Days Gone is still my favourite game of the PS4 generation. There were technically better games (though it was technically impressive, early bugs aside), but as a whole package, I enjoyed it more than anything else I played.
Needs to be an international law that in cases where you do lose content, you get a full refund. After all, it's described as a purchase, not a rental... and your money doesn't expire from their bank account.
If that's a list of everything currently known for 2024, then... nothing.
I just bought Planet of Lana on Steam. I'm interested in Pacific Drive, but I wouldn't say I was "highly anticipating" it. Same with TLOU2 Remastered... love the game(s), but it feels like yet another unnecessary remaster and a money-grab from ND, regardless of what new modes they put in it... would rather they got on with something completely new, or Uncharted 5.
Other than that... probably Helldivers 2 if its co-op is any good, as me and a couple of mates should enjoy it.
Man, it really has been a poor few years for new games... in my personal opinion. I'm not sorry I bought my PS5, but if I was still stuck with only my PS4 Pro, I wouldn't be too disappointed. And the speculation around the PS5 Pro is ridiculous - why release an upgrade to a system that has hardly been pushed to it's limits yet? 🤷🏻♂️
I never watch awards ceremonies for anything... BAFTAs, Brits, Oscar's, Emmys, TGA... nothing. As much as I appreciate what they do, there's not much more tedious than watching a group of people telling each other how wonderful they are. It can get quite vomit-inducing.
That issue with removing the shows/films purchased should be against the law. People paid in good faith. Licencing issues are between Sony and whichever other companies are concerned, and the customer should not be left out of pocket as a result. I don't care what the EULA says, it should be illegal under law.
If they're going to remove access to items people have purchased, they should be legally required to refund them in full. Whoever pays for that, these multi-billion dollar companies can decide amongst themselves... but it should never be the customer. One would hope that an incident like this, with this amount of items involved, would see some change in the law.
Looks like fun, but I'll wait for some actual gameplay footage. Anything can look amazing in a pre-rendered video clip.
That said, I always get fed up when devs shoehorn unnecessary multi-player into a single-player game, so it's nice to hear of one that's gone the other way for a change.
I wasn't interested in this, but a recent and unfortunate change in family circumstances means I might well pick one up.
The only thing that really bugs me is that you need an internet connection even if you're right next to your PS5. This really should be able to connect directly to the PS5 WiFi if you're within range, to give the maximum reduction in any lag.
I didn't use the integration much, but it was handy for sharing the occasional screenshot or video clip if something funny or unexpected happened in a game. I did have it set up to post platinum trophies as well.
I'll miss the convenience as using the app is more clunky. I hope they come to some agreement to keep it, but I won't lose any sleep if they don't.
As for X/Twitter itself, I still use it, but less than I did... mostly because they blocked 3rd- party apps on mobiles and started charging for TweetDeck on desktop. I don't like the official app or website because of the way they keep messing with your feed and showing you what the algorithm thinks you'd like to see.
I used it occasionally and it was handy, but it's not something I'll miss.
Most amusing thing is that I said this might happen when they started charging for the API, and was told it didn't use the API and I didn't know what I was talking about. Yet... here we are. 🤷🏻♂️
Nope. Not really interested. I bought the original in a sale long after it released, and enjoyed it for a while but it became quite repetitive.
I got Miles Morales with my PS5 in July 2021, and installed it but have yet to play it. I love the Spider-Man movies, but have never really been interested in superhero games. Maybe in a year or so when it's cheap, and if I've played Miles Morales by then, I'll consider it.
I'm sure it's a great game, but if you're not really into the genre, it doesn't really matter. Personally, I'd much rather have had Days Gone 2.
Not interested in MMO games. Never been interested in Saints Row.
I bought GenZ on Steam a few months ago, and even several years after launch, it's a buggy mess... and apparently the console versions are worse than PC.
A couple of friends and I bought GenZ for the co-op, but we had to give up playing it... after several hours of gameplay (so too late to refund), it started crashing consistently in one area of the map, and then enemies stopped appearing for me as the host, and I just had to watch my buddies apparently shooting at nothing, over and over. No enemies to kill means no loot and no progression. When I looked into it for a solution, I discovered via the official forums that this is a known bug that's been there since launch and has no solution. So we gave up on it.
