So I watched the entire 8 minute trailer and I saw what seemed to be turn based game play around the 4 minute mark, for a few seconds, which is when I lost interest in playing the game.
The fan fiction aspect of mixing G Gundam and Godzilla Singular Point is enticing, just have a feeling playing it would bore me. If it was an action fighting game I think I'd be in.
G Gundam needs a DragonBall type fighting game to cover the series. Probably exists somewhere in Japan. Or maybe not since no one seems to like it but me. At least the main characters show up in several of the mosou games. Too bad this isn't 1 of those.
@sanderson72 @PuppetMaster "The question is will PS5 reach or surpass PS4 117 million units before PS6 release?"
I think the question isn't "before" PS6 releases, it's well after PS6 releases, you can probably almost say before PS7 releases. With PS5 costing what it does, $400 give or take, and the Pro costing $700, the PS6 won't be cheap. And looking at dual PS4-PS5 releases, I'm guessing most PS6 fames will also be on PS5. So if PS6 is +$500, and Sony drops PS5 to $300, they may still get a few million more PS5 sales after PS6 launches.
Unless $500 PS6 dual drops w/ $400 PS6 Portable and everyone buys that instead of a cheap PS5.
I still think 120 mil is doable. Price and the PS6 launch date will factor in.
Wow, November 1st, that seems really long, but I suppose the calendar is flying by. This past season for the first time in years I didn't reach level 100, maxed out at 92, mostly b/c gold was nearly impossible to find.🤑
Looking forward to the bugs, MMPR, and Halo. 3,700 vbux ready to go. 👍
Is it just me or do several upcoming games have the same "look"? This, Tides of Annilation, the recent Clair Obscur, the Lies of P dlc (not sure if it released yet) that Elden Ring game.
I know the games themselves look different, Clair Obscur had some color, but the marketing stills all have the same gray Unreal engine look to me. Oh and Stellar Blade. Not sure if it's a Chinese game thing or a PS5 4k game thing, or my eyes are just going bad thing but my brain is reading it as a trend.
Not all games obviously, Astrobot exists unto itself, GTA has its own look, just a bunch of them. That remind me of 1886 The Order.🤷♂️
@AverageGamer That does add a wrinkle to my thinking, thanks. I've only ever spent $8 on Fortnite once years ago to buy the self refilling pass, I had PSN store credit, haven't spent any money on the numerous other free to start games I've played, so I suppose I never examined the differences that closely.
So I may actually be on to something that Nintendo doesn't like Gatcha games. Well at least until they figure out how to make money from it themselves.🤑
@Dyomun Thanks. I am aware it's following on from 1, at least that's what I've read, but I haven't seen anything about whether it ends the story or not. The entire game could just be setup for a grand finale fame in another 5 years or so after this one releases.
If the story doesn't end when this game does I'm not playing it.
"We certainly wouldn't say that this is a Cyberpunk 2077 situation, but that's the kind of positive turnaround that Bethesda could be aiming for."
Comparing it to Cyberpunk? If only there was another grand ambitions space faring game that didn't live up to expectations at launch that spent the next few years improving itself to the point where people actually like it now. Oh well, what are the odds of there being another game like that? 😉
I suppose no Switch 2 version then. Would look weird if they started supporting it now on Switch 2 after saying PS4 simply can't run it. Though maybe no PS4 means they have more resources to devote to Switch 2? Would still be a bad look though.
I still feel like Nintendo has something against Hoyoverse. And it's not just the Gatcha as Switch 2 has Fortnite and Disney Speedstorm. But no Hoyoverse after all these years, after THRY said GI was coming to Switch way back in 2020, makes me put on my tinfoil hat.
Bummer for the PS4 players. I hate when stuff gets dropped like that, but I suppose it was going to happen sooner or later. Maybe Sony will have some decent holiday sales on PS5.
Power Rangers is a nice change up, feels like we've been stuck in a Star Wars superhero loop for awhile now. I know MMPR are just more superheros but at least it feels a little different. Waiting until mid-September for that Megazord is going to feel like forever.
I might be interested in this enough to try it out on Switch 2, which I think is still rocking the PS4 graphics. Might get me through a weekend in a hotel though dropping the kid back off at college. I just couldn't om the Switch, it was unplayable for me.
As much as I'm not a fan of the narrators voice I do think his description in the Direct helps a little in explaining this game. It starts at 16:23 in case I didn't copy it right. Don't think I'd play it solo but I'll give it a go w/ the missus.
Edit: Yup, forgot to click the box again. Maybe now.
Infinity Nikki had a better season this time w/ 1.8, I'm hoping 2.0 in a couple of months is the next big 100 JRPG game segment. That's enough. Switch 2 & MKW should be here in 3 1/2 hours. DKB tomorrow.😁
Maybe in couch co-op the 2nd player only controls the horse? That would still be a lot more co-op then Nintendo offers in a lot of their 2 player couch co-op games.😝
It could still be single player based story w/ the 2nd player just following. I know we aren't supposed to talk about Knack but both games had couch co-op, the 2nd game more than the first. See also about half a dozen Skylanders games.
I'm more curious if they are going to finish the story from the first game. Haven't played it in a decade but I recall it ending sort of on a cliffhanger to set up the 2nd game. I'll play it, solo or co-op, if the story ends. Otherwise I won't.
@Kiefer-Sutherland Thanks. Maybe if this 1 looks good I'll go back and play them all. If I can find them. Not sure what system I have them on. My brain is telling me Wii U but I doubt that's right. If it's PS3, well my console isn't hooked up and we don't have a single fully functioning controller. Possibly PS+ but I think that was 3. Maybe I won't.😂
Really enjoyed tye first game, it was great. Only played the first half of 2nd when it became more of a shooter. Didn't p,ay tye 3rd at all b/c Soulslikes. Played a little of the spinoff games but barely recall any of it.
If they could somehow make a sequel to the first game, similar to the first game, that would be great. But I'm not holding my breath.
If they make a handheld that plays discs that would be amazing. 😂
I'm probably done w/ new consoles after my Switch 2 arrives on Monday, so I'm all for PS5 getting dual releases the next few years. There really is hardly any reason for new hardware unless you need all your games to be photo realistic.
