@Supergrump The first teaser trailer showed the female lead agile movement against a big robot and the newest artwork show an alien jungle.

I think it's safe to say the gameplay will be much closer to Uncharted with plenty of platforming, actions, and possibly some puzzle solving than TloU.

@Supergrump

There's zero reason not to make a new Uncharted "style" game with a female lead (cough Tomb Raider), but they won't because all they know how to do is mine IPs

They're doing that with this new IP called Intergalactic. An Uncharted style game but in space.

My brother loves Sakura Wars anime. I only watched a couple of episode and i thought it was interesting especially the 1920's Japan setting with mecha and demons.

@AhmadSumadi @naruball I really miss that era where people see female protagonist not as an agenda. Back then, me and my childhood friends had a lot of fun playing Tomb Raider, Dino Crisis, Fear Effect, Parasite Eve, Soul Edge/Calibur, Valkyrie Profile, Koudelka, RE 3 etc and not one bit we ever argued about this or that game should have male lead. We just focus on the graphic, gameplay, story, and music.

Now, people follow morons like Asmonbald or Critical Drinker and they turned into an obnoxious d*ckhead that keeps yapping woke this and that 🤦‍♂️

@ShadowRJ Yeah the so called "agenda" are just nonsense created by grifters to gaslight people.

@GloriosaDaisy

Also women have been playing as male protagonists for decades without complaining so men just look ridiculous when they complain about the opposite lol

This. It's pretty sad to see some men complaining about controlling female protagonist like it crushed their balls or something 🤦‍♂️

@dwayne91

can you name any where it changes the opposite way?

• Control Resonant. From Jesse to her brother.
• Horizon. Call of the Mountain lead is Ryas instead of Aloy.
• Soul Edge / Calibur. From Sophitia-Taki to Siegfried.

A lot of the games you listed are fine games and did the female MC before it was trendy, so it felt genuine

Female MC has been existed for decades and it's not a trend for franchise to have more than one lead including a female replaced a male lead or vice versa. So i don't get how on earth you believe this is a trend or not genuine???

@KawakiisaFraud Or it could be Chloe which i enjoyed playing her in Lost Legacy.

@dwayne91

but just taking every male lead franchise and swapping it is just , kind of lame ?

Kratos is still the lead for GoW franchise. The trilogy remake and sequel that continue after Ragnarok will be him again.

But i don't get why some people made a fuss as if video game franchise can't have more than one lead or a female character can't replace a male lead. Before Laufey, we already got games with female replaced male lead. Look at Alyx (Half Life: Alyx), Heather Mason (Silent Hill 3), Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored 2), Ciri (Witcher 4), Clementine (TWD season 2), 2B (Nier Automata), Zero (Drakengard 3), Zelda (Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom), Terra (FF VI), Yuna (FF X-2), Ashe (FF XII), or Lightning (FF XIII) for example.

I'll get physical copy but not on day 1 since i'm still saving up for many games. But nice to see plenty of people are anticipating the game, the opposite of some who claim it will be a flop.

@Romans12

Ragnarok should have been DLC

Ragnarok is the end of the world event in Norse myth so obviously they make it as a sequel. It includes three new realms as well previous six realms heavily altered because of Fimbulwinter.

With all digital only, PS5 is my final PS console. So yeah, i don't need a PS6.

@ProfessorNiggle If only 3-4% from 100 millions Playstation userbase bought 1st party games like Wild Arms, Gravity Rush, Soul Sacrifice, Tearaway, Puppeteer, Forbidden Siren, Patapon, Freedom Wars, Pursuit Force, or Twisted Metal then right now we probably get more different type of games from Sony studios.

Heck, Sony decided to invested on fighting games again after PSABR flopped back in PS3/Vita era. But i don't see many people in here talk or play Marvel Tokon 🤷‍♂️. If the game doesn't sell then no wonder Sony just keep playing safe...

@Dan12836666 Change for the sake of change without a clear goal will do more harm than good. If the formula is working just fine for Uncharted then why everything needs to change? People play Uncharted because they want that fun adventure around the world, shooting, platforming, some puzzles, and bombastic cinematic set pieces. If they want something else then they will play other games.

And you mention GoW which needs some changes after Ascension didn't do well. The reboot while offers some fresh changed with the camera, RPG like story progression, and whole different myth but the core combat is still the same brutal hack & slash like previous GoW that people love and enjoy. They didn't "change everything".

