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Redeemed! They look so pretty

@Weez How is it not different, though ? You are bringing generative ai into a creative process that did not rely on it. Would you say that spinning ideas for a movie script “by combing and transforming existing ideas, repeatedly refining them to fit the vision” would not different with AI thrown in the mix? Those ideas come from the real world and fiction - films, books, and yes, other artists work, yes, but they are processed in meaningful, surprising and unpredictable ways by human thought and creativity. I am fully onboard to let AI do menial tasks nobody really wishes to be doing but concept art or writing are entirely another area.

I can’t stand any kind of bashing bandwagon but I have to say that the “use of AI to develop concept art” does not sound any good. It could be very different but leads one to imagine concept artists riffing on or giving their own spin to images churned out by generative AI.

Yes, I do remember 18 months ago they were telling us it would be just 4 games: they clearly don’t know what they are doing and, particularly for such an enormous company, it’s wild.

I am glad I could theoretically play some of their most hyped games on PS but I still haven’t bought a single one due to crazy release schedules

@4fold genuinely gave me headache and nausea before I got the Pro.

@ShogunRok I mean when you have to play part one in order to enjoy part two, it could only sell less than the first one no matter how good it is. And third will sell less than second

As a testament that even if I like my games pretty I will play a solid ps3 looking title with bad antialiasing that somehow needs a PS5pro to maintain a stable frame rate, my most played game is…

1.METAPHOR:RE FANTAZIO - 210 hours
2. STREET FIGHTER 6 - 180 hours
3. SONIC CROSSWORLDS RACING - 94 hours
4. STELLAR BLADE - 30 hours
5. CLAIRE OBSCUR - 28 hours

@SeaDaVie @Mattock1987 yeah I think this is in fact project Returnal 2 but they thought better to reintroduce the game to a possibly wider audience by not making it sound like a sequel to a relatively niche game.

Looks very solid tbh.
There are way too many good JRPG lately! In terms of games originally released on Switch I wonder if (when?) Bravely 1/2 is also coming to other consoles as it seems SE is bent on publishing everything everywhere. I have yet to play the 2nd one but enjoyed the 2 3DS games.

Overhyped Expedition 33 will win several prizes. Trails in the Sky is not even nominated and is an overall better game😩 RPG fandom is weird.

I also wish Bayonetta’s 15th anniversary resulted in something more than merchandising, so finger crossed for any kind of announcement

PSRR is already doing a great number on a lot of games, I wonder if they can NOTICEABLY push it even further.

About stick drift: I got it only twice in my long career as a gamer - once with The Switch joycons and once with the Dualsense on PS5. Had them replaced for free both times.

Edit: my GameCube has some but I guess I can not complain about it - there is an insane amount of playtime and years there.

I am sure Nintendo’s sales are more than healthy but it’s kinda wild Ps5 is selling more than the S2 during its launch year. Well deserved success imho.

seems too long to be a real trailer but it sure has a shenmue III quality to it. Makes me want a new game.

OTII is one of the best JRPG I played last year, so I will gladly give this a spin when it gets a little bit of a discount.

Dearest motion controls…please rot in hell and never come back.

It’s a nice list. My Ps5 top picks (not necessarily 10s) would be:

• Astro
• Returnal
• Death Stranding 2
• Baldur’s gate 3
• Street Fighter 6
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Stellar Blade
• Trails in the sky 1st

@FantasyExplor3r88 I would not give a 10 to Ragnarok too but it’s a great game. Can’t really be blamed for playing similarly to the game it is the direct continuation! And they built upon the gameplay of 2018 in a lot of ways.

Oh, another acquisition. Consolidation is extremely bad for the industry and I don’t care if it’s Nintendo. It does look like a good fit for some of their minor projects, though.

Final Fantasy X is as backwards and mechanically outdated as the series has ever been, it makes sense Hori likes it.

I love the game but it’s for the unique setting, the themes, the music, the controversial but very first dub.

Metaphor would greatly benefit from a definitive edition with some added content (Mage academy dungeon? Post ending trip? A couple of new characters with new archetypes? Anti-aliasing? ) but it would be preferable if the content could be accessed as DLC.

Excellent console and great games but I think it hasn’t given us its defining game yet.

