I would like to add my own feelings of hilarity watching some of the Fortnite meltdowns these past couple of days.
I genuinely think Epic overestimated their audience's (and their parents') intelligence this time. Some of the media coverage didn't help - but the 'compo face' reaction game was hotting up for minute there!
Seems a rather pointless endeavour with no light gun system.
Playing HOTD Overkill with a Move on ps3 was never less than a pain in the arse.
I have very high hopes for the Sinden Light Gun (look in to it, he's very clever!) project, but I'd even welcome another G'Con3 infrared set up at this point.
Good ideas for sure, but the main limiting factor at the time for me was the feel of the thing in-hand. It just wasn't nice to hold even for short periods - and there was nothing it did that the regular PSP couldn't.
I had an Xperia Play sometime later and that felt a lot better in a similar form factor.
@andreoni79 I would bet folding money that those updates aren't on the disc.
@Frigate it's just one of those things - I've had a copy for ages, it was £6 or something daft from 365games as it's an NTSC copy, but I've just not gotten to it.
Feel like I've left this all over the Internet where I've seen this trailer today, so why not here, eh?
Left pretty much unmoved, uninterested and almost disdainful with the look of Fallen Order.
Can't even blame on Star Wars 'burnout' or the woeful state of the movie franchise. There is no doubt in my mind that 1313, or the Fett game that it bacame would've been quite a bit better.
Well that's pretty crappy. Not a good look for Focus.
Going to be interested what happens when Games Workshop runs in to this. They're pretty fast and loose licensing stuff out - but not at all when it comes to reversion of rights and such.
@rjejr I think in 'real life' terms of relatively normal people living normal lives - I don't know many people personally within the apple bubble.
Not to sound too harsh, but Apple devices are seen by the majority of my actual friends (who are mostly gamers of some ilk) as the 'idiots choice' of tech unless you're an artist - and even then, the architectural difference between Macs and PCs isn't really a thing anymore.
@rjejr
Apple have had their glory days. They have no USP whatsoever - people locked in to the ecosystem are the best they can hope to sway, but I can't see many 'gamers' buying in to Apple Arcade as any sort of gaming priority. Probably not even as a secondary consideration.
My daughter is 12, and while I've certainly not brought her up with Apple products being a feature, even her pals at school are pretty disparaging about Apple devices and the ecosystem - mostly the ones who do have new and second hand iPhones.
They're fragile, temperamental, unnecessarily expensive to buy and maintain and still trailing behind Android in functionality and usability.
@rjejr kotaku had one up early doors saying that it looked like a good line up. It looks pretty weak to be honest.
I have still have access to the Android release of Chu Chu Rocket (which has been delisted I think, but still shows in your library) and due to this probably won't see release on Android or outside Apple Arcade for a while.
Edit: Also - It is a really good game!! I'd highly recommend the original.
As happens quite often with the next game that's going to blow everybody's minds/change the industry etc etc - I really couldn't care less about Death Stranding at the moment.
As also happens quite a lot, I'll probably descend in to a shameless hype-beast about it a couple of weeks after launch
The Last Guardian one especially. Thanks my fickle trading nature, I only still own WipEout physically out of this lot (I do have a US copy of TLOU) too.
@CFDennett @sanderson72 Whoever this is really could put together an awesome collection of Speccy games. Bombjack, Underworld, Jet Pack, Dizzy, Chase H.Q., Target Renegade!
@Kidfunkadelic83 Servers cost money to run and Sony don't want to pay for them. With the core of the experience designed around the online element - selling the game 'as is' but without the servers running would run in to trade descriptions issues. That's pretty much it really. Shame.
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Re: Razer's New PS4 Controller Is a Cross Between Arcade Stick and DualShock 4
@Ralizah Hmmm... Maybe no then. Have you tried connecting via USB with a ds4 connected at the same time?
Re: Razer's New PS4 Controller Is a Cross Between Arcade Stick and DualShock 4
@ralphdibny
Razer are generally a pricey brand - but they do use good parts - probably a good deal better than a standard MC offering.
@Ralizah isn't there a generic 2.4 gHz USB receiver for the 8Bitdo controllers? It'd probably work...
Re: Razer's New PS4 Controller Is a Cross Between Arcade Stick and DualShock 4
looks pretty similar to the last MadCatz FightPad Pro (latterly the DragonSlay FightPad Elite). But probably better
Re: Google Stadia Brings PS Now's First Real Competitor on 19th November
Meh.
I'll give them a year before they abandon it.
Re: Fortnite Chapter 2 Is Now Live on PS4
I would like to add my own feelings of hilarity watching some of the Fortnite meltdowns these past couple of days.
I genuinely think Epic overestimated their audience's (and their parents') intelligence this time. Some of the media coverage didn't help - but the 'compo face' reaction game was hotting up for minute there!
Re: WWE 2K20 Looks Like an Absolute Disaster on PS4
Sweet Christmas!
This is brilliant. Look at Edge. Look at his 'beard'(?)!
