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Sick. I can't wait. Wish it weren't so close to the Monster Hunter expansion though. I have only so much spare time

@AdamNovice and because it's a pain in the butt.

I booted up my PS3 to play some games recently. There were a few discs I lost, so I went to the store to re-buy some. I forgot that in the PS3 era, not all (most?) games were released digitally. Such a convenience I completely took for granted this generation.

Sick. I'm pretty close to the plat in base. I just need a few more gold crowns which SHOULD be easier in the expansion since G rank typically had bigger/smaller monsters I think.

BOOOO HARU BOOOOOOOOO

Very interesting. I like the art style a lot.

I bought it a week or so ago when it was on sale in preparation for this update. My wife is dying for me to play with her.

That said... we are blocks deep in Dragon Quest Builders 2......

@clvr Again, I think you're over valuing BoTW mechanics... you even game great examples of games that handled open world better (except H:ZD). Other than temples, the game feels empty and incomplete. They didn't do a good job at making it feel like a WORLD. Just an open sandbox.

I still don't think you understand what I mean. My last post explained why I am not happy with them making the same games over and over. Splatoon isn't nearly as bad as the the others I was talking about, but it's still just a third person shooter with a kid friendly skin. Certainly more innovative than most others, but an exception. ARMS was an ok idea with s*** implementation. No one is playing ARMS anymore because it wasn't a great game. It was closer to a tech demo/party game imo.

Inventing new genres or vastly improving on them? I listed a bunch. I can list more if you'd like. Detroit/Heavy Rain/Beyond 2 Souls, Monster Hunter World, FFXIV, Telltale stuff, The Stanley Parable, Superhot (mostly VR), Firewall Zero Hour, hell, a bunch of PSVR games come close.

It seems that there's not really a point to this talk anymore since I felt most of this reply was just "hey, did you read my last ones?". This really isn't the place for it anyways. I also took a look at your PSN profile and it's pretty barren. Nothing wrong with that, but I get the impression you haven't played any of the games I listed unless you're also a PC gamer, but there's no Steam profile for your handle.

_{Please mind the language - Quintumply}

@clvr You think I missed your point, and I think you missed my point. BoTW wasn't even the most innovative 3D RPG of this or last generation. It's still fairly generic. SMO, same story.

Dreams, Astrobot, Beat Saber, the Souls series, Minecraft, Undertale, Papers Please, Fortnite, Metal Gear Solid, and God of War are all great examples of games that either invented their own space or took a good concept and made generation improvements to it. I don't like some of these games on the list, but I can still admire their innovation.

Yes, for a Zelda game, BOTW was a big step forward, but it's still behind others. Same with SMO. The last major improvement to the Zelda series was Link to the Past/Majora's Mask (imo, Majora's Mask).

Again... I'm not saying any of the first party Nintendo games are bad.. I'm just saying they aren't interesting in 2019. They are taking known characters/IP and slapping a fresh coat of paint on them. They aren't inventing new genres or even IPs. The only impressive features of the Switch was Labo, and even that seemed a bit half assed.

Point is, yes, in the past Nintendo did some amazing things with gaming... but they are falling behind. Sony has VR and mobile has AR. Sony is also taking risks with their first party studios; many of which are paying off. It's the leading platform for a reason. Software being developed for hardware released in 2013 by Sony is pushing gaming further than that of Nintendo's 2017 release. Nintendo has a huge advantage when it comes to flexibility with the Switch, but they insist on playing it safe.

That's not even touching on the fact that Nintendo's online service is a joke.

Wow bummer to hear story mode isn't coop Hopefully the build mode or w/e is still fun for my wife and I.

@clvr There are exceptions to everything, but I'm not spending $300 on exceptions. BotW was overrated me to. I'm glad Nintendo at least tried, but it was tedious and boring to me. NSBU is just another SB with better roster. Animal Crossing, where? We'll see in a year when it finally comes out (same with Metroid). SMO was just another boring 3d platformer to me. Pokemon hasn't changed since I was in high school, mario kart/party is still just mario kart/party. If you love that stuff, I'm sure you'll always love them. Same is true for generic open world games on PS4, but I'm bored of all that too. A company like Nintendo can afford to take bigger risks and at least try to innovate more.

Again, I understand it's the unpopular opinion, but that's the justification from me.

@zazzy Certainly an unpopular opinion, but I agree. Nintendo releases the same games over and over and over and over. I grew out of them in the Gamecube era. It's unbelievable to me what the Switch gets away with in terms of performance. Not in a good way. It's the most recent console, but it still gets a pass for 540p-720p/30fps these days. If anyone else did that, they'd be crucified. The 'it's a protable' argument just doesn't work for me. It's horribly uncomfortable and performance/battery life is dismal for a portable. My cell phone with a controller provides a better portable gaming experience imho.

IMO, it's too late in the life of the PS4 lifecycle to bother trying to appeal to a wider audience. Unless it's portable or offers something VASTLY different than the current PS4, I don't think it makes any sense. Price drops, sure, but revision? I don't see it appealing to anyone new.

The Switch is in a different place. I think it's way too expensive at $300 to justify personally. They really should have also released a more powerful/much cheaper TV only version though. I'm not interested in playing one portable, but there are a few games I'd like to play. Sucks this new version is portable ONLY....

@ApostateMage Yusuke had a good story, but his personality was a bit annoying. He still wasn't nearly as forgettable as Haru. She seemed rushed and tacked on last minute to me.

