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I'm sorry Guerrilla, but I won't be supporting you until Horizon 3 comes out. I have both previous games and enjoyed them immensely, but multiplayer fare is not my cup of tea at all.

Played the demo on both my PS5 Pro and Switch 2. The former is clearly higher resolution and framerate, but the latter is still smoothly played. I do prefer the Switch 2 Pro controller to the DualSense and that can sometimes influence what console I get a game for. But in Pragmata's case, despite the smoothness of the Switch 2 version, the lower resolution is too obvious for me, so I've decided to get the game for the PS5 Pro.

All in all though, good work on Capcom's part to make it as smooth in gameplay as possible for both versions.

This is good news and a reminder not only to myself, but to everyone that online discourse is often skewed to serve certain malicious intents and does not necessarily reflect reality.

I guess our 75" Bravia 9 that we bought only a few months ago will be our last Sony TV, unfortunately. End of an era indeed.

I loved LiS1 and LiS2. Was very disappointed with True Colors. Haven't played any of the others.

My personal canon ending in LiS1 is that Arcadia Bay was saved, so if Chloe returns for this upcoming game, I will definitely be done with the series. Retconning like this would be way beyond what I'm willing to accept.

I've been Pro-pared since the Pro launched!

And finally I'll be able to replay Silent Hill 2 Remake without the intense shimmering effect (hopefully).

Excuse me? I saved Arcadia, this plot is impossible.

Can we just move away from Max and Chloe please? While I really didn't like True Colors, LiS2 was also great and really struck a chord with me. It is possible to create new impactful LiS games without those 2 characters.

Deck9 is milking this franchise and they're going to kill it.

I've played the demo and was really impressed with how clean and polished it looks. The menus are also really snappy. I does lose a bit of the charm from the 3DS version (which I assume is close to the original version), but as it's a Reimagined version, there would always be some differences. Some fat has very clearly been trimmed. I'll wait for reviews but I'm very likely to purchase it.

I was gifted Death Stranding when it came out but could never complete it. And I did try numerous times, but I simply hate the basic premise and the gameplay of that game. Suffice it to say, I did not purchase the sequel.

However, I was a fan of the Metal Gear Solid games (1, 2 and 4 - disliked 3 and never played 5) and both OD and Physint seem very interesting propositions. So whilst I've fallen off the Kojima bandwagon for the last few years due to Death Stranding, I'm ready to get back on board if OD comes to PS5 and Physint proves to be a worthy successor to MGS.

They're too long and I hate the socialising-ness of it all. Make them shorter and detach the social aspects from the critical path of the game and that's an immediate improvement. There, consider that advice free Atlus.

Sad day for gaming. He's made Captain Qwark into a character that is a lovable, memorable coward and sidekick. The next Ratchet & Clank should have a little homage to him.

You don't see the harm in someone using someone else intellectual property? Keep to sharing the news and leave your opinions at the front door.

Multiplayer AND mobile? It's like a double sin. Ignoring this will be easy.

Not touching those 2 online games. And this is coming from someone that bought and platinumed both Horizon games so far.

Keep trying to force feed me multiplayer crap, the more disconnected I'll be from your games Sony.

One of the richest, most successful gaming companies around and... they can't bear the thought of paying people fairly and allowing them to unionise and fight for adequate worker rights.

Tax the rich, to hell and back. And then to hell again.

You would need PS Plus Premium for this feature and I see no need for me to pay the very large amount of money it costs. I prefer buying games I really want, rather than paying a premium to have a selection of games available to me that I might not even be interested in and making me feel like my backlog is even bigger than what it already is.

I'm happy with Essential, so my Portal will continue being used only for Remote Play.

Regardless of whether they're first party or third party, Microsoft always comes out with the most inane statements and positions. All bravado, no common sense. No wonder they went the same way SEGA did, for different reasons.

Everything that Microsoft touches eventually turns to expletive.

Xbox telling PlayStation what to do is like a goldfish telling a shark how to best use his many sharp teeth. No clue, no insight, all non-sense.

I like both Code Veronica and 0, so I'm very happy about that release schedule for the next 3 or 4 years.

@Skippermonkey My experience so far has also been just as positive. If only every other game was this fast and this polished. Sony first party are a breed all its own.

