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@SrpskaArtilerija I have my trusty old PS2 hooked up as well for occasional playthroughs of GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas. CMOS battery died and I tried replacing it but it didnt work, but it doesnt matter that much lol
Never played halflife on Playstation though

"Early black friday" is such a bizarre concept. Given that black friday is basically "early christmas". Retailers are just going nuts over getting the consumer to part money with them first

Recently played through HL2 again on PC with some basic mods to bring it more into the modern age but not mess with the source material (pun intended). Had a blast. Game still holds up very well today

I got a PS4 Pro eventually, and even fitted a SSD which it amazingly lacked.., because at some point I really felt like the base model couldnt keep up with the demands of new releases. I sold my base model for a reasonable price which went into financing the Pro and eventually even sold my pro to finance the 5. So upgrading is not just sunk cost either. But at this point in time I have zero urge to upgrade. To be fair this year I switched to PC as well and my PS5 isnt getting a lot of use.

Seems like the "definitive" edition wasnt quite that definitive..

Talking of Shadow Fall, pretty wild that never made it to PS Plus, huh?

I think the HD remaster was the only version I played lol. I had a reasonable time with IIRC

And now you know why we cant have custom backgrounds...

@Lembit lol. Absolutely agree with you on that. For me he was the thing I disliked the most from GoT. That and the generic open world stuff and hollow side quests. Other than that I enjoyed my time with GoT.

I got a ps5 but also went the pc route, which was about 1500 euro, because that gives you a crazy amount of options. Especially when youre into sim racing. Not sure why you'd spent 800 to play the same games at marginally better performance?

This must be what it feels like to the developers too. Pulling allnighters to deliver a game thats pulled within 2 weeks

@zhoont oh man the voice acting in that game is so bad. Even in Russian it was distractingly bad. Otherwise great games though

Sounds good. Shorter runtime and an environment more like the first game sounds like a winner to me

Btw did they say something about being infected again? I hated that part of DL2..

I really enjoyed doom 2016 (and the classics of course), but I feel like Eternal and it's dlc slowly started to go downhill. I cant really put my finger on it, it just seems more and more over the top and convoluted.

@DonkeyFantasy makes sense

@DonkeyFantasy so what my partner and I do, is that we split our spendable income evenly between us. What she does, and what I believe most women do, is that she spends it on a thousand tiny things. And I, like most men, spend it on a single very expensive item once a year maybe. Either way is fine though and we never have to justify our spending to eachother

@DaniPooo did you see the bigscreen vr headset? In terms of form factor that thing is crazy

Sweet. Streets of rage was on my wishlist for a while but completely forgot about it. Will definitely give it a go.

@LikelySatan same here. Dont think i ever bothered to complete. Fallout3 and new vegas however are some of my personal favoutites of all time..

Just bought a gaming pc so anything below 60 wont happen now!

Just did a few missions with my brother. Lot of fun. And this was even on lower difficulties. I reckon on hard difficulties it will be mayhem, just like Hell Divers 1

I voted 'sometimes but only when it's cheaper', but for me it's more like I only buy digital if it's much cheaper than disc. I like owning discs for several reasons, one of them being the resell value that a digital product simply doesnt have.
The argument that it saves time changing discs doesnt fly with me. I mean, how lazy can you be. Only for pick up and play indie games I can understand this a bit if you just have 10 minutes to play a game.

@StylesT part 1 was free at plus ar one point so I reckon theres a good chance this will be too.

@RenanKJ lol so true

Awesome. Cant wait. The first one was great and this looks like more and better.

Wow very nice. Both plague tale and evil west are on my wishlist. I hope they fixed the performance issues of plague tale though. Heard it wasnt great at launch

Really really bummed to hear they're quitting as a studio. Thoroughly enjoyed Shadow Tactics and Desperados 3. Completed Shadow Tactics twice and I'm currently doing my second playthrough of Desperados to get some more badges. Genuinely great games made with a lot of care.

Didnt try shadow gambit yet but I'll probably get it at some point. The style doesnt appeal to me that much but I'm sure they make up for it with a great game underneath.