@Dan12836666 Can you explain what formula needs to be change that you think Uncharted 4 and The Lost Legacy doesn't do it right compare to Uncharted 1-3 or Golden Abyss. Should they do less cinematic set pieces? Or maybe no more exploration using jeep or boat? Less puzzle? Or removed stealth and platforming / climbing?

I hope it's not open world.

I think i recognize that canon from Uncharted 1. So, maybe he's working on Uncharted 1 remake?

I feel like Ellie story is finished in Part 2. So this could be Abby or a new character story.

@get2sammyb One of the project could be comic book considering Neil Druckmann was one of the main writer for TloU: American Dreams which is canon to the game story.

Is Wolverine the first time for Sony single player games doing this or the same also happened with Astro Bot, GoW Ragnarok, Ghost of Yotei, Saros, Days Gone, Spiderman 2 etc?

Nonetheless, it's quite impressives so kudos to Insomniac 👏

So just like Wolverine and Marvel Tokon, Laufey also doesn't get steelcase or collector edition. sigh...

Well Spiderman popularity in Japan is farrr above Wolverine. So 20K in the 1st week sounds decent considering it also released in the same week with a new Fire Emblem and Trails in the Sky SC remake.

@DennisReynolds Wolverine is quite popular in Japan, largely thanks to Marvel vs Capcom series. There's also a Wolverine manga written + drawn by Blame author Tsutomu Nihei as well an anime tv series produced by Madhouse.

@asdfghjklz i have no idea why you sound that angry about what i'll do in the future which is not even affecting you. I mean, if you're okay with spending a lot of money on digital games but well aware of not owning them, Sony own words btw, then good for you. Anyway. I think @Friendly and @Random_play05 already said what i want to say.

Obviously Sony's hearing a lot of feedbacks from customers these past 3 months. But are they gonna reverse their decision? Nahhhh.

At this point i'm just gonna buy PS4/5 physical games that i really want to play and collect (Terranigma, Until Dawn 2, Onimusha, Castlevania, Ace Combat 8 etc etc). And when comes January 2028, i'll move to Switch 2 and retro consoles.

@species

But that was my whole argument, i feel like it would be more respectable for them to just want to make a spectacle, handholdy game that you can just enjoy

And the handholdy mechanics are still in the game, not gone. So your argument sounds moot here.

Youre the one who said they dont care. Changing their whole core design because of some backlash seems wierd.

Read again. I said they don't care that much, not completely don't care.

The core design still intact; the game is still linear and the handholding mechanics are not gone. So not sure why you're arguing as if the game turned into something else different?

Plus thats not even the biggest problem of the game, its the repetitive, uninspired combat and mediocre story.

Maybe they will "fixed" those in the sequel, if they make one.

I enjoyed the game for what it is. But all you find on internet is people calling it second coming of jesus or the worst game in the world. Its neither of those things.

Are you trying to say that your opinion is the fact and absolute truth?

@species

But someone had to approve the handholding and zero exploration, its major design aspect of the game. So walk back on that decision after, what would many fans of the game say, is a loud minority “just chasing clout”, feels a bit disingenuous to me.

If you called it disingenuous for listening to some feedbacks then what do you want Insomniac to do exactly?

Also implying that any company doesnt want to “convince” people that didnt give them money yet, to give them money is delusional.

I mean, one if not the biggest criticsm from some people that holding them back to spend money on Wolverine has been patched. If that isn't enough to convince those people then why on earth Insomniac must keeps push further to convince them who already made up their mind from not buying / playing this game? It's not like Wolverine isn't sold well either with 1.9 million copies in 3 days and very positives users review on PS store.

I'm excited for this one. It's been like 4-5 years since i'm completed AC 7.

@species I don't think Insomniac care that much if this update failed to convince the naysayers to play Wolverine. They just patch it because they always listen to players / community feedbacks.

@CielloArc Cyberpunk and NMS was broken and unfinished at launch and it took them a couple of years to fix it. It's a completely different situation with Wolverine. So it's not too little to late, unless for people who never have any intention to play in the first place and just wants to hate / dogpiling on the game.

This looks really tempting. $40, two games, and with some goodies like litograph and map. Ubisoft did it right here.

Meanwhile GTA 6 is $80 and digital only and R* still locked some feature behind $100 edition lol.

I'm still playing Trails in the Sky SC on Vita. In-game timer shows 10 hours and i'm at early chapter 2. I forgot how slow pace Trails series compare to other JRPG but i guess i need to accept it as the series charm / signature.

