Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@colonelkilgore Square-Enix and being disappointed in sales of a game - name a more iconic duo

@NedStarksGhost They seem fairly committed to trying to get more sales, so it would be surprising if they abandoned it. It definitely needs/deserves to be a series now. At worst, I have a feeling we'll get a sequel though given what it is.

Honestly, if they aren't exaggerating or didn't have their typical too high expectations, they only have themselves to blame for their handling of The Avengers. People weren't sure what to expect from Guardians of the Galaxy because of how disappointing that was.

@KilloWertz yeah hopefully they are honest with themselves and view their failure with Avengers as the reason behind the "disappointing sales". Which, yeah, could be stupid high expectations purely because they've got a popular franchise.

PSVR 2 has just being revealed!!!!!!

@AdamNovice

@colonelkilgore Yep would have helped if I linked the tweet lol

Headset looks nice. Still not tried VR but I’m very tempted to try it at some point.

Totally getting this at launch. Still hoping it's either backwards compatible or at least the best games (Astro, Moss, etc - I have no doubt Beat Saber will get a new version ) get ported (and preferably get free/cheap upgrades because I have a bunch of them from PS Plus and Play At Home).

@Voltan same here. Would be nice not having to shell out for those games again!

This is hilarious. 😂

@WanderingBullet Woah, didn’t realise Korg did an adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame! Given he’s sitting, I’d probably assume he’s playing Hamm.

Although I’m a teeny bit jealous at all the people enjoying HFW and ER at launch, I’m comforted in my delay when I see how many technical issues both games are having. A lot of these are probably overblown, but my sour grapes reaction is that I’m glad when I get around to the games that they’ll function better. Especially surprised that HFW is having crashes and glitches, as I don’t remember HZD having any issues at launch.

@Th3solution Not denying that there are bugs but I can honestly say I’ve not really had any real issues with Horizon and I think I’ve probably racked up 20 - 30 hours by now. I’ve even used rest mode a few times and had a few longer sessions and it’s been rock solid. Now I’ve said that it’ll probably crash my console next time I play 😆

@Th3solution I blame the fact that they aren't working at the actual studio, or at least I assume they still aren't. I can't remember the last time when multiple PlayStation Studios games released with several glitches. They are usually pretty good with that, but now Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Horizon Forbidden West have both launched with them.

With that said, both released in better condition than plenty of other games have over the last couple of years, and none of it really hurt my enjoyment of the games. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was still my 2021 Game of the Year and I'm still loving Horizon Forbidden West as expected. My only significant issue so far with that one is the horrible shimmering in Favor Performance mode.

@KilloWertz Yeah, I'm pretty sure both Guerilla and Insomniac are fully (or almost fully) remote these days (even though Guerilla had just moved to a new office space before the pandemic, I believe). While I'm all for being able to work from home, I can definitely see being in one space benefit some parts of game development, QA being just one of them.

@Voltan That's what I figured. I'm not saying the developers under PlayStation Studios are immune to releasing a game with any bugs, but it was probably rare and now it's two in a row. Again, I didn't experience anything gamebreaking in either, but a game without bugs for the most part is something we came to expect since most of them are at a higher level than a lot of outside developers.

Like I basically said before, at least they seem to be released in better shape than most, so I have a feeling the bad shimmering in this game wouldn't have been there if things were normal. It's still well worth the $70 (and likely then some given the content), and in the end that's what matters the most.

@KilloWertz $70… So you’re one of those guys who wanted the fancy PS5 case then, eh? 😜

@Th3solution No, I'm one of those guys that has mediocre at best internet and wanted to install the whole game with the disc...

All 86 GB of the game was on the disc. All I had to do was download the Day 1 patch, which was only around 2 GB. Well worth the extra $10 for me.

@Fragile Traditionally, I am pretty weak-willed when it comes to filling my game library with the hottest releases. My backlog is a testament to that.

Strangely, I think the packed release schedule worked in favor of keeping my wallet closed so far. With the 3 big games (HFW, ER, and GT7) all dropping at roughly the same time, I knew I couldn’t justify getting all at once and I’ve had trouble deciding which to get first, so I’ve bought none. I still might pick up GT7 when it comes out, but more and more I feel inclined to wait. We’ll see.

@Fragile Yeah, GT7 looks fantastic. I’m playing Dirt 5 right now, and although it’s a mediocre racing game, I’m enjoying it enough to to stick with it and I think it actually will have quenched any appetite for a racing game for a while. But there have been many times I’ve silently thought to myself how much better a driving game GT7 is going to be. Sometimes the physics of D5 is just wrong. And I realize it’s supposed to be more arcadey, but still, too much rubber-banding, floating after a jump, lack of car options, and the don’t even get me started with the ridiculous Gymkhana events. Still, it’s going vroom-vroom in circles, so I’m getting my fill.

And yeah, the time thing is always a problem. Seems time is tighter too, now that the pandemic is less intrusive to life.

I don’t envy @LiamCroft who by some horrible yet fortuitous call has been tasked with simultaneously reviewing Elden Ring and GT7! Not sure whether to be jealous or sympathetic!