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I played the original last year on the Extra tier of the subscription service, and the game is a perfect example of an unnecessary remake. It held up incredibly well for a ten year old title and the graphics never distracted from the gameplay. And as much as a co-op mode seems enticing, it was the unique gameplay mechanics that really stood out. Controlling both characters with the respective joysticks was mind bending. Still, I would play it again if it also shows up on the subscription service later. Or if a really steep sale comes along.

Where is TrickyDicky? I’m sure he has a few opinions.

@JonnyAces. Unravel is a delightful platformer. Don’t know if you are aware, but Unravel 2 has a two-player couch co-op mode that is loads of fun. It is quite amusing working your way through the levels with another ball of yarn. And it’s frequently on sale for a fiver in the store.

@T-Bone09. That’s wild that you could still play It Takes Two after it left the service. I have had a couple of games that left the service installed (not just in my library), but once they left, the icon was still on my Home Screen, but there was an image of a lock in the corner and it would no longer load.

@JalapenoSpiceLife. I’m fairly certain that Tchia was not one of three Plus Essential games. It came to the Extra subscription service day and date of release. It was kind of a big deal because up until that point only Stray had come to the service at release.

The first two comments with opposing answers. There you have it. I should add that my son and I play a lot of games together and until recently, cross play between the PS5 and PS4 Pro has been fine. But now, after almost four years, there are finally PS5 exclusives like Helldivers being released that we both want to play so a second PS5 is needed. Hopefully the days of cross generation games are over.

I would pay an extra $150-$200 for a PS5 Pro that could play most games at a guaranteed 60 FPS with 4K graphics. Add in a little ray tracing and maybe a bit more memory and we are good to go. Maybe if I hold off on a day one purchase, there might even be a GTA6 bundle. That would be the dream.

@NinjaNicky @Northern_munkey. What graphics card did you use and how much did that one component cost?

Super clever subheading.

I feel this game is a long way off. March 2025 is wishful thinking.

I hope the Rise of the Ronin segment makes up for the last trailer. Earlier previews showed a lot of unique and interesting gameplay mechanics. The last showing leaned too heavily on the Souls like aspects. Please don’t let this end up being just another Souls like.

Meanwhile Palworld had over two million concurrent players on Steam. What is wrong with gamers?

@gipsojo. Don’t you recognize a sarcasm when you hear it Charlie Brown? I guess a lot of people here don’t. I thought it was the funniest thing that I read tonight.

I am so tired of hearing people complain about the lack of themes. The PS5 is never going to have themes. If you haven’t noticed, each individual game that you have installed has its own background when you select it. How would that work with themes?

What’s up with Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege? How is that game on both lists when it came out in 2015?

@DETfaninATL. The Joker died in the Arkham universe. This is a joker from an alternate time line called Elseworld.

To be fair. . . To be fair. . . To be fair . . .

To be fair….To be fair… To be fair…

@riceNpea. I wouldn’t exactly call Hogwarts “a brand new IP”. And 132 million Switch consoles is still dwarfed by the over 500 million copies of Harry Potter books sold.

Tears of the Kingdom sales are still more impressive when you consider they were all on a single platform.

Tears of the Kingdom had sold 19.5 million copies by September 2023. I’m really surprised that it could not sell 3 million more during the holiday months for the title of best selling game of the year.

The amount of support this game still gets almost eight years after release is impressive.

I have been playing Nobody Saves the World in co-op with my son and enjoying it very much. I was surprised by the number of different forms you can play, each with their own abilities, and now feel compelled to unlock them all. Trying desperately to get the Magician to an A rank so we can unlock the Robot. Unfortunately this is another game where Player 2 does not get trophies and my son wanted to start it on his account, which is not ideal for our continuing competition. He was nice enough to offer to restart the game on my account, but I didn’t want to lose all of our progress, especially since I think there is a New Game + requirement for the plat. I wish developers would allow for the second player to get trophies as well. The same thing happened last weekend with our play through of Human Fall Flat.

Wow. Nice list. Good to see Hogwarts.

@LiamCroft. Was the Resident Evil 4 VR mode also released too late to be considered in the Best VR Game category? I was curious why Village beat it.

This makes me even more upset about Alan Wake being number four. Yesterday I thought at least Resident Evil would take the top spot.

-Alan Wake at number one. Where were you yesterday?

C’mon Push Square. It should be higher.

I like Jedi: Survivor ahead of Spider-Man.
Bold move.

@Darude84 Demon’s Souls, Returnal and Forbidden West have all been added to the Extra level of the subscription service, not the three games that come with Essential. A few months ago we got Weird West as one of the three games. Evil West is a different game.

Dredge. Well done.

@Member_the_game. Ha. That’s funny.

Merry Christmas guys! Enjoy your day.
Hope Santa was good.

Not able to vote for Dredge? That’s a shame.

Other than Baldur’s Gate though, list is spot on.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is overrated. There I said it.

Steelrising is a great game. I don’t understand all the hype for Lies of P, but this game was forgotten.

Kinda feel like Alan Wake should have won Graphical Showcase as well.

Nice to see The Finals on a list. The game is a blast to play. Movement is super fluid, action is chaotic, graphics are superb and everything is destructible. I’m terrible at the game, yet I keep coming back for more. And how smart was it to shadow drop it during the Game Awards? This is a FTP game that will be around for a while.

And EA’s public relations send out a press release as if this were newsworthy and gaming websites write about it as if that were true.

I have trouble navigating the UI to even be able to find my skins now.

I wish Venba would get added to the subscription service. Seems like the perfect game for Extra.

@Shepherd_Tallon. Is it Powerscourt Distillery? Should be a lovely time. Ah, Pot still whiskey.

So instead of delivering packages, we get to watch someone delivering packages. Sounds fun.

Damn you OverWatch. I just can’t quit you.

The previous Rise of the Ronin trailers were better. There were a lot more game mechanics on display than just hack n’ slash combat.

This game should be third person.

Rise of the Ronin, my most anticipated game of next year, is only a few months away. Black Myth: Wukong, which I had dismissed as another Souls like, looks absolutely stunning. I guess I am going to try to get good. Oh, and the SEGA games, even if they are pretty far away, it was still exciting to see that SEGA hadn’t forgotten about them.

How about that March 22 release date for Rise of the Ronin? My most anticipated game of 2024 and it will be here much earlier than I expected. And my God Black Myth: Wukong looked impressive. This is a game I have not been following because I thought it was just another Souls like, but damn it was pretty. Might have to give in and try to get good.

This would be perfect for Extra. The subscription service needs more day one indies.