@NEStalgia I think it's fine for Naughty Dog to be that way, since they're the OG when it comes to modern cinematic blockbuster action spectacles. Go ahead and spend a year modeling fruit.
But why does EVERYTHING need to be Uncharted now?
Meanwhile, Nintendo is happily dropping games across a half-dozen different genres every year. They may not score as well as Sony's TGA bait, but it's sure nice to have a diverse selection of exclusive titles to choose from.
I wrote Sony off after they nuked Japan Studio, which indicated to me that the Sony I grew up loving was dead and gone, and that the changes to the brand were irreversible. I still like the Horizon games and some of their third-party exclusives, but thankfully I don't need to invest in new hardware to play those, as they eventually just go to PC as well.
@NEStalgia It reinvented expectations for what portable gaming looks like. Switch essentially realized the dream of the Vita (home console gaming on the go), and since then, additional technological improvements have made that approach increasingly viable. In this way, they took their most lucrative market and expanded it intelligently so as to also absorb the home console market as well.
We would not be sitting here with our PS Portals and Steam Decks without the Switch providing the framework for what portable gaming should look like in the modern era.
You run toward the screen in those chase levels, forcing you to memorize the location of obstacles. The levels are all LITERAL hallways. What bugs me most, though, is how the camera is positioned in exactly the wrong spot where it makes judging the distance of your jumps difficult.
Despite all this, I had a lot of fun with Crash Bandicoot 2 recently when I 100%ed the collection (except the original, because that game is the exact antithesis of fun and is designed to make people suffer unnecessarily). They took the broken game design of this series and somehow managed to make it work.
Warped had the audacity to add in vehicle levels with the world's most unresponsive motorcycle, UGH
@Jaz007 Yup. This 'bigger is better' mentality is killing Western AAA gaming. Probably explains why everything needs to be an open world action adventure with rpg elements now. And, if Sony makes it, cost 300 million dollars.
Developers need to learn to focus on the elements that players actually care about. I don't want to wait six years and pay $70 for a game because you feel the need to hire an entire 20-person team to model the photorealistic dimples on someone's face.
@Savage_Joe I dunno. It feels like Nintendo simply re-invented the handheld space, what with the prevalence of handheld PCs now (especially the Steam Deck, which feels very console-like most of the time), devices like the Portal, and now even rumors that the Series S successor will be a hybrid device like the Switch.
I recall writers here talking about how the handheld space was dead (mostly, I suspect, to justify Sony's decision to abandon the Vita and pull out of that portion of the market entirely), and now the Switch is the most popular console of all time, likely to outsell the PS2, and everyone wants a piece of that portable gaming action lolol.
@NEStalgia @nessisonett It's pretty much the opposite philosophy that other developers are going for. Control your budget and launch a fun game for a reasonable price vs. inflating your budgets and jacking up the MSRP to help compensate. I definitely hope this signals to Sony that they need to change course (although the dialogue around SM2 is already headed in that direction, along with the admission that despite record revenues, margins are razor thin).
I definitely hope they shift away from this need to make everything a hardware-busting blockbuster. I mean, you can still have those. You should. Have your Uncharteds and Zeldas that show off the true capabilities of the hardware they're on. But... not everything needs to be that. Games can have a smaller scope and still be incredibly fun. Nintendo gets this, and most of their games are made on fairly manageable budgets. Sony used to get this before all of their developers decided they wanted to ape the Naughty Dog approach to game development.
Yeah, it's for the best. SMT is tiny compared to a a behemoth like Elden Ring.
That's cool. Even having spent a good deal of money on the Switch version (Special Edition + digital), I'm still grabbing this day one. One week closer works for me.
"The result is an open world action RPG that sits alongside Elden Ring and Breath of the Wild as one of the most absorbing adventures we've ever played."
I'm never gonna be able to focus on my backlog, am I?
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but after seeing what generative AI can be capable of in terms of carrying on (ostensibly) intelligent, interesting conversations in naturalistic language, I'd love to see its use expanded to interactions with video game NPCs in a fleshed out dialogue system.
Hogwarts is gonna sell 30+ million units when all is said and done. It'll be interesting to see how the TV series performs. Could give this IP the largest boost its seen in decades.
