Playing Skyrim on Pro/PSVR combo was incredible. To be IN the world and have everything right there with you was a brand new game experience with it. I played it on PS3 and PS4 before VR - what I didn't expect was how new everything felt from that perspective. Amazing.
Sad that there's so much missing. Some favs from the soundtrack on there. And wasn't Video Killed the Radio Star one of the star songs from their ads back in the day (along with Ran So Far Away)? Still going to pick it up but maybe only when there's a sale.
Everytime I think I've seen the last of Skyrim.. Bethesda outdoes themselves again and releases it on something else! What a wonder of modern technology!
I grew up in the 80's watching Miami Vice, so Vice City is better than SA for me. I think the preference between SA and VC is a matter of how much you like things like Scarface and similar movies, 80's music and nostalgia vs. the game innovations and the 90's urban black movies which was so in moves like Boyz in the Hood. Plus SA has the awesome Samuel L Jackson as the corrupt cop.
Is this following Drake as a teenager? It doesn't look Uncharted to me. Plus, that scene where they pulled the fakest looking map out of the fakest looking sand with the cheapest looking lighting for the scene really screams "a cheap made for TV budget"
Without adding anything new and significant like PSVR2 support, or no new campaign content . why focus on that story from 8 years ago when we played it on our PS3s and 360s.
Milking this for all its worth and then some - rockstar deserves the downvotes.
But does he give a satisfied wink after drinking the blue milk acquired by sticking it into the nipple of a sick looking sea creature? It's not the Skywalker Saga unless that's included!
I never was interested in this game outside of "mildly". It's become so much of a running joke, I will never, ever play or own it. I even bought Fallout76 for $9 just to try it. 2077 though? Nah.. there's so much more to play and the game's world still looks uninteresting - even if it ever works right (which it clearly won't). What a farce of a game.
I have it on PS3 and PS4. I think the only way I'd be interested in it is if it had a VR mode to be completely playable on the PSVR2.
If nothing drastic like that happens - hard pass for me and I guess Rockstar gets the prize on the first game to be crapped out on 3 generations of PS consoles. Bethesda must be jealous.
Sony won't go for another handheld. The Steam Deck is going to monopolize any marketshare Nintendo doesn't have. To play PC games opens up decades of games and emulation. It's the ultimate handheld and no other company would try to compete. The handheld marketshare just isn't there anymore like it used to be.
I don't think anyone has reacted positively to this game from its early footage. I wonder whether the team takes any of that to heart. Imagine putting all this money and time into a game, reading the reactions from this game footage and concluding "we've made a terrible mistake".
@weissen81 I don't know about "leadership" being the problem (I literally don't know where to finger-point), but there is a problem (see my observation on the PSVR section). I did want to reply though that I see a lot of indie's being discounted. Some are complete and utter trash like the "dragooned" series. Also your comment on the switch .. I don't agree with.. the Switch eStore is the most dysfunctional store I've ever witnessed and it is filled with as a megaton of garbage indie games as the Steam store. It truly is terrible.
Still doesn't sound as bad as their screwing up the PSVR portion of the store. They eliminated the "PSVR only" "PSVR Included" and "New to PSVR". So you only see a limited amount of tiles and a tiny handful of titles.
You can turn on the "PSVR" filter under All Games, but that only shows "PSVR Only" titles - and misses every game where it also has a 2d portion.. games like RE7, Hitman3, No Mans Sky, Persistence, Tetris Effect, Rez, Wipeout, etc etc.
So when a new title drops - prospective buyers cannot buy it unless it is added to the small tiled section under PSVR, or unless it is PSVR Only and caught in the filter.
Many PSVR games are released by indie developers, ironically.
The only way to see all games is to use the Web store and avoid PSN entirely ---- but does anyone know that? No.
Funny how articles just state widely expected details or quote details Domenic Mallinson had given back in 2019. Wider FOV, OLED dual screens, Eye tracking, 4 Cameras, Foveated Rendering, HDR. Less wires.
