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@Nepp67 Neat. I generally never replay games, but it was worth multiple playthroughs for the platinum; it was that good.

lol I just finished platinuming it a couple months ago. I think maybe the difference is I pretty much constantly control the camera when it's not locked on. I don't know, it's weird.

Oh... I do remember it happened with Hirata Owl some, and that was annoying. Maybe it was just less egregious for me in other spots.

@Tchunga Like I said, never happened to me. And I platted the game.

@pip_muzz I don’t remember that happening to me, but it may be that after many From games I have learned to unlock and relock the camera and manually move it to compensate. Or it’s a playstyle thing. Sorry you had so much trouble with it.

I played this game to death and got the platinum; no way I’m going back to it, as much as I enjoyed it. To be honest, a boss rush mode doesn’t really do anything for me. There are too many other games, anyway, and PS5 with DeSo is just around the corner.

@pip_muzz @ear_wiG. I honestly can’t remember having a single camera issue in this game or pretty much any From game. I’m wondering what the complaint is. Is it a lock on issue? I’m usually very sensitive to camera issues, so I am curious as to the problems you had.

@Carl-G I never scroll down.

@Immortal_Barnet I agree; it's the best since PS1. I don't know why this launch lineup isn't more touted.

@GeneJacket Thanks for your thoughts and the recommendations.

@GeneJacket Dang, bummed to hear that. wipEout 3 was the most stoic and sterile of the originals, so it would make sense. I'll definitely pass.

@Nakatomi_Uk No downvote. Please explain why.

@L3GTRIGA Right but I think casuals are going with mobile and Switch anyway, no?

@zupertramp @darklloyd @lonejester. They are dropping the wishlist entirely. My theory on this is they don’t want people like us putting games on there and waiting for sales.

@L3GTRIGA Strongly disagree. Look at Nintendo. Great first party exclusives breed sales and loyalty.

I’ll worry about this when ES6 releases in 2025 or so. And not that much — Bethesda games are massively overrated anyway.

Is this for real? Do you actually get to have the cat along? That'd make me interested in this game again after getting turned off by the changes to Peter Parker...

@ellsworth004 Would've. Actually, on second thought, wouldn't've.

256. I was behind my friend by a decent number of overall trophies (bronze), but since I have five plats and he has none, we are now tied! I have more golds and silvers, too, actually.

How is the subtitle not “give your enemies a ruff time“?

@Stragen8 Yeah explodable buildings would be cool.

@get2sammyb @TheIdleCritic I actually always thought it looked good. Sadly, I can't say the same about Peter Parker's new face.

DeSo day one and Sackboy when on sale.

No Spidey because I'm annoyed about the face change to Peter.

Will get LoU2, Ghost, and RE3 when the PS5 upgraded versions are out.

The change bothers me enough that I'm considering not buying the rest of the games. I grew attached to Peter's character with his original look and prefer that look to boot.

From a good looking guy to an average looking guy with a weak jaw and an oddly smallish mouth with no upper lip. Yeah, good call. lol

Forgive me, but isn't this the ultimate first world problem? You can still transfer your PS4 save via backward compatibility and play the PS4 game you purchased on PS5. I just had to restart Mario 64 from scratch on Switch after getting 50 stars on the Wii U Virtual Console version — no one forced me to to this, I could have finished the game on the Wii U; related to this, I see no one complaining about Nintendo's handling of saves on prior iterations of their games. This is creating an issue where there is none, in my opinion.

@NEStalgia You make some fine points. I can't say I disagree, especially re: Jim Ryan — he seems entirely overmatched. I do think Sony is being reactionary to market trends and is setting up to be more of a higher end platform in terms of its first party/published games — while being willing to take a loss on hardware to get in the door and sell more games and subscriptions. As you mention, with such high development costs, Sony can't afford big losses. I think the goal is ultimately to land mostly digital sales of what is billed as a superior product line (and, let's face it, up to this point, Sony has delivered on that front) and to control prices much more tightly this generation, as Nintendo has always done. Of note, Microsoft suddenly acquiring a potential boatload of exclusives via ZeniMax may have put a huge dent in things. Ultimately, I suspect Sony has watched Microsoft devalue games with the Game Pass platform, calculated it's simply not financially sustainable, and decided that the approach outlined above may be the only option. In any case, Microsoft seems to be putting Sony in a tough spot this generation!

