Looks awesome! Iām just glad anyone is willing to put it all out there for a non-live service banger⦠I donāt care where theyāre from or even what the genre is, just that theyāre doing an old school solo game with new school levels of production!
Made a start on Resident Evil: Revelations on Wednesday, so looking to get further into that. It feels a little sluggish and janky but⦠I quite like it tbh. Reminds me of Dead Space for some reason (although nowhere near as good). Looking forward to trying the co-op too!
Iāll probably play it eventually as I quite liked the original. Itās disappointing that the actual gameplay was scaled back from the original if anything though⦠youād think with the extra capital that wouldāve been made available after being purchased by MS, that the gameplay wouldāve been the area targeted for expansion. Weird choice š¤
Really interested to see how this turns out as Iāve heard conflicting opinions in some of the previews. Iāve become quite the fan of character-action games these last few years so if this is a 7 or above, Iām on board!
I might end up giving it ago one day. After Outer Worlds I thought Iād never play one of these Bethesda/Obsidian rpgs ever again⦠but i felt a bit of nostalgia to go back to New Vegas last year and thoroughly enjoyed it again. So that has made me think Iāll slip one in every now and then⦠š
Hadnāt heard of this one before but Iām quite interested in what I see. Iām a sucker for third-person shooters and I liked the Bloodborne-esque dodging too. What with the disappointing news that Outriders 2 got cancelled, with a bit of luck this could possibly fill that void.
Huge fan of Nioh 1 & 2. Iām yet to play LoP which Iāve heard is amazing, so for me the Nioh games remain the elite souls-likes not made by From Soft. The announcement of 3 was a great surprise!
Right at the end of my 100% playthrough of Assassins Creed: Rogue with only the cheat trophies left⦠well those and the Dedicated Employee trophy which is notoriously glitchy and unfortunately glitched for me too. So once I get the 4 remaining cheat trophies, itās back to starting a new playthrough from scratch to redo 35 Abstergo Challenges.
I finally played the original Darksiders earlier this year (it and the others have been in my backlog for years)⦠and I bloody loved it! Psyched to play through the rest of the series and then get to this!
@TrollOfWar well I wouldnāt personally say no to $15.5 million but I might if I was Sony. As I said in my original post, itās a decision between potential earning vs potential damage to the brand. And donāt get me wrong, Iām not saying it isnāt happening, just that I personally wouldnāt be traversing this route if I made the decisions for Sony.
@TrollOfWar itās not just profit though, itās the potential percentage of profit (the risk/reward dynamic). For instance, hypothetically letās say porting Horizon: Zero Dawn to Xbox would cost x⦠and the subsequent sales would amount to revenue of x+Ā£1 (or Ā£1 profit⦠as I know you guys seem to have an issue differentiating between revenue and profit), it simply wouldnāt be worth it. Now obviously I donāt think that the example shown would only make Ā£1 profit but it paints the picture that profit alone is not enough, the potential profit percentage has to be acceptable.
And the only people who know what that acceptable percentage would be is the Sony board. All I was trying to do was to show that Microsoft porting games to PlayStation is a completely different prospect to Sony porting games to Xbox. As you said PlayStation has over double the user base and there is a far higher propensity for those users to make purchases. On the other hand Xbox has under half the user base and the likelihood of that smaller user base actually making purchases is demonstrably impacted negatively by Gamepass. I didnāt think I needed to break it down that far if Iām honest⦠but obviously I did.
@TrollOfWar itās not as if Iām making any outlandish statement like 𤣠you only have to look at the sales figures dude, the sales on Xbox are dwarfed by those of Switch, PC and PlayStation.
If there was the potential for massive sales Iād get it but with the buying habits of the general Xbox populous being what they are post-Gamepass, I really donāt think the juice is worth the squeeze at the expense of the brand but thatās just me š¤·āāļø
Yeah a good year for Essential no doubt. I see some people negatively comparing this to Gamepass⦠and moaning that Gamepass had LoP at release yaddayadda. Essential is not the comparison for GP, that would be Premium or Extra⦠and then fair play GP has been considerably better than those in 2025 but keep it real⦠itās disingenuous to compare it to Essential to spin your narrative!
@UltimateOtaku91 yeah I know the article states that but having followed this since its first reveal and watched a few videos from people whoāve played it, they made a point of saying it isnāt a souls-like.
