It's not a Sony thing, it's a gaming inflation thing. Switch 2 is $450, years old Kirby 3D game is $80, Nintendo also charges for online. Xboxen aren't free and while everyone complains about Gamepass killing gaming v/c it's giving games away for free Gamepass us in fact not free and you need to pay for it every single month to pkay those games.
So sure, Sony things cost money, but I don't see Sony as any worse than Nintendo or MS. They aren't Apple.🤑
@SuntannedDuck2 Well if it's improved enough then we shouldn't need a dock, just wireless. Maybe a dongle or brick, but wireless should be the way to go in 2027 or 2028.
Not talking about dual screen, that's an entirely different software issue, but mirrored.
But if lag really is still an issue in 2027 then OK, bundle a 10' usb-c to HDMI wire in the box.
@RoomWithaMoose I'm looking forward to Free roam, but I decided to wait until after I play DK Bananza b/c I'm planning on doing a lot of free roaming in that as well. Need to finish whatever JRPG I'm currently playing first, I think it's Vision of Mana, they're all starting to run together.😂
Oh man it's after midnight, what am I even doing up.😝
@Bramble 2.0 just has to be good, it just has too.🤞
I'm hoping it starts off in a large main area like Florawish and then instead of these little pieces every 6 weeks we get a larger section like the Piecys and fairies areas, keep the main story going, and no weird stuff. This past inkveil area was really good, as was fireworks aisle, but the others were lacking.
@get2sammyb Not surprised you missed 1 w/ all the games you're playing. The new article on Genshin has me really interested but I'll just never have the time. NFL starts in a week and my wife already won't stop talking about it. Micah Parsons, Tommy Devito, she's my own personal Adam Schefter.😂
@RoomWithaMoose Well you don't have to get back to me on Sonic, it really does look like Mario Kart Wii, I don't think it even looks as good as MK8. Maybe the Switch 2 doesn't like playing Switch games on my 4k TV but it really doesn't look great. Reminds me of Skylanders Superchargerers on Wii. We had 2 versions of the game, my kids were little, and the Wii version did not look great compared to the PS3 version.
That's how I feel about Sonic on the Switch 2 vs the PS5. The PS5 isn't even really all that great. I mean it looks fine, but I was expecting more.
Maybe I should go back and play MKW again, maybe I was being too harsh. Need the Switch 2 version to compare to MKW but after the PS5 version I think Mario will hold his own.
I have my PC hooked up to my TV w/ an HDMI to HDMI cable. My kid uses a USB-C to HDMI cable on his laptop to my TV. I play Apple Arcade games on my TV wireless. Why do we need a dock? OK sure maybe wireless would have too much lag but USB-C is very versatile and 10' cables are cheap.😝
@get2sammyb I hope so. It just feels so weird. My thumb doesn't want to hold down a button for that long, it gets tired. Trigger finger in fine.
@RoomWithaMoose No, it looks pretty much just like this. Oh sure, SD becomes HD and HD becomes 4k but there's no great generational leap, and that was 4 console generations ago - Wii, Wii U, Switch, Switch 2. MKW isn't even a dual release, it's "next gen" only. Have you played MKW yet? Compare it to free to start Disney Speedstorm or Sonic this weekend. Mario has no there to it. I never feel like I can touch a car, shake hands with a driver or walk the land, it's just flat colors on a screen. It's not screaming "next gen" to me. And it's 4 gens removed.🤷♂️
As much as it's been monetized up the wazoo I played Dusney Speedstorm again today, ahead of the new Alice in Wonderland track tomorrow, and I really do enjoy the solo racing so much more than Mario Kart World. Reading here that A is the gas gas me bummed, the Speedstorm controls jyst feel so right, R gas, L brake/drift, then jump and item face buttons. And it looks really good on the PS5. MKW still looks like MK Wii for the most part.
