@J2theEzzo

Thanks for the heads up. I'll look into it.

@Northern_munkey

Most likely, but Bungie is probably responsible for popularizing it, at least in recent years and for consoles.

Regardless, I wish it would go away since the only ones interested in the idea seem to only pursue it to gouge customers.

Its been quite some time since my brother and I played Legends Mode, so forgive me if this has already been addressed, but I doubt it.

The only update I want is the removal of stances being tied to the weapons. Allowing a player only one stance needlessly restrictive and its only exacerbated by the fact players are so used to changing stances on the fly from the main game.

It's honestly the main reason my brother and I stopped playing the mode after a few weeks. It's just not fun, and therefore negates any reason to even play.

I guess most people are ok with this though, so not much I can do. It's just refreshing to have a co-op game that isn't focused on guns. There aren't enough of them IMO. Dead Island/Dying Light, AC Unity's co-op, Splinter Cell Conviction/Blacklist (we would try to avoid using gums at all), etc.

Yeah, let's force a developer known for single player games into making a Destiny clone with the Marvel's Avengers property when Bungie who essentially created the genre still can't get it right. Wow!

Way to pass the blame there Square Enix. The success of Guardians of the Galaxy just shows how out of touch Square Enix is. How about you let your developers focus on what they're good at instead of trying to chase trends, a trend that barely works for anyone as is, and force a dev into making a constant money machine for your company.

Square Enix sure loves to blame everyone else for its incompetence. 😡

@themcnoisy

Nothing us peons and common folk can do when the people in charge of the world are causing the mess. Might as well enjoy the end of days while we can.

@Gamer83

Lara Croft Go was fun, as was the Uncharted mobile puzzle game.

Wait! GoL & ToO on Switch??

Checks Google

OMG!!!

You just made my day, thank you!!!

@Gamer83

Yeah, I had heard of the series long before I played it. I was never a PC gamer, but I did try a demo for the original game long before CD handled the first reboot. It was nigh unplayable for me. I wasn't going to bother.

The first CD reboot was sooo good. Yeah, I get that she was still hyper sexualized, but nothing as bad as some other games I've seen, particularly many coming out of Japan.

I'm fine with the new Lara Croft, though I do really miss her better than though arrogant tone. Haha

More than anything, I miss the puzzle and exploration design of the first reboot. Jumping off the boat into the ocean in the start of Underworld was great. The new games just don't compare to the sense of wonder in the exploration and puzzles of the previous trilogy.

I hope the next Tomb Raider game goes back to its roots.

I agree, the fact SE did nothing for the 25th anniversary is a bummer. I'd have even taken remasters of the first reboot.

Of you haven't played them, the isometric Diablo style Tomb Raider games are equally amazing. I want more of them as well, remasters would be great too.

@Residentsteven

I loved the SoT trilogy, and I loved PoP 2008. It was a great game, it didn't have to play like SoT, but I get why people didn't like it.

I'm always down to try a kart racer, but the F2P aspect means I'll most likely ignore this.

@UltimateOtaku91

To be fair, if this was the level of announcements from any of the big 3, it's safe to say the reactions would be similar.

Ok, Sony/Nintendo/Xbox, listen up.

Can we just stop having these mini reveal events unless you actually have something significant to reveal?

Nothing in this State of Play justified even having a State of Play. Everything could have been announced individually and randomly on the Playstation Blog, PS YouTube acct., or PS Twitter feed.

🤦‍♂️

@HotGoomba

Thank you for saving this State of Play for me. 👍

Your comment is the best part of this event.
🤣

That's a surprise, and odd.

I have an Apple Music subscription, but I'd never use it on a console.

Unless, games that have vehicles in them allow you to create custom soundtracks for use in game.

@johncalmc

Crystal Dynamics first Tomb Raider reboot is still the better set of games IMO. I loved Legend, Anniversary, and Underworld.

I want that core gameplay and exploration back. They can do away with Lara's overly sexy appeal, I don't care, but we didn't need Lara to become the savior of all mankind and a one woman army to do away with the sexism.

