PlayStation State Of Play: All The Trailers From Today’s Showcase

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   OzMomotaro

   February 1, 2024 at 10:37 am

   It was an improvement over recent dumpster fires, but it still doesn’t tell us… what is SONY’s first party studios working on – and can we expect anything this year. I also feel for Helldivers 2 – for something about to hit the streets, this kinda feels it’s been left to fend for itself… unless there really isn’t much variety in the game. I also was shocked at how much they showed of DS2… Stellar Blade did look the winner title, even if I’m not personally into the whole DMC / Bayonetta style gameplay.

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      David Smith

      February 1, 2024 at 12:07 pm

      My expectation is Sony will save first party gear for the Q2 State of Play, close to (but not part of) Summer Game Fest.

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   Torrol

   February 1, 2024 at 6:25 pm

   Dragon’s Dogma II, Death Stranding 2 and Rise of the Ronin are interesting to me. I’ve heard very positive things about the first Dragon’s Dogma, and I did enjoy my time with the original Death Stranding (ridiculous story aside, the gameplay with its slow, methodical pacing and the ability to help other players really appealed to me). As whacky and silly as Kojumbo can be, at least he’s willing to be weird and silly. I’ll give him my money for that alone (and I am aware that part of his silliness and wackiness is a deliberate affectation for marking reasons, with little substance behind it).

   Rise of the Ronin looks interesting from an exploration and story perspective. The combat looks to be a bit too…. Reflexed-based for me to be any good at it (I’m an old man now, my reflexes are simply not what they used to be).

   Helldivers II… hm. I made the mistake of buying the first helldivers and then suffering alongside random players who were as bad at the game as I was. I never could find a group of friends to play it with. So I think I’ll skip it.

   Stellar Blade looks to be a reflex-based action game that I will do TERRIBLY at, so it’s not something I’m going to pick up. Also, the camera seems to be very fixated on a certain part of the main heroine’s anatomy which is frankly quite juvenile. 14 year old me would have approved. 36 year old me does not.

   ZZZ – more like, $$$. Gatcha is Gatcha. That claw’s coming for your wallet if you play those games.

   Silent Hill 2 – the emphasis on guns and shooting makes me sad.

   The VR stuff doesn’t interest me at all. Mostly because I don’t have a VR set.

   Judas – eh, potentially interesting. The art style seems to be awful, but that could be intentional. I would need to see a lot more than what they’ve shown. I liked Bioshock Infinite, even if it was a disappointment to some degree.

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