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I played the Ishin demo but didn’t click with the combat. I’ve played and loved every other game in the Yakuza universe, but didn’t buy this one. It’s price has been really slow to drop to a level I’d be willing to take a chance on it, so I’m really looking forward to trying it out.

Ghostwire Tokyo was fun. I understand a 6/10 (and appreciate Push Square’s stance on score inflation), but the combat was good and the visuals were excellent. The platinum was a bit of a grind, but no one forced me to do that. I played it when it was on Plus Extra so maybe I’ll redownload it and go for 100% now that I’m no longer bored with it.

I have no interest in racing or online games, but it seems like this is a decent month.

@Flaming_Kaiser Why would I go on Twitter for any reason? Getting angry all day is unhealthy.

I hope he did this before the PlayStation Stars TOS change.

I’ve never used twitter so this is the first I’m seeing of this. Saying a game butchered a character is not hateful. I find myself caring less and less about complaints like this as I get older. Only narcissists need constant, unconditional praise for everything they do.

I have such a backlog, I’ve almost entirely stopped buying games. My last purchase of a new game was Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. I’m focusing on playing the PS+ subscription games I’m most interested in, so I can drop to the lowest level tier next time.

Then I’ll start chipping away at my backlog of owned games. I’ll continue to buy physical copies at good prices, because they have a higher floor than digital does.

I’m used to playing games several years after they release. A few days makes no difference.

The Last Clockwinder is not showing up as included in PS+ Premium in the US. The rest of the games were available hours ago.

Doki Doki is fantastic, which is why I already have it. I don’t play sports games. I’m sure Dead Space is great, but survival horror/shooter/whatever is not what I enjoy.

Probably a very good month for many people. An all-too-typical month for me.

@Th3solution I thought it was strange, too. Probably just very low priority, since it happens so rarely and the vast majority of people own so few games that the time savings wouldn’t be noticeable.

I just updated, and of course I didn’t get the Welcome hub right away.

The activity cards didn’t change either. There’s still a whole long row of activities that I can’t do.

It’s actually worse than that, though. I used to be able to click on the “Continue main story” card for Marvel’s Midnight Suns and skip most of the opening screens and load right into the game. Now it says ‘start game” and it was no different than starting the game the slow way: long unskippable splash screens, auto save warning and photosensitivity alert, then main menu.

They made it worse?

@JalapenoSpiceLife I was reading it as “the Welcome hub will be rolled out worldwide, and in North America it will replace the explore hub.”

I might be wrong.

I’ve been waiting for the Welcome hub!

@FinneasGH I would call Sony support instead of searching YouTube. They’re pretty quick and helpful

@Th3solution I’ve only had to do it a couple of times, but it’s necessary if a glitch is preventing you from accessing a game or add-on you’re entitled to.

Being able to pick only the license that’s causing the problem will save time over having to wait while it checks every license in your library.

I always try both. Sometimes even in a walking sim, fidelity is not worth the low frame rate. Sometimes in an action game, fidelity’s 30 frames are very smooth.

13 Sentinels was great, and not TOO hard to finish in two weeks. It took me about that long to platinum.(I take a lot longer to play games than most people do. I have to read all the item descriptions.Probably 1/3 of my time was reading those entries!)

I’ve been playing Marvel’s Midnight Suns, and I’m very impressed. It looks like the complete edition goes on sale for <$20, and I think I’ll be buying that so I can take my time with it. It’s too bad it didn’t sell better. I hadn’t tried it because I’d never played a card-based game and didn’t know if I’d like it.

I have the 2 TB Western Digital and I try to keep it no more than half full.

I used to download everything I wanted to play so I wouldn’t forget because they get lost among the monthly games I don’t want (but still add to my library because I’m afraid I’ll change my mind). Now, I add games to my library then put them in a “to play” folder, and keep about ten of those downloaded at a time.

I’ve started using folders to sort games accessed through the upper tiers of PS Plus from those I’ve purchased or got through the essential level, but that’s only helpful going forward. I thought I had Cloudpunk to keep.

Is there any listing of the old PS Plus/new PS Plus Essential monthly games so I won’t be surprised again? As far as I can see, the PlayStation list and Wikipedia both lump all PS Plus tiers together.

Don’t miss out on Spiritfarer, it’s a beautiful game.

I just started Marvel’s Midnight Suns yesterday, but a month should do it.

@QBGaming12 Thank you for narrowing it down! I’ll give Lost Song a try.

Anyone have a suggestion for a SAO newcomer as to which game to try?

Team America meets Blade Runner? Why not?

I’d just mess up the poll if I participated. I don’t like rogue-likes in general, so if I were to give my favorite it would probably be one with the least number of failures before success.

I enjoyed the original enough to platinum it. I don’t have any need for this upgrade, but if you haven’t played it already and you have nothing better to do with your money, then knock yourself out.

Unfortunate setting. If the campus isn’t occupied by protesters it will be denounced for ignoring serious issues. If it is, then it steps into a political minefield.

