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I'll be going with the digital deluxe myself for it. Now that Expedition 33 has launched this is my next most anticipated release! Sucker Punch doesn't miss. The best studio in Playstation's 1st party in my opinion.

Borderlands 1 & 2 are all time favorites of mine. Loved playing those co-op with the boys back in the day! 3 unfortunately took a bit too long to come out though as we have all gotten older it's tougher to get everyone together for a session. Still a solid shooter though. I didn't finish 3 but liked it well enough.

4 does look promising. I'm not 100% in but I'm interested. It will largely depend on if I'm playing anything else at the time if I get it right away or not.

Ho boy that PS6 is going to cost an arm and a leg...and a kidney at this rate!

Not gonna lie. I have it digitally but I might double dip on the physical version just for the hell of it. I'm in Act 2 and... whew this game is something else! I'm absolutely obsessed with it.

I am pretty surprised this game got such a cult following. I played it back on PS4 and overall I liked it well enough but I can't say it really stuck with me at all. Very much a "That was fine. On to the next game." kind of game for me.

Good for the people that it struck a cord with though. It sounds like it's only improved with time.

It is a phenomenal game. I would imagine the fact that it also isn't a full priced game has helped its user rating a lot too since the whole Mario Kart World controversy.

Expedition 33 deserves the love it has gotten so far though. Sandfall should be very proud of what they created.

Oooh yes! My personal favorite Far Cry! Might need to fire this up here soon if the release schedule slows down a bit. Love Far Cry 4!

Looks like something I could be into. Only question is will I have the time to add another RPG to my list this year? I still haven't gotten around to Daybreak 2 yet! Then I also have both the new Trails and the Sky remake as well later this year!

I'm drowning! 😂

I have some good news for the folks clamoring for a new turn based FF. There are plenty of other great options out there if you just look around a bit. Atlus, Falcom, and obviously just recently Expedition 33 are just a few of them. Heck Square still does it now just not with FF like the article said. Turn-based never died, FF just moved more and more away from it is all.

Now all that said I'd gladly take a new turn-based FF. FFX is still my personal favorite and I'd love to see a new FF have something more similar to that again but if not, it's no big deal. I have plenty of other options for my turn-based fix.

One thing I definitely do hope to see though from a potential FF17 is a return to a proper party again at least. FF7R did a good job with this but that was one of my biggest issues with 16. Your companions just felt borderline pointless outside of Torgal being just a combo extender tool. Those RPG elements need to come back more than anything for the next FF in my opinion.

I can see where their frustration is coming from. Working on a game for ages, finally coming up to the launch date only to have to go up against a juggernaut franchise out of nowhere like Elder Scrolls. Basically your game all of a sudden has to completely knock it out of the park just to stand a chance like Expedition 33 thankfully did.

No doubt it's a difficult market. Money is of course a problem but time is a bigger luxury for customers. By the time most folks finish something like an Oblivion these devs could have already shut down for lack of funds.

I feel for them but there isn't much to be done. Bethesda/Microsoft is a business too at the end of the day and they have choose to do whatever they need to do to ensure their success.

Expedition 33 for me. I'm also going to try to put in a little time here and there on SF6 after taking a long break thanks to AC Shadows. Gotta keep sharp for EVO after all!

Though Expedition 33 might just take up all my time anyway instead. Too many great games!

I'm not very far into it yet but I've very much enjoyed everything about it! So happy to see it performing well. Sandfall really did just come out of the gates swinging with an absolute banger.

If it's to make way for a Resistance collection release or something along those lines then no harm no foul. If they are just taking them off and forgetting Resistance exists again then that's a damn shame.

Heck yes! I just finished the main quest and I'm ready for more!

Also that tease at the end was actually pretty funny.😄

Too close to Expedition 33 for me to try this now. Plus I don't have the fondest memories of the original release so I'm in no rush. But I do want to give it another shot sometime eventually.

@Can-You-Believe-Sith
I mean AC Shadows is pretty fantastic too but I'm excited for Yotei as well. No need to pit them against each other. Shadows was great and I'm sure Yotei will be great too!

I'll be focused on Expedition 33 instead but maybe I'll get to this down the road. I played it back in the day but ran into just too many game breaking bugs to really enjoy it. Hopefully this remake cleans up most of those issues.

