State of Play returns June 4! Watch live for news and updates on must-play games coming to PS5. The show highlights a selection of great games from creators across the globe.
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I’m going to try setting up Discourse Livestream for this event tomorrow, so we can see how it works. Hopefully this will give us the opportunity to do group watch parties for these kinds of events. Discourse Livestream - Plugin - Discourse Meta
Alright, Discourse Livestream is set up for this event! It looks like you have to toggle your going state in order to join the chat though.
I took some quick notes in-the-moment on what was shown:
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Lumines Arise | Puzzle game by the developers of Tetris effect. |
| Pragmata | looks like a sci-fi action game. |
| Romeo is a Dead Man | animation and humor at the beginning reminded me a lot of Jerma’s Rat Movie. The in-game aesthetic wasn’t the same though, which was disappointing. |
| Silent Hill f | Horror game with creepy human-doll things? seems pretty cool. |
| Bloodstained: The Scarlett Encampment | Some kind of side-scrolling beat-em-up action game? |
| Digimon Story Time Stranger | Oh hey, a Digimon game. I don’t think I’ve seen a Digimon game in a while. |
| Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles | Pretty hand-drawn art style at the beginning, but apparently it’s just old-scool isometric sprites; it’s an enhanced remake of the original game. |
| Baby Steps | Literal walking simulator. |
| Hirogami | Action game inspired by origami |
| Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots | Another golfing game |
| Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound | 2d pixel art side scroller |
| Cairn | Survival climbing game. This is the only game I’m interested in. I hope it involves Bivuoacs. |
| Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection | Love to see game preservation happening here. |
| Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater | I still need to play one of these games… |
| Nioh 3 | I don’t know anything about this series. Ninja action game? |
| Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow | The disjointed hands are interesting, And there |
| Tides of Tomorrow | I really like the visual style of this. I also like how the story seemingly takes place in the great garbage patch. |
| Astroboy | News about a free update |
| Sea Remnants | Pirate game? Art style reminds me of Borderlands, but not gritty. |
| Sword of the Sea | Another game that looks a lot like Journey, from the people who made Journey!!! I’m very excited about this. They also made Abzu, which I didn’t like at all actually but I would still play it. I guess I’m still trying to catch the high I got from Journey |
| First Light | James Bond movie. The facial animations are a bit stiff, but I like the style of it feeling like an american movie. i would actually try it i think. i’m interested to see how well the gameplay meshes with the story and cinematics. |
| Ghost of Yotei | Complete vibes, no gameplay footage |
| Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls | Marvel fighting game? Come to think of it, how come I’ve never heard of a superhero fighting game? They did a pretty long commentary after the trailer talking about the game. |
For myself, I’m most interested in Cairn, Sword of the Sea, Tides of Tomorrow, and First Light. Also, having a community chat for the stream was a lot of fun!!! I’m glad 
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Exo you might want to look at this response from a Cairn dev: IDEAS! :: Cairn General Discussions
Hell yeah, bivouacs. I think I saw that in the trailer but I wasn’t 100% sure if it was a bivouac or not.
Cairn is basically almost one of my game ideas, so I’m hoping that it comes out and it’s great and I don’t have to make the game anymore.
Also, for the record I couldn’t find the negative thing I vaguely remembered about Baby Steps, so I crossed it off my notes.
Personally really excited for Marvel Tokon. Been getting really into fighting games over the past few years, and I’m a pretty big fan of marvel and arc system works’ games, so this is pretty sick for me.
I think the last notable super hero fighting games have been… the Marvel VS. Capcom games but i dont think theres been any new entries since the 360 era, and Injustice which was a DC thing. There was also a DC x Mortal Kombat thing i think, also would’ve been 360 era. So theres definitely been a lack of them in a long time.
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Marvel vs Capcom Infinite was in 2017 but most people didn’t play/like it. There is renewed interest in it now that https://www.mvcib.com/ exists.
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