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I suppose we all could just go and play Runner 3 instead

Dammit, I was so stoked with DMC5 back in March that I didn't bat a lash to that month's free games. I would have had both.

@Gamer83 I couldn't agree more. But there's only a handful of us in this boat.

@I_Like_It
Actually, the most visually impressive games usually come out in the latter part of a console's life-cycle, as developers have figured out most of not all quirks of said platform. This gen, for instance, DMC5 is surprisingly a graphic achievement, I remember Beyond: Two Souls being the most visually impressive game I had seen up to 2013 (back when the PS3 was in its last legs); that sort of stuff used to happen even way back in the NES and SNES era.

Good consoles don't show "age", they show maturity

@Paranoimia I would have MGS4 cutscenes over MGS2 damn codec talks any day

That last paragraph summarizing the whole thing just cracked me up. This game sounds absurd in every sense of the word, and I love it already

@Frigate Nice to know it's on Hulu. I might have to sign up now

Oh well, so it managed to skip the 8th generation. Not surprised

This teaser is so 007-y, just fantastic

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Fox Mulder was my "main man" for quite a while during my youth and I regret having missed this game back in the day. Good to see it's being re-released so I can have a go at it after all these years.

I was too busy with Apex Legends when Anthem came out. BTW, whatever happened to that game? In the end it proved to be nothing more than a fad that also died out

"Borrows". Polite word.

"With the developer's staff strongly tied to Criterion's series [...]"... Probably the understatement of the year as Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry, the two main people behind this game are actually Criterion's founders. It is a shame they didn't optimize the game for launch, but that ain't holding me back given that the review also fails to mention that this is a budget title, tagged at USD 29.99

@get2sammyb What's the problem? Games are getting easier and easier. Back when I was a kid we had this thing called "NES hard" and I miss that. I also resent that the industry has steered away from it and headed towards the opposite direction. And then I come across an article asking if games should be even easier which I can't even disagree? Give me a break.

All games are basically "easy mode" in the past 10 years or so. They used to be a challenge, now people "just want to see the story". Do you want a good story with no effort whatsoever? Go read a book.

It is just plain naive to think that every server for every game we play nowadays won't be shut down some day. Ever since gaming started steering towards online, this has bothered me to no end. Things are getting even worse with all the cloud streaming bullcrap of late. I can still play my copy of Megaman 2 and will always be able to until my NES explodes (and after that, I can pay someone to fix it), but will youngsters from today be able to say the same about their childhood favorites 50 years from now?

DMC5 is everything I need right now. Given that I don't have a lot of free time to play videogames anymore, I'm still halfway through and loving every minute of it. I am one who's not very keen on major character changes in well-established franchises, but V's gameplay positively surprised me. A lot.

I was quite worried with such a weak showcase during the state of play thingy, but they just said the game isn't everything I was afraid it would be. Count me in!

Slow month. Good time to catch up with my backlog. I might get Days Gone eventually, but jesus christ, don't people ever get tired of zombies?

RE2 Remake is outstanding though

I never jumped into the No Man's Sky bandwagon, but I always thought it could be a nice game for the PSVR. Glad they thought so too, I'll buy it right away once said update is out

I hope there's more to it than flying while flailing your arms though

I had never heard of this game before but I was sold the moment the girl lifted off. BTW, love Alan Wake, I hope Control has at least the same level of originality.

Too bad people just don't care about Soul Calibur like they used to.

I have always liked and will always like to own my games and consoles, as I believe, most gamers do. It has nothing to do with gaming in itself, we're just wired like that. So, in a way, this streaming nonsense goes against basic human nature. It has to be stopped.

I'm still in the beginning, but it is a fantastic game. V's fighting style is just sheer fun, and I am known for opposing drastic character changes in my favorite franchises. I just can't stomach Raiden for instance, and even Nero took several years and a reboot to win me over. So yeah, it is that good.

I'm glad everyone is onboard on seeing this thing tank.

@kyleforrester87
"Once streaming naturally becomes the most viable option"
So, 2039 then? If ever. Sammy's first argument should be enough to convince anyone of how stupid this idea is: "why would you ever blow 20GB or more of bandwidth streaming a 1.2GB game like Celeste [...] with added input lag". And that's Celeste, a pixel-styled 2D game. Imagine streaming a so-called AAA title in 4K/60fps, as they claim to be possible. Even internet providers would have to improve their infrastructure in order to something like that begin to become viable.

You may feel safe in relying on "the cloud" (which is just a fancy name for the internet) for your every need, I'll keep my stacks of physical media and terabytes of locally installed crap, thank you very much.

I only own the "base characters", so I ain't complaining.

