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Looks pretty at least.

At this point I'm not sure it matters. Xbox could release a console that spits out fivers once a week and I don't think the console would sell. It's so over that Sony can raise the price of PS Plus and it will barely make a dent.

I don't remember anyone anywhere ever talking about this game. I wonder how many people are finding out it exists through news stories of it shutting down.

It's probably better to be a bit more concise. Rebirth has mountains of stuff to do and it's all a bit... whatever, while the story treads water. They've got all of disc 2 and then the finale to go so they've got plenty to work with. Trim the fat. Kill Chadley. Etc.

Now that Halo is on PlayStation we can all stop pretending we like Killzone.

Oh they're doing the we don't see PlayStation as competition thing again

I get why it's like this. The almighty dollar. But I'd be way more interested if it was the original Halo CE. That would be much wilder to see on PlayStation. This is a cover version. No multiplayer is wild too. Not that it personally bothers me, but multiplayer is a huge part of Halo's identity.

For as good as Control and Alan Wake II are it never feels like Remedy gets the hit they deserve. If they've got a shot at a big money hit surely Max Payne is it? It's a much easier sell than Control or particularly Alan Wake II. Sad fella has awesome gun fights. Should print money.

@JohntheRaptor It really depends. I haven't played the last one since I reviewed it. So to me this was like picking up a series I enjoy years later and it's got some new stuff and a fun campaign. But if you bought the second game this year or you've been playing it recently or you only buy a couple of games a year or you don't get much game time - this isn't revolutionary. It's not like you won't believe how much of a difference baby dinosaurs make! It's an iteration on what came before. So it really depends on your circumstances.

@Kidfunkadelic83 It runs mostly fine. There are a few issues - or were - during the review period that were to be sorted out with a day one patch. Frame rate dips slightly but only when the park is really full etc. It also crashed once. Other than that, it was basically fine.

There's no performance options really, or not like your traditional 30fps + ray tracing vs 60fps - ray tracing options. Aside from the occasional aforementioned fps dips - again, infrequent, and allegedly being addressed by the patch - it seemed to be running at a stable fps.

Now, I don't claim to be digital foundry. But I played it extensively (five starred every mission) and only ran into a few problems like those mentioned above. I certainly didn't consider it problematic enough to ding it in the review, put it that way.

This is my typa pish so I'll play it. Not exactly counting down the days, but I will play it.

I would definitely give this a thumbs up. I'm big into this idea.

I'm really into what RGG is doing with Yakuza - having smaller titles reusing assets from the previous game(s) to fill a gap between big entries. It's much better than having a DLC a year down the road for a game that you've beaten and forgotten how to play.

Give me a much smaller Horizon or a Ghost of whatever and I'm into it.

I also think they should be funding smaller games, and indie style games. Why not? Not everything has to be $300,000,000 and take six years to make. Sometimes people just want to play a two hour walking sim or five hour puzzle platformer.

Seems unlikely though.

This is a no brainer. If I was in charge of Bond - video game, movie, whatever - she's the first name on the shortlist for who I want to do the theme song.

I am now much more likely to play this game.

This seems like an incredibly bad idea.

This seems incredibly unlikely but I do admire the confidence.

I'll probably get one because I always get one at launch but I'm not even nearly excited about it. It feels like we've barely started with PS5. There's still PS4 games coming out. No competition. Seems unnecessary.

If only PlayStation had a porting studio to do this so Sucker Punch didn't have to.

I can't believe Sony bought the best remake studio going in a golden age of remakes and they've made such a mess of it. Still, hopefully this is them back on the right track.

I'd rather it wasn't God of War, but even if it is I'll take that over whatever live service slop they were making before.

It's in line with most generational transitions but it does... seem early, doesn't it? Probably because PlayStation has spent the entire generation messing around making games that never come out or even worse, do.

@get2sammyb I played it this year actually. It's alright. Weird difficulty spikes. I thought it was a really easy spin on Souls for about two thirds and then the bosses' health suddenly becomes ludicrous.

It's got a banging character creator if you're into that. Really good. Basically it's just sexy anime Bloodborne.

Good. There's been rumours it might be 2027 but considering what a first party bust this generation has been so far, and considering the economy, and the fact that PlayStation has basically no competition, "a few years away" sounds grand to me.

