Honestly this kinda just feels petty and unnecessary. What's the point of making a game for multiple consoles and then making one of the most famous characters exclusive to one console? Regardless of whether Microsoft, Sony of Nintendo do this it's just pathetic.
What's next? Cross-platform Tekken but half the characters are on Xbox and the other half on Sony with the rest of the cast being completely random characters?
This would be like if Nintendo released Pokemon on PS5 but made the Pikachu/Mewtwo/Charizard/Eevee evolution lines exclusive to the Switch.
I wouldn't have a problem with the modern day stuff if it actually made a difference. I've only played AC: Odyssey so far and frankly if you remove the modern day "Layla's adventures" stuff the game does not change whatsoever. Maybe it's because I only played the one game but it just feels so shoe-horned in.
Now if Layla's adventures made some difference in the simulation, maybe certain interactions affecting gameplay, like if she was drunk/sleepy then the character would be more sluggish, then yeah that'd be awesome. But as someone new to the series, the modern day bits were just irritating since I didn't really care about any of it.
@kyleforrester87 I should have mentioned that I'm playing the HD version on xbox since it's out on game pass. So no bug fixes sadly. Controls are still irritating though whether you use D-Pad or not. If it didn't have all these issues I'd buy it on Switch in a heartbeat.
At least the speed boost is making up (sorta) for the lack of good controls in the mini-game.
I love FF9. Easily the best in the series! I know a lot of people say FFX (and it's my second favourite so 100% see why) but honestly I think FF9 was the best.
Pokemon started my love of RPGs but FF9 solidified it. I hate how underestimated this game is and how much preferential treatment FF7 gets (I understand why but I'm just sick of it). FF9 is exactly what the title suggests. A fantasy. It's that moment when you closed your eyes as a kid and thought "what would it like to be a knight".
The game does get dark as the characters get more involved in the war, but I like that it keeps a bit more of a comical side while acknowledging the darkness rather than constantly hammering you over the head about how so many people are dead and how high the stakes are.
Don't get me wrong I'm fully aware that this game has some issues. Like some odd (and you can even argue rushed) character development, the steal mechanic and the amount of times you have to play chocobo hot n cold, but I can think of no better RPG to introduce someone to the genre.
Sadly though you can tell how little thought and care went into the HD version. Controls are awful (especially for the Chocobo Hot n Cold minigame), music keeps restarting, cutscenes are super choppy, map right in your face as opposed to in the corner. It's just a massive disappointing mess. FF9 deserved so much better, especially since none of these were issues in the original game.
Pathetic. People don't like a story so they go on a rampage. Whether you like or dislike TLOU2's story this has got to stop simply because this hatred is proving the media right when they say "video games cause violence".
This is a fantastic way to get the media to start pushing a narrative that video games should be banned, age-restricted further or that "violent" video games should no longer be made.
I mean it looks better on its side but still those white shell bits just look weird and irk me. Especially because they're just not symmetrical plus the way they stick out like that looks like they'll poke someones eye out or something.
I was so excited for the PS5, would have been my first Playstation console (not including the PsVita) since the PS2. But this reveal event actually put me off.
Watching it I couldn't help but compare to Nintendo Direct to be honest. There were what? 11 maybe 12 games announced? Most of which wouldn't be available until at least next year. Of them all only a handful left an impression. Whereas with Nintendo there's usually something for everyone, they talk about several of the games (expanding on maybe 3-4 of them), show trailers for 10+ games/dlc, have a montage of more games coming soon (usually another 10-15+) and then have a surprise teaser at the end.
Also what was with all those transitions? I swear 10-20 minutes of the thing was just transitions. Yes we get it there's a triangle, circle, cross (or x) and square. Thank you for showing us over and over again with super elaborate transitions that just weren't necessary. It felt like a) padding and b) they knew they didn't have much to talk about so they just tried to make it fancier.
GTA 5 and NBA just aren't interesting to me. Yay people can play the same GTA game just on another system, because it'll be soooo much different on the PS5 than it is on the PS4, PS3, xbox 360, xbox one, pc and xbox series x. As for NBA, sports games just don't do it for me. Same with Fifa, never got the hype, they may be different to the fans of the game but for me they're just the exact same game (as in NBA 2kXX is the same as NBA2k-whatever else).
There were some games that did look interesting. Spiderman, Godfall, Deathloop, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Hitman 3 and Demon's Souls all looked good. But there wasn't enough to sell me on "yes please take my money". I do like that actual gameplay was shown (take note Microsoft).
Designwise the PS5 would be triggering my asthma as it looks like the fans are exactly where dust would settle, therefore blowing dust right in my face and since I prefer physical discs I'd have to go for the physical edition which honestly is not very pleasing to look at.
The ending was just awful. Instead of some kind of montage of upcoming games they gave a montage of faces from companies behind the PS5, stating how amazing it is, clearly because they were offended by how many people preferred the Xbox Series X specs and yet again to show that they didn't have much to talk about.
All in all I'd say this presentation was better at showing off gameplay than Microsoft, but wasn't anything overly impressive to someone who hasn't owned a Playstation console in a while. Between design, lack of experience with the types of games shown and lack of games that interest me personally at launch, I'll probably wait and see what happens.
Edit: went back to check, there were more games announced than I initially remembered, but just goes to show how forgettable/uninteresting to me personally most of them were
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Re: Indie Dev Demonstrates How Bad PS Store Discoverability Can Be
Honestly I'd buy the game just because he had ff9's tetra master minigame music playing in the background.
Re: Spider-Man Confirmed as a PlayStation Exclusive Character in Marvel's Avengers
Honestly this kinda just feels petty and unnecessary. What's the point of making a game for multiple consoles and then making one of the most famous characters exclusive to one console? Regardless of whether Microsoft, Sony of Nintendo do this it's just pathetic.