My favorite titles so fare are FFVII Rebirth, Returnal, Astrobot, Death Stranding 2 and Stellar blade.

Pfff, Atlus is surely on the cusp of making another game that Is completely like the other ones they have been making.

Let's not herald them as some harbingers of change, one can surely enjoy their well made games but they are conservative and predictable.

I emulate my PS3 games by plugging it in and playing it.

@TrollOfWar of course, and I bet there are Nintendo programmers that would be thrilled to develop for Pc and PS.

So they are currently torn between shadow dropping and announcing a game 10 years before release. Understood.

Octopath Traveller I&Ii bundle and Triangle Strategy are both heavily discounted if you are into that kind of thing!

Up--up--up--
Can only go up from here
Up--up--up--
Up where the clouds gonna clear
Up--up--up--
There's no way but up from here

Yay! Keep the old school fun and all the outfits and crank everything up to 9

Yes, it’s been milKeD to D3ath! Bad PS Studios! Now let me take a break from my usual commenting on Push Square to preorder Kirby Air Raiders and Super Mario and the magical Coin Laundry 3. Better not forget to pick up the absolutely unmissable Pokémon Warriors: Mega Evolutions developed by KT.

I am loving these collab stages! So well done. Maybe we get a second season?

Trails in the sky remake so I can toss the disc, please

@rockodoodle MK will always be more popular but I have to say it’s much easier to get online and play the game with Crossworlds and they are having a lot of updates and events

@Fishmasterflex96 it could have been nominated for art direction, game direction, action/adventure game, audio design or best score but it didn't, so it really feels like a dutiful Nintendo checkmark more than anything.

@Fishmasterflex96 more like because Nintendo had to have one game in the run for ...reasons. I don't care about the game but Yotei has a lot of nominees in other categories so it really should have been there instead of Bananza.

I hope they go radical on us and Link doesn't have any actual line but only grunts his way through the whole thing.

Sega give us Jet Set Radio project updates plz

I don't care about anything else but I am here for Sonic Crossworlds to actually dethrone Mario Kart World for a lot of good reasons in front of millions of people.

@Oram77 I am still not over it, too. Rebirth is just AMAZING.
Having played like 260 hours of Metaphor and 300 hours of Rebirth, the second is just a better videogame but like...it exists on a whole other dimension Lmao. Not hating metaphor, after getting it to a stable frame-rate I played the heck out of it and even unlocked all the archetypes for all the cast to get the ultimate weapons.

I would say it makes sense to port the multiplayer stuff and what we would once call second party games like Death Stranding or Stellar Blade.

It’s like the guy asking you to show him a picture of that year you got the really bad haircut, I can understand the logic.

Still mad I couldn’t nab a physical copy of it, I don’t think it was bad (or good) but it’s gonna become such a relic

Team DS2! Haven’t played Yotei and felt like E33 was a very good, very derivative product. The Trails Remake feels fresher even being a remake and I even liked Fantazio better, though it had a lot of triteness to it.

This was (perhaps a bit sadly) the announcement that got me the most excited last night - I hope we get more Sega deep cuts further down the line.

The format was nice but it ultimately felt like most Nintendo Directs for me: I appreciate the vibe but have barely any interest in anything shown.

Is it time to understand the concept of love? Is it time to return to Alexandria 🤡?

@Jay767 this! I have been saying it for years!

These time limited festival are … really time limited. I haven’t missed one yet but just go away for a long weekend and you’re missing out.

Welp, Switch sales are impressive no matter what but whatever happens in the end PS2 has an infinitely better library and sold that amount in completely different times for videogames.

I never played this but I remember reading about it in videogame magazines. It definitely has some street fighter I-II vibes and summons fake memories of the early 90s like Japanese city-pop music XD

@Number09 whoops! At least that image was kinda funny XD

It’s just a rumor but at this point I am convinced that Xbox team actually throws darts at a board with random ideas every month. If true I hope PS follows this one decision as paying to play online is the only thing that makes me consider PC gaming seriously.

This is still so random and doesn’t make sense. Have they hired someone from Xbox management?

You make new players want to play the game by exposing them to great street fighter action , not by paywalling your most exciting event. Hire me Capcom, I’d quit my (lovely) job in a heartbeat for you💜

@thechetearly it’s a non problem and we all know it 😉