I'll be playing this over the weekend to see how it feels, but in my head I'll be comparing it to Speedstorm, not Mario Kart, I'm afraid that ship has sailed. 😢
Looking forward to this one, but I'll wait into the 1 button easy mode update or some such. 😁
@get2sammyb I appreciate you decided to get more involved and be first post on all the articles you write, PS is about community after all, but could you maybe not lean so hard into sounding like Trump, you're killing me Smalls. 🤪
@get2sammyb That's not the trailer I was expecting, you skipped this 1 Sony put on YT a week ago. It shows more of the farming, construction and Stardew Valley. Unless I missed it while we were away?🤷♂️
Not a fan of farming or house building and those Minecraft like controls make me really not want to do it, but 1.9 puts us 1 step closer to 2.0 which I'm assuming will be a new story region, and I am so ready to live on. 1.8 has been really good though, just finished it last night. Well except for that 5 in a row minigame, I got stuck on board 4, and it just takes too long.
That picture on top w/ Nikki wearing what looks like the dragon outfit has me rethinking spending my 50,000 diamonds to try and get it. I usually don't bother w/ the 5 star 1 piece per 10 pull banners, too annoying, I used my resonance to get the frosty sword outfit last night. Much better odds, just used my 24 temporary pulls.👍 But if we can dragon ride up there it might be worth it. Hmmm...
@katamariUK Back in March they said they were adding an option to invert X, Y cameras but it looks like they actually still haven't done it yet.
I owned an Xbox 1 for about 6 months in 2017 and played this, and it was OK. Then I played 2 and 3 and realized this really was just a setup game for the other 2. Much like I'd never play Uncharted again, thought it was trash, unless I was playing the rest right after b/c U2 is my favorite interactive movie, I wouldn't play GoW w/o having 2 and 3 ready to go. A complete trilogy bundle or $70, the current going market rate, would be OK, but $40 just for 1 seems a tad much.
@RobN OK so I suppose if you want to be technical, they are attempting to keep it going for 96 straight hours. There are no guarantees, I was just looking for their baseline. I guess I'm just used to these things just being an hour or so here and there. Thanks.
This game reads like a list of everything I would put in a game to make the game I would least like to play - first person, stealth, trial & error - but also sex and Hellraiser. Maybe I'll watch a speed run. 😂
Maybe instead of saying "gone gold" we should start saying games are officially "beta bronze". 😩
I'm OK w/ updates when they are necessary to fix bugs that pop up unexpectedly when a million people play a game in ways the dev didn't forsee, but if it's a Day 1 patch, before people start playing it and breaking it, then I'm sorry but the game was never gold. A year or so later when the GotY or Deluxe or Directors Cut edition releases, then, and only them, is it gold. Gold means done, not begun to play test it. 😝
Thanks for adding the "Your Local Time" to the bottom of the lists. Personally I would have put it on top b/c most people are probably going to stop reading time zones after finding out what time it is in theirs but I appreciate you need to meet some metric quota for time spent people reading a page so fair game. Now that I know it's at the bottom of the lists I can skip on down.😁
Not being on Switch 2 is kinda a bummer but this isn't the place to talk about that any further.
So is this 96 straight hours of gameplay? It's not 1 of those an hour here an hour there but most of them while I'm sleeping? That's pretty nice of them.
Oh and for those of you who don't know this is the end of summer holiday weekend in the US, Monday is Labor day, then the kids are back at school. So it's a nice time for them to have this run through Monday night.👍
This is just part 1 right, not all 3 games in the trilogy that make up the whole story? Should definitely be able to fit that on a disc, I don't care how much they've remastered or remade it. I could see the trilogy maybe getting a little big to fit on a disc.
Good on them for doing it though. Not too flustered about the online multi-player needing online to download it.
I'll play this, Katamari can be fun in small bursts, but it's like a $5-$10 rental to me, so it'll awhile. Maybe borrow it from the library if it releases physical.
@Haruki_NLI I actually learned what wuxia is on this website about 5 years ago. I also watch a lot of martial arts movies so it's stuck with me. Not to be confused w/ mosou though I usually do.😂
Now if I could just keep all these same looking 3 word title games straight in my head. Way too many lately.🤪
@TruestoryYep But they look like Elden Ring in regards to fighting, color scheme, characters, etc. I wouldn't confuse them with Elden Ring bug it seems inspirational. Though that may just be b/c I haven't played any other Fromsoft game so maybe they just all inspire to look like that? 🤷♂️
@RoomWithaMoose I can picture it as 1 of those 2D cartoon looking fighters like Marvel vs Capcom. Not that I play those but I could see it. Or a 2D side scrolling fighter. I'd prefer it as a 3D story driven game but I could see it being difficult to get to work. There are enough fighting good guys and bad guys to do just about anything with though. 🤷♂️
@Scottyy My family watched the 2nd anime a few years back and my wife and I watched the live action movie trilogy recently. Never watched the original, my kids told me not to bother.
