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Dang. This is the first time Sony do a shadow drop without marketing to build up the excitement for their 1st party game.

The game looks cool although i didn't expect playing as teen Kratos.

But I'll wait for a physical release.

Well, anyone who got angry at Santa Monica for not announce trilogy remaster can shut up.

Anyway. I'm currently playing GoW I & 2 remaster on PS3 and they still looks and plays great.

But i'm curious and also excited how Santa Monica gonna remake the trilogy. Although, feels like the sexy mini game probably will be gone...

I'm not yet played the first game but this one looks solid. Gonna add this and the first game on my buying list!

Loves the movies and this one looks hype!

I give it an Excellent rating! 10 out of 10!

I only expect Tokon new characters and predict Yotei Legend mode and i got both. But holy smoke, Sony really go beyond!

Like dang, a new Castlevania game?!
DOA 7?!
GoW trilogy remake, not remastered, and a 2D Metroidvania one?!
A Tenchu spiritual successor?!

Anyone who give this show a "poor" rating are fking trolls. Period.

@vikramsingh I mean SEA store. I guess they released the game for other Asian store...

@LogicStrikesAgain Slop and woke are so overused these days. Feels like both words lost the real meaning and became a replacement for "i don't like this game therefore it's a slop / woke".

@StitchJones "Decima isn't stylized cartoon"

A graphic engine can be used for different artstyles. Guerilla never set Decima for only realistic style.

Just look at RE engine used for Ghost n Goblins Ressurection, Monster Hunter Stories 3, Okami 2, Mega Man: Dual Override, Capcom Arcade Stadium, and Ace Attorney collection.

Or Unreal Engine used for Fortnite, Marvel Tokon, Guilty Gear Xrd / Strive, Dragon Ball Fighter Z, Granblue Fantasy Versus, Kingdom Hearts 3, and many anime / cartoony games.

DQ, MonHun, and Nintendo games including Pokemon. The usual stuff that Japan always loves.

Surprised Nioh 3 can managed to sell 40K in the same week as DQ 7.

And looking at PS5 sales after digital version got price cut, i can see Sony gonna limit PS6 production for Japan and push their resource for bigger & more profitable market like China.

@Pat_trick I used the general consensus including what many Star Trek fans thinks about Beyond and they believe it was a solid Trek movie. Heck, some even feels the movie was underrated. Sure it has some flaws but to claim it's "a bastardisation of what Star Trek is about"? Did we watched the same movie here or you just mistaken Beyond with other movie?

As for F&F movies, i don't know what's your problem and saying all of them are awful is a weird take. But eh, whatever.

@Pat_trick He directed Star Trek Beyond and it was received positively by Star Trek fans (i personally like it).

And his Fast 4, 5, and 6 was pretty good, better than Tokyo Drift, F9, and 10 imho.

So, there's enough chance this will be good which also depends on who's writing the script.

I like Justin Lin Star Trek: Beyond and choosing him to direct Helldivers seems like a good decision.

Not sure what's Jason Mamoa role though but i guess his name will be needed to attract a lot of audiences as well his fans who never played the game.

@Ainu20 The same. I'm not into PvP extraction shooter but i like the clean-sleek-sci fi-kinda retro artstyle. I wish this game have story campaign but sadly Bungie only focus on multiplayer.

But as usual, some people in here always quickly throw negative opinion and hate on everything that have "live service / multiplayer" label.

I can't find this collection on PS Asia store. Another case of LRG skipping Asian region.

I doubt they spend more than 1-2 minutes on this game, not when it will have its own livestream.

I'm all for a quirky game with silly-harmless fans service / sexual innuendo. But they need to make the gameplay looks really fun and batsh* crazy, like Akiba's Trip for example. This one doesn't looks fun though. I mean, an underwear just flying around and shoots beam? Eh.

@LifeGirl I'm really glad that Anita Sarkessian isn't relevant anymore ☺️

@GirlVersusGame "It's strange they didn't focus that much on Resident Evil, maybe it was too violent or gruesome for public display"

It's a good decision from Capcom not to focus much on RE cause they made tons of games with beautiful artworks that deserves a good spotlight. Niche games like Darkstalkers, Breath of Fire, Final Fight, Kunitsugami, Rival Schools, Haunting Ground, D&D Tower of Doom / Shadow of Mystara, Strider, etc etc deserves more recognition.

