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Honestly, as much as I want to see a remaster (NO remake or alterations!) of this game, a 2DHD port would make it look worse than the original. Especially after seeing what it did to Star Ocean 2 as a reference. There are some games that can benefit from it, but Chrono Trigger is not one of them. Instead personally, I would love to see it cleaned up and smoothed out. More finer details into the characters and backgrounds.

I enjoyed FFXIII far more than the original FFVII (lets include the remake as well), as well as the previous PS2 entries. Granted it was highly disappointing that it was so linear, but the visuals did help keep me somewhat interested in it. The story wasn't the worst I have seen at that time either. FFXIII-2 wasn't as good, but wasn't bad. -3's format I hated. I did give it a chance but it was a struggle to bother.

I do not mind when companies try to experiment and change things up to keep their games feeling a little fresh. They will always be hit or miss for people. Sometimes you find something that works surprisingly well, other times something hilariously unintentional that the devs play off of for future games. You just never know. But if you completely drop one way and adopt another permanently, you alienate part of the fanbase who preferred the older version. I know it may be much to ask for, but sometimes I wish for an option between the current battle system and the old tun based (example: Currently sick and find it hard to concentrate, so too much on the screen at once is too hard to follow, so wanting to still play a game but at my own pace would be preferred).

Costing over $1000 in Canada, Sony basically priced it out of the range of many who may have been interested. That said, a Pro wont be even an after thought for a long time, if ever.

Personally I would rather see an update, or a reasonably priced (wishful thinking about SE) DLC that would add all the DS and/or other extras that previous releases had. For as stupidly priced as this is, I believe we should get the extras as an update.

There is a difference between "Wants To" and "No Plans". Just because they want to do it, does not mean that they can, so they cannot make any plans until it becomes viable. So basically both statements over the past few days can be true and not contradict each other.

Looks like an updated 3D version of the NES Marble Madness.

@Feena Here is how the Trails timeline goes for the games. This may make it easier to understand as you play them, but I suggest ignoring the rest of the page to avoid any spoilers that you find out while playing it.

https://kiseki.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Zemurian_history

@GamingFan4Lyf Not quite. The DVD did have an alteration, the shower scene showed her back instead of the front.

For me the game peaked with NHL '98. Ever since then they have failed in some ways to keep it as enjoyable as it used to be. Many times it is just minor tweaks that would have made the difference. Now the game feels really sluggish when playing unless the settings are changed to speed things up.

I get it that sometimes it is hard to add new things when the game comes out every year, but sometimes it feels like they take a step back from what they had before. Some fun things in the past games that will probably never come back;

• Hitting through the glass
• Hitting into the players benches
• Breaking the glass from slapshot
• The unlockables (Not sure exactly which games, too lazy to look):
  • Last Man Standing (You get hit, you stay on the ice, when the last player is hit on a team, the first one gets up so that you always had one usable player)
  • Big Head Mode (Heads were huge).

There were others, but cannot recall them at the moment. Little extras like that were always fun to play around with.

60fps is nice and very welcomed, but I would rather have a consistent frame rate, not one that varies or stutters at times. I fully except the fact that some studios are unable to manage even a consistent 30fps in some of their games, never mind going any higher. Yet in this day and age 60 should be the target now. If they don't hit it, fine, but at least go past 30 and keep it consistent.

While these VR sets are neat to play with, in all honesty, I doubt I would ever use it that much. Not to mention that as much as my daughter talks about it, she has an attention span of a gnat, so her interest would be fleeting at best. Not to mention the prices are getting a bit out of reach for some people in this current economy.

On a side note, is this not how the Nerve Gear starts out in its development? Guess time will tell on that front, just beware of heavy batteries that get installed ;p

Studio name means nothing. It is what the studio does that matters.

I always had mute on whenever I started up the PS. Found it loud and annoying, especially when trying to sneak on to play in the middle of the night

I am by no means a trophy hunter, but I do admit I have gone after a few just cause they seemed fun. Out of the years of playing so many games, I have only ever earned 7 platinum's (technically 6 since Spiderman doubled up on it when I transferred my PS4 save to the PS5 for the remaster).
In order:
FF XIII-2 (would have had it in the first game as well if my cousin didn't "borrow" it and lose it)
Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2 (with 3 almost done, but got burnt out and moved on for a while)
Astro's Playroom (feels like cheating putting it on this list with how easy it was)
Genshin Impact (Would say cheating as well if it was not for the Spiral Abyss)
Spider-man and Remastered

As long as the voices fit the characters and themes, I am all for it.

