@Jey887 sorry bro. The best advice is to visit an auction and buy a car the old owner couldn't keep up with the repayments. You should find a car 2-3k under retail (in the uk). If you're lucky, maybe even 4k. For 3-4 owner cars, it's worth calling car supermarkets who advertise cars upto 6 years old and seeing if they have any part exchanges about to go to auction or in the back.
@GodofCapcom Gamepass has 25million+ subscribers. That is a lot.
On the steam thing, and again no they haven't lost. Steam is the big drawer obviously, back in 2019 MS announced most of its games will be available on steam to win back trust as the Windows launcher was mismatched to customers wants and needs. It struggled to keep customers on board as they left to go steam. So it was an obvious decision and keeps their skin in the game. Gamepass kind of circumvents that dominance.
Microsoft unfortunately haven't had a big hit outside of Forza Horizon aka Spiderman, GoW, HZW. It is disheartening in a way, similar to when I had a gamecube and all the great games were coming to PS2 and xbox. But they do offer ridiculous value for money and stuff of variable quality is out on the regular. I am really happy as gaming is cheap on the xbox.
That's 18 million people with access to the MS Store. It's not PS5 figures but 18 million is still significant enough to warrant building the console in the first place.
MS are actually in a battle for the PC space, trying to take on steam, gog and the variety of other online sales portals, as MS office is their big product. The xbox is essential to introduce customers to their ecosystem.
I change systems regularly, most recently buying a switch for Tactics Ogre reborn and selling my PS5. I currently game on the xbox and spend my money there as the sales tend to be better and like Microsoft rewards to build up vouchers. Sony have the better top tier games, kinda gutted I sold my PS5. But with Ghost wire Tokyo on gamepass and minecraft legends maybe later on, I can get over it.
@Jey887 I work in used cars and they delay is prolonged. Cars weren't being built in 2020 and the lack of superconductors effected production until earlier this year. For some that's still ongoing due to parts, which were previously fabricated in Ukraine and Russia no longer available. That said used cars tend to have a lot lower mileage relative to age right now, as people were sat at home. So we've recently seen an increase in value again with all this combined.
@Wheatly agreed, alcohol is poison. And we all have the right to judge. I like energy drinks, tending to have 2 or so a week. But they are bad for you. In the same way as chocolate or crisps. It's junk. But I suppose that's another discussion away from gaming.
Everyone in these comments had their crystal balls out knowing it would flop 🤣 Sony and MM took a chance, made an excellent piece of leftfield software and its great. Dreams just didn't sell as most people have the attention span of a goldfish.
@Wheatly bit more to it than that. Also when we refer to a coffee - for most its an Americano or latte. Literally, coffee plus water and milk or just milk. Here's a can of monster;
I enjoy an energy drink. But you know its bad for you. On many occasions they have worked. Given you the additional energy to see a shift through with gusto. Other times, well they have made me jittery or feeling ill. Also the daily dietary b vitamin requirements are smashed into oblivion with upto 300%. 2 cans throughout the day not counting naturally occurring vitamins through eating and it's going to cause side effects. Also a few of the ingredients have little scientific history. So it's just thrown in and see what happens in twenty years.
@kyleforrester87 There are a few examples outside of commutes;
I used to take my vita when away with work, staying in a hotel. Easy to plug in and charge.
The switch came with us on holiday for the plane.
I'm not a huge fan of mobile gaming. Usually due to hand cramps and having to hold devices a certain way. But the vita was essential when my wife was in labour. Took ages so I sat off in the back playing hungry giraffe for a break.
VR is amazing. The best experience I have had in gaming in 20 years came from the original psvr. Love you Astrobot.
But
It's too intense, it's too immersive and it's more of an event as you are away from the outside world. We all have responsibilities and kicking back on a sofa with a game on TV is relaxing (most of the time). Once you are locked in to VR, as good as it is, you disconnect from reality and its isolating.
Everyone should try VR, no one has any excuse, especially now you can grab og psvr on the cheap. But it's hard to recommend to people with kids. People with housemates. People. Well people in general unless you live alone.
I at times, genuinely felt part of the gaming worlds I entered. It's truly mesmeric. Anyone saying it's a gimmick is a charlatan. However, VR done correct also alters why we the general public love games. It's not about immersion and being locked away. It's about experiencing a win, a cool level, getting a high score, finishing a boss story. Immersion isn't necessary to enjoy all those things. Immersion has been the media buzzword since last generation, it's cool when you feel part of things. But really being part of things is sharing the gaming experience with a friend online, a partner at home, your kids after school. Not being locked away with a potentially eye sight ruining screen attached to your swede, alone.
And that's why VR won't be a success in any variation.
Man some of these salty comments. Vampire survivors is great. The amount of enemies on screen couldn't work on the old 8 and 16 bit machines. So in many ways it is a modern game.
I'm currently playing it. Loads of fun but I wouldn't award it goty. Lacks gameplay for me, you just use the left stick. I was actually watching a youtube video yesterday whilst playing and got 6 achievements with half an eye on the screen. Still had another go though.
@tselliot Looking at 'work' in the 80s and 90s (a golden age in the USA in many ways and the UK regained its seat at the top table economically) we moved from industry to service economies. This in part created tons of jobs in cool industries music, art, graphic design, office work and writing. Ya know, decent but not back breaking work. All of which will be targeted.
AI is also bad today. Algorithms which are rudimentary, have a huge impact on elections all over the world. Conspiracy theories are rampant and chat bots flood the comments sections of news reports. None of this is positive and we are only at the start.
