@Shepherd_Tallon it largely depends on what you like or dislike about fallout. I preferred it to Fallout because it does away with a lot of the clutter you have to deal with in Fallout, it's leaner, more streamlined and less janky. Although by doing that, it's also not a Bethesda like RPG where you can pick anything up, do whatever you like, and as a result of all this it's quite shorter as well. For me these are bonuses, but I know a lot of people really look for that stuff, so it's really down to what you're after.
I'm still convinced that Bluepoint will end up making Bloodborne 2, and this just enforces that theory. Probably a remaster of 1 first, that would also help them understand the back end better and translate it to their engine, before being given the reins.
@Flaming_Kaiser My point is that none of these things affect me, whether gambling, cosmetics, avatars or boosters, have never felt the need to buy into any of it, so it's all optional extras in my opinion.
To each their own though man, that's why I said I get where you're coming from.
@Flaming_Kaiser Haha, yeah, fair enough, but that's a whole other kettle of fish. Sony games also have "special editions" that add avatars and digital artbooks for 10-20 pounds more, so I just tend to compare standard editions, otherwise it's a bit of a rabbit hole. I do get where you're coming from though.
That is very good news. I'd happily throw all of PSN's various messaging/groups etc right in the bin and replace them with Discord. Not saying that will happen, but I'd be all for it.
@johncalmc There was two versions of the original game, one for Japan where you play as the brother, and one for the West, where you played as the father. This remake is based on the Japanese version of the original, that's all.
Nothing much changes apart from the character model and a few bits of dialogue because of that.
A lot of people here seem to assume that Sony okayed this, but I don't think they had any say in this tbh. The Show being on other consoles going forward was announced a little while ago, my guess is Sony had to agree to that in order to renew the license cause MLB (the organisation) wanted to go multiplatform with the game. MLB themselves are the ones publishing it on Xbox, not Sony. MLB basically pitched in big time for development costs, with the agreement that Sony makes it and publishes on PS, and MLB can negotiate their own deals and publish on other platforms. And they struck a deal with MS for Game Pass
I agree obviously with all of the above, it does look bad cause in the end it is a PlayStation first party developed game ending up on Game Pass. It is through an odd series of events that I don't believe Sony had any say (unless they completely lost the license), but it does not look great.
It's frustrating, but credit where it's due, Push Square has published two articles about this, while most sites, small and big, have largely ignored the issue. It's a bit annoying to see everyone rush to put out reviews etc only to ignore reporting on legitimate consumer issues. Keep up the good work peeps! 👍
It's an EU Store problem for those wondering, the North American store seems to be fine, not sure about other markets.
@GamingFan4Lyf It's embarrassing, as far as OS/Store/Network Infrastructure, Sony is an absolute disaster. This is just baffling, I honestly do not understand how difficult it can be to put in your database "If X owns version A, then version B is free". This should not be a difficult thing! 🤣
Bet we're gonna be waiting half a generation again to get folders.
@Wormold Nah, way I understand it is once you "purchase" it on Plus, your account is locked out of being able to outright buy the PS4 version, same with all Plus games. So if in the future the PS4 version is on a decent sale, which you can also upgrade to the PS5 version for free, you will be locked out of taking advantage of the offer. It's a bit of a sneaky one.
A bit miffed that we can't upgrade FFVII tbh. I'd be fine with even a £10-15 upgrade option, but think that might be the first time I don't redeem a PS Plus game. If I ever want to play it, can't see any reason playing the PS4 version if a PS5 version is out there. And the PS4 one is at full price £10 cheaper than the PS5 one and comes with a free upgrade. I can also see it being priced cheaper at sales as well.
Just came here to be that guy and say that Black Ops is actually £65, not £70 😂 I know it's a small difference, but still annoys me that Sony is the only one charging that much and they're the platform holders.
And Returnal and Ratchet are at £70, both SIE published games. It looks bad cause they are the platform holders, which means they don't pay a 30% cut to the platform, yet they are the ones charging more for their games.
Wow, people thought 7 was too short? It's one of the few games of the past few years I thought had very little filler/bloat and without it being very short. Been a while, but I think my playthrough was in the realm of 8-10 hours, which is a nice sweet spot.
@deathaxe It's just a bog standard spinning 2TB HDD (used to be my internal PS4 drive) that I've stuck in a caddy. Thanks for your time man, I might try some of that.
