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This is exactly why I've been saying this debacle is not the fault of Sledgehammer Games. Since their inception, they've been treated as the unwanted stepchild of Activision and trapped in Call of Duty hell. Their games are always seen as lesser in comparison to the highly overrated Treyarch and the shadow of their former selves Infinity Ward (again, not the devs at the studio faults either, this all come down to corporate greed). Sledgehammer made one of the best CoDs (WWII) and since then have been forced to work in terrible conditions and now are blamed for this failure just because the Activision suits wanted one last sales bonus before MS puts every new game on Game Pass. Pathetic. Sorry Sledgehammer devs, you deserve better.

Definitely one of the best.

I'd like to see it PS5-only (and PC and Xbox Series because the game shouldn't be exclusive). I think the PS4 would be holding it back. But I could see them doing it.

Ok, just why? Why is GTAV STILL in the top 10? Who is there out there that still hasn't bought it?

@Rioichi Clearly, you haven't seen some of the more toxic comments on say IGN or youtube. They very much are trying that.

I predict that people will instantly hate and complain about whatever is in the trailer regardless of whether it's great or not.

@Deityjester Only when it's politically convenient, obviously.

So this is allowed, but Trish's butt had to be censored in DMC5? Got it.

@rachetmarvel The Last Jedi.

@XenonKnight If there's one thing that is always true about Phil Spencer, if his lips are moving, he's lying.

@3Above I mean, wouldn't that make Xbox gamers part of the Playstation community?

@GymratAmarillo You really never did. Every Xbox exclusive is also available on PC....except for Halo 5 for some reason.

Really? So does that mean Zenimax games will start releasing on Playstation again? Or is Phil lying again? spoiler alert, it's the latter

@dschons Burn

I gotta point out that (spoiler warning for a 26 year old game) fans have been trying to find a way to save Aerith ever since Final Fantasy VII came out way back in 1997. Now that there seems to be a legit possibility she may survive, some people are losing their damn minds. I mean come on, why can't we just be happy that the FF7 remake project exists and commend SE for taking an approach that actually does leave room for surprises? Having said that, if Tifa gets killed off....

@Deadlyblack Right? People just need to be outraged, that's all. It makes no sense. Tell me the last time a Star Wars "fan" was ever happy with anything.

9.5 out of 10 and my personal GOTY. It's near perfect and I couldn't have asked for more after a 13 year wait. There are a few bugs and some of the puzzles (especially the ones in Alan's half of the campaign) can be incredibly obtuse, but otherwise it's perfect.

I have no interest in any of these games. For once, the argument of a sequel being just DLC for the previous game is true in the case of Modern Warfare 3 (and apparently Like a Dragon: Gaiden).

@linkandnavi That is true and dumb oversight by Activision. They should fix it, but who knows if they will.

This is great that Insomniac is releasing bug fixes, but I literally never experienced any of this. This game is not as buggy as some bad actors were trying to portray it as.

I'm gonna take a guess and say another RE remake. Likely, 1 or CV.

@Fishnpeas I've played many games that released in a far worse state than this. The game isn't even getting review bombed on metacritic, which I think is further proof that the game isn't as buggy as people are trying to claim and people review bomb for every trivial thing.

@NinjaNicky Yes, I know that and I acknowledged that. Every game has bugs. The difference with Spider-Man 2 (and it happened with Starfield too) is that bad actors are intentionally trying to trash the game by breaking it to find bugs

Just platinumed Spider-Man 2, so my weekend will be spent with Alan Wake II. I've waited 13 years for this game and I want to savor all that I can.

@Loamy Xbots

@RBMango Returnal, R&C Rift Apart, Demon's Souls, Spider-Man 2, Horizon: Forbidden West, God of War: Ragnarok, Final Fantasy XVI, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. None of these games did it for you?

Playing it and loving it. I've waited 13 years to see how Alan Wake escapes the Dark Place and what we got is nearly perfect.

@Scoot23 The gameplay is dated, but power through and you'll find a very engrossing story.

@ear_wig Alan Wake was the free game on PS Plus a few months ago.

I think it looks good, but not great. Of course, this is pre-alpha footage, so take it with a heavy grain of salt. Though Snake looks off. He no longer looks like Kurt Russell.

