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@Rich33 I've read some interview that the devs said Phantom Blade Zero garnered big attention after it got featured at PS Showcase May 2023. The trailer got 5.5 million views.

Maybe that leads to Sony sees the game potential and they came to the devs for an exclusive deal. Or maybe S-game came to Sony and struck a deal for marketing and some tech support considering iirc this is their 1st game for PS5.

@elvisfan1 "Give me a gritty, Resident Evil horror that takes it back to its roots with a new canon"

This game looks the same if not more gritty and horror than the original RE. Also it seems it'll have a new canon too.

"It's entering into Terminator territory in terms of linking new games to an old story and it making less sense with each iteration."

RE story never makes sense in the 1st place. Like example William got shoot multiple times in the chest which in reality it should be instant dead. But somehow he live long enough to injected himself with a virus that somehow the virus heal his wound and mutated him into a very powerful creature lol.

Don't make me started with Code Veronica where somehow Wesker still alive and has superpower after he got fatally mauled by a Tyrant in the 1st game.

I get what you want though but i don't see the big benefits with a full reboot, especially at this point when the series already fully established the lore and characters. A full reboot means they gonna scrap years of established lore and characters and goes back to zero again, which is a big gambling that could destroyed the series...

@elvisfan1 can you explain why this series needs a "full reboot"?

@Ichiban The same reason you and other people are excited for Battlefield 6, GTA 6, new COD, new Mario, new Pokemon, new Yakuza etc etc that looks "been there done that" so many times before; because they looks fun to play.

But why you got angry that people excited for this game? Did their excitement hurt your feelings or something? 😂

@Frmknst New design is pandering to the "anti-woke" culture? If you're talking about what Lara wears in Legacy of Atlantis (the turqoise tank top, brown short, calf-high boots) then that's the original design which Lara Croft is well known and beloved considering the game is a remake of TR 1.

But if you're talking about what she wears in Catalyst trailer, i didn't see any pandering to the anti-woke culture from that design. It's in line with what Lara wears from the prequel trilogy.

@TimeDelayedGamer Puppeteer, Owlboy, and Journey was and still awesome. Enjoy your weekend good sir 🍻

Playing:

• Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus / Vita
  I just bought a secondhand copy for $8-9 and so far i quite enjoyed it despite it's not 60 fps but a solid 30 fps. The graphic looks pretty good too. Sadly there's no Japan dub option. Currently i'm at Chapter 3.
• The Legend of Dragoon / PS4
  Right now i'm on Disc 3 / Chapter 3. The Divine Dragon cutscene when it breaks free and flying around Deningrad looks majestic. I can feel that dragon will be a pain in the ass. Gonna stock a good amount of healing items.

Have a great weekend everyone 🍻

MS and Acti doesn't give a ratass about "learning from mistakes" when COD kids keeps buying the game and made them money in every single year 😂

What they care is keeps milking out the cow until there's nothing left to squeeze then find another cow to milk. I mean, MS has a trillion of cow to milk right? They owned Halo, Gears, Forza, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Doom, Diablo, Overwatch, Warcraft, Minecraft, Starcraft etc etc. They can easily replace one dead cow with another.

I hope Grace gets good character development cause if not then why bother introduced her as a new protag when Leon is giving everyone a roundhouse and headshot. The usual zombies and that giant stalker doesn't even look like a big threat compare to what he fought in RE 2, 4, and 6.

But eh, we'll see i guess...

@Icey664 There's a glimpse of Grace gameplay where she's shooting a zombie using a handgun that looks similar to what Leon used in the trailer. So i doubt her gameplay is just hide and seek.

I just check her records and turns out she's the voices of Sortiara & Illecebra from Soul Sacrifice, which i think was well done. Outside Soul Sacrifice, i don't have any clue with her other works.

Next year GotY candidates will be a lot more interesting than this year. RE 9, Onimusha, Wolverine, Control Resonant, Phantom Blade Zero, Crimson Desert, Pragmata, Saros ect. Lot's of banger.

But sadly, GTA 6 gonna win...if it doesn't get delayed.

Next year, Sega Genesis, a 30+ years old console, will get a new game with Earthion. And i believe a couple of years ago it also got Xeno Crisis on cartridge.

So, it's normal that PS4, one of the best selling home console in history (sold at 117+ million units) still get new games from 3rd party.

@TheOldHunter4K The Terminator licensing alone isn't cheap. The devs said they can't even afford to pay the right for Arnold likeness because it's too expensives. Hence why the game doesn't have a single portrait of Arnold.

And games like this wasn't £20 back in SNES / Sega Genesis era. Back then, 2D side scrolling like Contra 3, Contra Hard Corps, Robocop vs Terminator, or Mega Man X was cost around $50-70. Nowadays, those retro games even more expensives that could cost $100 or more for CIB.

So £20 for a license game that looks beautiful, fun, and polished like this is too cheap. There's no guarantee it would sell well either considering nowadays the 2D run & gun genre is pretty niche. They would be lucky if this game can sell around 100-200K copies and if they sell at $20 /copy that would be $2 to $4 million revenue which i don't think that's enough to break even.

@janineking I think you replied to the wrong person.

• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
• Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
• Death Stranding 2
• Ghost of Yotei

PS4 is one tough son of a gun 🫡✊️

Someone at Sony marketing really understand the assignment 😆

@rjejr Next year, Sega Genesis will get a new game with Earthion and that console is far older than PS4. So this "PS4 is 14 years old that means they should just stop making games for it" is not a good reason of why Capcom should cancelled the PS4 version.

I mean, PS4 sold more than 117 million units and i don't see any problem if Capcom wants to release their games for people who's still playing and buying games on PS4

Beside, cancelling PS4 version will not magically make the release date move on from 2027 to 2026 or make PS5 version looks prettier.

