Good for them. More publishers on this level is great for the industry.
I personally feel Team17 overprices their games by a lot. For bigger indy games like Yookalaylee it's warranted but I've passed on a bunch of games they've published until sales because of their pricing.
Might have to pick it up next time it's on sale on PSN. I know the other games in the series go on really deep sale. Hopefully this one will too and I can play it when the update drops.
@Shepherd_Tallon Ooh, does it have a release date yet or just a pre-order date?
Curse of the Moon was one of my favourite games in a long time. One of the best Metroidvanias ever imo. Probably the best modern take on the genre for my money. Although that might be a bit unfair with just how closely it stuck to the SotN formula.
Destruction All Stars defaults to European servers for Australia. They're awful. Crashes in AI matches look like something from burnout, online it's just a laggy mess.
Great looking game. Tight controls. Some pretty characters. Not sure if the games got legs. It didn't really grab me. No desire to play another match because of how laggy it is anyway.
By their marketing jargon, maybe? By my own expectations of what it should mean? Not even close considering we're already coming up on 3 months since release and they haven't even given a solid date.
I could stretch "launch window" to 3 months but it's obviously not launching in Feb...
I'm not that interested in the titles myself but I'm not unhappy about it. They're not bad, just not my taste. The car one could end up being interesting too, I've not been convinced on it since it was announced though.
This. It's so boring how all car games have you driving crazy dream cars so quickly these days. Also really over games that tailor the majority of races to whatever car you're driving rather having very strict entry restrictions with a limited ammount of models to choose from.
The old GT model added a great sense of progression that is missing from a lot of racing games.
@ISD1982 Totally agree mate. I got the XSX and PS5 and although you're right, the Xbox UI is all over the place it's main functions are easily accessible. The PS5 basic function are painful. It shouldn't take half a dozen presses to turn the system off (if you remember where it is). Imo the PS4 pop up menu was perfect. The UI as a whole wasn't but that particular idea worked.
Never. They need to give an option to swap what long and short press of the PS button does. The screen that comes up now on short press is only ever seen because of PS4 UI muscle memory.
I'm not sure if I should just refund the game and wait for the native PS5 version. I like what I've played in the 12 hours or so I've put in but I haven't played in a couple of days because I can't be bothered to deal with the crashes that seem to come every hour or so, not to mention all the other jank.
Shame because I think there's a pretty decent game under there (not ground breaking, but good).
As long as they don't change the XP gain rates to make it harder to level I don't really have a problem with it. By the time I got to the end of the main game I was around the level 250 mark and levels were still coming really quick.
I don't like it on principal because... MTX. Dropping it a month after when reviews are already out is sus too. It's one thing to change the game up so much it has a new business model like Rocket League going f2p but changing it month in? They new it was coming from day one. They should detail their plans so consumers can make an informed decision day one.
@SwitchVogel That's awesome. Much better than paying the new release premium to play new games and having to return them a couple nights later at the video shop.
I bought BL3 a couple of days ago for the sale price. Was going to pull the trigger on the DLC's but figured I'd just play vanilla first and buy the dlc on sale. Glad I waited, I would have been filthy if I paid full price for it.
I think in this case they're just expressing how anyone that deals with the public starts to view just about everyone they encounter for work. There's many different versions of customer/client but they all fit under the broad category of "a holes".
Have they said if they're making the game more user friendly of just updating the graphics? One of the big things I remember about the game was how unintuitive some of the systems were.
So I understand logistically they want to spread shipments out but why can't they just deliver them to the stores and release on the same day as the console? I know if I lived in the UK I couldn't be bothered to pick up my extra controller for a console I don't own. I'd just leave it till release.
I've got Ultimate game pass too. I don't use my Xbox much but Live was on sale and you could upgrade that to ultimate for next to nothing so I thought why not. It's great value, with an Xbox or not, as you say.
Yeah, it was. In the demo though it's just a plain 2 minute score attack run. No objectives or anything which is a bit of a bummer. It does feel good to play though and gives a glimpse of how they're giving 3 styles, one that plays the same as THPS1, another that plays like THPS2 and a third which is basically all the bells and whistles that would be added later like reverts, wall pushes, button press trannies etc. It's pretty cool stuff.
