@Shepherd_Tallon Its most likely down to timing possibly mixed in with plans they already have for the game. I imagine their timings for work must be very tight as they do rattle games out much faster than a lot of other studios.
I still think that BB will get the Demon Souls treatment for the PS6 launch and a big bonus for that will be the improved visuals and framerate. So why boost the framerate now when they can make money down the line.
@Oram77 It kind of makes sense as I think the only reason we got the intermission was due to the trilogy spanning a generation. If Retold (or whatever they call 3) was going to be PS6 then you would probably get a vincent intermission.
@TheArt I loved Elden Ring for what it was but I would say its their least evergreen game because its just to damn big. Dark Souls 1 is still the one I go back to the most because its just easier to pick up, get that souls buzz and put it back down all in 40h.
@Wario_Waha who was hating on FS yesterday? If you are referring to people saying that SotE should not be included in GOTY then you are seriously reaching just to troll. But its to be expected as your profile pretty much tells us all we need to know.
Also why does it matter if a game is first party, second party or third party. To the end user it makes no difference if a game is made by Sony, Xbox, Nintendo or subcontracted out to another studio. All that matters is if the game is good and releases on time in a polished state.
This was always going to happen more once MS was greenlit for the biggest aquisition in history. Anyone who was cheerleading for one side was naive if they didn't think it would push others to follow suit.
I wouldn't say the bubble has burst, but I do think games should stop hiring big hollywood actors to appear in games as I imagine that is punting budgets up a fair amount.
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Keanu in Cyberpunk but for some others it feels like they could have been voiced by anyone and saved some pennies.
@SuperSilverback Blood Omen, Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2 and then Defiance is the true order, but I would say you can play Soul Reaver and 2 as kind of standalones if you wanted.
Very happy with premium this month, I am guessing that we will see either a remaster of Defiance or that will get added at some point for the full LoK set.
As always I still think the choice to go 1st person is terrible and ruins what the game could have been. The opening of the deepdive where the room is filling with sand just doesn't work for me in 1st person. it looks like the room is filling up and you jump float to the top and escape. Also having the game go from 1st person to 3rd person anytime something happens really highlights how the whole game should have just been in 3rd person.
Had they gone for VR then I think the game would work really well as it stands, but currently it just looks odd.
@LogicStrikesAgain The other thing I have noticed a lot online is that the crowd shouting loudest that consoles are poor value compared to PC GPU's are the die hards who upgraded from a 1080 > 2080 > 3080 > 4080. Which costs far more over a shorter span of time.
@Member_the_game the pricing of future machines is a concern, but I think it fair to say the pricing of everything in general is a concern. Over on Team Green their refreshed consoles have increased, the same happened with the Switch and as economists have already stated when the minimum wage goes up in the UK it will 100% just be pushed down the line onto goods and services. I think the PS6 will probably land at about £550-£600 for the base model in 2027. However when that happens we will probably also be looking at the top end GPU's pushing £2000 with the way Nvidia is going, so the PS will still feel like a bargain.
@Weebleman Exactly right, It was a smoke and mirrors action to make GP appears to have more members despite actually having declined year on year. At the time I did say I fully them to pull the same trick again with other subscriptions so they can bundle it all under the GP name.
GP - WoW for example would allow them to boost the GP figure substantially when they want to obfuscate numbers in future.
The idea of spiders crawling over your head in VR with haptic feedback for the motion is a straight nope for me. Its nightmare fuel and I don't think I could imagine anything worse 😨
Glad to hear its sounding good for anyone not terrified of the arachno****ards tho
@Icey664 Regarding Dragon Age vs Steller Blade. There is always an element of recency bias in these votes where a newer game just sits in peoples mind more than one that came out 6 months ago.
Its one of the oddities with releasing Indy right after the GOTY cut off. Sure it will do well for holiday sales, but next year it will be behind 12m of newer games that sit fresher in peoples mind if it turns out to be award worthy.
@Slippship I think remakes should be allowed where they are full remakes that are build from the ground up and add something new to the game. So Resident Evil. Final Fatasy 7, Demon Souls, Silent HIll remakes all fit. It is a tricky one tho as everyone will have their own opinion on it. Its like how I feel Shadow of the Erdtree could and possibly should be included despite being DLC, just because its bigger and more impressive than some full games.
I hope Astrobot takes the top prize as its just a simple, great fun game that released practically flawless.
I am still waiting to see what is happening with Warcraft 3 Reforged as its getting an update but they are being very quite about what is actually happening with it. It looks like its going to land on Gamepass, but with it being the 30 year anniversary of Warcraft I have a feeling they might do something else within that new engine.