The only article I haven't seen yet is the wireless "Pro" model that Mallinson was hinting at. Or that the PSVR2 will be modular to offer a future wireless option. I guess that'll be coming.
Sony better reveal this thing soon (I expect they will) so we see what they actually will have and can be excited about things actually making the product.
Was never interested in this game - thank god. Turned out to be a wise decision. Really surprising how badly CDPR messed this game up. I might pick it up when its $9.99, but otherwise I'll just keep being uninterested in this technical and commercial fiasco.
@Pete_Stooge I agree. There are so many "8/10" games that it becomes a medium score these days. The game is a technical marvel and a showcase title. SammyB's point about the fact that R&C games don't deviate much from other games, well.. many games do though don't they? Nintendo often comes to mind. The score is not representative of the quality and consistency of the title. A "middling" score of an 8 is a sub-par score for such a title. I mean I looked at a couple recent reviews - "Tango" was a 'flawed but fun' game at a 7 and the old Mass Effect re-do was a 9. I can see why some sites get away from numbers, because this is the problem it creates - but from everything I've seen, including the positive comments in Sammy's own review - 8 seems pretty much a "meh" score for this title.
I'm hoping Sony is going to reveal their next gen VR headset concept like they did at E3 2014. We all know they're just on the edge of revealing it - we just don't know when they'll do it.
I don't care what Aloy looks like really. What I do care about is we're dealing with a last gen engine running PS4 code on the PS5. There have been some improvements on the environment design but LOD pop in is atrocious in this game. For a PS4 game it looks great, for a PS5 game it looks like a PS4 game.
Weird.. even though the environments look more detailed, maybe it's the lighting but the old one looks less cartoony and more solid. I like the older-age look of the model over the new one as well. I'm not really impressed. Esp considering this is footage from a PS5. What's with the shoulder-frill that popped in too? That's not a LOD issue, the camera was right beside her and her frill.
It's pretty, but it does look like the same engine with no new modifications than the 1st game. The color palette makes it look a little too bright in my opinion - the 1st one had colors which were a bit more muted and resultingly - more realistic looking. Also why they felt Aloy needed to be constantly yapping and making cute quips throughout every single moment during gameplay makes it sound really really stupid. I don't recall that on the 1st one. The music is beautiful, but the fact that Aloy doesn't STFU is pretty grating.
And due to the availability of the PS5, I'll be playing it on my Pro I'm guessing.
@The_New_Butler I don't know if it was your intention to run in to defend CDPR as a savior in this mess by offering refunds "unequivocally"', but nobody should be defending these jokers who released this joke of a game to their victims. Yeah they offered game refunds, but it was that because they faced one of the biggest gamer backlash in gaming history and their shares were tanking.
They sold a bill of goods to gamers and they absolutely deserve to be hammered for that. Agreed that Sony's refund policy isn't good, but nobody should be defending CDPR here.
While I loved the Witcher3, I didn't care at all about Cyberpunk2077. I didn't have any interest to play it. I didn't have any interest to buy it. When it was released though, I didn't expect it to be the complete technical mess that it was, so I was very glad it didn't appeal to me at all. I know Rockstar has been doing it longer, but it is absolutely jaw dropping to see that not only did the PS3's GTAV had a better functioning, less glitchy open world, but so did GTA4, and even the GTA series on the PS2! And now.. does anyone care about Cyberpunk? Does it matter if it comes back to the store? I don't think anyone says to themselves "I would buy Cyberpunk if it was on the PSN store."
If Bethesda's latest game fiasco's and poor quality are any indication.. it probably isn't a big loss. I'll just wait till it drops in price on PC so I guess I'll be playing on PC. Blech.. I hate playing on my PC.
Protagonists (male or female) don't have to be beautiful.. but they shouldn't be awkward to look at either. Selene was someone I couldn't relate to as she didn't have any features that made her interesting enough to draw me to her as a character. I simply could relate to playing her.
