RicebinBernacky

I'm so surprised how popular Monster Hunter is. You would think it would be quite niche, but it's right up there among a bunch of casual-friendly mega franchises.

@Oram77 it's high praise for a Bubsy game though, which are consistently terrible

@AverageGamer Exactly what I was thinking, and kind of baffled that the article made no mention of it. Timezones do exist

The West may be caught up, but I definitely am not haha! Somehow 4 games behind again. Better get back to Reverie

@Balaam_ wow I'm baffled by this comment but to each their own I suppose.

Seems like a very reasonable take. But of course the anti-AI hysteria has token hold here as well

@Noone2025 that would make for quite boring reading don't you think? What, just post after post of Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding competing with each other for the awards?

yeah the thing is that games take a lot of time to get through. If you have a full time job and a family, even a 15 hour game can take weeks to finish, nevermind the open world behemoths. I pretty much stopped buying new games when I realized that my backlog was growing much more rapidly than I was finishing games.

@StitchJones yea there seems to be no rhyme or reason to DLC pricing these days. You'll see costume packs for $40+ alongside expansions that add hours of content for $10-20. Feels like they just pick numbers out of a hat sometimes.

ah one of my least favourite gaming trends: every interesting-looking game ending up being a roguelike/lite

"Obviously, we understand not every game will appeal to everyone; some of you may have already purchased some of these titles, therefore you’re not getting quite the same return from your subscription."

That's exactly it. Years old games just don't add much value for me. IMO, the only subscription somewhat worthwhile is game pass ultimate for its day 1 new games. And even then, losing access when you unsubscribe is not very appealing.

“This is a gorgeous and gripping adventure, backed by a cast of endearing heroes and deliciously devious villains,”

I wish I had played this version of the game. I wish the version of Veilguard that I played had a cast of even half-decently written characters.

Kind of devalues their own service when they're basically saying that hey if you got this game through our subscription, which is a PAID service, you're a second class customer

I'm just here to express my astonishment that ... Days Gone of all games won back in 2019. Are readers here really so biased towards first party titles?

@Impossibilium
Deku Deals is fantastic, and if you're someone like me who has multiple consoles, all the information is in one place. No need for multiple wishlists. Plus it shows the sales history, so you can see how often the game goes on sale or if you're actually getting a good deal

A bit hyperbolic there. I play most games months, or even years after release, and the existence of spoilers has never negatively impacted my experience

This update actually pushed me to cancel my ps+ entirely today. I was already close since I already have gamepass and don't have enough time to properly make use of both subscriptions, but Sony clearly doesn't care about making this worthwhile for users.

@Stevemalkpus
I think you're probably overestimating how much the casuals who only buy EA FC, CoD etc. actually know about their system. Wouldn't be surprised if a large percentage are not even aware it's available on ps+

@Enriesto
That is quite likely, in which case the title should have been something like "Resident Evil 9 Reveal Imminent, To Be Released in January"

January 2025 release is kind of stretching the meaning of the word imminent lol

This is such a small, unnecessary change, that is now going to be used in countless examples across the internet of how games are going "woke", "sweet baby" etc etc.

I actually would have loved this in 13 Sentinels. Let the game play itself through the battles, leaving me with the parts that I actually care about.

Worth noting that this is one of the worst reviews for the game so far. Most are more positive about it.

It sounds cool, but I have so much difficulty going to back to a game for DLC many months later. My skills and knowledge of the game have evaporated, but the DLC will expect endgame level skill.

I think Jason Schreier has already chimed in on this that something dead space related was being worked on at some point, but it wasn't a dead space 2 remake

@KingDazzar
Glad you said it first haha. From the first time I saw this game, it looked kind of ugly to me.

Turns out I've only actually played one game from 2024 so far, Persona 3 Reload. Does it count if I played it on gamepass?

@Golem25
sounds like things that are pretty irrelevant to the content of this article, so I can understand why the comments were removed

I'm so curious about all these deleted, controversial comments on what should be a pretty straightforward article with good news for subscribers.

Hopefully this will get slightly more consistent support from devs than those Activity Cards. Does anyone even remember that those exist?

After Starfield, I don't know if I even trust Bethesda to make a good follow-up to Skyrim at this point.

@nessisonett
Cost of living is vastly different in Japan. When I visited Tokyo, I was astonished at how cheap it was to do certain things like eating out at a restaurant. Close to 50% less than what I would pay at home.

This might be the first time where I think a remake is completely unnecessary

@Kienda
no, Crystal Chronicles has quite a bit lower score. Chronicles is the ps1 compilation of FFIV and Chrono Trigger

I'll admit, I naively thought that Embracer would be good for the industry when they started buying up some of these studios. Turns out they represent everything wrong in the business world.

ah excellent, one more opportunity to hold off on playing AC Valhalla because of how darn long I hear it is, until it inevitably leaves the service again.

I'm fully on board with remakes IF they're actually needed. There are so, so many games from the ps1 and ps2 eras that would greatly benefit from a remake. Yet, we keep getting word of ps3 and even ps4! remakes (Until Dawn). It's hard not to feel like they're just going for the lowest effort cash grabs.

@Shad361
Not sure why that's relevant. State of Plays never have big first party reveals. Anyone expecting that was setting themselves up for disappointment

@KundaliniRising333
They literally shadowdropped a new, unannounced Silent Hill. Not to mention a new Sonic and new Metro

@KundaliniRising333
Ah good, I was worried I was seeing far too much positivity being spread around here. Thank you for your service

@Grimwood yeah I feel the same, so many cool looking games end up getting crossed off my list when it turns out that they're a roguelike/lite.

so many remakes of relatively modern games. There are tons of actually older, dated games that would hugely benefit from a remake, but of course that would require more effort

This is just sickening. If any normal product were to drop in price by 90%, you would think they would be losing money on it, or losing any margin at least. Microtransactions are a complete scam

it's just kind of sad that after 8+ years, this is what we're getting from Rocksteady, a mediocre live service. Assuming it doesn't end up killing the studio, when's the next possibility of getting something good from them, another 5+ years likely?

@get2sammyb thanks! that's a relief

I haven't played this yet, but was planning to. However, I absolutely do not care for roguelites/likes. To clarify, is this a separate mode or area within the game? Or is the whole game a roguelite?

Well, I guess Push Square and Pure Xbox readers have something in common. The first party exclusive is the winner no matter what. At least Spider-Man is a more reasonable choice than Starfield...

A victim of releasing in a stacked 2023. Had it released in the last couple of years, I have no doubt it would be getting far more recognition during awards season.

"Perhaps taking some inspiration from Persona 5 Strikers"
My memory must be failing me, because I don't remember any turn-based combat at all in Strikers

@Olmaz
That's kind of a tough one. Should journalists pretend that the information is not out there and widespread already? I don't think it's such an easy answer.