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They even added 1st person into the story (why Ethan is in 1st person/you play the game in 1st person)! It's really fun! Village is more varied than RE7, ans Castle is not the most horror filled location! Enjoy man!

So Tango is no longer with Bethesda/MS? I feel MS didn't get much value out of this studio then! Ghostwire Tokyo was their last major game before they were acquired which was timed exclusive to Sony, Hifi RUsh was made by a smaller team within the studio and came to PS pretty fast and now they're leaving MS altogether!

You will know his story soon enough! Don't worry - it's not forgotten! There's a reason why people say play RE7 first and then play RE8! Both games (and only these 2 games, no other RE games) are essentially the story of Ethan and his family! Get the DLCs if you like the game too! They add to the story!

Yup, it has the epic Boss fights that will leave your jaws on the floor - the way GOW 3 used to have all those years ago! The game pushes the PS5, and is a masterpiece! In a way - we can call it a sequel to GOW3 (Not story or IP wise, but gameplay and technicality wise)! Story is awesome too! No game has done that this gen frankly! FF7R got the GOTY nomination, but for me at least - this was better as it pushed the series ahead and innovated!

Yup it's connected! Better to play RE7 then RE8! You'll still be able to play RE8 directly, but the impact is much more if you play 7 first

Thought this might happen! Studios they were purchasing were expensive - and they still couldn't attract more gamers and had contracts drawn in public knowledge that major franchises would be non-exclusive! Satya is also into Cloud and GPU, so exclusives would be counter to that I think! More like MS couldn't develop their studios properly I think! CoD was their best bet - but they lost exclusivity in a ftc deal that became public knowledge! Indy was a non-starter I think because Disney would have applied pressure to market non-exclusivity - not Sony (after all development contract would have been made before the acquisition and Disney is a giant too)! Rest all games of MS were either too small or flopped! Elder Scrolls is their only remaining big IP to come out since the acquisition that has any major hype at all I think! Ultimately if MS is going down the Gamepass route and betting everything on GPU and becoming the next Netflix of Games, then they have to reduce or abandon exclusives, bet on Cloud and put everything on all devices! That's what OTTs and all Subscription Models do! What's the use of having a subscription model and limiting it to 1-2 devices (Xbox and PC)

It's kind of sad! This was the chance for an unheard of studio, and for the first time a Chinese Studio to win GOTY! So I kind of understand their frustration I guess! It's like an Indian developer going for GOTY Nomination but not winning! Nomination itself is a big deal though - and Wukong looks to be amazing (though I've not played it yet)! This should hopefully encourage more studios from other countries to develop games (hopefully India too one day) and hopefully win GOTY too!

I don't know if Indiana Jones will be nominated next year! This is the wrong time of the year for the game to be released in! By this time next year - Indy will be unfortunately forgotten because it came out in 2024 end while entire 2025 will be filled with new games, and people will remember those only. If by chance there are 80-90+ games in 2025, it will be far more fresh in people's minds and given far more weightage than Indy unfortunately. @AnKYup, if you want to play all available 85-90+ Meta games in the market then PS and Nintendo are compulsory (PS might become optional if they commit to releasing everything on PC - even if delayed)! Xbox has become optional - either Xbox or PC (Both have gamepass, with both having their own pros/cons)

They messed up the save system in the first one! I really hope they ditch the "Realistic" aspects of saving a game, realize people are playing a game with real life time constraints and not actually living in the middle ages, and allow us to save whenever we want from the menu like any modern game and get rid of the Bed saves and "Savior Schnappes" Drink. That was the only major complaint I had with the first game!

It's the same for me too! I think the difference is Studio Ghibhli (The Legendary Studio behind so many animes like Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbor Totoro etc) was involved with the first game, but not with the second at all! The magic of the story, the emotions that the first game provoked - none of which the 2nd gane could do!

Either that or (Witcher 3 Spoiler) As far as looks are concerned - Ciri looks fine. Also, the series is about Ciri, agree with the developers here - despite being told from Geralt's PoV. She's the prophesied child, chosen one, all mages want her, reluctant witcher etc. etc. over here in this series.

Still down! Too much traffic which they weren't able to keep up?

If price is good, Sony might go for it! It's really major in anime and especially anime movie sector (and will come with related industries like mangas, light novels etc too) and Sony might even end up in a pseudo monopoly in anime if they go ahead. I'm not sure if Sony is considered a Japanese company still though or what's the latest laws. Would be pretty sad if all major JRPGs and Animes come from USA going forward.