It's okay as a single player game, but not as much fun, and many of the missions still bug out.
With the recent news of price increases with no obvious improvements to the service in terms of features, they're going to have to start doing much better on these monthly games. I rarely take any of the games (usually between 4 and 6 a year), so I basically only use it for the online play and cloud storage - and £60 a year isn't worth it. I'm actually paid up for Essential until September 2026, so by the time I next need to renew it's likely to be even higher... probably £70 or £80.
With no new or improved features announced, it seems difficult to justify. I hope they are least going to make an effort to improve the quality of the games offered each month. They've got Generation Zero next month, a game which I bought a while back on Steam and is a buggy mess... even moreso on consoles, as far as I'm aware.
I stuck with Essential when they added the other tiers, and added 2 years to mine in June during the sale, so I'm good until September 2026. I'm scared to think how much it will cost then, and will probably let it lapse.
At this point, I wish they'd consider a budget level for just online play and cloud saves at, say, £20 per year. I only really bother with it for online play, and even that is rare; the 'free' games I rarely take and can easily do without.
I've been okay with the price increases to this point, because it still gave me value for money. This will tip it past my personal line in the sand, though.
Aside from the price, the biggest sticking point for me is that they say it requires an internet connection.
If I want to play a single player game on the sofa while someone else is watching TV, it should connect directly to the console, either via a direct WiFi link or through the router. No internet should be required.
@captainsandman Enough for me to dislike the obnoxious "dudebro" presentation, to dislike the handling model, to tweak the steering controls because the defaults were very sluggish, and to decide the handling model generally sucked.
I switched it to the most realistic handling straight off the bat, but the handling reminded me of some rally game I bought on the PS1 - instead of steering properly, the cars rotate around a central pivot point, and I've never got on with that way of doing things.
I might give this another go when the freebie time is available, just to see if things have improved - after all, that's what a beta is for - but I certainly won't be pre-ordering.
Nothing there of interest to me. A dire year for games. 🤷🏻♂️ Won't be watching.
Might pick up Helldivers 2 to play with friends if it turns out to be any good. On the fence about the Avatar game - it's looking like Far Cry, which is a series I enjoy, but... I find it hard to be interested in an Avatar game.
Was vaguely interested in this, but now it might get forgotten. Then again, I can't think of anything else on the horizon that has me remotely interested, so maybe it won't. 🤷🏻♂️
It's been a dire couple of years. Days Gone 2 would have been thriving right about now.
For the love of all that is holy, let us check for updates from the Library screen, and not have to start a game, have it trigger the update, and need to quit so it can be installed! 🤷🏻♂️😭
It's just a menu option for an existing feature, that should have been there from day one.
I once said I didn't see the point of Twitter. Then I joined, and 14 years later I'm still there.
I don't use it as much as I once did, but that usage decline has nothing to do with Musk... it started before him, a few years ago when the whole atmosphere began to change, the mobs began to form, and anyone without the "correct" attitude started to get hounded. And I don't make any comment about what the "correct" attitude is, because people on all sides harass those they believe to be "wrong". I just do my best to stay away from it.
So my social media usage dropped significantly. I deleted my Facebook account in June last year, though I still have my Instagram account for now. I didn't move to Mastodon, I won't be moving to Bluesky, and the absolute last thing I want is another Zuckerberg/Meta/Facebook app; I only keep WhatsApp because some friends refuse to move to Telegram, but that may well go soon.
So I'll stay on Twitter, where I've had no issues at all yet. If it dies, so be it. But I doubt that it will.
Not sure what they could do to make it any more worthwhile for me.
I maintain my Essential sub for online, basically, and renewed for 2 years during the Days of Play sale. I take maybe 4 of the "free" Plus games each year, as most on offer are usually of no interest to me... and nothing on the higher levels is worth the money either, as far as I'm concerned. I have no interest in replaying PS1 or PS2 games, I still have my PS3 if I want those games, my PS5 will play my PS4 games, and I've zero interest in streaming games.
Personally, I think 2023 has been pretty dire for games so far. Certainly not interested in any of these. Off the top of my head, I can't actually think of anything for the rest of this year that I'm particularly bothered about either. 🤷🏻♂️
At least 6DiF hits Steam early access later this month.
