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Does Sony have any AAA epic massive openworld RPGs(not rpg-lite's like HZD) in the works? I was expecting several at launch and we got none. I can't find any on this list so this is making me rather sad.

I hope this game is a lot better than The Witcher 3, CDPR doesn't exactly have a big track record of amazing games so the hype on this game is quite confusing to me. If they can pull it off though it'll probably be one of the best games this year.

@thefourfoldroot Jesus Christ kid, I feel embarrassed for you. I would suggest seeing a psychologist.
By the way, I'm a server engineer/data analyst. I know exactly how the "tech" works.

@iamtylerdurden1I'm sorry that you think this looks special, I don't know what games you've been playing but this is nothing next-gen.

"Demon's Souls, Miles Morales, Godfall, Sackboy, Destruction All-Stars, Astro. A real launch lineup."
The only thing here I even consider a bonafide AAA game is Demon's Souls which I've played many times through already. Some updated textures and lighting are not enough to make me pay $70+ to play it again. If you think the PS5 has a good launch lineup you are a hardcore fanboy plain and simple. If the PS5 had some AAA epic massive open world rpgs at launch it would easily be the better system and launch. But it doesn't. And it doesn't even have any of those in development. Two remasters, a dlc turned into a game, a looter-shooter microtransaction machine, a pre-bundled tech demo, a toddler game, and a vehicle combat game are just about the last things I would ever want.

@thefourfoldroot I showed you the proof that you were wrong and now you are denying reality. I will now consider you the same way I consider flat-earthers and Trump supporters: dumb as dirt or actually mentally disabled.

@VengefulReaper @RicksReflection
🤦‍♂️ jfc

@thefourfoldroot
"No you" That made me laugh.

Here's an article from the Xbox team themselves explaining how you are wrong about everything you've said: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/06/15/what-is-smart-delivery-xbox-series-x/

The most important paragraph: "As was the case with our current backwards compatible titles, you won’t have to worry about losing any progress either. Thanks to our commitment to compatibility across generations, you can be assured that when you purchase a game on Xbox One today, your game library, progression and entire gaming legacy moves forward with you if you jump into the next generation with Xbox Series X. "

@RicksReflection I really have no idea what point you're trying to make. You've misunderstood what I've said because you didn't know the reference and are now just rolling with it even though I've explained the situation clearly.

To reiterate, I would love a game like Limbo but in 3D where you play as a cat in a cybercity and solve puzzles/platform and you can also be killed in horrific gore-intensive ways. This would be hilarious and very fun.

If you have a problem with the above statement I cannot help you further as your comprehension is apparently not at a level where you can understand what I am saying.

@RicksReflection "cat killing (for the sake of it) simulator and to do it in "NEAT WAYS) is my problem." I said it'd be neat to have a game like limbo but it's a cat instead of a little boy. If you are unfamiliar with limbo I'd recommend playing it.

@RicksReflection Yes I do not see the difference between killing humans and killing animals in video games.

I own 3 dogs

@thefourfoldroot You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. This is how it's been for nearly a decade.

@RicksReflection Why do people want people killing simulation games? It's fun. If this was limbo with a cat in a cyber city it'd be the top selling game of the year.

@thefourfoldroot Dirt 5 doesn't need to announce it because all Xbox 360 and Xbox One save data is backed up on cloud servers. When you play those games on the Series X it will just use that cloud data so you don't really need to transfer anything, it's already there. That is how the Xbox One has operated for about ten years now.

@JJ2 Yes it appears like he is saying they did this change because they were going with the Tom Holland looking Peter in the next Spiderman game and wanted to keep it consistent.
In the twitter thread, Insomniac says they've been working on this remaster for about a year, I'd be willing to bet they are also working on SM2 alongside it.

@JJ2 There's plenty to complain about when a two year old game is remastered but this character model change is not one of them and if they did this with every character the price tag may actually be of value. The fact that the director of the studio has now had to make a statement about this is ridiculous.