I was hoping for 2028. 2027 is still too soon for me.

I got both the PS5 and the PS5 Pro at launch and the same thing for PS4 Pro. By the time these consoles released I felt that I got my money back from their predecessors, so I was ready for them.

However, the original PS4 I got 8 months post launch and I think I'll be doing the same the PS6, if not later than that. Perhaps after the upcoming games are released, particularly Naughty Dog's truly new game in years, I'll feel differently. But for now, 2027 just seems too early for a generation where Sony has failed in delivering tent-pole single player games in sufficient numbers like they have previously.

inFamous can't hold a candle to Ghost of. With the latter SP has gone further as a game maker than they had ever been. I don't miss that series.

It's been on my PS5 Wishlist for years now. Will wait for reviews, but excited to play a 3rd person shooter with fresh, interesting, fun mechanics.

I bought SH2R at launch and will do the same for SH1R, but SHf is a sale purchase for me, whenever that happens. It doesn't look or feel Silent Hill to me, and that's a grievous mistake.

Honestly, he seems a lot more Wolverine, in physique and in enthusiasm for the role, than Hugh Jackman ever did. I've also never been the biggest Jackman fan, so McIntyre stands out to me. Finally a Marvel-Insomniac game that I'm actually interested in!

Already pre-loaded on my Pro!

Great news! Loving my time with the game and taking it slow, just absorbing the beautiful landscapes and the ways in which the devs portray the culture of the time and context. It's so full of details!

Day one. Have had it pre-ordered for months now!

Getting this on a sale, out of a mild level of curiosity.

As a long time fan of Silent Hill, since the very first game even, but one that quit on the series after buying Origins and only came back with the remake for 2, this does not feel Silent Hill to me at all. Every time I watch a trailer it feels like I'm looking at a Fatal Frame look alike. And even for that series I have little to no interest.

I'm saving my money for the remake of the original game, which thankfully Bloober is already working on.

Loved the trailer! And happy about once again being excited for a Kojima game. The Death Stranding series has been nothing but a huge disappointment for me personally.

Furthermore, as a PS5 Pro owner I'm not worried at all that I won't be able to play this. That Xbox exclusivity is probably not going to much else than timed for 6 to 12 months, particularly at a time when Xbox has essentially gone third party. When Gears of War has gone multi-platform and the rumours for Starfield and Halo to go the same way abound, you're only required to have a little patience until OD Knock is also released for PlayStation.

I'm very happy with my PS5 Pro and only I can say if it was worth it. To me it was and is worth it. And the simple way I can show my disapproval of low effort from developers and publishers is by not buying games made by those that don't put the effort to properly implement PSSR and use the Pro's features.

I have bought (and thoroughly enjoyed even, despite its issues with shimmering) the Silent Hill 2 remake, but will not be buying any other games that are known to be poorly optimised for the Pro. Voting with our wallets is always the best way to reward lazy implementations of features for a premium console. And I do not feel shortchanged at all just because a couple of developers that I can easily ignore have been disappointing in their support for the console and its features.

Other than the above, I've been enjoying playing all my other games with incredible performance and polish. Exactly what I paid its asking price for.

I actually love the look of this remake of DQ7! Like others have said, the graphic style is still recognisably Toriyama. I was instantly interested the moment the video came on and I didn't yet know what it was. I'm very likely to get it on release and seeing as it's a type of game that lends itself to a console such as the Switch 2, I'll probably buy it on there rather than for my PS5 Pro.

What I don't like at all is the subtitle for the game. Reimagined? Really? How bland can you get, naming an iconic entry in an iconic franchise "Reimagined". We go from DQ7 "Fragments of the Forgotten Past" to... Reimagined. Brain rot and marketing corporate heads coming together to kill creativity even in games' titles.

A 2.5D God of War game? Who the hell wants something like that after the GoW games we've had? Feels like a regression. Hard pass for me regardless of the quality, as it's not the type of game I enjoy playing, much less for an IP such as GoW.

But exactly WHO resurrected the brand? That's the point here. Someone with money bought the rights to the name and whatever IP, if any, is attached to it. And knowing who that is, is what really matters here.

RE7 was scary because it was made to be a scary game. Not specifically because of the first person view. RE8 was first person as well and it was nowhere near as scary. I actually find it to be the worst in the series, worse even than RE6.