Danshattack was my game of the day. Out there, new and colorful. It's nice to be surprised. Sammy did a good job writing it up, crazy Dreamcast vibes. 👍
@Scottyy Forgot about Valor Mortis, that looked pretty wild. Makes me want a Full Metal Alchemist video game. Though there probably is 1 and I just missed it. Maybe a mosou?
Edit: OK there were 3 FMA games on PS2 and maybe 1 each on DS and PSP. Wasn't familiar with the name back then so probably wouldn't have paid them any attention.
@CallMeDuraSouka Antimatter bought a PS4 awhile back, he's been playing quite a bit on it the past year, maybe 2. I think he only talks about Sony on NL these days. He's mentioned getting a PS5 I think. Questioning anything he does or says will only lead to madness though.🤣
@PegasusActual93 I left a about year ago but have to go back occasionally for sports updates, not enough sports coverage on Bluesky yet, though it is getting better.
I mowed the lawn. Guess I could have voted didn't watch it but didn't see that option until pressing Results. Which seem about the norm. I can only watch the same guy making himself excited once a year, 3x is way too much of him.
I watched this trailer trying to decide if it was Phantom Blade 0, Tides of Annilation, Lost Soul Aside or Wucgang Fallen Feathers. Turns out it wasn't any of those. Does every game on PS5 just unreal engine now or is every game just trying to look like Elden Ring?
To be fair why wife thinks every game looks like Ghost of Tsushima so it might just be me.
I also think Switch 2 games all look like GameCube games so maybe my brain is just broken and trying to find context for things? 😩
I'm hoping Sonic Racing is my Goldilocks spot between too pay to win Disney Speedstorm w/ it's really nice gameplay, Mario Kart World w/ it's GameCube graphics and weird control scheme, and Kirby Air Riders which looks like no one over 30 need apply. 🤞
Pre-show > show 😎 (that goes doubly for the hosts)
I could see me attempting to play this and getting blocked around level 15.😂
Agree w/ all the article comparisons. It's a game that looks like fun personified. As long as it isn't too difficult. It's on the list. I'll never remember the name though. Maybe "When Train Attacks". 😁
Anyone else think it's weird all of the start times on here are at the top of the hour but the official Gamescon website, unless I'm being fooled by an unofficial one, is at the bottom of the hour or 1/2 hour?
@ShogunRok Watched the YT video review last night w/ the missus while we were catching up on all the game trailers that look Ike Stellar Blade meets Elden Ring and I was wondering if that was you talking or someone else and was whoever it is just reading this review? While it takes my wife and I a bit to get past the accent, very lovely, she said the talking seemed a bit off, like someone who wasn't comfortable talking into a mic. Though reading this review now I'm thinking maybe it sounded that way b/c someone, you or someone else, wasn't talking, they were reading? Hard to sound natural reading, especially if it's someone else's words, throws off the feeling and the tempo. Thanks.
Game looks interesting, but at only 3 hours I'm not buying it. Not even paying $15 for a month of PS+ Extra like I did when PLucky Squire came out. But it looks good. 👍
Isn't there always a September show from these companies to promote their holiday games? Guess, rumor, leak, it's September, something is probably being shown.🤷♂️
I'm not as anti AI as I probably should be, but if they are stealing people's faces and literally putting words into their mouths I have a serious problem with that. If the "content creators" signed their soul away for a few $ well I feel it would be hypocritical of me to be pro SW and anti soul selling so they can do what they want.
Government's probably should start making laws preventing AI from looking human at the very least though. If they want to use AI to advertise use a talking rat, not something human looking. It's inevitable in movies and fictional TV programming but it shouldn't be faking real humans in ads, sports or the news. It probably will, but it shouldn't.
@Fatewalker OK thanks, I'll skip those 2 then. Thought about playing the added co-op in Captain Toad Treasure Tracker on Switch 2 but I forgot we own that on Wii U. Nintendo mocks me yet again.
