Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@MightyDemon82 Only played the first game, although I enjoyed it i
thought it did feel a bit too long for me. For that price you can't go wrong though.

Square Enix just sold a bunch of western studios and their IPs (including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, etc) to Embracer. Apparently pretty cheap too.
Wtf, Squeenix.

To be fair, at least it’s not Xbox and it might actually be good for the studios and their games.

@Voltan was Crystal Dynamics sold?

@colonelkilgore yep - CD, Eidos, basically all their big western studios

@Voltan wow okay, well like you say at least they’ll remain multi-platform. Really hoping that we see a new Dues Ex and Sleeping Dogs.

Edit. and though I never really played them, from what I now understand of the series I’d love them to green light a Legacy of Kain reboot.

@colonelkilgore I don't know how well they aged (it's been a couple decades after all) but LoK: Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2 were easily some of the best written action adventure games of their time and Defiance was very good too.
I'd definitely love that to come back - I'd even take a solid remake following the same script if that's all they got.
The original LoK was a very different game, a top-down RPG - I didn't play much of that, tbh.

@Voltan Seems like a steal at that price, considering other prices paid in the industry at the minute. Those studios have produced some amazing games over the years and hopefully they will continue to do so, and maybe be allowed more freedom. Scary that SE feel that money is better invested in things like NFTs though.

@render Welp, I just hope that doesn't affect the console Final Fantasy games in a significant way. They have all the room they need for that in their mobile games and stuff.

@Mauzuri Looking at the bright side - if there's a hardware issue, it's better that it manifests itself while you still have warranty. I hope it's nothing though

@Mauzuri I'm not sure if five months would be better or worse than the 48 hours my original PS5 lasted!

According to Naoki Yoshida, new Final Fantasy XVI trailer is ready to be shown but was delayed "due to certain circumstances" (guess that could mean it appearing in a PS showcase).
The game itself is basically finished with the team now focused on "polishing and optimizing".

Sounds like it could still release this year, maybe.
This was shared in a recent NieR-related stream, apparently .

edit: also this 👀

It says: "On a scale from 1 to 10, how hyped are you for GoW Ragnarok?"

Ewe… I just added FIFA 2022 to my library. I’m gonna go take a shower.

@JudgeDredd you got too much faith in me bud, can’t see myself ever even booting it up if I’m honest.

@colonelkilgore I actually added 2 of them*! I have never owned a football game before in my life (I guess technically I still don't).

But tbh, I can see how it might be a game somebody visiting me wants to play, so I'm glad it's there in the monthly games.

* because you have to add the PS4 version separately if you want it

@Voltan double ewe!

Edit. ‘W’ if you will… 😉

I have added and downloaded Fifa 22. I have yet to boot it up. I am slightly worried it may consume me if I start. Haven't played a FIFA since 16 I think. Got way too addicted to the FUT mode and pretty much traded my way to owning almost of all the cards and was in the top 10 of club values etc. Managed to do that without spending any actual cash though so it was more a drain on my time and attention than anything else. Used to use the app frequently to trade more when I was away from the console. Played it so much EA sent me the trial beta version of 17 to help playtest it.
Would kind of like to have a few matches on 22 but not sure I could do so without falling back into such addictive tendencies.

Anyone else ever avoided playing a game because they thought they might get too addicted to it? Is it even a valid concern?

@sorteddan I was way too into Counter Strike years ago. And Overwatch a couple years back. And FIFA. And PES. And NBA 2K. And MLB The Show. And Final Fantasy XIV. And Destiny 2. Basically I have a horrible tendency for addictive behaviour and these games feed on that. Glad I’m away from the muck and can have a much more healthy relationship with games. The scary thing is when they don’t even hit you in the wallet, they suck up your time.

@sorteddan avoiding a game because of addiction ? hell no , i love having something to play and enjoy .

@nessisonett lemme guess , single player games took you away from the “muck” and into a land of milk and honey

@nomither6 I still play multiplayer games occasionally, I just stay away from games which try to take up every waking hour of your day. There’s not really any need to act like a rancid bowel movement, some people’s personalities mean they can be easily taken advantage of by these systems. You don’t know a thing about my circumstances or what else I have going on in my life, you just decided to act superior on a forum about a largely frivolous pastime. Please do better.