Love it when devs have to ad incredibly obvious things in games that should have been in the game at launch. It's such a ridiculous example of pointlessly gatekeeping the way people play their game too.
Out of all the GTA's IV is by far the version I'm least interested in ever playing again. Have never felt the desire to play it again since I beat the expansions.
I'm at the point now that by the time a GT is finally released I'm not even that interested. Especially with the weird not really a full game stuff they put out. The way they "hype" the game does nothing for me either. It reminds me of SSB in way. The designer talks about stuff as if the only people that exist are die hard fans that drool over the smallest bit of mind numbingly boring information. I guess it's hard to make GT look overly exciting though tbf.
Played it on Xbox with game pass when it came out. Thought it was pretty boring myself. Not sure what people see in it really. If I was a fan of the game I wouldn't compare it to Rocket League as it won't be a favourable comparison imo. Rocket League feels like playing a legitimate sport. It doesn't need successful alternate modes (and hoops and drop shot in RL are great anyway). To me rocket league is all about fluid, precise control mixed with hitting the ball at the right angles like pool shots, it's all about the physics. There's no running around and pressing lock on to throw dodge balls in what is ultimately a slow paced 3rd person shooter. It's a pretty poor comparison really. Surely it's much more like Splatoon. It doesn't hold up to that though either...
The ammount of times EA has given this away in one way or another since launch is also weird af. No idea why they don't just go straight free to play.
@KippDynamite That's not how it works. At all. They've not put 10 years of full-time development into making Skyrim ports. We haven't got a new TES because they've focused on other IP's.
Lol. They're dreaming. No way they've done the kind of work that would warrant full price for this. If they had we would have gotten more than a couple paragraph press release to announce the game.
It's weird to me that so many outlets are treating this as some new, unknown IP and barely ever mention that it's clearly just an iteration of Steep. You'd think it was some unknown commodity. Not saying that's happening here but I've seen it when outlets have talked about it elsewhere. Ubisoft clearly wants us to forget it's Steep 2.0 and the games media seems happy to oblige.
I'm not sure why anyone would be overly optimistic about this game. Steep was an aimless mess where you had to create your own fun and this new rebranded version looks the same. In typical Ubisoft fashion they make a mediocre game and their first reaction isn't to tighten it up and polish it into a really tight, focused game, it's to add more stuff and make it bigger. Quantity over quality should be their company motto.
It could be great, idk. I'd bet on it being a bloated mess with a bunch of events scattered in a massive open world sloppily presented to the player to complete at their leisure. Which will be never because it's all a bit of a chore and the game gives you no real motivation to do so. But it'll have tons of online randos in funny outfits everywhere though so... cool
@Jacko11 What are you on about? They were putting forth a reason why EA, a publicly traded company that only exists to return a profit, might want to move away from the FIFA brand. They at no point justified it, just explained the companies motive.
Lol. At this point it feels like less of a trend and more like every designer in the world lost all their talent at once and can only do the most basic, unimaginative design possible. It's a bloody terrible trend.
I wasn't a fan of the current one either though so it's not a huge loss in this case.
That's cool for Hell Let Loose. A game like that needs a strong player base to stand a chance. I think I have MKX and I've played 2k21 on a free weekend on xbox and wasn't a fan. I like a career mode where you gain stats and get better over time, 2k21 isn't like that unfortunately.
Played a dozen or so holes. The gameplay is fine but the rest feels pretty pretentious. They've got a lot to say. Shame it's all been said a million times before in far more engaging ways. Also, the music is average af to bad.
@Amppari yeah, free stuff like the actual game disc for the game you bought. How entitled.
Sony is just about the only company doing this rubbish. Even most 3rd parties are generous with their next gen updates. But hey, keep on cheering for things that aren't beneficial for consumers.
No way I'm giving them $30AUD for this. I'm not supporting this kind of money grabbing. Especially with how little content there is on PS5. They should be giving it away as a sorry for how terrible the library is this far into the consoles life.
Edit: they want $45 for the PS5 upgrade. Yeah, no way. They should have made the upgrade free. Charging for DLC is fair enough but putting an upgrade charge on top of that is preposterous.
@trev666 I love it when they mention some artifact or error that you'd have to be an idiot savant to notice. So much of it I can't even see after they point it out.
@Fenbops Yes! I've got that one on Switch. It's a lot of fun. It's not really straight golf though but still really good. I'm pretty sure they're currently working on a sequel which is actually tennis based.
