I enjoy Kingdom Hearts but I'm not a fan of the overarching story being so needlessly convoluted. And they go on a bit too much sometimes about Hearts, shadows and light, etc. One of those situations where someone can talk for an hour without actually saying anything. Hope they improve on that when KH4 comes out in 10 years.
Housemarque are awesome, looking forward to seeing what they show. A shame about Stormdivers, hopefully they can use some of the work on that and it's not wasted.
I am properly stuck into Valkyrie Chronicles 4 at the moment, loving it. Also had a go on Blood & Truth, it's good, but it's no Astro Bot Rescue Mission.
@Col_McCafferty
That's true, there aren't many games based in a historical setting on consoles. Apart from the big hitter, Red Dead Redemption and your FPS WW1 / WW2 games there's not much competition for AC.
My personal favourite is Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, really fun and clever little game.
The copy & paste issue isn't a total deal breaker on it's own, but coupled with such uninteresting narratives and poorly written characters.. there are plenty of far more interesting games worth my time.
I understand the strategy, big names will sell huge numbers regardless of the quality up to a point. You get that in the music and movie industry as well. So minimum effort, maximum profit.
Nice to see they've admitted there's a problem, that's the first step.
Some of the games created in LBP2 & 3 that were given awards by MM were incredible, so I'm very much looking forward to seeing the brilliance on offer this time round.
So this will be relatively close to the PS5 launch then.. as excited as I am to play this, waiting on a suped up next gen version seems like an option well worth considering now!
@nessisonett Heh, I had a similar reaction when I saw how many hours I'd put into Apex Legends. These games have so many addictive qualities. Same as you, I enjoyed it but glad to be putting my time into other games and other hobbies now. Always good to switch things up a bit, keep things interestng.
It's going to be a very strong year for video games, I'm going to have a hard time chosing which games to play! Nice list, Disco Elysium sounds rather special.
In my mind if it releases on both new and old hardware, then it's not a next gen game. If current hardware is perfectly capable of running it then I'll be assuming it's not making much use of the new tech that's been made available.
I think most people, when they buy a new console would be excited to play a game that really shows what the new kit can do. Otherwise it would be rather anticlimactic.
Improved share functionality, each user gets their own feed / wall showing recent activity where friends can view full videos you've shared. You can even react with the latest Brexit / Trump memes. Huzzah!
Home 2.0 That crazy experiment from the ps3 days will return and finally be out of beta. Create your own avatar and buy expensive virtual clothing, showing friends how easily you are tricked out of your hard earned cash.
PSone classics are back again with new trophy support! Feel the power of the retro pling.
Accessorise! Attachments are all the rage, connect an official Playstation cheese grater to your controller, and get the limited edition spaghetti bog trophy pling pling.
New melted next gen Playstation, guaranteed. With new incredible boosts in computing power comes unbearable heat! Despite super fans that sound like Concord taking off, your console will inevitably melt faster than that ssd can reload the first boss fight of Bloodborne 2.
New playstation hotline to call in about your freshly melted console, demanding a
replacement! Get a limited edition trophy for each console that overheats and melts!
@JamieO Gunlord X came out just under a month ago on PSN. Looks like a love letter to Turrican more than anything, might be worth a look if you're currently deciding on what to review next. I get the impression it's meant to be decent.
@JamieO Great stuff, thanks Jamie. I did read a review on this game a few months back. I was tempted but the relative shortness of it, the potentially low playing time put me off a bit. But you've persuaded me I really do need to play this. Definitely getting it the next time it's on sale.
Loved Midnight Resistance back in the day, thanks for another awesome review.
That's a strong list, I'm a little surprised by the omission of some titles such as the awesome Uncharted 4 or Bloodborne but I appreciate you're trying to represent as many genres as possible here.
I'm very pleased Spelunky is there, well done to whoever insisted that should be present.
The level of quality in this game really is incredible. A huge game, I completed every mission and all the dlc and was sad when I'd played all of it. I look forward to playing through all it again.