Personally I am hoping they add in the the WC1 and WC2 campaigns as DLC since those games are mostly unplayable. Either way it will be a good grab if it lands on GP as it was always my favourite RTS.
@alienwithin Try trolling elsewhere because you are terrible at it.
30% cut from a best selling franchise, which is up 60% on their platform, and cost them nothing at all. No marketting, no development, no publishing just a straight up 30% on all digital sales and all future microtransactions for no work at all. Yes MS take 70% but they have to spend a large portion of that on initial and continued development, or would you like to pretend its cost them nothing?
The highest rated full game of 2024 is a Sony 1st party, the 3rd is a 3rd party exclusive, the 8th is also 1st party ... PS users can also play the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th highest rated game on the platform..... but sure 8/10 of the best rated game this year is no games I guess.
@OmegaStriver Personally I don't mind it as we do know roughly what each studio is up to, they are just not throwing information at us until they are sure its good to go, Astrobot is a prime example of very little build up but it was coooked to perfection and is a very strong contender for GOTY as a result.
If you look at the MS roadmap they are constantly pushing things back on it by a few months here and there. Not to mention announcing a release date to far can locks publishers into having to ship games or get bad feedback for delay after delay.
Its a tricky tightrope but I think given the last few years I prefer the just tell me whats coming, when its coming as I don't need 18m of hype and everyone has a backlog regardless.
Redemption was brilliant, Bloodlines was also great. When younger we played a lot of VTM 2nd Edition, VTM Dark Ages, Werewolf and Mage pen and paper. So its safe to say I am a fan of the WoD franchise but this just looks like its going to be a bit of a flop, which is not surprising given its development hell.
Right from the start when they character is using what I assume to be Movement of the Mind to hold and fire a weapon. It just makes no sense as you would no use vitae to hold a weapon 6 inches away from your hand for edgelord vibes.
Hopefully they makes something salvagable but I am not convinced from what they have shown so far.
This take time to develop, this is not really a shocking discovery. I really don't understand why people think that the Pro being developed 5 years ago means that the OG5 should have been better. You have to realise that will also have been in development for probably 4-5 years before it released so it was being created roughly 9 years ago.
@Kraven If it plays anything like the RE VR games then it will be very good. There are a lot of people who try to bash the PSVR2 but personally I would say it utterly transforms how you play games and raises them to a whole new level. Its the little things on RE that stand out like looking over your shoulder and being able to shoot the thing coming up behind you in the head without fully turning around. Or having to back pedal whilst grabbing a clip, putting it in your gun and pulling back the slide rather than just Press Square to Reload. And also completely rethinking what weapons are good because the usual god tier sniper rifles are so much harder to use when you factor in your arms doing the aiming and your shaking like mad.
Its a shame for al the Devs who are out of work because this projects failure doesn't sit squarely on their shoulders. The higher ups who championed the game could, and should, have stepped in to repoint it in a better direction. As usual however they will get no real consequences, and even if they did it would be a golden handshake whilst the workers get all the blame for what was clearly a mismanaged project.
For myself this weekend was finishing The Sinking City which was pretty meh overall. I liked the concept but it was so repetative and the wylebeasts needed to be better. That said I am curious what the sequel will be like as the are switching up from detective game to action horror and I spotted proper mythos beasties in the trailer.
Alongside that I did more RE4 VR, and the minicart level is excellent, and any VR naysayers need to try RE as it truly does reinvent those games feel to be played. Also started Kena which seems enjoyable so far.
@KingPev TWW will be a huge time sync, I have all but given up on retail WoW at this point as the slow move to making it more like an e-sport is just creating a huge time sync loop. Much preferring the chil vibe of Cata Classic where I can raid log and play other stuff in the back ground.
@Danloaded It was not a respone to getting the game, more the way it was announced. It was at the end of a big XB showcase into Indy where they gave the announce date and the big final tease was "you can also play this on PS5 just 3 months later"
It was just a terrible way to announce it and soured a lot of XB fans at an XB event and I get why it bothered people. It should probably have been 6 months, and would have been better announcing it the next day in a simple press release.
It's why faith in the XB platform is at an all time low as their words and actions are not aligning. They are sending a very strong message that the focus is Xbox game studies as a publisher who just want games on as many platforms as possible. Whilst saying they are not abandoning the platform but also not giving fans much confidence that the platform is their main concern.
I have a original disc PS5 and have used the drive a lot but am not going to be upset if moving forward the drive is an optional extra providing the current drive will be compatible with the PS6 so that you can simply keep moving your drive across the generations.
