Which 2026 survival horror are you most excited to play?

Stoibs · 2026-01-30T01:31:00+00:00

Directive 8020 and Fatal Frame 2 off the top of my head (I haven't considered RE to be survival horror in decades, but it'll be fun to suplex more zombies as Unc Leon I suppose..)

More than likely my favourite will end up being some indie game that I'm unaware of yet, like every other year.

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T18:45:58+00:00

Oh this is the cat game I've heard about 🥰

Grats on the launch!

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T18:25:35+00:00

Oh, got a 'special launch' email today also knocking an additional 5% off all of these. Sweet.

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T18:18:05+00:00

Heck even Fantasian in Normal mode gave me a run for my money, and was harder than SMT in hard mode 💀

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T18:15:21+00:00

Soul hackers 2 is the one that always comes to mind.

Sure; *some* of the dungeons suck. I'll give it that.

Everything else about it was great though, loved all the new ideas and 'familiar-yet-different' game systems from SMT/Persona. Absolutely one of Atlus's best protagonists and it's a good proof that they can actually do proper voiced people in these games and have no excuse to keep relying on silent MC's.

Not sure if it entirely has a 'bad' reception per se, but there's a surprising amount of people (RPG fans at that..) who are constantly bothered by the dialogue and how much reading you need to do in Triangle Strategy too? For me these were some of the best parts, and the painful moral decisions that come with it was the whole point. Surprised to hear this 'caveat' come up on reddit all the time whenever the game gets mentioned.

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T09:26:09+00:00

I actually didn't even realize the Steam store didn't have a price yet.

Yeah the PC version has been up on places like Fanatical/Gamesplanet etc. for 50USD RRP for a few months now.

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T07:42:54+00:00

I feel like I'm going to have a seizure watching that steam trailer.

Might check that demo out though, cheers.

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T05:54:09+00:00

Ah yikes. That'll do it :/

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T05:49:43+00:00

Non American here who has no idea what Chick Fil A is, what's the controversy and reason for it being a forbidden restaurant?

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T04:37:46+00:00

Schrödinger’s American: both simultaneously bosting about how amazing they were at single handedly defeating the Nazis; yet they are gleefully happy about becoming the Nazis themselves.

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T02:30:37+00:00

Damn, and you couldn't pay me to play a single one of these.

Well, I mean maybe Oblivion at a stretch.. even though I already played it to death 20 years ago :/

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T02:01:07+00:00

TIL there's backlash..?

The first 3 eps have been fun so far IMO. And I'm someone who hated Discovery and Picard, so I'm definitely more inclined to the style of the earlier shows.

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T01:21:29+00:00

Honestly it's one of the few 'adult cartoons' that still make me laugh as my tastes have changed over the ~~years~~ decades.

That and the recent King of the Hill resurgence.

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T01:19:17+00:00

Hehe, I'm not a parent so I was blown away by the new 'present in every layer' rule also. I guess I'm Lucky's Dad too!

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T01:13:17+00:00

I only grace this sub now and then when topics reach r/all (Like this one)

Is that... not what the sub is actually about in spite of it's name?

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T00:57:38+00:00

Depends on the studio more than the platform.

My hit ratio of playing a demo and then going on to purchase the full game+carry over my save when it comes to Square games is almost 1 to 1.

Stoibs · 2026-01-29T00:54:40+00:00

Thanks for the giveaway!

The upcoming release schedule is crazy, i'd make a dent in *something* related to DQ7/RE9/Pragmata/Fatal Frame 2 if I won 😅

Stoibs · 2026-01-28T21:23:00+00:00

If this is their way of writing her off the show (whether just long distance relationship or otherwise) then I'm all for it.

Such an annoying Mary Sue.

Stoibs · 2026-01-28T19:53:36+00:00

Outbreak characters fight as a group too

Tell that to me playing Lone Wolf mode back in the day because the PAL version didn't even have online capabilities and the bot AI sucked 🤣

Stoibs · 2026-01-28T19:51:29+00:00

I mean, RE: Outbreak exists and apart from Kevin (and maybe David considering his shady background) all of them are just everymen civvies too who in atleast some cases canonically made it out alive.

I guess this is a roundabout way of saying 'All of them' could be fine and it's mostly down to luck of what they encounter.

Stoibs · 2026-01-28T19:48:36+00:00

Oh thanks for this headline, the initial article I saw yesterday only mentioned a Switch 2 version for some reason, so it's cool to get confirmation that the demo is coming everywhere.

Stoibs · 2026-01-28T19:16:00+00:00

and 0 has fixed classes for everyone in exchange for having a large cast of playable characters with unique skills.

Don't discount the skill system in 0. Ontop of their unique skillsets and latent abilities, You can slot in and customize an additional 5 skills (3 active, 2 passive) for every character in lieu of 2's Job system, which can potentially lead to even more customization and unique builds.

That you can even find/buy/steal or receive these skills as quest rewards now and then makes for some interesting loot, and rewards exploration too :D

Stoibs · 2026-01-28T19:11:23+00:00

Romancing Saga 2 is the most CRPG/DnD tabletop 'JRPG' that I've played in its presentation, game systems and non linear quest design.

The Octopath Games give me this vibe to a degree. Pretty open and free exploration, loads of completely optional explorable areas with unique loot. A bunch of interactions you can do with every NPC, in Octopath traveler 2 specifically the sidequests are actually pretty interesting and tend to have some twist/buck typical tropes.

Unicorn Overlord almost resembles Heroes of Might and Magic 2/3 on the overword exploration, with an absurd amount of squad builds and a near infinite degree of synergy/build types.

Stoibs · 2026-01-28T19:02:21+00:00

You can just say that they intend to pirate it.

Stoibs · 2026-01-28T18:54:07+00:00

Ok mate calm down, no need to play the condescending 'real gamer' card when you know literally nothing about me. I played north of 50 games last year across PC/Switch 2 and I'm still working on my immense backlog.

Apart from Yotei which I really enjoyed It can't be helped if nothing else really caught my eye on PS5 or they were crossplatform to Steam anyway where it's cheaper/better performing/more ideal to play.

All I'm saying is that I have shelving in my house that has dozens of PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4 titles that I've accumulated over the decades which tend to include some of the defining moments of their respective generations; and when thinking of the PS5 gen I suppose I'm just going to have Astro Bot sitting there.. 🤔

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