Past gen consoles served a purpose.
PS-PS2 gave us 3D from 2D, the last great leap PS2-PS3 gave us HD TV PS3-PS4 gave us FauxK PS4-PS5 gave us 4K Does PS6 need 8K?
How many 8k tvs are out there? There's hardly any 4K streaming content out there. Cable is dead. OTA is HD. I'm not sure how much noticeable difference there even is on a TV sized screen. A portable does not need to do 8k.
My wife and I enjoyed season 1. Looking forward to season 2 but not expecting it to be as good.
Interesting release schedule. Andor did 3a week,don't think I've ever seen 3, 2, 2, 2, 3 before. We usually wait until a season is over but weekly might be the way to go for this. Still need to watch Pokerface. Then cancel Peacock until something else comes along worth watching. Currently on a $1.99 offer so don't have to worry about the recent spike price increase.🤑
@Haruki_NLI Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment is coming to other than Nintendo consoles or are you not counting it as exclusive b/c it's also on Switch? I can't imagine that game being fun to play on Switch,
Does Nintendo usually show Switch exclusives in their own proper Direct or are the big 3rd party exclusives always in the Partner Directs? Not that there are a lot of big 3rd party exclusives but I feel like there were a couple last gen.
I thought the Direct got off to a goid start but ending it w/ two of those HD-2D looking games rather than something that looks next (this) gen was a stupid thing to do. MH Stories 3 could have been swapped w/ either of the last 2. Don't care which 1, looked the same to me. Hence my issue with it.
I was surprised no MS games. They're in year 3 of the 10 year CoD on Nintendo legal contract. Starting to wonder if MS is just waiting for the 10 years to be up and see if anyone remembers.😂 Was kindling hoping for South of Midnight. Not sure Switch 2 can run Indy. Or any of the other recent PS5 ports.
That Avatar game would have been nice. Still waiting on DQ12 news. And of course Silksong.
It had a good first half before we all started thinking - what was the point of this again? 2month old console deserved better.
I put a full year into AC NH (thanks COVID) and a month into Hello Kitty (thanks Apple Arcade free trial) and I liked Hello Kitty better b/c of the story. I didn't get to finish it though b/c my free trial ran out.
People should check if PS5 is getting the full game at launch, Switch was missing a couple of the new areas at release though I do think it's caught up now.
@TrollOfWar That's about what I thought, thanks. My kid didn't want to play it so I didn't push. They're trying to finish XCX before heading back to college in a month so time is an issue as well. But I'll play it some day. Looks and sounds good.
So yes, you CAN BUY the PS5 version of HFW base game w/o the dlc, you have a choice w/ or without. You CAN NOT buy a Switch 2 version of Mario Party Jamboree w/o the dlc. Yes the Switch 2 plays Switch 1 games, that backwards compatibility, an entirely different issue. We're talking about Switch 2, not Switch, Switch 2 versions of games w/o the dlc. Like HFW you keep bringing up, even though all it does is prove you wrong.
Backwards compatibility w/ Switch 1 games is not the same as a Switch 2 box w/ the base game that you can buy w/o the dlc. Like you can on PS5 with HFW. Nintendo is forcing people who want the Switch 2 box on their shelf to buy the dlc w/ the base game. At which point it isn't even really dlc, it's part of the game.
"Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that all to the poor, yeah Time will tell on their power minds Making war just for fun Treating people just like pawns in chess Wait till their judgment day comes, yeah"
I was kinda surprised South of Midnight wasn't on PS already. Seems like more a PS fan base game than an Xbox fan base game. I asked my kid to play it when they finished Clair Obscur on PC Gamepass but they said no,not their thing. It is my thing though so I would play it on PS5.
@Bramble "Glad I tried a gatcha, but I actually think I got my fill, IN is a great platformer game for free, but I rather put my little gaming time in other games"
That reminds me. I bought Farmagia awhile back. Not free to start but it looks like a big time waste sink. May be time to crack that open since I already spent money on it. Though our Switch 2 and Mario Kart World is on it's way, so maybe I'll just waste time on that.😁
@RoomWithaMoose I read in the review on Nintendo Life that the Switch 1 base game was the same base game on Switch 2, no difference.
"Jumping into the base game, nothing has changed, right down to — it seems — the crispness of the textures and resolution, as this older mode is slightly blurrier and not as slick as the newer addition."
I looked in the Nintendo eshop and there is no Switch 2 version of Mario Party Jamboree for $60. There is a $60 Switch version, an $80 Switch 2 version, and a $20 upgrade. I'm pretty sure you can buy the base Horizon FW game on PS5 stand alone w/ the dlc.
You are correct about Nintendo doing the same thing w/ the 2 Zelda games on Switch, BotW and TotK, you can only buy them bundled with the dlc. I'm not a fan of that either, but I suppose it's good Nintendo is consistent in forcing dlc onto their paying customers whether they like it or not. $70 for BotW in 2025 is insane, it's a Wii U game, it's almost 10 years old. 🤑
If Mario Party Jamboree can be $80 ($79.99US) on Switch 2 then really any game can be $80.
And if you want to make the argument it's $60 + $20 dlc I'm willing to listen, but you need to show me the Switch 2 version in store or online for $60 w/ the dlc sold separately, b/c I think it's only available in an $80 one size fits all bundle. In which case it isn't a $60 game + $20 dlc, it's an $80 game. You can buy the Switch version and upgrade, but there's no $60 Switch 2 version. So it's an $80 Switch 2 game.
And this is made even worse b/c the base game on Switch 2 is still the base game on Switch, they didn't update the graphics or anything, so you are paying $80 for a plain old Switch game + a non-optional $20 Switch 2 dlc. 🤑
I've been using Turn Off rather than Rest Mode since I read an article about the power usage difference on here a month or so ago. So, maybe this is just more to do with that? Maybe it's just so the current Portal can turn it on if it's off?
Not sure why we need 3 "turn off" modes but Windows has had sleep, hibernate, and off for decades so why not.
