I'll gladly take the Code Veronica remake. Given their track record with RE remakes, 0 will undoubtedly be a worthwhile one as well. If this ends up being true, this is great news.
Hopefully their string of great RE remakes never ends.
I'll claim Fight Forever only because I'm an AEW fan and maybe someday they'll have even remotely close to their whole roster on there. It has too many issues to ever consider paying for it.
As for the other two, nah. They already gave away the good Spongebob game and I already own Streets of Rage 4. If you have any interest at all in that game and haven't bought it yet, that is the one gem of the coming month on Essential.
@trev666 Yeah, the Stars program is only really any good if you buy all of your games digitally. Maybe if you also play the games they want you to play each month, but I play what I want to play. I'm barely at Level 4 and I've been a member since it started.
@HonestHick Their domination of the last generation is what led to this. Yeah, I agree that it would be a disaster if Microsoft stopped making consoles. PlayStation is already bad enough this gen. It's not like they would stop trying to make good hardware and good games, but they'd probably stop making as many.
No harm. The apology is accepted and I'm fine about the rant. I've had my fair share of rants from time to time.
@HonestHick You're not wrong, but their incompetence in regards to the PS5's UI and not fixing and/or adding things three and a half years in to the console generation is still surprising. The playtime tracker might not matter for some people, but it's still one thing that's been broken off and on from the start and shouldn't still be unstable after this long.
The PS4's might have been sluggish at times if you didn't upgrade to an SSD drive and the store was cluttered, but most of the time almost everything worked as it should. If something was broken, I had confidence that they would actually fix it in due time. This gen though? It's as if they either canned them all and hired a staff off of Craig's List or they scaled the staff so far back that they just can't live up to the reputation they established with their work on the PS4's UI.
I love my PS5, but stuff like this at this point is completely inexcusable.
Still rolling with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Still enjoying it.
I do agree with others that there's too much padding, but the story portion is still great. I look forward to getting back into the story with me about to polish off Chapter 12.
I'm still going to watch this as I'm curious how they'll translate Part II's to TV even if I was in the minority that truly hated the game's story, and I obviously enjoyed Season 1.
I'm with others that don't see how this is really going to work with Bella given how many years had passed for Part II, but oh well I guess. It was always going to be difficult unless they recast Ellie for Season 2. I liked her fine in Season 1, but she's definitely going to look too young this season. Again, oh well I guess. Seeing what Kaitlyn looks like as Abby will be interesting.
Definitely excited for this. I was impressed, and I could care less if this version of Yasuke is accurate or not. What matters most is whether it's a fun game or not. I know what I'll be asking for this Christmas...
I'm perfectly fine with her being the writer. I didn't like her in the last Indiana Jones really at all, but that's one project and she didn't write it.
As for the show itself, I'm definitely interested unless they completely botch the casting of Lara. I've always been a big fan of the series and I've even liked all 3 movies, at least to varying degrees.
@VanguardKaiser That's actually not a bad choice looks wise. She has the look for it with her hair died. You could say she's a bit small, but so is Alicia, so I guess that doesn't matter. The only issue is whether she could pull off an English accent. Making Lara American would be an obvious mistake.
Still going after the 100+ hour mark. I hit a bit of a rough patch a week or so ago, but now that I've shifted my focus back to the story instead of most of the side quests, I'm back to loving the game. Just started Chapter 12 yesterday.
If they decide to release this on PS5 sooner or later, that works for me. If I hadn't practically given up on Xbox a year or two ago, this would have been one of my most anticipated games of the year. It looks like it should be great.
While obviously the Bethesda news from this week has been awful, I think people are jumping to conclusions if they think ones like Ninja Theory would be in danger. I think at least them and Obsidian, two they bought well before Bethesda, are fairly safe.
I'm glad that we'll likely be getting some meaningful info and maybe some footage sooner or later. I have a hard time believing it's coming out at all this year though given that nothing has been shown yet.
I still have Inquisition to play, so I'm perfectly fine if we have to wait. It turning out to be good is the most important thing.
Hit a bit of a rough patch and I'm hoping to get back into the groove with the game this weekend. The side content in the latter chapters (10 and 11 so far) has become frustrating, having to what feels like jump through hoops just to be able to reach some of it. I was fine with just going around and doing it all like a checklist, but now that some of it is only accessible if you figure out how to get to it, it's chipped away at my enjoyment of the game.
