@PixelDragon @Perturbator Fair enough. Will have to wait for reviews for it. The first game crashing or bugging out in the middle of a boss fight was one of the most frustrating experiences I’ve had.
I don’t know where all the enthusiasm is coming from.
The original game was truly awful. It was such a chore to play let alone finish & ran terribly (68mc).
Atreus searches for the giants. Kratos plays adoring God. Atreus gets a ‘final’ vision that sees everyone back ‘home’ dead & the realms destroyed. Kratos goes seeking out vengeance. Atreus follows in search for him. Set up for GOW: EGYPT.
You’re welcome everyone. The concept art for GOW: EGYPT already exists, before they went with Norse. Although they might go with Japan or India- which would be insane.
PS. I’m not an insider. This is all fan speculation. Also the old Snitch sold his account to some Russian/Spanish guy.
@__jamiie The Wii U was meant to be the next Nintendo platform though. Can’t compare the two. This is more like Version 1 of PSVR.
If it ends up selling 17mil or so like the Wii U did, Jim Ryan would probably set up a press conference just so that he could declare himself the king of the world & a visionary.
This will be expected to do something like PSVR(1) numbers. 5million and everything else is gravy.
I get that this isn’t for everyone, but it would be for me.
Something like grinding, doing side quests or trophy hunting I can now just use this with. We have a multi-people household.
Would be great for match days🤩.
It would be like the Switch/Vita for me (we have great wi-if)- which never left the house really.
Only downside for me is the PS+ stuff. Hope that is an eventual feature.
@Grumblevolcano I’m all for them milking their old IPs. If they do well get a new game. If not? Have some 2nd party studio work on something new. There is an opportunity cost. For every game that gets made, another doesn’t.
This is so low risk. PS studios developers aren’t sitting somewhere not doing anything.
@__jamiie Yep those RPG’s are both awesome. It just a strange decision as Matt & Trey don’t tend to follow trends- especially for what is a genre that’s been done to death.
Trey & Matt have full creative control over South Park. They’ve got their pulse on gaming. Just go back to comic-con when they jokingly said every feature fans wanted for Stick of Truth would be paid DLC- which it wasn’t.
This is completely tone deaf. Possibly a side effect of Obsidian joining MS.
They’ll probably hit the projected 25mill for the FY. They have the current price drop in place to phase out the old PS5 models, then Spidey 2 hits followed by the revised PS5 model & holiday season.
They can just coast all the way to the bank.
I just want Spidey 2 out. Not because I’m super excited for it, but I just want to see what the First Party’s have been up to.
I’m hoping to really get stuck into FF8 as I’ll probably finish Death’s Door today. I’m pretty sure I’m approaching the end & it has been a good time. One boss aside that was really aggressive, the game hasn’t been that difficult.
@kyleforrester87 I put in around 5-6 hours before dropping it for some reason. I’ll try to give it another proper go. Can’t help but get dragged into this BG3 hype.
@pip_muzz It seems like it was done by generations. The RE5 & RE6 sales are from PC, PS3 & 360 only. The PS4, XB1 & Switch ports aren’t counted in that figure.
RE5 is still the best selling RE game with all versions included by a slim margin. Then I imagine it’s RE2 & RE6 (all versions).
It’s a strange way of doing things, but I guess that’s where we are in the port/remaster/remake era.
As much stick as RE5 & RE6 got they shifted a lot of units- most of it on sale probably.
@johncalmc Wow did not expect this! Thanks for reviewing this. PSIloveyou recently interviewed the dev & I can totally relate(1/4 tamil). I’m glad there’s a genuine great game behind the vision. Definitely will be supporting this.
@NotSoCryptic Don’t blame the people, blame the government.
There’s so much untapped talent in China in the gaming sphere. I’m glad Sony has been reaching out with their ‘Hero’ projects & I look forward to what might come out from the India project.
After about a month away I’ve gone back to Dragon Quest XI S for some trophy clean up. I’m still kind of feeling my way back into it, as I’m pretty much lost😅.
Might also start Judgment or Spongebob BfBB as a palate cleanser.
@Rob_230 Totally agree. Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 had to take some ‘creative liberties’ as the games story had overtaken the anime/manga. It turned out fine but wouldn’t want that to happen to TLOU.
It’s one of the reasons why it makes perfect sense for Part 2 to be split into 2 seasons.
Give ND as much time as possible for Part 3 & don’t rush them.
