This is the AC I have been waiting for after the modern day storyline has gone off the rails (imo death of Juno) but i don’t know if they can piece the modern day narrative into a coherent story at this point, for me at least. As such for me AC:S will be my final AC but I am going all out (CE and hidden blade are preordered). For me I cared about the modern story to keep me interested in the series as not every assassin or locale/culture was fun/interesting to me so at this point with the modern storyline to pot I am just riding out finally going to Japan. I feel like losing Desilets (and possibly May) put the franchise in a slow crash and burn trajectory.
From the PC perspective the original is a more recent release and now there is “already” a remaster? I bought the original for PS4 day 1 and I still felt it was too soon for a remaster. So I can see users with machines just as or more powerful than a PS5 not being bothered (especially if they aren’t aware what has changed). That being said I hope sony stays the course. They keep going all in for PC and i don’t have to buy a PS6. Win win for me.
@AfroMario I never said that. I asked if young teens are listening to these artists. When I was a teen it wasn’t popular to listen to artists that debuted 3-4 decades ago. (Not saying I didn’t listen to old music but it was still considered old. Which is my point.) That’s the logic. And since none of the folks replying to me are teens my question still stands.
I really hope so. But I am working on Odyssey (just got back from Greece too so it hits harder) and Mirage (tried Valhalla and I hate it so I may have to youtube it) to tide me over. Shadows and Ghost of Yotei are my most anticipated AAA games next year. Super excited for Shadows. Making room for my shiny new statue!!
reporting, not snitching. The scalpers are ripping people off and violating the TOS of the marketplace they are selling in. They wanna do that mess? Take your bundle of preorder receipts to a swap meet. Then you can charge a million if you want.
Lmao they aren’t going to remove the protagonists from a mostly finished game no matter how much the “woke/DEI dog whistle” crowd complains. Just skip the game. Isn’t that how the little chant goes?
Most likely they will use the time to work on bug fixes and marketing.
Good luck. But I don’t think it will pan out the way he wants. Most of his work either heavily lifts from movies he likes or is so convoluted that you can’t make a movie out of it. I pity the screenwriter that would have to adapt MGS. I don’t think he can write a movie that would be well received as a movie. Perhaps a video game adaptation but that would mostly draw his fans. But the rest of the movie going audience would likely bounce off it. Most video game plots go to either extreme. Either too sparse or too convoluted/nonsensical.
I am only annoyed by the type a/type b nonsense. The human species is sexually dimorphic and that is easily visible except in medical issues/genetic issues. I am still going to play whatever type is the female character.
As for bodily exposure I can’t take most of it seriously because most characters that are designed with half naked women and girls (as many male focused media love sexualizing the female body at young ages) are designed for boys and men to look at them sexually as opposed to a power fantasy which is why male characters are designed musclebound and (if) no shirt. Objectification vs (male) power fantasy. If I walk around with no shirt on I will get arrested (or harassed … likely both) if a man walks around with no shirt on, nothing happens at all. The last time I could do that I was a toddler. Female and male bodies are not treated the same. Full stop. (I have not heard of a place where they are treated exactly the same. If it exists someone tell me and I will move.) We have countries where women have to be covered from head to toe and can’t speak in public. With legal/criminal and physical repercussions if they aren’t. Until that goes away forever I can’t take any argument about “censorship “ seriously as it isn’t in good faith and it never will be.
Let women and girls tell you what we find to be a power fantasy or practical for our bodies and heroines.
It’s probably more the folks that were gonna buy it anyway are speaking up. There are plenty of people that just want the latest tech (and if they can afford it, more power to them) and will be there day 1. But there are many that will evaluate based on value. Personally since we are at a transition period for this gen (Nintendo will announce their new system this fiscal year, Sony putting out the Pro) it’s a good time for PC upgrades imo.
It is annoying. I have all three major systems and have to readjust if I have been camping on one system for a bit. By the time I get out of the Zelda fog next year I won't know how to hold a dualshock. Especially since I game less on Sony because I don't like symmetrical joysticks. At least they all have similar button count now. Back when they were all pretty different was a nightmare.
Oh well I’d gotten it for 10 bucks on Black Friday. (Granted I had bought the CE when it launched but trading that in made the game free. So I essentially got the DLC for no charge. )
PlayStation is my exclusives box so most of the mutiplats I buy elsewhere but series like Ghost and Horizon keep me buying a system for like 5 games lol.
At this point thanks to Sony putting games on PC plus PC gamepass I will just update my Gaming PC and not get an XBOX (whatever comes after series x) or PS5Pro/PS6. It’s good though that we have options. Before, gamers would have been stuck either or.