I know its unlikely that would happen but I can live in hope
@Bramble Yes. I have not played Diablo 4 myself, but traditionally Diablo is a an easy to approach ARPG which can be more challenging if you decide to push into the harder difficulties and end game content.
Then ultimately if you decide you enjoy the genre you can move to the much more advanced games like Path of Exile which are the same style of gameplay with far greater build variety.
EDIT: Infact if you are only wanting to try the game style then PoE might be better to see if you enjoy the grinds as its free and D4 is pretty pricey if it turns out to be not your thing.
@ArcticSin The real budget was Elden Ring which you could get for £39.99 physical at release in the UK. Sadly great offers like that are few and far between.
Just finished Shadow of the Erdtree, so not sure what I will do next. Great game overall but didn't quite reach the level of Dark Souls or Bloodborne for me. The game is to big and lacks the focus of the smaller earlier games. The other main issue I found is that all roads lead to bleed in the DLC. You can obviously play any build but Bleed is just so damn powerful that its not even close.
Might keep chipping away at RE4 VR next before starting either Hogwarts, Kena or The Sinking City.
@Vaako007 I reckon the move to the add-on disc drive will also help keep physical around a little longer for those of us still buying it. I know its not the most popular change with the new slim / pro moels but I can see it being the default going forward with the PS6 and will be a simple but effective solution to backwards compatabilty for physical enjoyers.
@Blaze215 Yasuke existed as a samurai character prior to 2019. He was in Nioh in 2017 for a start and in books, manga, anime etc before that. I would imagine deleting social media was more of a respone to harrasment from terminally online twitter morons rather than anything else.
As for why they chose him as a character its pretty simple and something I will always stand behind. Its the creatives right to tell the story they want to tell. If people want to tell a story using a different character then there is nothing stopping them from doing that.
As for why Yasuke I can thing of a few reasons, which dont wade into silly woke dei argument territory.
They could play on the angle that as a foreigner he brought the assassin order to Japan.
He existed but is a kind of blank slate maybe allowing for more freedom in the story while keeping more well known lords more accurate.
All things considered I still find the whole outrage silly as Nioh never received this backlash for William Anjin. And GoT never got grief for using a real life event whilst making up the characters. Its just selective outrage from the minority being presented as the majority.
This was easily the lowest point in the SoP. The character visuals look terrrible. All the faces look like they are wearing stretched out skin masks. The dragon also looked off in the trailer, It might be the style the are going for but it looked like the dragon was a noticably lower res than the back ground which made it stand out in all the wrong ways.
Also I am concerned that they seem to be focussing on mage combat in a lot of these previews which makes me think that the other classes will be much less engaging.
Very good SoP in my opinion, probably one of the best.
The Midnight Walk was a great opener dripping with Tim Burton inspiration that should be great to play in VR or flat. Hell Is Us also peaked my interest with the futuristic mannequin enemies as the add a creepier vibe than typical monsters. Soul Reaver is the goat so glad to have that back, and getting LoK: Blood Omen added as a classic is a great bonus as its the start of Kains journey, and the series is all about him. Lunar & Dino Crisis are also nice additions as I have played neither but will check them out. Lego Horizon looks ridiculous in all the right ways, and HZD going the £10 upgrade route to bring a 7 year old game to modern standards is the right way to do it. Ghost of Yotei then closed the show on a high as I have every faith that it will be as good as the original.
Looks excellent and the anthology style is the right way to take the series.You get to keep the mechanics and style of the original with an complete new cast, new land and new story to tell. Looking forward to this one.
If its not been mentioned already, its worth noting that peak player count on steam is around 35.5k with 2.5k negative reviews. So clearly the outrage is tiny and most players do not care.
Lets be real here, if this was any other publisher then it would be a non issue. The fact that its Sony just gets to the PC master race because a subsection of them have had it in for "console peasants" for years. Its not all PC players in the same way that not everyone who owns a playstation is a Pony but sadly you only ever hear from those who happen to be screeching at the current issue.
This is on par with loads of questionable PC stuff like multiple accounts, secondary launchers and its not an issue 99% of the time.
@OldGamer999 I think we will see more games in 2025 and its more down to the games being worked on and Sony doesn't like announcing stuff to far out.
I know its not a popular stance but I do prefer it this way as I found the practise of announcing games 4 years before release was doing more harm than good.
And in fairness there are still plenty of great games out there, even if they are 3rd party.
I think SE just expect the prestige like they had during PS1 and PS2 era but times have moved on and lots of games that are equal or better RPGs release now.
I still love FF but the franchise has had it's best years.