But really couldn't care less about Factions. Tried the online briefly in the original, but couldn't be bothered sticking it out for the trophies for the Platinum.
I'm much more interested in whatever other project they're working on at ND.
I went in not really expecting much, and I wasn't disappointed.
Except... I was disappointed.
I was expecting one or two things I'd be interested in, and about 50 minutes of apathy and disappointment.
I was wrong!
What I got, personally, was an hour and twenty minutes of apathy and disappointment. Too many CGI "not actual gameplay" trailers, and not a single title that I was interested in.
Sure, Spider-Man 2 looked pretty, but I bought the first game in a PSN sale ages after release, and while I found it fun initially, I was finding it pretty repetitive by the end. I got Miles Morales with my PS5 in July 2021, but while I did install it, I haven't been bothered enough to play it yet. And SM2 looked like even more of the same, so... meh. Not that it's bad, it's just that superhero games generally just don't do it for me... never have.
Oh well, there's always next time.
The Remote Play gadget needs to cost no more than a game, so £50 to £70 at most, but you just know they'll over-price it and then drop it when it doesn't sell. And I think the earbuds will be a silly price as well.
Would have loved a sequel to what for me was the best game of the PS4 generation. Hordes on PS5 would have been something special, I bet.
I'm seeing lots of people on the Days Gone subreddit who have picked up the game and are absolutely loving it. I think Sony badly miscalculated on this one.
Of course, it would also have given them something to release during what can only be described as a significant lull in major first-party blockbuster output. These first few years of PS5 have been quite disappointing as far as I'm concerned, given there haven't been many great first-party releases, and what there has been hasn't really made best use of the new system because it's hamstrung by needing to cater for last gen; I only got mine in July 2021, but while I love the system, I wouldn't be too bothered at this moment in time if I'd stuck with my PS4 Pro.
They need to stop with these "pro" systems, in my personal opinion. It diminishes the impact of new generations.
I tried to get a PS5 at launch but couldn't, and I didn't get one until July 2021. Yet to be honest, I could quite happily be without it at this moment in time.
Loading speeds aside, at this point in time, it's not proven to be that big a step up from my PS4 Pro, and there's a dearth of games taking full advantage of it because everyone's still catering for last gen. Add to that the fact that most of Sony's first-party studios completed their last games not long before PS5 was due, and nearly 3 years in we still find ourselves with very few of their own blockbuster titles.
So please, Sony... forget the PS5 Pro and focus on the PS6 in another 4 or 5 years. Let's get some games that properly take advantage of the hardware we have, before you start trying to convince us to make another unnecessary half-step upgrade.
@Breekhead I haven't tried it, as it didn't seem to fare very well at launch, and I had forgotten about it.
I've just been watching some videos on YouTube though, and it does seem decent... looks like DayZ but with robots and no irritating PvP. I might well give it a try, so thanks for that!
Had never heard of it, and might have been interested if it was co-op PvE.
PvP? Forget it. There are more than enough PvP shooters, and they all devolve into the same crap. There need to be way more co-op PvE shooters.
I'd never heard of Deep Rock Galactic before it hit Plus. I downloaded it out of curiosity and it's one of the most fun games I've ever played... I put in hundreds of hours last year and still go back to it. It also has one of the best, most fun-loving, least toxic communities of any multiplayer game, and that can't be a coincidence.
I've been enjoying 2042 with a couple of friends against the AI since we picked it up 'free' on Plus.
I haven't bought any Battlefield game since BF4 at the launch of PS4. Never really did enjoy competitive FPS and much prefer those with a decent length single-player and co-op.
I know it won't be, but I would actually love it if Guerilla's next game was a Killzone title with a lengthy campaign and upto 4-player drop-in/drop-out co-op.
Lovely. The makers of the bug-ridden SnowRunner buy the makers of the bug-ridden Train Sim World. Match made in heaven... what could possibly go wrong?
If this thing is real and as described, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be interested in it. But even if I were to change my mind, I wouldn't pay more than £50 for it.
Naughty Dog quality is still a thing... on PlayStation. As I understand it, this wasn't made directly by Naughty Dog.
