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Did they not learn? Don’t be saying stuff like that years from release dude

Are all these going to be available for a tenner a month? If so these sales look less appealing

Wow 150 times they have copy pasted their code and hit “randomly generate”. That’s awesome.

In the meantime I’ll be playing the hand crafted dungeons in Elden Ring

Do we know if we get to keep our claimed games after the new service launches?

@michaelf For you maybe, I have bought loads - so this will definitely save me money

Couple of questions:

The Sony site states 2 games for PS Essential, and no changes to the current offering for current PS Now subscribers - but current subscribers get 3 games. So is this a typo?

Currently if we cancel our PS Now sub we lose all the games we have built up so far even if we resub later - so no one cancels.
With the new middle tier - does this mean all those games will be in this, so if we cancel we can resub later and don't lose access when re-sub? So its a better system?

And bear in mind all the 50% off sales, Black Friday Deals, reduced PS Gift Card sales etc..

Could the smaller scale Assassins Creed Rift be a VR title for the Quest (previously called the Rift)? This bringing the game about living in a VR type world finally into a VR world? (Ignoring the 5 minute ac vr demo from a few years ago)

Not played it since day one. Of course Sony dont do refunds, but if they did...

At this point I’d be applying for a refund - obviously if this were any company other than Sony who don’t feel they should refund anything

I dont get it... I played Returnal, it wasnt very good, I uninstalled it. There are MANY better games.

I played the first one a few times on the Quest 2, excellent game!

@4kgk2 Ok mate, will do. It’s all about you after all

Personally... (and I'm sure its just me!) but I think the Aloy character model is not very good. It doesn't look real for some reason, and I don't mean because its generated - I mean something in the way the forehead and nose are shaped just looks ... wrong.

However, the actual real person looks awesome.

@Kidfunkadelic83 go to settings, system and updates, then it says firmware ready to update.

@Kidfunkadelic83 in the UK. Updating now.

Liar ahead

VRR, oh dear VRR

@Gbarsotini Meh, the producer is more the person who sorts out the bills and gets stuff booked these days. They have limited creative control

I’m passing on this for now. Loved the other games but I have so many games to play at the moment I can miss this without any issues.

Personally I only play games that I can pay one price upfront for all the content.

Maybe they should have had a “crunch time” just before release after all..

I’ve just played 2 and 3 on PS5 and they both looked stunning, and I use them to show off how good the PS looks to friends… didn’t even realise they weren’t upgraded!

Love the game so far and no it shouldn’t have to change its difficulty.

However… my issue is with it being branded 10/10 and game of the year by almost every reviewer - as millions will buy this purely on that score, and will hit the wall of difficulty, and never get past it - wasting £40-£50, and never experiencing the story or artwork.
If I were the developer or artist working on the game I’d be genuinely miserable my work would only be experienced by a relatively small number, and if I were the buyer I’d be annoyed at the game, the reviewer and the store for allowing me to waste my money.

It doesn’t happen in other forms of purchased media - it’s like going to the cinema to see the latest blockbuster and 20 minutes into the film someone constructing a wall in front and telling you only those fit enough to climb over could watch the rest of it - but no refunds were available.

Although it is George RR Martin so no one should be too surprised that most people will never see the ending 😂

@Lup I was never a big dark souls fan, but Demon Souls was exceptionally pretty.

But.. Elden Ring is unlike others, no matter what the videos make you think.

I have both, and both are great.

However, I keep stopping due to an urge to play Lost Ark... which even I feel is kinda weird.

I have it arriving today. Will play it for an hour, get angry at myself for being old and crap, and then just watch play throughs. Same as with every other souls game.

My only criticism is the graphics keep popping in and out which I find really distracting - but I’m sure it will be patched soon.

I was playing Horizon but the graphics popping in and out are a little off putting - I’m sure they’ll patch it in a few days, so playing Lost Ark while I wait - very addictive though

Lots of graphical pop in issues so far on PS5 (for me anyway) - even the opening credits had grass suddenly appear, solid block colours pop into textures, people appear etc.

Hoping they patch it fairly soon as a bit distracting

I admit to being confused why Sony made a machine where you couldn’t play in 4k 60fps as standard and have to throttle next gen games to experience the full quality.

My Xbox x let’s me play 4k 120fps with ray tracing as does my 3080 powered pc.

Anyway - great review thank you, stoked to play it next week!

