@XenonKnight Yeah HiL was pretty meh, downloaded it through GP and well it sums up why i like GP as i'm happy i didn't waste money on it. As a shooter its ok i suppose but god the "humour" killed whatever enjoyment i could off had.
@KundaliniRising333 I've only messed around in the open world on PS5 for a few hours but i've had zero issues. How were you playing it was it from the PS5's SSD or from an external HDD? I ask because some PS4 games have issues when played from the PS5 SSD and i know FC5 was one of them.
Nice to see Metroid doing well. The series is on a real high right now what with the fantastic Dread, a great remaster in Prime and Fusion making its way on to the Switch last week. Hopefully we hear more about Prime 4 this year.
@Max_the_German Well the RED engine is a big reason why as its a difficult engine to work with hence why CDPR ate ditching it and going full Unreal 5 going forward. TW3 is also a massive RPG with tons of moving parts and systems. As for Nintendo well Pokemon S&V currently has a bug that corrupts saves and the fix is due the end of next month so they aren't flawless.
@KundaliniRising333 To be clear i only sub to the basic Plus package as i own most of the games the service offers. I use Gamepass more as an extended demo to try games i'm unsure off or play indies i might have missed normally, if i like the game i usually just buy it on PS5 soon after. All that said if i owned zero games and had to pick between the two i would pick Plus as again i find it more diverse, both have great selections though and GP does have that advantage of stuff like Starfield and Redfall coming Day 1 this year.
@KundaliniRising333 I have a Series S and i sub to Gamepass and i feel games wise Plus is better, Gamepass relies heavily on 1st party stuff, EA's output and Bethesda's output to bulk up the list. Yes they do great Day 1 releases but comparing Plus and Gamepass's libraries i feel Plus is better and more diverse.
@KundaliniRising333 I mean the reason MS gets away with 1st party day one releases is because they release so little of them, spend far less then Sony does on them and can afford to take the loss. Right now Gamepass and Plus are around equal and if the 1st party stuff like Halo and Forza isn't your thing or you don't like Bethesda's games then Plus has a clear edge.
9/10 from me. Its one of the "easier" soulslike despite parrying being my weak point but its still a good challenge with some tough fights like Lu Bu. Combat is excellent and every weapon feels unique and fun to use. Also the character creator like Nioh 2 is fantastic.
@KundaliniRising333 Why are you lying? There's no battle passes at all in the game and the game can be played offline with ease. The only monetization in the game is Sunbreak an expansion bigger then the base game and some cosmetic stuff you can easily ignore as the main game has way more then enough already. Also Rise isn't a live service.
@Wilforce Its been fine for me though i've barely touched co-op as i rushed to the end game in prep for Sunbreak, after sinking so much time into the Switch version i'm finding it quicker to hunt solo haha.
@Doublecell You're joking right? How's it held back? Its a fairly faithful remake of a Gamecube game so it being current gen only would make little sense as there's not much that could be done to justify it. Anyway visually its the best looking RE engine title yet.
@Yyy If you think the remakes Capcom are putting out are lazy then your crazy.
I will always laugh at gamers when they complain about remakes and remasters because most of them have shelfs full of Blu Rays that they owned on DVD and what they owned on VHS prior to DVD. Dude if people didn't want remakes they wouldn't sell and if you don't want them then don't buy them but don't tell other people what to do with their own money.
@Grimwood Dude the demo had Captain Boomerang speeding around like a Flash shooting people with shotguns, red flags right there.
Let's see its a 3rd person loot based shooter a very tired genre, it has a battle pass, gear scores, MTX shop, roadmaps, its always online and has its 4 characters all playing exactly the same shooting big purple glowing orbs. Its like they saw Avengers and decided to make a poor mans version of it.
I think the only publisher i would want Sony (and MS) to really buy is Konami because we might actually get more games then. People on here begging Sony to buy SE or Capcom are just as bad as the MS fanboys who really want MS to get Activision. As always gamers are so short sighted and don't see the harm being caused in the long run.
@Deoxyr1bose Atlus also couldn't announce P3/P4 PS4's release until a day after the Xbox showcase and PS players also weren't allowed to pre-order them or have native PS5 versions.
The reason MS do this is to give off the impression they have more exclusives then they actually do. We know better of course but the regular joe only saw the announcement and so thinks its an Xbox game. Funny thing is with Wo Long is many on Xbox are downloading it through Gamepass, getting their butts kicked by the first boss and rage quiting, deleating it and then tanking the user reviews. Overall i think MS just thrown money away with Wo Long as its way too niche for Xbox users who are playing through Gamepass.
