This is sounding more and more up my street as I hear more about it. Looking forward to the Push Square review. It sounds like it's a lot less bloated and a little easier to play through than the previous games which is exactly what I wanted. I don't have time for many 100-hour adventures these days so a tighter story and less focus on side quests sounds great.
The only thing I'll say here is that the scaling back on the business doesn't necessarily mean less Japanese-inspired games for us to play. It just might mean less of it is in-house or exclusive to Sony.
I’ll be interested to try both, The Last Guardian still managed to be one of the best games of the generation even at a lower frame rate so I’ll be happy either way I expect.
@Bigkopman I wonder if they've left that out for plot reasons, possibly to introduce in Spider-Man 2...? Would be pretty cool to play the storyline properly!
"More of the same" is fine when it comes to Spider-Man. Adored the first one and really excited to play this even if it's an expansion rather than a sequel.
Day one is all about Demon's Souls, but I'll be picking up Miles Morales ASAP after that. Bugsnax I'll get with PS Plus and looking forward to it. After that, I'll be upgrading my copy of No Man's Sky and hopefully picking up Sakcboy at some point. Also interested in Assassin's Creed but it's much lower priority than the rest at the moment.
Those animations are just incredible. It's perfect and I love it! The real question is, can we outfit both Peter and Miles in the matching Spider-Verse suits for the sections where they're both together?
Really glad to hear Sony's commitment to this, I know a few people with eyesight conditions that can sometimes struggle to play games, and this kind of stuff really does make a huge difference to them.
I’m very much adopting a “wait and see” approach for this game as I can imagine quite a bit changing in its first year on sale. I really hope they have a successful launch though, I’d hate for the devs to go through so much only to have a flop on their hands.
Played this on PC a while back and really enjoyed the first episode, but they do kinda drop off after that. If you see it cheap enough I'd say it's worth it for that first one alone, but very fair review overall.
Holy moly. This is the launch title I'm getting and I could not be more excited. It looks stunning. The lighting effect when the first boss was defeated made me audibly go "oooooooh..."
Great start to PS5 if you ask me. Astro included and Bugsnax with PS Plus? Lovely. Definitely grabbing Hollow Knight as well, got it on Switch but will definitely take a PS5 version with haptic feedback enhancements! Plus there's loads of games on the PS Plus Collection that I'll be taking for a spin. So Demon's Souls if the only game I'll actually be buying outright at launch.
Hope it turns out good - it would be such a shame for the developers to go through such well-publicized stress and pressure only to have no result at the end of it. As far as my understanding of submission goes, I'm pretty sure that the build would have to be approved and tested before going to manufacture as that whole process is managed by Sony and MS respectively. Might be wrong but pretty sure that's how it works.
As an attach rate, that's not a million miles off 50% of PS users picking up the premium sub. That's very impressive. I'd love to know how Game Pass fares by comparison.
Good to see that the excitement and demand is there, but yeah it’s not all that surprising. Covid is bound to have increased demand as well. Bizarrely enough I wasn’t planning to preorder originally but just kinda got lucky with GAME when they put a few cancelled bundles back online.
Glad to hear you guys are getting your PS5 soon, looking forward to hearing what you think. Exciting to see the coverage coming out today, Astro Bot looks like a great little game and I can't wait to try out the haptic feedback on the DualSense!
1440p is important because lots of people like to game on monitors, and having 4k on a monitor of that size is largely pointless. Lower resolution and high frame rate is the way to go on those kinds of displays - which in the influencer/streaming world we live in are now becoming more popular for consoles. Not everyone plays on their main TV in the living room and it would be great for Sony to support that. You'd think it wouldn't be too hard to do, so fingers crossed.
It doesn't affect me - I play on my main TV for the most part and I'm not particularly fussed about 120fps personally, but I can totally get why it would be a priority for other people.
I've been toying with getting started with this series for ages and knowing it's got a satisfying ending to this main arc is really good to know. Might be time to get stuck in!
