@Kidfried Agreed. I was noticing even with Baldur’s Gate 3 (which looks like it will give TotK and Starfield a little competition in the GOTY discussion) that despite the game being some kind of revelation in RPG design and gaming achievement, there’s already comments criticizing the (apparently minor and rare) little frame rate drops and technical hitches. I saw a couple comments about people refusing to play it because there’s a mere mention in the Push Square review that it was not technologically perfect at launch. It just seems so weird to me that it’s an obsession amongst so many gamers. Same applies to the article yesterday about Jedi Survivor, which definitely has had a few technical hiccups, but is in a functional state as good or better than many third party games if one simply plays at the lower frame rate option. (Supposedly the new patch now smooths out the issues with the performance mode). Yet many have castigated it completely because they want it in flawless 60 fps.
In my mind, it’s also a difference between first party and third party development. It’s reasonable to accept a more pristine technically sound product from the first party who should be the ultimate experts in their own hardware, versus third party who spends a lot of development time working on the other systems. So I’d expect a third party game to be a little rougher. I suspect part of Starfield’s problem is that a lot of time was wasted on the canceled PS5 version. Also the Series S. Speaking of, given Microsoft’s abandonment of the parity between Series S and Series X in order to get Baldur’s Gate 3, I wonder if we’ll see more and more games that come out either exclusive to Series X or with a hamstring version for Series S. It’s possible we get a 60 fps patch for Starfield that is exclusive to the X and S is kept at 30.
PS1 - I think the race for GOTY is going to be tight, but I’m not willing to risk €100. 😅
PS2 - As a first person shooter, that’s a valid point.
PS3 - Wait… you never had a PS3! How did I not know that?! So you’ve never played MGS4, The inFAMOUS series, the Resistance series, the midline Ratchet & Clank games…?!
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Kidfried Given your love for the MGS series, I’m curious how you get along with 4 when it inevitably comes in that Metal Gear Collection Volume 2. It’s the only of the series that I’ve actually played twice, and I probably appreciated it better on the second playthrough.
Honestly, the other PS3 exclusives are probably less critical to experience. InFAMOUS 1&2 are really good for their time, but going back to them now may feel dated after playing Spider-Man. R&C holds up better, but honestly all those games are similar enough that it’s not like you’re missing some crucial unique experience if you skip A Crack in Time and Into the Nexus. (Of course I might be biased because I’ve always been just a casual passing fan of the series)
Many of my favorite PS3 memories are either available on PS4/5 (the Uncharteds, TLoU, Journey) or were multiplatform so you probably played them on Xbox (RDR, BioShock, Mass Effect, Skyrim, Dragon’s Dogma, the Ezio AC games, BM Arkham games, Portal 2, etc, etc.) Shout out to the original Little Big Planet though. But MGS4 is the most significant game locked on the system, imo.
PS - You’re allowed to keep your access to the site, so long as you swear allegiance to never skip another PlayStation generation again. 😛
"A corpse... should be left well alone. Oh, I know very well. How the secrets beckon so sweetly. Only an honest death will cure you now. Liberate you, from your wild curiosity." - Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower.
Got a voucher for my birthday, got to choose between Baldur’s Gate 3, Spider-Man 2, Gran Turismo 7 or a couple of cheaper games like Resi 4 alongside the new Assassin’s Creed. Choices choices!
@Jimmer-jammer Hey man, I thought you might find the clip below amusing. How's life? Anything new with you? Kids still keeping you on your toes? What are you playing now? I'm still trying to get my stats to the following in Demon's Souls: Vit: 50 End: 25 Str: 34 Magic: 50. Planning to use the dragon bone smasher and crescent falchion+1 for a truly overpowered build to potentially "break" the game.
@Kidfried
You don't have PS3 yet?
Yo, PS3 is full of hidden gems.
You can play All Ratchet games on PS3, All Sly Cooper games, All Jak & Daxter Trilogy games, PS3 Move games, etc.
I have collected 64 PS3 games so far and I have a lot of unusual cartoon games like Skylanders, Tintin, Rango, Disney games, Spyro, DreamWorks games, Mini Ninjas, etc.
A lot of good hidden gems with cheaper price.
@TheBrandedSwordsman Definitely chuckled at the clip, thanks! Life’s been busy but good. The kids are getting to an age where we’re finally getting out of the grind of diapers/potty training etc. Having five so close together has certainly been an experience! Wouldn’t change it for the world though. Still, we can branch out into our own interests a little more now so been back into filmmaking independently. Doing everything ourselves from the ground up has been equal parts challenging and nourishing.
Currently I’m playing through Armoured Core VI. It’s excellent. Glad to hear you’re enjoying Demon’s Souls. I think From Software actively encourages and rewards players for exploiting their systems so I’d say you’re doing it right! How’s life been for you? Last I recall you were chasing a PhD. Take care!