I feel like Bill and his love life were giving more care and attention then the biggest moment in Ellie's life prior to TLoUP2 events. Winter is when Ellie's innocence is lost, its when she fully loses her childhood and what sets her on her path going forward, Winter changes her forever and well i feel the episode let Winter down and it all felt very rushed and lacked what made the events of the game so great.
@Godot25 If Sony didn't do a price hike first then MS would have. What you're ignoring is this sooner or later GP will see GP only games meaning you can only play them if you sub to GP, once MS have got people used to this idea they will raise the price of GP and people will be forced to pay it if they want to play X game. This may be speculation but this is the stuff MS is known for and slowly the X1 original plan is taking hold but just coated with sugar.
@KundaliniRising333 Fair enough. I myself bought a Series S when i got a PS5 so i can play games like Starfield and the MS 1st party output, its also nice having access to 360 and OG Xbox games i haven't played in years as well.
@Green-Bandit I love how short sighted gamers are. Sony and MS buying up the gaming world is not good for us in the long run nor is it healthy for gaming. MS end goal is Gamepass and everyone on it, they're desperate for it to be on PS and Switch and its only a matter of time before Gamepass exclusive games start appearing and big price hikes for it happen and MTX become worse. This Activision deal benifits MS and MS alone and anyone who thinks otherwise is very naive.
@KundaliniRising333 You realise its 50/50 if a game runs better on Series X or not right? Hogwarts for instance runs far better on PS5. In fact you will find Series X usually has better resolution then PS5 but the PS5 has better framerates. Finally from what i've heard Wo Long performs better on PS5.
Yeah i can imagine a Japanese Dev or player doesn't think of these games as JRPG's but as RPG's, it would be like i suppose them calling Mass Effect or Skyrim a "WRPG". Its very much a Western term but to be fair to us there is a massive difference between how Bioware or Bethesda make an RPG compared to how Atlus or SE make them, its a simple term and largely explains to someone in the west what the game is more or less.
@KaijuKaiser If MS buy Activation that will be it barring smaller Devs. There's a reason Disney stopped at Fox and its because they know they won't be allowed anything else at that scale. SE, Capcom, EA, Ubi, Take Two and such will be impossible to buy if they get Activision not to mention Japan has a big issue with American corps buying their Corps so i doubt they would let MS buy CC, Sega and SE.
At the very least from a visual standpoint i think the game is going to blow peoples minds and show what happens when a game is made for PS5 only and not being forced to be on PS4.
I question if this will ever hit Xbox because more and more its becoming clear the Series S can't keep up, unless MS allows Series X only releases then i wouldn't be shocked if more games skip Xbox due to the requirement of Series S versions. I love my SS but i have to admit its going to hold back Xbox a lot this Gen.
@burning_as_souls Yeah i struggled for hours on him however each fight i was getting better and now i can go back and handle him just fine. Once you get the timing right on the parrying he's not too bad its just you have to be quick and ready to learn these rules way too soon. As a first boss though yeah he's way to tough especially if you aren't good at parrying.
I'm not a FF fan with FF12 being the only one i've trurly loved but i must say i'm pretty excited for FF16, it looks amazing and sounds it and the fact its not open world is quite a relief as while its my favourite type of game i am getting burnt out on them.
@Feena Tekken 2 was hardly colourful and it even had you fight characters called Devil and Angel with dark dramatic music played over the fights. In fact Tekken has always had that edgy 90's/early 2000's over serious feel to it.
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Re: No Plans for Norse Survival Smash Hit Valheim on PS5
@XenonKnight Yeah HiL was pretty meh, downloaded it through GP and well it sums up why i like GP as i'm happy i didn't waste money on it. As a shooter its ok i suppose but god the "humour" killed whatever enjoyment i could off had.
Re: No Plans for Norse Survival Smash Hit Valheim on PS5
Been playing it all day and night on my Series S, its very good so its a shame its not hitting PS5.
Re: Far Cry 5 Potentially Getting 60fps PS5 Patch on Fifth Anniversary
@KundaliniRising333 I've only messed around in the open world on PS5 for a few hours but i've had zero issues. How were you playing it was it from the PS5's SSD or from an external HDD? I ask because some PS4 games have issues when played from the PS5 SSD and i know FC5 was one of them.
