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I tested FF16 for a few hours yesterday and Wednesday and didn't experience any visual glitches or crashes. In fact, i didn't experience any crashes or bugs in any of my games at all and I've been playing on PS5 every day since the update for 4-5h

I don't know if that's because I'm from Brazil and we didn't get some of the features that north americans are getting now in the latest firmware (Welcome Hub, for example) or if it's something else. Anyway, good to know that this issues has been sorted out

@Phelaidar thank you for the heads up. Gonna watch their video and see what they're talking about, including the negatives because i don't like when people BS around

This is old news. A PS5 version has been confirmed already on FS forums a while ago. Definitely prefer this game over Space Marine 2

As someone who played +60h of this game in Performance Mode on my simple 2012 1080p TV, i can already tell this console isn't for me. Selling my PS5 (non-digital version), to buy a Pro + a detachable disc drive (that costs 550 reais) + a stand (that costs around 50 reais) in Brazil is a complete nightmare that i won't ever want to go through. And we still don't know how much this thing will cost here (the non-digital base PS5 is costing around 3.500 reais, which is A LOT already)

Might as well save some money to either upgrade my PC or get a PS6 in 3 years

Nope, I'm good with my PS5

I'm good with my PS5. At least i can put discs in it and i have a stand lol
Not a substantial upgrade to me, and in less than 3 years people will be talking about the PS6, so it's not worth it for me

Yeah, i won't worry because i won't be buying

This is coming from the same person that gave most games i enjoyed (highly) questionable scores, so i would definitely take this opinion with a grain of salt as well. Can't wait to play this one!

This game still has issues on PC and it took a bunch of patches to run fine on consoles. I can't imagine how bad it'll probably run on old consoles. I just hope they have most of their team working on the sequel rather than this port

Been playing since the beta was available here in Brazil. It's hard af to master and you'll lose a lot if you're solo, but i can't deny it's fun. The only free to play game that i have on my PS5.

Well, there's the PC port already. Just port that version to PS5. I really wish companies would stop releasing games only on PC, especially ones like this or No More Heroes 1 and 2. These games were made for consoles in the first place, so they need to release these remasters on consoles sooner rather than later. I'm tired of keeping my Wii version of NMH2 and the PS3 version of NMH around, I'd rather have all these games on one PlayStation console. And yes, i do own Killer7 on PC, but i really want this game on a console

Give me one to play every week and I'll gladly do it, just don't make me play Dark Souls 2 or the first Lords of the Fallen ever again

@Dadou Lords of the Fallen (2023) has a similar mechanic. Apparently both worlds are rendered on top of each other in real time, since you can "see" the other world while holding a lamp and moving it around

Oh ***** yeah. I was hoping that one day we would be able to play these games again. Can't believe this is happening!!!!!

@tabascoag yep, i was gonna say that lol

@WaveBoy i thought about all of this already, and the thing is... everything is very complex, at least for me. I wished the PS5 would last until 2028, but we're still not sure if a PS6 will only come out at the end of 2028 or if PS5 will have Sony's support (like releasing 1st party exclusives) until 2028 but the PS6 will actually come out in 2027, for example. Most console generations last for 7 years, so the latter would make more sense to me.

Thing is, i live in Brazil. Consoles here are more expensive than NA or EU, even after converting dollars or euros to reais. Making an upgrade like that isn't something that most of us here take lightly. I also still trying to figure out how long PS5 will last so i can figure out what to do. PS4 is still going strong, but COVID affected chipset manufacturing, which affected PS5 production, making the console a little bit difficult to find until the end of 2022, i think. I'm not sure but i also think PS5 isn't that much cheaper now (because chips are still expensive) so most people are still on their PS4s and devs are aware of that and still releasing a bunch of games on PS4. There's also the whole free to play online stuff, that makes most people keep their PS4s. If a lot of people jump into the PS5 to the point where Sony doesn't feel the need to push a PS6 earlier, then they'll probably hold on to the PS5/PS5 Pro a lot longer, however if this console isn't as successful as PS4 then they will try to bring PS6 as soon as possible.