Its really something thats best enjoyed with a podcast. Just like Snowrunner.

I can understand people being underwhelmed as this isnt exactly AAA material. But honestly powerwash simulator looks like fun and Sable was on my radar for a while as well. For me a good month is when I'll play at least one of the free games and it looks like this month it'll be 2.

@Fiendish-Beaver for me it's extremely noticeable, especially in first person or racing games. I suppose it doesnt work the same for everyone but the 60 fps feels so smooth it's very hard to go back to 30.

@SuntannedDuck2 last F1 and Motogp games I played were still fun. Dirt Rally 2 ofcourse had a bit of a ***** monetization but I'm cautiously optimistic about this. I'll definitely wait for reviews though.

@Smash41 the car building feature worries me too as it sounds like a vehicle (pun intended) to sell their cosmetics etc..

Oh well, currently still working my way through WRC Generations so I'm in no hurry. If it turns out to be microtransaction hell I'll just wait for a sale.

@Jacko11 okay heres a counter. The playerbase has increased massively over the decades, hence games can easily be profitable without price hikes.

@Terra_Custodes What did you hate about GoW Ragnarok? I can imagine the genre might not be your thing, but within the genre it's an exceptional game imo.

I have mixed emotions about it
It does give some feedback when pressing the on button, so it would feel weird without it. It also triggers this Pavlov effect that lets your brain know its time to sit down and play some video games and enjoy yourself.
On the other hand its unnecessarely loud and attracts unwanted attention from other house members. I think the Pavlov effect on my wife is that she checks if there is some household jobs to do for me XD

Nice! Actually interested in this. Hot Pursuit 2, Underground 2 and Most Wanted are my favorite NFS games.

For me the expectations for the multiplayer are now very low..

This sounds absolutely horrible lol

I'll probably play it at some point if reviews are good but I'm not excited about it like I was 10-15 years ago for a new GTA.
Maybe if they did something crazy like GTA Bangkok or something but we already know that's not the case.
And like others have said, I hope they do something about the crime system with cops spawning randomly in the desert. Or shooting your body armor while driving a car, etc.

@ROTTIEMAN16 I remember back in the 90's you had these shareware discs you could buy and they contained only demo's. So technically it's not new..
But yeah, I agree it's ridiculous that it's supposed to be some kind of privilige to try a game before you buy it. Especially with the sorry technical state a lot of games nowadays release in and the practically non-existent refund policy from Sony..

@CRASH64 as a matter of fact, the site literally asked you whether you're interested lol

@3Above the lack of HUD was great in Ghost of Tsushima, but otherwise the open world format in it was very generic if you ask me.

@SilverShamrock the audience for games is also larger than ever. Hence so are the profits, even without mtx.

looking forward to this. Good point about the looting. I really think the looting system is a gameplay mechanic that needs to be modernized. I suppose it's there for reasons like the change of pace but honestly I just find it annoying in most games. The Outer Words, Cyberpunk, Witcher, Dying Light 2, Division 2, it feels like all you are doing is looting all the time.
Surely there are other ways of doing this to make it less tedious. For example automatically scooping up loot, or pick up as 'junk' option like the Divison does, no weight limits or just for weapons.. etc etc

I enjoyed the last game but for some reason I very suddenly fell off it about 2/3 of the way through. Because its a skill based game tthat progressively gets harder but its balanced as you learn more enemy routines, I feel a huge barrier to pick it up again. Maybe I should just lower the difficulty untill my muscle memory for this game returns. I am curious how it ends

@BearsEatBeets yeah same here. I'll give it a go. If it's nothing then no worries. But a couple times a year something comes along thats actually a cool game that I otherwise would never have tried.

Thats actually really cool. I think a lot of people will be very happy with this.

@GeneJacket I agree, I doubt it will actually be "bigger"

Fallen order is a good game, but I remember I never finished it.. might reinstall and give it another go

153 hours on SnowRunner lol. That means I've also listened to 153 hours of Podcasts XD