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Sounds like a plan!!

Dammit. Got a PS4 Pro to get the best out of No Mans Sky, and went for PS5 when they updated again.
Not sure how many essential organs I’ve got left to sell at this point.

Not too far in, but had an issue last night where I supposed to be hammering nails into something but it seemingly froze part way through. Was still showing the helpful clip in the far left, but couldn’t close down or get back to Home Screen. Had to reboot ps5 but worked ok after that.

Having thought about this overnight, had the price been say £650 - 700 with drive and stand I might have considered it, especially if they announce No Man’s Sky PS5 Pro patch …
Would be interesting to see a costed BOM for this build, just to see how it stacks up.

Pricing has done me a favour as I won’t be tempted to get this at launch. Does seem a weird sell too - ton of cash to make existing games run (a little?) better. If they’d have shown off some new / unannounced 1st / 2nd party stuff to show a more compelling case I might have caved.

Pretty poor for me. Path of Exile, Astro Bot and Where Wind Meets (?) looked interesting. Everything else was not really for me. Know some stuff might be being held back for Summer Game thing, but f*** me that was not inspiring.

A few games for me, so that was good. And DS2 will be a day one - and 2025 gives me time to get around the finishing the first one. Still concerned that no real sniffs of what any of the 1st party studios have in the horizon - does this mean 2025 at the earliest for any of them? Will be a lean year for me if that’s the case.

I’ve got a pacemaker so I’m all set to play this. I’ll be rubbish at it, but still.

I love my PS5 - I just wish the first party titles roadmap would be a little clearer. Really don’t want another poor year for Sony titles.

Love my PS5 - it gets used daily, whereas the Series X (only got for Starfield) is barely on. That said, I am a little concerned about the next 12-18 months from a 1st party point of view. Not a lot of clarity on when each studio will be dropping something new, and while will get the upgrade for Last of Us part 2 remastered, would like even just a peak at what’s coming next.

@Jill_Sandwich thanks for that! Assumed it was something just affecting mine! Weirdly it only shuts down when playing ps5 games - seems ok with ps4 titles.

@Jill_Sandwich had the same issue with mine I think. Just shuts off after about 30 mins of play.

Hoping it’s a game with an EASY setting. I’ve loved all of their PS output, but Returnal was just too hard for my reflexes.

Only had time for a quick blast while scoffing my lunch - looked great - apart from a weird glitch that made Seyka look like she was beatboxing rather than talking. Seemed ok when I restarted the enemy encounter.

I know your review was delayed by lack of codes but I haven’t seen any reviews anywhere for this. I’d pre-ordered it so I guess it doesn’t really matter, but was curious to see how well it was reviewing.

Finally completed Forbidden West earlier this week after sinking around 85 hours into it. Thought it was fantastic, so am definitely keen on the DLC. Didn’t get the story at all (never got far into the first game) but I loved this. The side quests were excellent too.

@Cutmastavictory only if you’ve bought the game digitally.

After picking up a new disc copy of the last game, only to find out they’d changed eligibility for a free upgrade, I’ll be giving the new game a miss.

@ShogunRok - Hi. Looks as the free upgrade is only for digital owners - if you’ve got the game on disc (like me) they are not making the free upgrade available - is it possible to clarify / amend the article? Thanks.

Looking forward to this - think Silent Hill 2 was the only one of the series that I actually completed.

99.99% sure that the actor doing performance capture for James is Luke Roberts (used to be in Holly City!)

@Voltan Gah that sucks balls.

Sold my PS4 copy of RE 7 a while back - will the version from the instant collection by eligible for the free upgrade path also? (know this isn't always the case)

@Dezzy70 Maybe it's a product of the increasing amounts of money and time it takes to make a new AAA title? Guess it's far easier to have a smaller team working on this while the majority work on newer stuff that might not see the light of day for another few years. Would be interesting to see how many AAA titles a studio can put out during this console generation

Do feel that £70 is a bit much for this, seeing as I'll be buying this for a third time. That said, looks awesome so probably will get it. And the inevitable PS5 version of Part II that will launch around the time of the TV show.

I do think this sort of thing shows that the massive commitments of time and money to develop AAA titles for each new generation mean that many studios aren't able to pump out title after title during the console lifespan (what's the average development time for a AAA title these days? 3 years? 4?) So I do expect to see these kind of upgrades being offered more and more. Not entirely sure how I feel about that.

@BoldAndBrash no it isn’t. Blade’s race is central to the character, and Ali isn’t a fictional character. Also Rowling herself had said that she’s never explicitly referred to as white in the books.

I’d happily pay a little extra for a bloody Easy mode. Can’t get anywhere in this game at all - got a 4 month old too so don’t have lots of extra time to waste trying to get better at this.

As much as I wanted to love this game (loved all of their previous stuff), I found this just too hard for me to enjoy. Pity as it looked beautiful. Don’t think this suspend feature would be of much use to me - would much prefer an Easy Mode.

Have no real interest in the multiplayer aspect of this, but if it turns out that they’re adding a considerable story-telling element then I might check it out. Would really just prefer single player content to be honest, so was hoping for news of an add-on. Guess might be some years before we see the next part of the story.

@render thanks! Have given up on this and gone back to No Man’s Sky for a break. Will try again in few weeks time.

Got the PS4 version but didn’t get the chance to get too far into it, so the low-cost upgrade to PS5 is appreciated. Guessing you can only do the upgrade to PS5 once the game’s released (as opposed to pre-ordering it for this option)?

Love and hate this game in (pretty) equal measure. Still can’t get past the 1st boss. I’m awful with these kind of games, but at least with the likes of Demon’s Souls you can grind to upgrade stats. With Returnal, the random nature means that I struggle to make it through to the boss with anything like a decent setup, so getting past his 3rd wave is too fiddly for my old hands. Shame really as the graphics, sound and atmosphere are awesome. Have bought and loved pretty much all of Housemarque’s games, but this could probably be the last (at least at full price).

I would love a ‘Slightly easier’ mode. I really struggle with games like this but I’m really enjoying playing it. However, it gets frustrating when you get a half-decent weapon / buff and then get wiped out even before you get to the first boss. Even with The Demons Soul remake you could learn enemy placement and grind to level up armour and whatnot. Would like to be get off the first biome before I’m 60.