Agreed. Everyone has to whine about a game now (and it's usually something to dehumanize others at that). Oh no there are women in it, Oh no we can't see breasts, oh no the girls aren't 14 years old in game, Oh no this woman character doesn't look like solo fun time material, Oh no the women can fight.
Seriously cavedude stuff. Just pick a game you like and buy it (and also go outside and touch grass). Not everything is made for you. I skip TONS of games due to disinterest. Still have more to play, than I can finish in a lifetime.
Either way, I am super excited for this game and will be preordering asap (hoping for a CE). Sony will likely get two sales out of me if they make a PC version.
I still have to pick it up but Nintendo has been beating the daylights out of my bank account the past two years. I can’t even touch the twins except for super huge games.
Nice! Lunar, GoY and the Horizon remaster have my interest. While I will get Lego Horizon on Switch and hope Lunar goes the same, defo getting the other two on PS5 (as opposed to waiting on PC which is a step up for me).
Woo I was just saying I need a new game to play from Sony. This hit my checkboxes! I went from no new sony games in the future to LET’S GO!!! Please let there be a CE!
Also as a (beginner) shamisen player I am pleased as punch!
@Yousef- pretty much multiple. For me PS is my exclusives box or if it won’t run on switch (and isn’t on xbox). I feel like right now there aren’t enough exclusives in play to account for various genres/user interests. For instance for me Horizon and Spiderman are the only Sony (exclusives) games I am playing (with Nioh and GoT also being favorites but are last gen). So as of right now that means that for me the PS “has no games”. (I am getting the Astro Bot demo though, hopefully I will enjoy).
I’m waiting on the system to pick up with more exclusives. I agree that this is years down the pipe but as a consumer that is concerning (as of right now I have no interest in the PS5pro or PS6 because the PS5 has under delivered). I think they should float smaller AA games to make their library more diverse. Like how Nintendo has made a Zelda game every year but they aren’t all huge mainline games but they span different genres. Sony has the IP catalog to put out more games if they would make them smaller or changed genres.
Edit: so the new Ghost game has pulled me back in. Well played Sony.
Nintendo pulled forward a catalog that most Switch owners didn’t have access to, while adding to the games (Mario Kart 8 which still sells well had changes made that make it different from the original version and dlc that you can’t get on WiiU). They were never just pure remasters. Even still that was done while adding to their new game catalog. For several years Nintendo had a new game coming out monthly…as in from them. And that ratio has only slowed down slightly. So not quite the same situation.
Sony on the other hand I feel isn’t churning out games as fast internally, instead relying on third parties to float it (something Nintendo can’t afford to do although 3rd party support for them is at an all time high.)
@naruball Xena fans unite! I’ve been meaning to complement your profile pic for years but I don’t do that unless the user has spoken to me before, so thanks for the assist. Love your profile pic. I’m a huge Xena/Lucy Lawless fan.
After you wait 20 minutes to install the game you just bought (and hope there is no day 1 patch).
Only system that is mostly instantaneous is the switch. As most games can be booted from the cartridge as is and the UI is pretty much only there to get you to the games. I have a series x and a PS5 and I like them well enough but that long wait to get from purchase to play is why I game primarily on the Switch. Also the days of PC being difficult to get running are mostly over.
One can pitch the convenience of console without misrepresenting both consoles or PC.
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Re: Sony Boss Says It's 'Learned a Lot' from PC Player Pushback
As long as they keep bringing exclusive games to PC.
Re: SEGA Is Bringing Back Its Iconic Virtua Fighter Franchise for PS5
THANK HYLIA! Just give me a date SEGA.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Lays the Foundation for a New Modern-Day Narrative
This is the AC I have been waiting for after the modern day storyline has gone off the rails (imo death of Juno) but i don’t know if they can piece the modern day narrative into a coherent story at this point, for me at least. As such for me AC:S will be my final AC but I am going all out (CE and hidden blade are preordered). For me I cared about the modern story to keep me interested in the series as not every assassin or locale/culture was fun/interesting to me so at this point with the modern storyline to pot I am just riding out finally going to Japan. I feel like losing Desilets (and possibly May) put the franchise in a slow crash and burn trajectory.
Re: More People Are Playing the Original Horizon Zero Dawn Than Its Remaster on PC
From the PC perspective the original is a more recent release and now there is “already” a remaster? I bought the original for PS4 day 1 and I still felt it was too soon for a remaster. So I can see users with machines just as or more powerful than a PS5 not being bothered (especially if they aren’t aware what has changed). That being said I hope sony stays the course. They keep going all in for PC and i don’t have to buy a PS6. Win win for me.