I'm a TV gamer only, my Switch 2 will never leave the dock so that nice 1080p VRR screen is completely going to waste. Not at all interested in a portable PS6, unless it's a Switch like device w/ TV out. But normal TV out over usb-c not this dock nonsense. Adds too much to the cost. 🤑
@Bramble I haven't spent any money on a free start game since a season pass in Fortnite about 4 yrs ago, just keep rolling over the v-bux, currently have about 3,000.
I have enough outfits and whimsicality outfits in Nikki to last me a lifetime. It has been fairly lame for awhile now but I keep checking in almost daily in hopes that some say there will be a real part 2 in a new region that lasts 100 hours like the first part. If I stop for too long I'll never come back.
The house is supposed to arrive in 1.9 but I haven't seen 1.8 mentioned yet. I get all my info from here and Instagram, where they post almost daily. Hoping after that 2.0 gives us the next chapter, will be about 9 months. I think I read some where they originally said - once upon a time - big updates every 6 months. Which always seemed wishful thinking to me.
Are the numbers listed in the article a total of both physical and digital? Is this worldwide?
I spent way too much time yesterday on an article about DK Bananza sales that only included physical in the UK, which is probably a very small % of its overall total sales.
I think 3mil is still a great number for a years old game, just want to be sure I know what I'm looking at.
Not a fan of single player but I can see it working for this. I expect Soulslikes amounts of death so they can torture you in different ways starting with hooks flying toward your face.
Was a big fan of the early movies, the later ones got kinda lame, can't be bothered w/ the current or recent shows.
Have they made a Tremors vs Cenobites movie yet? Kevin Bacon vs Pinhead has potential.😂
Definitely feels like a show that will be canceled just when it's getting good b/c it's too expensive to make. Amazon did rescue the Expanse though so maybe they can just reuse a lot of the computer graphics and costumes from that? 🤷♂️
I've never played any of the Me games but I'm assuming it's similar to The Expanse and Halo. Halo had a good first season but the 2nd not so much. And then it was gone. Scifi ain't cheap. At least Foundation is still going.
I'm probably going to play this now. After going to see the new film in a theater it will be kinda cool. And the trailer looked really good on my iPad. I'm a big fan of bright colors.
Just made me wonder if there will be a dlc movie tie-in they'll talk about closer to release as announcing this 5 months out is kinda weird.
@themightyant @Nekomichu Nikki has like 5-6 hours of content every month, it's the equivalent of reading the Sunday comics once a week.
For those of you not old and in the US reading the special in color Sunday comics was a thing people used to do. Then the cheapskates among us would use them as wrapping paper for gifts. 😂
@WolfyTn Well I liked where you started, but then you completely went off the rails. Try this: It's like buying dinner at a restaurant of a hamburger or a steak and then seeing on the menu they charge an extra $1 for a slice of cheese, a strip of bacon, mushroom topping, or fries on the side, of upgrading from fries to onion rings or a baked potato. Which almost every restaurant (in the US) selling dinner does.
I'm glad this was in a financial paper and not a social media post. It's still poorly worded but their thought isn't as horrible as the headline makes it sound. The problem is when you grew up playing games before the internet the game was complete on cart or disc, and now they sell us everything piecemeal. We don't just buy a combo meal for a set price anymore, we go to fast casual and pay for every item individually. It sucks, but getting nickled & dimed to death is how capitalism works now. And some people like being able to pick and choose, and those people can probably afford it.
But Ubi could have worded it better. Maybe not for their stockholders where only $ matters.🤑
@Slideaway1983 I've pretty much always worried about robots and computers and sci-fi stuff, but it was only a few months or so back when I first wondered, what if Siri, Hey Google, and Chatgpt all gained sentience around the same time? W/ all the sci-fi I'd consumed I couldn't actually think of any where 2 AI fight it out. Not saying there weren't any, I don't consume that much, but nothing on the level of Skynet from Terminator or the world conquering computer in the Matrix or War Games. Or all the other movies about 1 evil computer taking over. The whole "AI" thing seems fairly new to me but same thing.
So, I looked it up. And I've only found 1. A 1966 book turned into a 1970 movie. Which I probably watched late at night on a 13" B&W TV but it rings no bells. Colossus.
US and Russian super sentient computers become friends, merge, and take over the world. Enslavement is probably better than death but it's the only 1 I've found so far.
Dr Who did do the Daleks vs the Cybrrmen once but that seems less AI and more space invasion. Even I'm not cuckoo enough to be losing any sleep over aliens.😂
I don't know, probably won't happen, no reason for AI to be as evil as humans. I just think about how much cash I never see, it's all electronic transactions now. Direct deposit, electronic bill payment, who needs cash. 🤷♂️ If the power gets turned off, or financial systems get zeroed out, how are humans going to react? Lord of the Flies planet wide is not a happy thought.
So yeah, AI taking video game jobs, not moving the needle for me.
Is the "trilogy" w/ Festival of Blood or Second Son?
Don't think I've played Festival of Blood, but that would be a nice trilogy properly updated. 2nd S8n should be packaged w/ First Light but really I don't think we need it. First 2, w/ or w/o Fob, would be nice though. I miss games like that.
Though honestly I'd rather have Sunset Overdrive on PS5. That game was so fun. Infamous w/ color. Weird.
@get2sammyb Thanks for the Cage update. I like Urban, I watch just about everything he's in b/c he's in it, but never once have I ever thought, that guy is a great "American" actor. Weird choice. I mean I'm sure it could have been worse, they could have gotten Jean Claude Van Damn (wait wasn't he in street fighter?) but I'm sure there are plenty of American American actors around his fame level and pay grade. I don't get it.
@Hyena_socks Dragonheart was good. Nobody should ever have to think about Mel Brooks Robinhood Men in Tights (1993). 😂 Let's assume you just meant Kevin Costner Robinhood Prince of Thieves (1991) and continue shall we. 😎
I liked the recent D&D movie where it's played for laughs, can't imagine they'll go for that w/ Zelda. She's too self important and he's too important. I think they'll go more serious epic LOTR Academy Award feel that the Hobbits Saturday matinee comedy feel. Or at least I think they should.
