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PlayStation Showcase 2023 |OT| Show as a Service! (1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm BST) (No Spoilers!)

Rate the Blow... Showcase


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Astray

Member
6.5/10 at best, might even revisit this score when I wake up tomorrow.

Had some big turd game (like the heist one and the foam party) but most of the rest looks like games I want to play
The heist one has potential to be good, but the foam party one looked so, so bad.
 

justonething

Jada's BFF
Weak as fuck. All the AAA games character models looks like shit. The only next-gen game with decent character models has been FF7 Remake, Resident Evil 4 Remake and Demon Souls Remake. How are people giving AAA games like FF16 a pass? It looks like SHIT! Alan Wake looked abysmal too. Why waste money on PS5 when all games look like native PS4.
 

mortal

Gold Member
Told you people you'd be disappointed. Lmao!
lol I didn't even much have expectations going in besides expecting to see Sony's 1st party represented like the previous showcases.
PlayStation Studios barely even had a presence, which was bizarre.
 

YukiOnna

Member
Big C.

A lot of the usual same-y indie arthouse games I just don't care about and they spent more effort on transitions than procuring announcements.
Only things I liked were Phantom Blade, Dragons Dogma 2 and Granblue Fantasy Relink.
 

Puscifer

Member
Bad.

Voted D.

Sony not making sense to me right now.

No slim, but a shitty streaming tablet that’ll probably cost £300 and some earbuds that will also cost a bomb.

Spider-Man 2 looked rough in parts, Miles Morales still sounds like an annoying whiny cunt and to be honest. Didn’t look like a game I have to spend £70 on.


Highlights: Journey 2, Marathon and Dragon’s Dogma.
Dead ass hilarious that I just *knew* that game was journey 2 without actually waiting for the reveal
 

kruis

Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
I couldn't wait for this to be over. Only bright spots were Alan Wake 2 reveal and Spider-man gameplay but that segment was just too long. I'd rather play it than watch it.

Dragon's Dogma and MGS3 are probably 2025. New Sony multiplayer games .... DOA.

All in all far too much filler and no real surprises since we already knew about AW2, DD2 and MGS3. Very disappointing.
 

Baki

Member
Showcase would have been A tier if they had included TLOU multiplayer and Wolverine. Bungie Marathon was a nice surprise. They held back too many first party games. Where was Twister Metal, Horizon Online and Santa Monica new IP?
 
I was disappointed, nothing wowed me really , if it wasn’t the decent Spider Man showing I would say it was close to lacklustre.

A lot of these games you would be forgiven for thinking they were on PS4. As Ryan said , three years into the lifecycle!

And the Not Actual gameplay trailers can F off too
 
Horrible show. Jimbo woke up from hibernation and still let it out like a wet fart.

Capcom was the only one carrying.

Spiderman 2 looks last gen
Haven is a political fucking activism shitfest
Way too many indies that no one cares about
Couldn't tell what the Bungie new IP was

Where is TLOU Factions?
Where is Wolverine?
Where is a new IP from Naughty Dog?
Where is a game from SMM?
Where is Twisted Metal?

Lol awful.
 
Fucking awful. Sony should deservedly take shit for this! Barely any first party stuff. Full of colourful indie games that look like they can even run on a fucking switch!
 

Jigsaah

Gold Member
Dragons Dogma 2
Phantom Blade 0
Alan Wake 2
Mgs3 Snake Eater
Final Fantasy 16

Spiderman 2 looked good to me, it's just too soon I think so im not really hyped. Really wanted a Bloodborne remake.

Eh, I give the show a C+. It wasn't bad but wasn't knocking my socks off either
 

Moses85

Member
Guess we have to pray that the Dorito pope delivers with his Summerfest couse this was not it. Worst Playstation show ever.


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Save us
 

Gojiira

Banned
Multiplat MGS 🤢 Honestly wanted a Sony funded quality remake but super disappointed.
No Bloodborne, No actual Marathon remake, No Naughty Dog or Sucker Punch, lame
 

lmimmfn

Member
That was terrible, Spiderman and FF looked good, Dragons Dogma is probably multiplatform anyway and looked OK.