Everyone got their panties on fire because they wanna play with MatPat. For me, it was a pretty uneventful keynote and so far I'm not impressed at all. We're a long way from having decent internet connection to everybody so gaming through streaming can be feasible and even if that wasn't an issue, I like owning my sh*t, the idea of a subscription-based future only sounds terrifying

Fantastic couch co-op, my 360 died a couple of years ago, so yeah, I'm onboard. You know what would be even better though? If these guys released Battleblock Theater on the PS4. I don't understand why Sony platforms never got any love when it comes to that game.

Nice click-baity thumb you got there. I suspected the article wouldn't say anything at all about nothing in particular, only clicked because of Connor .

That will sit nicely beside my copy of Axiom Verge Multiverse Edition. And unlike that game, it is a good thing that I didn't buy Hollow Knight in 3 different platforms already, before the physical version is released

I just need EA to keep the Apex servers running. Other than that, they can eat sh*t and die for all I care.

I tried to play online a couple of weeks ago and I didn't see any signs of this so-called momentum the game supposedly mantained. Online is a wasteland, particularly if you're used to Street Fighter V.

Too bad, because I really like the game.

@kyleforrester87 It works both in favor and against gamers. While the eventual update isn't bad, particularly after user feedback (something simply not possible up until a couple of console generations ago), it also gave devs the possibility to release unfinished and bugged products, because they know they can patch it later. In the old days they'd just push the release date forwards a little longer; I don't even think it is fair (to us) how they abuse those updates these days.

Thankfully not everyone is like that, and the games you mentioned are good examples of it

@kyleforrester87 BotW might not be an online game but it is as expansive as any single player RPG for the "big boys" and it barely received any updates through its life-cycle.

Honestly I will stick to Apex for a while longer. And Soul Calibur 6 finally will be available on the PSN, hurray!

Good thing I started a New Game + last December, I'm at chapter 14 and haven't played for over a month now. This is just the incentive that I needed to see the game through for a second time

Metro 2033 was pretty damn good. I think I'm gonna go and play that again.

@optic_efun11 I haven't played the first Titanfall at all, and put only a couple of hours into the second one's campaign mode, but I really liked how movement feels in TF2, and Apex feels just like it (apart from, ya know, double jump and wall-running). Respawn Entertainment might have only 3 games in their portfolio, but if this track record is indicative of anything, their upcoming Star Wars game might finally allow me to let 1313 go.

I never cared for Fortinite or any other battle royale however I cannot play anything but Apex Legends at the moment...

About damn time, I even started playing DMC4 again in anticipation

Cross-play is the trend, and Sony is pulling a Nintendo on this one. Personally I don't care, but it might be bad for the company in the long run

Having a blast since last night. I hadn't joined the BR craze at any point in time, but this one is sheer fun.

As far as battle royale games go, this one looks like the most interesting yet. And it is free, so I'm probably taking it for a spin tonight.

What about the DMC5 demo in the North American store? Will it be available as well?

@rjejr
Nah dude, I find it hard to believe you don't understand what I did, but there we go: If I "combine" your posts, and it doesn't even have to be those two in particular, it becomes clear that you are the guy who likes to bicker. Which turns out to be a disappointment because, like I mentioned, I seem to be the only one who agrees with what you said about shipped units versus sold units, but as it stands, I don't know if you really mean that or you're just doing this thing that you like to do, that is disagreeing just for the sake of it.

To make matters worse, you're sidetracking because I called you on your BS about Microsoft.

@JJ2 @PS_Nation

It is not as much regarding to what has been said rather than how it has been said. I mean, if I didn't like my PS4 and the "Playstation family" as a whole, obviously I wouldn't be hanging around here, but like I mentioned in another post on this article, I feel like this news takes a jab at my dormant Nintendo fanboy side. Dormant being the keyword here, as I didn't even know I still had it in me. Heck, I do not own a Switch nor a 3DS, but it seems like I'm gonna have to remedy this situation after the events that took place this afternoon

@JJ-firl I wasn't talking about Push Square as a whole, I have only been around for a couple of months, and I really love it here! But this article and the follow-up comments just didn't sit well with me. Maybe @Flaming_Kaiser is right and the Nintendo fanboy in me never died completely

I don't think Sony will turn their backs to the x86 architecture, which would make running PS4 games on the PS5 as easy as running older PC games on newer machines. Certainly the PS5 will be powerful enough to have spot-on emulators for the PS1 and 2, even improved versions. But that PS3 though... I'd still keep a couple of them as I don't see anyone being able to tame and emulate that beast anytime soon, and I don't think Sony would risk to include a Cell/RSX combo in the PS5. They surely must have learned their lesson with the PS3 launch