Topic: The PlayStation Fan Thread

@RR529 They've contacted me three times to buy a PS5 with no additional input from me, lol.

I still love the wording. "Hey, lucky person, this is an invitation to spend half a grand on our gaming device."

Remember when companies actually had to try and sell you on their products, instead of acting like they're doing you a favor by taking your money? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

But yeah, I'm the same way. Now that I have a SWOLED, I'm satisfied. My gaming time is more than accounted for. I don't need anything new anytime soon.

@Ralizah, oh hey, that's good to know.

Don't need/want one right now, but I may cave if I get the chance again as my brother definitely wants one eventually (he'll pay half cost when we do eventually get one).

I've taken Thursday and Friday off work for the launch of PSO2 on PS4.

As a gamer who has put over 4k hours into the series between PSO1 and PSU, this release is exciting.

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/08/26/phantasy-star-online-...

Pre-ordered the digital deluxe edition of Hogwarts Legacy earlier (on the PS5 since it has an exclusive side quest the PC version lacks) when I heard people were boycotting it. I'm not even the biggest Harry Potter fan, but "GTA but magic" sounds a lot of fun, so I'm definitely interested. It's been a long time coming, a literal open world Hogwarts you can interact with as a student.

I heard there's even a Collector's Edition with some Harry Potter merch, but again, not really a big HP fan, so I won't be going that far with my money.

Okay, what the heck is this game ?
A girlie girlie game with Jojo Siwa from Nickelodeon channel by OG Games on PS5 ?? 😆
Wuuut...?!
Gosh... Kinda intriguing but needs to see the actual gameplay first.

The features:

PLAY AS JOJO SIWA - Step into her iconic dance shoes and dress up JoJo with outfits straight from her wardrobe

OFFICIAL JOJO SONGS - Run through the levels to 10 of JoJo’s top hits including D.R.E.A.M, Hold the Drama, and It’s Time to Celebrate!

RHYTHMIC RUNNER - Use your controller like an instrument and perform actions like running, jumping and flying based on the rhythm and beats

PERFORM ON THE STAGE - Complete sequences to perform special dance routines by playing your way through each rhythmic party

10 NEW FANTASY LANDS - Pick up collectibles in the sandy Beachland, blast off to into space in Moonland, or become a Super Girl in Superheroland!

https://www.play-asia.com/the-outbound-ghost/13/70fouj

The Outbound Ghost physical release from play-asia.

Wait a minute.
I found another upcoming cartoonish game by Game Mill.

@Anti-Matter My daughter is obsessed with this show. Looks like its coming to Switch too, so will have to let her know.

Currently replaying the Resistance series on PS3. Gave the first game 2 playthroughs which I really enjoyed, now I'm on my second playthrough of the second game to mop up any missed trophies, shame a platinum is impossible at this point due to the online trophies. Trophies that require you to play online shouldn't be a thing, especially when all online services eventually get retired for every game eventually anyway.

It took me a bit longer to like Resistance 2 but I did end up really liking it. The choice to only limit you to 2 weapons when you used to be able to carry every gun in the game at once is a big design flaw to me though and also having no real reward for replaying is a big flaw as well, especially when the first game gave you an incentive to replay the game by giving you new weapons you previously couldn't use before on new game plus.

That said though they're both fantastic games for different reasons and I like the way Nathan Hale feels like an actual protagonist in the second game rather than an mute, uninteresting generic military guy like he was in the first game.

3 is the one I played the least back when it was new so I'm really looking forward to giving that a go, as well as seeing how the more post-apocalyptic setting works as opposed to the more open battle military shooter vibe of the first 2.

@Type_Trubbish Assuming the weapons in 2 are similar to 1's, that's stupid since 1 has one of the best weapons in any game (The Auger) that I can't imagine wanting to replace with even the other cool guns in that game.

Also Resistance 1 is already way too 7th gen FPS, they didn't need to make it even more of its time. :V

Wow really Sony? How dare you sir?

@kkslider5552000 the Auger is even better in 2, it fires a lot faster and it's really a life saver against the bigger enemies on the harder difficulty

Rise of ronin looks interesting, but too far away for me to really feel anything about it. I will say this is when being an importer backfires, because I know folks were happy to see ishin, but I was sad it wasn't a new entry. Sigh.

Other stuff were either games I don't overly care about or will buy when very cheap (GOW and Tekken) or stuff that is going to be bought on the switch.

The historical Yakuza game seems interesting, but I'm so backlogged with this series that I don't know if I'll ever even get to it.

Otherwise, it was a very 'meh' presentation for me. Not terrible, not amazing. Mostly a bunch of games I'll probably buy years after launch in random Steam sales.

Of course, that Nintendo Direct was a hard act to follow.

So is Sony allergic to having more than like 10 games per show? It's very weird to have a modern console and be like "here are the 10 video games" when there's 80 more coming out the next week.

Yeah, I naturally checked out the announcements .... Stellar Blade looks great & sounds like it'll be coming to Steam as well, though! Along with Ishin & hopefully we'll eventually get Rise of the Ronin

That State of Play sure was something huh.

Octopath 2 on PlayStation version is confirmed.

Also...

https://www.play-asia.com/windstorm-an-unexpected-arrival/13/...

Haven't looked too much into the State of Play announcements yet, but Stellar Blade is looking great!

@Anti-Matter OT2 was already confirmed for Playstation, but that box art is definitely dope.