@Polybius84, that is interesting comparisons. However the inflation rate so far this year, USA is the most it has been in 40 years. Not since the high inflation from 1978-82. Also the UK inflation rate is at a 40 year high.
In many ways we are not in the best of times with shortages and price increases possibly becoming the new normal.
My 3 PS2's, 2 PS3's, and 2 PS4's were all purchases off the shelf. The PS3's were original retail price, the PS2's were price drop, and the PS4's were Xmas sale priced and bundled with a game. Yes, yes, yes, I just walked right in and picked one off a shelf, that's a fact.
Those were the days my friend, I thought they would never end.
I love Goat Sim on my PS3. However not on my PS4 where there is camera motion blur and haze and dof blur in the distance. The distance is close in the small map. GS3 looks the same with sharp and clear up close with haze and dof blur in anything distant. I'll pass on getting a headache.
Watching the video saddens me some with the reminder of the still long wait for GTA 6.
Overall this new SR games looks to have some, always welcomed, stupid fun to mess with, but how much fun and how will it play on a PRO? I will probably play this game someday.
3/15. I would probably have better scores if there would be more questions about games i have played. This test has a Mafia 3 and Saints Row 3 question, games i have played. The Mafia one was easy but the SR question i failed.
Combine premium with extra for the price of extra, at least until if and when a real premium tier can be offered. As it is now those two tiers are confusing, puts Mafia 2 definitive in premium and not extra, not enough PS2,3 games, and no dlc support.
Next month I will drop down to extra and upgrade back to premium when more, and good, games are added.
I am holding back on playing DL2 until I upgrade to current gen, and hopefully also some fun DL2 dlc at that time. However this dlc looks to be a paid for arena dlc, and that doesn't interest me.
WOW!!! GTA6 will set 'creative benchmarks' for ALL entertainment. Say what? There has not even been one trailer released yet.
My hope for 6 is for a story as good as 5, no back stepping in fun like 4 was to SA, mooore interiors, lots of quality of life improvements, and lots of fun surprises. Also options for motion blur, dof blur, and fov.
And yes, toggle to run. Crouching. First person play that feels natural like Fallout, Borderlands, and Far Cry, and not all wobbly like GTA5, lots more good clear weather, a good photo mode, and a car/garage system like GTA5 online. A short list of improvements I hope to find in 6 over 5.
For me price, under $5, is a quick filter along with any screen shots or video provided.
To each their own. Spend $60 for one game where a platinum is of little or no priority, or $60 for 15 or more easy platinums? To each their own.
Overall I like trophies if I like the game as trophies can add challenges I may enjoy. Trophies also provide my game history along with providing feedback to game developers. Viewing other players list is interesting and can reveal platinum quality over quantity.
I like FC 3,4,5 a lot, but 6 only a little. The game does have some moments and performed well on my PRO. Overall the first quarter was good, quarters 2,3 I wondered when the game is going to get better, and the last quarter of can't waiting for it to end so I can delete the large file. I did not play any of the dlc.
Also, by mid game I lost interest in the Libertards, the good guys I joined to help. If given the option I may have defected to the other side.
@Rambolike, that reveal trailer you posted a link to is from E3 2014. Iconic and epic for sure. At first I thought, is that Vespucci Beach, is this a GTA 5 sp dlc? Not and No.
No DI2 has been disappointing, but Dying Light+dlc has provided the zombie mayhem I was hoping for in DI2. However I am still hyped for a zombies running amuck at the beach with me, The Zombinator, saving the day.
Could be? Coooould be? I am definitely interested in DI2, but after all these years since viewing the teaser during E3 2014 I am not much interested in "could be's". No bigger turn off then dragging out game releases.
I enjoyed DI and Riptide on PS3 and PS4. Riptide was fun in that it offered a good gun play option, especially if playing as Purna. DI had firearms but were weak and useless. Riptide has ammo crafting and effective shotguns.
45 bucks for a really awesome neato skin and 10 bucks for pretty charms for weapons? Not interested, but I'll wager that Punky Brewster, Pee-wee Herman, and Forrest Gump can hardly wait.
