Veritas7Ax

Also I'm legitimately excited for some DLC Vault Hunters for the first time since the Pre-Sequel. BL2 and TPS both had great DLC characters and I loved all of them, from Gaige and Krieg to Jack and uhhhhh.... Hammerlock's sister, who I definitely remember >_>

The cynic in me wonders if the execs at 2K wanted to try the $80 price but once Randy opened his mouth, they knew the backlash would have been SO bad, even worse than it would have been, so maybe they backed off.

Who knows. Either way I am excited and cautiously optimistic that it’ll be good.

"A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal!"

I’m curious why the one game at a time approach between this and Gears, vs doing the trilogies instead. Besides $ of course.

But again, this is just a rumor for now.

Would be slightly more bearable if PS+ followed the lead of Microsoft (can't believe I'm saying that) and made more games available at launch. Sure, you get a Stray or Plucky Squire or the upcoming Sea of the Stars available at launch on PS+, and those are great games in their own rights, but a far cry from the heavy hitters.

That said, all of this just highlights how frustrating the current system and state of the industry is. $80 games, more DLC, games services that don't deliver for everyone. It's tough, man.

I kinda assumed that between the State of Play or SGF, Wolverine would show up again for a solid update. But it was a no-show. Not sure if that's cause for concern. Insomniac deserves a ton of faith though, so I guess we'll see. Feels weird to say since the reveal was like 3-4 years ago, but... just gotta be patient.

The Ramza statue is nice and the Chocobo plushies are almost too adorable to pass up. And yet… I think I’ll be good with just a regular physical copy.

Pretty good overall. Have to assume they're saving Wolverine for Summer Game's Fest. If it doesn't show up there... could be a tiny bit concerning about what the status is on that game.

Oh yeah, Final Fantasy IX remake also. I hope we'll finally get something official on that. And the fact that the rumor has been long-going gives me a modicum of hope that maybe it's already far along in development and the release is pretty close. One can dream.

Looks like I agree with several others here: Wolverine almost certainly has to appear. Probably a decent length gameplay trailer. I feel like between that or the State of Play, it has to show up at one or both.

I hate feeling like I'm in the minority but his original comments--which made him look like a total smarmy jerk--have no more than a surface level effect on my buying plans. What I'm saying is, regardless of how much of an ass Randy is--and he is--I'm buying BL4 day one. $60, $70, $80, I don't care.

I can easily count on one hand the amount of games I'd be comfortable opening my wallet more for, and Borderlands is one of them. I wasn't in love with BL3 and I wanted to give this one a good look as a potential "make or break" for me with the series. The original gameplay reveal got me decently excited, so I'm there.

I want to keep supporting this franchise if it can right the ship with this entry. Just sucks the CEO is a bit of an idiot.

Friendly advice to all bargain hunters to use something like Deku Deals (I used to use psdeals but hated the ads) so you can see price history and etc. I saw a LOT of games I have wishlisted ping for me with this sale, but only a couple are at all-new lows in pricing. Others that are on sale have actually been cheaper in past sales, so I'm holding off on those.

Also, Forza being on sale is tempting but I am not in a rush to play that just yet. Also, is it true the Premium Edition has all the DLCs needed to get 100% trophies?

That PSVR default bundle is a crazy low price for Best Buy. I wanted to jump on that but looks like it's sold out for "new" condition, only available as Open Box, which... no thanks. $350 with everyone else I think matches the previous low.

@8thDoctor

Yeah, my friend did mention that too about the limited voice lines, and how that wasn’t exclusive to Joker. Definitely a shame in that regard, but I suppose it makes a good point when considering the remake.

So I just very recently entered the series with Persona 5 and liked it quite a bit. My friend keeps suggesting me to try Persona 4 because Johnny Yong Bosch voices the main character, and he’s one of my favorite VA’s. I heard the early remake rumors and said, “ok I’ll just wait for that.”

But if they really recast… everyone, then I don’t know if I would have the same exact level of interest. JYB doing a voice role is actually a decent factor for me.

I'm no economy expert but with that many in such a short window, wouldn't that in theory pit some titles against each other vying for similar demographics of sales? Like obviously each game might have their own audience and releasing at slightly different times means it's easier for consumers to pace their game spending on titles. But if any of them share the same genre, or similar gameplay and are coming out only months apart, that could mean one game poaching potential sales of another?

Idk, that's just a thought that comes to mind, but again I'm no expert.