I gave this game a few goes and I'd rate it as a 4/10. It's just poor on so many levels, Apex Legends is far better if battle royale is your thing.
But it certainly has had quite an impact, no question about that. The fact it's been in the news so many times is testament to that. The real horror story here though is how badly the staff are treated on the development team, like they're subhuman.
Assuming the voice acting is decent, and it should be, I'll always stick to English. I'd enjoy that more than reading subtitles. If I want to read, then I'll pick up a book.
Well deserved I think, amazing game. Someone mentioned above this isn't talked about by sites much.
I'd say that is due to having no multiplayer or dlc, those sort of things get reported on a lot, just look at Destiny. Not having those doesn't make it any less deserving though, just less of a cash cow. That's no bad thing.
Gearbox have one popular overrated ip. Everything else they put out has been terrible as I recall. And most of us know how dishonest / unethical they are as a company. Disappointing.
Oooh, the psone, amazing times. My Dad told me we would be getting one, I was excited but didn't actually know what to expect. I just knew the next generation of video games could only be a good thing.
But wow, what an understatement. On seeing Tomb Raider loaded up for the first time with my family, I was absolutely amazed. And that feeling continued for quite some time, what an incredible game. My jaw dropped a few times at Final Fantasy 7 as well, they told one hell of a story there.
Respecting the competition is smart, Google have a lot of money to throw around, it would have been foolish to underestimate them. Wouldn't be worth risking the assumption that they would mess up the launch so badly.
The PSone introduced me to Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy (the best ones), Resident Evil, Command & Conquer, Tekken, Wipeout, Armored Core, Vandal Hearts, Xcom, G-Police, Castlevania, Rollcage and so many other amazing classics.
It still has the best version of classic Doom even to this day. And it had the best video game magazine ever created with one hell of a demo disc to look forward to each month. The PS4 is great, no doubt, but PSone is still king for me.
@JimbobLink I'd suggest starting a post by calling the author a hypocrite definitely leans more towards trolling than debate. Not that I'm wishing to pile on here but it's something to reflect on.
Back on topic, Spencer doesn't know his numbers it seems, either that or he's being disingenuous here. As for calling VR isolating, I would disagree. I don't think you can simply apply that notion to the technology as a whole, it comes down to the individual games.
Having played some of the party games on psvr with a few different groups, I can tell you they were in no way isolating. We could do with a few more party games on the platform though in my opinion.
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Re: Bluepoint Games' PS5 Project 'Aims to Define the Visual Benchmark' for Next-Gen
Very exciting if true, would be brilliant to play a remade Demon's Souls as a launch game for PS5. Not too long until we find out I'm guessing.
Re: Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind - Grandiose DLC for Hardcore Fans, and That's About It
I enjoy Kingdom Hearts but I'm not a fan of the overarching story being so needlessly convoluted.
And they go on a bit too much sometimes about Hearts, shadows and light, etc. One of those situations where someone can talk for an hour without actually saying anything.
Hope they improve on that when KH4 comes out in 10 years.
Re: Housemarque Puts Stormdivers Development on Ice for Big AAA Game, Announcement Soon
Housemarque are awesome, looking forward to seeing what they show. A shame about Stormdivers, hopefully they can use some of the work on that and it's not wasted.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 307
I am properly stuck into Valkyrie Chronicles 4 at the moment, loving it. Also had a go on Blood & Truth, it's good, but it's no Astro Bot Rescue Mission.
Re: NHS Wants Devs to Think of the Children as Loot Boxes Prep Kids for Gambling Addiction
Ah yes, the very lucrative business practice of exploiting children by teaching them to gamble.
How absolutely vile.
Re: Ubisoft Wants to Avoid Its PS5 Games Playing Like Copy and Pastes
@Col_McCafferty
That's true, there aren't many games based in a historical setting on consoles. Apart from the big hitter, Red Dead Redemption and your FPS WW1 / WW2 games there's not much competition for AC.
