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@Nf157 That would require someone to run the company who knows what they're doing. Mattrick was an idiot, Spencer was a wolf in sheep's clothing, and while it's early to tell what Asha is up to, I doubt anything will change under her.

Yeah, this is stupid, but why are you getting the code-in-a-box version to begin with? It's just a piece of paper for a code that you have to input for a digital version. Just make your account in one of the other regions (if you don't have PSN there), like usual, and purchase GTA6 off the store. It's literally the same thing.

@rjejr The Ragnarok DLC came out in 2023, almost three years ago. And I'm pretty sure it didn't take the entire team to make it. There was probably a smaller team that worked on it. Likewise, Ragnarok came out in 2022, almost four years ago. By the time Laufey releases, it will be 4 years and some change. They were probably starting work on Laufey before Ragnarok came out, so I'm thinking Laufey's been in development for around 5 years, at least.

@bindiana Yeah, NOW they're milking the franchise, after God of War 1, 2, 3, Ghost of Sparta, Chains of Olympus, and Ascension all within an 8-year period.

There's only been three games within the last 6 years, and one of those was a side-scrolling metroidvania. We have no idea when the next Kratos game comes out, nor do we know when the remakes are out.

@nolifebr Aren't the PS3-era servers full of hackers and cheaters? Why do they want crossplay with all of that? I don't know how these new servers are, and whether you can do the same things on them.

@datamonkey About the only upside to them, IMO.

@Acquiescence And where exactly are you going to go if you care about physical media? PC is all digital, and while third parties on Xbox might have physical, Xbox themselves are essentially code in a box at this point, with the illusion of a physical disc. There are also rumors that Project Helix, the next console from them, won't have a physical drive either. The same is true for Switch 2, as the Game Key Card is pretty much similar.

I don't know what people expect Xbox to do. They are essentially already digital only. Their "physical" discs aren't much of anything, other than small files on the disc and you have to download the rest of the game. Very few of their games over the past few years are nothing more than the above. Oblivion Remastered was just the prologue on the disc, then you had to download the rest of the game. At least the last Gears of War remake/remaster had the full SP campaign, but you still had to download the multiplayer.

If I see anything in the future, I fully expect Xbox to continue pushing Game Pass and trying to make that the only option. That makes things even more baffling when they have a few games on Switch 2 that have the majority of the game, or even the full game, on the card.

There's also a free Royal Monsters update coming this summer for MH Stories 3 that they mentioned back in March.

I'm seeing a "Requires content download" on the box art on Best Buy's site, indicating that it's probably not the full game on the disc.

@Nitefire7786 That's the weird thing, especially with Gears. It was presumably already being worked on and almost finished, if you take the PEGI rating into account. I would have likely bought Gears and Clockwork Revolution, if they were coming out on PS5. I have no plans on getting an Xbox and I'm not a huge fan of going on PC.

It's funny that they say all of this stuff, but they are all over the place in making any kind of sense. Why choose Gears of War and Clockwork Revolution as the console exclusives? Why not a potentially bigger IP like Fable or Halo? Then they say that previously announced multiplat games are still coming, but they announce like 2-3 brand new games today that are coming to PS5.

If I didn't know any better, one would think they are using AI to make plans on how to run things, which isn't a far fetched idea considering Asha's previous position at the company. It's either that or they have a dartboard in the meeting room on which games get ported.

@trev666 I feel like the My Name is Mayo games put a lot more effort into their games than some of these other ones. Also, there are only like three Mayo games, while there are probably dozens of shovelware from some of these "devs." This dev above has around 40 games on PSN, for example.

@MrPeanutbutterz I agree with this. If you want the trophies/achievements/in-game Feats, then you have to earn them without using the modifiers that block them. If all you want are easy trophies/achievements, then there are plenty of other games out there that hand them out to you for doing next to nothing.

I don't even think the game is a Souls-like. It has some mechanics borrowed from that genre, but it's far from one itself. Shovel Knight was an amalmagation of different games, and Mina the Hollower is one also. You have mechanics borrowed from plenty of games here, like the Zelda II leveling system, potentially losing your Bones on death (you get "lives") and even the old-school Castlevania sub-weapon system.

They mentioned the protag has visions, so that might affect his sleep. The subtitle is also Beyond Dreams.

@Grumblevolcano Oh, I didn't even think of those being possibly considered for PS5.

I feel like they might continue on with the HD-2D remakes, starting with DQ4 next. It's either that, or a remaster of DQ8, but the former seems more logical. I think most people want to see DQ12, too, again.

@Ken_Kaniff It's even more annoying when you factor in that Wild Arms 4, 5, XF and Alter Code were all published by third party companies in the west. I know XSEED published one or two, and Agetec brought ACF over to the west, so that probably complicated things for Sony.

