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DPD did that thing where they say they tried to deliver but there was nobody home.
I called the depot and they said that's what they do when they're behind schedule and skipping you until the next day.
Should be here tomorrow.

Mine just dispatched.
I think the odds of it arriving a day early are slim, but at least it's a guarantee for tomorrow.

Very relieved that I ordered one after reading that first Push Square article about this the day after the Pro reveal.
Thanks for the PSA!

From what's listed I couldn't choose between Rebirth and Astro. Although my gut is pulling me towards Astro.
Very happy to see Metaphor and Dragon Age in there. I'm off work and just about to start Metaphor this morning.

I can only assume that Rogue Flight is not listed because not enough people have played it yet.
If you enjoyed the likes of Thunderblade or Ace Combat back in the day, give it a look.

Rogue Flight???
One of my favourite games of the year. If it has upgrades it'll be the first game I fire up on the pro.

Alan Wake 2 and Dragon Age Veilguard arrived during the week, but I'll put them up for Christmas alongside the PS5 Pro.
For now I'll be finishing off Unicorn Overlord. I'm loving every minute with this game.

@Andy22385 Our Czar_Khastic is a sarcastic fellow.

@Kidfunkadelic83 yeah it's not been happening for me at all 😂 I still think if I play it on the portal instead of the TV it won't be as scary. Maybe tomorrow I'll try...

Rogue Flight, Unicorn Overlord, maybe some Helldivers, maybe not some Silent Hill.

A €10.00 upgrade too. Very nice.
Wasn't it confirmed that save files carry over? I had a few side quests in the expansion that I never finished off...

@Intr1n5ic Same. 100% agreed. 🎅

@Intr1n5ic I love dragging that hype out to Christmas where possible.

@get2sammyb 😎
I love when Sammy goes through a "I'm not humouring this muck," phase.

On a relevant note, I forgot how close we are to the Pro release.
The big question is, use it right away or put it up for Christmas? 🤔🤔🤔

@get2sammyb Agreed.
At the very least people are being given a project to work on instead of being let go.

Perfect. Been waiting for this announcement for months. Much appreciated.

Nice read, Sammy.
Sounds like a solid diversion from the stuff I usually play. I'll give it a go. I've never played a lego game before either, so this will be a new experience for me.

"To be honest, the reaction has surprised us somewhat."
A polite way of saying this reaction is silly?

Plans change in the creative process on a good day and after all of their plans were revealed by those scummy hackers (can we just start calling them thieves btw), there were always going to be changes.

@Titntin This has been my experience too. I keep trying to like it but the tedium kicks in eventually. I've put in 116 hours but I keep bouncing off of it.
Maybe some couch co-op would fix it as you say, but otherwise, it's not my game.

It looks good but it's probably going to be hardcore. Which is fine, it's just that those games take a lot of time and effort, and I like to limit those experiences to the likes of FromSoftware.
If I played every hardcore hack n slash or Soulslike I'd just burn out.

@themightyant This is mostly how I see it too - Sony used to make a lot of smaller titles, but those games are coming from a lot of places right now. All I need from Sony in that regard is for them to ensure those games end up on PS5.

Tiny Glade for example, I don't need Sony to produce an equivalent. I just need them to get that game on my console.

At the top there's definitely a drop in creativity, but the smaller studios and indies are killing it.
I'm playing Unicorn Overlord atm. I can't wait for 6pm so I can forget work and jump back in.
Rogue Flight is probably the game I'm most excited for right now, and Light No Fire is right behind that.

The creativity is still there, you just won't find as much of it with a lot of the big publishers.
EDIT: That's not to say you won't find any with the big guys either. Elden Ring, Zelda and Astro being the obvious examples.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Same 😅 I talk the talk, but that's as far as I go.

@Kidfunkadelic83 How far have you gotten now? 😂

My first thought reading this was, I wonder if this scenario would make Square Enix happy...

Delighted for Bloober Team though. They were getting a lot of flack after that combat trailer.
Maybe this weekend I'll actually have the guts to walk further than the church...

Saw the three Metro games for something nuts like 8 euro last night.
Couldn't say no at that price, not with Metro Awakening on the way.

Excellent. Just added Dino Crisis and Dead Island 2 to my library.
I'm another who'd like to buy Dino Crisis. Usually there's an option. I assume it's an oversight?

@Czar_Khastik Who are you and what have you done with our sarcastic friend!? 🤨👀

I'm getting plenty of use out of mine.
Even if it's just dropping down to the family house and sitting on the couch with the dog for a few hours without missing out on any of that precious weekend gaming time.

