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@Voltan I've never played any games on the Netflix app either but it's got a whole section for games! Think it's download as well rather than streaming. Into the breach seems like a perfect game for touchscreen.

It's getting a mobile port which will be included in your Netflix subscription. I'm planning to check it out that way.

@Th3solution it's a cracking firsr start for ember labs and I'm with you, excited to see where they go next with some experience under their belt. Enjoy, an absolute steal at that price!

@Lavalera I think the ability to just dip and check out another location if you hit a bit of a wall then come back later makes a huge difference to elden ring difficulty vs other souls games. Maybe start with a high vigor/stamina starting class and then build in a bit of magic later.

@Th3solution Kena is a lovely looking game, you can tell its made by a studio with huge animation experience, despite it being there first game. How are you finding the combat? There are a couple of bosses in that game that on normal, gave me more of a tough time than most of the bosses in elden ring! God knows what the ultra hard difficulty is like??

Today I'm out with the family but got to play some shredders revenge, FIFA and Tony Hawk with a buddy local play last night. Man that TMNT session was a crazy nostalgia blast to the early 90s and endless hours playing golden axe and streets of rage 1 and 2!! It has fun specials and plenty choices for combos if your deliberate but also fun to button mash. Very much hoping that there is a copy of sifu coming my way for fathers day tomorrow! Have a great weekend folks

Returnal is cracking game, though I think the runs were maybe a bit too gruelling with the odd room that could completely blow your run apart. The moment to moment gameplay is so tight though. I know they are inspired by arcade games and structure but would love to see them have a crack at a 3d metroidvania.

@SolaceCreed your not wrong, take-two would charge you £70 for a remaster!

@SolaceCreed we can agree to disagree, the games I get with plus are why I remain subscribed as I mainly play single player games. They are not freebie add-ons for a reasonable number of folks.
@naruball OK, I take that point. However, when a game comes with plus, it's marketed as that game. There's no branding/disclaimer that says it's a lesser version of the game or different retail sku. So in that context when you add it your library, you own it.

@SolaceCreed it's not free though, it's part of a £50 a year subscription service!

@Reeneman apologies, I know it doesn't boost the framerate but as you say, makes dips in frames above 40ish fps harder to see. Was interested to see whether it made a difference in this unsupported game. I switched this mode on for elden ring (also unsupported) for my LG b9 and in some areas, it made a real difference to observable dips and frame pacing.

@LiamCroft did you get the chance to check out whether the ps5 vrr boost made a difference with the frame dips you were seeing in rt mode?

There's always an asterisk with plus games, this happened with FF7R and greedfall also. Pretty poor

Finally popped the platinum trophy for elden ring last night, truly one of the best open world games ever made! Down for something smaller next, trying to decide between chicory and trek to yomi. All of those plans might go out the window though as I've discovered vampire survivors, I've only done 3-4 runs but man that game is moreish!

I've played it twice and I loved it but I'm not likely to play it again. I don't replay games often! It's fantastic and if they update the gameplay, I'm sure it will be top tier. Hope those who haven't played it pick it up and enjoy it

If it means there is a wider variety of boss fights rather than different flavours of the same troll boss, I'm glad!! I'd rather wait for a better, more complete and smooth experience.

Sometimes it leaves space for some really cool indies to get some space and hype. I still wonder whether we might see some elden ring dlc at the summer gamesfest.

Hell of a game, enjoy it wherever you can. Feels like a perfect switch game though.

You need mindshare to start a subscription service up, microsoft practically posted advice about how to upgrade to gamepass ultimate when released and the best deal to do that. If they continue down this road, the service will never recover. Get people into the service at the higher level and then only a small number will cancel come renewal time. Now people will hold on to their stacked essential tier subs and not dip for their higher service tiers. Every time sony make a decision just now, it feels like your only ever 2 weeks away from a Jim Ryan "we are sorry and we hear you " post.

Hmm, got to wait for the full list but there are a couple of interesting choices. Spiderman isn't goty edition and doesn't have ps5 version and uncharted 4/lost legacy are the ps4 versions, not a ps5. Otherwise they have thrown a fair bit of newer ps5 content on in miles morales, demon souls and returnal.

It's a juggernaut with families. Nearly all my friends with kids have one. Only one has another console. In my daughters class, about half the kids have a switch in their house. The family friendly component of Nintendos brand is often overlooked.

It's a cracking little experience, if anyone played Florence it definitely has some of that energy. The sound design is pretty amazing, anything you drop will have a different sound depending on the surface you drop it in. The pixel art is great, though it can be hard to make out some items and decide where they go.

"Tell us another story of the shepherd", said the Bioware execs who were scared of change

@Kairu enjoy! I think Dread had new modes added since I played it. Boss rush mode might be pretty awesome!

