RudeAnimat0r

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.

Doesn't Assassin's Creed Odyssey have something similar to this?

Still havent played 2, but would be cool to have Silk added to the roster.

Great games of their time, but I'm done with overly aggro Kratos. Have no interest in revisiting those games again.

I'm a little tempted, the gameplay looks pretty wacky and fun. However, I think I'm happy playing the main entries and skipping the side games.

I burned myself out on the series back on PS3, and I think playing one of these every couple of years is the right amount for me. I still haven't finished Infinite Wealth yet.

I don't know that I agree with this. I think the AA term is very hard to square. There have been a lot of notable failures, but it seems like there have been successes as well. I think differentiating what is an "indie" game and what is a "AA" game is very murky.

The fact that publishers like Don't Nod are still releasing games points to the fact there are AA games. I don't think their games havent met sales expectations is a lack of market, I think it's a visibility issue.

I enjoyed Days Gone more than I expected, but don't have any interest in revisiting it.

I thought it was a great show. Sure, I would love every 1st party livestream to visit all their internal devs, but that timeline is over. If most studios are only going to release 1 or 2 games the entire generation, we aren't going to see them until Sony is confident they will actually release - see Bend and Bluepoint.

Yeeeeeeees. Just make fun games! Cartoonier the better

I thought it was excellent. There were half a dozen games I'm jazzed about, and even the ones I'm not looked pretty decent.

My highlights were Housemarque, Hell is Us, Tides of Annihilation, Lost Records on Plus and SHINOBI.

Omg, when I saw the "From the creators of Streets of Rage 4"... I am so excited for this game. I love Shinobi and I love Lizard Cube. This'll be a day one purchase for me for sure.

I'm jazzed about all of their games, honestly. I'm hoping they still use the comic panel style storytelling for the MP remakes, though I kind of doubt they will.

I guess I'm in the minority based on the comments, but I did not like MP3 at all. It was such a departure from Remedy's work, it didnt really follow their ethos at all.

I haven't played it and recently resisted buying it steeply discounted. The CEO comments are silly, but they have to say something to explain why they failed their shareholders. I think scapegoating lack of live service features is easier than explaining why a generally good but not exceptional entry in a dormant franchise didnt break out.

Again, I haven't played it, but it seems like everyone has a theory for why it didn't break out like DAI, which I think is Bioware's best selling title. There are tons of factors for why it's core audience didnt show up, nor the greater community, and I think most of us can agree that lack of live service elements is pretty low on our lists, if present at all.

Great game... that I borrowed and beat through the library. But honestly, I've planned on adding it my shelf at some point.

I'd agree that 1.3m copies for a sidescrolling Metroidvania game seems decent to me. But a quick Google search says that Metroid Dread has sold more than 3m, as of a couple years ago...

That's a big meh from me.

I would love to revisit this game, but I definitely hope it gets some QOL updates. Even as a teenager I remember the random encounters being pretty bad.

Looks cool and hope it finds an audience. Definitely something I'll keep an eye out for on sale later on, assuming it reviews well.

I picked the cynical one. I just don't see a logical live service games from this franchise, at least one that resembles the GoW games that have existed thus far. The other thing is, screw GoW! These are great games, but I don't actually love the franchise. I would love nothing more than Santa Monica and Sony moving on from it for a while. The reboot series has made 2 excellent games, and I was amazed how they reinvented the franchise, but I don't just want more and more of them.

I don't doubt GTA6 will be worth $100, buy I don't really care for the series so I wouldn't buy it. I've still never bought 5 after all of these years. I'm always curious if I would enjoy it - I could not get into 4. If people love 6 maybe I'll buy way down the road when it's ported PS8.

Citizen Sleeper is what I'm most excited about. There's some good stuff but I've played Ragna and Sayonora already. I might check out Atlas Fallen, but have enough large games already to play. Like a Dragon is cool, and I'm back into the series, but I think I'm only going to play mainline games.

This is a major bummer. It's staggering the amount of money Sony has invested in games this gen that have either flopped or been canceled.

I agree with all the comments about GoW being a pretty odd choice for live service. Like, what does that even look like? Everyone can't be Kratos! Like, at least Horizon, when you squint you can see that world populated by characters other than Aloy, but GoW?