@Fatewalker Thanks. I am unfamiliar with Little Nightmares. Probably b/c it has nightmares in the title and that isn't my thing, but I'll look into them if couch co-op is involved.
I remember discuss this w/ Sammy about a month ago and Honest Trailers just put one up for it in the past few days. Looking forward to watching it, and the HT, after my next go round w/ NF, whenever they get around to releasing season 4 of The Witcher.
I'm pretty sure it's Capitalism that makes game devs wage slaves, not Game Pass.🤑
Not Sony though, no wage slaves there, just a whole lot of people Sony paid to make multi-player games, then cancelled the games, then fired the employees.
I don't really like when games that run on a system all of a sudden stop running on a system, but it will be 5 years in November since the PS5 launched, historically that's an entire console generation, so it's not like they pulled it soon after release.
So it probably does suck for some people but it's also understandable.
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Re: PS5's High Price Becoming a Serious Headache for Publishers
It's not a Sony thing, it's a gaming inflation thing. Switch 2 is $450, years old Kirby 3D game is $80, Nintendo also charges for online. Xboxen aren't free and while everyone complains about Gamepass killing gaming v/c it's giving games away for free Gamepass us in fact not free and you need to pay for it every single month to pkay those games.
So sure, Sony things cost money, but I don't see Sony as any worse than Nintendo or MS. They aren't Apple.🤑
Re: Rumour: PS6 Handheld Device Can Be Docked Like Nintendo Switch 2
@SuntannedDuck2 Well if it's improved enough then we shouldn't need a dock, just wireless. Maybe a dongle or brick, but wireless should be the way to go in 2027 or 2028.
Not talking about dual screen, that's an entirely different software issue, but mirrored.
But if lag really is still an issue in 2027 then OK, bundle a 10' usb-c to HDMI wire in the box.
Re: Preview: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Already Feels Like a Respectable Rival to Mario Kart World
@RoomWithaMoose I'm looking forward to Free roam, but I decided to wait until after I play DK Bananza b/c I'm planning on doing a lot of free roaming in that as well. Need to finish whatever JRPG I'm currently playing first, I think it's Vision of Mana, they're all starting to run together.😂
Oh man it's after midnight, what am I even doing up.😝
Re: Lost Soul Aside Shouldn't Be Delayed Anymore, PS5 Game Goes Gold
@aethermath "say: “Hey! This game looks similar, let’s check it out!”"
Probably true. Maybe my problem is I just don't like what they look like more than them all looking the same. Though a lot of them do.😁
All the 3 word titles lately aren't helping either. 😂
Re: Design Your Dream Home in Infinity Nikki Next Week, PS5 Upgraded to 60fps
@Bramble 2.0 just has to be good, it just has too.🤞
I'm hoping it starts off in a large main area like Florawish and then instead of these little pieces every 6 weeks we get a larger section like the Piecys and fairies areas, keep the main story going, and no weird stuff. This past inkveil area was really good, as was fireworks aisle, but the others were lacking.
Re: Design Your Dream Home in Infinity Nikki Next Week, PS5 Upgraded to 60fps
@get2sammyb Not surprised you missed 1 w/ all the games you're playing. The new article on Genshin has me really interested but I'll just never have the time. NFL starts in a week and my wife already won't stop talking about it. Micah Parsons, Tommy Devito, she's my own personal Adam Schefter.😂
Re: Preview: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Already Feels Like a Respectable Rival to Mario Kart World
@RoomWithaMoose Well you don't have to get back to me on Sonic, it really does look like Mario Kart Wii, I don't think it even looks as good as MK8. Maybe the Switch 2 doesn't like playing Switch games on my 4k TV but it really doesn't look great. Reminds me of Skylanders Superchargerers on Wii. We had 2 versions of the game, my kids were little, and the Wii version did not look great compared to the PS3 version.
That's how I feel about Sonic on the Switch 2 vs the PS5. The PS5 isn't even really all that great. I mean it looks fine, but I was expecting more.
Maybe I should go back and play MKW again, maybe I was being too harsh. Need the Switch 2 version to compare to MKW but after the PS5 version I think Mario will hold his own.
