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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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XXL

Gold Member
Things I liked

Spider-Man 2
Helldivers 2
Phantom Blade
Talos Principle 2
Teardown
MGS
Dragons Dogma 2
Alan Wake 2
RE4 VR
Arizona Sunshine 2
Synapse

It's disappointing that Metal Gear, Marathon and Concord were CGI trailers.
 

Hosam6xavi

Banned
One of the worst showcase ever.

Sony clearly don't have a good number of first party titles this year, and the plan to let 3rd party to carry it and doesn't likely to work from what we've seen.

Today showed why sony crying for Activision acquisition 2 of the biggest publisher now with Microsoft first party it's a huge lost
 

Snake29

Banned
It was a great show. But it could have been a better PlayStation show. Hopefully, summergamefest will show some other goods.
 
Changed my vote to S

Just a big ol' pile of shit

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Killer8

Gold Member
It's a D from me.

The only new things shown which interest me were Alan Wake 2, Dragon's Dogma 2 and I guess Marathon for its style + Bungie. The first two were notable in that they actually showed gameplay. In general, there was far too much CGI and "not actual gameplay" to judge much of anything else. The Snake Eater remake for example - should've been exciting, but I can't tell much about it because it's CG fucking I. At this point, i'm more excited about the Metal Gear Solid collection re-releasing. But again, no details given, so I hope at least it's 4K60.

In terms of what the first party is delivering, it was so bad. Spider-Man 2 looks just like the last game. I was expecting some sort of generational leap there. In fact in some shots, it even looked worse than I remember the original looking. Elsewhere, far too much generic GaaS shit was shown. Like Haven's game, what the fuck was even that?

I was already hyped enough for FF16, so I didn't really need to see any more of it. There was a lot of indie shit that didn't interest me much. And the samurai game trend is already starting to get over-saturated. The highlight of the show, if you can call it that, ended up being the PSVR2 segment. Not much truly new shown for it, but i'm glad there is some support to look forward to for a great headset.

The ball is in Xbox's court now and I think after such a poor performance, Phil will be sleeping soundly tonight.
 
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Angelcurio

Member
I wanted to see what first party developers were working on (Sucker Punch, Cory Balrog team, Bluepoint, Wolverine, etc), and this showcase was almost 95% third party games. Not even a Bloodborne remaster, definitely a big disappointment.
 

Lone Wolf

Member
I really thought Sony was going to find a way to get Half Life for VR.

Really hope Alan Wake 2 doesn’t get delayed. Looking forward to that game.
 

LimanimaPT

Member
I don't game anymore but if I played I would be completely disapointed.
This is a Sony PS showcase. Only one PS studios game was showned, and that was Spiderman. What the heck are PS studios doing?
We got bunch of generic games that will be realeased in other platforms and there was nothing really new.
What was there to justify dropping 500 eurs on a PS5? Heck, some games looked like moblle games.
Worst time ever for videogames. I'm glad I lived my youth 20 years ago.
 

SSfox

Member
D
Last SOP episodes were much better

Not giving it F or S cause there were some 3rd party stuffs

That's what happen where there is no real competition
 
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Rivet

Member
I don't know guys, I really liked it.

Starship Troopers game
Samurai game
Alan Wake 2
Dragon's Dogma 2
Granblue Fantasy
Final Fantasy XVI
Spiderman 2
Metal Gear is back

All of those look great.

I agree with you, I liked what I saw but people wanted more first party gameplay after all this time so I can get why the ratings are low. They should have warned us there would only be Spiderman 2 as 1st party gameplay, it would have rated higher.
 
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skit_data

Member
Yeah... what to say?
This wasn't good. At all.

The only thing I can see "saving" it is that they're planning on having a showcase later this year and this was done to get smaller announcements out of the way.
 

Fbh

Gold Member
Damn got a ton of work and missed the whole thing.
But sounds like I didn't miss much.

Did Sony themselves really not announce or show anything relevant? All the random stuff I'm seeing seems third party.
 

Elios83

Member
The show was just ok.
Too many indies, pacing felt off and the order of the announcements confusing.
It's clear that many of the studios are just not ready and they didn't feel confident to take part in it. And it's better that way than coming up with CGI teasers.

The positives:
Spiderman 2 looks amazing
Phantom Blade 0 looked amazing as well.
Hype for FFXVI through the roof with the latest trailer.
Finally Dragon's Dogma 2!
Alan Wake 2 and Assassin's Creed Mirage looked cool.
Good to see Konami reviving the MGS IP.


Let's if there is more planned to be showcased later this year.
 

Bartski

Gold Member
Let's see..
So Alan Wake 2 and that chinese soulsike Phantom Blade both looked preorder level sick, happy to see ghost runner 2 and that follow up to journey and finally some Dragons Dogma gameplay... All titles for PSVR2 also definitely in but overall... what the actual fuck was that.

Where the hell is Naughty Dog?

Who did not expect a signifficant 1st party presence??????????? With those exceptions most of it was third party filler.
First showcase in ages and we get some Spiderman 2. Really?

Champaignes are popping in Phil's office right now.
 
Seriously, if you are so early in development you can't show any actual gameplay then don't bother showing it. Am I the only one tired of hearing about games that are like 2+ yrs away?
 

Godot25

Banned
Probably the worst "Showcase type" presentation from Sony in several years.
We used to crucify Microsoft for "3rd party games carrying a Showcase" and overuse of CGI.
This is exactly same.

And movie trailer? Really Sony?
 

Woopah

Member
I was considering making a thread to say that this would be the best ever summer for third party shows.

I might have been wrong.
 

Liamario

Banned
One first party game and that's it. Very disappointing showing. Where is Factions, Alyx, anything first party. Jim Ryan has a face for radio and the presenting ability of a 5 year old. Sony really dropped the ball.
 

0neAnd0nly

Member
Meh.

Spider-Man 2 was the show stealer, but that’s a relatively low bar.

VR2 titles looked solid.

Was hoping for a nod to Wolverine game, or Astro bot - neither happened.

Most of the “serious games” look pretty boring / generic. Medieval or space. We get it.

I’m truly in awe at the games that look like they are marketed to very… small subsets? Interesting business choices.

Some of the games I thought looked good weren’t my personal cup of tea - but I’m open to giving them a shot. Ultros, for example, was at least imaginative and beautiful - Plucky Squire looks like a nice attempt at something new.

SE doing an adult Splatoon inspired game followed by a clear Zelda BOTW inspired title was… odd.

Jim isn’t as bad as some say, but he hasn’t been great either. Not was Layton.

I think it’s time for someone more imaginative and knowledgeable of the PlayStation DNA to come in. I don’t personally (I know, it’s my opinion and some will disagree - that’s fine) like the current direction and last few SOP or showcases. Things are looking unimaginative, generic, and that’s a bit worrying. Sure a few games may end up being gems, but I didn’t see a lot there that got me hyped. Not like so many e3 showcases PlayStation dropped between 2010 and 2020 did.
 

AGRacing

Member
This generation sucks donkey dick.......luckily for me I've not wasted a penny on it.:messenger_sunglasses:
I can't disagree.

If this was what was going to be shown at an E3 it would be the worst E3 in the 3rd year of any console I can remember. I have a PS5 and a PSVR2 and I am REALLY disappointed.
 
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