My personal favourite is Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, really fun and clever little game.
Re: Ubisoft Wants to Avoid Its PS5 Games Playing Like Copy and Pastes
The copy & paste issue isn't a total deal breaker on it's own, but coupled with such uninteresting narratives and poorly written characters.. there are plenty of far more interesting games worth my time.
I understand the strategy, big names will sell huge numbers regardless of the quality up to a point. You get that in the music and movie industry as well. So minimum effort, maximum profit.
Nice to see they've admitted there's a problem, that's the first step.
Re: Voting Is Now Open for Dreams' Community Driven Impy Awards Show
Some of the games created in LBP2 & 3 that were given awards by MM were incredible, so I'm very much looking forward to seeing the brilliance on offer this time round.
Re: Random: Bored Man Hijacks Airport Screen to Play Some Apex Legends on His PS4
Poor bloke, they should have let him finish the round. Just think of his poor team mates being left on their own mid match. Brutal.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Receives Hefty 5 Month Delay
So this will be relatively close to the PS5 launch then.. as excited as I am to play this, waiting on a suped up next gen version seems like an option well worth considering now!
Re: Detroit: Become Human Dev Quantic Dream Has 'a Lot of Surprises' Planned for 2020
Knowing Cage, a few of those surprises will be something altogether creepy and massively inappropriate.
Re: Gallery: Check Out the Free PlayStation 2019 Wrap-Up PS4 Dynamic Theme
@nessisonett
Heh, I had a similar reaction when I saw how many hours I'd put into Apex Legends. These games have so many addictive qualities. Same as you, I enjoyed it but glad to be putting my time into other games and other hobbies now. Always good to switch things up a bit, keep things interestng.
Re: Feature: 10 Under-the-Radar PS4 Games to Look Out for in 2020
It's going to be a very strong year for video games, I'm going to have a hard time chosing which games to play!
Nice list, Disco Elysium sounds rather special.
Re: Sony and PlayStation Will Not Be at E3 2020
E3 is overrated. They became greedy, so it's no surprise Sony found smarter, better ways to do business.
Re: Soapbox: Sony Is Not Anti-Consumer for Making PS5 Exclusives
In my mind if it releases on both new and old hardware, then it's not a next gen game.
If current hardware is perfectly capable of running it then I'll be assuming it's not making much use of the new tech that's been made available.
I think most people, when they buy a new console would be excited to play a game that really shows what the new kit can do. Otherwise it would be rather anticlimactic.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Gets the Retro Demake Treatment in Amazing Dreams Creation
Impressive work as always, looks like a really nice level of polish.
Re: Persona 5 Scramble Looks More and More Like a Full Sequel in 2 Hours of PS4 Gameplay
Looking forward to the review, seems to have potential.
Re: Poll: What's Your Most Anticipated PS4 Game of 2020?
Show Spelunky 2 some love!
Three votes is difficult though, it's true.
Dreams and Cyberpunk get my other two.
Sorry Doom & FF7, I love you really!
Re: Resident Evil 3 Ditches Mercenaries Mode, Choice Events, and Extra Endings
Nooo, I loved mercenaries mode.
And giving Nemesis a good kicking for some awesome loot was always fun.
Re: Feature: Our Most Anticipated PS4 Games of 2020
@Ralizah
You got my attention when you mentioned the Valkyria Chronicles' team. First I heard of Sakura Wars, will keep an eye out for it, cheers.
Re: Classic FPS Games DOOM and DOOM 2 Updated on PS4
Good news, I was hoping for online co-op though.
Re: Random Twitter Account Claims Sony Is About to Reveal a 'Major Studio Acquisition'
Hell's horses, Liam. Did you actually just besmirch the Emperor of Mankind, Foxy by suggesting he's just a random twitter account!!?
Re: PS5's Most 'Unique Elements' and 'Biggest Changes' Have Yet to Be Announced, Says Sony
Interesting, what could he be alluding to?