@NEStalgia I don't mean gimmicky in a bad way. As a Nintendo fan, I'm obliged to at least be tolerant of gimmickry. I just mean, with the majority of stuff I've seen, the entirety of the appeal is the VR aspect, so once the wow factor wears off...
I played... Tetris Effect (good everywhere), a cute little game with 3D diorama environments called Moss, the demo for a Kizuna AI-themed rhythm game, some VR version of Resident Evil 4, and a few other random games.
Ah, a fellow stereoscopic 3D appreciator! Not every game made good use of it, but it undeniably improved certain titles when developers knew what to emphasize.
I guess the best way to describe my understanding of VR in those terms is that it's sort of like if the 3DS library was full of Face Raiders-tier games.
Well, purchases do need to go somewhere, and Zuck took it over, so it's unavoidable.
I tried the Meta Quest 2 for a few days (we own one) and it's... okay? Honestly, the thing was cool for, like, five minutes, and then it just became a gimmicky device with a poor library. I enjoyed Tetris Effect, but I enjoy that wherever I play it.
Honestly, having to wear glasses makes the entire VR headset experience uncomfortable, even with spacers designed to accommodate them. I'd figure out a solution if I felt like I would spend a lot of time with it, but... eh.
Fair enough on the Steam thing. Thankfully, aside from Nintendo, I'm not horrendously invested in console ecosystems these days. Valve impresses me more and more as time goes on, and now that Microsoft is all in on Steam and Sony is flirting more and more with becoming a multiplatform publisher as time goes on, there's little reason to ever buy a traditional console ever again.
@NEStalgia Didn't they make it where you don't need a Facebook account to use a Quest headset? Or is that distinct from a "Meta" account?
Also:
"That said, my only debate for 2024 is buy a Quest 3 or wait to see if the Xbox "Deck" type handheld rumor is real."
Why not just buy a Steam Deck OLED, in that case? PC games can still be had very cheaply in bundles and sales on various third-party websites, and the hardware is just amazing and well-designed. It's almost totally supplanted my Switch for games that aren't exclusive or sans PC (this is pretty much just Vanillaware at this point) or Steam versions. The software environment almost makes it feel like playing on a console with PC-level freedom of control/performance/graphics optimization.
I figured this would end up being a bust. Sony's home consoles tend to go hard, but they have a terrible track record when it comes to supporting peripheral devices, which is a problem for an expensive device like this.
Right now, Capcom is the only company making the prospect of buying one even slightly tempting.
I thought it was weird that Stories 2 wasn't dated.
It's a fantastic monster-collecting/battling JRPG. Only thing holding it back was the Switch hardware (unless you played it on PC) causing it to chug in certain areas, but that shouldn't be an issue on PS4. The story sorta has a 'How to Train Your Dragon' vibe to it early on.
@Dodoo As a rule, most people in most communities are normal and friendly, and Push Square is no exception. Fanatics tend to be the exception, even if they're louder than most.
Which is why I'm not a fan of generalizing wide swaths of people as being any one way.
@Cloud39472 Atlus delaying games out of their initial release window is nothing new. I'll believe it's a 2024 release when we get a concrete release date.
@Jaz007 GOTY Edition, or whenever the game + DLC equals $60 in total. Whichever comes first by the time I'm ready to play it.
Still at the very beginning of Strange Journey Redux, and will probably also pick up SMT V: Vengeance first, so I probably have a while before I properly get into this.
Imagine if Metaphor: ReFantazio also drops this year!
lol at these stereotyped comments about "PC gamers" when the most obnoxiously tribal people I've seen in the gaming community have almost all been from the Playstation camp.
Anyway, this feels like the sort of game that would sell best on PC, so not surprised it has exploded on Steam like it has.
@rachetmarvel It's really, really weird that Vanillaware is so intent on snubbing PC when practically every other multiplat developer has embraced it at this point.
It'll be interesting to see how this runs on my PC. Hopefully the requirements for the eventual 7 Rebirth port are low enough that I'll be able to comfortably play it on my Steam Deck.
The wasteland adventurer outfit is cute. Would love to see at least a few outfits that are fun as well. I want to slice up baddies while Eve is dressed up in a banana suit.
