No but seriously, that was absolutely terrible! I was staring at the screen like I needed to interpret it as some kind of convoluted homeric translation. So glad it’s been fixed.
@Mikey856 it has always been smooth frame-rate wise, a very stable 60fps, nothing like FFXVI. The game used to get kind of blurry in performance mode (mind you, it took me some time and sitting very close to the tv to notice what many were saying) - now they have introduced a sharp performance mode that addresses this but I would recommend the graphic mode anyway, it looks a lot better (especially the lighting) and flat out incredible at times.
@Martijn87 kind of 😂 but metacritic says hello and it will be a goty contender at the end of the year while safe cash grabs like P3R will be forgotten (unless they manage to somehow irritate the fanbase even more with a “Royal” kind of edition).
I liked Rebirth a lot but it was objectively a very good game, it’s insane how much care they put into it
I wish stellar blade a lot of success and will be there day 1 anyway but …what a strange comparison 🤷🏻♀️
That’s great news and I look forward to getting this! I liked all their games so far but I haven’t LOVED one, this might be it as the demo had its hooks in me.
My personal fave so far is Muramasa Rebirh, a game I wish would see a modern console port
All things considered, I would give it an 8: it might seem high but this actually went a lot below my (admittedly lofty) expectations - I thought this would realize the incredible raw potential of the first game and really blow us all away and become this generation’s TW3.
It’s still VERY absorbing though: If you liked the first one, buy this without minding the discourse about it…the MXT are completely not necessary and the technical problems, while actually serious here, tend to become white noise as you progress. Or at least until you play the Stellar Blade demo for hours and then come back and feel like you are playing a slideshow 😅 then it takes another couple of hours to adjust again
Ah, kombini - one of my favourite places in the world 🍙. I will surely keep this on my radar.
To anyone interested in knowing more about these amazing Japanese shops I recommend the short novel “Convenience Store woman” by Sayaka Murata. It’s really about conformal rules and society expectations but it does offer some views on how kombini really work.
@Voltan thanks! I feel like my mental sanity improved knowing there’s a way out of it LOL. I would just play DD2 and then do a few tries and fail miserably 😅 but all the other quests are progressing.
Oh, that’s way I couldn’t complete that quest! Well, I’m sure they will fix it later on…platinum is definitely on the cards but not in the near future.
@SuperSilverback That makes two of us. And I am decent at fighting games 🥲
I really like Promises to keep. It rubbed me the wrong way when I first heard it outside the game but then the instrumental version hit me and I couldn’t stop humming it for days
@Darude84 though there are some similarities in the setting that are enhanced by the music, the game is very far from Nier in terms of gameplay. This is more like Lies of P or boss fights in GOW (2018).
@pyrrhic_victory love your Roman history user name. Yeah I was wondering about the statue too, seems pontless for like 3 vitcoins. I also found out that when you come close to the first body of water, you can go right and find a rare enemy thingy.
The plan is to get Stellar Blade and the FF16 DLC, then it’s finally time for me to get seriously into a PS5 playthrough of Hi-Fi Rush and/or Unicorn Overlord.
If Sony announces a big Astrobot platformer this will be the best PS year ever for me
@Icey664 @Voltan Well, for my exploration yes! I made a second play through (very rare for me for a demo) and now I am before the boss grinding enemies for skill points and exploring but I couldn’t find it :/
This is so my kind of thing! Stellar () combat, not too easy but not frustrating and nice polygon models. The only thing I don’t like is the PS360 era brownish palette.
Edit: husband now calls this “the perverted souls-like” but already said he is available for a shared playthrough 🤔
Biggest problem of the game for me is being played after Rebirth where every quest (not the open world stuff) was endearing on some level. I still like the game a lot, though!
I’ll be honest: If it runs the very majority (90%+) of ps5 games at 4K and 60fps I am willing to spend even 600-700€ on this.
There is a fairly decent PC in this house but most of the times it runs games slightly worse than the Ps5 and for some games like Final Fantasy I don’t even have the option to play them onPC till later on so …yeah, maybe it’s just for some people but I can see this having a market.
On the other hand I am more worried about the extra stress this will put on developers. I remember when FF15, of alll games, had to to do some extra tuning because the release date slipped past the PS4 Pro release date LOL As if it hadn’t already had its fair share of development drama
Thank you for the review - I highly recommend Grandia II to anyone interested in classic JRPGs, it was a cult hit for a reason: it kinda reached FF level of “influential”. Played on DC 🥲 I miss this era so much
Oooh 😨 Grandia II is pure bliss and it is also the prototype for FFX (no, seriously Mareg and Kimihari can’t be coincidences) I would love an excuse to replay it and trophies might just be it
Honestly didn’t expect it to perform this well - but nice 😊 much more interested in Hi Fi Rush! The only other Xbox studios game I’d consider buying is Forza Horizon, as many have said.