Even if the system is more powerful on paper if next gen plays out like the last Sony is going to have the better first party line up by a long margin. I'm not even a fan boy, I'll probably end up with both just as I have both current gen systems. But there's a reason why my xbox controller (which I've never liked tbh) is covered in dust. The only upsides it has is BC and Game pass. Even with that it's still sitting there unused. On ps4 I went from playing TLOU2 straight to Ghosts of Tsushima. I can't even remember the last exclusive game on Xbox I played.
I really don't see how you can give any major edge to Microsoft. If it's your personal main platform that's fair enough but I don't see why if you're looking at it with no bias you would put your faith in a company that can't even make a decent UI for their last system or come up with a name that doesn't confuse most people. The hardware might be great, the support behind it is where it will fall flat if they didn't learn a lot from this gen. They've not shown any evidence that they have Imo. They're leading with Halo Infinite as their killer app atm ffs.
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Re: Yooka-Laylee Studio Playtonic Games Establishes Publishing Label
Was this the big announcement they were teasing?
Good for them. More publishers on this level is great for the industry.
I personally feel Team17 overprices their games by a lot. For bigger indy games like Yookalaylee it's warranted but I've passed on a bunch of games they've published until sales because of their pricing.
Re: Metro Exodus PS5 Version Runs at 4K 60FPS, DualSense Support Included
Might have to pick it up next time it's on sale on PSN. I know the other games in the series go on really deep sale. Hopefully this one will too and I can play it when the update drops.
Re: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Crosses Paths with Blasphemous in Free Strife and Ruin Update
@Shepherd_Tallon Ooh, does it have a release date yet or just a pre-order date?
Curse of the Moon was one of my favourite games in a long time. One of the best Metroidvanias ever imo. Probably the best modern take on the genre for my money. Although that might be a bit unfair with just how closely it stuck to the SotN formula.
Re: Build Up a Deck of Cards and an Entertainment Empire in The Amazing American Circus on PS5, PS4
This sounds right up my alley. Love card games. Love tycoon games. Love the old timey aesthetic and them. Looks like a day one buy.
Re: PS Plus Game Destruction AllStars Out Now on PS5 in Europe, Midnight in US
Destruction All Stars defaults to European servers for Australia. They're awful. Crashes in AI matches look like something from burnout, online it's just a laggy mess.
Great looking game. Tight controls. Some pretty characters. Not sure if the games got legs. It didn't really grab me. No desire to play another match because of how laggy it is anyway.
Re: Cult Strategy Comeback Spacebase Startopia Sets Coordinates for PS5, PS4
You had at Bullfrog management game and lost me almost immediately with RTS...
Re: Whimsical Zelda-Like Adventure Oceanhorn 2 Forges a Path to PS5
Mediocre mobile Zelda clone. I'm good.
Re: Talking Point: Is Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Still a PS5 Launch Window Game?
By their marketing jargon, maybe? By my own expectations of what it should mean? Not even close considering we're already coming up on 3 months since release and they haven't even given a solid date.
I could stretch "launch window" to 3 months but it's obviously not launching in Feb...
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Games for February 2021?
I'm not that interested in the titles myself but I'm not unhappy about it. They're not bad, just not my taste. The car one could end up being interesting too, I've not been convinced on it since it was announced though.
Re: Gran Turismo 7 on PS5 to Provide the Best Experience Yet
@ellsworth004
This. It's so boring how all car games have you driving crazy dream cars so quickly these days. Also really over games that tailor the majority of races to whatever car you're driving rather having very strict entry restrictions with a limited ammount of models to choose from.
The old GT model added a great sense of progression that is missing from a lot of racing games.
Re: Swashbuckling Action RPG King of Seas Sails to PS4 Next Month
Will be waiting for reviews on this one. Love Sid Meiers Pirates! on the OG Xbox. Hopefully it's got some of the spirit of that game in it.
Re: Talking Point: How Often Do You Use PS5's New UI Features?
@ISD1982 Totally agree mate. I got the XSX and PS5 and although you're right, the Xbox UI is all over the place it's main functions are easily accessible. The PS5 basic function are painful. It shouldn't take half a dozen presses to turn the system off (if you remember where it is). Imo the PS4 pop up menu was perfect. The UI as a whole wasn't but that particular idea worked.
Re: Talking Point: How Often Do You Use PS5's New UI Features?