@AdamNovice hi ADF, citizen sleeper is a gem. Luckily this version includes the dlc which is a god send. The base game, although fantastic, is a tad lightweight. It has multiple endings and the writing is first class. It can be played over a few nights and although it won't win any goty awards or live long in the memory - is a great journey nonetheless.
My honest opinion is the base gameplay ideas and implementation are there but it needs a grander scale and a couple of extra mini games for any sequel.
@Oleschool Mario is amazing OS no doubt. In fact SMB3 won our forum best Nintendo game ever. I live Super Mario. Ultra respect goes to the plumber.
However, you can't just say that vines and poles were in Mario first. I once went into a strip club and I knew were Miyamoto got the idea. That kinky guy.
Anyhow Astrobot blew my (pretty tiny) mind. I was enamured start to finish. The section in the water was fabulous. Headbutting the barriers. Astrobot running around your head. It was so overflowing with joy. The real world was rubbish in comparison.
This doesn't have to be about which is better. As mentioned, Mario all the way upto sunshine were regular games for me, way back when. It's a fantastic set of games everyone should / must play. I also feel that astrobot is the best VR game. Go with the flow and enjoy it.
@LeeHarveyOzgod you make a good point. However, push are rating the game. And the game slowly works its way into your life. Try it once, it's okay, try it thrice, it clicks. By the 200th hour you are in space in master mode level 10 in full control of the world. Then you get 3 damn z shapes in a row. Damn you z shapes.
I've played a fair few minter games. I may be in the minority but they are often overrated. And I love retro games. Give me Asteroids over tempest any day. You can actually see what you are doing.
Saying that playing the recent Atari anthology compilation 50th something there is a game situated within which is absolutely fantastic. VCTR-SCTR it's called, one of the best arcade remake mixups ever invented. So good.
I've jumped over to xbox this gen as gamepass is too good. It's the best deal in gaming ever. Like I'm currently playing Age of empires 2 remastered, Jo Jo's bizarre adventure battle and just finished the amazing Opus. I have 45 games in my to play list and have played well over a hundred games in just over a year.
It will effect gaming, in the future most games will have a store front of sorts. I can't see how this benefits publishers though, maybe for a bit of extra cash when sales die out? I previously mirrored the same worries as everyone above me about the future of gaming. It can't possibly make economic sense.
But I'm not a publisher and swamped in games. So it's great for the consumer right now.
@NEStalgia ubisoft has rainbow 6 and EA has fifa and madden.
Unbelievably I'm not anti-gaas. In fact my favourite game last gen Rocket League is. Then my second favourite Dreams, kind of is.
However when I was playing them both (big props to my bro @kyroki on RL and the MNC from Dreams) I didn't play anything else. It was all my spare time gone. No other game could get a look in. Even big games I was looking forward to. Also the rush of Rocket League makes other games boring and is dangerously addictive.
So is it sensible to go after the gaas crowd? He'll yes. But give us a great single player mode too. Forza Horizon does it very well. Destiny was great as well - you could go out on your Todd and practice. Sony have all the skills to make it work but please Sony, don't forget about the single player gamers who just want to chill and have a great story. Dopamine is great but having a great single player game can be even better.
@PenguinLtd In response to you not trying VR. Honestly, VR was the best gaming wow moment I've had since Ridge Racer on the PS1. The scale of everything is insane. I would recommend grabbing an original psvr and Astrobot vr, then add in some tetris effect and vr worlds. It's mind blowing.
The real difficulty I don't think VR will ever shake is its anti-social and you can't see what's going on in the outside world due to the immersion. It's also awful for people with travel sickness. But honestly go and grab the first version and play a few games, yes the resolution isn't great but you will get the idea and it's magical.
Why anyone would pay £210 for this is beyond me. Ripoff.
@grapetrap because £210 for bits of plastic is a total ripoff. If someone wants one. Good for them. But you can't compare, say a single banker yuppy with a fancy keyboard to the millions of PlayStation fans. It's not 'premium' as the stick drift will still be an issue and it really is an issue. Also less battery life? Honestly who's seeing that and shouting 'I'm in!' Total cash grab from $ony. £70 games, hardly any storage on the main console and now £210 for a slightly better version of an imo pretty bad controller.
But if you aim for the stars you may hit the moon. Its not so ludicrous if you have a mortgage which has gone up by £200 combined with your fuel bills and food. Travel costs, insurance, you name it, its gone up. completely unwarranted in some cases. You factor all this stuff in and someone somewhere is benefitting from this. And it's corporate greed. Ubisoft may have lost £300 mil, but they were one of the big companies to go all in with full priced purchases games as a service encouraging boosters and other nonsense. Why pay full price when there is a stacked compendium of free to play stuff on the store?
They need a change of business model. They were great at designing new and exciting games. Now it's the same old mechanics with below par graphics. Everyone has caught on and obtaining the new ass creed is only slightly favourable to catching the latest coronavirus adaptation. Again right here ubisoft championed a slim down release schedule, so it's their own making.
I tried Assasins creed odyssey recently and the main screen was just a shop. It massively puts you off playing as you know the full game Is gated off and it doesn't sit right in an rpg. Make good games and then have a DLC plan if it's a hit. Ubi have got it backward with the dlc and additional purchases littering the introduction.
@thefourfoldroot1 I have run my own company and am now a worker. Listen the losses are catastrophic, of course they are. But your best workers will get you out of a hole.
I'm in a strange situation myself. The company I work for has been fine - not as many sales as previous years tbf - but more profit on each sale whilst my expenses have gone through the roof. No one is offering up pay rises or appraisals (or rather a fairer change to my commission plan) but expecting more and more from the smaller level of staffing, getting paid less. It is putting pressure on all of us and I've considered leaving. How you expect workers to just sit off and put up with the cost of living crisis is over 10% inflation this year alone is beyond me. So strikes are understandable.
