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Looks great but I'll be waiting for a sale to dive back in. I've got plenty games to play without dropping extra cash just now.

Some more new vegas, I finally made it to the strip and am away to get my casino on! I played a bit more of the ascent on series x and while the world looks amazing, the gameplay has some weird difficulty spikes. Maybe not for me. Also going to try some red dead online for the first time since launch, have a good one folks!

@nessisonett I love the idea that this is a money laundering front that's accidentally stumbled into fandom of kojima, quietly hoping all the publicity will go away!

Any word on how extensive a remaster this is? It is a ps3 game after all, 4k 60 on new hardware shouldn't be too crazy

@Quintumply great review, loved what I've played of it on switch. Does this version have hdr support?

I'm so up for a San andreas and vice city update!! San andreas is top of the list. Apart from lacking checkpoints in missions, gta 4 still holds up well. I played it last year and niko is still the man

I'm nearing the end of mafia definitive, just downloading the ascent and have been feeling the urge to return to boletaria after watching some playthrough of levels I've completed on giantbomb.com. Have a great weekend everyone, come on Leicester in charity shield and shout out to an amazing Dundee United performance beating Rangers today!

It's my favourite of all time, brought me into gaming as a hobby in a way no console before had and has some monster titles on it.

It's going to get another boost when it gets its next gen update too!

I've played the first few levels of mafia definitive edition on series x and some more of my first playthrough of new vegas. I went to clear a factory of ghouls and it ended up being almost like a vault. Fallout 4 was my first fallout and I really enjoyed bits of it but felt most of the side content lacked any real story telling. The writing in new vegas (granted only about 4-5 hrs in) feels so much better already. Just a shame there's no options for console mods.

@ApostateMage I've never played dead space but tempted to give it a go ahead of the remake. How do you think it holds up?

The folks at annapurna sure can pick them! I'm not totally sold yet but it looks interesting

Played it recently and loved it. Has one of the great all time final levels/missions for me. I don't own the game as it was a gamepass play but hopefully they do a deal on base game plus dlc

I wouldn't be in the first wave of this, I'm expecting there to be issues given how many issues folks playing ps4 games off externals drives experienced at launch!

Ratchet and miles were part of a lot of bundles last week. One of my mates finally got one after looking since Feb. Hopefully my predictions of summer 2022 for ps5s being widely available are wrong and people are able to get their hands on stock easier.

The name directors cut is some focus group tested bs! It implies there was original content that was cut to make the product and with that added back, there is recontextualised meaning added. These are game of the year editions with additional bespoke content dlc content that doesn't change meaning or story in the main game.

Like many others, I've got crazy fond memories of games like pes 3 and 5. My pes 5 master league team when you unlocked world all time greats and having Pele and Dalglish upfront was a thing of beauty. Great couch vs too. Their must be space for an indie dev to do a take on that ps2 era footie game without licenses but modern online

It's worth a punt, some of the portal mechanics look promising.

Cracking article in the Guardian at the weekend with article about growing Chinese state influences on gaming censorship.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/15/china-video-game-censorship-tencent-netease-blizzard?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I only finished it a couple of weeks ago but it's a cracker of a game. Between an 8 and a 9 for me with the main story pulling the score up. I could see how people could fall of it though. Better to not do to much of the side stuff early on and get to the second area.

I don't think they will change the ps5 base model price but it makes sense that revisions with bigger internal storage will have a different price point where sony make less of a loss. People really don't want a switch pro, when you break it down they want a more powerful switch 2 that's backwards compatible. The hard truth for nintendo is that their core market is families and they care little about what enthusiasts think. Switches still fly off shelves over the world and plenty handheld gamers will buy the new model regardless.

@Mostik came to say exactly this, his borne to run series with tamoor playing through the souls games is pretty good and worth a watch if a) you won't play these games or b) if you've already played them

I loved my time with witcher 3, one of the games that really got me back onto gaming after a big break. At 230 hrs for a playthrough with dlc, I'm not sure I have a full playthrough in me though. Maybe the new quests and hearts of stone as it my fave dlc ever

I'll wait for gamepass launch. I like the look and art style of the game but don't know how they will keep the loops fresh between runs. Hard truth, even if this wasn't coming to gamepass I wouldn't buy at launch. Bethesda games are typically the price of a couple of decent pints within 12-18 months of launch second hand. They also tend to be buggy out the gate too and need you to be patient.

I'm pretty pleased with plague tail innocence but for ps4 owners it's pretty pants

Hoping to squeeze in some ghost of tsushima and retake Castle Shimura.

What's so strange here is that they have burned so much goodwill with this. They did 60 fps 4k patch for ps5 released the legends mode without any charge. It was almost an exemplar for treating your fans right. That's all disappeared now. I wonder how much better the ps5 version of this looks as what I'm playing right now is stunning 😍. As for dlc, unless they add something new game mechanics wise, I'll pass for now. The game is very one note already

2025 feels so far away, as much as I love the dense world of red dead 2, I would take a slightly smaller scale world to see more than one game a gen!

I'm about halfway through the second island and it already looks incredible!! Load times are great on ps5 with 60fps 4k. Would need a break before dlc, the game is good but also kinda samey.