I don’t find this offensive at all, a little bit over the top but it’s not like she is cooking dinner and cleaning for the MC - also we can all have some fun and I am the first one to get a little bit distracted by Ryu’s sweaty winning pose when I play SF6
@Shepherd_Tallon @ceedj I am not even a FF7 hardcore fan but this went above and beyond my (kinda high to be honest) expectations and kind of retroactively made my consideration of P3R really sink. What a remake, what a game!
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Re: Final Fantasy 16 Patch 1.31 Brings Big Damage Buffs for Clive, Better Side Quests, and Much More
Look like a fighting game’s patch notes hahaha!
Re: Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide DLC Is Designed to Be More Challenging
@Cloud39472 hugs. We can leave it behind 😂
Re: Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide DLC Is Designed to Be More Challenging
But will it be more difficult than Aerith randomly having to face those 3 pyros in the Corel fighting pitt? (thank you, elemental materia)
Jokes aside, really looking forward to this, I greatly enjoy 16’s combat.
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Successfully Expanded the Series to New, Younger Players, Says Square Enix
Yeah, I had a couple of conversations with younger passengers and went away impressed by how much they liked Ff16. It was their first FF, though.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Rage-Inducing Retry Wording Has Been Quietly Re-Worked
Guys, it was a fun mini-game, c’mon.
No but seriously, that was absolutely terrible! I was staring at the screen like I needed to interpret it as some kind of convoluted homeric translation. So glad it’s been fixed.
@Mikey856 it has always been smooth frame-rate wise, a very stable 60fps, nothing like FFXVI. The game used to get kind of blurry in performance mode (mind you, it took me some time and sitting very close to the tv to notice what many were saying) - now they have introduced a sharp performance mode that addresses this but I would recommend the graphic mode anyway, it looks a lot better (especially the lighting) and flat out incredible at times.
@Carck Amen to that, so worth it!
Unintentional wall of text 🥲
Re: Stellar Blade's Demo Had Way More Daily Active Players Than Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's
@Martijn87 kind of 😂 but metacritic says hello and it will be a goty contender at the end of the year while safe cash grabs like P3R will be forgotten (unless they manage to somehow irritate the fanbase even more with a “Royal” kind of edition).
I liked Rebirth a lot but it was objectively a very good game, it’s insane how much care they put into it
I wish stellar blade a lot of success and will be there day 1 anyway but …what a strange comparison 🤷🏻♀️
Re: Video: Our Favourite PS5 Games of 2024 So Far
It’s been a crazy start of the year and I played like 1/3 of what I wanted to.
My two cents: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has been a dreamlike experience and I still cannot believe its scope and how meticulously crafted it is.
I, like many, cannot stop playing Balatro and need help.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is adventurous and random and has an opaque quality that makes it incredibly charming.
Persona 3 Reload is unimaginative, incomplete, overpriced and unnecessary. Go with the remaster of P3P! Or at least wait for a sale.
Looking forward to playing Unicorn Overlord and Stellar blade.
Re: Dragon Quest 12 Still MIA as Series Producer Is Reassigned at Square Enix
I am not in a hurry just make it good 👍🏻
Re: 'Smaller' PS5 Exclusives Still Reportedly Coming Later This Year
New Astrobot > every other PS exclusive
Re: New Hollow Knight: Silksong Age Rating Fuels More Speculation
Quit playing games with my heart
Re: Preview: Sand Land Could Be a Surprise PS5 Hit, But the Grind Has to Be Good
Looks dangerously like something I would like more than I would care to admit 🫣
Re: Rumour: Sony to Host Big PlayStation Event Next Month
Astrobot’s big adventure 🫀
@UltimateOtaku91 yeah I feel like I want to know where we are headed and what is cooking on PlayStation’s grill even if it’s way in the future
Re: A New Xbox Store Page Has Fans Aflutter for Hollow Knight: Silksong Once Again
Doubtly!
I love how this ends up on Triple Click’s prediction every year and never materializes
Re: Unicorn Overlord Sales Top Half a Million, Could Be Vanillaware's Fastest Selling Game
That’s great news and I look forward to getting this! I liked all their games so far but I haven’t LOVED one, this might be it as the demo had its hooks in me.