The Last of Us 1 and 2 are up there with my favourite games of all time, and definitely have their horror moments, but if I was choosing out-and-out horror games for a horror fan the winners would be Resi 7, Resi 2, Bloodborne, Until Dawn and PT.
Very intrigued to see if I could get PT on my PS5 this way! Still got it on my PS4 and want to sell it but if there's a way of transferring it over I'd really like to do it.
@Woogy I'm no fan of influencers and agree people need to think for themselves, but "steal a living" is a bit much. Some of them work incredibly hard to get to where they are.
I'm sure there will be some good options eventually, but the 3D renders of these (as opposed to physical photos) and awful eye for design with the matching backgrounds make me think this probably isn't the company to go for. Will wait and see. Would rather pay a slight premium for a well made and finished replacement.
@deathaxe Tried to Google quickly but no luck. I expect they're both pretty awful but Amazon seems to be in the news for avoidance much more. Basically, they're both pretty evil.
I really hope they give Nolan a cameo of some kind, that would be really cool. He may be a young Drake but Holland is nailing the look too as far as I'm concerened. Feeling a lot more optimistic now!
Great to have the option, looking forward to trying them out and seeing the differences! Eventually anyway, it's probably one of those games where I'll be waiting for a discount though.
But yeah this was awesome, and very wholesome. Loving the marketing and stuff for this game so far. The old school spidey pointing bit towards the end was hilarious. Insomniac just get Spider-Man, they've nailed the tone so perfectly.
I wonder what the PS5's first PS Plus games will be? I remember Resogun being a great bonus when starting up with PS4 back in the day so it'll be interesting to see what the equivalent is.
@Kidfried Yeah I was a bit unsure about the looks at first too but it's grown on me. Do wish the square/triangle/circle/x buttons kept their colour scheme as well rather than being all monotone, but oh well. Like you say it's what it can do that gets me excited. One of my biggest disappointments with the Switch has been that so few developers have really used the HD rumble so I'm hoping that haptics really take off with PS5.
@Medic_Alert Yeah, absolutely. I love the look of the new Shock Blue Xbox controller, but it is a shame that there's nothing really new there.
Also much prefer the look of the Series S, personally. I agree it's all very samey so far. Good, don't get me wrong - and exceptional value with Game Pass - but still samey. There's games down the line I'm excited for like Fable and Hellblade, so I expect that eventually I'll pick up a Series S.
But at launch, there's not much to get my blood pumping.
New controllers can be such an exciting thing to get hold of. Remember being so excited when I finally got to hold the Dreamcast controllers, Wiimotes and Joy Con for the first time in particular. Really looking forward to DualSense, the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers together just seem like such a cool new change, can't wait to try it out with Astro Bot particularly.
@fluggy Agreed. I fully expect a new app to launch, to be honest. That's my hunch anyway.
As for the store stuff, I wish people would bear in mind that the people working on this stuff aren't idiots...the amount of work, thought and preparation that goes into something like this is no small matter. There's a lot of reasons for making the choices they have and most web designers would say the same.
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Re: Here's Why DualSense PS5 Controller's Face Buttons Don't Have Their Iconic Colours
Fully expect they'll be back in a special edition one day, looking forward to seeing what they come up with.
Re: The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes Confirmed for PS5, PS4 with Story Details
Glad this won't be another "gang of teenagers" scenario, as much as I enjoyed the other games. Looking forward to this!
Re: Round Up: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Reviews Sing Its Praises
This is sounding more and more up my street as I hear more about it. Looking forward to the Push Square review. It sounds like it's a lot less bloated and a little easier to play through than the previous games which is exactly what I wanted. I don't have time for many 100-hour adventures these days so a tighter story and less focus on side quests sounds great.
Re: Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster Officially Announced for PS4, Includes All Single-Player DLC and PS5 Enhancements
Finally! Hope there are substantial improvements for PS5, too.
