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@OldGamer999 Astro Bot

I wouldn't pay £10 for this game not because i hate it but because it does not interest me at all. Many have the same taste in things and some of us don't.

@LavenderShroud I feel like this gen is more about making everything look “pretty” graphics wise

It's actually always been this way, think about it? if they stuck with old rendering tech why would anyone upgrade to a new system? I just picked up Days Gone second hand for £15 and performance is solid but it's starting to look dated compared to new games imho, it's not bad but it could do with a lick of paint I thought.

Assassins Creed Valhalla made over 1 billion dollars apparently?

@puddinggirl Games like Astro Bot, Stellar Blade, Black Myth Wukong, Baldur's Gate 3, FF16, FF7 Rebirth and a bunch of other games are absolutely worth the price at launch.

These games you mention are for specific tastes, I would normally never purchase any of them because i'm not really interested but i did gamble on bm wukong and i lost and if i had known i would of got sw outlaws instead.

Chinese gamers purchased it in their millions, i wasted £55 on this game, boss fights were hard and repetitive, not too shabby to be fair but for me it's a 6/10 monkey business

@HonestHick

Hey mister

“A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.” – William James

"You may have a cowboy hat, spurs, chaps, and a horse but you’re not a cowboy till you can ride like one." - unknown

“Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway!” – John Wayne

https://www.tecovas.com/blog/top-cowboy-quotes-from-the-wild-west

RDR2 has the best horse physics/motion i assume its NaturalMotion's Euphoria ragdoll physics

yeeha yee·​haw ˈyē-ˌhȯ lol

If they make another i would like to see native americans and play as one

@NEStalgia this situation calls for the Guillemotine

Does that mean heads will roll?

haha

Forget the characters and story bring on the rat king, the infected are the real stars of the show. Shotgun and molotov cocktail lets party.

@RubyCarbuncle Look on ebay

Could be placeholders? if they are for real then anyone who buys at those insane prices are mad imho. But i guess some really have more money than sense but thinking about it if you're that rich you don't really have any sense of value because there is no way they are worth those mental prices, haha.

@PuppetMaster I don't trust todays Ubisoft can do justice for a Splinter Cell remake...

Don't see how they can go wrong because they have the original to copy from. It would be a travesty if they change the core formula.

@tselliot Mountain out of a molehill, storm in a tea cup lol. Can't wait to play as samurai Yasuke and crush some skulls

Is that youtube compression causing lip-sync issues? got me eye on this remake but this video is not selling it to me, it's the worst out of all the others imho. Need to see more gameplay.

@Northern_munkey who was white in odyssey?

Don't know never played it, i was refering to ac valhalla white male or female protagonist.

@Nakatomi_Uk Tencent buy more shares

A report from Games Industry.biz published Sept. 6, 2022 said with regards to Tencent and the Guillemot Brothers Limited

Tencent is investing €300 million ($297 million) into GBL for a 49.9% stake in the company, which owned almost 13% of Ubisoft shares before this deal.

The deal only gives Tencent 5% of voting rights in GBL, but no seat on the board of directors or consent or veto rights in the operation of the business.

Ubisoft's board of directors has given Tencent permission to increase its directly owned stake in Ubisoft from 4.5% to just under 10%. Tencent will not be able to sell its shares for five years, nor will it be able to increase its stake beyond that 10% threshold for eight years.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/tencent-increases-investment-in-ubisoft

@LikelySatan I didn't play Valhalla, I just heard it was super long and boring.

You're not missing much if i'm honest but I got it for a tad over £13 in a ps store sale. The ability Dive of the valkyries is such fun though, it has some humour thrown in here and there, the religious monks are bonkers and i wasn't keen on that aspect, i just really enjoy riding around on horseback looking for a scrap. The saving grace is skipping some of the dialogue. For such a cheap price Norway and England are great the rest is not for me.

@NEStalgia just need an address

So say if you wanted 5 anniversary bundles you would need to wait at five different addresses for delivery? even in a group how would that work with delivery address and then there is payment and who profits what?

@Kienda Ubi needs to slow down a bit

With 19,000 staff? ..wait what?

@KorgonAC Mirage was awesome

Some of it was ok ithought but the religious stuff irked me (i hate religion in games) but thats just me.

Skull & Bones was a bust

I tried the trial version and didn't realise it was online only it kept asking for ps plus stuff and i thought it had a single player capmpaign lol.

@IamJT Ok never knew that, at least i'm aware now.

@Vivisapprentice and still white, lmfao.

@Vivisapprentice Assassins Creed Odyssey

I never tried that one but valhalla's Norway and England is great and i would of been ok with just those 2 places but the asgard and the other places were not so great imho. They got some very talented devs but man 19,000 staff? Ghost of Yotei is another tsushima 6/10 same as AC's 6/10, great open worlds though. Each to their own and gamers have different tastes not all like the same thing i suppose. I've never played a game that i could honestly say is a 10/10. I wouldn't even play astro bot if it was gifted to me although i would take a physical copy and trade it in, first thing i uninstalled was that astro rubbish, i hate games like that.

