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As mentioned in the article, just delay physical releases by a week or two. I’ve got stuff to play in the meantime.

…hence the headlines about Sony backing out of PC ports earlier today. They’re not putting their games on Xbox.

@DennisReynolds all the more reason to buy physical lest your game is delisted, no?

@Frmknst I paid the full 70 for Yotei and sold it on eBay for 50. I don’t know why ANYONE would prefer digital. I guess they have money to burn.

Bring it. I loved Origins.

Competition is good. Honestly, LaD has gotten a little stale. The stories are still good, but the mini games and whatnot are getting so predictable. There will always be a crew/team builder like sujimon, always a kart/motorcycle racer, etc. I still love the games, but I’d like some innovation.

@lazarus11 yeah, that’s a part of the reason I want a fast travel system, there’s nothing interesting to do but dodge zombies in between point A and B. It’s just a bit of a slog, and I really enjoyed 1 and 2. There’s just something off with this one

@lazarus11 for me it’s a lack of fast travel of some sort. When I accept a quest and it wants me to go all the way across the map it makes me want to play something else. I don’t even need fast travel to every safe zone, even just the main hubs would help a lot.

To be fair, God of War has ALWAYS been about vengeance and grief

A dynasty warriors remake is really kinda weird if you think about it…. Every entry has been a remake of sorts

I really tried to like this game, and while it looked amazing the combat wasn’t fun and it was just kinda boring

I’m excited to play this mostly because I never got to see the changes b/w the original 1 + 2 and the kiwamis since I never played the originals. I played #3 so I’ll get to see the differences though s time!

If the game doesn’t end with a character crying about how they’re unlovable or how they want someone to take them out so they don’t have to go home it’s a failure 😆

Microsoft has painted themselves into corner here, if they end gamepass now everyone will bail from their platform, so they’re going to ride this until they’re ready to just be a publisher.

Not hating on this game as it will probably be pretty good, but it’s so far from being the most exciting game of ‘26 for me I had forgotten this existed until I saw this article.

I bought it. Enough people have said it’s pretty good AND it’s an easy platinum. Hopefully they’ll be releasing some patches before I get to it.

GTA IV was my favorite, day one purchase if they do it

I really don’t see why anyone has a problem with this. You can resell a cd key. No disc, no resell, so I’m still happy.

I just want a way to play Scarface without tracking down a ps2 or an xbox

Can’t wait, I’ve never been disappointed in a BL game. Dialogue and story, ok, but I’m not really playing for that. Give me crazy guns!!!

Dark Arisen came out some length of time after DD, iirc

The game looks gorgeous, and I like big open worlds so I’m definitely going to play it. I’ve got to get through KCD2 first, though

I watched some gameplay on YT, I think I’m going to wait for reviews first. The lack of traditional quests concerns me a bit.

Dragon Age was in my personal top 5 for ‘24. I thought it was a lot fun, and it was a fairly easy platinum too. I’m not going to tell anyone that their reasons for not playing it are not valid, but if you’re not opposed to some of the subject matter I think you’ll enjoy it.

I kinda like the silly spin off idea in between mainline releases. It (kinda) fills the void saints row left behind when it comes to over the top silliness.

I enjoy hearing about games that I otherwise never would’ve known about. Btw, I would dispute Astro Bot’s GotY status.

We could’ve got a days gone sequel, but instead we get nothing. Sony makes no money. Dumb all the way around.

I’ll play it, I only got a few hours into it the first time, kinda regret not finishing

I set mine up to do just platinums that way I don’t have to rifle through thousands of screenshots to get to the ones I took myself

I could be wrong, but wasn’t Sony counting the codes bundled with ps5s for HZfW as sales for the game? There was a shortage of ps5s at the time, so millions of those sales are due to bundles that people really didn’t want. Well, a lot of them, anyway. I think Sony thinks it’s a bigger hit than it is.

I don’t have time to keep up with a PC, I think. I prefer a plug and play option. That’s just me.

@CVCubbington yes, keep going, it gets darker, more claustrophobic and filled with dread. It’s a bit of a slow burn.

Great list, no argument here. I’d probably put dragon age in my top 5, personally.

@Wakkawipeout I play indie games, but I need to feel pretty certain there won’t be a physical release in 6 months to a year later before I buy them. I really try to wait for them to wind up on ps+ if I can.

@elvisfan1 how is it cheaper? I paid $79 for Alan wake 2 physical, played it, and sold it on ebay for $60. I wound up paying $20 for something the digital only people paid $70 for. Definitely not cheaper.

Difficulty options? I stink at soulslikes, I was kinda under the impression that this was a bit easier, but it’s not. I’ve wasted $60 at this point as I can’t even get out of the first area 😂

@BrotherFilmriss lazily, I was hoping for a couple of easy “basically just play the game” platinums, oh well 😂

@Balaam_ for reasons like that I only really care if I have the platinum and I don’t sweat the 100%. It would drive me crazy otherwise 😂

Any 3rd parties picking up the slack here? I was able to get black plates for my PS5 almost immediately after launch.

Playing silent hill 2 remake and aliens dark descent for my October gaming

Is the DLC integrated into the base game, or is it a separate thing selected from the main menu? If I remember right Control’s was integrated, and I prefer that.

I’ve had two dualsense controllers with stick drift in 4 years. Zero issues during PS3/PS4 eras. I hope he had a backup controller around just in case!

@Jrs1 nope, not just you. Avatar was the only one I really didn’t like. I’m playing and enjoying SW:O now.

“Until Dusk” is what I think it’ll be called

Now if they can only remove all of the Atreus bits…

I’m in the US and subscribed bc there were no other options despite the high cost. It was a great magazine that got me to try some games that weren’t even on my radar. Now there are no options left. This is a sad day for me.

Can we get a Tsushima announcement??? Geez

@JB_Whiting same. I chose 7 bc the combat just felt a little off compared to what I’d expect from this genre. The weapons variety was a little lacking too IMO

I feel like HZD is one of those franchises that people sorta like, but nobody’s actually a huge fan of it and that most people are probably a bit puzzled as to why Sony keeps pushing it so hard when nobody is all that excited about the franchise in general. Am I totally off base here?

This story will be hilarious when this game goes F2P