@MightyDemon82

Nice, enjoy. I think I might do the same since it seems clear Sony/whomever are not gonna let it drop below $35 anytime soon. It could be a Fromsoft thing since Sekiro is also never lower than $30 any sale and that game is even older. Weird that they set stricter limits on digital than physical.

The screenshot made me think this was one of the PS2 Gundam games and I got excited. I've been dying for a good Gundam game in the vein of those, but I also know those probably have not aged well at all.

I have probably commented on Armored Core like 5 times on this site so I won't keep saying the same thing ad nauseam lol. Just still hoping for the day that it might drop to $25 or lower digitally, but it's almost two years old, so maybe it's time to give up. Maybe a $15 physical copy is the way to go. Meh.

Stop teasing me and just tell me it’s coming in three years already! (hopefully not that long)

@johnedwin

Sorry to hear that. I'm sure for some it was a change from the first two. For me, if I had not played Suikoden 3, I would never have played the first two. It's still one of my favorite PS2 era RPGs to this day.

3 was my introduction to the series so I will always have a soft spot for that game. The three protagonists and three story perspectives thing was a lot of fun, then how everything culminated in the end. Would love to to play that remastered.

The threat to drop it or change subscriptions is real, and one multiple people here have already made in the comments. For me, I've already played many classic titles available with Premium, but I have dozens and dozens more that I want to play, but haven't gotten to already. So in that regard, I'm getting my money's worth and it wouldn't make sense to change subscriptions for me.

Yeah, this month is a bit of a stinker, and it's a cause for concern, but switching might work for some, but not all.

The fact that the first game garnered a fair amount of praise from some Japanese devs is a good sign that Sucker Punch was already doing a respectful job. I have no doubt they have gone to even greater lengths with this one.

I’m just not sure I can keep going with this series. The plot is so convoluted and KH3 basically dropped Final Fantasy completely, which was a huge part of the novelty of the original games. As much as I enjoy the gameplay, it just hasn’t “grown” enough for me. The lore expands like a giant balloon every entry but the themes and general plot beats stay very similar. Sometimes it feels like Nomura is a genius and other times it feels like he is just plagiarizing himself constantly and just picking words like “darkness” and “heart” out of a hat when writing the stories.

Long story short, I love the series but unless this game is radically different, particularly in its goals as a narrative, I’m probably out.

As is too often the case, the only game I'm interested in is one I just bought recently. Sand Land. lol, oh well. That said, I heard Stalker is decent? A few of the others I don't know much about, so I can look into it.

lol was literally talking about this the other day. This is the reason why I haven't bothered to play FO3 or NV because they all suffer from a very similar issue.

Been a bit stubborn waiting for a stellar price drop (sorry). Prefer digital and it was lowest at $39.99. Honestly, for a $70 game that has clearly been a big hit, probably being a bit stingy.

But it might drop more now with this complete edition, but then do I just wait for THAT to drop in price? Aghhhhh.

So just to make sure I'm on the same page here. Unlike a normal PS5 disc which has most/all the data on it, and [i[generally[/i] has a long install from the disc, plus any Day 1 patch downloads if applicable, these games are coming with almost no data, basically meaning before the install, you still have to download the game first?

Yeah, I guess that does suck. I think Indiana Jones was my only exposure to this and thankfully I don't recall it taking overwhelmingly long to install. However, for gamers who buy physical specifically to avoid too many downloads (they either have very limited or no internet at times), this is a slap in the face for sure.

I very much want to experience Fallout 3 and New Vegas, but on PS3 they suffered from the same memory issue almost all Bethesda games suffered from, including Skyrim for most of its life. Basically the more stuff you do, the bigger the save file gets, and the more the game runs at a horrible frame rate, assets disappear, etc.

I would plan to trophy hunt these games to 100% including DLC, so the state of the games would almost certainly prohibit that. So I would love to see them get brought up to current standards.

Sounds like a somewhat fun and cozy kinda game to take a break from all the 100+ hour open world adventures I get caught up with. Might get it on a slightly better sale.

Oof, as a trophy hunter, that pains me. That said, I don’t like it when it’s disproportionate in the other way (i.e. nonstop silvers and golds). But yeah, a little more variety would have been nice, especially for so many. Might be moot though, because I’m not 100% sure this is a game I would be interested in? I’ll look into it.

