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That's very random!

This is actually a really good, unique poker game though. Along with Poker Night 2

The AI isn't anything special so it's not super challenging, however where it excels is the conversation between the players throughout the game and each hand. It really immerses the player as if you were really sat at a poker table with a bunch of random characters

Well that's a surprise to start us off

Let's see those PlayStation and Nintendo profit numbers again as well

GTA 6, Reanimal, Saros, Lords of the Fallen 2 and Mortal Shell 2 for me

It's a great Telltale game imo. Up there with Walking Dead Season 1 and The Wolf Among Us

Yes yes yes. More games like this please

@Nf157 yeah I was thinking that but wondered if it was just me

I haven't played a great deal this year so thought it might've been that but a lot of it wasn't interesting at all. A large chunk of it was adverts for the Pro, new controllers and PS Plus Extra...

Bit disappointing

Love this as a feature. Also have a very similar view to you on trophies

I'm sold whatever they do. Lies of P was great and Overture just took it to another level

A sequel might be my most anticipated game tbh

I'm glad the game seems to be generally doing well because I love the series and am all for more games like this...

but I thought it was pretty disappointing with a very bland story and mostly generic dull gameplay

Looks like the Expedition 33 guys may as well just host the show at this point

Regardless of if this is true, I do tend to agree that it makes sense.

PlayStation should stick (or pivot back) to supporting strong exclusives to keep their dominance in the console/gaming space

Either that or put Bloodborne, Demon's Souls and Gran Turismo 7 on PC and make a ton from that

Funnily enough I started playing RDR on PC the other day. It still holds up well as a game and looks nice and shiny with decent graphics and framerate settings

Crush Boycott sounds like a weird Crash Bandicoot rip off

While an upgrade would be lovely and should definitely happen, this is one of a few games where I don't find framerate to be that important. It runs well at 30, it's mainly the graphics look a bit weak on PS4 compared to what can be shown on Xbox or PC

This seems like the most obvious news

I really don't think we need any senior analysis into this

This should have been a thing from the start imo, but good to see that the device is getting the support it deserves and people are enjoying it

That's bizarre that they had to launch it effectively as a new release because of the platinum trophy situation. It was an odd oversight when it first released so good on them for fixing it

Must be a free update surely. It's coming out on Thursday so not too long to find out

@Lowdefal oh of course. From a business point of view it's true that their costs have gone up and from that same business view they're entitled to increase prices, particularly if still selling plenty of units as well. Hell, Xbox is increasing prices withoutbselling units so that's another idea 😂

It's not Sony/PlayStation's fault. But it's still a nonsense and this kind of corporate "growth, growth, growth" mentality is just sad to see

Next week's news:

"We have to increase the price" etc etc

Love this. The resurgence of demos is great to see

Will absolutely check this out too, so the marketing works (at least for me)

@SilentC yeah Midnight Walk has been on my radar since release but the £34 or whatever price has always seemed a bit steep for what it likely is. £20 is much more reasonable to me so might go for that too

I think people are overthinking this

Of course the most sold games are going to be rehashes of Call of Duty, and the same GTA game that's been sold over and over for the last 12 years. It's the same with music, film, sport etc

I don't know why anyone cares what other people like

I did like End of the World, but not sure about this

Not every game needs to be a tv show as well etc etc

I just find it hard to care tbh when almost everything in the world is short sighted. Particularly from mega corporations

Wukong was great so looking forward to this

Does sound a long way off unfortunately

@Reeneman cutescenes definitely kick into a lower framerate, regardless of which settings you choose

Strong agree with all of this from what I've played so far (around 6 hours, I believe)

I don't regret buying it but I'd probably go lower with the score tbh. It's a series that's always had flaws, but this feels like this most flawed yet.

It tries to be simple, but because of this it hardly brings anything interesting to the table aside from the setting, graphics and decent voice acting

Frustrating that this is the best game that Hangar 13 can put together in 2025

I'm a couple of chapters into Mafia and generally enjoying the vibe but already starting to feel like the game could/should be so much better (a general trend with this series)

13 hours is fine if it's a good game

Let's see tomorrow/Friday how this pans out

That's disappointing that we aren't getting a PS review at or before release.

I'll still likely get this unless early impressions are a bit miss

Lies of P is great but I already have it so the month once again is pretty much nothing for me

I do agree that it's a bit odd this game has only got a "mini" review though. This game will be one of the better sellers this year

People still confused about review scores and people having different opinions in 2025 🤪

I'm still looking forward to giving this a go myself

Call me a cynic, but I don't really see how this will be much different than the "simulation" settings we had last year

I only really got FC25 last year because I'm an idiot and my team's stadium was in the game (Bristol City)

I found the game to be the usual mix of frustration with the odd moment of brilliance

I'd love them to lean more into the "authentic" or simulation settings as they did a bit last time and instead have a proper online mode for that

As others have said this is already a spoiler in itself 😂

But I guess it's out there now so people will find out soon anyway

Nice one. I really liked the first season as well so glad we're getting more of it

I'll always remember Bound in Blood as it was the game that red ringed my 360 at the time 😂

I don't see a massive amount of Uncharted in this tbh. But it definitely wouldn't be a bad thing if the game does lean into that

Weird flex but go for it HK 😂

I'm at the end of Lies of P Overture so looking forward to finishing that if I can overcome the final boss (but he seems a bit tricky)

Also making a few deliveries here and there in Death Stranding as well. It's very pretty so far

@Paulbuck28 ah my bad, maybe I didn't read correctly. Thanks

Is this also the only way to play the enhanced version of the original as well? Seems a bit odd

I'm definitely keen as I really loved the first one. Didn't get round to finishing the 2nd but enjoyed what I played of that too

It's become my "just 10 minutes" time filler game. Very addictive

While being different, it really does give competition to EA as well which is great to see

Let's goooooo

I almost don't want to read this!

Looooooooool

5 years ago this game made me PS4 Pro sound and feel like I had a helicopter in my house about to take off

It's a great game, pretty objectively I think. Just a bit of a frustrating one because its flaws are quite clear

Good for them I guess but it's quite a sad reflection on the modern landscape of everything tbh when you look at the whole picture