RudeAnimat0r

Not a GTA fan, but could see myself buying this just to experience the world. It looks expensive af

I'm going to try Sable so I guess I'm getting me some points.

Sea of Stars, Alan Wake, Street Fighter, Baldur's Gate, Humanity

It's been a good year.

I mean I guess it could be VF6. That doesn't scream new era to me, but Sega is pretty mercurial when it isn't Yakuza or Sonic.

I have no idea how that Ultimate Showdown version did for 5. I played it for a minute. It was fun but also still felt very dated in some ways.

I'm happy to check out Sable. If there's one game I want to play I call it a win, because the games most people get excited about don't interest me in the slightest.

I don't really think this is news. The statements don't even conflict with one another. One says they "want" Game Pass everywhere and the other says there are "no plans" for it on PlayStation or Nintendo. That doesn't mean Spencer doesn't want it on them.

@TrannosaurusBex yup, I have a pretty modest sized TV and the font sizes plus the UI are really not great.

Thank God, finally larger font sizes! (Not even vaguely joking)

Very intrigued by this. I could see getting this at launch if it's priced right and gets solid reviews.

I'm not actively against it, but frankly I'd prefer native versions of Microsoft published games, even if they came out a year later.

Ugggggghhhhhh. Time to temporarily delete some stuff.

Man, it's hard to imagine a market for Tribes anymore, but best of luck to them. I played a decent amount of Tribes and Tribes 2 on PC and there really wasn't anything quite like it.

Shazbot!

Very excited to check out Sable. I might try Power Wash just because so many people have said it's fun. No interest at all in Lego Drive.

Animation is awesome. Curious!

Looks alright, I'll have to see how it reviews. I didn't get far with the first, I found it pretty generic and boring and just gave up after a handful of hours.

Very excited about this.

I adored the first LiS. It was the perfect little indie adventure game at the right time.

I enjoyed Before the Storm and I'm currently working through 2 - it's good but it hasn't quite hooked me yet.

Man, how you not going to list Yakuza 1 and 2 og for games to have played? I've never played Kiwami, but I definitely played the PS2 games.

Also, I know they weren't released in the West, but shout outs to Kenzan and Black Panther 1 and 2.

I'm playing Like a Dragon now and it's rhe first one I've really gotten into since PS2. I might try and give Zero another shot, plus I'm interested in Ishin and Song of Life. We'll see!

Ah, I'm glad people mentioned Like a Dragon was on Essential at some point, hopefully I redeemed it! I'm currently playing it and am probably 40% of the way through, so finishing it in a couple more weeks might be a tall ask

@DaniPooo Well I kind of meant wages, I know inflation is bad. I have no idea if wages in Europe have been climbing steadily over the years or not.

I also have no idea what it's like in Europe, but at least in the US, the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised in decades. So wage growth has not kept up with inflation and cost of living.

I hate to be the person defending the mega corporation, but I frankly don't understand this lawsuit. What exactly is excessively priced? I agree that non-game content is often excessively priced - I'm looking at you TMNT avatar skins in SF6 - but like anything else, these are prices set by publishers, not the platform holder. If the argument is Sony taking their 30% cut is making content too expensive, then that is assuming that publishers and developers will move that savings on to consumers, which is both a huge assumption and likely flat out untrue - we can look at Epic Games Store, and for the most part the games are priced the same as Steam (Epic takes 12%, I think).

On top of all of this, and as mentioned by other commenters, games are expensive to make. I won't pretend to know how expensive they are to make and market, and despite that they are often cheaper than they were 20 years ago when you adjust for inflation. So add-on content is expensive, I think it's annoying, but I don't know if that's where the actual profits are.

I would consider trying this on Plus, but frankly was never particularly drawn to it aesthetically.

Shoutout to Resogun. Surprised NieR Automata didn't make anyone's lists.

This is a great game that I don't feel like I need to revisit yet, and if I did I would just play my PS4 version.

Just waiting for something new of substance from 1st party...

@theheadofabroom Yah, I have 9 months left.

@ATaco Based on the comments it sounded like some people were able to renew with a discount.