Thank you for our weekly low Rebirth sales report. As I continue to play it and love it, I could care less. It's also not a big deal since it's not like the 3rd and final one isn't still coming.
Remedy deserves all the success they can get, but the fact that sales of Alan Wake 2 are slow isn't surprising. I put the blame for a lack of physical release on the publisher and Remedy just had to spew out BS, just like they had to for Control Ultimate Edition.
Regardless, I'd say the biggest issue is the fact that it had a horrible release date, coming out around several other major releases. Of course it was going to get lost in the shuffle a bit, and then the lack of a physical release gets put on top of that (even if it made a minimal difference).
Deliver Us the Moon didn't blow me away by any means, but I enjoyed it just enough to play Mars at some point. Regardless, it's still a shame that they had to lay everybody off because indies are struggling so much. Yes, I know even the larger developers are laying people off, but it's still a shame.
@Danbottomburp I read the article. Don't know how many times I have to say it. Also, this is a very similar issue that previous games have had, so it is at the end of the day indeed a Sony issue. Several games that have been given away for free via Essential or Extra have had issues with new gen upgrades and such, with this being another. Instead of trying to continue to talk down to me like I'm an idiot, maybe you should actually realize what you are talking about. The article even mentions what I'm talking about.
Whatever though. This is one of several reasons why I don't comment on articles that much. It's not worth the hassle most of the time. I'm done with this one.
@Danbottomburp Then why are there several other games this has happened for? It's not just Bethesda games, and I read the article. Thank you for reminding me to do exactly what I already did.
@tangyzesty The PS5 has been out for over 5 years now and there has yet to be a fix for any of this. There has to be some blame at some point. Nice to know I can always count on some rude comments in this section.
Maybe when the PS6 comes around, PlayStation will figure out how to do things like this again. I love my PS5, but the PS4 didn't have so many issues that shouldn't exist like this.
I got this from the PS Plus Collection before Sony took away the collection, so I'd love to get this for free. I won't be playing it for a long time, so no big deal for now, but I'd pay for it since games like this are routinely cheap. Otherwise I'd say no.
It's not a big deal to me since I wouldn't be playing it online if I ever do play this, but I'm not sure why they didn't just delay the game a month if it wasn't finished. People waited 13 years for this. I'm sure they could have waited another month. One of the more baffling release decisions in a while.
Like most people have said, this is slightly skewed by the fact that plenty of people had no intention of playing the Rebirth demo because they already knew they were buying it. I would be one of those people, while after reading about how different Stellar Blade was than expected (not another fast paced Bayonetta/DMC like it initially looked like), playing that demo was a priority before deciding on whether to buy it.
@LN78 You're fixated on the fact that there's a possibility that a show could suck and refusing to even understand what I'm saying. Whether a show ends up sucking or not, it's always nice to know that there will be multiple seasons when you invest time into watching a show, especially when so many shows get cancelled before they finish. I've said it several times now, so I guess there's really nothing more to say.
@kirkn This has been the norm with Ubisoft games and the Gold Editions for some time now. I waited and got the Season Pass when it was on sale, but Assassin's Creed Valhalla was $60 and $100 for the Gold Edition. The DLC (not counting Ragnarok) was released after the game came out, which is the same thing as Odyssey aside from an extra mission.
The real joke is the Ultimate Edition being $130. I have a hard time believing the extra content on top of the Gold Edition is really worth $20.
@LN78 It's good to know because sometimes you get into a show in it's first season, only to have it get cancelled and you never get to finish the story. At least in cases like this, you know going in that it will be getting another season, so you don't have to worry about the story not continuing at the end of the season.
@LN78 My comment still applies. It is good to know it's likely to get a second season regardless even if we don't know the quality yet. Going by the trailers though, I fully expect it to be good. It looks like they nailed it pretty well with the atmosphere and tone.
Good to know there will likely be a second season. While I was going to watch this anyways, it's always nice to know there will be another season when watching shows nowadays.
