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Bearing in mind this is multi platform, I think it could do well. The art style is gorgeous too. I don't really play pvp shooters, but it looks fun . Hope it does well for them

Loved remake and initially had no issue with the trilogy aspect. The first game was pretty tight too. Unfortunately I thought rebirth had too much open world padding between story sections which was to the detriment of the narrative - to the point I almost would have preferred the game to be told over 2 games max

Might pick up on the switch (1) tbh. Not because i can't wait to play it, but I feel like I would have played the first game more on a handheld

I'm not sure why exec's make comments like this based on well known history in the industry.

That being said I also don't understand the backlash around the Switch 2 hardware price. It seems about bang on what I expected it to release at for a more powerful console.

There are a number of issues that do need to be addressed such as the software seeing one heck of a mark-up compared to the current gen, and suggestions of limited battery life, not addressing the joystick issue, the game card business etc.

But the cost of the console in the box probably shouldn't be the direction of people's ire.

I have it on switch but not booted it up yet

I just want an end to that cliff hanger in mankind divided. I live in hope. Both HR and MD were brilliant

I'm vivi excited. Can't wait for this 🙌

Just got the plat on lego horizon and started AC Shadows last night. Loving it so far

He is correct. Game bloat has to stop too. Shawn Layden was correct. We should be seeing way more titles the length of Astro Bot, or the likes of the lost legacy, Miles morales etc. Which are sold at a lower price, but released more often. There is still a place for massive game worlds, but these should be limited because dev time and costs have spiralled to the point it no longer seems sustainable.

Smaller games with reduced budget will freshen up the gaming industry again because it will allow devs to take more risks rather than this constant sword of damacles should a title not meet sales expectations. All the current situation will achieve is drive talent out of the industry and will put younger generations off from taking that career path in the future

Given nintendo rarely if ever discount first party titles, this is a concerning development

The extra stuff here will be a nothing burger to be honest. Have seen this kind of update before.

I'm a huge fan of the series, but I'm not hearing anything that would make me feel an urgent need to pick this version up even when I do eventually get a switch 2

I hope it lights a fire under Sony tbh. You can just feel the hype around this nintendo event which hasn't really been felt during the PS5 generation.

As for what I hope to see, Final Fantasy 9 is the obvious one (although given it was a PS1 title, I really would have liked to see Sony have it at one of its own shows), and the rumoured Persona 4 remake (same story as FF9).

I think nintendo are going to come out of today's direct very well.

Microsoft would make way more money releasing the games individually so that's what I expect they will do tbh.

No guarantee that it would have worked. And even if it had, what's to say the cure would have been used for the greater good. Most likely would have been sold to the highest bidder or used to blackmail people rather than used for its intended purpose. World of the Last of Us teaches you that you can trust almost no-one.

I'm team Joel on this one

My favourite game of all time. So hyped for whatever comes out of this

Me neither. But that is because I dont feel we have seen anywhere near the potential of PS5 yet to even be talking about PS6

Pop it in the sequel and get it out sooner 👍

What does all this mean for that cloud streaming deal ubisoft signed with Microsoft to enable the Activision deal to go through? Are these changes significant enough that the viability of ubisoft plus and the terms of that agreement need to be reconsidered?

Had no idea such a game existed. Loved the 2 psp games though

Mad. Santa Monica never implied remasters were on the way and probably have their hands full with the new ip they are developing

This stuff is bizarre and I still dont know how it manages to get past the relevant platform holder checks.

Yesterday I watched a video for a new VR game called assassins dig. I swear on the Playstation official YouTube site. It had the AC logo and so I thought it was a random tie in. Clearly it wasn't and the video has since been removed (but can be seen elsewhere: https://youtu.be/E0vquC6LO9w?si=L-IFOmbNqtd3vuZs)

Like how does this stuff get through?

Had a voucher from work so treated myself. Arrived today and installed but I just started lego horizon so want to get that done first.

I adored valhalla, and just played through mirage and still get a lot of enjoyment from creed. I also love japanese settings and this will tide me over until ghost of yotei

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare I can't imagine the 'sales' are that high given its on gamepass. I think engagement was good though. In January Microsoft said it had been played by 4 million people. I think the real test of sales will come when it launches on PS5

Holding out for a ghost of yotei controller personally

I really want this game to be good. It looks very promising, but I am playing mirage at the moment and there are still so many rough edges that ubisoft need to give attention to. Really intrigued as to how it will turn out. I always enjoy creed so I am sure it will be fun to play, and the Japanese setting will be a fantastic playground

This looks awful....in all the best ways. It looks like it will be proper terrifying and I can't wait to play it.

Japan does horror like no other and I think this could be really great

Never heard of the game or the studio im afraid. Which i guess lends itself to partially explaining why this failed to find an audience.

Fact is, unless a live service game does something really unique, there is no incentive for people to leave the community and spend they have already made on more established GaaS like a FFXIV, Fortnite etc. Literally zero point putting out live service titles that do what the established market leaders are already doing.

You have to imagine game devs are starting to wake up to this but until then this cycle is destined to continue

Well I wanted something to truly show me what PS5 and my newish TV can do, so maybe this is that title. Visually it's mind blowing. Looks mad as a box of frogs, but at least as a visual showcase it looks pretty special. I'm still not entirely clear what I would be doing which put me off the first game, but I think I will try this

It does look good and I really do want it to be good. The screen still feels overly cluttered compared to Ghost of Tsushima which has much more of a cinematic feel, whereas this does look to be another assassins creed game (for better or worse). But I think this will be alot of fun. Just get rid of yellow paint!