Really pumped about Builders 2. Loved the first, but really wanted to play it coop.

@themcnoisy Yeah, that was kind of my 'issue'. I'm not interested in dre-makes. Still excited for the game to release and get more attention/creators.

I wonder when the copyright/trademark issues will kill the fun. There's no way companies like Activision are ok with people remaking their games.

I AM SO OUTRAGE I WANTED TO PLAY THE BALL KICK GAME

Edit: On a more serious note, great change in my opinion. Perrssonnalllyyy I think they should have just ADDED Detroit. Some people might have legitimately been excited for soccer shoe endorsement simulator or w/e

I've never played any of the Castlevania games past the first couple hours, but this game got me hooked bad. I've already gotten the plat, but I'm still going for a nightmare run because the game is just so good.

Can't wait for roguelike/coop DLC too!

Certainly not the ones we get.

At this point, I wonder if they are just testing to see how far they can go with lame offerings... at some point they'll remove the 'free' game benefits and people will say "YEAH THEY WERE BAD I NEVER PLAYED THEM ANYWAYS"

@LaJettatura "Also just FYI, we didn't want to do day-1 DLC but Kickstarter crowdfunding backers paid extra to make this content happen, so we couldn't include it for free, we promise we're not going to turn into 'corporate commander'... "

@LaJettatura so week 3 DLC.

Sick.

Hopefully it lets us use your own saves, but I'm almost certain it's going to be limited to pre-made builds.

This game is AMAZING. I look forwarding to playing it all day at work.. I haven't had a game like that in a while.

@LaJettatura Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but there isn't any paid DLC or day one DLC. There's going to be a bunch of 'free' stuff in the future.

Eh, can kinda agree I guess. I'm still happy with the quality of PS4 Pro games, but I'm excited for PSVR improvements.

Also, he's primarily a Nintendo guy now right? Hard to be excited about PS4 -> PS5 when the Switch is more inline with PS3.5. The PS5 isn't likely to add anything novel (except improving VR probably), just improve on a great formula. Sony got out of the gimmick market.

Sick. Can't wait!

I've been waiting so long for this game, but I hope it's not 'too old' at this point.

@turntSNACO For whatever reason, I really don't like BL2. I'd take the Pre-Sequel over 2 any day. Neither are great like the original, but 2 feels like a walking simulator to me. I spent more time traveling around than shooting things in the face..... the DLC in 2 is fantastic though.

For some users, it's probably better if they don't go crazy advertising it yet. Some of their streaming data centers are absolute garbage. Even with a 1-2ms dual gigabit fiber connection, it tells me MY speeds are too slow most of the time. When it does work, the latency is generally too high for anything short of a turn based RPG.

Don't forget to push the 6 button three times.

The temperature and air makes sense, but I just can't see smell working or working well enough to justify the added complexity. Of all the senses, smelling is probably the most difficult to trick.

Dolby Atmos please. I'm not sure if it's exactly the same, but the 3D audio in VR games doesn't seem all that impressive to me, and I'm pretty picky about audio.

In general, I hope the audio quality is a step forward. For whatever reason, audio on PS3 sounds better to me than PS4

The Talos Principle would be cool. I missed the sale

@3MonthBeef Started with 3. I probably played Code Veronica on Dreamcast the most though. 7 is my favorite, but some of my best coop gaming memories were playing 5 and 6 with my brother.

I think the people who claim 6 is terrible are saying it's terribly nothing like 1-3. 6 itself is still a fun game... again, in my opinion.

Eh, I still really liked RE6. Really solid coop game all around too. Not really sure I understand why it's popular to hate on it.

Man I hope this 8k fad dies faster than HD DVD. It's stupid and 100% marketing trash

Reddit called me crazy for saying this game should have a flat option as well.... yet here we are.

@NoxAeturnus Pretty sure that's still at least 1080p :X

Seems about right to me. I wouldn't have expected it to transfer if it's similar to 4 golden. The entire new character story wouldn't work depending on where your imported save is.

Really looking forward to this one. I'm about halfway into my 2nd playthru, but holding off to replay this version.

Can we pool our resources to get Crush 40 on the OST?

Blood and Truth + Sonic Racing for me, but both are heavily depending on reviews. Blood and Truth will probably be a bit of a flop and Sonic Racing can really go either way. Early previews were pretty rough

Sony really needs to find a way to make PS+ a valuable service rather than a 'monthly game subscription' because this has felt pretty cheap since they removed PS3/Vita. Neither of these games are bad, but they have been dirt cheap, so for the price of a couple of months of PS+, people could just OWN these games if they actually cared about them. If you don't care about either (like me), you're just out of luck.

Very disappointed. I've been subbed for 10 years now, but they aren't making it easy. Price hikes, less games, less value, etc.

For me, a 7/10 is a 'wait for sale', only because there are usually plenty of games I can play in the meantime. 9 or 10/10 are drop all other games and play before the internet ruins it with spoilers.

I always felt this would be a little too hyped compared to the final product.

It seems like a game I'll love, but maybe not at release/full price.

That Zone of Ender game. Demo was cool and a full VR/flat switchable game seems awesome. Just not sure I'm sold enough to buy it.

I'm still hoping for a FFXIII trilogy for PS4. Hoping, not expecting.

I expected no less from Ed Boon.

Pretty cool news for me! I loved this game on the original Xbox. It probably hasn't aged well though.

Still waiting for JSR Future though.