Re: Sony Stresses Japan Is of Utmost Importance After Report Claims Company's Interest Has Drifted
The only thing I'll say here is that the scaling back on the business doesn't necessarily mean less Japanese-inspired games for us to play. It just might mean less of it is in-house or exclusive to Sony.
Re: The Last Guardian Runs at 60FPS on PS5, But There's a Catch
I’ll be interested to try both, The Last Guardian still managed to be one of the best games of the generation even at a lower frame rate so I’ll be happy either way I expect.
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered Reveals Two More Fantastic Suits
@Bigkopman I wonder if they've left that out for plot reasons, possibly to introduce in Spider-Man 2...? Would be pretty cool to play the storyline properly!
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered Reveals Two More Fantastic Suits
@Kopite Yeah, but the Remastered version is all shiny and has new trophies...
Re: You Can't Play PT on PS5
A real shame, but expected. Just hope we'll see a similar project from Kojima one day.
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales PS5 - A Superhero Spin-Off with Swagger
"More of the same" is fine when it comes to Spider-Man. Adored the first one and really excited to play this even if it's an expansion rather than a sequel.
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered Reveals Two More Fantastic Suits
Ahhhh I love them. Finished the PS4 version but I think I might need to pick up the remaster after all...
Re: Demon's Souls PS5 Photo Mode, Character Creator Detailed
Sooooo excited!! Love that we can keep the filters activated outside of photo mode!
Re: Insomniac Games Warns of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Spoilers as PS5 Launch Approaches
I’m just here to praise the sub header for this article. Quality work!
Re: Round Up: Yakuza: Like a Dragon PS4 Reviews Justify a New Direction
I was buying this the second they revealed that crayfish/lobster summon. Can't wait.
Re: Poll: What PS5 Launch Games Will You Buy?
Day one is all about Demon's Souls, but I'll be picking up Miles Morales ASAP after that. Bugsnax I'll get with PS Plus and looking forward to it. After that, I'll be upgrading my copy of No Man's Sky and hopefully picking up Sakcboy at some point. Also interested in Assassin's Creed but it's much lower priority than the rest at the moment.
Re: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope - So Much Better Than Man of Medan
Sounds good to me, got a few other games on the go at the moment but will get it at some point for sure.
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want to Know About PS5?
Can we transfer a game from a PS4 to PS5 via USB drive? Asking as I'd like to try it with PT!
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Gets Amazing Into the Spider-Verse Suit
Those animations are just incredible. It's perfect and I love it! The real question is, can we outfit both Peter and Miles in the matching Spider-Verse suits for the sections where they're both together?
Re: PS5 Accessibility Options Detailed, Screen Reader and Colour Correction
Really glad to hear Sony's commitment to this, I know a few people with eyesight conditions that can sometimes struggle to play games, and this kind of stuff really does make a huge difference to them.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Dev 'Not Comfortable, but Confident' in December Release Date
I’m very much adopting a “wait and see” approach for this game as I can imagine quite a bit changing in its first year on sale. I really hope they have a successful launch though, I’d hate for the devs to go through so much only to have a flop on their hands.
Re: Mini Review: Stories Untold - Uneven Horror Anthology Frustrates More Than It Frights
Played this on PC a while back and really enjoyed the first episode, but they do kinda drop off after that. If you see it cheap enough I'd say it's worth it for that first one alone, but very fair review overall.
Re: Demon's Souls PS5 Doesn't Have Sixth Archstone, No Difficulty Modes
Directors Cut DLC ahoy!
Re: Demon's Souls Latest Trailer Shows Off Nearly Six Minutes of PS5 Gameplay
Holy moly. This is the launch title I'm getting and I could not be more excited. It looks stunning. The lighting effect when the first boss was defeated made me audibly go "oooooooh..."