Have been smashing through some bosses in elden ring, just beat the full-grown Fallingstar beast and the lichdragon fortissax this morning and managed another shardbearer last night. My copy of lego star wars the skywalker saga arrives this avo and looking forward to some family friendly gaming fun. Have a good one folks!!

In the current market, this seems like a steal! Square seems in such a strange place, the weird AA to indie level games they showed at the last sony showcase, inability to manage western studios both under square and as a publisher (the outriders team didn't even know how many copies of their game had sold, the mess they made of hitman for IO never mind saying any western studio game underperformed) and letting some really valuable IP go for a cheap deal. Microsoft or Sony would have surely paid double or treble that!

It's bound to be a technical glitch, they will be desperate to get people signed up and upsold to higher tiers. To turn people away would be mental

Man I'm going to switch this on, fire up elden ring, run full speed on torrent through the mistwood and pan the camera round 360 to marvel at the smoothness 😂

Great review Liam, will keep an eye out for this!

@gollumb82 next time it's on sale, I'll pick it up and give it a try 👍

I've been playing some more elden ring and found my way to Volcano manner. Still blown away by how unique all of the areas feel. Playing some more tunic also, it's rock hard, perhaps too hard but the sense of discovery is just so good. @gollumb82, I'd be interested to hear how you get on with state of mind. I've seen it on deep sale on switch a few times and the art style looks great but have just never pulled the trigger

yet to dig into horizon and heard nothing but good things about sifu but they will have to go some to beat elden ring, hell of a game

@LN78 it has a couple of similarities to deaths door with regards to exploration and maybe even the wider world structure but for me, even as someone who really enjoyed deaths door, tunic has so much more going on in terms of trying to get to grips with the world and mechanics. I'm maybe only 5-6 hrs into tunic so things might change, but it's mechanical discovery, world exploration along with the visuals and music put it right beside hollow knight my favourite indie ever.

@LN78 if you've got it, give it a go. It's in no way as cutesy as it looks and really trusts the player to come up with solutions, which I think is one of the things I like most about fromsoft.

I'm taking a break from elden ring for a weekend and exploring the atlas plateau and nokron to play some more tunic and some guardians of the galaxy. Tunic constantly amazes me with how both mechanics and locations can be obsficated in plain sight. Guardians has surprisingly decent writing and looks gorgeous. I say it often, there's probably never been a better time to be a gamer. Happy weekend folks

@LN78 if you have access to it, I can recommend tunic if your craving exploration and discovery. Some souls like mechanics in terms of stamina/save points and a real love letter to game manuals 😂. Other than elden ring, it's the best thing I've played in ages.

Well done housemarque! I never did another playthrough for act 3 but despite finding the structure of the rogue-lite bits unforgiving, I still think the moment to moment gameplay is up with the very best. It's more amazing it's that studios first full 3d game! I can't wait to see what they do next

@nessisonett it's great, avoid guides and just go in cold. If I could pick one game to be scrubbed from my memory to play it again like the first time, this is it! I keep meaning to play the dlc but the ending was so good, I don't want to spoil anything by going back to it.

I played some guardians of the galaxy, it looks amazing and very different to the two other games I'm playing, elden ring and tunic. I'm in a bit of a lull with elden ring, though I got a cool magical katanna I need a couple more int points to try out. Tunic is amazing, I'm constantly surprised about how much they have hidden in plain sight, so man secrets in terms of areas, loot and mechanics.

The game that could benefit from it the most at the minute is Elden Ring! Let's see what difference this makes

Vesemir prequel please or something closer to the original conjunction of the spheres!

I watched some gameplay and looked real stylish but repetitive. I'll wait for gamepass or plus.

I'm only 15 hrs in to what might be a 70-80 hr experience but as it stands, it's a 10. There are performance issues, I went through a foggy area last night and it wasn't fallout 4 far harbour bad, but it wasn't good. Dips as well as issues with frame pacing in a cross gen game on a ps5 ain't great. Nonetheless the sense of discovery combat system and enemy variety are staggering. I still can't figure out whether I prefer bloodborne or not though but it's one of the best open world games I've played and hopefully inspires others as they design game worlds in the future

I might dip back into gta online with a mate to do the Dr. Dre missions and ghostrunner might be worth a look.

@LiamCroft well played for getting through!

@Tharsman if its not on gamepass then I often buy a physical copy to trade in after. Then that's the only reason I buy physical on any platform.

I'm playing Elden Ring in my head while stuck at work! Got a few hours in last night, I'm having a great time and can't wait to get back to it.

Yeah I've dropped a couple of hours and am willing myself to go to bed as I'm working this weekend. There's something about coming across a little dungeon in the world or an npc out of nowhere that's fantastic.

Why hasn't the shipping status on my preorder changed to out for delivery?!😂 Can't wait for this one

Really great touch, love this idea!! I switched my browser to ecosia about 18 months, who plant trees with additional funds generated from searches.