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@Titntin you may well be the oldest..sorry I meant most experienced gamer here. As I'm trying my hardest to catch you up I'm looking at my backlog and it's making me wince. I have so many games I have not even started to think about playing and I really should too. Also I've been thinking about something you mentioned the last time we conversed on here and that was about space saving. As everybody knows I lost my mother earlier this year and having to sort out her estate especially the amount of dvd's and cd's as well as all her books etc was excruciatingly difficult which in turn has made me rethink my stance on digital purchases. Whilst I love my physical games I'm currently looking at my massive collection of games,cd's,dvd's,books and graphic novels and if I go before my wife the poor things going to have a nightmare sorting that lot out. You certainly gave me food for thought my friend.

Who would have thought that classic PlayStation titles that everybody has been screaming out for and being cheap too out sells a game that's had nothing good said about it. This dosnt mean that more gamers are starting to switch to digital as the timesplitters franchise is only available via the store. Another pointless article.

@Blofse its what they do..

I was always playstion. I played halo on the xbox and moved over to Microsoft. Bought the 360 on the promise of full HD gaming and being very happy with the original black brick I thought it was a no brainer..After 2 years of sending the bloody thing back to Microsoft to keep having the red ring of death repaired I decided to purchase the ps3 and whilst most first party games (yeah I know right) we're stunning most of the other games we're quite awful to be brutally honest. Bayonetta was shocking performance wise and dragons dogma with those huge black borders and the old vasoline vision was just horrendous. It transpires that very few xbox 360 or ps3 games ever played in full HD. I've stayed with sonys consoles ever since and I can't see myself returning to owing an xbox again. I love gaming on my ps5 and I just think it's a cracking console and sonys dominance is speaking volumes because everybody's buying them. Now we just need some real ps5 first party games that are not hobbled by having to be on the ps4 too.

I'm fed up to the back teeth of remasters. Complete remakes like demons souls are acceptable because they have been ripped apart and rebuilt from the ground up to use the ps5 to it's potential. I can also accept remakes having a higher price tag too..but remasters? If they are going to persist with remasters then they need to seriously rethink the pricing structure as well. If you've already purchased a game that's been released and then it's remastered a few years later then you should be offered a reduced upgrade price as standard. I've only purchased a handful of remasters (NFS hot pursuit,dark souls,spiderman etc) and those are games that I'll play again and dark souls was the only one I bought at almost full price. I guess if people stopped buying these remasters they would hopefully realise we don't need them and don't really want the games they are pushing out. Now where is that killzone remake?

@Max_the_German I get you. Personally I think this sale is quite naff but I'm sure there is something for somebody.

I played this to death on my PC running the game @1440p with framerates through the roof..when I got my ps4 I bought it again with all the dlc with every intention of going through it again (yes I liked it that much) but 30fps? Instant no,no,no for me as it just seemed so unresponsive..tried it again on the ps5 hoping that maybe it was boosted to 60fps but no..it still runs like a bag of horse poop..

If they offer an upgrade for £10 - £15 then maybe I'd bite as I really enjoyed the first game when I played through it when I got my ps5. I still have not played through the 2nd game yet so maybe I should. In fact looking at my backlog I should really play through a lot of the games that are stock piled..a winter mission approaches me I think.

It's battlefield and it's one of my all time fave online shooters but I fear it's going to be rushed out and only a fraction of the whole game on launch day. EA are going to monetise the heck out of it as well with battle passes etc which I know is common practice but wouldn't it be nice for EA to buck the trend for once? Also I'd like destruction on par with bad company 2 which to this day is still unrivaled and extremely odd that EA have never figured out that it's bad company 3 we want..that's what we need.

@nomither6 "no one is buying a PC for $700 , it defeats the purpose." If you are not a gamer that comment is correct but seeing as a lot of console gamers who are baulking at the ps5 Pro price are stating that they are thinking of ditching the ps5 etc and going to buy or build a gaming rig then zampellas comment is very valid. There are going to be a lot of people who know very little about pc gaming and exactly how much it costs to have a rig that performs to the exact same levels of fidelity the ps5 or ps5 Pro do being very disappointed when they spend £700 - £800 and it just dosnt deliver. You know what it takes to build a gaming PC and you know how much it costs too and you know the point I'm making here. The ps5 Pro is very expensive for the casual gamer who should stick with their ps5's but for the enthusiast gamers who can't justify spending over a grand on a gaming rig then the ps5 Pro is an acceptable price point. I'm still not certain if I'll get one myself but I'm not saying I won't ever either.

I have not played hd2 ever since I bought a steering wheel,EA sports wrc and GT7. In fact the only games I have played are robocop and wukong black myth. I keep meaning to jump back in but I'm a petrol head. Great game with a mostly great community.