This is what happens when you have a multitude of hardware options - a game never runs the same for one person as it does for another. That's why I game on PS5 whenever possible, despite having a perfectly capable gaming PC.
Oh, don't go plugging the new machines. Let us be amazed when we encounter them in-game. 😞
As much as I loved HFW, there wasn't really any feeling of wonder when encountering new machines for the first time, because they'd already been outed.
It's inevitable that people will start plastering it all over social media when it releases, but they can be largely avoided; when the devs do it and all the news outlets start writing about it, it's tougher to do.
It's a lot of money for something you know is going to have a handful of decent titles and a ton of average shovelware.
I haven't looked at figures for a while, but last time I did (which was probably 2 or 3 years ago - I think PS4 had sold around 90 million units at the time), about 4 or 5 percent of PS4 owners had bothered with PSVR. Given equivalent time periods after the launch of each device, it had sold significantly worse than the Vita. And here we are wondering why a significantly more expensive version may not be doing too well... and that's without accounting for the cost of living issues.
I just want to be able to check for updates from the Library screen, instead of having to start a game, have it detect an update, then have to quit and wait for it to install. 🤷🏻♂️
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Re: Days Gone Dev on New PS5 Exclusive: We're Cooking
Days Gone is still my favourite game of the PS4 generation. There were technically better games (though it was technically impressive, early bugs aside), but as a whole package, I enjoyed it more than anything else I played.
Re: Turns Out You Won't Lose Access to Those Discovery TV Shows on PlayStation After All
Needs to be an international law that in cases where you do lose content, you get a full refund. After all, it's described as a purchase, not a rental... and your money doesn't expire from their bank account.
Re: Site News: Our Game of the Year Goodness Gets Underway from Today
I vote for Days Gone.
Yeah, it released in 2019, but it's still better than anything released this year. 🤷🏻♂️
Re: Poll: What's Your Most Anticipated PS5 Game of 2024?
If that's a list of everything currently known for 2024, then... nothing.
I just bought Planet of Lana on Steam. I'm interested in Pacific Drive, but I wouldn't say I was "highly anticipating" it. Same with TLOU2 Remastered... love the game(s), but it feels like yet another unnecessary remaster and a money-grab from ND, regardless of what new modes they put in it... would rather they got on with something completely new, or Uncharted 5.
Other than that... probably Helldivers 2 if its co-op is any good, as me and a couple of mates should enjoy it.
Man, it really has been a poor few years for new games... in my personal opinion. I'm not sorry I bought my PS5, but if I was still stuck with only my PS4 Pro, I wouldn't be too disappointed. And the speculation around the PS5 Pro is ridiculous - why release an upgrade to a system that has hardly been pushed to it's limits yet? 🤷🏻♂️
Re: The Game Awards Is Getting Ripped for Urging Award Winners to Wrap It Up
I never watch awards ceremonies for anything... BAFTAs, Brits, Oscar's, Emmys, TGA... nothing. As much as I appreciate what they do, there's not much more tedious than watching a group of people telling each other how wonderful they are. It can get quite vomit-inducing.
Re: Poll: This Is Your Last Chance to Vote for Our PS5, PS4 Game of the Year 2023
Dead Space for me. Been precious little else of interest. Very poor year as far as I'm concerned. 🤷🏻♂️
Outside of PlayStation, probably 6 Days in Fallujah early access on Steam. Very tough, but lots of promise.
Re: Players Reporting PSN Account Bans in Seemingly Widespread Issue
That issue with removing the shows/films purchased should be against the law. People paid in good faith. Licencing issues are between Sony and whichever other companies are concerned, and the customer should not be left out of pocket as a result. I don't care what the EULA says, it should be illegal under law.
If they're going to remove access to items people have purchased, they should be legally required to refund them in full. Whoever pays for that, these multi-billion dollar companies can decide amongst themselves... but it should never be the customer. One would hope that an incident like this, with this amount of items involved, would see some change in the law.
Re: SPINE's Cinematic CQC Gameplay Will Send Shivers Down Yours on PS5
Looks like fun, but I'll wait for some actual gameplay footage. Anything can look amazing in a pre-rendered video clip.
That said, I always get fed up when devs shoehorn unnecessary multi-player into a single-player game, so it's nice to hear of one that's gone the other way for a change.
