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Sounds like it's not a ps5 exclusive as suggested in that sop trailer. The devs have confirmed it's releasing on basically everything day and date. Hopefully it turns out good. Perhaps with stealth elements as well.

Decent third party showcase. In reality though there was very little that was new.

Looking forward to control 2 and Saros if it releases day and date on pc. Cautiously optomistic for bond, and maybe even kena, and sh town fall.

In reality though most of this sop was just marketing fluff. The shadow drop of a side scrollers play as kid pre God version of the god of war with spear was pretty lame though. I'm all for a side scrolling GOW, but have no interest in this.

Lame. Well that explains it...
I'll check out the non marathon trailers after the show then.

Lmfao. Well yah. That game was a choice. Unlike like let's say horizon hunters, which was forced.

Until these devs and/or shareholders get the message in terms of generic copy and past money extraction schemes glossed over with the most basic and overused paint: We will continue to see the same overand over again. Hell divers, arc raiders found success for very specific reasons that differentiate themselves from this slop.

If you aren't willing to take those risks and take a fun to play and experience approach first to development, then you aren't going to have a job in this industry long.

People are over it. The zombies that fuel their metrics on what most people play are fundamentally flawed as those people rarely play something new or even really game at all. They are a completely different subset of "gamers," that will never leave their addiction long term to play your version of the same thing even if it has some viral hype or glazing from these mainstream sites...

They should have released on steam day and date.

I may give it a go when it does release on the platform.

Would never pay a dime for the marvel slop treadmill that poor insomniac is stuck in. Playing it with a soon to expire and not be renewed sub, sure. 👍

Really depends on how much of this state of play is just another iteration of 'fulfillment of marketing deal' filler. More re requiem would just be a waste as well.

Hopefully something new, as Sony has been an incredible disappointment this gen.

@Rich33 gotcha thanks for the insights

@Weez will do does the demo include any of the open field aspect? I was under the impression it didn't. I would be targeting 1440p with a 9800x3D/9070xt setup.

I may get so demo a try but in all honestly I have issues with the Nioh series already in terms of its terrible loot system design. It's just more incentive to wait for a steep sale when it releases looking as aged as it does, with performance issues on top.

I just love all versions of souls like so sometimes I get that weird fomo itch or I feel like I need to play the next newest one right away. Yet I have to remind myself that sometimes some of these releases are not worth $70.

@Weez what pc specs did you test it with?

Wow this looks awful.

Co op Fortnite/apex : Horizon edition. The art style doesn't fit and was clearly created for the singular purpose the fit into the homogeneous soup that is most of the online hero slop out there.

Sony and Co continue to learn very little from their blunders...

Rather than stay true to the tone and style of the series the turned it into this mess...

@Rich33 it's likely not going to be entirely fixable on console.

I watched a detailed breakdown of pc performance and this game has massive frame pacing issues that show if the game can't lock to its target framerate as well as being very unoptomized in terms of cpu performance(which the Ps5/pro has a very dated and underpowered cpu).

VRR does not help it feel smooth, it has to maintain a completely locked framerate or the stutters when moving the camera show.

Lmfao I predict physical will be more expensive than digital.

YAWN
could care less

genuinely looking forward to this one for the sandbox and dragons dogma like combat alone. Hoping it makes up for the mediocre retread that Dragons Dogma 2 turned out to be.

I was going to give nioh 3 a chance despite it's terrible loot system but damn does it look and run like garbage.

Both ninja and Fromsoft have been milking largely their same respective engines for over a decade now and not even fixed technical issues within them that have been persistent for just as long. all the while putting out games that overtly reuese a massive amount of assets and animations and look extremely dated for the time and genre.

It looks like this will be the 3rd nioh and 6th team ninja soulslike I don't give a try until it's on steep discount. Not all games have to look amazing, but they sure as hell better run amazing if they dont when you are charging 70$...

The game has lost 90% of its steam players in its first 24hrs of release. This is beyond a flop.

Some of those issues were far beyond lighting. Missing assets completely different textures that looked worse. You ain't fixing that at launch unless you gave the Ai you used a raise or hired another to cleanup budget ai's mess
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I have a feeling this is going to be a massive hit. Really the only game I think looks interesting with an actual release date this year aside from phantom Blade zero, and maybe control 2.

I hope this game makes up for the unfinished retread that Dragons Dogma 2 turned out to be. As the combat looks similiar in design and any story would better that game lmfao. Annny story at all.

