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@VideoGameBoy #sedimentgate?

Shouldn't the Dark Souls Hermen avatar in the helmet be called...

... Helmen???

(I'll see myself out now.)

It's getting a bit cramped in the rogue-lite/rogue-like genre: with The Binding of Isaac and Dead Cells having strong followings in the "old-school graphics" sub-genre and Hades being big in the "current-gen graphics," I suspect Astral Ascent will have to pull some serious weight to carve out its niche. Especially since, as I suspect, the prospect of repeated runs and losing (almost) everything in the current run on death may not be as appealing to plenty of people as the latest flavor of Call of Duty or Madden.

Will the game not come out on PS? I didn't see the PS logo anywhere in the trailer — timed exclusivity, perhaps?

I hope the game will have a Japanese audio option, I played P5 and P5R that way and can't imagine switching to English now.

For some reason, the black bars in the trailer bothered me. It feels to me like they were added for "cinematic effect" but in fact obscured a lot of what the developers tried to show. Hopefully the game won't have any such additions and will be a true full-screen experience.

I need to start considering which race and class I'll be when I finally clear up enough of my backlog to justify buying the game.

@DiggleDog While sensible, I am worried some peopley may have inflated expectations around the discounts for Halloween and Black Friday Sales.

I mean, don't get me wrong, I like a good deal as much as the next person but if I remember correctly from the past two years, the discounts during end-of-year sales were not as big as they were hyped online, and plenty of people spent money not because of awesome deals because they wanted to spend money during those sales.

I am wondering if the base game and DLC will be available for purchase separately once the Complete Edition releases, or if they remove it from the store and the only way to play Forbidden West will be the Complete Edition.

@CutchuSlow Awesome, thank you for the heads-up, will definitely check those out!

Just as an interesting tidbit: the patch notes are 141,736 characters long (minus the title). Push Square's review of Baldur's Gate 3 has 12,651 characters (minus the title and subtitle).

Conclusion? The patch notes are roughly 11.2x longer than the game review on this site. Incredible.

@BeerIsAwesome Asking the real question here.

I actually wouldn't mind a Monster Hunter anime. Watching ginormous creatures duke it out with hunters, plus some sharp camera angles and lots of slow-mo shots would be right up my alley.

Waiting for a good sale on the bundle of the base game and the DLC, looks like Cyberpunk is finally in a state where I may enjoy it on PS5, though the limited time-trial I tried some time ago didn't impress me too much. I am keeping my mind open, though.

@feral1975 There isn't a PS5 bundle of the first two games unfortunately, the best you can do is play both on PS4. I believe I read somewhere that the first two had a different publisher (Xseed Games) and they are not known for releasing remasters.

I wasn't aware Flashback was such an impactful game as to get a sequel. I'm not complaining, though. may even pick up the original version on PS4 to give it a spin.

Vergil DLC confirmed?

@3Above That's a trial version:

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4133-CUSA11032_00-APLAGUETALEGAME0

Another reason why PS5 Pro does not make too much sense. By the time people get the current version, a marketing campaign may try (if the rumors are true) to tell them they should get the newer, shinier PS5 Pro.

Code Vein has been on my buy list for a while now but I never got around to spending money on it so this is a nice surprise.

@Voltan Ah, makes sense, thank you for the clarification. I still forget PS Plus has three separate tiers now.

@Voltan Wait, did I miss something? I thought PS Plus games for March 2023 are Battlefield 2042, Minecraft Dungeons and Code Vein.

@Rob3008 I'm waiting for a good price for the Immortals Complete Edition, it looks like a relaxing weekend romp I'd be up for.

@DiggleDog I'm still debating if I want to replay Death Stranding on PS5 after getting the platinum trophy on PS4. I'm worried that while it was a fantastic experience the first time, it's going to be a slog the second time because I know what to expect already. A big part of the game for me was uncovering the unknown.

@LordFlamingo Same here, started the game recently but taking as much time as possible with it so after about 25 hours I am making my way... around the starting area, discovering all the bits and pieces I can. Expecting to spend 250 or more hours with the game, and looking forward to it.