Improved share functionality, each user gets their own feed / wall showing recent activity where friends can view full videos you've shared. You can even react with the latest Brexit / Trump memes. Huzzah!
Home 2.0 That crazy experiment from the ps3 days will return and finally be out of beta. Create your own avatar and buy expensive virtual clothing, showing friends how easily you are tricked out of your hard earned cash.
PSone classics are back again with new trophy support! Feel the power of the retro pling.
Accessorise! Attachments are all the rage, connect an official Playstation cheese grater to your controller, and get the limited edition spaghetti bog trophy pling pling.
New melted next gen Playstation, guaranteed. With new incredible boosts in computing power comes unbearable heat! Despite super fans that sound like Concord taking off, your console will inevitably melt faster than that ssd can reload the first boss fight of Bloodborne 2.
New playstation hotline to call in about your freshly melted console, demanding a
replacement! Get a limited edition trophy for each console that overheats and melts!
Re: Exit the Gungeon When Roguelike Shooter Follow-Up Comes to PS4 in 2020
Loved playing games like this on the Vita. Will be fun on the PS4 as well I'm sure.
Re: Feature: 12 PlayStation Predictions for PS4 and PS5 in 2020
@Neolit
Now that's just ridiculous, it's the Playstation 5, not the Playstation 8 pro. Be sensible!!!!
Re: Soapbox: The Witcher 3's Post-Netflix Resurgence Proves There's Untapped Cross-Media Potential in Games
So what you're really saying is you desperately want a Resogun tv Netflix adaptation, aren't you?
I'd watch that.
Re: Review: Blazing Chrome - JoyMasher's Homage to the Best 16-Bit Run-'n'-Gun Games
@JamieO
Gunlord X came out just under a month ago on PSN. Looks like a love letter to Turrican more than anything, might be worth a look if you're currently deciding on what to review next. I get the impression it's meant to be decent.
Re: Review: Blazing Chrome - JoyMasher's Homage to the Best 16-Bit Run-'n'-Gun Games
@JamieO
Great stuff, thanks Jamie. I did read a review on this game a few months back. I was tempted but the relative shortness of it, the potentially low playing time put me off a bit. But you've persuaded me I really do need to play this.
Definitely getting it the next time it's on sale.
Loved Midnight Resistance back in the day, thanks for another awesome review.
Re: Ridiculous Rumour Claims Sony Is About to Buy Bethesda Parent Company ZeniMax and All Its Studios
There's another rumour Sony are planning to take over EA and Ubisoft, first.
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Favourite PlayStation Game of the Decade?
That's a strong list, I'm a little surprised by the omission of some titles such as the awesome Uncharted 4 or Bloodborne but I appreciate you're trying to represent as many genres as possible here.
I'm very pleased Spelunky is there, well done to whoever insisted that should be present.
Re: We Wish You a Very Merry Christmas
Merry xmas everyone! Hope you got some cool Playstation related gifts.
But more importantly hope you all have a great day.
Re: Game of the Decade: The Witcher 3 Set a New Standard for RPGs That's Yet to Be Topped
The level of quality in this game really is incredible. A huge game, I completed every mission and all the dlc and was sad when I'd played all of it. I look forward to playing through all it again.
Re: Round Up: The Witcher Netflix Reviews Are All Over the Place
Rotten tomatoes currently shows 67% from critics and 88% from the audience. Not bad!
Re: Game of the Decade: Fortnite Became the Biggest Video Game in the World
I gave this game a few goes and I'd rate it as a 4/10. It's just poor on so many levels, Apex Legends is far better if battle royale is your thing.
But it certainly has had quite an impact, no question about that. The fact it's been in the news so many times is testament to that. The real horror story here though is how badly the staff are treated on the development team, like they're subhuman.
Re: PS4 Exclusive Ghost of Tsushima's New Trailer Is Even Better in Japanese
Assuming the voice acting is decent, and it should be, I'll always stick to English. I'd enjoy that more than reading subtitles. If I want to read, then I'll pick up a book.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Soundtrack Features Grimes, Run the Jewels, A$AP Rocky, and More
I've not heard of these artists before but I'm optimistic there will be a lot of good stuff in there.