@PuppetMaster Splinter Cell

There is a remake/remaster in the works of the first game. I'll lalways remember Ubisoft for Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six.

@LikelySatan Ubisoft putting people in games that aren't white dudes

You couldn't get more white than Eivor, lmfao.

I recently played part 1 for £42 second hand, excellent graphics and gameplay and part 2 for £10 upgrade was icing on the cake. Hope it's the last of it from Naughty Dog? would prefer something different from them.

This and Assassins Creed Shadows, want AC Shadows first though, good stuff except the price of course.

@jrt87 We all know the answer

I honestly don't know, all I know is that it's another AC game and i'm a fan, just want to play in a brilliant Ubisoft open world in ancient Japan.

@LikelySatan Sorry about the capiche comment and the Japanese comment, was not aware of said above, I hope Ubisoft don't delay AC Shadows but if they do I'd be interested to know why because as far as I am aware they have a PS5 Pro patch/update already.

@PloverNutter Oh I was not aware of that so I apologise if I offended a Japanese person here or anywhere. Here in the UK we sometimes get called "Brits" (british) but I don't get offended to be honest. Im looking forward to playing Assassins Creed Shadows, I just like to play games, i'm looking forward to playing both protagonist in AC Shadows. I'm interested to know why Ubisoft did what they did. Many just like to hate on Ubisoft but i'll keep on supporting them and just try to ignore the haters.

@LikelySatan yeesh. How embarrassing.
Just out of curiosity, by "Japs," do you mean "Japanese?" It wasn't clear. You should clarify.

Embarrased?

"Japs," do you mean "Japanese?"

Yeah like Brits?

You should clarify

Crystal, capiche?

@Medic_alert Let's assume you are using your tv to make it a fair comparison. Firstly your budget needs to be £725.

The pro will have a horizontal stand included plus it can be mounted in vertical position without a stand. I don't think I could build a gaming PC to match or beat it for £700, no way i'm sure.

Ubisoft got it right with dual protagonist, there should be the option for male or female.

@HonestHick RDR2 at 60fps and a graphics bump

60 fps would do me, can't see this happening anytime soon if ever?

Yawn fest, terrible.

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Good grief those prices!

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@naruball Silent Hill 2 remake is a PS5 exclusive for one year but also launches on PC October 8th 2024.

@Cakefish Go with what makes you happy, ignore everyone else. If i'm honest and could afford to I would build me a top end pc and try to get one a PS5 Pro anniversary edition console with an oled tv.

Just a tad over 2wks to go, i'm saving the pennies for this playthrough, only my second new game purchase in 2024 so far.

Wish I could be there, i'd be first in line at the Konami booth, they've gone all out on the immersion with the jungle theme.

@Mikey856 100% agree.

@Jswift56

Some people feel there hasn't been a true first party ps5 game yet

I'm sure Sony said a while ago that there will be no Sony studio games till early/mid 2025?

I'm interested to see how Assassins Creed Shadows plays on the pro, i think the release date for this game is mid november (15/09/2024?) not sure what the release date is for the pro, i wonder if there will be a bundle deal? can't think of any other game coming out in november?

@thefourfoldroot1

This product is for a niche of a niche

Each to their own I guess but I don't buy that, it's like when some claim "enthusiast" product , it's a load of spiel or glib you know "the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue" like the dictionary tells us.

We're all "enthusiastic gamers"

Money doesn't make you more "enthusiastic" it just means you can afford to purchase said "expensive" product.

@thefourfoldroot1

for the few people who want it

I bet many want it but not at that price

@Frmknst

with smart consumers there would be no capitalism

That a meme?

Stuck in the past no new games no new ideas developers block?

Playstation 6 digital version £750 (excl stand and disc drive)

I paid £10 for BF 2042 PS5 disc version second hand and £6.99 ps essentials for 1 month, poor performance on most maps on my ps5 and i lost interest, it got stale very quickly for me. Battlefield 2 on PC all those years ago was excellent I thought.I prefer the Call of Duty games with the smaller maps for the great gun play and performance on Playstation 5.

As far as I can tell the only thing I noticed so far is the extra 3D audio settings but i'm honestly not hearing much over standard stereo.

I wonder what bird companions will be used? stellar's eagle or white tail eagle? i believe these are two of Japans native birds of prey. Ubisoft Anvil can look amazing in open world settings, i'm playing through valhalla again and the open country in england is excellent.

@Cakefish I get the appeal with lounge gaming but if it was me and i could afford it i'd invest with pc simply because it's the definitive platform, but then again I really like high quality textures ray tracing/ray reconstruction just higher quality pixels and the overall lighting or ray traced global illumination, consoles can't really compete on the same level but i'm interested to know more about Sony's PS5 Pro advanced ray tracing techniques, not sure if they have some sort of AI-powered neural renderer? looking forward to the teardowns and analysis of the pro model.

Is that screenshot from in game or cut scene? let the rabid dogs take a dirt nap and collaborate to make a new tactical espionage action game.