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Re: Review: Far Cry Primal (PS4)

AlexStinton

@Boerewors You know what? I don't think I thought about Wild once while playing Far Cry Primal, which is odd as they do share a number of elements as you pointed out.

Re: Review: Far Cry Primal (PS4)

AlexStinton

@DerMeister Thanks!

You're right, there aren't many games that use the Stone Age as a setting, and certainly not in a series like Far Cry.

I would love to see - just for giggles - a bombastic, over the top Call of Duty game in this era.

Re: Review: Far Cry Primal (PS4)

AlexStinton

@Comrade44 Imagine a drone that can mark the position of enemies, drop bombs packed full of bees, or even swoop down to kill unsuspecting enemies. Now imagine that drone is actually an owl.

Re: Review: Far Cry Primal (PS4)

AlexStinton

@tenderbeefcake The armoured guys can take a lot more punishment compared to the more common enemies, but you can take them down stealthily once you unlock the right skill.

In fact, all of the stealth takedowns are exactly the same as Far Cry 4, which is a little disappointing.

Re: Review: Rebel Galaxy (PS4)

AlexStinton

@Diskach Nope, I reviewed the PlayStation 4 version. I'm afraid I can't comment as to why the screenshots are for another version of the game as I have absolutely no idea.

Re: Game of the Year: Alex's Personal PlayStation Picks

AlexStinton

When I settled on my top five PlayStation games it felt like I'd come up with the least contraversial list ever.

Damn, were these good games though. Hopefully 2016 will be just as enjoyable.

@themcnoisy Thanks! Someone had to draw the enemy fire. I think I was pretty good at dying over and over again.

Re: Review: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (PS4)

AlexStinton

Thanks for the positive feedback on the review everyone!

@themcnoisy Not having people with mics makes coordination a little more difficult, though I still enjoyed playing with silent teams quite a bit.

Also, sorry to ruin your excellent joke, but Rainbow Six is the designation of the Director of Rainbow and not how many of them there are

This Tom Clancy knowledge bomb was brought to you by a misspent youth reading his novels

Re: Hands On: Has Just Cause 3 on PS4 Blown Us Away?

AlexStinton

There's something really funny going on with the loading times. It looks like the longer you play the worse they get.

I played for about three hours this evening and when I started load times were less than 30 seconds (I was beginning to question what I'd written about them), but when I finished reloading a challenge event took over five minutes!

Re: Push Scare: Why the Abysmal Zombeer Has Changed My Outlook on Games

AlexStinton

@Ghouldude Firstly, welcome to the site. It's always nice to see new members of the community leaving comments.

I'm glad you enjoyed playing Zombeer on PC, but my biggest problem with the game - its crass and unfunny humour - can't be fixed by jumping to another platform.

I'm a hugely positive gamer, always looking for the good in anything I play, but I just couldn't see anything but a steaming pile of garbage after finishing Zombeer.

Also the 87% user approval rating on Steam is just mind boggling, and if that's food for thought, then the 32 it has on Metacritic for both PC and PS3 must be as well.

Re: Review: Mad Max (PS4)

AlexStinton

@SteveoKenobi That's true. I made sure I had the clean-up crews, and a few other projects built at the strongholds, however the scrap they generated wasn't enough - in my opinion - to avoid having to scavenge yourself if you wanted some of the better kit.

Re: Review: Mad Max (PS4)

AlexStinton

@themcnoisy If you don't like the Batman combat then this certainly won't be for you.
Not sure if we need more games like The Order: 1886 though! It's the poster child for repetitive gameplay.

Re: Review: Payday 2: Crimewave Edition (PS4)

AlexStinton

@Jocinetu @sinalefa Split screen would be a pretty good addition to the Payday 2.

I wonder if there's some technical limitation stopping them from doing it, especially when you consider that Starbreeze / Overkill have been pretty open at the compromises they would've had to make to reach 1080p / 60fps.

Re: Review: Payday 2: Crimewave Edition (PS4)

AlexStinton

@Anchorsam_9 I had no issues with the netcode, however the AI still isn't very smart at all. When it comes to the police that's perfectly ok since they're fodder, but if you have any AI bots on your side they might as well not be there at all.

This means you really need to play with other players to get any enjoyment out of Payday 2.