What do I want? What the showcase should have been last year, focusing more on their other studios that are working on single player games. I get why the live service games were there, and that's fine, but to have basically nothing else there was an enormous disappointment and fail on Sony's part. If one happens next month, hopefully it finally delivers as there's no way these developers are just sitting there playing solitaire and/or watching porn instead of developing games.
Works for me being a big Life is Strange fan and looking forward to trying Banishers someday. It's also nice to read something positive about a game developer or publisher for a change.
@get2sammyb You mention that the combat is not what the game initially looked like it would be, and that's very similar to Bayonetta/Devil May Cry. Is it as difficult as some of the Souls games or others like that? I'm not a fan of Souls games at all as I find them far more frustrating than fun, so I would unfortunately have to pass on Stellar Blade if it's much more like them than initially thought.
First month in a while I won't be claiming anything. I would have considered Immortals, but with so many other games to play, I don't see myself ever getting to a game that's considered average at best. I still might claim it for the hell of it, but that would be the only game. Skul is supposed to be good, but I don't enjoy any version of a rogue game, so I'll pass on that one.
I'm not going to really cry about the bad month or anything though, as like I said, I already have plenty of other games to play. Good free games are always nice, but an off month is not a big deal in the end.
@TrickyDicky99 They were designed for both consoles. It's not like the games magically looked better, ran better, and loaded faster. Yes, it is ironic that people were clamoring for developers to end cross-gen games and go full current gen, only to then get games come out that actually run worse than those said cross-gen games.
Obviously you are missing the point, and continue to do so, so I'll just end it there. You are 100% right and I have no idea what I'm talking about obviously.
@TrickyDicky99 The whole point was just to mention how ironic that some games ran better when they were cross-platform rather than these PS5 exclusives that aren't optimized well at all. It wasn't me criticizing anybody, other than developers, and more of just an observation that I find to be a little amusing.
If it's not game design, then whatever it is, these developers like Capcom and Square Enix are heavily dropping the ball when developing some recent current gen exclusives. In the case of Dragon's Dogma 2, they could have made the game run better if they didn't make some of the game's design decisions. I put 100% of the blame on developers that can't get their games to run properly.
@TrickyDicky99 Yes, I know why PS4 games run well on the PS5. I was just saying it's ironic that people were saying that the PS4 would hold those games back when in fact they are games that are better in certain ways because of the fact that they run better. In a sense, even though people expected games to get better once they abandoned last gen, in fact some have gotten worse in certain ways. No real need to question if I know what I'm talking about.
@TrickyDicky99 It's kind of ironic though that some of these cross gen games like Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok run better than actual PS5 games like this one or even Final Fantasy VII Rebirth in Performance Mode (more looks than anything on Rebirth). The PS4 was holding them back, but yet some developers then got lazy and dumb when leaving the last gen behind?
@ORO_ERICIUS Not every game is broken though. Yes, almost every game receives patches and have glitches, but there are several games that release properly optimized at least. Horizon Forbidden West, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, even the PS5 port of Final Fantasy VII Remake, etc. all released and looked and ran well. Yes, Guerrilla had to fix the Performance mode graphically since it had bad shimmering and such, but it still looked and ran great otherwise.
Nice to see them starting the process of actually fixing the game, but maybe by the time I'd be ready to even consider playing this it'll be where a $70 current gen game should be technical wise. I'm glad in a way that I have so many games to play that I have no reason to consider this one given how badly the developer botched optimizing this game, no matter how good the game is otherwise.
Hopefully this is a secondary game to whatever they've already been working on. There's nothing saying they aren't staffing up for a live service game because a lot of their staff is working on a single player game like they already mentioned. It's wild that people just jump to the conclusion that this live service game will now be the only game they are working on without any facts to back it up.
Do I care about live service games? Of course not, as that's why I'm a PlayStation fan and not just on Xbox playing online anymore. I want single player experiences like a lot of other people here do, and obviously it would be damaging for yet another studio to shift their focus, but there's nothing to suggest that here yet.
Not sure whether I will give the demo a shot or not. I have it pre-ordered, but given that it's $70 it might not be a bad idea to try it first. I'll figure it out whenever the time comes, and I may or may not be done with Rebirth in time for the full release anyways.
@SgtTruth True. Ubisoft gets a lot of crap, and sometimes rightfully so, but at least their games usually look good and run well enough. They have bugs elsewhere, but that's another story.