Ever since Sony removed the cart option I have been griping about it due to the excess emails. As mentioned before it is especially bad if you get any DLC for games too. Along with others, I have always said that if it is an actual permanent purchase, then you should get the email (AFTER you fill your cart first and get everything at once. Multiple purchases also messes with my credit card, but that is another issue in itself). Anything that is a rental towards a subscription (PS+) should not get any email, since it is not yours to keep once you end your rental service.

All I wish for in this series is that they do not screw up the translations like they have been in some other games/anime. Just keep them as authentic as usual without trying to insert the politically correct BS that is infecting everything else now.

As for the story progression, suits me fine since I have been enjoying the series so far. If Falcom can keep building upon and improving what they already have, I welcome more games into the series.

@RainbowGazelle Yes and no. The original release order yes, but the timeline itself does not follow that order. The Sky series kicks off everything, then the rest of the games overlap with each other on the timeline. Zero starts 2 months before Cold Steel, then overlaps with it. Azure starts around Chapter 5 of CS through to Chapter 2 of CS 2. Akatsuki no Kiseki completely overlaps with Azure. Doing a search for the timeline will show a chart of how the games overlap.

There are some real gems on the older systems, however with that said, what is being offered is ok at best, but not what many want it seems. Personally I would rather they just merge the PS3 store into the current one so that we have access to what we already own, and not have to worry about if/when any of those games would be added at Sony's discretion. To me, that list is crap, and what does interest me, I already own.

@PiXiL Thanks. Will keep that in mind if she wants to even do it for me in the first place

I will probably get my daughter to paint something on it. Anybody know which paints would work best with the current white plates?

@suikoden I don't use them, but as I said, just cant seem to get into the game itself though. Honestly I cannot pinpoint why, might even be a combination of things: Being the Switch version, the 3D models, how the play style is in general. I ended up going back to the original first game and found that way more entertaining. Disappointing cause I really enjoyed all the other games in the series.

As a fan of the Disgaea series, I just could not get into D6 at all. Sure the auto-battles and the speed up are nice, at the same time it just takes away from the game itself.

I am glad I already have the 4 games, or else the wait would be way too long for this set. For those who like RPG's and have not tried this series yet, you should. The localization staff did an excellent job on it as well. Coming from somebody who has played many, these games are among the tops on my favorite list.

@twitchtvpat That depends. If there are only a select few titles you actually want, you can just pay for it once and have them to keep, instead of losing them if you do not wish to subscribe anymore.

I just want them to be able to play properly and without the excess load times that some of them were infamous for. Then maybe a filter system that helps them look decent on the larger flat screens that people may have now. Not to mention NOT having them locked behind a subscription service, for a reasonable price.

I was never able to get into this game when I originally bought it. But thankfully I still have my PS1 disc, so might as well try it again one of these days when I dust off my PS3.

@eagletrippin Give it a few weeks.

Not going to vote on it since I have not played this one. Last one I played was on the PS3. However I always found them boring to play. I admit I was not really interested in this one, but with how things have turned out, it just reinforces my thoughts on ignoring it completely.

While I have no expectations that this will ever happen, or even correctly for that matter, only thing I would like out of this is that if it is true, the PS3 store would open up access on the PS5. That way we could have access to our old purchases of games we want instead of having to (re)buy from a limited library that we may not even care for.

@WallyWest The Plus upgraded version would still be a Plus rental. Only way it will be yours is after you buy it.

In a way you cannot blame SE. They have to get their money somehow. Your long term rental on the Plus only goes so far.

@Halucigens Fair enough. Personally I have not really looked into that reward system. For those who play lots, sure it may be worth their while, however as I get older I find myself less interested in doing things like that and just playing casually when I feel like it.

Only issue I would have is the possible pricing of this. Personally I find the gamepass too expensive, and Sony is not one known for decent pricing as of late.

@trev666 Oops, always thought his knees also played a factor into it as well. I stand corrected.

Does Bo come complete with his bad knees?

Would it be too much to ask for to get a real Road Rash game looking like this?

@OmegaStriver It would have died years ago, IF people would stop buying it all the time.