Re: Random: Yorkshire Tea Is Brewing Up a Custom PS5 Controller for Some Reason
Pfft. PG Tips or GTFO.
"Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot?"
Well, my parents always swore by PG. I've always preferred coffee myself.
Re: Does Busting Make You Feel Good? Playful PSVR2 Post Goes Mega Viral
And there was me thinking innuendo was an Italian suppository. 🤷🏻♂️
Re: Guide: PS Portal FAQ - All Your Questions Answered
I wasn't interested in this, but a recent and unfortunate change in family circumstances means I might well pick one up.
The only thing that really bugs me is that you need an internet connection even if you're right next to your PS5. This really should be able to connect directly to the PS5 WiFi if you're within range, to give the maximum reduction in any lag.
Re: Twitter Wants to Dramatically Improve PS5, PS4's Integration
I didn't use the integration much, but it was handy for sharing the occasional screenshot or video clip if something funny or unexpected happened in a game. I did have it set up to post platinum trophies as well.
I'll miss the convenience as using the app is more clunky. I hope they come to some agreement to keep it, but I won't lose any sleep if they don't.
As for X/Twitter itself, I still use it, but less than I did... mostly because they blocked 3rd- party apps on mobiles and started charging for TweetDeck on desktop. I don't like the official app or website because of the way they keep messing with your feed and showing you what the algorithm thinks you'd like to see.
Re: PS5's Twitter Integration Now Offline
I used it occasionally and it was handy, but it's not something I'll miss.
Most amusing thing is that I said this might happen when they started charging for the API, and was told it didn't use the API and I didn't know what I was talking about. Yet... here we are. 🤷🏻♂️
Re: PlayStation Users to Be Considered 'Part of the Xbox Community', Says Xbox Boss
Thanks, but no thanks. I've got a Microsoft account from the time I owned a 360 and I still don't consider myself part of the community.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Marvel's Spider-Man 2?
Nope. Not really interested. I bought the original in a sale long after it released, and enjoyed it for a while but it became quite repetitive.
I got Miles Morales with my PS5 in July 2021, and installed it but have yet to play it. I love the Spider-Man movies, but have never really been interested in superhero games. Maybe in a year or so when it's cheap, and if I've played Miles Morales by then, I'll consider it.
I'm sure it's a great game, but if you're not really into the genre, it doesn't really matter. Personally, I'd much rather have had Days Gone 2.
Re: State of Play Livestream Revealed for Thursday, a Focus on Indie and Third-Party Games
That's a pass from me. Let me know when they have some first party stuff that isn't Spider-Man 2.
Re: Unity's Newly Announced Install Fee Policy Already Causing Disharmony Amongst Devs
Tell me you want customers to switch to the competition, without telling me you want customers to switch to the competition.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for September 2023?
Not interested in MMO games. Never been interested in Saints Row.
I bought GenZ on Steam a few months ago, and even several years after launch, it's a buggy mess... and apparently the console versions are worse than PC.
A couple of friends and I bought GenZ for the co-op, but we had to give up playing it... after several hours of gameplay (so too late to refund), it started crashing consistently in one area of the map, and then enemies stopped appearing for me as the host, and I just had to watch my buddies apparently shooting at nothing, over and over. No enemies to kill means no loot and no progression. When I looked into it for a solution, I discovered via the official forums that this is a known bug that's been there since launch and has no solution. So we gave up on it.
It's okay as a single player game, but not as much fun, and many of the missions still bug out.
With the recent news of price increases with no obvious improvements to the service in terms of features, they're going to have to start doing much better on these monthly games. I rarely take any of the games (usually between 4 and 6 a year), so I basically only use it for the online play and cloud storage - and £60 a year isn't worth it. I'm actually paid up for Essential until September 2026, so by the time I next need to renew it's likely to be even higher... probably £70 or £80.
Re: PS Plus Essential, Extra, Premium Price Increases Announced by Sony
Didn't it only go up a little while ago? 🤔
With no new or improved features announced, it seems difficult to justify. I hope they are least going to make an effort to improve the quality of the games offered each month. They've got Generation Zero next month, a game which I bought a while back on Steam and is a buggy mess... even moreso on consoles, as far as I'm aware.
