I feel a bit split on this.

It's clear that they only intended to include the 6 indicated DLC packs that were shown, and they have delivered that. They have also included a lot of free DLC.

It's also clear Crossworlds has been more successful than they thought and they now want to add more DLC. It's not the first game to have more than one season pass after exceeding expectations.

However they did use the phrase "all future paid DLC" and should really honour that.

This was my first review and I was a little disappointed, as @Stevemalkpus said "Perfectly fine is not what I was hoping to hear after eighteen years.".

However I have now read two or three other reviews which are all FAR more complimentary. For comparison it's currently an 86 on Open/Meta Critic right now. At £24.99 I think it's worth a punt. Perhaps I will feel more like @Quintumply at the end, perhaps I won't, but I look forward to finding out.

@carlos82 I think this every month with this poll, it’s less “what was your favourite game this month” and more “which game did you actually buy this month”, as most people won’t have bought more than 1 or 2 it’s typically a popularity contest.

I still enjoy the post to see people’s comments on each game but give the “winner” little credit.

A what did we actually buy would also be a popularity contest, but I think it could be interesting to gauge how many we actually all buy.

@ShogunRok @get2SammyB Suggestion: With the flurry of games releasing in Sept/Oct and some likely to underperform perhaps an interesting article would be "what games did you actually buy?"; "what do you still want to buy?"; and possibly “how many games did you buy?”… perhaps once the month is over. (Castlevania and Phantom Blade 0 still to come potentially for me)

@Fiendish-Beaver @IronCrow86 Personally can’t ever imagine just watching someone else play a game as my first experience. I have watched let’s plays but only for games I’ve already played. I’m sure some people do it, but if it was widespread I think publishers would clamp down on lets plays.

Errr... you do realise they both came out on disc, right?
(BG3 in Deluxe or region free Jap. copy)

Was excited for this since the first trailer, but no disc = no day 1 sale. Shame.

Can't imagine the budget to do this justice. Keeping expectations very low.

@Boxmonkey how do you know? It’s been 3 weeks. As I said TLoU has sold 3.4 million in that same timeframe it went on to sell 8 million on PS3 and another 18 million+ on PS4 according to the insomniac leak. Do I think it will sell as well as that? No. But it could potentially sell over 6 million with ease over a few years. Why are you so determined to see it fail after just a few days on sale? Weird.

@Stwert of course it’s obvious it’s for financial gain. But it is always worth pointing out that Sony has a vested interest in trying to make our physical is tiny, when it isn’t.

I was about to say you probably aren't the target market @get2SammyB, but then i'd be lying

@AI-Generation They do not need mario odysesey numbers (30+ million) LMAO. Based on the Insomniac leak for Spider-man 2 they probably need around 4+ million to break even. It's been 3 weeks. Perhaps it will never get there, but trying to call it after around 24 days is foolish.

Sony as a company are getting arrogant and need a chop down.

Perhaps. But that has nothing to do with making up nonsense.

It's only been out just over 3 weeks mate, give it a chance.

For reference The Last of Us had sold "just" 3.4 million in it's first 3 weeks which at the time was the fastest selling PS3 game that year.

@DaveHero75 To be clear I do NOT think Sony are making figures up, but I DO think they are showing figures that aren't very representive of how big physical media is when all things are equal. i.e. on AAA releases that release day 1 on disc and digital.

So what if "only" 15% - 20% of all games on PS5 are physical, that number on its own isn't very useful when many games only release digitally. What is more useful is what percentage of PS5 owners sometimes still buy discs and this is likely around 50%.

Sony are being deceptive showing the low numbers to try and convince people physical is dead, but that's not the same as lying.

Good update. One of the repeating criticisms was lack of enemy variety.

51 percent. Here's even more proof, that when all things are equal, that discs still matter. Love to see it.

Just a reminder that Sony want to move you to digital because from their perspecive they see almost all the $70 in a digital sale whereas they only see about 65%, or $45.50, on a physical sale. (approx 30% to retail, 5% to manufacturing and shipping)

Hence don't believe them when they say physical is dying, they have reasons to misinform and make it seem smaller than it is.

Hopefully the radio is more akin to Vice City than GTA4 or GTA5, especially the humour and satire.

I thought the game was good, but also a little disapointing, not nearly on the same level as games like Streets of Rage 4 or TMNT: Shredders Revenge. Not sure I will be back for DLC.

I bloody hope not! It will only lead to price hikes eventually, PS+ is for games, if I wanted Crunchyroll i'd subscribe to it.

@DrVenture69 Superliminial is great! Another thumbs up.

I've never not enjoyed a Jonathan Blow game, but I really dislike Sokoban (box pushing) puzzle games and over a thousand of them sounds tedious. Less if often more.

This will be wait for a sale.

Matthew Balls very specific wording makes it sound like streaming is still coming to XBox consoles, but not PC (are they going to block hybrids like ROG Ally X?) and that it is not exclusive hence probably PS Portal etc. too.

Nathan Drake... that two bit thief. Risking it all for some bit of treasure.

I'd be down.

@The_Elder Yep! It's pretty scary/exciting (delete as applicable) what can be done with games and AI.

@rjejr Haha, I am at the other end of the scale now where I want updates to be shorter rather than longer as these live services are eating up time I could be playing on other games. 100 hours just puts me off, especially when I know it's just the start for these games. I am well over a thousand hours, or two, into Genshin! (over 6 years)

Yes I've heard others say the same about Paimon's voice, though they did change the English VA at one point, rerecording all the dialogue. But that was more that she was being a bit of a cow online.

the Highest-Rated Star Wars Game in Over 20 Years

FYI the not so well known Star Wars Pinball: Balance of the Force released in 2013 for PS3 & X360 also scored 88 on Metacritic, but is currently ranked higher.