@deathaxe That's interesting, I've stopped using rest mode since very early on because it only exacerbated my issues. The caddy theory intrigues me, it's just a normal HDD in a caddy, but I've that caddy in PCs and an Xbox before and never had any issues. As you say, could be a specific handshake/compatibility issue with the PS5 and this.
I've had non stop issues with my external hard drive. Half the time the ps5 boots, it doesn't wake up the hard drive, need to restart the system to wake it up if I want to play a PS4 game. If a PS4 game is updating, I can't start playing a game cause the update will error big time and the only way to resolve it is to re download the game. Also if PS4 games are updating and I even try to access the external drive, like check space or my library, there's a chance of the same error happening. Especially frustrating when I start up, start playing a ps5 game, and then the external drive wakes up, decides to update the PS4 games, and all updates error cause I'm playing a game. Rant over lol but that's mainly what I want fixed/addressed.
@TheDudeElDuderino I've got both consoles but went with PS5 cause I own the other 2 games there and it's nice having the complete package and progress in one place. The game looks amazing anyway, the difference is marginal as stated.
It's a bit annoying cause once you do the transfer, it overwrites any existing Hitman 3 progress, so you can't really start playing now and transfer your previous progress later. Hopefully it gets sorted soon, avoiding starting it until that happens 🤞
If anyone's still looking to buy ps vita (and PS3) games on the web store there's a workaround URL that still takes you to the old store, not sure how long it'll be working though.
Eh, it's not ideal, but it's the end of a gen, a bit to be expected. You should all go back in time and play Skyrim on PS3 before it was patched if you wanna see what that looked like.
Honestly, I think the DS4 slightly edges it. The triggers on the Dual sense are great, I feel like the rumble has been a bit overhyped, but as far as form factor goes, I prefer the 4 just that little bit more and I think the D-Pad feels like a step down.
Sounds like this gen's touchpad then. A few first party studios will make good use of it initially, some third parties will half ars it, and most will just ignore it's there.
I think as good as PSVR has been, it's also been a bloody mess from the beginning, really not well thought out. Using PS3 tech for the move controllers and initially coming out not supporting the Pro's HDR output, I had to constantly switch out HDMI cables depending on what I was playing. Then they had to update that, kinda screwing up first adopters. Then the camera that used a proprietary port, now people have to ask Sony for adapters. And now as the article mentions, you'd need to have two different versions of the game installed to get the best of each. I sold my PSVR eventually and kinda glad I did, really don't feel their commitment on this right now.
I'm really surprised to read that about the music, I enjoy andrew hulshult's stuff as much, if not more than Mick Gordon's, I was really excited when I heard he was on board. I've got the dlc but not played much yet, I'll play and see what it's like.
@Woogy agreed. Don't think people realise how much faster it can kill your telly since it's always running at peak brightness. Esp with something like a menu that's bound to have a few static elements. Really hope you can turn it off and only activate it when needed (games etc).
Okay, @710King might be coming off a bit harsh, but he does have a point. I've seen people complain the new Crash game was too expensive, yet splash £60 every year on lineup updates. As good as the games can be, there is zero need for full games yearly. We could start with major releases every 3-4 years with decent overhauls and £10-20 yearly expansions in the years between, with squad updates and minor features. But again, why would they do that when players happily pay full price every single year.
@Arnna Lots of people reporting on it a little while ago but, Wario and Nibel included. Was before Demon's Souls was announced, so it's as good as confirmed mate.
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Re: PS Store Weekend Offers Include Ubisoft Games, RPGs, and More
@Shepherd_Tallon it largely depends on what you like or dislike about fallout. I preferred it to Fallout because it does away with a lot of the clutter you have to deal with in Fallout, it's leaner, more streamlined and less janky. Although by doing that, it's also not a Bethesda like RPG where you can pick anything up, do whatever you like, and as a result of all this it's quite shorter as well. For me these are bonuses, but I know a lot of people really look for that stuff, so it's really down to what you're after.
Re: Reaction: Messy Ghost of Tsushima Upgrade Makes PS5 for the Payers
$mart Delivery
Re: Sony Acquisition of Bluepoint Games Supposedly Leaked by Image Mistake
I'm still convinced that Bluepoint will end up making Bloodborne 2, and this just enforces that theory. Probably a remaster of 1 first, that would also help them understand the back end better and translate it to their engine, before being given the reins.