A four day working week is a boon for 90% of all the workforce. Three days off is great and actually makes you more productive when you are in. I swapped my own staff from 37.5 hours over 5 days (8hrs 30 mins break) to 34 hours (9 hours 30 mins break) over 4 days and it worked wonders in my last job. My current employers have now started asking us to work when we usually don't, which is the opposite.
There is more than one solution to ubisofts issues, without your best staff it will only get worse.
Been saying this for years. Making games is fundamentally different than most other businesses. You are getting the people with knowledge rather than the IP, location or technology. No one will care less about forza If mavericks game blows it away and will all emigrate accordingly. Similar to when champ man became football manager.
Buying a football team is more stable than buying a team full of creatives. It's in your nature to care about other things as well as your bank balance. Buy a car showroom you get the cars plus the loyalty of ongoing customers and location. All MS are getting if they buy a studio and everyone leaves is some PCs and an office that honestly could be anywhere in the world. If the glue disintegrates your left with the fluff in the departments who aren't productive on their own.
And Forza 4 + 5 are amazing yall. I'm currently playing 4 and it literally batters any other arcade racer in every conceivable way. Driving to Edinburgh has never felt so good.
@grapetrap this has to be trolling. PlayStation this year alone has God of war 2, Horizon 2 and Gran Turismo 7. It then had a stellar year with the base ps plus. Over on xbox you have Horizon 5 dlc, Citizen sleeper and Immortality. At the end of the day if your yearly gaming consists of a dozen Nintendo games redone for 40 years more power to you. Most of us see Nintendo as a side course with quality reliable games. The Ford focus of the gaming industry.
@naruball The Apple comparison is fair, however Apple products are a lifestyle item owned predominantly by working people. Not every Apple owner has the latest version and they are usually conned into a subscription to pay off the phone at £60 per month for 2 years - then returned for the next one. You WILL use the iPhone for the next 2 years multiple times a day. So you can mentally absorb the cost when you factor in calls/texts/internet etc.
I loved PSVR a ton but don't use it anymore. It was relatively expensive versus the time it's been used. I will give psvr2 a miss for now but keep an envious eye over everyone who owns it.
I felt sick in just about every VR game I played outside of Statik and the head pong game in VR world's. Even Astrobot gave me some mild sickness when the camera moved forward.
But nothing compares to playing anything were you move at normal speed or in vehicles. I recall playing a FPS which came bundled with a gun peripheral. Got about 45 minutes in and felt ill for days.
As a side note I do get travel sick on occasion. So it probably ties in. Don't play vr if you get travel sick, it's not worth it.
Weird game and imo a bit pants. The art style is different and that's about it really. The pod racer vehicle is okay. The puzzles are contrived and it suffers badly from invisible walls and scenery blocking you although it's cleared.
That said I am glad I played it and the artsyle does pop. Hopefully they get the chance to expand and deepen their next game.
@B80 @StylesT it was one of the first games I installed on my new Xbox. I did have teething issues initially when I started it, possibly didn't download properly? God knows. I will give it another bash some time if it's still on GP.
I was quietly excited for last year's version Gamepass and to me it's unplayable. The control scheme is awful and the amount of bugs and weird things going on is unforgivable.
The LMA control scheme needs to be acknowledged as THE console sport manager interface and not the festering steaming mess we currently have. It's so bad, the only thing I can compare it to is using Teletext back in the day. It's slow, cumbersome and poorly designed.
@Milktastrophe sorry for the delayed response. Do you know they are underpaid as fact?
In the UK we have a working time directive of 37.5 hours. We also have a hotline for being underpaid / not paid. I was under the impression crunch was bad due to the stress and additional working hours, not the lack of pay.
If that's the case they could underpay anyone at anytime.
Edit) ignore above Ive seen your subsequent reply to another Pushsquare and that's pretty eye-opening. Thank you for the research.
I understand everyone's hate for crunch culture. However as long as it's scheduled more or less and the prior 2.75 years have been a safe, cool environment with proper holidays etc. It is a product rather than a service at launch, so you need that extra workload for the polish. Yes it seems cruel but as long as the staff are compensated appropriately then it has to be done.
@uptownsoul you are correct and possibly wrong at the same time.
Depending on what happens next with geopolitics are economies could regress worse than the credit crunch. I had a start up business prior to 08 and noticed some strange things going on. It was very different to now. You could get 7/8% interest (coming on around 11% APR) on regular savings and it was a really weird but amazing time. The ninja mortgages and gimmicks caught up with the financial system in the end and it collapsed like a house of cards. The debt incurred by governments bailing out banks was the reason for austerity. Simple really.
This time international trade has started to falter. Nationalism rose post 2008 (blame Johnny foreigner). Capitalism has taken a monopolistical turn for the worse and the mega rich company owners have their own political strategies and planted politicians. Workers are having rights stripped away and the politicians in charge are awful or acting against the populous across the globe. Post WW2 agreements have been ripped up and there are clear lines of a 2 way split East Vs West. After Brexit, Covid and now Russia has invaded Ukraine with China's blessing the games up. Things could very well get a lot lot worse. This time, it's not simple. There are issues on multiple fronts which all effect the world and local economies. Global warming is coming home to roost, striking workers, anger and potentially no heating come winter.
In my work, Ive had people threatening me. At the end of the day the 'team' shouldn't be fronting Twitter or social media, pass it to a PR company. Especially as Destiny is going to garner backlash everytime it updates - it's expensive and has microtransactions. Who buys them? Kids and Karen's. Bad news both sets.