Re: Rumour: PS6 Handheld Device Can Be Docked Like Nintendo Switch 2
@SuntannedDuck2 I'm guessing technology has improved a little since tye Sega Nomad. Just a guess though.😂
Re: Rumour: PS6 Handheld Device Can Be Docked Like Nintendo Switch 2
WHY IS THERE A DOCK!?!?
I have my PC hooked up to my TV w/ an HDMI to HDMI cable. My kid uses a USB-C to HDMI cable on his laptop to my TV. I play Apple Arcade games on my TV wireless. Why do we need a dock? OK sure maybe wireless would have too much lag but USB-C is very versatile and 10' cables are cheap.😝
Re: Preview: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Already Feels Like a Respectable Rival to Mario Kart World
@get2sammyb I hope so. It just feels so weird. My thumb doesn't want to hold down a button for that long, it gets tired. Trigger finger in fine.
@RoomWithaMoose No, it looks pretty much just like this. Oh sure, SD becomes HD and HD becomes 4k but there's no great generational leap, and that was 4 console generations ago - Wii, Wii U, Switch, Switch 2. MKW isn't even a dual release, it's "next gen" only. Have you played MKW yet? Compare it to free to start Disney Speedstorm or Sonic this weekend. Mario has no there to it. I never feel like I can touch a car, shake hands with a driver or walk the land, it's just flat colors on a screen. It's not screaming "next gen" to me. And it's 4 gens removed.🤷♂️
https://youtu.be/LO6QPgoAUz8?si=QdHEkPmTXUVhmmL5
Re: Preview: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Already Feels Like a Respectable Rival to Mario Kart World
As much as it's been monetized up the wazoo I played Dusney Speedstorm again today, ahead of the new Alice in Wonderland track tomorrow, and I really do enjoy the solo racing so much more than Mario Kart World. Reading here that A is the gas gas me bummed, the Speedstorm controls jyst feel so right, R gas, L brake/drift, then jump and item face buttons. And it looks really good on the PS5. MKW still looks like MK Wii for the most part.
I'll be playing this over the weekend to see how it feels, but in my head I'll be comparing it to Speedstorm, not Mario Kart, I'm afraid that ship has sailed. 😢
Re: Preview: Denshattack Is a Dreamcast Era Throwback Mostly Riding the Right Rails
Looking forward to this one, but I'll wait into the 1 button easy mode update or some such. 😁
@get2sammyb I appreciate you decided to get more involved and be first post on all the articles you write, PS is about community after all, but could you maybe not lean so hard into sounding like Trump, you're killing me Smalls. 🤪
https://www.fastcompany.com/91321753/thank-you-for-your-attention-to-this-matter-donald-trump-viral-meme
Re: Design Your Dream Home in Infinity Nikki Next Week, PS5 Upgraded to 60fps
@get2sammyb That's not the trailer I was expecting, you skipped this 1 Sony put on YT a week ago. It shows more of the farming, construction and Stardew Valley. Unless I missed it while we were away?🤷♂️
https://youtu.be/n-_NELRrgvk?si=v3PtN1QbIrYvptlX
Re: Design Your Dream Home in Infinity Nikki Next Week, PS5 Upgraded to 60fps
Not a fan of farming or house building and those Minecraft like controls make me really not want to do it, but 1.9 puts us 1 step closer to 2.0 which I'm assuming will be a new story region, and I am so ready to live on. 1.8 has been really good though, just finished it last night. Well except for that 5 in a row minigame, I got stuck on board 4, and it just takes too long.
That picture on top w/ Nikki wearing what looks like the dragon outfit has me rethinking spending my 50,000 diamonds to try and get it. I usually don't bother w/ the 5 star 1 piece per 10 pull banners, too annoying, I used my resonance to get the frosty sword outfit last night. Much better odds, just used my 24 temporary pulls.👍 But if we can dragon ride up there it might be worth it. Hmmm...
@katamariUK Back in March they said they were adding an option to invert X, Y cameras but it looks like they actually still haven't done it yet.
