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@LN78

Regardless of the quality of the game, that’s above the average going rate for games in charity shops.

Let’s not forget Flame Over on the Vita.

Japanese giant again - I’m now in the market for an expunger plug-in.

Merry Christmas!

What’s wrong with searching the internet for help?

66 hours on PS5 this year, which is 34 more than last year.

12:30am on Thursday 8th has now passed.

I genuinely don’t know what “woke”in this context means. It’s something adopted from America, correct?

Also, Kevin McAllister.

How is this different from the play test that is also running? Participants in that receive a reward code for a game of their choice, one of which can be Unboundededed. Why run a trial and a play test concurrently?

@Saucymonk

I also picked up this deal. I had £5 worth of Nectar points, so £20 each was a bargain.

Demographics! I demand them!

I’m curious as to the lives and lifestyles of this 25%. I’ll admit I completed TLOUII in around the same amount of time, but given the length of some games nowadays, where are people finding the time?

Not really much of a surprise, we were all expecting this, it was inevitable, only a matter of patience and a little passing of time until this was bound to seep unceremoniously, with little fanfare, but much excitement, into our ear holes.

“ Subtitles can be made larger”.

What about the menus? The font size is ridiculously small on console, having seen no amendments from the PC version.

Also, cross-save and cross-progression - is that including the Switch version?

Colonial Marines 2.

There is actually a good reason to play Colonial Marines and it is the wonderfully satisfying sound of the Pulse Rifle. Using that weapon on a DualSense would be reason alone to play a new Alien universe game.

The story of the lone individual who “fixed” Colonial Marines is quite fascinating. Many of the issues with the game, in particular the AI, were down to an error in a single line of code.

Resident Evil 7 on Steam Deck if anything.

Pushed back by three years.

Is the total payment taken now, or when shipped?

Could someone please enlighten me as to what “lit” means? I’m not up to date with modern yoof parlance.

The first part fine, the second part, no.

@thefourfoldroot1

I cannot find an exact record, but it was as soon as it was possible to do so, as announced on this very site, so this would have been a number of months back.

@Hamst88

Very possibly, I also did this.

@KaijuKaiser

I received an email last week and own PSVR.

The are two types of people, those that think Running Up That Hill is an excellent because it’s Running Up That Hill and is one of the best pop songs of all time and have known this for years and there’s those that heard it on a television programme a few months ago.

I’ve never seen Stranger Things. I did however pick up The Exorcist Legion VR at its lowest ever price in the recent sale, so that should provide a decent licensed horror fix.

Coincides wonderfully with Blue Balls studio or whatever they are called rambling on about a screenshot of something like a tree that may one day become more trees, potentially growing into a forest, which might or might not be a setting in a game which may or may not be available to purchase or laugh at.

@GravyThief

I too would like to get hold of it, but it does indeed appear to be out of stock everywhere.

I’ve been a PS Plus subscriber for over nine years. I’m on the top tier after the PS Now upgrade. Once it expires I won’t renew. I won’t miss the access to the monthly games with my backlog.

It’s actually the newly introduced streaming/downloading of older titles that makes the service in any way compelling, but there just isn’t the quantity right now to make it worthwhile.

Lasted five seconds. No thanks. Don’t see the need for this.

@PegasusActual93

Not everyone has the desire to know though.

@JAMes-BroWWWn

Applications for their Player One internship closed last week, with the successful applicants starting work on this project in January. It’s possible there will be a slow drip-feed of announcements around then?

@Vil

One would argue any subscription is not a necessity.

This makes Sony’s subscription less appealing to me. I’ve had Plus for years and now have the top tier after picking up a cheap PS Now deal last year.

I’m finding I don’t really play multiplayer anymore - to get any semblance of enjoyment out of most multiplayer games requires time and dedication, so I’ll just stick with single player games in the future.

If I can’t even see when a free game is going to expire, then what’s the point playing it? With limited time for games, I could plan to start a game, or start a game, only for it to disappear from the service.

With such a hefty backlog, I really don’t need the PS Plus offerings anymore. There are far too many subscription services nowadays and gaming subs are the only ones I have, which I plan to cut out once they expire.

Perhaps there should be a shift back to ownership, not leasing.

I absolutely notice the difference in Cyberpunk. Car handling is far twitchier at 30FPS and it makes it a pain to play.

