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5 votes
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Metaphor: ReFantazio prologue demo arrives today on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC
14 votes -
Monster Hunter Wilds | Release date reveal trailer [Feb 28, 2025]
16 votes -
Ghost of Yōtei (Ghost of Tsushima sequel) | Announce trailer
14 votes -
PS5 Pro technical presentation hosted by Mark Cerny - Out November 7th for $699.99
31 votes -
Astro Bot review
6 votes -
Concord is estimated to have sold only 25,000 units. Here’s why analysts think it’s failing.
23 votes -
Dustborn | Release date trailer
7 votes -
Alan Wake 2: Night Springs | Expansion launch trailer
11 votes -
PSVR2 to add PC support in 2024
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Monster Hunter Wilds | First trailer
14 votes -
49M people still use their PS4s, matching the PS5
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"PS5 has no games"
This is what everyone always says. It's the big punchline of this console generation. They say it as if they meant "Sony hasn't made or published any games worth playing since November 2020."...
This is what everyone always says. It's the big punchline of this console generation.
They say it as if they meant "Sony hasn't made or published any games worth playing since November 2020." That's definitely not true. Sony's released several great, critically acclaimed games on PS5: Returnal, Horizon 2, God of War Ragnarok, and just recently they had Helldivers 2. They've had a PS5 game get nominated for Game of the Year every year.
What people have really complaining about is "Sony doesn't keep their games solely on the PS5, instead they've also been bringing them to PS4 and/or PC when able." Isn't that... good?
I remember during the PS3 and PS4 generations, it sucked that you'd have to buy a whole console for that 1 exclusive you were interested in. I had a friend who got a PS4 solely to play Bloodborne. I saw a lot of people back then interested in these exclusives coming to PC. For convenience, for better graphics and frame rates, for the novelty, for game preservation, for any number of reasons.
Now it's finally happened, Sony's big IPs are pretty much all on PC. You can go buy God of War or Ratchet and Clank on Steam. That's awesome! 15-years-ago me would've never believed that could happen in a million years.
And how did people react? "Why would I buy a PS5? It has no games!" It has games, they're just not keeping the games locked up there serving a life sentence, maybe getting a remaster 20 years later if they're lucky. I also find it odd how the Series X has even less exclusives, releasing games day-and-date on PC, but nobody jokes about that.
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PlayStation Portal sales continue to impress despite skepticism
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Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition PC specifications revealed, out March 21
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Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection | Announce trailer | PS5 & PS4 games
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PS5 entering 'the latter stage of its life cycle,' Sony says
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Rise of the Ronin | Gameplay overview
4 votes -
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | State of Play announce trailer
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Judas | Story trailer
11 votes -
Silent Hill: The Short Message | Launch trailer
3 votes -
Interaction Isn't Explicit。| Announcement trailer
11 votes -
The Last of Us Part II Remastered coming to PS5 on January 19, 2024
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God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla | Reveal trailer (PS5 & PS4 games)
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Accessibility in gaming expands with Sony’s new Access Controller for PS5
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Controller support shown in Steam library and store expands to now include PlayStation controllers
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Xbox's Phil Spencer considers PS5 and Nintendo Switch players part of the Xbox community
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 reviews
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PS5 cloud streaming launches this month for PlayStation Plus Premium members
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Sony announces smaller PlayStation 5 design with option to add a disc drive to the Digital Edition console
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Quantum Error | Next gen immersion trailer
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Bomb Rush Cyberfunk release topic
Developer: Team Reptile (Megabyte Punch, Lethal League, Lethal League Blaze) Platforms: Steam, GOG, Nintendo Switch (August 18) PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One (September 1) Trailers:...
Developer:
- Team Reptile (Megabyte Punch, Lethal League, Lethal League Blaze)
Platforms:
- Steam, GOG, Nintendo Switch (August 18)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One (September 1)
Trailers:
Reviews:
Description:
Team Reptile brings you Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, a future world from the mind of Dion Koster where self-styled graffiti crews equipped with personal boostpacks are battling each other for control of the streets. Start your own cypher and dance, paint graffiti, collect beats, combo your tricks and face off with the cops to stake your claim to the sprawling metropolis of New Amsterdam.
(What the official description won’t say is that this game is an unofficial love letter to Jet Set Radio on the Dreamcast and Jet Set Radio Future on the Xbox. Hideki Naganuma even contributed new songs to the soundtrack.)
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Final Fantasy XVI is driving me nuts (no spoilers)
I'm a little over halfway through and I really have to force myself to keep playing it. Some of it is really cool and a lot of it drives me crazy. Sorry to rant a bit but a lot of the discourse...
