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Wish there was like one more game in the Shadow of Mordor/War series. Alas, RIP Monolith.

I'm also reminded that I despise WB games for patenting the Nemesis system from those games so that it can never ever be used again.

Anyway, Crystal Dynamics has got my attention here. Let's see what they cook up.

Definitely sad since I enjoyed both Mankind Divided and Human Revolution before that. That said, yeah, this is not surprising. Things were already looking bleak when they cancelled the other proposed project, and then I still recall that post from Jensen's voice actor saying how he wanted to come back but it looked like the series was done for.

Maybe some day...

Is Blue Prince staying? Most PS+ offerings stay a year. Some leave sooner, some later. Blue Prince was added April 2025 so I assumed it was on the chopping block. If not, maybe I'll actually finally give it a try.

Nope. This situation should be met with only deep cynicism. I love Sony and I very rarely complain about their products, policies, or practices but the stage is set here for pure corporate greed. There’s already been some signs but I think it’s highly unlikely they reverse these changes any time soon if ever. They will use the current economic landscape which is in shambles as an excuse to keep things where they are or go higher. I have little faith.

Michael Scott: Oh my God! Okay, it's happening! Everybody stay calm. STAY [bleep] CALM!

It's a little difficult for me to read "I had to turn it off" and not think the person sounds a tiny bit overdramatic. That said, giving benefit of the doubt, this doesn't sound great.

I have some mild interest, but this definitely feels like a "wait for it to hit $35 and after it's had multiple QoL updates" kind of situation.

@anoyonmus

Great, and now I feel old, to boot 😭

The only depressing thing here is finding out that film was 2021. What is time, man...

I have yet to play an actual Bethesda-developed game. Mostly Arkane, Obsidian, Tango Gameworks, etc. But that formula (first person action/RPG) is weirdly addicting to me. So I might very well check this out at some point.

Live service model sucks a lot, no doubt, but I have an issue with the growing amount of engagement/rage bait content that's cropping up. Seems since Concord flopped, so many influencers want to get clicks by calling every game DOA (i.e. "The NEXT Concord?!"). It's frustrating.

Yeah a lot of these games suck and the model is awful for gamers and it needs to be toned down significantly. Not arguing that. But for every 19 crappy live service games, there might be one worthwhile one. If Overwatch or Destiny 1 or FFXIV came out in this timeline I'm just imagining all the rage bait youtube videos saying "NEXT CONCORD?!" and how much damage that kind of thing can do.

A few things raised some eyebrows, or were even slight turnoffs. The combat though was intriguing. That might be enough to get me to kick the tires on this. We'll see.

I'm really excited to try out C4SH. I fell in a little bit of a hole where after putting in dozens and dozens of hours on both Rafa and Vex, I finally put the game down for what I thought would be a few days, a week tops, to catch up on the other games I was ignoring. I haven't really been able to get back, so this will be the perfect motivation. Excited to see how C4SH plays!

A friend and I played it a lot on Tsushima. Was a really good time. That said, I remember some issues popping up because one person would "hog all the kills" so the other person felt less useful. Obviously the classes each had their own utilities, so sometimes this was silly in hindsight, but yeah.

I think a fair amount of effort was put into some good places with the game. The new traversal mechanics were great, for one. I think the reports of it being very buggy hurt (I thankfully did not have a lot of major issues other than falling through the map a few times), and I think overall the story wasn't very engaging.

I played it then, was left feeling a little bored and moved on. Syndicate really nailed it a bit better for me. I wouldn't mind revisiting this though.

I would love to play this. I've probably said it before, but I always wanted to play FO3 but heard how bad the PS3 version is. My worry is that freakin' Oblivion Remastered still launched with the infamous Bethesda memory leak problem. So I hope that does not happen here again. That is why I never bothered with the PS3 version.

One of my favorite quotes from the film, of which there are many.

I will probably get this, at some point.

"'This is a controlled A/B test by Sony to study the price elasticity of demand. Users are randomly placed in control or test groups — and see different prices for the same games.'"

Yeah, they really shouldn't be using real consumers as guinea pigs for their testing. Especially in matters of money.

I feel like the one rumor that they were getting out of consoles completely sat too long in my brain because all the reports since then have been the opposite.

