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LMAO--$700 for an upgraded system in a generation that's desperately lacking for noteworthy games, AND you have to buy the disc drive separately. This is a bad joke.

I'll wait for the PS6--and I'm not going to be an early adopter of that, either.

Since this is another game that's attracted a certain type of online controversy and most of these outlets are going to be highly motivated to defend it, I'm guessing it's safe to subtract 2 points from most of these review scores.

In games I've played recently--one that immediately comes to mind is Triangle Strategy--the charmless/repetitive dialogue mostly seemed intended to pad the running time of the game and make it feel "meatier" than it actually was.

Personally, I would have been a lot more impressed if the dialogue had been pithier and less plentiful. If it's all going to be so by-the-numbers, I really don't need to sit through 50 hours of it.

Still interested in giving this game a chance, though.

There are lessons to be learned here for the industry, and failures like this will continue to happen until those lessons are understood and accepted.

Cautiously optimistic for the moment since it's allegedly staying 100% loyal to the content from the original... But I'm also expecting to hear at the very last minute about specific details that ended up being censored for "modern" audiences. Happens every time now.

Dark Souls 2 is the weakest (modern) FromSoftware game... Which isn't saying much since the bar is insanely high across the board. It's still very good, maybe just slightly less inspired than the original and DS3.

Rated "mature" but still sanitized for your protection. It would be far too offensive to communists to include that one tongue-in-cheek reference to communism.

Curious what Portal owners think of it, since I received one for my birthday yesterday and am not sure how much use I'd get out of it. How dependent is it on a particularly strong internet connection? Is there noticeable lag? More often than not, I'd prefer playing on the big screen and I need to know whether I should keep this thing or trade it in for a few new games!

This obviously looked terrible, but apparently it's even worse than it seemed from the advertising. Overrated franchise with Reddit-tier humor. It's a "no" from me, dog.

I'm extremely interested in the mindset of anyone who could willingly tolerate watching this.

It's especially depressing to see someone of Cate Blanchett's caliber being reduced to starring in something so worthless.

@IamJT Again, mostly agreed--particularly with your very last point. We'd all be better served to stop labelling and accusing one another so much when we could be listening to each other with an open mind instead.

@IamJT I don't really disagree with much of what you said, except that corporate ESG ratings serve as a bit of a thumb on the scale when it comes to what type of messaging is permitted or encouraged.

And you're right that political ideas have always been infused into art, but again, it's the ham-handed and repetitive nature of the messages and character portrayals that I find most objectionable.

Two points:

1) This is hardly a matter of people insisting on strict historical accuracy in all video games. The real issue is that Ubisoft and others specifically represent the Yasuke story as an accurate one--because it's a story they happen to like--when that doesn't actually seem to be the case.

2) Relatedly, people aren't reacting to the choices made for this game in a vacuum. On its own, it would be a curiosity. The reason it's irritating is because it's in lockstep with the storytelling trend already happening across the industry. Ideological sensibilities are being forced again and again into creative works that never used to be so ham-handedly self-righteous.

From what I've seen, the main architect of the "Yasuke was a samurai" story has been the subject of an academic scandal, so Ubisoft's self-satisfied vision for this game no longer has much justification--particularly in light of the objections of those whose culture is being rewritten.

They're clearly worried at this point, but regardless, I'm sure there will be plenty of consumers out there eager to feast on more slop.

It would make a lot of sense for this to launch at a time that more closely coincides with the new Grand Theft Auto, since it's predicted that will only run optimally on a Pro and it's the most likely game to help move a lot of consoles. Not to mention the fact that there have been so few killer apps exclusive to PS5 that it's borderline insane to expect anyone to upgrade at this point.

The story always has to be revised when revisiting anything not released in the last five years, for reasons we're all familiar with. After all, it would be an absolute SCANDAL if any of our current narratives or ideologies were contradicted in even the most minor of ways.

It SHOULD look like the original! if some hack tries to reimagine Kojima's game, there's -zero- chance of me buying this.

@NEStalgia They may have patched that boss slightly to re-balance it, because I remember having the same exact experience on Day 1... Although it's hard to say, because I know I probably wasn't using the best possible strategy for it at that time either.

Either way, the key is to use your speed boost to fly directly into his face and attack the cockpit with melee strikes. In between, just focus on finding cover/avoiding damage.

Armored Core 6 was a lot of fun, I loved it.

At first it seemed daunting to try for an S-rank on every mission, but I recommend people go for it as it spices up the challenge and adds a lot of variety to the gameplay.

Don't get me wrong, you'll have to have a high threshold for frustration on certain levels, but it's super satisfying when you figure out how to ace them and the requirement to create very specific builds for certain challenges is a fun element which can mostly just be bypassed when playing through the game normally.

Can't wait for next year, and extra excited that I should have a brand new home theater setup ready to go beforehand... Planning on revisiting the original Death Stranding with the Director's Cut to refresh myself on the characters and story before the sequel drops.

