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@rusty82 Sums up Evil West pretty well. It will never be considered a classic, but sometimes it's just as good or better to play a game that's just fun. I claimed it whenever they gave it away for free on PS Plus Essential and I'm obviously glad I did.

Evil West

Still really enjoying the game after my first full week of playing it. I'm pretty sure I'm nearing the end of the game though. so I may wrap it up this weekend.

There's no way I'll have time to play it anytime soon, which may be a blessing in disguise if the concerns about performance actually become true. Regardless, this is something I'll consider down the line given that it's a normal game and not Souls difficult.

I'm a fan and I'm hoping this does turn out to be pretty good against all odds, but I won't be getting it anywhere near Day 1. Way too many games coming out the rest of the year and I still have yet to finish Inquisition. It'll probably be a blessing in the end to play this down the road, which I'm perfectly fine with.

I'd be all for a remake over a remaster. I'm a fan of the original (never played the other two in the series), but just remastering it would accomplish nothing. To fix the issues the game had with a lot of people, it would need to be remade. You can tell it's a PS3 game, but at the same time it looks solid already as is, so a remaster would be a waste of time.

@Flaming_Kaiser But then you might as well call it a remake if you completely change the combat system in the game.

@PuppetMaster That's a pretty reasonable comparison for Evil West. Sometimes a fun game is just as good as the GotY contenders in a sense.

Even with the combat being a tad repetitive, it is fun beating the crap out of enemies for a while. It's even better when you pick it up and play it after a day at work.

Yeah, at least they try to work in a few things to mix it up a little. I haven't had any truly challenging boss fights yet, but that's not actually a complaint. I'd rather be able to figure it out after a few deaths than be sitting there after a few dozen deaths and then finally do it somehow.

Evil West

It's not considered to be a great game, but around 4 hours in I'm having fun with it. Yes, the combat can get repetitive, but there is something to be said about the simple fun Flying Wild Hog games provide. They may never make a GotY contender, but they continue to make games that are entertaining.

@Flaming_Kaiser I get what you're saying and I don't fault you at all for waiting. I just will always think the complaining in regard to them supposedly offering unfinished products to be ridiculous. Like I've said, their main stories always have an end to them and then the DLC are just bonus side stories.

I know it gives the impression that it's held back content, but if it doesn't keep the game's main story from being complete, I don't care and I think people are being ridiculous for complaining about things that are just extra bonus side stories. It is what it is though I guess.

Not a fan of the series. Even tried Tiny Tina's first spin-off/DLC game because I figured I'd give it a shot being a big Horizon fan (naturally then being an Ashly Burch fan) and didn't care for it.

I was hoping this would at least be entertaining though, as it was more the gameplay than anything else that I disliked. Can likely cross this one off the list then.

@Flaming_Kaiser Nothing wrong with waiting for a discount or the Complete Edition that will inevitably release. I just think the complaining that they are selling an incomplete game is ridiculous, that's all. It'd be different if these applied to the main story like other games have in the past.

Obviously a real shame they had to get bought by a company that was bound to shut them down eventually.

@Flaming_Kaiser Not at all if the DLC has nothing to do with the main story.

I know what you're saying. If the first DLC is almost done, which would have to be in order to be out in the Fall, then it could've been included. Sure, but again, the complaining is more than a bit much given that none of the DLC changes whether you get a complete story from the main game or not.

I guess people just love to complain about things now. There are things you can rightfully complain about in regards to Ubisoft releases, but how the DLC became one of them is baffling. They are not selling an incomplete game. Their games always have a beginning, middle, and an end to their stories. Any additional content that comes out afterwards is exactly that... additional.

Using the comparison that has been brought up already in here, they are not selling you a game that ends on a cliffhanger if you don't want to pay for the DLC like a lot of TV shows end up doing (obviously out of showrunners hands). Sure, waiting until next year will get you all of the content in a Complete Edition, but complaining about the DLC is just asinine.