Something something bold strategy, Cotton.

Ah *****, here we yo ho ho again.

This is cool, but I also want to hear more about that Witcher 1 remake. Hopefully that's still being worked on.

I tried clonehero a year or two ago and had my old RB guitar and boy oh boy, my hand was hurting like hell after doing that for like 30 or so mins. I couldn't tell if it was just the awkwardness of the RB guitar (plus every song being on expert--not usually my wheelhouse) or an aging thing lol

Maybe a better fitting peripheral would work better. But that is just one a few check boxes for me before I would consider this.

Didn't realize the voice of Mimir from the games was returning for the show. I like that. Makes sense since that will likely be a CGI/facial capture kinda deal.

Maximum Carnage and Separation Anxiety were my jam back in the day. I played the former on an emulator a few years back and forgot just how damn hard that game is! I also definitely played Arcade's Revenge on Genesis too, I think?

Not the best month for me personally, but that's ok. Might check out Slime Rancher and that's about it. I'll consider redeeming Monster Hunter as that series has been recommended to me multiple times. It just feels like each game is a lot and it feels intimidating.

I just feel like it doesn’t make sense for them to stop doing it? I understand there is a cost to porting a game, but I can’t imagine it’s that much all things considered. And I feel like overall MS has to be happy with the numbers they’ve seen. From what I can recall Sea of Thieves, Forza 5, and Indiana Jones have all done well on PS5. I keep seeing conflicting info on Hi-Fi Rush (including from this site), so I don’t know about that. I think Gears has done well? And Halo is almost certainly gonna do pretty well, even without the MP.

@themightyant

I swear by Deku Deals. So helpful and the notifications are handy and consistent.

Plat #424 for me. I wanted to get it done before Astro Bot came out so I had the all the others beforehand. Fun game that made decent use of the VR tools.

This was a fun, cute little game. The combat is a fun retro affair and the different characters are fun to try out (Marian is pretty OP). The replayability of the four main areas got a bit old toward the end but at that point, I didn't feel like the game had insulted my time at all. Also, some GREAT soundtrack stuff here. Would definitely recommend.

I would emphasize though that the rouge-lite elements, are specifically that, elements. And even that feels a bit generous.

@Northern_munkey

Almost definitely. And I think it's best for me to just not let it "bug" me too much and just move on with my day. Just found his choice of words to be a bit on the detestable/cringe side. But yeah, just gonna leave it at that.

That "fan" comment really bugs me. The vibes are just... awful. "Xbox games must be only on xbox" gives that elitist, holier than thou, "must keep the bloodline pure" vibe of like... well I'm not gonna get explicit here, but let's say social/political/racial issues of the past. The guy makes it sound like the Xbox bloodline can't become impure by being on PS5.

This is kinda exciting but in terms of roster, what else can they do that Sparking Zero hasn't already? Since Sparking Zero came out, I don't believe Super has progressed at all since Toriyama's passing. The best they can do is add characters like Moro, Granolah, Ego Vegeta, etc.

I know Xenoverse has the novelty of create-a-character so that's a huge part of it, but yeah.

Isn't Hulst formerly from the Guerilla Games team? You'd think he'd know the struggles dev teams deal with all the time.

Considering all the issues Roblox has, including the child predator stuff, that kinda sucks tbh. If it's a good game with no issues, no shaky oversight, etc., that'd be fine. But yeah, pretty sure Roblox hit back against that former predator victim who tried to shine a giant light on the whole thing. Sucks, man. Roblox will never not have a negative connotation in my brain.

Wow, they've been a small backbone for Sony (and Microsoft) for years, doing all those remakes/remasters/etc. They finally get promised a new IP to work on, that gets canned, and now the studio itself.

Some gratitude from Sony. That's... insane.

Not that I want to sound too critical here, but should we really use "difficulty spikes" as a detraction to a game's rating? A game being oppressively difficult as to gate off swaths of players could be a point of criticism, particularly in a genre where it's not expected (i.e. nobody really has a case to complain about a Souls-like game being punishing). For "spikes" though, I wouldn't consider that a "con" per se. Metroidvanias historically aren't usually known for being easy anyway.

