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@get2sammyb Late reply but the main problem this game has is not having much to do in the open world (not anything interesting anyway). Story missions are pretty good and gameplay overall is alright, although definitely not nearly as good as the Arkham games.

@PuppetMaster Funnily enough Smash has also been made by a studio at Bandai Namco (even though it's published and owned by Nintendo) since Smash 4

@z0d15g0d I think Tekken 8's story mode is up there with NRS games. And then on the other hand, Guilty Gear has none (not in the sense you'd expect anyway).

@themightyant I disagree.
They announced the game in June, they had a playable demo at EVO 2 months later. Did they need to have the demo? Maybe not.
However, the first closed beta was in early September. These tests are an important part of the development process for games like this so the game had to be announced by then.
With so many games releasing in the genre these days (and especially next year), they can't afford to build a game without any feedback or without enough time to take that feedback into account. Game will surely evolve over the years anyway but you gotta get it mostly right from day 1 or it's toast.
The announcement was not too early.

I tried it last night and it indeed fixes it.
There are still some occasional stutters (I think it's related to some loading) but otherwise it stays at 60fps (or close to it idk).

@Rich33 I do feel like they need to have a solid story mode for a Marvel game, along with other single player content... which is not exactly something ArcSys is known for but then again this is made in collaboration with PS Studios, so there's hope.

It makes sense that none of that was in the beta but the full game definitely needs it (and I'm saying this as someone who will play it once and focus on online for the next few years).

No way, I thought it would just be the 8...

Jokes aside, I enjoyed the beta (although I think some things can still be improved a lot) and I'm waiting for some actual news.
I think 16 characters would be the absolute minimum for this, more would make sense.

Skate Story missing from the poll...

@Max_the_German only if you pay extra

I'll probably try Relink too, then!

@somnambulance A lot of people like 2XKO a lot but you should be prepared that:

• it's not exactly easy to play despite only using "simple inputs" for special moves, supers etc
• situations involving assists and tags can get kinda messed up

I tried the Wo Long demo before the game came out and decided it wasn't for me (it may be a skill issue but I found it frustrating).
I already own Mirage.
But - there are usually some smaller cool games in these updates so I'm looking forward to that (also this month is already good with Skate Story)

More than 1300h, over 800 of which was Guilty Gear Strive 🙃

@MrPeanutbutterz Seems like this might be a PS5 Pro issue as John played it on one and so am I and I can confirm what he said (I'm not as bothered myself but it does have massive frame drops) - while people with the base PS5 seem to think it runs fine.

Game plays pretty nice and I'm loving the music.
Gotta say performance is really inconsistent on PS5Pro though

There's nothing wrong with using AI for coding - it effectively uses mostly your own code to speed up writing it, and the result is exactly what you'd write but faster (I speak from experience).
That's assuming they're not actually generating whole blocks of code without really looking at them (aka "vibe coding"), as that doesn't make much sense for big projects like this

As for art... I wish they could be more specific.

Not interested in GTA (bought the PS5 version for 10 bucks and didn't play it much, it's not for me) but multiple cool games on the list otherwise.
Definitely checking out Thank Goodness and Pacific Drive

Somehow, I was not aware this was an existing series.
I think I’ll check out the demo first but it does sound nice.

I always thought these looked great back in the day but never played them

I'm actually surprised it wasn't there before, as this has been a requirement in the EU for a long time. All retailers here have to disclose this information.

I hit a bug today (after the update) where I got softlocked after killing all the enemies with the cannon outside Ishikari Castle. It just wouldn't trigger the next sequence after all the enemies were dead.
Reloading last checkpoint solved it, as expected (wasn't a very long sequence either) so no biggy.

@JohnnyShoulder yeah and I did play that one and I thought it was a bit tedious at times
There's a lot more combat than in 2 and it's just not that fun.
Anyway, what I'm saying is play AW first or at least watch a video if you don't want to. I would not recommend going into AW2 without it.

@koverby @Jrs1 I'd say knowing the story of the first game will be very beneficial to understanding many of the events of AW2.
That being said, that game might be showing its age in 2025 and be a bit tedious at times. For that reason I think it's alright to just watch some kind of story summary.
Being familiar with Control will also add a bit but not nearly as important. Matters more for the DLC.

Probably just different thermals or something, like in the early PS5 models

Saros and Wolverine both look excellent, can't wait.

Other than that not much seemed interesting to me specifically (and trailers for games that release this or next week seemed redundant).
I will admit Flight Simulator footage from PS5 Pro looked very impressive though.

I like the general idea but since this is PS Direct, I won't have access to it anytime soon.
Edit: Wait, nvm, this is separate from Direct

Might as well play it, since I got it free

I should play the Clockwinder thingy then

I always liked Borderlands' general aesthetic and vibe and hated the loot-oriented gameplay loop

I did not get in

Oh good. I will do this

@Scottyy it does utilize the power boost on PS5 well though - but I guess it's missing features like haptics and 3d audio

I played Psychonauts 2 already but it's an amazing game, highly recommended
Might try Viewfinder.

I really liked the first one despite its clunkiness so I still want to play this. Might wait for sale though.

@Magatsuhi DBFZ was supported for 6 years and I'd argue Dragon Ball is not as popular as Marvel, nor does it have the character variety.

@Jireland92 You can't be serious.
Very few games in this genre come even close to this kind of numbers, including the previous entries in this series.
This is a massive achievement for a fighting game that isn't Street Fighter, Tekken or Mortal Kombat.

Also worth noting that while the game used to be on Game Pass (which is why they mention players rather than copies sold), it's been gone from it for a good while now.

@Veritas7Ax The will be some kind of tutorial with the CPU but the goal of a beta like this is usually to test the netcode along side with some balance issues, so they'll definitely want most players to use the online features

@Anya-chan I originally expected it in May-June but they moved EVO '26 to late June so now I wanna say April-May

I think 2 was my favorite but all of Darksiders were good indeed. Looking forward to this.

I never really played tag fighters but I'll definitely be trying this one. Looks fantastic.

Very good QoL changes. I'm still in Act 1 so I expect I have quite a bit to go and especially the Battle Retry will be very welcome.

I liked Outlaws (even though it wasn't close to being neither the best SW game or the best Ubi open world) but this is hardly surprising, given how badly it reportedly sold

35 characters... sure, by the time they stop releasing DLC
My bet is around 20 at launch.

Really excited for this, game looks incredible.

@Brundleflies21 I think Marvel would probably have to okay it too in this case.

I don't think I remember hearing anything about this game...

@Fizza yeah this just sounds made up lol

I enjoyed the first season. Will watch when it comes to something I'm subscribed to (first Season went to HBO Max over here iirc)

I had to ask my younger friends who this was but it seems like a good pick for Sony, idk

I've been subscribed non-stop since the PS3 days (but not the very beginning iirc).
Some things have changed for the worse over the years (price and the availability of deals, Plus being required for online play, etc) but overall the service got better.
I'm subscribed to Premium because I do enjoy an occasional retro game (and some PSVR2 games being included was nice too) but I think for most people Extra is the best tier right now.

I'll probably skip this CE but mostly because I'm running out of space to display the collectibles 😅

No Direct in my country so I'm not expecting anything