I really enjoyed Destiny and having a new co-op looter shooter to look forward to I was hyped for The Division. Instead of enjoying it I learnt that a looter shooter needs interesting weapons & armour to earn but everything looked the same. The location of the game also got incredibly dull and the enemies unvaried and tedious. The gameplay cover system was alright and the interface was really cool but that's about it. The reviews for no. 2 would have to be outstanding for me to give the series another go.
There are a bunch of games I'm interested in and hope are good but surprisingly little I'm super hyped for. Seems most of those games have TBC release dates.
Sylvando is hilarious, his story arc in Act 2 was great. All the characters are pretty solid actually, I assumed I'd find Veronica annoying but nope. Slow pacing? I started DQ after Red Dead and my god it felt wonderfully fast in comparison being able to get places quickly and fast travel easily. The music I initially was a bit put off by but as the game went on it grew on me and I couldn't stop humming it lol. Only criticism I have is you can't turn on 'stronger monsters' difficulty mid-game and it's been pretty easy without but I'm not starting the game again.
RDR2 had some fun moments, it's just that it's boring moments far, far outweighed them. A normal fast travel system would have made the game waste less of my time. Eventually the story got really good, which made up for how boring the game had been (most of the time) up till then but it took a really long time to get there.
"felt so much sadness when it was all over". Or in the case of my friend and I playing the prologue... When is this game going to end? I thought I was done. Finally!
Still think it's the ratings board's job. And lol the children. Maybe stop so many from getting their hands on 18+ violent games like CoD first? Can't see many kids even wanting stuff like Senran Kagura in comparison and what 'highly sexual content' is in that game anyway? It's not porn : S
In RDR2 the controls are clunky and the gameplay more repetitive. In the witcher you have weapons, potions, spells, gear to hunt down that's useful, there's variety in enemies. In RDR2 it's just shooting and you have no need to change from the lancaster revolver for most of the game.
Wouldn't surprise me if it was getting a release over here but I'm amazed they're censoring the game in Japan due to Western sensibilities, fans over there must be pissed. I mean that's the whole point of this game after all.
People remember how Microsoft tried to bundle the kinect with every console then removed it to lower the price and match the PS4 right? My guess is the controller has a camera, like the light bar. Everything else needed for VR will be sold separately.
2020 seems like the right time for a new console, hopefully fully backwards compatible with PS4 games this time.
By the time DLC comes out I've moved on to new games. Once I've finished and enjoyed a game, I don't really want to go back and there shouldn't be any need to add more content to a complete story/game. I also don't tend to replay games, with all the new titles coming out and how big they are there's no time.
I wonder if it can break normally or only when you self destruct by doing a CE at low health. They went to so much effort with the character's moveset, so many cool-looking moves with the different weapons, even the fishing chair lol. The pod attacks all seem very easy to sidestep. Can't wait, made the season pass worth it for sure.
The sort of thing I'd expect from Nintendo, except Nintendo left it uncensored? lol I can imagine this impacting their sales greatly. Though probably anyone that cares got it on Steam for significantly less ages ago anyway.
The date was pretty unfortunate. I bought it but put it to one side in favour of playing Destiny 2, Tomb Raider, Spiderman, Soul Calibur and Red Dead 2 first. That way I'll be able to take my time enjoying it instead of rushing a bit to get to the next game.
The visuals and audio are amazing. The controls could be better. The pacing is really slow, I wish the fast travel worked both directions. I also wish the auto-horse-riding didn't run people over and get me a bounty on my head and other annoyances... The story from the sounds of it gets better, though I'm finding it difficult to care that much about the gang. Even my own character feels schizophrenic, I'm choosing to be honorable and help people stuck on the side of the road then forced in a story mission to massacre most of a town...
@Gamer83 I was actually thinking to myself, has this also affected RDR2? Have you seen any full nudity? Surprisingly for a Western you can't even use a brothel, censored or not. After GTA I was surprised. Wonder if Cyberpunk will get away with as much as the Witcher 3 at this rate.
There are a number of titles synonymous with the PS1 that aren't on there. Boggles my mind how there's no Crash. Tomb Raider, Wipeout, Medievil, Spyro, GT... They had the PS mascot characters equivalent to Mario for Nintendo.
Regardless of the reasoning for not including these titles, they're the whole point of owning a PS1 Classic.
I don't feel like Sony should be making these calls. That game that was banned in the UK? That's up the ratings boards to decide. They (I'd hope) are in a better position to judge content than Sony. With some games it's fair enough but I'm reminded of silly little changes that Nintendo always made when localizing games... We're not all kids you know.