This generation is quite unusual, with the whole pandemic affecting consoles and now you have all these technologies like Frame Gen and VRR which can definitely make consoles like the base PS5 last even longer, and that without taking into consideration the new tech that Sony will use on Pro (that works like DLSS)

Anyway, imo 3 years isn't enough for me if the new console is costing around 5K here in Brazil (which i think it will be the case, since the base PS5 is costing around 3.700 reais now). Like i said, i still don't have a new TV with VRR support or 120Hz and that costs around 6-7K here, which is A LOT (minimum wage here is below 2K) and i feel like not having this kind of TV is actually hindering my enjoyment of my own console. I could play Immortals of Aveum with a decent framerate if i had a TV with 120Hz...so even if i wanted a Pro, i would first need to buy a TV

But like you said, it's all about choices and having fun. I have fun with my PS5 and i feel like i spent my money well. Regardless of what happens, I'm still looking forward to buy new games and enjoy what i can from my PS5

I don't really care when it's coming out because i don't really see a reason to upgrade it. I don't even have the money, but even if i had, i would need to think it over.

First, i don't even have a TV that supports VRR or 120Hz (which is something that can improve performance in some games like Alan Wake 2) and i think this is something that devs will rely more and more as time moves on. Also, if devs start to use Frame Gen a lot, we could have a lot of games running well even on base PS5 (as long as you have a 120Hz TV with VRR)

Second, even though not every game runs perfectly on PS5, the console itself is still running most games just fine and those that aren't running well won't necessarily run decently with the Pro if they're CPU bound (like Dragon's Dogma 2), since the Pro has a very small boost on the CPU clock... and i think GTA6 will be one of these CPU bound games, since pretty much every open world game is CPU bound

Third, i think buying a Pro now will not benefit me since I'm planning on getting a PS6, and i just prefer the leap between generations to be more substantial, otherwise i just feel like I'm spending money on the next big shiny thing and not taking advantage of anything properly. I just bought a PS5, buying a Pro and then in 3 years buying a PS6...? That doesn't work for me

@Oxy nope, you're right. Very barebones """review""" that doesn't explain a lot. I played the demo on Steam so i know what to expect. The combat can be a bit complex and the reviewer fails to mention that, for example. He doesn't explain the premise of the story. Doesn't say anything regarding performance, voice acting....
Games are expensive so you should expect more detailed reviews before making your decision and spend your money, regardless of the game and its scope. This whole mini review thing doesn't really help me to decide anything (except in this case, because, like i said, i played the demo, so i know what to expect)

I advice anyone interested in the game to just watch YouTube videos about it or read more detailed reviews and then form your own opinions

@Dusk_Actual I'm not gatekeeping anything and you're selling the wrong idea of this game. People need to be aware that they need to have fast reaction or else this will be a very boring and time consuming experience to them and console players aren't familiar with these kinds of online FPS games that resembles CSGO. If you don't agree with me, i don't care, just don't go tell me I'm discouraging anyone when I'm giving my honest opinion about this game. Anyone can try, but that doesn't mean everyone will succeed or even enjoy it because of its requirements.

@captainsandman you definitely need skills to play this game otherwise you'll just spend most of your time frustrated. I had enough luck to actually play with decent teams when i started because i didn't have anyone interested to play this at the time with me, so yeah, this game isn't casual friendly

"The DLC from a Fromsoftware game feels a bit too familiar, i wish we could have a mini fishing game, base building and some roguelite elements"

Not gonna watch anything out of respect for the devs. They have been through a lot lately and judging by how they're treated by their "fans" on Twitter, I'll just say i feel bad for them.

"In the case of Riot Games’ enormous hero shooter, you’ll get gongs for racking up 1,000 headshots, dealing an outrageous amount of damage, and even using your abilities 4,000 times. A lot of these Trophies are going to come naturally during gameplay, and so you won’t have to specifically go out of your way to earn them"

So, you're telling me that you'll actually get trophies in a online FPS competitive game naturally, just by playing the game, instead of losing your focus by doing things that can negatively impact your team just to get a trophy??? Yeah...what a bummer...

