@AverageGamer Still argue there’s a lot of filler in these games even if you’d deem it short. ‘Go here, find this character here’. Gets a little tedious.
I’ll sit out of ordering it for Day 1. The fact they’ve taken months to patch the second game has me avoiding the third for a long time until I know it’s in tip top shape.
Also, I’ve found with both games that by the end, I’m just playing them to get them done. Think they can afford to be shorter.
Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s one of the few games in life where you give it ‘just five more minutes’ and you’ve then realised five minutes has turned into 2 hours of gameplay. Love it:
I am thoroughly enjoying this but taken my sweet time, only just took off from Emerald Grove.
Funnily enough I’ve just encountered my first bug. I couldn’t use Square for actions and then the game got worse from there; game didn’t display a battle properly, unworkable buttons. Reloaded it and it’s fine but yeah, very odd.
I did try a run where I attempted to kill Kagha which is when the issues started - my own fault!
To be fair, people keep saying about lack of comms but let’s not forget there’s a Starfield party going on on the ‘other side’. Makes sense to let that happen for a week or two before Sony steals the limelight.
Regarding the price hike, I often think what’s blown up here doesn’t really represent the general mass players views. Looks like via social media that this decision will haunt Sony big time.
Either a u-turn, distraction of showcase or they announce the clear reasons why the increase (they’ve done an emulator or about to introduce first day releases) is coming round the corner.
Got a gaming laptop a few months ago and seriously contemplating doing a new run on a PC version for all the added perks and mod support. Feel like a fraud though ha!
I reckon, giving they announced it cheekily, it’ll be updated next week… just a hunch.
Have they enabled an option to skip the tutorial yet? I played it in its first year and haven’t since, simply because I really don’t want to play the initial mission.
I had a save issue with this game; removed about 3 hours worth of gameplay all of a sudden. Not seen anyone else have the same issue but I’m holding out for a bigger update before I try it again.
Really annoyed with how long it’s taken for them to update this game, far too long.
@LifeGirl Yeah, it’s a goat game. The reviews were nothing to do with the game, purely distaste at certain themes by non-fans and probably people who’ve never played it…
Once they do this and Underground 2 they can stop there, NFS cannot be better than that and has not been for a long time. Unbound was far too aimless for me. Just dots on a map to fill out is no story thanks.
I’ll wait for the ‘EA self bans micro transactions and releases sports games biannually with meaningful changes’ article before I’m interested in any company changes..
Brilliant news as I wanted to try this out - although, call me ungrateful but I do think 2 hours is a little on the short side to demo a sim game though..
Never been able to stream anything on my PS5 (even with very good broadband and wired connection) so haven’t got much hope for it being a focus for Sony…
I’m confused. Was on Extra, Premium 12 months wouldn’t show so I upgraded rest of month to Premium. I can now see 12 months of Premium but not with the discount?
@NEStalgia I mean, if anyone genuinely believes they never had a plan for a third game in a set of games which evidently lends itself to a trilogy and has about 10 unanswered questions out of its second game then I hate to break it to you, but people lie ha.
Could be wrong but you don’t sit on two games in a series.
@KaijuKaiser I think most people who were not exactly thrilled by the showcase are most concerned by the lack of anything post-2023. Showcases are supposed to show a bit of what’s down the road, not just what’s coming out within months. And for that reason, I thought last night was disappointing to say the least.
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Re: Cal Kestis Actor Cameron Monaghan Confirms Star Wars Jedi 3 Is Coming
@AverageGamer Still argue there’s a lot of filler in these games even if you’d deem it short. ‘Go here, find this character here’. Gets a little tedious.
Re: Cal Kestis Actor Cameron Monaghan Confirms Star Wars Jedi 3 is Coming
I’ll sit out of ordering it for Day 1. The fact they’ve taken months to patch the second game has me avoiding the third for a long time until I know it’s in tip top shape.
Also, I’ve found with both games that by the end, I’m just playing them to get them done. Think they can afford to be shorter.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 495
I am once again here to say I’ll be playing Baldur’s Gate 3 for about the next five years.
I’ll find some room to blast some impressive guns in Cyberpunk too.
Re: Full Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Patch Notes are Here, Massive Update's Out Now on PS5
Let’s go!
New play of Nomad here we come. And thanks @ShogunRok for your heroic efforts.
Re: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection PS4 Will Launch Alongside PS5 Version on 24th October
I mean, the lack of marketing around this coming out is wild.
This is going to be a hot mess of bugs and unplayability I feel.
Re: If It Wasn't Obvious, The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Skip PlayStation
CD Projekt Red will be acquired by Sony and we’ll have Cyberpunk 2 and future Witcher games.
My 2024 guess.
