your hardware while costing very similar if not the same as a pc. Then you might as well go for pc. At least that's what I would do.
As someone with a ps5 and pc already, I dont think I would want to pay another grand for something that likely won't offer me nearly as much as what a pc does
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 626
Gonna finally start my journey into playing and replaying everything in the Xeno series starting with Xenogears
And still chipping away at pokopia, still super fun making my own version of towns for these pokemon
Re: Step Aside, Pokémon! This Ambitious PS5 Creature Catcher Swaps Pokéballs for Pokécubes
Off the trailer alone, this looks nothing at all like pokemon beyond the fact its in the same genre and very much it's own thing. But whether that thing is good remains to be seen
Re: 'It Wasn't a Live Service Game': Shuttered Sony Studio Teases Scrapped PS5 Project
I sincerely doubt it. And it's also crazy that we're learning the existence of many of these games thru their cancelations
Re: Looks Like SEGA Is Reheating PS5, PS4 Fan Favourite Sonic Frontiers in Definitive Edition
What could they even do with a definitive edition, but I was hoping anything left for frontiers was being saved for a sequel. I'm still gonna likely get it cause this game is amazing. When you just want to run around open fields that actually take advantage of sonics speed with fun puzzles and platforming, this game does it so so well
Re: If You're Playing Final Fantasy Games on PS5, There's a Good Chance You're Old
I mean for a remake cut into parts it was always gonna appeal more to the people who played the original back then. I could've sworn they said XVI had successfully attracted a newer younger crowd
Re: Dev Pledges to Make Crimson Desert 'Even More Enjoyable' as It Sells Over 3 Million Copies in First Week
I might pick it up soon. I just finished 100%ing nioh 3, which is my goty and I have no clue what to play next so I might start this. I'm a little scared cuz of the claims of how big it is, I dont want this being one of the only games I play for the rest of 2026 😂
But since I'm hearing the story is abysmal dog dookie, I'll play it here and there just to explore with no rush like I do the open world Zelda games
Re: Rumour: Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Heavily Hinted at in 2nd Anniversary Artwork
This is smash bros levels of coping conspiracy theories but im here for them. Bring on the dlc
Re: 'This Looks Like an AI Generated Dating Profile Picture': Nvidia's Attempt to P*ss on PS5 Pro's Parade with DLSS 5 Backfires
It genuinely looks so atrocious and fake, but then I've never liked dlss anyway. I always turn off anti aliasing whenever I can and this new version is only pushing me to dislike it even more
Re: Crimson Desert PS5 Trophies Leak, and They're Basically Nonsensical
I just wanted to know if this is a potential pre order or not, if it lives up to the hype and my own expectations which ive kept mostly in check. But theyre hellbent on denying me that knowledge till release 😂
Re: Resident Evil Requiem PS5 Flying Off Shelves, Now at 6 Million Sales
These games have always sold great and are really great fun but idk why this one in particular feels like it's getting a Clair Obscur moment 😂. I'm sure it's amazing but it seems like another re game to me
Re: ARC Raiders Replacing Some of Its Controversial AI Voices with 'Better' Human Ones
I haven't played this since I put some 12 hrs into it when I 1st picked it up, but I genuinely didn't notice the ai voices. I'm glad they're gone tho lol. One day ill get back into it, it was a lot of fun
Re: Always Online, Live Service PS5 Gacha Zenless Zone Zero Is Getting a Physical Retail Release
It's way better than the HSR box art at least lol. But still ultimately pointless and only for the goodies
Re: 'What the F*ck Are We Doing Here?': PS5 Fans Slam Square Enix for Sloppy Multiformat Strategy
Those guys aren't even ps5 fans per se, they're multiplat owners baffled that a 3rd party multiplat dev hasnt been porting some of its games to one of the bigger platforms, after saying they will aggressively pursue being multiplat, rather than trying to pull gotchas on people who agree with a console manufacturer allegedly wanting to stop devaluing their platform by keeping its 1st party single player games exclusive
This doesn't affect me but it's sad to see after the awesomeness that was ffxvi. That said, this happened with octopath 1 and triangle strategy. It really wasn't all that surprising another game associated with asano was gonna go thru the same thing
Re: Pokémon Knock-Off Palworld Gets a Breath of the Wild-Inspired Copycat for PS5
Whereas palworld took some of the same or similar visual cues and details as pokemon for some of their mons, this one literally straight up took link with pikachu riding on his shoulders in the 1st 10 seconds
Re: Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection (PS5) - Capcom's Monster Taming RPG Soars to New Heights
The demo convinced me to give the series from the start a chance and im glad I did. Can't imagine how awesome 2 and 3 are gonna be if the 3ds game is already a ton of fun to play
It's weird how similar in gameplay loop it feels to the main series. Fight and tame mons, get their parts to build your gear and fight and tame new mons with said gear to build even more gear lol
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 623