I stuck with Essential when they added the other tiers, and added 2 years to mine in June during the sale, so I'm good until September 2026. I'm scared to think how much it will cost then, and will probably let it lapse.
At this point, I wish they'd consider a budget level for just online play and cloud saves at, say, £20 per year. I only really bother with it for online play, and even that is rare; the 'free' games I rarely take and can easily do without.
I've been okay with the price increases to this point, because it still gave me value for money. This will tip it past my personal line in the sand, though.
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on PlayStation Portal?
Aside from the price, the biggest sticking point for me is that they say it requires an internet connection.
If I want to play a single player game on the sofa while someone else is watching TV, it should connect directly to the console, either via a direct WiFi link or through the router. No internet should be required.
Re: You Can Play The Crew Motorfest for Free in Trial Period at Launch on PS5, PS4
@captainsandman Enough for me to dislike the obnoxious "dudebro" presentation, to dislike the handling model, to tweak the steering controls because the defaults were very sluggish, and to decide the handling model generally sucked.
I switched it to the most realistic handling straight off the bat, but the handling reminded me of some rally game I bought on the PS1 - instead of steering properly, the cars rotate around a central pivot point, and I've never got on with that way of doing things.
I might give this another go when the freebie time is available, just to see if things have improved - after all, that's what a beta is for - but I certainly won't be pre-ordering.
Re: You Can Play The Crew Motorfest for Free in Trial Period at Launch on PS5, PS4
I spent about 15 minutes in the beta, and that was enough.
Re: Poll: What PS5 Game Do You Most Want to See at Gamescom Opening Night Live?
Nothing there of interest to me. A dire year for games. 🤷🏻♂️ Won't be watching.
Might pick up Helldivers 2 to play with friends if it turns out to be any good. On the fence about the Avatar game - it's looking like Far Cry, which is a series I enjoy, but... I find it hard to be interested in an Avatar game.
Re: Station Wagon Survival Game Pacific Drive Misses Exit, Delayed to Early 2024
Was vaguely interested in this, but now it might get forgotten. Then again, I can't think of anything else on the horizon that has me remotely interested, so maybe it won't. 🤷🏻♂️
It's been a dire couple of years. Days Gone 2 would have been thriving right about now.
Re: Poll: Did You Buy Red Dead Redemption's PS4 Port?
Nope, never played it, never intend to... zero interest in this or anything to do with cowboys.
Re: PS Stars May Finally Be Integrated into PS5 Soon
They can integrate all this, but can't let us update games from the Library screen. 🤷🏻♂️
Re: New PS5 Firmware Beta Starts Today, Bigger SSD Support, Extra Features
For the love of all that is holy, let us check for updates from the Library screen, and not have to start a game, have it trigger the update, and need to quit so it can be installed! 🤷🏻♂️😭
It's just a menu option for an existing feature, that should have been there from day one.
Re: Another Six-Month Apple TV+ Free Trial Available Now on PS5, PS4
@VanguardKaiser I've watched the first few as I liked the sound of it, but after about 4 episodes I'm finding it so slow as to be quite tedious.
I enjoyed Foundation, Severance, and Silo though.
Re: PlayStation and Other Gaming Titans Flock to Twitter Rival Threads
I once said I didn't see the point of Twitter. Then I joined, and 14 years later I'm still there.
I don't use it as much as I once did, but that usage decline has nothing to do with Musk... it started before him, a few years ago when the whole atmosphere began to change, the mobs began to form, and anyone without the "correct" attitude started to get hounded. And I don't make any comment about what the "correct" attitude is, because people on all sides harass those they believe to be "wrong". I just do my best to stay away from it.
So my social media usage dropped significantly. I deleted my Facebook account in June last year, though I still have my Instagram account for now. I didn't move to Mastodon, I won't be moving to Bluesky, and the absolute last thing I want is another Zuckerberg/Meta/Facebook app; I only keep WhatsApp because some friends refuse to move to Telegram, but that may well go soon.
So I'll stay on Twitter, where I've had no issues at all yet. If it dies, so be it. But I doubt that it will.
Re: Sony Eager to Ensure PS Plus Remains Relevant and Offers More Value
Not sure what they could do to make it any more worthwhile for me.