100% getting this on pc

Sorry Push, I think most gamers agree with Swen here.

Rebirth looked awful on base ps5 to cover for terrible optomization. So basically they are doubling down on that?

@guacguacboo yeah this is what I was hoping as well as it had a lot of needed improvements. The amount of time in between I would have thought just modernization may happen. Sounds like it's not only the same but worse than the first. Despite that feeling very dated for the time.

@ErrantRob how is AI limit. Heard very mixed things on it

Actual players seem to think this is far more a dud then the mainstream game journalist take in there previews/early reviews...

Trust the people

What a load of horshit. If you believe this is the reason they would try and fomo peddle you into a digital only copy, you've been living under a Rock for the past decade. Hell just look at the launcher Mtx filled trash they turned gta5 into alongside its attachment to that online mode garbage. A bloated mess of a download is all it will be.

However the truth is you will be forced to download it whether you have a disc version or not..... Also given the heavy mainstream game media foreshadowing going on it's likely that the digital version is going to be the only version that's a fair price.... Stagger releasing that rumor coming true may also be an attempt to soften the blow.

I already planned to happily avoid this unless it had major qol improvements to gameplay and it's controls. This just makes that easier.

They should absolutely delay this and do a playtest. This already has the taint marathon had. The delay has changed overall sentiment for Marathon, though i think its still going to be mediocre and fizzle. This Highguard though needs a playtest for sure unless they are trying to avoid that.....

@Mintie I hear you but if your loot system needs filters in place to sift out all the junk, that's a problem. Not to mention the loot is just a pool of the exact same handful of weapons with slightly different stats and rarities. If there were actually a myriad of unique weapons for each weapon type that would feel entirely different.

as it is now it just feel lazy to see, and a slog to engage with after a dozen hrs or so.

looks promising!

If they just refined the terrible loot system, I'd love these games. It's just so bad. Diablo levels of needless filler

This shouldn't come as a surprise. The handlers of the yakuza series have been cash grabbing endlessly for years with recycled content. Them, and the persona series are frankly disgusting with the practice. What we are seeing above is what happens when you let AI try and put a coat of paint on so you can double dip at the lowest possible cost.

Reminds me of the GTA trilogy garbage.

@darylb24 same. Will be playing some of these bangers in pc gamepass for sure.

Say want you want about them, fanboy all you want about Sony. Yet there is no denying Xbox put together far better showcases than Sony has in a generation.

This game looks very promising.

Loved the first. A AA gem, however the changes they made to the 2nd instead of evolving the gameplay mechanics of the first has me hesitant/cautiously optomistic.

The battle system seems to be bad considering the poor companion AI as well.

The early access steam reviews are definitely a cause for concern, considering even as recent as a week or so ago there are problems. 2 years in early access, it shouldn't be like what is described...

I think this one is going to be a hit. My most anticipated game for the beginning of the year that actually has a release date aside from possibly LOTF 2. Glad I have a PC that will be able to run it properly because its looking like the console version may be pretty watered down to get it to run.

Incredible game. Loved every bit of it. Definitely a mess on Ps5 but they eventually got it to run better. Sadly I had already almost finished it by then, however it was that good that I wanted to see it through despite some bugs and crashes.

Lmfao every one of these controller design releases look like Sony just slapped some stickers on a regular dual sense and called it good.

@B_Lindz not in the slightest

An utterly embarrassing amount of ads attempting to cash in on additional gimmicks around this release.

I'm gonna pass on this just like Capcom continue to ride years old positive sentiment that has given them a pass for some very shoddy practices and releases they have still yet to address.

Aside from the sad levels of peddling, I just think resident evil really has no story anymore in favor of these random episodes in order to milk the franchise until the end of time. This playing as grace or Leon gimmick just feels like a confused vision. Like trying to cash in on lovers of re 7 and re 4 at the same time, despite many people not liking the gameplay in one or the other. That coupled with catering to all difficulty levels just cheapens what re is.

This presentation was a shameful corporate adfest. It makes you wonder home many shots in game will be advertising the car or watch via close ups of their logos alongside whatever else they may schill for.

Worth every dollar. Such a gem. Had hell divers evolved or listened to the fanbase it would still be a mega hit as well.

It also makes you wonder how big of a blunder it was to cancel the Last of Us mp game.

People crave something different and as much as many don't want to realize it sometimes it's as simple as emergent moments created via proximity chat alongside third person perspective. There are a very few third person multiplayer games that require some level of tactics aside from these mundane generic hero shooters.