Should the current high inflation continue into next year a price hike of PS5 would not surprise me. In times of high inflation most everything have price increases. Hopefully this current high inflation does not extend into 2023 and 2024.
I play video games everyday, somedays 8+ hours, and i feel fine doing so. However there are some days that i feel fine and also dandy while playing, but those days are less frequent and usually involve something like playing as Trevor and messing with the inhabitants of Los Santos for an hour or two.
So given that you found Stray to be a one trick pony and not all that, why then did you play it a second time? For the trophies and to ring up another platinum? Seriously?
My plan is to play Stray today. However yesterday I upgraded to Premium for 10 bucks and have started 4 games streaming after downloading Stray, New Vegas, Fallout 3, RE4, and Saints Row 2. So maybe probably it is Stray today.
Not day one or maybe even year one, but I will probably play this game someday. I need more reviews and view some game play along with players comments. I did enjoy SR2,3 with multiple playthroughs of each.
I watched the first episode and it's ok so far. It is after all a movie of a video game which I always vision should then be a parody/comedy. The big bug popping out from under the pavement I found more comedy than horror and flashed me back to the many silly "Tremors" movies. I will watch at least one more episode.
One thing I like from watching the first episode is the cinematography and also that it is not in a panoramic 2.40:1, or wider, ratio.
I am not a trophy dog, all i want is a fun to play as a cat kuybvewa. Sorry about that, my cat walked over my keyboard. All i want is a fun to play as a cat game.
So when was RDRO ever a high priority for R* ? I started in January 2019 and was shocked to not have a private lobby option like GTAO has.
Then R* needed a YEAR to fix camps and animals spawning problems that made the game near unplayable. However tricking into a private lobby provided normal spawning of animals and camps.
Overall I have had some fun and good times with RDRO so I bow my head and say goodbye.
I have Plus Essential only because there is not a Plus Basic tier to downgrade to. Plus Basic, online play and cloud saves, no not free games you will never play or already have, 30usd.
What may the numbers be of downgraders versus upgraders if a 30usd priced Plus Basic tier would be a new choice?
TT Wonderlands now after I got the itch to replay Dying Light 1. I am holding back on DL2 for when I upgrade to current gen for 60fps.
Wonderland is not Borderlands or more TT dlc, but I am having enough fun to finish the base game, however it may be one and done. It is another game that has tiny text with no size option.
RE3R is on my short list of plats, Jill, and Carlos are good RE characters, the game did not feel so short on my first playthrough, and overall i like the game. Also my opinion is a $20 opinion. At $60 my opinion would also include that it is overpriced with missing content.
@Milktastrophe, Bethesda XBOX exclusive is old news. However even if i have an XBOX, or the latest high performance pc i still can not play Fallout 5 as there is no Fallout 5.
This current gen is just annoying me. Almost 2 years in and i can't grab one off a shelf. Maybe even sale priced and bundled with a game. Then the games, still no GTA 6 and Fallout 5.
Then even if stores would have piles of PS5's it would be extremely difficult for me to part with 500 bucks for such an ugly console and also minus a web browser.
My local Target has had several XBOX series S in their store and i have been tempted, but it has no disc drive and only 500GB storage. If i go MS it will be for the also scarce series X, but then i still have to deal with a lopsided XBOX controller. Over 20 years of using symmetrical stick controllers that i can play all day pain free has this old dog reluctant to change.
Yes i am annoyed with the current gen, like why in the world is there still no remasters off Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Red Dead 1.
Goat Sim was an enjoyable stupid silly fun game on PS3, only the Flappy Goat challenge kept me from getting a platinum. I purchased it again for PS4, also some dlc. I found the PS4 version disappointing with pop in, motion blur, and horrible depth of field effects, all of which the PS3 version is free of.
Yes i remember the Dead Island 2 trailer. It was E3 2014, and yea it got me hyped. No DI2 was offset by the amusing Dying Light. Here the zombies have been replaced with crazy goats running amok. Looks like more silly fun. I hope it is not like the PS4 version of the first Goat Sim.
Play as a cat? Yea i am interested in something different like that. One question, where did they find a cat that will tolerate wearing a backpack. I would expect to see it rolling around clawing and biting in attempting to remove it.