I maintain my Essential sub for online, basically, and renewed for 2 years during the Days of Play sale. I take maybe 4 of the "free" Plus games each year, as most on offer are usually of no interest to me... and nothing on the higher levels is worth the money either, as far as I'm concerned. I have no interest in replaying PS1 or PS2 games, I still have my PS3 if I want those games, my PS5 will play my PS4 games, and I've zero interest in streaming games.
Re: Translucent Faceplates Finally Make PS5 Look Stunning
How much?!? 😂
Okay if you want to make your PS5 look like a cheap Chinese knock-off, but you'd have to pay me to degrade my console with those.
Re: Poll: Which PS5 Blockbuster Will You Be Playing in June?
Personally, I think 2023 has been pretty dire for games so far. Certainly not interested in any of these. Off the top of my head, I can't actually think of anything for the rest of this year that I'm particularly bothered about either. 🤷🏻♂️
At least 6DiF hits Steam early access later this month.
Re: What the Hell Is Going on with The Last of Us Factions, Naughty Dog's Standalone PS5 Multiplayer Game?
Love The Last Of Us... both parts.
But really couldn't care less about Factions. Tried the online briefly in the original, but couldn't be bothered sticking it out for the trophies for the Platinum.
I'm much more interested in whatever other project they're working on at ND.
Re: Days Gone 2 Could Have Released 'a Month Ago', Says Game Director
@LoopBak127 Which makes it all the more bizarre that they are apparently looking to make a movie adaptation of it. 🤷♂️
Re: Concord from Firewalk Studios Has a Nice Logo At Least, Releasing 2024
Trailer had me hopeful for a short time.
First person shooter? Okay.
PvP? Hmm, not sure.
Live service? Aaaand I'm out.
Re: Reaction: Sony Flubs First Proper PS5 Presentation in Over 18 Months
I went in not really expecting much, and I wasn't disappointed.
Except... I was disappointed.
I was expecting one or two things I'd be interested in, and about 50 minutes of apathy and disappointment.
I was wrong!
What I got, personally, was an hour and twenty minutes of apathy and disappointment. Too many CGI "not actual gameplay" trailers, and not a single title that I was interested in.
Sure, Spider-Man 2 looked pretty, but I bought the first game in a PSN sale ages after release, and while I found it fun initially, I was finding it pretty repetitive by the end. I got Miles Morales with my PS5 in July 2021, but while I did install it, I haven't been bothered enough to play it yet. And SM2 looked like even more of the same, so... meh. Not that it's bad, it's just that superhero games generally just don't do it for me... never have.
Oh well, there's always next time.
The Remote Play gadget needs to cost no more than a game, so £50 to £70 at most, but you just know they'll over-price it and then drop it when it doesn't sell. And I think the earbuds will be a silly price as well.
Re: Days Gone 2 Could Have Released 'a Month Ago', Says Game Director
Would have loved a sequel to what for me was the best game of the PS4 generation. Hordes on PS5 would have been something special, I bet.
I'm seeing lots of people on the Days Gone subreddit who have picked up the game and are absolutely loving it. I think Sony badly miscalculated on this one.
Of course, it would also have given them something to release during what can only be described as a significant lull in major first-party blockbuster output. These first few years of PS5 have been quite disappointing as far as I'm concerned, given there haven't been many great first-party releases, and what there has been hasn't really made best use of the new system because it's hamstrung by needing to cater for last gen; I only got mine in July 2021, but while I love the system, I wouldn't be too bothered at this moment in time if I'd stuck with my PS4 Pro.
Re: GTA 6 Publisher Is Anticipating a PS5 Pro
They need to stop with these "pro" systems, in my personal opinion. It diminishes the impact of new generations.
I tried to get a PS5 at launch but couldn't, and I didn't get one until July 2021. Yet to be honest, I could quite happily be without it at this moment in time.
Loading speeds aside, at this point in time, it's not proven to be that big a step up from my PS4 Pro, and there's a dearth of games taking full advantage of it because everyone's still catering for last gen. Add to that the fact that most of Sony's first-party studios completed their last games not long before PS5 was due, and nearly 3 years in we still find ourselves with very few of their own blockbuster titles.
