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@Oram77 Super busy with State of Play and 30+ games to report on I expect. Awards can wait.

@Czar_Khastik I'd be there Day 1 if good. I never actually played the LoS 2 DLC and while that game was a disappointment, I adored the first.

Love to see it. Hopefully both a 2D and a 3D Castlevania, the two timelines can co-exist.

@Zuljaras Love this!

Absolutely LOVE TO SEE IT! Konami have been down for so long, with their IP gathering dust, Silent Hill started this but it's great to see them properly back on so many projects. They seem to be smartly pairing their IP with developers that fit. Great to see, after all we just want good games.

Darwin's Paradox (octopus game) continues to look great too.

With all the Santa Monica announcements at the end and TC Carson bigging up the finale I genuinely thought we were getting this announcement last night. It was my one real criticism of the State of Play, but hard to be too disappointed when they can deliver as many great looking games as they did back to back.

@LeeBB_Art that could be good, but the studio has to want to sell and they seem to have a good relationship with Sony to get their games funded and on PlayStstion first, not sure it would change much Sony owning them.

This looked OK but wasn’t a show closer, even as a shadow drop, I genuinely thought they were building up to Corey Barlog’s new game, which was my only criticism of the show, but I’ll check this out.

They have my attention after Untitled Goose Game

Yesssssssss! Konami is cooking right now. What a bunch of solid announcements with this being the big surprise. Love to see it!

One of the big surprises from a great show. I do t know the book it’s apparently based on but I’m now interested In that too.

@knight_spg lol 😂

Will be interesting to see how gyro controls work, but it’s never going to as fun as a light gun.

Excited for this, but it’s also years out.

This looked fantastic. Also agree big Sifu vibes.

@LeeBB_Art unlikely. It’s just PlayStation Studios are publishing it (and likely part funding it) like Death Stranding which also had the PS logo.

Brilliant announcement. Loved the first one. Just hope they take on the feedback about the ludicrous difficulty spikes. Amazing way to open the show.

This looked really great. Konami is cooking right now, great to see them back firing. Castlevania looked brilliant too.

Brilliant State of Play. Over 30 games featured, I was interested in at least 20 of them, with 10 or more super excited for. Lots of surprises too from Kena to Castlevania, John Wick to Shinobi Ops and Project Windless. A good mix of old and new games. Konami also had a super strong showing.

My only real complaint was it was missing one more big thing at the end. God of War Trilogy remake and 3rd party God of War 2D while all exciting wasn’t the “one more big thing” finish I was hoping for. I thought we were building to Corey Barlogs new game. But with so many great games shown that’s being super picky. 9/10 showcase.

Banger month. Only criticism is I won’t have time to play them all.

Was busy tonight but just caught up with it.

Absolute belter of a state of play. 9/10.

Over 30 games announced, I was interested in over 20 of them and at least 10 are possible day 1 purchases. That’s a lot of great games. Lots of surprises, Kena, Castlevania, John Wick, Shinobi Ops, Project Windless and more, my only real complaint was it felt like one more big thing was missing at the end which would have elevated it to legendary status. But that’s nit picking. So many great looking games.

At this point it might be easier to say what genre's Crimson Desert isn't trying to be.

Here Is Why Sony Put Helldivers 2 on Xbox

They like money. Simples.

Longer answer: For a live service title like this having more players is only a good thing for both players and publisher.

I can believe it. Prior to their last 2 No More Heroes games they released 9 games in 5 years, albeit a few co-developed with other studios.

My (shop bought) flowers started opening… that makes it Spring right? (Cope)

If it has over 4000 reviews on PS5 and very few people leave reviews that suggests it surprisingly sold ok for what is presumably a small budget game. Especially one that cost £40!

Whether lightning strikes twice and consumers bite again... who knows.

@PuppetMaster Depends what you consider recent. I was thinking more about his last 10 games / 15 years than his earlier work (over 30+ years worth). Since NMH2 they almost all fit into the 6-7s range with the exception of the Sine Mora series in the 8s. e.g.

• Killer is Dead (64-71 depending on platform)
• Let it die (72)
• Lollipop Chainsaw (67-70)
• Liberation Maiden (69-68)
• No More Heroes 3 (71-75)
• Travis strikes again NMH (63-67)
• Black Knight Sword (65-66)
• Liberation Maiden (68-69)
• Shadows on the Damned (76-77)

My point is if you enjoyed his other games Romeo is a Dead Man is in similar ballpark in terms of scores. (currently 71-78 depending on platform)

That would be amazing. Please be true. Neva is on my wishlist and Spider-man added to my library would be a win.

@REALAIS All the things you say are valid, but personally it didn't drag it down as much for me. Yes there's an lot of of loading screens, but it's not the end of the world, I can deal with that.

But empty planets, boring exploration, and many of the other issues dragged it down far more than the numerous loading screens. As I said I still put in around 150ish hours so it must have been doing something right in amongst all the bad aspects.

