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[Ass of Can Whooping]

C or B for me. They're doing a lot better with these SoP.

if we don't get a showcase though I'm changing my rating to an F

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Better than I expected

Solid B for me personally best SOP yet

Afraid it kills any Show Case soon though

 

[Sub_Level]

 

[Haggard]

Solid C.
Not overwhelming, but some sstuff that looked interesting (Ronin and Stellar Blade for me)

 

[Zathalus]

A for me, I liked what I saw.

 

[LordCBH]

Ishin alone is a 10/10 for me. Straight up. Best SoP they’ve ever done.

 

[GHG]

B for me.

Still feeling abandoned.

 

[OrtizTwelve]

D. Medíocre.

 

[TintoConCasera]

B, short and to the point. Also Yakuza.

 

[Danjin44]

B for me, there were games I'm definitely looking forward.

 

[thatJohann]

I must have watched another show. I found it so boring.

 

[Fbh]

Yakuza Ishin remake alone makes it an A.

Then project eve, rise of Ronin and finally a good Gow trailer were the cherry on top

 

[Johnny Concrete]

C, I’m not feeling Ragnarok (despite loving the first one). Some good looking games, though

 

[Pelta88]

Fuck a rating. How about we hold a candlelight vigil for my wallet. I'm Day1 on almost everything they showed while inflation keeps rising.

 

[Nankatsu]

Ishin made it an easy A for me.

The rest made it an A+. Really interested in ronin.

 

[RoadHazard]

I expected nothing and was pleasantly surprised. Could have been even better, but I'll give it a B.

 

[ThatOneGrunt]

I must be getting old because none of that looked interesting or unique to me.

 

[Hendrick's]

 

[Wandering Leopard]

Could have left the 'Stars' thing out but otherwise I liked it - Ragnarok looked excellent but I need to see more of:

• Ronin
• Stellar Blade
• Tekken 8

 

[mansoor1980]

B

 

[SSfox]

A for me

Tekken 8 OMFGGGGGGGGGGG
GOWR trailer insane
Ronin game looks amazing (Ninja Gaiden prequel?)
Project Eve looks amazing


Now please don't ever share this Snitch silly tweets.

 

[Fredrik]

A for me, I expected nothing and got at least 3 new absolutely awesome videos!

 

[Elios83]

A from me because I liked everything there.
And I'm super happy about Ishin remake in February.
Stellar Blade and Rise of Ronin were great and Tekken 8 looks better than the CGIs of a few years ago.
And the final GOW trailer was mega hype.
It only lacked a new FF trailer to be stellar but SE has their own stuff at TGS so it might still happen.

 

[Saber]

A

Stellar Blade, Ronin and the Mecha Robot game saved this showcase for me. Otherwise would be F.

edit: changed from B to A because I forgot about the Yakuza game.

 

[Mozzarella]

B
Good announcements, short but thats not a flaw because they show you what they have.
What prevents it from A is that midway through they announced some toys or something that i didnt care about
What prevents it from S is that the games are not that amazing, there is better.
S tier should be like:
Silent Hill 2 remake, Bloodborne 2 or PC/PS5 port, Metal Gear Solid remake, and a brand new footage of some acclaimed AAA exclusive, good indie game showing, Half Life 3.
That i would give S.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

Solid C...GOW trailer should be all over tv by now. Ishin looks dope, day one for me. Ronin is cool. 2024 is soooooo far.

 

[Raonak]

Solid B. all it needed was a new sony IP announcement and it would be perfect.

God of war looks fucking mindblowing.

 

[Sosokrates]

B from me, it had about 5mins of stuff i liked.so about the right ratio from a 20min show.
The PSVR2 games look pretty forgettable as do the indies, stellar blade on ronin look like something Ive already played many times. Tekken and Ragnarok were genuinely very good so it gets a B.

 

[Darchaos]

If they could not blend in the controller shit and the ps whatever it was, i would say A. But they didnt so a B. Alot better then the remasterking Nintendo Though.