@Happychocobo

Better stock up on popcorn, I asked Zoltar, and your wish was granted. 😆

@Nepp67

I think the update did the opposite. Sure, the enemy AI was pretty dumb before the patch, but now every enemy is a world class bloodhound. 🤦‍♂️🙄

I can kill a guy with the silenced pistol on one end of a large area on a level, only to have a 30 second delayed response of...hey, that better not be Colt! Which then leads to me being instantly spotted no matter how well I'm hiding.

So the AI basically went from stupid (even after killing all the visionaries) to annoyingly broken in the sense enemies are alerted by things that should not have alerted them. I wanted better AI, not cheap AI.

Plus, on PS5 I'm now having visual glitches with geometry in the levels flickering, and sound issues. After the update, now sound effects are delayed. If I shoot a gun, the sound effect is delayed a few seconds. Same if I melee a wall, kick out a window or door, etc.

Cryteks' games have always been bland in everything but the visuals. The Crysis series was never really good in my opinion. The whole idea of the nanosuit was to make you feel like a killing machine, yet I never felt any more powerful than your average run of the mill FPS protagonist. The nanosuit just felt...weak.

I do have a soft spot for Ryse from Crytek though. It's still a bland game, but it had more appeal to me than anything else Crytek made. Sure, it was just a bare bones and visually stunning launch game, but I had hoped they would have improved upon the gameplay with a sequel. Instead, Crytek went with a F2P game, and I've heard nothing of the studio since. 🤷‍♂️

I love Arkane Studios, they're one of my favorite developers. That being said, while I really enjoy Deathloop, it's nowhere near the perfect 10 score it's received from numerous outlets.

I'd give it an 8. I still prefer the story structure of Dishonored and Prey over Deathloop. However, the voice acting cast in Deathloop is great. Particularly the dialog between Colt and Juliana.

Well I'll just be playing HDD Tetris for a few years until these prices decline. 1TB is hardly enough, and I'm not paying nearly the cost of the entire console just to double that.

Sure, it's cheaper to buy the heat sink separately, but it's still far too expensive for my liking.

The ever frustrating first world problems of inadequate storage space in modern electronics shall continue.

The ammo system and gear system sound like unnecessary annoyances, but I'll find out soon enough.

I'll be waiting for the inevitable 50% off sale around the holidays that Ubisoft usually has. I've learned to just wait a couple months on new Ubisoft releases. They almost always go on deep discount, very quick.

@LiamCroft

Happy Belated Birthday!

I have zero reason to buy FarCry 6 right now. My brother and I still have to beat FarCry 5.

Besides, I fully expect to see the Uber edition of FarCry 6 on sale for 50% off by Black Friday.

I've learned long ago to never buy an Ubisoft game on launch. They go on a deeply discounted sale not long after launch.

I will 100% buy it on sale soon enough though. I enjoy the FarCry series, and it's one of the few co-op experiences my brother and I enjoy playing together.

@riccyb0y

Ah yes, the old mobile phone app update technique, I agree. Most developers always just put that generic short answer you mentioned, which really bugs me for some reason.

EDITED

I would love more stats. I'm talking the amount of stats that the end of the year in review stats from console makers sometimes release. Or the stats screens within a game. I'd like to be able to see those without launching a game.

I do want folders, and pins would be nice as well. I'd take themes, but I feel too much useless stuff would cover up the theme.

Actually, being able to choose what is and isn't on the home screen would be great. I dont need the news feed taking up the entire lower half of my screen, just condense that into one small tile and if I want to read it, I'll select it. .

I really like how The Division 2 let's you rearrange the size, location, transparency, or just remove things off the in game HUD. That would be a great feature for console UI's! Then I'd take themes, ones I can actually view!

I really want the ability to select a games icon, press start, and be able to check for updates anywhere, within the library, folders (if we get them), etc.

I absolutely hate having to launch a game not in the recently played bar on the home screen just to see if it needs an update.

