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@FX102A looks like the Vita D-pad, which is superb.

Ew. Fugly.

Also, it took six controller revisions in to get concave R2/L2 buttons with the DS4, and they're great. And they just thought, nah, let's buff those bad-boys back out!

And no one seems to care!

I think this is one of those times where Microsoft's incremental iteration approach would've been better. They could fit everything they're talking about in to the DS4 shell I reckon.

@shuvamg009 I don't besmirch people who play them, or buy them - but the just hold on to such incredibly high sales, even outside of the current global issues.

I still cannot fathom how FIFA and COD stay up there. And who is still buying GTA V?!

I'd be in for just a conversion of the arcade!

@Paranoimia The concepts of joy and entertainment don't bode well for Stadia

@3Above Nope

@3Above Because it's a completely unnecessary (and nonsensical) action to take.

@Kidfunkadelic83 That's a pretty massive leap.

Think about that for a minute. You have a PS4, you bought Dreams - a very specific piece of software for creation and replay of those creations; hundreds, probably thousands of unique player created experiences. And you think a handful of those being inspired by - or even lifts of existing games would actually represent a lost sale for a fully developed game on a different system?

That's nonsense.

"I was going to buy a Switch but decided not to because I can play some things in Dreams..."

Sounds interesting.

I'm inclined to say I like a degree of separation - and a lack of clutter.

@jdv95 More a reference to the crossover memes that were spreading pre-release day.

No Doom Slayer?!

@ShaiHulud @Quintumply It has been over 7 years since the last proper one though.

@carlos82 How? How is Mario advertising the game?

@TheNewButler
It isn't marketed with Mario, I only know there's Mario stuff within Dreams because of articles like this one. Drams levels aren't published far and wide, or sold, even for the most part, seen by anyone other than Drams players.

@TheNewButler It was quite clearly settled as the majority of Marvel's case was thrown out and they didn't have enough for a convincing trial showing.

This is Nintendo making themselves look spiteful... again.

Out of interest, where do you stand on fan art?

@TheNewButler Marvel, winners at settling out of court? Not likely. They couldn't win the case based on individuals using content creation tools within a game environment to make obvious representations of Marvel characters. Couldn't win.

I absolutely hope Sony challenge it.

@TheNewButler the content doesn't ship on the disc. It is independently created by remote users and is not for sale.

There's no direct 'game' to compete with.

As I said before Marvel couldn't manage to convince a judge that City of Heroes was infringing IP when players were creating their own Hulks and Wolverines - this is no different.

@TheNewButler That's BS. No part of a fan creation in dreams is going to cost Nintendo money.

Marvel tried this crap already with City of Heroes and rightly lost in court.

Or, Sony could just grow a pair and revisit the City of Heroes ruling.

@Dr_Derp Pretty unlikely. I'm not certain, but I don't think that's how the Xbox BC works - and this seems largely to be mirroring that.
The testing and 'improvements' will more likely to ensure that the game is running on the new hardware configuration properly, since unlike PC - console games (apart from recent Pro/X ones) really aren't designed for scalability, just the spexific, unchanging platform. Improvements will be stuff like framerates, load times and display/maybe rendering resolutions made available by small patches informing the OS how to handle each specific title.

Sweet.

Signed up for the beta!

Wow! Vita means life!!

@P4RT1CLEM4N Really? Can't say I saw any screen tearing on 2016, I mostly played the multiplayer though.

No screen tears encountered for the first two missions.

The only performance issue I've run in to, if you can call it that - is that the game seems to shudder a bit if you try and access bits of the environment it doesn't want you to.

@get703 @thtrthskr
I'm playing on stock PS4. Buttery smooth. Can't be sure if it's locked 60, but it feels just as smooth as Doom 2016.

Tomorrow. After work. It will be mine! Oh yes, it will be mine!

Had my email earlier. Handy, since I'm now working from home!

At least it's not all doom & gloom

Well that's summer completely ruined!

Never heard of it or seen it before. Looks brilliant!

That's actually very cool!

Just hook it up to my veins!

My word! Good news.

Perfect response really.

@DonJorginho Nicely reworked internals, proper second class ticket looks though

@FullbringIchigo @DonJorginho
I had a Slim in my possession very briefly as my brother wasn't confident in sorting some account stuff - even just running without a disc in and doing some HDD work, it was significantly quieter than my launch PS4 at the same distance.

@stuzster
Move controller acquisition tip: Facebook marketplace/ebay/shpock whatever.
People tend to have them with cheap PS3 bundles that they want rid of.

I'm really not all that interested in the 'genre' - but this sounds by far more fun/palatable than PUBG or Fortnite.

@get2sammyb
It really is though.

Holland is crap for starters. Genuinely. He also really can't maintain an american accent in any convincing way and just doesn't have the look.

Wahlberg is perhaps less of a terrible an actor, but again - he's no Sully!

I get the wish to start Drake younger. The plan is undoubtedly to try and kick-start a movie franchise. I think the biggest issue it will have is finding the mystical wider audience it will need.
The games are cinematic enough that there's really not much left that could be put on screen that'll feel like a new experience for people who've played the games (even if the casting were great, I'm not sure I need to see or would make the effort to go and see an Uncharted film).

So you have to then look elsewhere for your box office and really hope for a favourable release date.

They're probably the only ones excited by it.

Perhaps I'd be more interested if they revisited the awful casting - but I doubt it.

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Play Ball!

Being honest - Doom 64 is one of the reasons I pre-ordered. I'm intrigued. Always heard good things about it - but never actually played it.

@AFCC I think it's going to be a case of getting out of it what you put in.
The new agility and traversal in Eternal just looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. I'm going in with a 'Devil May Cry' mindset!

I'm OK with that.

For the first time in a long time - I've booked the day off work for a game release! m/

@MightyDemon82 Cool.

Just tried to look on the DH app - doesn't seem to want to play ball today!

@MightyDemon82 Blacksad books?

@LiamCroft
Shame, love the look of it.

May just throw some cash at Jurassic World Evo to keep for a rainy day.

@LiamCroft - did Blacksad ever get patched up?

@TheAdza
You get more custom character slots once you've finished the story.

Interestingly - I'm not all that keen on the 2D levels. There's something about classic Sonic's physics that don't quite gel for me. Same as Generations.

There are a couple of banging 3D levels that I'll happily go back to though.

@nessisonett Forces is really alright. I don't regret having purchased it the other week.

Definitely worth a go for free*

*I know it's not 'free' - but still.