@The_Pixel_King If Polyphony decide to build a hot wheels or similar dlc, you will be waiting until 2030. The scapes mode is fantastic, I spent an age designing a few cars and snapping them in GT Sport. It's more fleshed out in 7. Just a pity the game came out kind of unfinished and the graphics look a bit last gen sometimes.
@Grimwood Gamepass has closer to 300 games and mostly a lot of solid games. Unlike PS Now which had a lot of filler. Listen Grim, I'm not for 1 minute saying Xbox are that much different to Sony. It's just that until recently with the new ps plus tiers, Gamepass was a better value proposition. And there are more first party games than we give MS credit for.
But for me playing Playstation for 6-7 years it's actually been nice seeing all the Xbox games. So with the lack of games and tiny SSD, ridiculous stick drift and pivot to games as a service I'm more inclined to play on Xbox this gen. As I mentioned Ive bought a years Gamepass ultimate, gave £10 to charity, Bought Rogue Legacy 2 and a couple of throw away games to pad out my library and all it cost (my wife for my bday) was 3 months Gamepass, due to Microsoft rewards. It's like a pseudo achievement score but you can get vouchers from it. With the cost of living crisis, it pays for itself then some. And if you game similarly to me, having both systems, then it's an easy decision to main on the Xbox. It's quieter, looks better and gives you money.
@Grimwood it's not though is it? PS plus essential Is like 2-3 games a month. Gamepass had 3 games added on Friday and more Tuesday. They add about 14 or so games every month.
I'm a Sony advocate, been on this site for years. But they have dropped the ball big time. I'm not just referring to GP either.
Promote soulless games as a service free to play littered with microtransactions. Charge £70 for your own games and include microtransactions. Design a console with tiny storage.
Great if you are a casual gamer who plays FIFA and Cod. Terrible if you play loads of games. Ive Been spending 95% of my time on Xbox due to Gamepass and MS rewards, just bought Rogue Legacy 2 and paid nothing but my own time.
Microsoft are guilt of adding microtransactions to their games, arguably worse than Sony. But Gamepass and MS rewards mitigates that somewhat.
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Re: PS5 Sales Increase An Outrageous 369% in Key European Countries
@Jey887 sorry bro. The best advice is to visit an auction and buy a car the old owner couldn't keep up with the repayments. You should find a car 2-3k under retail (in the uk). If you're lucky, maybe even 4k. For 3-4 owner cars, it's worth calling car supermarkets who advertise cars upto 6 years old and seeing if they have any part exchanges about to go to auction or in the back.
Re: PS5 Sales Increase An Outrageous 369% in Key European Countries
@GodofCapcom Gamepass has 25million+ subscribers. That is a lot.
On the steam thing, and again no they haven't lost. Steam is the big drawer obviously, back in 2019 MS announced most of its games will be available on steam to win back trust as the Windows launcher was mismatched to customers wants and needs. It struggled to keep customers on board as they left to go steam. So it was an obvious decision and keeps their skin in the game. Gamepass kind of circumvents that dominance.
Microsoft unfortunately haven't had a big hit outside of Forza Horizon aka Spiderman, GoW, HZW. It is disheartening in a way, similar to when I had a gamecube and all the great games were coming to PS2 and xbox. But they do offer ridiculous value for money and stuff of variable quality is out on the regular. I am really happy as gaming is cheap on the xbox.
Re: PS5 Sales Increase An Outrageous 369% in Key European Countries
@4kgk2 The have sold 18 million consoles.
That's 18 million people with access to the MS Store. It's not PS5 figures but 18 million is still significant enough to warrant building the console in the first place.
MS are actually in a battle for the PC space, trying to take on steam, gog and the variety of other online sales portals, as MS office is their big product. The xbox is essential to introduce customers to their ecosystem.
I change systems regularly, most recently buying a switch for Tactics Ogre reborn and selling my PS5. I currently game on the xbox and spend my money there as the sales tend to be better and like Microsoft rewards to build up vouchers. Sony have the better top tier games, kinda gutted I sold my PS5. But with Ghost wire Tokyo on gamepass and minecraft legends maybe later on, I can get over it.
Re: PS5 Sales Increase An Outrageous 369% in Key European Countries
@Jey887 I work in used cars and they delay is prolonged. Cars weren't being built in 2020 and the lack of superconductors effected production until earlier this year. For some that's still ongoing due to parts, which were previously fabricated in Ukraine and Russia no longer available. That said used cars tend to have a lot lower mileage relative to age right now, as people were sat at home. So we've recently seen an increase in value again with all this combined.
Re: Random: Monster Energy Thinks You Might Confuse Its Drinks with Monster Hunter
@Wheatly agreed, alcohol is poison. And we all have the right to judge. I like energy drinks, tending to have 2 or so a week. But they are bad for you. In the same way as chocolate or crisps. It's junk. But I suppose that's another discussion away from gaming.
Re: Media Molecule to Cease Live Service for Dreams, Now Working on a New Project
Everyone in these comments had their crystal balls out knowing it would flop 🤣 Sony and MM took a chance, made an excellent piece of leftfield software and its great. Dreams just didn't sell as most people have the attention span of a goldfish.
