Thoroughly enjoyed the first season on physical 4K. It was pretty close to the game but also felt different at the same time with certain expanded scenes and minor differences that made perfect sense for a TV show. Its cgi was better than some big budget movies. Would have been a 10 out of 10 in my head if it wasn't for the lack of action with the infected, not much gun battles and not a single brick or glass bottle was used that I can remember. Everything else was really top tier good so I'll give it 8 maybe a 9 for the first season.
A bit more gun/fist combat action with the evil humans and the infected will go along way for Season 2. Hoping they don't use a golf club this time or any other sports weapon to stop the golf memes all the time, so boring expecting to read comments but end up reading 90% of the comments full of golf memes yawn💤
Mafia 2 is the best Mafia for me, better than Mafia 1 remake. Got so many in my backlog library that I'm not even sure if I've already purchased Mafia 2 remastered
@Triumph741 it's not a clone though is it. Its roughly based in the Mongol Invasion of Japan from 1274 which is something AC series hasn't been anywhere near before. Every open world game that has a map with stealth involved doesn't mean its an AC clone. What was SuckerPunch meant to do for it to not be considered a clone, make Jin Sakai use handguns with silencers or shotguns or use night vision goggles for stealth in 1274 just to make it not be a clone makes no sense whatsoever. Not once did Jin Sakai climb a very tall building and fall from it into a bundle of hay. Ubisoft ain't the first for open world maps or the first to use stealth in any game and they certainly aint the best top tier pinnacle at it either
@Triumph741 All AC games never interested me new or old, over the years, can only really speak for GoT. Do remember trying AC1 or 2 back in the PS3 early days and got bored super quick. You speak of copy but isn't AC the one copying GoT with the Japanese setting. Yh I do think GoT is better than all AC games combined just my opinion. So many gamers don't bother with any AC games and still have great gaming tastes. Soon rather replay Shadow of Mordor or GoT again than play any AC game, nothing wrong with that
They've done it before with RE remakes being separated by only a year. We all know RE3 remake had so much cut content and Nemesis transformed far to early compared to its 1999 original. Doubt this is true but not impossible as they've done it recently before with RE2 and RE3 remakes. If true hope they've learned from their cut content mistakes. Probably Monster Hunter
140GB of shooting the same generic human soldier over and over again in multiplayer and its campaign. The single player campaigns usually last for about 7 maybe 10 hours if you lucky
No digital just physical boxed sales and it's from one country. As always need a worldwide chart that includes both physical and digital. I wouldn't be surprised to see Mario Wonder have slightly more sales total given that almost 100 million more Switch in comparison to PS5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 doesn't matter what position Spiderman 2 is in, it'll do amazing numbers regardless. Both previous Insomniac Spiderman games did 33 million total as of last year?
Keeping my copy of Spidey2 for potential story expansion dlc and new game plus. Mario Wonder about 10 hours to finish main and about 18+ hours for 100%. Spiderman 2 takes about 15 hours to finish story and about 25+ hours to 100% platinum. Perfectly fine for Mario Wonder to not be a 70 to 100+ hour game but not for Spidey2, weird hypocrisy
Far to good of a high quality tight package of a game to even be considered for a 7 or 8 in my honest opinion. Gameplay, story and performance 120hz 40fps VRR smoothed or uncapped is all high quality on day one so for me personally it's a 10 out of 10. Pure quality throughout and not this boring bland diarrhea quantity
Some more day ones, not necessarily huge 1st party of course. Not expecting huge money making triple A blockbusters like Ragnarok, Horizon, TLoU3, Ghost of Tsushima 2 or Spiderman 2 to be day ones. A lot more indies day one, a lot more double A day one. Stray was a huge W for PS Plus. Up the day ones per year. Improve Premium, it's not rocket science
Looks like this will be my game to play in all of October Halloween 2024. Hopefully a good chunky digital sales on it by then. So much to play as is. Paying bills can kiss my ar**