Re: 4D FPS Lemnis Gate Activates 3rd August on PS5, PS4
What's 4D? Smell-o-vision?
Re: UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart the Next Insomniac Game to Take Top Spot
Man, no love for Guilty Gear? Didn't expect it to be #1 or anything, but thought it would make an appearance at least.
Re: Battlefield 2042 Doesn't Have a Single Player Campaign on PS5, PS4
@Flaming_Kaiser My point is that none of these things affect me, whether gambling, cosmetics, avatars or boosters, have never felt the need to buy into any of it, so it's all optional extras in my opinion.
To each their own though man, that's why I said I get where you're coming from.
Re: Battlefield 2042 Doesn't Have a Single Player Campaign on PS5, PS4
@Flaming_Kaiser Haha, yeah, fair enough, but that's a whole other kettle of fish. Sony games also have "special editions" that add avatars and digital artbooks for 10-20 pounds more, so I just tend to compare standard editions, otherwise it's a bit of a rabbit hole. I do get where you're coming from though.
Re: Battlefield 2042 Doesn't Have a Single Player Campaign on PS5, PS4
£59.99 actually, like most other games. I feel like it's only Sony published games that make the jump to £69.99 (mostly anyway).
Re: GTA 5 PS5 Releases 11th November, GTA Online Free for Three Months
Dear god just make 6 already!!
Re: Mass Effect Legendary Edition Download Size Is Massive on PS5, PS4
@Mad-Vampire ach, did not even think of that, kept thinking this was a native PS5 game. Not too bothered then, got a 2TB external that's half empty.
Re: Mass Effect Legendary Edition Download Size Is Massive on PS5, PS4
Wondering if you'd be able to install each one separately to save space, doubt anyone will be playing all three at the same time anyway.
Re: Feature: What Discord Integration Could Mean for PS5, PS4
That is very good news. I'd happily throw all of PSN's various messaging/groups etc right in the bin and replace them with Discord. Not saying that will happen, but I'd be all for it.
Re: PSN Down as All Services are Pulled Offline
Is it weird that exactly a decade ago we were living through the great PSN outage of 2011?
Re: NieR Replicant (PS4) - The Rebirth of a Touching Action RPG, Still Unique After All These Years
@johncalmc There was two versions of the original game, one for Japan where you play as the brother, and one for the West, where you played as the father. This remake is based on the Japanese version of the original, that's all.
Nothing much changes apart from the character model and a few bits of dialogue because of that.
Re: UK Sales Charts: NieR Replicant Has Fantastic Debut in First Place
So happy about this. Finally getting the recognition it deserves.
Re: Tales of Arise Drops Multiplayer for Bigger Focus on Characters, Story
Wow, I played through the entirety of Berseria (not a short game) and never even realised there was multiplayer in it 🤣
Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying Returnal?
I bet I'll love it, but not a chance at 70 bangers. Waiting for a sale.
Re: Jim Ryan: PS5 Generation Will Have More Exclusive Games 'Than Ever Before'
PlayStation All Stars 2 when Jim?
Re: PlayStation Fans Are Missing Shawn Layden, And He's Liking All the Tweets
Shawn & Shu, Electric Boogaloo. Golden age of PlayStation.
Re: Sony Game MLB The Show 21 Will Be Free with Game Pass on Xbox, Full-Price on PS5, PS4
A lot of people here seem to assume that Sony okayed this, but I don't think they had any say in this tbh. The Show being on other consoles going forward was announced a little while ago, my guess is Sony had to agree to that in order to renew the license cause MLB (the organisation) wanted to go multiplatform with the game. MLB themselves are the ones publishing it on Xbox, not Sony. MLB basically pitched in big time for development costs, with the agreement that Sony makes it and publishes on PS, and MLB can negotiate their own deals and publish on other platforms. And they struck a deal with MS for Game Pass
I agree obviously with all of the above, it does look bad cause in the end it is a PlayStation first party developed game ending up on Game Pass. It is through an odd series of events that I don't believe Sony had any say (unless they completely lost the license), but it does not look great.
Re: Sony Confirms PS3, PS Vita, PSP Store Closures, Downloads Will Be Retained
I'm a bit relieved that I'll still be able to download previous purchases after recent rumours, but it's still disappointing.
Re: Talking Point: Would You Buy a PS1, PS2, or PS3 Emulator for PS5?
