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@playstation1995 You OK my man, you wrote basically the same post 2 hours apart, 25 and 65. Don't worry, it's been a long day for all of us. 😩

Things are happening too fast for 10 years out predictions. AI bubble could burst tomorrow or AI could kill us all in a few years. Gaming ain't all that.

That "Thank you for your attention to this matter" (paraphrase) at the end is killing me. 😝

@trev666 "Cyclodelic"

I'm old and out of touch. Is Cyclodelic some other game I'm unfamiliar with that you are comparing Avowed to or did your British spellchecker do that to psychedelic?

@Boomers-r-us Maybe b/c you're a boomer? 😂

I don't know I just reread it, makes perfect sense to me.😁

@themightyant LOL Fortunately for me my trauma is limited b/c I didn't actually play the game, my entire family just watched my youngest play it, so all I recall of XC2 is - we never got KOS-MOS, the nopon was no heropon, and Poppi the robot. Oh and 3 women who were really 1 woman but that only made sense to me after watching my kid play the car superior Torna dlc.

I watched that same kid play XC3 and it was much better. B/c Eunie's the boss.

So not a fan of this. And as @PuppetMaster pointed out they also did this in Sukiden, which I distinctly remember b/c I purposely did NOT play Sukiden b/c the 108 character number scared me off. I like my JRPG to have more manageable numbers around 6. 😁

@UltimateOtaku91 "I can't see how they are going to do this other than raise the price of playstation plus. They could also go all out on making sure that every possible live service and gacha game possible is on PS5"

They could require PS+ for gacha games, like how PS+ was a rental service way back when on PS3 but became an online gaming requirement on PS4. With so many free to play games releasing these days, and big continuing ones like Fortnite, Roblox, Genshin Impact, I could see Sony saying you need PS+ for all online on PS6 because "reasons". 🤑

Which would mean I would never buy a PS6. Though I probably won't anyway by the time it launches anyway.😝

If they started working on this 6 years ago it was basically a PS4 game b/c that was all they had to go by. And since the PS5 is basically a PS4 Pro Pro w/ an SSD and some upscaling and fake frames, and the PS6 will probably basically be a PS4 Pro Pro Pro Pro (how many iPhone are they up to now, 17 or 18?) then I think this can run on both the PS5 and PS6.

The dlc will be PS6 only b/c greed makes everything suck these days.🤑

I don't call anything a RPG unless it begins with a J so I'm years ahead of him. 😂

@UltimateOtaku91 I thought XC2 as well. Never did get KOS-MOS after so many attempts and I'm going to carry that disappointment to my grave. 😝

Having a functioning website for any company seems like the barest of minimums, in 1996. If you can't keep your website online in 2026 you have zero hope of maintaining a functioning online game. Zero.

@lazarus11 Well I'm a lot knackered, but I don't think that helps that all gray and white snorefest any. I appreciate that it's on every system ever made but that doesn't mean I gave to like it.

Mario 64 is considered the godfather of 3D platformers, and I give it all the credit in the world for being first, but you couldn't pay me to play it again.

@Donrenardo Forgot about Cyberpunk. I did make it through to the end of that game, driving off into the sunset after sex in the tank. I never drove b/c it was impossible and I tried to avoid all conflict b/c I was horrible at it, and I must have played it on story mode or whatever option it had. So I suppose there are exceptions. But I prefer to not have to do it again.🤷‍♂️

@Kraven KOA was good, I think 1 of the side stories was better than the main story, but the inventory storage limitation killed it for me. Every 20 minutes I had to go sell stuff. I must have been doing something wrong because it was almost unplayable. But I did enjoy it enough to finish it despite that. 😂

@Duck_Farmer Thanks. Even more reason to try it out.👍

@lazarus11 But what if I already thought Skyrim was crap? 2 wrongs make a right? 😂

@ShogunRok Thanks. Might borrow it from the library when they get a copy in to check it out. And I'll only play in 3rd person so switching it won't be a problem.😁

@ShogunRok Judging from all the familiar looking screenshots and what I read in the review is this basically first person view "Kingdom of Amular: Reckoning"?

Only half joking. And I don't play FP so it's a moot point. If this has a 3rd person option like Skyrim or I'm just misjudging the pics please let me know. 😀

I only ever want PS3s Deadstorm Pirates.

Thanks for the update. Got a few hours of your last Dreams update about Banjo, may go play this one now. Think I still have a few more levels in my list as well.

I just think graphics have gotten close enough in part b/c we haven't moved on to 8k tvs yet. So PS5 can be 4k native, or close to it, Xbox will be like 1440 native upscaled and Switch 2 will be 1080p handheld, the screen max, and upscaled a tad docked.

They could vary FPS but I'm guessing 30 for all 3. Maybe a variable or 40 where possible.

Basically they're close enough at this point.