There will be zero articles from no one about AW2 completion times and yet it's most likely roughly the same length in completion times as Spiderman 2 is but Spidey2 gets loads of articles about it from many. The argument about AW2 is 60 and Spiderman 2 is 70 doesn't make sense for its completion times because you'll get many other games at £60 or 70 that takes far less time to finish than what Spiderman 2 does and yet still no articles about those other games length times like Spidey 2 has
Impressed with the reviews I've read for AW2 so far but I'm stacked with so many other must play games recently and the backlog that I'm gonna have to wait for it, plus my bills need paying
If this was a PlayStation 1st party remake there'd be negativity from all angles that its getting a remake. If the Horizon Zero Dawn remake turns out to be true there will be uproar. Keep in mind original Ark is only 2 years older than HZD from the same gen
Fingers crossed for vol 2 content. Installing vol 1 from disc as I type. A bit weird how it works installing as it's not the usual norm but I'll get used to it. No more getting the PS1, PS2 or PS3 out to play any of the MGS classics anymore which is nice. You'd have to imagine this vol 1 and future vol 2 collection will be playable on PS6 too through backwards compatibilty, future proofing these classics even more. Also MGS1 now with trophies is a W in my book
Wish the original classic 90s Resident Evil trilogy did something similar
Honestly I'm just really happy to have a really good selection of MGS games all in one place available on the latest console. If vol 2 can include MGS4 remastered a bit, Peace Walker, Metal Gear Rising, Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain and maybe Portable Ops as well I'll be really pleased. MGS Snake Eater remake🐍in the works too
@Art_Vandelay yh agreed that sharper disc drive bulge does look wrong and out of place with the rest of its design. I suppose the sharp disc drive bulge is to do with saving a little more weight maybe. It's possible it might grow on some when they get the new slim in hands and set it up or it could look even worse?
My PS1 memory card save for the PS1 original already has the platinum, theoretically of course. Love this game. This MGS1 and RE2 original are always fighting in my head for my own personal fav PS1 game of all time
@Mikey856 the current fat PS5 won't be available for purchase soon, they're not making the current PS5 anymore, only selling what's currently left. Eventually the only new PS5 option will be this new slim. If fat PS5 broke right now I'd jump on my PS4 and wait for the new slim PS5 to become available
Not surprised at all. I mean why would the many almost 50 mil PS5 owners want the PS5 slim when they're more than happy with the current PS5, especially those that have just purchased the original PS5 this year. Its just a refresh, so it makes sense for many PS5 owners to say only if my current PS5 breaks. If you ain't got one yet then the slim will benefit those or you just want the PS5 slim as a back up to your current original PS5. Rumoured Pro obviously a different story. Don't remember any fat PS4 owners saying oh I really need to sell my perfectly working fat PS4 now for the new PS4 slim model
@Powerplay94 yh the PS5 is to big. I have really wide open shelf under my TV with lots of breathing space all round for it sat horizontally so got a bit lucky. Be interesting to see legit side by side unboxing of this new slim next to the original PS5. The Series X/S doesn't look terrible by any means, just far to safe of a design and far less interesting in a way. The Series X does look nicer with that wrap around Starfield shell thing, I forget what it's called
You'll read all the time some saying the PS5 is ugly. Out of all the 3 current consoles on the market, the PS5 is the most interesting, futuristic looking, almost like a rocket that wants to go to the moon. I dunno maybe im just talking nonsense on side paths my brain usually goes on. Basically whether you like the look of the PS5 or not, its the one that looks more intriguing and unique and that alone spikes interest in weird ways along with this so called brand momentum. DualSense being another reason, its just so good. The Switch has done super well for itself for its unique and different hybrid ways to play. Series X/S while not ugly just plain bland oblong or flat oblong
Typically new game+ adds 2 or 3 more trophies on PS 1st party games. Would be better if they could add 5 or 6 more trophies unique to new game+ instead of 2
@naruball not so sure its as popular as it was in the PS1, PS2 and PS3 days but there's still a big community of fans for it kicking about. 2017s GT Sport put a lot of long time GT fans off, myself included, but still got it after release and enjoyed the many online races. I think GT8 needs a much deeper chunkier back to basics career mode for it to reach the PS2 heights again?