From today's news on AC getting made into a TV series, I really hope Zelda is more epic adventure like Prince of Persia Sands of Time and less whatever discombobulated mess that AC movie was.
I think it can, and should, be good. But they gotta thread the needle. Everyone has to be on the same page. Is it drama, comedy, action, emotion, VFX or love story? More ways to screw it up than succeed but I have hope.🤞
@Slideaway1983 AI seems to mostly be trained by incels who hate everything so flat out just killing us makes the most sense. But it's also trained by the world's biggest narcissists so each AI thinks it's the best AI and should destroy every other AI and wipe us out in the process as collateral damage.
Not saying this is happening tomorrow or anytime soon but if we don't kill ourselves it will, those seem the only 2 possible outcomes. Entropy is undefeated. 😩
I think I enjoyed the first movie, if it's the 1 I'm thinking of. Seen a lot of bad fighting movies the past few years, both new and old.
Won't go see it in theaters but looking forward to watching it at home. Karl Urban is always a plus in my book.
Edit: OK I may have misspoke earlier. Having watched the 2 trailers I think Urban may not have been the right choice. I don't know anything about Cage or MK but he just seems too old. I mean I guess he's an old 80s movie star in 2025, which is a thing as I like both Stallone in Tulsa King and Schwarzenegger in Fubar, but something seems off. Like, even he doesn't know if he's supposed to be an actual tough guy or the comic relief?
I'm sure the film will be fine, but going for "a fish out of water" is a choice, and perhaps a distracting one. Though if that's who he is in the game then fine I guess. I think Jake Gylenhal in Roadhouse would have been a better choice. Is Cage supposed to be British?
@wildcat_kickz I was thinking something along those lines, but not anthology though. Highlander tv show had a lot of flashback episodes while taking place mostly in the present. This one would be more in the past but grounded in whatever passes for the present.
Unless by anthology you meant episodic like Quantum Leap, I still get confused when the UK crew call seasons of a tv show "series".
I hadn't thought about the cost, that could hold them back, having to do ancient Greece, Italy, Japan, Egypt or wherever. Maybe each season is 1 country to cut down on costs?
The movie did suck though. Not sure how or why it was so bad. It released only a few years after Prince of Persia Sands of Time, which I thought was pretty good, and they basically took that same movie but made it such.
This could be good. On a tv budget kind of way like the Arrowverse shows. Or hopefully better like The Witcher and Sandman, both on NF. I'd watch, and I don't even play the games.
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Re: Sony Admits PS5 Live Service Push Is Not Going Smoothly
I think "not entirely going smoothly" was general Custer's assessment of the Battle at Little Big Horn. 😂
Re: Anime Crossover RPG Super Robot Wars Y Snags PS5 Demo, Progress Carries to Full Game
So I watched the entire 8 minute trailer and I saw what seemed to be turn based game play around the 4 minute mark, for a few seconds, which is when I lost interest in playing the game.
The fan fiction aspect of mixing G Gundam and Godzilla Singular Point is enticing, just have a feeling playing it would bore me. If it was an action fighting game I think I'd be in.
G Gundam needs a DragonBall type fighting game to cover the series. Probably exists somewhere in Japan. Or maybe not since no one seems to like it but me. At least the main characters show up in several of the mosou games. Too bad this isn't 1 of those.
Re: PS5 Console Sales Surpass 80 Million Milestone, Closing in on PS3
@sanderson72 @PuppetMaster "The question is will PS5 reach or surpass PS4 117 million units before PS6 release?"
I think the question isn't "before" PS6 releases, it's well after PS6 releases, you can probably almost say before PS7 releases. With PS5 costing what it does, $400 give or take, and the Pro costing $700, the PS6 won't be cheap. And looking at dual PS4-PS5 releases, I'm guessing most PS6 fames will also be on PS5. So if PS6 is +$500, and Sony drops PS5 to $300, they may still get a few million more PS5 sales after PS6 launches.
Unless $500 PS6 dual drops w/ $400 PS6 Portable and everyone buys that instead of a cheap PS5.
I still think 120 mil is doable. Price and the PS6 launch date will factor in.
Re: Outer Banks Star Madelyn Cline Has Exceptional Video Game Taste
Is Outer Banks the new The O.C.? Not sure who she is but she unironically owns a shirt that says "I'm not Sydney Sweeney" on it.😂
The first PS5 game my library had on the shelf was Returnal. Still not interested.🤷♂️
Re: Halo, Power Rangers Headline Helldivers 2 Tinged Fortnite Season on PS5, PS4
Wow, November 1st, that seems really long, but I suppose the calendar is flying by. This past season for the first time in years I didn't reach level 100, maxed out at 92, mostly b/c gold was nearly impossible to find.🤑
Looking forward to the bugs, MMPR, and Halo. 3,700 vbux ready to go. 👍
Re: Lost Soul Aside Shouldn't Be Delayed Anymore, PS5 Game Goes Gold
Is it just me or do several upcoming games have the same "look"? This, Tides of Annilation, the recent Clair Obscur, the Lies of P dlc (not sure if it released yet) that Elden Ring game.
I know the games themselves look different, Clair Obscur had some color, but the marketing stills all have the same gray Unreal engine look to me. Oh and Stellar Blade. Not sure if it's a Chinese game thing or a PS5 4k game thing, or my eyes are just going bad thing but my brain is reading it as a trend.
Not all games obviously, Astrobot exists unto itself, GTA has its own look, just a bunch of them. That remind me of 1886 The Order.🤷♂️
Re: Free-to-Play Juggernaut Genshin Impact Is Delisting and Shutting Down PS4 Version
@AverageGamer That does add a wrinkle to my thinking, thanks. I've only ever spent $8 on Fortnite once years ago to buy the self refilling pass, I had PSN store credit, haven't spent any money on the numerous other free to start games I've played, so I suppose I never examined the differences that closely.
