Just beat FF7 Rebirth, so it’s perfect timing! I want to support this game. Honestly, when I played the demo, it didn’t wow me. It felt like a 7/10 game.. But maybe people are seeing something I’m not seeing. So I hope it gets great reviews!

Starting to think we should get a reboot/remake of the Bayonetta franchise. Imagine Bayonetta with today's hardware? Would be awesome.

https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-ending-explained

I was good with the ending. Surprised the GS Review made a big issue out of it. It was interesting and makes me look forward to the next game.

https://www.ign.com/articles/silent-hill-2-remakes-main-character-seemingly-redesigned-and-fans-are-actually-pretty-happy

It looks like publisher Konami and developer Bloober Team have redesigned the main character in their Silent Hill 2 remake, and fans are taking the news pretty well.

Some Silent Hill fans took notice of the change thanks to an update to the project’s Steam page (via SteamDB). It changed the Steam icon, revealing a look for its lead, James Sunderland, that lines up closer with his original 2001 design. Bloober hasn’t officially spoken about a change to the character’s looks, but this new image does appear to be completely new, signaling that this may indeed be what James looks like in the Silent Hill 2 remake.

Following the Silent Hill 2 remake’s reveal, some fans had criticized how Bloober chose to recreate James’ appearance. While some wondered about how the Layers of Fear developer might recreate the original experience’s gameplay mechanics, many were more concerned about how old the main character looked. If today’s new image sticks, it’s not only a sign that James has changed, but that Bloober is listening to what its fans want out of a modern retelling.

“My god, my expectations are going over the ROOF,” one comment said, “they heard us, they really did.”

“I like him more now,” another comment reads. “We still need to see it on a video and with different facial expressions, but this is definitely an improvement. Old remake face was awful, so glad they listened to feedback.”

Konami and Bloober’s Silent Hill 2 remake will give the foggy horror classic a fresh coat of paint when it comes to its gameplay and visuals, but its story will remain the same. One of the biggest changes will see players fighting their nightmares in an experience that Bloober says has no loading screens. While some fans still have their reservations after the project’s most recent gameplay trailer, Bloober says it's confident that their take on the classic horror game will stay true to the source material.

Silent Hill 2 will eventually launch as a PlayStation 5 console exclusive and on PC via Steam. For more, be sure to check out our interview with Series Producer Motoi Okamoto, Concept Artist Masahiro Ito, and Composer Akira Yamaoka.

As a fan of the original, I'm glad they went back and made his face more in line with the original. And hopefully they take more of the fan feedback on the latest trailer and make improvements there as well. Thoughts, SW? Are you hopeful Bloober can give us the Silent Hill 2 Remake we want? I'm optimistic.

Just beat the game; incredible! 132 hours and still need to do Gilgamesh Island.

@davillain: always heard good things about Fallout New Vegas. Never got around to it.

@madrocketeer said:

Finally started my long-planned back-to-back Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West play-through, which will be my 5th and 2nd respectively.

I was actually ready to go last week, but, well... ...Warframe. I happened to be only a couple of days away from getting 7-day boosters from a login milestone, and I really wanted to use them to farm as many Stelas as I could. So I delayed. But then the farm went better than expected and I got enough Stelas to make 44 Tauforged Shards on top of the ones I already have, so I moved up the start of the my play-through from Thursday as originally planned to Monday night, and let the rest of the boosters expire.

Also completed En Garde! last week. Short, charming, surprisingly challenging, fun. Sometimes feels more like a combat proof of concept, but otherwise feels like a game that maximised its limited resources. 7/10. Recommended.

I think you are secretly a Sony fanboy lol

I will be finishing up FF7 Rebirth! Have about 125 hours and just started Chapter 13. After that, will check out the new FF16 DLC that just came out. Should be good. And that should be enough for my weekend. How about you, SW? What are you playing this weekend?