As for DD2, it's more or less a case of them going too far with their ambitions and failing to realize that there was no way they could optimize it to actually run respectably. If it ran well, I could excuse the lack of decent dialog animations, but that combination is inexcusable. It's a shame as it is likely a game that actually does deserve at least a bunch of 9's.
@Rich33 Most of my response is already above, but adding to that, I prefer to play games in 60 FPS now as well. There are rare exceptions where you can work around it and it's fine in 30 FPS, such as Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Their performance modes are both disasters in terms of resolution and the latter looking worse than a PS4 port of Remake, but they did such a good job with the 30 FPS Graphics modes that it's not a big deal. The difference with Rebirth is barely noticeable thanks to an option to speed up camera movement and the fact that the characters already move a bit "heavy" anyways. My brain rarely registers the difference thanks to the option that makes camera panning significantly faster than most everything else in 30 FPS.
I know that's off topic, but it goes to show that while Square Enix should also be criticized for not being able to properly optimize two straight PS5 exclusives' performance modes, at least it isn't as bad of a case like DD2. I'm glad people are enjoying it, but still.
@Rich33 Not even factoring in the microtransactions, as them dropping the score at all seems to be a hot button topic, I agree that at least the game being so poorly optimized should keep a game from getting 9's or 10's.
There's really no excuse at this point for developers to fail to properly optimize their games. It's not that the PS5 can't handle games at a solid resolution and a solid 60 FPS. There's plenty of examples, but then you get developers that are either lazy and/or incompetent. It seems this one falls into both as it's not just that the game is poorly optimized, but they also are pushing things too far (too many NPCs and forced RT), automatically setting it up to fail technically. A PS5 Pro shouldn't be needed to properly run the game.
The extremely lacking dialogue animations should be factored in more too. There's no excuse for that either at this point in time. I'm not expecting every game to be on the level of Horizon Forbidden West, which is probably still the standard in that area, but it should be factored in more when they are lacking this much.
Just mentioning major issues but not really taking much of anything off the score is being generous. And it's also sad that every time a developer fails to actually do the work and optimize their games, it's the hardware and PS5 Pro talk starts up again.
@DennisReynolds In regards to the MTX, yes, I can see that being ignored in game reviews. The performance shouldn't be though. It's great that you are able to still enjoy the game through it, really, but there's no way a game that is this poorly optimized should be receiving a single 10/10 (or even maybe 9/10). It just reeks of sheer laziness and/or incompetence, and that shouldn't be just shrugged off when other developers actually put in the work. Heck, Capcom's own developers (Resident Evil 4) outdid their own DD2 team.
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Re: Capcom Making Resident Evil 0, Code Veronica Remakes Next, Reports Say
I'll gladly take the Code Veronica remake. Given their track record with RE remakes, 0 will undoubtedly be a worthwhile one as well. If this ends up being true, this is great news.
Hopefully their string of great RE remakes never ends.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for June 2024 Announced
I'll claim Fight Forever only because I'm an AEW fan and maybe someday they'll have even remotely close to their whole roster on there. It has too many issues to ever consider paying for it.
As for the other two, nah. They already gave away the good Spongebob game and I already own Streets of Rage 4. If you have any interest at all in that game and haven't bought it yet, that is the one gem of the coming month on Essential.
Re: PS5's Sublime Stellar Blade Can Now Be Yours with PS Stars Points
@trev666 Yeah, the Stars program is only really any good if you buy all of your games digitally. Maybe if you also play the games they want you to play each month, but I play what I want to play. I'm barely at Level 4 and I've been a member since it started.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 530
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Yep, still going...
Re: Sony Seems to Have Broken the PS5's Game Time Tracker, Again
@HonestHick Their domination of the last generation is what led to this. Yeah, I agree that it would be a disaster if Microsoft stopped making consoles. PlayStation is already bad enough this gen. It's not like they would stop trying to make good hardware and good games, but they'd probably stop making as many.
No harm. The apology is accepted and I'm fine about the rant. I've had my fair share of rants from time to time.
Re: Sony Seems to Have Broken the PS5's Game Time Tracker, Again
@HonestHick You're not wrong, but their incompetence in regards to the PS5's UI and not fixing and/or adding things three and a half years in to the console generation is still surprising. The playtime tracker might not matter for some people, but it's still one thing that's been broken off and on from the start and shouldn't still be unstable after this long.