Re: Media Molecule to Cease Live Service for Dreams, Now Working on a New Project
Disappointing but expected. Still I had fun and no way you can make something like this in forge or Mario maker;
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rElskkai-Io
Re: Random: Monster Energy Thinks You Might Confuse Its Drinks with Monster Hunter
@Wheatly bit more to it than that. Also when we refer to a coffee - for most its an Americano or latte. Literally, coffee plus water and milk or just milk. Here's a can of monster;
Carbonated Water, Sucrose, Glucose Syrup, Acid (Citric Acid), Flavourings, Taurine (0.4%), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrates), Panax Ginseng Root Extract (0.08%), L-Carnitine L-Tartrate (0.04%), Preservatives (Sorbic Acid, Benzoic Acid), Caffeine (0.03%), Colour (Anthocyanins), Vitamins (B3, B6, B2, B12), Sweetener (Sucralose), Sodium Chloride, D-Glucuronolactone, Guarana Seed Extract (0.002%), Inositol, Maltodextrin
I enjoy an energy drink. But you know its bad for you. On many occasions they have worked. Given you the additional energy to see a shift through with gusto. Other times, well they have made me jittery or feeling ill. Also the daily dietary b vitamin requirements are smashed into oblivion with upto 300%. 2 cans throughout the day not counting naturally occurring vitamins through eating and it's going to cause side effects. Also a few of the ingredients have little scientific history. So it's just thrown in and see what happens in twenty years.
Re: Rumour: PS Vita 2 Dreams Killed But Sony Might Have a Handheld for PS5 Remote Play in the Works
@Ralizah yeah nailed it. Holidays, especially the plane if you are in the air 4+ hours is essential!
Re: Rumour: PS Vita 2 Dreams Killed But Sony Might Have a Handheld for PS5 Remote Play in the Works
@kyleforrester87 There are a few examples outside of commutes;
I used to take my vita when away with work, staying in a hotel. Easy to plug in and charge.
The switch came with us on holiday for the plane.
I'm not a huge fan of mobile gaming. Usually due to hand cramps and having to hold devices a certain way. But the vita was essential when my wife was in labour. Took ages so I sat off in the back playing hungry giraffe for a break.
Re: Soapbox: PSVR2 Already Feels Like It's on Course for Failure
VR is amazing. The best experience I have had in gaming in 20 years came from the original psvr. Love you Astrobot.
But
It's too intense, it's too immersive and it's more of an event as you are away from the outside world. We all have responsibilities and kicking back on a sofa with a game on TV is relaxing (most of the time). Once you are locked in to VR, as good as it is, you disconnect from reality and its isolating.
Everyone should try VR, no one has any excuse, especially now you can grab og psvr on the cheap. But it's hard to recommend to people with kids. People with housemates. People. Well people in general unless you live alone.
I at times, genuinely felt part of the gaming worlds I entered. It's truly mesmeric. Anyone saying it's a gimmick is a charlatan. However, VR done correct also alters why we the general public love games. It's not about immersion and being locked away. It's about experiencing a win, a cool level, getting a high score, finishing a boss story. Immersion isn't necessary to enjoy all those things. Immersion has been the media buzzword since last generation, it's cool when you feel part of things. But really being part of things is sharing the gaming experience with a friend online, a partner at home, your kids after school. Not being locked away with a potentially eye sight ruining screen attached to your swede, alone.
And that's why VR won't be a success in any variation.
Re: Indie Not on PlayStation Beats PS5, PS4's Biggest Hits to BAFTA's Game of the Year
Man some of these salty comments. Vampire survivors is great. The amount of enemies on screen couldn't work on the old 8 and 16 bit machines. So in many ways it is a modern game.
I'm currently playing it. Loads of fun but I wouldn't award it goty. Lacks gameplay for me, you just use the left stick. I was actually watching a youtube video yesterday whilst playing and got 6 achievements with half an eye on the screen. Still had another go though.
Re: Flagship First-Party Naughty Dog Will Develop for PS5 and PC Moving Forwards
@Arnna you have turned a complicated subject, Sony exclusives on PC. To the lowest common denominator.
We are all allowed to speculate including @Flaming_Kaiser and @Shad361
Calling the unenthusiastic about the current climate 'neck beards' whatever that means. Is rude and insulting.
Re: Ubisoft Helps Out Its Writers by Implementing AI Tech to Do Their Job for Them
@tselliot Looking at 'work' in the 80s and 90s (a golden age in the USA in many ways and the UK regained its seat at the top table economically) we moved from industry to service economies. This in part created tons of jobs in cool industries music, art, graphic design, office work and writing. Ya know, decent but not back breaking work. All of which will be targeted.
AI is also bad today. Algorithms which are rudimentary, have a huge impact on elections all over the world. Conspiracy theories are rampant and chat bots flood the comments sections of news reports. None of this is positive and we are only at the start.
Re: Acclaimed Indie RPG Citizen Sleeper Wakes Up on PS5, PS4 Later This Month
@AdamNovice hi ADF, citizen sleeper is a gem. Luckily this version includes the dlc which is a god send. The base game, although fantastic, is a tad lightweight. It has multiple endings and the writing is first class. It can be played over a few nights and although it won't win any goty awards or live long in the memory - is a great journey nonetheless.
My honest opinion is the base gameplay ideas and implementation are there but it needs a grander scale and a couple of extra mini games for any sequel.
Re: Astro Bot Rescue Mission Director Says Comparisons to Mario are 'Very Flattering'
@Oleschool Mario is amazing OS no doubt. In fact SMB3 won our forum best Nintendo game ever. I live Super Mario. Ultra respect goes to the plumber.
However, you can't just say that vines and poles were in Mario first. I once went into a strip club and I knew were Miyamoto got the idea. That kinky guy.
Anyhow Astrobot blew my (pretty tiny) mind. I was enamured start to finish. The section in the water was fabulous. Headbutting the barriers. Astrobot running around your head. It was so overflowing with joy. The real world was rubbish in comparison.
This doesn't have to be about which is better. As mentioned, Mario all the way upto sunshine were regular games for me, way back when. It's a fantastic set of games everyone should / must play. I also feel that astrobot is the best VR game. Go with the flow and enjoy it.