I'll get it later for the PS5 (when I can actually get a PS5). Got a Pro now which will play it at 60fps, but I'm interested if it will get PSVR2 support for PS5 whenever PSVR2 rolls around.
RE7 was brown-pant inducing, so I'd like to have the same experience with this one!!
Now if they could only fix the PSN store. Example - PSVR category: there is no more search options like "whats new", "popular", "Made for PSVR" and "PSVR mode included". If I was a developer I'd be pssed that nobody can find my game unless they search for it or if it is on one of the remaining tiles under that category. Sony doesn't need someone to hack and mess up their store - they do a fine job of that, themselves.
Gollum's design here still looks like a hairless monkey. What's with that PS2 era hair texture too? The rest of the game seems to have good artwork.
But what's your special power here? Arguing with yourself? Being a weak coward? I don't understand the appeal of a stealth game with an unlikeable character we know is a pain in the ass.
Makes me wonder.. who thought this would resonate with gamers? I feel sorry for all the talented programmers and artists working on this future flop.
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Re: Poll: 10 Years Later, What Are Your Thoughts on Skyrim?
Playing Skyrim on Pro/PSVR combo was incredible. To be IN the world and have everything right there with you was a brand new game experience with it. I played it on PS3 and PS4 before VR - what I didn't expect was how new everything felt from that perspective. Amazing.
Re: GTA Trilogy's PS5, PS4 Soundtracks Missing Songs from PS2 Originals
Sad that there's so much missing. Some favs from the soundtrack on there. And wasn't Video Killed the Radio Star one of the star songs from their ads back in the day (along with Ran So Far Away)?
Still going to pick it up but maybe only when there's a sale.
Re: Skyrim Anniversary Edition's Launch Trailer Showcases Ten Whole Years of... Skyrim
Everytime I think I've seen the last of Skyrim.. Bethesda outdoes themselves again and releases it on something else! What a wonder of modern technology!
Re: Best GTA Games
I grew up in the 80's watching Miami Vice, so Vice City is better than SA for me. I think the preference between SA and VC is a matter of how much you like things like Scarface and similar movies, 80's music and nostalgia vs. the game innovations and the 90's urban black movies which was so in moves like Boyz in the Hood. Plus SA has the awesome Samuel L Jackson as the corrupt cop.
Re: Mini Review: Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality (PS4) - Rickety Time Travel Title Struggles to Dazzle
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Re: The Uncharted Movie Trailer Is Finally Here
Is this following Drake as a teenager? It doesn't look Uncharted to me.
Plus, that scene where they pulled the fakest looking map out of the fakest looking sand with the cheapest looking lighting for the scene really screams "a cheap made for TV budget"
Re: GTA: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition Finally Announced for PS5, PS4
I have a copy of this on the OG Xbox. It also came out for the PS2.
Re: GTA 5 Is One of the Most Disliked PS5 Trailers Ever
Without adding anything new and significant like PSVR2 support, or no new campaign content . why focus on that story from 8 years ago when we played it on our PS3s and 360s.
Milking this for all its worth and then some - rockstar deserves the downvotes.
Re: Here's Your Very First Look at Thor in God of War Ragnarok
Fat Thor returns!!!
Re: Lost in Random (PS5) - Quirky Card-Based Adventure Set in a Dark and Gothic World
Hey, same score as Rift in Time. Must be THAT good then eh?!
Re: Promising PS4 Exclusive WiLD Has Allegedly Been Canned
Michel Ancel and Peter Molyneux must be related.
Re: Mini Review: RiMS Racing (PS5) - Attempt for a More Realistic Motorcycle Sim Falls Flat
Sound like this was a poorly thought RiMS job.
Re: Skyrim Anniversary Edition Coming This November for PS5, PS4
I'm pretty sure Todd will still be whoring Skyrim on the PS10.