Re: Far Cry 5 Potentially Getting 60fps PS5 Patch on Fifth Anniversary
Oh nice. How about 60fps for AC Unity as well Ubi?
Re: Abby Voice Actress Laura Bailey Had a Brief Cameo in HBO's The Last of Us Finale
She was incredible as Abby, shame she suffered and still suffers so much abuse over it.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Hogwarts Legacy Immovable While Wo Long Falls 25 Places
Nice to see Metroid doing well. The series is on a real high right now what with the fantastic Dread, a great remaster in Prime and Fusion making its way on to the Switch last week. Hopefully we hear more about Prime 4 this year.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Hogwarts Legacy Immovable While Wo Long Falls 25 Places
Shame about Wo Long as its fantastic and its also one of the easier Soulslike as well once you get past that tough as nails first boss.
Re: The Witcher 3 PS5 Patch 4.02 Improves Performance, Fixes Bugs
@Max_the_German Well the RED engine is a big reason why as its a difficult engine to work with hence why CDPR ate ditching it and going full Unreal 5 going forward. TW3 is also a massive RPG with tons of moving parts and systems. As for Nintendo well Pokemon S&V currently has a bug that corrupts saves and the fix is due the end of next month so they aren't flawless.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty?
@KundaliniRising333 To be clear i only sub to the basic Plus package as i own most of the games the service offers. I use Gamepass more as an extended demo to try games i'm unsure off or play indies i might have missed normally, if i like the game i usually just buy it on PS5 soon after. All that said if i owned zero games and had to pick between the two i would pick Plus as again i find it more diverse, both have great selections though and GP does have that advantage of stuff like Starfield and Redfall coming Day 1 this year.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty?
@KundaliniRising333 I have a Series S and i sub to Gamepass and i feel games wise Plus is better, Gamepass relies heavily on 1st party stuff, EA's output and Bethesda's output to bulk up the list. Yes they do great Day 1 releases but comparing Plus and Gamepass's libraries i feel Plus is better and more diverse.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty?
@KundaliniRising333 I mean the reason MS gets away with 1st party day one releases is because they release so little of them, spend far less then Sony does on them and can afford to take the loss. Right now Gamepass and Plus are around equal and if the 1st party stuff like Halo and Forza isn't your thing or you don't like Bethesda's games then Plus has a clear edge.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty?
9/10 from me. Its one of the "easier" soulslike despite parrying being my weak point but its still a good challenge with some tough fights like Lu Bu. Combat is excellent and every weapon feels unique and fun to use. Also the character creator like Nioh 2 is fantastic.
Re: Mini Review: DC's Justice League: Cosmic Chaos (PS5) - All-Ages Brawler Is Surprisingly Good Fun
Wait so its just the Trinity and not the whole JL you play as? Lame, if it was the entire team i might have got it.
Re: Monster Hunter Rise's Sunbreak Expansion Arrives on PS5, PS4 in April
@KundaliniRising333 Why are you lying? There's no battle passes at all in the game and the game can be played offline with ease. The only monetization in the game is Sunbreak an expansion bigger then the base game and some cosmetic stuff you can easily ignore as the main game has way more then enough already. Also Rise isn't a live service.
Re: Monster Hunter Rise's Sunbreak Expansion Arrives on PS5, PS4 in April
@Wilforce Its been fine for me though i've barely touched co-op as i rushed to the end game in prep for Sunbreak, after sinking so much time into the Switch version i'm finding it quicker to hunt solo haha.
Re: Resident Evil 4 Remake's Chainsaw Demo Cuts PS5, PS4 Today
@Doublecell You're joking right? How's it held back? Its a fairly faithful remake of a Gamecube game so it being current gen only would make little sense as there's not much that could be done to justify it. Anyway visually its the best looking RE engine title yet.
Re: Resident Evil 4 Remake's Chainsaw Demo Cuts PS5, PS4 Today
@Yyy If you think the remakes Capcom are putting out are lazy then your crazy.
I will always laugh at gamers when they complain about remakes and remasters because most of them have shelfs full of Blu Rays that they owned on DVD and what they owned on VHS prior to DVD. Dude if people didn't want remakes they wouldn't sell and if you don't want them then don't buy them but don't tell other people what to do with their own money.
Re: Resident Evil 4 Remake's Chainsaw Demo Cuts PS5, PS4 Today
Just finished the demo and its excellent, visually its stunning and i like the twists they done for people who already played the original.