Re: Preview: Anime-Inspired Arcade Racer Screamer Is the Genre's Most Exciting in Over a Decade
@SMJ I think @get2sammyb is just overly excited about the engagement news. 😂
Re: Gears of War: Reloaded (PS5) - Iconic Xbox Shooter Is the Perfect Intro for PlayStation Fans
I owned an Xbox 1 for about 6 months in 2017 and played this, and it was OK. Then I played 2 and 3 and realized this really was just a setup game for the other 2. Much like I'd never play Uncharted again, thought it was trash, unless I was playing the rest right after b/c U2 is my favorite interactive movie, I wouldn't play GoW w/o having 2 and 3 ready to go. A complete trilogy bundle or $70, the current going market rate, would be OK, but $40 just for 1 seems a tad much.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Beta: All Start Times, How to Play, and What's Included
@RobN OK so I suppose if you want to be technical, they are attempting to keep it going for 96 straight hours. There are no guarantees, I was just looking for their baseline. I guess I'm just used to these things just being an hour or so here and there. Thanks.
Re: Preview: Hellraiser PS5's Sexual Horror Is Pushing Its M Rating to the Max
This game reads like a list of everything I would put in a game to make the game I would least like to play - first person, stealth, trial & error - but also sex and Hellraiser. Maybe I'll watch a speed run. 😂
Re: Early Lost Soul Aside PS5 Reviews Axed as 'Comprehensive' Day One Patch Is Announced
Maybe instead of saying "gone gold" we should start saying games are officially "beta bronze". 😩
I'm OK w/ updates when they are necessary to fix bugs that pop up unexpectedly when a million people play a game in ways the dev didn't forsee, but if it's a Day 1 patch, before people start playing it and breaking it, then I'm sorry but the game was never gold. A year or so later when the GotY or Deluxe or Directors Cut edition releases, then, and only them, is it gold. Gold means done, not begun to play test it. 😝
Re: Capcom's Going All-In on TGS, Games and Showcase Announced
Is Geoff Keighly hosting a live event for TGS? 🤑
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Beta: All Start Times, How to Play, and What's Included
Thanks for adding the "Your Local Time" to the bottom of the lists. Personally I would have put it on top b/c most people are probably going to stop reading time zones after finding out what time it is in theirs but I appreciate you need to meet some metric quota for time spent people reading a page so fair game. Now that I know it's at the bottom of the lists I can skip on down.😁
Not being on Switch 2 is kinda a bummer but this isn't the place to talk about that any further.
So is this 96 straight hours of gameplay? It's not 1 of those an hour here an hour there but most of them while I'm sleeping? That's pretty nice of them.
Oh and for those of you who don't know this is the end of summer holiday weekend in the US, Monday is Labor day, then the kids are back at school. So it's a nice time for them to have this run through Monday night.👍
Re: Despite Concerns, Physical Copies of Gears of War PS5 Appear to Have the Campaign on the Disc
This is just part 1 right, not all 3 games in the trilogy that make up the whole story? Should definitely be able to fit that on a disc, I don't care how much they've remastered or remade it. I could see the trilogy maybe getting a little big to fit on a disc.
Good on them for doing it though. Not too flustered about the online multi-player needing online to download it.
Re: Once Upon a Katamari's Opening Scene May Be the Jolliest Thing You'll See Today
I'll play this, Katamari can be fun in small bursts, but it's like a $5-$10 rental to me, so it'll awhile. Maybe borrow it from the library if it releases physical.
Re: Promising PS5 Console Exclusive Where Winds Meet Will Scratch Your Wuxia Itch from 14th November
@Haruki_NLI I actually learned what wuxia is on this website about 5 years ago. I also watch a lot of martial arts movies so it's stuck with me. Not to be confused w/ mosou though I usually do.😂
Now if I could just keep all these same looking 3 word title games straight in my head. Way too many lately.🤪
Re: STALKER 2 Locks in PS5 Release Date for 20th November
Looking forward to the Kirby - Stalker crossover memes ahead of 11/20 (20/11). 😂
Re: Swords of Legends Will Try to Be the Next Black Myth: Wukong on PS5
@TruestoryYep But they look like Elden Ring in regards to fighting, color scheme, characters, etc. I wouldn't confuse them with Elden Ring bug it seems inspirational. Though that may just be b/c I haven't played any other Fromsoft game so maybe they just all inspire to look like that? 🤷♂️
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025?