Re: Astro's Playroom Runs at a Flawless 60 Frames-Per-Second in 4K
It looks absolutely charming in the way that a good Nintendo platformer does. Can't wait to give it a spin.
Re: PS Plus November 2020 PS4 Games Announced, PS5 Game Bugsnax Included
Great start to PS5 if you ask me. Astro included and Bugsnax with PS Plus? Lovely. Definitely grabbing Hollow Knight as well, got it on Switch but will definitely take a PS5 version with haptic feedback enhancements! Plus there's loads of games on the PS Plus Collection that I'll be taking for a spin. So Demon's Souls if the only game I'll actually be buying outright at launch.
Re: No Man's Sky Getting Huge Update for PS5, Free Upgrade for PS4 Players
Woop! Will be downloading this on day one for sure. Can't wait.
Re: There's Growing Concern Over the PS4 Version of Cyberpunk 2077 Following Delay
Hope it turns out good - it would be such a shame for the developers to go through such well-publicized stress and pressure only to have no result at the end of it. As far as my understanding of submission goes, I'm pretty sure that the build would have to be approved and tested before going to manufacture as that whole process is managed by Sony and MS respectively. Might be wrong but pretty sure that's how it works.
Re: PS Plus Subscriber Milestone Closes on 50 Million
As an attach rate, that's not a million miles off 50% of PS users picking up the premium sub. That's very impressive. I'd love to know how Game Pass fares by comparison.
Re: PS5 Launch Advert Takes Us to Space
It's a bit (...actually VERY) cheesy but it does make me feel hyped for sure!
Re: New PS Store Sale Has Some of the Last PS4 Deals Before PS5 Arrives
@SuperSaeko What a shame, really enjoyed the graphic novel so hoped this would have been good.
Tales of Vesperia for £8.99 is amazing though, I think I'll be grabbing that as I've been wanting it for a while.
Re: Sony Admits Not Everyone Will Be Able to Get PS5 At Launch
Good to see that the excitement and demand is there, but yeah it’s not all that surprising. Covid is bound to have increased demand as well. Bizarrely enough I wasn’t planning to preorder originally but just kinda got lucky with GAME when they put a few cancelled bundles back online.
Re: PS5 Unboxings Reveal the Hardware in the Flesh
Glad to hear you guys are getting your PS5 soon, looking forward to hearing what you think. Exciting to see the coverage coming out today, Astro Bot looks like a great little game and I can't wait to try out the haptic feedback on the DualSense!
Re: Will PS5 Support 1440p Screens? Fans Are Eager for Answers
1440p is important because lots of people like to game on monitors, and having 4k on a monitor of that size is largely pointless. Lower resolution and high frame rate is the way to go on those kinds of displays - which in the influencer/streaming world we live in are now becoming more popular for consoles. Not everyone plays on their main TV in the living room and it would be great for Sony to support that. You'd think it wouldn't be too hard to do, so fingers crossed.
It doesn't affect me - I play on my main TV for the most part and I'm not particularly fussed about 120fps personally, but I can totally get why it would be a priority for other people.
Re: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - A Stretched But Still Epic End to a Superb JRPG Saga
I've been toying with getting started with this series for ages and knowing it's got a satisfying ending to this main arc is really good to know. Might be time to get stuck in!
Re: Best PS4 Horror Games
The Last of Us 1 and 2 are up there with my favourite games of all time, and definitely have their horror moments, but if I was choosing out-and-out horror games for a horror fan the winners would be Resi 7, Resi 2, Bloodborne, Until Dawn and PT.
Re: PS5 Has Instructions on Transferring Data from PS4 Right on the Box
Very intrigued to see if I could get PT on my PS5 this way! Still got it on my PS4 and want to sell it but if there's a way of transferring it over I'd really like to do it.
Re: Looks Like PS5 Consoles Are Being Sent Out to Media and Influencers
@Woogy I'm no fan of influencers and agree people need to think for themselves, but "steal a living" is a bit much. Some of them work incredibly hard to get to where they are.