I just want more of this kind of rpg sport games and from different creators. I love those classic GBC/GBA Mario golf/tennis games. Everybody's Golf on playstation as well. The modern Mario sports games on Switch all seem very disappointing unfortunately. Thankfully there's a couple of indies that clearly share my love for this style of game.
That tennis game is absolutely bloody awful. I honestly have idea how your reviewer gave it a 7. I don't care how little competition there is in the genre, a terrible game is a terrible game.
Edit: it was you Sammy! You must have been in a really generous mood or dying for a tennis game to play. I feel you on the last one. At this point I'd pay good money for a Top Spin remake.
If there's demand? There's been demand since they announced they wouldn't be on them. Or by "demand" do they mean once everyone's bought them for pc or mobile they'll put them on PS/Xbox so you can buy them again?
Looks interesting. Really like good dodge ball games. There was one on GBA that was pretty awesome. Not sold on this from the demo (the court looks really small) but the concept has piqued my interest.
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Re: The Tomorrow Children Will Return as Developer Q-Games Acquires IP Rights
Just what absolutely nobody asked for.
Re: Back 4 Blood Offline Single Player Progression Coming Next Month
Love it when devs have to ad incredibly obvious things in games that should have been in the game at launch. It's such a ridiculous example of pointlessly gatekeeping the way people play their game too.
Re: Soapbox: Please Don't Let GTA 4 Rot on PS3, Rockstar
Out of all the GTA's IV is by far the version I'm least interested in ever playing again. Have never felt the desire to play it again since I beat the expansions.
Re: Gran Turismo 7 PS5, PS4 Will Have More Tuning Parts Than Past Entries
I'm at the point now that by the time a GT is finally released I'm not even that interested. Especially with the weird not really a full game stuff they put out. The way they "hype" the game does nothing for me either. It reminds me of SSB in way. The designer talks about stuff as if the only people that exist are die hard fans that drool over the smallest bit of mind numbingly boring information. I guess it's hard to make GT look overly exciting though tbf.
Re: Talking Point: Why Aren't You Playing Knockout City with PS Plus?
Played it on Xbox with game pass when it came out. Thought it was pretty boring myself. Not sure what people see in it really. If I was a fan of the game I wouldn't compare it to Rocket League as it won't be a favourable comparison imo. Rocket League feels like playing a legitimate sport. It doesn't need successful alternate modes (and hoops and drop shot in RL are great anyway). To me rocket league is all about fluid, precise control mixed with hitting the ball at the right angles like pool shots, it's all about the physics. There's no running around and pressing lock on to throw dodge balls in what is ultimately a slow paced 3rd person shooter. It's a pretty poor comparison really. Surely it's much more like Splatoon. It doesn't hold up to that though either...
The ammount of times EA has given this away in one way or another since launch is also weird af. No idea why they don't just go straight free to play.
I'll stick to Rocket League for my MP fix.
Re: Greg Miller Demands Bugsnax DLC Trophies, Gets Them
If he really wanted to do something useful he could stop being a media personality.
Re: Skyrim Anniversary Edition Detailed, Special Edition Owners Get Four Creation Club DLCs for Free
@KippDynamite That's not how it works. At all. They've not put 10 years of full-time development into making Skyrim ports. We haven't got a new TES because they've focused on other IP's.
Re: Skyrim Anniversary Edition Detailed, Special Edition Owners Get Four Creation Club DLCs for Free
@frankmcma 11/11 I assume.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Is Ubisoft's Second Most Profitable Game Ever
Well good luck to all of those that want the series to go back to its roots...
Re: The Solitaire Conspiracy Is a Blend of Cards, Espionage, and Greg Miller
Was interested until you mentioned Greg Miller...
Re: Sony Patent Sparks Fears of Players Being Kicked from Games by Streamers and Viewers
I'll never understand games companies catering to streamers. They're such a small part of the industry.
Re: GTA Trilogy Could Be Pretty Pricey on PS5, PS4
Lol. They're dreaming. No way they've done the kind of work that would warrant full price for this. If they had we would have gotten more than a couple paragraph press release to announce the game.
Re: Riders Republic to Add BMXs, Rocket Powered Skis, and Seasonal Events
It's weird to me that so many outlets are treating this as some new, unknown IP and barely ever mention that it's clearly just an iteration of Steep. You'd think it was some unknown commodity. Not saying that's happening here but I've seen it when outlets have talked about it elsewhere. Ubisoft clearly wants us to forget it's Steep 2.0 and the games media seems happy to oblige.
