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All they need to do is keep normalising it until the gaming population isn’t old enough to remember a time when games were owned, could be sold, traded, and bought second hand. We are nearly at a time when the means of distribution is monopolised and we are all paying far more than we should. It’s sad, but inevitable. Corporations can live longer than people, so they can shape the future if they have enough unfettered control.

@Steeleye50
Apparently there are issues with Mesh

https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaystationPortal/s/BdtwFTNANU

I thought my portal was good, but didn’t realise how good until I took it to a mates house while dog sitting. With a decent wifi connection it’s bloody perfect. Now I’m switching to his internet provider. Hopefully it works flawlessly at home too after that.

I can understand, sadly, closing projects which aren’t performing, but to cancel ones that are and which seem far through the dev process…it just seems incredibly short sighted. Did MS need to hit some milestone before a particular time for bonuses or investor relations? It makes no sense from any other perspective.

@Lowdefal
Sure, but that really doesn’t explain why the cross over, lol. Apart from marketing I guess.

@SBBuds
The character you are referring to is from the crossover with Onechanbara. She isn’t a schoolgirl, she’s 21 and has quite an interesting back story. Would recommend those games. Not sure why the crossover, but not like it has to make sense.

Edit: oh, just a bonus costume according to the comment above? Not the actual character? Then I’m even less sure about the reason for it.

This looks phenomenal. I do hope the rest of the soundtrack lives up to the one in this trailer.
On a bit of a roguelike kick at the minute, with Star Renegades, Monster Train 2, and Skul in rotation. Can always add another. Perfect bite sized gaming.

@Hyena_socks
Not that I’m too bothered, but given the choice, I’d prefer one of the worst periods in human history was taught rather than hidden.

This is just sad. Not to mention irrational.

Same for me. Don’t remember ever downloading a trial for it, but I have had that issue in the past with other games. It’s somewhat ridiculous too that I can’t even see the price for a game on my wishlist if there is a trial for it without having to navigate a couple more screens.

@PuppetMaster
Because I’m always happy to expand my range of enjoyable pursuits. If something comes highly recommended then I’ll try it, even if I have initial doubts. If I hadn’t made a point of doing that then I would have missed out on many enjoyable experiences over the years. I can always just drop it and get most of my money back (I’ll always get such games physically).

I guess I need to get the first one at some point so I can then get to this. Problem is, I can’t shake the conviction that, however good it is, I won’t like it. It just seems depressing, and like the moment to moment gameplay seems quite dull. I get the feeling it’s like an Oscar winning movie - which almost always means it’s something that won’t make me smile.

@Balaam_
I would have liked the option “I was never interested, but this would not change my mind one way or the other”

@GAUSSCA
Capcom seem to be one of those companies where those in charge actively hate providing trophy challenges unless forced. Still devastated that Resi Village didn’t have trophies in VR.

Just checked, and some PvP stuff is unfortunately required to 100% the game and trophy challenges. Doesn’t seem too onerous, but people who also team up seem to have an advantage, just to be double unfortunate.

I just need a trophy list for ridge racer type 4 please!

@daveofduncan
Surprised you lasted that long. Lost me at free to play.

Giving the fans what they want, rather than chasing continual growth through attracting new kinds of players. What a brilliant concept!

@nessisonett
Exactly! Plus topless women, just make it completely fair.

It’s a baseless claim, and I’m very much against forcing Sony to allow alternative stores on PlayStation, but I’d like someone to give them a bit of a bloody nose on this as digital is indeed scandalously expensive compared to physical. Some type of enforced timed reduction in prices would be the wish, or at least give us the right to refund within a certain period of time, or at the very least a right to trade digital keys (even if Sony take a cut)

Well, I guess Arizona Sunshine 2 is going in my basket then. Although I still haven’t managed do more than a first completion on the original. Just too many VR games to get through.

@awp69
I like and have played some of those games, but whether it’s good value being on Gamepass is subjective. For example, I have PS5 only so had to buy Monster Train for £19.99, but as I don’t have much gaming time I can play it as my only game for several months before I finish it. If I bought gamepass and did the same it would have cost me 3 times as much as buying it outright. Same for Obscura. Or Pirates Yakuza. If it takes more than a couple of months for a person to finish a game it is objectively worse value on Gamepass or an equivalently priced service. None of us are wrong here, we just have different situations and preferences.

“ SpeedTree is more of a tool used to procedurally generate foliage and greenery on the fly, based on the work of real artists.”

Sounds like what AI does.

Seriously, anything that speeds up the creation of games the better. As long as quality isn’t compromised, which it sounds like it hasn’t been with the review and revisions.

Diablo 4. Could be great as long as it has a sustainable and interesting single player with no need for season passes or add ons. I liked 3.