As far as I know, with Grey market it's no warranty! If the seller is good and legit, he might find a way to ship the console abroad to get it repaired- but most won't bother! It's an imported unit where you don't know the source store so risk is on you! At least if you're traveling abroad and importing/having relatives bring from abroad you can ship console to seller/Sony Center abroad on your own and ask him to repair - here you're on your own! You can try your luck with 3rd party repairs and get it repaired though! Assume that there's no warranty in 1st place and you might/might not get official parts

Naturally /s should be there. GTA 6 will kill all other games on that list

Yes it's worth it, but only conditionally for 2 games alone that you posted - 1) Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core Reunion - It goes for 2500 on Steam and 3500 on PSN. Might be less on sales, but it's at least decently reviewed at 78! Not 80+ Meta though 2) Death Stranding 2 - Assuming it comes to PS+ Extra Day, you're getting a brand new game that would cost you 5k Rest all you posted are indies and would be extremely cheap or extremely old and to be gotten on sales so not worth it. That's why I said conditionally. Would say later on too - but not sure if PS+ sale would be there when DS2 would release (Not sure if DS2 will be on Extra Day 1). Might not be worth it if you're not interested in the remaining games that are there on PS+ Extra

Frankly I think that's what the seller will want too! Delay till the customer cancels and then sell the unit to a new customer at 90k+ or whatever! I think the initial price is loss making for him! Original sellers will not do this because reputation is more important than profit on some units - but for some Grey market sellers (who might be dealing in either properly imported units or smuggled ones, not sure - maybe they don't care)

Acquiring just for FromSoft would be a horrible acquisition for Sony! A lot of creativity depends on Miyazaki! If he retires or leaves, it'll be a Konami/Kojima situation where Sony is left with remakes of old titles or Non- Miyazaki Souls (while Miyazaki can found another studio and create a Souls-like that will be considered an original Souls game like how Elden Ring is considered a Souls Game despite it not being part of the series) Kadokawa is major for anime (and associated Manga/Light Novel etc) and other JRPG studios though

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You will be missing out on quite a lot! It's not just the story! It's even RCPD and areas outside it! Also it's not 2 playthroughs - it's 4 - LEON A&B and Claire A&B! Playthroughs have all new areas to explore, new story and heck - you'll only get the ending properly after doing all that!

If these are the kind of cutscenes and story beats the game will be going for - it's killing my motivation to ever try the game. It's like I'm listening to a teen cringe drama fest. Thankfully the last few months were filled with games and we're not in a gaming draught. But it's pretty sad what DA has been reduced to - if this is the kind of cutscenes the game is having. This is even excluding the woke elements.

It's not a surprise frankly. If you're a WoW Player - you'll know that this is a Gold Farmer Mount. So a lot of people who play with gold will buy this mount. It'll make them real-life money too because Gold Selling for MMOs is a very Real thing. For you and me or anyone else who plays it like a game- it's very expensive. For a Gold Seller or anyone who games the Auction House in game, selling mats, gold etc - it's an investment. It'll save them real life time, loading screen time, flight time etc. A lot of people are going to make real life money out of this mount - so naturally, it'll sell well only! They'll extract far, far more value than the $90 they spend on it! So this mount is irrelevant to gaming war discussion. It's a real career to people (though it's against MS/Acti-Blizz TOS - MS/Acti-Blizz don't really care as far as I know)

Started the game yesterday! The beginning is so intriguing - high politics and GOT vibes, a mysterious intriguing intermingling of what seems to be our modern society and fantasy society + fragmented racist society - all in the first 30 mins or so that I played. It's turning out to be pretty good (at least in the very beginning)!!

Are 1/2 the games even in development? Fable and Avowed we've heard from almost launch of the Series console and not much development (Other than 1 gameplay vid for avowed). Don't think a new Halo was even announced. And the rest are all MIA as far as I know. Not sure if it'll be a situation like Hellblade 2 too, now that I think of it - hyped as the showcase game of the entire console market for years, turns out to be a 60-70 meta game. Hopefully for the sequels at least (Like Gears) - they continue the formula (Like they did with FH5), so it turns out good!!

Alarming thing is - I don't think there's much hype for it. Usually Bioware Games used to be celebrated. Now Larian has fully taken the place of Bioware and if they announce a DLC for BG3/BG4 or Divinity 3 - the amount of hype would be far more than what's there for this or even a new ME (which is pretty sad). Even I'm not that excited frankly (Though I might/might not get it, not sure when or if). Compare the hype of DA 2/Inquisition/ME2/ME3 or even Andromeda to Veilguard and it's pretty sad (And Andromeda had far less hype than others on the list)