@Titntin I actually like the fact its fully playable from start to finish without a patch, but that also triggered me in a weird nostalgic way hence my first comment here, which I could have worded better as to not look like I'm attacking Insomniac
Spidey2 is gonna be fully updated on my end and will be checking out all the modes including its 120hz 40fps, VRR and all that too. There's a lot of modes on release from what I've seen on Digital Foundry so far. Genuinely can't wait for it, been excited for it all year
@Titntin it's not Imsomniac themselves that triggered me, was the complete game fully playable on disc that triggered me, made me go back in time a little how it used to be, could have been any other developer doing this and I would have come up with the exact same comment. For the record I've almost purchased every new Insomniac game since around Resistance 2 some 15 years ago and also really enjoyed The City That Never Sleeps expansions getting all its trophies. Thoroughly enjoyed Spidey1 and Miles Morales plats. 2016 reboot of R&C such a fun plat and of course Rift Apart too. My first comment here wasn't attacking Insomniac at all, was attacking the video game industry in general, although I can also see why it looks like I'm attacking Insomniac
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Marvels Spider-man 2 pre ordered physically months ago which is something I don't do often with pre orders but this is Insomniac so I trust
@naruball the entire Gran Turismo series is almost nearing 100 mil total. Not something like GTA series numbers but still very impressive for one console and not bad at all for racing games that dont usually always do huge numbers. GT definitely has its fans and you'll always easily get into any GT online race many years after its released
@naruball naturally being a hypocrite here because really enjoy a lot of modern games. Don't mind being a hypocrite on this occasion though, cause it would mean completely stop playing new games around mid to late 00s when patches and dlc became a thing, could never have imagined myself ever doing that and missing out on so many good games
@PegasusActual93 many still charging us extra for story expansions though, of which some of those expansion ideas would have been blended into the main campaign back in the day on day one or be used for the follow up sequel sometimes. On occasions to get the full experience of a game today you have to spend almost £100 and sometimes a little more, £60 or £70 on day one and then sometimes a further £20 to £50 for all the eventual smaller expansions or just be charged extra on day one with the season pass gold edition whatever they're called. Of course no one is forcing the player to get those expansions but if the player is really enjoying a particular game then he or she will most likely get those expansions
@PegasusActual93 games appear to be far more complex today I know. It was the fact that the complete game was fully on this disc that triggered my first comment, it reminded me of a time when games literally had to be as bug free as possible on release day because there was literally no second chances
@Titntin it's sort of related in a way because the patch Insomniac are putting out would have been impossible less than 20 years ago. Obviously the same goes for every modern game these days not just Insomniac specifically. Absolutely adore Insomniac
Had fun with Fall Guys when launched on PS Plus and so many fun online races in GT Sport and GT7. Absolutely adore getting trophies and plats too. None of this would have been possible without the internet so I don't hate gaming online all the time
41 just getting older and sometimes moody these days
Weird how all games these days rely on patches to work properly and dlc expansions. The days of getting a 100% complete game on disc or cartridge with all features and bonus content included day one feels like a lifetime ago. Consoles being online means they can now charge you more money for the extra weapons and skins or story expansions which used to be all included on disc day one about 17 years ago. Take RE4 remake expansion Separate Ways now costing more money to play as an example. If the PS2 version had Internet updates and could add expansions there's no way Separate Ways would have been free on the PS2. Different times I suppose so it made more sense back then but today you pay £60 or £70 and you still ain't getting close to 100% of the game you've just purchased
Won't be getting one but it's nice there's a slim refresh out there just incase and it offers a solution to the digital version being completely locked out of physical. If they end up doing this rumoured Pro, you'd have to imagine this current new PS5 slim be reduced in price, on or around the release of the Pro?