I don't think the blu ray drives on PS4 and 5 can read CDs so PS1 would probably be out of the question for physical discs.
Re: Crash Bandicoot 4 PS5 Upgrade Still Not Available for Some Three Days After Release
It's frustrating, but credit where it's due, Push Square has published two articles about this, while most sites, small and big, have largely ignored the issue. It's a bit annoying to see everyone rush to put out reviews etc only to ignore reporting on legitimate consumer issues. Keep up the good work peeps! 👍
Re: Some Crash Bandicoot 4 Players Unable to Upgrade to PS5 Version
It's an EU Store problem for those wondering, the North American store seems to be fine, not sure about other markets.
@GamingFan4Lyf It's embarrassing, as far as OS/Store/Network Infrastructure, Sony is an absolute disaster. This is just baffling, I honestly do not understand how difficult it can be to put in your database "If X owns version A, then version B is free". This should not be a difficult thing! 🤣
Bet we're gonna be waiting half a generation again to get folders.
Re: Mini Review: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (PS5) - Cracking Platformer Looks Amazing After Next-Gen Upgrade
@SlyF0X90 Same, seems pretty widespread issue at the moment. Sony's upgrade implementation is atrocious, again.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Games for March 2021?
@Wormold Nah, way I understand it is once you "purchase" it on Plus, your account is locked out of being able to outright buy the PS4 version, same with all Plus games. So if in the future the PS4 version is on a decent sale, which you can also upgrade to the PS5 version for free, you will be locked out of taking advantage of the offer. It's a bit of a sneaky one.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Games for March 2021?
A bit miffed that we can't upgrade FFVII tbh. I'd be fine with even a £10-15 upgrade option, but think that might be the first time I don't redeem a PS Plus game. If I ever want to play it, can't see any reason playing the PS4 version if a PS5 version is out there. And the PS4 one is at full price £10 cheaper than the PS5 one and comes with a free upgrade. I can also see it being priced cheaper at sales as well.
Re: Housemarque on Returnal's Price: We're Doing Our Half of the Value Proposition
Just came here to be that guy and say that Black Ops is actually £65, not £70 😂 I know it's a small difference, but still annoys me that Sony is the only one charging that much and they're the platform holders.
Re: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Is Another £70 / $70 PS5 Game from Sony
I think what makes it worse is that they're the outliers. If you look at other upcoming PS5 games:
Back 4 Blood - £60
Deathloop - £60
Resi 8 - £55
Guilty Gear - £45
And Returnal and Ratchet are at £70, both SIE published games. It looks bad cause they are the platform holders, which means they don't pay a 30% cut to the platform, yet they are the ones charging more for their games.
Re: Resident Evil Village Is 'Much Larger' Than Resident Evil VII: Biohazard
Wow, people thought 7 was too short? It's one of the few games of the past few years I thought had very little filler/bloat and without it being very short. Been a while, but I think my playthrough was in the realm of 8-10 hours, which is a nice sweet spot.
Re: Poll: What Other First-Party PS4 Game Needs a PS5 Update?
@ShogunRok Tempting lol My sanity prevailed and I voted for Bloodborne instead.
Re: Poll: What Other First-Party PS4 Game Needs a PS5 Update?
No Knack option?
Re: PS5 Firmware Update 20.02-02.50.00 Available to Download Now
@deathaxe It's just a bog standard spinning 2TB HDD (used to be my internal PS4 drive) that I've stuck in a caddy. Thanks for your time man, I might try some of that.
Re: PS5 Firmware Update 20.02-02.50.00 Available to Download Now
@deathaxe That's interesting, I've stopped using rest mode since very early on because it only exacerbated my issues. The caddy theory intrigues me, it's just a normal HDD in a caddy, but I've that caddy in PCs and an Xbox before and never had any issues. As you say, could be a specific handshake/compatibility issue with the PS5 and this.
Re: PS5 Firmware Update 20.02-02.50.00 Available to Download Now
I've had non stop issues with my external hard drive. Half the time the ps5 boots, it doesn't wake up the hard drive, need to restart the system to wake it up if I want to play a PS4 game.
If a PS4 game is updating, I can't start playing a game cause the update will error big time and the only way to resolve it is to re download the game.
Also if PS4 games are updating and I even try to access the external drive, like check space or my library, there's a chance of the same error happening.
