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Re: Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) - A Harry Potter Dream Come True

Kienda

This game will be a Harry Potter fans dream and likely the game many of us dreamt of as children. There is definitely a magical feel to the game and I’m glad the reviews highlight that.

As for the controversy. It really should be a non-issue. And I think Push Square pinning their flag to a single viewpoint is disappointing/unwise.

Re: Actress Ella Balinska Has Seen Your PS5 Forspoken Memes, And She Ain't Fussed

Kienda

@Father-Noo yes, racism is still around. And some of us experience racism more regularly depending on our line of work. But it’s still fringe. You’ll note the few people who express racism but ignore the majority who do not express it, for example.

Stats show that hate crimes are increasing, as are racist views, but it’s still only around 20% of people who have these views.

The vast majority are good hearted people who hold no hatred in their hearts. But the fear mongers amongst us, including the media and activists, are trying to sell their product. Racism, discrimination and hatred are always big hitters for this.

Personally, I don’t think much of the hatred towards this game is driven by racism. I didn’t even think about the main characters race until reading the actors comment.

Re: PS5 Finally Takes Control of Japanese Charts, As Forspoken Flops

Kienda

“Finally Takes Control” - okay, calm down Push Square.

It’s great news for Sony but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. They’ll need to sell more consoles than the PS3, PS4 and PS5 combined from this point forward without Switch selling another unit and they still won’t have overtaken the Switch.

They are not going to take control of Japan unless they release a new portable console.

Re: Microsoft Summons Sony to FTC's Activision Blizzard Court Hearing

Kienda

@Toypop I think your definition of “real gamer” is different to my own.

There are “real” gamers who cannot afford all the latest games consoles, let alone games. There are “real” gamers who have families and jobs and can only dedicate time to one console or maybe even only a small few titles/franchises/genres.

Someone could only play one game and still be a “real gamer”. Games like Destiny 2, World of Warcraft, Diablo etc can have people sink thousands of hours into them and still not do everything.

Fortunately, I have owned every console released by the big three and played a massive amount of games over the years. But my life has changed now and I can’t play much anymore. I’m still a “real” gamer, just as much as my friend who only play World of Warcraft and Overwatch, regardless if any elitist mindset says others.

Re: Horizon Forbidden West DLC Takes Aloy to the Burning Shores Only on PS5

Kienda

@Titntin I’m protesting it by stating my opinion. You engaged with that and attacked my view so I defended myself.

I’m not sure why it is such a big deal. We have a difference of opinion. I’m not here to stamp my feet, I’m just saying that I think there was a better way of handling this DLC.

Either release a stand alone game for PS5 only. Or give PS4 the DLC also. It isn’t that hard. It’s not that controversial. I think people are just too touchy here when defending something they are passionate about - including me.

Anyways, have a nice day also.

Re: Horizon Forbidden West DLC Takes Aloy to the Burning Shores Only on PS5

Kienda

@tallythwack

You’re speaking from an entitled position. Anyone who owns a PS5 is very fortunate. There are many people who cannot afford a PS5.

Unfortunately a lot of people in the comments here operate from a very elitist mindset. They aren’t thinking outside their own desires.

Let me point out a few things.

1. This practice isn’t fair to half of Sony’s fanbase/customers - no matter how you spin it.

2. Not everyone can upgrade. Money is an issue for many people.

3. Just because you have a PS5 and want more PS5 games doesn’t mean they couldn’t have made the DLC work on PS4, a cloud version would suffice.

4. Sony is pretty much the only company doing this (barring CDPR). Halo and Forza Horizon 5 are still getting updates on Xbox One. Breath of the Wild still got all DLC on Wii U and Switch etc. The exception to the rule is with remakes/remasters - not newly released games.

And @Tintin you have called me both “ridiculous” and “pathetic”. When all I have said is you are defending the bad practices of a business who should do better. Making money should not outweigh treating customers fairly. And I’m not sure why this is so controversial to want to stand up for customers.

Re: Horizon Forbidden West DLC Takes Aloy to the Burning Shores Only on PS5

Kienda

@Titntin I have no idea why the internet does this to people.

It is not a “ridiculous response”. If you make a product for your customers, respect them.

Sony isn’t doing that with this. DLC is part of the life of a game. The graphics aren’t going to be unobtainable to PS4. If they were then they shouldn’t have released the game on PS4 in the first place.

In 2 years time this game + DLC will release on PC and be played on weaker PCs than PS4.