@rusty82 Apparently, the one is likely based on a light novel from Japan, where they put the long title to grab the attention of people and also describe the premise of the story.

It's weird they cite not having enough trophies for a platinum when they initially released it, as there are "trophy hunter" games with fewer trophies that do have a platinum. I'm guessing it had something to do with the trophy points, as these crappy games tend to load you up with a lot of golds that are worth more.

@Scottyy It was recently announced as being included, so people are probably curious about it, but the Legends mode isn't coming until next year.

You also have to figure that the sales numbers for Persona/Atlus/Yakuza games aren't too bad, since they reuse a lot of assets across many games. Obviously, RGG's upcoming game will cost a lot, since it looks like they're doing a new engine/new assets, but it's clear that Pirate Yakuza/Yakuza 7 and Infinite Wealth all used similar settings. So, they cut back costs a good bit in not needing to develop a whole lot of new assets there.

My friend really liked the first game, and was looking forward to the second game. When he saw the price tag for TOW2, he just said "nope." It also doesn't help that the physical version says "internet required" on the front cover, so the full game might not even be on the disc (he's a big physical collector).

@Dan12836666 Have you seen any fighting games lately? They're all live service, with a bunch of DLC characters, costumes, and stages being added well after launch.

There was another video on this, called World Spotlight, which was a stream after the Direct and it showed off a bunch of stuff.

@trev666 Avalanche Software is owned by WB Games, so they did make it.

@DennisReynolds Grinding Gear Games is owned by Tencent, by the way. They were bought out back in 2018.

The patents are very broad and also were filed AFTER Palworld came out. This seems like nothing more Nintendo flexing their muscles and also try to tie up PP in legal proceedings.

@Stevemalkpus I want to see a modern remaster of Pandemonium! from the PS1.

@Oram77 The Gex trilogy is getting a remaster, though, through LimitedRunGame's Carbon Engine, I believe.

@Gaia093 Expedition 33 is set to get a new trailer this week, on October 16, so it might not be at the Partner Preview.

Just to clarify, I like Level-5's games and want them to succeed, but they are just too far in over their heads.

Level-5 is trying to do too much at once. They are trying to develop like seven games at once, when they are a company of only around 300 people. They also want to make every IP of theirs into a multimedia project, when they should just make the games be games. Not everything needs to be an anime and other stuff.

@RiotShieldsHurt I know you said it was imperfect, which it was, since the Vita TV couldn't play every single Vita game. I know I do regret not getting a Vita TV when they were really cheap here.

@somnambulance Lego games are fairly fun, in terms of being basic action-adventure games. Most of them play similarly and it mostly comes down to the licensing portion of the game, if you want to play them or not.

@Amnesiac Mad Maestro might be difficult to put on the PS4/5, since it required the pressure sensitive buttons. I do hope they find a workaround for it, as I enjoyed the heck out of that game.

@SodaPop6548 The Messenger got trophies for its free DLC, so this one might also get a few when this DLC hits.

@TripleKing333 Except for Trails in the Sky 3 in the west, where it was only released on PC.

@IntrepidWombat Never played Discworld and not much knowledge about British actors/actresses, since I'm from the US and all.

9/10. I only had to guess on the Discworld question, and goofed on the dragon one.

It doesn't come on disc. All of the games are digital codes, which makes this worthless, IMO.

@rjejr Trials of Mana was the last one released, which was a remake of a Super Famicom/SNES one. The series is known as Seiken Densetsu in Japan and Trials of Mana was Seiken Densetsu 3, so it was a "sequel" to Secret of Mana (the second game in the series).

The gameplay looked fine to me. I don't need state of the art graphics in my games, and I thought the 10 minute gameplay video looked pretty good. I'm not even a Star Wars fan, so it's not like I'm biased with that. Whether I get it day one or not depends on a few things, but if that doesn't work out, I can always get it on discount later.

I'm guessing this is an issue if you are subscribed to PS Premium, because I only have Essential and don't see this problem on my wishlist.

I mean, two of Falcom's biggest announcements were already leaked through official channels, in the Oath in Felghana remaster and Trails through Daybreak II. The only other thing I'd want from them is NISA announcing the limited edition for Ys X.

@UltimateOtaku91 I think one of the positions mentioned was a 2D Animator, so that should say the type of game.

@Deadlyblack I mean, if they complain, then they didn't look at the right side of the Steam page, where it says you need a PSN account for multiplayer and/or the PSN overlay. That message has been there since the game went up for preorder.

@Maubari There are a few times where the game gives you a vague hint on where to go next, but most of the time, there is a map marker that points you in the story direction. I've been playing the game for a good number of hours now and have once never felt lost on where to continue the main story.

By the way, that March 14 date is for the Asia version of the game, which will have English voices/subtitles. The western version is still just slated for Spring 2024.