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Playing through Yakuza 6 at the moment. Just started Chapter 8. Once finished, I will try and get back into Judgment (currently a few chapters in but struggling to hold my interest as well as main Yakuza games).

I am still cautiously looking forward to Yakuza 7 (Like a Dragon), but a new protagonist and gameplay is going to take some getting used to. I have just enjoyed Kiryu's story so much, that I am not looking forward to the end.

Are Koei Tecmo purposely trying to kill Dead or Alive? Do we know of any other games they make that they try to monetise as fiercely as this?

That didn't take long. I have 3 trophies from Two Point Hospital so far. Hopefully I will have more soon.

@Neolit An exception, not the rule. Though admittedly my first comment does seem to sound like an absolute that all games on PC are guaranteed to run better which is obviously untrue.

@redd214 Don't get me wrong, consoles are very convenient and can also be cheaper than a fancy-pants gaming PC. It is a contributing factor to why I have stuck with consoles for so long. However, exclusives are what ultimately sells the console for me. For example, if Microsoft had more exclusives worth giving a darn about, I would most likely have brought most of my games for Xbox One rather than PS4, especially since I did not have a PS3 the previous generation. Most of the games on either console are third-party, and look practically identical on either console but more importantly, are available on PC. If both consoles lose their exclusives, PC makes sense to keep all my games in one place.

Assuming any first-party game for PS4 comes to PC eventually, the only real exclusive that the PS4 as a console has that I care about would be Persona. The only other draw of consoles for me is physical media, but that is also starting to develop drawbacks due to no longer being 100% complete. You are correct though that ultimately all this is doing is giving people more choice; just that in my specific case it is to not buy a PS5. I should point that this is an extreme scenario assuming Sony continue with this trend.

@GamingFan4Lyf PC is costly. It is what keeps putting me off. I should probably stress that I am not saying that my circumstances are the same as everyone else, but I would rather invest the money into a PC than individual consoles if I can play everything in one place which will be the case if Sony continues to put exclusives onto PC. That by itself is worth the extra investment for me. Consoles will however always ultimately be cheaper and in theory, will have games optimized to perfection to play on them. I say in theory because some developers seem to struggle with optimization compared to others.

@Shepherd_Tallon This is probably the most accurate comment. Kudos to you.

I don't mind former exclusives being on PC. It just means that instead of a PS5, I will just invest in finally having a decent gaming PC. After all, if the games are eventually going to come to PC and look/perform better as a result, then what is the point of sticking with Playstation?

It is possible more third-parties will do this... If so, Sony need to ensure they have 1st party games exclusive to PS5 (no PC)... bring on Knack 3.

Gross. Just gross... Because "Gross" by itself was not enough so "Just gross".

If it is as mechanically satisfying as The Messenger then I will eagerly look forward to playing this. They just made movement in that game so satisfying and quick.

At least Dreams is still in the charts. Yakuza Remastered Collection has disappeared entirely off the Top 40 along with Darksiders Genesis. Bit sad that Yakuza has already disappeared but then again, it is possible that most people brought them as the individual games released digitally. I am looking forward to trying Vanquish, but I am struggling between 100% finishing the Yakuza games and starting Two Point Hospital when it releases tomorrow.

"...we were expecting a PlayStation 5 reveal event and The Last of Us: Part II’s launch right around now – neither have materialised. The latter is still shrouded in mystery,..."

I am being a bit pedantic, but shouldn't it be former rather than latter?

Now back to the topic at hand. I still have plenty to play in my backlog before TLOU2, but I can understand the frustration. Quite a few games have been moved so far this year, such as Cyberpunk and FF7. It is nice to know that TLOU2 is being polished, just a pity that the beginning of 2020 has seemingly became empty.

That P5: Ultimate Edition discount though... I know that Royal is just around the corner which is probably why P5 is on sale, but the entirety of P5 with all DLC for £16 is insane!

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games and Danganronpa 1/2 Reload both for £15 each is also fantastic and worth playing. Ace Attorney for £12 is also great.

Looking through this sale has also made me realise you can buy an add-on for RE2 which unlocks modes which you normally unlock by playing the game... really? I fail to see the point, but whatever.

Yakuza 0 for £9 is also great. If you want to get into the series, there is no better time now that all the games are available on PS4. Cannot recommend enough.

"Will this impact your enjoyment at all?"

Why would it? It is not a gameplay/story change, just making it easier for people to play in their native language. Good on Atlus for doing so.

Glad to see Yakuza doing well. I have binged Yakuza over the past week just playing through the main stories. I have beat 3 and 4, currently in Part 2 of 5. I will be going back to complete the games properly, but I just really wanted to get into the story of Kiryu. I will also be buying 6 within the next couple of weeks.