The PS4's might have been sluggish at times if you didn't upgrade to an SSD drive and the store was cluttered, but most of the time almost everything worked as it should. If something was broken, I had confidence that they would actually fix it in due time. This gen though? It's as if they either canned them all and hired a staff off of Craig's List or they scaled the staff so far back that they just can't live up to the reputation they established with their work on the PS4's UI.
I love my PS5, but stuff like this at this point is completely inexcusable.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Reveal Trailer Is Already the Most Disliked in Series History
Backlash for the trailer because of that is ridiculous. It's a video game. It doesn't have to be completely accurate. I'm excited for the game.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 529
Still rolling with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Still enjoying it.
I do agree with others that there's too much padding, but the story portion is still great. I look forward to getting back into the story with me about to polish off Chapter 12.
Re: Here's Your First Official Look at HBO's The Last of Us Season 2
I'm still going to watch this as I'm curious how they'll translate Part II's to TV even if I was in the minority that truly hated the game's story, and I obviously enjoyed Season 1.
I'm with others that don't see how this is really going to work with Bella given how many years had passed for Part II, but oh well I guess. It was always going to be difficult unless they recast Ellie for Season 2. I liked her fine in Season 1, but she's definitely going to look too young this season. Again, oh well I guess. Seeing what Kaitlyn looks like as Abby will be interesting.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Dated for 15th November in First Trailer
Definitely excited for this. I was impressed, and I could care less if this version of Yasuke is accurate or not. What matters most is whether it's a fun game or not. I know what I'll be asking for this Christmas...
Re: Live-Action Tomb Raider Series Officially Ordered by Amazon Prime Video
I'm perfectly fine with her being the writer. I didn't like her in the last Indiana Jones really at all, but that's one project and she didn't write it.
As for the show itself, I'm definitely interested unless they completely botch the casting of Lara. I've always been a big fan of the series and I've even liked all 3 movies, at least to varying degrees.
@VanguardKaiser That's actually not a bad choice looks wise. She has the look for it with her hair died. You could say she's a bit small, but so is Alicia, so I guess that doesn't matter. The only issue is whether she could pull off an English accent. Making Lara American would be an obvious mistake.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 528
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Still going after the 100+ hour mark. I hit a bit of a rough patch a week or so ago, but now that I've shifted my focus back to the story instead of most of the side quests, I'm back to loving the game. Just started Chapter 12 yesterday.
Re: Xbox Pondering PS5 Port of Ninja Theory's Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
If they decide to release this on PS5 sooner or later, that works for me. If I hadn't practically given up on Xbox a year or two ago, this would have been one of my most anticipated games of the year. It looks like it should be great.
While obviously the Bethesda news from this week has been awful, I think people are jumping to conclusions if they think ones like Ninja Theory would be in danger. I think at least them and Obsidian, two they bought well before Bethesda, are fairly safe.
Re: The Big Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Reveal Is Incoming, 2024 Release Date Reportedly Set
I'm glad that we'll likely be getting some meaningful info and maybe some footage sooner or later. I have a hard time believing it's coming out at all this year though given that nothing has been shown yet.
I still have Inquisition to play, so I'm perfectly fine if we have to wait. It turning out to be good is the most important thing.
Re: Rumour: Next Tomb Raider Said to Be Open World, Set in India
@Uromastryx Amazon bought Tomb Raider from Embracer, so there should be no worries even though Embracer still owns the developer.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 527
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hit a bit of a rough patch and I'm hoping to get back into the groove with the game this weekend. The side content in the latter chapters (10 and 11 so far) has become frustrating, having to what feels like jump through hoops just to be able to reach some of it. I was fine with just going around and doing it all like a checklist, but now that some of it is only accessible if you figure out how to get to it, it's chipped away at my enjoyment of the game.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Sales Remain Muted in the USA, Compared to Past Games
Thank you for our weekly low Rebirth sales report. As I continue to play it and love it, I could care less. It's also not a big deal since it's not like the 3rd and final one isn't still coming.