Never. They need to give an option to swap what long and short press of the PS button does. The screen that comes up now on short press is only ever seen because of PS4 UI muscle memory.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Debunks Widespread Rumour of the Game's 'No Man's Sky Style Comeback'
What? It's not true that they plan on making the game much better? Why would you possibly say that...
Re: Cyberpunk 2077's Free PS5 Upgrade to Leverage All New Functions and Technical Possibilities of Next-Gen Console
I'm not sure if I should just refund the game and wait for the native PS5 version. I like what I've played in the 12 hours or so I've put in but I haven't played in a couple of days because I can't be bothered to deal with the crashes that seem to come every hour or so, not to mention all the other jank.
Shame because I think there's a pretty decent game under there (not ground breaking, but good).
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla's New Patch Includes Adaptive Trigger Support on PS5
That would have been nice in the 80 hours I spent on the game...
Re: Ubisoft Shoves XP Boosting Microtransaction into Assassin's Creed Valhalla a Month After Launch
As long as they don't change the XP gain rates to make it harder to level I don't really have a problem with it. By the time I got to the end of the main game I was around the level 250 mark and levels were still coming really quick.
I don't like it on principal because... MTX. Dropping it a month after when reviews are already out is sus too. It's one thing to change the game up so much it has a new business model like Rocket League going f2p but changing it month in? They new it was coming from day one. They should detail their plans so consumers can make an informed decision day one.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Update 1.1.0 Out Tomorrow on PS5, PS4, Adds Yule Festival Support, Fixes Loads of Bugs
So does this fix the bug that doesn't let you finish off The Order? Played for 80+ hours and couldn't get the true ending because of it.
Re: EA Speeds Past Take-Two's Bid for Codemasters with Huge Counter Offer
Oh well. They had a great run over the decades. RIP Codemasters.
Re: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Delayed to March 2021
Good. It looked awful. Hopefully they get it right so we can get a new game in the series.
Re: Immortals Fenyx Rising (PS5) - Formulaic Open World in Ancient Greece
Looks like a great deep sale or PS+/Games with gold pick up.
Re: PS Store End of Year Deals Sale Discounts Lots of PS4 Games
@SwitchVogel That's awesome. Much better than paying the new release premium to play new games and having to return them a couple nights later at the video shop.
Re: PS Store End of Year Deals Sale Discounts Lots of PS4 Games
@DonJorginho
I bought BL3 a couple of days ago for the sale price. Was going to pull the trigger on the DLC's but figured I'd just play vanilla first and buy the dlc on sale. Glad I waited, I would have been filthy if I paid full price for it.
Re: The Internet Can't Stop Talking About the Kids in Assassin's Creed Valhalla
The fish monger kid has such annoying VO too...
Re: Katamari Damacy Reroll (PS4) - Roll 'Em Up Remake Rocks
@Broosh
Ah, cheers. That explains the déjà vu.
Re: Katamari Damacy Reroll (PS4) - Roll 'Em Up Remake Rocks
I thought this came out ages ago. Or was that a remake of a sequel?
Re: Poll: Have You Experienced PS5 Coil Whine?
It's been hot here in Aus so I have my fan on...
Re: Sony Thinks PS5's Storage Space 'Should Be Fine'
@Total_Weirdo
This. I have no problem with it atm but they need to allow transfers as time goes on and more games come out.
Re: dbrand Refunds PS5 Skin Pre-Orders Because 'You Assholes' Won't Be Able to Apply Them
@JJ2
I think in this case they're just expressing how anyone that deals with the public starts to view just about everyone they encounter for work. There's many different versions of customer/client but they all fit under the broad category of "a holes".
Re: dbrand Refunds PS5 Skin Pre-Orders Because 'You Assholes' Won't Be Able to Apply Them
I might be offended if they weren't 100% right. I'm too stupid to apply skins and screen protectors.
Re: Looks Like Codemasters Will Be Acquired by Take-Two
Can't wait for all the ***** micro transactions in the next Dirt...
Re: PS5's Destruction AllStars Free with PS Plus, Delayed to February 2021
That's good. There's no way I was going to pay full rrp for it.
Re: Demon's Souls PS5 Apparently Went Gold Last Month
Have they said if they're making the game more user friendly of just updating the graphics? One of the big things I remember about the game was how unintuitive some of the systems were.
