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Re: Talking Point: What Should Ghost of Yotei's Biggest PS5 Improvements Be?

Korgon

I loved Ghost of Tsushima. My personal favorite PS4 game from a 1st party studio. I have no doubt Sucker Punch will put out yet another banger title like always.

I would say the stealth mechanics however could be improved though. Stealth was very by the book in Tsushima. Not bad, just very much what one would expect. After seeing the improvements to stealth made in AC Shadows recently I'm hoping Yotei will follow suit somewhat.

Re: GTA 6's Trailer Was Captured on Standard PS5, Sony Likely Has Marketing Rights

Korgon

I feel like people sometimes forget the base PS5 is still a very capable machine too. Yes GTA6 looks incredible visually but I never doubted the base PS5 could keep up with it. They've had all the time in the world to optimize the game for current-gen consoles. I doubt they were going to put out something that only ran well on a very niche product like the PS5 Pro.

Just doesn't make business sense. The really fun test will be how the Series S handles this thing. Now that will be interesting to see! 😄

Re: Halo the Final PS5 Holdout of Xbox's Historic Big Three

Korgon

I still can't believe we are actually getting Gears of War on Playstation. Gears and Halo were always the two games I made sure to play in whatever way possible on the Xbox side. Sometimes that involved getting an Xbox late in the console cycle. Sometimes playing co-op at a friend's house who owned an Xbox. Most recently played Halo Infinite on PC because of the Covid console shortage.

I'm mostly into fighters and RPGs but Halo and Gears were always my two shooter series. To have them both available on Playstation is truly a wild reality I never thought I'd see in my lifetime!

Re: The Hundred Line Creator Ready to Start Work on PS5 Port, But Studio on the Brink of Bankruptcy

Korgon

I picked it up on Switch since I was looking for a good portable game. I have no prior experience with the Danganrompa games so I was coming in fresh and I'm really enjoying the game so far. It's kind of reminds me of 13 Sentinels a bit with the whole Visual Novel/SRPG setup. Turns out that makes for a really good combination!

Hopefully it will do well enough for them to continue operations. I might even look into picking up the Danganrompa games after I finish this one.

Re: Poll: Are You Disappointed by the GTA 6 Delay?

Korgon

I like GTA but it hasn't really been a "drop everything to play the new one" kind of game for me. That said, most publishers are going to avoid late May like the plague because of it so assuming I'm not in the middle of something else I'll probably play it at launch anyway.

I never expected it this year anyway and could see it's date moving one more time before release though.

Re: Poll: Are You Sold on Borderlands 4?

Korgon

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.

Re: Expedition 33's Sublime Success Sparks Chatter About Final Fantasy's Future

Korgon

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.

Re: Not Everyone Loved Oblivion Remastered's Shadow Drop

Korgon

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.

Re: Video: Everything You Need to Know About Marathon

Korgon

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.

Re: Opinion: Baldur's Gate 3 Was Already a 10/10, But Updates Have Made It an All-Time Masterpiece

Korgon

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.

Re: Poll: Are You Planning to Buy Bungie's Marathon?

Korgon

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.

Re: Shuhei Yoshida on the Switch 2 Direct: 'Underwhelming Until FromSoftware Showed Up'

Korgon

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.