@MasterEMFG Unless I’m mistaken if you have it downloaded & then disconnect from the internet before it gets taken off, you might still be able to play it for up to 7 days.
PS Extra requires you to log in once a week to validate your membership. This might not be the case anymore, but give it a shot. Would love to know if that would work.
@sorteddan Sounds like it’ll be a good bit of comfort gaming then😃. Thought D5 did a reasonable job in making it more accessible, but don’t want them to dumb it down too much. It’s kind of what Disgaea has always been about. I never use the DLC characters anyways. Feels like cheating I just have them sit in the classrooms, committees, etc.
@Darude84 I haven’t played a Tales game since Zestiria, so I can’t say for sure. It plays a bit like Astral Chain meets Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
It’s very flashy. It’s a party of 3, but you’re able to use every party members unique skill at the same time which give you temporary abilities (with cool downs). So without spoiling too much you end up with some insane combos. Having said that the game is somewhat challenging even on normal.
The game if you have Extra does come with the Burning Blade from Tales of Arise as a ‘bonus’ (which I used for a good chunk of the game).
@sorteddan How you finding D6? It’s meant to be the weakest of the mainline games. It kind of slipped trough the cracks with the initial Switch exclusivity. Need to get to it before D7 launches later this year.
Scarlet Nexus which I’m having a ton of fun with. The combat is excellent. So flashy & engaging. The story is interesting, but I’m skipping most of the ‘team bonding events/cutscenes’. This ain’t Persona.
Also need to catch up with some of the events & challenges this weekend for efootball23.
@get2sammyb Yh I think it will, as a last ditch resort. Capcom have been on a roll for a while now. Don’t think there’s enough there to capture an audience. Time will tell. I do think it looks like a fun weekend game.
Deserved. Did think it was a bit rushed overall, but the quality is undeniable. I probably preferred Succession & Better Call Saul a bit more, but I reckon knowing how the story played out probably had an impact.
Nice. My second favourite NFS after Underground 2 of course. Hope that one is in the works though. Although EA might have trouble with the music licensing for the original soundtrack.
This is so dumb at a closer look. The likes of Pirlo, Pele & Cruyff are just wearing their club/national team colours without sponsors & the flipping badge. Ea trying to cut corners…on a game that is the best selling game of almost any given year. Rudi Völler is on point though!
@Shepherd_Tallon Yh I’ve got Kingdom Hearts 3 & Nioh 2 as physical in my backlog, but I have a ton of PS4 games through Extra & Plus I want to at least check out before I move on. Having said that if a new Uncharted came out I’d move on…👀
@Shepherd_Tallon It’s very much in line with the series drops & the JRPG drop from week 1->2. They’re extremely front loaded.
I imagine that there are plenty of people out there as well that would like to play it but just can’t. I’m in that boat myself. Not buying a PS5 until I finish the PS4 backlog😅.
@Shepherd_Tallon Doom & gloom gets clicks. The second week drops for past mainline FF were:
•FF16- 88.76% •FF7R- 89.95% •FF15- 88.88%
The big qualifier here is though is that 7R & 15 were holiday releases, so they had much larger week 1 numbers. FF16 is a summer release & going up against Zelda. It will probably have a much longer tail than 15. That game was on sale within a month.
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Re: Alan Wake 2 Was Delayed on PS5 to Avoid Going Neck to Neck with Spider-Man 2
Not sure how much of an effect that will have, but I’m sure they wanted the game out before Halloween.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 491
Need to finally beat Outriders. The game is good, but it’s starting to drag a little.
Re: Highly Promising PS5 Souls-Like Lords of the Fallen Is Ready for Release
@Ravix Oops never mind😅
Re: Highly Promising PS5 Souls-Like Lords of the Fallen Is Ready for Release
@PixelDragon @Perturbator Fair enough. Will have to wait for reviews for it. The first game crashing or bugging out in the middle of a boss fight was one of the most frustrating experiences I’ve had.
Re: Highly Promising PS5 Souls-Like Lords of the Fallen Is Ready for Release
I don’t know where all the enthusiasm is coming from.
The original game was truly awful. It was such a chore to play let alone finish & ran terribly (68mc).
Re: Rumour: God of War Ragnarok DLC Expansion Deep in Development for PS5
Called it the min I beat Ragnarok.
Atreus searches for the giants. Kratos plays adoring God. Atreus gets a ‘final’ vision that sees everyone back ‘home’ dead & the realms destroyed.
Kratos goes seeking out vengeance. Atreus follows in search for him.
Set up for GOW: EGYPT.