(Ps - The PS5 is still the best console, best controller, with the best games imho - the Xbox is frankly ***** and the pc is a pain to stream to downstairs with inferior story based games)

Ok not wanting to point out bad journalism on a games website - but exactly which “ps5 owners” are pondering what Sony is playing at? From the write up it appears only the writer is pondering this - if you report on a story with a headline like that you need to evidence your sources for these ps5 owners. Otherwise you are guilty of creating fake news and propaganda.

If I were to post on a news sire “many people think Coca Cola is putting poison in their cans and killing cats for fun” I’d need evidence…

Many of your readers think your writing is bad and you need to do a journalism course.

Just finished HL Alyx via Quest 2 to Pc wireless - fantastic game.
First full AAA title I’ve played - and no motion sickness at all. With a battery pack I played for 8 hrs straight.

I hope Sony have tried this, because to play in fantastic resolution (ultra on the PC with 120hz mode on the headset) but with no wires, was a revelation.

To go back to wires will feel like a step backwards - when it’s completely doable.

@invictus4000 more stock due this month

@HEVIHITR That’s a great idea and easy for Sony to do!

Only £51 at Amazon at the moment...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/PlayStation-9718895-Horizon-Forbidden-West/dp/B09FBFDKZZ/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=horizon+forbidden+west+ps4&qid=1643990904&sprefix=horizon%2Caps%2C67&sr=8-2

Managed to get my Quest 2 linked to my gaming PC via wireless, with no lag 2 weeks ago - I have not stopped playing since. As the PSVR2 has better lenses and faster response, it should be epic.

So I'm lucky enough to have both a PS5 and an Xbox X - and tbh the Xbox is dreadful in comparison. Constant crashes, a 4k player that only works if you buy sound software separately, and even then goes to a black screen randomly and needs to be rebooted, a severe lack of decent games (besides Halo and Forza), a confusing UI and a loud plastic controller.

The PS5 is far superior - in my humble view.

2022 is April 22 to March 23 - so perfectly reasonable to assume next year as a release

But are they showing the PS4 version because they had to downgrade it? Is the PS5 version going to look the same? From the first PS5 trailer this looked like a stunning truly next gen game - but from the latest stuff it looks like last gen.

I dont understand. If its a good game, and by all extents it is, and you have good fun playing it... whats the issue? Do people these days only play games to get some odd solo bragging right? Genuinely confused.

@Golem25 Get the complete saga, it’s only a few quid - you can play them all, and it’s out now, really good. Save you a fortune on the remake

@Deadhunter So it’s like the Demon Souls game with some extra bits? Which was awesome - really enjoyed that!
But the graphics look pretty similar between the original Star Wars Lego and this remake.. not entirely sure why they did it. Wouldn’t it be easier just to do an expansion and add those bits in?

I’m still confused about this - I already own Lego Star Wars the complete saga, which lets me play through each film across a multitude of characters… so.. why would I buy it again? Or will it be a £10 4k update like Uncharted?

I have an Xbox series x and a PS5 (humble brag) and the Xbox is terrible in comparison. Constant crashes, errors, and an incredibly limited library mean I barely turn it on. Even the dvd playback is poor!
Halo and Forza are all I play - compared to a stack of amazing games of the PS, none of which are Activision based.

@Integrity +10 for mentioning Grange Hill on a PS website!

NFTs are just another way that rich folk can exploit poor folk, or in some cases, other rich folk.
Your average Joe on the street will never have the resources, the skills, the money or the knowledge to create them, let alone sell them for a profit. But those rich folk have realised gamers will buy anything related to the game they are currently emotionally involved with.
First it was selling DLCs, then it was selling virtual armour and guns and pets, then it was just selling the virtual coins to buy the virtual armour and pets, and now it’s selling you a virtual picture of the armour and pets - without you being able to do anything with it.
They must be laughing into their diamond encrusted gold iPhones at the stupidity of “normal people”.

@GorosBat I didn’t see that in the post I responded to, no

Now kid, another, more friendly response would have been “You probably missed the bit of the post where I mention I’m in Australia. It works out around £35 after conversion, so a real bargain!”

Which then leads to a friendly response and chat

You’re welcome. And welcome to the “internet”

@GorosBat it’s £49 on Amazon for PS5 now… just saying 😀

@Ashpip I’ve just started my second play through as the other character after a break of two years. Had 200+ hours logged before, yet I’m already completely addicted again. I find the world so beautiful, especially on PS5, in 4k hdr, on an OLED tv. As an ex-EQ/UO mmo player, this is easily one of my favourite single player games.