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Hype to try Jusant. I own KoF and I generally hate Diablo, but still feel compelled to try it again.

I've been waiting for Outlaws sub $20, so I'll keep an eye out. I borrowed it from the library and have actually really enjoyed what I've played. I think tempered expectations helped.

@Jakebrake1895 Fore! was definitely the apex of the series for me as well. Out of Bounds was solid, but lost mini golf and felt smaller. Everybody's Golf was definitely a disappointment. It was a bummer that roster felt less wacky and more homogenized. The MP never quite clicked either, which was clearly the focus.

I'd love to be excited for this, but as a Vita remaster I'm just not pumped at all. I've gotten my arcade golf fix from a F2P mobile title. I'm ready for a new Hot Shots that captures the scope and spirit of the PS1/2games.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't think Tee Lopes did any of vanilla SoR4. I thought he only composed on the Mr. X Nightmare DLC, which I thought was very fun but actually liked the music of a lot less.

On the SoR4 soundtrack convo, I guess I'm in the minority here, but I think it slaps. SoR2 has some all time classics, however I don't enjoy it beginning-to-end in the same way.

Regardless, I'm very hype for Shinobi. Have a physical copy on pre-order already. In Lizardcube I trust.

Day one FBC Firebreak is a big win for me. This is the type of game I want to check out but would never buy. Also, Eiyuden Chronicle, so I'm really happy this month.

I'm not sure what I'd actually do if I wanted to play most of the games.

It will do fine. I really am not bothered. Just don't buy games at launch for full MSRP.

I think Microsoft is testing the waters here. Some of their games have been big hits on PS5, and if they can increase their revenue by 25% per unit, of course they're going to try.

I also don't buy that this isn't a proper AAA game. I'd be more likely to pay $80 for an Obsidian game than Halo or Gears.

Looks rad. I really like the combination feudal Japanese esthetics mixed with robots and sci-fi. I'm not a Pokémon fan, I've only played one Game Freak title - remember Tembo the Badass Elephant!?

I was surprised how Silent Hill'y it's looking. Definitely interested in seeing how it turns out.

When I realized this was Thief just before she shot the water arrow... then the Eidos Montreal tease.... Ugh, once in a while I wish I had a VR headset.

Hope this game is awesome and people buy and enjoy it. Love this series.

Hype show, Silent Hill looked cool, Fighting Souls was a total shock and everything else looked solid-to-great.

007 was the whiff for me. Looks solid technically, but it also looks generic as he'll. I think IO is a good dev but I always think their games are so sterile looking, Mini Ninja excluded.

Alien Hominid on PS2 is one of my all time faves. So happy to FINALLY see Behemoth back on PlayStation. It always bummed me out we never got Pit People.

An unsurprising bummer.

Solid month, will definitely play Bomb Rush, and will be interested in but probably never get around to Alone in the Dark.

I barely engaged with PS Stars, but I appreciated that I once in a while got a small discount from checking in with it. I'll miss that.

I think I already spend enough time on my phone and console and don't honestly need another platform to keep up with.

Here comes the annual "no, you can't buy another year of the same tier of Plus for cheaper. That would be preposterous!"

If it's truly a AAA Rayman title sign me up. Rayman 2 and Rayman Origins are all time great platformers to me. But, I'm leary of the words "Rayman brand".

Cool, I'll definitely check this out later on. I thought Hellblade was pretty well executed overall. Definitely a world I'd return to.

Not an Elena fan either, but she looks like she has some fun tools.

Guess I need to try and wrap Rogue Legacy 2 up.

Neat, as a huge fan of Sea of Stars, Cosmic Star Heroine and Ikenfell, I'm on board with this sub-genre.

I never finished Doom Eternal, for whatever reason. Dark Ages looks cool and has reviewed well, but I'm not terribly interested in it. Are we into modern Doom fatigue already?

I'm really happy. Gran Blue Rising seemed to never go on sale so I finally can play it. I thought there was some nice variety too, although I already own Soul Hackers 2.

@KidRisky Only one of them in my area does, and they have a pretty small selection, but I've borrowed Outlaws, the newer 2D Zelda, PoP: Lost Crown and Tomb Raider Remastered. It's great to check out games I'm not 100% sold on and if no one else requests it I can have the game for up to 6 weeks.

@MaccaMUFC Sure, which is why we shouldn't want other people making games he had the ideas for when he was still alive.

My comment isn't about him not being great, unique, whatever, it's about assuming other people's jobs will continue to just carry on his legacy, rather than making their own.

I don't think this is that big a deal. A lot of the stuff we're losing is VR stuff, which I do not care about. Gran Blue Rising more than makes up for it for me.