I definitely want to play it eventually. Unfortunately it just came out too close to Expedition 33 so it had to step aside for that.

I'll get to it eventually though. Looks great!

I wish them well as I'll always have a soft spot for Bungie thanks to the early Halo days.

I just don't think the very idea of an extraction shooter sounds at all appealing to me. I mean you sweat it out so hard just to get a good weapon...and then you might lose it if you mess up just once and so decide to just not use it? And even if you don't lose it to another player, you still lose it anyway at the end of a season? Just sounds annoying more than fun to me but like I said I suppose it's just not for me.

Personally I like what Splitgate 2 is offering more and it's also free so I think that will be where my attention goes for my next shooter.

I'm definitely interested in this. Hopefully it will scratch that giant Ranbow Six Vegas itch I've had for far too long.

I always down for a good showcase but it is a bit of an odd move to shadow drop one. You would think they would announce it at least a day or two beforehand to generate interest.

Aw well, I wish them luck with a good show!

I played it for around 30 hours but I bounced off of it. I just don't like the way it plays. The move wheel system just feels so unpolished to me that I just couldn't stand it anymore.

I do respect the amount of depth available in it though. It is impressive in many ways but it just isn't for me. I much prefer more structured RPGs which is probably why I generally gravitate towards JRPGs more.

I doubt it will be exclusive but boy that would really stink if Falcom went Nintendo exclusive. Really hope that never becomes a reality.

The look of the game is definitely the best thing it has going for it. Bungie has always been great when it comes to art direction and Marathon looks no different.

The problem for myself is just the pitch of the game. The concept of an extraction shooter just does nothing for me. I just prefer classic arena shooters is all. I'm not really into battle royal and extraction shooters just sound like a more loot focused version of that.

Right now, Splitgate 2 is the upcoming shooter I'm much more interested in. It also helps that that is free-to-play. I just don't think Marathon has nearly enough going for it to survive in this space especially as a premium title. If there was also a campaign I might have been tempted but at the moment I'm not interested.

I'm sure it looks great but I'm perfectly happy with how it looks on my standard PS5.

I had an awesome time with the show personally. Sure some of the song choices were a bit odd and some of the CG was pretty ugly but I thought they did a great job with the characters and writing. The actual action sequences were really great too.

I'm 100% tuning in for season 2!

The art direction is really good. The fact that it's an extraction shooter doesn't appeal to me at all though. Maybe seeing some gameplay will change my mind but they got an uphill battle getting me interested.

I wish them well though.

Love the improvements to item management. I got A LOT of katanas I need to get rid of but never felt like going through the hassle. 😅

The horse improvement is also quite welcome.

I gotta say originally I said I prefer guests to be from not fighting games when Terry and Mai in SF6 were the talk of the town. After seeing this umm...I might be changing that stance a bit.

They did a great job of showing off the new features of the console. It actually looks like a pretty beefy step up especially from Switch 1.

The games were a bit more so-so. Mario Kart does look great even if the $80 price tag hurts. Donkey Kong looks okay though I would have preferred another Country game instead. That wheelchair basketball ball game looks pretty bad from what was shown sorry to say. The Welcome Tour thing should be free. Period. Finally Fromsoft was a big deal initially but after hearing a bit more about the style of it has dampened the excitement considerably around it.

They probably should have just shortened the C button segment dramatically and used some of that time for other game announcements.

@HRdepartment
Yeah it was such a shame because I was soooo hooked to that multiplayer up until then. They tried to patch it somewhat back to what it was before but they never did quite get it there.

Ever since then, whenever I see 1.05 anything I wince a little bit! 😄

It has been pretty wild to watch from the outside. I only play Tekken very casually with friends every now and then but it seems like the community is in an absolute uproar about this update. Granted the fighting game community complains a lot but this definitely feels different from the norm.

It wasn't a fighting game but the last time I saw a community this upset with an update was way back on Uncharted 2 1.05 patch. That version number lives rent free in my head to this very day. I hated that balance update so much. 😂

Obviously not happy to see it but I was expecting $80 to be the standard going into this generation so I'm not too bothered. It is getting to the point where I will have to be much more selective on what I buy at full price though.

Especially with Nintendo games in particular. I'm shocked they were the first to do this considering they usually don't bother with motion-capture, cutscene direction, VO, etc. Most of their games are strictly in the for fun only category. They aren't putting out narrative heavy games that require all that stuff so I am a bit surprised they went above $70 first.