Sounds like a super fun platinum to me. Nearly all platinums get a little repetitive towards the end so no biggie. 7 is a good score as its well above average so to get an 8 means it's really good. Remember the best judge is always yourself
Nabbed Gaurdians vol 3 today on physical 4K to go with 1 and vol 2 on 4K. 95% of the crap on Disney+ I won't ever watch so no need to ever sub monthly, same with Netflix and the many other pay monthly streaming services. The best quality on physical 4K disc too. Cherry pick favs physically and ignore all these multiple streaming subs, no need
Always struggled with the convenience part when talking about digital vs physical. Sure when buying a game digitally on PS Store or ordered physically from Amazon when very busy at work and busy family life I get that, but the convenience part for getting up off the sofa grabbing a disc out the case from your collection on the shelf and then putting disc into your console to play I do not understand at all on the convenience part, to me that just sounds really lazy if that part of physical bothers you
I hope all Sony gaming bosses at the top have now all got their gloves off. Time to continue their efforts they've done with top tier 1st party exclusives (tone down this gaas a little) and make some good buisness of their own if something they want becomes available and let's not forget affordable. Affordable is unfortunate here as this is where Sony can't compete much. I dunno, a lot of smaller devs like Ember Labs as an example could be very beneficial to Sony in the long run, eventually making some of these smaller devs making some bigger triple A games over time, as well as making some of the slightly smaller games these devs are currently known for
@Kevw2006 I know exactly what you mean. It's bending the truth to suit their favourite console narrative, happens all the time on all sides. Nothing wrong with being a little biased with your favourite though and gamers just wanna play good games at the end of the day, that's all they care about, not much different to myself in that regard
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Re: The Last of Us Season 2 Filming Will Start Early Next Year
Thoroughly enjoyed the first season on physical 4K. It was pretty close to the game but also felt different at the same time with certain expanded scenes and minor differences that made perfect sense for a TV show. Its cgi was better than some big budget movies. Would have been a 10 out of 10 in my head if it wasn't for the lack of action with the infected, not much gun battles and not a single brick or glass bottle was used that I can remember. Everything else was really top tier good so I'll give it 8 maybe a 9 for the first season.
A bit more gun/fist combat action with the evil humans and the infected will go along way for Season 2. Hoping they don't use a golf club this time or any other sports weapon to stop the golf memes all the time, so boring expecting to read comments but end up reading 90% of the comments full of golf memes yawn💤
Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Really Is Just DLC, Says Its Trophy List
Meanwhile GT7 releases yet another dlc for free. That must be about 20 free dlc by now since it released and that's just GT7 alone
Re: Another Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update Available Now, Here Are the Patch Notes
Platinumed ready for new game + and potential story expansions. Finished the entire game with no bugs or crashes at all
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for November 2023 Leaked
Mafia 2 is the best Mafia for me, better than Mafia 1 remake. Got so many in my backlog library that I'm not even sure if I've already purchased Mafia 2 remastered
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Movie Making Progress as Director Heaps Praise on the Game
@Triumph741 it's not a clone though is it. Its roughly based in the Mongol Invasion of Japan from 1274 which is something AC series hasn't been anywhere near before. Every open world game that has a map with stealth involved doesn't mean its an AC clone. What was SuckerPunch meant to do for it to not be considered a clone, make Jin Sakai use handguns with silencers or shotguns or use night vision goggles for stealth in 1274 just to make it not be a clone makes no sense whatsoever. Not once did Jin Sakai climb a very tall building and fall from it into a bundle of hay. Ubisoft ain't the first for open world maps or the first to use stealth in any game and they certainly aint the best top tier pinnacle at it either
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Movie Making Progress as Director Heaps Praise on the Game
@Triumph741 All AC games never interested me new or old, over the years, can only really speak for GoT. Do remember trying AC1 or 2 back in the PS3 early days and got bored super quick. You speak of copy but isn't AC the one copying GoT with the Japanese setting. Yh I do think GoT is better than all AC games combined just my opinion. So many gamers don't bother with any AC games and still have great gaming tastes. Soon rather replay Shadow of Mordor or GoT again than play any AC game, nothing wrong with that
Re: Biggest Gran Turismo 7 Update Ever Adds Cars, Tracks, Modes, Challenges
Would be nice if there's some new trophies to get for the newly added 50 license tests or just new trophies added for some other challenges
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Movie Making Progress as Director Heaps Praise on the Game
@Triumph741 if AC was anywhere near as good and polished as GoT, then I'd be all over the entire AC series but it's not
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Movie Making Progress as Director Heaps Praise on the Game
By the time this movie is fully made and ready to go for cinema, guessing SuckerPunch Ghost of 2 will also be ready for a double whammy?