Re: Hands On: Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Update Is an Outstanding, Game-Changing Overhaul
Visual improvements and increase in NPCS about at all?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 494
Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s one of the few games in life where you give it ‘just five more minutes’ and you’ve then realised five minutes has turned into 2 hours of gameplay. Love it:
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Has Ray Tracing at 60fps on PS5
Am-acing news.
The trade off is 60fps runs at 480p
Re: Baldur's Gate 3's Anticipated Patch 3 Drops Next Week, on the Same Day as Cyberpunk 2077 2.0
I am thoroughly enjoying this but taken my sweet time, only just took off from Emerald Grove.
Funnily enough I’ve just encountered my first bug. I couldn’t use Square for actions and then the game got worse from there; game didn’t display a battle properly, unworkable buttons. Reloaded it and it’s fine but yeah, very odd.
I did try a run where I attempted to kill Kagha which is when the issues started - my own fault!
Re: Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways DLC Is All About Ada Wong, Out Next Week
Not Wong till it’s available either.
Re: State of Play Livestream Revealed for Thursday, a Focus on Indie and Third-Party Games
Actually, why go up against Nintendo and the inevitable Cyberpunk 2.0 announcement on that day? This is such a bad call by PS.
Re: State of Play Livestream Revealed for Thursday, a Focus on Indie and Third-Party Games
Very confused by this.
Some shocking PS Plus news to announce or something?
Otherwise what is the point in this.
Re: Alan Wake 2 Is Over 20 Hours Long as Remedy Makes Its Biggest Game Yet
By the sound of it this isn’t relying on some piss poor side missions and knowing the great stories of Remedy games; I’m pumped for longer games.
Re: Rumour: Six PS Plus Extra Games Leaked Ahead of September Announcement
Baldur’s Gate 3 has my attention for the next 5 years so not worried about subscription at the mo 😂
Re: Spider-Man 2 Anticipation Mounts with Two New PS5 Images
To be fair, people keep saying about lack of comms but let’s not forget there’s a Starfield party going on on the ‘other side’. Makes sense to let that happen for a week or two before Sony steals the limelight.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Update Clarified as CDPR Lists Patch vs. Phantom Liberty Changes
Feel like this update has been on the horizon for so long now. Bring it on.
Re: Reaction: Has Sony Put Together the Worst PS Plus Month Ever?
Regarding the price hike, I often think what’s blown up here doesn’t really represent the general mass players views. Looks like via social media that this decision will haunt Sony big time.
Either a u-turn, distraction of showcase or they announce the clear reasons why the increase (they’ve done an emulator or about to introduce first day releases) is coming round the corner.
Re: PS Plus Essential, Extra, Premium Price Increases Announced by Sony
Mmm…
Reckon they’ve just paid for an expensive acquisition by any chance?
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Update Will Launch 'a Little Bit Before' Phantom Liberty, Says a Cheeky CDPR
Got a gaming laptop a few months ago and seriously contemplating doing a new run on a PC version for all the added perks and mod support. Feel like a fraud though ha!
I reckon, giving they announced it cheekily, it’ll be updated next week… just a hunch.
Re: Mini Review: Red Dead Redemption (PS4) - Classic Open World Western Deserves Better
6 out of 10? Come off it, it’s barely a 4…
Can’t give it a 6 based on the advantages it had years ago, sorry.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Update Gameplay Shows Huge Changes in Action
I genuinely cannot wait to start a new game of this. Have resisted until now because of this update. Bring it on.
Re: No Man's Sky Teases Next Major Update, Echoes, in 7-Year Anniversary Video
@NEStalgia Thanks for such a detailed response - amazing to hear you can adjust settings to make it a quicker affair, great news. Thanks again!!
Re: No Man's Sky Teases Next Major Update, Echoes, in 7-Year Anniversary Video
Have they enabled an option to skip the tutorial yet? I played it in its first year and haven’t since, simply because I really don’t want to play the initial mission.
Re: University Tycoon Two Point Campus Prescribes a Medical School Expansion
Found all of Two Point’s offerings to be too much glam and not much substance.
Might go back to it with this expansion for a bit though.
Re: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is Being Ported Backwards to Decade-Old PS4
It STILL doesn’t work properly on PS5. Cannot believe these issues haven’t been fully patched and they’re already focused on PS4.
My focus is now on Ubisoft’s Star Wars effort, given up with EA.
Re: Assassin's Creed Mirage Nowhere Near the Length of Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla
Gotta say I’m shocked by the cheaper price to be honest. Lot of 30 hour games priced at the full ‘next-gen’ price.
Good on you Ubisoft.
Re: New Red Dead Redemption Logo Fuels More Remake Rumours
All this and not a whiff of GTA, only Rockstar.