@PuppetMaster I've played every diablo game. Diablo 2 resurrected on the ps5 is my fave followed by diablo 3. I really enjoy 4 but it just dosnt grab me the same way d2 does. D2's atmosphere is very dark and the story is brilliant as it unravels. D4 plays brilliantly but that story is all over the place. I've not bothered with the season passes as you can't make enough platinum out of a single season to purchase the next one and that really rubbed me the wrong way.

It's EA so it will be half the game day 1 and then 3 or 4 months down the line you'll get the rest of the game you paid for under the old "new update and improvements" headline...I'll wait and see this time round.

@Deityjester you can unlock everything for free if you are willing to grind out the credits in game. Pay to win? This isn't a pvp game so how is it pay to win?

@nomither6 who?

I always choose games I think I'll enjoy playing regardless of scores. I really enjoyed necromunga even though pushsquare gave it a 4/10 as I thought it was a perfectly fun fps with a bit of Duke nuke 'em style gameplay.

Also I love how these helldivers 2 articles always state "on the pc and ps5" because xbox owners really need it rubbing in their noses a bit more 🤣

@KundaliniRising333 it still has a massive player base. Granted it has dropped off but its still one of the most populated online games at the moment.

@SteveJaye it's actually really well implemented in motorfest. I haven't tried planes,boats or bikes and I'm not sure I want to but the cars handle really well and I quite liked trying to replicate the millionaires challenge from TDU (1 lap of the island in under an hour.) It's worth a go for £20 or whatever the Canadian dollar equivalent is.

@SteveJaye the crew 2 was awful with a steering wheel. I was asking on here if anybody knew if motorfest was any good with a wheel but nobody responded so I just bought it yesterday and it's great..really responsive but its no gt7..its pure arcade racing like dirt 5.

@NEStalgia I was very lucky it didn't do any damage really and I got a new one pretty cheap which is still in there.

@jrt87 i have to agree with you. When I built my PC many,many moons ago I hardly ever had crashes but it was the constant updates and conflicts that really irked me. Windows updates really hacked me off. I built a amd fx6300 based pc mainly because the price of the cpu (£85) was cheap and the overclock potential was very good. I threw in 16 gig of ram and a msi gtx970 and all was good for about 5 years until the power supply went kaput. It still runs well to this day but its my wife's work station now as its just not up to playing modern games and it will be expensive to upgrade it and truth be told I just can't be arsed..I'm 52 this year and just want an easy hassle free gaming twighlight.

@HonestHick @PuppetMaster I've been saying this all ps5 gen. You can't build a gaming rig that will run games to the same standard as the ps5 for under a £1000. So all these people saying they are going to turn to pc gaming are going to be spending so much more than £700 when the ps5 Pro drops. I've had arguments with people on this site who say they can build a gaming rig that will be better than a ps5 for not that much more than a ps5 costs but when I've challenged them to build it and show everybody here it running games that exist on the ps5 they suddenly turn mute and you don't hear from them again. Consoles are very convenient for just the plug and play aspect. £700 for the ps5 Pro is not too much and yes of course I'd like it to be cheaper but it is what it is and no amount of moaning is going to change it.

@Flaming_Kaiser I only chat to people in my group chat. Unless you are a friend you have nothing of interest to say.

@SteveJaye I have the thrustmaster T150 and it's taken me a bit of tweaking but I've got the settings just right for me and I'm having a blast (I just bought it in the sale.) I have the steering lock set to 360 in the options and I'm using mode 1 on the actual wheel base itself. All assists off. Very nice game and is so like TDU which is one of my fave racing games. I agree that once you use a steering wheel you never go back to the pad especially on GT7 and EA sports wrc. I'm looking to upgrade my wheel soon but I'm waiting to see what thrustmasters new direct drive unit is like before I buy the gt 2 unit. What is the T300 like as the over heating reports put me off it?

More wukong for me and I've just dropped the hammer on the crew motorfest seeing as it's currently £20. Playing golf tomorrow at Teign Valley before they turn it into a 12 hole golf course (madness.) Have a great weekend everybody 👍

Can anybody tell me how the the crew motorfest plays with a steering wheel please? Also is it all cars or does it force you into other vehicles?

No first party games,countless remasters and really old decrepit tech apparently (sarcasm) and yet Sony is still selling a silly amount of ps5's and taking all the "complainers" money...yes indeed this generation has been a massive flop for Sony. All joking aside I can see why people are unhappy but we all still buy the console and games. Skipping this years state of play has got people rankled because they want Sony to show off what it's cooking but there is nothing to show. I guess people want Sony to show up with bugger all so they can say what everybody already knows...there's no first party games ready yet if at all.

@Matroska ahhh I had a typo...my bad..

@Matroska where the header starts "ps5 pro's been" is the bit I'm drawing attention to. Surely it should read "is being."

@cardcrusher29 but they are covering an era that is important in Japanese history no? I understand what you are saying and I'm not saying you are wrong either but it's still an integral part of japan's history.

@Lavishturtle how many cultures do you need in an AC game? We've had the renaissance periods,American civil war era with a native American protagonist,ancient Greece,Egypt and the viking era..just which culture would you like to see?

