Ninth console generation (Xbox Series X and Playstation 5)

[PercyPig]

I certainly don’t play Call of Duty like that They hit their targets without pointing at the sky first.

 

[Mats]

I certainly don’t play Call of Duty like that They hit their targets without pointing at the sky first.

I meticulously twiddle the thumbsticks for four minutes from behind a crate to make sure I hit anything

 

[COB]

Fingers crossed for more Bugsnax next!

 

[Peekaboo]

So far the COLOUR PALETTE of PS5 is really impressing me

Are we back at the DRAB BROWNS AND GREYS of the PS2 days again?

 

[Mats]

Fingers crossed for more Bugsnax next!

I want more HOT BUG TRAX

 

[COB]

This new RE does look reassuringly batshit from what they've shown so far

 

[PercyPig]

Was that the remixed version of the merchant from RE4?

 

[Peekaboo]

I have of course ZERO INTEREST in playing a FPS but I'm giving this game a 10 in presentation for shamelessly ripping off Saul Bass.

 

[PercyPig]

How does this game differ from just restarting a level because you’re shit?

 

[Mats]

Devil May Move On

 

[PercyPig]

I wish they’d stop trying to make Oddworld happen.

 

[Peekaboo]

Fucking hell, Abe has been "liberating his people" since 1997. TIME FOR AN INTIFADA GUYS.

 

[Peekaboo]

Where's that CAT GAME? All these games look the same.

 

[Peekaboo]

Wow I really needed to see FIVE MINUTES of gameplay footage of a remaster of an old game whose template has been aped by 80% of the current gaming scene. Groundbreaking stuff.

 

[COB]

I've never played one of these, I always worry they'll be too hard and I'll just get frustrated. It looks very nice though!

 

[PercyPig]

Is that Demon Souls? What a snooze fest. I thought it was critically acclaimed?

 

[Mats]

ewwww

 

[Peekaboo]

Buy a PS5 so you can play your PS4 games at launch. EXCITING!

 

[PercyPig]

Play PS4 games from launch

What is the next gen actually launching with?

 

[Mats]

Buy a PS5 so you can play your PS4 games at launch. EXCITING!

AGOG!

 

[PercyPig]

£359 not bad for the all digital edition

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Oh. My. God.

Yes to a more traditional final fantasy!

 

[Mats]

FINALLY

 

[Mats]

... boy

 

[Peekaboo]

Call me when it hits 250 pounds and there's at least 2 or 3 original games without a number after their name.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Oddworld looks amazing, but how they've managed to take this long with what was meant to be a remake I'll never know.

I'd also like to repeat my conspiracy theory from last time that all the speakers are CGI.

 

[COB]

Buy a PS5 so you can play your PS4 games at launch. EXCITING!

To be fair that's a pretty decent selection of games (and it's probably quite unlikely someone will have played EVERYTHING during this generation), so it's a decent deal for folk who are trading in their PS4s for a PS5. That's provided they don't raise the subscription fees, which they probably WILL

 

[Peekaboo]

Why would you pay half a thousand pounds to play these games though. It's the fucking apex of consumerism.

 

[COB]

Oh that's true, I'm just saying that I see why they're offering it. I don't think I'll be going anywhere near this until there's been at least one price drop, it's just too much.

 

[K.C.]

Omg Final Fantasy

But as usual, it looks like it'll have amazing gameplay but a garbage story that'll bore you to death.

 

[straightorbroken]

Well my biggest takeaway from that was Dan from Call of Duty.

 

[Phoenix]

Catching up now.....

Demon Soul looks fantastic (I won’t play it but it’ll be fun to watch someone else playing it)

Final Fantasy XVI looks interesting. I hated XV so much, I hope they learned something from that because it looks very similar.

Spiderman looks fine, I didn’t love the PS4 game and this is more of the same but I’ll probably get this on sale.

 

[Phoenix]

And now he's invisible? Fucking hell they've turned the only semi-relatable American super hero into GENERICMAN.

I do worry sometimes that the world stopped for you in the mid nineties and that everything after in terms of pop culture just passed you by.

 

[Phoenix]

God of War sequel

I feel bad for that Harry Potter game, all that work for naught.

Resident Evil 8 is another I won’t play but I’ll watch someone else. Ethan and Mia are not the most interesting protagonists, where is Jill?

 

[Phoenix]

November 12 is so soon but definitely no rush to get it since most of the games won’t be out till 2021.

 

[Mats]

Oh that's true, I'm just saying that I see why they're offering it. I don't think I'll be going anywhere near this until there's been at least one price drop, it's just too much.

oh come on, boy, whack that wallet out

 

[Mats]

Oh that's true, I'm just saying that I see why they're offering it. I don't think I'll be going anywhere near this until there's been at least one price drop, it's just too much.

I was actually going to buy it hot off the press because of Cyberpunk but now I see the PS5 version is set for a 2021 release. HMM

so what games is it exactly launching with?

 

[Mats]

Owners of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions will be able to freely download the game on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 upon release.

you don't see much of this kind of generosity in the gaming industry anymore

 

[ZenGiraffe]

I am really tempted to get the digital edition, since I haven't bought a physical game for years (other than ring fit adventure), but I am not sure I am willing to pay this much for the privilege.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-09-16-sony-sets-the-price-of-some-ps5-launch-titles-at-gbp70

At that price, I'd start trading games in again.

 

[Apoca]

That stupid Harry Potter game looks more exciting than Final Lack of Imagination set in the Middle Ages XVI.

And I kinda HATE HOW THAT'S THE CASE. I really had been hoping these rumours of a "return to the roots" for the FF-series were gonna come through but this looks like they watched the Witcher and decided to RUN WITH THAT. URGH.