I'm a little over halfway through and I really have to force myself to keep playing it. Some of it is really cool and a lot of it drives me crazy. Sorry to rant a bit but a lot of the discourse online is extremely positive and I just wanted to let this out.
- So many cutscenes. They're pretty good cutscenes. The acting is largely very good, most characters are really enjoyable (although maybe one day FF will realize that antagonists can be multifaceted and not just generic evil badman). But so, so many hours of cutscene -- run over there -- cutscene -- go to the one map location that's unlocked -- cutscene.
- So much time wasting slow running around. Sometimes the maps are designed like a (linear) maze for apparent reason except to make it take longer to get somewhere. I see a quest marker and I just immediately "ugh" at how long it's going to take me to plod over there.
- And as a corollary to the above, exploration sucks. I learned very early on that there's no reason not to beeline to the next goal, so it makes the slow running that much worse. Dungeons are basically right out of FF XIV, which means one straight line and a very clear pattern of trash mob, trash mob, boss, rinse, repeat.
- The gear and stats are a non-entity. You go through the story, it more or less hands you periodic levels and gear. It feels like they thought including these things was obligatory, but for what they put in the game, they could have just not bothered.
- Combat is pretty fun! A little repetitive. A little samey. I wish there were more options for using all the skills you get. I have all these things I could unlock, but the very limited set of slots you get make they basically a non-option once you've picked the ones you like. The system just feels kind of half baked.
- And in that same vein, the big quick-time-event boss battles are neat too. I don't love them, because it feels a lot like I'm not playing a game anymore, but they do look pretty fantastic. Some of the latter ones go on for way too long. Just like, I was done with punching this fantastic looking beast 10 minutes ago.
- Maybe I haven't heard enough of it or listened long enough, but the music is disappointing. Which is sad because I love the tracks in XIV from the same composer. So much here is just ambient or otherwise underwhelming. A bunch of critical moments are just remixes on the classic theme, which is nice, but not really selling me on the new score overall.
I'm probably going to stick through to the end (slowly, with many breaks for Dave the Diver), at the very least because it was so expensive. I just wish it were better.
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PS5 and Xbox Series closing in on three years of use
Curious to hear what the people of tildes think. As we close in on 3 years of use with these newer consoles, what are every one’s thoughts? Has “next gen” been what you thought it’d really be or...
Curious to hear what the people of tildes think.
As we close in on 3 years of use with these newer consoles, what are every one’s thoughts? Has “next gen” been what you thought it’d really be or are you kinda just feeling whelmed?
I have a PS5 and I use it every now and then for pretty much the first party games. PC is my main platform but as I think back, I’ve been pretty happy with my PS5 and the games to come so far. I also really enjoy the UI (although custom backgrounds would be great).
I don’t know how the Xbox side is so I’d love to hear your thoughts to!
Thanks for taking the time to read.
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Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 | Releases October 24 (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC)
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Diablo 4 is a great PC port - except you need a 16GB graphics card to match PS5
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Alan Wake II will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Epic Games Store in October, according to Alan Wake voice actor Matthew Porretta
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Returnal, the PS5 hit, is a master class in porting a console game to PC
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Pacific Drive | Gameplay trailer
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World of Horror will exit early access and launch in Summer 2023
@Ysbryd Games: Cosmic horror RPG #WORLDOFHORROR from @panstasz will exit Early Access and launch in Summer 2023 for:* PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4* Switch * PC via Steam, GOG, Microsoft Store, and https://t.co/L8aU7LyQ58 Who is ready to go to Shiokawa? 🐙 pic.twitter.com/2CIoAG1Sqr
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn, a remake of the Super Famicom title, will release on November 11
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Ghostwire: Tokyo | Official gameplay deep dive
4 votes -
Horizon Forbidden West | Gameplay reveal
11 votes -
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade | Final trailer
6 votes -
Interview with PlayStation's Jim Ryan - On PS5 supply issues, Sony's 2021 release schedule, a new PS VR headset, and porting more games to PC
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Brazilian court orders Sony to unban PS5 console
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PS5 users are reportedly getting banned for selling PS Plus Collection unlocks to PS4 owners
6 votes -
Xbox Series X/S vs. PlayStation 5 - A direct comparison and the Ars launch-month verdict
13 votes -
Demon's Souls remake on PlayStation 5: The Digital Foundry tech review
4 votes -
Inside the Demon's Souls remake on PS5: The Bluepoint technology breakdown
4 votes