Wild that the advertisement in London is a big explosion on the side of a double decker bus... in LONDON.

Scooby Doo and Doja Cat together at last.

This is a nice option I suppose, but I ain't doing it, and I couldn't give a fig what anyone else scores a game honestly.

You could buy like half of the Yakuza series for that.

The last Call of Duty game I played had Kevin Spacey in it so I've got some catching up to do before trying this one out. I'll probably never get to it honestly, even for free.

I guess Sony still hasn't found the receipt for the Bungie purchase then.

As a big fan of blue and blue related things I like this controller very much and will undoubtedly end up buying it.

I'm actually feeling a bit embarrassed just looking at it.

See, now we're talking. This is the news I want.

I find every single screen I see of this game absolutely overwhelming to look at. I'm not the target audience though, and there's no shot I'll ever buy this, but damn. Can we not just fight.

I'm into the idea. But with it only being PlayStation first party and not just a generic 'games on PlayStation' thing... I mean, I could hum the Uncharted theme, and I know the God of War main song, but unless PaRappa the Rapper gets up on stage and does a rap there's not much to pay to see here. It's not exactly Final Fantasy or Persona or Yakuza is it?

Game Pass numbers have never added up. It was always an attempt to brute force success by providing a deal so ridiculous that only a company with near limitless funds could afford to keep it going while they gathered the number of subscribers to make it economically viable. It hasn't happened. This is the obvious result.

Sooners it's dead and buried the better.

I liked Persona 3 Reload quite a lot. It's basically Persona 3 with some nice new bits and some QOL improvements. Hopefully they just do the same with Persona 4. I would imagine they'll keep the Golden stuff since Golden is way more important to Persona 4 than the extras were in 3. Golden is also the way a lot of people played the game the first time around.

Also I don't think they really need to do anything with the story. Story is great as it is. Doesn't need to be any longer - or not much longer anyway, and it doesn't really need anything cutting. Just make it pretty, add some new nonsense into it, we're solid.

I mean, it makes sense. If I was working there I'd be bracing for it. EA wants FIFA, Madden, and live service dollars. Even at their top dollar best BioWare wasn't that, and those days are long gone. Hopefully someone else buys them or something, because otherwise I'd imagine they're in trouble.

Silent Hill being back in full force is my happy place.

Pachter is a legend. He's been making silly predictions for ages and people still keep giving him the time of day. He's like a Sasha Baron Cohen character saying stupid things to people for an upcoming movie. He's gonna pull the mask off at some point and we're all gonna be like oh no that guy.

@DennisReynolds Does it? I thought only the first one did. If even more get added with each run there's no hope. I can never go back.

They need to stop adding things to this. I keep thinking about replaying it but I keep getting put off thinking they're going to add yet more stuff the week after I play it. It never ends!

Mine having an unhealthy obsession with Daigo is like 25% of the fan fictions written about Yakuza.

On the plus side, this is a super easy boycott.

I don't know what Magic the Gathering is but the cards look nice.

It was weird. It didn't move the needle at all for me. Yeah, grizzly fella stabbed a few people. I'm not down on the game. I'll definitely play it. Why not? I like the Spider-Man games. Insomniac is great. But this is very much one of those games I'll just play at some point and probably like but I have zero hype for and I still don't after seeing it.

Wait, this isn't a gacha? I always thought it was. Wild that they don't seem sure how they're going to make money from it yet. Although I do like buying digital hats and t-shirts and stuff so that's a trap.

I've never really understood the idea behind exorbitant collector's editions for games that have no history. Like, how does anyone know they're a Crimson Desert superfan at this point? I get it when you're like 18 Yakuza games deep and they're like here, give us an extra £100 and you can have this ridiculous statue and a selection of character themed pogs or whatever. We're in deep. We know. We'll buy anything. But this is like trust us guys, you're gonna love this. Pay up.

I'm worried about the third part of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy because it's being made by the same people who made the first two games in the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy.

Weird decision considering how well Forza Horizon 5 is selling on PS5. I wonder if they're still holding on to some period of exclusivity for some delusional reason or if this was down to resources.

I liked it when that fella got stabbed in the head.