Especially frustrating when I start up, start playing a ps5 game, and then the external drive wakes up, decides to update the PS4 games, and all updates error cause I'm playing a game.
Rant over lol but that's mainly what I want fixed/addressed.
Re: Hitman 3 PS5 Marginally Outperformed by Xbox Series X
@TheDudeElDuderino I've got both consoles but went with PS5 cause I own the other 2 games there and it's nice having the complete package and progress in one place. The game looks amazing anyway, the difference is marginal as stated.
Re: Hitman 3's Servers Tumble As Sequel Launches on PS5, PS4
It's a bit annoying cause once you do the transfer, it overwrites any existing Hitman 3 progress, so you can't really start playing now and transfer your previous progress later. Hopefully it gets sorted soon, avoiding starting it until that happens 🤞
Re: Is It Worth Buying a PS Vita in 2021?
If anyone's still looking to buy ps vita (and PS3) games on the web store there's a workaround URL that still takes you to the old store, not sure how long it'll be working though.
https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/home/games?smcid=psapp
Re: Poll: Is Cyberpunk 2077's Poor PS4 Performance Acceptable?
Eh, it's not ideal, but it's the end of a gen, a bit to be expected. You should all go back in time and play Skyrim on PS3 before it was patched if you wanna see what that looked like.
Re: Poll: Is the PS5 DualSense Sony's Best Controller Yet?
Honestly, I think the DS4 slightly edges it. The triggers on the Dual sense are great, I feel like the rumble has been a bit overhyped, but as far as form factor goes, I prefer the 4 just that little bit more and I think the D-Pad feels like a step down.
Re: Hands On: Best Uses of PS5 DualSense Controller So Far
Sounds like this gen's touchpad then. A few first party studios will make good use of it initially, some third parties will half ars it, and most will just ignore it's there.
Re: Multiple Trusted Sources Tease Mass Effect Announcement This Weekend
Andromeda remaster confirmed!
Re: Part of the PS5 Controller Is Very Easily Removable
PS3 is the boss mate. Can use ps3, ps4 and ps5 controllers, no questions asked. Years ahead of the game, absolute beast, best playstation ever made.
Re: PS5 Games Won't Support PSVR, Says Sony
I think as good as PSVR has been, it's also been a bloody mess from the beginning, really not well thought out. Using PS3 tech for the move controllers and initially coming out not supporting the Pro's HDR output, I had to constantly switch out HDMI cables depending on what I was playing. Then they had to update that, kinda screwing up first adopters. Then the camera that used a proprietary port, now people have to ask Sony for adapters. And now as the article mentions, you'd need to have two different versions of the game installed to get the best of each. I sold my PSVR eventually and kinda glad I did, really don't feel their commitment on this right now.
Re: WRC 9 PS5 Trailer Shows Next-Gen Rally Gameplay
Looks beautiful but also kinda... slow? Not sure, wonder if it's 120fps slowed down to 60 so you can see every frame, since YT doesn't support 120.
Re: DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One - Much More of PS4's Best FPS
I'm really surprised to read that about the music, I enjoy andrew hulshult's stuff as much, if not more than Mick Gordon's, I was really excited when I heard he was on board. I've got the dlc but not played much yet, I'll play and see what it's like.
Re: PS5's User Interface Runs in Native 4K with HDR
@Woogy agreed. Don't think people realise how much faster it can kill your telly since it's always running at peak brightness. Esp with something like a menu that's bound to have a few static elements. Really hope you can turn it off and only activate it when needed (games etc).
Re: Here's How Spider-Man: Miles Morales Eliminates Load Times on PS5
Jeezo, what's everyone's beef with Digital Foundry? Guys are doing great work.
Re: FIFA 21 - A Step Up from FIFA 20, But Must Do Better on PS5
Okay, @710King might be coming off a bit harsh, but he does have a point. I've seen people complain the new Crash game was too expensive, yet splash £60 every year on lineup updates. As good as the games can be, there is zero need for full games yearly. We could start with major releases every 3-4 years with decent overhauls and £10-20 yearly expansions in the years between, with squad updates and minor features. But again, why would they do that when players happily pay full price every single year.
Re: Bloodborne Fan Makes 60 Frames-Per-Second Patch, Hopes Sony Releases PS5 Update
@Arnna Lots of people reporting on it a little while ago but, Wario and Nibel included. Was before Demon's Souls was announced, so it's as good as confirmed mate.