@MonkeyGibs Nonetheless it still impressives. These days we rarely get a self funded indie movie that can performed really well in box office, even better than some movies that got back by major studio.

2XKO x Highguard 🤝

Who thought it was a good idea to launch a live service game with very barebone contents and boring gameplay. They also didn't held any beta test to gather players feedback. As for 2XKO case, Riot is crazy enough to locked some skins behind very expensives bundle that cost more than buying a brand new AAA game.

My sympathy for the devs though. I hope they land a new job asap.

@IOI Completely agreed. GoW is Sony second best selling franchise (at 76 million copies) after GT. It would be a stupid decision for them to shadow drop the newest game instead of market it to the moon.

In less than 2 weeks, my movie theatre gonna show the movie in 25th.

As a big-longtime Capcom fans including their gorgeous artworks by very talented artist from Akiman, Kinu Nishimura, Shinkiro, Daigo Ikeno, etc, this museum feels like a wet dream for me. sigh...i wish i have the money for travelling.

Also, EvoFGC channel did a tour guide video for this musem with Kaho Shibuya and Takayuki Nakayama (SF 6 director). Here's the link if anyone interested to watch.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j8TUrvKDzu4&pp=ygUNY2FwY29tIG11c2V1bdIHCQlAAaO1ajebQw%3D%3D

Anyway. Cool feature @get2sammyb 👍

@Stepan Yeah Director's Cut probably their new buzzword. The sad thing is Kenzan and Black Panther probably never get localized...

@CielloArc Anniversary event doesn't always come with a new game announcement. In fact it's rarely happened.

But that's the problem with some people. They put themself in a bad situation for believing rumors from "insiders". Add with the sense of entitlement that Santa Monica always owed them something.

The ironic thing is Santa Monica already gave fans a FREE expansion Valhalla back in 2023 + DLC armor & weapons Dark Odyssey to celebrate the anniversary. Any devs could charge $20-30 for the expansion alone. But no, some fans still angry they didn't get the Greek remaster that Santa Monica never talk or promise lol.

It'll be fun to see people reactions this tuesday if the rumor GoW metroidvania don't show up.

People put too much stock towards these insiders and when the rumor isn't true they aim their anger at the devs.

I still remembered when people got angry at Santa Monica just because they didn't announced Greek remaster at GoW anniversary.

@Vivisapprentice Wolverine pretty much will get a dedicated SoP. But that means this week SoP have 2 slot free since Horizon Hunter Gathering already got a 10 minute video.

@MFTWrecks "Why develop an all new look and feel for an established IP?"

It's a spin-off so it's okay to have different artstyle to separate with main games. The same with FF Tactics and Crystal Chronicles who has different artstyle than mainline FF. Or Persona Tactica with super deformed / chibi artstyle compare to main Persona games.

It's weird that this game ended as a "commercial success" while more polish and much better games like Gravity Rush, Soul Sacrifice, Puppeteer, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Folklore, Forbidden Siren, Medievil, or Heavenly Sword got ignored and ended as a flop. No wonder Sony didn't bother to do in-house AA anymore and let 3rd party do the job.

@themightyant What Suda recent games that got 7? I mean, NMH 3 was 5 years ago and since then he didn't release any games until Romeo.

I have my physical copy both og and remastered. Sega can f* off with their stupid decision 👎

I remember when Nagoshi said Kiryu story end with Yakuza 6 and this guy brought him back for 7, 8, and Gaiden. So I'm sure they will do Kiwami 4 and 5 heck even 6 and 0 will get Kiwamid too 😂

I don't know what change they made with the story though. But i'll stick with og Yakuza 3.

I would like to play this. But Square / LRG never bother release it for PS Asia store.

@LifeGirl Is it wrong to make a video game character that cater to "male gaze"? I mean, there's plenty of characters that cater to "female gaze".

• The internet reacted negatively and claimed Helldivers 2 will be a flop when it was 1st announced.
• The internet claimed TloU 2 a flop.
• The internet claimed Ghost of Yotei a flop.

The internet fill with a lot of crybabies throwing tantrum, clueless armchair analyst, and grifters. They just want to hate and complaint about something on daily basis. So why would i listen to them and lower myself to their level? 🤷‍♂️

@J2theEzzo ArcSys rarely have games where the characters looks and play like a palette swap. Even for DBFZ fill with many Gokus and Vegetas, they still played quite different. And with Marvel, i think they have a lot of options for character uniqueness.

This review feels like the game deserve at least a 7-7.5/10.

