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I hate trophies that require an entire new playthrough, especially if no new fun way to
Play is suggested, instead, in this case, it’s just tedious work. I agree, this trophy is just terrible, to the point I’d suggest the devs are one of those that hate having to add new trophy challenges and sabotage the deliberately.

I’m feeling this maybe a game to come back to when it gets a PS6 update (I’m not buying a pro for a few games). Or just play its sequel as certain aspects of the gameplay and narrative sound underwhelming.

Gone from a meh to a must buy. Hopefully the implementation isn’t lazy, but doesn’t sound like it is.

This sounds perfect for me. The thing I love about rogue-likes is that you do get that reward and sense of progression for your character. Sure you can get better, inevitably will get better, in all games just by playing and learning them, but it’s not the same and that will still happen anyway.

Thus way you also constantly have options to change things up with new skills and modifiers to keep the game fresh.

I do like a challenge though. Maybe there will be trophy challenges to beat the game in a certain more difficult way, which I can go for if I like the game enough.

It won’t change anything for me. But it’s an iconic brand name so it’s not the best idea. It will lead to a more unified system, with them trying to sell anime and movies etc, but this won’t be a great thing for the service.

@PuppetMaster
Fair points, thanks for the important context.

@DennisReynolds

Cool, I have a nickname!

And I said “seems like” which is the pertinent thing - I have no idea who the person you mentioned is as I don’t take notice of such things. I’ve not seen anything new in this game, and most reviews seem to concur.

As we haven’t played it though, we’ll just have to wait and see.

Edit: just did a quick bit of research; seems he’s a looter/shooting live service guy. Mostly Destiny. So not this type of thing, but admittedly a gamer (who also reviews TV and Films). Live and learn.

Seems like Forbes and vive had reviews by non gamers for whom this is new, and most of the rest made comments that made me feel like this is the first AI driven game, in concept if not execution.

@get2sammyb
It became the artists intent when the devs made the changes. And it will be their intent when they design around its use, or do not, moving forward. Artistic choices are made within technical boundaries, when those boundaries move so can artistic visions.

Plus the changes I’ve seen are universally for the better in my subjective opinion, let’s not presume the devs don’t think the same unless they say otherwise, they know best the original compromises they made within original technical boundaries.

Would you complain about me turning off chromatic abberation, depth of field, and motion blur on all games that allow me to because it isn’t the devs artistic vision? This is just a toggle for users too.

Lasted quite well as live service games go these days. Not my genre so I never played it, but was generally well received, even without the aim controller and some late patched features.

@Propaperpusher
I think it depends on the ps6 controller. If it has new features Sony want to push in their games then they’ll release a new one, but if not then it’s in their financial interests to keep portals active as it leads to people playing more games and so spending more money.

To refuse to put even the minimum work in to provide players with new challenges and more fun, it’s incredibly disappointing and somewhat insulting.

@nomither6
They are not a scam, they are iterative improvements towards next gen. I’ve never upgraded to a Pro, I just get the next console every time, but I’m glad everyone who gets one is both funding and testing newer gen tech like PSSR

@Mio_Nakashima
The lenses and weight need to be improved before it can become more mainstream. The controllers are good but they need straps and to reduce the size of the halos. Other than that, sure it’s ahead, but people aren’t going to experience the transformative wonder of VR until they ease lens alignment and the form factor is improved.

@Mio_Nakashima
As great as PSVR2 is (and it’s fantastic) I hope Sony release a 3 next gen. VR tech is just improving so fast compared to standard consoles - and VR2 wasn’t exactly using top components at release.

Strange to me that it’s such a low percentage with Premium. Being able to stream all your games to Portal is pretty much essential. I’ve found local streaming from the console is inferior to cloud streaming also.

Honestly don’t know what you guys are smoking - I think DLSS 5 looks fantastic. Not just this image but many others I’ve seen just look so much more realistic. There may be a couple of edge cases early on where the original artistic intent is altered a bit, but that won’t be the case once devs are creating with it in mind. I’ve not heard anything but praise from the devs using it so far.

@Quintumply I can’t say I’ve ever read a gameplay guide ever, but I do take a glance at trophy guides before starting a game, just in case there are any missable ones. I don’t really like replaying games. Have you ever considered doing trophy guides as part of the game guide? These are developer given challenges, so I don’t really consider a game finished if I don’t have all the trophies (not that I finish most sets as I tend to get distracted by the next game I want to play a lot of the time).

@Balaam_
Never understood why people would want to remove incomplete trophies. Is it to get an artificially high completion percentages? For me trophies are all about providing extra challenges, which are enjoyable even if you don’t do all of them, and also providing a nice historic record to look through and remember the game better.

My trophy completion percentage is only 40.39, so I definitely wouldn’t consider myself a trophy hunter to be fair, but I just never understood this need to remove an honest log. I have a lot of games where I only have one trophy and then decided the game was rubbish, and that’s a valuable reminder also.

Also, this does mean we have wallpapers now doesn’t it? It removes all those annoying widgets so you just see the images you take. And now it even rotates through your images…

This is actually what I wanted from the hub. I had to take all my game screenshots with the focus shifted to one side because you could only remove so many widgets. And I have so many shots from beautiful games like Claire Obscur and Stella Blade that I’d like to have on rotation if I leave my console idle. Good job.