A lot of misguided racism accusations, and of course there are, because what day would be complete without that?

I could comment about the controversy, but why bother. The real issue is a broader one with Ubisoft, who I wouldn't buy another game from regardless of the protagonist.

OD on PS5? Make it so, please.

This is the first I'm hearing that the creatives who made Rockstar great might be linking back up under a new banner... Whatever they're working on, they'll have my attention. I don't consider the current Rockstar to be the same company anymore.

Maybe they didn't need to reinvent FFVII to this degree. The original was plenty successful as a PlayStation exclusive.

Remember when we thought this franchise was going to be amazing? Ah, the good old days.

And I haven't even found the time to play Village yet, yikes.

It's amusing seeing people trying to portray this as people being obsessed with how they "dress up their doll." I don't really care about cosmetic options in games, and to be honest, I find the uncensored fan-service style outfits pretty cheesy. But the real issue here goes beyond cosmetic options, and I think everyone understands that, whether they'll admit it or not.

There's a faction within gaming who think it's their right to determine what everyone else gets to enjoy. They've been obsessed for months with slamming Stellar Blade since it appeared not to cater to the new PC standard for how women in games should be portrayed. And normal people are completely fed up with hearing from them. Almost every game bends over backwards to cater to their ways of thinking, and they don't want to allow any exceptions--which is not only wrongheaded, it's obnoxious.

Already preordered. Glad to hear it turned out as fun as it looked.

Excited for this, but I may wait to play it until the Suikoden remasters finally come out. Seems like it makes for a nice follow-up.

@RBRTMNZ I have known a guy or two who pursued baseball as a career--although none of them ended up making it. But you're taking a sarcastic joke a bit literally.

In actuality, baseball games are somewhat different from games about space soldiers and cyborgs because professional baseball is something which actually exists in real life, and an MLB simulation is presumably intended to entertain people who enjoy that sport. If you think "baseball is as boring as Mom and apple pie" (whatever that means), maybe you're not the first person who should be consulted about what an MLB game should include.

If legitimate fans of baseball--people who might actually purchase this game--are excited about the addition... more power to them. I'd be interested to know whether they are.

This is bound to be very popular with my female friends. After all, so many of them are professional baseball players and/or striving toward that goal.

Oh man, if it included all the DLC, I would've bought this.

The guy had one good story in him and the unnecessary follow-up was idiotic. I'm fine with him retiring whenever he'd like to.

Just have Bluepoint remake this in the same fashion as Demon's Souls and accept my worship already.

$40 is too much to spend on a DLC... In every other case except this one. Bring it on.

Does this mean Kojima's 'OD' is going to be coming to PS5 as well? Since that's the only reason I'm considering buying an Xbox in the future, and I'd prefer not to.

I will probably look like Old Snake by the time it's ready to play, but believe me, I'm here for this.

Wow. Looks extremely promising.

No idea about the gameplay, but the Akira Toriyama design work would definitely be an enjoyable feature. I think the series this is based on is coming to streaming soon also, so I'll be on the lookout for both.

Also, it feels like this is meant to benefit developers more than players. If this system becomes a default, instead of creating thoughtful and well-balanced tiers of difficulty, they can just dial in the difficulty to whatever ceiling is most convenient for them and trust that an automated system will make it playable for people.

Agree with everyone who says that this should be an option but never forced on the player. This would negatively affect the gaming experience for me in a MAJOR way.

They may not be for everyone, but the hardest difficulty settings are usually the best way to learn how to play a game at a high level. And it's much more satisfying when you succeed.

This is a welcome update, but I have to say I'm nervous to jump online and realize how terrible I actually am at this game. FromSoftware online PvP has historically been a brutal experience more often than not...

For now, I'll worry about whether I'm ever going to get S-ranks on every mission. Heheh.

Hahahaha. I was waiting to get this the whole time, with the expectation that the DLC would be included with a new release eventually. Not much of a point to waiting, as it turns out...

Most obnoxious story I've seen in a AAA title, maybe ever. As a follow-up to the original, it's basically a complete disgrace. Playing it once was more than enough.

Misleading numbers to overstate the preference of digital over physical, as a few people above explained very well.

The people cheering that on are pretty dim, since we're likely to be paying $100 a game once they finally succeed in killing off these physical formats and the resale market.

"By all accounts, The Marvels ain’t bad."

This couldn't be more drastically at odds with everything I've read about the movie in multiple reviews. But we all know the motivation for pretending it's a winner.

Grand Theft Auto: Woke City.

Enter the pander-verse! This type of thing is getting really tiring.

Seems like they should have worried more about creating a playable game than recasting with a female commentator for DEI points.

Give the world what it needs: Bloodborne 2, timed to follow up a remake of the original from Bluepoint Games...