I played an insane amount of D1. Not long after TFK released, I joined up with a clan and I played it every single day for more than a year. No joke. It was at that point, not long after Rise of Iron came out, that I felt I needed a break.

At that point, I figured there was no way I was going to play D2. And yet, a new online buddy of mine has been slowly warming me up to the idea of it, plus just a general reminiscence for the Destiny days. I might finally check it out, maybe, and this crossover definitely helps entice me more.

Probably gonna go with deluxe, but not 100% on that yet. Any big 1st party release (GoW, Spider-Man, etc.) I often gravitate toward the Collector’s but a statue is usually the big selling point for me. The mask here is cool but not really good enough for me to open my wallet more. So I’m ok passing on the Collector’s here.

The showcase definitely quashed a few of my concerns and got my hype back up. I really liked how they brought up a lot of Quality of Life changes to the series, especially ones spurred on by fan feedback, such as legendary drop rate and the value of those legendaries, loot dropping with a variety of parts, and more.

That showcase quieted a good amount of my concerns with the game. Raffa looks very interesting to me in particular. Don't even think I remember seeing that character in the teaser trailer.

This is a big entry in the franchise for me, in terms of my long-term relationship with the series. Probably put a good 1200 or so hours into Borderlands 2 between PS3 and PS4. TPS was also pretty good. BL3 made a lot of nice QoL changes but the endgame just couldn’t hold me as long.

So I’m hoping this will be a good step in the right direction. The initial reveal of the vault hunters appearances had me a bit worried, but I’m keeping an open mind.

SO EXCITED. Trailer looks gorgeous. Sucker Punch know what they're doing, for sure. A game like this would be worthy of my 500th Platinum. The timing should be pretty close (sitting at 473 right now).

Oh man, my friends and I had SO much fun playing Power Stone 1&2 back in the day. Memories…

I can’t wait. Just announce something already! Love FFIX.

Side note, I’m very curious how much of a remake this will be and how the character models will look. FFIX stands out for having characters that seemed smaller in stature than the other games. This is shown in the Dissidia games too where Zidane is, I believe, the second shortest character after Shantotto. Curious how the remake will capture them, or if it will lean toward more remastering the visuals.

Welcome update allowing us to dismantle multiple items at once. The one at a time thing was a bit too tedious. Happy about that and enjoying the game quite a lot.

@Dislecksier

Sweet, good to know, thanks. Definitely missed that.

"96 Quite Bitter Beings" is probably the song I think about when I think about this game. That and Bodyjar's "Not The Same". If one or both are axed, I don't think I'd be kidding myself by saying that would hurt my hype even just a tiny bit.

I like the game so far. Still learning the combat. As someone who doesn't particularly excel at fighters and generally wants nothing to do with the competitive/online scene, the thing I then look for is story, which I know is asking for a lot for this genre. But at least Bleach does deliver that at least, albeit a bit clunky.

The character models are a bit weird at times, their poses, movements, etc. Some scenes and moments are done well and do the anime justice (like Aizen blocking Zabimaru), others they clearly can't animate well and just do cuts to and from black, so it feels awkward. But for a fighting game, where that isn't the primary focus, I can mostly forgive that.

I hope it can somehow do well, because I like Bleach and it deserves more games.

I love that this genre is back in a more popular way than ever. I am a little worried about fatigue though. Streets of Rage 4 was fantastic. Shredder’s Revenge also really good. I haven’t played Power Rangers yet but I am worried about that feeling a little same-y. If this wasn’t Marvel I would probably say pass for now.

Omg I knew it haha. Look at my comment history and I probably said like 2-3 times “I want to grab Robocop but I bet it’s gonna be free soon.” And sure enough. I just bought it last sale and there it is. I shoulda stayed with my gut but oh well. I think I only paid $8 or something, so it’s not like I feel robbed.

Ugh, next time though, gotta stick with my gut as long as possible.

@Corc11

Oh right, I totally forgot that report. I think I recall they said it has maybe a few hallmarks that look "Soulsy" but overall it leans more toward standard action I guess? But yes, you reminded me about that, I had completely forgotten that I read that.

I'm feeling minor fatigue on Souls-likes right now but I'll be damned if this game doesn't look crazy exciting. I'm on board.

Ooof, this is the first one in a while that hurts. And it hurts a lot. I had plans on playing Animal Well, Kena, and Zau. Doubt I'll be able to squeeze all of them in before departure, but I'll try to get at least two.

I still want this... if it ever sees the light of day.