The least Sony could do is respect their current fanbase who have supported them and their games including this one. Even a cloud version would suffice (if the graphics are really that hard to obtain on PS4). But we all know this is just to force people to upgrade. Just as it was for FF7:R and Death Stranding Directors Cut.

Stop shilling for multi-billion dollar companies and their anti consumer tactics.

Re: Horizon Forbidden West DLC Takes Aloy to the Burning Shores Only on PS5

Kienda

@ItsBritneyB_tch I just think it’s not very fair.

There are a lot of gamers who can’t get a PS5. Yet they bought the game just like everyone else.

Sony could provide the DLC to them as a cloud version or something if the graphical differences are that stark. But the reality is Sony is likely just trying to drive people to PS5.

They did this with Final Fantasy 7 Remake. There are people playing the Yuffi DLC on PCs that are weaker than PS4s. It makes no sense why Intergrade wasn’t a DLC for PS4 also.

The same Death Stranding Directors Cut only being PS5.

This isn’t the first time. People weren’t hailing it as a shift to next gen when they did it those times either.

Re: Horizon Forbidden West DLC Takes Aloy to the Burning Shores Only on PS5

Kienda

I don’t know what is going on with the comments here. It’s like bots or one person using multiple accounts or something to troll.

Anyways, if HFW was PS5 exclusive from the start I don’t think anyone would have minded. But making the DLC exclusive when they made the game for both clearly isn’t fair on those who are still on PS4, for whatever reason.

Not everyone has the money. Not everyone has the desire. And I’m sure some would not have upgraded because Sony released this game cross platform.

So yeah, no need for the trolls or people gloating of PS5 exclusivity. None of us are saying Sony shouldn’t release PS5 only games. Just don’t release things on PS4 unless you’re going to support it fully.

Sony are meant to be “For the Players”.

Re: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII's PSP to PS5 Glow Up Is Outrageous

Kienda

@DiggleDog no one understands Square Enix and their anti consumer ways.

They screwed PlayStation owners by not allowing PS4 players access to the FF7:R Yuffi DLC. There was no reason for that other than greed.

They did this before with DQ11 - gave Switch a new version and screwed over the PS4 fans who originally supported the release. Then when it finally made it to PlayStation there were two versions, no upgrade options, no save transfer and inferior graphics on the newer version of the game.

So while I’m still annoyed FF7:R hasn’t made it to Xbox, I’m also just generally annoyed at Square Enix in their treatment to PlayStation fans.

Re: NieR 'Tease' Amounts to Absolutely Nothing

Kienda

@nomither6 well, what is or isn’t overrated is all subjective isn’t it. I would put CoD and FIFA as overrated when they release similar titles every year that sell bucket loads when games that push boundaries or put a lot of effort into them don’t sell as well.

However, I still play CoD and FIFA and don’t bitch about them.

My comment was in reaction to this:

“Overrated pretentious series. Without Platinum doing the second one, no one would care a bit about it.”

The fact it’s almost the most liked comment shows how negative people enjoy being.

This article is about the “second one”, which has sold well. But to claim that without that game “no one would care about it” is just bizarre and nonsensical.

It’s like saying, “If they didn’t ever make FIFA no one would care about it.”

The second game is the reason many people care about the series. It is popular and there isn’t anything wrong with that.

I just don’t understand why are some enjoy being so negative or why’d they click the article in the first place. Hehe

Re: NieR 'Tease' Amounts to Absolutely Nothing

Kienda

People are so angsty about things that other people like.

“This game is overrated.” If you don’t enjoy it, sure, but some people really like it - a lot.

It isn’t overrated for them. So stop being bitter and let them enjoy the thing they love.

Re: Spider-Man: Miles Morales Has Better PC Launch Than Sackboy, Uncharted

Kienda

@themightyant @Hindenburg

Things to bear in mind:

PS5 has sold around 25 million consoles. PS4 sold 117 million - 142 million total.

There are currently 1.7 billion (with a B) PC gamers.

PC is more than 10x bigger an audience than Sony’s console market.

Most PC games sell slow to begin but better over time whereas console games release with a bang and fizzle out over time (especially the COD’s and FIFA’s).

Many PC gamers are playing on weaker hardware than the current gen, but make do with lower graphics, mods or just playing older games until they get a better PC (hence the long term sales).

Conclusion: The PC market is massive compared to the console market. Just like the mobile market is. However, Sony can release the same games from Console to PC with little effort. They would be foolish to not to cash in on that huge market.

Re: Rumour: Diablo 4 Unleashes Hell in April 2023

Kienda

They lost me with Immortals.

It should not have been pay to win, let alone having people that spent £10,000 on the game being one shot killed by people who paid £100,000. It completely ruined PVP.