Shouldn't that heading read "PS5 Pro is being clowned on by the whole Internet". I don't know maybe it's me being an older gamer from a different generation where correct grammar mattered.

@NEStalgia a console cycle lasts say 10 years or there abouts..pc gpu and cpu are evolving all the time so no I wouldn't say consoles have become part of the eternal upgrade loop yet. Once they start having replaceable gpus etc (effectively becoming pc's) then they join that never ending eco system. There is food on the table for everybody now and the menu has a new expensive dish that everybody wants a taste of but not everybody can afford. I quite enjoy our little to and fros because you understand what I'm trying to convey and are never snarky or try to be patronising (unlike some others who will not be named.) I'm off to work now so I'll reply on my lunch break if I take one today..until then have a good one 👍

@eagletrippin I was surprised too..almost dropped my cup of tea..

@NEStalgia it's not the most expensive console ever though is it? The Neo Geo was the most expensive console ever launched and the cost of the games...Holy f**k! I remember my mate buying one on import way back at the tail end of 1991 with a couple of games and it was awesome but that price tag. The ps5 Pro is expensive indeed but I'm currently looking at gaming pc's to see if I can actually get a rig for under a £1000 even though I have no intention of ever going the pc route again (the eternal upgrade route every couple of years is too expensive) and I can't find anything that will live up to what I'd expect to outlast the ps5 Pro (without continuous upgrades.) So for me I'll be waiting to see how the ps5 performs before committing myself or wait until my ps5 gives up the ghost. I suppose it all boils down to just how much does the individual really need that upgrade.

@BIG3 on the nail..this cross gen parity has really harmed the progress of the current gen. All these bloody remakes and remasters haven't helped either. I think the only remake that was an actual benefit to the ps5 was demons souls.

@__jamiie for once I agree with you. I don't think we've seen what the ps5 is really capable of yet. The ps5 Pro is obviously aimed at the enthusiast gamers who usually prefer their uber pc setups. I'm happy with my ps5 for now but once the ps5 Pro launches and we see exactly what it brings to the table I'll be able to ask myself if it's something I really need or if it's something I want...there is a big difference especially at the price point (I think it's reasonable although I'd obviously like it to be cheaper.) As a recent sim racer convert and looking to upgrade my current racing setup if the racing games are as good as GT7 looks on the ps5 Pro then it's a no brainer for me as a new racing rig and a ps5 Pro would still be cheaper than me buying a new pc setup..a lot cheaper.

I've hardly read any positive comments in any of the ps5 Pro articles. Hardly anybody commenting sounds like they are going to buy it anyway but everybody's getting worked up over this pre order scheme as well..why does it bother people so much when they have already announced they are not purchasing one? I just don't get it..

With my birthday approaching and my wife asking me what I would like I guess I'm going to be spending my time slaughtering orcs and nids..Happy days.

I'll wait and see exactly what improvements are actually achievable and see if they bring out a sku with a drive. My priority is a new sim racing setup as thrustmaster have a new direct drive unit coming out and I want a proper racing frame too. If GT7 looks anywhere near as good as it did in the video and other racing games get ps5 Pro updates then I'll consider my options..wheel first though.

@rjejr by 2029? They will achieve this figure over the months leading up to launch date 🤣

@The_Wailing_Doom yes I agree. The whiny community and growing toxic player base has been a big put off for me recently. I don't put any stock in anything IGN has to say anymore either.

@Shalooda yes the hentai ones..I just don't understand the fixation nor do I want to either..the souls games are hard and that's the appeal to me personally but yes there is no harm including difficulty settings either.

@Shalooda told you didn't I? I myself love souls like games but I fully understand exactly where you are coming from too. I feel the same about jrpg's as I just find them cheesy as he'll and I don't like the anime style of graphics. I bought gran blue fantasy relink thingy or whatever its called and I quite enjoyed it but I won't be purchasing another but I get why people like...especially 50 year old perverts..

@Flaming_Kaiser I'm not easily offended but racism and cancer jibes are bang out of order. I can live with threats of violence (anybody who's met me know that it's only ever going one way) but wishing cancer on somebody is just so wrong. I was accused of being racist at work many moons ago and I just showed them a photo of my mixed race wife and they back tracked so fast they almost broke the space time continuem..God bless the tinterweb for giving those toxic trolls a voice..

@Shalooda good luck with your comments on souls likes...that's a massive hornets nest you are kicking..

@TrickyDicky99 for once I mostly agree with you. I love my ps5 and even though there has been a lot of games I've enjoyed a lot this gen I'm fed up to the back teeth of remasters,remakes,ports etc,etc,etc. Having to develop games for the last gen machines in tandem is seriously hobbling this gen and its time the series "S" and ps4 was just put out to pasture.

@Vaako007 oh god don't suggest they drop the DEI in their games...I can hear the sabers rattling already..

@Enuo I thought ubisoft were one of the most prolific multi plat devs around..am I missing something?