@Nepp67 I'd say plenty of actively good stuff is put on Game Pass. I never doubted the quality of Atlus' additions. Silksong, if it ever comes out, will be extremely high quality. We all expected Sea of Stars to be good. etc.
To me, it feels like a waste of money to pay for a game on a competing platform when it's also coming to GP day one. But I also usually don't want to play said game on GP, because then I have to stress about finishing it before my sub elapses. So I end up just avoiding the game at launch when I would otherwise have probably snagged it at full price. And once I'm out of the launch window, I wait for games to depreciate in value fully before buying in. In the meantime, I'm actively distracted by other games. So, I'll often end up waiting years before I even think about buying the game again.
I don't know about other people, but I sort of refuse on principle to buy a game that's made available day one on Game Pass. And in the case of P3R, it doesn't help that they're also trying to suck more money out of their customers' wallets with expensive DLC that should have been included from day one.
Better to have some texture/shadow issues than for development to go on longer and the development budget to be more inflated.
Not everything needs to push the absolute limits of what the console is capable of.
I'm sure if you stop on random spots and zoom in 3x, you'll find plenty of issues, but on the whole, from what I've seen, it's an attractive game, and I can't wait to play it.
Nintendo's top executives are taking temporary pay-cuts to atone for a dive in profits following disappointing sales of its Wii U games console.
President Satoru Iwata said he would take a 50% cut, and other executives will see reductions of 20%-30%.
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Mr Iwata told a press conference in Japan that he would draw a reduced salary for five months. Asked if the pay cuts could extend beyond June, he said: "I will make a decision after looking at the management situation at that time."
Extremely happy this seems to be reasonably more well-received than XVI. Between the more Japanese flavor of the presentation, having full control of a party of loveable characters, etc., THIS is what I think of when I imagine a modern Final Fantasy game.
The graphics not being super next-gen doesn't bother me at all, since it still looks good, and hopefully this means S-E actually made this on a manageable budget.
It's gonna be hard waiting for this, but you just know it'll be on PC within the year. Ugh. Very happy for PS5 owners.
@LikelySatan I believe I heard the changes begin extremely early on, so it's definitely not a third of the game that's the same. The majority of the game was remade in this new campaign, seemingly. Which, sadly, was possibly the only way to actually fix the narrative issues in the original release.
So they've basically just remade the narrative from scratch and stapled on the original campaign as a bonus.
Curious to see if the Vengeance route has an actual story this time. The "Canon of Creation" branch seems like it'll be a Nocturne-esque minimalist horror-fantasy at first, but it's literally just under-developed. It's a shame, because SMT V is Atlus' most ambitious product to date from a design standpoint. Literally the first MegaTen to feel like it was designed around hardware stronger than the PS3 (as well as the Nintendo Switch, judging by how poorly the original game often ran). It does so much right, but the narrative aspects are embarrassingly bad. If the new route can address this flaw, it'll be a must-own JRPG.
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Re: Feb 2024 USA Sales: Helldivers 2 Kills It as 2024's Best-Selling Game So Far
@NEStalgia I think it's fine for Naughty Dog to be that way, since they're the OG when it comes to modern cinematic blockbuster action spectacles. Go ahead and spend a year modeling fruit.
But why does EVERYTHING need to be Uncharted now?
Meanwhile, Nintendo is happily dropping games across a half-dozen different genres every year. They may not score as well as Sony's TGA bait, but it's sure nice to have a diverse selection of exclusive titles to choose from.
I wrote Sony off after they nuked Japan Studio, which indicated to me that the Sony I grew up loving was dead and gone, and that the changes to the brand were irreversible. I still like the Horizon games and some of their third-party exclusives, but thankfully I don't need to invest in new hardware to play those, as they eventually just go to PC as well.
Re: PS Portal Is Proving Everyone's Predictions Wrong
@NEStalgia It reinvented expectations for what portable gaming looks like. Switch essentially realized the dream of the Vita (home console gaming on the go), and since then, additional technological improvements have made that approach increasingly viable. In this way, they took their most lucrative market and expanded it intelligently so as to also absorb the home console market as well.
We would not be sitting here with our PS Portals and Steam Decks without the Switch providing the framework for what portable gaming should look like in the modern era.
