Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@velio84 I can't see his comments but I can imagine what it might be - stuck record!!!

@Col_McCafferty There are valid reasons to criticise From and Elden Ring and then there’s banging on about the same stuff over and over. It just doesn’t really add anything to the conversation.

@kyleforrester87 I didn't think the og comment was really all that bad tbf. But that could be because I also find everything about Fromsoft a tad pretentious and elitist. Don't mean that to disrespect anyone either, it's just the vibe I get.

That said I've seen a myriad of different opinions on ER past couple days so I'm not sure I'd characterize this place as a full on ER fansite.

Is Elden Ring a PS5 exclusive? It's not right? Because that does make the comment a little out of place here.

@zupertramp it’s just been a really… weird pattern of behaviour. Opinions are great but what can I say. He’s just not for me!

@zupertramp Ultimately though, you can only know so much about a game until you play it. I genuinely wasn’t sure about Elden Ring at all, the network test was not good and I wasn’t convinced by the trailers. But I got it anyway to give it a decent shot and it’s one of the best games I think I’ve ever played. When somebody goes on about how bad a game is over and over despite having never played it, in the face of rather a lot of people who do, then that just makes you a contrarian.

@nessisonett yes, contrarian. That's the impression i get too but that's also the impression I get from @kyleforrester87 and I've grown to appreciate their presence on the site.

But i hear you both. Anyway maybe I'll give the game a chance when it's deeply discounted.

@zupertramp haha, I am not for everyone either. I do try to be respectful of people and not over step the mark. I don’t mind being a contrarian but hopefully I have some self awareness and a little self deprecation to go along with it. But who knows how I come across on the internet

@nessisonett Didn't see whatever happened while I was at work happening. I know he's been taking shots at the game since it was being heavily talked about in the Horizon Forbidden West thread for a little while, but I figured that would have been it.

I'm still planning on passing on the game, but it's not because I think it's bad. I don't doubt it's a great game, but their games aren't exactly my cup of tea. Really difficult games that really frustrate the player is not fun for me, so I have passed on all of their games knowing that I wouldn't enjoy the experience like I would if they weren't so difficult. Since this is an open world RPG and I love the genre, I was tempted at first, but ultimately thought better of it. I may consider giving it a shot down the road when it's on sale since I do love open world RPGs, so then all I would lose for the most part would be time, but it releasing right after Horizon Forbidden West made it an easy pass for me right now. Nothing was going to keep me from playing that game right away as it was my most anticipated game of the new generation so far, like Elden Ring surely was for plenty of other people.

@kyleforrester87 Anybody who is smiling with an eye patch on can't be trusted. Oh, wait....

Yeah, I had a run-in with a From superfan trolling my legitimate comments about Elden Ring in the articles. The orthodox FromSoft fans can be a bit unreasonable and abrasive (as can the overenthusiastic fans of nearly every game series or property, to be fair). And actually, I was trying to be complementary to Miyazaki for being open to change gameplay mechanics to make ER more accessible and it was like I spoke sacrilege against the purity of the asceticism of the brand. 😂 How dare the holy properties of FromSoft be defiled by… [gasp!] the plebeians. There’s no way Father Miyazaki would ever need constructive criticism to improve his works of art! They are already perfect and need no improvements! 😜

Anyone who read my recent highly positive review of Demon’s Souls knows I’m a fan of the developer’s work, so I can poke fun.

But the worst fans are clearly the Kingdom Hearts fans. Followed by the Yakuza fans.

(I’m kidding! Only kidding! 😉)

@Th3solution If we judged everything by the article comments then we’d be in a much worse community! Wasn’t that long ago that there was a wave of actual racist comments during the wave of protests in 2020, you just have to go onto the recent Haven article to see a bit of good old fashioned bigotry etc. The forums on the other hand have been on the most part totally separate from all that. So having people basically troll others on the forums is a much bigger offence than doing so on the Wild West that is the articles imo.

@Fragile I think it was more to do that after warnings and several comments and posts removed, they kinda double downed and was not backing down. When that happens, it was inevitable that further action needed was gonna be taken. Especially when they were starting to become abusive and that felt it could get worse.

@Th3solution Yeah there are always extremes in every fanbase. I got accused of being an Xbox fanboy one time, of all things lol. 😅

@nessisonett @JohnnyShoulder @Fragile

Idk I feel like the same 5-10 users jump all up in every TLoU related story to tell everyone just how cuckish they are for liking part 2 (i mean every single article, thread, and discussion) and while i find them eye-roll inducing, not sure anyone's comments need deleting.

Add to this that I've reported actual comments that targeted actual groups of individuals by name that never were taken down, and I'm surprised to see someone complaining about ER (even repeatedly, because, like I said, see: every discussion about TLoU2) get moderated. Does smack a little of the do-no-wrongness mentioned.

On the other hand I'm not trying to second guess the decision making process of, well, whoever makes these decisions because I imagine it's a thankless job where your only perk is you're constantly being put in lose-lose situations. End of the day i was just surprised is all. Some remarkably rude things are inputted into these textboxes every day that live on.

Also I've admitted to bias against FS. So perhaps my whole perspective is clouded.

@kyleforrester87 nah you're good, I'm just busting chops. I found you slightly off-putting at first but one, I'm sometimes way too sensitive and two, it helps to know what makes some folks tick before you can appreciate where they are coming from. And you like to go against the grain, which, I can dig.

Still no automatic capture uploads to share through the phone app for me, even after today's update

Haven't watched it yet but IGN has some exclusive Ghostwire gameplay here:

@Voltan I've not seen that video either, but from what I have seen of it, it does interest me. I won't be getting it launch, but will defo get it at some point, unless reviews are really bad.

Interesting if true....

@Fragile My OG DualSense is fine at the mo too and I have everything turned on. The only difference with my red controller that I've noticed is the sticks feel a tad tighter on the newer one.

I've been quite lucky with controllers over the years though, the worst thing that happened with my Dual Shock 4's were that a couple of them stupruggled to keep hold of their charge, after many years of use.