Semantics aside this does look bloody fantastic, but too much to play right now already, will look to pick it up next year.

@FredBiletnikoff Same. I always appreciate the reminder here, but it often is a bit early and everything ISN'T ready to claim, making the reminder less useful.

Sad but hardly surprising, I don't think any of their recent games have sold all that well.

No thanks. I get all my gacha in games where pulls can be free.

@Veritas7Ax @rjejr Genshin is primarily single player, you never have to play with anyone else and can close off your world to other travellers, that’s how I play it. But if you want to play with friends you can do some of that too. Though I believe not all of it.

@asdfghjklz No. There is a HUGE difference between minimal effort lists (which I am not a fan of) and adding another 30+ hours of needless busywork that crucially doesn't make the game more fun.

Games are about enjoyment, these lists aren’t. I tried them and gave up as it was tedious AF and made me dislike the game more than i had been.

@gordonps The problem isn’t that it’s a 100% play though it’s that completing things like the journal basically requires using a guide. At which point it is no longer you discovering the game yourself, instead you are just blindly following someone else, that is weak game design imo.

It’s needless busywork that crucially doesn’t make the game more fun, it makes it a chore. Trophy lists can be much better than this.

@gordonps sometimes I like going for the platinums too (I have almost 100) but it has to be fun and make the game better.

However Kingdom hearts trophy lists are almost always asinine grindfests with stupid things like “complete jiminys journal” which requires following a guide, doing repetitive tasks like the “mushroom challenges” and, worst of all, making you have to finish the game up to 3 times in a long JRPG. It’s completely meaningless grind only for those with more time than sense.

There are many good trophy lists, this isn’t one of them.

@TrollOfWar Indeed. not to mention 3 VR games after Hellblade 1.

Sadly they are a talented studio that almost always bit off more than they can chew and ended up with visually amazing games (considering their scope) but severely lacking in the gameplay department. i.e. Heavenly Sword, Enslaved, Hellblade 1 & 2. That in turn usually led to less sales than that wanted and sequels not being greenlit. (Hellblade was the first) I realise gameplay is hard, but it's often 5-10 years behind the times in their games.

I wouldn't worry, the Platinums for these games were tedious enough aleady, you're doing yourself a favour by NOT going for them, as them make the games worse.

@TheArt @Bot_Bot_69 Both are possible solutions to the same problem, both require additional work.

If creators think it will be a helpful tool for them then I am all for it.
Far less os if it's a management efficiencey decision.

@carlos82 I 100% agree they can and should do better in their process, I am not saying they can’t, I’m just stating that the flaw in the system is always going to be human here, usually low paid foreign customer support.

The alternative is you will get more people losing access to their PSN library forever if they can’t get back in when locked out, even by 2FA. Support has to be able to grant customers access, even if they don’t have access to their 2FA device anymore.

@get2sammyb @B-I-G-DEVIL The problem is reportedly related to the process by which you can reclaim accounts via phoning support.

The trouble is there are valid times when you might need to login and reclaim your account without access to your 2FA device etc. For example if you lose, or break, your phone you may no longer have your 2FA device. Users call up support to regain access all the time specifically NEEDING to bypass 2FA.

I had exactly this issue with a non-gaming account, and if support wasn't able to give me access again I would have been locked out forever (imagine losing all your PSN, all digital games etc.). However seemingly the problem with PS Support is they are granting access far too easily. In my case I had to verify my identity both with a scanned ID and using my face on an app to verify it. Many may not want to share that sort of information, especially with low paid support.

It's a difficult problem to solve because they DO need to be able to give users way to get back into their accounts without 2FA, even if it is locked by it, but also they need to make their process stronger.

Looking forward to F1. It's the sort of game I want to play, but not enough to buy, for me at least that's EXACTLY the sort of games that fit the service so well. But of course the game selection is always subjective.

@GirlVersusGame That "old lady" (lady butterfly I believe) was definitely the toughest battle up to that point. A definite skill check if you play her early. But it was also an optional fight that you can also come back to later when you are stronger, or not at all.

I don’t think it’s that black and white. With costs to make consoles rising, if they can’t keep costs down somewhere they will have to raise prices again. Things like this affect what we consumers pay.

@DrVenture69 looking forward to Well dweller - all the devs games have been good - but just too much to play right now.

Cocoon also brilliant. Enjoy!

@Northern_munkey that ape gave me a few issues but I looked up a few video genuine guides (not cheesy strats) and a bit of dedication got me through. But it’s by far not the hardest boss in there. Some of the late ones were BRUTAL especially when it made you fight multiple bosses back to back with no save or heal refresh in between. Super tough but felt both like a legend and sheer relief when I finished.

Enjoy SWGR it looks good.

Just finished Sekiro on NG+ and started NG++. It really is a very different game once you have mastered it. I breezed through NG+ took the Shura/bad ending and started NG++. My struggles, which were many, first time around are almost a thing of the past. Brilliant game.

Now I can finally start contemplating Elden Ring... just need to find a spare 200+ hours, as I am both slow but thorough.

@PegasusActual93 It's not that I didn't appreciate what they were trying to do with Exodus, I liked the game, I just thought they gave up too much of what made Metro unique. You could have almost slapped any old IP on Exodus, wheres 2033 and LL are distinctly "Metro", despite obvious flaws that counted for a lot with me.

Hoping Metro 2039 channels a little more of the 2033 and Last Light spirit, and the eponymous Metro. It's looking good.

Makes sense, too many games releasing now, and they will do better to release it fully finished. Looking forward to this one.

Members will have to boot up the Sony Pictures Core app...

I'll stop you there, i'm good.

@Ravix Still bizarre that this clip was in that trailer over 3 and half years ago. I wonder if we will ever find out what it was for certain.