I never keep games on auto update in case an update screws something up or something gets nerfed in a game I can play offline that I don't want nerfed.

I absolutely do not care about a web browser on the PS5. I'm honestly surprised people still request web browsers on consoles. They've always been a horrible and cumbersome experience.

I can't see many people who own a console not owning a smart phone, tablet, or computer to use a web browser over a game console. 🤷‍♂️

@Panic_Attache

At first I was going to say I'm sure it was, but for some reason everytime I hear of Maquette, I think of The Puppeteer back on PS3.

So I don't know if Maquette was ever on PS+. I know for a fact that The Puppeteer was though.

@amenohi

Yeah, FarCry is one of the last great co-op experiences on the market. If they change it too much, my brother and I would be really disappointed.

Right now all we have is FarCry, Dying Light, Gears of War, and for now some of the Tom Clancy games. I expect the latter to no longer be an option for us soon.

I dont think FarCry needs a drastic change, especially with the way Ubisoft is heading as of late. Its comforting to know some games stick to what works as trying to shake things up can sometimes lead to an inferior experience.

That being said, I'm not against some changes and in fact will welcome them. I think Ubisoft just goes too hard in filling their maps with repetitive content. I'd love to see FarCry take a little bit from Elder Scrolls or Tomb Raider in regards to exploration.

Maybe even have another go at a more fantasy or sci-fi setting. Mixing it up with some Dishonored/Prey/Deathloop mechanics. Actually, I just want to see Arkane tackle something like Elder Scrolls.

I'm really surprised that Ubisoft didn't make a full fledged Blood Dragon style FarCry again.

All in all, I'm ok with FarCry not changing much. I'd appreciate little tweaks here and there and more traversal options. Perhaps a grappling hook usable nearly everywhere?

Just stay away from any multi-player outside of co-op, and for the love of God, don't make a FarCry Battle Royale F2P game.

@johncalmc

Ok, good, because if you were talking about Terminal Reality's game, thems be fighting words! 😄

Meh, giving what I've read of their past games, I have little faith in this being good.

Should have went with Terminal Reality again. They did a great job on the previous Ghostbusters game. Its basically Ghostbusters 3 for me.

Unless I overlooked it, did the devs ever patch the issue preventing new save files? I believe it had something to do.with the Siege of Paris DLC. I had it happen to me but was fortunately able to revert to a cloud save and I just stopped playing all the DLC waiting for an update.

I dont know why, but this is the first image of seeing Spider-Man with the extra arms where I thought to myself...how the hell would those work?!? It should have dawned on me a long time ago, but oh well.

The brackets were pretty bad, but im ok with God of War winning. It's an amazing game and deserves recognition.

As much as I love it, I still don't know about best game of all time. I'm just glad GTA or BotW didn't win. They're also great games, objectively, but nowhere near best of all time either.

I totally expected BotW to win, and it would have irritated me if it did. It's nowhere near as perfect as people believe.

@Shepherd_Tallon

I hope not.

So the wait for a new Legacy of Kain game continues. D@mn it Square! 😡

I'm not into racing games that aren't named Burnout, Blur, or Mario Kart, but this looks great for fans of this type of racing.

I bed it would be great on PSVR2.

@K1LLEGAL

Ooh, I had forgotten about that one. I adored the original Crackdown.

I've heard the game wasn't overly long, so I'd probably just play it again since it looks gorgeous. Of course, I won't know how difficult it is or if I'll feel that way in November when the physical release arrives.

On a side note, I've grown tired of lazy trophies like beat the game on ___ difficulty level. More so when you can't even start out on the most difficult level to begin with.

Eh, I stopped caring about bragging rights of beating games on the most difficult settings back in the 360 days before Playstation even had trophies.

That being said, I'm also tired of the typical...grab all collectibles, do all side missions, etc., etc.

I only go out of my way to platinum a game if I absolutely love it and want to explore and collect everything. But games like Assassin's Creed and similar titles with their collectibles trophies are a chore.