In the most super of vacuums, a price hike to something like PS+ to offset the production costs/supply issues and the overall scourge of AI wouldn't be the worst thing, if it were set back eventually. But who are we kidding, once it goes up, it ain't coming back down. And sadly, these AI issues show no signs of stopping.

Didn't realize Avowed was that close! I'll wishlist it as I might not jump on it right away. Obsidian/Arkane/Bethesda style games sometimes really scratch an itch.

Pretty exciting. I really want MGS V on PS5 too though, so maybe they're doing something separate with that. I don't really love Peace Walker that much (in fact I kind of hated parts of it), but I am happy to give it another try. MGS4 escaping PS3 is sooooo huge though. That's great.

Seeing articles/discussions that suggested a rumor about a new DMC game. That woulda been bomb! But alas.

This was a great SoP. Lot of stuff to be excited about, and I also like the gradual shift to "the stuff we're announcing here is actually coming really soon!"

Edit: Forgot to add that I'm a tiny bit disappointed that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain isn't gonna be included in the new collection. Might be saving that as a separate release for PS5.

I mentioned gambling right on Neva, not buying it because I knew it was coming to PS+. Well... ya win some, ya lose some. I actually bought Venba pretty recently. Welp.

I feel so validated haha. There are many months where a game is added that I had just bought within the previous 3-9 months and I'm like "aww, man."

Something about Neva just screamed PS+ addition to me though, and I don't mean that as a negative at all. I just had this strong feeling. So sale after sale after sale, I kept holding off. Glad it paid off.

I don't love people whining just because it's not Horizon 3, that just sounds entitled AF. Anyone who is not thrilled that it's live service and feels a bit annoyed about that, I get that. The model sucks and it can be predatory, but once in a blue moon, there is a diamond in the rough.

This game might be interesting to me, or it might be something I want to pass on. I don't really consider it a Horizon successor in any capacity--I'm just gonna view it as a game and I'll judge it when I see it. For those who have live service failure PTSD, hey I get it. Maybe I'm naive, but I want to see what the game is all about before I say it's a lost cause. At least it's Guerilla Games and not some random studio.

I forget if it was official hands-on comments or just reader speculation (the former holds more sway to me, but nevertheless), but the concerns about it being 4-on-4 with one life bar gave me pause.

I was super excited about this game, but those remarks pulled it back a tiny bit for me. I'm still keeping a close eye on this regardless.

I am playing this game for the first time right now and enjoying it quite a bit. That said, so far, I think I enjoyed Nine Sols more.

It makes me wonder, this hype and craze is at a pretty unprecedented level. I could see weird cases where people at all different stations do some stupid stunts. Warehouse employee risks it all to pawn off some copies ahead of the street date (well... the delayed physical date if that ends up being true) to try and make some extra bucks. People trying to rob delivery trucks, etc.

Hopefully none of that happens, but for better or worse, this series has generated increasingly crazy levels of anticipation and it encompasses so many ranges of gamers, from the normies to the... weirdos.

I swear sometimes it feels like they are looking through my transaction history, personally, specifically 🤣

"Oh he bought Subnautica three weeks ago? Make that one free!"

Oh well. It happens. I only spent like $6 on it I think? So not a big loss.

Sincerely hope the game doesn't fall into the deeper pits of dev hell. I'm actually pretty genuinely excited for this one since I liked Levine's work with the original Bioshock and Infinite.

I guess the timing was fortunate for me since I think just a day or two before the original announcement, I had just finished the platinum for Ratchet: Deadlocked via streaming. Although tbf, I was having some abhorrent lag and input delay with it which I normally don't experience.

But yeah, while I'm thankful I dodged the issues, it's not a good look that it's affecting others now. Hopefully they get it straightened out.

I kinda assumed that this was the "tax" for coming over to PS5 in the first place. Let Xbox have first crack, then PS5. But on a large enough scale, there might be an argument this would hurt overall sales? Not sure. But if they're working on making it day one for everything, then even better.

@Oram77

I really enjoyed the 2008 game. Very different flavor of PoP but very enjoyable nonetheless. The environments and cel-shaded graphics really lent themselves to a whimsical kind of adventure. The platforming was fun too.

Sad it never got a remaster.