The reason why Socom was so popular back in the day was because it required a certain level of tactical gameplay that the third person perspective warrants alongside its gameplay and map design. Not everyone wants to run around mindlessly in first person shooting respawning shooting respawning over and over and over again.

Looking forward forward to enjoying Arc as it carries its success and expands in this new year

Glad I moved to pc👍

@Northern_munkey doing God's work👍

Anything is better than the paid advertisement Geoff slop

I want to continue to hold firm and not give into fomo or hype when it comes to major AAA releases along with avoiding these AI driven remasters/remakes.

I listened to my gut and skipped Yotei over this and am glad I did. First major first party Sony title I skipped aside from the endless TLOU cash grabs. Loved Tsushima but it had a lot of room for improvement. Yet they didn't do any of it. I made the opposite mistake with the horizon series. While I liked Horizon it had loads that could have been improved in a sequel. Next to none of it was, and as a result, Forbidden west became as boring as a Ubisoft title.

Much like Yotei, I'm going to keep trusting my gut so I don't waste time or money on things that become a chore to complete. I instead will continue to try games that spark my interest even if they get unfairly judged from gaming reviewers.

Looking forward to crimson desert, control, and dawnwalker if they turn out. There are also a bunch that show promise but we will wait to see.

Over the same old thing in re games and a lot of these sequels retreading, and have far outgrown what gta offers.

Still, a lot of variety coming indeed!

🤣 Maybe some of there studios can actually catch up and release a new game this gen with a delay

Lmfao. We'll someone better tell Sony to start making games again....
This Gen has been abysmal on that front. Unless you like playing double dip old games again.

Exclusives are obviously great for the said console platform. However, I would say that the idea that people only buy a console in this day and age, for the exclusives is flat wrong. The price of goods is so ridiculously high, that consoles are the cheapest price to entry for gaming. Many buy them to game period and will pickup whatever is the best value.

@Northern_munkey you too buddy!!

interestingly enough though this is really weird because now I'm on the other side of it the entire PC crowd believes that it's the console players that are the more toxic exploiters.

I have to turn cross play on because my partner plays on my old PS5 and I've noticed no differencr honestly. just as chill lobbies as long as you play chill or PVP if you play PVP which always brings out the scum. The only major difference I've seen is that a lot of console players don't seem to use proximity chat at all which is kind of problematic in this game.

The bottom line though there's some info going around about people infiltrating some of the cheating marketplaces and there are hundreds of thousands of active cheaters in this game. so yeah it's a huge problem. They are early on, so hopefully they address it but right now it it is just a massive problem especially if you're wanting to play this PVP but because it's becoming more clear that it uses play style based matchmaking. Therefore as a stopgap, you can avoid almost all cheaters by just not shooting first.

I personally have almost 200 hours in the game already and have not come across a single cheater. However it's clearly a big problem especially if what you're wanting to get out of the game is pVP combat. There is also a lot of glitches and exploits being used that absolutely need to be addressed and it's kind of shocking that some of them have been a problem for months now.

All of that aside though I just keep coming back to the game because of how fun and socially interactive it is.

Most fun I've had gaming since ps2. Although playing on pc now. It's just a great game that can be amazing and incredibly frustrating as well. It's the emergent moments that the game compels that make it my game of the year. The enemy AI of the arc, incredible, sound design, visuals stunning, and hilarious and wholesome moments that can come from proximity chat. There is a tension this game creates that is addicting and it's not the threat of pvp hungry players or scumbag players. It's the Arc enemies and how well designed and deadly they can be and how well the sound design can amplify that aspect and also be your saving grace at the same time.

It has some very poor end game design elements, cheaters, sociopathic players, and the lot. However given the current state of humanity that shouldn't surprise. Also needs a lot of balancing and glitch/bug fixes for sure.

You get what you play as and that really can make it such a rewarding experience. I haven't really enjoyed or even had interest in most of the multi-player run and gun slop games I've tried since the socom series, this one brought back my love for that genre. It also helps that so many of the single player narrative games coming out from the big AAA outfits have grown so stale.

My partner is pretty terrible at difficult and fast paced games, and even she is loving this. Pretty fun experience to bond through.

This one is a gem and breakout success beating out all of the heavy hitter AAA slop mp releases this year.
Not just my personal game of the year but along with Expedition 33, one of the best games I've played in decades as a gamer.

Merry Christmas motherfowkers