Re: Alan Wake 2 Yet to Recoup Dev, Marketing Expenses as Tencent Raises Stake
Remedy deserves all the success they can get, but the fact that sales of Alan Wake 2 are slow isn't surprising. I put the blame for a lack of physical release on the publisher and Remedy just had to spew out BS, just like they had to for Control Ultimate Edition.
Regardless, I'd say the biggest issue is the fact that it had a horrible release date, coming out around several other major releases. Of course it was going to get lost in the shuffle a bit, and then the lack of a physical release gets put on top of that (even if it made a minimal difference).
Re: Deliver Us Mars Dev Lays Off Team Due to Lack of Publishing Options
Deliver Us the Moon didn't blow me away by any means, but I enjoyed it just enough to play Mars at some point. Regardless, it's still a shame that they had to lay everybody off because indies are struggling so much. Yes, I know even the larger developers are laying people off, but it's still a shame.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 526
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for me
Re: Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update
@Danbottomburp I read the article. Don't know how many times I have to say it. Also, this is a very similar issue that previous games have had, so it is at the end of the day indeed a Sony issue. Several games that have been given away for free via Essential or Extra have had issues with new gen upgrades and such, with this being another. Instead of trying to continue to talk down to me like I'm an idiot, maybe you should actually realize what you are talking about. The article even mentions what I'm talking about.
Whatever though. This is one of several reasons why I don't comment on articles that much. It's not worth the hassle most of the time. I'm done with this one.
Re: Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update
@Danbottomburp Then why are there several other games this has happened for? It's not just Bethesda games, and I read the article. Thank you for reminding me to do exactly what I already did.
@tangyzesty The PS5 has been out for over 5 years now and there has yet to be a fix for any of this. There has to be some blame at some point. Nice to know I can always count on some rude comments in this section.
Re: Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update
Maybe when the PS6 comes around, PlayStation will figure out how to do things like this again. I love my PS5, but the PS4 didn't have so many issues that shouldn't exist like this.
I got this from the PS Plus Collection before Sony took away the collection, so I'd love to get this for free. I won't be playing it for a long time, so no big deal for now, but I'd pay for it since games like this are routinely cheap. Otherwise I'd say no.
Re: TopSpin 2K25 (PS5) - A Killer Serve 13 Years in the Making
It's not a big deal to me since I wouldn't be playing it online if I ever do play this, but I'm not sure why they didn't just delay the game a month if it wasn't finished. People waited 13 years for this. I'm sure they could have waited another month. One of the more baffling release decisions in a while.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 525
Another weekend, more Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Will Feature Galaxy's Most Infamous Card Game
An open world game with a card game included? That's shocking!
Seriously though, it's fine with me as long as it's good. Most of the ones included in the many open world games are good.
Re: Stellar Blade's Demo Had Way More Daily Active Players Than Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's
Like most people have said, this is slightly skewed by the fact that plenty of people had no intention of playing the Rebirth demo because they already knew they were buying it. I would be one of those people, while after reading about how different Stellar Blade was than expected (not another fast paced Bayonetta/DMC like it initially looked like), playing that demo was a priority before deciding on whether to buy it.
Re: Fallout TV Series Already Lining Up a Second Season, It Seems
@LN78 You're fixated on the fact that there's a possibility that a show could suck and refusing to even understand what I'm saying. Whether a show ends up sucking or not, it's always nice to know that there will be multiple seasons when you invest time into watching a show, especially when so many shows get cancelled before they finish. I've said it several times now, so I guess there's really nothing more to say.
Re: $130 Version of Star Wars Outlaws Under Fire as Ubisoft Prices Increase
@kirkn This has been the norm with Ubisoft games and the Gold Editions for some time now. I waited and got the Season Pass when it was on sale, but Assassin's Creed Valhalla was $60 and $100 for the Gold Edition. The DLC (not counting Ragnarok) was released after the game came out, which is the same thing as Odyssey aside from an extra mission.
The real joke is the Ultimate Edition being $130. I have a hard time believing the extra content on top of the Gold Edition is really worth $20.
Re: Fallout TV Series Already Lining Up a Second Season, It Seems
@LN78 It's good to know because sometimes you get into a show in it's first season, only to have it get cancelled and you never get to finish the story. At least in cases like this, you know going in that it will be getting another season, so you don't have to worry about the story not continuing at the end of the season.
