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I absolutely adore this game!

I want to echo some of what others have said. The content is great, and so is the community. Unlike almost every other website on the internet, I ALWAYS read the comments on here, but it is sometimes hard to track conversations. Nested comment threads, such as the ones on Eurogamer, would be a wonderful upgrade in terms of funcionality.

In terms of content, I love studio profile features and interviews, so more of these are always welcome.

@Mega-Gazz Siftd has been doing this for years. You should check it out.

Lovely game. One of my favourites from last year. 🙂

Mine worked, but it's clearly wrong. It says I only put 134 hours into games this year, and I know for a fact that I put more than that into Final Fantasy VII and Persona 5 Royal alone. It also has Dirt 5 (10 hours) in my top 3 played games of the year, and neither FF7 or P5R show up at all. Weird!

Didn't Google also purchase Typhoon Studios at the end of 2019? What does this mean for that studio?

@nessisonett I'm sure they still had a wonderful time!

@StrawberryPink Most games that I've played do feel and run better on PS5, but I have noticed graphical issues on some games that hadn't been there on the PS4 - such as Resident Evil 7 and GTA V. On the whole, though, the PS5 backwards compatibility is pretty great.

You had me at Murakami! Hadn't heard of this game, but I absolutely love Murakami's writing.

Cyberpunk 2077 really is a fantastic game. It does actually play really nicely on PC and I haven't really enountered any serious issues at all - just a few minor visual glitches. It's such a shame that it released so broken on console.

I played this on PC and it is fantastic!

@ApostateMage Flippin' do it, mun!

I've been having this problem too; I just can't get my PS4 version of Valhalla to upgrade. I contacted Ubisoft and they told me to take it up with Sony; I contacted Sony and they told me to take it up with Ubisoft. 🤷

@Rob_230 yeah, you could see PS4 trophies from the PS3. However, PS3 had an issue where you couldn’t see friends who were online on PS4 on your friends list. As far as I’m aware, they never fixed that either.

@WaveWitch Thanks. I've gone and ordered a pair of the Penrose. I think both the Penrose and the Penrose X work on Nintendo Switch.

@WaveWitch Yeah, I've been looking at the Audeze Penrose too. Do you know if they definitely support PS5's 3D Audio? I'm guessing it does because it seems to use the USB dongle, but I'm just looking for some clarity. Cheers.

@LiamCroft On the PlayStation Store, the Season Pass seems to apply to both PS4 and PS5, so if you buy it on one, you get it on the other.

Sounds awesome. Given that the end of this year is looking pretty intense, I'm going to wait for the PS5 version.

A lot of the digital manuals often opened in the web browser. Does this mean we won't be able to load them on PS5? Also, same for the payment link for playing Final Fantasy XIV Online.

@pip_muzz Agreed. I played this a few years ago on PC and it's fantastic. Some really cool metafictional elements too!

Clean and minimal is good.

Mine hasn't changed.

@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L I think going QLED is a wise decision in your case. I have a Sony AF9 OLED from 2019 and I absolutely love it to pieces, but even though I baby it, it still has some very minor image burn. I worry about it all the time. Honestly, even though the OLED image is stunning, if I could go back, I would probably get a high end Samsung QLED instead now. Just my two cents on the matter.

@gollumb82 Yeah, it has a few of those objectives. Most of them are fairly reasonable, such as "keep car repairs under $15,000" or "Complete the rally without any time penalties". Ultimately, even if you don't complete every objective, it's not the end of the world as long as you do well in the rally events, so it's more of a side objective. I don't think they massively impact what is otherwise an excellent career mode.

@gollumb82 @fLekkZ

It appears to be running at 30fps, but that's based purely on how it looks to me. Playing it on PS4 Pro, it seems very consistent. At no point did I notice any frame drops. It never came across as an issue to me, otherwise it would have been noted in the review.

If you're getting a PS5, you might be interested to know that the PS5 version is targeting 60fps at native 4K. I also think that they're offering a free upgrade for owners of the PS4 version.

https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/ps4-to-ps5-all-games-with-confirmed-free-upgrades

How is that possible?

@JLPick The single player career mode can be played entirely offline.

As for the rest, daily challenges in Rivals mode is online, but you don't need PS+ for these, as far as I'm aware. It just needs a connection to upload your times and scores so it can compare them to other people. And then, obviously, the multiplayer needs an online connection and PS+ subscription.

Wow, this looks beautiful!

@Ristar24 Yeah, for racing games it's pretty important. The game certainly seems to be targeting 60fps, I just can't confirm if it's achieving this flawlessly. For what it's worth, in performance mode, I didn't notice any choppiness or changes in frame rate. It just felt absolutely fine.

If you're still concerned it might be worth keeping an eye out for a technical analysis video from Digital Foundry.

