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So, sooner rather than later we will have a PC port of Rebirth, hopefully Steam Deck verified! I don't know what to do, buy it on PS5 or wait ? I guess I won't resist revisiting my favourite game of all time

The game is up on Steam for preorder, 28,99€ with 20% launch discount (23,19€ total).

So, the only true semi-exclusive is Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. To be honest it is the only game from the listed that I care much about. Silent Hill 2 and Tekken 8 are fine, but they may end up in my Steam Deck down the line.

@zekepliskin This is exactly what I did! Still I would prefer to delete it.

OK is it just me or does this update force the Spotify app in the home menu?

OK I just remember the other bizarre thing: you cannot back up PS5 saves in a USB!!

There have been in fact some smaller PS4 updates within the last couple of months that were the generic "stability update".

I don't like the clattered mess that is the PS5 UI and the painfully slow storage menu but there is only one feature I want:

Check for updates and update ALL GAMES regardless of where they are installed.

Why is this so hard? Steam does it automatically and Xbox has an option to do it.

@Templedoom You are 100% correct. Second hand market is perfect for retro or out of print games but one should try to give a bit of money, even if is very little, back to the developers.

In addition to that, depending on where you live, if you order online you will face huge shipping costs, custom imports fees, import tax etc.

The story is bad and very cliche at this game. The game ends in a very unspectacular and anticlimactic fashion.

Gameplay and exploration is cool though. I played the game in PS4 launch model and the performance was surprisingly very good. Hope the PC version is Steam Deck verified.

I have backed digital versions for all books from Sandeep Rai and I enjoyed all of them. I highly recommend them.

Also, the digital editions are very reasonably priced.

@General_Disarray Agree to disagree

I don't like Gunn's movies and I don't want him to change Batman or Superman to some bizarre caricature that jokes all the time or is goofing around.

@General_Disarray For me personally the Snyder movies are the best comic book movies. I think Batman V Superman and the Snyder cut of Justice League are very good, some goes for Watchmen.

As for Gunn's movies I can't stand them. I mean in all his movies the characters act goofier and goofier, always joking around. They may be more goofy that the G1 Transformers. This is certainly not what I want from DC. This The Suicide Squad movie is very bad. Gunn is perfect for Scooby Doo but not for DC.

OK I saw the roaster.

NO SONYA OR ANYONE from the special forces except Johnny!!

But no problem we have peacemaker now...

Edit: Only 7 female characters in the base roster and zero in DLC pack 1...

@DennisReynolds I get what you say that those characters will sell and it is cool for anyone that likes the characters to enjoy playing as but I was obviously speaking for myself that I prefer MK characters. MK does not have an official forum but I would like to know what the core fanbase thinks of this.
And having never played a COD except the Vita game I am not familiar with its fanbase.

Still though those characters are on shows in streaming services that are not available in my region.

After the initial announcement I tried to see Peacemaker and it was bad. Then I saw that it was from a director that I really hate his superhero movies that now is the head of DC for some reason.

All this semi uknown guest character non sense plus having those characters instead of original Mortal Kombat ones in addition to the bizzare choices in the art direction of some characters have sort of killed my excitement for the game. In any case I will get a copy if I find it cheap or if they release the komplete edition.

All this while the main story of Kuro 2 is almost 100% fan translated.

We still don't know if the PS4 version of Metal Gear will arrive the same day as the PS5 one or if the version will be cross buy?

I love my PS2 and I am a supporter of emulation and video game preservation! That said, excluding games from SEGA that will not come to any official emulator anyway, and the Silent Hill games most of PS2 classics from Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Resident Evil and even games made by Sony have modern and even PS4 versions.

I only pay Essentials for cloud saves since I don't have time to play online. Cloud saves should have been free or movable via USB. I guess I will subscribe only for the month I need the cloud saves

Yeah, more guests... It is not that MK has its own 30 years of lore and its own iconic characters...

@JalapenoSpiceLife It is not that far fetched. Many triple A games are cross buy, even some KONAMI ones.

This makes sense. I hope it is also cross buy.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Only in major regions.

Cool, I can confirm that the games will be free if you have the old PSP, PS Vita, PS3 version.

I just got the platinum in RE4 Remake on PS4. To be honest the game runs great. It loads only when you lose or between chapters. I have also beaten most cross gen releases in the PS4 (Horizon FW, GOW Ragnarok, Miles Morales, RE Village) and others and I didn't think I missed much except the load times.

That said I have no idea about Star Wars, yet alone this game.

I voted for Cloud but I also have a soft spot for Lightning, she is very cool. I also enjoy the character journey of Cecil

@wiiware Obviously, in the end of the day it some criticism may be exaggerated for trolling of simply for fun but why it is so bad to critic artistic decisions, especially in iconic characters? Moreover, this "uglification" is slowly starting to become a norm...

@DennisReynolds Thanks, I didn't know that Direct Storage finally gets implemented. Strange to think that Microsoft hasn't used Direct Storage yet even though it is supported on Xbox.
This actually kind of explains the lack of a PS4 port, although they could still have done it somehow. They are many PS4 games that mask the load times, I play RE4 these days and the game only loads if you lose of between chapters.

Edit: OK on proper evaluation in still makes no sense. R&C is Steam Deck verified (i.e. playable from Micro SD card) and playable in Linux in mechanical drives and Linux obviously doesn't support Direct Storage...

@themightyant Except Peter looks younger, not older.
@Keyblade-Dan I thought he was almost 30 because he works as a researcher. That said, I haven't played the game since way back the release date.
@DennisReynolds It certainly strikes as old how a game only possible in PS5 can be played in PCs less powerful that the PS4 even if you factor the bigger development time. In any case it is still kind of cool playing PS5 games in the Steam Deck

@wiiware You are so right.

