HoodedSpirit

Mines waiting for me at home right now. Just hope there’s not cat litter in the box instead. 🤞🤞🤣🤣🤣🤣

I’m calling it now, season 2 ends with the theatre standoff just before you switch to playing as Abby in the game. It’s the natural cliffhanger point and Season 3 will start with the young Abby flashback just to confuse anyone who hasn’t played it. Can’t wait. 👍👍👍👍👍

So after Respawn finishes the trilogy they make Titanfall 3, right? Right?!? 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞😁

I remember Sega trying to counter the PlayStation name by taking out ads for the Saturn that said “Stations are for trainspotters” 🤣🤣🤣
Didn’t really work that one. 😁

Adaptive triggers? 🤞Probably not cos PS5 Skyrim didn’t get them. Damn you Microsoft. (Shakes fist at sky)

Oooooo, dear. Phil will be upset. 😁

@DrClayman A Rare occurrence indeed. I hope people have a Perfect (Dark) time (Atic) Atac-cking other ships to get all the Gold(eneye). You’ll need a Killer Instinct to survive but as long as you’re having a Blast (Corp) and don’t act like a Donkey (Kong 64) you’ll be Head Over Heels. 👍

To be honest, I didn’t even know Pentiment was even out yet. I remember seeing the trailer and thinking it looked interesting but then completely forgot about it. I guess one positive from this ridiculously PR focussed podcast (Xbox is fine but we’re porting some of our games over cos they’re not making as much money as we thought they would. But everything is fine and we’re still great. Oh, and Starfield and Indiana Jones are staying exclusive but we don’t think anything will be exclusive in the future. But these ones are and we don’t think Helldivers 2 should be exclusive but we’re keeping our own exclusives. But we don’t believe in exclusives anymore) it’s that I’ve actually blown the dust off my Series X and downloaded it. 👍 I’ll probably try all 4 while I still have Game Pass and then buy any I like on PS5 when my GP runs out next year.

I picked it up and I’m addicted and loving it. 👍 Rollocks to the lot of you. (Get it?) 😁😉

@get2sammyb
I know this might be a long shot but are there any Dualsense functions on the PS5 version? It would be awesome to play the original versions while still feeling resistance on the triggers when shooting. 🤔🤞

Do not underestimate the power of Playstation. 😁

Can’t even remember the last time I turned on my Series X. I’m keeping it (mostly cos I’ve got loads of digital games on my Xbox account and I sold the controller to fund an engraved Elite Design Lab one) but I can’t see myself getting the next one. Don’t like Microsoft putting all their eggs in a Game Pass shaped basket. The 360 days of quality new IP’s and genuine reasons to own both consoles are long gone.

Spider-Man 2. As another huge Spidey fan I’m taking my time but also can’t stop playing. Just before I read this I’d just finished the Brooklyn Academy Homecoming side mission and (aside from that mission being so damn sweet) it also introduced Halleys text-to-speech so right now I’m super happy that Spider-Man 2 is inclusive as funk! 😍🥰😍 Well done Insomniac. 👍

I paid £70 in 1997 for Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. That’s the equivalent of £157.11 today. For these games to have reached almost photorealistic standards and massive increased in size, and production budget, and still stay (more of less) the same price is astonishing. Well done Insomniac. You made another absolute cracker. 😍👍

I would just like to play them again. A remake/reboot would be interesting but without Amy Hennig at the helm or the original cast it would be missing that special something. A ‘Cowabunga Collection’ style compilation of all the games on modern hardware though? Now you’re talking. 👍

Upgraded for £2.60. Had £7.40 in GAME reward points after buying a certain black box console recently (🤔) so used them to buy £10 PSN credit. Can’t wait to try them out with the Dualsense. 👍

So what happens if I claim Mortal Shell on Plus & the PS4 version is in a digital sale in, say March 2022? Will I be able to buy the sale version and get the free PS5 upgrade or will my PS5 store say ‘Purchased’ permanently blocking me from getting the free upgrade from a digital PS4 version? 🤔

I’m know I’m probably in the minority here but I don’t like how MS puts the latest games on Game Pass. In my mind it makes those games disposable. If I’m interested in a new game and paid full price for it, I’m playing that thing to completion and it stays proudly on my shelf (or on my hard drive) until I want to play it again but when I had Game Pass so many times I’d just play something for 1-2 hours, get bored, try something else, rinse, repeat. There’s no sense of true ownership with GP & in fact it’s not a million miles away from Microsoft’s original plan for the XB One that everyone absolutely hated. On the other hand if Sony come out and say my PS5 can play almost any Playstation game from the last 25 years for an extra £10 a month, take my goddamn money. New games not being on (I am) Spartacus doesn’t bother me but Sony is sitting on a goldmine of gaming history and should take full advantage of that. 👍

I’d love for you guys to do a feature looking back at the missing consoles from UK launch day. 👍 Did everyone who got Cat Food & Kitchen Roll end up getting their consoles? Did anyone ever find out where those missing consoles went? Was it the dodgy delivery drivers or someone from the dispatch warehouse? 🤔🤷‍♂️