I really liked the original, but it didn’t need a remaster. A basic port to modern consoles would have been nice. Developer commentary is like DVD commentary: something I think I’ll want but never actually get around to.

Hope he’s working on something new soon. The Witness was so interesting.

I have one arriving today. I canceled my preorder when I’d moved and couldn’t update my shipping address, and the cooling-off period made me reconsider given the price. This price was too tempting to resist.

I’ve never cared about how many first-party games are produced. If more games come from PlayStation, great. If they come from other sources, great. I’m hoping Riven comes to PSVR2 the way Obduction eventually did.

I’ve downloaded some demos and some free PSVR to PSVR2 upgrades and the PS Plus Premium VR2 offerings and am really looking forward to trying this out!

@NEStalgia I use iOS, but have also found that a 3rd party app (Mirror Play) works much better than PlayStation’s Remote Play. I can’t understand that.

@Goosepies I haven’t had a good enough experience with remote play on my phone to take a chance on the Portal, and what you’re describing sounds like what happened to me. The audio would stream but the picture would freeze for a couple of seconds.

Turned out, my PS5 wasn’t connecting to the 5 ghz Wi-Fi. Now that I’ve gone into the ps5 settings and fixed that, it happens a lot less often. Still not good enough to spend $200, but since you already have the Portal, maybe check that in your network settings?

Do you need to have played Secret of Mana first? I was just about to start that one.

I’m in the northeastern US, and had to log out and back in, but it’s up and the points I earned during the outage are there.

The Stars animation when you open the app has gone back to the old one. It had an eye- catching twinkle effect while the service was down. Maybe that animation is only for people who aren’t members to get them to click it, and it didn’t recognize that I was a member while it was down?

I’ll wait until PS Stars comes back up. Maybe Black Friday?

I answered “I don’t enjoy difficult games,” but I have enjoyed some really. I just never give a game a chance if it’s described as “punishing” or something like that. If that’s the point of a game, I’m just not interested.

Ugh. Another franchise destroyed.

With all the publishers Microsoft purchased, this is the game I was most upset about losing on PlayStation.

I think it’s a great idea.

Excited about Tunic!

@BAMozzy Forbidden West has been in PS Plus Extra for quite some time.

Deliver Us the Moon was enjoyable, but the follow up featured boring gameplay, long unnecessary flashback sequences, and an unlikeable protagonist. I wouldn’t fund a third game, either.

Anyone else having trouble installing the firmware? It’s been almost an hour telling me it’s preparing to turn off the PS5 and warning me not to unplug it.

Edit: It wasn’t firmware related, just a coincidence. Support helped once I googled their number.

Thanks for announcing these departures each month. I always forget where to find the list of games leaving the service and when I do, it often hasn’t been updated since the last purge.

Looks good, especially since storage space and wishlist are the things I check most often that aren’t already quick to navigate to.

The explorer page is fine, it gives you announcements on games you’ve followed, but also just a lot of ads for PlayStation peripherals. If you don’t have it, you’re not missing much.

Looks like I’m playing Chicken Police, then.

I bounced off Haven since I didn’t understand the combat, finished Tchia and platinumed Ghostwire:Tokyo. Looking forward to seeing what’s being removed next so I can start playing that.

My Extra subscription expires in a few months, so I’m saving my purchased and Essential games for then.

@djlard Yeah, that really bothers me, too. If you hide the demo then you buy the full game later, it will also be hidden.

So I hide the demos I just didn’t like, and leave the ones that interest me as a reminder. It’s not ideal.

I didn’t think strategy games were for me, but I played the demo and really enjoyed it. The problem is, I have about four months left on my PS Plus Extra subscription and I’m going to concentrate on the games there so I’d just be buying this to throw on my backlog. I’ll definitely buy it when I’m back to purchasing games a la carte.

I enjoyed the demo, even though it was my first try at a game like this. It ramps up the complexity slowly. That said, I’m sure I could have set up my units more effectively because I couldn’t keep the difference between soldier, warrior and fighter straight.

So, my gaming plans have changed for the month. Just finished Infinite Wealth and won’t be getting that platinum for a while.

Going to try to see if I can finish Ghostwire: Tokyo, Haven, and Tchia in a month. I may spend a couple of hours trying to get the last trophy I need for the platinum for Outer Wilds. I’ve rage-quit and deleted it a couple of times over that.

If anyone hasn’t tried Outer Wilds, don’t let me dissuade you. It’s a unique game that’s well worth trying.

I don’t own any of these. I will add them all to my library, and I don’t think I will ever think of them again. If that’s not worth a “meh,” what is?

Why does anyone’s lack of interest in this month’s offering provoke anger from others? I’m glad you’re all excited to play these games. Actually, that’s not true—I don’t care that you’re excited. Why do you care that others aren’t?

I have the standard edition pre-ordered and thought about canceling and then realized that if I don’t have to play NG+ for a trophy, I’m not going to play it anyway. I’ll stick with standard, which I’m sure will be plenty to keep me busy.

I would never buy a premium edition at launch. If standard doesn’t have everything I want, I’ll wait for a sale on the edition I do want.