Re: Mini Review: Tetris Effect (PSVR2) - Stunning Puzzler Now Looks Better Than Ever
@LeeHarveyOzgod you make a good point. However, push are rating the game. And the game slowly works its way into your life. Try it once, it's okay, try it thrice, it clicks. By the 200th hour you are in space in master mode level 10 in full control of the world. Then you get 3 damn z shapes in a row. Damn you z shapes.
Re: Mini Review: Akka Arrh (PS5) – A Psychedelic Curiosity from the Past
I've played a fair few minter games. I may be in the minority but they are often overrated. And I love retro games. Give me Asteroids over tempest any day. You can actually see what you are doing.
Saying that playing the recent Atari anthology compilation 50th something there is a game situated within which is absolutely fantastic. VCTR-SCTR it's called, one of the best arcade remake mixups ever invented. So good.
Re: Microsoft Admits Xbox Game Pass Is Harming Software Sales After All
I've jumped over to xbox this gen as gamepass is too good. It's the best deal in gaming ever. Like I'm currently playing Age of empires 2 remastered, Jo Jo's bizarre adventure battle and just finished the amazing Opus. I have 45 games in my to play list and have played well over a hundred games in just over a year.
It will effect gaming, in the future most games will have a store front of sorts. I can't see how this benefits publishers though, maybe for a bit of extra cash when sales die out? I previously mirrored the same worries as everyone above me about the future of gaming. It can't possibly make economic sense.
But I'm not a publisher and swamped in games. So it's great for the consumer right now.
Re: Talking Point: Should Sony Be Worried by Live Service Implosion?
@NEStalgia ubisoft has rainbow 6 and EA has fifa and madden.
Unbelievably I'm not anti-gaas. In fact my favourite game last gen Rocket League is. Then my second favourite Dreams, kind of is.
However when I was playing them both (big props to my bro @kyroki on RL and the MNC from Dreams) I didn't play anything else. It was all my spare time gone. No other game could get a look in. Even big games I was looking forward to. Also the rush of Rocket League makes other games boring and is dangerously addictive.
So is it sensible to go after the gaas crowd? He'll yes. But give us a great single player mode too. Forza Horizon does it very well. Destiny was great as well - you could go out on your Todd and practice. Sony have all the skills to make it work but please Sony, don't forget about the single player gamers who just want to chill and have a great story. Dopamine is great but having a great single player game can be even better.
Re: Sony Denies Claims of PSVR2 Stock Cuts at Launch
@PenguinLtd In response to you not trying VR. Honestly, VR was the best gaming wow moment I've had since Ridge Racer on the PS1. The scale of everything is insane. I would recommend grabbing an original psvr and Astrobot vr, then add in some tetris effect and vr worlds. It's mind blowing.
The real difficulty I don't think VR will ever shake is its anti-social and you can't see what's going on in the outside world due to the immersion. It's also awful for people with travel sickness. But honestly go and grab the first version and play a few games, yes the resolution isn't great but you will get the idea and it's magical.
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a DualSense Edge?
Why anyone would pay £210 for this is beyond me. Ripoff.
@grapetrap because £210 for bits of plastic is a total ripoff. If someone wants one. Good for them. But you can't compare, say a single banker yuppy with a fancy keyboard to the millions of PlayStation fans. It's not 'premium' as the stick drift will still be an issue and it really is an issue. Also less battery life? Honestly who's seeing that and shouting 'I'm in!' Total cash grab from $ony. £70 games, hardly any storage on the main console and now £210 for a slightly better version of an imo pretty bad controller.
Re: Destruction AllStars Dev Now Helping Out on Sea of Thieves
@RBMango thank you, will give it a whirl later in the week.
Re: Destruction AllStars Dev Now Helping Out on Sea of Thieves
I know a bunch of people were defending destruction all-stars. Personally I thought the idea was terrible and the implementation, even worse.
I haven't played sea of thieves, forgot it was even a thing. Is it any good?
Re: French Trade Union Calls on Ubisoft Paris Workers to Strike Following CEO's Comments
@thefourfoldroot1 that's fair.
But if you aim for the stars you may hit the moon. Its not so ludicrous if you have a mortgage which has gone up by £200 combined with your fuel bills and food. Travel costs, insurance, you name it, its gone up. completely unwarranted in some cases. You factor all this stuff in and someone somewhere is benefitting from this. And it's corporate greed. Ubisoft may have lost £300 mil, but they were one of the big companies to go all in with full priced purchases games as a service encouraging boosters and other nonsense. Why pay full price when there is a stacked compendium of free to play stuff on the store?
They need a change of business model. They were great at designing new and exciting games. Now it's the same old mechanics with below par graphics. Everyone has caught on and obtaining the new ass creed is only slightly favourable to catching the latest coronavirus adaptation. Again right here ubisoft championed a slim down release schedule, so it's their own making.
Re: French Trade Union Calls on Ubisoft Paris Workers to Strike Following CEO's Comments
I tried Assasins creed odyssey recently and the main screen was just a shop. It massively puts you off playing as you know the full game Is gated off and it doesn't sit right in an rpg. Make good games and then have a DLC plan if it's a hit. Ubi have got it backward with the dlc and additional purchases littering the introduction.
Re: French Trade Union Calls on Ubisoft Paris Workers to Strike Following CEO's Comments
@thefourfoldroot1 I have run my own company and am now a worker. Listen the losses are catastrophic, of course they are. But your best workers will get you out of a hole.