I'm not sure why anyone would be overly optimistic about this game. Steep was an aimless mess where you had to create your own fun and this new rebranded version looks the same. In typical Ubisoft fashion they make a mediocre game and their first reaction isn't to tighten it up and polish it into a really tight, focused game, it's to add more stuff and make it bigger. Quantity over quality should be their company motto.
It could be great, idk. I'd bet on it being a bloated mess with a bunch of events scattered in a massive open world sloppily presented to the player to complete at their leisure. Which will be never because it's all a bit of a chore and the game gives you no real motivation to do so. But it'll have tons of online randos in funny outfits everywhere though so... cool
Re: EA Sports' Future FIFA Games Might Not Be Called FIFA
@Jacko11 What are you on about? They were putting forth a reason why EA, a publicly traded company that only exists to return a profit, might want to move away from the FIFA brand. They at no point justified it, just explained the companies motive.
Re: Mini Review: AWAY: The Survival Series (PS5) - Life Finds a Way, Far Away
That's a shame.
Re: Bloober Team Announces New Layers of Fear Game in Teaser Trailer
They have the worst studio name.
Re: Bandai Namco Reveals New Logo, Everyone Hates It
Lol. At this point it feels like less of a trend and more like every designer in the world lost all their talent at once and can only do the most basic, unimaginative design possible. It's a bloody terrible trend.
I wasn't a fan of the current one either though so it's not a huge loss in this case.
Re: Rumoured GTA Trilogy Remasters Get Age Rating in Korea
If they're actually good and properly ported. From my understanding the current ones available are all based off the rubbish mobile versions.
@PlayNation5 Unless there's some tracks from particularly picky artists that happen to control their library it usually just takes money.
Re: PS Plus October 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Announced
That's cool for Hell Let Loose. A game like that needs a strong player base to stand a chance. I think I have MKX and I've played 2k21 on a free weekend on xbox and wasn't a fan. I like a career mode where you gain stats and get better over time, 2k21 isn't like that unfortunately.
Re: Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars Is a PS4 Card-Based RPG From NieR Mastermind Yoko Taro
Oh, it's multi platform. Awesome.
Re: Disney Classic Games Collection Completes the Compilation with SNES Aladdin
@WolfyTn a 3rd party publisher should give you games for free because you give Nintendo money? Right...
Re: Shatter Remake Targeting Release in Early 2022
Awesome. That was a great game.
Re: Rumour: Gigantic GeForce Leak Goes Nuclear, Hints at All Kinds of Unannounced Games, PS5 Titles Linked to PC
Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster
Yes please. This list looks more than a little fantastical though...
Re: NBA 2K22 Is an Ankle Breaking 109GB on PS5, 100GB on PS4
9gb? Way to use the power of the PS5.
Re: Mini Review: Bus Simulator 21 (PS4) - Zen Sim Doesn't Take Itself Too Seriously
Does it still make you create your own routes?
Re: Mini Review: Golf Club Wasteland (PS4) - Post-Apocalyptic 2D Golf Game Is Well Above Par
Played a dozen or so holes. The gameplay is fine but the rest feels pretty pretentious. They've got a lot to say. Shame it's all been said a million times before in far more engaging ways. Also, the music is average af to bad.
Re: Sony Will Make You Pay Extra to Upgrade Horizon Forbidden West from PS4 to PS5
@Matthewnh don't they have to start making ps5 games before they can stop?
Also, lol at "entitled".
Re: Sony Will Make You Pay Extra to Upgrade Horizon Forbidden West from PS4 to PS5
@Amppari yeah, free stuff like the actual game disc for the game you bought. How entitled.
Sony is just about the only company doing this rubbish. Even most 3rd parties are generous with their next gen updates. But hey, keep on cheering for things that aren't beneficial for consumers.
Re: Cult Strategy Crusader Kings III Will Test Your Eyesight on PS5
Ooh. Wonder if it will have mods?
Re: Mini Review: King's Bounty II (PS4) - Turn-Based Battler Not Fit for a King
Aw man. That's disappointing.
Re: The Original Quake Is Out Now on PS4 with Improved Visuals, New Content, More
First time playing the original. It's cool but is nowhere near as awesome as 93 Doom. It just lacks the character that game has.