Re: PS5 Custom Faceplates Are Already Available to Pre-Order
I'm sure there will be some good options eventually, but the 3D renders of these (as opposed to physical photos) and awful eye for design with the matching backgrounds make me think this probably isn't the company to go for. Will wait and see. Would rather pay a slight premium for a well made and finished replacement.
Re: Sony Confirms PS5 Media Apps, Explains Dedicated Entertainment Space
@deathaxe Tried to Google quickly but no luck. I expect they're both pretty awful but Amazon seems to be in the news for avoidance much more. Basically, they're both pretty evil.
Re: Here's Your First Look at Tom Holland As Nathan Drake in the Uncharted Movie
Nathan Fillion is way too old to be playing Drake, let it go people.
Re: Sony Confirms PS5 Media Apps, Explains Dedicated Entertainment Space
@sanderson72 Is Disney really any more evil than Amazon?
Re: Tom Holland Receives the Real Nathan Drake's Approval in New Uncharted Movie Set Photos
I really hope they give Nolan a cameo of some kind, that would be really cool. He may be a young Drake but Holland is nailing the look too as far as I'm concerened. Feeling a lot more optimistic now!
Re: Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition Has Multiple Performance Modes on PS5, Including 4K at 60FPS
Great to have the option, looking forward to trying them out and seeing the differences! Eventually anyway, it's probably one of those games where I'll be waiting for a discount though.
Re: Sony Shares WhatsApp Chat Between Miles Morales and Peter Parker
@Clemerek Had the same thought haha!
But yeah this was awesome, and very wholesome. Loving the marketing and stuff for this game so far. The old school spidey pointing bit towards the end was hilarious. Insomniac just get Spider-Man, they've nailed the tone so perfectly.
Re: DualSense PS5 Controllers Are Starting to Appear in Retailers
@deathaxe wouldn’t that be something? I feel like we probably would have seen it already if that was the case but either way, that would be so cool.
Re: All PS5 Launch Games
I wonder what the PS5's first PS Plus games will be? I remember Resogun being a great bonus when starting up with PS4 back in the day so it'll be interesting to see what the equivalent is.
Re: DualSense PS5 Controllers Are Starting to Appear in Retailers
@Kidfried Yeah I was a bit unsure about the looks at first too but it's grown on me. Do wish the square/triangle/circle/x buttons kept their colour scheme as well rather than being all monotone, but oh well. Like you say it's what it can do that gets me excited. One of my biggest disappointments with the Switch has been that so few developers have really used the HD rumble so I'm hoping that haptics really take off with PS5.
Re: DualSense PS5 Controllers Are Starting to Appear in Retailers
@Medic_Alert Yeah, absolutely. I love the look of the new Shock Blue Xbox controller, but it is a shame that there's nothing really new there.
Also much prefer the look of the Series S, personally. I agree it's all very samey so far. Good, don't get me wrong - and exceptional value with Game Pass - but still samey. There's games down the line I'm excited for like Fable and Hellblade, so I expect that eventually I'll pick up a Series S.
But at launch, there's not much to get my blood pumping.
Re: DualSense PS5 Controllers Are Starting to Appear in Retailers
New controllers can be such an exciting thing to get hold of. Remember being so excited when I finally got to hold the Dreamcast controllers, Wiimotes and Joy Con for the first time in particular. Really looking forward to DualSense, the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers together just seem like such a cool new change, can't wait to try it out with Astro Bot particularly.
Re: Have a Gander at the New PS Store for Web Browsers
@fluggy Agreed. I fully expect a new app to launch, to be honest. That's my hunch anyway.
As for the store stuff, I wish people would bear in mind that the people working on this stuff aren't idiots...the amount of work, thought and preparation that goes into something like this is no small matter. There's a lot of reasons for making the choices they have and most web designers would say the same.