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I voted "poor". PS3 games are still streaming only, meaning I have to keep my PS3 set up. Everything I want to play from PS4 and PS5 on that list I've already played or own and am yet to play. The PS1 line-up is pretty much a joke. I'm not a huge fan of the PS2 generation of games. So yeah, this is poor, at least for me. If they had a massive amount of PS1 games that were upgraded, or PS3 games for download, that would make this service worthwhile.

I had moderate interest in Hogwarts until the State of Play, which very much turned me off. The combat looks dull, and I have little to no interest in the "life sim" aspects of the game.

@Korgon Oh I totally agree with you. Well said.

@Korgon I get your point, but options are good. This will allow some people who find the game too hard — or who don’t have hours to put into a game just to get past a single boss — a chance to enjoy the title at a difficulty they feel is appropriate. I haven’t tried it yet but had no interest in playing this game with Elden Ring and so many other games on my backlog or around the corner. So now they just gained a purchase from me (and I bet a lot of other people) by adding difficulty options. At the same time, if I do beat the standard mode, I can play on even harder difficulty settings. So this is a win-win for everyone in multiple ways.

ELDEN RING arrives just one week later. Will push this back and get it on sale.

@Marzwoody It's not complaining. lol Seriously, man, how in the world do you see it that way? This IS a comments section, and I was commenting (i.e., offering my opinion). I simply said I don't feel like putting in the time or exerting the energy on yet another super hard game, and that I think (and I'm not the only one) that it could benefit from offering some difficulty options.

You need to ask yourself why you are so defensive about the idea of developers offering difficulty options for people who are disabled or aren't as good at games as you or me.

Now I'm going to move on to play the plenty of other games I have to play. I suggest you do the same.

@Marzwoody Elden Ring is a big reason why I won’t have the time. I’m going to put tons of hours into that game.

I think I’ve pretty clearly already stated I’m probably not going to play Sifu and that the game is not for me. Your pat answer adds nothing to the discussion and does not address the issue of difficulty for gamers who do not have the skills or who have disabilities. A difficulty option in Sifu would not take away your or others’ enjoyment of it. Sloclap of course as the developer has the right to do whatever they want with it, but I guarantee you the game would do better if it were just a little bit more accessible to a broader audience. But it’s really no skin off my back, I’ve already moved on and it’s not like I’m particularly upset about it. It’s just unfortunate.

@Breekhead Precisely, yeah, gamers with disabilities was pretty much where I was going with my comment. That said, even gamers without disabilities who are simply not as good at reflex gaming could benefit. I have the reflexes myself and may try this if I can find the time, but I'm getting a little tired of so many games pushing the difficulty curve; at some point, it gets tiresome.

@Jeevz That's a pretty elitist and silly thing to say; so tired of comments like this. Some people are simply not capable of playing a game this hard; a difficulty option for them is not making the game any less fun for you. As for me, I'm a pretty good gamer and have beaten some really hard games, but I have no interest in a game like this without some slight modifiers on the difficulty. I simply don't have the time or patience. I'm happy to put in the time on something like Elden Ring, but if this company wants my money, they need to make Sifu roughly 25% easier. And in all honesty, the Soulsborne games would probably be better about 25% easier, as well.

Sadly, I think I'm going to have to pass. I platted/100%'d/etc. Sekiro, but this game looks ridiculously tough, and Elden Ring is just around the corner, which I have massive interest in.

I’m sorry, but you have terrible taste.

Yooka Laylee 2 — outstanding game!

@Styledvinny79 Frame rate and load times are absolutely selling points for a game in today's world. And that's an objective fact. Is Sony cashing in on that? Maybe. But that doesn't meant it's not worth it — especially for $10, which is like a couple cups of coffee at Starbucks. I mean, Naughty Dog did do some work to improve it.

@Ashina Apple is actually bigger/richer than Microsoft, amazingly.

And I don’t think PlayStation can compete in the area of acquisitions, although I hope they can do something substantial. The best thing they can do at this point is continue making exclusive games that are absolute must-buys. Also, Sony has to get complete backward compatibility of all their games from all generations working ASAP.

@Daleaf Pretty sure it will be Gane Pass only, particularly given MS’ previous behavior.

I'd say 15-25, but that's not an option, so I picked 20-30. Some games definitely overstay their welcome past 12-15 hours though. That said, a fair number of games I've put in 60+ hours — especially FromSoftware games.

I still really want to buy into this again, but unless I can be sure that my severe motion sickness would not get triggered, I can’t imagine investing an even larger sum than I did with PS VR. Seems like it would be quite a gamble.