It’s possibly going to be largely dependent on the individual game. Some demand 60FPS, whilst others are perfectly fine with locked 60. However, it does seem that every console generation quickly drops behind PC in terms of capabilities.

There is little point having that 8K logo on the PS5 box, it’s just something that’s never going to happen.

This needs Flight of the Navigator DLC.

I do not get this at all. The article states that they do this every week. In this instance, they have chosen Bloodborne, a popular PlayStation game. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. It’s let of an ongoing guess the game quiz for mild entertainment. There is literally nothing more to read into it.

@pip_muzz

The House Abandon is masterful indeed. It’s ten minutes of text on a screen that is incredibly immersive. The player is drawn into the setting, staring at the screen through a screen, which makes the ending all the more effective.

Hopefully this game will do something a little different with the series, as Climax and Sam Barlow did with Shattered Memories. The first person framing sequences and lack of combat added so much to the experience and proved that Silent Hill works best when it focuses on the psychological elements and less on action.

Overall, the “Transmission” was good, but it felt as if a proper Silent Hills/5 was missing. Ascension sounds like it could be an interesting experiment, but details on Townfall and f were so scant that it’s impossible to guess the scope of those projects. I’m hoping Townfall will be a larger game in scale - it would be a shame if it’s a shorter experience and f is only a visual novel.

Silent Hill 2 Remake is the main draw here for the moment and perhaps that’s the game that is going to be detailed the most in the coming months.

Lastly, how many RED PYRAMID THING figures are needed?

That’s remarkable. I was thinking £150, but this is just far too much. For that price it needs more customisation options.

It does not bode well for PSVR2 - £499?

Transmission?

Huh, radio. What’s going on with that radio?

It’s very confusing now. I’m not up to date with what is offered with each of the tiers anymore. It’s free games for the base tier, but also extra ones for the top tier? Premium, Extra, Plus, which is the top tier? It was simple before. At a glance, it is indeed just a mess now.

@Angelus3K

We kneel in the shadow of the Japanese colossus.

I was always under the impression the quote was just “My God, it’s full of stars”.

It’s surprising how well known/used this quote is. 2010 is not considered a particularly good film and can hardly be considered a worthy sequel to the masterpiece that is 2001.

There must be a typo here, it’s Unbounded.

Not sure about the Starbucks promotion in the header image.

@Would_you_kindly

That’s exactly the case.

“… but the games weren't upgraded in any way”.

A small handful of games, around ten or so, did receive updates to take advantage of the PS5’s capabilities. These saw improvements to frame rate and also texture resolution.

Blood and Truth is a notable example of a game with improved performance. Higher resolution, higher frame rate and improved texture assets all added to a great upgrade.

Unity, that eight-year-old game that still looks better than most current games and is wrongly overlooked due to a disastrous launch full of bugs?

@Anke

I recall that they had to cut back on staff and restructure in order to keep the company afloat.

This is good news. The last game I played was Syndicate. 100+ hour games are a daunting prospect for some. As much as I’d love to launch into the three subsequent games, it’s a lot of game to see through.

How long on average are people taking to complete one of these epics?

@Hengist

Osprey publish some nice games. I just picked up a couple by Peer Sylvester, looking to try solo.

“ A diverse team of individuals and a strong work-life balance are said to be two of its core priorities”.

Does this really need to be stated? It’s not a selling point. Of course these have been topics of discussion in recent months and years and there certainly should be a diverse team of creatives on board without the pressure of crunch to look forward to.

Can we not just presume this is the case unless exposed otherwise and focus on what’s going to be the reason why players will want to play this game?

If this is the ethos of the studio laid-out, then that’s fine, but again, can we not just presume they provide equal opportunities and don’t force their employees to sleep under their desks until we find out otherwise?

Other similar controllers have sold for far less than this, it seems to be playing on the PlayStation branding to justify the price.

If the app is required for functionality, then the subscription makes this highly unappealing. If functionality is merely smoother or improved with the app, but it is not a requirement, that makes the device and price a little more palatable.

That it is officially licensed suggests that Sony really have no interest in revitalising their own handheld market and will stick to third-party solutions such as this.

As neat as the product appears, I can’t help thinking it would be easier to pair a DualSense to a tablet or phone independently and make do with that.

This is effectively a controller and nothing more. A price point similar to the DualSense would make this far more enticing.