@johncalmc Exactly this. Sometimes I am elden ringing or hollow knighting but sometimes I just want to kick back and do deliveries in Death Stranding while listening to the music or level up in good old obtuse Dragon Quest while listening to a podcast.

Does anybody here remember when, back in the 2010s, Pete Hines advocated for more succinct game promotion cycles and closing the gap between announcement and release dates? Because I do.
They forgot, apparently.

@nessisonett @Rich33 I get the point you are trying to make but, just for the sake of it, I'd say we could safely place it after the birth of Shakespeare, in the second half of the 16th century. But what is time, really, when they can travel through realms? Mimir is just being clever and meta

Huh, ind of disappointing but now my absolutely must-play upcoming games are more evenly spaced out in time:

• TloZ: Link's Remakening tomorrow
• Persona 4 Revival in February
• FFVII Revelation in April
• Laufey at the end of May.

That music selection! Virtua Fighter...Phantasy Star!
Guys, let's play this: we need a season 3 of this SEGA insanity.

@PuppetMaster mmm maybe I will wait for a sale but will add it to my wishlist now. I love quirky combat systems.

Phantom Blade Zero and Bayonetta 2

It has a 70s anime feel. So stylish and atmospheric. Hoping it's real!

@PuppetMaster Thanks! Would you recommend it?

Huh, can't say I saw this coming: I remember this but I never got around to actually playing. My friends said it was pretty good. It's pre-FFXIII stuff, am I right?

This looks so cute! I am getting this for sure

Not a bad list. Definitely difficult to pick just one track from each game.

@mlm043 you wash that mouth with soap and don't badmouth stuff you don't know.

@LogicStrikesAgain it's exhausting! Kept me off the site for a long time - now I just have a very long ignore list

@Afroducc THIS! we need a new one

Imagine dropping this thing or leaving it in the cab- ouch!

Btw, a couple of years ago I resurrected my iPod (remember those?) and II started taking it on my runs instead of my phone and never looked back.

This is a disaster, I hope they sort it out but I can't pinpoint a buyer they'd make sense for...

Not a good sign but we shouldn't be all watching omens.

Sony’s announcement that physical discs will no longer be produced is a serious communication failure. The news landed with no context, and now the community is left guessing. Sooo - we won’t be getting discs from January 2028 - ok. There are some basic questions that should have been answered alongside this announcement:

• Will I be able to play my existing disc-based games on the PS6?
• Will I still be able to share my games with friends and family?
• Will there be a refund or compensation policy, given that digital purchases can’t be resold?

This is the bare minimum of information players need, and it should have come with the announcement. I’d like Sony to issue a proper statement addressing these points so I know if I should buy Laufey, P4Revival and FFVIII revelations physical or if that way I am ensuring I won't be able to play them on PS6. It's crazy that we don't even know this.

I am looking forward to their next showcase focusing on games made by studios they want to sell, disband, close or "render independent".

@ShadowRJ Enjoy the characters and get lost in the system! My advice: you can do so much but don't have to - don't bother reincarnating story characters too soon., for example, and just get wild when all the systems click with you.
Many other chapters in the series have even better gameplay but the first one still has the best characters, so I hope the direct sequel D-2 will someday get out of its PS3 jail.

Easily one of the greatest of all times. Cannot recommend it enough. Pick it up! ART.

So he went to Seoul and lost a few pounds, huh?

Such a terrible piece of news.
Thank you for single handedly bringing me into the western RPG space with DA:Origins and the Mass Effect trilogy. You were the gateway to broadening my gaming palette.

You gave us so many hours of great escapism...I hope everyone involved and their families can transition to a new phase without struggles.

I believe their next hardware will be marketed with subscription plans: you pay for your gamepass subscription and then maybe say 30-50 more dollars for X years to pay for your Xbox. And then in 3-5 years you have paid for your console the offers you games that you can play on any PC. It's completely insane imho but I know some people would embrace it.

Can't wait to know more about this game but anyway it would be cool addition to PlayStation's catalogue. I really had fun with. the first one.

@Wisps
Of course there's space for everyone in the FF fandom, it's so vast that every kind of fan can find something to love. For me, though, mimicking is precisely the issue. From the very beginning the series has always been about pushing forward, and this feels more like a cover of things we've seen and done before. Many times and in better ways. If XVII goes back to turns (fingers crossed), I hope it does so in a more inventive and fresh way. Thanks for sharing your view, it's always interesting to hear how differently we all experience the series!