Glad itās done well. While Ubi clearly has its issues behind the scenes, the games always hit for me⦠even with genres I donāt normally try. I honestly feel miffed by the general negativity towards their games if Iām honest.
I just picked up a couple of games that were both on sale and on my wish-list to get me over the 1250 Ā£5 line š . I was gonna get them at some point anyway, so may as well š¤
@get2sammyb I have a sneaky feeling that if Microsoft āagreeā to porting the Ori games to PlayStation⦠then Moon Studios might well āagreeā to release this on Xbox if you get me š
This was a cool surprise. Iām still to actually play Avatar⦠and as a fan of third-person over first, thisāll probably be the way I play it now. More games should offer the option to switch between the two viewpoints.
Assassins Creed: Rogue⦠and what a pleasant surprise it has been. Iāve been slowly chipping away at the series since 2019 and while the series has some highs⦠Iāve found just as many of the games to be a bit of a slog. This is one of the high points for me though and I had no idea that would be the case. Itās basically Black Flag but in the North Atlantic rather than the Caribbean.
Busy weekend this one but will hopefully get an hour or two to crack on with Mass Effect 2 at some point. Just have a few loyalty quests left before crossing the point-of-no-return and finishing the main campaign.
Hoping to have the plat wrapped by Wednesday, so I can make a start on Assassins Creed: Rogue on my day off š¤
@get2sammyb yup⦠and theyāll just continue to close their eyes, stick their fingers in their ears and sing ālalalaā¦ā in the most dulcet of tones ššš
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Unsatisfied with FBC sales after positioning it on both major console subscription services⦠hmmm š¤
Re: Jaw Dropping PS5 Action Game Woochi the Wayfarer Inspired by Classic Korean Novel
Looks awesome! Iām just glad anyone is willing to put it all out there for a non-live service banger⦠I donāt care where theyāre from or even what the genre is, just that theyāre doing an old school solo game with new school levels of production!
Re: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice PS5 Upgrades Are Finally Getting Parole from Xbox Jail
@rusty82 𤣠I take it you have a large backlog of news articles to get though?
Re: EA Refuses to Fund the Dragon Age Remasters You Crave
I just played the original again on PS3 back in May, has aged more than I expected tbh but still enjoyed it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 593
Made a start on Resident Evil: Revelations on Wednesday, so looking to get further into that. It feels a little sluggish and janky but⦠I quite like it tbh. Reminds me of Dead Space for some reason (although nowhere near as good). Looking forward to trying the co-op too!
Re: Hideo Kojima Alone Is Currently Working on PlayStation Exclusive Physint
PS7 release window
Re: Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Enhanced (PS5) - Cinematic Spectacle Offers Little Else
Iāll probably play it eventually as I quite liked the original. Itās disappointing that the actual gameplay was scaled back from the original if anything though⦠youād think with the extra capital that wouldāve been made available after being purchased by MS, that the gameplay wouldāve been the area targeted for expansion. Weird choice š¤
Re: Holy Sh*t! 90s Hack 'n' Cast Classics Heretic and Hexen Launch on PS5, PS4 Today
Imagine if they went onto to reboot these in the way that they rebooted Doom with 2016! š
Re: Sony Controlling More of Marathon Dev Bungie, Will Be Integrated into PS Studios
I love it when the plan comes together /s
Re: Lost Soul Aside Shouldn't Be Delayed Anymore, PS5 Game Goes Gold
Really interested to see how this turns out as Iāve heard conflicting opinions in some of the previews. Iāve become quite the fan of character-action games these last few years so if this is a 7 or above, Iām on board!
Re: Rumour: Xbox Exclusive Starfield Is Getting Some Hefty Gameplay Reworks for Its PS5 Release
I might end up giving it ago one day. After Outer Worlds I thought Iād never play one of these Bethesda/Obsidian rpgs ever again⦠but i felt a bit of nostalgia to go back to New Vegas last year and thoroughly enjoyed it again. So that has made me think Iāll slip one in every now and then⦠š
Re: Naughty Dog Hands The Last of Us 2 Remastered New PS5 Patch, Out Now
Iām saving the Part 1 & 2 remakes just in case Part 3 ever gets announced⦠in which case, the outbreak-athon is on!
Re: Formula Legends Brings Sim-Cade F1 Racing to PS5, PS4 in September, Demo Coming Soon
I donāt mind low-fi graphics in AA games at all⦠but I just donāt know why everything has to look babified š¤·āāļø
Re: So, PS3 Game Sacred 2 Is Getting Remastered for PS5
Yup, never heard of it. The Remasters are crazy rn!