I usually disagree with most reviews from this website, since for some reason all their 7/10 games (with exception of Rise of the Ronin, which got an abysmal 6) are very good games, but Jesus...this one takes the prize for the "i disagree completely with your final score"...and yes, only the final score, because i actually can't find a review here. It's just a text explaining how the game works with a 7 slapped at the end.

7/10 isn't bad but it's definitely not the score this game deserves. This is not your typical JRPG with lighthearted story or with the cool style of Persona. This is a very unique, challenging and weird RPG that more people should give it a try and this score and the negatives might scare people away from giving this game a fair shot.

I really really really hope no one takes this review seriously and give this game a try. Read Steam reviews, ask about the game on Megaten subreddit, watch video reviews from YouTubers that actually play JRPGs and know SMT franchise, but don't skip on this game.

I missed playing SMT IV on my 3DS and this game is everything i was hoping for and I'm glad the game is now playable on Playstation

Don't care about PC, but a PS5 60fps patch or a Remake for a PS6 would be nice (although i can still enjoy and appreciate the OG game anyway)

It's obvious that they won't try to fix performance by this point. If they could or wanted, they would've done this already, dude.

And i won't be buying another PS5. I'm fine with my base console and this game is still playable, so... whatever

Will this strategy work? I don't know, but I jumped ship from PC to PS5, main reason being a lot of PC ports that i was buying were just bad and i couldn't be bothered to keep buying them anymore on PC. I was reading and posting on a few forums on Steam last week about this very issue. Some users were experiencing stutters on Sekiro, Elden Ring and DS3 on PC, just like i did, and i "solved" this issue by playing them on my PS5 (except ER has to be the PS4 Pro version). Same goes for The Evil Within 2, FF7 Remake, Steelrising and more recently, Hogwarts Legacy. I've seen at least two users on Steam that dropped the PC version of HL and started playing on PS5 because of the stutters. You obviously won't have high end graphics, this is not the console's goal, but at least you can play these games without too much hassle. Will this always be the case? No. I'm pretty sure some people never experienced such issues on their PC, but I'm talking about my experiences. And at least i can buy these games while not being forced to keep upgrading my GPU and CPU, so that helps me financially a lot. I'm a very specific case, but i don't see myself using PC as my main gaming platform anymore, even if Sony keeps releasing their games on PC on the next generation. It's just not worth the effort and money for me, at least. To each their own, though.

This game is awesome. Thankfully i didn't take Push Square's review seriously and bought the game Day 1...best decision i ever made. And i skipped DD2 (a game this website was praising a lot when it launched), second best decision i ever made. Nowadays i tend to ignore all the reviews from this website and just read the news, third best decision i ever made

Nice. Now release Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default 2 on PS5

To answer the questions directly:

Does it really devalue PlayStation as a platform? Yes, i think so. We've had a good beginning of the year with great PS5 titles but from here on now it's pretty much the "PC Port year" and less PS5 games. I don't like it.

Did the whole Helldivers 2 thing sour your perspective? No. I couldn't care less about these issues. Not my problem.

Let me make something clear, though: these are MY OPINIONS on the matter. I've seen time and time again PC people here or on Twitter getting pissed and trying to start an argument about "why PC gaming and Steam are better and PC is inevitable and yadda yadda yadda" but i don't care. This is MY perspective, as selfish as it can be, after all these questions are individual. So don't bother pestering me about what i think or what i don't like because i won't change my mind and i'm aware Sony won't either. I game on PC too (less now), i have +250 games on my Steam library and at least +150 games on Epic and 50 or more on GOG. You people need to learn to let others express themselves without getting worked up

I'm out

Reviewer score: 9/10
Users average score: 7.6/10
Yep, i definitely trust more the users than the...professional reviewers

One was released at the end cycle (7th year) of a very successful console, during the pandemic, a time where a lot of people were playing (and buying) games all the time. Another one was released at the 3rd year of a console that only in the last 2 years was easy to find (again, because of the pandemic) and that's it's still expensive for most people that are still playing on a PS4.