Re: Fortnite Mixing It Up with Hip-Hop Chapter 2 Reboot
@AfroMario I never said that. I asked if young teens are listening to these artists. When I was a teen it wasn’t popular to listen to artists that debuted 3-4 decades ago. (Not saying I didn’t listen to old music but it was still considered old. Which is my point.) That’s the logic. And since none of the folks replying to me are teens my question still stands.
Re: Fortnite Mixing It Up with Hip-Hop Chapter 2 Reboot
Not to be rude but aren’t all these artists old? Are 12-14 year olds bopping to snoop dog?
Granted I don’t know who ice spice is. Only SPICE I know are the SPICE Girls.
Re: Ubisoft Confident Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Make February Launch
I really hope so. But I am working on Odyssey (just got back from Greece too so it hits harder) and Mirage (tried Valhalla and I hate it so I may have to youtube it) to tide me over. Shadows and Ghost of Yotei are my most anticipated AAA games next year. Super excited for Shadows. Making room for my shiny new statue!!
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered (PS5) - A Sublime Remaster of a Modern PlayStation Classic
Cheap upgrade price works for me. I have DLC to finish anyway.
Re: Crickets as Suicide Squad Endures Another Muted Launch
I still want to try this game. Just waiting on a definite edition.
Re: Viral Horror Hit Amanda the Adventurer Comes to PS5, PS4 This Month
Oh I see they are out to traumatize the dora the explorer generation.
Re: Ghost of Yotei's Gorgeous Open World Will Be Less Repetitive Than Tsushima's
Hmm interesting take. I didn’t find Tsushima to be repetitive so I guess Yotei will be super exciting?
Either way I am excited for this game.
Re: PlayStation Fans Gleefully Snitch on 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro Scalpers
reporting, not snitching. The scalpers are ripping people off and violating the TOS of the marketplace they are selling in. They wanna do that mess? Take your bundle of preorder receipts to a swap meet. Then you can charge a million if you want.
Re: Insider Report Adds Context to Assassin's Creed Shadows' Big Delay
Lmao they aren’t going to remove the protagonists from a mostly finished game no matter how much the “woke/DEI dog whistle” crowd complains. Just skip the game. Isn’t that how the little chant goes?
Most likely they will use the time to work on bug fixes and marketing.
Re: PS5 Firmware Update Annoys with Unwanted Deluge of Ads, News Feed
Every time someone complains about the Switch UI, I point to the xbox and PS UI. I will take the cleaner, simple games first UI of the switch all day.
I don’t think I noticed this change though. Might be because I am using my PS5 as a bluray player currently. Haven’t booted up a game in a while.
Re: Hideo Kojima's Dream of Breaking into Hollywood Is Nearly a Reality
Good luck. But I don’t think it will pan out the way he wants. Most of his work either heavily lifts from movies he likes or is so convoluted that you can’t make a movie out of it. I pity the screenwriter that would have to adapt MGS. I don’t think he can write a movie that would be well received as a movie. Perhaps a video game adaptation but that would mostly draw his fans. But the rest of the movie going audience would likely bounce off it. Most video game plots go to either extreme. Either too sparse or too convoluted/nonsensical.
Re: Sony's Live Service Push 'No Joke', A Lot of People Working on Horizon Online
I love Horizon and it is my favorite Sony IP but I will stick with the solo games. Id rather play LEGO than multiplayer.
Re: Dragon Quest Veterans on Dealing with 'Ridiculous Country' USA Amid Censorship Row
I am only annoyed by the type a/type b nonsense. The human species is sexually dimorphic and that is easily visible except in medical issues/genetic issues. I am still going to play whatever type is the female character.
As for bodily exposure I can’t take most of it seriously because most characters that are designed with half naked women and girls (as many male focused media love sexualizing the female body at young ages) are designed for boys and men to look at them sexually as opposed to a power fantasy which is why male characters are designed musclebound and (if) no shirt. Objectification vs (male) power fantasy. If I walk around with no shirt on I will get arrested (or harassed … likely both) if a man walks around with no shirt on, nothing happens at all. The last time I could do that I was a toddler. Female and male bodies are not treated the same. Full stop. (I have not heard of a place where they are treated exactly the same. If it exists someone tell me and I will move.) We have countries where women have to be covered from head to toe and can’t speak in public. With legal/criminal and physical repercussions if they aren’t. Until that goes away forever I can’t take any argument about “censorship “ seriously as it isn’t in good faith and it never will be.