Re: Feb 2024 USA Sales: Helldivers 2 Kills It as 2024's Best-Selling Game So Far
@NEStalgia lolol
You run toward the screen in those chase levels, forcing you to memorize the location of obstacles. The levels are all LITERAL hallways. What bugs me most, though, is how the camera is positioned in exactly the wrong spot where it makes judging the distance of your jumps difficult.
Despite all this, I had a lot of fun with Crash Bandicoot 2 recently when I 100%ed the collection (except the original, because that game is the exact antithesis of fun and is designed to make people suffer unnecessarily). They took the broken game design of this series and somehow managed to make it work.
Warped had the audacity to add in vehicle levels with the world's most unresponsive motorcycle, UGH
@Jaz007 Yup. This 'bigger is better' mentality is killing Western AAA gaming. Probably explains why everything needs to be an open world action adventure with rpg elements now. And, if Sony makes it, cost 300 million dollars.
Developers need to learn to focus on the elements that players actually care about. I don't want to wait six years and pay $70 for a game because you feel the need to hire an entire 20-person team to model the photorealistic dimples on someone's face.
Re: SMT 5 Moves Its PS5, PS4 Release Date Forward By a Week, Avoids Elden Ring DLC
@Edwirichuu That is not the impression I have of the reception to DD2 at all. Seems like another success story for Capcom.
Re: PS Portal Is Proving Everyone's Predictions Wrong
@Savage_Joe I dunno. It feels like Nintendo simply re-invented the handheld space, what with the prevalence of handheld PCs now (especially the Steam Deck, which feels very console-like most of the time), devices like the Portal, and now even rumors that the Series S successor will be a hybrid device like the Switch.
I recall writers here talking about how the handheld space was dead (mostly, I suspect, to justify Sony's decision to abandon the Vita and pull out of that portion of the market entirely), and now the Switch is the most popular console of all time, likely to outsell the PS2, and everyone wants a piece of that portable gaming action lolol.
Re: Feb 2024 USA Sales: Helldivers 2 Kills It as 2024's Best-Selling Game So Far
@NEStalgia @nessisonett It's pretty much the opposite philosophy that other developers are going for. Control your budget and launch a fun game for a reasonable price vs. inflating your budgets and jacking up the MSRP to help compensate. I definitely hope this signals to Sony that they need to change course (although the dialogue around SM2 is already headed in that direction, along with the admission that despite record revenues, margins are razor thin).
I definitely hope they shift away from this need to make everything a hardware-busting blockbuster. I mean, you can still have those. You should. Have your Uncharteds and Zeldas that show off the true capabilities of the hardware they're on. But... not everything needs to be that. Games can have a smaller scope and still be incredibly fun. Nintendo gets this, and most of their games are made on fairly manageable budgets. Sony used to get this before all of their developers decided they wanted to ape the Naughty Dog approach to game development.
Re: Feb 2024 USA Sales: Helldivers 2 Kills It as 2024's Best-Selling Game So Far
@nessisonett The game actually being really fun and reasonably priced helps as well.
Re: Rise of the Ronin (PS5) - A Safe, Outdated Open World Game
Most open world titles aside from Elden Ring and the recent Zelda games feel safe and lackluster these days.
I've never played a Ninja Gaiden game and thought it would be improved without solid level design.
Re: SMT 5 Moves Its PS5, PS4 Release Date Forward By a Week, Avoids Elden Ring DLC
Yeah, it's for the best. SMT is tiny compared to a a behemoth like Elden Ring.
That's cool. Even having spent a good deal of money on the Switch version (Special Edition + digital), I'm still grabbing this day one. One week closer works for me.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 (PS5) - This Could Be the Apex of RPG Adventuring
"The result is an open world action RPG that sits alongside Elden Ring and Breath of the Wild as one of the most absorbing adventures we've ever played."
I'm never gonna be able to focus on my backlog, am I?
Re: Ubisoft's NEO NPC Prototype Offers a Glimpse at a Generative AI Future for Games
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but after seeing what generative AI can be capable of in terms of carrying on (ostensibly) intelligent, interesting conversations in naturalistic language, I'd love to see its use expanded to interactions with video game NPCs in a fleshed out dialogue system.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Refuses to Budge Among Heavy Hitting Competition
Hogwarts is gonna sell 30+ million units when all is said and done. It'll be interesting to see how the TV series performs. Could give this IP the largest boost its seen in decades.
