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Ive accepted the fact that we will probably never get another turn based Final Fantasy, but im hopeful that whatever the next lot of Chrono projects is will be turn based

I don't play online shooters,or really any Multiplayer affair, but this games art style has captured my attention. Keeping my eye on this one

Would Microsoft want to shove that out amongst Indiana Jones, Forza Hotizon and Doom for PS5? That would be a lot of releases in a short amount of time

The Switch 2 is more expensive than the Playstation 5 in NZ, it's comparable to the PS5 with Astro Bot pack in, Mario Kart is $129

Awesome what they're doing with this, just wish it was more global so I could use it

@SteveJaye yes a FF Tactics HD-2D would be perfect for this

I'm a big Square Enix fan and I think this is the first time I've seen them so quiet. They are so hush about their pipeline, they only have DQI and II HD announced for this year, and have gone very quiet on KHIV and DQXII. Even their mobile side seems absent. I'm so used to them in the past having over 10 announced games in the pipeline at any given time. They've only given us 3 next gen ganes so far as well

My issue with State of Play is inconsistency, when Sony started the format they were quite dull affairs, but got better over the years. We haven't had a showcase since May 2023 and honestly that wasn't much better than a SoP, September 2021 was their last good big presentation. State of Plays seem to be their only connection to gamers currently and they had a couple of decent ones last year that felt like showcases.

The latest sop I feel needed to be a big deal, the Playstation roadmap is a bit weak currently, Microsoft has a huge line up this year, nintendo has the Switch 2 and no doubt some great first party exclusives. If Sony won't give us a showcase then we look at sop's for our big news

Wow, I must like sci fi as I've played the majority of these, surprised to see Alan Wake on here but no Control

@species and Bullfrog, two of the most prominent PC publishers in the 90s

Honestly time all these studios rebound from canceled projects I'd say Playstation Studios won't hit it's stride again until PS6 generation

I'd take a remaster of the Dreamcast version, I enjoyed that gane and the puzzles

Kitase didn't direct IX, he did X after VIII

Where's one of the most promising 2025 games, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Or is that considered above the radar?

Edit: Ignore, i see its on the most anticipated, good to see!

@3Above 100% should of got a full point here, FFVII Rebirth, Silent Hill 2, Black Myth Wukong etc...

Animal well was one of my favorite indies this year, as well as top 5 goty's as well

@Leechmonger_DeS this or a pac man world 4

@Icey664 that's what I'm confused about

Wonder if that Square Enix title they were working on got canceled or not

@BIG3 could just be The Last of Kart, maybe it's Unkarted?

@BIG3 after Joel killed the doctor he went into hiding and left Ellie with his twin brother John. John pretended to be Joel but was brutally murdered by Abby, Joel is back for revenge

The Last of Us Part 3: Joel Returns

It will be the leaked GoW remake/remaster collection

I gave it a 6, largely forgettable experience, very short and the levels had very little variety, run right, fight enemies, run right, fight enemies, get treasure chests, run right etc...every single level

They should of studied Telltale games far more closely

For some reason, i thought this was exclusive exclusive to xbox, or at least a year or 2.

@ear_wig would hardly call those tentpole releases, they're nowhere near the scale of a 3D Mario or mainline Zelda, and neither are GOTY contenders. On MC the highest rated NIntendo game is actually Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Even with Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2, and hypothetically new multiplayer horizon, Cory Balrog's new game, Neil Druckman's new game, etc.. no matter what Sony releases next year, they wont win GOTY, GTAVI will sweep everything

@awp69 not really this year, while they had plenty of decent games, they haven't had that big tentpole release for 2024

I know 3rd party games on PS classics generally don't get trophies, but man I hope blood omen 1 & 2 do.

Hopefully this is a sign that we will get more entries, or maybe they put the polish on and release Dead Sun, i think that game was very close to completion

If this was a big new single player game, then that would be a cause for concern, but a small 10 hour lego game is not a deal breaker

It's a shame that there big AAA titles aren't hitting numbers, XVI and Rebirth are both amazing games, even Forspoken was okay. I'm sure Dragon Quest XII and Kingdom Hearts IV can turn that around

2 for Massive Entertainment as well. And then some random game I've never heard of

@get2sammyb past consoles I may have bought a spare controller or 2, and maybe a 3rd party accessory. So far for my ps5 I have purchased, headphones, dual charger station, ps portal, 3 extra controllers all official Sony products. I think they got the PlayStation 5 aesthetic right, all the things look cool and must own

Sony has nailed Playstation accessories this generation, from headsets, PS portal, different controllers and face plates, people are buying them like never before

How did this game cost so much?!?

I'm wondering if Wonder Woman is cooked now

Wow, that's pretty good list, my top 5 currently are
1.Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2. Astro Bot
3. Silent Hill 2
4. Animal Well
5. Tekken 8

So great choices I think

I mean there definitely isn't a lack of new games, and I never struggle finding something good to play.

But I understand why people are saying lack of software, and I think that's because Sony still hasn't released that killer app for PS5, the must play, must own game. The biggest titles they've released on PS5 have been cross-gen, and on reflection Spider-man 2 was a little disappointing, I still haven't seen anything on the technical level TLOU Part II was, which released over 4 years ago. The fact Sony is keeping their cards close to their chest doesn't help things, as there is not much to look forward to from them in the next year or 2

The days of working from home are over, so many companies and government agencies around the world are demanding workers come back.

The plus side is, those small businesses, cafes and hospitality venues that have struggled(if they survived) will hopefully get foot traffic back in their doors

@twitchtvpat I hope the new studio working on Uncharted turns out to be true. I'm itching to play a new game in the series, i bet it will be a remake of the first game though.

As for Naughty Dog, I reckon it will be 2027/28 when we see them again, after the massive cancellation of Factions they probably only went into preproduction of a new title this year

@LifeGirl there was a report saying it will most likely get delayed to 2026.

Sony could have a crazy year, if they can get Wolverine out with Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei as well, then that would be massive. The dominoes must be getting ready to fall, with Cory Barlogs new IP, Bluepoints new game, Housemarques next game and new IP from Bend, we could be on the precipice of PlayStation Studio greatness for the next few years

Games was decent, we've just had a really good year of metroidvanias which overshadowed it. Wonder if it going to Plus hurt it as well

This sucks, I'm part of the problem to, the type of games they make are generally up my alley but I haven't bought them, in fact I've only ever played Life is Strange from them. I'll have to support their next release

Understandable, it seems only Sony and Disney published titles get trophies as well as PS2 games

Nice, I haven't been able to get a physical copy of Silent Hill 2, so I'm going to bite the bullet, pay more and go digital as the next shipment is apparently end of October.

On a side note, how does Mortal Kombat still go hard?

@get2sammyb My son is obsessed with Transformers at the mo(just like his dad was/is), I'm on the fence, does it have accessibility options for little people?

@get2sammyb Just out of interest, did you base this review on less than half hour of playing, your trophy stats look like you barely touched it?

@HotGoomba 100%

@Zemo55 no you can't, you can have multiple country psn accounts on one console but you can't change the country you created your account with

This is why i hate not being able to change your PSN home country, I lived in Australia when i bought my PS3, Vita and PS4 so I have all my purchase history and trophies on my Ozzie account. I'm now back in NZ but still use my Oz account (have to use PCGAMESUPPLY to top it up) as i don't want to lose all my platinum's by starting a new account. I loved the first hotline game and always thought i'd get 2 at some stage, but i'd have to work arounds to get it now

I got the platinum for it, and it was a very frustrating time, from memory it had some of the worst rubber band AI in a game