Re: Fallout TV Series Already Lining Up a Second Season, It Seems
@LN78 My comment still applies. It is good to know it's likely to get a second season regardless even if we don't know the quality yet. Going by the trailers though, I fully expect it to be good. It looks like they nailed it pretty well with the atmosphere and tone.
Re: Fallout TV Series Already Lining Up a Second Season, It Seems
Good to know there will likely be a second season. While I was going to watch this anyways, it's always nice to know there will be another season when watching shows nowadays.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 523
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Another weekend of Rebirth. Darn.
Re: Rumour: Sony to Host Big PlayStation Event Next Month
What do I want? What the showcase should have been last year, focusing more on their other studios that are working on single player games. I get why the live service games were there, and that's fine, but to have basically nothing else there was an enormous disappointment and fail on Sony's part. If one happens next month, hopefully it finally delivers as there's no way these developers are just sitting there playing solitaire and/or watching porn instead of developing games.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 522
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Gladly continuing on the journey...
Re: Don't Nod Has Seven Games in the Works, Four of Them Unannounced
Works for me being a big Life is Strange fan and looking forward to trying Banishers someday. It's also nice to read something positive about a game developer or publisher for a change.
Re: Preview: Stellar Blade Is the PS5 Exclusive Enthusiasts Have Been Praying For
@get2sammyb You mention that the combat is not what the game initially looked like it would be, and that's very similar to Bayonetta/Devil May Cry. Is it as difficult as some of the Souls games or others like that? I'm not a fan of Souls games at all as I find them far more frustrating than fun, so I would unfortunately have to pass on Stellar Blade if it's much more like them than initially thought.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for April 2024 Announced
First month in a while I won't be claiming anything. I would have considered Immortals, but with so many other games to play, I don't see myself ever getting to a game that's considered average at best. I still might claim it for the hell of it, but that would be the only game. Skul is supposed to be good, but I don't enjoy any version of a rogue game, so I'll pass on that one.
I'm not going to really cry about the bad month or anything though, as like I said, I already have plenty of other games to play. Good free games are always nice, but an off month is not a big deal in the end.
Re: Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements
@TrickyDicky99 They were designed for both consoles. It's not like the games magically looked better, ran better, and loaded faster. Yes, it is ironic that people were clamoring for developers to end cross-gen games and go full current gen, only to then get games come out that actually run worse than those said cross-gen games.
Obviously you are missing the point, and continue to do so, so I'll just end it there. You are 100% right and I have no idea what I'm talking about obviously.
Re: Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements
@TrickyDicky99 The whole point was just to mention how ironic that some games ran better when they were cross-platform rather than these PS5 exclusives that aren't optimized well at all. It wasn't me criticizing anybody, other than developers, and more of just an observation that I find to be a little amusing.
If it's not game design, then whatever it is, these developers like Capcom and Square Enix are heavily dropping the ball when developing some recent current gen exclusives. In the case of Dragon's Dogma 2, they could have made the game run better if they didn't make some of the game's design decisions. I put 100% of the blame on developers that can't get their games to run properly.
Re: Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements
@TrickyDicky99 Yes, I know why PS4 games run well on the PS5. I was just saying it's ironic that people were saying that the PS4 would hold those games back when in fact they are games that are better in certain ways because of the fact that they run better. In a sense, even though people expected games to get better once they abandoned last gen, in fact some have gotten worse in certain ways. No real need to question if I know what I'm talking about.
Re: Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements
@TrickyDicky99 It's kind of ironic though that some of these cross gen games like Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok run better than actual PS5 games like this one or even Final Fantasy VII Rebirth in Performance Mode (more looks than anything on Rebirth). The PS4 was holding them back, but yet some developers then got lazy and dumb when leaving the last gen behind?
Re: Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements
@ORO_ERICIUS Not every game is broken though. Yes, almost every game receives patches and have glitches, but there are several games that release properly optimized at least. Horizon Forbidden West, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, even the PS5 port of Final Fantasy VII Remake, etc. all released and looked and ran well. Yes, Guerrilla had to fix the Performance mode graphically since it had bad shimmering and such, but it still looked and ran great otherwise.
