Lovespuds

Very excited for this title, a game in this genre comes along very rarely so I always feel keen when one comes around.

I personalky think that Until Dawn surpassed anything from Quantic Dreams so I am interested to see how QD respond to Until Dawn's quality and popularity.

Cannot get the overworld map music from Nino Kuni 2 out of my head, its fabulous. I know it's a rehash from the first game but still, I love it.

@get2sammyb
Great review Sammy, I think I may well pick this up as I didn't buy it last year. I will need to train in resisting swinging at everything again, the hardest part of the Show by far in my opinion.

Do you watch any baseball and if so, do you root for a particular team? I got into MLB about 20 years ago when feeding my daughter in the wee hours, we only had 5 channels on the TV in the bedroom so I ended up watching baseball.

@get2sammyb
The problem is, in respect of new releases especially, those discounts still leave you paying more for the game than you would pay for the equivalent physical release.

The store prices are chronically overpriced in my opinion.

Although I personally haven't benefited from many of the games on PS+ recently, because I buy almost every major title when it comes out, I think Sony are absolutely killing it with their free game offering this year.

@Quintumply
Fantastic soundtrack in that version of the game, I don't think it will be bettered by this new release. I'll still pick it up though as Lumines is tremendous fun to play.

Super excited for this title, although the last two Tomb Raider games enjoyed critical and commercial success, I do feel that they are a little under appreciated as you don't hear them brought up very often (in the same way Uncharted crops up for example).

I absolutely loved these games and while they aren't as important to me as Uncharted, I still think they are incredible titles, a new game in the series will earn a pre order from me.

The only person I can see competing with Nathan Drake is Joel, I hope I never have to make that choice! 😁

Love this feature, congrats and thanks again to all involved for this, it's really good fun.

Never saw the fuss with Mega drive personally, I had a buddy with one and I did love Revenge of Shinobi but for me, the Amiga was THE games machine of the 90's.

@Shepherd_Tallon
Darkest Dungeon is incredible squire, it's tough and the controls are a little awkward at first, but persevere as after an hour or two you'll be hooked.

@Shigurui
Agreed, that character was incredible. He was really tough, but you could just detect a kind nature under the surface, such a well written personality.

@Rudy_Manchego
Hope you are all on the mend fella.

For me, I'll be cheering on my beloved Liverpool and then it's on with Shadows of Mordor which I started yesterday. So far it seems excellent although, the menu stuff seems quite overwhelming so I have some learning to do.

@get2sammyb
Yup, the internet is a pretty depressing place, it's bonkers to me that anyone can take issue with the principles of equal treatment and rights irrespective of gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation etc.

For me, the way Naughty Dog has crafted their stories and characters is beyond reproach, they are masters in their field and the delicacy and subtly of characters like Elle or Bill in TLoU is incredible.

Congrats to ND and to Druckman, as far as I am concerned, they have a perfect track record so far.

The only videogame character I can imagine coming close to beating out Joel is Nathan Drake or maybe, at a push, Sully.

As someone who adored all of the Motorstorm games I am super excited for Onrush.

I only hope they do a better job with the AI though as Motorstorm got ridiculously hard as you progressed.

Pre ordered as soon as it was listed on Shopto, I cannot wait to play this game as I had so much fun getting the platinum trophy in Odinshere and I am gagging for more of the same.

I love the art in this game, it looks beautiful 😍

I loved the utility of the switch cane as it was effective as a short sword on single enemies and brilliant at crowd control in whip form.

Even with my platinum trophy already secured I am tempted to go back for yet another trip to Yarnham, what an utterly incredible game.

I saw this title and immediately this movie popped into my head 🤣

https://youtu.be/HBio0yVZXz0

Battlefield 1942 was the game that lured me away from CounterStrike back in the day, the idea of a revisit to that conflict with those weapons and vehicles fills me with utter joy.

I hope that these rumours are well founded, super excited!

It will be interesting to see if the Bad Company rumours were true.

I would love to revisit WW2 where it all began for me 20 years (ish) ago, maybe even another trip to Vietnam?

More time in Paris, trying to knock off a bunch of challenges in Hitman, I am really hooked at the moment. It's so cool, funny, stupid and visceral, all at the same time.

Probably try a little Bayonetta on Switch while the footy is on too , there are some good fixtures this weekend. Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

@NathanUC
It's always fab when that happens, it's really cool that Japanese games are making there way to the west more and more frequently.

For me, it's what makes PlayStation so irresistible, the combination of western developed games, mainstream Japanese games, the more niche Japanese games and exclusive games is unbeatable in my opinion.

@Gamer83
This is US only, and even then, the margins were slim. You have to imagine that in respect of the more important worldwide sales, Sony is still dominating.

Not trying to downplay the Switch here, I love my Switch to bits.

This looks awesome but way beyond my ability, that music is pretty sweet though!

I am really excited to play this game, but I still cannot help but feel disappointed that they didn't re-release Nino Kuni on PS4 before hand.

Still, Nino Kuni 2 looks immense and I have it pre ordered, can any character in this sequel trump my fellow countryman Drippy, is the big question 😁

@Tasuki
Apologies for using the faeces expletive, it won't happen again.

Looking back through my history I am struggling to spot any instances where I have used coarse language so I am not sure that I have been warned 'several times', I am not sure a public shaming was really required either.

Nonetheless, I apologise to the community for any offense caused. Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone.

I think EA peaked with Fight Night 3 when it comes to sports combat games. I love UFC but there is no way to faithfully recreate the ground game is a fun, dynamic way.

@ShogunRok
I'll see your Witcher 3 and raise you a Bloodborne! 😊

It's crazy how much game you can get for your money with both Witcher 3 and Dark Souls 3.