So I may actually be on to something that Nintendo doesn't like Gatcha games. Well at least until they figure out how to make money from it themselves.🤑
Re: PS5 Sequel Darksiders 4 Has Online and Split-Screen Co-Op, By the Way
@Dyomun Thanks. I am aware it's following on from 1, at least that's what I've read, but I haven't seen anything about whether it ends the story or not. The entire game could just be setup for a grand finale fame in another 5 years or so after this one releases.
If the story doesn't end when this game does I'm not playing it.
Re: Rumour: Xbox Exclusive Starfield Is Getting Some Hefty Gameplay Reworks for Its PS5 Release
"We certainly wouldn't say that this is a Cyberpunk 2077 situation, but that's the kind of positive turnaround that Bethesda could be aiming for."
Comparing it to Cyberpunk? If only there was another grand ambitions space faring game that didn't live up to expectations at launch that spent the next few years improving itself to the point where people actually like it now. Oh well, what are the odds of there being another game like that? 😉
Re: Free-to-Play Juggernaut Genshin Impact Is Delisting and Shutting Down PS4 Version
I suppose no Switch 2 version then. Would look weird if they started supporting it now on Switch 2 after saying PS4 simply can't run it. Though maybe no PS4 means they have more resources to devote to Switch 2? Would still be a bad look though.
I still feel like Nintendo has something against Hoyoverse. And it's not just the Gatcha as Switch 2 has Fortnite and Disney Speedstorm. But no Hoyoverse after all these years, after THRY said GI was coming to Switch way back in 2020, makes me put on my tinfoil hat.
Bummer for the PS4 players. I hate when stuff gets dropped like that, but I suppose it was going to happen sooner or later. Maybe Sony will have some decent holiday sales on PS5.
Re: Power Rangers Are Coming to Fortnite, And You Absolutely Must Watch the Reveal Trailer
Power Rangers is a nice change up, feels like we've been stuck in a Star Wars superhero loop for awhile now. I know MMPR are just more superheros but at least it feels a little different. Waiting until mid-September for that Megazord is going to feel like forever.
I might be interested in this enough to try it out on Switch 2, which I think is still rocking the PS4 graphics. Might get me through a weekend in a hotel though dropping the kid back off at college. I just couldn't om the Switch, it was unplayable for me.
Re: Cute Co-Op Game Hela Puts Mice on PS5 in 2026
As much as I'm not a fan of the narrators voice I do think his description in the Direct helps a little in explaining this game. It starts at 16:23 in case I didn't copy it right. Don't think I'd play it solo but I'll give it a go w/ the missus.
Edit: Yup, forgot to click the box again. Maybe now.
https://www.youtube.com/live/gZoLrfLcIVg?si=EduC2dM-OPzbZJp-&t=983
Re: Got Time in Your Life for Another PS5 Gacha? Here's How Arknights: Endfield Looks
Short answer no.
Long answer no.
Infinity Nikki had a better season this time w/ 1.8, I'm hoping 2.0 in a couple of months is the next big 100 JRPG game segment. That's enough. Switch 2 & MKW should be here in 3 1/2 hours. DKB tomorrow.😁
Re: PS5 Sequel Darksiders 4 Has Online and Split-Screen Co-Op, By the Way
Maybe in couch co-op the 2nd player only controls the horse? That would still be a lot more co-op then Nintendo offers in a lot of their 2 player couch co-op games.😝
It could still be single player based story w/ the 2nd player just following. I know we aren't supposed to talk about Knack but both games had couch co-op, the 2nd game more than the first. See also about half a dozen Skylanders games.
I'm more curious if they are going to finish the story from the first game. Haven't played it in a decade but I recall it ending sort of on a cliffhanger to set up the 2nd game. I'll play it, solo or co-op, if the story ends. Otherwise I won't.
Re: Darksiders 4 May Finally Be PS5's Answer to Classic Zelda
@Kiefer-Sutherland Thanks. Maybe if this 1 looks good I'll go back and play them all. If I can find them. Not sure what system I have them on. My brain is telling me Wii U but I doubt that's right. If it's PS3, well my console isn't hooked up and we don't have a single fully functioning controller. Possibly PS+ but I think that was 3. Maybe I won't.😂
Re: Rumour: Starfield PS5 to Take Flight Alongside New Expansion Next Year
Maybe they're just waiting to get it up and running on Switch 2 to announce them both at once?🤷♂️
No I don't think it will run on Switch 2 but I didn't think Cyberpunk would either but it does so there's that.
Re: Darksiders 4 May Finally Be PS5's Answer to Classic Zelda
Really enjoyed tye first game, it was great. Only played the first half of 2nd when it became more of a shooter. Didn't p,ay tye 3rd at all b/c Soulslikes. Played a little of the spinoff games but barely recall any of it.
If they could somehow make a sequel to the first game, similar to the first game, that would be great. But I'm not holding my breath.
Re: Rumour: Leaked PS6 Specs Reveal Affordable, Power Efficient Next-Gen Console
"Backwards compatible with PS5 and PS4"
If they make a handheld that plays discs that would be amazing. 😂
I'm probably done w/ new consoles after my Switch 2 arrives on Monday, so I'm all for PS5 getting dual releases the next few years. There really is hardly any reason for new hardware unless you need all your games to be photo realistic.
Past gen consoles served a purpose.
PS-PS2 gave us 3D from 2D, the last great leap
PS2-PS3 gave us HD TV
PS3-PS4 gave us FauxK
PS4-PS5 gave us 4K
Does PS6 need 8K?
How many 8k tvs are out there? There's hardly any 4K streaming content out there. Cable is dead. OTA is HD. I'm not sure how much noticeable difference there even is on a TV sized screen. A portable does not need to do 8k.
So I'm good.
Re: Twisted Metal's Anticipated Second Season Debuts with Three Episodes
My wife and I enjoyed season 1. Looking forward to season 2 but not expecting it to be as good.
Interesting release schedule. Andor did 3a week,don't think I've ever seen 3, 2, 2, 2, 3 before. We usually wait until a season is over but weekly might be the way to go for this. Still need to watch Pokerface. Then cancel Peacock until something else comes along worth watching. Currently on a $1.99 offer so don't have to worry about the recent spike price increase.🤑
Re: The Adventures of Elliot Is Another New PS5 RPG from Octopath Traveler Dev
Fill a Build Yehaw!
