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Why was the youtube vid link I posted deleted?

@BakaKnight Totally. Back to the King of jump rope mini game!

I come here, spread the word and get gazumped. It's not on, I tell ya!

@rjejr I still have my pre-order and I think I'll keep it. But honestly it looks poor. The 50 minute vid from last week at least showed some new stuff (I think waitish mode will make me enjoy it more), but the VII Remake... Ugh, I'm dreading it. Still that's been discussed to death. XII HD looks OK but then they've tweaked the RNG. I liked the 1:1000 Zodiac Spear (not so much the 1:10000 stuff in IZJS), cos I like the JRPG grind, but. Meh. They know I'll buy 'em all.

Also via kotetsu he's said that the second half of the game is linear (I assume using the same argument that 13 did to keep the story on pace). I enjoyed 13, really, but fml.

For me, 12 is still the best balance. Yes a lot of the early stuff was possible cos of Dustia, but at least we could play the way we wanted from the get go. How hard can it be?!

@stocko @ShogunRok ewwww

@get2sammyb Thanks, not lived there for 20 years.

@sinalefa Playstation Access have a few vids up of one of their reporters playing a selection of titles. Sure, his reactions could be scripted (or deliberately hammed up), but it gives a good idea of how games feel.

Are CeX a franchise or independent chain? Really stupid of one of their stores to sell console that isn't out yet, if it's the latter. Well, it's really stupid both ways, but more so if it's not some unscrupulous franchisee.

@kyleforrester87 Yes, it is a shame. I will go on the record and say that this is my go-to English PS4 site, and normally I have very few qualms about any of the content.

I've been playing the game for the past half an hour or so and have re-read the review. Whilst it is finicky on a DS4, with assists on it's eminently playable and I would say, albeit at a very early point with the game, not too difficult.

Whilst the review mentions the poor scenery vs high-spec car models, I'm getting a lot of screen tear and shimmering, especially during replays which isn't great (and I can't seem to find a way to turn off the racing line during replays) so that's something else against I guess. But that said I still think 5, without a wheel is overly-harsh, more so since it nearly only got 4...

Anyway, I need to give it more than 30 minutes and get my wheel hooked up, but for £40 it seems OK to me.

@solocapers Exactly. The only three negative reviews as of writing that are up on Metacritic have not used a wheel in their review (despite not explicitly saying so, the PSLS one has a video of him playing, it's definitely not a wheel). ALL other reviews (which are 70% and up) mention that the game really needs a wheel to be appreciated. (EDIT, the godisageek review used a wheel, but moaned about the lack of adjustment yet other reviews said the features were comprehensive. I'm downloading it now anyway...)

That said, on AC's own site, it says that the console releases have been tweaked for pad use.

@Tasuki Yeah, that seems reasonable. /s

It's all going round in circles a little, but I found this (roughly-translated) quote in hobbyconsolas review interesting:

"Assetto Corsa is a very particular game. You can play it with a controller, as you would expect, but to really enjoy it, it is almost mandatory to play using a wheel with force feedback. This may seem a fantasy - as I myself thought when reading user's PC reviews - but it's a reality"

They gave it 90/100.

Edit: It goes on to say that other titles such as F12016 and Project CARS both play fine with a controller, but in AC, the balance is very much in favour of a wheel.

@misterdog Totally agreed, wtf is a reviewer doing reviewing a racing game without the optimum controls? The review should have a caveat for a pad, not the other way around.

I am frankly astonished that you guys don't have a racing set up to review racing games. Jesus, even the best is only a couple of K.

@bbq_boy Yes, that works as far as I know. (AFAIK because I only play PSNOW for games that I don't already have on PS3).

I didn't realise that this was based on the original 1980(ish) game that I've long since got rid of. Those vectors at the beginning bring back so many memories: when I was a kid, I didn't appreciate the game at all (I kinda started around '83), but I love it now. Can't wait for this - or PSVR in general. Only negative is I recently remade my preorder (after cancelling it), so now Amazon is giving an October 31 delivery date

@ShogunRok I was annoyed UC4 made the summer sale, as a pre-orderer. I'd be fuming if it appeared this month.

@Fight_Teza_Fight I'd definitely be up for D3 - I keep missing it on sale; the last time, I went to buy it a day late.

Wouldn't mind a digital version of FFXIII or XIII-2 for PS3, but I think that's unlikely, especially since the former has been removed from PS Now. Ni No Kuni WotWW would be decent, though I have it anyway.

For PS4, I really don't know. I tend to buy most AAAs at launch, so it's of no value to me to get them two months later for nowt. The Order would be nice (for me), and maybe if they're feeling really generous, F1 2016 since I'm not paying 55 quid digital.

