I just thought it would excite me as much as the last one did. It was just so much like the last GOW that it already felt like Ive played it.

My subjective score relative to expecations: 3/10. And I didn't expect much, I just wanted one single surprise 1st/2nd party announcement.

My score from a more objective standpoint: 7/10

+ Decent variety of games... I guess.

+ Insomniac are godlike. Naughty Dog is now a Naughty Puppy.

+ Project Eve shaping up well and looking better to my eyes than most AAA crossgen games.

- "Be vErY pRePaReD!!"

- Underwhelming presentation and complete lack of wow factor confirm to me that Sony made a mistake with the crossgen path. GT7, GoW and Horizon 2 should have been developed on 2-3 year old highend PCs that approach PS5's targeted specs. If that means they would have been pushed 6 months, then so be it. The price is worth it. Rift Apart >>>

- CGI trailers/teasers for games that are a ways off. Back to the shitty old habits I see.

- KoTOR!! Yay!!!... not really. Exclusives that don't require the funding of Nintendo/Sony/MS are a waste of resources. This game would have probably existed with or without Sony's involvement. A nice announcement, yes. But timed exclusivity wasn't necessary... and nothing was shown anyways.

PS5 will be a phenomenal console when all is said and done, but its 2nd year is looking to be the 2nd worse in console history in terms of nextgen exclusives. The slow generational transition killed all my early hype. PS4 is still one hell of a console that I'm starting to regret giving it away lol.

Wolverine isn't a household "gaming" name, not the kind of surprise annoucement I was dying for, but you're right that it's a highlight, hence I praised Insomniac. I understand all the excitement from Marvel and Insomniac fans and am looking forward to it myself, but it isn't coming anytime before 2024 and the IP doesn't ring the same in my old-gamer ear as countless classic gaming IP's.

I know I'm letting my subjectivity bleed in, but there is a difference between a beloved "gaming IP" being revived and a "comics IP" being adopted. Countless Marvel superheroes are getting adopted left and right everywhere; doesn't pack as much punch among core gamers as Metal Gear being remade, Silent Hill rebooted, or Bloodborne getting a sequel.

I just thought it would excite me as much as the last one did. It was just so much like the last GOW that it already felt like Ive played it.

Well it would have been hard to match the changes of the pool rev game. A new setting, new characters & gods, a more mature and introspective Kratos. I dont think this was ever going to top that. And i expect this game to be far more over the top.

Anyway we will get more info over the next year, and i for one am very very excited for this one. 

Kotor remake is a timed exclusive. Its been confirmed by the Dec's. They just haven't revealed how long the timed exclusivity is for. Its all over the Internet as its a big talk atm. 

Fei-Hung said:

When I finished watching this I felt meh. Then a few hours later, I realised we got:

GOWR gameplay and it has more enemy variety and bosses from the looks. And sledging!

Wolverine and Insomniac with hints of Hulk, possibly set in the same Marvel Game Universe Sony is making meaning we might get Deadpool in there too and crossover stories. The bar Wolverine was in is famous in Marvel. Deadpool visits it often too. Wolverine trailer probably had more hidden details than people realised.

Spidey 2 with both MM and PP, Kraven and Venom. This will be insane.

KotoR Remake. Only the best ever Star Wars game ever made. This is Sonys big get to counter ES and it makes total sense. Launch exclusive made with the help of SIE and published by Sony. Wondering if this will be launch exclusive the same way FF7R was considering how pally Disney and Sony are.

Project Eve. I miss me some hack and slash and this ticked all the right boxes and looked insane. Was multiplat but now full exclusive.

GT7 looks amazing. As they said, they've taken all that was good from previous GT games and added it to this. Can't wait.

I realised why at first I thought this was meh. I didn't get any news or updates on:

Bloodborne
New From exclusive
TLOU2 ps5 version with fractions
New ND IP
Nothing on Resistance
Nothing on KZ
Nothing on Twisted Metal
Nothing on Infamous

It seems like Sony showed stuff, but has held plenty back. There was no news on PS+ and PSNow either.

Here is to hoping we get a PSX with more info by year end.

You're right. I'm an old fashioned fool and something of a purist like many forum dwellers and old gamers, particularly those growing up playing Japanese games. X-Men is actually my favorite superhero series and am very much looking forward to a (hopefully) well-made, gritty, M rated, lineral-ish Wolverine game with a focus on combat, storytelling and visuals. But the announcement just didn't move me. CGI and being too far off didn't help.

That said, it's clear that people are losing their minds over it, fingers crossed the final product will be worth it. 

You may be right but it's a Marvel adaptation and one of too many. I was more amazed by Insomniac's insane productivity than the announcement itself lol; just not a huge fan of adaptations in general. I like X-Men best as movies (because it's the form that properly introduced me to the series), The Last of Us as a game. A Bloodborne game excites me more than an Avatar game, a James Cameron film excites me more than a hypothetical Bloodborne movie, no matter the production values.

Adaptations can be excellent, but my standard reaction to their announcements is generally lukewarm. I was under the impression that most "core" gamers felt the same way, but I'm probably wrong coz the lines between the different fiction mediums are more blurred today than ever.

I thought this part of Forespoken looked really cool.



Causing a geyser and then freezing it.

Dialogue was a bit cheezy, but the gameplay and world look interesting enough for me to want to see more.