Re: Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements
Nice to see them starting the process of actually fixing the game, but maybe by the time I'd be ready to even consider playing this it'll be where a $70 current gen game should be technical wise. I'm glad in a way that I have so many games to play that I have no reason to consider this one given how badly the developer botched optimizing this game, no matter how good the game is otherwise.
Re: Days Gone Dev Bend Studio Staffing Up for 'AAA Live Service' Game
Hopefully this is a secondary game to whatever they've already been working on. There's nothing saying they aren't staffing up for a live service game because a lot of their staff is working on a single player game like they already mentioned. It's wild that people just jump to the conclusion that this live service game will now be the only game they are working on without any facts to back it up.
Do I care about live service games? Of course not, as that's why I'm a PlayStation fan and not just on Xbox playing online anymore. I want single player experiences like a lot of other people here do, and obviously it would be damaging for yet another studio to shift their focus, but there's nothing to suggest that here yet.
Re: Stellar Blade PS5 Demo Drops This Week, Progress Carries to the Full Game
Not sure whether I will give the demo a shot or not. I have it pre-ordered, but given that it's $70 it might not be a bad idea to try it first. I'll figure it out whenever the time comes, and I may or may not be done with Rebirth in time for the full release anyways.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 (PS5) - The Apex of RPG Adventuring
@SgtTruth True. Ubisoft gets a lot of crap, and sometimes rightfully so, but at least their games usually look good and run well enough. They have bugs elsewhere, but that's another story.
As for DD2, it's more or less a case of them going too far with their ambitions and failing to realize that there was no way they could optimize it to actually run respectably. If it ran well, I could excuse the lack of decent dialog animations, but that combination is inexcusable. It's a shame as it is likely a game that actually does deserve at least a bunch of 9's.
@Rich33 Most of my response is already above, but adding to that, I prefer to play games in 60 FPS now as well. There are rare exceptions where you can work around it and it's fine in 30 FPS, such as Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Their performance modes are both disasters in terms of resolution and the latter looking worse than a PS4 port of Remake, but they did such a good job with the 30 FPS Graphics modes that it's not a big deal. The difference with Rebirth is barely noticeable thanks to an option to speed up camera movement and the fact that the characters already move a bit "heavy" anyways. My brain rarely registers the difference thanks to the option that makes camera panning significantly faster than most everything else in 30 FPS.
I know that's off topic, but it goes to show that while Square Enix should also be criticized for not being able to properly optimize two straight PS5 exclusives' performance modes, at least it isn't as bad of a case like DD2. I'm glad people are enjoying it, but still.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 521
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
This will be my answer for many weekends to come. 20-some hours in, loving it, and know I have dozen of hours left.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 (PS5) - The Apex of RPG Adventuring
@Rich33 Not even factoring in the microtransactions, as them dropping the score at all seems to be a hot button topic, I agree that at least the game being so poorly optimized should keep a game from getting 9's or 10's.
There's really no excuse at this point for developers to fail to properly optimize their games. It's not that the PS5 can't handle games at a solid resolution and a solid 60 FPS. There's plenty of examples, but then you get developers that are either lazy and/or incompetent. It seems this one falls into both as it's not just that the game is poorly optimized, but they also are pushing things too far (too many NPCs and forced RT), automatically setting it up to fail technically. A PS5 Pro shouldn't be needed to properly run the game.
The extremely lacking dialogue animations should be factored in more too. There's no excuse for that either at this point in time. I'm not expecting every game to be on the level of Horizon Forbidden West, which is probably still the standard in that area, but it should be factored in more when they are lacking this much.
Just mentioning major issues but not really taking much of anything off the score is being generous. And it's also sad that every time a developer fails to actually do the work and optimize their games, it's the hardware and PS5 Pro talk starts up again.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Slated for Adding Sinister PS5 Microtransactions at Launch
@DennisReynolds In regards to the MTX, yes, I can see that being ignored in game reviews. The performance shouldn't be though. It's great that you are able to still enjoy the game through it, really, but there's no way a game that is this poorly optimized should be receiving a single 10/10 (or even maybe 9/10). It just reeks of sheer laziness and/or incompetence, and that shouldn't be just shrugged off when other developers actually put in the work. Heck, Capcom's own developers (Resident Evil 4) outdid their own DD2 team.