Re: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Comes Out of Hiding at Gamescom Opening Night Live
But does he give a satisfied wink after drinking the blue milk acquired by sticking it into the nipple of a sick looking sea creature? It's not the Skywalker Saga unless that's included!
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.3 Details Leave a Lot to Be Desired
I never was interested in this game outside of "mildly". It's become so much of a running joke, I will never, ever play or own it. I even bought Fallout76 for $9 just to try it. 2077 though? Nah.. there's so much more to play and the game's world still looks uninteresting - even if it ever works right (which it clearly won't).
What a farce of a game.
Re: Abandoned App Patch Drops, Trailer Is the Same as Twitter Tease
Lol. Everyone being Punk'd
Re: Rumour: GTA 5 Expanded & Enhanced Will Run at 4K, 60 Frames-Per-Second on PS5
Big question is .. what will they charge for this overmilked fossil of a game because they have it running at 4K/60 ?
Re: Rumour: GTA 5 Expanded & Enhanced Will Run at 4K, 60 Frames-Per-Second on PS5
I have it on PS3 and PS4. I think the only way I'd be interested in it is if it had a VR mode to be completely playable on the PSVR2.
If nothing drastic like that happens - hard pass for me and I guess Rockstar gets the prize on the first game to be crapped out on 3 generations of PS consoles. Bethesda must be jealous.
Re: Ariana Grande Will Headline Huge Fortnite Concert This Weekend
How strange. A concert in Fortnite?
Re: With the Steam Deck Announced, This Is What a Next-Gen PSP Could Be
Sony won't go for another handheld. The Steam Deck is going to monopolize any marketshare Nintendo doesn't have. To play PC games opens up decades of games and emulation. It's the ultimate handheld and no other company would try to compete. The handheld marketshare just isn't there anymore like it used to be.
Re: Robo-Rabbit Side-Scroller F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch Winds Up 7th September
@nessisonett very carefully.
Re: Mini Review: The Procession to Calvary (PS4) - Absurd Point and Click Adventure Is Funny and Brilliantly Unique
Same score as Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - it must be an incredible next gen experience!!! Count me in !!
Re: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Is Still a Long Way Away on PS5, PS4
I don't think anyone has reacted positively to this game from its early footage. I wonder whether the team takes any of that to heart. Imagine putting all this money and time into a game, reading the reactions from this game footage and concluding "we've made a terrible mistake".
Re: Sony Under Heavy Fire for Handling of Indies on PS Store
@weissen81 I don't know about "leadership" being the problem (I literally don't know where to finger-point), but there is a problem (see my observation on the PSVR section).
I did want to reply though that I see a lot of indie's being discounted. Some are complete and utter trash like the "dragooned" series.
Also your comment on the switch .. I don't agree with.. the Switch eStore is the most dysfunctional store I've ever witnessed and it is filled with as a megaton of garbage indie games as the Steam store. It truly is terrible.
Re: Sony Under Heavy Fire for Handling of Indies on PS Store
Still doesn't sound as bad as their screwing up the PSVR portion of the store. They eliminated the "PSVR only" "PSVR Included" and "New to PSVR". So you only see a limited amount of tiles and a tiny handful of titles.
You can turn on the "PSVR" filter under All Games, but that only shows "PSVR Only" titles - and misses every game where it also has a 2d portion.. games like RE7, Hitman3, No Mans Sky, Persistence, Tetris Effect, Rez, Wipeout, etc etc.
So when a new title drops - prospective buyers cannot buy it unless it is added to the small tiled section under PSVR, or unless it is PSVR Only and caught in the filter.
Many PSVR games are released by indie developers, ironically.
The only way to see all games is to use the Web store and avoid PSN entirely ---- but does anyone know that? No.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Is Back on the PS Store, Sony Says Fixes and Updates Will Release Throughout 2021
@vict0RGM You should see the Xbox performance .. It's not these console's fault - it's the developer's. They deserve all the blame here.