This is all a very stupid take on what makes a game scary, coming from a director that clearly wants to push their preference for first person. And it's making me go from hyped to "going to wait for a sale".

Bioshock is a stellar, once in a generation piece of media. Both sequels were disappointing in their own ways and I will not blindly buy a 4th game as I did the 2 sequels. Might not even buy it at all, seeing how things are going.

Whatever messy state Judas is in, I would much rather get that instead whenever it comes out.

@LazyDaisy Facial animations and particularly lip syncing has been the most difficult type of animation to get right for years now. Decades even. Naughty Dog has indeed spoiled us with what is essentially incredibly good facial animations and the best lip sync tech at the moment, even if the latter itself is not yet perfect. And so other games using other graphical engines that aren't up to par will always feel a little disappointing.

I hope Capcom and other devs get up to speed with Naughty Dog's prowess in that department sooner rather than later, but as I've mentioned, lip sync has always been the hardest of animations to get right.

As if a game that has solid but non-innovative gameplay that solidly gets you through the story, which is a major point of such a product, and gorgeous presentation, is a bad thing.

Not all games need to be pushing the medium forward. A good product that has a proven basis is still a good product. I have the game and I am enjoying it for what it is. A fascinating look into early 20th century Mafia, with an engrossing story and solid gameplay.

As a southern European, but not Italian, this game is giving me all the vibes from my childhood, due to similarity in places, sounds and people's attitudes. It's a work of art in that respect, in how it translates southern European sensitivities. But leave it to an anglo-saxon to completely miss the point.

It's giving Push Square being annoyed at having to purchase its own copy of the game and not understanding that some things are good for what and as they are.

This summary of TierraGamer's review is exactly what I expected from this game, and exactly what I wanted from it. And it aligns with what IGN said of the game. Both sites give it the same score and seem to have had similar expectations for the game that align with my own. So I feel my pre-order was justified. Will give the game a go later today.

"Mafia: The Old Country delivers a highly focused experience that remains entertaining throughout its duration thanks to its variations in gameplay and a truly immersive story. While there is no innovation in terms of combat and stealth, it remains a worthwhile Sicilian journey, especially considering its reduced price."

If there's one thing certain in this life, it's that whenever someone says something is too big to fail....... it will fail. See Lehman Brothers igniting global economic downturn in 2008.

The writing on the wall is very clear, but everyone is still either going too far with it, or in denial.

Microsoft is going full third party - they bought far, faaaar too much value in publishing business and their console isn't enough of a success to allow them to remain a contender in the console race. The only way to recoup their very large investments is to become a third party, as their console business is insignificant compared to that.

Sony is going partial third party, likely only for multiplayer games and games created with third party brand value added in, such as Lego Horizon. Meanwhile they'll keep the heavy single player hits exclusive, because that's their PlayStation premium crop that fans want, whereas multiplayer makes sense to go third party for income maximisation.

I'm a fan of these types of games. It's true that often their gameplay is lacking, but they also often have incredible potential that is cut short by lack of funding or cancelled sequels. And they can be fun in their own way - sometimes the fun to be had is not in the gameplay, but in their themes or the sheer awe their story and/or presentation provides. The Order 1886 is another game that was a spectacle to behold and had a great setting, but would have needed a sequel to properly evolve its gameplay. It wasn't bad, but simply passable - however it would have been a sequel I definitely would have bought.

And really, we should have variety in the types of games that are offered up to the market. If it's not for you, don't buy it, move on. Others will have an interest. Sadly, the loud voices that rise up whenever they're not aimed at as a target audience by every single game that gets released, are just a bit too loud.

Yeah I'm removing this from my wishlist then. I wanted 4 to be like 1, a Zelda-like with high production values set in this universe. Co-op and online are a turn off, personally.

Dycedarg is also Clive Rosfield.

Judas is the real Bioshock spiritual sequel.

And undoubtedly people will moan and whine about milking something when they are not obligated to purchase, view or use any of this.

A good old "mind your own f'ing business" should accompany these articles. Just to remind the devoid of common sense that whatever a company releases doesn't have to cater to them personally. We live in the age of the ego.

I get a lot more Returnal vibes than I do Dead Space.