That's good to know. I almost cancelled my pre order of this game after reading some reviews, including one from this website, but I'm glad i chose this game over DD2.

I'll wait until this one comes out on any console, then

I don't care about FPS as long as the game isn't fast paced, though i do care about games that only gives you the choice to play it with uncapped framerate and the framerate isn't a stable 60fps. If i can select 30fps (with no framepacing) I'm okay. And that's it, these are my only gripes with bad performance. Other than that, I'm fine. If a game can't hit 60fps all the time, i don't mind (as long as i can select other mode with 30fps). If a game only runs at 30fps, i don't mind either.

Subreddit feedback of this game (also Twitter) has been more positive than i initially though, to be honest. I'm also willing to give games a second chance
(especially the ones i already own) instead of acting like "I'll never come back, they lost me forever" or "they need to change a LOT to bring me back yet". I dunno, that sounds overdramatic. It's a videogame, not a relationship. I'll check out the update if i have the time.

I played the first game and i didn't like it at all. I even wrote a review on Steam talking about its flaws (some of them that still exist in the sequel) back in 2018. I pretty much believed in the fans rather than reviewers and journalists. The guy that reviewed this game here also reviewed FF7 Rebirth and I'm glad i didn't take his words seriously.

Played it, enjoyed and wishlisted. Performance, presentation and gameplay were top notch, but i have too many games to play and this one is quite expensive in Brazil, so I'll pick it up later. Didn't think i was gonna enjoy it and in the end i was impressed

All i know is that I'll skip the Pro gladly. Not gonna spend money again on another hardware that will probably last less than 3 years because by then a PS6 will be out. I'd rather wait and play everything i can on base PS5 and then jump to a PS6 (which hopefully will have BC) to play all PS4 and PS5 games at higher framerates. I still own a very simple 1080p 60hz TV. I just care about new and fun games to play and that's it

Just bought a physical copy of this game. I'll test and see if it's good or mid as this review seems to point out and come back here to either agree or disagree with the reviewer

The FF7 Rebirth review didn't stop me from enjoying that game and this review didn't convince me to buy this one (i played and bought the first one twice but i didn't like it)

I'll skip this one, just like i did with the PS4 Pro. We're still getting PS4 games (!!!) and we're in the middle of this generation. I can't be bothered to get a new machine at the end of this year when in 2026-27 PS6 will be out. I'd rather save my money for the next gen consoles and upgrade my PC.

@AverageGamer "You do you. But you are literally making accusations that console also don't suffer from these issues.

When you say stuff like " no stutters, bugs, crashes" that literally implying that does not happen on console which is an incorrect statement no matter if it your personal experience or not. If you want to keep it personal experience than phase it as such... Just don't leave it as a blank statement."

No I'm, not going to phrase whatever i think in any way YOU want. I didn't experience any of these issues so my statement will not change because I'm not writing a damn essay, I'm posting a comment on a website. The fact that you want me change something just to make you satisfied is absurd and I'll not do such thing.

"I never said that you shouldn't read forums, but you shouldn't be using them as factual tools."

Yes i will because people there are reporting issues and if you have a bunch of them reporting the same issue then you have a wide problem. And once again you're telling me what you think i should do and once again i will tell you i won't. It's my choice, my money, my way of doing things.

"Which is why people like to problem dump issue on forums. But steam forums aren't the proper channels to provide information to the developer. So, you're really just yelling into an echo chamber. Hoping that the developer will read your post and fix the issue. Even if you didn't open a support ticket about the issue using the proper channels."

Nixxes did reply in some threads and then they disappeared. They already moved on but people reporting these issues are looking for help from other users that might have going through the same thing, so it's still useful.

"I never said that PC was better than console. I kept the post Spider-Man because I didn't want to mention bunch of other games"

And yet you feel bothered by my statements just because you don't like what i said or how i said. And you reaffirm this stance here:

"You didn't really phrase it just as your personal experience tho."

