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@AFCC or an NFT of Tifa's gloves

If there was a PS5 upgrade for like, a tenner or so, I might be tempted to go in on it.

@nessisonett Nice

@WallyWest Yeah, but this is one of the reasons I'm not a PC gamer — Pro models aside, consoles should give you a consistent performance standard that means you don't need to balance a load of spec plates in order to comfortably run the game, without worrying that you're sacrificing one aspect of the experience for another.

"You could instead opt to almost double that frame rate, but then the visuals aren't so hot. It's frustrating not knowing which one's best overall, creating circumstances where you know certain aspects would be better on the other side of the coin."

This has been one of my biggest bugbears this past generation — when a game gives you the choice for only one or the other, surely it should be up to the devs to find a balance that accommodates both framerate and fidelity? That'd be like making a pizza for someone and saying "yeah you can have cheese, OR tomato — you can't have both".

To be fair the 50hz version is only £8,332.50.

Oh hell yeah — I'm all over this. Village might be my favourite, most well-balanced entry in the RE series since 2

It's been a while since I played it, but I remember combat in RE4 being quite fluid (maybe because I was playing it on Wii, with its pointy aiming) — it was the stop/shoot mechanic in RE5 (going back to "standard" pad controls for PS3) that felt noticably clunky

I've yet to play the Claire path in RE2 and I haven't even touched RE3 yet, so this is pretty welcome news!

Totally fine with this — I've always got the original cart (and access to youtube ) - I also found it a shame that Dreams Come True didn't return for the third game; their work in the first two games was sublime.

@get2sammyb who let that Italian plumber in?

Meanwhile Metal Gear Solid 4 fails to get a port beyond the PS3...

"The players look unhappy."
"Add more cars."

@carlos82 Pray they don't alter it further

@liamcroft always been curious about returning to FFXIII, as I stalled shortly into the second one, but thanks @kyleforrester87, you just unearthed the memory I'd spent a decade successfully repressing

Anniversary was a lot of fun, but I'd love to see a ground up, Crash-style remake of the first Tomb Raider game, tank controls and all.

@Gbarsotini Squall's kid... Drizzle?

@BigBoom3ai3 I really enjoyed it for what it was, but it wasn't without its flaws.

@velio84 NFT&As

Yes please. This is pretty much all I wanted — the ability to purchase and download individual PS1/2 games a la carte.

What an absolute con — paywalling 17 extra games behind a heavily-limited physical edition (that will likely get bought up by scalpers and put on eBay for silly prices anyway), seems like the worst way to promote this collection. The digital edition feels like you're paying for an extended demo of the full package. You want to release a physical edition with loads of extra plastic tat? Go nuts, there's a market for that, but don't deny the actual games for people who only want to get the digital version.

@GeneJacket Yeah, I would love if they made all the games they end up putting on this service available a la carte. Really not into the idea of being tethered to a subscription

@Shepherd_Tallon Just so you know, GrimGrimoire is getting a re-release on modern consoles

@Shepherd_Tallon Hell, give me old Golden Axe — the arcade version is surprisingly absent from seemingly every Sega collection out there (I'm guessing on account of the movie samples used in it)

I wonder if this movie will Go Straight to number one in the box office charts?

On a personal level, not at all — I just don't really jive with online/multiplayer games, and very rarely play them, but I can understand that there's a huge portion of players that do. I also would much rather make the conscious choice to purchase my games individually rather than paying a flat monthly fee to rent them - I don't even have PS+ both these reasons.

As for Cloud gaming, I think it's a noble idea, and it can be good for demos/time trials, but as the default setting for playing games? Absolutely not - the technology is nowhere near capable yet, and even if it was, I think it's a fundamentally flawed notion and is trying to fix a problem that doesn't really exist.

@BlaizeV oh yeah they'd no doubt sell well enough, and I'm definitely of the mind that all games should be made easily available in some form. They did release Adventure (and CD) on PS3, which was my first proper exposure to both, but they've never seen the light of day on any modern platform since (unless you count Steam)

@BlaizeV because the majority of Sonic games that came out after the 16-bit era have been, well, a bit rubbish

@Flaming_Kaiser Yeah — and I really enjoyed FFVIIR for what it was - there was clearly a lot of effort put into it, but all I really wanted is a graphically updated version of the original with a few QoL features and a better translation — which we KINDA already have, despite the vaseline-smeared backgrounds.

@ShogunRok Yeah, if they can do it in the same way as the Crash/Spyro trilogy — keep it the same, but update the graphics (hell they can even keep the soundtrack). Please, none of this multi-part, plot-ghost nonsense.

@Shepherd_Tallon Yeah, the PS1 had some absolute classics on it, many of which we never got over here in the UK. They do seem to be finally rectifying that though (Chrono Cross, the Saga series), but yeah having the ability to purchase/download PS1 games a la carte on PS5 would be ace.

Every so often I peek inside the oven to see if Cyberpunk 2077 is ready...

@JamieO Yeah I remember a detailed and fascinating article in Mean Machines explaining how DecapAttack had been completely reskinned for western audiences — and while I like the gothic vibe of DA, the option to play as both would be nice.

I've owned GTAV on PS4 for years and still haven't started it. I reckon the PS5 update might be just the nudge I need to finally give it a go.

I'm not sure what else you'd put in a collection, but a port of the other Konami beat-em-up The Simpsons Arcade is long overdue.

Glad it's not just me who immediately went "that looks great... buuuut I'll nab it on Switch"

It'd be ace if Konami released the Simpsons and X-Men arcade games again in some capacity

Absolutely not! This is the internet, where binary opinions are paramount; you must be 100% devoted to a side and be prepared to die on the hill fighting and disowning any friends or family that show any hint of nuance or complexity in their thoughts and feelings.

@SoulChimera Anyone who moans about Souls games being too taxing should fire up Airwolf, see how far they get.

Hackboy: A Big Misadventure

Something else I would mention...

When choosing boons and abilities, be on the lookout for the little scroll icon - that means that they're part of the Fated List of Minor Prophecies that you don't have yet.

I was looking for something like this when I started ticking off the list of prophecies, but the game never made it obvious until I noticed it was already there

@JapaneseSonic block past Maple... that's John F. Kennedy Drive

@JapaneseSonic Do you know where Riverside Drive is?

@Amnesiac That's pretty cool — I never knew that! The localisation team did an amazing job with the Phoenix Wright series.

I always assumed it was a polygonal model; the hard edges around the curvature of the lettering is a dead giveaway

@Olmaz Exactly my thoughts when I read that too — hopefully games of +100gb will slowly become a thing of the past... although I imagine that'll be offset/balanced by the sheer size of games as they increase!

It's nice to see Ellie happy for a change — I'm hoping this picture was taken after the events of TLOU2.

This will massively affect my storage.

Seeing as I doubt I'll be getting a PS5 any time soon, is the PS4 version worth picking up? Is it a noticeable downgrade from the PS5 version? I don't care about a 60fps framerate or Ray Tracing, I just want to be able to play the game without feeling like it's being powered by a hamster in a wheel.

Interesting! Flashback is one of my favourite games, and I'd be interested to see what they did with a modern take on it. Hopefully they keep the 2D, side-on mechanics, like with the new Abe's games, I don't want a generic Third Person shooter, with a Conrad Hart skin slapped over the top.

@ralphdibny You'd be batty to expect anything less.