Seeing as how Resident Eville got us all bummed out, what about the rest of the Playstation 5 event?
So the console was finally revealed and I'm honestly feeling underwhelmed by it...
Lately, Playstation always seems to go for a stylish rather than practical design for their consoles and I've never been the biggest fan of them. I think the design looks very interesting, but the size of it and the way the disc drive just sticks out from the side makes the design look a lot more awkward. Especially compared to the sleek and symmetrical look of the all digital version. Personally, I think I can hold off on the console for a while. Hopefully after a year or two, they make an all black model and maybe even downsize it a bit because not even the Xbox Series X is that big for being the more powerful console. Besides, the Xbox already has my money this holiday for its backward compatibility and Halo: Infinite, despite the PS5's excellent lineup. Which speaking of, let's talk about those games, because Playstation really knocked it out of the park with what they showed, Resident Evil 8 aside.
I was very delighted to see so many colorful 3D platformers coming to the PS5 since Playstation has quite the reputation for making so many third-person cinematic games lately. I've heard nothing but great things about the last Ratchet and Clank on the PS4 and been meaning to get to it myself, but the sequel just looked absolutely incredible and did a great job of demonstrating exactly what Playstation is trying to achieve with the PS5's hardware.
Little Big Planet was a series I tried and wanted to like, but it was just so dull and the humor and gameplay just wasn't clicking with me. So I was very surprised by how good Sack Boy: A Big Adventure looked. I've been all in with the resurgence of the 3D platformer as of late, and while that's different for the Little Big Planet series, it's a direction I'm 100% on board with because it just looks like so much fun and what the series should have ultimately strived to be from the very beginning. Really got some serious Super Mario 3D World vibes from it.
And finally, there was Astro's Playroom, which looked incredibly charming and once again, gave me all sorts of Super Mario vibes. If Playstation is going all in with 3D platformers, there's definitely no better franchise to steal from than the king himself. I was initially disappointed at the lack of Crash Bandicoot after so many hints and leaks indicating its inevitable reveal, but he definitely wasn't missed after these 3 awesome showings.
I was once again surprised to see Playstation pushing yet another cartoony and stylized game with Kena: Bridge of Spirits, which looked like a cross between Zelda: Breath of the Wild and a Dreamworks film. What they showed looked amazing and actually kind of reminded me of the type of fantasy action platforming games we'd used to see during the PS2 and early 360 era. Great to see Playstation branching out from the usual suspects and straying away from the typical experience associated with the brand. Which is quite funny since a lot of the online Playstation warriors often criticize the other companies for having cartoony games.
Lastly, there was Horizon: Forbidden West. I haven't gotten to the first Horzion yet, but holy sh*t did this game look phenomenal. It actually has me eager to start the first one and it's actually really cool to see this game leading the charge into next gen as Playstation's biggest heavy hitter considering we probably won't see another God of War for a while, Uncharted is pretty much finished, and The Last of They/Them is closing out the PS4.
The only low points for me aside from Village: A Resident Evil Story, was the re-remaster of GTA V and Ghostwire: Tokyo, which turned out like nothing that I was expecting and has completely lost my interest.
I was initially upset at the Spider-Man: Miles Morales reveal, because I'm not a fan of the character and didn't really care for his inclusion in the original game or in anything Spider-Man for that matter. But once it became apparent it's not Spider-Man 2 and simply a stand-alone expansion like Lost Legacy was to Uncharted 4, I've since eased up on it.
But what were your guys' thoughts on the PS5 event? Digging the console design? Any games caught your interest?
So the console was finally revealed and I'm honestly feeling underwhelmed by it...

Lately, Playstation always seems to go for a stylish rather than practical design for their consoles and I've never been the biggest fan of them. I think the design looks very interesting, but the size of it and the way the disc drive just sticks out from the side makes the design look a lot more awkward. Especially compared to the sleek and symmetrical look of the all digital version. Personally, I think I can hold off on the console for a while. Hopefully after a year or two, they make an all black model and maybe even downsize it a bit because not even the Xbox Series X is that big for being the more powerful console. Besides, the Xbox already has my money this holiday for its backward compatibility and Halo: Infinite, despite the PS5's excellent lineup. Which speaking of, let's talk about those games, because Playstation really knocked it out of the park with what they showed, Resident Evil 8 aside.
I was very delighted to see so many colorful 3D platformers coming to the PS5 since Playstation has quite the reputation for making so many third-person cinematic games lately. I've heard nothing but great things about the last Ratchet and Clank on the PS4 and been meaning to get to it myself, but the sequel just looked absolutely incredible and did a great job of demonstrating exactly what Playstation is trying to achieve with the PS5's hardware.
Little Big Planet was a series I tried and wanted to like, but it was just so dull and the humor and gameplay just wasn't clicking with me. So I was very surprised by how good Sack Boy: A Big Adventure looked. I've been all in with the resurgence of the 3D platformer as of late, and while that's different for the Little Big Planet series, it's a direction I'm 100% on board with because it just looks like so much fun and what the series should have ultimately strived to be from the very beginning. Really got some serious Super Mario 3D World vibes from it.
And finally, there was Astro's Playroom, which looked incredibly charming and once again, gave me all sorts of Super Mario vibes. If Playstation is going all in with 3D platformers, there's definitely no better franchise to steal from than the king himself. I was initially disappointed at the lack of Crash Bandicoot after so many hints and leaks indicating its inevitable reveal, but he definitely wasn't missed after these 3 awesome showings.
I was once again surprised to see Playstation pushing yet another cartoony and stylized game with Kena: Bridge of Spirits, which looked like a cross between Zelda: Breath of the Wild and a Dreamworks film. What they showed looked amazing and actually kind of reminded me of the type of fantasy action platforming games we'd used to see during the PS2 and early 360 era. Great to see Playstation branching out from the usual suspects and straying away from the typical experience associated with the brand. Which is quite funny since a lot of the online Playstation warriors often criticize the other companies for having cartoony games.
Lastly, there was Horizon: Forbidden West. I haven't gotten to the first Horzion yet, but holy sh*t did this game look phenomenal. It actually has me eager to start the first one and it's actually really cool to see this game leading the charge into next gen as Playstation's biggest heavy hitter considering we probably won't see another God of War for a while, Uncharted is pretty much finished, and The Last of They/Them is closing out the PS4.
The only low points for me aside from Village: A Resident Evil Story, was the re-remaster of GTA V and Ghostwire: Tokyo, which turned out like nothing that I was expecting and has completely lost my interest.
I was initially upset at the Spider-Man: Miles Morales reveal, because I'm not a fan of the character and didn't really care for his inclusion in the original game or in anything Spider-Man for that matter. But once it became apparent it's not Spider-Man 2 and simply a stand-alone expansion like Lost Legacy was to Uncharted 4, I've since eased up on it.
But what were your guys' thoughts on the PS5 event? Digging the console design? Any games caught your interest?
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