@Rich33
Indeed. Although I do fear somewhat what it would mean for game design and pacing (rushing though a lot of content to keep interest high early on). Still, refunds and, ideally, second hand digital trading, would be overall a big draw for a particular ecosystem next time I come to choose a platform.

@Rich33
I’d even be fine with 3hrs.

Glad it’s playable in VR too, wouldn’t hold my interest flat, but actually being in such a unique world. Yes please!

A rebranding. You can’t play Xbox games in VR. Pointless comparison.

@Nepp67
Have you played Pirate Yakuza? That’s back to the brawler gameplay, which I admit I prefer also.
Still, it’s the world and its stories, as well as the varied gameplay/side-missions that sets it apart.

@PuppetMaster
Maybe, I just can’t feel that.
I played all the mainline games back to back, plus the judgments, FoNS, Ishin and now started Pirate. Still working on Ishin plat but got plat on all the rest, meaning some of those games I played multiple times at 200+hrs. Fatigue hasn’t even been a thing for me in those circumstances. The games are just that good.

Shame on you all for not getting the Like a Dragon games. The best gaming franchise of all time. Get those numbers up, we need this series to never end.

@Questionable_Duck
And yet VR games always feel fresh, like stepping into a new world every release (I do wish many of those worlds weren’t so scary though!)

Bought Pirates Yakuza last week, and still going through Stella Blade. So those two mainly, with quick darts in and out of Monster Train 2. Really really tempted to get Wanderer 2 as well, but feel like I need to finish some of my existing VR games before I buy more.

@Questionable_Duck
lol, just spend an extra couple of hundred. Much more worthwhile than yet another flatscreen box with reskinned games of what you can play already.

@Jammer
Specs still work. In fact, apparently, it’s the best of all the major headsets for spec space due to the halo and telescopic design. I was just careful because I scratched my PSVR1 day one with my glasses and it was a constant if minor annoyance for years. Contacts would be perfect but I couldn’t be arsed with that hassle. So the lense inserts were an easy (and much cheaper) solution

@Darude84
Most of the games I play flat are not AAA. Most AAA games bore the hell out of me. I think the last one I played was the original Horizon on PS4.

Edit: actually no, it was Hogwarts PS5. But as great as I could tell it was, I got bored and didn’t finish it.

VR provides something truly new and immersive for those of us gaming for 40+ years already.

@Leetware1
Would be nice, but no big deal. I just sent my prescription off and got clip on lenses for £35. Never had to wear glasses in the headset as that would be less comfortable and I’d be scared about scratching.

I do find this amusing. When there are far more VR games I still have left to play compared to flat ones.

@get2sammyb
Now you made me really, really want Stella Blade in VR2 😭

Still playing a few times a week. Just too many games and not enough time. Plus I can play Resi4 for the rest of my life without it getting old.

Always happy about Roguelite elements. Hopefully there are some trophies attached to the DLC too.

@Gremio108
“Business as usual” is a temporal statement that takes place on human, not geological, timescales, which brings me back to my original statement that I wish this experience used data going further back than 1901. Still, yes, I understand your reluctance to state truths from which misleading inferences may be made. I just wish everybody was more honest about what are the real problems, both with global warming and what will happen as a result of trying to slow it.

@Gremio108
It’s a geological issue (well, in general usage of that word) but not a geological worry. It’s a human worry. The earth is fine, humanity may well endure famines, forced mass migration, and go to war and die in great numbers. So let’s focus on that and not “end of the Earth” rubbish arguments.

@Gremio108
That’s a political and logistical worry indeed. Although not a geological worry by any means. The scaremongering about the latter instead of the educating about the former is what will cause many an argument unfortunately.

Why changes from only 1901? That’s not really scientifically significant as a dataset, nor does it give humanity the vital perspective we instinctively lack. Disappointing. Should have gone back at least 20,000 years to the LGM, if not the beginning (with less reliable estimations, obviously, but accurate in broad strokes).

Nowhere near the best PSVR game. But then I’m lazy and play all my VR games sitting down.

I hope MS do put Steam in their next box and that Sony can find some way to integrate it too, perhaps in a bespoke form, with automatic translation of Steam achievements to Trophies for PC only games. There are a lot of Indy PC games I’d like to play but can’t really justify buying a PC to do so. Of course it would require some type of profit sharing deal between them and MS could easily scupper that.

That’s fair enough. It’s not like they are a big AAA dev. And the game they provided is amazing fun. Looking forward to experiencing more story, and excellent cinematics!, in the sequel. These guys deserve every success.

@CaptD
Yep, me too. And given all the games drop in price rapidly after entering plus anyway, I may as well just drop to essential (and that’s only for cloud saves). If they never left Extra or Premium that would be one thing, but having my gaming life dictated by a subscription service is not for me.

Sony should just allow other certifications.