I liked the first game but it did feel like what it was, a small indie game I played on PS+. This sequel, at least so far, looks more like a full blown AAA adventure. At times during the trailer I thought we might finally be getting Beyond Good and Evil 2. 😂

Not sure if I'll buy it day 1 but the fact that I'm even contemplating it says a lot. Highlight of the Direct, uh I mean SoP, for me.

Second was the chicken in the game that looked like Darksiders and Heavenly Sword, that one was nuts. 😂

I play a bunch of couch co-op games with my wife, and my college age kids have spent basically their entire lives playing couch co-op games together. And several of those games only let you start to play co-op after a short amount of gameplay gets the story going.

So b/c the history of couch co-op video games have conditioned us this way, I'm guessing some of these people are mad b/c they started playing the game waiting to get to the part where they could start playing co-op, but it just never came.

That probably made people even more upset, playing something waiting for something that never came. Like waking up every day but it's still December 24th. No gifts for you.

As for the game still getting good reviews, that one is easy. The overwhelming majority of gamers are buying this game to play single player. Just read all the comments on this site whenever a game gets announced as requiring co-op. Gamers act like the dev should go bankrupt for such a sin.

So I'm not surprised if only very few people bought this for the co-op. But those have a valid gripe and should be refunded, it's clearly false advertising. And considering the stealth drop of the game it's not surprising. Almost like the dev was hoping for the FOMO of the game would help sales.🤷‍♂️

I guess this will be more merch to help keep Gamestop and similar stores in business. 😂

"Rise from your grave"

Was planning on ignoring it and just continuing to watch the films instead but now I kind of feel like I should play it b/c it's 3rd person and I'm skipping Indiana Jones b/c it's first person.

I thought it was really good. I'm kinda shocked to see so much positivity though, everybody usually hates these things. Maybe the world is healing.🖖

@nessisonett We already have numerous ST movies and TV shows, I don't see the harm in making 1 more called Helldivers. 😂

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls020869650/

And isn't Helldivers supposed to be the opposite of ST, we're the bad guys? Though I suppose we'll be the good guys in the movie. Maybe they'll put "Born in the USA" in the movie to not so subtlety get their point across.

I'm looking forward to Lobo, and Wrecking Crew was pretty good, so I'll watch this when it comes to some streaming service I have.

Thanks again for the local time at the end. 👍

But once again b/c I'm an old curmugeon I feel compelled to ask, why not put local time at the TOP of the list instead of the bottom, I feel fairly confident most people are more interested in their local time than all the others combined. 😁

If the answer is b/c the person designing the website can't figure out how to move the line of code that calculates local time to the top of the list maybe they can ask someone else for help. Or some THING else.🤷‍♂️

But I'm still glad you list it.✌️

10 years of updates for 1 game is insane. I guess that's how things work these days though. The first 7 Final Fantasy games released in 10 years. 😂

OK so a 1 hr+ SoP and no Wolverine and no Starfield. What about Intergalactic? Or are we just getting 30 minutes of Marathon and Fairgame$ alongside 30 minutes of last weeks Nintendo Partner Showcase Direct?😝

I almost certainly played Fear Effect but I don't even recall there being a FE2 so not sure if I've played it or not. Maybe if I watched some videos.

Did it release in the US? I remember Shemue 2 only released in the EU of on Xbox so I didn't know that existed until they announced the gofundme for 3.

@get2sammyb You planning on being there or is that too far out for you to think about?

5 hours and no comments, I had to write something otherwise people would think the comments were closed.😁

I feel like it was a missed opportunity to not make this a RWBY game but my knowledge of all this is fairly limited in scope so I could be way off there. Probably just the art style.

It all looks & sounds good to me except I have a strict aversion to the game play mechanic of lather-rinse-repeat.

A TV show that rakes place AFTER a game that probably most tv viewers haven't played is a choice.

Think I'll stick to Vox Machina and Mighty Nein for ny D&D tv.

I think I got this game included with my Voodoo graphics card.

I don’t play enough of these games b/c I really can’t tell what this is. I want to say it’s Monster Hunter, but it really doesn’t feel like that. I see they borrowed the storm from Fortnite but I have played enough Fortnite, recently just sorta stopped, to know this isn’t that either. Maybe if I played it then it would click, but not sure I want too. Maybe.

Does anyone know how this works? Free to play? $40 game w/ a season pass? PS+ required for online? I’m guessing it’s not just a straight up $70 game.

My kid just finished Hollow Knight like last week. That's some bad timing right there. Too difficult for me regardless. A man's got to know his limitations.

I don't really like the 2D-HD look but the rest of this game looked good enough I might eb willing to overlook it. Another game like MHS3 that I'm surprised is coming to PS5 day 1, it looks so Switch. And by that I mean it looks like a 3DS game. Did I mention I don't like 2D-HD? 😂

Wait, this is coming to PS5 day 1? Kinda shocked to find this out but I guess everyone else already knew.

Always a busy day on Pushsquare when Nintendo has a 3rd party Direct. Who needs States of Play? 😎

This certainly feels like a game that could use a demo with that weird shoiting-hacking gameplay mechanic. Looks like somebody dropped the Zenless Zone Zero boards onto the Vanquish world.