Have a nice weekend everyone 🍻

That tease for 3D collection would be awesome if it's true. I never get the chance to played Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness and i lost my PS3 limited edition Lords of Shadow copy. So all of them in one disc would be great.

@RoomWithaMoose

So...do PlayStation fans just hate Kojima now? This is honestly the weirdest s*** to read.

I still have my trust towards Kojima. I rather have OD and Physint over 4:Loop, Fairgame$, Marathon, or whatever TeamLFG make. But yeah, it's weird to see Playstation fans hating and dogpiling Kojima.

The rest i also agreed with what you said that Sony lost MGS successor which is should be an embarassing achievement for Playstation who according to some people in here that Hermen and friends are "learning the lesson from Concord" (lol).

@Areus My guts telling me that we will get Wild Arms 5 but not Alter Code F and XF.

But i wish Sony should just hired a specialized studio like Nightdive to do Wild Arms HD Collection rather than porting the game one by one through smaller studio like Implicit Conversions. Wild Arms is one of Sony longest running franchise and somehow it never get an HD Collection...

Sad days. Both Wild Arms and Shadow Hearts spiritual successors got cancelled 🥀

At least there's Wild Arms 1-4 for PS4/5 and i also got 1, 2, and XF for Vita which i can replay them any time i want. But Koudelka and Shadow Hearts still stuck in PS1 and PS2. Hopefully some publishers get the license and port it to current platforms.

I think the most expensive item in that collection is Oakley sunglasses which the cheapest one could cost around $130-170. The rest are cheap af items that i doubt all of them could cost $400 total.

The crazy thing is this collection doesn't even include the game. But R* understand their audience when they slap $80-100 for GTA 6. I bet someone will defend this sh*t like their life is on the line.

Isn't this what Sony must do before decided to pull the plug? But now they're doing this after Wolverine physical disc sold well and some devs speak their dissapointment / said they will not release their games for Playstation?

But eh, whatever the survey results, i'm crossing my fingers Sony gonna reverse their decision.

@AtlasLivesAgain This is the first time i see someone said Revelation was "good". Either you watched it half asleep, drunk, or something. But hey, that's your opinion and you're free to believe whatever you want 🤷‍♂️

@Fghtbk85 Last time i check, RE franchise has good amount of cheesy-comedic one liners like Jill Sandwich, master of unlocking, balistic, the infamous bingo, i give you stars, etc etc for decades. Heck, it has plenty of ridiculous over-the-top scenes that looks funny than cool like Leon pointless backflips, Leon running from a giant mech, or his riding motorcycle defying gravity.

And sure, Silent Hill isn't a horror comedy. But it has comedy in it with the funny alternate UFO and Shiba Inu ending.

Both RE and SH definitely not allergic to comedy. I personally don't expect the new SH movie will have some comedic moments similar to the latest Resident Evil movie. But if they did it right then why not since we already got three SH movies that took itself seriously and pretty much almost no one likes them 🤷‍♂️

@Fiendish-Beaver Yes Zach said in a interview that he's finished with handling popular IP. His future films will be definitely original like Barbarian and Weapons. I don't blame him since he wants full creative freedom and doesn't want to face fans backlash who keeps asking him about specific popular characters.

I'm not yet watch Return of Silent Hill but the 1st movie was quite decent and Revelation was stinking pile of ***

I hope the new movie hired the right director (i doubt Zach Cregger would take it) and rather than retelling any SH games story, they should just make an original one.

@Fghtbk85 If the comedy works and make the movie worth watching / better than previous SH movies then i don't see what's the problem. Horror and comedy has been mixed for decades. There's good horror movies mixed with comedy like Evil Dead, The Cabin in the Woods, Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, Happy Death Day, Ready or Not, Gremlins, Get Out etc.

@Dogbreath It IS the smartest decision behaviour.

@messimagician Exactly! 🤝

With physical games, i can play it for years and when i'm done i can give it away to friends, family, charity, library, or resell it to recoup some of the money.

Heck, like you said, resell value could be much higher after Sony kill physical games. Right now a lot of PS1, PS2, PS3, and Vita physical games especially limited editions already price above their original price. I'm even surprise when i check my Puppeteer, Folklore, Drakengard 3, and Forbidden Siren copy are price 3-4 times more compare when i bought them 5-8 years ago. In the next 5-10 years, a $70 Wolverine disc could be price $100+.

Nonetheless, it's not a waste of money to invest on physical media.

@Balaam_ Your comparison doesn't make any sense.