I don't need and i won't say anything that you want. You're literally telling me "hey just change your comment to say this is your personal experience" as if I'm somehow obligated to do so. You're not my boss or anything. I'm not going to argue about my choices of words because this is just a waste of time. Like i said, this is not am official statement or some document, this is me saying how i feel and what i think. You're acting as if I'm not saying exactly what you want I'd be committing a crime. That's not how internet works.

And from now on you'll be on my ignore list because this isn't about games anymore, is about you wanting me to do whatever you want.

@AverageGamer you don't know me so i advise you to stop right here about any accusations about me lying or anything like that because i will report you for harassment if you keep doing this. Behave yourself. What i have or what i don't have in my house is my problem. You're crossing the line.

And i obviously will read the forums. I don't want to fool myself into thinking every game is perfect, if i wanted that then i wouldn't even read reviews. If that's your argument, then PC is no better than consoles because SM aren't the only games with issues on PC, i already said that in other posts here.

As for me, I'm using RT in both Remastered and MM and never had any issues or crashes. The game can also be patched, by the way. Nixxes are reading these threads on Steam every day but the problem is still there. If i didn't have any issues with my console but i do have with my PC then it's clear what's my best choice.

People are allowed to have their own opinion based on their own experiences, and that's what i did here, although some people apparently care too much about what i think, for some reason...

@nomither6 10 threads since February 15th with the same topic: "crashing". That's just the first three pages from Spiderman forums.

What's Steam forums compared to reviews? The place where people go to report on their experience with the game and ask for help, that's why the forums are so useful. It takes too much time to write a review, but not a thread about an issue that you're experiencing with a game. After all, you either do this or you won't be able to play the game, and that's why i go there. I don't want to be amused by cute reviews, i want to know if the game is a bad port or not. If you ignore these things, that's not my problem. I don't. I always do this research.

Also, most people are too lazy to change their reviews if the game starts to show problems later on their playthrough, same goes the other way, when the game is patched but people don't change their negative reviews. These Steam reviews can be quite unreliable, but that will never happen on the forums because people are posting there every day.

@jt887 i don't think it'll make a difference, is just a matter of personal experiences. I never had any issues with my PS4, Xbox One or PS5 crashing. I don't even have issues with crashes on PC, but i do have issues with performance or other things. Building a rig takes time and patience, and i don't have money for that now. In Brazil these things are really expensive and i usually move around a lot, so a desktop wouldn't help me that much. But to each their own, if you're having a good time with your PC, that's cool.

@nomither6 that's not even an argument, but anyway, spend some time on Steam forums and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Both Spiderman games have issues with crashing. You can literally go now on their forums on Steam and read dozens of threads about this issue

TLOU Part 1 was a mess on launch and still is (a lesser) mess

Returnal still has issues with crashing for co-op and performance issues related to a possibly memory leakage

Steelrising is a disaster in terms of performance, regardless of your hardware. Have you read their FAQ on Steam? Take a look

Hogwarts Legacy performance is still bad and people are still complaining about it

FF7 Remake is a stutterfest

Remnant 2 is still running horribly

I could keep going but i made my point. I jumped ship from PC a couple of months ago just because PC ports are a russian roulette, you never know what you're gonna get. If you're fine with your experience, good for you. But don't tell me that I'm wrong if i spent a lot of time and money in these PC games for the last 3 years. There are some really good ports like Lies of P and Doom Eternal, but every now and then we get a Wild Hearts

@AverageGamer well, that's not my case. I don't have any issues with crashes or annoying stutters on any of my consoles. I'm just reporting what I've been experiencing

Meh, I'm fine with the PS5 version. I'm at the moment in my life where i just want to pick up a game and play. No system requirements, no stutters, bugs, crashes or shader compilation screens. And i also don't want to buy another gaming notebook. Didn't have a good experience with some of these Sony ports, so I'm fine with playing them on console. It's way easier that way