Will probably try it out on both PS5 and Switch 2 just to see how well Switch 2 can keep up. It looked kinda rough in the showcase.

@ShogunRok Another link from sister site NL. They should pay you per link.😉 Your review sold me on Granbkue but think I'll be skipping Digimon after reading this. I've already watched my kid play FF7:REBIRTH so I don't need to come back for that one.😁

@ShogunRok Thanks. Guess you can disregard my previous comment. Glad I missed it 4 years ago, may even pay the full $60 this summer and not wait, seems worth it.

@TDHorizon B/c it didn't review very well, and both of those dates are 6/7. 😂

@ShogunRok Found my way back here from the Granbkue Fantasy Relink Switch port news, NL posted links in the article. Never did get around to this one though I did finally play GoW:R and Spiderman 2. Baby steps,

You think PS5 will get the Switch version w/ the 2 extra characters? It's like every game needs to be DQ11 w/ multiple ports and titles changing things up every gen. I'd still rather play on PS5 than Switch 2, my hands have been molded tonDualshocks after nearly 30 years. And don't even get me started on the Accept + Cancel buttons being opposite.😩

They should release it on June 7th in the US and July 6th in the EU/UK. 🤪

Just so I’m clear, a game that released in 2022 as OW2 is now going to be called simply OW and it’s having it’s “Season 1”, one, now after all these years?

I think I’m glad I never started playing OW. The original OW, not OW 2 renamed as OW. 😝

Didn't some FF head honcho already confirm this about a month ago when talking about a simultaneous release of part 3 on Switch 2? I'll go find a link BRB...

Edit: So while I couldn't find a definitive confirmation of a simultaneous release I did find this quote from way back in October of last year, which I read as implying it.

"But obviously, before then, people who haven't played Final Fantasy VII Remake yet, this is such a good opportunity to do so now that it's coming out on the Switch 2. The whole series is coming to the Switch 2, so if you want to play it, have a go with the first one, you won't regret it, and then we can all play the third game together and it enjoy it together in real time."

https://www.nintendolife.com/features/ive-been-brought-up-by-final-fantasy-naoki-hamaguchi-on-bringing-the-ffvii-remake-trilogy-to-switch-2

Also this from last month:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/01/final-fantasy-vii-remakes-sequels-will-have-exactly-the-same-gameplay-as-other-consoles

@get2sammyb "I have thought about it yes."

Well maybe when you finish galavanting you'll have time.😉

You know if Sony does make some sort of Portal PS6 hybrid and they keep getting all of these mobile Gatcha (that's how my phone spell checks gacha and I don't know how to undo it) games they could give Switch 2 a run for it's money in Asia as Nintendo seems allergic to Hoyoverse and the like. Then maybe you'll be able to retire here after all. Place wouldn't be the same w/o you anyway. 😁

"gallivanting"

The act of spending so many hours playing so many Gatcha games you die from sleep depravation and lack of eating.

I think Sammy's been on a 2 year bender of doing just that. 😂

Still not over Judge being back on the cover. Will be checking the news every day for his season ending injury. 😎

Wow you guys covered Speedstorm? That's a surprise.

Lightning will almost certainly be paid and we'll get some racer no one has heard of too unlock. Though I'd be happy with the old guy b/c I'm an old guy.

What's probably going to be more interesting for players is the track, Rafiator Springs looks pretty good.

Not a fan of the look or really most of the other stuff so thankfully a pass for me as I wait for 7 Deadly Sins which kind of looks like Breath of the Windwaker.

Did MKW sell 10 million copies are does that include those bundled w/ the consol? I know it was an extra $50 but still.

If Sega expected Sonic to do Mario numbers they're delerious.

Selling a $60 game w/ a $30 season pass should hurt game sales just on principle. They'll sell the complete game for the price of the dlc in a year.

I'm still playing Disney Speedstorm for free. It looks and controls much better than Sonic on PS5. I can't recommend it now though, too pay to play, basically a trial or demo, but since I started free from the beginning it's all I need. I own MKW and don't even play it, which makes me sad after waiting a decade after 8 on Wii U. (We never double dipped on Switch)

@ShogunRok Thanks for the review, was waiting on this one. I think you talked me out of playing it though as I was on the fence anyway. Time travel, backtracking, different stories, all just not my thing.

Maybe we'll hear about DQ12 this year. 🤷‍♂️

@get2sammyb "boyfriend game Love & Deepspace"

That's a lot to take in. 😎

As always thanks for the feedback. 👍

You ever brainstorm w/ Ant about making a mobile free to play Gatcha game website similar to Damo's pet Time Extension? Not to question your Sony loyalty but I think the writing is on the wall for consoles and Gatcha games seem to be getting bigger all the time. (Not to be confused w/ failing all the time multi-player games.) I mean you still seem to be there, and nobody here knows this stuff better than you. 20 years is a pretty good run. You're still young, got your future to think of. And I think the future is mobile, sad to say.