Re: Rumour: Is This the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie's New Design?
@FullbringIchigo Yeah, just you! haha
Re: Sennheiser Announces Wireless PS4 Headset That Can Last 100 Hours Without Charging
100 hours?! Must weigh a ton!
Re: DOOM Eternal Delayed to March 2020
Better to delay than launch something broken.
@Flurpsel As I recall, Doom 64 is pretty much the only 'unique' version of Doom ever released. Remade levels, extra levels and such like.
Re: PS5 Controller Detailed, 'Looks a Lot Like the PS4's DualShock 4' with Some Exciting New Additions
The adaptive triggers sound... breakable.
Probably doesn't mean much to a lot of players - I know plenty of people who go through controllers like tictacs, the careless monsters!
Re: Sony Confirms Next-Gen Console Will Be Called PlayStation 5
I was rooting for 'Chris', but yeah whatever...
Re: Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered - A True Sequel to the Films Returns with Shinier Slime
@kendomustdie
I'd assumed it was a pretty lazy port, but they could've left that in!
I'll maybe bite if the multiplayer shows up with anything actually new. Though I doubt it.
Re: Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered - A True Sequel to the Films Returns with Shinier Slime
@Enuo
Realistic take: It was a terribly written, directed, performed and conceived piece of cynical garbage.
Re: Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered - A True Sequel to the Films Returns with Shinier Slime
@kendomustdie Motion control like the PS3 version?
Re: The House of the Dead 1 and 2 Remakes Could Shuffle onto PS4
Seems a rather pointless endeavour with no light gun system.
Playing HOTD Overkill with a Move on ps3 was never less than a pain in the arse.
I have very high hopes for the Sinden Light Gun (look in to it, he's very clever!) project, but I'd even welcome another G'Con3 infrared set up at this point.
Re: Guide: How to Play MLB The Show 19 on PS4
@AdamNovice Self-aggrandisement.
Re: Guide: How to Play MLB The Show 19 on PS4
Having not read the article, it's just serious rounders isn't it? =D
Re: Feature: As the PSPgo Turns 10, We Remember the Handheld Ahead of Its Time
@NathanUC
Depending on the specific licensing - there's a good chance that you can play the PS games on your Vita.
If you bought them digitally, they should stay available in your download list whether they're purchasable on the Store or not.
It'll probably take a lot of scrolling, but check through your download list!
Re: Feature: As the PSPgo Turns 10, We Remember the Handheld Ahead of Its Time
Good ideas for sure, but the main limiting factor at the time for me was the feel of the thing in-hand. It just wasn't nice to hold even for short periods - and there was nothing it did that the regular PSP couldn't.
I had an Xperia Play sometime later and that felt a lot better in a similar form factor.
Re: EA Tries to Cover Up FIFA 20's Broken Career Mode by Deleting Forum Posts
@Rudy_Manchego Pretty plausible I reckon, footballers being the playful scamps they are.
Re: EA Tries to Cover Up FIFA 20's Broken Career Mode by Deleting Forum Posts
@Rudy_Manchego They probably look on at NBA2K with incredibly envious eyes!
Re: PlayStation Hits Range Expands with Even More Top PS4 Games
@Frigate Played the demo I think... On PS3, wasn't all that enamored - but since I own it...
Re: PlayStation Hits Range Expands with Even More Top PS4 Games
@andreoni79 I would bet folding money that those updates aren't on the disc.
@Frigate it's just one of those things - I've had a copy for ages, it was £6 or something daft from 365games as it's an NTSC copy, but I've just not gotten to it.
Re: PlayStation Hits Range Expands with Even More Top PS4 Games
Just as I was finally resolving to play TLOU-R following all the sequel talk...
Re: Star Wars Jedi Story Trailer Is Its Best Yet
Feel like I've left this all over the Internet where I've seen this trailer today, so why not here, eh?
Left pretty much unmoved, uninterested and almost disdainful with the look of Fallen Order.
Can't even blame on Star Wars 'burnout' or the woeful state of the movie franchise. There is no doubt in my mind that 1313, or the Fett game that it bacame would've been quite a bit better.
Re: Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishment to Be Taken Off the PSN Store Following Publisher Dispute
Well that's pretty crappy. Not a good look for Focus.
Going to be interested what happens when Games Workshop runs in to this. They're pretty fast and loose licensing stuff out - but not at all when it comes to reversion of rights and such.
Re: Fallout 76 Continues to Be the Butt of All Jokes Thanks to Helmet Health Hazard
'...Helmet Heath Hazard'
Re: Contra: Rogue Corps Demo Reports for Duty on PS4
Glad there's a demo, not too sure about this one.
Re: New Guilty Gear Gets 60FPS Gameplay Trailer, Continues to Look Mind-Blowing
Sweet Christmas!
Re: Narcos: Rise of the Cartels Brings the Hit Netflix TV Show to PS4
ooooh... I only watched the first season of Narcos - but it was really good.