@Mikemyerz666 I was going to post something similar in response to the Push Square's post, but mine says it expires 1/1/17

@Alpha Email - there's nothing in my notifications apart from PS+ ending soon messages.

Just seen PS NOW is much improved (still not brilliant, but at least there are more sections including games listed by their first letter) - is that part of the beta or system-wide?

@Danny2014 no worries, I was using options at first, too.

@Danny2014 I get the option to start or clear from list when clicking the actual download. But yeah, an options>clear all would be handy.

Yep, got mine an hour or so ago. It looks pretty sweet.

I've genuinely no idea; only got Monday free and would like something that I can play - and finish - in a day, but it also needs to have a bit of story to it, so I can just chill and not have to leave the house.

@themcnoisy near the start he mentions you can choose your preferred FOV - and looking at the display on the centre console he has the choice for up/down/forward/back I think, so you could get it pretty close.

@blakey78 Yup, I live in Spain (expat) and miss the days of 1.40 to the £, it's bloody battered me!

@blakey78 And mine; I've reinstated my pre-order...

There were some great deals on wheels on Amazon a couple of months ago, but the exchange rate (£-€) has gimped that now for me.

I cancelled my psvr preorder a while back, but my poor poor wallet

That looks incredible.

Just downloaded this, will remote play a bit this afternoon, if it lets me.

@dryrain I didn't have an active membership back then but it downloaded to my ps3s fine.

Hmm, not looking brilliant imo, but the 'wait' mode has made me more hopeful for the combat. I'm not sure two months is enough to polish it up.

@MadAussieBloke Ah, right, thanks

@MadAussieBloke That's awesome!

Great idea for a weekly article, I'll be tuning in.

Stupid question time: How do you start a new game? Not that I necessarily want to, but I missed out on a lot of naming and stuff in the beginning.

Great review, sums it up perfectly. I was trying to explain it to a mate yesterday and wrote pretty much what you have, and everyone else that likes it and hates it at the same time.

I don't think I helped his purchase choice. I love it. I hate it. And I can't stop playing it.

NMS for me. Maybe a bit of uncharted 4 crushing and Hyper Light Drifter.

Crashed after waypointing a new system and just after the start but that's it up to now.

@stupidget brilliant, thanks!

@stupidget I fed one too, but can't see how to name them?

Recommend from eurogamer.

Am really loving it, just over a round ten hours. Had a few annoying crashes but can see why so many won't like it. It just inspires wonder, and the 'procedural' soundtrack (reminds of the lucasarts system in Monkey Island 2), is excellent.

Awesome, but a bit surprising Martial didn't 'win' the cover thing.

Oh yes, very nice. It's on vinyl too? Where?

Still got an original Hyper Sports, but got rid of T&F a couple of years ago , and have the MARP MAME record for HS. Working on the TG one, but love button mashers!

It wouldn't make a difference to the stuff we're getting for PS4. What might be workable with so many subscribers is to offer a full AAA game but for only a limited period (say, a week) after which if you want to continue playing you buy at a heavily discounted (but more than 5.99) price alongside a new Indie title.

Or, to avoid one developer getting spanked by 20 million subscribers offer any full PS4 title from say 6 months ago and back for the 5.99 and let the user decide. That'd limit the exposure to the devs.

Item maxing in FFX & Hyper Light Drifter for me.

@naruball I get you, but you have to factor in the average age of current gamers (I'm making a massive assumption that you're at the younger end of the spectrum). It's 31 FWIW, and a lot of us (although I have ten years on that) do enjoy retro stuff cos it's what we grew up with.

That said, I think people get hung up on graphics. The reason retro games (IMO) were so good, was because they control so well and Sonic needs to be included in that. Too many modern games feel mushy (whilst still being good games) whereas I feel that older games had much more focus on playability from a control POV due to their arcade roots/influence. Rambling, tired, sorry.

Nearly bought this earlier, holding off now

I've had it on pre-order for a couple of months if that, having been sucked in, and while I don't plan on cancelling that pre-order, the more I see of it, the more I feel that it hasn't really moved on from what we first saw.

I'm bothered about the file size - 6Gb - because there's only so much procedural generation can do. Surely you need textures for the creatures you encounter and so on? Maybe they're RNGd too. Sounds the creatures make, both from they're mouths and movement etc . Just seems a bit lightweight to me.

As I'm typing, sham8nix's post appeared. Can you elaborate on what the game you've been waiting for since you started playing? Elite seemed to have more depth than this, and it's probably over 30 years old (I think it was 85, 6) but I've slept since...