Re: First Rise of the Ronin PS5 Review Score Is Sky-High
Three points worse than Nintendogs. Literally unplayable.
Re: Sony Allegedly Pausing PSVR2 Production Due to Surplus of Unsold Stock
@NEStalgia I don't mean gimmicky in a bad way. As a Nintendo fan, I'm obliged to at least be tolerant of gimmickry. I just mean, with the majority of stuff I've seen, the entirety of the appeal is the VR aspect, so once the wow factor wears off...
I played... Tetris Effect (good everywhere), a cute little game with 3D diorama environments called Moss, the demo for a Kizuna AI-themed rhythm game, some VR version of Resident Evil 4, and a few other random games.
Ah, a fellow stereoscopic 3D appreciator! Not every game made good use of it, but it undeniably improved certain titles when developers knew what to emphasize.
I guess the best way to describe my understanding of VR in those terms is that it's sort of like if the 3DS library was full of Face Raiders-tier games.
Re: Sony Allegedly Pausing PSVR2 Production Due to Surplus of Unsold Stock
@NEStalgia Ah.
Well, purchases do need to go somewhere, and Zuck took it over, so it's unavoidable.
I tried the Meta Quest 2 for a few days (we own one) and it's... okay? Honestly, the thing was cool for, like, five minutes, and then it just became a gimmicky device with a poor library. I enjoyed Tetris Effect, but I enjoy that wherever I play it.
Honestly, having to wear glasses makes the entire VR headset experience uncomfortable, even with spacers designed to accommodate them. I'd figure out a solution if I felt like I would spend a lot of time with it, but... eh.
Fair enough on the Steam thing. Thankfully, aside from Nintendo, I'm not horrendously invested in console ecosystems these days. Valve impresses me more and more as time goes on, and now that Microsoft is all in on Steam and Sony is flirting more and more with becoming a multiplatform publisher as time goes on, there's little reason to ever buy a traditional console ever again.
Re: Sony Allegedly Pausing PSVR2 Production Due to Surplus of Unsold Stock
@NEStalgia Didn't they make it where you don't need a Facebook account to use a Quest headset? Or is that distinct from a "Meta" account?
Also:
"That said, my only debate for 2024 is buy a Quest 3 or wait to see if the Xbox "Deck" type handheld rumor is real."
Why not just buy a Steam Deck OLED, in that case? PC games can still be had very cheaply in bundles and sales on various third-party websites, and the hardware is just amazing and well-designed. It's almost totally supplanted my Switch for games that aren't exclusive or sans PC (this is pretty much just Vanillaware at this point) or Steam versions. The software environment almost makes it feel like playing on a console with PC-level freedom of control/performance/graphics optimization.
Re: Sony Allegedly Pausing PSVR2 Production Due to Surplus of Unsold Stock
I figured this would end up being a bust. Sony's home consoles tend to go hard, but they have a terrible track record when it comes to supporting peripheral devices, which is a problem for an expensive device like this.
Right now, Capcom is the only company making the prospect of buying one even slightly tempting.
Re: Helldivers 2 Is Still Absolutely Killing It on PC, By the Way
@andrewsqual How on Earth you arrived at such a conclusion is beyond me, friend.
Re: Monster Hunter Stories 2 Also Coming to PS4 on the Same Day as the First Game
I thought it was weird that Stories 2 wasn't dated.
It's a fantastic monster-collecting/battling JRPG. Only thing holding it back was the Switch hardware (unless you played it on PC) causing it to chug in certain areas, but that shouldn't be an issue on PS4. The story sorta has a 'How to Train Your Dragon' vibe to it early on.
Re: Helldivers 2 Is Still Absolutely Killing It on PC, By the Way
@Dodoo As a rule, most people in most communities are normal and friendly, and Push Square is no exception. Fanatics tend to be the exception, even if they're louder than most.
Which is why I'm not a fan of generalizing wide swaths of people as being any one way.
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Expansion Pass Priced at Roughly £30 / $35
@Cloud39472 Atlus delaying games out of their initial release window is nothing new. I'll believe it's a 2024 release when we get a concrete release date.