Insomniac's twitter is a little spicy right now. They are clapping back against people who say they don't like the changes. They are very adamant that the model change had to happen so that they can "bring you next-gen performances".

@WexMajor Oh yeah auto-upload, I forgot about that. So Sony has absolutely no excuse here, I guess it's just part of the "generations" thing.

@rjejr They mentioned it in another article: "We loved working with John Bubniak on the original game; however, to get a better match to Peter Parker/Spider-Man actor Yuri Lowenthal’s facial capture, we have cast Ben Jordan to be the face model for Peter Parker on the PS5 console. He looks incredible in-game, and Yuri’s moving performances take on a new life."

Even though I am against the remake I'm very surprised at the general backlash against the remasters trailers. These fans are not happy.

@MFTWrecks I don't understand why Sony hasn't implemented cloud saving. That's the entire reason why this works for all games on the Xbox platform. They started storing copies of your game data on cloud servers on the 360 and it has actually been very useful during the eighth gen. From what devs and Sony have said, the devs themselves will have to back up and transfer your data on their own servers to enable cross-gen data transfer and most do not seem eager to eat that cost.

@TheRedComet I stopped with the multiplayer after MW2, I honestly don't even know what it's like these days. I'm more fond of the Battlefield series for shooters but even that is getting tiresome for me.

I could not care less about Call of Duty but if they released a standalone version of the zombie mode I'd actually be interested. Left4Dead and the original CoDWaW zombie mode were some of the most fun multiplayer experiences I've had.

@DeepSpace5D I'm sorry that you don't understand when you are being tricked.

Here you go: https://support.ubisoft.com/en-US/faqs/55850
PS4/XB1 versions of their games do not support ray tracing but the PS5/XSX versions do. The next gen versions also have different textures, more detail, more "clutter", and reworked shadows and lighting.

@Flaming_Kaiser "Way beyond", got another sucker for you Sony.

Woah the dislike ratio on the trailer(not the 60fps in this article, the main one) is very surprising. I'm against the remake in general but for $20 I could see a lot of people wanting it. I guess that was incorrect, everyone seems pissed off about his face lol

@DeepSpace5D Many cross gen titles(including Ubisoft's) will in fact be getting upgraded textures and ray-tracing so you are very incorrect. This should 100% be a free upgrade for the backwards compatibility version of the PS4 game. If you think this is worth paying for again, you are just the kind of sucker these companies love.

The newer version is more accurate to what Peter Parker is although if the game is set in his 20's he should look a bit older.

I don't see anything here that couldn't be done on the PS4.

They made him look more like Tom Holland, makes sense but kinda odd. The original is based on the voice actor/mocapper.

Quite odd how they have all of these bizarre categories but no actual "best game" lol.

It'd be neat if this "world" is a fantasy representation of the PS5's hardware itself. The data stream and pc-like fans everywhere make it seem like that.

Is it just a cat walking around or is there an actual game here? It'd be cool if it was something like Limbo where you solve puzzles and platform but you can kill the cat in a variety of neat ways.

@Rob_230 That would be rather scumbaggy after already doing pre-orders. Both companies should be done showing off everything.

@FindMeCampin That is the point I am making. The vast majority of modern games and the direction of the gaming industry in general is awful. No one makes games anymore because they have a cool idea that they love. They make soulless products for the dumbest people on the planet so they can get the most money possible. I realize that's how things are these days with most industries but it wasn't that way a short time ago with games. I'll be positive when there is something positive to talk about, until then I will judge everything with as much scrutiny as it deserves.

Prize pools:
180 x PlayStation®5 console
181 x PlayStation®4 console
180 x DualSense™ wireless controller
1889 x Destruction AllStars digital PlayStation®game
901 x 12-month PlayStation™ Now subscription
628 x 12-month PlayStation®Plus subscription

The PS4 thing is weird to me, 181 people are going to be rather disappointed.

