Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@Octane Well this is it, some have jumped all over it without knowing the full picture. Which is hardly surprising these days but still makes it no less infuriating. Why would you even choose to play a game offline when there is a major gameplay mechanic that relies on being online? Sorry, but that makes no sense to me. You are not experiencing the full gameplay experience and how it was intended by by developers.

@JJ2 You can still play the single player though, if your console is connected to the internet?

@JohnnyShoulder Well the big point of contention there is, why even bother making it single player if it has an element that requires an online component. It might as well just be an online multiplayer game

It's not like Dark Souls where stuff like other players raiding your game and fighting you is completely optional, this essentially requires you to be online even for modes that don't need the online component.

@JohnnyShoulder Because so many things are optional these days. You can pick your preferred settings, create your own character, you make your own adventure. It's all up to the player how they want to experience it.

With Godfall, there is no major online gameplay mechanic if you play solo AFAIK. And the developers clearly included this option, so they intended for people to play it this way.

I assume Godfall is always online because of anti-cheat. That’s the most likely reason albeit a bit annoying.

I don't have an issue with a 'Single Player' game requiring an Online connection IF it is justified. Something that requires online access from a game-play perspective and not something that can be updated with a patch or programmed in.

My consoles are connected to the Internet and I have PS+/Gold too so it really doesn't affect me either way BUT I do NOT see any reason to make a game dependent on 'online' unnecessarily. Is the purpose just to make people buy PS+ on top of buying the game?

If its 'anti-cheat', then who are they actually cheating? themselves? If the game can be easily hacked/exploited - then whose fault is that? I know its a 'looter' game, but if someone can exploit that for 'loot' that they can then use in a MP portion, whose fault is that? Its a 'design' flaw and I would guess, its more 'exploiting' the mechanics which should be 'fixed' or cannot be classified as a cheat.

Unless Godfall has areas that are 'social' - even if you play Solo (like Destiny) where part of the game would be affected by being offline, then I can't see why it has to be online only. In Destiny, you do travel through social areas on missions where events can occur that you can choose to participate in or not and the presence of others has little/no affect on your enjoyment - they can't steal your ammo or loot drops, can't affect your progress or stop you from completing your 'mission' objectives...

I don't know enough about Godfall to know why it requires Online access - even though it can be played solo but if the entire campaign has no 'online' aspect (like social areas as you progress through), then I do think its ridiculous!

@BAMozzy Yeah, it’s stupid but it depends if there’s a competitive multiplayer element. Dark Souls is incredibly easy to cheat through the use of an offline connection, and you can then carry forward those items into an online connection.

@JohnnyShoulder
I like that people go on about GodFall because its exclusive whereas I m only interested in Outriders and that's why I brought it up haha
Yes its not too big a deal but the two concerns is they can shut down the servers and you are screwed and when your internet is playing up (which can happen and does happen).
It's just annoyance mind you. No need for drama.

On another topic I was watching Brad Sam reacting to ps5 teardown and was funny he had to nitpick on the stand that is soooo complicated because there is A SCREW whereas the SeX is so easy to move up and down and so on haha. I dont care, it's just fun to watch the fluff haha

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I'm sorry I brought that up. Not interested crappy console war and keyboard warriors here. I just found it hilarious and that just came up on my youtube haha
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@JJ2 It’s not that the PS5 is complicated to stand up, it’s that it’s more complicated than the Series X which is designed to both stand up and lie down. I honestly have no clue why more consoles aren’t designed to be easily used vertically and horizontally. Plus not everyone has a screwdriver.

@nessisonett I bet it comes with a screw driver. Like an IKEA set.

@Octane For four hundred and bloody fifty pounds I hope it comes with a screwdriver 😂

@redd214 I do have a screwdriver, I’m just saying that not everybody does. I literally cannot remember the last time I had to use a screwdriver for a new purchase. I removed the screws from my 3DS so that I can pry the back open without having to use a screwdriver as it’s just a hassle.

@nessisonett if someone can spring for a $500 console, I'm sure they can scrape together an extra dollar for a screwdriver lol

@redd214 And the point still remains that it’s more of a hassle than the Xbox. Yes, it’s not the end of the world but having a screw automatically makes it more of a hassle. That’s all.

@nessisonett yup, you're 100% right! That 1 time (probably) 60 second process will be a huge hassle for folks. Just messing with ya man, I get what your saying

@redd214 Don’t forget that 20 second walk to go and fetch your screwdriver 😉

Wait, no one else walk around with one of these?

@JohnnyShoulder
He should have Cerny"s face haha

@JJ2 For some reason I read that as John Cena and I got really confused. Then it clicked and made way more sense. 🤣

@Kidfried And if they don't have a screwdriver they have over a month to obtain one. Problem solved.