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@TheRam I get it. Bandwagons tend to make the easiest to bash out reader fodder. For the easiest reader to please....

That's an awful lot of lifting that "currently" is doing, eh. 😏

@Arnna Still, after all the hype not to mention the alleged extreme shifts put in, there is no way in hell this game won't end up fixed and going down the same warm way as Vampire: Bloodlines - or indeed even the Witcher games which had similar problems.
Trouble is entitled folk these days want everything fixed NOW NOW NOW. It's like Cyberpunk is the only thing going on in their lives.
Yes it should have been released finished - but name me one single game that's released finished these days. I own PC games that have never had, or needed, 1 SINGLE patch released for them. But the 90's are over.

This won't age well. The review, obviously - not the game.

Never gave a crap what Metacritic has to say about any game. Oooh a new game has glitches. Welcome to 2020, children. Vampire : Bloodlines was a hot mess when it came out. It's down in history as one of the finest RPGs ever made.

By that theory, all car reviewers are rally drivers, all washing machine reviews are Bosch engineers, all food reviewers would be chefs.....I could go on but you get the point. Maybe.

To be fair it's pretty irrelevant whether you wow the critics or not - they aren't gamers. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Scum. I am buying from a proper retailer - i.e. Tesco - as and when they have stock in the shop. And I really can wait.

The thought of paying twice has never once even remotely appealed to me. 🙄

Oh dear. I'd estimate the exact opposite - 95% (at least) of my PS4 games are physical media. But hey if you really do enjoy the thought of, when you've finished a game you know you won't wish to play again, or buy a game that is utterly terrible and just want rid of, being lumbered with those games forever, with no chance to sell them on or give them away, good on ya. Equally, I'm sure you argue well for digital every time the PS Network goes down. Nevermind, chuck, you're a Sony preferred customer, so that's what counts....right?

"Games journalists": "Hmmm now let me see what needs to be set up here"

Actual gamers: "Right lemme see what [insert killer PS4 game] looks like on THIS!!!"

😏

It hasn't been released yet. I'll let you know when it's out.

Don't worry love there's a rumour that apparently you'll be able to multitask and use your phone as well as your PS5 so you'll not miss out on those all important football results. 👍🏻

Perhaps an upgrade to make God of War 4 less on-rails...?

How lovely for them. I'll just carry on listening to actual gamers, thanks. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Aaaw I remember fans like that! I used to think it would always be sufficient to keep a CPU cool - after I used it for my Intel Pentium III PC back in the day. It's nice to see things have come so far in the console world....

HDR is relative, as it will tend to look different per TV and per individual settings the owner has made. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Still, yes yes, for continued press passes: "this is awesome!!", etc etc...

Will it also make combat feel less identical to that of the Batman games..? 😏

I know what a PS5 is. Got not a Scooby Doo who the hell Travis Scott is. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@OutspokenGamer Screw all the staff Amazon are killing as well then eh - so long as you can bung them money every single month to get it next day. Yay. 💷

Game are clueless about games these days. I had planned on picking it up from Tesco anyway. My happy place.

Who leaves their original PlayStation (bizarrely referred to here as "PS1") games in the loft?! Get them on Ebay!

You're asserting this having not played any PS5 games yet...
Interesting take.
Why not get in super early and write another one up for the PS6? You're welcome.

Where was I on day one? Playing vastly superior PC games, obviously. And probably thinking consoles were never going to catch up. But hey, a mere 20 years later here we are! Rapid or what! Who's laughing now, so-called PC master race! 🤔

My what useful buttons. Out of all those I only use YouTube. On my PC. 🙄

@dellyrascal Instead of just being reminded of that why not just set up an EMU and enjoy that one again? I find this blocky, reverse engineered crap incredibly lazy. Not just in terms of looking like they missed the 1994 boat but also in terms of making something original.

@twenty90seven I'd be happy if they looked like they put any effort into it and didn't just chuck out a phone game.

Cue Twitter Mob: "Oh jeez not another white guy in my video game. #smh".
But anyway, discounting the folk who don't actually play games, I always end up with a hollow feeling playing these games once you realise it was all just a game within a game and nothing you've achieved has any actual in-game consequence whatsoever.