I'm in a strange situation myself. The company I work for has been fine - not as many sales as previous years tbf - but more profit on each sale whilst my expenses have gone through the roof. No one is offering up pay rises or appraisals (or rather a fairer change to my commission plan) but expecting more and more from the smaller level of staffing, getting paid less. It is putting pressure on all of us and I've considered leaving. How you expect workers to just sit off and put up with the cost of living crisis is over 10% inflation this year alone is beyond me. So strikes are understandable.
A four day working week is a boon for 90% of all the workforce. Three days off is great and actually makes you more productive when you are in. I swapped my own staff from 37.5 hours over 5 days (8hrs 30 mins break) to 34 hours (9 hours 30 mins break) over 4 days and it worked wonders in my last job. My current employers have now started asking us to work when we usually don't, which is the opposite.
There is more than one solution to ubisofts issues, without your best staff it will only get worse.
Re: Persona 4 Golden (PS4) - An Utterly Engrossing RPG, and That's the Truth
@DefiledViper the ps4 is run from hhd, the series x from an ssd. Which explains why loading is faster.
And honestly, it's a Vita port. 1080p is fine.
Re: Shocking: Atlus Won't Restrict Persona 3, Persona 4 Remaster Footage, Screenshots
@Balosi not completely true. I purchased Mass Effect Andromeda and sat horrified. Complete surprise when I uninstalled it 3 hours later.
Re: New AAA Studio Formed Out of Forza Horizon 5, EA Talent
Been saying this for years. Making games is fundamentally different than most other businesses. You are getting the people with knowledge rather than the IP, location or technology. No one will care less about forza If mavericks game blows it away and will all emigrate accordingly. Similar to when champ man became football manager.
Buying a football team is more stable than buying a team full of creatives. It's in your nature to care about other things as well as your bank balance. Buy a car showroom you get the cars plus the loyalty of ongoing customers and location. All MS are getting if they buy a studio and everyone leaves is some PCs and an office that honestly could be anywhere in the world. If the glue disintegrates your left with the fluff in the departments who aren't productive on their own.
And Forza 4 + 5 are amazing yall. I'm currently playing 4 and it literally batters any other arcade racer in every conceivable way. Driving to Edinburgh has never felt so good.
Re: Poll: What PS5, PS4 Game Are You Most Looking Forward to in January 2023?
It could be Persona 4 Golden alone and the month would be a stacked. 100+ hours if you're grabbing everything within.
I'm giving that a wide berth, can't put my life on hold again and I'm jumping on P3P instead lol.
Re: Elden Ring Dominates God of War Ragnarok in GOTY Awards, Breaks The Last of Us 2's Record
@grapetrap this has to be trolling. PlayStation this year alone has God of war 2, Horizon 2 and Gran Turismo 7. It then had a stellar year with the base ps plus. Over on xbox you have Horizon 5 dlc, Citizen sleeper and Immortality. At the end of the day if your yearly gaming consists of a dozen Nintendo games redone for 40 years more power to you. Most of us see Nintendo as a side course with quality reliable games. The Ford focus of the gaming industry.
Re: PSVR2 Launches 22nd February 2023, Costs $550
@naruball The Apple comparison is fair, however Apple products are a lifestyle item owned predominantly by working people. Not every Apple owner has the latest version and they are usually conned into a subscription to pay off the phone at £60 per month for 2 years - then returned for the next one. You WILL use the iPhone for the next 2 years multiple times a day. So you can mentally absorb the cost when you factor in calls/texts/internet etc.
I loved PSVR a ton but don't use it anymore. It was relatively expensive versus the time it's been used. I will give psvr2 a miss for now but keep an envious eye over everyone who owns it.
Re: PSVR2 Launches 22nd February 2023, Costs $550
@Bez87 I'm with you Bez. It hasn't necessarily priced me out if the kit is good and the games are my bag but Christmas presents for the kids?
Nope sorry I would rather buy a steam deck or even a full phat console for them.
Re: PS5 Players Don't Want to See 60fps Die Out
Super Mario Bros was 60fps.
On the Nes.
Let that sink in......
Re: PSVR2 Is Truly Next-Gen, And Indies Will Lead the Software Charge
I felt sick in just about every VR game I played outside of Statik and the head pong game in VR world's. Even Astrobot gave me some mild sickness when the camera moved forward.
But nothing compares to playing anything were you move at normal speed or in vehicles. I recall playing a FPS which came bundled with a gun peripheral. Got about 45 minutes in and felt ill for days.
As a side note I do get travel sick on occasion. So it probably ties in. Don't play vr if you get travel sick, it's not worth it.
Re: Gorgeous Exploration Game Sable Makes the Journey to PS5 on 23rd September
Weird game and imo a bit pants. The art style is different and that's about it really. The pod racer vehicle is okay. The puzzles are contrived and it suffers badly from invisible walls and scenery blocking you although it's cleared.
That said I am glad I played it and the artsyle does pop. Hopefully they get the chance to expand and deepen their next game.
Re: Football Manager Gets a PlayStation Console Port for the First Time Ever
@B80 @StylesT it was one of the first games I installed on my new Xbox. I did have teething issues initially when I started it, possibly didn't download properly? God knows. I will give it another bash some time if it's still on GP.
Re: Football Manager Gets a PlayStation Console Port for the First Time Ever
I was quietly excited for last year's version Gamepass and to me it's unplayable. The control scheme is awful and the amount of bugs and weird things going on is unforgivable.
The LMA control scheme needs to be acknowledged as THE console sport manager interface and not the festering steaming mess we currently have. It's so bad, the only thing I can compare it to is using Teletext back in the day. It's slow, cumbersome and poorly designed.
Re: Callisto Protocol Features 'The Most Realistic Characters You'll See in a Game', Says Dev
@Milktastrophe sorry for the delayed response. Do you know they are underpaid as fact?
