This is amazing! I was just looking to put Death Stranding 2 on my Christmas list 😅

This is probably my game of the year. Absolutely loving it.

@Damage99 not sure. A lot of people were upset at that article where they fired some of their devs and replaced them with AI 😅 still crazy

This might be one of the worst months ever for me 😅 but I just finished playing Unchained Echoes and absolutely loved it so I can’t complain too much 😅 I have plenty of other things to play right now

@IronCrow86 do you add the monthly free games to your library? The gold road collection was recently offered and comes with quite a few of the major dlcs.

I got a different brand 2 TB SSD with heat sink for my ps5 back in 2023 and absolutely loved it. Got it on sale for $120.

Fast-forward to April 17 of this year, and the SSD fails. I tried to do what I could to see if I could reformat it but nothing works.

I basically had to cold call RMA back to the original company in hope that they would honor the warranty. I’ve read reports that they try to lowball you or that they refund you for the original purchase price instead of replace now that the prices of skyrocketed.

Well, needless to say last week they shipped a replacement and it’s supposed to get here today. It would be a huge blessing if this works. There’s no way I could get another one with all the price increases.

@get2sammyb thanks for responding. I definitely get where you’re coming from, and I’ve been here since the movemodo days, so definitely doing something right.

I was trying not to give specifics to not point fingers - I do want personality inserted into articles and I think they can still be news!

But something along the lines of “I’m embarrassed by this article I read” sounds more like an opinion vs news…

Overall keep doing a great job!

@wildcat_kickz yes this.

I feel like a bigger issue with the site is news and opinion getting blended together. I think transitioning to using I instead of “we” could possibly exasperate that issue.

I’ve had showgunners on my steam deck wish list for quite a while! Looks pretty interesting! I’ve seen it on sale for around $10 a lot though so not sure I’d ever pay 34.99 for it 😅

It’s the worst possible weekend for this to happen (family visiting for my birthday weekend) but I’ll try to launch it for a little bit.

@Propaperpusher “Returnal could have been a great game”

It is a great game. Just because you don’t like the genre or the game doesn’t mean it’s not a great game.

Got one. It’s for my birthday weekend with my family coming, so I probably can’t play much 😅

@Deadhunter played the demo on Steam and it was really good. I’m pretty sure I read the whole thing will be finished/released a month after it launches, so you shouldn’t have to wait too long.

I don’t blame you one bit - definitely a lot of bridges were burned with episodic releases.

Today it’s been working fine for me, but I was having major issues last night. No friends list, lots of disconnecting.

@Mathieu_B they’re made by two completely different teams, they just share the same producer. So triangle strategy 2 could still be in the works. I know they were hard at work making a vr version for meta quest (which is now released)

I wasn’t going to watch the direct but now I am 😂

@RBMango yes, that’s actually a great example of what could actually happen

@AK4tywill @Czar_Khastik this isn’t exactly right. In Second Son, they had free dlc involving Cole but you didn’t actually get to play as him. It was called Paper Trail, and you play it as Delsin but learn more what happened after Cole’s light side ending.

I expect it would be a smaller thing. Like one of the mythic tales from the first game where Atsu will learn a new move based on the legend of Jin

@Oram77 I think starting with Persona 5 Royal or Metaphor is good 😁 let me know if you have more questions.

I’m becoming more interested in this game, but I just have too much to play and not enough time/money. Definitely going on my wish list, and I’ll wait for a sale. Still haven’t pulled the trigger on like a dragon 8 even at half price. Just too much to play.

This definitely sounds like a game that’s up my alley, especially to maybe stream to handheld

I haven’t seen anything like this so far. I’m about 24 hours in and usually play for a few hours at a time

@PlatinumMikey yep! That’s about my experience on the Deck. Near flawless with the occasional hiccup. My internet does need to be wired for it to work well though. I’m actually playing more PlayStation games because of it 😅 with the occasional game I can’t get on PlayStation

@PlatinumMikey I get 60 fps all the time on my deck…

…using Chiaki 😁 (streams from PS5. Also gets like 10 hours of battery life)

@ILikeStake I remember loving it. Skyrim was a lot better gameplay wise, but for one, the guild stuff was absolute trash in Skyrim compared to Oblivion. ESPECIALLY Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild

@GirlVersusGame you’d probably appreciate references if you’ve seen the movies but since it’s a self contained story, you don’t need to have seen any of the movies to play. It could be a good entry point to the series

@TheArt not trying to talk down at all - was it your first Atlus game? I didn’t die to the final boss once and I didn’t look anything up, although I did most of the side content. Did you do all the mini bosses in the region?

