PlayStation Showcase Aftermath - Rate the show
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Deffo keeping their cards close to their chest for next year, but people want to see what Naughty Dog, Guerilla, and Bend have been doing in particular.
Didn't expect anything. Loved everything showed. Tower of Aghsba, Phanton Blade, GhostRunner 2...you name it. 
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Amazing. What I expected from this show was a clear lack of 1st party ps5 exclusives except the obvious SM2. Jimbo clearly doing an amazing job having their teams focused on live service games. They are keeping their cards so close to their chest that they will have a grand total of 2 console only 1st party releases this year (excluding VR), with one of them being a DLC.
but hey, revenues are at a record high, so all is good.
but hey, revenues are at a record high, so all is good.
Amazing. What I expected from this show was a clear lack of 1st party ps5 exclusives except the obvious SM2. Jimbo clearly doing an amazing job having their teams focused on live service games. They are keeping their cards so close to their chest that they will have a grand total of 2 console only 1st party releases this year (excluding VR), with one of them being a DLC.
but hey, revenues are at a record high, so all is good.
And those cat games!
Couldn't ask for more
I'm not going to wait another year to hopefully see what their non gaas/PC studios are up to. I bought a PS5 day 1 off of the expectation that we'd get constant high quality games like we'd been getting on the ps4. Now I'm not so sure I can count on that
With the amount of money some of them might draw in I wouldnt be surprised lol.They are going to show mobile games eventually aren't they at these showcases
There was some good stuff, but overall, I'm kind of underwhelmed. Seriously, these companies used to cram their presentations chock full of awesome stuff, to the point I had trouble telling which one I was most excited for. Now? I'm lucky if there's q couple of cool announcements per showcase.
I have to say this was Xbox levels of bad. If starfield ends up being bug free I can see their showcase being better than the snoozefest Sony delivered today. SM2 looked good and bad all at the same time
I give it an 8, better than what a lot of you are, but there's actually some gold buried in amongst the trash.
Marathon, Phantom Blade, Aghabra or whatever it was called, Dragon's Dogma 2 and even Helldivers 2 looks like it could be good. Spiderman 2 did what it needed to.
And then the bad really was bad, but is there really much difference between bad and mediocre, I wouldn't rush out to buy either. I guess, if a lot of that stuff (everything but Spiderman and Helldivers?) turns out to be multiplat, that that could hurt? Oh, FF is there too but does it really count if we've seen literally all of that already?
FF and Spiderman anchoring a year is enough.
Marathon, Phantom Blade, Aghabra or whatever it was called, Dragon's Dogma 2 and even Helldivers 2 looks like it could be good. Spiderman 2 did what it needed to.
And then the bad really was bad, but is there really much difference between bad and mediocre, I wouldn't rush out to buy either. I guess, if a lot of that stuff (everything but Spiderman and Helldivers?) turns out to be multiplat, that that could hurt? Oh, FF is there too but does it really count if we've seen literally all of that already?
FF and Spiderman anchoring a year is enough.
Lol forget about PS4 era. Hulst taste in gaming is showing up with that Haven game. We need Shu back.
Seriously would like to know what's up with SM2. Something's off with that game and I can't explain it.
This was a mixed bag. How one feels will DEFINITELY depend on what they actually wanted from this show.
For me, I like a lot of different types of games across a ton of genres and budget levels. I'm not ONLY looking for the AAA blockbusters. I want some AA and indie stuff to. That said, the Showcase had a great variety of A-tier games, but a shockingly low number of S-tier heavy hitters. Or at least heavy hitters we didn't already know were coming. We all knew Spider-Man 2 would be in this one. We already knew Dragon's Dogma 2 existed.
The big surprises would be Helldivers 2, Marathon, and Metal Gear Solid Delta, and that's if you don't follow leaks and rumors. Lame CG trailers for Sony's live service games also told us nothing of their actual structure. Firewalk's trailer gave literally just a title. Terrible. And we got another FFXVI trailer without any mention of the demo? And the launch trailer for Street Fighter 6? Why?
But we got very promising games like Plucky Squire, Sword of the Sea, Ghostrunner 2, Talos Principle 2, Phantom Blade, Alan Wake 2, and a few more. Overall, for me, this is a C+ show, maybe B- if I'm more forgiving, but considering the last Showcase was almost two years ago, this really should've been better. At least B+.
If you ONLY care about first-party heavy hitters though, this was a C- or even D show. It offered almost nothing of interest in this regard.
For me, I like a lot of different types of games across a ton of genres and budget levels. I'm not ONLY looking for the AAA blockbusters. I want some AA and indie stuff to. That said, the Showcase had a great variety of A-tier games, but a shockingly low number of S-tier heavy hitters. Or at least heavy hitters we didn't already know were coming. We all knew Spider-Man 2 would be in this one. We already knew Dragon's Dogma 2 existed.
The big surprises would be Helldivers 2, Marathon, and Metal Gear Solid Delta, and that's if you don't follow leaks and rumors. Lame CG trailers for Sony's live service games also told us nothing of their actual structure. Firewalk's trailer gave literally just a title. Terrible. And we got another FFXVI trailer without any mention of the demo? And the launch trailer for Street Fighter 6? Why?
But we got very promising games like Plucky Squire, Sword of the Sea, Ghostrunner 2, Talos Principle 2, Phantom Blade, Alan Wake 2, and a few more. Overall, for me, this is a C+ show, maybe B- if I'm more forgiving, but considering the last Showcase was almost two years ago, this really should've been better. At least B+.
If you ONLY care about first-party heavy hitters though, this was a C- or even D show. It offered almost nothing of interest in this regard.
