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Re: Elden Ring Looks Awesome in 20 Minutes of Gameplay Action

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I thought it looked really good but I'll be interested to see how the signposting works. I know there's the directions from whatever they are calling bonfires but in a true open world fromsoft game it might be really tricky to differentiate an area your not meant to be in from time to get gud!

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 400

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Metroid dread for me, my days its good. Its only my second metroidvania (my first was hollow knight and I loved it, though I thought it was brutal hard in parts) and first metroid game. The movement and combat are so good! Right there with psychonauts 2 as my favourite game of the year so far

Re: GTA 3 Remaster Will Be Playable As Part of PS Now

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@munstre Sony interactive announced a 3.2 billion operating profit in April 2021, predominantly driven by services such as plus, now and store slices of microtransactions. I'm not sure it would take millions of additional users to afford ps5 versions of games they are already licensing for their subscription service. As a consumer, would you not find that more attractive? I suspect we are not going to agree, have a good weekend and enjoy whatever your playing 👍

Re: GTA 3 Remaster Will Be Playable As Part of PS Now

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@Falkirk4life if you want to own it forever, absolutely. The addition to gamepass is often to give people a taste to tempt you to buy. If you want to play through once to reminisce as you've already played the game, when you already have access to that subscription service, not really. Nice username, I'm a fan of the wheel!!

Re: GTA 3 Remaster Will Be Playable As Part of PS Now

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@munstre actually the business reasons are why it's madness. They would attract more people into a subscription based service with opportunity for recurring revenue versus a one off payment. Having a streaming/download service that doesn't support your current gen hardware makes no business sense.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 398

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Hades, made it to the surface for the first time but with only 35 health and no death defy left, I await my first escape. I am so bad at this game, have done 22 runs and switched god mode on about 10 runs ago and still haven't made it out. Credit to the game though, through success and failure they have managed to keep the steady drip of new story beets going and the game itself is so tightly polished I want to keep going

Re: Poll: Did You Buy Far Cry 6?

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I like the setting, was lucky enough to visit Cuba a decade or so ago and it's a beautiful place. I really like giancarlo esposito and I enjoyed bits of 4 but as a sandbox to do fun crazy shizzle in, I think I would rather play mgsv again than a far cry. I just don't dig how homogeneous most ubisoft games are.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 396

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Have finished a play through of nier automata and starting my second run. I nearly bounced off this game but after some advice from folks here in pushsquare community have kept playing and am enjoying the story, even though it bat s#!t crazy!! Played some more hitman 2 and got a 5 star run for florida mission and discovered my fave disguise of the campaign so far. Have a good one folks

Re: Feature: 12 PS5 Firmware Updates We Want to See

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@Olmaz for when you see performance dips. If the fps is locked and stable its fine its more for when you there are dips you don't get tearing if you pan the screen round. I've got a series x and the only game I've mucked about and seen a difference with is flight simulator. Panning the screen round with the right stick was much smoother. Also seen some articles saying it might help for 45 fps games, which is where I would want it for ps5 for games like ratchet and resi 8.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 395

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Some more nier automata maybe but tried out tony hawk 1+2 and wow, it's so much fun!! So snackable and hard to not just try 1 more run. I remember being better at it though back in the day. Tried the fifa 22 trial on gamepass and actually really enjoyed it! Haven't tried any online but as someone who was always a pes person, this fifa feels closer to football than any fifa I've played before. Downloaded burnout paradise too and might give it a try out. Have a good weekend folks!

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 394

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I'm feeling I'm very close to the end of psychonauts 2 and despite having no history with the series, it's been brilliant! The writing has been surprisingly good, the potential to go very wrong given the subject matter is real high but they nail both humour and sensitivity. The graphics are lovely too, great example of what you can do when not focussed on photo-realism. Havent smiled so much at a game since astrobot. Some more red dead online for the last of the story missions and don't know whether to start nier automata, yakuza 2 or night in the woods before it leaves gamepass. Have a great weekend folks

Re: Poll: Did You Buy Deathloop?

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I've not bought it but one for down the line either on a deal or gamepass. I played and finished dishonored but didn't love it and though I'm intrigued by the rave reviews, I've already got tons of games to play.

Re: Deathloop (PS5) - Arkane Does It Again in Confident Shooter

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Great review Liam, I will be interested to see how this does. Lots of this sounds really interesting but it's just not something I'll be rushing out to buy. @LiamCroft does it have performance/quality modes and did you try out invading other players worlds in the protect the loop option?

Re: Fans Ponder Whether There's an Upgrade Path for Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on PS5

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No danger, they have been pretty clear that the only other games they are considering 10 quid upgrade for is god of war and gt7. This is a whole new purchase inevitably and versus smart delivery, it sucks. I have Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo systems and Microsoft have handed the Cross gen stuff much better. If they charge 70 bucks for this, its right up there with Nintendo charging 50 for skyward sword then linking fast travel to a lump of plastic. Naughty dog are some of my favourite developers in the industry but I'll be waiting until they give these away on plus or its sub 20 quid before I dip.

Re: Reaction: PlayStation Showcase 2021 Was Good, But Not Good Enough

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I thought it was good. Insomniac are sonys jewel in the crown at the moment. I called out a fair while ago that I was disappointed that God of war sequel was cross gen but I'm sure its still going to be a good game. I'm worried naughty dogs game will be a last of us remastered with actors from the upcoming TV show. I thought we might get a tease from them of what they are up to.

Re: Soapbox: I Don't Know How to Feel About This PS4-to-PS5 Upgrade Uproar

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Very tricky as for a UK consumer, the price rise from £50 to £70 has always felt too big a jump. So in UK 10 quid charge from £50 ps4 game is still cheaper than buying a ps5 version!! Add to the fact that resell price is higher for ps4 version of games as there are so many more ps4 owners, it makes a very strange situation. I honestly think that if they had the £10 upgrade option for horizon from the start, there wouldn't be anywhere near this uproar. Wanting people to buy a whole separate version of the game is mental and at least they walked that back.

Re: Ex-PlayStation Exec Shawn Layden Is Concerned About the Rising Cost of AAA Games

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You need a mix in your portfolio of games. Astro shows what you can still do with a smaller budget, from reviews returnal as well. There are going to be marquee prestige titles that you only get a handful of in a generation and they will be expensive but they also push a whole bunch of people to your platform. The reason the ps4 outsold the xbox one so heavily was those games. If people want to think about models that help support aa and bigger indie games, there's a good chance that looks like a gamepass subscription model.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 391

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Been playing quite a few things, which is unusual as I tend never to have more than a couple of games on the go. Played some red dead online and unlocked the moonshine and bounty hunter roles (if anyone wants to posse up then give me a shout). Played some more new vegas and found my way to ellis airfield after some gruesome deaths! Tried out psychonauts 2 having never played the first game and did not expect it to be some nickelodeon art style take on inception and finally had a few mk8d races on the switch with the family. Have a great weekend folks

Re: Soapbox: Where's My Red Dead Redemption 2 PS5 Version, Rockstar?

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I've been playing a bit of RDO as I've had the craving to return to the wild west and it definitely scratches that itch. Tbh though with 1440 p with rock solid 30 fps and faster load times on ps5 a remaster really isn't needed. I'd rather have 60 fps patch and call it a day like the last of us 2.