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That is a thumbnail for an article. Still not playing Rivals though; not my sort of game.

I am not sure that should be so unexpected; niche device sells to people already paying for premium and most likely to get use out of it.

Has got me thinking on just how much money I have spent on gaming throughout the years... but then again, perhaps some things are better off unknown.

Appears to be £3.74 for me whilst logged in. That said, I don't own any of the Assasin's Creed games, so perhaps I am targeted? Either way, quite scummy if this indeed what is happening.

The review score won't make much difference either way, agreed.

That said, if a game is launched, you would expect a game to be reviewed as it is as the game should be a complete experience. If a portion of the game which the developers themselves think is so significant that it can alter perception of the whole game is not ready for launch, then they should either move the launch, or accept the judgement on the work we have available. The fact that developers even feel that they have to ask for this, doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the game.

Another one bites the dust. I am sure it won't be long before we all find ourselves here again with another live service FTP game.

"Kratos! What's my name?!"

In light of yesterday's news, coming back here has been interesting seeing just how hyped people were for this studio. A pity they never got to do much beyond some slight support for GOW Ragnarok.

I would be worried about this affecting me, but then I look at how consistent my playtimes are across my consoles over the last few years and I feel reassured that perhaps my phone isn't rotting my brain quite as much as I might fear. Just regular game brainrot.

That said, I am not surprised this is happening.

Huh. May finally be forced to dive into my backlog. Fun.

I alway laugh when I see big expensive collector's editions for a game, and the game is either a digital code, or in some cases, no game at all. At that point, should probably just call it a merch box or something along those lines.

Somewhat interested to see what they try; PS Plus price rises won't do anything to me; I already don't subscribe.

When you consider the other bad practices that have been allowed to propagate, such as paying for online multiplayer, day one DLC, microtransactions and more, it isn't that surprising companies do this as they know there are enough people who are foolish enough to buy "early" access.

@MrPeanutbutterz Holy ****, not sure why everyone is trying to jump you. It's a valid enough opinion.

That said, I am glad we are one step closer to the series being completely available. I might finally do a marathon of the series so I have something to compare 5 to.

Yeah, I am kind of done with RGG now. Even if they make a 3rd Judgment game, I no longer have faith in them to not completely mess it up with questionable decisions.

Game was never going to be for me as multiplayer focused.

Now that I said that, there is nothing wrong with the artstyle; money has clearly been invested here. That said, I feel like it and the gameplay don't have much of an identity of its own. Yes, this is based off Horizon IP, but it doesn't feel like a Horizon game at present; it just feels like they are chasing what everyone else is doing, which is a recurring problem right now. And if it can't carve an identity of its own, then why bother playing this over something else. With game dev times getting longer, seeing a game which doesn't seem to justify itself is very disappointing. Early days of course, and I will be biased since I don't play multiplayer games typically, so things could change, but eh, I doubt it.

Does he have a more derogatory term we should use? Otherwise, slop is fine.

@JB_Whiting It's not really surprising people have this mindset. This is the same industry that has accepted paying for online multiplayer, day one dlc, microtransactions, lootboxes etc. People don't really care. Power to them I guess, though I personally loathe generative AI and it's usage in real world application.

I've come to find myself not wanting to contribute to comments and discussions like this anymore as it feels like to me people have accepted everything becoming more **** and worse; actively encourage it. All I can do is try to support the games I want to play now whilst they are still around. My only relief so far is that the games shown to be using Gen AI so far are all games I am not personally interested in anyway.

@Netret0120 Mahjong is a pain to learn and I would be lying if I said I was any good at it, but I do seem to enjoy playing it at this point. Hard part was trying to get it through my skull what hands still win even after revealing some of your tiles. I will freely admit to needing a guide for Shogi.

I am close to platinum on 0, but Baseball is messing me up, specifically the one item on the completion list to win 5 million yen in one sitting.

Kiwami 2 was the first game in the series I got Platinum. Only other games from RGG which I have done that with so far is Gaiden and Lost Judgment. Good to see it finally playing in 60fps. Might replay it solely for the cabaret management game.

You don't have to sell it to me, I already wasn't going to play anyway.

Mobile + MMO = No go.

All I was thinking of when I saw this was VA-11 Hall-A. Might try it out.

Hey, I can pick up this game physically now. Nice.

Man, this makes me sad; Rikiya, Nakahara and Hamazaki look completely different and with new voive actors. I get possible difficulties in getting the original VAs, but the new voices and looks are throwing me off hard.

I should preface by saying this is the only Metal Gear I have played.