That kind of exploitation should be illegal.

I will never buy a Diablo game again, but good luck to anyone hoping to enjoy this.

Re: As Long As There's PlayStation, Call of Duty Will Release on It

Kienda

@nessisonett as much as I loath greedy capitalism, this wasn’t born out of it.

Activision-Blizzard we’re going to sell up, the question was to who? Microsoft is a far better option for acquisition than Tencent.

Everyone thinks this is just Microsoft going around and buying. I mean, it is that, but they can’t buy companies that don’t want to sell.

Re: God of War Ragnarok PS5, PS4 Spoilers Rife As Retailers Break Street Date

Kienda

@Old-Red

Personally, I think game discs should have the full game on them without exception.

If you are buying a physical copy of a game but have to download the entire thing it is false advertising. Likewise, buying broken products is against consumer rights. I don’t know how gaming companies get away with it.

If you can’t place the disk in the console and play it offline straight from the disc then don’t release it physically. But some companies just don’t care about game preservation or their customers.

Re: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Anime Is a 'Standalone Work', No Plans for a Second Season

Kienda

@Eldritch I’m seriously struggling to understand if you’re trolling.

Anime is a specific style of animation. Anime literally means animation. Western cartoons are different just as Hollywood and Bollywood movies are different. They use the same medium but the results vary.

No one is putting Anime on a pedestal or saying Western cartoons cannot do what Anime does. But you are failing to understand a globally recognised genre of animation that differs from simple cartoons. There is a distinction between them, whether you want to accept that or not, and sometimes there is overlap, but that doesn’t negate the genre. There are also sub genres within Anime.

It would be like arguing that Manga is the same as Western comics. They are the same medium, but they have tweaked methodologies and capture different audiences as a result. Yet they also have a lot of overlap as “Graphic Novels”.

The same could be said of video games and the different genres of it.

Someone could not like video games but play solitaire all the time. Meanwhile gamers wouldn’t consider someone who only plays solitaire as a ‘gamer’ despite them playing a game all the time.

There is nuance to our words and the different mediums. Classical music is not the same as Heavy Metal even though they are both music. JPOP is different to KPOP. Chinese food is different to Indian food. Etc.

Anime (primarily Japanese Anime) is different to Western Cartoons.

Re: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Anime Is a 'Standalone Work', No Plans for a Second Season

Kienda

@MightyDemon82 @Eldritch @Flaming_Kaiser

Anime and cartoons are different and there are rules that can be broken for either.

Most US cartoons are designed for children, but not all. Most US adult cartoons are comedy, and most of them have levels of obscenity and vulgarity that just wouldn’t work if it was live action.

Anime has many different genres from children’s “cartoons” to dramas, romantic comedies, epic fantasy, science fiction and so forth. (They even have real “adult” anime if you know what I mean.)

If you take the example of Akira for example, I cannot think of a single US cartoon intended for adults that comes anywhere close to showing the themes or world that anime delivers. And Akira is just the tip of the iceberg.

There are of course great Western cartoons (Disney produced many) but it still is different and the same thing goes for other genres.

Anime, Cartoons, CGI, Live Action, Theatre etc - all of them can cover the same themes and have a lot of similarities but they are different mediums that deliver in different ways.

Re: NieR: Automata's Producer Threatened to Leave Square Enix in Order to Get the Game Made

Kienda

This is what the gaming industry needs: Passion for the game you’re making!

(… and a big studio to support your vision doesn’t hurt either!)

If someone believes in their creation so much they are willing to put their job on the line then it shows they will put their heart and soul into making their vision a reality.

I’m not saying everyone should be trying to bully their dreams into reality by threatening to quit (and I hope that didn’t happen here). But if you’re making a game, make sure you believe in it.

I think a lot of good games could have been better but weren’t because those making it did it for a job or to suit corporate aims and didn’t have enough passion for it.

On the flip side, I believe there are a lot of smaller games that had passion and heart poured into them but they didn’t have the money of a big studio to achieve the full realisation of the dream.

Re: Red Dead Redemption No Longer Playable on PS5, PS4 in a Troubling Sign of the Times

Kienda

Contrary to some of the above opinions, I think this is a bigger problem than some are willing to admit.

Even if you don’t want to play an old game it should still matter.

Why?

Because a classic game that was playable on PS4/5 for the past few years is now unplayable on those consoles. A game has been lost and that’s never a good thing.

I owned this game on my PS3, and I would still own it today if I could play it on my PS4/5.