You’re welcome everyone. The concept art for GOW: EGYPT already exists, before they went with Norse. Although they might go with Japan or India- which would be insane.
PS. I’m not an insider. This is all fan speculation. Also the old Snitch sold his account to some Russian/Spanish guy.
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on PlayStation Portal?
@__jamiie The Wii U was meant to be the next Nintendo platform though.
Can’t compare the two. This is more like Version 1 of PSVR.
If it ends up selling 17mil or so like the Wii U did, Jim Ryan would probably set up a press conference just so that he could declare himself the king of the world & a visionary.
This will be expected to do something like PSVR(1) numbers. 5million and everything else is gravy.
Re: Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai Overview Has Everything You Need to Know
@KaijuKaiser The problem is that if you watched the trailer…they literally tell you what episode it covers up to😂.
I wish they hadn’t but I think I’ll be there Day 1. Looks like it was made by the DQ heroes team so I’m all for it!
Also Dai has Naruto’s English VA, right?
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on PlayStation Portal?
I get that this isn’t for everyone, but it would be for me.
Something like grinding, doing side quests or trophy hunting I can now just use this with. We have a multi-people household.
Would be great for match days🤩.
It would be like the Switch/Vita for me (we have great wi-if)- which never left the house really.
Only downside for me is the PS+ stuff. Hope that is an eventual feature.
Re: Looks Like MediEvil Is Next in Line for a Film or TV Adaptation from PS Productions
@Grumblevolcano I’m all for them milking their old IPs.
If they do well get a new game. If not? Have some 2nd party studio work on something new.
There is an opportunity cost. For every game that gets made, another doesn’t.
This is so low risk. PS studios developers aren’t sitting somewhere not doing anything.
Re: Persona 3 Reload Release Date Is 2nd February, Pray Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Isn't Around There Too
@Ralizah Persona 5 was April 2017 as well. Insanity. GOAT year.
Re: Persona 3 Reload Release Date Is 2nd February, Pray Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Isn't Around There Too
I would love that actually. Would take me back to 2017.
Nier: Automata, Horizon Zero Dawn & Zelda BOTW all in a week.
The fanboy wars were glorious.
Also the games were pretty good too.
Re: South Park: Snow Day! Is Not the PS5 Game You Were Expecting
@__jamiie Yep those RPG’s are both awesome. It just a strange decision as Matt & Trey don’t tend to follow trends- especially for what is a genre that’s been done to death.
It does remind me of that N64 game.
Re: South Park: Snow Day! Is Not the PS5 Game You Were Expecting
Trey & Matt have full creative control over South Park.
They’ve got their pulse on gaming. Just go back to comic-con when they jokingly said every feature fans wanted for Stick of Truth would be paid DLC- which it wasn’t.
This is completely tone deaf. Possibly a side effect of Obsidian joining MS.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 489
Outriders & FFX.
While I watch a whole lot of football ⚽️! Bring on the new season.
Re: 17 New PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Revealed for Huge Update Next Week
Great month. Excited for Sea of Stars & will also be checking out Lost Judgment & Destroy all Humans 2.
Re: Sony's PS5 Shipments Now Total 41.7 Million
They’ll probably hit the projected 25mill for the FY.
They have the current price drop in place to phase out the old PS5 models, then Spidey 2 hits followed by the revised PS5 model & holiday season.
They can just coast all the way to the bank.
I just want Spidey 2 out. Not because I’m super excited for it, but I just want to see what the First Party’s have been up to.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying Red Dead Redemption on PS4?
I wish I could say I won’t buy this, but the reality is I can’t. One of my absolute favourite games of all time.
As others have mentioned I’d probably jump in at £15- maybe even £20, but not at full price.
It’s such a shame really. RDR deserves the remake treatment.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 488
Final Fantasy VIII & Death’s Door.
I’m hoping to really get stuck into FF8 as I’ll probably finish Death’s Door today. I’m pretty sure I’m approaching the end & it has been a good time. One boss aside that was really aggressive, the game hasn’t been that difficult.
Re: It's Party Time! Steam Groans Under the Strain of Baldur's Gate 3's PC Launch
@kyleforrester87 I put in around 5-6 hours before dropping it for some reason.
I’ll try to give it another proper go. Can’t help but get dragged into this BG3 hype.
Re: It's Party Time! Steam Groans Under the Strain of Baldur's Gate 3's PC Launch
@Powerplay94 Sea of Stars will be on PS+ Extra Day 1. So you don’t have to buy it, if you’re subscribed.