Between this, 2xKO, Avatar, and Tokon, what i'm most interested to play is just Tokon. It's cool that every year fighting games still received new titles though.

But funny thing is SF 6 possibly will dominate my gaming time again. And with Darkstalkers / Vampire Saviour got included for next year EVO, i think i will boot up Capcom Fighting Collection 1 and see if there's someone playing the game.

It looks like Lolipop but more goofy?

@Axelay71 "Its designed as an arcade experience, replayability value"

This 🤝

"Very short first playthrough"

This isn't a con but more like the genre staple which usually provide pure and quick gameplay where players doesn't need to dedicate a lot of hours of their limited playing time to complete the game. It's just different compare to RPG's, open world games, or standard single player games where focus on narrative and padding to get that 10-15 hours running time.

And beside Huntdown and Cuphead, i rarely see any 2D run & gun games who plays more than an hour / two for the 1st playthrough. Most like Contra, Metal Slug, Blazing Chrome, Gunstar Heroes, Broforce, Sunset Riders, Alien Soldier etc can be done in less than an hour for 1st playthrough.

Is it just me that Lara looks old like she has some grey / white hair in Catalyst?

Quite dissapointed it's not new SoR, Golden Axe, VF 6, or Alien Isolation 2...oh well.

My 1st thought was "Titanfall 3?! No way!" and then when Geoff said new IP and the trailer showed another PvP hero / raid shooter stuff and i like meh 😑

Pretty excited for this game. Been playing the series since PS1 era started with Ace Combat 3 then continue with AC 4, 5, 0, Infinity, and 7.

I thought it looks better than i expected. I just hope the fight coreograph looks good without stupid shaky-cam.

But i'm not sure why they used Ken SF V look, Zangief alternate SF VI look, and Cammy got the Killer Bee / SF Alpha look while the rest of SF II World Warrior got their original looks 🤔

@rjejr Why the PS4 version should be cancelled???

Welcome back Blue Bomber and it's about time! 😍

I was like, Capcom would be stupid if they didn't use the hype from Secret Level episode to announce a new Mega Man game. Fortunately they did.

But i'm curious why they didn't title it as Mega Man 12. The art style looks very similar and it feels like it took place in the original timeline + after MM 11.

It's pretty good and i think maybe better than last year.

Banger announcement for me:

• Mega Man: Dual Override
• Ace Combat 8
• Gang of Dragon
• Control Resonant

TR re-remake & Catalyst looks okay and RE 9, Pragmata, Phantom Blade, and Saros looks very solid.

2026 & 2027 looks stacked!

Really hype for this game!

I think it's a good decision since March looks pretty stacked.

Well i guess that can calm down the fans who keeps asking for old characters. I personally hope Grace still dominate the majority of the game.

Has Helldivers vibe and kinda looks fun although i need to see more.

Yes! Nagoshi is back and his new game looks a lot more hype than the current Yakuza games.

It's looking good although i'm surprised with Dylan as the protag and this time Jesse going rogue. Definitely on my wishlist.

I don't think TR 1 really need another remake when last year it received a nice remaster and this year Anniversary just released for PS4/5...

@MrPeanutbutterz Not just ost and stages but you can buy challenger images, announcer, colors, and titles with drive tickets.

I only care for

• new Streets of Rage
• new Golden Axe
• VF 6
• Alien Isolation 2

$1 million to my country currency would be 16 billion IDR, which is A LOT. If i have that much money, i would use it to build a school, orphanage, and a small business and i still have a lot of leftover enough to live for maybe a decade or more haha.

But eh, this is Mr Doritos & Mountain Dew event. He can charge whatever he wants and these ultra rich companies wouldn't mind to pay to advertise their products. So, good for him i guess...

R.I.P and my condolences for the family 😔🥀

I only played R&C 2016 and A Crack in Time and his voices as Capt Qwark was really memorable.

@MichaelNau No no, i'm very sorry. What i mean is Drive Tickets. I got brain fart swapping Drive Ticket with Fighters Coin lol 🤦‍♂️

I have like 7K fighters coin from Shin Akuma and weekly challenge. So i'm probably gonna unlock SF Alpha, 3, and V battle hud if one of them around 1-2K.

Edit:
I mean 7K of Drive Tickets 🤦‍♂️

@nomither6 In general they all are very popular with Ascension possibly the least favorite in Greek saga but it still a pretty solid game.

@Carnage I'm not yet watch Ne Za 2, only seen the trailer. But i think China animation also helped how fast they advanced in video game.

@nomither6 What are you talking about? GoW 1 not just sold really well but it was very popular. I've seen a lot of people included GoW 1 as one of the must have PS2 titles.

@somnambulance Sony didn't run the event anymore. The Saudi's through Qiddiya and Nodwin Gaming bought EVO back in september.

Guilermo probably one of the few Hollywood director who really knows what's he talking about when comes to video games, anime, and manga.

But i'm surprised that Sony never try to hire him to handle one of their game to movie adaptation.

I don't think there's any worry with Tokon release date. Even if it's coming out in April or May, it will still missed out both EVO Japan and Vegas because the game is too brand new and Sony / ArcSys not yet announce the pro tour circuit. But it could be included in EVO France.

@AdamNovice The "FGC" as usual are overreacting. The negative reactions & discourse came from people who didn't played and just parrotting what some big content creators said on twitter. Some also still can't accept the fact that Tokon doesn't play like MvC.

Not to mention the closed beta doesn't have training mode and only 8 characters which definitely not the full roster.

I don't expect much from Netflix when comes to handling video games business.