My personal fave so far is Muramasa Rebirh, a game I wish would see a modern console port
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Dragon's Dogma 2?
All things considered, I would give it an 8: it might seem high but this actually went a lot below my (admittedly lofty) expectations - I thought this would realize the incredible raw potential of the first game and really blow us all away and become this generation’s TW3.
It’s still VERY absorbing though: If you liked the first one, buy this without minding the discourse about it…the MXT are completely not necessary and the technical problems, while actually serious here, tend to become white noise as you progress. Or at least until you play the Stellar Blade demo for hours and then come back and feel like you are playing a slideshow 😅 then it takes another couple of hours to adjust again
Re: Run a Cosy Convenience Store in Slice of Life Sim InKonbini, Coming to PS5
Ah, kombini - one of my favourite places in the world 🍙. I will surely keep this on my radar.
To anyone interested in knowing more about these amazing Japanese shops I recommend the short novel “Convenience Store woman” by Sayaka Murata. It’s really about conformal rules and society expectations but it does offer some views on how kombini really work.
Re: Digital Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Owners Unable to Unlock Platinum Trophy
@Voltan thanks! I feel like my mental sanity improved knowing there’s a way out of it LOL. I would just play DD2 and then do a few tries and fail miserably 😅 but all the other quests are progressing.
Re: Digital Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Owners Unable to Unlock Platinum Trophy
Oh, that’s way I couldn’t complete that quest! Well, I’m sure they will fix it later on…platinum is definitely on the cards but not in the near future.
@SuperSilverback That makes two of us. And I am decent at fighting games 🥲
Re: Nobuo Uematsu Tentatively Commits to Scoring Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy's Next Theme
I really like Promises to keep. It rubbed me the wrong way when I first heard it outside the game but then the instrumental version hit me and I couldn’t stop humming it for days
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro's 'Enhanced' Label Covers Resolution, Frame Rate, Ray Tracing Upgrades
@danzoEX This! And then you get some stunning games and people still complaining about the look of them …
Re: Poll: Are You Playing the Stellar Blade Demo?
@Darude84 though there are some similarities in the setting that are enhanced by the music, the game is very far from Nier in terms of gameplay. This is more like Lies of P or boss fights in GOW (2018).
@pyrrhic_victory love your Roman history user name. Yeah I was wondering about the statue too, seems pontless for like 3 vitcoins. I also found out that when you come close to the first body of water, you can go right and find a rare enemy thingy.
Re: Upcoming PS5 Games for April and May 2024
The plan is to get Stellar Blade and the FF16 DLC, then it’s finally time for me to get seriously into a PS5 playthrough of Hi-Fi Rush and/or Unicorn Overlord.
If Sony announces a big Astrobot platformer this will be the best PS year ever for me
Re: Poll: Are You Playing the Stellar Blade Demo?
@Icey664 @Voltan
Well, for my exploration yes! I made a second play through (very rare for me for a demo) and now I am before the boss grinding enemies for skill points and exploring but I couldn’t find it :/
Re: Poll: Are You Playing the Stellar Blade Demo?
Guys, any way to unlock the chest you find in the bar? I have managed to unlock the one in the drugstore but I’d love to get this as well.
P.s. upgraded the parry window and now it’s much easier
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 1.050 Adds Graphics Options, Gameplay Improvements on PS5
Turning RT off definitely helps a lot! But the game looks a lot worse imho
Re: The Stellar Blade Playable Demo Is Now Available on PS5
This is so my kind of thing! Stellar () combat, not too easy but not frustrating and nice polygon models. The only thing I don’t like is the PS360 era brownish palette.
Edit: husband now calls this “the perverted souls-like” but already said he is available for a shared playthrough 🤔
Re: The Stellar Blade Playable Demo Is Now Available on PS5
Piano music is excellent, I need that South Corea Vynil
Re: Not Everyone Is in Love with Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5
Biggest problem of the game for me is being played after Rebirth where every quest (not the open world stuff) was endearing on some level. I still like the game a lot, though!
Re: Sony Beta Testing Intriguing New Feature in PS App on Mobile
Are we doing Xbox smart pants?
I am all for this kind of things, mind you. It would work wonderfully with Ff16 Active Time Lore.
Re: Documentary Details the Creation of PS5's Critically Acclaimed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
@Korgon Agreed. Even the most silly quests give you a worthwhile moment in the game but this was my favourite unexpected quest conclusion 😂
Re: Documentary Details the Creation of PS5's Critically Acclaimed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Will surely watch it. Rebirth is the best game I played on PS5 imho. Can’t get enough and thankfully it’s a very generous JRPG serving.