Returnal is reminding me so much of playing Bloodborne for the first time. With both games I knew they’d be hard and frustrating going in but it’s the setting & atmosphere that appealed to me. I still remember slowly figuring out how Bloodborne worked (learning how to throw pebbles to thin the herd, mastering the visceral attack) and sticking with it death after death after death because it was so beautifully gothic and dark. I could lead anyone through Central Yarnham blindfolded even now. Exactly the same thing is happening with Returnal & I love it. Only just figured out today that it’s much easier to melee the annoying flying bat things than try to shoot them. A little further every run. 👍

Maybe there’s a little big of my fanboy-ism sneaking in here but it feels like Sony has done some genuine innovations this generation. The Dualsense is obviously a big part of that. Whereas the ‘competition’ has seemingly done more of the same but prettier (even the UI is exactly the same), Sony has borrowed a page from Nintendo’s book and gone for better immersion.
I keep reading about games like Deathloop and how they will use the Dualsense in the future and it just made me think how many will choose the PS5 version of a multi format game purely for Dualsense features. I’m not a massive COD fan but picked up Cold War after hearing how good the adaptive triggers were and they are a genuine game changer. Well done Sony. Bring on the future. 👍

@MaccaMUFC Right so, aside from the haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, “faster” SSD, microphone built into the controller, a free game with every console that scored 83 on Metacritic, share play, 5 actual exclusives in the launch line up alone & a brand new UI........ what has the PS5 ever done for us? 😂😂😂😂😂

@charbtronic I had the same issue after leaving my PS5 on rest mode. Couldn’t log in to COD either. Restarted the PS5 and that sorted both. Hope that helps. 👍

Luckily my Yodel driver seemed like a decent bloke who actually delivered my PS5 yesterday rather than trying nick it. 👍😍
Loving Miles Morales. Combat just as smooth and flowing as ever (Venom skills seamlessly integrated to my usual punch, slide under, high punch, swing kick combo) and it looks gorgeous.
More importantly though Titanfall 2’s multiplayer works on PS5!!! 👍👍👍👍 Keep those servers on Respawn. 😍😍😍

(Shameless plug alert) Well, that’s just silly. Why don’t they do a charity live stream of PS4 games to celebrate the legacy of an awesome console. You know, like this one: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/ps4tftm
👍

But does it still have the marriage proposal? I booted up the PS4 Spider-Man recently to prepare for Miles Morales & the original proposal is still there!! 😱😱😱😂😂😂

I know someone’s already asked but I’d also like to know how I can transfer over all my PS4 screenshots & videos.
But also will the PS5 work with USB splitter cables? Since the PS4 camera will be using up a USB slot with the adapter I’m gonna be one USB short for all my stuff. My PS4 has external HDD, PSVR & the wireless headset dongle that all need USB. Add the PS4 camera to that & I’m one connection short for PS5. If I plug the PS4 camera & the PSVR into one slot with a splitter cable, will they both work?

https://youtu.be/Laf9vpJMDjA

Does it still have the old Sci-Fi movies you can watch in the mothership? I think the original had three genuine movies to watch. 🤔😍😍

Got really excited at the first game shown cos it looked like it might have been Titanfall 3 (except without a Respawn logo at the start). As for the rest, absolutely right to say everything looked current gen. Vampire: The Masquerade looked like it was running on a PS3/360! (The hair!)😱😱😂😂 Apart from the big hitters (AC, Dirt 5, Madden) the rest looked like PS Plus/Games With Gold titles waiting to happen.

Anyone remember the Killzone 2 ‘gameplay’ trailer? Here we go again. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

If you’ve been hoarding Ubisoft points you can also use 100 of them for a 20% discount at the Ubisoft Store. Got the Ultimate edition pre ordered with £20 off. I think it brings the CE down to about £143. 👍

I remember Microsoft’s reaction before they totally screwed the pooch at E3. 😂😂😂😂😂
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2013/02/microsoft_takes_a_shot_at_sonys_playstation_4_reveal

I adore Titanfall 2. Have done since launch. It deserves way more credit than it got, unfairly sandwiched between Infinite Warfare & Battlefield 1. It’s the only multiplayer that I regularly go back to. I’ve told so many people to pick it up for peanuts but even for a fiver, they didn’t want to bite. For me it always feels fresh purely due to the fact that it switches between COD style boots on ground shooting to giant mech fighting in the blink of an eye. That can completely change a match. Frankly, although I’d have preferred games worth more this month, if TF 2 on Plus increases the player count & keeps it alive we’re more likely to get TF 3. Especially now that Respawn have finished their contractually obligated Star Wars game. 👍

I still remember getting that ‘Choose your online ID’ email from Sony from just before the PS3 launched. Being a Pagan I trawled through lists of Gods and Deities to find something suitably epic but still not too obvious (No Zeus69 for me). That’s when I found accounts of mysterious carvings found in many different places around the world depicting hooded figures. No one had ever found out what they were called by the cultures that carved them so they had been just named hooded spirits. Hence Hooded_Spirit. It’s kind of become my general online identity now and I’m still very happy with it. So no changes from me.

There’s a nice sub-plot in the new GOW which tells how (SPOILER) visited other realms and Gods so that kinda leaves the door open for Kratos to use the same methods to visit other lands, realms and pantheons. Would be a good way to explain why the old gods aren’t really heard from anymore too. Kratos killed all of them. 😉