I’m interested. I didn’t really gel with Divinity OS, but I downloaded it again & plan to give it a proper go. If I like it I’ll probably pick up BG3.
Re: Resident Evil 2 PS5, PS4 Remake Is Now the Series' Best-Selling Game
@pip_muzz It seems like it was done by generations. The RE5 & RE6 sales are from PC, PS3 & 360 only. The PS4, XB1 & Switch ports aren’t counted in that figure.
RE5 is still the best selling RE game with all versions included by a slim margin. Then I imagine it’s RE2 & RE6 (all versions).
It’s a strange way of doing things, but I guess that’s where we are in the port/remaster/remake era.
As much stick as RE5 & RE6 got they shifted a lot of units- most of it on sale probably.
Re: Sony Seemingly Forces Nintendo to Remove Rubbish The Last of Us Ripoff from Switch's Store
@TheCollector316 They weren’t even trying to hide it. Kratos does have a ehm somewhat ‘unique’ look.
Re: Sony Seemingly Forces Nintendo to Remove Rubbish The Last of Us Ripoff from Switch's Store
Between this & War Gods Zeus of Child, which is on the MS store, Sony might as well go third-party.
I do wonder how much money these games actually make? It’s clearly is worth it to them.
Re: Fans Vote Clive the Second Best Final Fantasy Protagonist
@danzoEX ‘He’s…not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed’.
Re: Fans Vote Clive the Second Best Final Fantasy Protagonist
Cloud is the best mainline protagonist, but he’s not the best Final Fantasy protagonist.
Man had to steal someone’s identity just to have a personality.
/s
I kid of course. Kind of, well not really😉
Re: Mini Review: Venba (PS5) - A Moving Tale of Love, Loss, Family, and Food
@johncalmc Wow did not expect this!
Thanks for reviewing this.
PSIloveyou recently interviewed the dev & I can totally relate(1/4 tamil). I’m glad there’s a genuine great game behind the vision.
Definitely will be supporting this.
Re: PlayStation's Skipping Gamescom, But It's Showing Up for ChinaJoy 2023
@NotSoCryptic Don’t blame the people, blame the government.
There’s so much untapped talent in China in the gaming sphere. I’m glad Sony has been reaching out with their ‘Hero’ projects & I look forward to what might come out from the India project.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 486
@Mintie Scarlet Nexus is awesome! Got the platinum last night😁. Hope it gets a sequel.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 486
After about a month away I’ve gone back to Dragon Quest XI S for some trophy clean up. I’m still kind of feeling my way back into it, as I’m pretty much lost😅.
Might also start Judgment or Spongebob BfBB as a palate cleanser.
Re: Gran Turismo Movie's Slick Second Trailer Hammers Home the True Story Angle
Calling it. Gran Turismo The Movie based on the game coming to PSVR2.
Experience this true story in Virtual Reality.
I think fans will probably like it, but this has got mid-30s RT written all over it.
Re: Cosmic Star Heroine Devs Embrace the Magical Girl Within in JRPG This Way Madness Lies
Loved Cosmic Star Heroine on vita, so going to keep an eye out for this one.
Re: Script for HBO's Last of Us Season 2 Premiere Beats WGA Strike Deadline
@Rob_230 Totally agree. Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 had to take some ‘creative liberties’ as the games story had overtaken the anime/manga. It turned out fine but wouldn’t want that to happen to TLOU.
It’s one of the reasons why it makes perfect sense for Part 2 to be split into 2 seasons.
Give ND as much time as possible for Part 3 & don’t rush them.
Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PS5, PS4 Details Are Leaking Everywhere
Controlled leak👀?
I do like COD for the campaign, but the 10 year deal means nothing.
Play the long game. Ride the wave. Do whatever afterwards 🤷♂️
Re: Reminder: 10 Quality PS5, PS4 Games Taken Off PS Plus Extra, Premium Tomorrow
@MasterEMFG Unless I’m mistaken if you have it downloaded & then disconnect from the internet before it gets taken off, you might still be able to play it for up to 7 days.
PS Extra requires you to log in once a week to validate your membership.
This might not be the case anymore, but give it a shot.
Would love to know if that would work.
Re: Every Little Helps! UK Giant Tesco Will Stop Stocking Physical Video Games
I genuinely think the last time I bought a physical game from Tesco was like well over 15 years ago. It would’ve been a WWE or FIFA game I imagine.
