@colonelkilgore Cool. I hope I didn’t oversell APT:I. Especially since I haven’t even finished it. But my patience paid off — that is, when the news of the PS5 upgrade dropped a few weeks ago, I just put my playthrough on hold, hoping they’d have a cross-save feature to port your PS4 save into the PS5 version and sure enough, the latest patch supposedly put in cross-save. So I’m good to just jump back into the game on PS5. Supposedly trophies auto pop so if I really wanted the trophies then it would be better to just finish the game on PS4 and then port the save afterwards for the free extra platinum (assuming I’m able to get the plat - which I hope to do since it’s supposedly easy) but I reckon I’ll just play the last half of the game on PS5 instead for all the 4K, 60 fps, and haptic goodness. The save transfer does also appear to go the other way, so maybe I could port the save back to PS4 if I really want to close out the partial trophy list on PS4. We’ll see how vain I end up being. (It does wrangle my obsessive-compulsive tendencies to have a partial trophy list when I could complete it easily)
But yes — the save transfer supposedly takes a little effort, something about uploading to the cloud and then re-downloading it when you start up the PS5 version. So unlike Xbox smart transfer process, you won’t accidentally lose the ability to play the PS5 version from scratch as you have to go through some intentional steps to port the save. So you’re good either way, whichever version you choose to play first. Excited to hear how you like running through rat-infested medieval France.
Which by the way, I am curious how an Englishman interprets the game. As an American I don’t have any direct vested interest in The Hundred Years War or any of the nationalist feelings that surrounded it. Obviously the game has a pretty specific depiction going on. I hope it sets well with you!
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Voltan I completed Control this morning, great game I felt sorry for Dylan /'P6' being left to his ultimate fate of a coma with very little to none of his original personality retained, but hey, as @Th3solution said, "dude was flat out creepy" 🤣 I like the way you could approach a sort of new game plus afterwards, with all the different options for progression set out for you.
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@colonelkilgore 😅 Oh no! My New World ignorance is really showing! Pardon my naivety of the United Kingdom and her factions. 😬
I should say “British” or “resident of Great Britain” ….? Y’all have a complicated set up over there! (He says, knowing that he lives in a country with 50 different regional districts which each have their own culture and identity… 😅)
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution I'm British as well! How's Returnal going?
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Th3solution yeah Britain is like the anti-Scandinavia… a group of closely knit countries that share a whole bucket-load of culture and similarities. The only difference being, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland & Iceland seem to get on fine with each other 🤣
@colonelkilgore@nessisonett I guess I’m guilty of the laziness of just lumping everything into being “English” or “England” especially historically speaking. Maybe similar to people (ourselves included) calling us all “Americans” when they really mean citizens on the United States, since in reality every nation in North and South America are actually “Americans”.
But we have it the same over here — 50
united states that all hate each other. 😜
Well at least the red states hate the blue states, and vice versa. And then everyone hates California. Even the people that live there 😂
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution yeah humankind is still incredibly tribal eh… I guess Ozymnadias was right all along when he suggested that the only thing that would unite us is a giant one-eyed cosmic octopus huh? 😜
So, I’ve made a start on A Plague Tale: Innocence… haven’t gotten as much done as I’d have liked as I’ve had visitors and such but just started the 6th chapter. It’s good. Wasn’t convinced at first as the controls seem a little ‘flighty’ (they still seem a little flighty if I’m honest) but the mechanic involving rats and flame is well implemented and it’s drawn me in. Good story too… dark and gruesome, yet touching and poignant.
There’s certainly a lot of things that would raise a few red flags if it were triple-A but it’s understandable considering its indie production status. Speaking of which… and I know I’m gonna be controversial here (what’s new though) imho we need to use completely different gauge’s when judging triple-AAA’s and indies. Now I know reviews aren’t the be-all, end-all but they do serve the purpose of helping ‘separate the wheat from the chaff’. I just got done with Ghost of Tsushima which averaged out an 8(ish) from critics and similarly A Plague Tale: Innocence averaged out around the same. I’ve always understood it to be a different reviewing criteria between the two types of production but I personally am not sure it’s made clear enough for the layperson. Just my two-cents.
@colonelkilgore Glad you’re enjoying it. Yeah, I hadn’t even thought about the fact you’d be playing immediately on the heels of GoT so there will be a let down of sorts, clearly. So yes — you’re correct I think when saying you need to take it all it context. It’s like watching the latest Star Trek movie after watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. They are both good films but you have to judge each on its own and it’s own situation, and so it makes it tricky to assign scores.
Games like GoT, GoW, RDR2, HZD, Zelda, Final Fantasy… some of these are just in a league of their own and so epic in nature. The shorter indie AA scene does feel differently and so has to be consumed with that in mind. Yet, some of my favorite experiences have been in the indie and AA space.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution yeah in fairness I havent played a ton of indies but I agree... its kinda like reviewing street food and a la carte. There is some absolutely beautiful street food and I certainly enjoy me some street food... but sitting down and enjoying a 3 Michelin star dining experience is another level.
I am gonna make a concerted effort to rota in more indies in future though. I have quite a few in the backlog anyway but I'm always on the look out for more. As well as genre and time-to-plat, production type is another good differential to keep things fresh.
@TheBrandedSwordsman@colonelkilgore (moved from the other thread) Yeah, curious to hear about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided since I actually have it in my library from PS+ and just have never thought to try it. I’ve never played anything from the series. So let me know how it goes.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution@colonelkilgore I didn't like what I played of it, controls weren't as accurate as in Control, it's an FPS though, not third-person, although you have the option to play it that way but doesn't really work in my opinion, plus I didn't really like the computer hacking elements of the game, deleted almost immediately, now installing Return of the Obra Dinn, I think I'll stick with that one. Deus Ex was just bought on a whim.(£3.74 in the sale)
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@TheBrandedSwordsman I just bought it… and rebought Human Revolution. Have absolutely no idea when (or even if) I’ll get to play them but they’ll be there if I fancy them.
@Th3solution they may not appeal to you buddy, they’re what’s called an immersive sim (in fact I think the original Deus Ex may indeed have spawned the genre) and it’s this game type which Dishonoured is considered part of. Still, they might be worth a go just to see for yourself.
@colonelkilgore Well let me know how you get on with it and if you like it better than I did - I just started RotOD, seems like a pleasant and charming little game, I'll be sure to keep you and @Th3solution posted on my progress.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
Playing A Plague Tale, thanks to PS+. My God, Hugo is annoying. Thank the heavens I didn't pay for this.
@TheIdleCritic Replying to you here instead of the Chit Chat thread, as I know a few people have or will play it recently.
I agree Hugo is a bit annoying initially, but I think that was maybe intentional by the developers. He does become less annoying the more the game goes on I felt though.
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@Th3solution@colonelkilgore Still playing through RotOD and I don't think it's spoilering anything to say I have seen my first death scene and am just trying to piece the clues together, that's how it works in this game as any info on the web will tell you.
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