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Mike Booth being involved intrigues me. This was also announced for PS5 and PC, so this is further along than I expected. I just hope it actually looks cool because PlayStation's eye for "bold and innovative" things has been spotty at best this gen.

For all of the major issues I've had with Destiny over the years, its atmosphere (especially in vanilla D1) is some of the most sublime in gaming imo. Because of my deep respect for Bungie's original artistic intent with Destiny, I can't think of anything more unappealing, distracting, and disrespectful than shoving Star Wars into it as a desperate grab for more players and relevancy. It looks so pathetic.

I'd have way less of a problem with these games playing it safe if the writing and character didn't feel so disposable and boring to me in most cases. Not everything can have Expedition 33 or BG3 quality writing, but it's almost like PlayStation goes out of their way to hire the blandest writers out there.

If it's still going to be a live service prequel that no fan of the original game wanted, then Ubisoft should just put this thing out of its misery.

Missed out on the first one but got my invite yesterday. Looking forward to finally checking it out.

Leon is absolutely in RE9 and I'd bet my life savings that he's the other main playable character besides Grace. Capcom has been so coy and selective about showing things from this game that I know they're hiding something big, and Leon being there is so obvious to anyone who's even mildly followed the series.

Oh Christ, not Jez Corden again...

Three games I'd like to play in the Extra tier, so this is maybe the best month of the year for me.

I didn't think it could get much worse than the new Modern Warfare III joke of a "campaign", but ABK always manages to surprise me.

I wish they did stuff like this near where I live, especially that amazing Astro Bot pinball machine from last year.

Hell yeah. Glad I haven't bought the PS4 version yet.

The irony of using AI "extensively" to work on a new game in the Horizon franchise is hilarious.

Steel Frontiers looks a lot better than I expected. So much so that I'm now disgruntled it isn't coming to PS5 so I can play it with friends.

I've had my eye on Pacific Drive, Still Wakes the Deep, and Thank Goodness for a while, so this is a great month for me.

I know this won't be the case, but there's a part of my brain that thinks this will be a free-to-play game with eight characters to start, and then you have to pay or grind a stupidly long time for the rest. They've missed so many golden opportunities to reveal new characters that it's mind-boggling.

Based on the lineup they had, I have no idea what will convince Japanese gamers to run out and buy a PS5. Most of this was DLC for games that are already out, games coming to the Switch, or super underwhelming game choices. I thought this was a pretty significant failure all around. The State of Play back in June was a WAY better showcase of Japanese games than this.

Out of all the stupid ***** he said, my vote for the stupidest thing Jim Ryan ever said was: "...we believe that Bungie can give us way more than a $69 billion acquisition of Activision."

What an unbelievably moronic thing to say in hindsight.

LOL buying this crap should come with a literal smack to the face

I usually don't care about these dumb awards, but not including Expedition 33 for a music nom is insane.

Do I dare hope for Kingdom Hearts IV to be here...?

Yōtei is superior in every way except writing, pacing, and emotional impact. Like a lot of PS5 era first-party sequels, the storytelling is so much worse this time around.

Whoever came up with this to replace Stars should be fired.

One of my favorite games of the generation

Extraction shooters aren't for me, but I still had fun playing the server slam with a friend. If they get the post-launch support right, I think Embark has something cool here.

After all these years, seeing Halo on PlayStation feels so wrong to me.

It speaks to Bethesda and Xbox's incomprehensibly bad project management that they have a New Vegas themed season of Fallout coming out soon but have no remaster of it for modern consoles ready to go to drum up excitement from old and new fans. Just a re-release of Fallout 4 and a PC only bundle of vanilla New Vegas. Un-freaking-believable.

I'd be more interested in this if it wasn't coming from the merchant of disappointments 343 Industries. I wouldn't trust those guys with washing my laundry.

Damn, this is how you get me to buy stupidly expensive merch.

Didn't Sucker Punch already confirm that a spin-off was in the works? I could have sworn I read that during an interview earlier this year.

I only encountered two bugs in my 80 hours of playtime: the coins disappearing in one of the gambling games and Atsu fell through the map at one point. Beyond that, it was flawless.

LOL this will go down REALLY well

Edit: Wow, that looks super generic. Did Quantic Dream get an AI chatbot to generate this?

They need better T-shirt designs for Astro Bot. The ones they publicly offer suck.

Again, IF ONLY Sony had multiple remaster/port/remake studios under their umbrella that could handle such Herculian tasks; not to mention the number of talented contract studios they've used over the years.

IF ONLY

So far, if I could, I'd go with a 7.5.

@Questionable_Duck If I look at the video from the mindset of PlayStation sending a message, it would be reprioritizing their clear commitment to the PS6 and the future of their platform. This video exists less than a week after Xbox had to run damage control when rumors of this next-gen being their last for a console heated up. It wouldn't take long for Cerney to hop on a plane to AMD HQ, film, edit, and release it.

Again, I'm likely reading too much into it, but it's amusing to think about given the timing. Either Sony planned this or took advantage of the timing.

@darylb24 I have no doubt that wasn't AMD's intention, but I can imagine PlayStation being that petty.

@Oram77 They are openly playing the field, and I respect the hustle.

I'm probably reading too much into this, but I saw this video as a big middle finger from PlayStation to Xbox after the AMD rumors last weekend. The timing is too perfect.

I'm not crazy about Giant Squid, but PlayStation acquiring them makes a lot of sense to me. They're the kind of studio I'd like to see Sony invest more in instead of Haven, Firewalk, and Bungie.

This could have been the most interesting AC game in ages. Even I would have been tempted to check it out.

Praying for some new music too.

I still think of the near $4 billion that could have been used in dozens of better and more profitable ways instead of acquiring Bungie. It makes me so sad.

@DennisReynolds You're not wrong, but I'm okay with this in any game if the mid-sized zones are visually distinct and fun to explore, and they are in Yōtei imo.

@Rob_230 I was worried when I first saw them that they would be there any time I wanted to ride the horse. Forced black bars are an enormous pet peeve of mine in a game.

They've done a much better job this time around making the map and signposting feel more diagetic. One detail I really like is that icons on the map are designed to look like as if Atsu painted them. It adds a lot to making the icons feel more organic and less like checking off boxes.

Even if Marathon's initial launch is a success, after everything that has happened with Destiny 2 and Bungie itself, who actually trusts them with long-term healthy support at this point?

Only new game I played in September was Silent Hill f.

Aside from the really bad opening and some small creative decisions I find irritating, I've been greatly enjoying it. I've been slowly warming up to it throughout my roughly 40 hours of playtime, and my thoughts have gradually transformed from "this is just okay" to palpable amazement and enthusiasm. It took a while to get there, but better late than never.

I'd also highly recommend playing it on hard difficulty and avoiding or turning off as much of the exploration assists as possible. It becomes a deeply immersive and dangerous-feeling samurai fantasy.

After reading the Push Square impressions and seeing the underwhelming music line-up, I passed on this concert.

@jolteon23 Haha, I wasn't planning on spending 40 hours playing it, but, due to some fortunate circumstances, I had A LOT more free time this weekend than I anticipated, and Yotei has its claws deep into me. That will definitely slow down now that the work week is here.