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I'm hoping they're staying safe up there.

I could go on and on about how much of a legend Shuhei Yoshida is. His eye for potential and creative new ideas is almost unmatched in the industry. He's one of the very few video game executives who deeply cares about the art of video games, and his passion is always wonderful to see. PlayStation will absolutely be worse without him.

@Keyblade-Dan @Max_the_German Unless Haven pulls off some kind of miracle, Fairgames doesn't have a chance in hell. No way.

SIlent Hill 2 and Simpsons Hit and Run are not happening. Sorry, guys.

I like this twist because it adds a game-like element to the story. Without the player making choices, Until Dawn is just another generic horror story. However, I appreciate that they're making what the movie characters will go through feel more like a game by adding a time loop element and setting limits and rules.

@PerpetualBoredom I almost laughed too. It sounds similar to the woman singing after finishing a mission in Witcher 3.

It's a cool cinematic, but it apes The Witcher 3's tone, art direction, and music so much that it's almost comical.

I wish I could travel back in time and tell a teenage version of myself there will come a day when Halo and Gears of War on PlayStation seem very plausible. His mind would be blown.

@Can-You-Believe-Sith A major theme of the game is the dismissal of women in various scientific fields at the time. The character you play is a brilliant botanist and you read some rejection letters from organizations that make condescending and dismissive remarks about her pursuing a scientific field rather than being a wife and mother. It sounds preachy, but I thought the theme was massaged very organically into the game. Because you are growing plants for one of her major applications throughout the game, you experience first-hand how brilliant she is and how frustrating it is for your achievements as a player to be dismissed for stupid reasons. Without her ever saying a word, the game does an excellent job of putting you in her headspace through gameplay.

Very good game too btw. It's maybe the best puzzle game I've played in a while.

Killer line-up for the Developer Direct this year, especially if the Oblivion remaster rumors are to be believed.

I met some of the former staff from Annapurna a long time ago and they couldn't have been nicer people. Whatever this next endeavor is, I hope it isn't diluted by some money-burning nepo baby like Megan Ellison.

I despised Before the Storm so much that it turned me off of ever wanting to play a Life is Strange game made by Deck Nine again. This also lacked two elements that made the first game tick for me: the relationship between Max and Chloe and the cozy, melancholic fall atmosphere.

I'll need to play Bayonetta Origins to determine whether this hire is a good one.

I avoid the marketing for the Like a Dragon games because they spoil way too much, so I won't be tuning into this. I want to go into Pirate Yakuza as blind as possible.

A Ghost of Tsushima anime is one of those no-brainer ideas that I'm surprised PlayStation didn't do sooner.

I'd still rather see an anime film of Horizon than a live-action one.

Just give me a new, great Sly Cooper game that is structured like Sly 2. Please. That's all I'm asking for, Sony.

I'd love to see something completely different from Helldivers.

Called it! When I saw this comment a few days ago, my immediate thought was "he's going to get so much crap from ResetEra about this". They're so predictable.

I don't believe him, but I hope this isn't another spin-off of Like a Dragon. Even if it's a crime/yakuza game, I'd prefer if Project Century were a new series entirely.

This was my favorite game of 2024 by a country mile. Team Asobi rule.

I can't wait to see how Fairgames, Marathon, and the Horizon multiplayer games perform. These will be fascinating to analyze regardless of the results.

@Thrillho "Minus points also awarded for locking the high XP dungeon behind DLC, making the grind for the top level trophy pretty infuriating without it."

I got the platinum and this was by far the worst part of it. It isn't noticeable if you don't go for the platinum or get a high level in the postgame, but when I realized what Sega did here, it pissed me off. Frustrating the player to strong-arm them into spending more money is unacceptable, especially for a $70 single-player game like this.

I loved this game. Next to 7 and 0, Infinite Wealth is my favorite game in the series. The mad lads at RGG put a better Pokemon game in this than anything Game Freak has pumped out in ages.

I'll step on the landmine: I thought Stellar Blade was way overhyped and mostly mediocre. For what it's worth, I got the platinum and my second playthrough was on the harder difficulty, so I've seen everything the game offers and still found it wanting.

