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Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Armored Core 6?

Balie3000

Gave it a 9. Runs beautifully on the PS5. Some environments are just breathtaking. Controls nicely for the frantic nature of the game. Got a lot of Zone of the Enders vibes as well (I don't ever see people referencing this) and my Elden Ring PTSD definitely resurfaced a few times lol..... Unexpected (but unsurprising) difficulty in boss fights made me learn all the game's systems and really experiment with different builds until I got the right one for the fight. Genius game design.

Re: Reaction: Sony Flubs First Proper PS5 Presentation in Over 18 Months

Balie3000

Yea ok so not too much on first party games but holy hell there were some good announcements. All the MGS3 Remake rumors were true, there's a MGS collection coming! Sword of the Sea looks utterly mind-blowing! Towers of Aghasba looks insane, visually. That Alan Wake 2 gameplay!! And release date!! Same for AC Mirage omg!! Phantom Blade 0 looks really cool and yea, some cool venom Spiderman gameplay. Really not a bad show. Did it for me. The first-party showcase will come.

Re: Not Even Sony's Been Able to Avoid the Enormous Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Hype

Balie3000

I've had a concerning lack of sleep since Friday, because time is just a construct when playing TOTK 😅 Completely sucked in and mesmerized by everything going on in that game.. and on such a little system. In a time where some big AAA releases are unfathomably buggy as hell.. we are yet again reminded why Nintendo has the best rated games of all time 👌🏻
I hope FF16 is Sony's TOTK moment 😏

Re: Xbox Boss Admits Microsoft Can't 'Outconsole' PS5

Balie3000

Uncle Phil should just focus on making more Xbox & Xbox 360 games backwards compatible. All of them! 😬 And enhance them. Also allow emulators to be installed in retail mode again and keep them there! 😉 Make the Series X the ultimate backwards compatible emulation machine!!! Let Sony make the great games 🤣

Re: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PS5 Physical Copies Require a Download to Play

Balie3000

@Konks Yea mate everything I talked about was regarding Playstation. I don't play pc games at all so can't relate to any Steam experiences. Those digital codes I mentioned also apply to brand new games that I can buy at launch, sometimes for as low as 20% of the retail price, legally. Just need to know where to look and how to buy 😉

Re: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PS5 Physical Copies Require a Download to Play

Balie3000

I have quite a decent physical games collection but starting to lean towards digital purchases way more. Here are some benefits to buying digital that have worked for me:

  • I have a shared account with my brother who lives in another city. We split the cost of any game we buy.
  • We can both preload the game and play it when it releases at the same time.
  • I get reward credits from my bank which I can use to buy topup ps store vouchers. Few shops in my area or online stores accept these credits to buy physical games with.
  • Digital games more often go on sale and are sometimes cheaper than physical games on launch (Dead Space remake comes to mind).
  • Some sites legally sell game codes for other regions which are way cheaper. I have multiple foreign accounts.
  • Digital games do not take up space in your house except for maybe the extra harddrive they are stored on.
  • They do not degrade and scratch over time. I get that they could "dissapear" one day but hasn't been a problem so far.

Honestly it's become a more convenient and affordable option for me. I still buy physical games now and then but the older I get the more and more I have opted for digital.

Re: PS5 Players Don't Want to See 60fps Die Out

Balie3000

Developers CAN make gorgeous games that run at 60fps. We have proof of that (Horizon Forbidden West, The Last of Us, Ratchet and Clank etc). I mean look at the Dead Space Remake gameplay that has dropped, running at 60fps...absolutely eye-popping. It can be done. I feel like 30fps-only will be isolated incidents and not the norm. Just an unfortunate coincidence that two such games released so close to each other.

Re: A Plague Tale: Requiem Caps Out at Just 30fps on PS5, 40fps on 120hz TVs

Balie3000

30fps cap is certainly dissapointing, but this being a slower paced game and looking absolutely stunning, it's playable for me. I've been waiting too long to play this game. But I think it depends on the studio at the end of the day. Forbidden West looked just as good and is a much larger game, with 60fps gameplay. So I wouldn't blame the hardware as much as the developers. We have proof it can be done. Having said that...Asobo has done an incredible job with this game. Looks next gen.

Re: PS Plus Premium's Logic Doesn't Even Make Sense to Sony

Balie3000

Sony should just buy out all the good PS1, PS2 and PSP emulators, because there are ones that have been near perfected and work just fine. Should be simple then to give us that enormous library of games. I mean it's comical that I can play all my old PS games on my Series X and not my PS5 🙈

Re: Microsoft Says PS5, PS4 Would Still Be Bigger if Every Call of Duty Player Switched to Xbox

Balie3000

If the deal goes through, and COD does eventually become exclusive, Sony needs to stop whimping out and bring back Killzone in a big way. Bring all the previous games onto the PS5 in a remastered collection and then make Killzone 5. Make it one big amazing, bombastic war game that'll push boundaries on console. Make the multiplayer incredible so that it can actually compete with COD in some capacity.

A man can dream can't he 😅

Re: The Callisto Protocol's Boss Underfire for Appearing to Glorify 15 Hour Shifts

Balie3000

People forget the history of this studio and how they were shafted by EA. Schofield gave all these people a second chance and the Callisto Protocol is absolutely a passion project and a spiritual successor to the Dead Space games they made when they were Visceral Games. It's them giving EA the finger. I think these devs are all working passionately on this game and want to beat the Dead Space remake release. Can't wait to play Callisto Protocol!!!

Re: In-Depth The Last of Us Remake Comparison Deep Dives PS5 Improvements

Balie3000

It's most likely gonna be the best looking PS5 game so far (I don't always judge a game's graphics by it's compressed Youtube videos) and if they can nail the 3D audio and do some really cool stuff with the Dualsense, like what was done in games like Plague Tale (rat horde vibrations eeeek), I think it could genuinely be a next-gen experience. We've only seen a few minutes of dozens of hours of gameplay. I think this thing is gonna blow people's minds. The price tag is wild though..