Re: Don't Worry, Ubisoft Promises Star Wars Outlaws Won't Be a '300 Hour Epic Unfinishable RPG'
@Tharsman Agreed. Don’t kill off exploration and optional missions for the sake of a streamlined game.
This game looks properly good though and day one for me!
Re: Latest Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PS5 Patch Is a Small One, More Updates Planned
I had a save issue with this game; removed about 3 hours worth of gameplay all of a sudden. Not seen anyone else have the same issue but I’m holding out for a bigger update before I try it again.
Really annoyed with how long it’s taken for them to update this game, far too long.
Re: The Last of Us Composer Gustavo Santaolalla May Have Teased a New Version of Part 2
@LifeGirl Yeah, it’s a goat game. The reviews were nothing to do with the game, purely distaste at certain themes by non-fans and probably people who’ve never played it…
Re: PS1 Platformer Tomba! Makes a Grand Return on PS5, PS4
Oh my god this is amazing. I have the original PS1 in its case.
Re: Need for Speed: Most Wanted Remake Seemingly Outed by Voice Actor
Once they do this and Underground 2 they can stop there, NFS cannot be better than that and has not been for a long time. Unbound was far too aimless for me. Just dots on a map to fill out is no story thanks.
Re: EA Games to Become EA Entertainment in Major Corporate Reshuffle
I’ll wait for the ‘EA self bans micro transactions and releases sports games biannually with meaningful changes’ article before I’m interested in any company changes..
Re: Hideo Kojima Clarifies Involvement in Death Stranding Film Adaptation
A film adaptation of a game in which the majority is spent with the protagonist on their own, walking.
What could possibly be more interesting.
Re: PS Plus Premium Members Can Test Drive Another Brand New PS5 Game
Brilliant news as I wanted to try this out - although, call me ungrateful but I do think 2 hours is a little on the short side to demo a sim game though..
Re: Psychological Oil Rig Horror Still Wakes the Deep Plunges PS5 Next Year
Fine caption work Sammy!
And the game looks fab.
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Finally Has a Release Date on PS5
I was NOT expecting this announcement for this event. Summer Game Fest a goodun!
Re: Reminder: Last Chance to Claim May 2023's PS Plus Essential Games
From naff bunch to naff bunch. Meh.
Re: Sony: Cloud Gaming Is an Amazing Business Model, But There Are Big Challenges
Never been able to stream anything on my PS5 (even with very good broadband and wired connection) so haven’t got much hope for it being a focus for Sony…
Re: After 10 Years, GTA 5 Will Finally Fix Its Sprint Controls on PS5, PS4
@PSXDave Only current gen hardware can run such a complex solution I’m afraid Dave.
Re: PS Plus Subscriptions Discounted by 25% for a Limited Time
I’m confused. Was on Extra, Premium 12 months wouldn’t show so I upgraded rest of month to Premium. I can now see 12 months of Premium but not with the discount?
Re: Sony Under Fire for Allegedly Abusing Its Dominance in the Industry
@ChrisDeku Great counter argument well raised there. Sony would do well to raise this (as I’m sure their lawyers will).
Re: THQ Nordic Is Trying to Convince Remedy to Release Alan Wake 2 Physically
This is quite an unusual intervention from a publisher right? I mean, good for them. Remedy’s decision is a shocking one.
Re: PS5 Remote Play Handheld Allegedly Has Just Four Hours of Battery Life
It’s not going to be well priced, is it..
Re: Sony Significantly Scales Back Development of The Last of Us Multiplayer for PS5, Says Report
@NEStalgia I mean, if anyone genuinely believes they never had a plan for a third game in a set of games which evidently lends itself to a trilogy and has about 10 unanswered questions out of its second game then I hate to break it to you, but people lie ha.
Could be wrong but you don’t sit on two games in a series.
Re: Sony Significantly Scales Back Development of The Last of Us Multiplayer for PS5, Says Report
Oof. The update of this article!
Sounds like it’s in poo poo city.
Re: Naughty Dog Needs More Time for The Last of Us Multiplayer, Also Working on Brand New PS5 Single Player Game
Still think it’s Last of Us 3 given the second series has the green light.
Re: Speculation Claims Sony Opted Not to Include Some Major PS5 Games During PS Showcase
I initially said straight after another showcase will come in the winter.
What if they’re so done with Xbox that they’re going to wait till their showcase and then drop the Last of Us trailer for Factions on Twitter.
Power move.
Re: Days Gone Dev Hard at Work on Its Best Game Yet for PS5
@KaijuKaiser I think most people who were not exactly thrilled by the showcase are most concerned by the lack of anything post-2023. Showcases are supposed to show a bit of what’s down the road, not just what’s coming out within months. And for that reason, I thought last night was disappointing to say the least.
I’m pumped for whatever they’ve got cooking.