Unlikely I would buy it as I have already played the original, but I also wouldn't select the over inflammatory "Absolutely not, I've played it before" option as it seems to extreme.
If the company wants to update it to bring it in line with the sequel for newer players then I have no issue with that. Same with TLOU2, I have not played it yet so if I were to buy it, I like that I have the option of getting it at a newer standard.
Much like anything if you want it buy it, if you don't then just move along.
@jrt87 From my experience you are 100% right, when people say they are good with a computer now it means very little other than I can boot up a browser and login to a 365, and in reality you can do most of that on a tablet. Its a world apart from anyone who grew up with machines running DOS, 3.11, 95 and worked up from there. If you had to work around PC's when they were a pita then I find you have a much better understanding of them in general.
@Intr1n5ic I know what you mean about physical. I don't mind buying digital if I am buying day 1 and the price is the same but I want physical to stay. Mainly for when I pick up old PS4 games I missed and for those digital is awful as you can usually grab a disc copy for around £15 or still spend £40 in the store.
Sure its expensive, but I don't think its too expensive or absurd if you look at the american price. Its more a question of how much can you personally afford and how much are you willing to spend on entertainment. The PS5 pro is an enthusiast level product for those who want it. If you compare this to other products like phones, smart watches, tablets then they are all far worse and no one bats an eye at how much they cost.
The problem this gen is that peoples expectations from consoles is way out of line with reality. They want native 4k with 60fps and RT and somehow expect it to fall into a nice low cost package. Component prices have gone up drastically over the last few years and if you just look at GPUs alone for PC then you can see how consoles still offer value, people just don't want to pay it.
The only think they probably should have addressed is the no US pricing as the UK are being charged an extra $64 when you remove the vat from the UK Price. If they did it even across the board then they could likely have brought it in at £649 UK which might have sat better for some.
Ultimately its unlikely that I buy one, but I don't think its unreasonable for a niche product if peope want it.
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Re: Random: Even Clive from Final Fantasy 16 Is Begging for Bloodborne at 60fps
@Shepherd_Tallon Its most likely down to timing possibly mixed in with plans they already have for the game. I imagine their timings for work must be very tight as they do rattle games out much faster than a lot of other studios.
I still think that BB will get the Demon Souls treatment for the PS6 launch and a big bonus for that will be the improved visuals and framerate. So why boost the framerate now when they can make money down the line.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Not Getting DLC, Part 3 the Full Focus
@Oram77 It kind of makes sense as I think the only reason we got the intermission was due to the trilogy spanning a generation. If Retold (or whatever they call 3) was going to be PS6 then you would probably get a vincent intermission.
Re: Peerless RPG Baldur's Gate 3 Has More Players Now Than at Launch
@TheArt I loved Elden Ring for what it was but I would say its their least evergreen game because its just to damn big. Dark Souls 1 is still the one I go back to the most because its just easier to pick up, get that souls buzz and put it back down all in 40h.
Re: Feature: Why Would Sony Want to Buy Kadokawa?
@Wario_Waha who was hating on FS yesterday? If you are referring to people saying that SotE should not be included in GOTY then you are seriously reaching just to troll. But its to be expected as your profile pretty much tells us all we need to know.
Also why does it matter if a game is first party, second party or third party. To the end user it makes no difference if a game is made by Sony, Xbox, Nintendo or subcontracted out to another studio. All that matters is if the game is good and releases on time in a polished state.
Re: Sony Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Elden Ring Dev's Parent Company Kadokawa Corp
This was always going to happen more once MS was greenlit for the biggest aquisition in history. Anyone who was cheerleading for one side was naive if they didn't think it would push others to follow suit.
Re: Do You Really Want Devs to Make Lower Budget, More Original Games for PS5?
I wouldn't say the bubble has burst, but I do think games should stop hiring big hollywood actors to appear in games as I imagine that is punting budgets up a fair amount.
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Keanu in Cyberpunk but for some others it feels like they could have been voiced by anyone and saved some pennies.
Re: All The Game Awards 2024 Nominees Revealed, Astro Bot Up for 7 Awards
@AdamNovice clearly you must be mistaken, Sony hasn't had a decent 1st party game this year from all the comments I keep seeing
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Astro deserves some love, I really hope they get it
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for November 2024?
Not to fussed about the extra games but Premium is stacked, really liking the VR game a month on premium also
Re: All The Game Awards 2024 Nominees Revealed, Astro Bot Up for 7 Awards
@KillerBoy Balatro should absolutely be there, it might be an indie but it scored very well and has a big and constant playerbase.