Re: Sony Fighter Marvel Tokon Gets In-Depth Gameplay Video, Loads of New PS5 Footage
" Tokon me "
a-ha a-ha a-ha 😂
Re: Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted Is Official, Sprouting Up on PS5, PS4 This October
I'll buy it only if they bring back the original Michael Jackson dancers. EA can afford it.
Re: Turn-Based RPG Monster Hunter Stories 3 Announced for PS5, Hatches in 2026
@Haruki_NLI Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment is coming to other than Nintendo consoles or are you not counting it as exclusive b/c it's also on Switch? I can't imagine that game being fun to play on Switch,
Does Nintendo usually show Switch exclusives in their own proper Direct or are the big 3rd party exclusives always in the Partner Directs? Not that there are a lot of big 3rd party exclusives but I feel like there were a couple last gen.
I thought the Direct got off to a goid start but ending it w/ two of those HD-2D looking games rather than something that looks next (this) gen was a stupid thing to do. MH Stories 3 could have been swapped w/ either of the last 2. Don't care which 1, looked the same to me. Hence my issue with it.
I was surprised no MS games. They're in year 3 of the 10 year CoD on Nintendo legal contract. Starting to wonder if MS is just waiting for the 10 years to be up and see if anyone remembers.😂 Was kindling hoping for South of Midnight. Not sure Switch 2 can run Indy. Or any of the other recent PS5 ports.
That Avatar game would have been nice. Still waiting on DQ12 news. And of course Silksong.
It had a good first half before we all started thinking - what was the point of this again? 2month old console deserved better.
Re: PS5 Gets a Quality Animal Crossing Alternative Next Week
I put a full year into AC NH (thanks COVID) and a month into Hello Kitty (thanks Apple Arcade free trial) and I liked Hello Kitty better b/c of the story. I didn't get to finish it though b/c my free trial ran out.
People should check if PS5 is getting the full game at launch, Switch was missing a couple of the new areas at release though I do think it's caught up now.
Re: In Unsurprising News, Even More Xbox Ports Are Allegedly En Route to PS5
@TrollOfWar That's about what I thought, thanks. My kid didn't want to play it so I didn't push. They're trying to finish XCX before heading back to college in a month so time is an issue as well. But I'll play it some day. Looks and sounds good.
Re: Xbox Backtracks on $80 Price Tag for The Outer Worlds 2 Following Public Outcry
@RoomWithaMoose Are you just being wrong on purpose to be annoying or do you really not understand. Sometimes it's hard to tell.
Here's the PS5, not the PS4 the PS5, page for Horizon Forbidden West. There are 2 versions, the base game for $50 and the bundle with the dlc for $60.
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/horizon-forbidden-west/
So yes, you CAN BUY the PS5 version of HFW base game w/o the dlc, you have a choice w/ or without. You CAN NOT buy a Switch 2 version of Mario Party Jamboree w/o the dlc. Yes the Switch 2 plays Switch 1 games, that backwards compatibility, an entirely different issue. We're talking about Switch 2, not Switch, Switch 2 versions of games w/o the dlc. Like HFW you keep bringing up, even though all it does is prove you wrong.
Backwards compatibility w/ Switch 1 games is not the same as a Switch 2 box w/ the base game that you can buy w/o the dlc. Like you can on PS5 with HFW. Nintendo is forcing people who want the Switch 2 box on their shelf to buy the dlc w/ the base game. At which point it isn't even really dlc, it's part of the game.
Re: 'By Every Objective Measure, We're Thriving': Microsoft CEO Expresses Gratitude to All Those Laid Off
It's like an Ozzy tribute letter. 🤘
"Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that all to the poor, yeah
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait till their judgment day comes, yeah"
Re: In Unsurprising News, Even More Xbox Ports Are Allegedly En Route to PS5
I was kinda surprised South of Midnight wasn't on PS already. Seems like more a PS fan base game than an Xbox fan base game. I asked my kid to play it when they finished Clair Obscur on PC Gamepass but they said no,not their thing. It is my thing though so I would play it on PS5.
Re: Free RPG Wuthering Waves Extends Its Story in Upcoming PS5 Update
@Bramble "Glad I tried a gatcha, but I actually think I got my fill, IN is a great platformer game for free, but I rather put my little gaming time in other games"
That reminds me. I bought Farmagia awhile back. Not free to start but it looks like a big time waste sink. May be time to crack that open since I already spent money on it. Though our Switch 2 and Mario Kart World is on it's way, so maybe I'll just waste time on that.😁
Re: Xbox Backtracks on $80 Price Tag for The Outer Worlds 2 Following Public Outcry
@RoomWithaMoose I read in the review on Nintendo Life that the Switch 1 base game was the same base game on Switch 2, no difference.
"Jumping into the base game, nothing has changed, right down to — it seems — the crispness of the textures and resolution, as this older mode is slightly blurrier and not as slick as the newer addition."
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch-2/super-mario-party-jamboree-nintendo-switch-2-edition-plus-jamboree-tv
I looked in the Nintendo eshop and there is no Switch 2 version of Mario Party Jamboree for $60. There is a $60 Switch version, an $80 Switch 2 version, and a $20 upgrade. I'm pretty sure you can buy the base Horizon FW game on PS5 stand alone w/ the dlc.
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-mario-party-jamboree-nintendo-switch-2-edition-plus-jamboree-tv-switch-2/
You are correct about Nintendo doing the same thing w/ the 2 Zelda games on Switch, BotW and TotK, you can only buy them bundled with the dlc. I'm not a fan of that either, but I suppose it's good Nintendo is consistent in forcing dlc onto their paying customers whether they like it or not. $70 for BotW in 2025 is insane, it's a Wii U game, it's almost 10 years old. 🤑
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-nintendo-switch-2-edition-switch-2/
Re: Xbox U-Turn the First Step Towards Gamers Rejecting $80 Games
Nintendo also charging $80 for Mario Party and $10 for the Switch 2 tutorial so yeah they do their own thing.
