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PS5 Pro has been a disaster if we’re being honest.

Has been about a decade since the last mainline Dark Souls entry. A true DS4 would be a nice surprise.

@ChrisDeku who are you to decide who the “actual audience” is? What does that even mean? Reception is what it is, we don’t get to draw lines and invalidate people’s experience or opinions by saying they’re incels if they didn’t like it. All of this stuff is subjective. If you like it, great… it shouldn’t matter what others think about it, it doesn’t change how you feel about it.

Pt2 is divisive, the game and the show…. is what it is. Shouldn’t stop you from enjoying it.

A chunk of the target audience just doesn’t resonate with TLOU2. Is what it is. Doesn’t make sense to complain about it or call it review bombing, they have a right to an opinion and that has played out with the game and the series.

ND decided to make the creative decisions, they knew it would be divisive and they’re completely entitled to do so. The audience is also entitled to react to it how they see fit. You don’t get to make creative decisions and then shame the audience if they don’t like it. This is how media works, the audience is ultimately the consumer and only critic that matters… we’re beating a dead horse at this point.

DMC5, RE4, RE2, SF6 are all peak capcom. Tons of replayability.

Looking forward to the Onimusha reboot.

Bloodborne always felt to me like the spiritual successor to what Castlevania should have evolved into. It captured the gothic horror, the monster-hunting legacy, and the atmosphere of dread that Castlevania built its foundation on—just elevated to something far more haunting, brutal, and intricate. It’s the kind of evolution I always wished that franchise would take. Ten years later, Bloodborne still feels like a masterclass in mood and worldbuilding.

Bloodborne is not for a niche demographic. As a reminder, Elden Ring sold more copies in its opening weekend than TLOU2 sold over the span of 2 years.

At this point, the only thing that makes sense is Sony planning to release a remake or BB2 for PS6 launch

Yup, I can’t play anything I own because my library is all digital purchases. When PSN is down it can’t verify the license. Incredible

ND went from one of the most beloved studios in gaming to one of the most hated in a shockingly short period of time.

Metal Gear
Doom
Monster Hunter
Marvel 1943
Death Stranding

Feels weird to have DLC up for GOTY, regardless of the scope or quality. Elden Ring is one of the best games of all time, so Erdtree providing an additional 50+ hours of new content is worthy of celebration… but this doesn’t seem like the right way to do it.

It is entirely dependent on if it’s a fair challenge or not. If I feel that I have all the tools necessary to counter what a game is throwing at me, it’s fun. There is a difference between a challenge and a game artificially inflating difficulty through gimmicks.

Good boss designs are when there are tight hit boxes, recognizable reads on attack patterns, and a correct counter to a given attack. It should feel like a high stakes chess match, if you mess up you should be punished appropriately and learn from your mistakes.

This is what separates FromSoftware from the rest of the industry. In contrast, God of War just feels like a battle of attrition/endurance where difficulty is reduced down to meaning large boss health pools. Other games lack the weight and consequence of player action that FromSoft provides.

Makes sense, it’s been the same exact game since 2014 anyway.

It’s designed to be fun, they said all along they were going for a ‘Zombieland’ feel.

I’m all for it, not every adaption needs to be deep or serious. The appeal of Twisted Metal was always its ludicrous concept. It looks like the writers nailed what they were aiming for.

FOUL TARNISHED

@jrt87

Yup, I’m not interested in anything a Neil Druckmann led Naughty Dog is putting out. He absolutely destroyed TLOU2 and ruined the franchise for like half the fan base.

Read/Listen to staff interviews from UC4 and TLOU2… it’s horrific what has happened to that company under that guy.

Lost interest in ND after the last couple of years and how they treated Amy and Bruce. Seems like egomaniacs running the show now after the real talent was forced out.

To each their own, but IMO GOW is everything wrong with modern games. An on-rails linear set piece that feels more like an amusement ride than a game. The experience takes player autonomy away and forces a bloated, generic narrative upon you while sprinkling in empty filler in the forms of ‘puzzles’ and shallow RPG elements that don’t really make a difference in the player character development, they’re just natural progression unlocks that the developer decides when to unveil in the story… and everyone has the same exact experience.

God of War is technically very impressive, but it’s just another AAA game that has little replay value because underneath the shiny paint job it’s not doing anything interesting. It will be forgotten about once the sizzle wears off because there’s no substance to keep players coming back.

I used to buy it every year since ‘98. Haven’t bought the previous 4 versions and am skipping this year as well. EA’s handling of the NFL license is criminal and destroyed what was once a beloved franchise.

@FlashBandit Sekiro was a fairly streamlined action title though. Elden Ring is a massive project, even without the pandemic the development cycle was going to be longer.

I think they teased it pretty early. Sekiro was only out for a few months when they dropped the announcement trailer. ER being their largest game to-date, I always expected it to be a 2021 release at the earliest. Trust Miyazaki-san.

Giving Shadow of the Colossus a go. Have heard it's a nice short game so maybe can get through it this weekend.

Also want to get back in the Chalice Dungeons on my quest towards finally getting that Bloodborne platinum (Queen Yharnam is the only trophy left).

Sekiro
Resident Evil 2
Death Stranding

HM:
CTR / AC7 / MHW / Bloodstained / DMC5

Bloodborne was (and still is) the best reason to own a PS4.