Although I was initially perplexed with the Burst Counter mechanic, eventually it all clicked and now I’m in love with it. I’ve a long backlog of titles yet to be played and having not had the time to play the first I jumped right in. Having finally laid the Valkyrie Queen Gna to rest in God Of War, and received the platinum trophy, I decided to stay in a masochistic mood and began playing Nioh 2. It was a digital purchase, so no selling it on for me, which means maybe I’ll jump back into it in a few months, give it another go. Good for people who love that sort of thing but I’m putting it on the backburner for now to focus on more… enjoyable gaming experiences.

I can appreciate the craftsmanship and all that, but I very quickly came to realise that I’m just not interested in devoting so much of my precious time to master something where the learning curve is the Y-axis. So I took the plunge and bought Elden Ring, as CDKeys recently had it for £29.99. I don’t know how much Sony can afford to sell it at a loss, or if they even need to, but I’m prepared to believe they know what they’re doing with this one. And yet apparently it did well enough for Sony to support it for a long time and I can only assume it did well enough that the idea of doing a more expensive follow-up didn’t immediately get shouted down. On the other hand though, wasn’t it the same situation with the original headset? It didn’t have the bad timing problem but it was super expensive and not exactly essential. It’s hideously expensive at a time when most people are not looking to spend large amounts of money on unnecessary luxuries. We’ll have to wait and see, but I feel this year is going to be filled with some very important reveals.Ī friend of mine is convinced the PlayStation VR2 is going to be a massive flop and on the face of it it’s hard to argue with him.

I guess they could announce it next year and release it a few months later but while that may work with some games, I don’t think it’s a good idea for a whole console. Obviously, predicting Nintendo is madness but if they don’t announce it this year then I think they are going to be missing a beat. I increasingly hold with the theory that Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom is the last big Switch game and that everything else will be for its successor or at least cross-gen. I would be very surprised though if it wasn’t announced this year, probably at E3 in June.

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