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Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for October 2022?

belmont

@JON22 Most of them yes. The only one I cannot buy is Tekken 2. Most of them were free for me since I had the PS3/PSP/Vita version which it was cool. Even though I have bought Tekken 2 it still is not available to buy.

As for the topic I only have essentials or whatever the basic one is called for cloud saves and the occasional online game. I don't have time to play those days but if I had the extra tear has some good content.

Re: Persona Fans on PlayStation Get Sold Short Again as Xbox Deal Reveals Native Ports

belmont

Well, an Xbox x/s port could support ultra-fast load times and 4k visuals while the PS4/ One versions do not. Doesn't the same thing happen in more demanding games also, PS5 only having 4k and faster load times? I personally don't care that much but I still find it strange that there are no PS5 versions.

I won't be replaying the games anyway. I hate this silent protagonist stuff, I really hate it. I also understand that it is a videogame, but the plots on 3 and 4 have ... holes that make replaying the games less enjoyable. Was the motive of the antagonist in 4 even given?

Re: Beware, Gotham Knights Spoilers Are Popping Up Online

belmont

To be honest if you know Batman lore you can guess where this is going. Either Batman is not dead and is hiding because of what the mission needs (without telling anyone obviously) or there are Lazarus Pit shenanigans. In any case I am not that much interested in the game. Combat seems more of the same. Plotwise though I would love if they tried something original.

Re: Sony Will Continue to Make PS4 Games Moving Forwards

belmont

I guess when Returnal (or any other 100% PS5 exclusive) comes to the PC you will see it Steam Deck verified and then you wonder why there is no PS4 version. In any case imagine seeing Spiderman 2 or Final Fantasy 16 in PS4. After the announcement of the PS4 version of Resident Evil 4 I guess everything is possible.

Re: PS Plus Essential Games for October 2022 Available to Download Now

belmont

I never got this naming plus thing. It is worse that Microsoft's consoles names. I always get confused. Would, I don't know, Tier 1, 2, 3 etc. work better?

In any case I always wanted to try Hot Wheels so I guess it is about time.
Injustice 2 is a good game, got it on release date, played it a lot, very fun for both casual and competitive gaming, however I still don't get the art direction. Some characters, especially some female ones, look off, for a lack of a better word.

To be honest though I don't have time to play online these days. If they weren't the cloud saves, which I use a lot, I would have stopped my plus subscription.

Re: Leaked Sony Document Supposedly Sheds Light on PS5's Portfolio

belmont

@Mezzer Same here. The Steam Deck changed how I think in some aspects that I was thinking to make a topic on this. On the one hand now with the Steam Deck I can finally toss the underpowered Switch that I never liked that much and Sony and Square releasing games combatable day one with the Deck that you can also buy them cheaper is also a contributing factor. For some reason PC seems like a better platform for jrpgs, if you exclude the Final Fantasy games that Sony may have bought the rights.

Re: Sony Producing Two Million PSVR2 Headsets by March 2023

belmont

The situation is different now than when PSVR1 was released. Now you have, excluding the general global economy issues, a relative new console that your fans cannot buy easily, you increase the price of it and force bundles to them citing, among others, production issues and yet you split resources producing something few people want that is a follow up to a not so successful device. I think that it is one of a few times when fans can reasonably criticize the platform owner. The critique of the remasters is more to joke tbh.

Re: Sony Producing Two Million PSVR2 Headsets by March 2023

belmont

Meh, they should just make more PS5 consoles instead of PSVR2 or raising the PS5 price. Or the resources that make games for VR should make games for their consoles or redesigning the cluttered mess that is the PS5 OS.

By the way nobody talks about PSVR1, even though it got games and had some support it seemed like a PS Vita to me.

Re: Trails from Zero (PS4) - Classic JRPG Finally Comes West, and the Wait Has Been Worth It

belmont

I may be mistaken but as years pass (excluding the FF7 Remake and FF16 which Sony may have bought, I am not sure) if you play jrpgs and j games in general on PC you get the better deal? I admit I do not know much about PC gaming, I just have a Steam Deck but this game has a better PC version, Ryza 2 (after the patches) has a better version, the latest Senra game has more features, the FF1 to 6 is PC exclusive for some reason, Octopath Traveler is also not in PS4 for no real reason. I may be mistaken though.

Re: Trails from Zero (PS4) - Classic JRPG Finally Comes West, and the Wait Has Been Worth It

belmont

This game came way too late to be honest... Back when Cold Steel 4 was up for preorder I started from Sky 1 and rushed my way to Cold Steel 4. Playing all those games one after the other is an ... experience to say the least. To be honest the tedious side quests are present in most games.

@tabris95 I don't want to spoil anything but imho the game stops making sense as you approach the end. Some familiarities with characters and plot points from the Sky trilogy are required.

@ShogunRok Do we know how much the game will cost? I want to say 20 to 30 euros but I guess they will just ask for 60

Re: 17 New PS5, PS4 Games Out Now on PS Plus Extra, Premium

belmont

Very excited to play classic games similar to the Playstation brand like Bentley's Hackpack, Kingdom of Paradise and ... Toy Story 3! They are not bad games but come on.... I guess we have the Sly games and Syphon Filter 2 but I am not sure how popular they are.