I was worried that I wasn't going to like 3-5 that much as I had been playing Judgment recently and was not enjoying it as much as I hoped, but so far it has been incredible. Truly, there has never been a better time to get into the series than now!

Yeah... no. Environmentally friendly perhaps, but not the most practical when it comes to protecting the disc. For me personally as well, would not look as satisfying to display/store. I know cartridges came in cardboard (NES, SNES, N64), but I tend to find that they are more sturdy than discs.

Edit: Good examples of what could be done is cutting down the size of the boxes, and adopting similar designs to something like a 3DS case, where there are holes that make a nice pattern whilst saving materials.

Definitely relationship sim elements then. I am sure it will make sense in context. I mean it can't be that bad given it is only Teen right? ...Right?

At least you know the ESRB were very... thorough when it came to those specific scenes. I am looking forward to this game though. It will be good to try Sakura Wars proper, though I hear the gameplay is different from predecessors.

Please remaster/rerelease all three and then make Ninja Gaiden 4. I would very much appreciate it. Funnily enough, I was talking to a friend regarding this last night. Interesting that an article just happens to appear.

£4.79 for the Arkham Knight Season Pass sounds pretty tempting. Might use as an excuse to replay Arkham Knight.

Just plug it into my veins! It looks just as stylish as P5 in terms of presentation, and the gameplay looks appealing to me. Very much looking forward to this.

@BarefootBowser @JJ2 I should probably clarify. If the base model was cheap enough, I probably would just buy a PS5 and have done with it. But given that both PS4 and Xbox One had upgraded models, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to assume a pro is being made. I do not necessarily need a Pro specifically, especially since I do not know what this hypothetical Pro would offer, but I would rather just have the best variant of the console from the start than buy multiple variants of the console.
There is a possibility that the Pro would not happen as pointed out, in which case, the PS5 should be cheaper by that point anyway.

Well with PS5 as close as it is and it being confirmed in an interview to be backwards-compatible with PS4, if you do not already own a PS4, you may as well wait until PS5.

For me though who already has a PS4, I think I will wait until PS5 gets cheaper, or they announce a pro model. I am in no rush; my backlog for PS4 is huge.

That is interesting. Watching the trailer, I noticed the newbie does not appear to have a code name. I wonder if that is because we have not seen the character before (from previous P5 media) so they are keeping it a secret, or if there is a plot reason as to the lack of code name.

That depends. I would of been fine with PS4 compatibility, although 1, 2 and 3 would be brilliant. However, if there is any weight to the idea that Sony plan on releasing first-party exclusives on to PC a few years after they launch, then the PS5 would need to be compatible with PS1-4 including disc support for me to seriously want to buy it. Unfortunately, I do not know how feasible this is.

That is dirty... real dirty.

Does not seem to be working for me at the moment but I will try again later. Just from looking at my backloggery however, 2019 was not as great as I was hoping. I am half expecting Spiderman and Spyro to be at the top of my list.

Can't say I am particularly surprised; the list is almost boringly predictable. With the exception of Bloodborne, Dark Souls and Mass Effect 2, every other game on the list managed to sell at least 10 million (more in a couple of cases). When you look at it like that, it makes sense they would be at the top with so many people giving them high ratings. (Not saying it is not deserved; it would explain why they sold so well.)

I personally don't think The Last of Us should be at the top either; it should definitely be played at least once due to the story alone and how it is told, but gameplay wise it didn't have enough variety for me to be interested in repeat playthroughs and I also did not enjoy the ending one bit (did make for a good final level however).

Good for everyone that really liked it though. Here's hoping for more games that everybody likes.

That arrangement of Rivers in the Desert... damn, just... damn.

This game really does look like a full sequel to Persona 5 and it looks so much deeper than a simple warriors game. I can't wait for this... we need a western date already!

This is a nope, but I would be laughing if this did actually happen. Hopefully it would mean the games from Bethesda would be a lot less buggy... nah, Bethesda never changes.

Breakfast dreams are made of this...

...I'm hungry.

Well this is awkward. I have not played a single game on that list. The only ones I own is Judgment which I have not yet started and Resident Evil 2 (only just been gifted). I do plan on buying a few on that list, but have not yet done so... Kind of hard for me to judge which of them is Game of the Year material without playing them.

Ignoring V3's ending, yes I love Danganronpa! Unfortunately, I am no UI designer. Good luck to whoever applies though.

Well, I have some credit on eShop and PS Store, so hopefully the sales in a couple of days time will be really good. Happy spending everyone.