In the UK we have a working time directive of 37.5 hours. We also have a hotline for being underpaid / not paid. I was under the impression crunch was bad due to the stress and additional working hours, not the lack of pay.
If that's the case they could underpay anyone at anytime.
Edit) ignore above Ive seen your subsequent reply to another Pushsquare and that's pretty eye-opening. Thank you for the research.
Re: Callisto Protocol Features 'The Most Realistic Characters You'll See in a Game', Says Dev
I understand everyone's hate for crunch culture. However as long as it's scheduled more or less and the prior 2.75 years have been a safe, cool environment with proper holidays etc. It is a product rather than a service at launch, so you need that extra workload for the polish. Yes it seems cruel but as long as the staff are compensated appropriately then it has to be done.
Re: Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 17
I got 8/15
However I may have to give up gaming after the biggest blunder since buying a GameCube rather than a PS2.
I picked gunblade on Q1 and I have no idea why
Re: Not Everyone's Impressed with PS5's New DualSense Edge Pad
@uptownsoul you are correct and possibly wrong at the same time.
Depending on what happens next with geopolitics are economies could regress worse than the credit crunch. I had a start up business prior to 08 and noticed some strange things going on. It was very different to now. You could get 7/8% interest (coming on around 11% APR) on regular savings and it was a really weird but amazing time. The ninja mortgages and gimmicks caught up with the financial system in the end and it collapsed like a house of cards. The debt incurred by governments bailing out banks was the reason for austerity. Simple really.
This time international trade has started to falter. Nationalism rose post 2008 (blame Johnny foreigner). Capitalism has taken a monopolistical turn for the worse and the mega rich company owners have their own political strategies and planted politicians. Workers are having rights stripped away and the politicians in charge are awful or acting against the populous across the globe. Post WW2 agreements have been ripped up and there are clear lines of a 2 way split East Vs West. After Brexit, Covid and now Russia has invaded Ukraine with China's blessing the games up. Things could very well get a lot lot worse. This time, it's not simple. There are issues on multiple fronts which all effect the world and local economies. Global warming is coming home to roost, striking workers, anger and potentially no heating come winter.
Re: Bungie Dials Back Communication Due to Threats on Employees
In my work, Ive had people threatening me. At the end of the day the 'team' shouldn't be fronting Twitter or social media, pass it to a PR company. Especially as Destiny is going to garner backlash everytime it updates - it's expensive and has microtransactions. Who buys them? Kids and Karen's. Bad news both sets.
Re: Gran Turismo 7 Fans in Love with New Tomica Inspired Scape
@The_Pixel_King If Polyphony decide to build a hot wheels or similar dlc, you will be waiting until 2030. The scapes mode is fantastic, I spent an age designing a few cars and snapping them in GT Sport. It's more fleshed out in 7. Just a pity the game came out kind of unfinished and the graphics look a bit last gen sometimes.
Re: Sony to Take Action as PS5, PS4 Owners Play Less Than Anticipated
@Grimwood Gamepass has closer to 300 games and mostly a lot of solid games. Unlike PS Now which had a lot of filler. Listen Grim, I'm not for 1 minute saying Xbox are that much different to Sony. It's just that until recently with the new ps plus tiers, Gamepass was a better value proposition. And there are more first party games than we give MS credit for.
But for me playing Playstation for 6-7 years it's actually been nice seeing all the Xbox games. So with the lack of games and tiny SSD, ridiculous stick drift and pivot to games as a service I'm more inclined to play on Xbox this gen. As I mentioned Ive bought a years Gamepass ultimate, gave £10 to charity, Bought Rogue Legacy 2 and a couple of throw away games to pad out my library and all it cost (my wife for my bday) was 3 months Gamepass, due to Microsoft rewards. It's like a pseudo achievement score but you can get vouchers from it. With the cost of living crisis, it pays for itself then some. And if you game similarly to me, having both systems, then it's an easy decision to main on the Xbox. It's quieter, looks better and gives you money.
Re: Sony to Take Action as PS5, PS4 Owners Play Less Than Anticipated
@Grimwood it's not though is it? PS plus essential Is like 2-3 games a month. Gamepass had 3 games added on Friday and more Tuesday. They add about 14 or so games every month.
I'm a Sony advocate, been on this site for years. But they have dropped the ball big time. I'm not just referring to GP either.
Re: Sony to Take Action as PS5, PS4 Owners Play Less Than Anticipated
Promote soulless games as a service free to play littered with microtransactions. Charge £70 for your own games and include microtransactions. Design a console with tiny storage.
Great if you are a casual gamer who plays FIFA and Cod. Terrible if you play loads of games. Ive Been spending 95% of my time on Xbox due to Gamepass and MS rewards, just bought Rogue Legacy 2 and paid nothing but my own time.
Microsoft are guilt of adding microtransactions to their games, arguably worse than Sony. But Gamepass and MS rewards mitigates that somewhat.
Re: Soapbox: A Racing Wheel Taught This Arcade Die-Hard the Joy of Gran Turismo 7
Can't believe you are driving a Suzuki swift Steve. After all the enjoyment fro GT7, surely you fancy something a bit more luxurious....
Like a Ford Focus.
Re: Matchpoint: Tennis Championships (PS5) - Unforced Errors Spoil Solid Gameplay
The game isn't that bad. Once you get your head round the cursor it's pretty fun.
The career mode is lacklustre but at least it has one. No doubles mode is a terrible omission.
Also the progression early doors should be a tad quicker. It's so slow. That said I won a tournament with my player having the lowest stats ROFL.
@get2sammyb Anna Kournikova smash court tennis is the GOAT.