PlayStation Showcase Summer 2023 - Easy Allies Reactions 

Huber, we love you man! Thanks for always being a fan of Cat Quest!

The mood whiplash from Neva to Cat Quest lol.

Regardless of the showcase it’s always great vibes watching the allies reactions

From a third party perspective, that was pretty good. From a first party perspective, Sony massively dropped the ball

I came here for the Cat Quest reaction and was not disappointed.

36:09 love to see the hype 😁

By far most excited for the Revenant Hill announcement, I was absolutely not expecting that to show up here.

yayyyy finally someone reacting to catquest 3 the same way I did haha. So hyped!

glad to see someone else reacted to talos principle 2 the same way i did :)

*DRAGON'S DOGMA 2 HYPE* Believe it, Allies, we are out there, the ones that JUMPED at that glorious gameplay :D finally, the world will believe the hype, that's _Combat_ babyy!! What a Game. What a Game. The monsters, the pawns, the memories, duude! L&R

32:28 Huber "Jones takes a sip" *Brad reaches for his bottle*

Phantom Blade was my favorite game of the show, came outta nowhere and the combat animations look ridiculous. Will definitely keep an eye open for that one.

I share Isla's excitement for the talos principle 2, the first one is so fucking good.

as a PC this was pretty good, Talos Principle II, Alan Wake II & new night in the woods, I'm satisfied. Also the aesthetics of Marathon are out of this world, looks like a mix between mirrors edge and that old neotokyo source mod

I wonder if the character in Alan Wake II that bears the face of Sam Lake is Zacharia Trench (former Director of the Bureau of Control). Because they appear to have the same voice actor. That voice actor also voiced Max Payne who also bears the face of Sam Lake

I can’t tell if I’m just misremembering, but I can’t recall a time where I've seen Damiani without a Yankees hat. I see you with that fresh cut!

audio is a bit off in this video, had to crank up the volume for post show commentary, but damiani's voice was loud

That Alan Wake 2 trailer was so hype, on Kinda Funny and other places they didn't seem to care about it at all, i felt like i must have been watching something else. Glad to see you guys excited for it! 13 long years waiting for it and it looks like everything i hoped for and more

36:08 Cat Quest came to save Hubet from the abyss

34:00 Huber with the clutch Tycho ref.

I liked: Phantom Blade 0, Helldivers 2, Alan Wake 2, Sword of the Sea, Cat Quest, Towers of Aghasba, Talos Principle 2, Granblue Fantasy Relink, The Plucky Squire

glad you guys r back!

Hearing Huber talk about maximum hype is funny considering what we got 😅

This was a lot of fun, not all the games I wanted to see, but still a jolly time!

It’s amazing watching it back and seeing reaction to Hell Divers now that it’s the biggest game to release out of the bunch 😂

I was the only guy excited about Cat Quest with my friends too I understand 😂

This was a pleasure to watch! I love the genuine joy for games that get glossed over in other streams - Talos, AW2,cat quest. And the fact that the allies don’t dismiss games just because they’re not a sequel to something they’re familiar with. Also, I’m not a fan of CGI trailers either, but the vibes from Marathon were amazing and I’m excited to see (and hear) more. That music. ❤ **found out the song from the Marathon trailer is from Justice. Not original, but damn if it didn’t fit perfectly and set a mood**

So which one of you convinced Insomniac to use the EZA colour scheme for Miles' health bar and QTE prompts?

Jim Ryan needs to go!

I love the Allies. The positivity with them always puts me in a better mood

Bloodworth with his pen/paper 👌🏾

AC MIRAGE combat is looking smooth and sick

I was surprised on the Helldivers 2 announcement they didn’t recognize it till the guy wore the Helldivers suit. Because I immediately knew it was Helldivers 2 within the first few seconds. So when I heard super earth I immediately said “YEP. SUPER EARTH. HELLDIVERS 2 IS A THING LFG” played a lot of the first Helldivers and it is fun. Now second ones coming out and it’s on my top 3 anticipated for this year. So excited for it, Just need a date.