That’s good, but it would be better if they patch out their post release censorship. Performance was fine…eventually.

Well, I just rage quit Clair Obscur because after 90 minutes of fighting Osquio, it turns out it all comes down to a single QTE that relies on timing for a move you’ve never f-ing encountered before. Might have to take a break to avoid having to replaster some walls. Going to go read a book to calm down.

Makes complete sense to port VR games like this into 2D. It will be inferior of course, but will open up a wider market.

Very very strange headline and take.

Great. Any proper game in VR is immediately of interest to me. Would prefer if it wasn’t yet another horror game and something more lighthearted though.

I tend to check psprices before buying most games, so I figure I’ve got a good chance of spotting a discrepancy. I wouldn’t pay more than someone else if spotted:

I don’t see parents refusing to buy fifa due to a 16 age rating, but it’s a step in the right direction.

There is no contradictory information. There are self serving rumours that have now been shown to be wrong, and accurate information from a platform itself. I’m quite happy about this actually, the longer it takes to release new tech the more we’ll get out of the existing machines where we haven’t yet scratched the surface of their capabilities.

£1.60 a month. For a game. Thats great. Add in the ability to stream all my games to my Portal, and its an unmissable deal.

I think some people have real trouble understanding how the Premium subscription is broken down, and feel / imagine they are paying a third of the cost per band or something. It’s £1.60 max price people! The price of an admittedly overpriced chocolate bar per month. Stop your complaining and gain some perspective.

£1000 is pretty ridiculous. Certainly not mass market. At that point, I would just make it £1500, but give “free” Gamepass for 12 years and a credit scheme to pay for it. Then make it upgradable with parts manufactured by MS themselves.
I don’t see PC players moving to this box unless it’s upgradable, certainly that price.

@Stocksy
“ Genuinely puzzled why people want this stuff in a video game. Far better ways to get your rocks off”

I’m always puzzled by this sentiment. Seems to be just a way of hiding a puritanical streak. I mean, we don’t hear people say, “why have music in a game when it’s not as good as a concert”, “why ask for good cinematics when you can just go to the cinema”, “why ask for a good story when books are so much better”, etc, etc.

Having other means of “getting your rocks off” (not that I think for a second people are doing that!) doesn’t mean you can’t also have sexualised content in a video game. Especially not when the world and narrative makes it suitable.

Hopefully they can keep them without fear of criticism. Society has gone to crap but not that much, surely.

A competing “console”/box is going to have steam. Thus Sony can’t release all their games there.

What a shame. This was a definite buy for me as long as it was shaping up as it looked to be.

Shame, I love a good roguelike with a nice progression system. Still, if it’s castlevania then it should stay castlevania-like

@Dubplant
Sure. An option to have a difficulty mode with assists disabled, for example, would be great, and would really improve the trophy campaign if you needed this mode for the platinum.

Surely once it reaches a true critical mass we have to start getting the right to return/trade/sell? Until this happens digital will always be a rip off, and I’ll continue to wait until a game is £25 or bellow before buying it.

I just learnt that there is a bloody invincibility mode available from the start, and it doesn’t even lock off trophy challenges. Can anyone confirm? This would be annoying (and yes, I know I can theoretically ignore it, before anyone makes that comment).

@StrickenBiged
Not sure I’d trust my connection long enough for a bullet hell game, and I love my portal.

Looks like a game I’d happily spend that kind of money on, but also a game where I can wait for a sale, which it inevitably will get after a couple of months…

Phenomenal kit that’s the highlight of the generation. So many games that make it worth the outlay. Will be incredibly sad if there’s no PSVR3. Will likely go PC at that point.

Put it in VR and I’m in. Afraid I just can’t go back now.

@Scottyy
Exactly. Rinse and repeat with randoms is not my style, but the gunplay and visuals look good so I’d certainly try it if there was proper single player narrative and progression involved.

@Dubplant
That’s the thing, the games are shorter yes, but so much cheaper. Much better bang for your buck over most flat games.

Slightly helpful I guess. Much, much better would be to show its lowest ever price.

So much better than its flat screen sequel. VR elevates the game to something majestic. And yes, a very fun platinum.

She doesn’t know anything about gaming or the gaming community. Don’t expect social media messaging from her to make sense for now.

Coming from core ai, in this also a massive demotion?

Couldn’t resist Clair Obscur an any longer. Such a great game! I thought it might be overhyped, but not a bit of it.

The hope is that these are kids who, otherwise, would never have gotten into any games, and when they grow up they get into proper gaming, thus increasing the gaming player base.
It may be a faint hope, but time will tell if this social hangout rubbish is a good or bad thing for the existence of the real gaming industry.

Lots of reasons “to keep your PSVR2” but, given this site’s ever incomplete list of upcoming releases, it’s clear they just don’t bother finding out about them.

Ps premium is £80.39 for a year. I’d probably pay up to a hundred before I consider dropping it. Just looking at what I’ve payed, plus the ability to stream everything to the Portal, it’s decent value.

Hopefully Sony looks to get more money from existing gamers by releasing more great games rather than more live service stuff, but I doubt it.