@RoomWithaMoose I can picture it as 1 of those 2D cartoon looking fighters like Marvel vs Capcom. Not that I play those but I could see it. Or a 2D side scrolling fighter. I'd prefer it as a 3D story driven game but I could see it being difficult to get to work. There are enough fighting good guys and bad guys to do just about anything with though. 🤷♂️
@Scottyy My family watched the 2nd anime a few years back and my wife and I watched the live action movie trilogy recently. Never watched the original, my kids told me not to bother.
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025?
Danshattack was my game of the day. Out there, new and colorful. It's nice to be surprised. Sammy did a good job writing it up, crazy Dreamcast vibes. 👍
@Scottyy Forgot about Valor Mortis, that looked pretty wild. Makes me want a Full Metal Alchemist video game. Though there probably is 1 and I just missed it. Maybe a mosou?
Edit: OK there were 3 FMA games on PS2 and maybe 1 each on DS and PSP. Wasn't familiar with the name back then so probably wouldn't have paid them any attention.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025?
@CallMeDuraSouka Antimatter bought a PS4 awhile back, he's been playing quite a bit on it the past year, maybe 2. I think he only talks about Sony on NL these days. He's mentioned getting a PS5 I think. Questioning anything he does or says will only lead to madness though.🤣
Re: Meltdowns on Social Media As Sony Markets Its Upcoming Xbox Port
@PegasusActual93 I left a about year ago but have to go back occasionally for sports updates, not enough sports coverage on Bluesky yet, though it is getting better.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025?
I mowed the lawn. Guess I could have voted didn't watch it but didn't see that option until pressing Results. Which seem about the norm. I can only watch the same guy making himself excited once a year, 3x is way too much of him.
Re: Swords of Legends Will Try to Be the Next Black Myth: Wukong on PS5
I watched this trailer trying to decide if it was Phantom Blade 0, Tides of Annilation, Lost Soul Aside or Wucgang Fallen Feathers. Turns out it wasn't any of those. Does every game on PS5 just unreal engine now or is every game just trying to look like Elden Ring?
To be fair why wife thinks every game looks like Ghost of Tsushima so it might just be me.
I also think Switch 2 games all look like GameCube games so maybe my brain is just broken and trying to find context for things? 😩
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Gets Pac-Man DLC, Open Beta Test Next Week on PS5, PS4
I'm hoping Sonic Racing is my Goldilocks spot between too pay to win Disney Speedstorm w/ it's really nice gameplay, Mario Kart World w/ it's GameCube graphics and weird control scheme, and Kirby Air Riders which looks like no one over 30 need apply. 🤞
Re: Denshattack Is a PS5 Game About Tricking Trains Like They're Skateboards, Looks Sick as Hell
Pre-show > show 😎 (that goes doubly for the hosts)
I could see me attempting to play this and getting blocked around level 15.😂
Agree w/ all the article comparisons. It's a game that looks like fun personified. As long as it isn't too difficult. It's on the list. I'll never remember the name though. Maybe "When Train Attacks". 😁
Re: What Time Is Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025?
Anyone else think it's weird all of the start times on here are at the top of the hour but the official Gamescon website, unless I'm being fooled by an unofficial one, is at the bottom of the hour or 1/2 hour?
https://www.gamescom.global/en
Re: Sword of the Sea (PS5) - Stunning Journey-Like Is a PS Plus Extra Hall of Famer
@ShogunRok Watched the YT video review last night w/ the missus while we were catching up on all the game trailers that look Ike Stellar Blade meets Elden Ring and I was wondering if that was you talking or someone else and was whoever it is just reading this review? While it takes my wife and I a bit to get past the accent, very lovely, she said the talking seemed a bit off, like someone who wasn't comfortable talking into a mic. Though reading this review now I'm thinking maybe it sounded that way b/c someone, you or someone else, wasn't talking, they were reading? Hard to sound natural reading, especially if it's someone else's words, throws off the feeling and the tempo. Thanks.
