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Not surprised.

If it gets incorporated into a chapter again like the ship tournament, I hope it’ll still be skippable.

So Grace will get the “complex”zombies and Leon will get the simple ones?

Ahh whatever, people will mod this game to make Grace and Leon playable in each other’s sections.

@SMJ Some people just want to feel superior by having access to things that others don’t. It’s sad but these people exist.

I’d use the animation backgrounds if they weren’t low resolution. I dont understand why they’re like that.

@get2sammyb I’m not sure how Sony’s handheld would fare against the Switch, but I’m confident it would sell better than their next home console.

As for the games, they need to aggressively invest in smaller-scale titles like Astrobot that release in-between big games. That’s something Nintendo does really well.

If a price cut won’t do the trick, nothing else will. Hopefully that handheld comes sooner rather than later.

Unrelated, but I wish Sony would pick up Microsoft’s cancelled Crash 5. I don’t care if it’s an exclusive, I just don’t want to see Crash get shelved again. It’s such a good platformer.

I don’t like that the main character isnt original. As in, they straight up copied some actress’s face and body and made her into an in-game character. I didn't realize it until that girl showed up in Last of Us Season 2 as one of Abby’s friends. Apparently she’s real buddy-buddy with Sony. Whatever the case, it’s next level laziness. I understand using face models as inspiration, but they straight copied her face lmao.

@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy Those days are long gone. Nintendo has merged their devs to make games for a single console instead of spreading them across two, and Sony has quit the dedicated handheld space, meaning there won’t be a true successor to the Vita that gets its own exclusives. Portable PS6 is the most they'll offer.

@AdamNovice 2 hours is plenty of time for a handheld gaming session.

@get2sammyb I’ll take your word on Shenmue 3, but I do know that some AI videos have a certain tell—like say you prompt a clip where “karate instructor slightly nods head” and it’s a 7 second video. Usually the character will stand largely in place for the first couple seconds, as if the AI had to process the prompt mid-video, before doing the main action 😂

Lots of scenes look stiff, so I’d say it’s AI-generated. Also, an announcement trailer wouldn’t be this long.

“manoeuvrability” gave me a good laugh trying to pronounce it.

Now they add 40fps and auto-loot :/

Already finished the game last month, and have zero desire to ever come back to it. The third act was executed poorly and left a bad mark for me.

Gooners gonna goon. This game is a poor man’s Bayonetta.

I’m not a fan of games being “stuck” on one platform. Putting them on PC/Steam allows them to be playable for more people, and at the highest graphical settings, too. And then there’s the modding community which can extend the life of a game.

The people who don’t want Sony’s exclusives on PC are afraid of PlayStation losing its value, and therefore second-guessing their purchase as potentially pointless.

At the end of the day, if you want a PS, get one. Consoles are still cheaper than a Gaming PC.

The idea of Neo-NPCs sounds so stupid. I don’t care to have generated conversations, give me tailored writing written by writers every time.

It sold 14k the past two weeks (7k each week) so 2k less sold this week isn’t that bad. I’m curious to see sales figures over the next few weeks, as the holidays are coming up.

This site doesn’t wanna hear the truth, but Lego Horizon > Horizon 1&2

I could barely stand kid Atsu’s English voice. It was like nails on a chalkboard.

Another reaction from Sony to Nintendo’s recent action.

For those who don’t know, Nintendo recently released an app that logs players’ game stats (total hours, total sessions, etc). This site even wrote an article about it, asking for Sony to do something similar. The only info it’s missing is each date that a game was played, along with the session time that day, which Nintendo shows.

To be fair, total hours and game progress was already something we could see. Only new thing here is sessions played. As a widget, I think this is useless. There needs to be a global way to see our detailed stats, preferably through the PS app.

They’re only saying there won’t be a pre-launch demo. I’m sure it’ll get one shortly after the game’s release.

@Stevemalkpus Thanks for letting me know. I knew it could hook up to a monitor, but I didn’t know they had an official dock. It’s a separate $80 cost on top of the $400 Deck, but then again it’s not trying to be a Switch.

“[…] the PS5’s stationary form factor is always going to put it at a disadvantage.“

That’s pretty much the takeaway here. Nobody has yet to challenge the Switch with its hybrid form yet. Even the Steam Deck doesn’t have detachable controllers or a bundled-in dock. Even if Sony comes out with a handheld, if it’s not hybrid, it won’t have a chance against the Switch. These companies have to understand why the Switch is as popular as it is. Beyond the exclusives, its design is simple and convenient. Having two controllers from the get-go encourages IRL couch co-op/multiplayer, which has become a lost art for PS/Xbox fans. And it’s slim af, not bulky like the other handhelds. I understand why they’re bulky, but it’s not gonna resonate with the masses. Nintendo really hit the best balance between power and portability with the Switch this time around. If Sony just makes a powerful handheld, I don’t see it doing performing very well.

Also I will never take anyone seriously who says that Sony and Nintendo don’t compete. Just because Nintendo doesn’t compete in the specs race doesn’t mean their consoles aren’t still going head-to-head. This is straight from the CEO’s mouth.

Buy slop, expect slop.

I don’t agree with the narrative that devs are going to be scrambling to delay or early-release their games just to accommodate GTA. It won’t affect Nintendo’s market. It won’t affect the PC market. And devs that release their games on multiple platforms have little to worry about.