I'm surprised it's getting such good reviews. Wish I could just try the game out and see if it's worth buying. I like CoD, I've bought every installment since MW but: Not sure I like the healing mechanic in the normal multiplayer, ending an engagement and having to in many cases reload and heal just means more down-time in which you'll get shot whilst being unable to do anything about it. Not sure if I'd like Blackout, I got bored of Fortnite. Don't play zombies and there's no campaign.
They really should have done an open beta so that people could try Blackout and decide if it's worth buying. Never cared about Zombies and without a campaign it doesn't seem worth full price.
Surprising, this is the first CoD I'm not getting and none of my friends seem to be either. Red Dead on the other hand is a Day 1, wonder if it'll topple GTAV...
I thought Origins was a really good game though I started off doing all the side content and by... half way? I just made a bee-line for the main story's end as I started to get fatigued. Even the Witcher, I explored and did everything up to Skellige then just needed to finish the game already lol Better to have too much content than feel short changed.
Or y'know, they could just spend less money localizing it by not doing a dub? That way we might have gotten a copy a year earlier? But yeah, too many other games to fit DQ11 in yet, I'll probably wait until after Red Dead 2 and I've been looking forward to DQ11 for a long time, I'd just rather not miss three other games whilst they're new just to focus on one.
Ha, this is the first year I'm skipping CoD since it has no campaign, BF has nothing to worry about there as far as I'm concerned. The new date for Battlefield helps as Soul Calibur was out the same day so now I can easily get both!
I loved the first reboot, Rise not so much but it was alright. It being xbox only for a year killed my hype and enthusiasm. Plus the game went more... open world? Lots of fluff that ruined the pacing and got a bit boring but kind of bugged me to leave.
Don't know why people are so surprised by this. Hilde, Tira and Setsuka were always unlikely additions to the base roster due to the game's time period. I expect all three of them to be DLC, if we're lucky, otherwise they might just not be in the game at all. If it was Hilde and not Tira available day 1 I'd be really happy. They should have announced the rest of the base roster first before mentioning DLC I suppose.
I've been wanting a premium PS4 controller with back buttons/paddles for a while now. All of them seems to have some flaw (the first Raiju included). Now there's a new Scuf that looks promising (when they eventually have it for sale to the UK...) and now this... My standard dualshocks wear out pretty easily and I want the paddles since they give you an advantage online but for the price it needs to be perfect lol
Hmm, so more ninja than just samurai and with the grappling hook and stealth it should separate itself from Nioh... That was my main issue we already had a samurai souls game and Nioh 2 has been announced. Plus Ghost of Tsushima whilst not a Souls-copy looks like a phenomenal Samurai experience too so didn't see why I'd 'need' Sekiro as well
Wonder if we'll get a collector's version like that awesome Japanese one I loved Bloodborne and played some Demon Souls but never dove into the Dark Souls games
It makes sense she isn't in the main game as her story doesn't take place that early in the storyline, I was already expecting her and Hilde to be DLC characters, assuming they were in the game at all.
They already confirmed there would be a season pass with 1 character exclusive to it and 3 others so of course they need to advertise what's in the season pass before it's up for sale?
It'll be the PC version won't it? I think it'll be out on PS4, dunno how close to that the PS4 Pro can make it though. I'd expect a PS5 port of the game down the line if it's received well
Just realised something. Has it been confirmed that you need PS+/Xbox Live Gold to play Fallout76? I assume so? My Dad has preordered the game but doesn't have a subscription and doubt he'll want to pay extra for it when he doesn't even want to play with other people lol
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Re: Soapbox: Ubisoft Has Earned The Division a Second Shot
I really enjoyed Destiny and having a new co-op looter shooter to look forward to I was hyped for The Division.
Instead of enjoying it I learnt that a looter shooter needs interesting weapons & armour to earn but everything looked the same. The location of the game also got incredibly dull and the enemies unvaried and tedious.
The gameplay cover system was alright and the interface was really cool but that's about it.
The reviews for no. 2 would have to be outstanding for me to give the series another go.
Re: Days Gone Gets the Rockstar Trailer Treatment with Open World Overview
Just can't really get hyped for this one. Bring on TLoU2.
Re: Fans of Dreams Are Devastated by Bizarre Beta Rollout
Didn't even know there was a beta to sign up for. Oh well.
Re: Feature: Push Square Readers' Top 10 Most Anticipated PS4 Games of 2019
Anthem and Sekiro are the only two out of the list that I'm planning to buy.
Days Gone just... looks like a lesser TLoU2.
Re: Poll: What's Your Most Anticipated PS4 Game of 2019?