Still the problem is that both Peter and MJ don't look like the comics or how they looked like in the previous game. Isn't Peter close to its thirties in this Universe, he looks younger than Miles!

I enjoyed my time with the game, but note that I played the fan translation.

Minor spoiles follow!!!!!

Visuals were a step forward but even though the game is fun to play it makes you think that it is a bit unnecessary. Firstly, the bizarre trope to redeem the evil characters continues yet again.

What I did not like is that they threw Rean's social links in the toilet and flushed it, as was the trend with all Cold Steel games. There seems to be only very minor references to the woman you have chosen as girlfriend. I was not a fan of the Rean harem theme since some possible choices seemed way unethical and all other male characters were stripped of possible romantic interests but the game forgets so it doesn't really matter in the end.

The biggest problem with the narrative was that Crossbell seems to be taken by another force every other Tuesday. There is a rehash of storylines in Reverie. Crossbell doesn't look like how a moder country should function, even in the concept of "videogame logic".

@DennisReynolds I am not sure where the majority of the "core" MK fans hang out but if you go so subreddits etc. the reception to the guest characters is mixed. A portion of the fans clearly prefers characters from MK and not random guest characters. I get that they sell well but MK has a lot of iconic characters that are absent from one game or other. I mean, for example, Sonya is not yet confirmed to be in MK1 but we have Peacemaker so ...

As for those three it is not that they are Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. HBO is not available in a lot of regions. Where I live there is also no Amazon store and we only just have the video service since the launch of Lord of the Rings.

I still can't get why they announce DLC characters without us knowing the full roster. And I still think that most people don't know who those three are, I seriously didn't and checked them after the rumors. Also, I don't follow the MK fanbase that much but from the little I know they don't like guest characters, they want iconic characters from the series.

@Amnesiac I have not a particular favourite and unfortunately I don't know most creators. From those I know I like thise of both Romitas

@get2sammyb I get what they try to do and I didn't want go sound negative, it's just I would personally prefer if the character faces, especially Peter and MJ, were more comic accurate.

@rjejr Releasing a new model a couple of days after this would alienate those who bought it though.
@hitmanfan47 I would love an updated slim model. I held back buying a second PS5 even though it was heavily discounted here due to those rumours

@KaijuKaiser I get that but thise characters are iconic and those designs seem different not only with how they are depicted in comics but also different from the first Spider Man game? I may be mistaken but the face models seem changed to me

Those faces are bad and somewhat away from the comic counterparts? Or it is just me?

So I guess this means no slim PS5 model until October?

The PS5 OS is still overwhelming and the games still do not update automatically if they are not in the home screen...
Moreover, you STILL cannot back up PS5 saves...

I have beaten this game in Steam Deck. It was fairly cheap! It is a bizarre game with good humor and pop culture references. I enjoyed it, although I loked Cosmic Star Heroine more.

I have the Game Boy game, it is basically a port of the NES game. However, I preferred the SEGA versions. SEGA stills owns those games, I don't see them included in this collection.

Wow, the first hour of the game does not good a good job of selling the game I think.

Anyway, I still enjoyed it this game. If you enjoy a good laugh, try playing the game offline from the PS4 disk without any patches. The game is hilariously bad without the first day patch. It plays in constant slow motion and has a massive input lag.

It is still on Steam. Apparently in PS4 it was published by Square Enix and was delisted after the contract ended.

It was a cool game but it had all the bad and good of the "Cinematic Platformer", very good visuals but junky controls. Still, this is not a novel idea, a Game Boy game or something like that. Why does it need Kickstarter and such a big amount in short time? I may have used Kickstarter to fund my projects also...

@BAMozzy I 100% agree. The only think physical has as an advantage it the sense of "ownership". You can sell or gift it etc. Most of the times a disk game is unplayable in an offline system which is one of the points of "videogame preservation".

The examples are countless. I have three PS4 physical copies of FF15 and not a single one has all the content in. The PS4 version of Callisto Procotol is full of bugs and the game plays in slow motion (!), Sonic Origins lacks the Plus content which is offered via ... a code, FF16 has a bug that shuts down the console.

As for the topic should I get a second PS5 for 450€ or wait for the new model? Surely though if I have bought my first PS5 with FF16 only to have a new model only one month later would anger me.

The games are OK, I always wanted to try Alan Wake, but I only have Plus because of cloud saves, I rarely play online or download the free games.

I am huge Final Fantasy fan it is my favourite series of all time. That said I didn't get a copy yet, I am traveling for work and PS5 is not a console you can put in a backpack. I hope everyone enjoys it, hope I will avoid the spoilers till I play it.

Preorder on Superstars, reminder that Origins Plus is in stores, Frontiers DLC... Lots of stuff to be somewhat excited about.

What I would personally love, that obviously is not going to happen, is another update in Origins Plus that adds the Master System games, the Knuckles game and the 16bit versions of Spinball and 3D.

Of course you need the power of next gen to play those old games. There is no way the games would run the the PS4. You need the cutting edge technology of the Switch and the SSD of the PS5 to play them.

I don't care for Spidey and Alan Wake, I am ready to return to Shadow Moses and in Russia with brand new trophies to collect. We don't have details yet on price and a possible physical version?

Edit: Just realized that my newest platinum trophies are in FF Pixel Remaster, Crisis Core and Sonic Origins... That's clearly not why I got a PS5 for but I always end up returning to the classics...