Only knew him from the Horizon series and I'm playing Forbidden West at the moment. It seems by all accounts he was a good guy, really good to his fans and it came out of the blue. Really sad when someone goes before their time, but even much so if they were a good force in the world.
'Gate keeping' I don't have a stake in either side of the current discussion, but I really wish people would use their own words to get their message across, rather than copying phrases that are overused.
@sanderson72 Thanks for the help with that. It's a fat 80 gig model, I stupidly allowed Sony to send me one to replace my original fully backwards compatible 60 gig one after it totally died a month after launch. It might be too much for me to handle some of the more technical ones, but as I have a lot of recordings on there and playlists, I might see about getting a professional to look it over if there's a chance it can be saved.
I can't even get my PS3 to come on. I found the red light flashing one day and now if I try and turn it on it turns itself off and the flashing starts again. Anyone any ideas?
Wasn't really interested in those games, but did resubscribe to take advantage of the £5 top tier for a month, not bad for a month's rental of Forbidden West.😁
I like open world classic JRPGs like the obvious example. But if you can't make a triple A game without loss of fidelity or bloating it with meaningless collectables, then it needs to be more linear or with separate large areas.
@Hoodie718 Well it sounds closer to something like beat saber than anything to do with drums which is the intended experience. With the issues of bad collision detection and lack of properly licenced tracks it sounds poorly made.
Maybe a pair of those novelty drums sticks that make sounds when you shake them along to tunes the player actually knows and likes, might be an equivalent if not better alternative for some 😀
@TrickyDicky99 I've 2 launch day controllers and regularly have them plugged into a speaker when I'm playing on a monitor, I've never had that problem with either of them. Maybe I'm just lucky.
Just to say again, the demo's a good chance to try it if you haven't liked the look of it before, I think the character's will mellow later and hold the square button to grapple...something the demo doesn't actually explain.
I wasn't that interested in the game until I played the demo, they could have said to hold square to use the grapple magic and it is a bit rough, but I found it very enjoyable and completed it. Granted Frey and Cuff butt heads and she comes across as overly snarky, but she's supposed to be young and overly confident and I'm sure both characters will improve along the journey and become much less irritating after a bit.
Saving it for Christmas. I got the themed PSP bundle when it came out, but got annoyed by the random slot combat that nixed any kind of personal skill. Have they fixed that?
Not sure I like the sound of bigger and more expansive, sounds like another bloatfest with too much filler like Horizon and recent Assassin's Creed games.
@Grimwood But can they make it as good as previous installments especially V without certain key members? It's not assured, so that's why they're still relying on GTAV
It's clear 2023 is going to be an excellent year for games, just a pity more of the Spring ones were pushed back from before Christmas, could have spread things out a bit more.
Still struggling to finish the last Atlantis chapter of Odyssey. As good as the DLC is in this case, I guess I'm gonna be avoiding any AC games for a while.
Sounds like Final Fantasy Is ruined even further thanks to Square Enix always chasing what they think is on trend rather than creating something new and different.
Just wondering if they're copying the Ticket Master/Live Nation 'Dynamic pricing' model, to beat the scalpers, by screwing over the customers and selling the controller's at the highest price they think the market can take.
@Fight_Teza_Fight Fair enough, would have been happy enough with a film, but considering how horrific Higurashi can be it would be interesting, they might be throwing everything at the wall and see what sticks in this day and age, psychological horror or just plain nasty stuff.
I haven't seen a comment yet where anyone has said they'll buy it day one at that price. I could see Sony suddenly dropping it, might even be part of their marketing strategy.
@Shepherd_Tallon Since you like Alundra so much: Loved the game when it came out, rented it loads, got to a weird dungeon puzzle I could never solve, called the helpline (expensive) tips never worked. Thought it was a glitch in that copy. Bought another pre-rental at a totally different place, same thing. Ended up buying it for ps3/psp/vita, but have never played it again in case the same thing happens. Sound familiar, any tips?
Yes, actually, a friend of mine who was studying design at the time pointed it out to me as soon as he saw it, it's a nice touch.
The cover to David Bowie's Black Star album uses a similar trick using cut up black stars to use as the typeface.
I remember when the design leaked, thought it looked cool and still do.
When the retail was shown I loved it and I'm still happy with it.
That said I'd previously had a weird head spin with the PS4 and bought a white drive cover and controller, even though I used to hate any tech that was white previously.
So oddly eased myself into the idea in advance.😀
They can go swivel, I was half done with them after Odyssey, totally done now. Even if it turns out to be untrue and is some subscription thing instead with that and Infinity, it just seems they're always out to con and grift people.
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Re: Final Fantasy 16 Will Take Up to 80 Hours to Fully Complete
So at least twice that for me, or 15 years+ if it's anything like FFXII!
Re: Horizon, The Wire's Lance Reddick Has Passed Away
Only knew him from the Horizon series and I'm playing Forbidden West at the moment.
