Topic: General PlayStation 4 Thread

@Th3solution I guess it’s the same as backing up my laptop; the less frequently you do it then the bigger the file needs to be for more new data so the longer it takes.

I'm feeling really dejected right now cos of the TLOU2 leaks. A game that I've been waiting for since 2013 and now through no fault of my own, key plot points have been spoiled when I was not even looking for them. It all just feels very hollow now.

@AdamNovice It happened to me with FF7R. Honestly, I probably would have finished it by now otherwise but it does feel very hollow. Given the idiots are out in force going on about how ‘woke’ it is, it makes me more likely to pick up TLOU2.

@LN78 From the leaks, the only things I can pick up on that might offend some people is, and this is extremely loose terms, gay people being slightly happy or there being more than one female character in the game. There’s literally nothing to be offended by unless you’re just a bigot. I don’t exactly get how anybody could feel sick of diversity or inclusion in games considering Ellie is basically the only gay character in a big AAA game and her, Aloy and Lara Croft are mostly the only women. Off the top of my head, I can’t even name a POC that you play as in a recent big AAA game other than one of the guys in GTA V. The backlash is nonsensical, it’s hardly intruding on the number of white dudes you play as in games, that majority won’t be going away for a long long time, possibly ever. I do believe anybody using the word ‘woke’ derogatorily is an idiot, it’s a buzzword that doesn’t really mean anything and if that’s the only nuanced argument they can have, I doubt their argumentative competence.

@LN78 It’s utterly baffling but yeah, I’m not exactly a big fan of the series (I’ll play it soon, I promise everyone!) but genuinely fully expect to see a backlash of MGS2 proportions. All sorts of rumours will be flying about so I really hope none of you end up getting spoiled because from what I’ve heard, it would have been brilliant to experience those twists blind.

@nessisonett @LN78 This has been rumbling on for ages now, ever since a trailer showed two girls kissing. Like you say the people that are up in arms over it probably have no idea what went on in the previous game and DLC. Even if none of that happened, I still do not get why some are upset over it.

I'm hoping not to get anything spoiled about the game, I'll just avoid all content about it as I don't really need to know anything more about the game at this stage. I don't have too many real life friends that would spoil the game for me either.

Someone put Doomguy into an AI neural network enhancer and the result is the most generic military commander from a 90s action movie ever.

@LN78 I'm getting pretty good at it, I managed it with FFVIIR. You do have to be vigilant, and means skipping a bunch of videos and articles that come up in my feed. I saw the article on the new release date, so don't have too much longer to get through.

@LN78 Yep it seems like it is still going to be 'Holiday 2020' for the next gen consoles. Just wonder if there is going to be limited stock or not. I still think I will getting one a few months after launch.

@LN78 I saw a few comments on the article about TLOU2 that basically read as ‘Druckmann is human garbage, he likes Sarkeesian, wokeness blah blah blah’ but the funny thing was that one of them said it was written 30 odd seconds ago but had already been hearted. I guess they needed to give themselves that positive reinforcement 😂😂

It highly amuses me that a crowd of people who often decry the notion that all art is inherently political complain incessantly about any sort of depiction of lesbianism not designed to appeal to the male gaze and automatically label these depictions "woke propaganda."

Yeah, this TLoU2 news has brought out the worst in the gaming community. sheesh. I can’t even read the comments sections; I had no idea the game and the developers were that polarizing.

@Ralizah Don’t forget the ones now citing ND’s working conditions as proof the game’s bad despite being the same people calling others ‘commies’ and showing absolutely zero regard for workers’ rights elsewhere. I can practically taste the straws being clutched at.

@LN78 If that's all, then lol.

I had deliberately kept away from any article regarding TLOU2 and spoilers so missed all this horrendousness that seems to be going online.

I hate the argument that games should not be political. Absolutely anything is political to a certain extent. It is up to you how you deal with those politics. Star Wars is flipping political. Also, depicting a lesbian relationship shouldn't be political. It wouldn't be if it were a heterosexual relationship. The point of the game is that the character has an emotional attachment to someone (assuming from the early trailers). That is clearly a part of the character ark and is the same in every single piece of fiction out there. If Rose had fallen in love with a female character in Titanic, it wouldn't have changed her (admittedly flawed) decision to leap back on board for certain death. Or to kick him/her off the wardrobe door when there was plenty of space.

That still annoys me.

@nessisonett @LN78 @Th3solution Yeah when the latest delay was first announced, I was surprised at all the abuse ND and Herman Hulst (of all people) got. I thought I had missed something, but no just salty people over a game being delayed, and using the 'crunch as an excuse to throw abuse around.

@LN78 Ha ha oh yeah that was a great sketch.

I mean, I think she just can't be trusted. She promises she will never let goes and in literaly seconds, she lets go. Harsh.

@LN78 Yeah and Leo isn't exactly a giant and was quite scrawny in the film.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Stop spoiling plot details. I wanted to find out about Goku in game!

NLife have had an article comment containing a link to TLOU2 spoilers sitting untouched for almost four and a half hours now. I reported it given that almost anyone would click on a YouTube link out of curiosity but nothing’s been done. The comment in question essentially reads as ‘Woke SJWs bad’ so it’s not hard to see the person’s motivations for leaking the spoilers.