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@Adol-Bannings a spit for brains? Damn I must have touched a nerve for you to bring out the big guns. I'm sorry you are so sensitive about your stinker of a game.

@HonestHick there's no way you spent $4000 on something as asinine as surround sound, you're absolutely trying to brag, though to whom I have no clue

@Adol-Bannings no, it's not better than 90% of games in my opinion. You can speak for yourself, but I'm still calling it a stinker

Great. Now how about doing something about the 10+ year wait between mainline entries.

The problem with Starfield was that it lacked the most important element of what made Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Skyrim so special...that feeling of being able to go off in any direction and find hours worth of adventures completely independent of the main quest.

It also didn't help developing projects like Fallout 76 and Starfield back-to-back. Neither of those projects generate the excitement (or sales) that single-player TES or Fallout games do, so having those games end up as stinkers makes the wait seem longer than it should be.

I've been saying for years that they would figure this out eventually lol. They're all great games and I'm about to pick up HiFi Rush and Pentiment on sale to boot. The only one I'm not excited about is Sea of Thieves cause I only solo mate and from my experience with it on GP that's not much fun

@KilloWertz The PS4 didn't have these issues because it famously wasn't backwards compatible with PS3, so it wasn't possible for it to have these issues. So yeah, obviously you didn't see it on the PS4. In other news, water seems to cure thirst.

Funny, it doesn't FEEL like a success when I'm playing it.

The lack of an actual protagonist was the stupidest decision and a big part of Legion's failure. I mean really, how did that get greenlit?

It's got a rating of 3.67 on the PSN store right now, so clearly it's not THAT good. Anything under a 4 is usually a pretty bad sign in my experience.

I thought Frontiers was brilliant, and a fun platinum as well for those who care about that sort of thing.

@BAMozzy only via PS Plus Premium and it's streaming at that, no download.

Apparently Bethesda still hates money, because it's clear as day that a Fallout 3/New Vegas remaster/remake package would sell faster than smack (am I allowed to say that?) not to mention an Oblivion one would sell just as well. But no, Bethesda is probably busying patting themselves on the back for Starfield, a 6/10 game.

I really, REALLY tried to like F76. Fallout 3 and NV are some of my all-time favs, and while 4 doesn't quite get there, I've enjoyed several playthroughs. But F76 wasn't for me and never will be. Even with Fallout 1st and a private server, it will never be want I want it to be...which is an actual, single player Fallout game.

@Yorozayu So because I didn't directly reply to or reference you calling something subjective, you assume I don't know the meaning of the word? I didn't reply to it, because it wasn't RELEVANT, like most of your comments on here. I appreciate your concern, however I do know what subjective means. Most adults do. Did you learn it yesterday, is that why you're so fixated on that specific word?

I never understood why there weren't more Rayman games like Origins and Legends? Maybe I'm in the minority but I thought they were both fun as hell and great for what they were.

@Yorozayu no, that's not it. It's that PS Plus Extra or Premium doesn't even have ONE game that interests me that I haven't played through or at least tried already somewhere else. I made a list of 6-7 within minutes on Game Pass, and all are available on PS5. PS Plus is mostly full of indie or AA stuff that I'm not interested in and would never play. And I love PlayStation but facts are facts.

I hate to say that objectively Game Pass is an infinitely better value than PS Plus, and it's not really close.

They burned me pretty bad on KCD, paid full price for it and it's been one of the more disappointing experiences I've had in gaming over the years...if their new game gets REALLY good reviews maybe I'll GameFly it but that's probably it

@StrickenBiged @Keyblade-Dan I'm with you guys, I would pay full price EACH for PS5 remasters/remakes of Oblivion, Fallout 3 and New Vegas

Not going to lie, I had assumed this was vaporware by now.

Hopefully it's not a disaster.

@djlard it's already happened dude, I got it months ago and never even bothered trying it

It won't change because most people are irresponsible with money and will always fall for the instant gratification that comes with spending.

I always choose performance mode (or whatever is equivalent) because it doesn't matter how pretty something looks if the stutter of moving around in it gives me a freaking headache...

I'll bet anyone interested that Season 2 arrives before the promised "next-gen update" for Fallout 4 on PS5 does

That quote is designed to drive sales, nothing more. Anyone paying attention knows this won't be the last one ported over.

PSVR2 sold worse than New Coke, there's no way a new Astro Bot game would be VR only. They would improve their cash flow simply by not bothering to develop something like that.

Well that shows how out of touch I am with the rest of human kind lol...

It finally happened to me...I bought Immortals for like $20 a month or so ago lol.

It's a solid 7/10 but if you're a platinum hunter don't waste your time.

I'm playing Banishers now, and it's incredible. I'll check out anything else these guys make just based on how good Banishers is so far.