@Korgon the ending of that quest though! 🔪 🐔 😱
Re: PlayStation Fans Torn on Prospect of PS5 Pro
I’ll be honest: If it runs the very majority (90%+) of ps5 games at 4K and 60fps I am willing to spend even 600-700€ on this.
There is a fairly decent PC in this house but most of the times it runs games slightly worse than the Ps5 and for some games like Final Fantasy I don’t even have the option to play them onPC till later on so …yeah, maybe it’s just for some people but I can see this having a market.
On the other hand I am more worried about the extra stress this will put on developers. I remember when FF15, of alll games, had to to do some extra tuning because the release date slipped past the PS4 Pro release date LOL As if it hadn’t already had its fair share of development drama
Re: Preview: Stellar Blade Is the PS5 Exclusive Enthusiasts Have Been Praying For
It is also dubbed in Italian and French, this game has my name on it! Glad to hear is kinda on the “harder” side in terms of difficulty
Re: Grandia HD Collection (PS4) - Barebones Collection Bundles Worthy RPGs
Thank you for the review - I highly recommend Grandia II to anyone interested in classic JRPGs, it was a cult hit for a reason: it kinda reached FF level of “influential”. Played on DC 🥲 I miss this era so much
Re: Stellar Blade PS5 Demo Drops This Week, Progress Carries to the Full Game
@Nepp67 yes I am still unconvinced about the gameplay, cannot really have a clear idea from the video they showed us, but that’s what demos are for!
Re: Stellar Blade PS5 Demo Drops This Week, Progress Carries to the Full Game
I am honestly hyped we get a new Devil May Cry kind of game with a female lead, though my reasons may differ from other users’ 😅
Bring it on!
Re: Next Final Fantasy 16 Patch Makes Side Quests Quicker, Adds Ability Loadouts, and More
I will be back for the rising tide and will enjoy this changes in the meantime
Re: Sony Polls Players on Favourite Games That Aren't Bloodborne
Among these I would pick Returnal or Death Stranding! Bloodborne is also awesome, of course.
Re: Hi-Fi Rush (PS5) - Xbox Gem Makes Its Rhythmic Debut on PS5
Played on PC and will get on PS5 asap, my plate is a bit full atm
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Acclaimed CCG Queen's Blood Could Get Expanded
It’s very enjoyable and I am glad it’s in the game but I don’t find it as well executed as Gwent. Positioning has too much importance
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PS5 Sales Slip 91% at Retail
Best game I played this generation so I hope more people will pick it up. Honestly, most reviews undersell it.
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Will Be Locked Behind Expansion Pass
Well, this will go down well
Re: Classic JRPG Package Grandia HD Collection Is Finally Coming to PS4 Later This Month
Oooh 😨 Grandia II is pure bliss and it is also the prototype for FFX (no, seriously Mareg and Kimihari can’t be coincidences) I would love an excuse to replay it and trophies might just be it
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Expansion Pass Priced at Roughly £30 / $35
Sounds like a steal at that price, and I mean Helldivers II, of course.
Re: Timed PS5 Exclusive Final Fantasy 16 Is Almost Ready for Primetime on PC
Devil May Clive is a solid 8/10 - would play it again at 60fps. Some of the most epic fights I had in a videogame ever.
Re: Smooth Sailing for Xbox Exclusive Sea of Thieves As It Tops PS5 Pre-Order Charts
Honestly didn’t expect it to perform this well - but nice 😊 much more interested in Hi Fi Rush! The only other Xbox studios game I’d consider buying is Forza Horizon, as many have said.
Re: Everyone's Talking About Eve's Outfits in PS5 Exclusive Stellar Blade
I don’t find this offensive at all, a little bit over the top but it’s not like she is cooking dinner and cleaning for the MC - also we can all have some fun and I am the first one to get a little bit distracted by Ryu’s sweaty winning pose when I play SF6
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Has Over 1,000 Unique NPCs, and If They Die, They're Dead
Brilliant! Will do a run where I murder every NPC I don’t really vibe with XD
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?
@Shepherd_Tallon @ceedj I am not even a FF7 hardcore fan but this went above and beyond my (kinda high to be honest) expectations and kind of retroactively made my consideration of P3R really sink. What a remake, what a game!
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?
Chapter 6, I am loving every second, it’s up there with a 9-10, clearing almost everything just because it’s a delight to do it.
I love this kind of structure (way more than the first game) but of course I hope the story bits won’t be disappointing at the end of things