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
@Jimmer-jammer It's good that they are getting to an age where independence is more of an option, for you and for them. Good to hear that you're enjoying the Armored Core game, is it just Dark Souls but with robots? Yes, hopefully my "exploitation" of their system will pay off, currently at 43 of 50 magic, going for End & Str next. I have been mostly focusing on my music right now but still plan on a career in psychology and am still working towards that. Here's a guitar version of a Jay Z song I did, I know you're not the biggest fan of hip hop but there are no vocals and hopefully you will enjoy the guitar.
"(Music is) a purposeless play. This play, however, is an affirmation of life" (paraphrased) - John Cage
@TheBrandedSwordsman Nice work! Thanks for that. I don’t dislike hip hop by the way, just very eclectic in what speaks to me within the genre and not what I generally gravitate towards. Armoured Core is definitely its own thing. Being tough as nails at times is about the only obvious comparison with the Souls games I could make. Hope your grinding produces the desired result!
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
Him I’m going to sell my Series X for most likely a PS5, but as it came out in the Activision case Sony plans on the PS6 in 2026, is it worth it? Also what are the chances of Sony launching the rumoured new model with removable disk drive by Christmas? Rumours seem to have dried up on that. Only reason is it’ll be at least a bit smaller.
Why am I selling my Series X? Because Starfield isn’t the best game, and I hate with a deep passion the new dashboard full of endless ads in my face! Oh and I haven’t really played many Game Pass games if I’m honest. Have a PS4 and a PS3, still use my launch PS4, and have a nice collection of games on them.
Also the fact COD will not be day and date on Game Pass makes it less valuable to me.
@S1ayeR74 I constantly get reminded why I despise Xbox so much. Earlier today I wanted to go to the store and buy a game. The store doesn't work. I restarted my console and even reset the settings and the store still didn't work. How the hell does the store on a console not work?
That's just one of the many issues I have with Xbox. On the other hand, the more I use my PS5 the more I like it. I already loved the PS4 as it delivered so many fantastic games. I'm also starting to like PS+ Extra more than Game Pass. Granted, Game Pass gets day one games but PS+ Extra gets more titles that appeal to me. The quality of Game Pass has also drastically gone down throughout the years.
Once PlayStation Portal comes out, the PS5 will absolutely become my main console. I don't think I'll use my Series X that much anymore besides for day one Game Pass titles and older backwards compatible games. Xbox is super disappointing right now.
@LtSarge The best Game Pass game I've played has been Deliver Us The Moon, which was in no way exclusive. Any Any Xbox exclusives I liked I already had before I got the Series X.
But on PSN Premium I can trial Hogwarts Legacy which is a game I've been dying to try out. Plus it has trials of big name titles. I'll miss Gears Of War but I can play that in Xbox Cloud streaming if I want. Xbox truly has made a Game Pass machine and without it it's not much.
I also agree with the quality complaint, Game Pass exclusives can certainly lack some quality about them. But I can forgive most of this, just the ads. That I can't get over.
I'm happy with my current PS3, PS4 and PS5 games.
I have collected 11 PS5 games.
My PS3 and PS4 games are same 64 games.
My 3DS and Wii games are neck to neck with my PS3 and PS4 games (Almost 70 games).
I will try to get minimum 60 Switch games before end of year 2023.
@AnVold Well it depends, if you like Microsoft’s games then Game Pass is a winner, if not then it’s not as good. Sure you get tons of games, but you may like me now care for a lot of them. I mean I plugged my PS4 back in, signed up for PSN Premium and I can play 3 hours of God Of War Ragnarok, which arguably is a better story game than most of not all on Game Pass.
Thing is Xbox relies on Game Pass, it’s their business model, Sony do not rely on PSN.
One game that is making me have second thoughts of selling is Gears Of War as I love that game.
Of course the other thing with the Xbox Series is if your internal SSD fails then you have to send it to Microsoft to see if they can repair it, because no third party can replace it, they enter an encrypted key on the drive so it exclusively works with that particular console, and the key is changed with every update the console receives. And any new drive fitted needs that key to work with your console, but if it’s failed you can’t always copy the drive to get the key. God knows why Microsoft did this. With the PS5 a competent repairer can just replace the SSD chips.
@S1ayeR74 I like Xbox games, but I already have them all for my Xbox 360. And many of them didn't have a backward compatibility with modern Xbox consoles. I know, that Xbox relies a lot on Game Pass and I don't like, cause I didn't use any subscripton. I like physical copies
But if we talking about modern games, then Xbox games is just a joke for me. I'll choose PS5 for sure.
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