Re: Next-Gen PSVR Targeting Holiday 2022, Will Use Samsung OLED Screen
Funny how articles just state widely expected details or quote details Domenic Mallinson had given back in 2019. Wider FOV, OLED dual screens, Eye tracking, 4 Cameras, Foveated Rendering, HDR. Less wires.
The only article I haven't seen yet is the wireless "Pro" model that Mallinson was hinting at. Or that the PSVR2 will be modular to offer a future wireless option. I guess that'll be coming.
Sony better reveal this thing soon (I expect they will) so we see what they actually will have and can be excited about things actually making the product.
Re: Sony Recommends Playing Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5, PS4 Pro Once It Returns to the PlayStation Store
Was never interested in this game - thank god. Turned out to be a wise decision. Really surprising how badly CDPR messed this game up. I might pick it up when its $9.99, but otherwise I'll just keep being uninterested in this technical and commercial fiasco.
Re: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5) - Intergalactic Stunner Puts PS5's Power on Display
@Pete_Stooge I agree. There are so many "8/10" games that it becomes a medium score these days. The game is a technical marvel and a showcase title. SammyB's point about the fact that R&C games don't deviate much from other games, well.. many games do though don't they? Nintendo often comes to mind.
The score is not representative of the quality and consistency of the title. A "middling" score of an 8 is a sub-par score for such a title. I mean I looked at a couple recent reviews - "Tango" was a 'flawed but fun' game at a 7 and the old Mass Effect re-do was a 9.
I can see why some sites get away from numbers, because this is the problem it creates - but from everything I've seen, including the positive comments in Sammy's own review - 8 seems pretty much a "meh" score for this title.
Re: PS4, PS Vita Games Can Be Purchased for As Little As £0.16/$0.19 on PS Store Right Now
You get what you pay for.
Re: Full E3 2021 Schedule Revealed
I'm hoping Sony is going to reveal their next gen VR headset concept like they did at E3 2014. We all know they're just on the edge of revealing it - we just don't know when they'll do it.
Re: Aloy Trends As Fans Discuss Horizon Forbidden West Hero
@wiiware OMG - I have played all Uncharteds and this is the FIRST time I've heard about Donut Drake?!! Just watched a video - that shiz is Hilarious!
Re: Aloy Trends As Fans Discuss Horizon Forbidden West Hero
I don't care what Aloy looks like really. What I do care about is we're dealing with a last gen engine running PS4 code on the PS5. There have been some improvements on the environment design but LOD pop in is atrocious in this game. For a PS4 game it looks great, for a PS5 game it looks like a PS4 game.
Re: Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate Is a More 'Adult' Dragon Quest, Has Player Choice, New Combat Style
I imagine this means that it will have darker themes and a lot of puff puff.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Comparison Shows Improvements Over Zero Dawn
Weird.. even though the environments look more detailed, maybe it's the lighting but the old one looks less cartoony and more solid. I like the older-age look of the model over the new one as well. I'm not really impressed. Esp considering this is footage from a PS5.
What's with the shoulder-frill that popped in too? That's not a LOD issue, the camera was right beside her and her frill.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Mesmerises in 14 Minute Gameplay Sequence
It's pretty, but it does look like the same engine with no new modifications than the 1st game. The color palette makes it look a little too bright in my opinion - the 1st one had colors which were a bit more muted and resultingly - more realistic looking. Also why they felt Aloy needed to be constantly yapping and making cute quips throughout every single moment during gameplay makes it sound really really stupid. I don't recall that on the 1st one. The music is beautiful, but the fact that Aloy doesn't STFU is pretty grating.
And due to the availability of the PS5, I'll be playing it on my Pro I'm guessing.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Still in Talks with Sony Over PlayStation Store Return
@The_New_Butler I don't know if it was your intention to run in to defend CDPR as a savior in this mess by offering refunds "unequivocally"', but nobody should be defending these jokers who released this joke of a game to their victims. Yeah they offered game refunds, but it was that because they faced one of the biggest gamer backlash in gaming history and their shares were tanking.