It seems by all accounts he was a good guy, really good to his fans and it came out of the blue. Really sad when someone goes before their time, but even much so if they were a good force in the world.
Re: This Android App Will Transform Your PS5, PS4 Remote Play Experience
'Gate keeping' I don't have a stake in either side of the current discussion, but I really wish people would use their own words to get their message across, rather than copying phrases that are overused.
Re: Resident Evil 4 PS5 Remake Spoilers Are Rife As Retailers Break Street Date
Oddly enough I remember getting the GameCube copy of Resi 4 way earlier than it's release date thanks to the local GameStop messing about.
Re: Widespread PS3, PS Vita Issues Preventing Fans from Downloading Games
@sanderson72
Thanks for the help with that.
It's a fat 80 gig model, I stupidly allowed Sony to send me one to replace my original fully backwards compatible 60 gig one after it totally died a month after launch.
It might be too much for me to handle some of the more technical ones, but as I have a lot of recordings on there and playlists, I might see about getting a professional to look it over if there's a chance it can be saved.
Re: Widespread PS3, PS Vita Issues Preventing Fans from Downloading Games
I can't even get my PS3 to come on. I found the red light flashing one day and now if I try and turn it on it turns itself off and the flashing starts again.
Anyone any ideas?
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for March 2023?
Wasn't really interested in those games, but did resubscribe to take advantage of the £5 top tier for a month, not bad for a month's rental of Forbidden West.😁
Re: The Last of Us Co-Creator Sparks Developer Debate As He Declares Linear Games Are Easier to Make
I like open world classic JRPGs like the obvious example.
But if you can't make a triple A game without loss of fidelity or bloating it with meaningless collectables, then it needs to be more linear or with separate large areas.
Re: Drums Rock (PSVR2) – A Pretty Fun, but Uneven Experience
@Hoodie718
Well it sounds closer to something like beat saber than anything to do with drums which is the intended experience.
With the issues of bad collision detection and lack of properly licenced tracks it sounds poorly made.
Maybe a pair of those novelty drums sticks that make sounds when you shake them along to tunes the player actually knows and likes, might be an equivalent if not better alternative for some 😀
Re: Drums Rock (PSVR2) – A Pretty Fun, but Uneven Experience
@Hoodie718
Sounds a pretty useless experience then.
Re: Drums Rock (PSVR2) – A Pretty Fun, but Uneven Experience
So how do you play bass drum and operate the hi-hat?
Re: Forspoken (PS5) - Messy Action RPG Is Massively Hit and Miss
@UltimateOtaku91
Thanks!
Re: Forspoken (PS5) - Messy Action RPG Is Massively Hit and Miss
@UltimateOtaku91
Where are you renting it from?
Thought that whole thing was long gone.
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a DualSense Edge?
@TrickyDicky99
I've 2 launch day controllers and regularly have them plugged into a speaker when I'm playing on a monitor, I've never had that problem with either of them. Maybe I'm just lucky.
Re: Forspoken Will Take Up a Hefty Chunk of Your PS5 Storage Space
Just to say again, the demo's a good chance to try it if you haven't liked the look of it before, I think the character's will mellow later and hold the square button to grapple...something the demo doesn't actually explain.
Re: Forspoken Continues to Divide Opinion Following PS5 Demo
I wasn't that interested in the game until I played the demo, they could have said to hold square to use the grapple magic and it is a bit rough, but I found it very enjoyable and completed it.
Granted Frey and Cuff butt heads and she comes across as overly snarky, but she's supposed to be young and overly confident and I'm sure both characters will improve along the journey and become much less irritating after a bit.
Re: One Piece Odyssey Looks Like a PS5, PS4 Must Play for JRPG Fans
Really looking forward to this more than the Crisis Core Remaster
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion?
Saving it for Christmas.
I got the themed PSP bundle when it came out, but got annoyed by the random slot combat that nixed any kind of personal skill. Have they fixed that?
Re: Fast-Tracked Death Stranding Movie to Be an Authentic Hideo Kojima Production
As much as I love the game, this seems a bit of a bad idea.
Re: Biggest, Most Expansive Tomb Raider to Be Published by Amazon Games on PS5
Not sure I like the sound of bigger and more expansive, sounds like another bloatfest with too much filler like Horizon and recent Assassin's Creed games.
Re: GTA 5's 1.64 Patch Notes Are Ginormous for PS5, PS4
@Grimwood
But can they make it as good as previous installments especially V without certain key members?
It's not assured, so that's why they're still relying on GTAV
Re: GTA 5's 1.64 Patch Notes Are Ginormous for PS5, PS4
@WallyWest
I never said they weren't attempting to make 6, just that they're obviously still not letting go of the money making potential of V.
Re: GTA 5's 1.64 Patch Notes Are Ginormous for PS5, PS4
It just is another example of how scared they are of making GTA6 and are still leaning into the money making of GTAV.