There are a bunch of games I'm interested in and hope are good but surprisingly little I'm super hyped for. Seems most of those games have TBC release dates.
Re: Game of the Year 2018: #4 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Sylvando is hilarious, his story arc in Act 2 was great. All the characters are pretty solid actually, I assumed I'd find Veronica annoying but nope.
Slow pacing? I started DQ after Red Dead and my god it felt wonderfully fast in comparison being able to get places quickly and fast travel easily.
The music I initially was a bit put off by but as the game went on it grew on me and I couldn't stop humming it lol.
Only criticism I have is you can't turn on 'stronger monsters' difficulty mid-game and it's been pretty easy without but I'm not starting the game again.
Re: Game of the Year 2018: Sammy's Personal Picks
RDR2 had some fun moments, it's just that it's boring moments far, far outweighed them. A normal fast travel system would have made the game waste less of my time.
Eventually the story got really good, which made up for how boring the game had been (most of the time) up till then but it took a really long time to get there.
Re: Game of the Year 2018: John's Personal Picks
As much as I like Ni no Kuni I think Dragon Quest tops it, did you play DQXI?
Re: Game of the Year 2018: Lloyd's Personal Picks
"felt so much sadness when it was all over".
Or in the case of my friend and I playing the prologue... When is this game going to end? I thought I was done. Finally!
Re: The Game Awards 2018: Obsidian's Making a Space RPG Called The Outer Worlds Coming to PS4
So Microsoft bought them yet this isn't even an xbox exclusive? Lol
Hopefully this'll be what Fallout 4 wasn't.
Re: Sony Thinks of the Children as Senran Kagura Producer Laments Censorship
Still think it's the ratings board's job.
And lol the children. Maybe stop so many from getting their hands on 18+ violent games like CoD first? Can't see many kids even wanting stuff like Senran Kagura in comparison and what 'highly sexual content' is in that game anyway? It's not porn : S
Re: CD Projekt Red Aiming to Match Quality of Red Dead Redemption 2 with Cyberpunk 2077
In RDR2 the controls are clunky and the gameplay more repetitive. In the witcher you have weapons, potions, spells, gear to hunt down that's useful, there's variety in enemies. In RDR2 it's just shooting and you have no need to change from the lancaster revolver for most of the game.
Re: CD Projekt Red Aiming to Match Quality of Red Dead Redemption 2 with Cyberpunk 2077
The Witcher 3 is better than RDR2...
Being newer RDR2 was of course better visually but gameplay and story? Nah.
Re: Sony Censorship Policy Removes Crude Items from Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet
Wouldn't surprise me if it was getting a release over here but I'm amazed they're censoring the game in Japan due to Western sensibilities, fans over there must be pissed. I mean that's the whole point of this game after all.
Re: Rumour: 'Beastly' PS5 Dev Kits in the Wild, But Not Due Until 2020
People remember how Microsoft tried to bundle the kinect with every console then removed it to lower the price and match the PS4 right?
My guess is the controller has a camera, like the light bar. Everything else needed for VR will be sold separately.
2020 seems like the right time for a new console, hopefully fully backwards compatible with PS4 games this time.
Re: God of War, Spider-Man Up for Game of the Year as PlayStation Dominates The Game Awards 2018
God of War was a better game than RDR2 imo.
Currently playing through Dragon Quest XI and it'll probably end up being my personal GOTY.
Re: Poll: Do You Buy and Play Single Player Story DLC?
By the time DLC comes out I've moved on to new games.
Once I've finished and enjoyed a game, I don't really want to go back and there shouldn't be any need to add more content to a complete story/game.
I also don't tend to replay games, with all the new titles coming out and how big they are there's no time.
Re: Yes, 2B Can Lose Her Clothes in SoulCalibur VI, Just Like She Can in NieR: Automata
I wonder if it can break normally or only when you self destruct by doing a CE at low health.
They went to so much effort with the character's moveset, so many cool-looking moves with the different weapons, even the fishing chair lol. The pod attacks all seem very easy to sidestep.
Can't wait, made the season pass worth it for sure.
Re: Sony Censorship Row Returns as Mature Rated Switch Title Is E for Everyone on PS4
The sort of thing I'd expect from Nintendo, except Nintendo left it uncensored? lol
I can imagine this impacting their sales greatly. Though probably anyone that cares got it on Steam for significantly less ages ago anyway.
Re: Dragon Quest XI Breaks 4 Million Copies Worldwide, But Japan Still Counts for at Least 75% of Sales
The date was pretty unfortunate. I bought it but put it to one side in favour of playing Destiny 2, Tomb Raider, Spiderman, Soul Calibur and Red Dead 2 first. That way I'll be able to take my time enjoying it instead of rushing a bit to get to the next game.
