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@NitrousX I've added this to the article, worth mentioning, thank you

Obviously we need to see a lot more but I love the art style, and the game's structure seems really interesting to me. Lots of elements in the mix. Quite hopeful for this!

@BaldB3lper78 Unfortunately, no, I don't think so. Sorry!

@Gremio108 I think my save is approaching 13 hours. I did some exploring but definitely didn't see everything.

When that Nickelodeon collection was revealed yesterday I was disappointed Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention wasn't part of it.

Then I saw this news, where Ren & Stimpy was getting a collection all to itself, and I thought Stimpy's Invention was saved. More disappointment soon followed.

It's been a rollercoaster.

@themightyant Of all the things to get wrong Fixed, thank you for that.

@graymamba I appreciate what you're saying, and I get the appeal of chasing those challenging platinums. Hopefully my series offers something slightly different.

You don't need to worry about whether Going Platinum succeeds or fails; it will continue, regardless of performance, until I run out of platinum Trophies to talk about. I hope you get some enjoyment from it along the way

@graymamba Hi! I appreciate any and all feedback, but I think you might have misinterpreted this feature's purpose. It is not (and won't ever be) about my attempts to earn the toughest platinum Trophies.

Going Platinum is intended to be a very casual wander through my personal history; I'm looking back at every game I've platinumed, reflecting on them, what motivated getting all their Trophies, and throwing in some anecdotes about certain Trophies here and there. It sounds like that's not what you're looking for.

I understand that you're more interested in only the hardest platinums out there, but that's not what this feature is. I wanted to make that perfectly clear

@Max_the_German The official release date is 30th April, and that's what the release date will be for the vast majority. Only those who pay extra are getting the game on the 28th, but general release is 30th.

I love The Witness, so I hope this new game can live up to it, but to be brutally honest it doesn't look nearly as unique or intriguing to me. Excited to see it in motion.

@themightyant Yeah, I thought the same — if you're not concentrating on performance you're definitely less likely to notice or be affected by any issues.

To me it does sound like the Pro version is the real problem in this case — hopefully it gets fixed soon.

@themightyant Totally fine for me. I think I maybe noticed one or two brief hitches throughout my time with it, but otherwise didn't have a problem.

I can't say I had nearly the same experience as what John describes, but I played on a regular PS5. Could be the Pro version's botched for some reason.

Love the look of this.

@Shigurui You're quite right, fixed. Apologies for the oversight!

@themightyant Yes you can.

@bluemage1989 This is my genuine opinion of the game, I really love it. Having said that, I'd encourage you (or anybody) to read and watch other reviews and coverage and make up your own mind.

Updated the text — I've been informed that user-made content will in fact not be available on consoles. Sorry about that!

@JackiePriest He has his little cape, it's just not visible in these images

@Fiendish-Beaver No connection with Wreckfest

@Andee Nah I don't think so, it's a fairly self-contained story.

@Fiendish-Beaver It's not too bad to be honest. Square for light attacks, Triangle for heavier attacks, and many combos just have you mixing them up.

There are some command inputs for special attacks but they're actually uniform across all weapons, such as a circle motion on the left stick then Square/Triangle, or left stick back, then forward, then Square/Triangle.

I honestly wouldn't worry about having to remember a thousand combos — you'll be fine just attacking with the basic combo strings and using Bloodraven form when needed.

If you want, I think there's actually an option to have auto combos, if you're playing on the easiest difficulty.

@Ricky-Spanish On the Nintendo eShop it's listed as £24.99, so it'll almost certainly be the same for PlayStation Not sure about the physical editions.

@Nf157 I think split screen is only available offline, but I'll double check when I can.

@rjejr It has online multiplayer but I was unable to sample this. I don't think there were enough people trying to matchmake at once, at least at the times I tried.

It worked perfectly fine for me during the online beta though!

@ShadowRJ The Sonic R theme gets a remix of sorts in the game But yes, would love to see more of that OST in CrossWorlds.

Happy to answer questions

@Nalim 🫡

@Ypmud I'd say they have, this is my personal favourite game Lizardcube has made so far. Streets of Rage 4 was great for what it was but this is more up my alley. Really love this one.

@Kraven Doesn't seem too hard, most of the Trophies are about 100%-ing the game. There are some tough ones though, like beating the game in under 10 hours, earning S rank on every stage in Arcade mode, and beating Boss Rush mode.

@PuppetMaster Upon completing the game you unlock Arcade mode and Boss Rush.

There is no harder difficulty as far as I'm aware; there's the standard difficulty and you can make it easier if you want.

New costumes (just different colours basically) are collectibles in stages.

I think the art/music viewer stuff is only a bonus for the Digital Deluxe edition.

@Bingoboyop My personal preference is Shinobi having played them both, but they're doing slightly different things. I really enjoyed both and think both are very much worth playing, but Shinobi takes the biscuit for me.

Happy to answer any questions, as always!

As some have already said, it was okay but the real problem was the pace of it. It was two hours, but it was two hours that felt much longer; it really dragged in places.

There were many interesting games shown, but it would've been more impactful if the whole thing was condensed down. If it was a really snappy one-hour show instead, I feel like impressions would be better.

Gamescom Opening Night Live always has the problem of only being a couple of months after Summer Game Fest. Gamescom itself is fine, but the opening showcase suffers a bit because, of the two, SGF is the prime spot. There's not enough "big" news to spread across the two summer shows and so ONL tends to be weaker.

@KundaliniRising333 Strange, the post has been taken down. I've updated the article, thanks.

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@Simulated-Soul Unfortunately there isn't a platinum Trophy.

@Ellie-Moo Yeah, I’m not a fan of the animation style in general on the main character and enemies. It’s that sort of puppet-y style that’s quite common in lower budget games. It doesn’t look very good in my opinion.

@ear_wig I didn’t notice any issues at all playing on a standard PS5.

@somnambulance From what I've seen, other critics are kinder to Ruffy! It wasn't really doing it for me at all sadly. Thanks for reading

@TechaNinja I think it's a different singer.

@Blauwe_Chimay Not quite, it's more focused just on making deliveries — hitching up a trailer, hauling it to its destination, repeat — with some maintenance/survival aspects. RoadCraft has a more diverse range of vehicles and mission types.

But it has some similar sensibilities, like the slow pace and "realistic" approach.

I agree with basically everything Sammy's said; I think it was an absolute rock solid State of Play, probably one of the better ones they've done so far. Maybe I just got lucky, but there was quite a lot in the show that had me really excited (Lumines, 007, new Astro Bot stuff, Pragmata). Really good.

Easily one of Sony's best State of Play presentations, in my book. I thought every game shown looked good to great, and there were lots of neat surprises. I'm not much of a fighting game guy, but Marvel Tokon is undeniably a major get (and it looks excellent).

Personal highlight is probably Lumines Arise — I love that series and I'm so pleased it's getting a new game in the Tetris Effect style. Suits it down to the ground. Can't wait

@Oram77 Yes — Light No Fire.

I think God of War would lend itself to a Metroidvania structure very well. Could totally see this. Kinda want it now!

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@Drago201 It's more a time issue than a difficulty issue, really.

I love this damn game but there's no way I'm doing the Platinum grind for it. Tip of the hat to Cerny, though, what a legend.

This only makes me more interested!

@LogicStrikesAgain They can probably sell this comfortably for $50 because they know how much money they're gonna make on GTA 6 for $70-$80!