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@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy You, obviously.

And Ubisoft, likely.

This seems like the perfect setting to explore in VR.

@ChrisDeku Those examples are more fair, although they are from quite a while ago (6-7 years ago) whilst KCD2 and MHW are recent releases which were originally supposed to go head to head with Shadows in February, until that was delayed to March instead.

There may be some differences between console and PC gamer habits, but if anything I'd say that Monster Hunter has a more defined console background than Assassin's Creed.

I guess we'll only know Shadows real sales numbers whenever Ubisoft wants to disclose them, though.

@ChrisDeku All your examples are games that released much later on Steam/PC than console.

@DennisReynolds Could be you're right and the charts haven't updated properly yet. We'll see tomorrow I guess.

According to Steam Charts:
AC Shadows day 1 players: 41000
KCD 2 day 1 players: 159000
MH Wilds day 1 players: 1300000

In many cases I think its the investors who want to play it safe. A lot of boring, safe games out there were probably something quite different at an early stage, before being edited into a video game happy meal.

Looks great. I'm fascinated by climbing games and movies despite being a giant wuss when it comes to heights myself.

So... you'd like to see some more cats with balls, huh?

Yeah she's great, but so is the whole cast of FFVII. Barrett, Aerith, Cloud... no later FF game would have a team that look this iconic. And they did a very good job of updating them for the remakes as well.

Game is alright, but the short story it's based on is amazing.

Sony would usually make a song and dance about adding a new developer to its roster of teams at PlayStation Studios...

They probably wanna avoid that in case they close the studio before it even gets any games out there.

Yes please.

I hope its more like Exodus in structure. The semi-open world fit Metro much better than the more COD Goes Stalker feel of the 2 former games, imo.

Of course. These guys could be making a Fred Flintstone turn-based tactical game and I would still be interested.

Junji Ito strikes again

@Fiendish-Beaver I have a feeling you have strong opinions on this subject.

@PerpetualBoredom Opinions seem a bit divided on it so far but I'm looking forward to seeing it. Big fan of the Host and Memories of Murder!

Awesome, I'd play all of these myself. Flat2VR is a blessing for VR enthusiasts!

If you are unimpressed by the the games, you have to remember that most VR games also have to work on the Quest/Pico standalone headsets, or you lose 80% of the audience.

I'm hearing Microsoft will soon release GoW on Playstation as well.

@MaelysLeFleau No I played them long after launch (like a little over a year ago), but still found them very uninspired. Especially the desert map Hourglass which is probably be the worst BF map I've ever played.

The leaked environments of next BF look promising so far though. It always takes a few hours of playing to get a proper opinion of maps so we'll see.

I really want to believe in BF again, but its hard! Just please tell me someone new is working on level design, because 2042 maps were so boring to play on.

These games are in an unfortunate situation in that they are the remnant of Oculus PCVR market that doesn't really exist anymore. Most of Meta's Quest users are using their headsets for standalone VR only, and then there's a smaller Meta userbase that use headsets for wireless/wired PCVR connectivity. And these users (of which I am part) mainly use Steam PCVR games or VR mods. Meta's PCVR store is sort of like a deadmall frozen in time.

I can't imagine these Oculus games selling much more than a few hundred copies each year, if that, and so they're probably not very important to Insomniac or Meta. Perhaps one day they can be relaunched when standalone is powerful enough to run them, but I kinda doubt it.

I thought it was more like the movie Moon. And Mickey 17, which is also apparently like Moon.

Sorry if I'm rude but, if they kill off Pedro Pascal... I just can't see Bella Ramsey carrying this show on her own. She just isn't a very good actor and doesn't have the charisma of Ellie in the games.

My Friendly Neighborhood, which plays like a survival horror game in Sesame Street. Surprisingly good!

"He explained that he believes the trillion-dollar titan’s true goal is to stream games to whatever screen you own, as evidenced by its ‘This Is an Xbox’ marketing campaign."

The true goal is subscriptions, of course. Used to be "TV TV TV!" but now its "Sub Sub Sub"!

I'm not a fan of the placement of the white symbols. I think it'd look better with just the "watermark-type" symbols and no white ones.

I think they are restructuring to go all in on Apex Legends 2.0. I've no idea what that will look like but hopefully they've learned by Overwatch 2's mistakes by now.

Cool, I'm in!

Btw, what do you guys think of the way the first game handled map markers, or the lack of them? I really like having to find things myself with just some hints, it's similar to how its handled in Morrowind that I'm playing now.

@Quintumply I see. I just think of it as Josef Fares line of co-op games I guess.

Hang on, don't they have 3 past games?

@SquawkingTurtle Don't worry I'm fine.

But we never know how long people have of course. There's bound to have been some commenters on this site that passed away over the years, but if they weren't in the top 1% most active posters, most users probably wouldn't notice their absence. Kinda sad isn't it?

Ask me in around 5 years if I'm still alive by then.

Enjoyed the first one for its lovely atmosphere, but hope they can improve the fighting/action and make the city a bit more varied this time.

If Demon's Souls was a Western RPG as seen through Japanese devs eyes, then this looks like a JRPG as seen through Western devs eyes.

That's grossly simplified of course, but still proves that a few changes to a known formula can sometimes make for something exciting and unique.

Clair Obscure, Atomfall, Khazan, Revenge of Savage Planet... there are some interesting titles coming for sure.

With my backlog I likely won't be playing any of them for a few years, but its something to look forward to!

I'm playing Morrowind (2002) in VR with the Total Overhaul modlist (around 500 mods) and having a grand old time:

Looks pretty good, but only Epic Games and no Steam release on PC is probably not a good idea.

Damn those a some Lao-Shan Lung size numbers.

Will be interesting to see how Shadows will compare, as I distinctly remember some comments on here stating that it would be far more popular than MH... I guess we'll see in 3 weeks.

@PegasusActual93 Did they really expect 5 million? That's crazy... Only RE will do those numbers for horror games as far as I know.

Oh Bleeding Edge... that was certainly one of the games of all time.

Been playing Dead Estate, a pretty good roguelike with a fun cast of characters and lots of weapons and upgrades.

It even has a Resident Evil like mode for cartoony horror. Good s**t!

Looking forward to it, and it will be very interesting to see if they change some of the main story points of the game this season.

@MrPeanutbutterz I went to PC after PS4 myself, but those are all good reasons. I'd also add that there are very few online cheaters on console compared to PC.

I loved it from first sight after reading about it in Eurogamer at the time, and had to import it because it wasn't available in Europe yet. But having read that article and being very into Monster Hunter on PSP, I was somewhat prepared for it. If Shuhei (and others) went into it playing it like a typical hack and slash game, it's no wonder they were easily dissuaded by the punishing rules of the game.

But I hope Warhorse and all other Embracer studios will find a new home and be fine, of course.

Wasn't there a SS2 remake coming as well as SS3?

-Tides of Annihilation because it looks awesome
-Midnight Walk because of its unique and creepy visuals, and the fact that it is for VR
-Blue Prince because I knew no one else was gonna pick it (it looks great too)

I don't think anyone liked the mass produced hipster vibe of that trailer. But if they manage to change the direction and deliver on gameplay it might have a shot, now that Payday 3 failed so spectacularly.

Heartwarming to see how Stellar Blade has broken barriers and reintroduced the marginalized and unfairly maligned group known as Hot Babes back into video games.