@LifeGirl Yeah, who knows. It's definitely a logical concern. We'll see if the actress could handle it or not.

In the end, I just hope I like the rest of the show better than I did the game. I know it might sound silly, but I'm still going to play the PS5 version of it at some point so I can refresh my memory on some things and give a much better comparison.

This series makes no sense... release wise that is.

Even though I hated how the story turned out in the game, I'm still looking forward to Season 2. Maybe it will turn out better in TV form. At least Abby's part may not go on, and on, and on, and on....

I never played the original, so this would be the perfect opportunity to rectify that stupid mistake.

Likely down the road as it comes out in the middle of other releases, but it's definitely on the list now.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

@trev666 I'm not defending the new pricing, but that was back when the series was new. Price it cheap to try to get people to play it, but now that the series is well established they don't care.

No way in hell I'm paying $20 for that content, no matter how big of a fan I am of both Life is Strange and FF7. Even $50 for the base game is kind of expensive, but I thought True Colors released at around that price too. As much value as I personally get out of the series, I'd be willing to pay the $50 as long as it's on the level of True Colors. Depending on what else is out around then, I may still wait like I ended up doing with True Colors anyways.

Who would have thought the media and people in general would've overreacted over early previews of small portions of a game?

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok

Haven't made as much progress on it over the last week as I would've liked to, but still plugging away at it and enjoying it.

I've never dealt with them, but I know how bad they are to deal with. Still, I did just put in my pre-order for the regular edition because I do still want a physical copy. If it takes anywhere near as much extra time as it did to get my Baldur's Gate 3 Deluxe Edition from Larian, then I'll consider cancelling like I almost did with that.

If it turns out to be another soulslike, then I'm out. There are so many games that would be so much more enjoyable if they were just games and not something to frustrate the hell out of you until you somehow advance.

Although I guess in this case, it's just an assumption at this point. Just like what @PegasusActual93 said though. There's plenty of games that look interesting until it is revealed to be a Soulslike game. As I've said before, I play video games to have fun.

Hopefully this means the large firmware update that's been in beta for months will be released soon.

Silly me for thinking maybe this was finally the big update that changes a lot of the Home screen and such. While I appreciate them actually taking the time to make sure it works better than their playtime tracker, it's been in beta for more than several months now.

At least I can still rest easy at night knowing I still won't have to take my PS5 to see a shrink anytime soon.

I've been sold on the game since it's reveal, so I could really care less what people on social media think of it. If the reviews are mediocre, maybe that will change my plans of getting it on Day 1 (the day before my birthday), but I would still get it regardless.

I know a lot of people would say it's blasphemy to get a Ubisoft game at release, but I also don't care about that either.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok

Yes it's going to take me a while given how large this is, but I'm still enjoying it. I do look forward to playing something that isn't an open world game whenever I am done though.

Here we go again. Making excuses just like they did during the whole Activision buyout fiasco. They are in the mess they are in because of absolutely dreadful management from everybody involved in that company ever since the Xbox 360 really when they had the market lead and squandered it all by the end of the generation.

Good to see that this turned out to be pretty good. I've been playing a decent amount of open world games of late, so whenever I'm done with the current one, this will definitely be in consideration. It seems it would be a very nice change of pace.

I loved the PS4 Pro, except for it's design, but I'm with others that still don't really want a PS5 Pro. The main problem with this generation isn't a lack of power in the PS5. It's the fact that a lot of 3rd party devs are just too lazy to take advantage of the PS5. Several 1st party games do exactly what the 3rd party titles have failed to do that have gotten people to want the PS5 Pro in the first place.

I'm not saying I wouldn't consider getting one at some point, but the need for a mid-gen refresh now ever since the PS4 generation is not there. A PS4 Pro made sense because of 4K and all of that becoming a big deal during that console generation. There's nothing of the sort this gen, just like all of the other generations before the PS4. Save the upgrades for the PS6, especially since most devs have probably used a fraction of the PS5's actually power so far.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok

Making my way through the game's DLC that I bought but never played. Now onto Dawn of Ragnarok, which I started early in the week, so I'm not that far along yet. I'm enjoying it so far. I like how each dwarf shelter has it's own little story arc attached to it.

