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Smells fishy to me. The Dead Space remake was amazing as I enjoyed it way more than the original game. It also had very positive critical and fan reception. I would think if they don’t bank on remaking part two, then they would kind of be shooting themselves in the foot because part two was also awesome. It was the third game in the series that was highly questionable IMO.

Critical success/great fan reception ≠ financial success ( what EA cares more about )

OK, So System Shock remake is out on consoles and the end of the month! I completely forgot about this... I think someone here made the announcement last year and bam just forgot. I can't wait for it! I am so stoked! Maybe they will do System Shock 2 next.

I'm psyched

Finn wrote:
I'm not a super "Superhero" fan, so Spider-Man is low on my list, even if people are shouting it from 5th Ave. skyscrapers, lol!

Horizons I've been curious about, might spring for their PS5 versions.

GoW, never really been my cup of tea, even though I'm big on the mythology stuff (as in a fan, not reading...)

GT is on my list, if only for my slowly growing GT collection. Have 1, 2, 3 and 4 so far. Have passed up the PS3 gens so far in the series, if only for them not being priorities on my collecting list.

Helldivers...I'm not a big fan of FPS games, though some games I play (7 Days, RE4 Remake, et al) have those elements.

Thanks for the suggestions, though!

Returnal. It’s the best ps5 game yet imo.

Oduomega wrote:


I am also having ALOT of fun with Hot Wheels unleashed. I accidently bought the PS4 version when it was on a digital sale and then bought the PS5 version a few months later since it was cheap and picked up all the DLC for next to nothing. Was kind of shocked how much better it played, even though I don't think it was much of a graphical improvement. I see Hot wheels unleased 2 is on a very good deal... but I will wait it will be again.

Deathloop is another one simply for how it really utilizes the Dual sense
Ratchet and Clank Rift apart is another good one
Last of Us Part one and two - yes I know, but the PS5 versions are beautiful.


Anyway have fun! You have a lot of fantastic content to look forward to.
Returnal - it's on my list also, so I can't coment to much.

PS Allstars loyalty service- I’ve racked up points but not used them- good news for me -

They added rise of the ronin, Balatro, Helldivers 2, BB the old hunters DLC redeemable with points.

Never hear of it had to google it. Seems like best to redeem for credit, then use credit towards the games etc. More bang for the buck.

I probably have a lot of points for that. But I refuse to install an app on my phone to use the program. So stupid. Crap should be directly on my damn console.

Archer wrote:

You are paying for the points with your privacy and data. Can't get something for nothing after all. Welcome to capitalism.

I use it and have gotten probably around $35-$40 in PSN credit. The problem is though, for a long time I was not really viewing that part of the app, and a lot of times you have to manually activate a campaign before you'll get credited for completing it, so I wonder how many points I've missed out on? Originally I only kept the app installed because I liked that it notifies you when a game in your wishlist goes on sale, and you can purchase games through the app and have them download the next time you start the console up (or instantly if you keep yours in rest mode).

I go on there every month or so and activate everything. It even auto completes things I’ve already done before activating.

I do the same. Check it probably every 2 weeks and just activate all campaigns. I like to use the app for store purchases. Much easier than the console especially if I want to buy multiple things

Ive redeemed $25 so far. Purchasing full games on psn gets you a couple of bucks basically

Feeb wrote:

I've never had anything complete retroactively. It only works after I start the campaign or activity (whatever they call it).

Anxiouz wrote:

As in if you pick a quest you already finished the criteria for (still have to manually start it) it completes.

Feeb wrote:

Hmm. I installed it today, because I wanted to see how many points I had without ever actually using it beyond signing up for it when it launched. So just from buying things. Enough to get $40 in PSN funds. Not too shabby. But I think I'll try and get enough to get Rise of the Ronin.

But to the point of this quote chain. I started the one for buying a game, for points. Which I owned two of them on two of the list. Neither have completed since activating them hours ago. Maybe that doesn't work for the points ones, but for the collectable ones? Which, what the hell is the point of the collectables. Is their version of NFTs. So dumb.

