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@GrimReaper enjoy that indefinite wait

Pay top price for the base game but fork out again and again for the decent stuff?

Nah you're alright, I'll pass thanks.

Original Spy vs Spy did it better almost 40 years ago.

@pepsilover2008 If you already own them digitally it makes zero difference - not like you won't still be able to play them. Poor effort. Discs are on the way out, like it or not 😀

Crazy good month

Hopefully it's better than the last day one to plus game, Stray. Despite the review hype for it and loving cats, I played for an hour before letting out a big 'meh', dropping it and never wanting to return.

I'll give this a fair shot though anyway

So we might get a buggy version on console late 2024 if we're 'lucky' and then of course a myriad of DLC to follow. Doesn't look all that interesting anyway.

Reading through this, you can see the problems MS have got, with or without Gamepass.

Looks decent.

@KaijuKaiser I don't think making valid complaints about an enhanced edition of an old game being released in an unacceptable state in any way equates to 'hating gaming.'

More the opposite - people here are the ones who love gaming enough to engage in discussions about it rather than just buying FIFA and COD every year.

If no-one complained about anything, nothing would ever change. That applies to gaming and pretty much everything else in life.

@JamieO Memories! I had a Guncon back in the day. Was a magical experience - the precision was astonishing.

Sometimes technological progress (in this case the demise of CRT televisions in favour of LCD and OLED) is not a good thing. Feel sorry for those who will never experience a good light gun game.

I remember when people derided flat screens in favour of the amazing-until-they-very-quickly-weren't flops that were 3D TV's and the even worse curved TV's. I bet a lot of the VR crowd were rocking those marvellous innovations of technology back in the day. 'you have a FLAT tv? reaaallllyyy? poor you lol come to mine and put these silly goggles on and watch a 3d movie, it's the future don't you know...' It would be a spoiler to tell the ending to that story.

Somehow I don't think 'pancake' gaming is going to become toilet paper anywhere near as quickly as VR will.

@Flaming_Kaiser they always give me a chuckle - fairly obvious compensatory actions for other....issues...in their lives.

Blimey, I'm nowhere near getting through (or even started) on a lot of the quality stuff from the past few months. I just know some will be removed before I get to enjoy them. Welcome to the first world problem of subscription gaming I suppose.

Great month though.

@thefourfoldroot1 I use psprices too. I used to use one called psdeals.net which has a few more filters and looks flashier, but it sometimes missed out games I was interested in which was very annoying. Never had a problem with psprices, and it has deals for all regions which suits me well for my Turkey account.

Hard pass.

Next!

Not the same as with PS4 generation - the Pro model then was to do with cashing in on the tipping point of 4K TVs going mainstream. As others have said, not sure exactly what problem a PS5 Pro would solve.

I'm perfectly happy with the PS5 - a lot of my time is on back compat stuff anyway, where I'm benefitting from much faster loads and (on most of them) performance patches.

A refreshed PS5 with a detachable drive makes sense for consumers and Sony though, can see that one coming this year or next year.

Not bothered about a PS5 Pro, or even a PS6, for many many years.

Looks worse than base PS4.

Sucks for those who spent money on this trash.

@ChrisDeku Yep. And if you never use discs anyway, then digital edition is 100% the cheaper choice!

How have I never heard of this?! Need to look into it more, but thanks for bringing it to my attention - with a few patches and a sale I suspect I'll be buying it.

@StrawberryWave The whole thing is much too amusing to do that. 😀

Get ready for another (failed) boycott!

I kind of wish the playtime figure wasn't present on the main screen, or at least with no apparent way to turn it off.

I know it's always been available via the options on your profile, but I'd prefer not to be reminded every single time now of just how many hours I've put into some of these games!

Big positive for me is that as someone who doesn't have to mess about with discs (Digital Console) and who keeps their console out of sight behind the TV, not now having to plug in the dualsense for updates is a handy QoL win.

Will probably play Minecraft Dungeons for an hour or so but that's about it from this selection.

With the obvious struggle the devs are having here, and MS not even being able to release some games at all because of the crappy Series S not being able to run some Series X stuff, it could mean that last gen is FINALLY coming to an end.

