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@get2sammyb Not if you're about to vomit after 2 minutes with the headset on.

@Bez87 Well, that's actually in keeping with what I said before. That puts Japan's share at no more than 9%. I think Sony is happy to get sales in Japan, I just don't think they are going to fight hard or spend tons of money to win that territory, which is pretty much already lost. It would be cool to see Sony get more sales in Japan, though, and perhaps you are right that this device could help in that regard — but I'm not convinced a device like this that is tied to your console is going to be a winner for them.

@Bez87 You may be right, but I think Sony has pretty much decided to ditch Japan, which was only 6-7% of their market. Otherwise, they would have gone with a hybrid, like the Switch. Competition in Japan against Nintendo and phones is too challenging/fruitless to be worth the investment.

There will always be too much lag with these types of options; even 50 msec of lag pretty much ruins racing games and makes fighters and platformers annoying, and this is going to cause substantially more than 50 msec of lag.

@smoreon Great points!

@Jok-Havok Intersring. I'm close to your age and totally into modern gaming but still love all the old stuff going all the way back to Atari 2600 and late 70s arcade games.

@Drago201 No. Also, "dat" is not a word.

@Gamer_Guy Same here, pal!

No one would call clothing, music, or cars from 2006 retro. 70s, 80s, maybe 90s? That's retro. Still, it's kind of a pointless term and debate.

VR will never be a massive success until someone solves motion/immersion sickness, and that may not even be possible.

This article needs an editing job badly.

No $ until the editors openly state they will drop the occasional political commentary.

Got it on sale a few months ago. Probably going to give it a go soonish.

@Smiffy01 First was cute graphically, and I liked the upgrades they removed from SMB2/3. Gameplay I feel is a bit better on 2, but it's faster and tougher.

They need to go back to the crowd noise from SMB2; it was awful in SMB3, making it almost unplayable for me. The SMB series offers the best baseball gameplay — bar none. I LOVE this series overall, so I'm potentially excited — EA being involved does give me pause, though.

Reins not reigns

Hope Atari can soon move beyond their pretty awful Recharged series.

@Arnna I feel like DS2 is needlessly underrated. I really enjoyed my time with it. Fume Knight was epic and was the first time I finally caved to calling in help on a boss.

@Old-Red I hear you! I actually had to delete it off of my PS5 so I would play other games. Lol

@KundaliniRising333 Yeah I really enjoyed all the KFs. KF2 is probably my fave, though!

If this doesn't turn out to be first person, I'll be bummed.

Their original vision for their first big title was a King's Field-like game, but they abandoned that for Dying Light. I love the King's Field series that From has now moved on from with the Soulsborne games, and I really dislike Dying Light, so I'm personally super thrilled to get another KF-type of some sort.

And... nope... Forced VRR still not working right.

Forced VRR was no longer forcing VRR, for one thing (it said it was, but the frame rate was still hitching). Hopefully, that is now fixed.

Yup, just as I predicted. Removed my comment when I said nothing political and simply made a very valid point. lol I am sure you will be equally fair and remove post #2 above for also being "off-topic".

First one was a 9 for me for the look and combat mechanics alone, so this one borders right on a 10, but the use of certain "skills" outside of battle has been rote and uninteresting (also a problem in the first game), most if not all boss mechanics are repeated from the first Octopath, and the game leads you by the hand way too much (like the first). But the story and characters have definitely been more engaging. So, let's say a 9+.

Reads like a 9/10. I think docking it for Moss 2 being better is unwarranted.

@burning_as_souls Actually over 20 million.

I'm okay with this. No need to bury stuff you worked very hard to create.

Fun gameplay but a bummer you can't at least rename your players.

@4kgk2 Hence "for many of us" — for some others, with bad taste, 2023 will be better.

2022 will be better for many of us simply because of Elden Ring.

@nomither6 Ah yes, the real question...

@BuGGy2DaB But that’ll only take up dead space…

Bigger fan of Crash but enjoyed the Spyro remake trilogy and would welcome a new entry.

@Beerheadgamer82 Agreed, It’s a good problem to have. I’ve actually taken to making lists just to help prioritize.

@Flaming_Kaiser Yeah, at this point I might wait a whole year or two on purchases and catch up on backlog. I already had a huge prior-gens backlog, and now even this generation’s backlog is getting unmanageable, with 2023 looking to bury me outright.

I’m not sure any other game has ever received this many game of the year awards. Absolutely deserved. As for story, I find that can often get in the way of good gameplay and actually takes me out of the feeling of immersion. Plenty of good things to watch or read if I really need a story.

I do prefer ER by a pretty wide margin, but I expected this result. I will say the whale moment/story point in GoWR was really neat; just discovered it during post-game cleanup.

@LN78 Not that it really matters, but it’s “that surprise”, not “not surprise”. Fun use of that Iago quite, though!

@MFTWrecks Oh, I didn’t realize that to you bad design is the same thing as difficult. They are great bosses. They are challenging as heck and do require cooperation. If that is bad design to you, then so be it. That cooperation actually made the game much more fun for me, in the end.

@FatalBubbles Fair enough, I can understand that.

@Ravix So well said. Sounds like we had a very similar experience.

@FatalBubbles Love the final boss (second phase), it's a great fight imo, was really cool taking him out solo with Mimic Tear's help in NG+.

@evildave333 Always found it smooth and not at all janky. Honestly no idea what you mean. But to each his own.

@MFTWrecks Totally disagree. Back third bosses were epic with co-op or Mimic Tear, loved it. I must have helped a hundred people or more with Hoarah Loux and enjoyed every minute of it.

@DrVenture69 Awesome! Definitely do it. Happy to offer co-op if needed. (P.S. Are you a doc, too?)

I clocked well over 300 hours, closer to 350, beating the game twice and getting the plat, exploring every single little nook and cranny, as well as helping numerous people with boss fights.

I disagree with people who feel that this is somehow a lazy job. The world is absolutely sprawling, with so many neat touches here and there. There’s an air of mystery and reward of discovery everywhere you go. There is some fascinating side content to uncover. It’s an absolutely incredible game and deserves all the accolades it has garnered. It gets really hard toward the end, but this serves as an excellent opportunity to summon others and get welcome cooperation, which is a neat experience.

I’ve said it before, but ER is quite possibly my favorite game of all time. To me, it leaves Dark Souls 1-3 in the dust and is at minimum on an equal playing field with DeSo, BB, and Sekiro. I had to delete it off my hard drive in order to stop playing it and to be able move on to other games, and not infrequently I have to fight the urge to reinstall it — I’ve never had that happen in over 40 years of gaming.