Re: Expect a 'Major' Unannounced Title from Capcom Before March 2024
RE2 remake 2019
RE3 remake 2020
RE4 remake 2023
RE Code Veronica remake 2024
They've done it before with RE remakes being separated by only a year. We all know RE3 remake had so much cut content and Nemesis transformed far to early compared to its 1999 original. Doubt this is true but not impossible as they've done it recently before with RE2 and RE3 remakes. If true hope they've learned from their cut content mistakes. Probably Monster Hunter
Re: Sony's New PS5 Earbuds and Headset Get Release Dates, Pre-Order Details
Sony doing small videos for their new Playstation headphones and buds ain't wrong but I want vids for new 2024 games instead
Re: Modern Warfare 3 Set to Claim 140GB of PS5 SSD Space
140GB of shooting the same generic human soldier over and over again in multiplayer and its campaign. The single player campaigns usually last for about 7 maybe 10 hours if you lucky
Re: It Sounds Like PS5 Is Handily Outselling Its New-Gen Rival in France
There's blue and red colors in the French flag
Re: UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man and Mario Trade Places in Battle for Top Spot
No digital just physical boxed sales and it's from one country. As always need a worldwide chart that includes both physical and digital. I wouldn't be surprised to see Mario Wonder have slightly more sales total given that almost 100 million more Switch in comparison to PS5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 doesn't matter what position Spiderman 2 is in, it'll do amazing numbers regardless. Both previous Insomniac Spiderman games did 33 million total as of last year?
Re: UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man and Mario Trade Places in Battle for Top Spot
Keeping my copy of Spidey2 for potential story expansion dlc and new game plus. Mario Wonder about 10 hours to finish main and about 18+ hours for 100%. Spiderman 2 takes about 15 hours to finish story and about 25+ hours to 100% platinum. Perfectly fine for Mario Wonder to not be a 70 to 100+ hour game but not for Spidey2, weird hypocrisy
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Marvel's Spider-Man 2?
Far to good of a high quality tight package of a game to even be considered for a 7 or 8 in my honest opinion. Gameplay, story and performance 120hz 40fps VRR smoothed or uncapped is all high quality on day one so for me personally it's a 10 out of 10. Pure quality throughout and not this boring bland diarrhea quantity
Re: Sony on PS Plus Price Increase: We Want to Make PlayStation Plus Great
Some more day ones, not necessarily huge 1st party of course. Not expecting huge money making triple A blockbusters like Ragnarok, Horizon, TLoU3, Ghost of Tsushima 2 or Spiderman 2 to be day ones. A lot more indies day one, a lot more double A day one. Stray was a huge W for PS Plus. Up the day ones per year. Improve Premium, it's not rocket science
Re: Alan Wake 2 (PS5) - A Nightmare We Never Want to Wake Up From
Looks like this will be my game to play in all of October Halloween 2024. Hopefully a good chunky digital sales on it by then. So much to play as is. Paying bills can kiss my ar**
Re: Site News: Where's Our Alan Wake 2 PS5 Review?
There will be zero articles from no one about AW2 completion times and yet it's most likely roughly the same length in completion times as Spiderman 2 is but Spidey2 gets loads of articles about it from many. The argument about AW2 is 60 and Spiderman 2 is 70 doesn't make sense for its completion times because you'll get many other games at £60 or 70 that takes far less time to finish than what Spiderman 2 does and yet still no articles about those other games length times like Spidey 2 has
Impressed with the reviews I've read for AW2 so far but I'm stacked with so many other must play games recently and the backlog that I'm gonna have to wait for it, plus my bills need paying
Re: ARK: Survival Ascended Looks Stunning in Gorgeous Gameplay
If this was a PlayStation 1st party remake there'd be negativity from all angles that its getting a remake. If the Horizon Zero Dawn remake turns out to be true there will be uproar. Keep in mind original Ark is only 2 years older than HZD from the same gen
Re: Metal Gear Solid 4, 5, Peace Walker Ports are Almost Certainly Planned, Says New Evidence
Fingers crossed for vol 2 content. Installing vol 1 from disc as I type. A bit weird how it works installing as it's not the usual norm but I'll get used to it. No more getting the PS1, PS2 or PS3 out to play any of the MGS classics anymore which is nice. You'd have to imagine this vol 1 and future vol 2 collection will be playable on PS6 too through backwards compatibilty, future proofing these classics even more. Also MGS1 now with trophies is a W in my book
Wish the original classic 90s Resident Evil trilogy did something similar
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Is a PS5 Masterpiece, According to Super Smash Bros Maker
He's not wrong
Re: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection (PS5) - Three Classics in One Messy Bundle
Honestly I'm just really happy to have a really good selection of MGS games all in one place available on the latest console. If vol 2 can include MGS4 remastered a bit, Peace Walker, Metal Gear Rising, Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain and maybe Portable Ops as well I'll be really pleased. MGS Snake Eater remake🐍in the works too
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Marvel's Spider-Man 2?
