I tranquilized this guard in MGSV and he fell face first into a pool of water. The Zs hovered over his head for about 10 seconds and then stopped. It ruined my pacifist run but I love that attention to detail.
Edit: Also Destiny has some cool touches. These Omolon weapons work by firing a special gel at high velocity. You can see the gel in the "magazine" sloshing about as you move and see it deplete as you fire..
The longer podcasts are great. I'm not sure they should ever go over 2 hours though. I listen to Gameface (typically hits close to 3 hours) and it can start to drag a bit.
Just ordered a disgusting amount of Dominos to last me the next 12+ hours
On Friday 22nd SEGA is hosting a 25th anniversary party for Sonic and livestreaming it on twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sonicofficial). The main reason to watch is the promise of a new game reveal that they've been teasing for over 4 months now.
SEGA's been making a lot of comments over the past year about how they're trying to focus more on quality rather than hitting release windows so it will be interesting to see what they show. The last mainline Sonic game SEGA themselves worked on was Lost World which came out in 2013 so they've a had a long time to work on this.
Far Cry. Or any series that fits Ubisoft's "taking over towers/outposts in an open-world" mold. That whole genre (or sub-genre I guess) needs to start doing something new. Horizon's scenario looks so cool but if the core gameplay is what I just described without any new twists, I think a lot of people are going to be disappointed.
Edit: Also, the Arkham series. Rocksteady is very wise to leave the series now because it really feels like they've done everything they can and the series has run its course. My fear is that Warner Bros. are still going to keep churning them out by passing them on to a B-Team like WB Montreal.
I had the money for PSVR saved up. Had to dip into it when things got tight last month but should be able to save enough money again in time for launch
-Gears Of War 4
-Forza Horizon 3
-Dead Rising 4
-Crackdown 3
-Sea Of Thieves
-Scalebound
-Recore
-The Xbox Slim announcement will foolishly be the last thing they announce as an "Oh, and one more thing" moment despite everyone already knowing about it.
I'm going to recommend a game called ADIOS - Amazing Discoveries In Outer Space. It's tucked well away on the PSN store (PS4). Judging by the leaderboards and trophy tracker sites I don't think the game has sold too well which is a shame because I really liked it and it doesn't cost too much (I got it on sale but even at full price I don't think it's more than $10.
The elevator pitch is "Spelunky: In Spaaaaaaaaaace". Each level is a randomly generated solar system and you have to make enough discoveries in each one (by finding things of interest and useful materials) before you can "warp drive" to the next system.
Your success depends entirely on your fuel reserves - it's used for everything; moving your ship about, repairing it when it inevitably gets damaged and even powers your personal jetpack when you have to land on planets and scavenge independently from your ship. If you run out of fuel, it's game over. What this creates is an excellent risk/reward system. You may spot a planet in the current system that seems to have a lots of discoveries and fuel reserves BUT it's currently under attack from a barrage of meteors, or orbiting dangerously close to its' sun. If you can pull this off you'd have enough fuel to last the next two or even three systems. But you're also putting yourself in incredible danger; one stray meteor finding its way onto your orbit path and you're going to end up like a bug in a windshield.
Learning to measure those risks/rewards will help you advance further into the game but you also need to learn complete mastery of your spaceship. The amount of fuel you can waste with sloppy entry/exiting of planet atmospheres' is huge. If you cut your landing path too thick you're going to come into a very hard landing (which will cost fuel to repair - or kill you outright), cut your entry too thin and you'll slingshot straight out of orbit and have to waste a large amount of fuel just getting yourself slowed down and turned around again (assuming you weren't slingshot straight into the sun of course).
If I had any gripes I would say I don't particularly like the art style. It looks cheap. I know you could argue that's because the game IS cheap, but scrolling through the PSN store you'd almost be forgiven for thinking this was a flash game ported from Newgrounds. The game is also missing the awesome power-ups you could get in Spelunky. There are items you can find to upgrade your ship for the current run but none of them feel like they'll significantly help your run if you find them. In Spelunky, stumbling on the jetpack or climbing gloves early on can completely change that playthrough. But I guess ADIOS lacking this doesn't hurt it too much considering the unpredictable nature of space travel gives each run a unique feel anyway.
If Kyle reads this, I'd love for you to stream it. I know you like rummaging through the shadows of PSN to find hidden gems like this.
Sony Europe has messed up their PS+ update for July and currently Yakuza 5 is free instead of Fat Princess. Grab while you can.
Edit: And it's already been fixed. I've got the game in my download queue so it will be interesting to see if I can play it.
Wow. That stream was... something. I don't know why they had Hyper Potions up on stage at the beginning. They clearly weren't doing anything other than letting their music play from a spotify playlist while they pretended to occasionally press some buttons.
The game announcements were cool. Sonic Mania is essentially the real Sonic 4. I'm disappointed the trailer for Project 2017 was just CG. The game has been in development for three years at this point, I would hope they have something showable by now. I also wonder if Classic Sonic will cut it now that we have Mania with PROPER classic physics.