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I'd say 8.5, but it's probably a 7 if not for it being Indy. Didn't vote in the poll, as I'm not done yet.

Edit: I progressed further. I think the game is a 9 or 9.5. Without Indy it's probably an 8.5. It's just getting better and better.

Added: I finished the game. I'm going to say it was an 8. Very good to great but of course it's because it's Indy.

Enemies scale with you = no buy. Same reason I don't play Skyrim. It makes progression/leveling worthless. Can't believe I'm the only person among all these comments to mention this.

@RawnDawn The game doesn't really take off until you've gathered your party members after the crash. I know multiple people who gave up prior to that. Try to push through further. Also, for the most part, the longer you play, the more interesting the game becomes, as you get more diverse skills, more characters, and more interesting plot reveals and enemies.

@somnambulance BG3 is probably my number two game all time after Elden Ring, but I have zero interest in KCD2.

@Jaz007 Sorry but that's just an awful take imo.

Took me over 300 hours to complete a single play-through on hard difficulty — and I didn't lose many battles or get stuck forever on bosses. The game is just so vast. I love BG3, it's definitely in my top two or three of all time, but there's no way I would replay it with it being that long. There's just way too much other good stuff out there and on its way.

Pretty amped about this! I love that they went first person and wish we would get more first person non-shooter games (personally, I miss King's Field a ton).

Amazing amazing game but way too many other games to play to replay anything.

I own both but onlyplayed Remake. While I enjoyed certain aspects of the game, but the big problem for me was that it was not remotely challenging. The combat was just far too easy. I also found the end sequence in the building rather dull and tedious, so I actually quit the game about 10 or 15% before it was over. I would put it somewhere between overrated and disappointing.

@Dorfeus The real PS3 was $599 at launch; no one bought the $499 20 GB version lol

@Zeke68 Fair, but the point remains that the PS3 was far more expensive in its day than the PS5 Pro in its day.

@Nem Well to be fair, Push Square was doing the comparing. My point was that you cannot compare the two. So you are supporting my point.

@Zeke68 Okay... but I'm guessing PS3 was way more expensive in Sweden in 2006 if you consider inflation, as well.

To be fair, $599 in 2006 would be roughly $945 now. So the PS5 Pro at $699 is not remotely comparable.

Passing on this, regardless of platform. as I have no interest in multiplayer From games. I'll wait for the next single player entry.

@liamcroft

Just a heads up that this sentence:

"Given the overwhelming success of Elden Ring, it was hardly ever in doubt that FromSoftware would abandon games focused on playing alone."

should read as follows for correct grammar/meaning:

"Given the overwhelming success of Elden Ring, it was hardly ever in doubt that FromSoftware would not abandon games focused on playing alone."

I don't think Sony needs a gimmick. They just need to get back to regularly releasing really good games.

@Ichiban Forza Horizon 5 is 3.5 years old...

This is going to be just another vehicle to dump on people with traditional faith and values, so I definitely will be passing on it.

@get2sammyb

Shut down = action — "The studio was shut down."

Shutdown = noun — "The shutdown of the studio was both shocking and disappointing."

I just wish they would release the Williams/Midway classics on PS5.

Hoping for HD-2D for both. I was going to replay FFT for the first time since I beat it at its initial release, but I guess I'll wait now. I never got far in FFIX and hopefully will like the remake better.

This is more of a backlog year for me, but I'm fine with that. I will probably pick up Ghost. I expect that next year we will see a lot more first party titles.

Edit: And Switch 2, but we're talking PS.

@nofriendo Sadly found the combat far too wonky.

Mocking and bullying your audience is always a winning strategy...

Xbox: "Who cares about exclusives, let's make hardware that beats Sony's... Never mind, let's focus on exclusives... Never mind, who cares about exclusives, let's make hardware that beats Sony's..."

Thanks, Jim Ryan! What a legacy. So glad you were pushed out before PlayStation was completely destroyed.

Appreciate the effort, but these will remain under the radar for me.

You got Astro Bot right. PoP was surprisingly boring to me. The others don't speak to me.

FF7R is the only one of interest to me on this list (I found DD2 highly disappointing); hopefully I'll like it when I finally give it a go.

Nothing of interest on this list for me other than DD2, which I found boring.

Astro Bot and SH2 are choices I can get behind.

Well, you're right about Astro Bot being a great game.

@SuperSilverback Just had to insert a political comment in there, huh?

@rjejr It's way longer than that if you play every level.

I honestly can't pick a favorite from among Nightreign, Witcher 4, Intergalactic, and Okami (with Onimusha very close, as well).

Not worried about it; way too many games out there, anyway, and I will be happy to get what does release.

@Jayslow Ah okay, fair enough!

@Jayslow Did you complete it? Yes some borrowed elements but a much larger game and a vastly upgraded experience.

I'm not for DLC winning, but Erdtree is equivalent to a full game and blows every one of the other options out of the water.

I like to watch or listen to reviews or general opinions about gaming, like podcasts and such. I don't like to watch other people play games for me. I'm not sure if the survey/study was all-inclusive, but it sounds like it was. Maybe they should tease the different aspects out more.

It's also an issue of time. I can watch gaming related videos and podcasts in the background, but playing requires dedicated focus/time.

Even with all that being said, I think I end up playing more than I watch gaming content.

In all honesty, these themes were completely unimpressive. After trying them each for a few seconds, I went back to the PS5 one.

Please bring back King's Field...

Disappointed these aren't permanent options; don't think I'll bother. Plus, they don't seem to be showing up on the Pro.

Glad it's good, but it's not for me, as I'm not a fan of souls-style combat in 2D and also pretty much hate parrying (yeah, I'm the hardhead that platted Sekiro essentially without parrying). Too busy with SH2 and DQ3 anyway...

@Acquiescence Pretty sure most or all of these horrible decisions are squarely on Jim Ryan; he just left earlier this year, and many of us suspect he was gracefully fired. Guess we'll learn more about Hulst et al. as time goes along.

@SV22 I think there are a lot of better games, but the Horizons are solid Bs. I'm just pushing back against the idea that the franchise as a whole is not popular. I have no interest in Lego games.

@KoopaTheGamer Oh I totally agree with you. Just was disagreeing with suggestion that Horizon as a whole isn't popular.

@Nepp67 it's actually super popular, with the first game having sold pretty massive numbers at over 20M and the second something like 10M.

This game has needed a reboot for a decade. It's basically the same as what I was playing on PS3 in 2009.