Let women and girls tell you what we find to be a power fantasy or practical for our bodies and heroines.
Re: Fans Appear to Be Coming Around to PS5 Pro
It’s probably more the folks that were gonna buy it anyway are speaking up. There are plenty of people that just want the latest tech (and if they can afford it, more power to them) and will be there day 1. But there are many that will evaluate based on value. Personally since we are at a transition period for this gen (Nintendo will announce their new system this fiscal year, Sony putting out the Pro) it’s a good time for PC upgrades imo.
Re: Poll: Did You Pre-Order a PS5 Pro?
Eh. Waiting on the 6 at this point. Granted I will likely go PC so long as Sony supports the platform.
Re: Random: Xbox Boss Complains About X Button After Being Handed PS5 Pad
It is annoying. I have all three major systems and have to readjust if I have been camping on one system for a bit. By the time I get out of the Zelda fog next year I won't know how to hold a dualshock. Especially since I game less on Sony because I don't like symmetrical joysticks. At least they all have similar button count now. Back when they were all pretty different was a nightmare.
Re: PS5 Pro's 30th Anniversary Bundles Are Getting Flipped for $5,000
@CutchuSlow probably someone looking to flip it in a decade or smash it with a hammer for views or something like that.
Re: PS5 Pro's 30th Anniversary Bundles Are Getting Flipped for $5,000
Scalpers are scum as usual.
Re: Just Three Decisions from Dragon Age: Inquisition Will Carry Over to The Veilguard
I will get in in 5 years when it is super cheap. I just realized I didn’t finish 2 or inquisition.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn PS4's Price Doubles After PS5 Remaster Announcement
Oh well I’d gotten it for 10 bucks on Black Friday. (Granted I had bought the CE when it launched but trading that in made the game free. So I essentially got the DLC for no charge. )
Re: Here Comes Two New Challengers! Ken, Chun-Li Join Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Kore wa Kung-fu, yo!
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your Favourite PS5 Game from State of Play September 2024?
GHOST OF YOTEI!
PlayStation is my exclusives box so most of the mutiplats I buy elsewhere but series like Ghost and Horizon keep me buying a system for like 5 games lol.
Re: Ubisoft Board Orders Internal Investigation and Review into Company's Financial Woes
@Yousef- I am more concerned about possible cancellation. A game isn’t out until it’s out.
Re: Ubisoft Board Orders Internal Investigation and Review into Company's Financial Woes
Oh here we go. Please leave Shadows alone universe. I wanna play my game.
Re: All Eyes on Aloy (Again), as Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered Comparison Does the Rounds
Love the upgrade price (especially since I got the definitive edition cheap) defo my favorite Sony franchise.
Re: 'PS5 Pro Is a Really Good Investment,' Argue Tech Experts After Hands-On
At this point thanks to Sony putting games on PC plus PC gamepass I will just update my Gaming PC and not get an XBOX (whatever comes after series x) or PS5Pro/PS6. It’s good though that we have options. Before, gamers would have been stuck either or.
Re: PS5's Ghost of Yotei Triggers Social Media, Ex-Sony Exec Says 'If You Don't Like It, Don't Buy It'
Agreed. Everyone has to whine about a game now (and it's usually something to dehumanize others at that). Oh no there are women in it, Oh no we can't see breasts, oh no the girls aren't 14 years old in game, Oh no this woman character doesn't look like solo fun time material, Oh no the women can fight.
Seriously cavedude stuff. Just pick a game you like and buy it (and also go outside and touch grass). Not everything is made for you. I skip TONS of games due to disinterest. Still have more to play, than I can finish in a lifetime.
Either way, I am super excited for this game and will be preordering asap (hoping for a CE). Sony will likely get two sales out of me if they make a PC version.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 Pro Is 'Pure Eye Candy at Race Car Levels of Performance'
Gorgeous game, but I'm still not buying a 5Pro.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Delayed on PS5 Until 14th February
Super Bummed about this but it does mean I have two really really long new games to look forward to next year on series x and ps5. So that's good.
Re: PS5 Pro Will Supposedly Fix Rise of the Ronin's Shoddy Frame Rate
Please spend $800 to fix our game.
Love, K-T
Current Gen has a serious optimization problem.
Re: Lunar Remastered Collection Revives Two Classic 90s JRPGs on PS5, PS4 in Spring 2025
@Ralizah Woo! Thank you! You just made my day!
Re: Lunar Remastered Collection Revives Two Classic 90s JRPGs on PS5, PS4 in Spring 2025
@johnedwin Yeah I wandered over to Nintendo Everything shortly after posting. I will edit.