EDIT: Syphon Filter 2 was never released in the BC games on the PSP/PS Vita was it?

Re: Suikoden Remaster Collection Announced, Comes to PS4 in 2023

belmont

Very excited for this. I got the first one way back when it was released for about 25 euros used lol seeing the prices today seems like a bargain. I really enjoy the series, even though I thought (even back in the day) that the concept of silent main characters is way outdated. I really couldn't connect with the MC in any Suikoden game but the story and world building was great.

I liked that the games followed stories set in the same world / continuity. For some reason I don't have the third game. I think there was no PAL version.

The visuals in the remaster look very good.

Re: Castlevania's Alucard and Simon Belmont Raise the Stakes in Brawlhalla This October

belmont

It may seem like trolling, but I had no idea what Brawlhalla was before this post. Seems like a Smash clone? but I always thought that Smash is not as interesting as usual fightng games. In any case the perfect Halloween gift for us Castlevania fans would be another collection with the final games that are not available in PS4 and other platforms like the DS games or the N64 games with an actual camera.

Re: Stranger of Paradise's Crusade Against Chaos Continues in Wanderer of the Rift DLC

belmont

@Voltan I really enjoyed the game for what it is, a fun take in the OG Final Fantasy story with a simple combat system and played all the way casually in the ... casual difficulty setting. I really like the game, even in this easy setting beating the game felt rewarding.
However, I don't have the skill or the time to get the skill required to play the game in the hardest setting. In a day where videogames are started to becoming more and more accessible locking content this way is bizarre.

Re: Gotham Knights Co-Op and Climactic 'Villain Night' Events Revealed in IGN First Preview

belmont

I was never a fan of the whole bat family stuff. Also I always found this kind of battles boring and repetitive. I loved Spider-Man for the PS4 but I would really like if they were less enemies.

Also what is this modern trend that Bruce had disappeared (ie Batwoman where the OG Batwoman disappears too!) or seems to have died... Also for some reason we will have a Suicide Squad game before a ... Justice League game for some reason.

Re: The PS5 Stock Situation Finally Seems to Be Improving

belmont

I would like to buy a second 400 euro digital PS5 for my family but I am in no rush. Locally I can only find 700 euros bundles with games I already have or don't want.

There is no way yet to literally just go and buy a 400 euro or 500 one. TBH PS5 has no exclusives at the moment. The only think I cannot play in my PS4 is the Yuffie episode from FF7...

Re: Nearly 80% of All PS5, PS4 Games Are Bought Digitally

belmont

To be honest even though I still buy and play retro games I have stopped buying physical games. The only physical modern game I bought within the last 3 years is FF7 Remake (that I got it digital when it was discounted) and some collections of PS4 retro games.

I want game preservation but the modern physical games are ... well not good. They miss patches, dlc etc. It’s a physical license anyway rather than a physical game. The contents of the disc are always incomplete. Except Nintendo I don't see any other company cutting you from dowloading older digital games

Re: PS5 Folders, 1440p Support Part of New Beta Update Out Today

belmont

Am I the only one that is not a big fan of the PS5 UI?
The bigger problem is that there is no way to really check for updates for all the games, you have to it one by one (!!!!) for games not in the main screen, And then they GET ADDED in the main screen for no reason. Also why do we have the main screen and all those submenus with all those options... I find it very unintuitive and initially confusing. Singe tap to the home button takes you to a menu while a double tap takes you to another menu while holding it takes you to a third menu...

Also, all modern consoles, except PS4 make the folder think a mess. Switch has a bizzare system, in the 3ds you cannot see the name of the folder (!). The best are the Vita bubbles of the PS4 one.

Re: The Last of Us: Part I Is Coming to PC 'Very Soon' After PS5 Launch

belmont

@IonMagi FF7 Remake is 80€ in Steam. Seriously though I don't why a console manufacturer would release games in a competing platform... Makes buying PS5 less appealing, especially since PC games are more easily preserved. On the other hand my PC can't handle triple a games but the Steam Deck will probably will which makes the decision of not having a PS4 version of some games strange.

Re: Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana's PS5 Port Releases in November

belmont

I really like some aspects of the game that I don't want to spoil and the way you progress in the island, made me felt like I was the Green Arrow or something but I am so tired of the anime clichés in this game that tries to take itself seriously. All women hit Adol or have visions of him, the second male character hits women himself and fails miserably even though he is married and the Dana gameplay sections are boring. However, those tropes are abandoned in the end and the game is way better after Dana joins. The Vita origins of this game are clear but in PS4 the performance is good.

Re: Massive PS Store Summer Sale Is Live Now, 1,500+ Games Included

belmont

Sonic Origins is already 9 euros cheaper. Seems like yesterday when I preordered it. Also wasn't The Quarry released some days ago? On the other hand, from the top of my head I don't remember Forbidden West or Elden Ring being discounted. Some games keep constantly appearing over and over in those discounts. Neptunia X Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars is, to my knowledge, for the first time in discount but | don't think they will update this version to include the new PC content.