Insomniac deliver quality and I trust them more than most. Physically pre ordered months ago
Re: PS5 Is Running Riot in Europe, with Sales Up 175% Over Last Year
@Art_Vandelay yh agreed that sharper disc drive bulge does look wrong and out of place with the rest of its design. I suppose the sharp disc drive bulge is to do with saving a little more weight maybe. It's possible it might grow on some when they get the new slim in hands and set it up or it could look even worse?
Re: Metal Gear Solid's First-Ever Trophy List Has Been Revealed
My PS1 memory card save for the PS1 original already has the platinum, theoretically of course. Love this game. This MGS1 and RE2 original are always fighting in my head for my own personal fav PS1 game of all time
Re: Is It Surprising that PlayStation Fans Don't Really Care About the PS5 Slim?
@Mikey856 the current fat PS5 won't be available for purchase soon, they're not making the current PS5 anymore, only selling what's currently left. Eventually the only new PS5 option will be this new slim. If fat PS5 broke right now I'd jump on my PS4 and wait for the new slim PS5 to become available
Re: Is It Surprising that PlayStation Fans Don't Really Care About the PS5 Slim?
Not surprised at all. I mean why would the many almost 50 mil PS5 owners want the PS5 slim when they're more than happy with the current PS5, especially those that have just purchased the original PS5 this year. Its just a refresh, so it makes sense for many PS5 owners to say only if my current PS5 breaks. If you ain't got one yet then the slim will benefit those or you just want the PS5 slim as a back up to your current original PS5. Rumoured Pro obviously a different story. Don't remember any fat PS4 owners saying oh I really need to sell my perfectly working fat PS4 now for the new PS4 slim model
Re: PS5 Is Running Riot in Europe, with Sales Up 175% Over Last Year
@Powerplay94 yh the PS5 is to big. I have really wide open shelf under my TV with lots of breathing space all round for it sat horizontally so got a bit lucky. Be interesting to see legit side by side unboxing of this new slim next to the original PS5. The Series X/S doesn't look terrible by any means, just far to safe of a design and far less interesting in a way. The Series X does look nicer with that wrap around Starfield shell thing, I forget what it's called
Re: PS5 Is Running Riot in Europe, with Sales Up 175% Over Last Year
You'll read all the time some saying the PS5 is ugly. Out of all the 3 current consoles on the market, the PS5 is the most interesting, futuristic looking, almost like a rocket that wants to go to the moon. I dunno maybe im just talking nonsense on side paths my brain usually goes on. Basically whether you like the look of the PS5 or not, its the one that looks more intriguing and unique and that alone spikes interest in weird ways along with this so called brand momentum. DualSense being another reason, its just so good. The Switch has done super well for itself for its unique and different hybrid ways to play. Series X/S while not ugly just plain bland oblong or flat oblong
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Post-Launch Updates to Add New Game+, Mission Replay
Typically new game+ adds 2 or 3 more trophies on PS 1st party games. Would be better if they could add 5 or 6 more trophies unique to new game+ instead of 2
Re: September 2023 Circana: PS5 Still on Top Despite Chart-Topping Starfield
@naruball not so sure its as popular as it was in the PS1, PS2 and PS3 days but there's still a big community of fans for it kicking about. 2017s GT Sport put a lot of long time GT fans off, myself included, but still got it after release and enjoyed the many online races. I think GT8 needs a much deeper chunkier back to basics career mode for it to reach the PS2 heights again?