Re: The Game Awards Confirms DLC, Remasters Can Win Game of the Year Days Prior to Nominations Reveal
DLCs should probably have thier own category since Ongoing Game doesn't really fit, and to my mind that should just be live service stuff.
Remakes are fine when its the likes of RE2, RE3, RE4, SIlent Hill 2 as they built the game again and expanded on it in ways.
Remasters should be left out completely
Re: Legacy of Kain Fans Will Be Feasting on PS5, PS4 These Coming Weeks
@SuperSilverback Blood Omen, Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2 and then Defiance is the true order, but I would say you can play Soul Reaver and 2 as kind of standalones if you wanted.
Re: 17 Games Land on PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week
Very happy with premium this month, I am guessing that we will see either a remaster of Defiance or that will get added at some point for the full LoK set.
Re: Indiana Jones Looks Like an Adventure Worth Waiting for on PS5
As always I still think the choice to go 1st person is terrible and ruins what the game could have been. The opening of the deepdive where the room is filling with sand just doesn't work for me in 1st person. it looks like the room is filling up and you jump float to the top and escape. Also having the game go from 1st person to 3rd person anytime something happens really highlights how the whole game should have just been in 3rd person.
Had they gone for VR then I think the game would work really well as it stands, but currently it just looks odd.
Re: Round Up: PS5 Pro Reviews Love New Tech and Its Glimpse of PS6 Potential
@LogicStrikesAgain The other thing I have noticed a lot online is that the crowd shouting loudest that consoles are poor value compared to PC GPU's are the die hards who upgraded from a 1080 > 2080 > 3080 > 4080. Which costs far more over a shorter span of time.
@Member_the_game the pricing of future machines is a concern, but I think it fair to say the pricing of everything in general is a concern. Over on Team Green their refreshed consoles have increased, the same happened with the Switch and as economists have already stated when the minimum wage goes up in the UK it will 100% just be pushed down the line onto goods and services. I think the PS6 will probably land at about £550-£600 for the base model in 2027. However when that happens we will probably also be looking at the top end GPU's pushing £2000 with the way Nvidia is going, so the PS will still feel like a bargain.
Re: PS5 Dominates UK Black Ops 6 Sales, As Game Pass Causes Xbox Share to Collapse
@Weebleman Exactly right, It was a smoke and mirrors action to make GP appears to have more members despite actually having declined year on year. At the time I did say I fully them to pull the same trick again with other subscriptions so they can bundle it all under the GP name.
GP - WoW for example would allow them to boost the GP figure substantially when they want to obfuscate numbers in future.
Re: Metro Awakening (PSVR2) - One of the Most Immersive VR Games Ever
The idea of spiders crawling over your head in VR with haptic feedback for the motion is a straight nope for me. Its nightmare fuel and I don't think I could imagine anything worse 😨
Glad to hear its sounding good for anyone not terrified of the arachno****ards tho
Re: Golden Joystick Reveals Nominations for 'Ultimate Game of the Year'
@Icey664 Regarding Dragon Age vs Steller Blade. There is always an element of recency bias in these votes where a newer game just sits in peoples mind more than one that came out 6 months ago.
Its one of the oddities with releasing Indy right after the GOTY cut off. Sure it will do well for holiday sales, but next year it will be behind 12m of newer games that sit fresher in peoples mind if it turns out to be award worthy.
Re: Mini Review: Empire of the Ants (PS5) - A Confused RTS That Shines in Its Multiplayer
@Matroska I was wondering if anyone else would make a Sim Ant link. I played the hell out of that game in high school
Re: Golden Joystick Reveals Nominations for 'Ultimate Game of the Year'
@Slippship I think remakes should be allowed where they are full remakes that are build from the ground up and add something new to the game. So Resident Evil. Final Fatasy 7, Demon Souls, Silent HIll remakes all fit. It is a tricky one tho as everyone will have their own opinion on it. Its like how I feel Shadow of the Erdtree could and possibly should be included despite being DLC, just because its bigger and more impressive than some full games.
I hope Astrobot takes the top prize as its just a simple, great fun game that released practically flawless.
Re: Xbox's Legendary Strategy Series Seemingly Set to Invade PS5
I am still waiting to see what is happening with Warcraft 3 Reforged as its getting an update but they are being very quite about what is actually happening with it. It looks like its going to land on Gamepass, but with it being the 30 year anniversary of Warcraft I have a feeling they might do something else within that new engine.
Personally I am hoping they add in the the WC1 and WC2 campaigns as DLC since those games are mostly unplayable. Either way it will be a good grab if it lands on GP as it was always my favourite RTS.