Re: PS5 Accessories Release Dates Bumped Up in UK
So I understand logistically they want to spread shipments out but why can't they just deliver them to the stores and release on the same day as the console? I know if I lived in the UK I couldn't be bothered to pick up my extra controller for a console I don't own. I'd just leave it till release.
Re: Rockstar Acquires Ruffian Games, Rebrands Rockstar Dundee
Man, it's good for financial stability for those guys but working as a GTA online content developer sounds depressing.
Re: We Don't Know if PS5 Trophies Will Come with Progress Tracking
I would love a "time played" tracker. It would be depressing given how many games I buy and barely play but it's a nice feature on Switch and Steam.
Re: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered Has Release Date and Screenshots Leaked
Why remaster/remake any game in the NFS series post PS2? Oh, fans love Most Wanted and Underground, I know, let's remaster Hot Pursuit... Cheers EA.
I'm half expecting the Mass Effect remaster to be of Andromeda.
Re: This Is the Real-Life Model Peter Parker's Face Is Based on in Spider-Man PS5
Man, loving the new direction the sites going in. Always wanted an entire website dedicated to Peter Parkers face.
Re: Spider-Man PS5 vs PS4 Comparison Shows Off a Generational Leap
"Generational leap"? Generational half step would giving them the benefit of the doubt. They're not even making the "quality" mode 60fps...
I'll give the site the benefit of the doubt and assume the title was just word play and not fan boy nonsense.
Re: Spider-Man Creative Director Speaks Out on Peter Parker's New Face Following Backlash
A 4th article on peter parkers face... Slowest news day in history?
Re: Dragon Quest XI S Overview Trailer Shows What's New on PS4
Wait, not even a paid upgrade for those of us with the original game? Awesome, they get zero money instead of $10 or something.
Re: PS5 Accessories Pre-Orders: Where to Buy PS5 Accessories
A n actual article on what is known about the accessories rather than a list of affiliated links would be nice.
Re: The President Cameos in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Cinematic
Is one of the missions going to be selling weapons to a dictatorship on behalf of Reagan?
Re: Hotshot Racing Brings Old School Arcade Thrills to PS4 in September
Looks awesome.
Re: Mini Review: Hypnospace Outlaw - A Literal Point and Click Adventure
@nessisonett
Awesome, cheers for that. Saved me $40.
I've got Ultimate game pass too. I don't use my Xbox much but Live was on sale and you could upgrade that to ultimate for next to nothing so I thought why not. It's great value, with an Xbox or not, as you say.
Thanks again for the heads up.
Re: Mini Review: Hypnospace Outlaw - A Literal Point and Click Adventure
@nessisonett
Xbox game pass?
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Launch Trailer Comes Out Kickflippin'
@nessisonett
Yeah, it was. In the demo though it's just a plain 2 minute score attack run. No objectives or anything which is a bit of a bummer. It does feel good to play though and gives a glimpse of how they're giving 3 styles, one that plays the same as THPS1, another that plays like THPS2 and a third which is basically all the bells and whistles that would be added later like reverts, wall pushes, button press trannies etc. It's pretty cool stuff.
Re: We Didn't Really Understand This PGA Tour 2K21 Trailer
No official Augusta course? How can they recreate a PGA career without the US Masters?
Re: Valve Co-Founder Gabe Newell Picks Xbox Series X Over PS5
“I don’t have a stake in that race."
Press [X] to doubt.
Even if the system is more powerful on paper if next gen plays out like the last Sony is going to have the better first party line up by a long margin. I'm not even a fan boy, I'll probably end up with both just as I have both current gen systems. But there's a reason why my xbox controller (which I've never liked tbh) is covered in dust. The only upsides it has is BC and Game pass. Even with that it's still sitting there unused. On ps4 I went from playing TLOU2 straight to Ghosts of Tsushima. I can't even remember the last exclusive game on Xbox I played.
I really don't see how you can give any major edge to Microsoft. If it's your personal main platform that's fair enough but I don't see why if you're looking at it with no bias you would put your faith in a company that can't even make a decent UI for their last system or come up with a name that doesn't confuse most people. The hardware might be great, the support behind it is where it will fall flat if they didn't learn a lot from this gen. They've not shown any evidence that they have Imo. They're leading with Halo Infinite as their killer app atm ffs.
Re: Mini Review: Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break - Fun, Oddball Tower Defence with Awkward Level Editor
This thing's $50+ on the Aussie psn...