Re: Disastrous PS5 Demo Leads to Suicide Squad Delay
@Grimwood Dude the demo had Captain Boomerang speeding around like a Flash shooting people with shotguns, red flags right there.
Let's see its a 3rd person loot based shooter a very tired genre, it has a battle pass, gear scores, MTX shop, roadmaps, its always online and has its 4 characters all playing exactly the same shooting big purple glowing orbs. Its like they saw Avengers and decided to make a poor mans version of it.
Re: Disastrous PS5 Demo Leads to Suicide Squad Delay
@Athrum Watch them move the date to September so it can compete with Starfield and possibly Spider-Man 2.
Re: Disastrous PS5 Demo Leads to Suicide Squad Delay
A delay won't fix the issues we all had. Lack of polish wasn't actually an issue with the footage shown
Re: The Outer Worlds' New PS5 Version Has Some Really Disappointing Performance Issues
@Beerheadgamer82 The story is self contained with no loose ends so does it matter if you can't play the sequel?
Re: The Outer Worlds' New PS5 Version Has Some Really Disappointing Performance Issues
@Beerheadgamer82 So you only play games that get sequels then? Must be limiting.
Re: The Outer Worlds' New PS5 Version Has Some Really Disappointing Performance Issues
Haven't started it yet and i think i shell just wait now for patches to hopefully sort it out.
Re: CHVRCHES Would 'Be There in a Second' if Kojima Wanted to Collaborate on Death Stranding 2
DS soundtrack was amazing so yeah bring them back Kojima.
Re: Aragami Developer Lince Works Sadly Shuts Down in April
Thats a shame as i really liked the Aragami games.
Re: Sony Has Approximately $5 Billion Left for Acquisitions and Investments
I think the only publisher i would want Sony (and MS) to really buy is Konami because we might actually get more games then. People on here begging Sony to buy SE or Capcom are just as bad as the MS fanboys who really want MS to get Activision. As always gamers are so short sighted and don't see the harm being caused in the long run.
Re: Get Gothic and Return to Castlevania in Dead Cells DLC, Available Now on PS4
@Adaminoregon All together its less then 20 quid.
Re: Get Gothic and Return to Castlevania in Dead Cells DLC, Available Now on PS4
@elhozzo You start it from the first zone, its pretty easy to find as well.
Re: Marvel's Wolverine Rumours Sparked by Resurfaced Steve Blum Video
He's my favourite Wolverine voice actor but i'm hoping they go for someone different who can bring something something new to the role personally.
Re: Hogwarts Legacy PS4 Version Delayed to May 2023
I just can't wait to see what a mess the Switch version is providing they don't cancel it.
Re: Preview: Capcom Showers Resident Evil 4's Late Game with Love
Got the Deluxe version pre-ordered.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Hogwarts Legacy Takes Fourth Number One, Still Selling Best on PS5
@stvevan Most likely pull a Netflix and say X amount played it despite most giving up after an hour.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Hogwarts Legacy Takes Fourth Number One, Still Selling Best on PS5
@Deoxyr1bose Atlus also couldn't announce P3/P4 PS4's release until a day after the Xbox showcase and PS players also weren't allowed to pre-order them or have native PS5 versions.
The reason MS do this is to give off the impression they have more exclusives then they actually do. We know better of course but the regular joe only saw the announcement and so thinks its an Xbox game. Funny thing is with Wo Long is many on Xbox are downloading it through Gamepass, getting their butts kicked by the first boss and rage quiting, deleating it and then tanking the user reviews. Overall i think MS just thrown money away with Wo Long as its way too niche for Xbox users who are playing through Gamepass.
Re: TV Show Review: The Last of Us (HBO) Episode 8 - Streamlining Hollows Out Iconic Moments
I feel like Bill and his love life were giving more care and attention then the biggest moment in Ellie's life prior to TLoUP2 events. Winter is when Ellie's innocence is lost, its when she fully loses her childhood and what sets her on her path going forward, Winter changes her forever and well i feel the episode let Winter down and it all felt very rushed and lacked what made the events of the game so great.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty?
Been playing all day and its very good. Its tough but pretty fair and the parry system is actually pretty forgiving.