I've been considering a strategy lately - this looks like it could be just the ticket, I'm more interested in Empire of Sin though.
Re: Check Out This Extremely Cool Death Stranding Movie Style Poster
That is indeed a very nice poster.
Re: Chaotic Dreamcast Puzzler ChuChu Rocket! Makes a Comeback, But on Mobile
@rjejr
I think in 'real life' terms of relatively normal people living normal lives - I don't know many people personally within the apple bubble.
Not to sound too harsh, but Apple devices are seen by the majority of my actual friends (who are mostly gamers of some ilk) as the 'idiots choice' of tech unless you're an artist - and even then, the architectural difference between Macs and PCs isn't really a thing anymore.
Re: Chaotic Dreamcast Puzzler ChuChu Rocket! Makes a Comeback, But on Mobile
@rjejr
Apple have had their glory days. They have no USP whatsoever - people locked in to the ecosystem are the best they can hope to sway, but I can't see many 'gamers' buying in to Apple Arcade as any sort of gaming priority. Probably not even as a secondary consideration.
My daughter is 12, and while I've certainly not brought her up with Apple products being a feature, even her pals at school are pretty disparaging about Apple devices and the ecosystem - mostly the ones who do have new and second hand iPhones.
They're fragile, temperamental, unnecessarily expensive to buy and maintain and still trailing behind Android in functionality and usability.
Re: Chaotic Dreamcast Puzzler ChuChu Rocket! Makes a Comeback, But on Mobile
@rjejr kotaku had one up early doors saying that it looked like a good line up. It looks pretty weak to be honest.
I have still have access to the Android release of Chu Chu Rocket (which has been delisted I think, but still shows in your library) and due to this probably won't see release on Android or outside Apple Arcade for a while.
Edit: Also - It is a really good game!! I'd highly recommend the original.
Re: Rumour: Sony Has Something PlayStation-Related Planned for the End of September
Calling it - PS2 Mini!
Re: Sounds Like We're About to See a Whole Lot of Death Stranding at Tokyo Game Show
As happens quite often with the next game that's going to blow everybody's minds/change the industry etc etc - I really couldn't care less about Death Stranding at the moment.
As also happens quite a lot, I'll probably descend in to a shameless hype-beast about it a couple of weeks after launch
Re: The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors - A PS4 Remake of a Classic Beat-'Em-Up
@JamieO Great review pal. Thanks for the heads up!
I also had no idea there was a port of the original on the Store, so thanks for pointing that out too!
Re: The Internet Is Cross with PlayStation's Name for the X Button
It's a cross, the other face buttons are shapes. You don't call the circle button 'O' do you? huh? huh?
Re: The Only On PlayStation Collection Repackages PS4 Exclusives with Gorgeous New Sleeves
@Stocksy They are just sleeves.
Re: The Only On PlayStation Collection Repackages PS4 Exclusives with Gorgeous New Sleeves
Oh they're pretty nice!
The Last Guardian one especially. Thanks my fickle trading nature, I only still own WipEout physically out of this lot (I do have a US copy of TLOU) too.
Re: DriveClub Still Available on US PlayStation Store Days After Delisting Deadline
@AdamNovice
Damned for delisting it early for one region and seemingly not for another more like.
Which is pretty fair to be miffed about. They set the timetable well in advance and didn't stick to it. So...
Re: Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Feels the Force of PS4
@RogerRoger oooh - I'd be interested in getting Outcast as a physical.
Re: Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Feels the Force of PS4
Nice. Now port the original Starfighter!
@RogerRoger seen this?
Re: Commodore 64 Classic Monty on the Run Recreated in Dreams on PS4
@CFDennett @sanderson72 Whoever this is really could put together an awesome collection of Speccy games. Bombjack, Underworld, Jet Pack, Dizzy, Chase H.Q., Target Renegade!
Re: Commodore 64 Classic Monty on the Run Recreated in Dreams on PS4
Holy flaps!
Hahaha now that's something I never considered about Dreams.
Re: New EU PlayStation Store Sales Include Discounts on EA Games and Much More
BSG: Deadlock for under £7
Might bite for that.
Re: Reminder: Today Is Your Last Chance to Get August's PS Plus Games for PS4
For the love of Zeus, if you haven't added this to your library - do it!
Re: First Person RPG Cyberpunk 2077 Will Have First Person Cutscenes
No third-person sex scenes?! No sale!!
Re: Feature: DriveClub Is Delisted Tomorrow - Let's Talk About One of PS4's Best Racers
As far as I can tell it's already gone, the only stuff currently on the EU store (from the UK) is the theme, VR, and a free dlc bike.
I do think that the game could and should be reworked for sale as an offline and/or a local host game in some way.
Re: Feature: DriveClub Is Delisted Tomorrow - Let's Talk About One of PS4's Best Racers
@Kidfunkadelic83 Servers cost money to run and Sony don't want to pay for them. With the core of the experience designed around the online element - selling the game 'as is' but without the servers running would run in to trade descriptions issues. That's pretty much it really. Shame.