So please, Sony... forget the PS5 Pro and focus on the PS6 in another 4 or 5 years. Let's get some games that properly take advantage of the hardware we have, before you start trying to convince us to make another unnecessary half-step upgrade.
Re: Promising PS5 Shooter ARC Raiders Just Changed Its Entire Genre
@Breekhead I haven't tried it, as it didn't seem to fare very well at launch, and I had forgotten about it.
I've just been watching some videos on YouTube though, and it does seem decent... looks like DayZ but with robots and no irritating PvP. I might well give it a try, so thanks for that!
Re: Promising PS5 Shooter ARC Raiders Just Changed Its Entire Genre
Had never heard of it, and might have been interested if it was co-op PvE.
PvP? Forget it. There are more than enough PvP shooters, and they all devolve into the same crap. There need to be way more co-op PvE shooters.
I'd never heard of Deep Rock Galactic before it hit Plus. I downloaded it out of curiosity and it's one of the most fun games I've ever played... I put in hundreds of hours last year and still go back to it. It also has one of the best, most fun-loving, least toxic communities of any multiplayer game, and that can't be a coincidence.
Devs need to learn that PvP is not a necessity.
Re: Battlefield Will Return in an Entirely New Way on PS5, EA Exec Has 'Extraordinary Confidence' in Team
I've been enjoying 2042 with a couple of friends against the AI since we picked it up 'free' on Plus.
I haven't bought any Battlefield game since BF4 at the launch of PS4. Never really did enjoy competitive FPS and much prefer those with a decent length single-player and co-op.
I know it won't be, but I would actually love it if Guerilla's next game was a Killzone title with a lengthy campaign and upto 4-player drop-in/drop-out co-op.
Re: French Publisher Focus Entertainment Buys Train Sim World 3 Dev
Lovely. The makers of the bug-ridden SnowRunner buy the makers of the bug-ridden Train Sim World. Match made in heaven... what could possibly go wrong?
Re: Most PlayStation Fans Aren't At All Sold on a PS5 Remote Play Handheld
If this thing is real and as described, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be interested in it. But even if I were to change my mind, I wouldn't pay more than £50 for it.
Re: Random: The Last of Us Looks Kinda Awesome As an FPS
By all means make a first-person game - just don't restrict its audience by making it VR-only, as they've done with Horizon.
Re: The Last of Us PC Is Not 'Naughty Dog Quality', Developer Admits
Naughty Dog quality is still a thing... on PlayStation. As I understand it, this wasn't made directly by Naughty Dog.
This is what happens when you have a multitude of hardware options - a game never runs the same for one person as it does for another. That's why I game on PS5 whenever possible, despite having a perfectly capable gaming PC.
Re: Where to Buy Cheap PS Plus Subscriptions, PlayStation Wallet Top-Ups and Gift Cards
I save £10 to £15 on almost every game I buy, just by getting the physical version. 🤷🏻♂️
Re: Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores Introduces the Waterwing in New Footage
Oh, don't go plugging the new machines. Let us be amazed when we encounter them in-game. 😞
As much as I loved HFW, there wasn't really any feeling of wonder when encountering new machines for the first time, because they'd already been outed.
It's inevitable that people will start plastering it all over social media when it releases, but they can be largely avoided; when the devs do it and all the news outlets start writing about it, it's tougher to do.
Leave us something to marvel at, dammit!
Re: PSVR2 Sales Off to a 'Slow Start', New Report Claims
It's a lot of money for something you know is going to have a handful of decent titles and a ton of average shovelware.
I haven't looked at figures for a while, but last time I did (which was probably 2 or 3 years ago - I think PS4 had sold around 90 million units at the time), about 4 or 5 percent of PS4 owners had bothered with PSVR. Given equivalent time periods after the launch of each device, it had sold significantly worse than the Vita. And here we are wondering why a significantly more expensive version may not be doing too well... and that's without accounting for the cost of living issues.
Re: The Latest PS5 Firmware Update Is Available to Download Now
For the love of all that is holy, let us check for game updates via the Library page!
Re: Latest PS5 Firmware Update Is Available to Download Now
I just want to be able to check for updates from the Library screen, instead of having to start a game, have it detect an update, then have to quit and wait for it to install. 🤷🏻♂️