@beebs720, yea E3 seems so long ago, a different era, an era that had the Xplay show, crt tv, and then having a 1080p tv was a big deal. While i do not miss E3 much i do miss Xplay a lot.
That 2015 E3 announcement about FO4 was awesome. FO4 was revealed, had a teaser trailer, and a hard release date for November of 2015 five months later in the same year, not in 2-4 years or maybe never like Dead Island 2. I, along with other Fallout fans, happy danced over that news.
Riptide at $2.99 may be the most zombie fun to have at that price. Also super easy duping, ammo crafting, and infinite weapon repairs.
Exodus and Rage 2 are two other games on this list i have played, Pro, and i recommend both. Rage is all action while Exodus has action, but also has a story to experience.
RDO new content and updates? Sure, but first add a private lobby option, nerf the weather, that is moooore sun and clear blue sky and a lot less fog, haze, sand storms, and rain, and fix it so stuff that are supposed to spawn actually spawn.
A prequel to Mafia 1? That could be the start of Prohibition and into the Roaring 20's. That could be interesting and good history.
Vegas is where i wanted Mafia 3 to be so maybe Vegas could be used next with the years being anytime between the late 1950's to late 1970's. Vito and Joe in Vegas?
It's their time and money. If having hundreds/thousands of cheap and easy platinums is what some want so be it. Cheap and easy platinums are obvious. It is quantity over quality.
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Re: Americans Earn the Fewest Platinum Trophies for PS5, PS4
Comparison stats of trophies earned and games completed means little unless those stats are derived from a set list of the same games.
Re: Reaction: PS5 Price Hike a Sobering Sign of the Times
@Polybius84, that is interesting comparisons. However the inflation rate so far this year, USA is the most it has been in 40 years. Not since the high inflation from 1978-82. Also the UK inflation rate is at a 40 year high.
In many ways we are not in the best of times with shortages and price increases possibly becoming the new normal.
Re: Reaction: PS5 Price Hike a Sobering Sign of the Times
My 3 PS2's, 2 PS3's, and 2 PS4's were all purchases off the shelf. The PS3's were original retail price, the PS2's were price drop, and the PS4's were Xmas sale priced and bundled with a game. Yes, yes, yes, I just walked right in and picked one off a shelf, that's a fact.
Those were the days my friend, I thought they would never end.
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Re: Goat Simulator 3's PS5 Gameplay Ain't Kiddin' Around
I love Goat Sim on my PS3. However not on my PS4 where there is camera motion blur and haze and dof blur in the distance. The distance is close in the small map. GS3 looks the same with sharp and clear up close with haze and dof blur in anything distant. I'll pass on getting a headache.
Re: Dead Island 2 Back from the Dead on PS5, PS4 Next February
My hype for this game has now officially increased 23% to a total of 79%.
Re: Saints Row (PS5) - Seriously Dumb Fun Outweighs Dated Open World
Watching the video saddens me some with the reminder of the still long wait for GTA 6.
Overall this new SR games looks to have some, always welcomed, stupid fun to mess with, but how much fun and how will it play on a PRO? I will probably play this game someday.
Re: Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 16
3/15. I would probably have better scores if there would be more questions about games i have played. This test has a Mafia 3 and Saints Row 3 question, games i have played. The Mafia one was easy but the SR question i failed.
Re: Construction Simulator Breaks New Ground, Adds Multiplayer on PS5, PS4
This may interest me if it would be part of a GTA game like settlement building is in Fallout 4.
Re: Dead Island 2 Is Alive, Release Date & Summary Leaked by Amazon Listing
I'm the bomb and I'm 'bout to blow up.
I'm the bomb and I'm 'bout to blow up.
February 2023 release? I hope.
Re: Poll: Is PS Plus Premium Good Enough?
Combine premium with extra for the price of extra, at least until if and when a real premium tier can be offered. As it is now those two tiers are confusing, puts Mafia 2 definitive in premium and not extra, not enough PS2,3 games, and no dlc support.
Next month I will drop down to extra and upgrade back to premium when more, and good, games are added.