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Expansion Pass Priced at Roughly £30 / $35
@Jaz007 GOTY Edition, or whenever the game + DLC equals $60 in total. Whichever comes first by the time I'm ready to play it.
Still at the very beginning of Strange Journey Redux, and will probably also pick up SMT V: Vengeance first, so I probably have a while before I properly get into this.
Imagine if Metaphor: ReFantazio also drops this year!
Re: Helldivers 2 Is Still Absolutely Killing It on PC, By the Way
lol at these stereotyped comments about "PC gamers" when the most obnoxiously tribal people I've seen in the gaming community have almost all been from the Playstation camp.
Anyway, this feels like the sort of game that would sell best on PC, so not surprised it has exploded on Steam like it has.
Re: UK Sales Charts: WWE 2K24, Unicorn Overlord Crack the Top 10 as Rebirth Slips to Second
@rachetmarvel It's really, really weird that Vanillaware is so intent on snubbing PC when practically every other multiplat developer has embraced it at this point.
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Expansion Pass Priced at Roughly £30 / $35
It's SEGA publishing, so it shouldn't take too awful long before a complete edition with all DLC is available for MSRP.
Re: Timed PS5 Exclusive Final Fantasy 16 Is Almost Ready for Primetime on PC
It'll be interesting to see how this runs on my PC. Hopefully the requirements for the eventual 7 Rebirth port are low enough that I'll be able to comfortably play it on my Steam Deck.
Re: Mini Review: Contra: Operation Galuga (PS5) - Run-'n'-Gun Series Back to Its Best
Not surprised it's great. Contra 4 is one of my all-time favorite 2D games, and probably my favorite Contra title as well.
Glad to see Konami working with them again.
Re: Everyone's Talking About Eve's Outfits in PS5 Exclusive Stellar Blade
@Jimmer-jammer Half-peeled.
You get to see some of the soft fruit underneath, but you still leave some to the imagination!
Re: Everyone's Talking About Eve's Outfits in PS5 Exclusive Stellar Blade
@Gamer83 It'd also be cool if there were some collab/crossover outfits. Tifa, 2B, etc.
Re: Everyone's Talking About Eve's Outfits in PS5 Exclusive Stellar Blade
The wasteland adventurer outfit is cute. Would love to see at least a few outfits that are fun as well. I want to slice up baddies while Eve is dressed up in a banana suit.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Has Over 1,000 Unique NPCs, and If They Die, They're Dead
Definitely doing a genocide run of this game at some point, in that case.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Unicorn Overlord?
Eventually. I have WAY too other stuff to play in the meantime, and SMT V: Vengeance drops in the next few months as well.
Re: PS Store Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Is Unstoppable, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Settles for Second
@Nepp67 I'd say plenty of actively good stuff is put on Game Pass. I never doubted the quality of Atlus' additions. Silksong, if it ever comes out, will be extremely high quality. We all expected Sea of Stars to be good. etc.
To me, it feels like a waste of money to pay for a game on a competing platform when it's also coming to GP day one. But I also usually don't want to play said game on GP, because then I have to stress about finishing it before my sub elapses. So I end up just avoiding the game at launch when I would otherwise have probably snagged it at full price. And once I'm out of the launch window, I wait for games to depreciate in value fully before buying in. In the meantime, I'm actively distracted by other games. So, I'll often end up waiting years before I even think about buying the game again.
Re: PS Store Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Is Unstoppable, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Settles for Second
Interesting about Persona sales.
I don't know about other people, but I sort of refuse on principle to buy a game that's made available day one on Game Pass. And in the case of P3R, it doesn't help that they're also trying to suck more money out of their customers' wallets with expensive DLC that should have been included from day one.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tops, But Doesn't Even Come Close to Remake
Pity it's not doing terribly well at the moment. Game looks tops. If it was a proper exclusive, I'd have bought a PS5 to play it.
In general, based on what I've seen, it's everything I'd want from a modern Final Fantasy game.
Eagerly awaiting the Steam release.
Re: Sony Secures Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy as PlayStation Console Exclusives
I can't imagine it would have sold much of anything on Xbox anyway.
