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@RBMango same, I was never a big fan of them but his voice is a huge part of my childhood and god knows how many times I watched Thomas. These days I wonder how the Fat Controller kept his job, trains were regularly getting derailed and he always blamed them for it, even bricking up Henry in the tunnel when he broke down 😂

GOTY has now been settled 😆

Joking aside I'm definitely getting this. I grew up watching Thomas when that bloke from The Beatles was narrating it

I hate the art style and can't say I care about playing this type of game anyway

I have no interest in playing such a game either way but what I don't understand, is why you would take an incredible looking ip and make it look like that

I'll be picking this up later, Super Bomberman 4 and 5 are great and now I'll be able to read the menus. Just a shame the excellent Saturn Bomberman isn't included

I've tried this already on PC which sold me on the gameplay, gonna try this out on my Pro to see whether to pick it up there instead

@Member_the_game this isn't better than Mario Kart World, Sonic Racing is a good kart racer but its not as good as Transformed was, let alone Mario Kart

Capcom just casually dropping the greatest live action version of Resident Evil

@ShogunRok @Rich33 exactly this, Cyberpunk was still a very good game at heart and its major issues were limited to consoles back at launch. From what I've seen of Mindseye, even if the game worked properly its still a bland and boring open world game. At some point people need to accept their failures and move on, just as IO Interactive have

A second game mode??? Wow

An OLED panel is nice but if it still has the same input latency as the current model than its still not something I'm interested in. I like the idea of the device and would buy one of it didn't have that issue

Don't we all do this naturally anyway? I'm pretty sure by now most of us only look for reviews from certain outlets/influences who's tastes align with our own.

For example, if I see anything from IGN, I immediately know they're talking bo****ks

Given how poor their optimisation of UE4 has been with texture issues on PS4 and horrible blurring on Rebirth, its definitely a good choice not to throw UE5 into the mix and add more issues.

The 2 installments so far are pretty unique in being both amongst the best looking and worst looking games on their respective platforms at any given time

Let's be honest Code Veronica is more important to the main story than RE3 is and has great potential for a remake. I've been following these rumours for some time and it seems we are getting CV and then 0 and I couldn't be more excited

@Thatguyoverthere I mean you could say that about any aspect of any game from a trailer/video. Not to mention they showed some of the interactions in that stream and they were already more immersive than what I see in many games.

If it's not for you then fine but I'm excited to play it

@Thatguyoverthere No, quite the opposite in fact, when I said looks great, I wasn't referring to the visuals, although both do look good. My comment was about how it makes the inhabitants more interesting than we see in the vast majority of games, to help the world feel more alive. And this is why I'm excited for the game, as I'm long since tired of open world games having cardboard cutouts for the vast majority of npc's and even little real interaction with the places you visit. So what I saw in that direct cannot be described as generic

"Painfully generic" Some people on here write any old rubbish.

Regardless of where these are launching and why, both Forza and Fable look great. Fable in particular looks to make the inhabitants of its world far more interesting than the average (generic 😉) open world. Whilst if Forza leans into Initial D/Tokyo Xtreme style racing in its new location, then I'll be playing that for a long time to come

Its funny to think that this was effectively the Xbox One X showcase game upon launch. Overall its a decent if unspectacular PS2 era style platformer, which I enjoyed but have no desire to play again

This just tells me there are way too many awards these days

Legendary Beat em ups? The first one was a decent stab at being a 3D beat em up, the second is more a mediocre 3rd person action game.

The forst game is the one worth having a go of but its still miles away for the best the genre has to offer

I first played Skyrim back on the PS3 and even got the platinum for it and it's one of the best games ever made, with an open world that is a joy to explore. So yes, I've been waiting for the next instalment, whilst also being painfully aware that Skyrim was likely a lighting in a bottle moment for Bethesda. Albeit it, I enjoyed Fallout 4 and Starfield, though neither captured that magic.

Funnily enough, Skyrim is the game I've played most this year so far, just now on PC with mods, for new quests, followers and whole maps

RE Village and Like A Dragon are great games but I've had them since launch.

I'm currently on the premium tier but have been underwhelmed by the glacial pace of classics being added, so I won't be renewing when it lapses next month

I'm glad they didn't show too much but what we saw of Leon's gameplay looked amazing. I'm very excited for this game and it looks to strike a nice balance between survival horror and RE4's more action focused gameplay.

Personally I don't see any need for a demo, we've had a few recent games which share the same gameplay mechanics, so its pretty easy to know whether this is for you or not, Pragmata made sense as that is a different flow. The big question is, will we drive the car?

@Oram77 @OldGamer999 Digital Foundry talked about the PS5 Pro version after Gamescom (about a minute in) and it looks like its going to be great, with RT being well implemented
https://youtu.be/K9Rg2iNRoic?si=gTyFxqk_qm6o9t62

I probably won't watch this, its already my most anticipated game of the year and I'd like to go into it knowing as little as possible

Good because Hellblade 2 was so boring to play, it was rubbish as an action game and uninteresting as a walking simulator, it was pretty though

@Jammer I'm not sure it is entirely aimed at kids anymore. What kid had nostalgia for the 90's Power Rangers etc from the last season and they've had Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction recently.

