Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@TheBrandedSwordsman It’s my final year so I basically have 6 months left until I’m hopefully done. This year’s pretty intensive though so I don’t have as much time to play games!

@Jimmer-jammer The plot in Fable II is a great one. After clearing the cave of the hollow men, my character and an NPC called Hannah returned to find that the main baddie's minions had dispatched her religious abbot father, and ,after a life-long vow of non-violence, Hannah decided to change her ways to avenge her father's death and rechristened herself 'Hammer' so yeah that's one plot point for you, avoid that if you're gonna play the game in the near future. In terms of RPG features, I haven't been asked to make many significant choices thus far, I must say, but you can do things like eat red meat to put on weight or eat fish and vegetables to maintain a healthy physique, fish might earn you evil points actually as it comes from a (formerly) living creature. Or, you can sacrifice a spouse at the Altar of Shadows to earn you the ultimate evil weapon, a sword called The Maelstrom, by amassing loads of evil points through the act.

I didn't build the cricket bat guitar, I bought it on ebay for £100, then spent a further £125 on it at a guitar shop to get it working properly, as it was in rather poor condition when I bought it, but now it plays great and is in 100% working condition, the sound of the cricket bat body really carries through when I play it, and the second cheapest, an "official" cricket bat guitar on ebay was £600 and that was the second cheapest I could find on the internet, so with it costing £225 altogether it was still a massive steal/bargain and I was very pleased with that economical decision. Which guitar(s) do you own?

Interesting, by the way, about the skating and BMXing, I hope the concrete park project works out for you and hopefully you can upload some photos for us to see once it's all done and dusted.

@kyleforrester87 How are you? What have you been doing recently?

@TheBrandedSwordsman very good thanks how are you? Working, drinking, cycling, gaming, movies, sleeping, dancing, eating, showering, cutting my hair, deficating and very occasionally getting lucky. Think that is basically my entire life 😜

@kyleforrester87 yeah good too thanks, just focusing on the guitar and gaming right now, occasionally reading too, sounds like a good 'entire life' to have.

@TheBrandedSwordsman ups and downs mate! 👍🏻

@TheBrandedSwordsman I didn't really see or hear much about the T20 final to be honest but no-one ever wants the Aussies to win, right?

I did find out recently that some of the tickets I got for the T20 in the Commonwealth games next year includes Eng vs NZ but I'm struggling to get the time off work!

@Jimmer-jammer It feels pretty light so I think it's hollowed-out, the sound is definitely very singular, it's a great guitar. Good luck with the potential documentary, I'd love to see it if it all comes together in a couple years.

Random question here, but I am curious since there was some related discussion on another thread —
Has anyone tried to “downgrade” a PS5 version of a game and play it on your PS4? I’m assuming there’s no way to do it but I was wondering. Most cross-gen games are purchased as “PS4 and PS5” versions on the PSN, so buying the digital version of a game grants you the ability to download it on your console of choice. However if you buy physical, then you’re buying either one or the other and then have to do the whole “put your PS4 disc in the PS5 and make sure to download the PS5 version separately from the store” thing. But doing the opposite doesn’t work, as far as I know — so buying the PS5 version doesn’t mean you can put it in your PS4 and download the lower version to play on old hardware. It’s a bit unfair, and so I guess this is where SmartDelivery comes into play.

Anyway, just wondering if anyone found a workaround for this theoretical issue. For example, I own the PS5 version of Miles Morales and so I won’t have the option to play it on my PS4 (I don’t see an instance where I ever would, but still… maybe my PS5 breaks one day or something) but I recently bought the PS4 disc of Guardians of the Galaxy because it was cheaper and it’s strangely comforting to know I have the option either way, if for some cooky reason I want to play it on my older system.
Its just a weird and nonsensical situation where a cheaper version gives you more options.

@Th3solution I'm not sure the PS4 would even read a PS5 disc, since they're the UHD-Bluray standard? Or are they not?

Unrelated: Got a new laptop for work today. It's kinda nice. Seems much sturdier than the old one (which currently has broken hinges).

@Th3solution @Voltan Nope, PS4 doesn’t read PS5 game disks.

@JohnnyShoulder Thanks for confirming, that's what I thought.

@Voltan I only know cos I tried it on my dad's PS4. 😆

@JohnnyShoulder @Voltan So yeah - there’s really no incentive to buy the PS5 disc of a cross-gen game (at least those that have free upgrades). It makes more financial and practical sense to buy the PS4 disc.

@Th3solution it could matter to someone with bad internet or data caps - as you’d have to download the whole game if you have the PS4 disc
Also, most importantly, it doesn’t say PS5 on the box and that’s just unacceptable

@Th3solution @Voltan Sometimes the PS5 version is cheaper over here, especially 2nd hand. And obviously if you don't have access to a PS4, then there is no point in getting that version lol.

I just got my last batch of games that I've ordered during Black Friday week and overall, I think BF has been pretty good!

I'm still considering buying two more games, No More Heroes 3 and Guardians of the Galaxy, but I'm waiting until tomorrow in case some other stores decide to discount those games even more.

@LtSarge Yeah, it seems like this has been a more impressive BF than usual. I don’t remember BF sales having new releases this heavily discounted before. And some games with stingy prices through the year are finally getting down to reasonable prices.

@LtSarge Wow, you've picked up a great selection! What do you think you'll play first?

@Th3solution Game prices have been a bit crap this year, so it's nice that many have come down in time for the holidays. The British market has historically been very competitive, but prices have remained stubbornly high for much of the year. I'm pleased with my digital purchases: I got Skyrim for the PS5, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps on the Switch (which I've been waiting for a discount for ages), as well as another year of cheap PS Plus.

@Th3solution I agree, I don't remember previous years having so many new releases so heavily discounted. Which begs the question, is there a reason to buy new releases during Autumn anymore? Games like Tales of Arise and Lost Judgment only came out a few months ago and they're already 50 percent off. So you might as well just wait a few months for Black Friday and buy them then.

@RogerRoger @mookysam I don't think I'll be playing through most of them right away but I might check out Miles Morales since it's been a while since I played the first Spider-Man game on PS4. I'm actually rather excited to finally play it!

@Th3solution @RogerRoger @mookysam Did you guys buy any games during Black Friday week or maybe you're waiting for tomorrow?