I think the fact that we're even talking about a potential PS5 Pro just illustrates that Sony isn't really reading the room on this one. I mean there's still a LOT of games releasing on PS4 still so why do we need a mid-gen refresh exactly, when we haven't even fully left last gen behind? I bought the PS4 Pro at launch but I'm sitting this one out.

@NEStalgia For me, the guild questlines and magic in general were far superior in Oblivion, and I also preferred it's deeper RPG elements as opposed to Skyrim doing away with attributes, etc.

Also, the cities in Oblivion felt much more distinct from one another, for example I can still recall Anvil, Cheydinhal, Bruma etc. quite clearly but not so much with the cities in Skyrim. I preferred Cyrodiil as a setting as well, much more vibrant and colorful.

The long wait wouldn't be as frustrating if the games they had developed instead weren't so bad. At launch Fallout 76 was an abortion that almost nobody wanted or asked for, and Starfield is painfully average on it's best day. Personally for me the high point of the series was Oblivion.

Yeah, cause that's what the masses are clamoring for, right? More AAA, or dare I say, AAAA Live-Service games! Those protesters you thought were fighting for human rights? No, they just want more hot garbage that will have it's servers shut down within 14 months of launch. Excellent use of resources fellas. If that doesn't work out, I've got some swampland in Florida for sale and I'll give you a deal...

This kind of garbage does not belong anywhere near a single player game, and is evidence of the rampant greed that has played a major role in why a significant portion of the industry has lost their jobs since the start of 2024.

Back in early September, my sub for Premium ran out and I downgraded to Essential, and I have to say in the 6 months since not ONE game I would be interested in came to Extra or Premium that I hadn't played already. Literally, if only one had come through I would have gone back up to Extra, but nope...

@TrickyDicky99 it's probably closer to 3-5 minutes, but it feels like 30 seconds. I'm a slut for fast internet.

@PerpetualBoredom Well, a physical game you either have to leave your home and procure, which takes time, or buy it online and wait for it to arrive, which again, takes time. Digital I have that s**t in what, 30 seconds? So go ahead and consider it a convenience fee and stop your whining lol

This reminds me of the one idiot that we all know, who never has money because instead of sticking with a consistent job they're constantly blowing their money on get rich quick schemes.

It's on a much grander scale, but otherwise basically the same thing.

@ILikeStake I agree the characters were very memorable, but the whole project reeked of "release this is 12 months I don't care how" with how many environments were reused and such. I remember looking through a strategy guide and seeing all the maps there emphasized how copy-paste it really was.

This mess isn't all on BioWare. We could have had a new Dragon Age in 2018 or so, but EA butted in and made BioWare scrap everything and start over with an emphasis on Live Service elements. Then, from what I've been told, the success of the single-player Fallen Order game made EA change their mind again, had BioWare scrap the Live Service crap, and they started over from scratch AGAIN, going back to the single-player focused project they had been working on originally.

If any of this info is false, please correct me. But from what I can tell EA is just as responsible for the mess that is Dragon Age currently as BioWare is.

Valhalla was just too much, of everything. I've never been more ready to move on from a game than I was when I finished Valhalla. I greatly preferred Odyssey and personally think that is the best AC game.

Sifu not my thing at all, but I've heard enough good things that I'm thankful to be able to check it out now

@BolkaRover you make a good point, we really won't know for sure until we see how many games make the transition to Sony/Nintendo consoles

@BolkaRover I see your point about GP opposed to spending $60-70, but that would only apply to the very small percentage of people who own both consoles. For someone looking to buy their first console though, why on Earth would anyone choose an Xbox, sure you got GP but you're missing a TON of excellent Sony exclusives, when you could get a PS5 and have access to everything? It almost becomes like an idiot test at that point IMO.

I know I've said it before, but this is just the beginning. I don't care what MS says right now. They've seen the writing on the wall, and they're finally realizing that their master plan to buy up publishers and make their games Xbox exclusive is only going to result in those games selling 30% of what they should and it's going to cause them to hemorrhage money essentially. The only way forward, or eventually out, for MS at this point is to sell as many copies of their games on as many platforms as they can. Game Pass has peaked, and they've already lost the most important gen (when people began to seriously invest in digital ecosystems), so really what else can they do? So yeah, we will at least see a Starfield announcement for PS5, among others, by the end of the year, at minimum.

@Monstermash40 Yeah I would absolutely stay home, and you definitely won't regret it. Weddings are the worst.

I'm just surprised that all 23,000 people who bought Series X/S consoles signed the same petition!

I don't buy for a minute that this will be it. Keeping Starfield and Indiana Jones on Xbox means leaving a TON of money on the table, and for what, to keep fighting a war they've already lost? Mark my words both games will be on PS5 by mid-2025.

Out of the 4 mentioned, I'm not likely to buy any of them, because I've already played 2 of them on GP, and the other 2 don't interest me.

I literally kept an Xbox 360 until last year because my account had NCAA Football 14 on it, and it's not BC. So suffice to say I'm looking forward to this one.