I’ve beaten several souls games and gotten the plat in Bloodborne and Sekiro. The Sekiro final boss took me like 100 tries 😅

@Dragoon1994 oh that’s absolutely true. But a review can also tip you that it might be better to hold off on getting it for a time if the game is in a bad state at launch. I didn’t say it would make me not get it, it would make me maybe wait for a sale if it gets a really bad review.

I also loved Midnight Suns. I got it after all dlc was out and on sale - not because people viewed it poorly. It had a feature which is an instant hold off for me - the inability to pause during cutscenes.

This is one of two games this year I will probably get at launch as long as the reviews aren’t absolutely awful

@nomither6 it’s the map where the attacking team rides down on an elevator to start the match.

It’s the main new map this season

@somnambulance did you know they were still releasing dlc for Rock Band 4 until January 2024?

I think it’s harder than you think for a new game. I think one of the harder things is the instruments. I wanna say their instrument manufacturer went out of business.

I know that a new guitar was released, but it’s pretty expensive, like $159. I saw it at Target the other day. I’m sure they didn’t make nearly as much as they would need to if they made a new game.

On every dlc announcement, it was just randoms screaming make new instruments every time. 😅

I think the only way Sony could duplicate something like this is making a PlayStation all stars 2 but making it amazingly awesome.

I’m not really paying attention to the development with knowing how long they always take. But I’ll definitely jump in right away when it comes out

@Danloaded interesting! That makes me way more interested in the game 😅😂

@Danloaded oh weird! I’ve seen some info about that game but I don’t know a ton. Is it just an extra voice to use or did something happen to the original voice?

Ben Starr is a treasure.

For the unknowing, Ben Starr also played Mario (on Twitter). Look it up! 😅

@z0d15g0d yeah probably really unlikely. I feel like that would just add confusion. It’s probably way too early for them to even consider something like that

@z0d15g0d I mean there's a lot of missing characters, but they need to have exciting ones to add later!

Dying Light 2 is definitely a game I’d play for “free” so that’s already better than the last month. For PSVR2 users who don’t have it already, Synapse is an awesome inclusion!

I apparently wasn’t logged in 🤦‍♂️

But I got a 9/10 on this one. I think this was one of my better ones

@ZeroSum depends on how many articles you click and comment on 😂

@nessisonett @LavenderShroud

If you played Baldur’s Gate 3, Jennifer English voiced Shadowheart

@Judal27 Sorry to hear that. Played a little more of the demo and it's been everything I was hoping for.

@Judal27 so interesting! I think it's better than SMT in literally every way and I put it on the same tier so far as Persona, and 5 is one of my favorite games of all time.

I'm having a blast and the only aspect where I think it's not quite up to Persona's standards is the music, which is still quite good! The battle theme is a little...bizarre

Sorry that you're not connecting with it as much as you would have liked.

So far I've been loving the Metaphor Demo!

Haven't had a lot of time to game so other than that it's been just a few runs of Slay the Spire.

If data carries over, I’ll do what I did with FFXVI which I was also sold on. Play it like 2-3 days before launch. 😅

@Lup depends on the version. Royal had an additional fight but I'm sure it was set up so you wouldn't be able to lose that fight either.

This is like my only instant day one buy for the rest of the year, trying to watch what I'm spending while I have a huge backlog. I don't personally mind this because I've seen enough and will definitely be picking this one up. But I can see where it's not great for the brand.

@rjejr your memory isn’t wrong. It was $100 until a price increase last year 😅

okay, as a second note (sorry), I just watched the trailer after I posted. and holy moly that is one of the worst trailers for advertising a game of all time!