Re: Xbox's Legendary Strategy Series Seemingly Set to Invade PS5
AOE 2 was a good game, its probably the peak of the series, which is why its still being played to this day and gets more attention than its sequels.
Its much more of a PC game imo tho as its designed for M/KB, but happy for people who enjoy these games on console.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty Remains Steady on PS5, PS4 Despite Black Ops 6's Xbox Game Pass Inclusion
@alienwithin Try trolling elsewhere because you are terrible at it.
30% cut from a best selling franchise, which is up 60% on their platform, and cost them nothing at all. No marketting, no development, no publishing just a straight up 30% on all digital sales and all future microtransactions for no work at all. Yes MS take 70% but they have to spend a large portion of that on initial and continued development, or would you like to pretend its cost them nothing?
The highest rated full game of 2024 is a Sony 1st party, the 3rd is a 3rd party exclusive, the 8th is also 1st party ... PS users can also play the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th highest rated game on the platform..... but sure 8/10 of the best rated game this year is no games I guess.
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Re: PS5 Pro was a '5-Year Project', In Development Before PS5's Launch
@OmegaStriver Personally I don't mind it as we do know roughly what each studio is up to, they are just not throwing information at us until they are sure its good to go, Astrobot is a prime example of very little build up but it was coooked to perfection and is a very strong contender for GOTY as a result.
If you look at the MS roadmap they are constantly pushing things back on it by a few months here and there. Not to mention announcing a release date to far can locks publishers into having to ship games or get bad feedback for delay after delay.
Its a tricky tightrope but I think given the last few years I prefer the just tell me whats coming, when its coming as I don't need 18m of hype and everyone has a backlog regardless.
Re: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 PS5 Offers Tasty Gameplay Morsel
Redemption was brilliant, Bloodlines was also great. When younger we played a lot of VTM 2nd Edition, VTM Dark Ages, Werewolf and Mage pen and paper. So its safe to say I am a fan of the WoD franchise but this just looks like its going to be a bit of a flop, which is not surprising given its development hell.
Right from the start when they character is using what I assume to be Movement of the Mind to hold and fire a weapon. It just makes no sense as you would no use vitae to hold a weapon 6 inches away from your hand for edgelord vibes.
Hopefully they makes something salvagable but I am not convinced from what they have shown so far.
Re: PS5 Pro was a '5-Year Project', In Development Before PS5's Launch
This take time to develop, this is not really a shocking discovery. I really don't understand why people think that the Pro being developed 5 years ago means that the OG5 should have been better. You have to realise that will also have been in development for probably 4-5 years before it released so it was being created roughly 9 years ago.
Re: Matthew McConaughey Details Exodus' Sci-Fi Horrors in Signature Charismatic Drawl
They had me at bears
Re: Metro Awakening Will Be a Reason to Own PSVR2 This Holiday
@Kraven If it plays anything like the RE VR games then it will be very good. There are a lot of people who try to bash the PSVR2 but personally I would say it utterly transforms how you play games and raises them to a whole new level. Its the little things on RE that stand out like looking over your shoulder and being able to shoot the thing coming up behind you in the head without fully turning around. Or having to back pedal whilst grabbing a clip, putting it in your gun and pulling back the slide rather than just Press Square to Reload. And also completely rethinking what weapons are good because the usual god tier sniper rifles are so much harder to use when you factor in your arms doing the aiming and your shaking like mad.
Re: PS5, PC Flop Concord Never Returning, Studio Closed Down
Its a shame for al the Devs who are out of work because this projects failure doesn't sit squarely on their shoulders. The higher ups who championed the game could, and should, have stepped in to repoint it in a better direction. As usual however they will get no real consequences, and even if they did it would be a golden handshake whilst the workers get all the blame for what was clearly a mismanaged project.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 552
For myself this weekend was finishing The Sinking City which was pretty meh overall. I liked the concept but it was so repetative and the wylebeasts needed to be better. That said I am curious what the sequel will be like as the are switching up from detective game to action horror and I spotted proper mythos beasties in the trailer.
Alongside that I did more RE4 VR, and the minicart level is excellent, and any VR naysayers need to try RE as it truly does reinvent those games feel to be played. Also started Kena which seems enjoyable so far.
@KingPev TWW will be a huge time sync, I have all but given up on retail WoW at this point as the slow move to making it more like an e-sport is just creating a huge time sync loop. Much preferring the chil vibe of Cata Classic where I can raid log and play other stuff in the back ground.