 

[jm89]

Ragnarok took it all the way up from a solid C to an A for me.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

C, I’m not feeling Ragnarok (despite loving the first one). Some good looking games, though

That wolf howling at the moon while the arrow changed the sky... went from worried to thinking this can be better than the first on pure spectacle.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

A-

Nothing mind-blowing but a really solid SoP, I'm satisfied. Using games I will buy as a measuring stick they absolutely delivered. I'm buying Tekken 8, I'm buying Ishin, I'm buying Ronin, I'm buying Project Eve. I stopped watching when GoW started, I've seen more than enough and been on media blackout for months, I know they will deliver.

Now what Sony *really* needs is a big Showcase event in December to end 2022 with a bang. We still have no idea what their big 1st party studios are working on (besides Spider-Man 2, Wolverine and TLoU mp). It's been a very good year for Team Blue but PlayStation has weathered some bad press and that certain intangible "magic" has been missing. Get it together Jimbo, give us what we need.

 

[Flabagast]

D

I don't know how in God's mind you can rate it an A. People standards have really shrunken since the beginning of this gen haven't they ?

 

[Imtjnotu]

A for fans of one brand

F for fans of another. we know how its going to go.

solid A for me and probably the best SOP this year

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

DD

 

[tommib]

Solid B. I really like these short and punchy trailers one after the other. Focusing on Japan was a big win. I’m burned out by west devs at the moment.

 

[Senua]

C. Not gay enough!

 

[Sensei]

Solid B for me.
I had low expectations, but they surprised me. Probably one their best State of Plays.
Personal highlights were Tekken 8, Project Eve/Stellar Blade and, of course, God of War Ragnarock.

 

[fermcr]

Will repeat myself...
Give the show a 4 out of 10. GOW looks good, Ronin looks promising... the rest not so much.

 

[Draugoth]

Solid A, the Snitch lied to us

 

[jeffyjaixx]

A just because I wasn't expecting much but was pleasantly surprised.

 

[ArtHands]

No silent hill no RE4 no wolverine no Spider-Man 2. Also PSVR2 games are just late Quest 2 ports

1/10 because there’s Yakuza Ishi at least

 

[BennyBlanco]

I can’t wait for Tekken. Other than that, I’m interested in the Team Ninja game.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

C

Tekken 8 and that driving game (I forget what it was called) which at first looked like it could be Alan Wake 2.

The rest of the show was GOW and games with Japanese women with the highest pitched voices ever and Japanese men with the deepest voices on planet earth.

 

[Nautilus]

6.5/10

Solid enough. But these states of play are always weaker than most presentations for some odd reason

 

[Hobbygaming]

Ishin alone is a 10/10 for me. Straight up. Best SoP they’ve ever done.

Yes! Stellar Blade (Project Eve) also looks insane and GoW Ragnarok... no words

 

[GHG]

D

I don't know how in God's mind you can rate it an A. People standards have really shrunken since the beginning of this gen haven't they ?

Tekken 8, New Yakuza, new Team Ninja game, Waifunetta game.

I can see why this would have been top tier for some people.

The only reason it's not an A for me is not because of anything missing (I will play pretty much all the games shown apart from the VR ones), I'd just like to have seen more.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Solid B. I really like these short and punchy trailers one after the other. Focusing on Japan was a big win. I’m burned out by west devs at the moment.

Nice to see them still taking interest in japanese exclusives. Figured they were done with Team Ninja after Nioh.

 

[[Sigma]]

B for me.

God of War
Rise of the Ronin
Ishin Remake
Tekken 8(didn't expect to see this again so soon but it looks amazing visually)

Stellar Blade looks fun gameplay wise(but I don't expect a decent story out of it lol.)

Id say they beat my expectations. That's two good State of Plays in a row as the last one was in June which was really good too. It's not earth shattering but it wasn't a wasted 20 minutes.

 

[gametimedecision]

Sony doing these smaller directs over and over really worked, because now when we get something that even barely meets the minimum expectations people rate it an A.

No way we get a big showcase again, Sony really doesn’t need to do it. Drip feeding works better.