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@Nintendo4Sonic I don't think I've played a single one of their games this year, nor do I feel like I missed out on something.

Which was exactly the same problem with the first. I guess they didn't really listen, like they said they did.

The popularity of this game reminds me of the popularity of DMC and I never understood that one, either.

@McSavage Playing games

@Rhaoulos I'm holding out for games that come on punch cards

Et tu Sony/Microsoft/Obsidian?

I still get stuck briefly in faceoffs I win. My sword is up and no buttons work for a few seconds, probably some perk or charm but I haven't figured it out. Oh well, still a dang good tine

@Nnfyrbsnss What's a flop? Ghost of Yotei? You have to be trolling. I have Mario Kart World and I really don't see the hype, I'm curious if they are counting bundles? Which is how I obtained it.

Games like this are day one purchases for me, I always gobble them up faster than any major patching or upgrades can happen. For better or worse. :/

The pretty much lost COVID years, makes a new gen seem too soon. I'm not knocking it, but if you compare the PS4 games to the PS5, there is no comparison. If you tell me there is going to a large amount of Sony titles between now and 2027, fine, but I don't really see them even talking about much, so it would have to be some surprise drops in there. I don't know if they are they great at keeping secrets. Nintendo is, until they get hacked.

@Dalamar Me too, that's my cousin's name.

Shallow game-play with great aesthetics? Sounds like almost all F2P RPGs.

We complain about review scores, but apparently we are worse at ranking games.

If you print out a survey, it's good for wrapping fish, that's about it. I have zero faith in surveys.

I feel like Microsoft mus have hired the displaced Jaguar and Anheuser ad execs.
This seems to almost intentional, on their part by now, to just destroy their game division.
Console not selling well? raise the price.
Subscription service selling too well, raise the price

I think people are reaching to make any dent they can in the success of these games. The samey stories are basically the core of almost all great story telling from Shakespeare to religious texts, these are the foundations of a lot of historical stories. There's a reason they are so popular or well known.

Where we at on P6?

@bluemage1989 Meh, I think renewing an expensive music license for a game they are no longer making money on, would be more insane. Only caveat is they should have explained that clearly to the OG purchasers, but it also still works for them, if you read the article, so I think there is little to be angry about here, but in 2025 that probably doesn't stop people.
Reading is fundamental.

I get the sentiment on smoke and mirrors, until we see more and I'm not a gambling man, but if I was, I'd never bet against Kojima delivering what he says. The fact they are behind this has me more excited than anything they could show us in advance. Bring it on.

I can't think of too many games I've seen advertised or revealed longer than this one has been. Hope that has paid off in development and their own testing.

@Bettyswollocks Same guess, her. Not a wish, just a guess. He looks half -way there in Chief of War. Just a little grey paint :0

@guacguacboo Atreus, maybe. God, I hope not.

Jason Mamoa. That's not an endorsement, just a guess.

Trails in the Sky. Been waiting on this one since it was announced. This should take me all the way to Ghost of Yotei release. Which will probably get review bombed, for reasons best not discussed here, but I'll be definitely picking it up.

Randy: Just upgrade your PS5 Pro to a PS8 Pro and quit whining!

The fact they waited until the very last second to give reviewers access to the PS5 version, was the first red flag. Randy, himself, has provided the other 50 red flags. I'm good. I'll just pickup to Trails in the Sky and Ghost of Yotei, after that.
Have fun beta testing this game for them.
Maybe I'll pick it up in the bargain bin a year from now, or wait until I have a 6090 video card to play it on PC.

I'm growing veggies, chopping rocks and wood, catching fish and bugs, and selling them in a bazaar every Saturday

My wife wants nothing to do with video games but Death Stranding 2 was the one that made me say "come look at this"

Math isn't mathing: Method Two, however, takes advantage of a discounted Wallet Top Up. Here, we grabbed an £80 voucher from a retailer, which was discounted at £69.85. We added these funds to our account and paid for the game that way, meaning we only paid £69.85, but now have a copy of the game and an extra £0.01 (hooray!) in our account for next time.

The genre is overloaded, as it is

@nyr2k2 They are fun at first, if you like RPGs. To me, they get repetitive real fast. They are basically never-ending, which would be like reading a book without an end. I do get the appeal, especially if you are either really hurting for money, given it's F2P, or filthy rich and want to buy everything in it.
There are obviously better games you actually pay for, but the gacha mechanic is controversial for a reason.

@Gr8VngnzN4esAngr zero chance that comment sticks around, but I get it

The first one just seemed boring, at least to me. Hopefully the sequel fixes that.

Gonna be my filler game before Ghost of Yotei

The game that they swear over and over isn't soulslike, but looks more soulslike, every time they reveal more gameplay.

Are we sure they know what that means?

Looks a little janky and at least one of the VAs seems to be phoning it in

This man is a gaming treasure. If game developers ever qualified for sainthood.

Just set a future date and let it go.

The narrator here is jarring to me, for some reason

Didn't even bother to use different fonts. LOL

I'd like to just say... this article is well written.

@Jrs1
For me, they beat COD 29 are whatever number they are on. Pretty good game and the mechanics of the turn based seem secondary to the rest of it

I'll take RE and Yakuza. Nothing else for me, thanks.

Thank god for Asia game developers.

FANTASY LIFE I THE GIRL WHO STEALS TIME

Playing a very-very-very Nintendo like game through Steam, is kind of jarring. This game is very good. I'm not even a huge fan of these type of games, got bored 200 hours into 100 Line Defense Academy and thought I'd give this one a shot. That is a very long game and reminds me of CYOA books I read as a child.

Now I wouldn't buy it for $8

The writing is on the wall and we all see the elephant in the room, but choose to ignore it

@Bunchesopuppies Yes, this is a game site; so, obviously that matters. There's another site that dabbles into everything, and Isn't Great at aNy of it.
This isn't it.