Re: Dying Light 2 DLC Teased, Full Reveal at Gamescom
I am holding back on playing DL2 until I upgrade to current gen, and hopefully also some fun DL2 dlc at that time. However this dlc looks to be a paid for arena dlc, and that doesn't interest me.
Re: Saints Row Gets a Suitably Stupid Gameplay Trailer Ahead of Impending PS5, PS4 Release
The map looks cool and I like blowing up stuff. I need to see some videos of real game play.
Re: GTA 6 Will Set 'Creative Benchmarks' for All Entertainment
WOW!!! GTA6 will set 'creative benchmarks' for ALL entertainment. Say what? There has not even been one trailer released yet.
My hope for 6 is for a story as good as 5, no back stepping in fun like 4 was to SA, mooore interiors, lots of quality of life improvements, and lots of fun surprises. Also options for motion blur, dof blur, and fov.
And yes, toggle to run. Crouching. First person play that feels natural like Fallout, Borderlands, and Far Cry, and not all wobbly like GTA5, lots more good clear weather, a good photo mode, and a car/garage system like GTA5 online. A short list of improvements I hope to find in 6 over 5.
Re: Press X for Trophies Is a Sad Indictment of PS5, PS4 Today
For me price, under $5, is a quick filter along with any screen shots or video provided.
To each their own. Spend $60 for one game where a platinum is of little or no priority, or $60 for 15 or more easy platinums? To each their own.
Overall I like trophies if I like the game as trophies can add challenges I may enjoy. Trophies also provide my game history along with providing feedback to game developers. Viewing other players list is interesting and can reveal platinum quality over quantity.
Re: Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 15
6/15 I knew 1 and 9, the other 4 were guesses. The first question was too easy. I love too easy questions.
Re: Play Far Cry 6, Including Its DLC, for Free This Weekend
I like FC 3,4,5 a lot, but 6 only a little. The game does have some moments and performed well on my PRO. Overall the first quarter was good, quarters 2,3 I wondered when the game is going to get better, and the last quarter of can't waiting for it to end so I can delete the large file. I did not play any of the dlc.
Also, by mid game I lost interest in the Libertards, the good guys I joined to help. If given the option I may have defected to the other side.
Re: Beyond Good & Evil 2 Just Found Its New Lead Writer
So looking forward to playing this on my Playstation in the year 2525.
Re: Rumour: Dead Island 2 to Be Re-Revealed in 2022, The Game Awards Would 'Make a Lot of Sense'
@Rambolike, that reveal trailer you posted a link to is from E3 2014. Iconic and epic for sure. At first I thought, is that Vespucci Beach, is this a GTA 5 sp dlc? Not and No.
No DI2 has been disappointing, but Dying Light+dlc has provided the zombie mayhem I was hoping for in DI2. However I am still hyped for a zombies running amuck at the beach with me, The Zombinator, saving the day.
Re: Rumour: Dead Island 2 to Be Re-Revealed in 2022, The Game Awards Would 'Make a Lot of Sense'
Could be? Coooould be? I am definitely interested in DI2, but after all these years since viewing the teaser during E3 2014 I am not much interested in "could be's". No bigger turn off then dragging out game releases.
I enjoyed DI and Riptide on PS3 and PS4. Riptide was fun in that it offered a good gun play option, especially if playing as Purna. DI had firearms but were weak and useless. Riptide has ammo crafting and effective shotguns.
Re: Would You Pay $45 for an Overwatch 2 Character Skin? Blizzard's Curious to Know
45 bucks for a really awesome neato skin and 10 bucks for pretty charms for weapons? Not interested, but I'll wager that Punky Brewster, Pee-wee Herman, and Forrest Gump can hardly wait.
Re: Sony Coy on Potential PS5 Price Increase
Should the current high inflation continue into next year a price hike of PS5 would not surprise me. In times of high inflation most everything have price increases. Hopefully this current high inflation does not extend into 2023 and 2024.
Re: Sony to Take Action as PS5, PS4 Owners Play Less Than Anticipated
Compared to last year? How about a 5-10 year graph of engagement hours? A one year increase or decrease of anything is just that, one year.
Re: Our Survey Says! Sorry, Gaming Isn't Good for You After All
I play video games everyday, somedays 8+ hours, and i feel fine doing so. However there are some days that i feel fine and also dandy while playing, but those days are less frequent and usually involve something like playing as Trevor and messing with the inhabitants of Los Santos for an hour or two.
