I guess that Sony kicked off the non-existent E3 this year with a BANG! This event was originally a stand-alone affair by Sony and then Geoff Knightly slapped his "Summer Game Fest" Sticker on it a few days before the event, so I guess that this event marked the start of that as well. The Showcase was around half an hour in length and was focusing on games from Third Parties and games that are being worked on for the PSVR 2. I thought overall this was probably one of Sony's best State Of Play events they've ever done, it was well-paced and showed a good range of different games, honestly, there wasn't a game that I saw here that I wouldn't like to try. I think that opening the event by announcing Resident Evil 4 Remastered and closing it with a more detailed look at Final Fantasy 16 was such a great move. With that, all said let's get into my personal top 5 games from the event! My Top 5!1. Resident Evil 4 Remake Resident Evil 4 is the only game in the Resident Evil series I've completed and I have to say I loved it! I've played some of Resident Evil 1 on the PS4 and a little bit of the exclusive demo of Village for PS5 and that is my experience with the series summed up. The reason I haven't played much of the series is that I'm not typically good with horror so it takes me quite a long time to get through games in that genre. Resident Evil 4 to me is just one of those games that if you love video games you have to try out, it's camp and cheesy yet it can be hard in places but still satisfying and even though it is a horror game at its core I was able to play it without getting too scared, it's the perfect horror game for people like me. I'm just hoping the Capcom keeps this game as faithful to the original game as they can because I don't think it'll work as a super scary survival game. My first experience with Resident Evil 4 was also on the Wii so I would like to see them maybe incorporate some sort of gyro controls in the VR version of the game, I think that would be really cool. 2. Final Fantasy XVI This was probably my most Hyped Announcement from the event. I recently got into the Final Fantasy series after playing Final Fantasy XV and then playing Final Fantasy X on my Vita and from that I've sort of become invested in the series and I want to eventually try and play through all of the games. THAT Trailer was awesome, the music was fantastic, the combat looked very fluid and fun and it gave us so much new information about the story and the world that this game will be taking part in. I think the idea of having the summons be part of the different characters is such an interesting idea and I can't wait to see how that plays out. Every time I watch the trailer I get Goosebumps and I think it's the most hyped I've been for a game in a while. 3. Stray So Stray is essentially the game where you play as a little ginger cat in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk world and I've been interested in hearing more about it since it was announced at another PlayStation Event. I honestly can't compare this game to anything because I don't think I've ever seen a game like this before, it's very unique. It doesn't look like it'll be a game that will be very long but I think it'll be a memorable experience for those who play it. I really hope that a physical release for this game is planned for the near future as well because it could just end up being a digital-only game which would suck. The cat in the bucket was one of the cutest things I've ever seen to be honest. 4. Eternights This game to me just looked very interesting, the music sounded awesome, the art style and colours looked good and the gameplay and combat looked like it'll be fun and satisfying as well. I do also enjoy dating mechanics in video games like Fire Emblem and I think it's a cool idea to merge a dating sim and an action RPG, I think it'll work really well. The Developer of this game was also heavily inspired by the Persona series so if you're a fan of those games this might be for you as well. This is another game where I'm just hoping that it'll get a physical release. 5. Horizon Call of The Mountain I've never played a game in VR at all but the more I see of PSVR the more interested I get in trying VR gaming. I played the original Horizon Zero Dawn last year and I just completely fell in love with the world and Alloy as a character. Call of The Mountain for me was interesting because you don't play as Alloy, instead, you're playing as a different protagonist entirely but you do get to meet and interact with characters and machines from the games, including Alloy. I think having a different protagonist for this game is a good idea because that means it won't affect the main story of the game. I think exploring and taking part in the world of Horizon sounds incredible and the game looked like so much fun so I might have to try and get a PSVR 2. I haven't got a chance to get my hands on Forbidden West Yet but I think it’s awesome that it got a new major patch as well. So that was my personal favourite games from the event, there were so many amazing games showcased that I didn't mention like Rollerdome and Season: A Letter to the Future which had unique art styles and Street Fighter 6 and the Callisto project both looked like awesome games as well, as I said at the start of this post there wasn't a game from this event that I wouldn't like to try out at some point. So what where your favourite games from the State of Play?
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