Not to mention the game itself is coming up 9 years old this year, so many of those kids who were playing aren't kids anymore

Oh my God, they killed Kenny!

@Reyzore yeah I mean I've never bought anything from the Epic store, or Xbox though I do have a few on GoG. Steam will always be my main launcher as the layout and features are vastly superior to the competition and console UI's, plus its no contest when it comes to games available

@ButterySmooth30FPS actually yeah, that is probably the one selling point as there are some fantastic games from that period, which console wise Xbox is the best (often only) place to play them today.

I personally play those games on PC these days for mods and higher performance etc

Ignoring brand loyalty, why would anyone buy an Xbox today? In a straight choice between that and PS5, its a no brainer to go with Sony's machine now as you get all of PS exclusives and Xbox's games, on top of that the hardware is cheaper.

Xbox consoles simply have no selling point anymore

It's almost like people aren't happy that a few mega rich companies are buying up the world's technological resources, large amounts of land and power supply and getting tax breaks to do so. Making a few individuals incredibly rich in the process and in turn making everything cost more for the normal person and in return they get useless AI integration in things which has no real purpose.

Calling it AI slop is the least that people like him deserve

I suspect mine will be pretty dormant until late this year, I'll be picking up Resident Evil, Pragmata and Tomb Raider on PC, so it won't be until Wolverine and GTA6 comes that I'll be on it much

No surprises with the top 2 on here, though for me personally, Resident Evil is top, followed by Tomb Raider, Pragmata and then 007, oh and Mouse PI For Hire

Death Stranding 2 is the only one I've played so I have to vote for that by default but from what I've watched, Kingdom Come is head and shoulders the best open world game

Good, it gives me more time to enjoy Resident Evil before this arrives and also that framerate was looking rough during the previews

@RobN its already available

I play this on my PC regularly but at some point I wish Sega would just release an official Model 3 collection for consoles

As much as I like Astro Bot, my personal favourite would be the King's Canyon Xmas level on Kayak VR. That OLED screen coupled with the haptic in the headset, really sell the sense of being outside in the snow at night as you can feel it landing on your head and the lights in the dark just look amazing

@Kienda Christmas NiGHTS was incredible and the first meaningful example of a game using the real world date and time I can remember.

@SeaDaVie I got it with the UK Sega Saturn magazine, I've still got the magazine and the disc is in storage

@PuppetMaster now this is the sales list I want to see

GT7 is also great for sim racing channels on YouTube etc, I've seen the likes of Rory Alexander go from 50,000 subscribers to over 300,000 in the last few years playing this game.

For me its one of the best exclusives Sony has and in PSVR2 with a wheel, it's one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had

I mean its not like it's anything special, remote play is just a streaming app and what's the point when you're never likely to have a good signal on a long car journey

At this point I don't think Sony can make a big difference in Japan, a handheld may help hardware sales a bit but it seems Playstation's big IP are catered more towards western audiences. Its great them doing games like Astro Bot but the market they've cultivated over the years aren't the ones who buy those kinds of games unfortunately

Oblivion best remaster????? Its one of the worst remasters I've played in terms of performance

Graphical Showcase Ghost of Yotei, over Death Stranding 2?

Consoles are simply too expensive these days and that coupled with Sony and Nintendo having relatively weak (in mass audience appeal) holiday lineups, this is not too surprising.

On Nintendo, Kirby and Metroid have never been their big hitters regardless of quality, whilst Sony only had Ghost of Yotei in what is a barren spell for them. Plus 3rd party stuff like COD being a bit rubbish this year and GTAVI disappearing from the horizon.

With increasing costs and gane development times, I think this might be the last console generation to sell in big numbers, as there'll be less incentive to jump to PS6 with PS5 being very capable and likely to be supported for a long time and Xbox is dead in the water

The gunplay looks fun and given it's Bungie it should be and this does seem to have some interesting ideas like the decaying bodies but my god, that art style is horrific and that is one of the worst menu screens I've ever seen.

Overall I couldn't play it because I really dislike how it's world and characters look

1. Resident Evil Requiem
2. Pragmata
3. Tomb Raider
4. GTA6
5. Control

Resident Evil is always likely to be top for me but it combining the horror of RE7 with the action of 4 and back to Raccoon City, this is easily top

Pragmata, this wasn't on my radar too much but playing the demo on PC, it was great fun and the hacking really adds a nice element to mix up the gameplay

Tomb Raider looks to be a classic return to form

GTA6, well it's GTA and it looks great

Control, loved the first one and curious about this

The original Tomb Raider games always felt very much like their own thing, where as the recent trilogy kind of blended in with the crowd as yet another 3rd person action game, albeit I rather enjoyed Rise despite the lack of actual Tomb Raiding.

So I'm delighted its returning to its roots and can't wait to raid some tombs with needlessly over the top acrobatics, a couple of pistols, some dinosaurs and erm a bonus costume

@Axelay71 @PuppetMaster exactly, these being short is a good thing as it encourages replayability, I'm still replaying many of this kind of game 30 years later, whilst some of these 2d games which are hours long, I may never touch again