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I'm confused by the headline wording; are these being added or removed?

I'm guessing they'll relaunch it as F2P.

OK i've just looked up who the developers are and their previous games and... yikes. On second thoughts I'm staying clear of this.

@rjejr Agreed. This looks far more Serious Sam than Turok. I hope we don't start labelling everything with dinosaurs in either Turok or Dino Crisis

Saying that if this gets half decent reviews and is a good price point it could be worth a punt.

@sorteddan Exactly, thank you. All for the price of a coffee. And this will keep your brain sufficiently stimulated for hours!

I'd take a simple remaster of 1 & 2 tbh. Freakin' love the second game especially.

I'm nearing the end of Chapter 4 and it's a strong 7.... maybe closer to an 8?

It's very addictive once you find its groove, however its groove is very repetitive - like there's no experimenting with builds or anything - you basically just spam the same abilities, then dodge around while they're on cooldown. Rinse and repeat for every boss, seems to work just fine. It basically goes from Dark Souls hard in chapter 1, to like, God of War on medium once you level up.

The game is both gorgeous and extremely ugly (on PS5 anyway). Those dreaded UE unfinished textures are EVERYWHERE, like it's nice to look at from afar but there's just too many rocks with no texture that bring it down. Also whenever you whip the camera round too fast the game basically falls apart.

The world design is kind of OK, I love the expansive areas but they're too based in "real" looking locations, just mostly trees and rock: the desert chapter was so brown and muddy I started to feel queasy.

Having said all that I can't put it down and am having fun with it so what do I know.

Maybe I'm just showing my age but I never could get along with these films - they just skew too young for me. It's like some sort of gen-z, meme-centric take on a few MegaDrive games I used to play way back when haha.

@Coffeeglitch Agreed. While I will say that this gen has been better than the PS4 cycle in giving us performance options (majority of AAA games on PS4 were 30fps if you were lucky), I do think that any frustation should be directed at developers and not the hardware (which is fantastic for the price).

Optimisation really needs to be the focus, and not just let the PS5 try to brute force through every game (looking at you Black Myth).

I don't think it's at all surprising given the state that Dragon's Dogma launched in, and this looks even more ambitious in scope. It's a shame that, before DD and this, the RE engine had pretty much a perfect streak of putting performance front and centre: you'd get 60fps and even 120 with the likes of DMCV with no trouble.

I hope this isn't the direction RE engine will be going in future; perhaps they need to tinker with it.

@Colour From this video it looks like it's running at 60 so you're in luck!

FINALLY. An actual good Premium month! All three TS games; I can't quite believe it.

Personally not loving the art style - a little too cartoony and exaggerated maybe? Still, gonna be fun diving back into this gem.

Randy is "seemingly unable" to do many things - including keeping hold of USB sticks with sensitive material on it seems hmm.

I wouldn't put this in the same league as Turok (1 - 3) - looks more like an even jankier Serious Sam to me.

300 sec cooldown for a bit of napalm? Doesn't sound worth it to me.

I cared about Queen's blood more than I did the actual story. So bringing it back makes me happy. Hope they expand upon it a bit and have more tournaments,

Hell yeah, push that PS5 to its limits baby!

Caving to the very vocal online minority it seems.

FYI for anyone looking to pick this up as this wasn't mentioned in the review. I've been noticing some serious stutter - perhaps poor frame pacing or something I'm not sure. But there's some serious jerkiness when moving the camera, both in performance and graphics mode.

I'm gonna hold off for a potential update as it's hurting my eyes.

Wow never heard of this before. At £17.99 for Plus members it's a steal too. Deff picking this up.

@Kidfunkadelic83 The game is a little vague in that sense, yeah. I would just venture out that way (yes it's far, but part of the game's charm is the journey) and see what the mission is. Is the marker sort of south-west? That'll take you to the desert area and a new checkpoint town.

Don't hesitate to turn to a guide. I glanced at one several times to to check I was on the right path.

Nice to see some PC style graphics toggles in there. It could be a sign of what we might see in Monster Hunter Wilds; looking at that (very pretty) trailer, I was fearful we'd get another DD scenario.

I think this would only be marginally playable if they bumped these up to 60fps. Even so, they weren't very good games at all. Especially FF2... yikes.

Think i'm gonna flog mine too. Dumped 500 smackers on it and only used it a few times. Shame I've yet to see a real killer app on it. Was REALLY hoping for Half Life, ah well. Such a waste of amazing tech. Sad times.