I only wish I had the willpower to wait to buy games when they drop in price 😕

I am very late to the party, but I am about to start Hitman on PS4. I am really excited to play it as I watch a lot of Giantbomb and they played the poo of this game.

I will mix in a little Monster Hunter World too I expect, but I must be honest, I am struggling to make progress in that game. I just feel overwhelmed as I have a terrible need to collect everything when playing video games so I am obsessing about trying to methodically complete every side quest, make every armour set and all the rest.

Well, personally, I am still anticipating the title for now. Codemasters know there stuff where racers are concerned and I am a 'glass half full' kinda guy, mix in some staff from Evolution Studios and I think it has a good chance of being a fun game.

I enjoyed the Mafia 3 just fine, it was repetitive but I felt there was enough story and fun to keep me playing until I scored a platinum trophy.

Sorry to hear this, best of luck to those who have been laid off ☹

I am personally really interested in this game, but then, I love anything remotely 'souls like' in respect of mechanics. I am also a real sucker for anime art so this game ticks quite a few boxes for me.

Shout out to Software+ in Newport.

Super friendly staff, great range of Commodore 64 and Amiga games. I remember buying my first game with money I earned at my first job at Software+, I felt so grown up. Microprose Soccer on the C64, god I loved that game.

I also remember a summer holiday from school and waiting outside for Software+ to open with my best friend, waiting to buy the first Sensible Soccer game (long before that developed into Sensi World of Soccer). My mate and I had been playing the demo disk for weeks in the run up to release...we were so excited! 😄

It eventually got bought out if I remember and moved to a more upmarket shop in a better location, but it lost is soul in the process and their prices crept up so I sadly went elsewhere.

It's not a realistic animation, but I really enjoy the running animation of your character in Monster Hunter World.

The awesome, flowing armour sets in Bloodborne make for some fabulous running animations too.

Maaaan, I love Elizabeth, a great character from a fantastic game......but, it's Victor 'goddamn' Sullivan!!!! How can anyone compete with Sully?

Also, as a massive sucker for cute looking pets, Trico is pretty irresistible to me

Wow, I would be all over this, like white on rice!!!

Disappointed to see negativity around the Crash remakes in this comments section, personally, I felt they were fantastic and that the dev did pretty much a perfect job of remaining faithful to the source material while updating the games for a modern audience.

If Spyro meets the same level of quality as the Crash remaster I will be thrilled to bits.

@ToddlerNaruto

I always play a goodie two shoes, so it was actually quite refreshing to play as evil on my second play through of ISS. Coincidently, I did my hard play through as evil too, the evil powers were fun to use indiscriminately so I feel evil + hard us the way to go.

Super satisfying Platinum to get.

@ToddlerNaruto

Loved Infamous Second Son, a little under appreciated in my opinion, although the main character is a bit irritating (that might be the old git in me though😃). It was actually quite a satisfying Platinum trophy as it forced me to do what I never do usually, and be a baddy.

As for real life stuff, I feel your pain, they aught to mention this real life stuff as part of the marriage vows 😂

I never thought it possible, but there really are too many games coming out to keep up with....1st world problems I guess 😁

@ToddlerNaruto

Really kind of you to respond in such detail squire, much appreciated!!

Looks like I am all out of excuses, off to Shopto I go 😃

Enjoy the rest of your weekend mate.

Never played a Kingdom Hearts game, the ridiculous way they number their games makes it super confusing as to what games I 'need' to play and what are optional or remixes of the same games.

Even in the PS4 remix release it's unclear if there are multiple versions of the same game or whether you need to play everything in the compilation.

It's a shame as I would like to play what I need too in preparation for KH3 but I have heard the story is ridiculously convoluted and you need to play hand held titles etching to be fully caught up.

@Frank90
Unless you intend to play it in hand held form on the Switch, surely it has to be PS4, this game is going to look so much sharper on PS4.

I need to get back to playing the 1st game again on PS4, I finished it twice on PS3 back in the day, what a thoroughly brilliant title.

I am enjoying it far more than I expected too, I didn't expect to be so attached to my Palicoe, Brad Kitt, either 😁

Looks like Capcom struck gold this time around, good for them I say.

I had real fun with this after it was given away with PSN. It's easy to complain about the servers but in reality, I bet nobody is playing the game and as a result, it makes no financial sense to keep the servers running.

@MDHegs
That's really cool, my lad doesn't seem to interested unfortunately, but I'd love to play it with him. Looks like solo with a little MP with colleagues.

I had the game pre ordered but it's going to have to sit on the shelf this week as I am 9 chapters into Yakuza 0 at the moment.

It's fascinating just how popular Japanese software has become over the last few years compared to last gen, there really are some fabulous games coming out of that region on PS4....I cannot get enough of them!

I would love a remaster too, it's been donkeys years since I played it, I actually imported my copy because it wasn't announced for the West for ages after it released in Japan.

I have to say though, as much as I love it, Dark Souls is the better game in my opinion. It took Demon Souls and refined it and made a better title.

@MadAussieBloke
Not to be 'that guy', but I found loads of decent titles to play on the Wii......Mario Galaxy 1&2 are still my favourite Mario titles, despite how great Odyssey is.

As for Monster Hunter, I have never played one and I am really excited to give this a go. Do you spec your character build towards a certain weapon, or is it easy enough to change weapons to see which you prefer?

I guess no matter how competent this game turns out to be, it's got an uphill struggle on its hands with gamers due to the general negativity surrounding Konami.

I am not a multiplayer guy at all so my interest in this game is very low anyway, but if Konami make a good game that appeals to me, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Sorry to be a grumpy guts, but I never really understood why these games were so popular back in the day. I played them on PC so for the time they looked cool, but I thought they played quite poorly.

I just felt they were quite average games I guess.