These changes in available software are totally subjective. I think this months group is better than usual.

Maybe he should encourage other people at his studio to come up with their own ideas and IP? Seems kind of conceded to assume the studio would just manage his IP after he's dead. He's in a unique position to cultivate new auteurs, allow them to be as weird as he is.

I actually started Outlaws last week, though I took it out of a library, so paid nothing 🙃 I actually like it quite a bit. It's super derivative and underwhelming in certain ways, but it's also a nice throwback. It's feels like a pretty PS3 game, and I say that in the nicest way possible.

I hope there's a little less friction with this one. There are aspects of the original I really loved, but I just couldn't get over some of the barriers for me - the meandering pace, the mundane storytelling.

Square Enix is always "underperforming" and always thinking bigger issue better. To their credit, they did try that wave of smaller games but it sounded like they were all duds - I tried the demo for Valkyrie Elysium and it was BORING. They also tried their big Western swing with Forspoken and that also flopped.

They spend so much time and money on stuff like FF7R and there is only so big a market for it - only so many people have nostalgia for this stuff. They need to focus on new RPG IPs that do not break their bank and have a chance of finding new players.

Let me gift other users games!!!!

I don't like GTA much - I never bought or played V - but just due to the insane fidelity of the graphics, geez, I definitely would like to try it out.

I'm glad people are still finding their way to the game, but it's telling that they confirmed 1.3m sales versus 2m players. It came to Plus, so this isn't entirely surprising?

I agree that Lost Crown was just a thoroughly well made Metroidvania game, and I thought it was a great fit for PoP.

Uh oh, I guess I have no choice but to try Balatro now...

Looking forward to this. All aboard on team Sabotage.

I wouldn't mind seeing FF revert to turn-based, but I think they just need to refocus on making great JRPGs rather than giant spectacle games. I really think their death march since FF13 toward hyper fantasy realism with insane budgets has been their biggest issue.

And it's very impressive that Clair Obscure is off to a great start, it still has to sell a lot more for Square Enix to think it can do the numbers they need/think FF does.

@MisterWhen They are also making Control 2! I'm glad Remedy is trying something different for them in between big SP games. And I wouldn't say they're chasing multiplayer money, the post says all post-launch content is free and it's not even a premium release.

For what it's worth I think FBC looks fun. I like a good co-op PvE experience, and nobody makes better settings than Remedy.

I'd love a Housemarque collection.

I'm fairly intrigued by this, but not really looking to get into another 100 hour open world game presently. I think I'll wait for a big sale next year and check it out then.

If this is in addition to them continuing to publish wild, experimental stuff, then great. Otherwise, it's a bit alarming to hear one of the main indie pubs is focusing on franchises and established IP.

Then again, the cynic in me wonders if they think they need safer bets in the new economy we see taking shape every day. With so much uncertainty a lot of organizations are plotting safe routes ahead.

Disgusted. Hated the Ronaldo announcement and had assumed the last 2 spots would be legacy characters. I've been waiting for this game for years and I'm still getting it, but really feeling conflicted about it now.

I absolutely agree. Higher and higher fidelity games take longer and more money to make and game prices are mostly stagnant. Chasing the most pixels is only going to shrink the market over time.

I don't expect the Switch 2 to have really any effect on PlayStation. At this point they exist in parallel lanes. Maybe a few sales that might have been a PS5 turn into NS2 sales, but I largely feel like most people are tied to an eco system and brand, for better or worse.

I think it's likely I'll get a NS2 eventually. I got a Switch Lite 3 years into the Switch life cycle and I can see myself getting one of these once it has a larger library of Nintendo games and there's possibly a price cut or hardware revision.

Disgusting, actually makes me not want to buy this game I've been waiting 20 years for...

I haven't played one since Odyssey, so I might play this eventually? But I have to admit I'm not impressed with the reviews, and the fact there's Ghost of Yotei on the horizon...

Will check out You Suck at Parking and Arcade Paradise. PoP is awesome, was one of my favorite 2024 releases by a mile.

Dead Space 2 says what's up.

@Americansamurai1 This is largely the same for me. I think there's something there, but there's a lot stuff in Death Stranding that turned me off from actually playing it. With that said, I do feel the pull to picking it up again.

Gross. Wasn't interested in this in the first place, but I loathe account linking. It's not a deal breaker, but it's close

Former Metro devs and Nicolas Winding Refn is an intriguing pairing. I don't play many FPS anymore, but I'll keep an eye on this.

I was about to say the sprite work reminded me of Xeno Crisis - I couldn't remember the developer's name. This looks neat, I like the little nods to the iconic movie moments.