1:18:17 He's not just good at hunting, he's the best.. picture a pack of lions, and Kraven goes in... he's man handleling those lions throwing them around, and winning. He's a super soldier, basically cap with super strength, and the ULTIMATE hunter... I picture the film Predator always when thinking about Kraven. He's a beyond underrated character. Can't wait for this... just pray we can play as VENOM.

watching all of your reactions it helps prove that this showcase had a little bit for everyone.

Whoah that Queens slander. Damn Gabby.

Кто знает название музыки в начале стрима stay tuned где написано музыка играла весь стрим

I can finally play MGS! Was about to really try emulation to play these on my crappy Mac

Ah, yes, May, my favorite summer month.

I doubted FF7 Rebirth would show here since 16 is so close to release, here's hoping for some info on it in SGF

I understand this showcase didn’t live up to mine and others expectations but I appreciate your guys excitement for games. Alan wake 2 looks amazing!

I LOVE GRIS AND NEVA LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THE SAME. CAN'T WAIT!

Legitimately as pumped as Huber for the new Cat Quest, such fun games

Hear me out. The last time we got a Sony showcase in 2021 there were 2. One in May and one in Sept. With the absent of the majority of Sony 1st party studios, do you think we’ll get one come this Sept.?

Half a day with an audio engineer is all you need guys. I cant be the only one irritated by peek levels and distortion. (Long time viewer and listener)

Tower of fantasy looks like an anime version of EAs Anthem.

oh i love y’all

Wth was that. I was all excited. Like full and ready to burst. Just strong and up. Just couldn’t hold it longer. And then I saw this showcase - and everything just flopped. Then I cried. 😢

Mega hyped for Dragon's Dogma 2 and the return of Marathon. Also, I loved that Kraven fake-out, making you think he's been redesigned for the modern age and then this poser gets got by the O.G. himself.

Holy...the clock bet was won by Blood, he got the closest LMAO!

Luckily, I'm the biggest Alan Wake fan in this house! I was surprised to see it here, the game was announced at TGA 21 and the first AW is associated with 360 so both the Xbox showcase and SGF felt more likely to feature it.

Dragon's Dogma 2 looks incredible and I am SO happy it is multiplatform! Sorry you didn't like your showcase, PlayStation fans, but I am over the moon about DD2 :)

I don't know if it only me but the mic audio is a bit too low?

Isla on point right after 2:03:27 that’s me after being disappointed by anything or anyone 😂

I dont know what expectations everyone else had, but i enjoyed it.

Before this, i said "if they show so much exclusive stuff I wont find elsewhere, I'll get a PS5". Guess I'm saving money.

I will play them all...minus the VR

56:46 i'm sorry, i must be imagining things , but isn't this freaking SAGAT teased ????

I wish Mortal Kombat XII was announced at PlayStation Showcase 2023.

Phantom Blade 0 looks great!!!

Pretty underwhelming showcase tbh. Can't wait for Alan Wake 2 but we already knew it existed. Would have loved to have seen something from Bluepoint or Sucker Punch. There was some great stuff in here to be sure, just lacked the heavy hitters many would expect. And it's unfortunate to see Sony chasing so many live service games, hoping one of them will stick. Hopefully, they'll have some more announcements in the Fall but it's looking like a very light year for Sony outside of Spiderman.

I think it's interesting that all the best games from this event were all the sequels ( one threequel and one decasextaquel). No kidding, most of the games here were follow-ups or direct sequels, and all of them looked fantastic, fron Alan Wake 2 to Into The Woods follow-up to Ghsotrunner2 to Spiderman 2. Meanwhile, there were two really underwhelming Sony first party games that don't have any gameplay, a Splatoon rip off from Square Enix that looks less interesting than Splatoon, Bungie just playing Hype music over a CGI cutscene, the forever delayed Granblue RPG... Phantom Blade Ø looks really interesting, but it's maybe a touch concerning that there was so little showcased in terms of new IP's and new ideas. I gave the show a solid B minus, as I really enjoyed all of the second and third party content, but yeah.. I think it makes sense that Sony didn't really hype this event up in their marketing like they usually had done before Covid. This feels much like, as JP of Dropped Frames put it: " We got to get out in front of Summer Games Fest, so let's put out what we do have and then hopefully everyone will forget that we didn't have everything they wanted by the time June is over."

Queens is a top tier borough. Best Asian food in all of NYC and Flushing has some great karaoke spots and night life. Staten Island on the other hand… Gabby is just out of pocket for that statement.