Thanks for spoiling key plot points in your review… smh.

@Palleon While that may help many with milder forms, true motion sickness has to do with your brain recognizing you are not actually moving, while your eyes are telling you otherwise. There would have to be some way to stimulate your inner ear directly (pretty much impossible currently) or possibly through haptic technology applied to your skull to simulate physical movement. So probably you should stop giving snarky arrogant responses when you know nothing about true motion sickness.

Sammy, this article is incomplete without any discussion of motion sickness. I cannot play in VR for more than five minutes without getting quite ill — sometimes it’s less than 30 seconds. While I have always been prone to motion sickness, a friend of mine — who never suffered from it before — has had the same motion issues in VR as I did. So, as others have stated, unless Sony has found a way to curb motion sickness substantially, I cannot invest in such a technology again.

And this is someone who has been wishing for VR for like 30 years.

Does it have a “better game” option?

@nomither6 I can totally see that, sure. It's so different, it could have been a new IP.

@Akurusu Oh yeah, I totally agree with you. I think we should all try to be more objective here.

@Akurusu I love Sony and really liked GoW, but yeah you have to give this award to a Nintendo game, I agree.

@nomither6 I have to be honest, I tried GoW1 Remastered and did not like it.

So much wrong with this. GoW was really good, but there are probably 15 better games competing in the IGN tournament alone, and there are many other games not in the tournament that are better.

To me, the graphics/animations alone warrant an 8, especially given this was done by an indie studio on their first game.

I guess this is what you get for not buying a PS5 from a reseller and playing it on there.

"At it's best on the court" sounds like "the game is not that good, you should be playing on the actual court".

I'm between "good" and "very good". The ending was amazing. Wolverine?!! C'mon, incredible. Spidey 2 looked epic. GoW 2 as well. GT7, okay sure. KOTOR seems like a maybe (never really was into the original). And I'll probably play Forspoken.

However, the remainder (and the large portion) of the show was a total dud.

@Dezzy70 Enjoy!

@Dezzy70 You're better off. I have all LG OLED TVs. The Sony A80J I just recently purchased (my wife liked the fact that it had the Rakuten Viki app and therefore didn't require the use of a Roku or Fire Stick) I had to return because of massive lag in Game Mode. I just grabbed another C1 and couldn't be happier.

@Amppari Is that you, Jim? lol

@AdamNovice @Amppari It's obvious he didn't just get burnt out and "want a break". Why would he wait two years to let people know why he left, ignoring question after question about it all this time? Why would Sony usher him out the door and never post a thank you or an explanation for Layden's moving on? It's more than obvious he either lost his support at Sony and/or was not happy with some of the people he was working with and/or was forced out.

Honestly though, how could anyone have their sights set on anything different? There's way too many games out there to count on any of them being released on PS Plus.

Was really excited until around the ten minute mark, when it started stating its anti-Ten Commandments. Not really into supporting blasphemy. Oh, well... plenty of other games to play.

@Jaz007 Exactly. And to me, if it's not legit, Sony doesn't allow ANY of this stuff from a studio making a PS5 exclusive.

@Janeo99 If it's weird and atypical, it's his style.

I think it's hysterical how people here at Push Square still think it's NOT Kojima and/or Playstation teasing MGS and/or Silent Hill, despite it being so obvious.

@NEStalgia Worth every penny.

@Bentleyma- I haven't, but I did see the review here and I took a look at some video. It looks fine but nothing really to pique my interest.

I think the PS5's features are great, but ultimately they aren't going to push me to invest my time into a mediocre game like Plague Tale, at least not when I have a very large backlog of better games to play.

@BloodNinja Okay. Was just trying to help.

I think this looks incredible, including the gameplay. Visuals look just as good to me.

Looking more interesting.

@BloodNinja I got through almost the whole game without blocking and parrying (there are a couple spots you have to). People said it was impossible, but I got tendonitis fairly early on hitting L1 to parry so much, so I had to change. Once I found own style (basically playing the combat closer to Souls but with more running and dodging), I took off with it. It's an amazing game, and I love all the Souls games, too (I go all the way back to King's Field, in fact). Sorry it didn't click for you, but maybe you could try an adjustment, too.

@Judal27 Love the Octopath look; it has made turn based games interesting to me again.

@Matroska I think it's quite a difference. I personally didn't love how XI looked (or played, really).

@BoldAndBrash Couldn't disagree more. Sully is one of the more shallow characters ever, and Wahlberg absolutely has the right disposition and innate cynicism for the part. Tom Holland's casting is the odd choice.