I want creative trophies. To this day, some of the most fun I ever had earning achievements/trophies was in the original Crackdown for the 360.

Getting air time for long periods, multi directional flips in a vehicle, etc, where tons of fun.

I wish developers would focus on making earning trophies and achievements fun to earn and less of a chore. For example, I love Arkane Studios, and I've played Dishonored multiple times, but in Prey, it would take a minimum of 4 plathroughs to unlock the platinum. Each playthrough forcing a specific playstyle in your run to do so.

No thanks.

Take all the time you need!

This list make me wonder why Shadow Complex Remastered isn't on Switch.

A new Hulk: Ultimate Destruction from Insomniac could be awesome!

I'd like to see them handle Iron Man and Thor as well.

@JustPlainLoco

It's great!

So, new in game gear, or new Helix store gear? 🙄

@Agramonte

Is that the Amazon/Twitch armor? I can't recall how I got it. I didn't know it was related to Charles the Fat, but my history knowledge is pretty bad these days.

I think it's time for FarCry to have a slight shakeup. Nothing to reinvent the wheel, but a big enough change. Similar to how Assassin's Creed has changed since the release of Origins.

I honestly don't understand why Ubisoft just hasn't taken the batsh*t crazy idea and setting of FarCry Blood Dragon and made an entire game out of it. 🤷‍♂️

Just don't get rid of co-op! FarCry is one of the last good co-op games my brother and I have fun with. Actually, a co-op Blood Dragon would be awesome!

That all sounds good, but after Sony even advertised Deathloop in their Roguelike category on PSN for quite a while, I'll probably pass. Arkane is one of my favorite studios, but I just want a traditional Sim game like Dishonored or Prey from them. I'd have loved to see them try a hand at Thief.

[EDIT: The rest of my comment is just me going off on a tangent about poor quality control and build quality of electronics these days, including the Dualsense it may seem.]

On a side note, I've now lost faith in the build quality of the Dualsense. I just had a spring pop in the right trigger. It still works, for the most part, but its lost all tension.

I've always taken great care of my electronics, I have tons of decades old electronics that work today like they did the day I bought them. However, since the days of the Xbox 360, I have lost faith in all hardware manufacturers.

Either build quality has severely declined, or I have had a decade of bad luck with electronics. Maybe a black cat crossed my path or some other superstitious BS.

I went through 8 RRoD 360's, a YLoD Backwards Compatibile PS3, a Vita with a faulty cartridge slot within a couple weeks of use, and an iPhone that would not charge within a month of purchase. I also had 4 Dualshock 4's with a faulty left thumb stick, an $80 pair of Joy-cons with horrible drift, along with a 2nd new pair I bought at launch and haven't opened that will likely have drift issues not long after use as well.

Now, I have a Dualsense trigger that had an internal spring pop/break for a console I've had for 4 months. A controller Sony even has the nerve to charge $70 for. One that I had thought would have improved on the poor quality or at least poor quality control of the Dualshock 4, because the Dualsense certainly feels like high quality.

Yeah, no, that's too many problems for even bad luck. I call that companies cutting corners and making cheaper products.

Was the screw really an issue?

Who doesn't have a screwdriver, coin, or a butter knife but bought a PS5?

There are lots of things that could have been used. Plus, like someone mentioned above, I thought the system came with a tool for the screw.

I can see if they went with a less common screw head like a torx, hex, or square bit, as many people may not have those. 🤷‍♂️

@gamer_since_83

Congratulations!

Awesome!

I've currently put Odyssey on hold and have been absorbed in Valhalla after giving it a second chance. I've grown to like it much more since my initial 10 hours with the game. I still have major issues with it, but there is a lot to like and a few of the changes, not many, are actually good and hopefully stick around.

Anyway, I knew going back to Odyssey would be tough only due to the framerate. I've never been one to care for framerate much, but after being able to toggle between 30fps and 60fps at will on games, I've been converted.

@Lolwutz

But...but...I don't wanna! 😭😆