Thank F for that.

@SilverShamrock Very good comment. Stupid amount of entitlement from some when it comes to Plus.

Fortnite? Yawn. Was gonna say it's so last year, but even that would be generous.

@get2sammyb @Robocod Pinball Arcade just feels 'right' on a lot of its tables. It's such a shame they lost a lot of the best tables when it was at its height. The challenges are fun too.

I still love the old Pinball Arcade by Farsight Studios. Might not be 4K, but very playable and very customisable too.

I accumulated a massive collection of tables for that, including all the Williams tables before they had to delete them for sale when they lost the license to this company. Always count myself very fortunate when I fire up absolute classics like Arabian Nights or Medieval Madness.

Apparently its £5 to upgrade if you have the DLC and £7.99 if you just own the base game.

@Thumper yeah the dlc was nothing special. and once you've gone through the main game it's long enough and where the story finishes is the right point.

I bought and enjoyed Outer Worlds and the DLC in some deep sale or other, but it was couple years ago and f*** if I'm going to pay again for a remaster. I found it pretty much a one and done game anyway, despite the illusion of choice stuff with the dialogue.

It's even more insulting for them to try and make out like it's some kind of bargain for existing owners with this 'reduced price' crap.

I'm an amused bystander because I have zero interest in buying VR equipment of any kind, but the comments from some owners on here are a joke.

"Because I don't have a problem, there is no problem. It doesn't exist. Should have gone to spec savers." etc etc

It's like saying motion sickness with VR isn't a real problem just because YOU don't have it. Or there are no problems with positioning the headset just because you as an individual don't have problems. You can't extrapolate from your single use case to the entire set, in this or any other scenario. There's an entire world out there, you know?!

If you love VR and don't have any issues with the software or the hardware, fine. But don't try and pretend there are zero (widely reported) issues with it as a product because of that. That would be really really stupid.

Only decent part was the early reveal of some of the upcoming Extra games. Now those games look good, but as the highlight for a State of Play it's not good.

Having to jump through all these hoops to try and reduce a feeling of nausea from something that's supposed to be enjoyable?

I have my own foolproof method of avoiding VR motion sickness....I simply don't put on a VR headset in the first place. Can't remember the last time I got motion sickness from sitting in a comfy armchair with a controller and a cuppa.

Man, those Xbox hardware sales figures! I know it's never been popular in Japan, but it's just embarrassing now.

I had been interested in this, but it sounds too much like hard work. One for PS+ for me

Sickness from VR was one of the worst experiences I'd had for years...was like a bad hangover on top of a bad hangover, and it lasted for bloody hours.

I'm just relieved I don't ever have to endure it again!

Ah....I too assumed this was about the epic, sonorous, boot jingle of PS1.

I'm mildly interested in F1 22, but with Mass Effect LE now on PS+ essential, and the plethora of quality stuff on Extra, there's zero chance I'll sub to EA Play.

I mainly remember their burn to Microsoft with the 'Used Game Instructional Video' after Xbox had tried to over complicate things with their DRM!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA

For the first time with one of these updates, there's so much good stuff I really don't know what I'm going to play first. 'Spoilt for choice' has never been so apt.

edit It's going to be Ace Combat 7, just because I've nearly bought it so many times over the years.

Welcome back Jeff Minter.

Iridis Alpha, how I loved you so....

pah. might try it when it's on plus.

@Toypop Nearly as bad as the ones who bought it day one and pretend they're glad because they don't have to put the disc in anymore now when they want to play it 🤣🤣

@Th3solution same! The Quarry, Scarlet Nexus - interested in both, wouldn't have purchased. Ace Combat nearly bought loads of times. Haven't played HFW - got bored during HZD, but I'll take it for free any day of the week.

What a month.

Best month ever 👍

Hogwarts Legacy.

It's a tricky balance though. I can't stand the flow of a game being broken by obtuse puzzles when all you want to do is get on with the action and the story.

Having to play a game with a guide webpage open to solve often unintuitive 'puzzles' annoys me even more than the reverse scenario talked about here.