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Collector's Edition Will Set You Back an Eye-Watering £330 / $350
No thanks! Even the standard edition is too much at £65
Re: Poll: Did You Buy Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion?
Delivered today, but saving it for Christmas.
Re: Death Stranding 2 Officially Announced for PS5
One of the few announcements of the past few years I actually felt excited about almost like the old days.
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced at The Game Awards 2022?
It's clear 2023 is going to be an excellent year for games, just a pity more of the Spring ones were pushed back from before Christmas, could have spread things out a bit more.
Re: Rumour: Assassin's Creed Mirage Targeting August 2023 Release Date After Internal Delays
Still struggling to finish the last Atlantis chapter of Odyssey. As good as the DLC is in this case, I guess I'm gonna be avoiding any AC games for a while.
Re: Tekken 8 Will Flex Its Unreal Engine 5 Muscles at The Game Awards
If there's anything from Kojima it might cap it.
Re: Square and Enix Joined Forces 20 Years Ago Today
Don't know if that was such a good thing to be honest.
Re: Some God of War Ragnarok Collector's Editions Are Missing the Actual Game
No sympathy here.
Re: PS Plus Premium Members Bemused by Sony Once Again
I'm just glad I didn't renew after my first year of owning a PS5, it's been terrible in all guides since then.
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Has a Full New Game+ Mode, Story and Hardcore Difficulty Settings
Sounds like Final Fantasy Is ruined even further thanks to Square Enix always chasing what they think is on trend rather than creating something new and different.
Re: PS London Studio Making a Fantasy-Based Online Co-Op Game
Pity. Not for me unfortunately.
Re: DualSense Edge Controller Pre-Orders Are Live Now on PlayStation Direct
Just wondering if they're copying the Ticket Master/Live Nation 'Dynamic pricing' model, to beat the scalpers, by screwing over the customers and selling the controller's at the highest price they think the market can take.
Re: Silent Hill F Revealed by Konami, But Who Knows What It Is
@Fight_Teza_Fight
Fair enough, would have been happy enough with a film, but considering how horrific Higurashi can be it would be interesting, they might be throwing everything at the wall and see what sticks in this day and age, psychological horror or just plain nasty stuff.
Re: Silent Hill: Townfall Is a New Game from Stories Untold, Observation Dev
I like the fact they have multiple projects going, they can at least pick the best people to go with after this.
Re: Silent Hill 2 PS5 Remake Announced as a Console Exclusive
Looks good, if it stays close to the original but tightens it up Capcom might need to start worrying.
Re: Silent Hill F Revealed by Konami, But Who Knows What It Is
CGI Anime film?
Re: DualSense Edge PS5 Controller Is Coming Soon, and It's Pricey
I haven't seen a comment yet where anyone has said they'll buy it day one at that price.
I could see Sony suddenly dropping it, might even be part of their marketing strategy.
Re: PS Studios Malaysia Working on Top Secret PS5 Games
@Shepherd_Tallon
Since you like Alundra so much:
Loved the game when it came out, rented it loads, got to a weird dungeon puzzle I could never solve, called the helpline (expensive) tips never worked.
Thought it was a glitch in that copy.
Bought another pre-rental at a totally different place, same thing.
Ended up buying it for ps3/psp/vita, but have never played it again in case the same thing happens.
Sound familiar, any tips?
Re: Random: Did You Know WipEout's Iconic Logo Was Made Up of a Bunch of 8s?
Yes, actually, a friend of mine who was studying design at the time pointed it out to me as soon as he saw it, it's a nice touch.
The cover to David Bowie's Black Star album uses a similar trick using cut up black stars to use as the typeface.
Re: PS5's Bonkers Dev Kit Looks Like an Alien Space Craft in the Flesh
I remember when the design leaked, thought it looked cool and still do.
When the retail was shown I loved it and I'm still happy with it.
That said I'd previously had a weird head spin with the PS4 and bought a white drive cover and controller, even though I used to hate any tech that was white previously.
So oddly eased myself into the idea in advance.😀
Re: Random: The New Monkey Island Game Gives Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann a Cameo
Very underwhelming, yet another sequel/reboot. Doesn't actually further the overall series story in a meaningful way.
Re: Random: The New Monkey Island Game Gives Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann a Cameo
Removed
Re: Star Ocean: The Divine Force Gets a PS5, PS4 Demo Tomorrow
I really thought PS+ Platinum would be the end of demos for plebs. I'm glad to be proved wrong, the more the better!😀
Re: Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 18
3, ridiculous 🙄
Re: PSVR2 Isn't Backwards Compatible with PSVR Games, Sony Confirms
Good! New system separate from the old, both great.
Re: Assassin's Creed Mirage May Be Rated Adults Only Due to Real Gambling
They can go swivel, I was half done with them after Odyssey, totally done now.
Even if it turns out to be untrue and is some subscription thing instead with that and Infinity, it just seems they're always out to con and grift people.
Re: Captain America, Black Panther Title Revealed Without a Name
Another co-op by the looks of it.