Re: We're Not Entirely Sold on Sony Funded PS5 Shooter EXILEDGE Yet
Hadnāt heard of this one before but Iām quite interested in what I see. Iām a sucker for third-person shooters and I liked the Bloodborne-esque dodging too. What with the disappointing news that Outriders 2 got cancelled, with a bit of luck this could possibly fill that void.
Re: Nioh 3 Dev Shares How Full PS5 Title Will Play Even Better Than the Demo
Huge fan of Nioh 1 & 2. Iām yet to play LoP which Iāve heard is amazing, so for me the Nioh games remain the elite souls-likes not made by From Soft. The announcement of 3 was a great surprise!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 592
Right at the end of my 100% playthrough of Assassins Creed: Rogue with only the cheat trophies left⦠well those and the Dedicated Employee trophy which is notoriously glitchy and unfortunately glitched for me too. So once I get the 4 remaining cheat trophies, itās back to starting a new playthrough from scratch to redo 35 Abstergo Challenges.
Re: Rumour: Starfield PS5 to Take Flight Alongside New Expansion Next Year
Game of the Generation yāall! š
Re: Darksiders 4 May Finally Be PS5's Answer to Classic Zelda
I finally played the original Darksiders earlier this year (it and the others have been in my backlog for years)⦠and I bloody loved it! Psyched to play through the rest of the series and then get to this!
Re: Rumour: Sony to Put More First-Party PS5 Games on Xbox
@TrollOfWar well I wouldnāt personally say no to $15.5 million but I might if I was Sony. As I said in my original post, itās a decision between potential earning vs potential damage to the brand. And donāt get me wrong, Iām not saying it isnāt happening, just that I personally wouldnāt be traversing this route if I made the decisions for Sony.
Re: Rumour: Sony to Put More First-Party PS5 Games on Xbox
@TrollOfWar itās not just profit though, itās the potential percentage of profit (the risk/reward dynamic). For instance, hypothetically letās say porting Horizon: Zero Dawn to Xbox would cost x⦠and the subsequent sales would amount to revenue of x+Ā£1 (or Ā£1 profit⦠as I know you guys seem to have an issue differentiating between revenue and profit), it simply wouldnāt be worth it. Now obviously I donāt think that the example shown would only make Ā£1 profit but it paints the picture that profit alone is not enough, the potential profit percentage has to be acceptable.
And the only people who know what that acceptable percentage would be is the Sony board. All I was trying to do was to show that Microsoft porting games to PlayStation is a completely different prospect to Sony porting games to Xbox. As you said PlayStation has over double the user base and there is a far higher propensity for those users to make purchases. On the other hand Xbox has under half the user base and the likelihood of that smaller user base actually making purchases is demonstrably impacted negatively by Gamepass. I didnāt think I needed to break it down that far if Iām honest⦠but obviously I did.
Re: Rumour: Sony to Put More First-Party PS5 Games on Xbox
@TrollOfWar itās not as if Iām making any outlandish statement like 𤣠you only have to look at the sales figures dude, the sales on Xbox are dwarfed by those of Switch, PC and PlayStation.
Re: Rumour: Sony to Put More First-Party PS5 Games on Xbox
If there was the potential for massive sales Iād get it but with the buying habits of the general Xbox populous being what they are post-Gamepass, I really donāt think the juice is worth the squeeze at the expense of the brand but thatās just me š¤·āāļø
Re: Reaction: PS Plus Essential Deserves Much More Credit for Its Free PS5, PS4 Games in 2025
Yeah a good year for Essential no doubt. I see some people negatively comparing this to Gamepass⦠and moaning that Gamepass had LoP at release yaddayadda. Essential is not the comparison for GP, that would be Premium or Extra⦠and then fair play GP has been considerably better than those in 2025 but keep it real⦠itās disingenuous to compare it to Essential to spin your narrative!
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for August 2025 Announced
Already own Lies⦠but that on essential is crazy! A great get!
Re: Tencent's Take on Horizon Would Have Taken Aloy to Asia
@Gremio108 Object-chan! Another law based pun but including some Asian sprinkle š«°for ya š
Re: Sony's Horizon Franchise Has Sold a Wild 38 Million Units Worldwide
@themightyant amen š»
Re: Phantom Blade Zero Looks Utterly Outstanding in Over 20 Minutes of PS5 Gameplay
@UltimateOtaku91 yeah I know the article states that but having followed this since its first reveal and watched a few videos from people whoāve played it, they made a point of saying it isnāt a souls-like.