Re: Weirdness: Fall Guys Cosplayer Umo to Be Immortalised In-Game After Living a Year in Costume
He lived in the costume longer than the game was overly popular...
Re: Poll: Did You Buy Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut?
No way I'm giving them $30AUD for this. I'm not supporting this kind of money grabbing. Especially with how little content there is on PS5. They should be giving it away as a sorry for how terrible the library is this far into the consoles life.
Edit: they want $45 for the PS5 upgrade. Yeah, no way. They should have made the upgrade free. Charging for DLC is fair enough but putting an upgrade charge on top of that is preposterous.
Re: Metal Gear Solid 2 Looks Better Than Ever in 4K Upscaled Trailer
@trev666 I love it when they mention some artifact or error that you'd have to be an idiot savant to notice. So much of it I can't even see after they point it out.
Re: There's Talk of New Twisted Metal and WipEout Games for PS5
Any game for ps5 would be welcomed at this point...
Re: Abandoned App Patch Drops, Trailer Is the Same as Twitter Tease
You guys should really stop giving this stuff publicity. You're giving them exactly what they want. Ignore them and they'll go away.
Re: Abandoned PS5's Dev Insists It's Legit, Explains Trailer Delay
Why are we supposed to care? Literally the only thing I've heard about this "game" is nonsense like this.
Re: Take-Two Has a Trio of Unannounced Ports or Remasters in the Pipeline
Smugglers Run collection HD please. Only half joking.
Re: Dodgeball Academia (PS4) - Punchy Sports RPG Is Top Class
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Re: Dodgeball Academia (PS4) - Punchy Sports RPG Is Top Class
@Fenbops Yes! I've got that one on Switch. It's a lot of fun. It's not really straight golf though but still really good. I'm pretty sure they're currently working on a sequel which is actually tennis based.
I just want more of this kind of rpg sport games and from different creators. I love those classic GBC/GBA Mario golf/tennis games. Everybody's Golf on playstation as well. The modern Mario sports games on Switch all seem very disappointing unfortunately. Thankfully there's a couple of indies that clearly share my love for this style of game.
Re: Dodgeball Academia (PS4) - Punchy Sports RPG Is Top Class
Played around 90 minutes on Xbox. Lots of fun and great art style. Now I want a golf and tennis version!
Re: PS Plus Games for August 2021 Available to Download on PS5, PS4 Now
That tennis game is absolutely bloody awful. I honestly have idea how your reviewer gave it a 7. I don't care how little competition there is in the genre, a terrible game is a terrible game.
Edit: it was you Sammy! You must have been in a really generous mood or dying for a tennis game to play. I feel you on the last one. At this point I'd pay good money for a Top Spin remake.
Re: Mini Review: Cotton Reboot! (PS4) - Spooky Cute-'Em-Up's an Elaborate and Accessible 2D Shooter
It looks like a lot of fun. Unfortunately it's $55 in Australia which is too pricey for me for this kind of game. Maybe on deep discount.
Re: PS Store Summer Sale Discounts So Many Big PS5, PS4 Games
The first party PS5 games are now a few dollars less then last gen full retail games. Yay!
Re: Tencent Tables $1.3 Billion Takeover of Sackboy Dev Sumo Digital
That seems like a crazy ammount of money for a studio that has no IP's.
Re: Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Could Come to Consoles If There's Demand, Says Square Enix
If there's demand? There's been demand since they announced they wouldn't be on them. Or by "demand" do they mean once everyone's bought them for pc or mobile they'll put them on PS/Xbox so you can buy them again?
Re: Dodgeball Academia Still Looks Like the Sports JRPG We Always Wanted
Looks interesting. Really like good dodge ball games. There was one on GBA that was pretty awesome. Not sold on this from the demo (the court looks really small) but the concept has piqued my interest.
Re: Minions Come to Minecraft in Latest Crossover Collaboration
@Constable_What lol. Exactly what I was thinking. Middle aged Facebook mums from 2010 must be thrilled.
Re: Action Arcade Wrestling Grapples with PS4 from 10th August
@Tasuki
After their first two mobile games I'm really hoping 3rd times a charm.
Re: Action Arcade Wrestling Grapples with PS4 from 10th August
I'm hoping this is more of a No Mercy style game than it is a brawler.
Liking the cell shaded graphics. Looks really cool.