Finally finished the main game for DK Bananza. As much as I thoroughly enjoyed it, man do I wish it had the same energy and creativity that it had in the last 4 or 5 layers. Gonna finish up all the post game content, some of which amped up the difficulty so much lol
Also started Pokopia, its been a lot more fun than I expected building the different habitats and seeing all sorts of pokemon pop up. And am now in the process of trying to make slowpoke yawn 😂
Still making my way thru Nioh 3. This is likely my goty so far. Ive adored every area in terms of exploration and level design. Difficulty is just right. It hasn't slowed down yet
And last, still slowly making my way thru MH Stories 1. Knocking out all the side quests with my black diablos before I leave the desert
Re: Poll: Vote for Your PS5 Game of the Month (February 2026)
Nioh 3 for me. Still haven't played any of the others that I want to play tho but I know none of them are gonna top nioh anyway. What a month
Re: Opinion: Sony's PC Pullback Is the Right Move for PS5
Crazy how you would get called a console warring fanboy for thinking this was always a bad idea back when they started porting
Re: Sony Returns to PlayStation Exclusivity and Stops Single Player PC Ports, New Report Says
It was one of the many reasons I got a pc in the 1st place. I mean I'm not just gonna drop it now that I have it lol, but if saros and yotei do stay exclusive then I'm obviously playing them on the ps5 and I don't mind one bit
Now that they've established they should have exclusives, they should start making another astro bot and infamous 😩
Re: Highguard Permanently Shuts Down on 12th March
What were they thinking paying geoff a million to be on the show? What was geoff thinking putting them as the last reveal of the show
Re: Bandai Namco Teases 'New RPG', to Be Revealed This Week
Nice a little something to look forward to. Ultimately I've really enjoyed many of namco's rpgs
Re: The Witcher 3's New Expansion Really Does Exist, Says Reliable Insider
Ok I guess I can hold off the replay ive been wanting to do for another while yet 😂. I should probably just start 1 and 2 soon tho
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for March 2026?
Saying it's ok to crap about a selection that includes MH Rise is genuinely baffling. It's an amazing game
Re: Shuttered Dev Bluepoint Wanted to Remake Bloodborne, FromSoftware Blocked It
I mean I could've sworn they said this ages ago which is why I was so confused people even wanted a bb remake from bluepoint lol. I'm pretty sure they dont even want to do a sequel too but I'm still praying for that
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Resident Evil Requiem?
I'm tempted but ive only played 1,4,5, and 7. And I wanna play the rest 1st. Plus by then it'll probably be as cheap as literally the rest of the whole series lol
Re: Here's How Beefy a PC You'll Need for Death Stranding 2
@DennisReynolds yea even on a base ps5 I thought it was great. It's not bad on pc but the pop in, fps dips when im running around solo, etc among other things is so noticeable there lol. Still love the game though
Re: Here's How Beefy a PC You'll Need for Death Stranding 2
I'm praying my pc can run it as well as the base ps5 can. A small part of me feels a bit of regret getting nioh 3 on pc cause the demo looked and ran so much better on my ps5. Its left me a little concerned for future more demanding games
Re: Marvel's Wolverine PS5 Release Date Announced
Randomly announce its going to release in more than half a year later, geez. I hope it's an awesome game
Re: Legendary Anime Evangelion Is Getting a Brand New Series Written by NieR's Yoko Taro
@Hyena_socks you're not wrong there honestly 😂ðŸ˜
Re: Forza Horizon 6's Renewed Focus on Progression Casts You as a Nobody in Japan
Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift. I've never played a single one of these games but now I'm in
Re: Legendary Anime Evangelion Is Getting a Brand New Series Written by NieR's Yoko Taro
This could potentially put the world in deep depression
Re: Monster Hunter Stories 3 Is Just as Long as Previous Games, Despite Being Way More Cinematic
I'm loving the 1st game so much. Riding on my goofy little pink rath. The locations are actually quite pretty for a 3ds game. Genuinely stunned me how far it's come with that demo for 3. It was insanely gorgeous
Re: Stellar Blade Will Seemingly Be the Next PS5 Exclusive to Come to Rival Consoles
@TrollOfWar that's all we can really hope for at this point in time anyway
Re: Sony Goes Silent on Social Media as Fans Turn Feral Following Bluepoint Closure
I genuinely just want them to address these fumbles in a way that is not the corporate speak they always do lol
Re: Stellar Blade Will Seemingly Be the Next PS5 Exclusive to Come to Rival Consoles
@TrollOfWar still additional dev time and resources used to make the ports than to further make the sequel as amazing as as the 1st game 😔. Not that I have any doubt it'll be amazing but still
Re: Stellar Blade Will Seemingly Be the Next PS5 Exclusive to Come to Rival Consoles
I'd rather they just keep working on the sequel. It sounded like a longs way off the last time they talked about it iirc
Re: Nioh 3 Is the Fastest-Selling Game in the Series, 1 Million Copies Sold in Two Weeks
I love this series to death. I'm glad a nioh 4 is something that's possible to say now with its continued success 😂