Yeah, that doesn't work for me. Example: I was re-playing GOW and realized there was an activity to "play GOW" so I activate it on the app. Nothing happens until I boot up the game again after activation. No past history (about 50 hours worth of GOW) factored into it. Only what I do after activating counts.

It’s given me credit for the “hard game” a few times for stuff I did a while back. It also did give me GoW and spiderman stuff without rebooting the game. Maybe it’s been updated not to do this anymore.

I just got the good ending in SIFU. Again, fantastic game! I might try for the plat.

Archer wrote:


I could be wrong, but I don't think those activities count for games you already own before activating it? It sucks enough that it only counts for digital titles.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was announced today (yesterday?). They said this year, but didn't give a date. So I'm not sure it actually will. I really liked the first game, so looking forward to this.

Reviews for stellar blade are rolling out. Sounds like I’d enjoy it- action / souls like. I may grab it in a few weeks. Still need to play rise of the ronin and MLB.

Feeb wrote:

Same here. The demo was surprisingly awesome so Ive been looking forward to the reviews.

One review I watched said if you liked Sekiro, Lies of P and/or DMC5 them you'll likely enjoy SB. They said the gameplay was good and the bosses especially were solid. Also music was great.

Ive stayed away from soulslike for the last few years but I think I may get back to it with this game and eventually Wukong (if it ends up being awesome). Any modern game that includes multiple unlockable alternate costumes has my respect.

Yeah I’m down to clown some Stellar Blade but not at that $70 price tag Sony you greedy pirate hookers.

Most games go on sale pretty quickly if you look at GameFly sales. No reason to buy day 1.

Yeah the last game I bought day one at full price in recent memory was God of War Ragnorok and that’s only cause I had credit in my PayPal account. More AAAAAA games drop more quickly now I’ve noticed in the past few years. Possibly cause these publishers get the bump they want in the first couple of months at that gluttonous $70 price then cut down the prices to get even more sales. Pretty clever tactic if that’s the case.

$78 with sales tax for me to buy a new game.

I was very surprised Helldivers 2 was $40 on day one. I wouldn't have bought it otherwise.

Does Helldivers 2 have microtransactions and a season pass or deluxe content? Perhaps that’s why Sony felt like dropping their pants with that one on the MSRP price.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

Micros are there, but so far everything has been unlockable in game. You can find currency on the maps while you play or you can pay for it an get it faster. Its a weird decision but I think it paid off in the end.

I was trying to wrap up some other games before getting into GOW:Rag:Valhalla. I'm a few hours in now and I'm still giddy to just have more GOW to play, but man, i really don't get this.

I like that it's a bit of a GOW history montage of memories, but the repetition is a style of game I hate...but it also extends the story which makes me interested. Kinda. Both recent GOW games are A+ to me and I love them, and even though the DLC is free....I hate roguelites (or whatever they're called) but this has just enough to keep me playing. But I don't even know what my goal is. Or how far I need to go. Or how many runs this may take. I saw a trophy for getting 15k wisps or whatever in 1 run, which seems insane.

I dropped the difficulty after awhile because the battles weren't much fun. And then just repeating them was less fun. I'm going to keep going but this DLC is the first negative I can mark towards any GOW yet, which is crazy.

Well now that I have got my plat in Unicorn Overlord I can finally give Hell Divers 2 a go. I am kinda tempted by Hell Divers since it's on sale right now... I am going to play the Expanse also, the internet here is pretty bad so the connection is not strong enough to play HD 2... I love the the time I have with it... lag and all the opening movie just reminds me so much of Starship Troopers.

Tunic, Destiny 2: Lightfall, Ghostrunner 2, and EA Sports FC 24.

That’s a pretty good offering. I’ll probably play them all.

Tunic is awesome. Was easily my personally played GotY last year, tons of nods to classic Zelda and excellent music and... Well everything was great.

I've been waiting for a good deal on Tunic.