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More choice is better. Completely on rails can be good (tLoU etc) but more RPG is almost always a good thing

@JAMes-BroWWWn
Previews have not been kind to Shadow

It’ll probably end up being good but not good enough

I’m bummed about the SW: Outlaws reviews/success. It’s a lot of simple fun, and it really feels like Star Wars

Bummer. It would have been cool to try out. I like my PSVR2, but it is very specific in uses, so this would have been cool. TBH I use mine primarily as a 2nd screen while my wife is watching TV

It appears the platform wars have turned into

PC vs PS

with Nintendo as an onlooking neutral power

RPGs with exciting real time combat engines will keep me going. I bounce off the turn based combat encounter based games.

BG3 is an outlier. I completed that in about 100 hours

My Zelda obsessed wife could be interested. She is itching for something like BotW/TotK

@Cornpop76 really? You see she has big muscular arms. That’s basically it.

The implication is that what happened to her and her father lead her down this path of vengeance and needing skills and strength to achieve it. It’s a narrative hook.

“Look what happened to Abby as a consequence of Joel and Ellie”

I’m sorry this has somehow become important enough to ruin the reality of this science fiction story

@StonyKL totally. It’s a “chicks need to stay in their lane” thing. It tired and boring.

Abby’s a great character in the game. Her strength is a detail but not important. Her thirst for vengeance is the real story

@Uromastryx the women characters won’t be the issue people have.

The Arstechnica review was good. Interesting changes to the age-structure. Diplomacy has been improved a lot.

A bit of release jank but not too bad.

I'll probably PC this one though. Civ on consoles is a hassle

I'm really surprised by the common belief that GTA6 will be the beat thing ever. We've all been burnt by this kind of hyping before.

That being said, it is better to be optimistic than a contrarian.

Have fun everyone. Just can’t get on board JRPGs styles

Loved Odyssey, but bounced off Origins. This is looking pretty good.

Ghost: Yotei is similar perhaps?

I've always loved all the different versions of Civ. I'll probably wait for a sale, but I imagine I'll partake

I've found Hollow Knight too hard for my tastes. I know I should git gud etc, but I prefer gaming fun to endless frustration

Just finished TLOU2 for the first time and loved it. I'm feeling sad about finishing a great game.

Now playing Dave the Diver and Disco Elysium to change things up

I'm a complete PS convert. I don't miss the PC arms race, and I prefer my couch and TV setup. I have a reasonable gaming laptop, just in case, but I'm not using it that much TBH

@Bionic-Spencer Agree with this.

Just playing through TLOU2 - Remastered for the first time right now and I'm really loving it. They have taken real narrative risks which I'm enjoying. The gameplay is just complex enough to keep it tight and interesting.

I assume they will use the same kind of gameplay loop in a new universe. I'm cool with that. Just so long they don't go the way of Assassin's Creed and lose their way like that franchise has

More character creation and cast flexibility in a game is almost always a good thing.

My wife has almost fully completed this thing. She doesn't play much, so this is high praise

This is all so tiresome

Whenever someone says words like woke and agenda, I know I can ignore them

Loved the Dead Space remake, so I’m hoping to see more of this universe

Oh well

As a recent PC to PS switcher I just don’t get JRPGs. I’ve tried but can not get it. What am I missing?

Ugly comment section for this one

It was a teaser and it looked pretty cool. Naughty Dog make fun stuff

The trailer and character looked very cool. I like Naughty Dog stuff. Don’t care about Druckmann

Loved the first one up to a point and then drifted off. I’ll definitely give it a go when it’s F2P

Also as a kiwi I like to support NZ devs when possible

@Nye1779 I’m the same. Just trying to gold medal the licenses right now. Not doing so well. Love the VR experience though. Finally starting to “get” it

Synth Riders, GT7 on my new VR2 and Prince of Persia on flat. Loving all of these games at the moment!

@MikeOrator yeah his before you buy was good

It’s Indy and fun. Not perfect but still fun

I just bought and played Synth Riders for the first time. Loads of fun. No Barbie just yet, but who knows

@blockfight yeah me too in the Black Friday sales. Call of the Mountain, No Mans Sky and GT7 are all looking very cool and completely different from flatscreen stuff.

I want to play out the rest of the story. Hopefully they haven’t written themselves into a corner Westworld style

Back to HZD which has been fun. Prefer it to HFW to be honest. Quite a bit simpler

Good news. Live service/looter shooters are boring as hell

Enjoyed it enough but I’m now convinced that that survival horror is not for me. Bounced off RE4 remake. I’m more hoping for an excellent Control 2

@LikelySatan yeah, Skill Up’s review sealed it as a no for me. I largely trust his reviews on tone, story and character.

I hope this does well. I haven't played any in this series but people seem to like them a lot

Everything will now be compared to Astrobot, so I'm not sure about this one

It's a tricky balance. Naughty Dog stuff is massively on rails but really enjoyable story telling (same with GoW of course). Too much freedom and you're in the Ubisoft danger-zone

Return to Monkey Island for me. Going back to a point and click will be a nice change up

Already played and loved Dead Space. Don't care about the other two. Luckily I'm in my first play through of TLoU1. I love this game very much

Ignore the gamer gate and anti-SJW bs. It is click harvesting and nothing more

Looking forward to this. Loved GoT

Didn’t notice. Boring race. Well done Maclaren though

I honestly don’t understand the GTA thing. Is it just because the sandbox is so open? What is the hook of this thing?

Looks fun. I wonder about the depth of the combat engine

Here’s hoping

I completed the PS5 version of GoT last month for the first time. A truly brilliant game. Loved the art, story , combat and general vibe. Wonderful stuff

I just don’t understand looter shooters. I don’t vibe with the game loop at all. It just seems really boring and pointless.

That being said, I have hundreds of hours of Elite Dangerous under my belt, so…

I love Frank Herbert’s Dune universe so I am definitely interested. The hardcore survival aspect is a little daunting though

@Uncharted_Horizon27

I'm in super completionist mode for Ghost of Tsushima right now, so there are good examples