Re: Phantom Blade Zero Looks Utterly Outstanding in Over 20 Minutes of PS5 Gameplay
@UltimateOtaku91 pretty sure this isnāt a souls-like tbh
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Tops 5 Million Players, Performs 'In Line with Expectations'
Glad itās done well. While Ubi clearly has its issues behind the scenes, the games always hit for me⦠even with genres I donāt normally try. I honestly feel miffed by the general negativity towards their games if Iām honest.
Re: Directive 8020 Delayed to 2026 as Supermassive Games Prepares for Layoffs
story of my life - the 9th gen
Re: Today's Your Last Chance to Earn Points for Free PS Store Credit
I just picked up a couple of games that were both on sale and on my wish-list to get me over the 1250 Ā£5 line š . I was gonna get them at some point anyway, so may as well š¤
Re: Mass Effect TV Series Being Handled by Fallout Production Team
Yeah if this is treated with the same level of respect as Fallout, it could be very good. š¤ for this one!
Re: 'PS5 Makes the Most Sense': Ori Dev Explains Why It's Swapping Xbox for Sony
@get2sammyb I have a sneaky feeling that if Microsoft āagreeā to porting the Ori games to PlayStation⦠then Moon Studios might well āagreeā to release this on Xbox if you get me š
Re: 'PS5 Makes the Most Sense': Ori Dev Explains Why It's Swapping Xbox for Sony
Game looks awesome and as a result will sell⦠over here š
Re: Ex Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Dragon's Dogma Producer to Reveal New Action RPG This Year
@playstation1995 š» yup⦠as the age-old saying goes git gud scrubs ššæ
Re: Avatar PS5 Game Gets a Third-Person Mode, New Game+ in Huge December Update
This was a cool surprise. Iām still to actually play Avatar⦠and as a fan of third-person over first, thisāll probably be the way I play it now. More games should offer the option to switch between the two viewpoints.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 590
@Anti-Matter arenāt those adult characters on the cover of your latest game⦠š¤ hmmm.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 590
Assassins Creed: Rogue⦠and what a pleasant surprise it has been. Iāve been slowly chipping away at the series since 2019 and while the series has some highs⦠Iāve found just as many of the games to be a bit of a slog. This is one of the high points for me though and I had no idea that would be the case. Itās basically Black Flag but in the North Atlantic rather than the Caribbean.
Re: Mini Review: The Wandering Village (PS5) - A Colossally Good City Builder
I vaguely remember seeing something about this ages ago⦠thought it looked interesting at the time and this review confirms it!
Re: Sucker Punch Would 'Love' an inFAMOUS Trilogy on PS5
Now weāre talking!
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary with Free PSN Avatars
Yoink! random words so that itāll actually let me post this š
Re: RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business (PS5) - Standalone Mini-Sequel Just Misses the Mark
@ShogunRok @StrickenBiged š»
Re: RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business (PS5) - Standalone Mini-Sequel Just Misses the Mark
@ShogunRok does it have its own plat?
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want from God of War Maker Sony Santa Monica Next?
1887: The New Order
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 589
Busy weekend this one but will hopefully get an hour or two to crack on with Mass Effect 2 at some point. Just have a few loyalty quests left before crossing the point-of-no-return and finishing the main campaign.
Hoping to have the plat wrapped by Wednesday, so I can make a start on Assassins Creed: Rogue on my day off š¤
Re: 'I Much Prefer PS Plus' Lifecycle Management Strategy': Devs Weigh in on Xbox Game Pass Impact
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Re: 'I Much Prefer PS Plus' Lifecycle Management Strategy': Devs Weigh in on Xbox Game Pass Impact
@Cvantez you could do a lot worse tbh
Re: 'I Much Prefer PS Plus' Lifecycle Management Strategy': Devs Weigh in on Xbox Game Pass Impact
@get2sammyb yup⦠and theyāll just continue to close their eyes, stick their fingers in their ears and sing ālalalaā¦ā in the most dulcet of tones ššš
Re: Romero Games Allegedly Met with Microsoft a Day Before Funding Was Pulled
B⦠b⦠but Xbox better⦠right guys? While the industry burns⦠I win right⦠am I right⦠guys? š«