@Porkfiend "Reply all you want - I won't be reading them hahahahaha" - that's what anyone always types when they'll definitely be back and definitely reading them.

How is it relevant how much I'm prepared to pay?? They're not going to barter or haggle when I get to the till. I'll cough up whatever it is not because I'm a fanboy, but because after winning a PS4 when buying a Sony TV I've found out that finally consoles are on a par with PC's for shiny graphics, and I've really enjoyed the exclusives (bar Sony screwing over Eden Games).

@WasabiPeanut Or trade them in at Cex for coins. Most PS4 games have generally held their value to a few quid (except Destiny).

Wooaaahh remember when we had "Screamer"? No, I know you don't I'm being rhetorical - Google it. Then arcade racers got even MORE realistic year on year. Then I found myself thinking "but you know what's really missing from my line-up of enjoyable, modern arcade racers here is some blocky, lazy crap that someone knocked out in a fortnight to 'be, like, totally retro and stuff!'"
Looks like all my wishes have been granted. 🤗

No idea I have slightly better things to do than sit measuring how long my games take to start up. How about you?

I've not been living under the sea I'm just not remotely interested let alone excited by the Xbox so why would I know anything about the leaks you referred to?

Well from your track record anyone who doesn't agree gets their comment removed so um...'yes, I totally agree'....? 🤖

@Kefka2589 I'm glad you saw through his reply there was no comparison nor "ha-HAH gotcha!" to be made there with your questioning him signing up to a news site, and remaining solo on PSN. 👍🏻

That's a shame. I only buy physical copies - being pragmatic, and all. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Kefka2589 Because a PlayStation news and articles site is such a similar experience to multiplayer gaming on a PS4, eh.. 🙄

@wiiware So do it on a PC...?

Oh yawn. So not at all proving there are next to no original ideas left in gaming now then, nor a complete lack of imagination. 🥱

Who'd have thunk it - the next generation controller has more power than the previous one! I'm so shaken right now!
Never thought the PS4 controller lacked a good bit of stamina anyway.

God just wait it out. 🙄 Got plenty of NFS to tide me over in the meantime. No one has the patience to wait it out these days.

@theheadofabroom Hmmm with how fast the tech world moves along, 2016 is an awfully long time to cut it the slack of not bedding down just yet. How much slack do you want to give it? Those other examples are niche yeah that's true but they've been established in some cases for a couple of decades. I take your point though.

Yes yes, we've all known about this gimmick for quite some time now, and sales figures confirm it will soon be joining the likes of 3DTV. ☠️

Well, you're attempting to stoke the fire by constantly running with speculation. I'm not sure that counts as a "debate raging over PS Plus" 🤷🏻‍♂️

@MarcG420 Oh boy, almost as wearily predictable as those jumping in in advance of anything kicking off saying "here come the people who aren't permitted to have an opinion that differs from my own - they're just wrong, because...well because I just said so".
I have no opinion on it one way or the other. But I'd at least accept that all sides need to have a way to express an opinion. All this "if you can't say anything nice...." brigade can by all means live in their sickly nauseating world - let them stick to the clique because if you actually lived in a world where everyone was as sugary nice (fake) as that: I guarantee you'd blow your brains out by the end of day one.

Ohh interesting. I'll have a crack then, for free. I hope they put more effort into the single player than Call of Duty Ghosts. I watched my friend play that and it took him about 2 hours from start to finish having never played the game before. Truly a pathetic state of affairs for glorious single player campaigns these days.

@SwankyPaladin I don't have many friends but that's not relevant to the reason. The actual reason is I enjoy a sense of achievement conquering a game all by myself, rather than not being bold enough and having to rely on teammates.

So a couple of multiplayer games.....

Oh well, better luck next month hopefully. 🤞🏻

All the community and group and multiplayer stuff I'll never use due to being an apex single player. 👌🏻
I'm really going to miss the PS4 relaxing menu music and gentle waves though, as it's actually the last link back to the glory days of Sony Xperia phones - the Z2 and Z3. Pure luxury - before Sony largely lost their way