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@Undeadcop OK, will do. See you in a month.

@Shepherd_Tallon I was wondering whether this was a strategic move by Sony as well. I truly hope so and the reason they're not showing anything isn't development hell or some sort of inner turmoil. Because let's be real: They didn't have to show anything basically as the consoles were selling like hot cakes regardless 😁

A lot of the stuff they showed should have been shown a lot sooner and still has no release windows. That said, that was one hell of a show and actually had things I was seriously interested in. I haven't said that about Xbox games in like a decade. A well-deserved kick in the arse for Sony. Currently, I can't complain, but they are annoyingly quiet with a lot of their first party studios.

I wish those were the kinds problems I have to deal with.

I buy physical whenever possible but I'm not one of those that gains satisfaction from simply having a box on the shelf. If I don't get any more benefits than just the box without a fully functioning game on disc, I may as well just buy it digitally.

Well, there's almost two hours two kill until SGF. I didn't expect them to be this good until now.

Sing along with me, here are the lyrics:
I am Astro Bot,
ASTROOO BOOOT,
I am Astro Bot,
I am Astroo Boot,
I am Astro Bot,
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I'm not that negative about it. Not saying I'm super excited for it or anything, but I'm looking forward to trying the beta if I get the chance.

@get2sammyb You've been hyped recently I noticed. But so am I. Slyyyy, let's gooooo!

That one game that actually sold appreciably and had a high attach rate on PSVR...Christ, Sony.

That one game I'll drop anything else for without even thinking twice. Bring it on.

I'll probably wrap up RE4 Remake in VR2. Also, my Madison VR2 physical edition just came in today. I'll either play that after or, for some vareity, Hubris first.

@Undeadcop No.

@thefourfoldroot1 Believe it or not. I can't stand RE4. I know, I know, I am the rare exception. That said, VR makes (almost) everything better and I am enjoying it for that experience alone.

Finally getting round to Resident Evil 4 in VR.

@Undeadcop Yes.

@Undeadcop No, Tamara is though.

I played the demo and I liked it, but not to the point where I feel the need to buy it right away, or at all for that matter.

@dapersonindaworld the one that thinks every game is one of the best ever and rates games he hasn't even played? lol. Legend though.

Can't effin wait.

The first one is my favorite WRPG of all time. No, I am not joking. Can't wait.

@Undeadcop sure bud, sure.

@zebric21 If a game has pixel perfect frame pacing, it's fine for me on OLED as well. unfortunately, that seems to be a rarity.

@mkr With the newest gameplay they didn't do themselves a favor due to the heavy focus on combat, making it seem like that's the priority. That said, the scenes shown were authentic and the very few examples where you're actually fighting "hordes" in the original as well. I can't wrap my head around whey they made those parts the spotlights though. Also, terrible gun sounds.

@playstation1995 Never ceases to amaze me how you're able to dish out scores for games you haven't played a second of, lol. word up son.

When it first launched, I wasn't satisfied with the experience at all. Occasional dropped frames I could live with, but the stuttering was too much for me. After the next update, stuttering got better but you could clearly see dynamic resolution changes to make up for it. I am really happy with it now. The Portal manages to keep the resolution at max, stuttering has become negligible and only the occasional dropped frames here and there have persisted. That said, still pretty embarrassing that single team third party devs have delivered exactly that for years now.

@Fatewalker iirc, Avatar Frontiers of Pandora already has it on PS5.

@Nem what this game needs to nail more than anything is the atmosphere, which consists of so much more than mere gameplay and optics. The sound design, the tone in the voices of the characters, when silence is used and when it is not and the interplay between sound and camera angles etc. Silent Hill 2 is a very delicate game in that regard and Bloober has tried to somewhat imitate this in their games in the past, but it was very poorly executed. I truly hope Konami and former staff of the originals truly had a close eye on this project as they claimed.

@Undeadcop Maybe. We'll see.

Like the first one. The things it does right are 10/10 level, the things it does wrong are 5/10 level. Did that keep me away from voting 9/10 overall? No, it didn't.

@Nem Disagree. There's a lot that can be messed up in the minute details that made the originals so special.

@AK4tywill I have less of an issue with Bloober when it comes to the technical aspects. I bet this game will look fantastic. However, they claim to take inspiration from psychological horror games such as Silent Hill, but execute it so poorly in their other games. Apparently, the Konami team has had a close eye on this project, but I still remain very skeptical.

I so hope Bloober didn't mess this up.

Glad I played it, because until today I wasn't interested in the slightest. Well, now I am.

@Frmknst Hi Grimwood.

For me, it's similar to the first one in that the game has obvious flaws. And probably more than it should have. However, the things it does well are so effin awesome, you're sometimes willing to put up with the rest that isn't so great.

I was expecting to dive deep into DD2 and play Rise of the Ronin later down the line. I played both of them for an hour or two yesterday and much to my surprise, I'm enjoying Rise of the Ronin way more than I thought I would. Currently "struggling" to decide which to play first since I usually only play one game at a time. Good problem to have.

@get2sammyb because Internet, Sammy. Where people call things they personally have no use for trash.

Not trying to be a defender of 30 fps, but the moment I switched from performance to graphics mode in the middle of Kalm, it was clear I'd continue with graphics mode. Performance atm looks like someone smeared vaseline all over your eyeballs. One of very few occasions where I prefer fidelity mode.

This game is underrated af imo.

@Stickleman They're using AWS afaik. Don't know if that is related to Azure in some way though.

@Mikey856 sorry, not sorry. It was worth it for me for GT7, RE Village and RE4 alone as well. Not to mention other great games I've played.

@Splat @Darude84 if you order via PS Direct, they have 30 day return window during which you can try it out. From what I've heard, they are very accommodating.

I bet Phil is a really good guy, at least that's how he comes across. But man, it needs some extreme mental gymnastics to make sense of the stuff he has said over the years.

Mystic Ryan has said this two weeks ago as well and the dude is usually very reserved when it comes to leaking stuff.

@MeatyVeg If anything, it's representation and that's a good thing, right?

@get2sammyb Absolutely, it wasn't a dig at him.

Another statement coming from him that shows he's obsessed with growth as others have pointed out long ago.

"...if we had to guess, it's probably..." is all I need to know. Also, funny coming from them when, in their reboots, you're killing a cannibalistic father that wants to sacrifice his daughter for the tribe.

Tom Warren says Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment are safe. Multiple bigger titles being considered. Make of that what you will.