I like I like I like

It's not Solid Snake in Snake Eater, it's Naked Snake xD

Neva❤❤❤

Could have been better but yeah still got MGS3

I thought that was a very good showcase. Showed a lot od variety

Phantom Blade looks dope af

Awseomesauce 🤩

I thought it was a great show! So good to see Granblue Fantasy, and Phantom Blade 0 was a huge suprise and looked so far along with so much shown. Call me a S-E shill, but if that Foam game ISN'T free to play, I'd be interested in trying it out. Yeah it would have been nice to see a few more first party titles particularly what Astro is doing, but was still pretty packed. Shame about Alan Wake 2 being digital only... happy to wait a while for that to become a lot cheaper or a print run down the line.

It's time for everyone to accept that last of us multi-player will NEVER live up to any expectation that may exist for it.

I don't know why anyone would expect something new for Bloodborne. From Soft is busy with Armored Core 6 AND Elden Ring DLC. They are not a big enough studio to be on 3 big projects at once. Sony doesn't own Death Stranding. 505 Published it on PC after all. Sheesh Isla's bias showed a lot. People (including Isla?) complain about Xbox showing CG trailers and not enough first parties all the time. Why should Sony get a pass?

Not bad, but the showcase could have been better. You guys were cool though.

Overall, unfortunately, a disappointing Showcase for me, main reason being that their first party showing was a huge letdown after such a long break from Showcases. I know GaaS is the direction PlayStation said they were heading in, but still, three new GaaS IPs and, for me, only one doing enough to slightly pique my interest (Helldivers II, and technically we knew that was coming), a CGI teaser for Firewalk's game, and then gameplay for Spider-Man 2 which we already knew to expect this year. And that didn't even get a date?! There was nothing new announced on the first party front that has me going "I am 100% there on Day 1", and I don't think my hopes for this Showcase were too wild: something on Factions (which despite being told to expect news in 2023 is still, somehow, tragically, MIA?), something from Asobi (c'mon, I just want a new Astro game and it's already been a minute since Playroom), and maybe something from Bluepoint (who have never gone 3 years without releasing a game and yet here we are just 6 months from that happening). It sucks seeing single player PlayStation left hanging, but it sucks even more because of how many CGI trailers were shown, and even more so because it feels like PlayStation are making missteps in tossing out their focus on single player, which is what got the PS5 in such a good position from launch because of the strength of the PS4's catalogue. I won't lie, being 2½ years into a generation, it does kind of feel weird to still mostly find myself playing PS4 games. And then third party stuff, for me, was mostly being excited about stuff we already had reasons to think/knew were coming: XVI, an MGS collection, Snake Eater (which would have been a pretty epic trailer with some gameplay and without leaking, like, a year or two ago?), and Granblue Fantasy Relink. Some indies I'll be keeping an eye on, namely Sword of the Sea, but I'm not in a rush to get to those with just how many games we're sitting on these days as it is. Weird to get hardware in one of these but as someone who owns the Pulse headset those earbuds can't come soon enough, the Pulse is hot and it is heavy in all of the worst ways imaginable for gameplay sessions. Project Q ... eh, I've got my Steam Deck which I can stream my PS5 too, so unless this is magically way smoother than we expect it to be, I'll probably pass. Shame, I think if you could download games to the console and then sync your save between the console and handheld that it could have been awesome. Phantom Blade Zero stole the show for me, but the only things giving me pause are the lack of a release year and not knowing anything about the dev - it's giving me Black Myth: Wukong vibes, and not in a bad way (the combat looks awesome), but I can't say I'm fully confident about how - or if - that game turns out. Weakest *Showcase* to date for me, and it hurts more because of the long break. Hopefully we get another this year - people are already throwing out September, and why not? - but for one of the rare few times PlayStation have decided to go first during the E3 (well, now Not-E3) season, I'm scratching my head to understand the logic. Nintendo seem to be waiting things out and so, what, battle between what has historically been a mediocre Xbox showing and the ad-infested Summer Game Fest for the best show of the summer? 🫠

Aside from MGS3, this was pretty lame. This is what happens when a company is hell bent on making exclusives that are "cinematic 3rd person action adventure" experiences, and refuses to invest in a more diverse 1st party lineup. The amount of time it takes is insane

Really disappointing Showcase for me. Go watch E3 2016 to see what a 3rd year into the gen conference should look like. This was a Showcase after almost 2 years and it only showed ONE First party single player game, the rest of first party were CGI trailers for GaaS games, the total opposite of what most people expect from PS games. 3rd party stuff was good but i expect first party games from a main Showcase.