Re: Soapbox: I'm Sorry, But Your Cute Cat Game Isn't That Great
So given that you found Stray to be a one trick pony and not all that, why then did you play it a second time? For the trophies and to ring up another platinum? Seriously?
Re: Path of Titans Could Be Your Dream Dinosaur Game on PS5, PS4
My dream dinosaur game ? No. Dino Crisis 2 remake ? Yes
All I learned from the video is that there are dinosaurs in the game.
MMO ? Not for me.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 436
My plan is to play Stray today. However yesterday I upgraded to Premium for 10 bucks and have started 4 games streaming after downloading Stray, New Vegas, Fallout 3, RE4, and Saints Row 2. So maybe probably it is Stray today.
Re: Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 14
3/15, I could not find my thinking cap to use.
Re: Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium (PS4) - Coin-Op Compilation Is Filled with Classics
Is there the option to have plain borders in all black or Grey? I find the borders made of graphics annoying and distracting.
Re: Hands On: Saints Row Is That Same Dumb Fun, But Better
Not day one or maybe even year one, but I will probably play this game someday. I need more reviews and view some game play along with players comments. I did enjoy SR2,3 with multiple playthroughs of each.
Re: Stray (PS5) - Atmospheric Adventure Is the Cat's Pyjamas
I want Stray if it plays well on last gen. 1080p @ 60fps on PRO would be great.
Re: First Impressions: Resident Evil Netflix Deviates from the Games But Still Entertains
Seriously, where is Ada Wong ?
Re: Round Up: Resident Evil Netflix TV Show Reviews Are All Over the Place
I watched the first episode and it's ok so far. It is after all a movie of a video game which I always vision should then be a parody/comedy. The big bug popping out from under the pavement I found more comedy than horror and flashed me back to the many silly "Tremors" movies. I will watch at least one more episode.
One thing I like from watching the first episode is the cinematography and also that it is not in a panoramic 2.40:1, or wider, ratio.
Re: Stray Wants You to Meow 100 Times to Unlock Its Platinum Trophy
I am not a trophy dog, all i want is a fun to play as a cat kuybvewa. Sorry about that, my cat walked over my keyboard. All i want is a fun to play as a cat game.
Re: Red Dead Online Fans Are Hosting a Funeral for the Game
So when was RDRO ever a high priority for R* ? I started in January 2019 and was shocked to not have a private lobby option like GTAO has.
Then R* needed a YEAR to fix camps and animals spawning problems that made the game near unplayable. However tricking into a private lobby provided normal spawning of animals and camps.
Overall I have had some fun and good times with RDRO so I bow my head and say goodbye.
Re: Random: EA Gets Destroyed for Trying to Meme About Single-Player Games on Twitter
Actually it is nice that somewhere there is someone that thinks I am a 10.
Re: Poll: Which PS Plus Tier Are You Subscribed To?
I have Plus Essential only because there is not a Plus Basic tier to downgrade to. Plus Basic, online play and cloud saves, no not free games you will never play or already have, 30usd.
What may the numbers be of downgraders versus upgraders if a 30usd priced Plus Basic tier would be a new choice?
Re: PS5 Slim That's Just 2CM in Height Built by YouTuber
Interesting video, I can imagine that as child he did cool stuff with a Lego set.
The dbrand trimmed side plates and tape, both in matte black, definitely improves the look of a PS5, especially in the horizontal position.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 431
TT Wonderlands now after I got the itch to replay Dying Light 1. I am holding back on DL2 for when I upgrade to current gen for 60fps.
Wonderland is not Borderlands or more TT dlc, but I am having enough fun to finish the base game, however it may be one and done. It is another game that has tiny text with no size option.
Re: Mini Review: Resident Evil 3 (PS5) - Disappointing Remake Looks and Runs Much Better
RE3R is on my short list of plats, Jill, and Carlos are good RE characters, the game did not feel so short on my first playthrough, and overall i like the game. Also my opinion is a $20 opinion. At $60 my opinion would also include that it is overpriced with missing content.