Tbf to Tesco here. Games take up so much shelve space & the margins must be tiny for them. No one goes to their local supermarket to buy a game.
Good shout on finding some good deals during the clearance sales. Might check it out👍
Re: SEGA Plotting More Sonic the Hedgehog Reboots and Remakes on PS5, PS4
Bring back Adventure 2 you cowards!
Also they better keep in couch co-op.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 485
@sorteddan Sounds like it’ll be a good bit of comfort gaming then😃.
Thought D5 did a reasonable job in making it more accessible, but don’t want them to dumb it down too much. It’s kind of what Disgaea has always been about.
I never use the DLC characters anyways. Feels like cheating I just have them sit in the classrooms, committees, etc.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 485
@Darude84 I haven’t played a Tales game since Zestiria, so I can’t say for sure.
It plays a bit like Astral Chain meets Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
It’s very flashy. It’s a party of 3, but you’re able to use every party members unique skill at the same time which give you temporary abilities (with cool downs). So without spoiling too much you end up with some insane combos.
Having said that the game is somewhat challenging even on normal.
The game if you have Extra does come with the Burning Blade from Tales of Arise as a ‘bonus’ (which I used for a good chunk of the game).
@sorteddan How you finding D6? It’s meant to be the weakest of the mainline games. It kind of slipped trough the cracks with the initial Switch exclusivity. Need to get to it before D7 launches later this year.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 485
Scarlet Nexus which I’m having a ton of fun with. The combat is excellent. So flashy & engaging. The story is interesting, but I’m skipping most of the ‘team bonding events/cutscenes’. This ain’t Persona.
Also need to catch up with some of the events & challenges this weekend for efootball23.
Re: Site News: Where's Our Exoprimal PS5, PS4 Review?
@get2sammyb Yh I think it will, as a last ditch resort. Capcom have been on a roll for a while now. Don’t think there’s enough there to capture an audience. Time will tell.
I do think it looks like a fun weekend game.
Re: Site News: Where's Our Exoprimal PS5, PS4 Review?
I do think the game will be fun, but much short lived.
Should’ve launched as a F2P.
Re: The Last of Us TV Series Handed 24 Nominations at The Emmy Awards
Deserved. Did think it was a bit rushed overall, but the quality is undeniable. I probably preferred Succession & Better Call Saul a bit more, but I reckon knowing how the story played out probably had an impact.
HBO are absolutely crushing it though.
Re: 18 More Games Join PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week
Probably just SpongeBob for me😅.
I might try out Undertale, but I do have it on my vita…
Re: Need for Speed: Most Wanted Remake Seemingly Outed by Voice Actor
Nice. My second favourite NFS after Underground 2 of course.
Hope that one is in the works though. Although EA might have trouble with the music licensing for the original soundtrack.
Re: Very Questionable Face Renders Are on the EA Sports FC Ultimate Edition Cover
This is so dumb at a closer look.
The likes of Pirlo, Pele & Cruyff are just wearing their club/national team colours without sponsors & the flipping badge.
Ea trying to cut corners…on a game that is the best selling game of almost any given year.
Rudi Völler is on point though!
Re: Slitterhead Test Sessions Show Dev Continues Apace, Silent Hill Heritage Evident
I get pyramidhead, but what is a slitterhead?
A head that likes to cut, or one that likes to slither?
Re: Japanese Final Fantasy 16 Sales Plummet by 90% in Second Week
@Shepherd_Tallon Yh I’ve got Kingdom Hearts 3 & Nioh 2 as physical in my backlog, but I have a ton of PS4 games through Extra & Plus I want to at least check out before I move on.
Having said that if a new Uncharted came out I’d move on…👀
Re: Japanese Final Fantasy 16 Sales Plummet by 90% in Second Week
@Shepherd_Tallon It’s very much in line with the series drops & the JRPG drop from week 1->2. They’re extremely front loaded.
I imagine that there are plenty of people out there as well that would like to play it but just can’t.
I’m in that boat myself. Not buying a PS5 until I finish the PS4 backlog😅.
Re: Japanese Final Fantasy 16 Sales Plummet by 90% in Second Week
@Shepherd_Tallon Doom & gloom gets clicks.
The second week drops for past mainline FF were:
•FF16- 88.76%
•FF7R- 89.95%
•FF15- 88.88%
The big qualifier here is though is that 7R & 15 were holiday releases, so they had much larger week 1 numbers.
FF16 is a summer release & going up against Zelda.
It will probably have a much longer tail than 15. That game was on sale within a month.