RudeAnimat0r

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?

I'm a fan of the series, but I've never bought any of the games at launch or for full price.

I'll admit, I think I was overly harsh on Double Exposure from announcement trailers. I thought returning to Max was motivated primarily by trying to make the franchise popular again and $$$. It just seemed a bit cynical to return to Max when the series has predominantly been an anthology series, which I think is one of its strengths.

I haven't finished LiS2 despite thinking it was pretty good and never even started True Colors. My problem, personally, is I really have to be craving that type of game and I just haven't been wanting that type of adventure game.

This is pretty rad. Housemarque and Platinum definjtely have some similar tendencies, but definitely approach action from different lenses.

The only way I see PC cutting into PS market is if each subsequent PS gets closer in price to a PC. Like this is one of the reasons I don't personally get PS5 Pro. At that price you are starting to get into PC range - obviously not a high end right, but something that could run most stuff adequately.

And as people have said, consoles just offer a different experience. I don't see that changing significantly, unless someone makes a Switch-like PC that is easy to connect to your TV, very user friendly, and still be used as a dedicated PC.

I've always intended to play Stanley Parable, so I'm please with that addition.

DS3 wasn't abysmal, IMO. It was a definite misfire, but I played it through.

I played DSR and I don't know whether I want more Dead Space. It's still a great game, but it's also a bit quaint and dated in a lot of ways and the writing is pretty ham fisted. Maybe a new DS improves a lot of that, but I doubt it.

Zau would be on my list as well. My overall top for the year is PoP: The Lost Crown.

I've never played it, so I could see myself playing a remake. I've only played Skyrim, as far TES goes.

I haven't played Superstars, but it never really looked all that appealing to me. I think most fans would have preferred a Mania 2.

Critics also said the co-op was bad, which was its main selling point.

This is a great month. I've wanted Sonic Frontiers for ages and might give Forspoken a shot. Also lots of indies I've been curious about!

Pretty bummed they went 3D for the sequel.

I'm pretty curious about this. The Indy IP has lost a lot of luster to me, but MachineGames is a solid dev so I think is going to be good.

I never got around to It Takes Two, so maybe this time I'll make it happen. I also am on a games with romantic partner protagonists (Banishers, Haven), so what the hey!

Just seems like they'd show something at the Game Awards rather than stage their own show.

I'd already forgotten the game came out, tbh. The fact your review called it old school was pretty appealing, but I'm still unlikely to buy almost any game at launch, even if it's not asking for full price.

I think the market is so over saturated that games like this will always struggle to find an audience. It doesn't help that it has a very generic name, the art design isn't particularly eye catching and has the added complexity of explaining itself a cross media property no one has heard of.

With all that said, layoffs suck. Sorry to see people let go over years of work.

I still haven't played my copy of 3. I think about it once in a while.

I feel like this is the same headline before every new Battlefield.

For the record, I'm still out here not having played or even tried GTA5

It's cool to see these sorts of numbers. I love these guys and I hope their games continue to find bigger audiences.

I'll definitely be grabbing Control 2 whenever that launchs and I'll certainly try out Firebreak.

Not keen on Sophie Turner, personally. I think she was solid in GoT, but I've never really thought she distinguished herself in other roles.

Should have just made Bella Ramsey Lara.

Game looks appropriately nutty, but will probably be skipping for the foreseeable future. I've gotten back into the series recently, but there are still too many games, so I think I am mostly planning on playing the core entries.

Honestly, probably most excited about Hungry Shark World. Looks like something I could play with my son.

Otherwise, I'm interested in Ishin!, but have a current playthrough of Infinite Wealth, so might need a break from the series.

I don't know much about Australian news/politics, as an American, but I'd agree that this seems impossible to enforce and an overreach. I'm a parent, although my child is still a bit young, he does use YouTubeKids once in a while.

I think there is a lot of danger in social media, but I would agree with the a few of the commenter's that better moderation is where to start. I know I spend more time than I would like scrolling Facebook and Instagram, but as had also been said, you can't put that genie back in the bottle.

We can't restrict kids from accessing social media - I mean, based on that limited definition, this comment section is social media, is it not? The best we can strive for is cleaning it up, policing it and finding better strategies for how they access it. I know easier said than done, but this is not an all or nothing scenario.

It's weird you picked a Double Exposure header image since they aren't involved in that game

If the gameplay is decent then I'm in. I love weird games, and I don't mind some junk, but the gameplay still has to be fun.

@twitchtvpat lol nice catch

It doesn't matter who's behind the game!? I get the product is the forward facing aspect of the business of gaming, but telling that games story is sometimes just as important.

Like Concord is a great example. I doubt if we had seen more of Firesprite it would have made a difference, but the game was announced, went dark, came back with a few months of uninspiring marketing and then died.

Played Ghostwire on Extra last year. I enjoyed it. No interest in the other 2.

I never played the og, just 2 and Origins/Legends. I can't imagine if they remade the first that it would really resemble that game at all afterwards. The series has come a long way since then.

I guess I also am a bit skeptical of this story though. Is Rayman a good seller!? I know we got Legends after Origins, but I at least figured it made sense to use the engine again. Never seemed like Origins was a hit? I loved it, so I'm glad it must have done okay.

This isn't vaguely surprising to me, that it wasn't a commercial hit and that Ubisoft is disbanding the team. PoP is kind of a niche franchise to begin with, so I can't imagine this game ever being a big hit. I'm always curious what the numbers actually are - sales and their internal target.

For what it's worth I didn't buy this game - I actually checked it out from my library and beat it in 2 weeks. But I will say I absolutely loved it, and may buy a copy to stick on my shelf at some point.

I highly recommend it to anyway curious about it.