Re: Poll: One Week Later, Is Red Dead Redemption 2 the Best Game of 2018?
The visuals and audio are amazing. The controls could be better. The pacing is really slow, I wish the fast travel worked both directions. I also wish the auto-horse-riding didn't run people over and get me a bounty on my head and other annoyances...
The story from the sounds of it gets better, though I'm finding it difficult to care that much about the gang. Even my own character feels schizophrenic, I'm choosing to be honorable and help people stuck on the side of the road then forced in a story mission to massacre most of a town...
Pretty sure it's not going to be my GOTY.
Re: Japanese Developer Sheds More Light on Sony Censorship Scenario
@Gamer83
I was actually thinking to myself, has this also affected RDR2? Have you seen any full nudity? Surprisingly for a Western you can't even use a brothel, censored or not. After GTA I was surprised.
Wonder if Cyberpunk will get away with as much as the Witcher 3 at this rate.
Re: Soapbox: Why the PlayStation Classic's Game Lineup Could Never Please Everyone
There are a number of titles synonymous with the PS1 that aren't on there. Boggles my mind how there's no Crash. Tomb Raider, Wipeout, Medievil, Spyro, GT... They had the PS mascot characters equivalent to Mario for Nintendo.
Regardless of the reasoning for not including these titles, they're the whole point of owning a PS1 Classic.
Re: Sony Underfire in Renewed PS4 Censorship Row
I don't feel like Sony should be making these calls.
That game that was banned in the UK? That's up the ratings boards to decide. They (I'd hope) are in a better position to judge content than Sony.
With some games it's fair enough but I'm reminded of silly little changes that Nintendo always made when localizing games... We're not all kids you know.
Re: 2B from NieR: Automata Is Going to Be a Guest Character in SoulCalibur VI
She was the most requested guest character and they actually delivered!
Re: Japanese Sales Charts: SoulCalibur VI Struggles As Call of Duty Cleans Up
Releasing a week before Red Dead was always going to hurt it, hopefully sales increase as time goes on.
Re: Insomniac on Spider-Man PS4 DLC: Are People Ever Satisfied with How Much You Give Them?
Will people ever be satisfied with how much content is included?
Uh, yeah, they can be. The Witcher immediately comes to mind.
I thought GoW was a decent length game, I'd rather get the sequel faster and no DLC.
Re: Insomniac on Spider-Man PS4 DLC: Are People Ever Satisfied with How Much You Give Them?
Will people ever be satisfied with how much content is included?
Uh, yeah, they can be. The Witcher immediately comes to mind.
I thought GoW was a decent length game, I'd rather get the sequel faster and no DLC.
Re: Hands On: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Is One of the Best Multiplayer Games This Generation
I'm surprised it's getting such good reviews. Wish I could just try the game out and see if it's worth buying.
I like CoD, I've bought every installment since MW but:
Not sure I like the healing mechanic in the normal multiplayer, ending an engagement and having to in many cases reload and heal just means more down-time in which you'll get shot whilst being unable to do anything about it.
Not sure if I'd like Blackout, I got bored of Fortnite.
Don't play zombies and there's no campaign.
Re: Round Up: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 PS4 Reviews Are Killing It
They really should have done an open beta so that people could try Blackout and decide if it's worth buying. Never cared about Zombies and without a campaign it doesn't seem worth full price.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Is More Anticipated than Red Dead Redemption 2, Says Report
Surprising, this is the first CoD I'm not getting and none of my friends seem to be either.
Red Dead on the other hand is a Day 1, wonder if it'll topple GTAV...
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Needs 100GB Minimum of your PS4 Hard Drive
Damn, I could see Red Dead being that large but CoD? It doesn't even have a campaign mode where you'd think most CGI stuff would be.
Re: Soapbox: Publishers Want You to Pay to Play Early, And It's a Worry
What they should do is make the digital version's release date sooner, that would make up for how the price isn't cheaper than a physical copy.
Re: Round Up: Assassin's Creed Odyssey PS4 Reviews Paint an Epic Picture
I thought Origins was a really good game though I started off doing all the side content and by... half way? I just made a bee-line for the main story's end as I started to get fatigued.
Even the Witcher, I explored and did everything up to Skellige then just needed to finish the game already lol
Better to have too much content than feel short changed.
Re: Dragon Quest XI Must Sell Well in the West if Future Games Are to Make it Overseas, Says Square
Or y'know, they could just spend less money localizing it by not doing a dub? That way we might have gotten a copy a year earlier?