GTA 6 can change whatever it wants. I'm just curious if they'll accept crypto as payment?😂
Re: Xbox Backtracks on $80 Price Tag for The Outer Worlds 2 Following Public Outcry
If Mario Party Jamboree can be $80 ($79.99US) on Switch 2 then really any game can be $80.
And if you want to make the argument it's $60 + $20 dlc I'm willing to listen, but you need to show me the Switch 2 version in store or online for $60 w/ the dlc sold separately, b/c I think it's only available in an $80 one size fits all bundle. In which case it isn't a $60 game + $20 dlc, it's an $80 game. You can buy the Switch version and upgrade, but there's no $60 Switch 2 version. So it's an $80 Switch 2 game.
And this is made even worse b/c the base game on Switch 2 is still the base game on Switch, they didn't update the graphics or anything, so you are paying $80 for a plain old Switch game + a non-optional $20 Switch 2 dlc. 🤑
Re: PS6 Handheld Becomes More Legit with New PS5 Power Save Mode
I've been using Turn Off rather than Rest Mode since I read an article about the power usage difference on here a month or so ago. So, maybe this is just more to do with that? Maybe it's just so the current Portal can turn it on if it's off?
Not sure why we need 3 "turn off" modes but Windows has had sleep, hibernate, and off for decades so why not.
I'm a TV gamer only, my Switch 2 will never leave the dock so that nice 1080p VRR screen is completely going to waste. Not at all interested in a portable PS6, unless it's a Switch like device w/ TV out. But normal TV out over usb-c not this dock nonsense. Adds too much to the cost. 🤑
Re: 'Increasingly Selective Consumers' to Blame for Underperformance of Blades of Fire
Curios what they were thinking the games selling point was that it undersold?
Not the beyond generic title Blades of Fire. That could be anything from a strategy game to a reality tv show.
Not sex. I've seen none.
Not a big marketing push, I've seen very little.
Not a famous director name like Kojima, Miyamoto or Romero (who's game just got canceled).
No Keanu Reeves level voice acting.
Not cheap or free to start.
Just what where they pinning their hopes on? Squenix has underperformed on a lot of games that had several.of the above.
Not on Steam.
Sure, a quirky game like Balatro can come out of nowhere, but this game seemed as generic as it's name.
They should be happy, they outlasted Concorde.
Re: Free RPG Wuthering Waves Extends Its Story in Upcoming PS5 Update
@Bramble I haven't spent any money on a free start game since a season pass in Fortnite about 4 yrs ago, just keep rolling over the v-bux, currently have about 3,000.
I have enough outfits and whimsicality outfits in Nikki to last me a lifetime. It has been fairly lame for awhile now but I keep checking in almost daily in hopes that some say there will be a real part 2 in a new region that lasts 100 hours like the first part. If I stop for too long I'll never come back.
The house is supposed to arrive in 1.9 but I haven't seen 1.8 mentioned yet. I get all my info from here and Instagram, where they post almost daily. Hoping after that 2.0 gives us the next chapter, will be about 9 months. I think I read some where they originally said - once upon a time - big updates every 6 months. Which always seemed wishful thinking to me.
Re: Xbox Port Forza Horizon 5 Is the PS5's Best-Selling New Game of 2025
Are the numbers listed in the article a total of both physical and digital? Is this worldwide?
I spent way too much time yesterday on an article about DK Bananza sales that only included physical in the UK, which is probably a very small % of its overall total sales.
I think 3mil is still a great number for a years old game, just want to be sure I know what I'm looking at.
Re: Pinhead Is Back! Single Player Hellraiser Horror Revealed for PS5
Not a fan of single player but I can see it working for this. I expect Soulslikes amounts of death so they can torture you in different ways starting with hooks flying toward your face.
Was a big fan of the early movies, the later ones got kinda lame, can't be bothered w/ the current or recent shows.
Have they made a Tremors vs Cenobites movie yet? Kevin Bacon vs Pinhead has potential.😂
Re: Mass Effect TV Series Being Handled by Fallout Production Team
Definitely feels like a show that will be canceled just when it's getting good b/c it's too expensive to make. Amazon did rescue the Expanse though so maybe they can just reuse a lot of the computer graphics and costumes from that? 🤷♂️
I've never played any of the Me games but I'm assuming it's similar to The Expanse and Halo. Halo had a good first season but the 2nd not so much. And then it was gone. Scifi ain't cheap. At least Foundation is still going.
Re: Avatar PS5 Game Gets a Third-Person Mode, New Game+ in Huge December Update
I'm probably going to play this now. After going to see the new film in a theater it will be kinda cool. And the trailer looked really good on my iPad. I'm a big fan of bright colors.
Just made me wonder if there will be a dlc movie tie-in they'll talk about closer to release as announcing this 5 months out is kinda weird.
Re: Free RPG Wuthering Waves Extends Its Story in Upcoming PS5 Update
@themightyant @Nekomichu Nikki has like 5-6 hours of content every month, it's the equivalent of reading the Sunday comics once a week.
For those of you not old and in the US reading the special in color Sunday comics was a thing people used to do. Then the cheapskates among us would use them as wrapping paper for gifts. 😂
Re: Ubisoft Reckons Microtransactions Make Games 'More Fun'
@WolfyTn Well I liked where you started, but then you completely went off the rails. Try this: It's like buying dinner at a restaurant of a hamburger or a steak and then seeing on the menu they charge an extra $1 for a slice of cheese, a strip of bacon, mushroom topping, or fries on the side, of upgrading from fries to onion rings or a baked potato. Which almost every restaurant (in the US) selling dinner does.
I'm glad this was in a financial paper and not a social media post. It's still poorly worded but their thought isn't as horrible as the headline makes it sound. The problem is when you grew up playing games before the internet the game was complete on cart or disc, and now they sell us everything piecemeal. We don't just buy a combo meal for a set price anymore, we go to fast casual and pay for every item individually. It sucks, but getting nickled & dimed to death is how capitalism works now. And some people like being able to pick and choose, and those people can probably afford it.