@Ristar24 I played on a PS4 Pro and you can choose between prioritising resolution or performance. Frame rate was sometimes choppy during heavy rain events while using resolution mode. I didn’t encounter any noticeable issues in performance mode, but I can’t be sure if it’s running at 60fps.

@Loftimus Review for PC3 will be up in the next few days.

@Tchunga Yeah, Tiel’s good. He makes it easy to dodge. Given how inconvenient healing is, whatever can be done to ensure you don’t get hit in the first place is a positive. Tiel makes this much easier.

@Tchunga Eredrim was my personal favourite. He’s the heavy hitter with high strength and health. I also really enjoyed Tiel for his speed. These two are pretty much opposites and specialise in their own styles, which I think works better than having an all rounder who’s a master of nothing.

@phil_j Yes, entering your inventory pauses the action.

@Bliquid About 15-20 hours, give or take, for a first run through. It looks like the slightly shorter length is reflected in the price too.

@TooBarFoo I didn’t want to talk too much about the layout because discovering how it works is part of the charm of this game. Discovery of where to go, why, how, what you will find, and even what items do are all part of this. What I will say is that areas are quite large and open and there are shortcuts that you discover that help you return to specific areas quite easily. It doesn’t have the same interlocking mastery of Dark Souls, but it’s still good.

Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin's Creed Valhalla are already listed at £59.99 on the UK PlayStation Store, which if I'm not wrong, is higher than usual for the standard editions.

@AdamNovice

Yes, they do move between teams, just as in last year's game.

Also, in the new My Team mode, you have access to a full dynamic driver market, where you can sign drivers from other teams across F2 and F1. It's quite a comprehensive system, with drivers holding different skill levels in various field such as Pace, Experience, Race Craft, and Awareness, with higher salaries demanded by higher rated drivers.

@pip_muzz You are absolutely right. I had meant to put it into the "pros" at the end of the review, but it slipped my mind. It's added in now. Thanks for pointing it out! 👍

@Nepp67 Why's that?

Looks chill. Could use something like that now.

If it's cheaper, I probably will buy the digital version. I haven't bought a physical game in years and I don't buy films. If they're close in terms of price (£50 or so), I'll probably get the disc version just to have the option (though I probably won't use it much).

I think the Digital Edition looks more elegant.

@Wormold Yeah, Prey has been there for a while. I played through it a couple of months ago on PS Now. Unless they took it away and are now re-adding it? Weird.

Would be nice to see Dishonored added.

Wow, I never thought this would happen, to be honest – Codies have been making the best rally games for decades now and they've never shown an inclination to get the license. I have to say, very pleasantly surprised and I can't wait to see what they comes up with. Worth pointing out how amazing their annual F1 games are, too – Codemasters really know what they're doing.

@MickOnYourFace In terms of pure gameplay, PES is superb – but it lacks the presentation of FIFA. You can download all the club names, kits, logos, sponsors, competition data, etc. online and install through a USB drive. It's very easy to do and then you get what is, in my opinion, the best playing football game available with all the trimmings. If you're interested, you can't really go wrong for a fiver. (Also, I believe there's a free demo available. Might be worth giving this a go before pulling the trigger.)

@Rob_230 I remember watching an episode of Pachter Factor (that's industry analyst Michael Pachter's show) on Siftd Games a while back and he discussed what was happening inside Sony. He said that, as you pointed out, it was kind of one big family, led by Andrew House. Once Andrew House left and Jim Ryan took over, Ryan brought his people in with him. I don't think there's anything nefarious in this, it's just a changing of the guard and it's only natural a boss would want people he trusts on his team.

Sorry I can't find a direct link to the episode, but it's worth fishing out on YouTube or Siftd if you're interested in finding out more.

@wiiware I often check howlongtobeat.com as well. I quite like the idea of a similar outlay on the dashboard showing the average completion time of the game, etc. I'm not keen on the idea of it "optimising" my play of a level, though. I don't even want that sort of thing suggested.

Games are great because you can play however you like at your own pace. This implementation shown here would encourage people to play optimally on a section-by-section basis to save time rather than just enjoy the experience and take it as it comes. If it's optional, fine – I'm clearly not the right person for this. I do worry about the possibile implication with microtransactions, however, because pacing a game to sell advertised packages would affect all of us, regardless of whether or not we choose to have such a feature on display.

@Gilvin Yeah, it's just an example off the top of my head given to show a possible use case.

Imagine if this were used to try and sell you microtransactions.

"Your estimated time to complete this level is 2 hours. If you buy the Enemy Reduction Pack, your estimated time to completion could be 1 hour."

Not saying they would do this, but it's possible some publishers might. It could be awful.

@Quintumply That would be wonderful.

All of the DiRT games have been excellent and Codemasters' driving titles always feel good to play. Colour me excited to see what comes of this.