@KidBoruto How have you been enjoying the game so far? I read a lot of opinions mentioning that the base game is massive and the DLCs add so much content that it burned some people out on the game so I think I will play it in short sessions.

@riceNpea I agree, my wording was a bit weird. More specifically, then: how can I get the stamps if I'm in the UK?

Is there a way to get hold of these in the West, or do you need to be in Croatia to buy them? Stamps are one of the few collectibles I have space for.

Nah, man, nah. This is not the news we've been waiting for, Konami.

Not a great look when one of the original writers says, "I didn't have anything to do with the dialogue."

@lacerz Ah, that would make sense, thank you for chiming in. And even if half of the 25 million copies were sold as part of the promotion you mentioned, it's still a massive success on the scale of lifetime sales of other titles.

It's mind-boggling that Grand Theft Auto V still on the list. I found a source online which mentioned that as of Feb 2023, the game sold 175 million copies worldwide. Meanwhile, the total amount of PS4 consoles sold is around 118 million, and PS5 consoles is at 32 million.

So there must be 25 million people who bought two copies of the game (maybe one for PS4 and one for PS5 since the list doesn't mention platforms). That's just crazy.

Now I can finally start hoping for the Complete Edition to start dropping in price so that I can buy the game fully patched with all the story content for a reasonable price. Hopefully shouldn't take long now for the price to hit $20 which is my sweet spot for any Ubisoft open-world icon-clearing effort.

I'm looking forward to the remaster, having finished both games previously on PS4. Agree with the previous commenter that the games were made on a budget and it shows in certain scenes but I'm not opposed to replaying the whole package again just to re-experience certain scenes in Unreal Engine 5.

@UltimateOtaku91 When is Bloodborne remaster coming out? It's a bit hard to imagine saying to someone, "Hey, Lies of P is coming in August but you should wait for a remaster of a game that's not even been announced and is coming... ugh, sometime maybe, I wish?"

"Nothing's lowlier than swine!" lol, I'm dying.

But the game does look interesting, I played Y0 and 6 but nothing in between but may give this one a try.

The graphics are so gorgeous, I may buy the game for visuals alone even though I'm not a fan of JRPGs.

I like the idea of no DLC for the game, and the studio instead starting work on a sequel with Quidditch and other goodies included. It's a breath of fresh air to buy a game and knowing it's the complete package.

@Th3solution So uncivilized. — Obi-Wan Kenobi

@Green-Bandit I agree with this opinion.

I wish we could get a "sidequel" which would disregard SR4 and Gat Out of Hell and continued after 3. I'm sure there's a way to make that happen instead of a full reboot which was apparently not that great critically and financially.

Someone should track the flight path in the latest Flight Simulator to make sure the plane is not intentionally flying above cities whose first letters spell "COD" or some such.

Wouldn't be surprised if someone was already on it.

Maybe a cynical take but I wouldn't be surprised if Jake had a non-disparagement clause in his contract which means he can't slag Firaxis unless he wants to get sued. It could be that the split was amicable as it is presented, though.

I need materia power-ups for the washer.

Does anyone know what the best way to start with the series is? The one I was looking at is Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water on PS4 but not sure if I need to play/watch plots from previous installments?

@Critonic Thank you for the answer, it makes sense to me.

Discussions around this game indeed stopped pretty much immediately after the week of release, at least that's my opinion. I fear Forspoken will be yet another game quickly forgotten and only sometimes mentioned in lists of okay games to play during slow months with no major releases.

Calling it right here even though it breaks my heart: Red Dead Redemption 2 won't receive any additional single-player content or a PS5 patch. The sooner I accept it, the sooner the pain goes away.

Is the new model mentioned in the article the one where you can buy an add-on disc drive, or a full-fledged PS5 Pro? Not really interested in the former but if the specs on the supposed Pro are solid, I may consider a buy.

@Th3solution Plus there's Sayonara Wild Hearts, a completely unrelated game, with a very similar name.