But Ubi could have worded it better. Maybe not for their stockholders where only $ matters.🤑
Re: Stellar Blade's Social Media Hacked in Cryptocurrency Scam
Hackers
Twitter
Crypto
Mr Robot as documentary. 😩
Re: Free RPG Wuthering Waves Extends Its Story in Upcoming PS5 Update
Still playing Nikki Infinity. One's enough.
Re: Worried About AI in Game Development? It's Here, and It's Only Getting Worse
@Slideaway1983 I've pretty much always worried about robots and computers and sci-fi stuff, but it was only a few months or so back when I first wondered, what if Siri, Hey Google, and Chatgpt all gained sentience around the same time? W/ all the sci-fi I'd consumed I couldn't actually think of any where 2 AI fight it out. Not saying there weren't any, I don't consume that much, but nothing on the level of Skynet from Terminator or the world conquering computer in the Matrix or War Games. Or all the other movies about 1 evil computer taking over. The whole "AI" thing seems fairly new to me but same thing.
So, I looked it up. And I've only found 1. A 1966 book turned into a 1970 movie. Which I probably watched late at night on a 13" B&W TV but it rings no bells. Colossus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project
US and Russian super sentient computers become friends, merge, and take over the world. Enslavement is probably better than death but it's the only 1 I've found so far.
Dr Who did do the Daleks vs the Cybrrmen once but that seems less AI and more space invasion. Even I'm not cuckoo enough to be losing any sleep over aliens.😂
I don't know, probably won't happen, no reason for AI to be as evil as humans. I just think about how much cash I never see, it's all electronic transactions now. Direct deposit, electronic bill payment, who needs cash. 🤷♂️ If the power gets turned off, or financial systems get zeroed out, how are humans going to react? Lord of the Flies planet wide is not a happy thought.
So yeah, AI taking video game jobs, not moving the needle for me.
Re: Sucker Punch Would 'Love' an inFAMOUS Trilogy on PS5
Is the "trilogy" w/ Festival of Blood or Second Son?
Don't think I've played Festival of Blood, but that would be a nice trilogy properly updated. 2nd S8n should be packaged w/ First Light but really I don't think we need it. First 2, w/ or w/o Fob, would be nice though. I miss games like that.
Though honestly I'd rather have Sunset Overdrive on PS5. That game was so fun. Infamous w/ color. Weird.
Re: The Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Doesn't Look Good, But That's Kinda Perfect
@get2sammyb Thanks for the Cage update. I like Urban, I watch just about everything he's in b/c he's in it, but never once have I ever thought, that guy is a great "American" actor. Weird choice. I mean I'm sure it could have been worse, they could have gotten Jean Claude Van Damn (wait wasn't he in street fighter?) but I'm sure there are plenty of American American actors around his fame level and pay grade. I don't get it.
Re: Sony's Zelda Movie Confirms Its Link and Zelda Actors
@Hyena_socks Dragonheart was good. Nobody should ever have to think about Mel Brooks Robinhood Men in Tights (1993). 😂 Let's assume you just meant Kevin Costner Robinhood Prince of Thieves (1991) and continue shall we. 😎
I liked the recent D&D movie where it's played for laughs, can't imagine they'll go for that w/ Zelda. She's too self important and he's too important. I think they'll go more serious epic LOTR Academy Award feel that the Hobbits Saturday matinee comedy feel. Or at least I think they should.
From today's news on AC getting made into a TV series, I really hope Zelda is more epic adventure like Prince of Persia Sands of Time and less whatever discombobulated mess that AC movie was.
I think it can, and should, be good. But they gotta thread the needle. Everyone has to be on the same page. Is it drama, comedy, action, emotion, VFX or love story? More ways to screw it up than succeed but I have hope.🤞
Re: Worried About AI in Game Development? It's Here, and It's Only Getting Worse
@Slideaway1983 AI seems to mostly be trained by incels who hate everything so flat out just killing us makes the most sense. But it's also trained by the world's biggest narcissists so each AI thinks it's the best AI and should destroy every other AI and wipe us out in the process as collateral damage.
Not saying this is happening tomorrow or anytime soon but if we don't kill ourselves it will, those seem the only 2 possible outcomes. Entropy is undefeated. 😩
Re: The Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Doesn't Look Good, But That's Kinda Perfect
I think I enjoyed the first movie, if it's the 1 I'm thinking of. Seen a lot of bad fighting movies the past few years, both new and old.
Won't go see it in theaters but looking forward to watching it at home. Karl Urban is always a plus in my book.
Edit: OK I may have misspoke earlier. Having watched the 2 trailers I think Urban may not have been the right choice. I don't know anything about Cage or MK but he just seems too old. I mean I guess he's an old 80s movie star in 2025, which is a thing as I like both Stallone in Tulsa King and Schwarzenegger in Fubar, but something seems off. Like, even he doesn't know if he's supposed to be an actual tough guy or the comic relief?
I'm sure the film will be fine, but going for "a fish out of water" is a choice, and perhaps a distracting one. Though if that's who he is in the game then fine I guess. I think Jake Gylenhal in Roadhouse would have been a better choice. Is Cage supposed to be British?
Re: Live-Action Assassin's Creed TV Show Still Happening, Netflix Green-Lights
@wildcat_kickz I was thinking something along those lines, but not anthology though. Highlander tv show had a lot of flashback episodes while taking place mostly in the present. This one would be more in the past but grounded in whatever passes for the present.
Unless by anthology you meant episodic like Quantum Leap, I still get confused when the UK crew call seasons of a tv show "series".
I hadn't thought about the cost, that could hold them back, having to do ancient Greece, Italy, Japan, Egypt or wherever. Maybe each season is 1 country to cut down on costs?
The movie did suck though. Not sure how or why it was so bad. It released only a few years after Prince of Persia Sands of Time, which I thought was pretty good, and they basically took that same movie but made it such.
This could be good. On a tv budget kind of way like the Arrowverse shows. Or hopefully better like The Witcher and Sandman, both on NF. I'd watch, and I don't even play the games.