CGI trailers are the worst and they have three from first party studios...WTF.

Well that showcase was extremely disappointing. It felt like a third party showcase. Where was Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Bluepoint, Sucker Punch?

Maybe I'm the only one who set proper expectations? In the betting special all I said I wanted to see was 1. Spiderman showcase blowout. Check 2. Metal Gear anything Check I am disappointed there is still no further news on Stellar Blade

idk how anyone could guess spiderman would be first and not the last game lol

I don't think I have ever been more wrong in setting up my expectations for a showcase than this time. I expected much, much more, especially from first party. For once I do blame Sony for that. After such a long wait, how can they not realise this would end up disappointing a lot of their fans...? I'm so bummed out, any hype I had for summer game fest is gone.

1:08:27 In Dreams, 1999, starring Annette Bening and Robert Downey Jr. Good flick.

Dragon Dogma 2 all the way!

what a waste of a showcase... its just a state of play buffed...

Highlights for me 1. Phantom Blade looks insane. Lets hope it plays similar to what was shown. 2. MGS 3. Lets go! 3. Im already nominating Spiderman 2 for hall of greats. If they put as much care and effort into this as they did 2018 and Miles Morales, i fully expect it to be insane. Lowlights 1. Stop with the fully CGI reveals with ZERO gameplay 2. Concord. The fuck? Logo and then peace out?

I wonder how many games Geoff got a hold of if this is how “barren” the showcase was. I just hope the Xbox thing has anything considering how down in the mud they are recently.

Not a bad showcase but def not great. The main issue was a lack of gameplay in a lot of trailers. CGI teasers just don’t cut it. Gets you hyped but you soon realise you know nothing about that game. Some great games on this on but overall underwhelming.

Geezuz why was this so long. Do they not respect peoples time?!

The only thing about spider man is that air tunnels for the wing suit. Feels like a cheat instead of a clever way of using building to give you more speed.

If that was good or a success. People have some low expectations 😂

The factt that tower of chinese fantasy has the most views in this video shows Easy Allies viewers are a bunch of weebs

Some of the complaints baffle me. "Too many indies" indie games are why big games are made. All big games used to be indies. And in my opinion indies are better games most of the big games. "It was all cgi trailers" actually there were 23 trailers with gameplay in them. "Well they didnt show (insert game guess here): well thats on you. You hyped yourself up with your own theories and high expectations. If you dont like these games cause they arent your type of game, thats more than ok but to use any of the complaints i showed above to say why its a bad showcase is to me slightly disrespectful to all the developers who are putting their heart and soul into these games.

Solid Showcase. 7/10 Was fun watching with the Allies. Disappointed not to see Factions, Stellar Blade, Death Stranding 2, and Wolverine. Also, 3 PS games were CGI which is also annoying. Spider-Man 2 looked great.

I guess it was an overall good show, objectively. But for me, personally, it lacked games I want. Live service games can shove it. I am in the majoroty of the sony fan base (I think) in wanting single player narrative driven games. With forgettable no-personality-nonsense like the haven game, they will alienate their customer base. Perhaps they will find new ones (and I hope they do, otherwise their single player offering would suffer even more), but I am lost with these games. Used to be that sony catered very precisely to my tastes. Regrettably that is not the case anymore.

This PlayStation Showcase was a solid 2.5 / 5. Not bad but could have been much better.

I am not sure if I am getting older but I remember how exciting showcases for 2007 2008 2010 were and then 2015 to 2017. Where are the big new titles? So many indie looking games. Alan wake looks great but basically all over the shoulder horror games look similar now. Nothing new looking. Even spider man looks similar to last game .

37:23 It's a showtime 50:15 Representation matters! 51:11 Isla learns og Assassin's lore

C minus showcase.

SO MUCH CGI. Like that kinda deflated most of it for me but overall it was an okay conference.