TimeDelayedGamer

Quite far into my first playthrough of Bloodborne and absolutely loving it 🎩 I mean, holy moly, it's just exquisitely good.

Loran Darkbeast can go screw itself though!

I ended up voting PS2, but PS1 was iconic as well. To be honest, I love them all. Each one promised adventures ahead.

@PenguinLtd Gamers 🤷‍♂️

Playing the first one just now, and absolutely loving it, once I got the rhythm of it. The souls-lite elements work much better than I expected. It's really surprised me as to how good it is. Definitely looking forward to the sequel.

7. Better than I expected, it seemed like I got more wrong than that. A lot of those games I've not got round to playing yet.

Playing Resident Evil Remake this weekend. It's the time of year when I'm in the mood for that sort of stuff. Can't get over how much it feels like the original while improving on almost every single aspect. Thank goodness you can play without tank controls now, don't have the patience for that nonsense any more 😁

"Others offered to send her their PSP for free"

Simps 🤷‍♂️😂

@stvevan Which has led to a news story on Push Square and no doubt various other gaming websites, and therefore free publicity, so probably not entirely pointless then?

I can tell you had waaaaaay more fun writing the review than you did playing the game 😁

(And I greatly enjoyed reading it)

8/15. None of my guesses hit home, but perhaps that's as it should be.

I've gone retro and am having a whale of a time playing GTA Vice City on my trusty PS2. It's years since I played GTA 3 and Liberty City Stories, don't ask me why it's taken me so long to get round to Vice City. I'd forgotten just how much fun the driving is in those games. After a few hours of exploring, I've started using a 100% guide as I sadly don't have the time to try and discover everything by myself.

6 out of 15. Hardly any of my guesses panned out this time on the ones I just didn't know...

If a show is genuinely good and captures the spirit of the game, then I'll likely watch. That's where a lot of videogame adaptations fail, in my opinion: they're usually so far from the atmosphere and essence of the game that they might as well not have bothered.

Having said that, if they invest the earnings from these shows into more great original IPs, then that will be a win for gamers even if the shows miss the mark, providing they're commercially successful.

Yoshida lost me at the word 'social' 😁

10 out of 15! Best attempt yet. Kicking myself that I got The Last of Us question wrong, though.

Is that, "Kojima Productions will remain an independent studio" in the same way as "the sole protagonist of MGS2 will be Solid Snake"? 😂

Seriously though, I don't feel there's any great surprise here. Kojima must be loving his creative freedom after his time at Konami. Hopefully Kojima Productions and Sony will maintain a close and healthy relationship.

"That's the second biggest monkey head I've ever seen".

Love the Monkey Island games! Great news - and with Ron Gilbert back at the helm as well!

Lucky 7. Very lucky 7. Lots of guesses that hit the mark on that one.

Hit & Run was the first game I ever played on my brand new, shiny (literally) silver PS2. I had a whale of a time with it - driving around sandbox Springfield was just so much fun, and I seem to remember the story was much better than I expected. Great soundtrack as well.

Got an 8, but a lot of those games I've never played, so... On the plus side most of those 8 I did know, rather than being lucky guesses... 🤷‍♂️😁

I really need to make a start on this series... It's been in my backlog for ages. I hear nothing but great things about it, and I already love Falcom thanks to Ys.

Has anyone played this on base PS4? Just wondering what your experience has been with it, performance-wise?

Good work, Sony marketing team! The Gran Turismo one especially is brilliant 😃

Ah, remember those halcyon days when they used to prepare a game for launch before they actually printed the discs?

Gripes about modern gaming aside, can't wait to play this.

@kyleforrester87 Maybe by the same voodoo that Rockstar have been able to live off GTA5 for two decades, or however long it's been...

Still haven't got round to playing this. Might have to (finally) bump it up my list a bit!

Alternate review tagline: "Monark depression"

I'll get my coat...

On my first playthrough at the moment, day 2. Not sure what to make of it at the moment. The world-building and story are fascinating, but I don't feel like I'm actually making much difference to what's going on, apart from making a few dialogue tree choices. Just feel like I'm along for the ride rather than really shaping the journey. I wish they'd stick in the odd puzzle with the items you accumulate or something.

Anyhow, I'm going to stick with it and see if it starts to gel with me more. Better loading times (I'm playing on PS4) are definitely helping!

@TJ81 I think that's good advice to play something more immediate side by side with it. Might do that, though I normally hate playing more than one game at a time as one of them always ends up falling by the wayside.

Finally finished my epic Dark Souls 2 SotFS playthrough. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it became a bit of a slog towards the end - screw you, Frigid Outskirts.

Have now started Disco Elysium, which I'm finding absolutely fascinating. It's really reminding me of the Magnetic Scrolls text adventure games I played as a teenager (any other old codgers remember them?!). Really looking forward to delving deeper into the story. I didn't even roll my eyes at the opening amnesia plotline, simply because when it comes to videogames, amnesia is actually a very effective and immersive plot device.