Re: Microsoft CEO Says More Xbox Games Will Come to PS5, Hours After Rumours Said Porting Project Was Paused
@rjejr Flyby11... your PC can run Windows 11 with a litle help from that handy tool.
Re: Microsoft CEO Says More Xbox Games Will Come to PS5, Hours After Rumours Said Porting Project Was Paused
@Danloaded It was not a respone to getting the game, more the way it was announced. It was at the end of a big XB showcase into Indy where they gave the announce date and the big final tease was "you can also play this on PS5 just 3 months later"
It was just a terrible way to announce it and soured a lot of XB fans at an XB event and I get why it bothered people. It should probably have been 6 months, and would have been better announcing it the next day in a simple press release.
It's why faith in the XB platform is at an all time low as their words and actions are not aligning. They are sending a very strong message that the focus is Xbox game studies as a publisher who just want games on as many platforms as possible. Whilst saying they are not abandoning the platform but also not giving fans much confidence that the platform is their main concern.
Re: Like It or Not, This Is Why PS5 Pro Doesn't Have a Disc Drive
I have a original disc PS5 and have used the drive a lot but am not going to be upset if moving forward the drive is an optional extra providing the current drive will be compatible with the PS6 so that you can simply keep moving your drive across the generations.
I know its unlikely that would happen but I can live in hope
Re: Mini Review: Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (PS5) - Hard to Hate This Meaty Expansion
@Bramble Yes. I have not played Diablo 4 myself, but traditionally Diablo is a an easy to approach ARPG which can be more challenging if you decide to push into the harder difficulties and end game content.
Then ultimately if you decide you enjoy the genre you can move to the much more advanced games like Path of Exile which are the same style of gameplay with far greater build variety.
EDIT: Infact if you are only wanting to try the game style then PoE might be better to see if you enjoy the grinds as its free and D4 is pretty pricey if it turns out to be not your thing.
Re: Fans Can't Fathom Why PS5 RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is So Cheap
@ArcticSin The real budget was Elden Ring which you could get for £39.99 physical at release in the UK. Sadly great offers like that are few and far between.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 550
Just finished Shadow of the Erdtree, so not sure what I will do next. Great game overall but didn't quite reach the level of Dark Souls or Bloodborne for me. The game is to big and lacks the focus of the smaller earlier games. The other main issue I found is that all roads lead to bleed in the DLC. You can obviously play any build but Bleed is just so damn powerful that its not even close.
Might keep chipping away at RE4 VR next before starting either Hogwarts, Kena or The Sinking City.
Re: Newly Signed Law May Restrict Sony's Use of Terms Like 'Buy' or 'Purchase' for Digital Games
@Vaako007 I reckon the move to the add-on disc drive will also help keep physical around a little longer for those of us still buying it. I know its not the most popular change with the new slim / pro moels but I can see it being the default going forward with the PS6 and will be a simple but effective solution to backwards compatabilty for physical enjoyers.
Re: Ubisoft Backs Out of Tokyo Game Show at Eleventh Hour, Cancels Livestream
@Blaze215 Yasuke existed as a samurai character prior to 2019. He was in Nioh in 2017 for a start and in books, manga, anime etc before that. I would imagine deleting social media was more of a respone to harrasment from terminally online twitter morons rather than anything else.
As for why they chose him as a character its pretty simple and something I will always stand behind. Its the creatives right to tell the story they want to tell. If people want to tell a story using a different character then there is nothing stopping them from doing that.
As for why Yasuke I can thing of a few reasons, which dont wade into silly woke dei argument territory.
All things considered I still find the whole outrage silly as Nioh never received this backlash for William Anjin. And GoT never got grief for using a real life event whilst making up the characters. Its just selective outrage from the minority being presented as the majority.
Re: BioWare Battles Dragons in Lengthy Dragon Age: The Veilguard Mage Gameplay
This was easily the lowest point in the SoP. The character visuals look terrrible. All the faces look like they are wearing stretched out skin masks. The dragon also looked off in the trailer, It might be the style the are going for but it looked like the dragon was a noticably lower res than the back ground which made it stand out in all the wrong ways.
Also I am concerned that they seem to be focussing on mage combat in a lot of these previews which makes me think that the other classes will be much less engaging.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Sony's State of Play for September 2024?
Very good SoP in my opinion, probably one of the best.
The Midnight Walk was a great opener dripping with Tim Burton inspiration that should be great to play in VR or flat.
Hell Is Us also peaked my interest with the futuristic mannequin enemies as the add a creepier vibe than typical monsters.
Soul Reaver is the goat so glad to have that back, and getting LoK: Blood Omen added as a classic is a great bonus as its the start of Kains journey, and the series is all about him.