@Swimmercanoeist1 And that is demonstrated where or how exactly? My current Skyrim modded playthrough blows these visuals out of the water.

Hold up I just watched Digital Foundry's video showing off a bunch of gameplay and this game looks exactly how I described it: an early eighth gen title. The animations are better than early eighth gen games though, I'd put those on par with more recent releases. But where is the "next gen"?

The cinematics look great. I have absolutely no interest in any type of looter shooter even if you use swords instead of guns.

I'm confused by this article and the reactions to these images. This looks alright but is very far from "next gen". Visually it's on par with early releases on the Xbox One/PS4 but more recent games blow this out of the water.

@PhhhCough $70

@TheFrenchiestFry Indeed it does. I just wish they had done the standalone gwent game better than they did.

@banacheck What are you people talking about with this CDPR crap? You're aren't making any sense, have you actually played these games?
The Witcher 1 and 2 are the definition of mediocrity. At the time they came out they were okay, playing them now is grating.
While the Witcher 3 is somewhat of an improvement, mostly due to it's large open world, it is hampered by the absolute slog of a story, the most boring and lengthily cutscenes ever put into a video game, and a lack of actual gameplay. There are far too few real side quests and far too few monster hunts, combat is the same rinse and repeat for every enemy. I 100%'d the game and the most fun I had was playing Gwent which was more thought out than the actual game itself.
I just do not understand the hype surrounding this company or Cyberpunk 2077, it doesn't make any sense.

RPG's represent the majority of the games I play and they have absolutely been on the decline in the last decade. I was expecting, with these supposedly "amazing new consoles" that "open up a whole new world of possibilities", we would get huge slates of epic massive open world rpgs. We got none. Xbox has Avowed and Fable in the works but nothing close to launch. I suppose now they have ES6, FO5, and Starfield as well but this is still way less than I was expecting. And we are getting nothing from Sony in this department, just another watered-down kiddie rpg in the form of HFW.
I blame crap like Fortnite, Call of Duty, The Last of Us, and all the other casual garbage that studios focus on instead of real games.

If it were one or two retailers the blame would likely lie on them. But since practically every retailer is now sending these emails it would seem like Sony originally promised them more stock and they had to adjust down when Sony couldn't deliver.
Alternatively I can also see Sony issuing launch pre-orders and after launch pre-orders(like the recent 2nd wave at gamestop)and all these retailers just combined the two instead of selling the after-launch pre-orders after the first wave pre-orders like gamestop.

I am so sick of comic-book crap in movies, games, tv shows, etc. The oversaturation is insane, please find the next trend and move on already.

Another unneeded remake, just make a new game in the series or play the original version.

And we had 4k/30fps and 1440p/60fps last gen. If it isn't 4k/60fps or 8k/30fps it is not "next-gen".

@TheRedComet They've never topped Big Red One which came out 15 years ago. Call of Duty 4 came close but everything since has been derivative.

@Shigurui https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/playstation-plus-collection-game-list-ps-ps5-6300

I'd say take everything with a grain of salt because Sony hasn't been very clear on any of this. Eurogamer says this could be how the PS5 does backwards compatibility entirely but I doubt they'd complicate it that much.

@Dodoo I agree and this is how I operated last gen too. For the titles that are cross gen I will get the XSX/PS5 version, not the last gen version even if I have to wait a few months.

@lacerz I've heard some rumblings saying some people(celebrities and Instagram "influencers" but not journalists or industry professionals)have PS5's and are under strict NDA's so they cannot show them off until launch. I imagine Sony will be giving PS5's to the press at some point between today and November 12th. Or they won't and will just let the reviews come after launch.

@Deadlyblack From what Sony has said that is not possible. Bloodborne will not be supported on the consoles regular backwards compatibility but will instead be a part of the PS Plus PS4 to PS5 day one collection.