@nessisonett Asterix? That's because Sony has a lot of Gaul!

(Sorry!) 😜

I completely agree, however - they just don't seem to know how to handle the whole cross-gen thing at all this time round.

8/15... 🙄 A couple of the date ones I annoyingly missed by one year.

How the heck are there 17 R&C games though? I've been racking my brains and can only think of 12. How have I missed five games!? Is it counting HD remasters as well?

Gravity Rush 1 and 2 are two of my all-time favourite games. There's just so much imagination, charm and fun in there, and a real touch of magic - and the soundtracks are simply superb. Kat and Dusty are great, endearing characters - one of my favourite ever videogame duos. I always felt the gameplay was a little misunderstood by reviewers - I feel it's exactly as chaotic and 'imprecise' as the developers were aiming for, but once you get the hang of Kat's powers, it's brilliant, thrilling fun. A Gravity Rush 3 would be as a big a wish for a threequel as Half-Life 3, for me personally.

Can't wait to play this (most likely on PS4). Played the original for the first time last year, and it blew me away. I'm fascinated to discover where they'll go with the story this time, after most of the questions were answered by the end of the first game.

Merry Christmas, fellow gamers! The content and the community convinced me to sign up to this site, not something I usually do. Keep up the good work, both staff and comment contributors!

All the best to everyone for 2022! 🥂🍻

Still slogging through Dark Souls 2. I say slogging, but I'm still loving it. It's just so looooong. I'm up to the Ivory King expansion, so plenty of snow in a nice bit of still-not-very-Christmassy-really synchronicity.

Also started playing R-Type Final 2, which as a big fan of the series since about the age of 12, I've been really looking forward to since I got it. So between those two, lots of death for me this Christmas!! 😳🙄😂

"The PS5 was in my basket. My hand fumbled with the mouse, feverishly aiming for the checkout button. I clicked. And that was when the scalper struck..."

Woohoo! This is some of the best gaming news I've heard in ages. Cannot wait.

Still soldiering my way through Dark Souls 2. Still loving it. Been throwing myself repeatedly at the Iron Keep and making steady progress. Just beaten the Smelter Demon (eventually). No idea how on earth you go in an elevator from Earthen Peak to Iron Keep, that was a bit random. The visual continuity of the world seems to break down a bit there 🙄😁

@dschons Puppeteer is a great game with an amazing art style and sense of imagination, you should have a lot of fun with it. It's also a perfect game to play in the lead-up to Christmas - like a videogame pantomime (cue someone responding, "Oh no it isn't!") 😃

I've always been thankful for video games, because they've been such a huge part of my life. Everything about them has always fascinated me, the visuals, the music, the design - and as well as that they are my escape from the world, and my stress release. I've often found that games tend to synergise with my experiences in the real world - playing Death Stranding for the first time during the pandemic, for example. I couldn't imagine a world without them.

Still working my way through Dark Souls 2, still loving every second. Also showing my trusty PSP some love and playing R&C Size Matters. It's hamstrung somewhat by the PSP's limitations, but still good, clean fun 😁

Currently playing Dark Souls 2: SotFS. First playthrough, and I'm loving it. I'd heard it was the low point of the series, but so far I'm lapping it up. Just feels like 'classic Souls' to me.

@Saitama117 Have you ever played The Adventures of Alundra? An absolute PS1 classic in my view. Lovely 16 bit pixel art and tough but fair gameplay and puzzles. I first played it a couple of years ago and it was one of the highlights of my gaming year

Meh. I'll wait for the remastered version on PS6 😂

Well, that's quite surprising. With all the negative reviews I was expecting it to bomb.

Haven't played it and currently not intending to, but if they feed some of the profits back into improving the game a la NMS, I might be tempted down the line.

I'm losing track of all these Trails... but in the best possible way! Ys made me a Falcom fan, can't wait to get started on the Trails series as well. I guess I'll start with Trails in the Sky FC?

Good work NIS America. Think I'd better start saving up for the inevitable collectors editions...

Sony needs to enact a seal of quality that guarantees a minimum standard for new releases. Too many broken and unfinished games being released to line the pockets of shareholders.

@Omniicron Yeah, I have a feeling they're going to miss out that whole section, darn it.

I've got a 2D retro itch to scratch at the moment. I was playing Flashback earlier in the week but found it horrendously clunky even by the standards of the time (I grew up with 80s/90s 16-bit games), so I've sadly given up on it. Now playing Axiom Verge and loving it. It's scratching the itch nicely 😃

Ratchet: Zero Dawn? It looks pretty cool, actually. I'll wait some for review scores to drop though before committing.

Bah, you all know what we think of Konami.

Nah, they ain't no Kojima 😁