As it stands, most companies put themselves into this situation, Sony included. The semiconductors are still being made at full factory capacity, however the companies who need them reduced their orders on them because of "forecasted shortfalls in sales". So the factories just allocated their orders to others who wanted them. This has been made public a few times over the past 2 years. So in essence, there is no shortfall of semiconductors, but rather the companies screwed up big time on their own orders and are now paying for it. Which in turn affects the consumers (us). This will not change until the current orders are fulfilled and the affected companies can be allowed to increase their orders back to their original numbers.

Sony already owns Funimation, so why is Crunchyroll so special to add it to PS+? If anything, they should just merge Funi and CR together first, then offer package deals that include all three services... Any combo of PS+/Now/Funi. You get a discount if you sub to two of them, an even bigger one for all three.

If anybody wants to buy any of the Far Cry games, Xbox has them all for really cheap, for those who want to save a few bucks.

I cant remember when the last time I actually played, never mind downloaded, a PS+ game on my system. I barely play games online either, just once in a while with a few select friends. Even the reduction in sale prices are non existent anymore. I am on the verge of dropping Plus because it adds no value to me. $70/year rental fee is no longer a good value.

@Flaming_Kaiser As I said, subjective. I found the story weak. People mainly remember it because of nastalgia of it being it the "First big 3D FF game", or because it was their entry game into the franchise/genre. Missing out on many superior games on the SNES.

"No one really cares about a game that is only okay."
Yet everybody seems to remember FF7, for example.

"Best" has always been subjective. Personally most of these "best games" that get high scores, I find boring or just plain don't like. People will remember games that left an impression on them because of personal tastes, not because somebody else praised/over-hyped it.

I for one have enjoyed many games that so-called reviewers panned, or have not sold well overall. Because of an accident I have had recently (fractured my hip), I have had nothing but time on my hands. So in the end I have found myself playing many of my retro games... NES, SNES, Genesis, PS1, N64, etc... Revisiting them again has left much more of an impression than majority of the games made today.

Jim Ryan reminds me of many kids today, where only new is better, screw anything that he does not like himself.

@WolfKingk87 With that said, what exactly has Sony had that has been original to begin with? Everything they have done has been copied from somebody else.

"I will take Shameless Marketing for $1000"

@Salt_AU Thanks. I wasn't too sure if the games loading bottleneck was system or server end, hence why I was curious.

The game itself is good. It is easy to spend hours killing time when you first start playing. But once you are caught up on everything, it is a bit of a grind to find any enjoyment sometimes because of how monotonous it becomes until something new shows up. I am at AR 56, and I mostly just login to do my dailies at this point, hoping there is some event to do throughout the week too.

For the characters, I have most of them, but personally don't care for the gatcha system. I just keep doing what I can and earn the free (and sometimes abundant) Primogems and do the 10x draws. So you can gain a few characters at the beginning at least. The Battle Pass system also helps if it is something as well if you wish to go through with it.

The best part about this game though, it does not force you into paying for it. While it may help, it is easy enough for somebody to not spend a penny and continue to get something out of it.

@tanaka2687 How is the PS5 version compared to the PS4? Especially on the loading end.

I find the store complete garbage compared to what it was. Now it is slow, lacking most of what the previous store had for options, and highly aggravating. Half the time game pages stop loading half way through. Missing video clips of games, kinda needed for people who have no idea what a game is about and want to see what the game play is like. No links on the game pages to their respected DLC. When you search for it, It is more of a headache because it shows other unrelated games as well. Randomly logs me out when changing pages.

Those are just some of the things I have noticed. Tried it on different browsers. I tried, really tried, to give it a chance. The latest "update" (if you can call it that) that added sorting was a big plus to me, at least it wont look like something that was just randomly thrown together and makes it easier to browse through. Yet it is not enough for me to give it a passing grade since it is still currently a downgrade from before.

But I have to thank Sony though. Thanks to the new store, I have yet to buy anything from the PSN, so I have saved money in the long run.

I don't get how Sony can be so backwards whenever they do something "new". Be it the OS for a new system, or this so-called Store update. If you had something prior and you change/update something, it should be an automatic given that those options should remain afterwards as well. Removing them to anger your user base just to re-add them months down the road is a bit counterproductive to say the least.

IMO, whoever is making these decisions needs to be smacked in the back of the head to knock some sense into them.