Lunar & Dino Crisis are also nice additions as I have played neither but will check them out.
Lego Horizon looks ridiculous in all the right ways, and HZD going the £10 upgrade route to bring a 7 year old game to modern standards is the right way to do it.
Ghost of Yotei then closed the show on a high as I have every faith that it will be as good as the original.
Re: Ghost of Yotei Is the Ghost of Tsushima Sequel We Needed, Slashing to PS5 in 2025
Looks excellent and the anthology style is the right way to take the series.You get to keep the mechanics and style of the original with an complete new cast, new land and new story to tell. Looking forward to this one.
Re: God of War Ragnarok PC Mod Removes PSN Login Requirement
If its not been mentioned already, its worth noting that peak player count on steam is around 35.5k with 2.5k negative reviews. So clearly the outrage is tiny and most players do not care.
Re: God of War Ragnarok PC Mod Removes PSN Login Requirement
Lets be real here, if this was any other publisher then it would be a non issue. The fact that its Sony just gets to the PC master race because a subsection of them have had it in for "console peasants" for years. Its not all PC players in the same way that not everyone who owns a playstation is a Pony but sadly you only ever hear from those who happen to be screeching at the current issue.
This is on par with loads of questionable PC stuff like multiple accounts, secondary launchers and its not an issue 99% of the time.
Re: God of War Ragnarok PC Review Bombed Over PSN Requirement
@PsBoxSwitchOwner you forgot the GoG account
Re: Reaction: Why There Are So Many Unnecessary PS5 Remasters for Games That Don't Need Them
@OldGamer999 I think we will see more games in 2025 and its more down to the games being worked on and Sony doesn't like announcing stuff to far out.
I know its not a popular stance but I do prefer it this way as I found the practise of announcing games 4 years before release was doing more harm than good.
And in fairness there are still plenty of great games out there, even if they are 3rd party.
Re: PS5 Exclusives Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Failed to Meet Expectations
I think SE just expect the prestige like they had during PS1 and PS2 era but times have moved on and lots of games that are equal or better RPGs release now.
I still love FF but the franchise has had it's best years.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn's PS5, PC Remaster Is Very Much the Real Deal
Unlikely I would buy it as I have already played the original, but I also wouldn't select the over inflammatory "Absolutely not, I've played it before" option as it seems to extreme.
If the company wants to update it to bring it in line with the sequel for newer players then I have no issue with that. Same with TLOU2, I have not played it yet so if I were to buy it, I like that I have the option of getting it at a newer standard.
Much like anything if you want it buy it, if you don't then just move along.
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Is F**cked and PS5's New Firmware Is to Blame
@DonJorginho Being playing Death Stranding Directors Cut recently as I finally got around to starting it, Incredible game btw.
What are the issues on that as I have not noticed anything off with it?
Re: Sony Boss Says 'PCs Are Difficult to Set Up', Firm Will Focus on PS5
@jrt87 From my experience you are 100% right, when people say they are good with a computer now it means very little other than I can boot up a browser and login to a 365, and in reality you can do most of that on a tablet. Its a world apart from anyone who grew up with machines running DOS, 3.11, 95 and worked up from there. If you had to work around PC's when they were a pita then I find you have a much better understanding of them in general.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth 'Hugely Improved' on PS5 Pro, a 'Night and Day' Difference
@Intr1n5ic I know what you mean about physical. I don't mind buying digital if I am buying day 1 and the price is the same but I want physical to stay. Mainly for when I pick up old PS4 games I missed and for those digital is awful as you can usually grab a disc copy for around £15 or still spend £40 in the store.
Re: Talking Point: Is PS5 Pro Way Too Expensive?
Sure its expensive, but I don't think its too expensive or absurd if you look at the american price. Its more a question of how much can you personally afford and how much are you willing to spend on entertainment. The PS5 pro is an enthusiast level product for those who want it. If you compare this to other products like phones, smart watches, tablets then they are all far worse and no one bats an eye at how much they cost.
The problem this gen is that peoples expectations from consoles is way out of line with reality. They want native 4k with 60fps and RT and somehow expect it to fall into a nice low cost package. Component prices have gone up drastically over the last few years and if you just look at GPUs alone for PC then you can see how consoles still offer value, people just don't want to pay it.
The only think they probably should have addressed is the no US pricing as the UK are being charged an extra $64 when you remove the vat from the UK Price. If they did it even across the board then they could likely have brought it in at £649 UK which might have sat better for some.
Ultimately its unlikely that I buy one, but I don't think its unreasonable for a niche product if peope want it.