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Oh, hell yes! I own the PS4 version and would rebuy it on PS5 if that’s what it comes down to. Falcom has my money and support no matter what.

@naruball Yeah, that’s a good comparison. Funny you say that because when Microsoft introduced payed online during the 360 era and PS3 people were saying they play online for free; I remember saying don’t plan on continuing to play for free. When companies see that 💰 they tend to jump on those trends as quickly as possible, especially, when people excuse and defend it. Nintendo is no exception.

Sometimes the writing is on the wall, but some people just choose to ignore if it doesn’t directly affect them at the time.

This particular situation is unacceptable and I believe Sony should compensate consumers not just apologize. Hopefully Sony thinks about their future projects maybe suffering from the same problems and change how they view future games containing always online elements, especially for single-player.

People saying that others will switch consoles or are thinking about switching themselves are in for a rude awaking, because this is an industry wide problem. Every publisher and platform holder have talked, done or are pushing for GaaS. Corporate profits are now being prioritized over creativity and vision which is just sad.

Gamers need to drop the tribalism and start calling out companies for these practices every time we encounter them.
GaaS is garbage and unacceptable!

More websites are coming out with info on GT7 micro-transactions and…oof, it’s not sounding good. It’s clearly price gouging at its worst. It’s pretty sad that people had to find out on release day before they could cancel pre-orders. Sony deserves all the s**t they get on this one, because they purposely stepped in it. Jim Ryan really needs to go before he destroys that company.

Well, Drakengard series was janky and never an eye stunner but developed a cult following, so anything is possible for Babylon’s Fall, I guess. Of course, Drakengard has rich lore shared in the same universe as Neir making it much more interesting. Also, Drakengard 3 might be one of the best games ever made! (Half joking)

If Babylon’s Fall is still around in 5 years it’ll be interesting to see what the perception of the game is compared to now. Maybe it’ll gain that cult status.

@JB_Whiting Ah, man. That sucks to hear. I was going to ask how the humor stacks up against previous entries in my last comment but didn't. Sounds like it'll be a deep discount purchase then. Thank you for the reply, and the saved money!

I'll probably buy this despite the mixed reviews. I really enjoyed the first two and the humor for me was big reason I enjoyed them. I can definitely see how the humor could turnoff some people, though. The length of the game doesn't bother me and is a none issue. Personally, I get tired of games being 60-100hrs long.

Well, you did condescendingly ask if I was willfully ignorant, so I don’t think you were trying to be overly nice yourself. And, context is important when it comes to peoples opinions and conversations , so I don’t put it aside because things can be taken and used out of context.
Yeah. Reading it back it didn’t come off the way I wanted to. But, I legit, did think the willfully ignorant thing was funny because the same thing would happen to me. That’s why I just avoid using the word ignorant on the net. Oh, well. Have a good one.

@Cherip-the-Ripper Did you read awp69 full post or just the word GamePass? He was referring to the industry as a whole having these types of transactions. He wasn’t arguing about GamePass and Microsoft being bad.
Apfelschteiner was responding to one of the people I was saying were going off topic.

So, no! I’m not willfully ignorant. By the way, if your going to ask someone if they’re “willfully ignorant” you should probably spell it right. Just saying. Nice edit on “wilfuly”. 😂 Now I’m way off topic…good day to you.

@Rural-Bandit it’s not on topic! This is about GT7 and in-game purchases. No where is it comparing Microsoft’s micro-transaction strategy to Sony’s. Not one person besides you and Godot25 brought up GamePass or Microsoft. This argument is in your own heads.

@Rural-Bandit @Godot25 Is Microsoft or GamePass what this article is about?

@Rural-Bandit Maybe the person/persons not able to stay on topic is one viewing things from as you say “fanboy” perspective.

I’ve never understood the fuss about in-game purchases as long as everything is obtainable through gameplay. I understand the disgust for pay-to-win in multiplayer and in-game purchases locked behind a paywall with no other way to obtain them, but these types of micro-transactions just aren’t a big deal in my opinion.

@nessisonett Nice! I was going to buy the JP PC version and download the patch from The Geofront but then they announced PS4 version not long after and figured I would wait. These games probably wouldn't be coming west if it wasn't for the awesome folks at The Geofront, so I greatly appreciate their dedication, time and hard work.

@GADG3Tx87 They kind of already did cave with the HFW upgrade, right? I think Sony will probably think twice about it from here on out.

@Nintendo4Sonic I own and played them on PS1 and GameCube. Just haven’t gotten around to playing these particular remakes. Heck! I beat both RE1 and RE2 with just the knife back in the day. I love RE, just have to much to play these days. I will however be putting them ahead of everything else on the backlog list once this upgrade drops. I am pretty excited see William Birkin’s wonderful face with modern graphics.

@nessisonett Just curious did you play through the fan translated version on PC?