@PuppetMaster @Oram77 Reviews aren't everything. Aggregating around a 7 is about in line with most of Suda51's recent games. If you liked those more than a 6 or 7/10 you might well like this the same.

@REALAIS I agree, the loading is one of the fundamental design problems I mentioned, plus the others you mentioned are all fair and valid complaints. But I still think, it's a good game just not a great one, else like you I wouldn't have put in well over 100+ hours. That has to count for something and suggests it's not terrible. Even if over half that time is down is down to obtuse time wasting mechanics.

@Ooccoo_Jr It's in a much better state now that it was at launch. It's still got Bethesda bugs and updates aren't going to change some fundamental design problems with the game (empty universe etc.) that felt like a downgrade compared to their previous games. But it's a solid enough game, and with precious little else that feels of a similar scope, it's still worth a play imo.

Brilliant. While I wouldn't personally want to use them on my first playthrough they do make replaying long games like this MUCH faster and more appealing.

But I wouldn't blame anyone for wanting to fast track SOME of the OTT side quests in this game and make it a better overall experience. Play how you want.

@SystemAddict They went from the first Wukong trailer in 2020 to releasing it in 2024, so it's likely this will be PS6 not PS7.

What a BIZARRE trailer. So self indulgent. Did it really need to be 6+ minutes of cooking weird monster parts? Followed by a teaser so dark you can't see much. Did we learn ANYTHING useful about the game other than the tech looks good?

Compare that to the first few Wukong teasers where we found out what the game was about, saw gameplay etc. Odd choices.

Hi looks a bit young in that pic, but I don't know how old the pic is, kids that age grow up FAST.

@Gremio108 I never got past the bridge level in Crash 1! (should also give them another try!)

@Gremio108 I was exactly the same. Enjoyed platinuming Spyro 1 but dropped completion for Spyro 2. I don't think they should be played back to back with a completionist mindset.

I’ll pick it up once it’s on sale when they announce a date for part 3. I don’t want to wait years between parts 2 and 3.

@scoobdoo most similar games are both poorly written and overwritten… but I think HSR is the low bar amongst the big budget ones I’ve played. (Although the last WuWa patch pushed it close, but that’s generally better and more succinct.)

Genshin still has the best writing imo, some genuinely interesting characters and deeper themes buried in there, but also suffers from characters yapping, and has no skip.

Too little to bring me back. The writing has been atrocious since Penacony and getting weaker. But worse the game design is just dragged out and spread thin to deliberately eat up time. It’s by FAR the worst offender for this amongst similar games imo.

TLDR: Better games to play and I can play MANY in the same time this game takes.

Love the art and animation, but a game like this was never going to be for me. That’s fine.

@Divergent95 THIS! Starfield is a good game, it's just not a great one. If it came from any other developer I think it would be better regarded... but, somewhat understandably, people were expecting something on the level of Skyrim, Morrowind or Fallout 3 and it falls short of that. Plenty to enjoy though and many will.

I have ZERO interest in this, but I love the artstyle and animation.

@Fiendish-Beaver They just move the goal posts as they always do. I try not to engage, but sometimes when people are spouting utter nonsense as fact you have to call it out.

Ray traced balls, all I ever wanted...

@Stepan Yes. It's about demographics. The PS5 is expensive in Japan, so if you have the money for a PS5 you are more likely to also have the money for a PS5 Pro, hence the large percentage uptake of that model.

@sanderson72 PS4 would continue to sell a little, at a trickle, but it's unlikely to change the total massively. Maybe a couple of million, three at a push.

The key difference with the PS2 is Sony kept selling, and marketing, PS2 as their lead console in many countries even after the PS3 had released in North America, Europe etc.

E.g. PS3 didn't release in Brazil, the largest South American PlayStation fanbase by far, until August 2010, almost four years after PS3's release. It effectively extended PS2 life cycle to almost two generations worldwide.

@Fiendish-Beaver No. No data on total PS5 Pro sales have been released. But we do know it's doing well in certain territories.

e.g. 13% of all PS5 consoles sold in the US during 2025, according to Circana (formerly NPD) who have sales data. That's in line with PS4 Pro which is surprising considering the added cost. Most assumed it would be worse.

In Japan 25% of all PS5s sold since PS5 Pro released (Nov 2024) have been the Pro model. See here and here.

There are other stats out there but they aren't official / don't come from as reputable sources. But they all point to a hit.

But you have to buy it twice...

Good! I am not a fan of making games exclusive that would have come out on other platforms anyway. Let more gamers enjoy games.

Of course if games never would have been made, or would have been very different without funding, then it's fine imo. Better to have the game as an exclusive than not have it at all.

Chuds will be chuds and will just move the goal posts. They're not happy just rubbishing a game in their culture war they have to try and prove any game they don't like failed. Sad cases.