@Bamila Well it's 40mins for each chapter so it's not too bad. But yeah you're looking at under 3hrs in total. The next DLC should be more substantial.

@IamJT Thanks. On that topic; I really hope they keep his old voice lines for the Max Payne remake and not recast.

Short and sweet is the perfect description; doesn't do anything to push the needle but it's a fun little jaunt through familiar settings. It did however miss the survival horror element - having basically unlimited ammo and rapid fire kind made it feel too easy.

Does anyone know if the Lake House DLC will be more substantial?

What's up with the letterbox presentation?

I think because I’m mostly over my addiction to trophies; I’m kinda okay with this. Plus don't DLCs usually just have a bunch of bronzes anyway.

@AFCC I feel ya; it was always one of those demo disc games like Pandemonium, Disney Hercules, Lifeforce Tenka and various others where I just played the demo over and over again, never buying the full game..... man i'm gettin' old.

@Steel76 I'm gonna give it the benefit of the doubt and say it'll probably clock 8-10hrs. The original game had roughly that length.

I don't understand what the angle is here? Bigging up a game that has a divided opinion (mostly middling it's fair to say).

"Nowhere on PlayStation can you play a game this detailed and immersive visually"... I understand that you're only 24, and therefore a youngun' in my eyes. But it sounds like you have many, MANY more games to experience if you think this is peak immersion. It's in the eye of the beholder after all; for example, Alan Wake 2 is one of the most visually stunning and immersive games I've experienced recently, and that is available to all.

@ShogunRok OK that's actually good to hear. I'm not into the deeper survival games either, so hearing it's on the lighter/easier side is great. I can just focus on killing and watching the numbers go up!

@Fopal "Introducing to history". Yasuke was already part of history though so that remark doesn't really hold water.

While I think it's kind of insane to pre-order a game 6 months away, I guess you kinda know what you're getting with AC so people who love that series will just grab it regardless.

Ragnarok ahead of 2 and 3 is a sin against the Gods.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Exactly; we were tricked. The opening was solid then it was just 90mins of bad cosplay and awful, awful story with like zero action or good fights. To this day I still much prefer the original film; it’s corny as hell but at least it’s FUN. I don’t have much hope for this sequel but you never know.

Quick question regarding these as I'm keen to pick them up - is the ghastly purple sky still there? I remember it appearing in the third act and it kind of ruined the game's gorgeous landscapes.

I was kinda hoping for freeze weapons/nades but those new armour skins look nice. Love that they've just lifted Halo's BR design

Wait am I right in thinking that people on here will refuse to buy the game because... * re-reads comments *.... you'll see a little less skin on a digital character?

I thought the censorship was regarding violence anyway.

Will wait for heavy sale; love the PS2 era vibes but the demo didn't overly sell it for me - the combat felt too Soulsy when it should be gunning for Bayonetta fluidity. Plus the platforming was abysmal.

@Fill3rup_ My guess is, as it's a native PS5 game now you'll have to download the app separately.

@truerbluer Absolutely; the feel of VT 2 especially was just perfect: easy to pick up, hard to master. Plus the minigames were a blast! Hasn't been "topped" since sadly.

Yeah it didn't look like it was going to stand out from the crowd much; we've been spoilt so much what with Metroid Dread, Blasphemous II, and The Lost Crown that there really isn't much room for mediocre entries.

Tried it for an hour and it's brilliant, SUCH a generous game that constantly gives you new things to do. Very relaxed but also totally engaging at the same time. Kinda feels like a blend of The Touryst, Dredge, and Overcooked.

The main issue I have with a lot of "more challenging" DLC such as this one, is that I finished the game so long ago that picking it up again now to play this I'd need to basically relearn how to play. It's not like we're just replaying a single player game over and over again.

Same thing happened with Doom Eternal's DLC, I just got my butt kicked sideways trying that.

@somnambulance I mean, you don't play cinema, you watch it (also cinema is 24fps sooooo). It's not just how it looks, but how it FEELS, and a juddery, poorly frame-paced 30fps on today's OLED screens is miserable experience. 60fps all the way babyyyy!

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Not to mention better voice acting, too. Cyberpunk and AC: Odyssey are great examples of this.

This "easy mode waypoint system" has me interested now; I was gonna give it a miss due to how close to the original's confusing navigation it was and I have zero sense of direction or good memory, so this is welcome.

Just tested it and there is a noticeable bump in FPS when turning off ray tracing. It still chugs in towns but overall this is a small but decent improvement and actually makes the combat more tolerable.