Thanks for the review. As a FF fan, this seems like the opposite of everything I like about the series: a safe, backwards and low budget JRPG that looks extremely anime-bland. That mobile game UI doesn't help the general look of things. After trying the demo, I will skip it with no sense of guilt but maybe one day, on a deep sale...for now bring on Revelation and XVII

The true GOTY - the release dates of both the game and this update weren't really the best choices but I hope more people will try it!

The tonal mismatch would be very difficult to handle.
SEGA vs CAPCOM, on the other hand...make it happen

I will surely show up for this. And I hope it's silly.

The sound design is absolutely amazing in the game. You can tell it was something they focused on. Well deserved.
the OST is pretty impressive too. The first time I reached phase 3 of the first boss (the prophet? can't remember) I was entranced by the music.

p.s.
Rahul Kohli is in the new Carrie series (worth a watch)

It really is. I can't believe how awesome it looks.

Avatar gives us one of the best tracks in the game, extremely dynamic. Looking forward to year 2!

I would actually double dip if they went on the opposite side of the spectrum with total white.

I am about to murder Radovid and have encountered little to zero problems so far, sometimes the ray tracing doesn’t seem as effective as others though and that seems completely deliberate

@asdfghjklz I’ve got nothing specifically against Nintendo, and I’d have reacted the same way: using my brain. Still, based on what you’ve written, you seem to really dislike Sonic Racing: Crossworlds, so if objectivity is the issue, it may be on your side. Let’s not assume everyone sees things the way you do.

@awp69 I doubt that’s legally possible, since storefront descriptions clearly state what you get and when. The PS Store also shows images of the content. If the digital stores’ descriptions had used that wording, SEGA would be the one at fault indeed.

Sigh... They are technically correct to call out that Twitter post but:

• The PS store product page doesn't say "all future paid dlc". I am pretty sure a Twitter post isn't legally binding.
• Sega's support for this game with both free and paid dlc has been more than great and they do deserve to be paid for what they are bringing to the community.
• It's clear that, at the time, they weren't expecting to be doing a Year 2 of DLC, but due to how SR:C still has an active player base, they've decided to support it for longer. Let's enjoy the fact the game will get great support for one more year instead of conjuring up a storm out of a poorly worded twitter post.

It looks like it was made with CPS-2 and that's s almost a romantic thing to say.
D&D: Shadow over Mystara vibes.

Interesting, huh...*puts on detective hat and fake mustache.

Guys, I know the internet wasn't built around considerate comments, but let's take a breath and actually read what was said instead of losing our minds every time a developer mentions AI.
Pointing out that it's wild that AI can generate something resembling a playable video game in 30 minutes is just acknowledging a technical reality and that FF6 video gave a great sense of scale for what a modern remake could look like. Finding these things impressive doesn't mean Horii or Sakaguchi are actively using AI or supporting it.

I think shullet haircuts making a comeback is astonishing, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go get one.

Edit:
I mean, Horii is the kind of guy that probably thinks visible turns in turn-based RPG are cutting edge and avant-garde, just think what kind of bomb generative AI dropped on his mind.

I mean, it's not ideal and these games get so many updates they are basically GaS so any disc will be obsolete in a matter of months but at least you can buy it second hand, sell it, borrow it, each shop can have its own price for it etc.

@AI-Generation @get2sammyb I've never been so quick to purchase a season pass, right after seeing the Megadrive (well, "Genesis"), Saturn and Dreamcast vehicles.

@ShadowRJ more are surely coming as free drops. Judging by Death Adder looming over the track, I think the golden axe original trio is a safe bet around the time we get Segaland. Welkin <3 we need a new VC game, been waiting too long.

This is absolutely PEAK.

Year 3:

Twin Peaks
The Care Bears
The Catholic Church
KFC
Yu-Gi-Oh
Colgate toothpaste

Bonus freebie vehicle: Sam Porter Bridges carrying Kojima on his shoulders.

The Witcher 3 remastered and Bayonetta

Meanwhile in Sonic Crossworld Racing year 2, we achieved peak & locura total.

@guacguacboo I see, didn't know! I dabbled a little bit with that version but never actually committed to a full run.

This has been day one since day one eheh - glad you guys are corroborating my feels about the game.

Not gonna lie, "automatically apply blade oils" is a God-send on my fourth playthrough. Doesn't make me feel like a proper witcher but sure saves me some menu toggling and lets me take in the highly-defined, soul-crushing views of Velen's countryside instead.

Also that chest in Vizima had me in stitches, found an array of uber stuff I didn't remember to ever have gotten...

Give me a Witch Hat Atelier game now