I quite enjoyed it; stealth isn't really my thing, but given how open ended the missions were, there was freedom to how you went about your missions. I quite liked the characters as well and I enjoyed playing back the cassettes in between missions, but I also feel that a lot of the tapes should have been full blown cutscenes and perhaps were intended to be, but never got around to being finished. I know about the cut "Chapter 3" but even if it were included, I don't think it would have tied off the story neatly enough for me. I know people weren't keen on it, but I also liked the "twist" ending. I do feel it would have been more impactful if they got David Hayter to voice the last scene.

I still haven't played P3R yet because no matter how good the new talent is, it always feels off to me. If the cast is being replaced for potential P4R, then I will probably be similarly disinterested.

This snuck up on for me. For some reason, I didn't think this was due to be released yet. Guess I know what I will be buying soon.

Price is slighly higher than I was hoping, but given the upgrade and the fact that I want to show Ninja Gaiden has an audience, I am currently watching it download as I speak. Thrilled to play this again and assuming it comes physical (not through limited release companies), I will double dip.

Holy ****! Both 2d and 3d Ninja Gaidens being developed is incredible.

I need that J.Jonah Jamieson gif.

I've said this before, but I don't think any game is worth more than £60 to me. I typically don't buy games at launch anymore, and if I do, it is Nintendo, or it £50 or less. I don't have interest in GTA anyway but if other Devs and Publishers try it, they are going to be sorely disappointed.

I feel my comment from last week's article about why Sony should keep pushing for Live Service aged like fine wine. The amount of money wasted is absurd.

Cool for Netease.

Don't see why Sony should pursue GAAS because of one live service success, especially given the failue of Concorde, but hey, could be funny to watch them waste their money.

To be fair, I am guilty of owning 5 of those copies. Physical and digital for both Switch and PS4, and the android release. Brilliant game.

"Oh, and the combat is action-based"

And I'm in. All I needed to hear.

@Yousef- Apparently an appropriately coloured panel will be provided for those wanting a disc drive according to the article.

Controller looks nice but they can keep it.

Saw this during the presentation, then they immediately talk about all the ways they are enhancing graphics with the Pro. Feels like no lessons were learned here.

We are beyond worry at this point. This is a big fumble.

That price point for diminishing returns, when it still doesn't really feel like the base PS5 has been used efficiently... Plus raising the price of the dualsense.

I need some of whatever Sony is smoking.

Good to see Hayride again.

Thrilled about this. I still need to finish TP Hospital, but I have 100% TP Campus. I am always curious to see where these guys go next.

@RoomWithaMoose That gives me a bit of hope if 3 is better. I will keep going and see what happens. =)

Recently brought a bundle with the intention of playing through them. I played through Precursor Legacy 100%, fantastic game. On Jak II, and not enjoying as much. Hoping I find my motivation to continue.

To be fair, it could just be less people playing for Plus rather than people upgrading plans but eh. If Sony are convinced that the additional offerings are worth money, they could make online multiplayer free again... but they won't.

Not sure how only requiring internet for installation makes it any better; the whole draw of having a physical copy is knowing it will work down the line when it is no longer possible to connect to a server.

Granted, I am very unlikely to play this anyway; never got into the series. But it does irk me how we collectively keep letting practices like this become common place. People seem to think gaming is disposable; which is exactly what it will become.

@get2sammyb Or even better; stop trying to get more people on the PSN ecosystem and let them play the games. People keep saying making a "free" account is a nothing burger, but then lose their minds when it turns out it is not needed.

@ShogunRok Hey, looks pretty good
I can think of a member of staff or two who could use it. =)

I like how many commenters who were calling PC gamers cry babies for pushing back against having to create and link a PSN account are now getting as upset because it was rolled back. If the PSN requirement really was that meaningless then why would you get this upset at Sony for backing down?

I guess Sony really need that PC money if they are willing to go back on this though perhaps the damage is already done.

Congrats to PC community however. They know what they are about.

Just finished downloading and about to start playing. See ya later. =)

UPDATE: Think I may have already soft-locked myself.

Another slow start doesn't exactly thrill me. I only really got around to plowing through Like a Dragon a few months ago despite owning the game since it's launch because the game just took forever to get going for me. The change in gameplay didn't help either.

As much as I want to know what will happen to Kiryu, I think I'll wait for this one until cheaper.

"That's the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection."

Who said it "needs" to happen? Your CEO? Other industry "leaders"?

Biggest scam is people being told they don't need to own the content they are consuming.