Unless leverage means more quality ports of older games, remasters of PS3 games stuck on that console, and new games in long-neglected franchises, Mr. Hulst can piss off with his "leverage". Shoving Shadow of the Colossus and Sackboy into that god-awful Secret Level PlayStation episode is not the kind of "leverage" I want to see.

A roguelike card game may be the most antithetical thing to my gaming tastes, but Balatro is brilliant. It's a miracle how addicting this game was for me.

Classic Thomas the Tank Engine means a great deal to me, so this is really cool to see. It's so odd to see him in a video game not as a fan-made mod.

I didn't care for most of it, but that PlayStation episode at the end was ironically the worst one, in my opinion. It was so offensively awful that it made the Concord episode look decent by comparison.

I hope it delivers after all this time.

Xbox can keep it.

@Robinsad I agree with most of what you said. I think it's undeniable that some companies cynically use racial and sexual diversity. Ubisoft does this all the time. They talk a good line about inclusivity and diversity while protecting alleged sex pests and treating their employees like garbage.

But I would argue that this Intergalactic case is a different situation because I do not see anything in that trailer that points to it as a cynical DEI woke product. The only examples some of the loudest and most well-known anti-woke people can point to are that Jordan shaves her head, is a minority, and has an attitude. By that logic, Vasquez from Aliens is woke.

I think a lot of the loudest people need to possess more thoughtful criticism and discern the difference between cynicism and an artistic decision with sound reasoning.

@Zeldorf Dude, Ciri is one of the most beloved characters in The Witcher 3, and the comments about her from this Witcher 4 trailer echo the same nonsense these people throw at others just because she doesn't look like a model. She's older and more rough-looking. It must be that woke Western ideology agenda!

@DennisReynolds @AdamNovice LOL I was just going to respond with a comment about Samus's reveal. I can imagine the comments, YouTube video titles, and thumbnails:

"Nintendo finally went WOKE."
"Masculinity is DEAD in Metroid."
"Nintendo UNDER FIRE for WOKE Metroid reveal. Gamers are NOT HAVING IT!"

These people are the real NPCs they make fun of others for being.

@DennisReynolds Cuck has a VERY specific meaning behind it. Druckmann giving the thumbs up to a bald lead female protagonist and Abby being built is not "cuckery".

@Savage_Joe I was never going to say he was a saint, but okay... What exactly did Druckmann say that was insulting? And can you link me to the source of these comments? I would genuinely like to know specifically what he said and where this came from.

@Juanalf That Neil Cuckmann insult is maybe the laziest insult I've ever heard. I love a mocking nickname when it's funny, but I find nothing clever in calling Druckmann a "cuck". Outside of Abby having muscles, I don't know where this anti-woke religious mantra came from.

I have yet to see a single compelling reason why Neil Druckmann, Naughty Dog, and anyone associated with their projects get an unbelievable amount of crap from these guys. From the way they talk about him, you would think Druckmann broke into their homes and shot their dogs.

Unhinged losers

That's all that needs to be said.

They were upset Astro Bot had the clearly superior monkey.

My highlights were Project Century, the Okami sequel, the Fumito Ueda game, and Split Fiction. If I liked the trailer more, I would give a nod to Intergalactic, even though I think the game itself will be very good.

This game hasn't even been publicly known about for 24 hours and the discourse surrounding it is already insufferable. The Last of Us: Part II really broke some people's brains.

This setting is so my jam. God bless RGG Studio.

I'm so proud of my lord and savior Astro Bot.

While I have very mixed feelings about the trailer itself, I'm definitely interested in this. I really like the art design even with the annoying product placement.

I never thought this would happen. Speechless.

This looks so damn cute. I was praying they would add a new level before the year's end and Team Asobi delivered.

Josef Fares and his amazing team must be protected at all costs.

This has to be Tifa. Bandai Namco would not save this announcement for the Game Awards if it weren't an iconic character beyond Tekken.

To their credit, Square Enix was unusually upfront when Foamstars came out about it having only one year of post-launch support.