Shame it won't go to Switch 2, but it should still be playable in hybrid form via the PC port on Steam Deck, so no huge loss for me.
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Finally Confirmed for PC, Launches This May
@BacklogBrad Sony might form their own storefront/launcher, but I don't believe they're insane enough to try and boycott Steam.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 Frame Rate Controversy Rumbles on as Previews Give Conflicting Reports
@ZhuckelDror Who said it should be targeting anything else?
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 Frame Rate Controversy Rumbles on as Previews Give Conflicting Reports
Y'all are gonna be seeing 30fps more and more as more software targeting current gen only releases.
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Finally Confirmed for PC, Launches This May
I was wondering when this would come.
Pity I'm playing this on my PS4 already, since it'd be cool to own portably. Maybe on sale someday.
People keep saying Sony isn't releasing much in the way of first-party software, but look at all these games they're releasing for Steam.
Re: Rumour: Gravity Rush 2 Remaster Dropping onto PS5, PC, Reveal Coming in May
I'm finally getting my GR sequel on an OLED handheld, even if it's not one made by Sony!
Still, why isn't this a dual-pack of both games?
Re: Rumour: Ghost of Tsushima PC Port May Finally Be Unmasked Soon
Surprised it hasn't happened already.
I'm playing it on PS4 at the moment. It's... good, but something about it hasn't really grabbed me.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Graphical Problems Are Clear in Digital Foundry Report
Better to have some texture/shadow issues than for development to go on longer and the development budget to be more inflated.
Not everything needs to push the absolute limits of what the console is capable of.
I'm sure if you stop on random spots and zoom in 3x, you'll find plenty of issues, but on the whole, from what I've seen, it's an attractive game, and I can't wait to play it.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?
@belmont Didn't even consider that, but you're right!
Well, whatever. I'll wait as long as possible for it to come to Steam. EGS isn't getting my money. Definitely one for the Steam Deck!
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?
I'll play it when it hits PC.
Enjoy, everyone!
Re: Reaction: The Problem with PlayStation Right Now
Just a reminder how Nintendo responded when their business was suffering in the Wii U era:
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-25941070
Nintendo's top executives are taking temporary pay-cuts to atone for a dive in profits following disappointing sales of its Wii U games console.
President Satoru Iwata said he would take a 50% cut, and other executives will see reductions of 20%-30%.
...
Mr Iwata told a press conference in Japan that he would draw a reduced salary for five months. Asked if the pay cuts could extend beyond June, he said: "I will make a decision after looking at the management situation at that time."
Re: Poor Suicide Squad Sales Disappoint Publisher Warner Bros
lmao
Good. Unsurprising, but good to hear all the same.
Can't believe Rocksteady wasted years developing this live service... thing.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Becomes the Second Highest-Rated Final Fantasy Game of All Time
Extremely happy this seems to be reasonably more well-received than XVI. Between the more Japanese flavor of the presentation, having full control of a party of loveable characters, etc., THIS is what I think of when I imagine a modern Final Fantasy game.
The graphics not being super next-gen doesn't bother me at all, since it still looks good, and hopefully this means S-E actually made this on a manageable budget.
It's gonna be hard waiting for this, but you just know it'll be on PC within the year. Ugh. Very happy for PS5 owners.
Re: SMT 5: Vengeance Includes a Second Campaign with New Story, Demons
@LikelySatan I believe I heard the changes begin extremely early on, so it's definitely not a third of the game that's the same. The majority of the game was remade in this new campaign, seemingly. Which, sadly, was possibly the only way to actually fix the narrative issues in the original release.
Re: SMT 5: Vengeance Includes a Second Campaign with New Story, Demons
So they've basically just remade the narrative from scratch and stapled on the original campaign as a bonus.
Curious to see if the Vengeance route has an actual story this time. The "Canon of Creation" branch seems like it'll be a Nocturne-esque minimalist horror-fantasy at first, but it's literally just under-developed. It's a shame, because SMT V is Atlus' most ambitious product to date from a design standpoint. Literally the first MegaTen to feel like it was designed around hardware stronger than the PS3 (as well as the Nintendo Switch, judging by how poorly the original game often ran). It does so much right, but the narrative aspects are embarrassingly bad. If the new route can address this flaw, it'll be a must-own JRPG.