Helyx

It supposedly released a month ago, but physical copies are expected in production soon.

Absolutely underwhelming lineup. Not like I expected anything that interested me anyway.

A nice and relaxing "do all the things" list. Glad to finally see this list published (waiting for stacks now); we've needed Shinchan on Playstation for a while.

Damn, I completely missed out this year. Too bad - I had a massive four trophies on the 24th.

An opinion presented as hypothetical fact?

https://www.50gameslike.com/games-like/what-remains-of-edith-finch/ps4

Indeed. Do you recommend any other low-effort, super-fast, easy-peasy platinums?

Thanks for bringing attention to another EZ platinum.

I personally got it to work with 4 games. Small numbers for sure, but it's a step in the right direction for more server revivals with all these future closures.

We got GoneSpy. I look forward to more open-source alternative multiplayer services.

I didn't choose the current forum layout, and I've already stated I'm in favor of a merged "mega forum" for each game. I'm just pointing out the possible issues with it and hoping someone takes it into consideration to help find a better solution.

I'm pretty sure the actual reason is most of us veteran Demon's Souls players already put a decade worth of time into the original. Combine that with the absolute fuck-load of souls-likes, and you realize the saturation of the genre over the past 13 years has diluted player interest and spread it across dozens of titles. You can probably make an argument for the scarcity of the PS5, but I think the major factor is players have more ARPG options these days and the novelty of the Souls formula isn't as impactful as it was in 2009.

Hard to say, since it's a case-by-case basis, but without users taking manual incentive to tag their posts/threads with the region/platform it kinda loses traction when certain glitches/tricks only work on certain regions/platforms. The larger problem would actually be people not taking 15 seconds to check the other game forums. I feel a true solution shouldn't be one that causes additional problems, and the larger issue is users not taking the time to read all available information. If merging all the forums into a singular larger forum is the only fix we can agree on, then you're probably right about it being the lesser of two evils, even if it's not perfect.

I'm also in favor of it, but it creates additional problem that the development "team" here most likely won't address. If there was an option when creating a thread to add tags for the region/platform, then I'd fully support the idea. I don't believe Sly would ever get around to adding this feature, so merged forums would just be cluttered.