Sony won't let the cash cow go dry. Almost zero chance a 3rd game doesn't happen at some point (and i do not mean this as a criticism. Part 2 is fantastic)

I genuinely think this game could be good. When I played HFW I remember some cut away dialogue in one of the villages talking about the clan wars. With multiple clans building up their respective village and fighting other clans over resources etc, with emergent gameplay during battle with unpredictable involvement of machines (e.g. a thunderjaw or tremortusk randomly stumbling across the fight and causing chaos requiring you to make choices over whether to run, take advantage of the distraction to take out other players etc), and most likely the ability to capture and harness powerful machines to support you in battle - I think it has alot of potential to be really good.

Also no doubt a big component of the game will be to team up with other players to take out machines to gather valuable resources to upgrade weapons, armour, gain special abilities etc. It all seems quite logical for a live service game. And I can see how special machines with unique resources and characteristics will be dropped into the game to keep things interesting

Personal preference would be to keep all the space mumbo jumbo out of it though. I MUCH prefer the more grounded stories the original games were telling

New game plus sounds sensible in this instance given there are 2 main characters players can choose from - assuming there is much of a difference in story that you might otherwise miss. Ultimately it is up to ubisoft to make the game world compelling enough to want to stick around in though. I'm tentatively positive about this game. It does look very good

Fantastic news. Very excited to play these again

Fantastic news

Is this the game Shuhei Yoshida voices a character in

Nothing to get me hyped for the future of Playstation tbh. As I said in the chat, I dont think these shows are for me any more and I might skip the next one. Sony has trained me this generation to have low expectations going into State of Play and only once or twice have they exceeded them over the last couple of years. I'm very pleased for those that enjoyed the show though.

I think I am just moving past this type of delivery. On balance, this wasn't a bad show and there were a few interesting games in there. But so many looked generic or are not doing anything new. To the point I can't remember the names of half of what was shown. At least Shinobi and the midnight walk did something to differentiate themselves with the art style

I'll probably upgrade days gone because although I have the game on PS4 i never got around to playing it. And I'll be getting MGS Delta and Onimusha.

Good to learn about the Yakuza demo and the Dave the Diver dlc, and I did think Sonic racing looked fun. Also the supermassive game looks like they might have cracked the formula they have been so close to achieving with their last few releases.

Interested in the Housemarque game, but no gameplay to show - they said that is coming later in the year so hopefully Sony shows up with a showcase to show off some more heavy hitters.

Mindseye is one is really will be keeping an eye on. I'm fascinated to see how this creative shake out from Rockstar turns out over the next few years - including any impact the departures have had on GTA 6

Hopefully Square Enix turn up at that Nintendo direct in April with Final Fantasy IX remake as the wait for that announcement is getting long

Would love to see something Resident Evil and the Final Fantasy 9 remake. Would love news of an FF13 remaster too. Beyond that, I am expecting some more Astrobot content, but everything else will be a surprise. If Microsoft is there I imagine they will date Forza and Indy more than make new announcements. And it sounds like MGS will be there. Hopefully plenty of games shown rather than a couple of 10 minute trailers like we had with that boring Dragon Age boss fight last time

@Kienda bravo 👏 👏 👏

As long as it doesn't water down character development for each and ultimately the overall story then it's fine. Hopefully they ironed this out because I do tend to prefer single protagonist titles

I love the 13 trilogy (ok, the first 2...didn't connect with the third). Would love a remaster. Would also like that lightning figure, but assume it will be expensive.

Not sure the benefit of Sony saying more now unless the outage was due to nefarious reasons. They could have been more transparent at the time but then , the priority was on identifying and fixing the problem.

Will be forgotten about if a state of play is announced today

No. I noticed my trophies hadn't synced on Friday night, but didn't have any wider impact than that.

Just started Assassins Creed Mirage. Enjoying it so far - but am glad it's a shorter release. Want to knock some of the backlog off my list

I could get on the store but couldn't view trophies (in the UK).

Seems good numbers for a metroidvania in a series that hadn't seen much attention in recent years. I picked it up for the switch as I felt it would benefit from portability and have really enjoyed what I have played so far

I enjoyed this game but in truth have forgotten most of it unlike heavy rain and detroit. I would be interested in a tv adaption because why not?

What was Sony thinking. This is an absolutely shambolic waste of resources. A live service God of War? madness.

Bend could have been readying for release of days gone 2 or uncharted 5 (as i believe was once rumoured) at this point in the console cycle.

What an absolute let down and failure of leadership and understanding from Sony. This PS5 generation will not be remembered fondly at all.

Wish they added an option to fast travel to cities without having to teleport to the gauntlet runner, go to the strategy room, and then scroll across the map to the place I want. In the end game gets a bit laborious unless I am missing an option somewhere

Also worth noting survivor had some deep sales in 2024. Think I picked it up for £15

I live in the UK and still buy everything physical unless it's a smaller digital title that traditionally wouldn't get an alternative release (not counting the likes of limited run games etc). Tbh I have no intention to change. If games go all digital, I will significantly reduce my consumer spend on software.