As others have said, if this was a single player game with multiplayer added on, I would have been all in. I have no problem with them copying Guardians of the Galaxy given that I'm a big fan of it, so it likely would have been a pretty entertaining FPS for me.

I don't do anything with online gaming anymore, so this will be an obvious pass for me. I'm not going to crap on it like other people though because I see no reason to.

Woohoo, I can get my usual couple collectibles a month and nothing else again since I'm not a digital only gamer.

No way I'm paying $90 for the extras to a 20 year old game. $35 for the regular edition is good enough for me.

I won't be playing it anywhere near release, but given how a lot of these JRPGs seem to go out of print within several months after release, I will likely buy it fairly quickly to make sure I have a copy whenever I end up playing it.

Why couldn't they just find another showrunner? I understand not wanting to do any shows with him attached to them, but it's not like there aren't others out there that couldn't have replaced him.

It's nice that they are so cheap. I know they won't likely be as good as some of the more expensive ones, as I know this won't be able to touch the phenomenal Aloy statue I bought from PlayStation Gear last year on sale. They still look good for the money though. I'm surprised they didn't do this sooner.

Big fan of the Ys series after finally playing Ys VIII last year. I'll happily take this.

I agree with @nessisonett that Adol being fully voiced is weird. Honestly, I would have preferred him to be for the whole series (or at least the latter ones), but since he's not, it makes little sense for him to be voiced in an early game and then silent in all of the recent ones. If the game is great, it'll be a minor thing in the end, but still puzzling.

Woohoo. I can soon resume getting a couple of digital collectibles and no points since I'm not a digital only gamer and play what I want to play.

Maybe he should finish his own work before he takes on other projects. Just saying...

@freddquadros Thanks for the tips about some of the DLC. I'm not sure I will do it all, but I will definitely finish The Siege of Paris and then do Dawn of Ragnarok. Then I will have finished at least the 3 major DLCs after already doing Wrath of the Druids.

By the time I'm done with The Siege of Paris and Dawn of Ragnarok, I may want to move on to another game. I'll see though.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

After finishing the Wrath of the Druids DLC a few days ago, I've just started The Siege of Paris DLC. Wrath of the Druids was really good, so I'm hoping this is good as well as I continue my journey through most of the game's DLC (The Forgotten Saga being rogue-lite is not my thing).

@Gaia093 Yes, because they literally said so.

If they give the first game a remake, I'd be all for it. I'm not worried about others as I already own several of them. The first one is one of those games I wish I played back when it first came out since I couldn't get through it when I tried to several years ago, and it's not because I'm not a big enough fan of the series.

I never played this when it originally came out, so it'll be interesting to finally play this at some point. I just have to wait and see how much the physical editions of this will be when pre-orders start next month. It's not like I'd be able to play this right away anyways.

@LordServbot Yeah, the game can be a lot of fun for a while until you run into a portion where you know you're likely going to die. Some of the combat can get quite intense in a good way, but then you die and that's that. You can keep save scumming, but that's damn annoying to keep closing the game just before it registers and then relaunching it just to bypass it deleting your "save".

Obviously not all of the online games are like this, but this is a perfect example of why I stopped playing any online games and just enjoy the single player portions or just single player games in general.

@Yaycandy I don't expect any enhancements or anything, so I'm perfectly fine with playing the PS3 games I have on the original hardware. Maybe it's a bit of nostalgia given that the PS3 will always be an extremely special console for me, but I still enjoy using it regardless.

@LordServbot That's another genre I avoid. I tried Returnal, and while I likely would have loved it if it was a "normal" game, having to restart every time I died killed it for me. They added the option to save scum, but that is annoying to try to do over and over.