This year i only bought two digital games on PS store; Max Payne 1 and Golden Axe 1, and i bought them back in May.

But after that July announcement and Sony statement of digital purchase = didn't own, i feel like i don't want to spend a single dime on PS store. So this cashback incentive looks pointless for me. But good for anyone who's okay with Sony all digital future plan.

This year i'm not yet buy a single indie game. But i played a couple that i already owned like Journey, Huntdown, Tormented Souls, Slave Zero X, Vampire Survivors, and Bastion.

I also owned a couple of indie games on physical disc / cartridge like Owlboy, Axiom Verge 1, and Wild Guns Reloaded.

But these days the line between indie and not became blurry. Last year there's a game like Expedition 33 that got group as indie when actually it got $30 millions funding from Kepler Interactive and total than 400 people worked on the game.

So, right now i'm kinda confused to categorized some games as indie. Would Bloodstained or Mutant Year Zero can be categorized as indie? Their devs are small but they got published by established company.

Glad to see a lot of people still bought physical games.

I never played this one but this is the same publisher who will port Terranigma right? It's nice to see a new publisher who focus on bringin classic RPG for current console.

I hope they can convince Sony to let them port Legend of Legaia, Alundra, and Arc the Lad 1-3. Or get the license for Koudelka, Shadow Hearts, Xenosaga, Brave Fencer Musashi, and Vagrant Story.

I forgot to say my impression for the movie.

I give it an 8-8.5/10. It's a solid horror and RE movie. The 1st and 2nd act was great but the 3rd act feels a bit short.

Nonetheless, Zach did a great job here. He nicely showed "Oh another lock / key again?! Why i can't shoot this fking lock to open the door?!" that feeling from when i played RE 1 for the first time lol.

Also, i salute Zach used the monsters effectively. Some people probably will be dissapointed with the absent of specific BOW. But the zombies and dogs alone are creepy in here.

I'm glad the film did well and if there's a sequel i hope Zach still direct it.

@LifeGirl Venom trilogy was a commercial succes though. Total box office for the trilogy are $1.8+ billion. Only Morbius, Kraven, and Madame Web who ended as a flop.

@ryanburnsred Yup. I never like the guy since his time in Kotaku just reporting gossips. Then his fiasco calling Vanillaware devs / artist a 14 years old boy just because he can't handle the exaggerated cartoon style in Dragon's Crown.

In its statement, Kojima Productions says we shouldn’t look too deeply into Jason Schreier’s report for Bloomberg, as none of its statements were made “on the record”. It reads:
“None of the claims written came from any
official or on-the-record source and as such we encourage you to take them with a dose of scepticism.”

So i wasn't wrong when i said i feel skeptics with Jason report, like the way he claim Physint overbudget which the game is not yet enter full production, Death Stranding 1+2 didn't sell, etc doesn't feel convincing.

One other thing that jumped out to me in the reporting, and may complicate some fans’ feelings, is that it sounds like maligned ex-PlayStation executive Jim Ryan was a big believer in Physint

Hard to believe that old Jimbo was the one who gave full support on Physint. But i guess it's true if we're looking right now at how bad Hermen and Nishino running Playstation.

As for Kojima said he still loves Sony after they cancelled Physint without telling him the reason? Yeah, possibly just PR speak to calm down Playstation fans who wants to see Kojima new games on PS5 / PS6. Hermen and Nishino clearly has burn the bridges and Kojima already slowly distant his projects from Sony / Playstation.

Good decision for Xbox for getting Kojima. Maybe i will get an Xbox just to play OD and Physint.

@Rich33

I'm afraid to say that some people just want to dislike this game.

Yeah, you're right.

I'm playing Onimusha at the moment, which I am really enjoying. But, I have seen most, if not all, of the negatives aimed at Wolverine, in Onimusha too at this point!

Does it have fart trail too? Lol jk. I wonder why reviewers "hide" (or didn't talk enough) the same negatives for Onimusha but they goes all out for Wolverine. Pretty stupid i say if they did it just because of physical games situation which Insomniac has nothing to do with it.

@Kingy

Final Fight had an arrow to tell you that the combat was done

The "GO" arrow sometimes shows up and told players to keeps moving even when the fight wasn't done. But you clearly never played Final Fight and for the sake of your sanity i hope "expert gamers" like you never touch it.

Every game should have fart trails

It will be fun wacthing people like you throwing more tantrum and dramas because of this simple visual cue. So I pray to god that every game in the future will have fart trail. Amen! 🙏