Raz Review: "I wanted to give this a 9, but issues with the tutorial, camera angles and fidgety targeting controls restrained my enthusiasm - which is nevertheless very high for this game.
Demons' Souls remembers one of the key elements that made old-school games addictive: difficulty. This game is HARD. Lots of people are saying that, and it might be discouraging to some (especially since the learning curve is brutal starting out) but if you can see past it you'll find yourself coming back for more and more. And man, is it ever beautiful. The payoff for your patience is a sense of accomplishment far greater than in any other game I've played.
It reminds me of Monster Hunter in a lot of ways, since you need special loot to upgrade your weapons, and there is an upgrade tree of sorts that lets you customize your weaponry. Armor is harder to come by, but it generally just slows you down anyway. There's magic apparently, but I haven't bothered - this is mostly about melee combat. And it ain't hack n' slash, either; you need strategy and skill to take on even the weakest opponents.
It also reminds me of that old Dragon's Lair game, because you will die countless times trying to figure out the best strategy for a given area. And of course, you lose all your Souls when you do, which can be REALLY frustrating; until you realize that there's a way to exploit this: find a tough area, build up souls, die, go back, build up more souls and grab the ones you dropped last time - voila, you've doubled your income. Now you just have to get back to the exit without dying again.
Hardcore gamers will love it. Casual gamers will either love it or hate it. People who like Prince of Persia because you can't ever really die will throw the controller at the screen in a fit of apoplectic rage."
Online: Yes
Rated: 8.5/10
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
A renowned industry insider has suggested the rumored PlayStation May 2024 showcase featuring Silent Hill 2 could happen this week.
Bogus!
Why would Sony do that and how would this benefit them?
1) It would piss off their media partners (IGN, Gamespot, Edge, etc.) since they would have to allocate resources fast to cover the event.
2) Risk of not having great coverage or proper coverage from the various source
3) It could give the impression that they are not confident in their own stuff.
4) They would miss the chance to hype the event losing viewers and losing free marketing time.
Again I'm calling it bogus unless it's a small showcase before the big one or because they want to announce that Hellbalde 2 is also coming on PS5.
As far as I can remember, they typically give a week heads up for these sorts of things.
Last year it was a weeks notice.
https://blog.playstation.co...
May 17th announcement for may 24th show.
Nintendo always tweets that a direct is happening tomorrow but no one cares.
Sony gives a week or days of notice and we get anti sony type fake outrage like this.
But good luck trying trying to get some Sony hate going...
You just mention it!
Sony gives a week in advance NOT just a couple of days.
So I fail to see what Sony's hate movement I'm trying to start when it's a basic business strategy to not piss off your partners (ask Sega).
And I doubt it's hate to ask how it would benefit Sony in doing so.
@Versus
Huh? What?
Bro you really should relax, if what you read was some kinda negative against Sony.... seriously, is that what you got from the comments?
Bro, he was debunking the rumor, and gave perfectly good reasons why it would be unlikely, and your Nintendo Direct comparison is different, as this is supposed to be a BIG Sony showcase, not a surprise 20 min direct, and Sony 's pattern has been one week.
Slow down warmonger.
@thesoftware730
"1) It would piss off their media partners (IGN, Gamespot, Edge, etc.) since they would have to allocate resources fast to cover the event."
That is implying Sony is preventing them from doing their job properly therefore negatively affecting their business...but i guess that's a reach in your mind?
And it's not like they need that many resources to cover the stream. They just need 3 people to react to the stream live and make some easy articles made up mostly of summaries of Sony provided press releases. They would have enough time to "prepare" if it was announced with one days notice.
Before I get tons of replies for Sony given a week in advance, my initial comments are related to the notion that the Show could happen this week as the title mentions.
Now to be fair the complete article mentions that Jeff said the Show could happen later in May giving time for Sony to give the normal 7-day notice.
Again not trying to start a negative thing here just thinking that it's bogus that Sony will have a show this week
Yeah as much as I’d like to hear what sony’s 1st parties have cooked, it’s not their style to shadow drop a showcase.
Still waiting for ghost of tsushima 2, I’m ready whenever man..
Going in with no expectations but likely will see something that resonates with me.
Here is a look at the new Joker Trailer. Warner Bros. Games today released a new MultiVersus trailer revealing the first look at gameplay for The Joker, who will join the roster as a playable character when the upcoming free-to-play platform fighter videogame launches on May 28th.