Seeing such high reviews for this game makes me happy. I really want Alan Wake II to go well. Perhaps, we won't have to wait another 13 years for Alan Wake III.

@Sil_Am The lack of a physical version has nothing to do with the quality of the game itself.

Easy 9/10. It's damn near perfect, but I wish there were a few more side quests to undertake. The main story is top notch and what is there for side content is excellent, just wish there was more of it. Definitely a GOTY contender and I'm having trouble deciding if it's better than Final Fantasy XVI or not. Though, they may both be supplanted by Alan Wake II....

@DeathlySW And let's not forget, the same thing happened to Starfield and even Tears of the Kingdom. I'm so sick of the console war BS. Just enjoy the games, why do we need to get angry about literally everything?

I had the game crash, but that's really it. I've not experienced any of these apparent major bugs people are reporting. I still think that many of them are bad actors trying to intentionally slander the game and by breaking it.

I may be in the minority here, but this does not look all that impressive. Maybe it's the very wooden movement, but I sure hope the Snake Eater remake is more than just the exact same game from 2004, just with better visuals.

@itsfoz I don't know what everyone expected out of the collection. They aren't remasters and were never intended to be. They are just ports of 20+ year old games.

I am going to pick these games up, but not yet. Still working on platinuming Spider-Man 2. Then I've got Alan Wake II on Friday. So it's going to be a bit before I'm ready for these. Though I do want to platinum MGS1.

I love both FFXIV (it's the only MP game I play) and especially Final Fantasy XVI (I can't decide if FF16 or Spider-Man 2 is my GOTY). Great to see Yoshi-P getting the credit he and his team deserve.

@Athrum Well, the people who love Final Fantasy XVI seem to very much outnumber the ones that decry it, even if those ones are louder. Yoshi-P and his team deserves all of the praise they get.

I've only really encountered some graphics clipping which happens in every game. I did, at one point, get that weird T pose rising to the sky of a defeated enemy that DF pointed out in their review. I did experience 2 crashes, but I can't tell the last time I played a game to completion in which at least 1 crash didn't happen (I experienced crashes in both FF16 and TotK). But I've seen nothing like what some people are complaining about. I think there is a small subset of people that are deliberately trying to break the game just to slander it. They post the bug, but not the myriad of steps they did to cause it.

Seems like a few defective discs. It happens. Sucks for those affected. The majority of the claims of the game being buggy are from trolls deliberately trying to break the game and slander it.

@OldGamer999 I don't think used game sales are as much of a problem anymore especially as the majority of sales are digital. This game is going to sell massively and the minimal used games sales are not going to hurt it.

@OldGamer999 Why would Sony care if gamers traded in SM2? They already got the money for it. Sony doesn't payback money to Gamestop if a disc is traded in. Also, it's likely that the vast majority of sales were digital. Your comment seems to only exist to troll.

Who wants this besides Ubisoft execs?

@Keyblade-Dan I think we'll get both. SM1 got a great DLC in The City That Never Sleeps. Insomniac has already hinted at both a Venom spin-off and Spider-Man 3. I kind of hope we also get a Spider-Gwen game.

@Americansamurai1 The PS4 and PS5 versions of Ragnarok came bundled together if you bought it on PS5.

Returning to MGS1 can be rough? No way. The game may be old, but that's like saying returning to Ocarina of Time can be rough. MGS1 is a timeless classic and now has trophies. Sign me up (after Spider-Man 2 and Alan Wake II).

Spider-Man 2 has been my most anticipated PS5 exclusive, but Alan Wake II is my most anticipated game of the year. It's been 5 years between SM1 and 2 (and only 3 since MM). But it's been 13 years since Alan Wake 1 released.

Don't believe a word Old Man Spencer says. He specifically calls out Playstation gamers in this quote. The same ones he screwed over by removing Zenimax games. So he doesn't care about parity. Or that the Playstation versions will now be getting less features because the Xbox can't do them (haptic feedback, VR, etc.). If the rumors pan out and Sony is able to make a deal for Take-Two. I wonder what Spencer's tune will be if, all of a sudden, there is a real risk of MS losing access to GTA, RDR, and NBA 2K?