I am feeling a very mild annoyance by all the cheese puns. Tis a good gift though. I've stiltons of games to play before Death Stranding.

February is getting really busy... especially from SEGA, holy hell. Yakuza Collection, Two Point Hospital, and Bayonetta + Vanquish remasters... I need more time, and my wallet needs rest!

Saw this during the Nindies presentation. This idea sounds interesting on paper but I am worried about it getting stale too quickly, especially since the gameplay feels like the only real draw of the game, and I am expecting the variety to drop off. I hope I am wrong though as it could be really fun to play otherwise.

"The thing is, as fans we need to embrace the changes, and see where they take us."

Not all change is for the better, so I don't really feel we should embrace any change. That said, change will happen whether we want it to or not. Leaving feedback is the only thing we can do if we dislike the direction that it is going. It is times like this where I am glad I have all the major console because I can always leave to another console if need be if Sony really do seem to not listen to feedback.

However, I do not feel Sony are at that point. Not by a long shot. I still think they have had a pretty good generation and the PS5 has a disc drive, and I am confident that Sony will still have games worth buying their console for, so I am fine with them right now. The State of Play we just had would probably have been better received by fans if it wasn't for all the leaks as there was some good info (release dates for dreams, and reveal of RE3).

@carlos82 It wouldn't surprise me if he hadn't played completely through it. There was a review of Yakuza 0 he did where he was talking about the story being very poorly paced and not as interesting as it could be, and part of me is convinced he did not make it through to the end of the game so I could see it being a similar case for Death Stranding.

Like I said, he can sometimes be insightful, but quite a lot of his content does seem to be based around inside jokes from previous videos he has done; for example, in his Spiderman review, he starts the video mocking IGN for saying that "It makes you feel like Spiderman" within the first minute of the review, which comes from him mocking reviewers for saying the Arkham games make you feel like Batman. Probably best to watch most of his videos with a pinch of salt.

You are probably also right about most of the audience having not played the game either, but to be fair, I don't think they would of played the game even if Dunkey hadn't done that video; probably just looking for an excuse not to play.

I still need to buy this and play, but admittedly, I haven't yet done so because I am unsure if it would be worth my paying full price for it especially since PS4 games do seem to go down in price reasonably quick. It does seem to have difficulty getting people's attention though now that it has launched.

@carlos82 That was probably videogamedunkey you saw. Most of the time I find what he says quite useful, and the jabs he gives games are normally on point though I do occasionally disagree with a few things he says. I can't vouch for the death stranding video, as I purposely stay away from videos of new games that I may want to play.

Definitely gonna get Vanquish. Would love to try it.

@N0C7 Previous owners of Playstation 4 Edition should be getting Bedrock for free via digital, assuming it works like it has for the Switch and Xbox One variants.

Damn... I guess this means Playstation 4 Edition will no longer be updated... shame for 4J Studios, end of an era.

I do wonder if Bedrock is going to have a seperate trophy list (and therefore, a new platinum).

EDIT: Ignore me, 4J Studios do participate in devlopment of Bedrock. I thought that they only did the console editions.

I wonder if there will be any surprises, or if the one surprise they had was Resi 3. Either way, new info about this and GoT should be interesting (release dates wink wink).

@GodGamer I believe Nintendolife themselves did an article around E3 with Atsushi Inaba, Platinum Games Studio Head who said development was progressing well. Not to mention, games can be announced too early; for example, FF7 Remake was announced way too early (Edit: E3 2015), but it is indeed being released in March 2020.

At least you can buy them separately, I don't feel like buying Bayonetta again (own it twice despite not having yet beat it), but I am interested in Vanquish.

It is a pity that he wasn't vetted before hand since it is mentioned that other works were plagiarised, but to be fair, that could of been discovered at the same time as this trailer so it may not have been possible.

Still, these things happen; you only have to look at IGN for example with what happened with the Dead Cells review, it is all in how they respond I suppose, and Sony have removed the offending video so hopefully it will be ok.

Give me that Phantom Thief's edition. I missed out on the special edition for the original release.

Well, I should probably try to get into Resident Evil now all the major games are on one platform.

@GamingFan4Lyf I think the cheapest I saw the Switch was a Switch Lite for £169 instore at ASDA, otherwise I don't think it got anywhere below £199. £109 in comparison is pretty desirable I guess, although I despise an all digital future personally.

@Deadlyblack Not gonna lie, personal pet peeve of mine is when someone is playing games and eating something at the same time, especially when it is something like tangy cheese doritos because it can discolour the controller.

Not too fond of COD, but I do want Doritos now... damn it.