Unicorn Overlord and Diablo for me.
I gave up trying to play Silent Hill, for now...

@Dobbos Oh there's no actual Valium, don't worry.
Just a mild exaggeration.

When I was younger I'd have squished them, but at some point I just started letting them out under the deck.

@Dobbos Same with me. Spiders on the TV screen never bothered me.
A spider crawling down my literal TV screen though, that would be enough to send me running for the spider kit in a panic. (A towel, a pint glass, a piece of card, some valium.)

@DrVenture69 It has a horde mode???
I hadn't realised. I can see myself killing a lit of Sunday afternoons in that.

@DrVenture69 I need to start AS2 actually.
It looks like more of fun time than a scary time.
I reckon I'd be okayish for most of REV too actually, until the dollhouse. Then I'd be wrecked 😂

@J2theEzzo @Shalooda
😂
I couldn't do it. I have Resi 7 and I have PSVR, I just could never bring myself to do it.

That Kitchen Demo in VR would definitely knock a few years off my life 😂

@Kidfunkadelic83 @colonelkilgore
Same 😂
I've been playing Diablo and telling myself I'll start Silent Hill in five minutes for about three hours.

@dschons If I'm not paralyzed by fear playing a horror game or watching a horror movie I'm legit disappointed.
It can be a nuisance though - I couldn't finish Alien Isolation for example - Was walking down a corridor, did a quick 180 and walked straight into the android I didn't realise had been following me.
I had instant muscle spasms in my neck and chest and haven't played the game since 🫠

As for horror in VR, I haven't been brave enough yet 😂

My copy came today.
I'll do the same thing I did in 2001 - Walk from the car to the town, freak out over the vibe, turn it off and not play it for five years 🤷

I'm surprised they didn't wait to release it closer to the launch of the movie.
Or maybe they feel it has legs and it'll just chug along in the background regardless.

Either way, it's on my wishlist but I'll get it on sale in a year or two.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Ah, fair point then if it's true. Whatever about XII, but X-2 was the first FF game I couldn't get along with.

@RudeAnimat0r I was going to say the same thing. I thought the opposite was true in fact, that Famitsu scores are highly regarded.

Delighted to see good first impressions for both of these. I'll add them to my Christmas/Post Christmas list.

@RiceC03 I'd have similar sentiments. They're definitely a massive part of the future, but not the whole future.
Obviously the guy who needs people to keep investing in Fortnite as a platform is going to say it's the future, like the people who needed streaming to succeed said it was the future or that we'd have to get used to not owning our games.

tbh though I can see Fortnite becoming a kind of Oasis or PS Home where we go to launch other games.
It's kind of already happened with Lego Fortnite.

But no. It's like we said before here - As long as we want single player games and consoles, they'll keep making single player games and consoles.
There's plenty of room.

Also, didn't Black Myth WuKong just happen a few weeks ago?
We're fine.

@Sleepwalking Yup. Confirmed to be a bug.
“Everybody settle down; it’s just a (new) bug with an existing feature.”

@Blofse @AccessibleDaydream I don't know. The base consoles and the Pro range are in two different tiers. PS5 Pro is positioned as a top tier product.
PS6 when it launches, even if it's more advanced than PS5 Pro, it will be in the "starter" tier. In my mind it will be around €600.00 - €650.00 at launch.

It won't reach as high as €800.00. I'll eat my socks if it does.

Have Sony said that this is what they are trying to achieve?
I remember this same things happening a few months back, but it was back to normal after a few days.
I assumed it was a bug where the news feed was displaying instead of recent activity.

@UltimateOtaku91 Oh fair point. I never considered this.

I'm 50/50 on this:

Absolutely, when Square picks a direction they tend to put their blinders on and go for it. I wouldn't be surprised if their "aggressive" third party approach is exactly what happened here.

On the other hand I'd like to think we're getting a dedicated DLC stage later.

I don't see it on mine. Is it regional?
I see what some others are saying about it being a bug from the news feed too. I definitely remember that particular bug happening once before.
Are we maybe jumping the gun here?

Edit: I took a look and it definitely looks like the newsfeed bug.

Other than Helldivers, this is the online game from SIE that I'm most interested in.
It feels like an easy win if they can keep the gameplay from the main series intact.

I didn't see this one coming. Can't believe how cool it looks.
I've been itching for a Thunder Blade or an After Burner for ages too.

I got the plat on Astro last night (that final challenge mission took me all week), so I'll be back to Ghostwire and Helldivers today.