What's next? Cross-platform Tekken but half the characters are on Xbox and the other half on Sony with the rest of the cast being completely random characters?
This would be like if Nintendo released Pokemon on PS5 but made the Pikachu/Mewtwo/Charizard/Eevee evolution lines exclusive to the Switch.
Re: Oh No, There's More Modern Day Stuff in Assassin's Creed Valhalla Than the Two Previous Games
I wouldn't have a problem with the modern day stuff if it actually made a difference. I've only played AC: Odyssey so far and frankly if you remove the modern day "Layla's adventures" stuff the game does not change whatsoever. Maybe it's because I only played the one game but it just feels so shoe-horned in.
Now if Layla's adventures made some difference in the simulation, maybe certain interactions affecting gameplay, like if she was drunk/sleepy then the character would be more sluggish, then yeah that'd be awesome. But as someone new to the series, the modern day bits were just irritating since I didn't really care about any of it.
Re: Final Fantasy IX Is 20 Years Old Today
@kyleforrester87 True, the autosave is a lifesaver!
Re: Final Fantasy IX Is 20 Years Old Today
@kyleforrester87 I should have mentioned that I'm playing the HD version on xbox since it's out on game pass. So no bug fixes sadly. Controls are still irritating though whether you use D-Pad or not. If it didn't have all these issues I'd buy it on Switch in a heartbeat.
At least the speed boost is making up (sorta) for the lack of good controls in the mini-game.
Re: Final Fantasy IX Is 20 Years Old Today
I love FF9. Easily the best in the series! I know a lot of people say FFX (and it's my second favourite so 100% see why) but honestly I think FF9 was the best.
Pokemon started my love of RPGs but FF9 solidified it. I hate how underestimated this game is and how much preferential treatment FF7 gets (I understand why but I'm just sick of it). FF9 is exactly what the title suggests. A fantasy. It's that moment when you closed your eyes as a kid and thought "what would it like to be a knight".
The game does get dark as the characters get more involved in the war, but I like that it keeps a bit more of a comical side while acknowledging the darkness rather than constantly hammering you over the head about how so many people are dead and how high the stakes are.
Don't get me wrong I'm fully aware that this game has some issues. Like some odd (and you can even argue rushed) character development, the steal mechanic and the amount of times you have to play chocobo hot n cold, but I can think of no better RPG to introduce someone to the genre.
Sadly though you can tell how little thought and care went into the HD version. Controls are awful (especially for the Chocobo Hot n Cold minigame), music keeps restarting, cutscenes are super choppy, map right in your face as opposed to in the corner. It's just a massive disappointing mess. FF9 deserved so much better, especially since none of these were issues in the original game.
Re: Naughty Dog Condemns Hate Speech As The Last of Us 2 Cast, Developers Receive Death Threats
Pathetic. People don't like a story so they go on a rampage. Whether you like or dislike TLOU2's story this has got to stop simply because this hatred is proving the media right when they say "video games cause violence".
This is a fantastic way to get the media to start pushing a narrative that video games should be banned, age-restricted further or that "violent" video games should no longer be made.
Re: Sony Issues Official Shot of PS5 Console on Its Side
I mean it looks better on its side but still those white shell bits just look weird and irk me. Especially because they're just not symmetrical plus the way they stick out like that looks like they'll poke someones eye out or something.
Re: Talking Point: Did the PS5 Games Reveal Event Meet Your Expectations?
I was so excited for the PS5, would have been my first Playstation console (not including the PsVita) since the PS2. But this reveal event actually put me off.
Watching it I couldn't help but compare to Nintendo Direct to be honest. There were what? 11 maybe 12 games announced? Most of which wouldn't be available until at least next year. Of them all only a handful left an impression. Whereas with Nintendo there's usually something for everyone, they talk about several of the games (expanding on maybe 3-4 of them), show trailers for 10+ games/dlc, have a montage of more games coming soon (usually another 10-15+) and then have a surprise teaser at the end.
Also what was with all those transitions? I swear 10-20 minutes of the thing was just transitions. Yes we get it there's a triangle, circle, cross (or x) and square. Thank you for showing us over and over again with super elaborate transitions that just weren't necessary. It felt like a) padding and b) they knew they didn't have much to talk about so they just tried to make it fancier.
GTA 5 and NBA just aren't interesting to me. Yay people can play the same GTA game just on another system, because it'll be soooo much different on the PS5 than it is on the PS4, PS3, xbox 360, xbox one, pc and xbox series x. As for NBA, sports games just don't do it for me. Same with Fifa, never got the hype, they may be different to the fans of the game but for me they're just the exact same game (as in NBA 2kXX is the same as NBA2k-whatever else).
There were some games that did look interesting. Spiderman, Godfall, Deathloop, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Hitman 3 and Demon's Souls all looked good. But there wasn't enough to sell me on "yes please take my money". I do like that actual gameplay was shown (take note Microsoft).
Designwise the PS5 would be triggering my asthma as it looks like the fans are exactly where dust would settle, therefore blowing dust right in my face and since I prefer physical discs I'd have to go for the physical edition which honestly is not very pleasing to look at.
The ending was just awful. Instead of some kind of montage of upcoming games they gave a montage of faces from companies behind the PS5, stating how amazing it is, clearly because they were offended by how many people preferred the Xbox Series X specs and yet again to show that they didn't have much to talk about.
All in all I'd say this presentation was better at showing off gameplay than Microsoft, but wasn't anything overly impressive to someone who hasn't owned a Playstation console in a while. Between design, lack of experience with the types of games shown and lack of games that interest me personally at launch, I'll probably wait and see what happens.
Edit: went back to check, there were more games announced than I initially remembered, but just goes to show how forgettable/uninteresting to me personally most of them were