@KawakiisaFraud Ya gotta chill, game key cards are meant for 3rd parties if preferred. Nintendo doesn’t use them for their games.

This anonymous update deserved its own article. Comments will look different now.

Anyway, Rockstar can kick rocks. I don’t want to get GTA6 anymore. Not when they treat their employees like this.

Looks like Rockstar wants some of that Gen 10 pokemon pie.

The cross-buy button only makes sense if Sony is charging extra, which they will. My guess is that their cross-buy option will cost $100. $70 for the game itself, and $30 for the PC version. Otherwise, who wouldn’t choose to have a game available on more than one platform?

I would love to revisit Stillwater with a younger OG cast. Keep the scope simple please. The writing should be more like the first two games rather than 3&4.

@PressTurn You should see all the hate Nintendo gets on Reddit. They really have convinced themselves that no one likes or will buy Nintendo anymore. And in their next sentence mention that they will pirate their games. Clearly they still like what Nintendo makes, despite wanting to cancel them. Hypocrites, the lot of them.

I hate that this generation of gaming has become more about AI upscaling to mimic native-like performance rather than giving us the proper hardware to enjoy 60fps at a high, native resolution, that doesn’t contain the image quality issues induced by AI.

Sony isn’t competing for your time. If you buy a PS5 Pro, PS+, an extra dualsense controller and 10 games, they’ll be happy. Those 10 games could go untouched for all they care, they got your money.

And it doesn’t look like Sony is going to stop making movie-games anytime soon. But I also wouldn’t mind if they started making more compact games again that prioritize gameplay over story. Astrobot is a great example.

People are surprised that Halo is being brought over before a shelved Sony franchise?

Queue Sony finding a lost receipt under their couch tallying 5 million more PS3 sales.

Some of the haters calmed down once they saw footage of Atsu’s bare bottom in the hot springs.

If Microsoft makes an Xbox console that’s also a fully featured PC, I’d heavily consider getting it. I’m more of a PC gamer nowadays but I still love the simplicity of console play. And if it integrates Steam, Xbox fans will have easy access to Sony’s exclusives.

I like the idea of a console/PC hybrid, but it has to be executed well. Let’s wait and see.

The digital serial number is great.

Any game that gate-locks a platinum behind what is essentially a second playthrough (on the hardest difficulty no less) isn’t worth trophy collecting to me.

If it’s an optional trophy, great.

I wonder why this game hasn’t hit PC yet. Doesn’t take that long to convert motion and trackpad controls to standard control schemes.

@nhSnork The tools for Saints Row 1&2 to get recompiled into PC ports are there, thanks to the team who made Sonic Unleashed Recompiled. It just needs a group of dedicated people to get it done.

New experiences please. At this point the Ghost series has run its course. Though I love Spiderman, Insomniac has turned into Marvel’s pet. Naughty Dog is the only studio attempting something truly new. Hope other studios follow.

PS5 is my first and last Sony console. I’ve felt burned this gen by their 1st party output, and now that they release most of their games on PC, I’ve no need to buy another. I’ll take Dualsense 2 though.

Spoiler-free:

I’m 40 hours in with only 2/6 bosses crossed off. I’ve been obsessed with exploring as much as I can. It’s really cool that the spyglass is practical, because when you spot a new area of interest, it will also show up on your map, so you can choose to track it later in case you’re doing something else at the moment. A lot of NPCs help this game feel alive, whether it’s through a quest, or telling you that a hot spring is nearby (which will then show on the map). The combat is nice, but sometimes it’s hard juggling 2-3 enemies + archers. I do find it funny that Atsu has all these different weapons to deal with certain foes, but Jin only needed to shift his feet and swing his sword a different way.

All in all, I’m having a great time with the game. I should put more of a focus on the story missions though.

This would have been the perfect game for a black protagonist. Come on Ubisoft, grow a backbone and make this game happen.

@IntrepidWombat Sony used to be more experimental back then. It feels like the success of The Last of Us tipped Sony into a more cinematic game direction for most of the games that followed.

On another note, the last several years it’s been Last of Us II, Spiderman 2, God of War (2), Ghost 2, etc. and a bunch of cancelled live-service games. I don’t blame anyone who says Sony games feel the same lately, because other than Astro Bot, Wolverine, and Intergalactic, there hasn’t been any totally new single player experiences. And only 1 of those 3 games I just mentioned are currently out. So yeah…

The only thing I’m getting sick of seeing in Sony games is the damn skill tree. They’re basically in every game, and it always makes their progression system feel same-y and tedious. I guarantee you Wolverine is going to have one too. Last of Us gets a pass since it has weapon upgrades rather than learning moveset skills like the others.

@mvhess I find it gross to see blood splattering about in dramatic fashion. I’m sure Insomniac will have me covered, since they’re great with accessibility options.

@jgrangervikings1 He was never big on Nintendo. He almost always threw shade at them. I remember this one site called GoNintendo made so many posts about this guy that the community got sick of it and convinced the site runner (Dan?) to stop featuring him. Sometimes he’s featured on NintendoLife and is met with similar distaste from fans.

But I had no idea he dogged on PlayStation too. Is there anything this guy likes?

Digital Foundry said that the story/characterization was stronger this time around. Is that really true? From all the trailers I’ve seen, Atsu looks basic. With Jin, we got to see his transformation from Samurai to ghost and how that conflicted with the Shogun. It was a great story of a man who lost his traditional honor.