Anyway. If i can sum up the game; it's a Romeo & Juliet parody but with sci-fi / time travel twist mixed with monster breeding. Sounds awesome 😆

I would buy it on day 1 but sadly right now i'm on tight budget 😔

@J2theEzzo "For a 4v4 fighter, 8 to 20 characters seems like it's going to get old real quick"

There will be tons of combinations and matchup. So no, it's not gonna get old real quick, not when each character plays differently. Heck, i doubt anyone can fully mastered 1 team with the same 4 characters in just 2-3 months.

And one thing for sure: auto combo is garbage and never been design to do optimal / highest damage combo. The purpose for auto combo is mainly to make casuals / beginners feels cool. But auto combo always have weaker damage scalling than manual combo. If anyone wants to seriously learn more about the game depth and rank up from casuals / beginners to intermediate and advance level then they shouldn't use auto combo at all.

6 minutes of a cutie chopping and cooking mysterious ingredients then end up with a cliffhanger. Interesting 😆

@MrPeanutbutterz I don't remember if there's a fighting game in the last decade that didn't have motion input at all. Even 3D ones like Tekken, Soul Calibur, and VF has motion input.

@DennisReynolds There's no 4v4 tag fighter before Tokon. So this "4v4 should be 30 characters in the base roster or don't bother at all" sounds silly af. God forbid ArcSys make the first 4v4 tag fighter and it doesn't follow the rules or formulas from other games 🙄

Beside, this game will have unique characters that plays different from each other. So there will be plenty of combination all around with just 20 alone.

@LogicStrikesAgain No, you're right about it will have tons of combinations with just 20 alone. I hope ArcSys nailed the balancing though.

@DennisReynolds You can expect 30 for Marvel Tokon 2.

Beside, ArcSys isn't as big as Capcom and with this artstyle + smooth animation from scratch, 20 characters for base roster is a solid start.

@Wakkawipeout Yeah 2XKO title is stupid af. Not sure why they can't used anything related to LoL for the title.

I just found out the price for 1 skin is around $20-25 and some skin are locked behind the most expensives bundle at $400 and Riot devs was defending the price lmao.

Yeah this game is cooked.

@MrPeanutbutterz Yeah it doesn't have motion input and many people already asked the devs to add it but they didn't listen. The devs probably think there's no need to listen feedback from the FGC cause there will be millions of LoL players who gonna play this game haha.

20 characters for base roster is a solid start considering you can focus on main 1 character while the other 3 work solely as assist.

Also, yes for story mode. A good chunk of single player contents not just can attract casual players but also can keep them playing the game for months and even years. Just look at SF 6 World Tour and especially Battle Hub. Many casual players are roaming Battle Hub to play avatar battle, extreme battle, classic Capcom arcade games, fighting super boss, training, or just hanging around with friends.

I don't have prediction beside Yotei Legend mode. Just give me Marvel Tokon new characters and the rest will be a bonus for me.

The game is barebone af. It's crazy after 7 years in development, they released a 2v2 tag fighters game with just 11 characters in base roster. Like come on, even old tag fighters like X-Men vs SF launched with 17 characters!

There's also no motion input and that would be a turn off for many fighting games fans.

Not to mention there's no basic single player content like Arcade mode. No one wants to play ranked or casual over and over or grinding in training mode for hours. They need single player contents like Arcade mode or combo trial to cooling off.

No wonder the game struggle to attract players. People just stick with SF 6, Tekken 8, CotW, GG Strive, etc that has more content and userbase 🤷‍♂️

@Boxmonkey You're lacking the context of why this game isn't doing well. And fighting games has been using live service model for decades.

Asura Wrath and Silent Bomber remaster would be cool.

I just want to see Marvel Tokon new characters. But got the feeling they will show Yotei Legend mode.

@Boxmonkey "I would certainly consider going pc only next gen. Defending PlayStation and Sony after the mess they’ve made this gen is fanboy behaviour."

Why wait for next gen and not just do it right now?

I mean, you're here already preaching and convincing yourself that you had enough of Sony / Playstation output. So, why wait for next gen? It's not like someone from Sony gonna read your rant then try their best to change your mind either lol.

I used to enjoyed magical girl / maho shoujo like Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, and Powerpuff Girls. I think Gravity Rush can also categorized as magical girl. And the story was surprisingly solid with likeable characters.

I'm not sure for this game though. I kinda dig the music and the artstyle looks clean.