In contrast, if I had instead bought the Xbox 360 version I could not only still play it today on my Xbox Series X, but enjoy it with enhanced 4K visuals.

I didn’t need to do anything as a consumer except enjoy the free treat Xbox gave me, but with Sony I missed out based on the console I bought it on.

I’m a multi platform gamer. But I can assure you my purchase of Xbox 360 and Xbox One games has increased now because of all the 4K and 60fps enhancements on Series X with backwards compatibility. Yet I have sold some of those same games on PS4 because they haven’t got the same upgrades on PS5.

My PS5 is becoming a Sony exclusives machine because of how badly they have handled backwards compatibility. And because I can buy one game version on Xbox and it works on Xbox one and Xbox Series X. Instead of buying two separate versions for PS4/PS5.

I know this is a PlayStation site, but Xbox is actually doing great things for past generation game support and game preservation. And as someone who owns both, it makes a difference.

Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium PS5, PS4 Games in October 2022?

Kienda

@CWill97 if you are halfway through you might want to just continue. But it depends on how you feel about the game.

The S version of Dragon Quest XII adds some quality of life changes like 3x speed in battles and things. It also adds mounts that can be used to traverse the world quicker. And there is an expanded story and a full 2D version of the game alongside it.

The only downside is that the graphics take a bit of hit. Square Enix were lazy and kept the version the Switch was made on and just upped the resolution for PS4 and Xbox. The graphics are still fine, but a slight downgrade from the original PS4 release.

It’s a bit of a Square Enix thing. They could have given PS4 owners the ‘S’ version as an upgrade rather than a full new game and kept the graphical quality. Instead they screwed the original funders of the game and made them wait for the S version a year after it had released on Switch. .

They did the same thing with FF7:R for PS4 users, screwing them over so they had to buy a PS5 to play the Yuffi DLC that was included on PC/PS5 for new players but not those who originally funded the game on PS4.

Re: Hideo Kojima Cryptically Hints at Impending Reveal

Kienda

The question to “WHO” will not be answered “WHEN” the first trailer drops because we remember “HOW” confused we were at the Death Stranding trailer and this will likely be the same. And I’m equally confused as to “WHERE” this tweet is leading.

Re: Ubisoft Seems to Think Far Cry 6 Was Game of the Year

Kienda

@LiamCroft Far Cry 6 also won the Gamescom “Best Action Game” award in 2021.

It’s still a stretch but is probably more prestigious than the GOTY awards it got from random magazines. But still, any GOTY award given can be capitalised on by publishers.

Ubisoft are not the only ones to have done this.

Re: Where to Pre-Order the God of War Ragnarok PS5 Controller

Kienda

It’s nice but doesn’t scream God of War.

The full blue sides could have been covered in runes and sigils to give it a Norse mythological look. It looks a bit like a Destiny 2 faction or something to me. They could have done better.

I’m still holding out for a “retro” controller that’s basically grey with a coloured logo and the coloured buttons just like a PS1 controller.

Re: Splinter Cell Remake's Story Is Being Rewritten and Updated for a Modern-Day Audience

Kienda

@Amnesiac I guess it’s just semantics.

Personally, I would argue that attempts to impose political viewpoints upon people through every available form of media is ‘force feeding’. If people have to actively work to avoid politics, and not just any politics but specific narratives, then that is being pushed upon people forcefully rather than something occurring naturally.

So we could say that few of us are literally ‘force fed’ politics. But some people are attempting to ‘force feed’ their politics on others against their will. That make sense?

Re: Splinter Cell Remake's Story Is Being Rewritten and Updated for a Modern-Day Audience

Kienda

@Amnesiac I think it’s a natural reaction.

It doesn’t matter what the politics are, don’t force feed it to people because their natural reaction is to vomit it back up.

That’s basically what this is all about. The vast majority of people are decent people that don’t want to be preached to at every moment, especially in entertainment.

Politics have always been a part of creative works, but the best minds would be thoughtful, intelligent, witty and above all subtle in their delivery of their views through their creative works.

Now politics is slathered onto things in unhealthy amounts. So any little mention of it makes some people gag.

Re: Splinter Cell Remake's Story Is Being Rewritten and Updated for a Modern-Day Audience

Kienda

I’m in two minds about this.

On one hand I want to trust the team behind the game to make positive changes that improve the game.

On the other hand I want there to be a purity with these remakes that preserves the original game and respects the fans that loved/funded/supported the game.

Unfortunately, we live in an era where everything now has politics added to it to the point where we are having agendas and opinions rammed down our throats. So this is not exactly filling me with confidence.