Holy sh$t!!! I can’t believe it’s finally happening! I thought I’d be in a nursing by the time I got to play this.

I have all the future titles on pre-order, so I won’t miss a one. One developer I will never hesitate to pre-order from is Falcom. They always deliver the goods and are always deserving of my money.

Oh, hell yeah! All three are still in my backlog too. I’ll be jumping in as soon as the upgrade is released. Between this announcement and the Trails from Zero announcement…what freaking awesome Wednesday morning!

Looks just like the developer Gust label. It’s Simple and tasteful. Not going to match the rest of my NIS America games in my collection, but I still like it.

@ElectricLogan Absolutely agree with you. It would make to much sense to have launched this when they had the ability to let people transfer accounts over to Crunchyroll. I mean they're going to give you the ability to transfer your queue and owned digital library at a later date, so why not just wait to launch this then.

I get premium tier Funimation for $5.99 as long as I didn’t let my sub expire because I was a current subscriber before the price increase. Making longtime subscription holders switch is a good way to screw us out of our current sub price. Oh, but thanks for the 60 days for free in exchange for $4 more a month. What a deal!😑

Some of the things Sony does just pisses me off!

Some of the best games I've ever played. Trails and Y's series are just unforgettable treasures. The plot twist at the end of Trails of Cold Steel really setup excitement for the sequel!
I do however think you'd have a heck of a time finishing these before they left the service, though. I'm pretty sure I put like 120-140hrs in to the first Cold Steel game alone. These of course could be staying on the service for long term.

@AgentGuapo No, it should not have gotten a perfect score. Are you saying if it didn't get a 10/10 it would not have still been a masterpiece? I thought it was one of the best games I have played in years but it wasn't perfect from a technical standpoint.

@naruball Edited - I get your point about relativity but every score should reflect imperfection if flawed. If a product does have a flaw, it can be compared more favorably to other products but should not be considered perfect. If one person thinks the issues make the game an 80/100 and another 95/100 then fine. Once again, it should not be reviewed as perfect. I agree a 10/10 exists to be used when a product is overall great and free of technical issues, which has not yet happened.

Obviously, games reviews are mostly subjective to the person reviewing them: fun, graphics, enjoyment of battle systems, etc. However the one thing in a video game that should not be subjective is technical issues. Again, not saying it should be any particular score deduction. But all reviewers should at the very least acknowledge these issues via final score given in some degree. If it has minor tech issues maybe .5 - 1 point deduction and if it has major issues then a more severe point deduction. A perfect score doesn't ever have to be given.

We will probably never agree on this topic, but I did enjoy the conversation. Thanks for the civil discourse. Seems to be rare on the interwebs these days. Usually these end with some form of name calling. 😂

@themightyant
Actually, 10/10 is exactly what that is suppose mean. Perfect.

No, we shouldn’t. I’m 41 and and own a library of over a thousand games and have never played a game that should be considered perfect. Are there some that have come close. Absolutely. But, there has always been technical issues in every title I’ve played. When a game is fun and flawless in technical execution will be the day a game deserves a perfect score.

@themightyant
Absolutely they should have been docked points. And no giving them a 6 or 7 is being a bit extreme and not at all what I’m saying. And yes, BoTW was given far to high of a grade.

If a game has any technical issues it should not be given a perfect score. That is an obvious and inherent flaw with the product.

@naruball
What you are saying is the very problem. Reviews should not be a completely subjective process where reviewers get to pick and choose when technical issues affect scores. There has to be some objective standards to the processes that applies to all products being reviewed. Some thing like technical issues during gameplay should not be subjective in any reviewers process no matter how fun a game is. If you dock points for one game and not the next one for the same issues, that’s being biased. Period.

Let’s take pasta marinara as an example: I know weird example.
If I were to say Prague tastes pretty good, but not great, but I think the label on the jar is the funniest label I’ve ever seen. I give Prague 10/10 for it’s great label that I feel makes up for its slightly lacking taste. That just sounds freaking ridiculous. That’s kinda of the equivalent of what you’re saying, or maybe I’m just hungry. lol!

@Deadlyblack
100% agree. How the hell is it getting 10/10 everywhere when it clearly has technical issues? This is why outlets that do video games reviews will always be a joke. How can games get docked points for tech issues and others get a free pass? Games reviewers are full of bias BS is why.

If it’s like all the other souls games, I’ll have to pass. Really burnt out on souls-like games. I feel that the market has become oversaturated with these types of games lately.

Nice to see it coming to PS Now for those interested, but as with the previous two games, I’ll just buy it on release to add to my collection. Plus, I hate time constraints when it comes to hobbies I use to chillax. Having to worry about playing and finishing a game before it leaves a service is just no good.

@TheRedComet Ah, damn. 🤦 I screwed up on that then. Enjoy the game, and thanks for the response.

