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My mother couldn't tell the difference between the first Resident Evil and a movie, but that's another story.

i liked Gears and I've played them all until 4 but I don't know whether I like them enough to rebuy them. The only ones I'd buy immediately without thinking twice are the three Fable games.

@sword_9mm Like Shawn Layden famously said: Acquiring is the easiest part, managing acquisitions is multitudes harder.

What I found even more interesting is the rumor that the event will be held by corporate. IIrc, the gaming division has surpassed Windows in revenue. Maybe Satya smelled blood and will be taking it into his hands now or restructure/rebrand the division. Internal strife between Xbox and corporate over the future strategy seems to have gone on for a while now.

If "it's a crap selection" translates to "I already have it or I'm not interested", then yes, almost every month would be that for me. That said, personally, I cannot think of a single month where I thought that the value proposition was off, even back when they only bundled in "cAlCuLaToR gAmEs". You're getting three games for the price of a lunch. The only time where I could see myself voting for crap selection would be if they only included games like My Name is Mayo or Jumping Taco.

Remember the days when people simply didn't buy a game when they thought it doesn't live up to their expectations and shut their trap? Yeah, me neither.

@get2sammyb if I'm not completely mistaken, the Insomniac leaks revealed that Sunset isn't going to happen on PS due to contractual stuff that is still tied to MS. Something like they still have the publishing rights or something like that

@XenonKnight K.

I think Pentiment and other smaller titles were going to come anyway. I specifically remember their wording on the showcase it was shown referring to exclusivity, it was very vague. A couple of weeks later, I went to the official Pentiment page on the Xbox website where it said: Timed exclusive for Xbox consoles and PC. I pointed that out and everyone was like "nah, probably a mistake".

@Toilet_Goat if this rumor is true (which it seems to be), expect TES6 day one on PS.

@Sanquine I haven't played Arizona yet, but Synapse is fantastic and a must play imo.

TLoU Part II - No Return
Synapse (PSVR2)
Granblue Fantasy Relink

Thanks for your impressions, Liam. This sounds pretty promising for my needs and wants and ultimately better than what I expected.

If their showcase later in the year will be of similar quality, just first party-wise. Good lord... Yeah, for a SoP this was really good.

It looks more promising than I thought it would. But wth were they thinking with the gun sounds?!

@ZeD I totally get it. Steelrising is definitely different in that regard. Not saying it's a walk in the park and you can just button mash your way through it, but I felt it was very noticeably easier than any other Soulslike. It also has a very well-told story, too (not as cryptic). I think it's worth a look for those that are interested in the genre but scared off by the brutal difficulty of some of the other games. The difficulty in Lies of P vs. Steelrising doesn't even compare, they're a couple of leagues apart. LoP was absolutely brutal for me sometimes as well.

@ZeD If difficulty was holding you back so far with Soulslikes, this is the one to get into the genre imo. It has a normal and an "easy" mode. Granted, I'm a veteran of the genre but I died only once on normal mode. I would assume the "easy" mode makes it even considerably easier. Maybe give it a shot.

I have a soft spot for Steelrising, I absolutely loved it and it actually was my favorite "Soulslike" (apart from the FS games) until Lies of P came around.

Great length. Not saying long game equals bad automatically, but I'll take a great 20 hours experience over a mediocre 50 hours one any day.

@MFTWrecks I think they're saving their bigger VR titles for a proper showcase later this year. I would assume this is the place for stuff like a new Astro game and such.

@Steel76 I'd wait until the showcase later in the year. Not sure they're going to show anything first party related apart from Concord (maybe).

@themightyant European online stores mostly. Most of them, aside from the bigger chains, do not care about street dates at all and ship the games as soon as they get them.

Too many advantages for me still with physical games. I always get them 3 to 5 days early, they are a few euros cheaper than digital and if the game isn't for me, it gets sold right away with a marginal loss. Due to that, I'm also willing to give more games a chance. I can't imagine dropping 70 or 80 euros for a game digitally, because they could potentially be totally wasted if you don't happen to like the game as much as you thought you would.

@Hundred_Hand_Slap The fact that you made it this far without ever hearing about it can be considered a miracle.

@Max_the_German it's exactly the same with other devices via their official remote play app. Either a PS5 software issue or server settings on their remote play backend.

@Shepherd_Tallon I will say, it got a little better with firmware updates. At launch, the Portal held the 1080p staunchly which resulted in more skipped frames. Later, they added variable res and it got a lot better but directly comparing it to third party solutions, it is still lackluster imo. That said, I still consider the Portal the best overall package for remote play but it bugs me a little, because I was hoping it would be the same experience performance wise with a bigger screen and better haptics.

@Max_the_German Skipped frames with the Portal drives me mad. Also, boggles me how people don't notice them. Doesn't happen via PSPlay at all. Also, not the case with Chiaki on Steam Deck apparently.

@TheEnygma Fair!

Someone get this man a cape asap.

@Kanji-Tatsumi Wouldn't put too much weight on the statement. The dude is the Grumpy Cat of Pushsquare.

When it releases, anything else will have to wait. Top priority.

@Shepherd_Tallon Aaaah, how could I forget? This had happened to me before. Thanks mate!

I claimed them all, PSN says they're invalid though.

The reason I love the Dualsense is a feature that is barely talked about: Gyro aiming, especially when it's well done like in HFW. It's just so precise when dialed in and really feels like playing with a mouse. No way I could have hit those tiny weak spots in the heat of the battle without it. And no, you do not need to flail your arms around, lol. Most of the time it's just a slight flick with the wrist.

@Dr_ENT I do if it's good. That aside, you asked the wrong question then if you're not satisfied with my reply.

@Dr_ENT Concord which we've only got a teaser trailer for so far.

@OmegaStriver Most likely not unfortunately, their time was wasted for roughly two years on a project that they ultimately were withdrawn from.

Shoutout to Propagation: Paradise Hotel. Great game, especially for the price point.

@thefourfoldroot1 Right there with you.

@HonestTruth Pat on the back. I salute you for those heroic achievements of exposing society.

@HonestTruth I don't think anyone's really being triggered by it but do you seriously think it's a great way to have a discussion instead of exchanging arguments rather than making weird assumptions about bubbles, freedom of speech, fanboyism, confirmation bias etc.? That's usually the stuff you see on the sh*thole that is Twitter/X. I guess you can find a lot of like-minded people there for this sort of talk.

@HonestTruth I think very few people here are against diverging opinions but the way they are expressed. Maybe stop hitting every button on the assumption bingo with this freedom of speech/triggered/fanboy nonsense and it'll lead to an actual discussion.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Resident Evil 4 VR Mode.

@naruball Never ceases to amaze me.

What amazes me even more is the typical "WhO iS tHiS fOr?! JuSt UsE a CoNtRoLleR aNd A tAbLeT" comment. Gotta love people who deem anything that doesn't fit their use case worthless trash.

Insomniac turning into a Marvel only studio is one of my biggest fears honestly. But I guess it's unstoppable at this point.

@Bigtuna515 "Upon its official announcement in October of 2022, it was confirmed the PS5 version will have Creation Club content, a 4K mode, and bonus bug fixes."

Apparently, I have played 154 games this year. Uhm, no, just no.

Bundle it with GTA VI and see that thing flying off the shelves.

Avatar - Frontiers of Pandora and Resident Evil 4 Remake VR Mode. Good times.

I'm only a couple of hours in, but I'm really liking it so far.