Can't seem to find a way to extend my Extra sub with a discounted rate - went to sub management and it said it was $135.
If I can't add time with a discount that's a major bummer. I like Extra and I don't think $135 is unreasonable, but it might be more than I'm willing to spend year in and out.

I tried remote play once and it was not a good enough connection for play. I think it's a fool feature conceptually but I just doubt I'll ever have a good enough connection to enjoy it.

I think it looks alright, but largely not a game type or property I'm interested in. Can't see myself playing this unless it gets great reviews and it's either $15 or free in 2 years.

For context I didn't even like Arkham City since I was bummed Rocksteady went open world. Asylum was an almost perfect game to me with no modern bloat.

Woof, nothing for me this month. I'll echo the comments that Premium actually got the goods this month.

I kind of assume they'll make Original Sin 3, now with their new notoriety.

I don't think bigger is better alway for this series. I got really burnt out on the franchise after beating 2 and haven't managed to get into one since Like a Dragon, recently. I really enjoy the new direction, but I'm hopeful they don't beat this direction into ground like they did Kiryu's titles.

The PS5 has been good so far but I still think we're waiting for its signature games. Returnal is the only first party game I've loved so far. My next favorite game belongs to Microsoft, in Deathloop.

I'm not disappointed in the console at all, but I don't think it's a slam dunk still.

What excites me about this is them saying they essentially want to make it more of a Remedy game than it was going to. I read this as weirder than we originally planned.

Why wouldn't I want a story-focused co-op game from these people?

Only if my current PS5 dies.

Based on the comments about the demo maybe I shouldn't want to play this.

I think it looks kind of quaint, but in a fun way. This looks like a game I'll snag for $30 next summer.

Only AitD I've played was Inferno on PS3. Game was a hot mess but I really admired what they attempted to do. It was certainly memorable.

@Member_the_game

OK, let's tease your theory out that "most" PS4 owners have upgraded to PS5. There have been 117.2 million PS4 sales according to Google and 40 million PS5 sales. I don't think approximately 1/3 equals most.

My gut reaction is no, but when you consider how long it's been in development and how much it hypothetically has cost to make... well, it seems more and more likely.

I honestly don't care since I'm not a fan of the series.

Zelda, BG3, AW2, Mario, Spider-Man, SF6.

I think BG3 will win, or AW2. I think they both have the narrative. Zelda being great wasn't some surprise.

I guess after saying I had only had minor issues I was due. Just had the game crash in the middle of the third boss battle...

Still love the game, but ugh...

I've had a couple small bugs, like a clue staying on my screen after collecting it, plus there's a bunch of little flickering in the environment, which I don't think is intentional?

Nothing has ruined my experience at all, but definitely some small stuff that could be cleaned up.

Ugh, let's move on from GoW.

I backed Shenmue 3 and when I finally played it I was astonished how dated it felt. Just moving your character around the world felt like a chore. I played for a couple hours and quit. I'll try and finally play through it next year, but I was just so bummed they didn't update the feel of the series in any meaningful way. Leave all of the weird charm of Shenmue, just give me solid, modern controls!

On topic, I have no interest in a prequel. And frankly, I don't know if I have any interest in another sequel if it doesn't get with the times and cover more ground in the story.

Nothing for me here. Not necessarily "bad" games, but not in my wheel house at all.

Killing me, I want Sodom as a new character In all seriousness, this is a more interesting Pass, so I may play a bit more to get some of these cosmetics.

Max Payne 3 was OK, but I really hated that Rockstar removed the comic panel narrative sequences. Hopefully Remedy doesn't replace all of them in the remakes, but I could see them doing so with live action, which could be a cool alternative.

I'm very excited about the studio's future. I hope AW2 is a commercial hit for them, much like Control was. They've always been a fantastic studio and I'm glad they're getting some well earned acclaim.

I'm sad for the layoffs, but I have basically no interest in Marathon or Destiny, so the delays aren't anything to me.

Yah, Remedy has already announced a sequel to Control, so I'd assume that's their next game.

I'm jazzed about Night Springs DLC. If it's truly an anthology style story in Alan Wake that is pretty neat. Let me play as Rose or Pat Maine