Re: Sony Must Share Details of Exclusivity Deals with Microsoft in FTC's Court Hearing
@Godot25 If Sony didn't do a price hike first then MS would have. What you're ignoring is this sooner or later GP will see GP only games meaning you can only play them if you sub to GP, once MS have got people used to this idea they will raise the price of GP and people will be forced to pay it if they want to play X game. This may be speculation but this is the stuff MS is known for and slowly the X1 original plan is taking hold but just coated with sugar.
Re: God of War Ragnarok Nominated for Record-Breaking Number of BAFTA Awards
@Atreus97 To be honest any of them from GoW are worthy of best performance but yeah she was amazing as Freya.
Re: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (PS5) - Excellent Action RPG a Must Play for Masochists
@KundaliniRising333 Fair enough. I myself bought a Series S when i got a PS5 so i can play games like Starfield and the MS 1st party output, its also nice having access to 360 and OG Xbox games i haven't played in years as well.
Re: Sony Must Share Details of Exclusivity Deals with Microsoft in FTC's Court Hearing
@Green-Bandit I love how short sighted gamers are. Sony and MS buying up the gaming world is not good for us in the long run nor is it healthy for gaming. MS end goal is Gamepass and everyone on it, they're desperate for it to be on PS and Switch and its only a matter of time before Gamepass exclusive games start appearing and big price hikes for it happen and MTX become worse. This Activision deal benifits MS and MS alone and anyone who thinks otherwise is very naive.
Re: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (PS5) - Excellent Action RPG a Must Play for Masochists
@KundaliniRising333 You realise its 50/50 if a game runs better on Series X or not right? Hogwarts for instance runs far better on PS5. In fact you will find Series X usually has better resolution then PS5 but the PS5 has better framerates. Finally from what i've heard Wo Long performs better on PS5.
Re: Sony Wants to Make PlayStation the Best Place to Play Third-Party Games
People will always stick with their "main" console i feel no matter if the other console has the better version.
Re: Poll: How Do You Feel About Final Fantasy 16?
I'm not a FF fan and even i'm very excited for it.
Re: Naoki Yoshida Is Not a Fan of the Term 'JRPG'
Yeah i can imagine a Japanese Dev or player doesn't think of these games as JRPG's but as RPG's, it would be like i suppose them calling Mass Effect or Skyrim a "WRPG". Its very much a Western term but to be fair to us there is a massive difference between how Bioware or Bethesda make an RPG compared to how Atlus or SE make them, its a simple term and largely explains to someone in the west what the game is more or less.
Re: Yes, Sony Helped Optimise Final Fantasy 16 for PS5
@KaijuKaiser If MS buy Activation that will be it barring smaller Devs. There's a reason Disney stopped at Fox and its because they know they won't be allowed anything else at that scale. SE, Capcom, EA, Ubi, Take Two and such will be impossible to buy if they get Activision not to mention Japan has a big issue with American corps buying their Corps so i doubt they would let MS buy CC, Sega and SE.
Re: Yes, Sony Helped Optimise Final Fantasy 16 for PS5
At the very least from a visual standpoint i think the game is going to blow peoples minds and show what happens when a game is made for PS5 only and not being forced to be on PS4.
I question if this will ever hit Xbox because more and more its becoming clear the Series S can't keep up, unless MS allows Series X only releases then i wouldn't be shocked if more games skip Xbox due to the requirement of Series S versions. I love my SS but i have to admit its going to hold back Xbox a lot this Gen.
Re: Sifu Expands Yet Again with New Arena Battles and Challenges on 28th March
Sweet. The support has been insane and fact its free is impressive.
These Devs really need to make a Matrix game or a game based on The Raid films.
Re: You Must Dominate the Battlefield for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty's Platinum Trophy
@burning_as_souls Yeah i struggled for hours on him however each fight i was getting better and now i can go back and handle him just fine. Once you get the timing right on the parrying he's not too bad its just you have to be quick and ready to learn these rules way too soon. As a first boss though yeah he's way to tough especially if you aren't good at parrying.
Re: Preview: Final Fantasy 16 Is Shaping Up to Be a PS5 Game of the Year Contender
I'm not a FF fan with FF12 being the only one i've trurly loved but i must say i'm pretty excited for FF16, it looks amazing and sounds it and the fact its not open world is quite a relief as while its my favourite type of game i am getting burnt out on them.
Re: New Tekken 8 Gameplay Trailer Kills It with Jin Kazama
@Feena Tekken 2 was hardly colourful and it even had you fight characters called Devil and Angel with dark dramatic music played over the fights. In fact Tekken has always had that edgy 90's/early 2000's over serious feel to it.