@mrtennis1990 some great recommendations already but I really like spiderman, even though I'm not especially into the comics/movies.

Hoping to finish up outer wilds this weekend before it comes off gamepass and maybe play a bit more ghost of tsushima.

Third pary development looks to have been hit really, really hard by the pandemic. Outside of the nintendo and microsoft shows, not too much for me. Looking forward to seeing more of Elden ring, GoTG and riders Republic. This E3 was perhaps weaker than last years. To be honest, another year like this or if nintendo or microsoft decide to drop it, game over for E3. Elden ring was not even announced at E3.

Let's be honest, a few downgrades and it will run no bother. A ps3 remake for ps5, ported to ps4 has a bit of symmetry about it

If people aren't happy about this, better buckle in for when this game goes free to play.....😬

Some more ghost of tsushima, I'm about 8 hrs in. I'm enjoying it so far, though its very much an ubisoft type of openworld and I'm not a fan of ubisoft games typically! There is just something about the Sony take on it that works more for me and I don't know why. Like hzd has a lot in common with a far cry game but I enjoyed the former so much more. The ps5 patch looks bloody gorgeous as well.

Xbox should be good, hopeful for a forza reveal, starfield gameplay, console releases for flight simulator and age of empires 3 along with maybe a cinematic from fable and the new indie game. Maybe even some uplay titles on gamepass. Throw in a cinematic from avowed and looks decent. Nintendo could really tear it up though with bayonetta 3, metroid 4, botw2 and switch pro. Bring on the games!

@Tharsman for god of war, I disagree. Loading times in the ps4 reboot game were hidden by climb this or crawl through this space a la uncharted 2. These are things that you can't change about the game design between console versions. Having the use of the ssd would allow for fundamental differences in the design of the game world in this regard.

I have to be honest, I'm disappointed. I was hoping for god of war to be ps5 exclusive not to be elitist but because I want to see someone like Santa Monica or naughty dog push what the ps5 can really do. I want to see features that you simply couldn't do without an ssd.

@MaccaMUFC ps5pro for those features 🙈

Ooh I think I know how to play this game already!
Step 1, lure all students to campus for onsite teaching that can't be delivered due to covid but you need them to pay their halls of residence bill. Step 2, look bemused when teenagers party and dont socially distance. Step 3, send students back to all parts of the country to spread infection with them following lateral flow tests administred by non-healthcare professionals.

Giancarlo Esposito is so cool, I really want to like this but it kinda looks like that exact same thing again. Hopefully the story is good and it doesn't take itself to seriously.

Liara is my me wifey! I tried to cheat on her with Jack in me2 but after struggling to figure out why i couldn't I looked it up and realised bioware didn't have that option for femshep. Just as well as we hooked up in the shadowbroker dlc again and never looked back.

@Hurblyburbly I'm still pretty early in, maybe 10 runs but so far, the game oozes character. If you've played bastion, the gameplay feels like it has a fair bit in common with their first game. You can save as you go in a room so your not committed to a run like I understand you are returnal as you can save and the voice acting is good (I think some of the folk who made did some of the vo, which is mental). I'm playing on switch and it runs nice but there are some dips when it gets really busy. Nothing that's a deal breaker, it's mainly smooth and decent in handgeld/docked. I got a physical copy of amazon for 25 quid and at that price with a tenner trade in, it feels worth it. I think there's a rumour though there are ps4/5 versions coming though if that's a factor.

Probs not too much today as its sunny and am heading out with the Mrs for a drink in a beer garden. I played a fair bit of resi 7 last night along with firing up hades for the first time. Its my first rogue-like and the one more run thing is so addictive! The folks at supergiant games are some talented peeps. Hoping to get a run or two in later and explore more of giants deep in outer wilds. Have a good one folks 😀

@nessisonett couldn't agree more, played some bully recently and as fun as it was, it didn't really hold up. It would need to be completely remade, like ff7.

I'm looking forward to this, though whether I'm day one depends on how extensive the remaster is. I enjoyed the campaign and would give it another whirl. I actually have no idea what a gta6 looks like at this stage. Real life feels like it's already a parody these days!

I've played bits and pieces of this on the switch and as ludicrous as some of the "missions" are, it feels like they should just let this go. I'm not coming back to this for haptics and activity cards!

I played the originals for the first time not long ago. I'm going to wait until they come to gamepass before I give it a try. Controversial but for me, 2 and 3 have some amazing moments but never hit the high points story wise that 1 does.

I've been vocal about sony raising the price of new release in the UK raising by £20 but there are other factors here. I suspect this will have done much better digitally. I think the game looks great but rock hard rogue-like new ip is never going to sell that well. Hope they can circumvent the issues down the line with ps5 system causing crashes, patch some of the fps dips and add a mid-run save (so many reports of ps5 rest mode issues I can't believe that was there solution to this)!

@killileahihoo interesting and glad your retailer sorted you out! Mine would only do refund. I got lucky with another retailer after my refund landed. Good to see they are acknowledging problem is hardware now, in my case my new system came and system software, game software even tv firmware were all same versions yet no crashes at all. Pretty much confirmed to me it was hardware