@electrolite77 Up to a point, you are right. Many people have crossed that line, though.

@MidnightDragonDX Agreed, but change "gamers" to "the majority of people".

@NEStalgia A well written and thought-out post, but I believe that as long as Sony continues to make great games and promote them effectively, they will be just fine (as will Nintendo); in fact, I encourage them to continue to use a model that reflects the value of their games as a high end product in the market. As an analogy, you can have Prada or you can have Gap. If Sony ends up being more "niche", as you put it, so be it.

@ViperXT Demon's Souls and Sackboy were both confirmed as launch titles by Sony. It's one heck of a launch with those plus Spidey and Astrobot. Godfall is one, too, but I'm not sold on that one by any means.

And suddenly all the folks rushing over to XBox come right back to Playstation.

I am stunned that nearly 25% of readers here (a devoted Playstation fan site) would reconsider their PS5 purchase or even decide not to get a PS5, simply because Bethesda's new games, WHICH ARE YEARS AWAY, may not be on Playstation. Especially because Sony's first party games overall crush Bethesda's titles. I guess the XBox game plan is working...

Could be Medievil with Halloween and all.

@JohnKarnes Similar story!

@JJ2 Glad it worked out for you too!

Finally grabbed a copy of DeSo Remake as well. Gosh that Best Buy website is struggling!

I usually buy digital but always buy my From games on disc.

Update... Just got the full disc edition on Best Buy. Lots of refreshing and waiting and crashing. But finally went through!

Good luck to everyone still trying!

I"m really not happy about the way this went down. Pre-orders were supposed to be today (it's 2:18 AM where I am), not yesterday. Everything in the US was sold out (including Amazon) by 12:00 AM today or close to it. I did almost get lucky enough to get a Best Buy PS5 Digital Edition yesterday evening, but it sold out just as I was about to pay.

First world problem, but I really wanted a launch PS5 to play the DeSo remake. Now I'll probably be waiting months to get one (I'm not going to pay $1K on ebay for one). Good thing I have a large backlog!

@Friendly I understand that sentiment but there is a lot more gameplay there than you think (except Death Stranding ). I am not big on cutscenes, so I get you, but combat/gameplay is really good in Horizon, GoW, and Ghost. And sometimes a good story can add weight to the game. That said, I prefer something like DeSo or Bloodborne, with minimal story elements.

@Friendly I mean those games all play very differently and have very different stories, so... I can't really understand your point of view. But if it's not your thing, it's not your thing.

@Kev_Morrison Agree with some of your points but to say PS5 is "much weaker" than the XBSX is a bit ridiculous.

@BAMozzy To be fair, probably 95% of us thought the same thing.

@playstation_king Yeah, not Baron. Seems more Duke, Earl, or Viscount to me. Maybe even Marquess.

@hulkie There was no price for Xbox Series S or X until a few hours ago, and it is not delayed. PS5 will arrive on time.

@Zeke68 I never really understood that complaint. The fighting is a little wonky when you compare it to something as refined as the Souls games, but it’s pretty solid overall and is better than quite a few other games of similar nature. Could you specify what it is in particular you were having trouble with?

As for myself, I never played the DLC, so now I have an even better reason to finally get around to it. I’m pretty excited.

@zupertramp Talking about the modern Batwoman, as you know — introduced in 2006. The 1956 one is completely irrelevant to the new character, who was clearly created merely to cater to diversity.

@Orange_Man_Bad Yes. Batgirl is a cool character that fits into the DC universe from the early days and makes sense. Batwoman is an annoying and shoehorned-in rather recent character created to cater to a certain crowd demanding inclusivity.

If this really has good single player content, I'm more than game (no pun intended).

Sounds pretty blasphemous. Hard pass.

Politics aside, gosh I miss the days of a charismatic and principled US President.