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And yet, it's still the best selling game of November 2023. Activision will absolutely learn the wrong lessons and, before you ask, no I don't think MS will fix this.

Is this just a fancy way of him saying he wants to charge $500 for a copy of GTAVI?

Can't wait for this (see my avatar). 7Remake is an insane update on the original and with XIV: Endwalker and XVI, Final Fantasy has been on incredible hot streak that looks likely to continue.

I've really enjoyed my PS5. I just wish that Sony didn't waste 3 years developing live service games and we instead had more of their marquee single player games.

@MrMagic If you include the VGAs before that, they've had a game nominated every year since 2008 (minus 2014)
2008: LittleBigPlanet
2009: Uncharted 2 (won)
2010: God of War III
2011: Uncharted 3
2012: Journey
2013: The Last of Us
2015: Bloodborne
2016: Uncharted 4
2017: Horizon Zero Dawn
2018: God of War (won), Marvel's Spider-Man
2019: Death Stranding
2020: The Last of Us Part II (won), Ghost of Tsushima
2021: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
2022: Horizon Forbidden West, God of War Ragnarok
2023: Marvel's Spider-Man 2

@somnambulance Sony had 2 last year.

@TheArt It's got more nominations than Starfield.

@TheArt I've been playing FF since the SNES days and I am completely fine with the direction they took for FFXVI.

@DLB3 Um, you don't see why Resident Evil 4 is action/adventure? OG RE4 is the game that kick-started RE's fascination with all-out action. The remake is more of that. Alan Wake II I can understand, but RE4 is a straight action game.

@zhoont I think the reason is that Melanie Liburd did the voice and mo-cap for Saga Anderson, whereas Alan is mo-capped by Ilkka Villi, but voiced by Matthew Poretta. And while they are excellent, Liburd did both, so not surprised she would get the full nod. I'm more surprised that Nadji Jeter didn't get a nod for Miles Morales or Ralph Ineson for Cid in FFXVI (though Ben Starr absolutely deserves it).

@Acedia23 Same. The 13 year wait was absolutely worth it. That musical scene....

I'd have liked Final Fantasy XVI to get a GOTY nod, but overall not surprised with the nominess. BG3 or maybe TotK will take it, but my vote is for Alan Wake II.

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.