But yeah, too many other games to fit DQ11 in yet, I'll probably wait until after Red Dead 2 and I've been looking forward to DQ11 for a long time, I'd just rather not miss three other games whilst they're new just to focus on one.
Re: Treyarch Scrapped Single Player Campaign to Focus on 'Social Gameplay Experiences' for Black Ops 4
It's fine if they don't want to put a campaign in it this year, but I'd expect the game to cost less to make up for the content it's lacking.
Re: Assassin's Creed Odyssey 'Explorer Mode' Turns Off Automatic Objective Markers for a More Organic Experience
This sounds interesting. Might start with explorer mode and see how it goes, so long as you can toggle it back on whenever.
Re: Battlefield V Delayed to November for Gameplay 'Adjustments'
Ha, this is the first year I'm skipping CoD since it has no campaign, BF has nothing to worry about there as far as I'm concerned.
The new date for Battlefield helps as Soul Calibur was out the same day so now I can easily get both!
Re: Feature: The Promising PS4 Games of September 2018
Dragon Quest, Destiny, Tomb Raider and Spider-man will have to wait until I can fit it in...
Re: Xbox Gamers Are More Hardcore Than PlayStation, Says Microsoft
"those who prefer the best gaming experience"... Play on PC with a stupidly expensive rig surely?
Re: Xbox Gamers Are More Hardcore Than PlayStation, Says Microsoft
"those who prefer the best gaming experience"... Play on PC with a stupidly expensive rig surely?
Re: Xbox Gamers Are More Hardcore Than PlayStation, Says Microsoft
"those who prefer the best gaming experience"... Play on PC with a stupidly expensive rig surely?
Re: Shadow of the Tomb Raider Shows How Lara Croft Can Be Smart and Resourceful
I loved the first reboot, Rise not so much but it was alright. It being xbox only for a year killed my hype and enthusiasm. Plus the game went more... open world? Lots of fluff that ruined the pacing and got a bit boring but kind of bugged me to leave.
Re: Gamescom 2018: Bandai Namco Defends Decision to Add Tira as DLC in SoulCalibur VI
Don't know why people are so surprised by this. Hilde, Tira and Setsuka were always unlikely additions to the base roster due to the game's time period.
I expect all three of them to be DLC, if we're lucky, otherwise they might just not be in the game at all. If it was Hilde and not Tira available day 1 I'd be really happy.
They should have announced the rest of the base roster first before mentioning DLC I suppose.
Re: The Ultimate PS4 Pro Controller Will Cost You a Pretty Penny
I've been wanting a premium PS4 controller with back buttons/paddles for a while now. All of them seems to have some flaw (the first Raiju included). Now there's a new Scuf that looks promising (when they eventually have it for sale to the UK...) and now this...
My standard dualshocks wear out pretty easily and I want the paddles since they give you an advantage online but for the price it needs to be perfect lol
Re: Gamescom 2018: Take a Look at 14 Minutes of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Gameplay
Hmm, so more ninja than just samurai and with the grappling hook and stealth it should separate itself from Nioh...
That was my main issue we already had a samurai souls game and Nioh 2 has been announced. Plus Ghost of Tsushima whilst not a Souls-copy looks like a phenomenal Samurai experience too so didn't see why I'd 'need' Sekiro as well
Re: Gamescom 2018: Dark Souls Trilogy Is a Three Disc Collection of From's Classics
Wonder if we'll get a collector's version like that awesome Japanese one
I loved Bloodborne and played some Demon Souls but never dove into the Dark Souls games
Re: Gamescom 2018: Tira Joins SoulCalibur VI as First DLC Character, Fans Aren't Too Happy
It makes sense she isn't in the main game as her story doesn't take place that early in the storyline, I was already expecting her and Hilde to be DLC characters, assuming they were in the game at all.
They already confirmed there would be a season pass with 1 character exclusive to it and 3 others so of course they need to advertise what's in the season pass before it's up for sale?
Also, Tekken did this too with Eliza
Re: Gamescom 2018: Cyberpunk 2077 Gets New First-Person Screenshots, Certainly Looks Like a PS5 Game
It'll be the PC version won't it?
I think it'll be out on PS4, dunno how close to that the PS4 Pro can make it though.
I'd expect a PS5 port of the game down the line if it's received well
Re: Bethesda Thinks Fallout 76 Bounties Will Stop Players Constantly Murdering Each Other
Just realised something. Has it been confirmed that you need PS+/Xbox Live Gold to play Fallout76? I assume so?
My Dad has preordered the game but doesn't have a subscription and doubt he'll want to pay extra for it when he doesn't even want to play with other people lol