Re: May 2022 NPD: PS5 Stock Issues Put Sony Back in Last
@Milktastrophe, Bethesda XBOX exclusive is old news. However even if i have an XBOX, or the latest high performance pc i still can not play Fallout 5 as there is no Fallout 5.
Re: May 2022 NPD: PS5 Stock Issues Put Sony Back in Last
This current gen is just annoying me. Almost 2 years in and i can't grab one off a shelf. Maybe even sale priced and bundled with a game. Then the games, still no GTA 6 and Fallout 5.
Then even if stores would have piles of PS5's it would be extremely difficult for me to part with 500 bucks for such an ugly console and also minus a web browser.
My local Target has had several XBOX series S in their store and i have been tempted, but it has no disc drive and only 500GB storage. If i go MS it will be for the also scarce series X, but then i still have to deal with a lopsided XBOX controller. Over 20 years of using symmetrical stick controllers that i can play all day pain free has this old dog reluctant to change.
Yes i am annoyed with the current gen, like why in the world is there still no remasters off Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Red Dead 1.
End of rant, back to Dying Light.
Re: Goat Simulator 3 Skips Straight to the Threequel on PS5 This Fall
Goat Sim was an enjoyable stupid silly fun game on PS3, only the Flappy Goat challenge kept me from getting a platinum. I purchased it again for PS4, also some dlc. I found the PS4 version disappointing with pop in, motion blur, and horrible depth of field effects, all of which the PS3 version is free of.
Yes i remember the Dead Island 2 trailer. It was E3 2014, and yea it got me hyped. No DI2 was offset by the amusing Dying Light. Here the zombies have been replaced with crazy goats running amok. Looks like more silly fun. I hope it is not like the PS4 version of the first Goat Sim.
Re: First Impressions: Stray Is Shaping Up to Be a Supurrbly Detailed PS5, PS4 Adventure
Play as a cat? Yea i am interested in something different like that. One question, where did they find a cat that will tolerate wearing a backpack. I would expect to see it rolling around clawing and biting in attempting to remove it.
Re: Soapbox: I Really Miss E3
@beebs720, yea E3 seems so long ago, a different era, an era that had the Xplay show, crt tv, and then having a 1080p tv was a big deal. While i do not miss E3 much i do miss Xplay a lot.
That 2015 E3 announcement about FO4 was awesome. FO4 was revealed, had a teaser trailer, and a hard release date for November of 2015 five months later in the same year, not in 2-4 years or maybe never like Dead Island 2. I, along with other Fallout fans, happy danced over that news.
Re: Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 10
I knew 1 and 15, guessed at the rest, my total score was 6/15.
Re: New PS Store Weekend Sale Has Lots of Cheap PS5, PS4 Games
Riptide at $2.99 may be the most zombie fun to have at that price. Also super easy duping, ammo crafting, and infinite weapon repairs.
Exodus and Rage 2 are two other games on this list i have played, Pro, and i recommend both. Rage is all action while Exodus has action, but also has a story to experience.
Re: Red Dead Online Not Abandoned, Take-Two Boss Says He's 'Heard the Frustration'
RDO new content and updates? Sure, but first add a private lobby option, nerf the weather, that is moooore sun and clear blue sky and a lot less fog, haze, sand storms, and rain, and fix it so stuff that are supposed to spawn actually spawn.
Re: Here's Your First Look at Netflix's Resident Evil
I saw a zombie drinkin’ a pina colada at Trader Vic’s.
His hair was perfect.
Uh-oh, zombies of London.
Uh-oh, zombies of London.
Re: Rumour: New Mafia Game in Development, Is a Prequel to the Trilogy
A prequel to Mafia 1? That could be the start of Prohibition and into the Roaring 20's. That could be interesting and good history.
Vegas is where i wanted Mafia 3 to be so maybe Vegas could be used next with the years being anytime between the late 1950's to late 1970's. Vito and Joe in Vegas?
Re: Pay for PS5, PS4 Platinum Trophies Is Rampant on PS Store Right Now
It's their time and money. If having hundreds/thousands of cheap and easy platinums is what some want so be it. Cheap and easy platinums are obvious. It is quantity over quality.