@TheRedComet
I usually pre-order steelbook collections, but correct me if I'm wrong, didn't all of the steelbook versions not come with a disc? I'm pretty sure that's why I didn't order it. I'd be very disappointed if it did come with the disc and I missed out.

@Flaming_Kaiser No doubt. Fantastic art style indeed.

Pre-ordered the PS5 physical copy to have on my bookshelf case to build up that beautiful current-gen collection. Get it tomorrow and I can’t wait to dive in!

Nice to see some of these China Hero Project games finally getting released. Immortal Legacy, F.I.S.T. and now ANNO. Quite few more releases to go with the most notable title Lost Soul Aside.
I've really been looking forward to like...90% of the games that were announced in the China Hero Project.
ANNO is going to get a purchase from me on March 17th!

Just amazing what they’ve done with this game. These guys deserve every sale and all credit in the world.

@greengecko007 That’s exactly right. NIppon Ichi Software America published this game. They also publish Disgaea, The Caligula Effect 1&2, Poison Control. NIS America tend to bring these lesser known, smaller budget niche JRPG/ARPG that sometimes have dungeon crawler grinding gameplay elements. I mean, they’ve been publishing games like this since PS3; one example is the PS3 game Legasista. Idea Factory is another publisher that releases games like these with Mary Skelter 1-3 and Dearhendre;Quest 1&2 . If people played any of those games you kind of know what to expect and what you’re gonna get as far grinding gameplay goes.

@Grimwood
Lol! No doubt. I also feel like most games these days could fall under "Tedious, repetitive combat" category.

So far Push Square has given it the lowest score on Metacritic. I've been seeing 7 & 8's from most reviewers.

I enjoyed the demo and have the game on pre-order. I felt the games upgrade system and combat system was unique enough to deserve my money. I feel most RPG's are a grind, so don't really mind that aspect. Plus, I love to support smaller, niche game developers over big game developers/publishers that don't necessarily need the support at launch.

Personally, I just think games like Monark are just an acquired taste. If you’ve played and not enjoyed other games from Nippon Ichi Software you probably won’t enjoy this.

@jorel262 😂

Microsoft getting in front of FTC regulators is all this is. We'll see what actually happens once the deal is allowed to be completed.

"as we start the process of seeking regulatory approval in capitals around the world for our acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This regulatory process begins while many governments are also moving forward with new laws to promote competition"

I don't play any Activision/Blizzard games so it doesn't really affect me, but I do hope I'm wrong and Microsoft keeps these games on all systems for the people that do enjoy them.

Personally, I don’t care for any of these large acquisitions. I think this Microsoft pushing it’s all digital agenda on a market with the use of big tech money.

I don’t feel Microsoft’s vision has changed since the announcement of the Xbox One. They realized their vision wasn’t popular and if people had choices that they would go else where. So, Microsoft establishes a digital service of perceived value to get gaming media and budget gamers to put pressure on their competitors to move the market the way they want, but realize that’s still not enough.
Microsoft than decides to invest big tech money from other sectors of the company into the market to secure established IP as exclusive content to lock behind their ecosystem, knowing the competitors will have no choice but to adapt and try to do the same with lesser liquid assets. Soon consoles will be gone, along with physical media and we’ll just have a PlayStation and Xbox app with Xbox, now having the biggest presence in the market. BAM! All digital, online market exactly the way they wanted it back when they released the Xbox One.

@TheArt

I have to disagree. Being petty about timed exclusives is not the reason MS bought Bethesda and Activision/Blizzard; Game Pass is. They need content people can get no where else and are forced to buy in to Xbox ecosystem if they want to continue playing the games they love from those publishers.

On topic, I was interested in this game, but I’m not going to give a company money that is taking my hobby in a direction, I don’t like. Hopefully, this game is a sales flop. It looks like Sony hopes so too.

@Rubssi

Some good info that helps make sense of this acquisition. Thanks for posting that thread.

@Juanalf

Nah. What I complain about and keeps me up at night is wondering why they don’t charge PC gamers to play online. That’s the real atrocity here. 🤨

@TheCollector316

100% agree. I’ve had my subscription since the first month it was available on PS3 and have never let it lapse. Hell, I still go back and download PS3 games to play that I missed out on buying that are now unreasonably priced or hard to find used.

I guess all those whiners complaining about the terrible monthly games must’ve forgot to turn off their subscription auto renewal. /s

This is just getting depressing. I've read multiple claims that the hidden enemies Amazon, Google and Facebook are what we have to fear. I mean...really! Last I checked it was Microsoft, Tencent and Sony trying to consolidate the gaming industry. I think evidence shows these companies are the enemy of gaming consumers.

Todd Howard said they would remain multi-platform and continue to self publish their own games after the Bethesda buyout news broke. Yeah. How’d that turnout?

Multi-platform = all platforms that are not Xbox.

Yuck! Thank god I have a huge backlog that will keep me busy till my life’s end. Don’t know that I’ll be investing much in the future of gaming.