Game looks interesting, but at only 3 hours I'm not buying it. Not even paying $15 for a month of PS+ Extra like I did when PLucky Squire came out. But it looks good. 👍
Re: 'Maybe a PS Showcase, Probably a State of Play': Sony Plotting PS5 Livestream for Late September
Isn't there always a September show from these companies to promote their holiday games? Guess, rumor, leak, it's September, something is probably being shown.🤷♂️
Re: Meltdowns on Social Media As Sony Markets Its Upcoming Xbox Port
I'd be more impressed if you found a story on Twitter that wasn't negative. 😂
Re: Last Chance to Get These 15+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Weekend Offer
Solid list of games, in that I've heard of all of them. A lot of these sales lately I'm scrambling just to find games I'm familiar with.
Probably not buying any right now, my backlog has reached capacity in my brain, but it's a decent list w/ some potential for later on.
Re: Shameful AI Ads Put the Spotlight on The First Descendant
I'm not as anti AI as I probably should be, but if they are stealing people's faces and literally putting words into their mouths I have a serious problem with that. If the "content creators" signed their soul away for a few $ well I feel it would be hypocritical of me to be pro SW and anti soul selling so they can do what they want.
Government's probably should start making laws preventing AI from looking human at the very least though. If they want to use AI to advertise use a talking rat, not something human looking. It's inevitable in movies and fictional TV programming but it shouldn't be faking real humans in ads, sports or the news. It probably will, but it shouldn't.
Re: Cute Co-Op Puzzle Platformer LEGO Voyagers Comes to PS5, PS4 in September
@Fatewalker OK thanks, I'll skip those 2 then. Thought about playing the added co-op in Captain Toad Treasure Tracker on Switch 2 but I forgot we own that on Wii U. Nintendo mocks me yet again.
Re: Cute Co-Op Puzzle Platformer LEGO Voyagers Comes to PS5, PS4 in September
@Fatewalker Thanks. I am unfamiliar with Little Nightmares. Probably b/c it has nightmares in the title and that isn't my thing, but I'll look into them if couch co-op is involved.
Re: Don't Believe the Speculation About PS5's Fairgames Getting Cancelled
How could they have cancelled it, it hasn't been out for 2 weeks yet?😂
Maybe Pachter means they cancelled Fairgame$ and he thinks Fairgames is a different game b/c Pachter is an idiot?🤷♂️
Re: Sony Made a Massive Mistake with Movie Sensation K-Pop Demon Hunters
I remember discuss this w/ Sammy about a month ago and Honest Trailers just put one up for it in the past few days. Looking forward to watching it, and the HT, after my next go round w/ NF, whenever they get around to releasing season 4 of The Witcher.
Re: Astoundingly Ambitious PS5 RPG Crimson Desert Looks Like It'll Ease the Wait for The Witcher 4
Naming your clan Druken Black Bears is a choice. Especially when Cocaine Bears is right there. 😂
I'll watch this one on the big sfreen later. Haven't been paying attention, title made me think it was a tank war game.🤷♂️
Re: Deals: Stack Your PS5, PS4 Savings with a 5% Off PS Store Discount Code
10% off $100 PSN credit at Newegg in the US since we're talking sales. Code: SSAEVAA22
Only 18 hours left.
https://www.newegg.com/playstation-100-00/p/N82E16832886063
Re: Cute Co-Op Puzzle Platformer LEGO Voyagers Comes to PS5, PS4 in September
Looks like a fun little game to play with my wife. Added to my wishlist.
Re: The Outrageously Over-the-Top Fast & Furious Arcade Game Is Coming to PS5
@MFTWrecks Thanks,added Cruisn Blast to my wishlist. MKW has left me wanting, and looking forward to Sonic. Not this though.😂
Re: Xbox Game Pass May Make Devs 'Wage Slaves', Says Ex-PlayStation Exec
I'm pretty sure it's Capitalism that makes game devs wage slaves, not Game Pass.🤑
Not Sony though, no wage slaves there, just a whole lot of people Sony paid to make multi-player games, then cancelled the games, then fired the employees.
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/01/lists-of-sonyrs-cancelled-live-service-ps5-games-paint-a-worrying-picture
Wage slave > unemployed b/c your bosses are idiots
Re: Another Live Service Game Is Killing Off PS4 Support
I don't really like when games that run on a system all of a sudden stop running on a system, but it will be 5 years in November since the PS5 launched, historically that's an entire console generation, so it's not like they pulled it soon after release.
So it probably does suck for some people but it's also understandable.