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@bam541 I'm glad Goofy is in the thumbnail because this looks goofy.

Inarguably the biggest game to come out in August is a reboot of an insane open-world sandbox franchise. Saints Row looks like it'll satisfy our craving for destruction and silliness en masse, though I'm personally weary of its tone, but as long as its good explosive fun-nothing else matters. Youtube Video Next up is Two Point Campus, a follow up to the comedic hospital construction and management game Two Point Hospital. I'm pretty convinced this one maybe the best game of the month and should graduate with honors: Youtube Video

Live a Live releases on the 22nd. I played the demo and the 2D-HD style looks awesome. You are only able to play a small part of three of the different characters story's but they seem interesting. Combat is not as strategic or rewarding as Octopath Traveler but maybe it gets better past the demo. The second trailer shows some cool looking boss fights and I think those could have more compelling gameplay. Youtube Video Youtube Video

Streer Fighter 6 Everything shown off so far has me sold, it doesn't hurt that there's this like confidence to the game, I can't quite put my finger on why that is though. Also the ResetEra thread complaining about Frame perfect moves gave me a good laugh. Especially since as far as anyone can tell a frame perfect move comes out faster and does like 5-10 points of more damage (not really game changing to casual players) Resident Evil 4 I'm so mixed about this because I loved OG RE4, like I played RE4 so much that I can probably bear the game blindfolded, upside down and mirrored. That said if RE4Make can trim the fat just a little bit (The later half of the Island is when I typically get bored or annoyed) Calistio Protocol Loved Dead Space, and if not for the remake coming out next year I think I'd be more excited for this but I'm still looking forward to this. Final Fantasy 7:Rebirth, Crisis Core: Reunion, and Final Fantasy 16 Throwing these all together, but I'm looking forward to all of them for one reason or another. Especially 16 as it looks DMC5-2. Dragon's Dogma 2 It exists, it's happening. Nuff said.

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just started sniper elite 5: great fun but a copy of the 4th instalment and quite clunky on controller. chaosgate: loving it, amazing considering it has low funds or support from GW

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Samurai Bringer is out today on Switch and PS4. It's a roguelite action game with a really cool retro-ish 3D art style published by PLAYISM. There's not much coverage on this yet but this review here made me interested in it. Sounds like a difficult game which I'm kinda craving for rn. Youtube Video

I have already pre-downloaded Gran Turismo 7. I also splurged and bought the Pulse 3D Headphones for PS5. Most of March will be split between Elden Ring and GT7, with GT7 being a sort of ongoing game throughout the years. SuperGT put out his review of GT7 and it's very informative: Youtube Video His focus on the "Physics" section was pretty great to hear. GT Sport really encouraged a lot of corner abuse and there was too much of a car-meta since the game didn't have tuning. So it's extremely encouraging to hear that different models within the same group of cars drive quite differently. Gone are the days of taking a 90 degree right turn flat out and not spinning out. It is also great to see that bumps in the track or weather conditions are all on the fly considerations. The game just seems so much deeper than before in the best way possible. I know I'll start out as a bad driver and advance to a slightly better than bad driver and I can't wait to give it a go. Digital Foundry review: Youtube Video

ER, I can only think about ER, there is no other game.ER!

Now that I'm finished with Monster Hunter Rise, I've basically played everything I wanted to play from last year. Going forward I'll be focusing on 2022 games so I have less games to catch up on at the end of this year. I would recommend to anyone who missed Psychonauts 2 last year, to put that game at the top of your play list. It's an awesome game that's definitely worth your time.

@bam541 Recently, my friends and I get some hours in early on Halo MCC and it just clears up our day afterwards. We call it Saturday Morning Cartoons.

@dipset said in The First Year of PS5 and Xbox Series: @sheria I hear everything you're saying and agree for the most part, but when I played PS5 for the first time, I felt like the next-gen factor was a bit undersold. Between Astro's Playroom, Demon's Souls, and playing BFV on PS5, I couldn't believe how smooth and buttery the experience was. On top of that Demon's Souls has such an amazing presentation with an additional layer of atmosphere brought with a lot of love and attention to the audio design. So all this to say, I actually felt the leap from PS4 Pro to PS5 much more than I felt the leap from PS3 to PS4. I agree that PS4 Pro was a waste of $500 and I should've just waited 2 years for the PS5. But even from the Pro >> 5, I feel so much more satisfied with PS5. But I hear you, it is an iteration of a pre-existing device so the leap feels less impactful, but it's still a satisfying improvement in my opinion. For me a smoother experience is not enough for a next gen jump. It's more like what the PS4 Pro should have been. I do think the jump from PS3 and PS4 was also not that big at first. I'm sure after some years things will get better for ps5 and Xbox series X.

I started playing Nocturne HD some time ago. Didn't get so far in but was really liking it. Unfortunately some personal stuff interupted my playthrough but I really want to come back to it.

Nier replicant would be the current topical answer for me

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i've enjoyed replaying Xenoblade chronicles. part of why i love the game is because each time i played it again i would discover unique enemies in locations i missed the first time playing through. i think i've pretty much 100%'d the game now except for the superbosses at the end but i can easily look up for appropriate team members, weapons and armor to use against those

I must've missed this at the Xbox gameplay showcase but check out the Horizon 5 gameplay if you haven't: Youtube Video Having played FH4, some features like the Battle Royale and the open world with friends connectivity was already in FH4, but I'm okay with an iterative sequel instead of a game that rewrites the book. I loved the seasons feature in FH4 but that might've been a crutch to make the UK climate feel more diverse whereas I can already see here in Forza Horizon 5 that the world is going to be extremely diverse on it's own. LEVEL BUILDER / EDITOR! If FH5 gets the developer and community support of a game like Halo, then I'd imagine that we'll be seeing so much community content and game modes curated and featured for endless fun. In theory, you could probably make Rocket League or a CTF mode within FH5. I'll post my XBL closer to the date if somebody wants to play online with me. Also, if PC upgrades are still hard to come by at the end of 2021, I might consider just getting an XBSX which is completely fucking insane for me to say cause I've kinda generally hated Xbox consoles but XBSX might be the most reliable way for me to play next-gen exclusives in their full glory. We'll see.

I'm glad both are still around. During the ps2 generation 2D games became more niche on consoles but this is not the case anymore. 2D games have a lot of advantages. In general they are much more tightly designed. Controls are simpler, no camera issues, enemies can not be avoided so easily, the level design is more clear,... But 2D design is of course much more limited. Thankfully there is room for both in the world.