I'm not interested at launch. I'm sure I'll get one eventually but nothing is really speaking to me much outside of Mario Kart but even then I have some concerns about the open world nature of it.

GameCube support is cool though so I guess there's that.

I'm not really into Fromsoft's multiplayer efforts. If this was the next traditional Fromsoft game I might have caved on buying Switch 2 at launch but I can live without this one. The art direction is as great as usual though from Fromsoft.

Maybe I'll try it later down the road.

I'm just hoping to see if Halo shows up. That's really kind of it for myself. I'm not buying one at launch at the very least. I just didn't really use my Switch 1 enough to warrant an instant buy on Switch 2.

Still excited to watch mostly for the 3rd party announcements.

There's a reason Ubisoft has doubled down on AC in its time of need. It sells well and deserves to sell well. The series has continued to deliver time and time again. I'm really happy to see Shadows break through all the noise and find success. Game is so much fun!

@Rich33
While the user base is large for Playstation already, having Xbox players added is a good thing too. I like to play with a friend who has an Xbox but we don't like going up against PC players. Now we don't have to and can still play with each other so I would say there is a very valid need for this update.

While I don't know if I agree with his reasoning it's not too big of an issue. After all we live in the age of Spotify so it's easy enough to get those classics bumpin while playing. Plus they got the CKY song in there anyway so they got the one I most associate with these games.

Expert feels pretty much perfect in terms of challenge and yet not being too challenging. Although Yasuke is kind of OP in combat so maybe if they could make combat feel a bit tougher for him then I could get behind that. Naoe feels just right in combat though so I don't think they need to change anything there.

Oh but if fast travel is taken away I absolutely wouldn't bother with a tougher mode. That's just truly sicko behavior there! 🤣

@dallow_prime
Well...it is the actor who played Lincoln Clay! Awesome to see he was great in Mafia 3 from what I've played of that game.

@Ravix
Yeah and I mean I'd be fine with basically a sci-fi GTA. That sounds great...but I don't really know for sure or not if that is what it is because we just haven't seen enough.

Developers need to keep in mind you are trying to sell a product at the end of the day. I understand wanting not spoil everything but if it's a new IP you have to work a bit harder to get people's attention. Otherwise it just gets a bit lost in the shuffle like this one has.

I'm interested in it but they really should consider a demonstration of just what the moment to moment gameplay is. From what we have seen though it looks similar to Watch Dogs and I love me some Watch Dogs.

I have a feeling more that a few kids are going to be wishing for a Switch 2 for Christmas this year. 😄

I'm thoroughly enjoying it in almost every way so I'm sitting at a 9. My only real criticisms are I do wish there was at least some social stealth available and some of the side content is hit or miss.

I'm really enjoying the story, exploration, and moment to moment gameplay though. The weather system in particular is pretty incredible as it does make you need to consider your approach more since some routes will be less safe than others depending on the season and even can change up guard positions/routes. I've never really seen that sort of behavior from AI before. It really keeps me on my toes especially with the expert difficulty.

I really hope other games take some notes on this system. Pretty damn impressive.

Absolutely crazy that this and Sky remake look like they will be releasing next to each other. I only have so much time! But I'll manage somehow.😄

There's no downside really with this approach. At worst the revival isn't received well and then the IP is right back where it was before anyway. I have no idea why anyone would be against this approach. Like it's been said clearly Sony isn't interested in working on them in-house so why not? Literally nothing to lose.

If we get a Folklore Remastered out of this strategy I would quite literally be over the moon with excitement!

This has been a weird week in video game news. First Renaldo is in Fatal Fury, then Sony weirdly kind of carried a Nintendo Direct, now a shooter/hack and slash where you play as a pair of panties? What is going on?

It would be really cool if we got like special events where we play as a modern assassin similar to how a couple sections in AC3 had. I always wanted those to come back at some point in the series.

The only thing older RPGs had that more modern ones don't is the requirement of grinding to get up to the proper level to tackle a section/boss fight. They've dramatically improved in that department which I appreciate.

I love RPGs but that was always my least favorite aspect to them. They've gotten much better at just having side-quests take over that grind instead of just mindlessly getting into fight after fight just to level up.