No PC ports other than online junk, gonna be hard to hit those PC revenue targets Jim!!!
 
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They could make the gran turismo movie prompt you to press x every 5 minutes to continue watching and it would have as much gameplay as spiderman.
 

Godot25

Banned
Well.
If Sony wanted from me to buy a PS5, they failed.
Since best looking games were multiplats like MGS 3, Alan Wake II and Dragon's Dogma.

I think that hype around lack of Showcases really hurt this one.
Also. First-party presence outside of Insomniac was pathetic.

Really Sony? You have game from Firewalk coming in 2024 and you have shown a CGI trailer. Get the fuck out of here.
 

Calverz

Gold Member
From what I could tell, not very clear labelling mind you, from the non vr games (29 shown) only 4 looked ps5 exclusive and everything else coming to pc/multi plat?
Fairgame (looked live service elements so maybe will be pc)
Tower of abghast or whatever its called
FF16
Spiderman 2
 

Holammer

Member
D. and I'm feeling generous. The Spiderman 2 gameplay was so on-rails it looked like Road Avenger.
Dragon's Dogma 2 in-game footage saved it from an F.
 
Oh yeah Alan Wake II as well. That was a nice reveal. Had actual gameplay too unlike like 90% of the other games shown. And that platforming game with the real world/picture book stuff, looks neat but that could've been in a State of Play.
 

SJRB

Gold Member
Literally nothing I wanted or expected was here:

- Ghosts of Tsushima
- Bloodborne
- Sony Santa Monica
- Wolverine
- Naughty Dog
- Bluepoint

The GAAS shit was terrible. MGS3 trailer was terrible. All the weeb shit was terrible. All the PSVR shit was terrible. All those artsy-fartsy abstract conceptual trailers were terrible. FUCK all the NOT ACTUAL GAMEPLAY trailers. Even Spider-Man 2 looked boring as shit, how is that even possible? So much on-rail QTE bullshit. You really wanna close your most important show with a game you actually revealed? Really???

There was legit not a single megaton banger in this entire show.
 
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sncvsrtoip

Member
Quite shocked, overhyped very mediocre show. 70% of games should be on state of play, what the f first party studios do, gaas that nobody cares about ? Multiplatform Mgs 3 r cinematic trailer for sure didnt save this show. Only glad re4 psvr2 looks awsome. Even spiderman 2 looks kinda meh, I mean looks very good but cant see big jump from miles morales.
 
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Griffon

Member
Nothing for me here.

MGS3 didn't show shit, we don't know what dev is making it, and frankly this game doesn't need a remake to begin with.

Dragon's Dogma 2 looks interesting, but the first had a LOT of issues, so it's a wait and see.
 
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Aside from Spiderman and the RE4 Remake VR...FF16 and Gran Turismo...I think everything else will surely be on pc and cheaper

Naaaaaaaah 2/10. Spiderman was exactly how I expected it, the rest was a huge waste of time.
 

Mikey Jr.

Member
Man, that was WEAK first party. Jesus.

Spidey 2 looked great, but all the rest of the First party was absent and just short 10 second cgi teasers.

I mean, where the fuck is factions 2? Honestly?
 

Matt_Fox

Member
We didnt see Stellar Blade but we saw PHANTOM BLADE and it looked pretty damn great!

Plus Dragons Dogma 2, great looking game!
 

BoxFresh123

Member
Even for an overhyped show that was a massive let down.

I thought Spider-Man looked great but genuinely shocked we didn't see factions.

Like a D/D+
 

Robb

Gold Member
D I think. There were 2-3 games I’m interested in. Only one exclusive though. Did not care for the VR section and can’t believe they threw in a movie trailer.. Fire whoever came up with this.

Overall I’d give it: Didn’t make me want a Ps5 any more than before/10
 
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