Re: Lunar Remastered Collection Revives Two Classic 90s JRPGs on PS5, PS4 in Spring 2025
@Ralizah WAIT WHAT? Rayearth is back?!
Re: Don't Nod 'Disappointed' by Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, Jusant Sales
I still have to pick it up but Nintendo has been beating the daylights out of my bank account the past two years. I can’t even touch the twins except for super huge games.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered PS5 Is Official, Out 31st October with $10 PS4 to PS5 Upgrade
Oh nice! I missed that. Cool that makes it even better!
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced During Sony's State of Play Livestream for September 2024?
Nice! Lunar, GoY and the Horizon remaster have my interest. While I will get Lego Horizon on Switch and hope Lunar goes the same, defo getting the other two on PS5 (as opposed to waiting on PC which is a step up for me).
Edit: will get Lunar on Switch.
Re: Lunar Remastered Collection Revives Two Classic 90s JRPGs on PS5, PS4 in Spring 2025
I’m gonna hold out to see if it goes to Switch. Otherwise I will defo get two years from release.
Edit: Sweet, will get Switch version day 1!
Re: Ghost of Yotei Is the Ghost of Tsushima Sequel We Needed, Slashing to PS5 in 2025
Woo I was just saying I need a new game to play from Sony. This hit my checkboxes! I went from no new sony games in the future to LET’S GO!!! Please let there be a CE!
Also as a (beginner) shamisen player I am pleased as punch!
Re: Rumour: PS6 Could Span a Console and Handheld Device
@Yousef- pretty much multiple. For me PS is my exclusives box or if it won’t run on switch (and isn’t on xbox). I feel like right now there aren’t enough exclusives in play to account for various genres/user interests. For instance for me Horizon and Spiderman are the only Sony (exclusives) games I am playing (with Nioh and GoT also being favorites but are last gen). So as of right now that means that for me the PS “has no games”. (I am getting the Astro Bot demo though, hopefully I will enjoy).
I’m waiting on the system to pick up with more exclusives. I agree that this is years down the pipe but as a consumer that is concerning (as of right now I have no interest in the PS5pro or PS6 because the PS5 has under delivered). I think they should float smaller AA games to make their library more diverse. Like how Nintendo has made a Zelda game every year but they aren’t all huge mainline games but they span different genres. Sony has the IP catalog to put out more games if they would make them smaller or changed genres.
Edit: so the new Ghost game has pulled me back in. Well played Sony.
Re: Rumour: PS6 Could Span a Console and Handheld Device
I’m still waiting for them to go all in on PS5.
Re: The Novelty of PlayStation's PC Ports Does Appear to Be Dampening
I just hope they start coming out day and date like xbox’s do.
Re: Reaction: Why There Are So Many Unnecessary PS5 Remasters for Games That Don't Need Them
Nintendo pulled forward a catalog that most Switch owners didn’t have access to, while adding to the games (Mario Kart 8 which still sells well had changes made that make it different from the original version and dlc that you can’t get on WiiU). They were never just pure remasters. Even still that was done while adding to their new game catalog. For several years Nintendo had a new game coming out monthly…as in from them. And that ratio has only slowed down slightly. So not quite the same situation.
Sony on the other hand I feel isn’t churning out games as fast internally, instead relying on third parties to float it (something Nintendo can’t afford to do although 3rd party support for them is at an all time high.)
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn's PS5, PC Remaster Is Very Much the Real Deal
I’m going to support Sony on PC so I will get it eventually.
Re: Mini Review: Funko Fusion (PS5) - Bland, Cryptic Nostalgia Bait Lacks LEGO's Charm
@naruball Xena fans unite! I’ve been meaning to complement your profile pic for years but I don’t do that unless the user has spoken to me before, so thanks for the assist. Love your profile pic. I’m a huge Xena/Lucy Lawless fan.
Re: Mini Review: Funko Fusion (PS5) - Bland, Cryptic Nostalgia Bait Lacks LEGO's Charm
Xena is in it. That’s all I care about.
Re: Sony Boss Says 'PCs Are Difficult to Set Up', Firm Will Focus on PS5
After you wait 20 minutes to install the game you just bought (and hope there is no day 1 patch).
Only system that is mostly instantaneous is the switch. As most games can be booted from the cartridge as is and the UI is pretty much only there to get you to the games. I have a series x and a PS5 and I like them well enough but that long wait to get from purchase to play is why I game primarily on the Switch. Also the days of PC being difficult to get running are mostly over.
One can pitch the convenience of console without misrepresenting both consoles or PC.