They sold a bill of goods to gamers and they absolutely deserve to be hammered for that. Agreed that Sony's refund policy isn't good, but nobody should be defending CDPR here.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Still in Talks with Sony Over PlayStation Store Return
While I loved the Witcher3, I didn't care at all about Cyberpunk2077. I didn't have any interest to play it. I didn't have any interest to buy it.
When it was released though, I didn't expect it to be the complete technical mess that it was, so I was very glad it didn't appeal to me at all.
I know Rockstar has been doing it longer, but it is absolutely jaw dropping to see that not only did the PS3's GTAV had a better functioning, less glitchy open world, but so did GTA4, and even the GTA series on the PS2!
And now.. does anyone care about Cyberpunk? Does it matter if it comes back to the store? I don't think anyone says to themselves "I would buy Cyberpunk if it was on the PSN store."
Re: Don't Hold Your Breath for Bethesda's Starfield on PS5, PS4
If Bethesda's latest game fiasco's and poor quality are any indication.. it probably isn't a big loss. I'll just wait till it drops in price on PC so I guess I'll be playing on PC. Blech.. I hate playing on my PC.
Re: All DualSense PS5 Controller Colours
I am kind of surprised Sony didn't release same colored panels for the PS5. This is a market just waiting for them to tap into.
Re: Talking Point: Returnal Story and Ending Explained - What Does It All Mean?
Protagonists (male or female) don't have to be beautiful.. but they shouldn't be awkward to look at either. Selene was someone I couldn't relate to as she didn't have any features that made her interesting enough to draw me to her as a character. I simply could relate to playing her.
Re: Poll: Did You Buy Resident Evil Village?
I'll get it later for the PS5 (when I can actually get a PS5).
Got a Pro now which will play it at 60fps, but I'm interested if it will get PSVR2 support for PS5 whenever PSVR2 rolls around.
RE7 was brown-pant inducing, so I'd like to have the same experience with this one!!
Re: Web PS Store Finally Adds Sorting, Filtering Options Again
Now if they could only fix the PSN store.
Example - PSVR category: there is no more search options like "whats new", "popular", "Made for PSVR" and "PSVR mode included". If I was a developer I'd be pssed that nobody can find my game unless they search for it or if it is on one of the remaining tiles under that category.
Sony doesn't need someone to hack and mess up their store - they do a fine job of that, themselves.
Re: Resident Evil Village Is 4K at 60 FPS on PS5, And 900p at 45 FPS on PS4
Woo.. my Pro is red-E for 60fps/1080!
Re: Resident Evil Village Demo: All Times You Can Play
This is so convoluted and dumb.. big pass on this idiocy.
Re: Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice Comes to PS4 Next Month
Does anyone find this dumb stuff funny anymore? Cringe...
Re: PS4 Firmware Update 8.50 Is Available to Download Now
@Trousersnake Cyberwhat?
Re: PS Now's New Games Are PS4 Only, No PS5 Upgrade Path
Not a surprise. The PS5 games that have been on PS+ which are cross buy for PS4 as well - have only been PS5. Nobody should be surprised by this.
Re: Here's Your First Look at The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Gameplay
Gollum's design here still looks like a hairless monkey. What's with that PS2 era hair texture too? The rest of the game seems to have good artwork.
But what's your special power here? Arguing with yourself? Being a weak coward? I don't understand the appeal of a stealth game with an unlikeable character we know is a pain in the ass.
Makes me wonder.. who thought this would resonate with gamers? I feel sorry for all the talented programmers and artists working on this future flop.
Re: PlayStation Players Get 10 Free PS4 Games This Spring, Including Horizon Zero Dawn
Curious that PSVR games have appeared.
I guess we're still looking at the PSVR2 reveal around May then ?