Re: Sekiro Wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2019
Well deserved I think, amazing game. Someone mentioned above this isn't talked about by sites much.
I'd say that is due to having no multiplayer or dlc, those sort of things get reported on a lot, just look at Destiny. Not having those doesn't make it any less deserving though, just less of a cash cow. That's no bad thing.
Re: Godfall Is the First Game Officially Announced for PS5
Gearbox have one popular overrated ip. Everything else they put out has been terrible as I recall. And most of us know how dishonest / unethical they are as a company. Disappointing.
Re: Longtime PlayStation Fans Vote PS4 as Their Favourite Sony Console
I demand a recount, A RECOUNT!! Ah sorry, just getting ready for tomorrow..
The PSone was robbed I tell thee!
Re: A New BioShock Has Been Announced, Almost Certainly a PS5 Game
Still waiting for the Bioshock game they announced for the Vita. Any day now..
Re: Tekken 7 Gets Leroy Smith Release Date, Amazing Ganryu Redesign, and a Brand New Character
A shame the plat was so easy for this game, I traded it in ages ago. Didn't expect to see it get so much extra content.
Re: Feature: As PlayStation Turns 25, We Share Our Fondest PSone Memories
Oooh, the psone, amazing times. My Dad told me we would be getting one, I was excited but didn't actually know what to expect. I just knew the next generation of video games could only be a good thing.
But wow, what an understatement. On seeing Tomb Raider loaded up for the first time with my family, I was absolutely amazed. And that feeling continued for quite some time, what an incredible game. My jaw dropped a few times at Final Fantasy 7 as well, they told one hell of a story there.
Re: Don't Worry, This Isn't What the PS5 Controller Will Look Like
I've always dreamed of owning my very own Playstation heart rate monitor.
Re: Google Stadia Terrified Sony Before Streaming Service's Tepid Launch
Respecting the competition is smart, Google have a lot of money to throw around, it would have been foolish to underestimate them. Wouldn't be worth risking the assumption that they would mess up the launch so badly.
Re: Poll: PlayStation Is 25 Years Old Today - What Is Your Favourite PlayStation Console?
The PSone introduced me to Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy (the best ones), Resident Evil, Command & Conquer, Tekken, Wipeout, Armored Core, Vandal Hearts, Xcom, G-Police, Castlevania, Rollcage and so many other amazing classics.
It still has the best version of classic Doom even to this day. And it had the best video game magazine ever created with one hell of a demo disc to look forward to each month. The PS4 is great, no doubt, but PSone is still king for me.
Re: Shuhei Yoshida Shuts Down Xbox Boss' Comments on VR
@JimbobLink
I'd suggest starting a post by calling the author a hypocrite definitely leans more towards trolling than debate. Not that I'm wishing to pile on here but it's something to reflect on.
Back on topic, Spencer doesn't know his numbers it seems, either that or he's being disingenuous here. As for calling VR isolating, I would disagree. I don't think you can simply apply that notion to the technology as a whole, it comes down to the individual games.
Having played some of the party games on psvr with a few different groups, I can tell you they were in no way isolating. We could do with a few more party games on the platform though in my opinion.
Re: Random: PlayStation Wedding Cake Signals Game Over for the Groom
I can understand looking after a baby making it difficult for someone to find time for their hobbies but simply being married? I don't think so.
Re: Talking Point: What Free December 2019 PS Plus Game Do You Want?
I wouldn't say no to a psvr game on there, that would be nice, assuming it's a decent one.
Re: Civilization VI - The Best Strategy Game on PS4
Sounds like fun, been quite a while since the last Civilization was on Playstation.
Re: Random: Trophy Hunter Creates Mural Dedicated to His Past 200 Platinums
Nice collection. I'm closing in on the big 100. No rush. Littlebigplanet was my first platinum, brilliant game.