Re: Spider-Man 2 Doesn't Need Its Day One PS5 Patch, But Insomniac Games Still Recommends Downloading It
@Titntin I actually like the fact its fully playable from start to finish without a patch, but that also triggered me in a weird nostalgic way hence my first comment here, which I could have worded better as to not look like I'm attacking Insomniac
Spidey2 is gonna be fully updated on my end and will be checking out all the modes including its 120hz 40fps, VRR and all that too. There's a lot of modes on release from what I've seen on Digital Foundry so far. Genuinely can't wait for it, been excited for it all year
Re: Spider-Man 2 Doesn't Need Its Day One PS5 Patch, But Insomniac Games Still Recommends Downloading It
@Titntin it's not Imsomniac themselves that triggered me, was the complete game fully playable on disc that triggered me, made me go back in time a little how it used to be, could have been any other developer doing this and I would have come up with the exact same comment. For the record I've almost purchased every new Insomniac game since around Resistance 2 some 15 years ago and also really enjoyed The City That Never Sleeps expansions getting all its trophies. Thoroughly enjoyed Spidey1 and Miles Morales plats. 2016 reboot of R&C such a fun plat and of course Rift Apart too. My first comment here wasn't attacking Insomniac at all, was attacking the video game industry in general, although I can also see why it looks like I'm attacking Insomniac
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Marvels Spider-man 2 pre ordered physically months ago which is something I don't do often with pre orders but this is Insomniac so I trust
Re: September 2023 Circana: PS5 Still on Top Despite Chart-Topping Starfield
@naruball the entire Gran Turismo series is almost nearing 100 mil total. Not something like GTA series numbers but still very impressive for one console and not bad at all for racing games that dont usually always do huge numbers. GT definitely has its fans and you'll always easily get into any GT online race many years after its released
Re: September 2023 Circana: PS5 Still on Top Despite Chart-Topping Starfield
Not sure why had a little chuckle when read Lies of P didn't make the top 20
Re: Spider-Man 2 Doesn't Need Its Day One PS5 Patch, But Insomniac Games Still Recommends Downloading It
@naruball naturally being a hypocrite here because really enjoy a lot of modern games. Don't mind being a hypocrite on this occasion though, cause it would mean completely stop playing new games around mid to late 00s when patches and dlc became a thing, could never have imagined myself ever doing that and missing out on so many good games
Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying a PS5 'Slim'?
@Fyz306903 yh that's what I was roughly thinking too, sounds ideal coming close to those prices
Re: Spider-Man 2 Doesn't Need Its Day One PS5 Patch, But Insomniac Games Still Recommends Downloading It
@PegasusActual93 many still charging us extra for story expansions though, of which some of those expansion ideas would have been blended into the main campaign back in the day on day one or be used for the follow up sequel sometimes. On occasions to get the full experience of a game today you have to spend almost £100 and sometimes a little more, £60 or £70 on day one and then sometimes a further £20 to £50 for all the eventual smaller expansions or just be charged extra on day one with the season pass gold edition whatever they're called. Of course no one is forcing the player to get those expansions but if the player is really enjoying a particular game then he or she will most likely get those expansions
Re: Spider-Man 2 Doesn't Need Its Day One PS5 Patch, But Insomniac Games Still Recommends Downloading It
@PegasusActual93 games appear to be far more complex today I know. It was the fact that the complete game was fully on this disc that triggered my first comment, it reminded me of a time when games literally had to be as bug free as possible on release day because there was literally no second chances
Re: Spider-Man 2 Doesn't Need Its Day One PS5 Patch, But Insomniac Games Still Recommends Downloading It
@Titntin it's sort of related in a way because the patch Insomniac are putting out would have been impossible less than 20 years ago. Obviously the same goes for every modern game these days not just Insomniac specifically. Absolutely adore Insomniac
Had fun with Fall Guys when launched on PS Plus and so many fun online races in GT Sport and GT7. Absolutely adore getting trophies and plats too. None of this would have been possible without the internet so I don't hate gaming online all the time
41 just getting older and sometimes moody these days
Re: Spider-Man 2 Doesn't Need Its Day One PS5 Patch, But Insomniac Games Still Recommends Downloading It
Weird how all games these days rely on patches to work properly and dlc expansions. The days of getting a 100% complete game on disc or cartridge with all features and bonus content included day one feels like a lifetime ago. Consoles being online means they can now charge you more money for the extra weapons and skins or story expansions which used to be all included on disc day one about 17 years ago. Take RE4 remake expansion Separate Ways now costing more money to play as an example. If the PS2 version had Internet updates and could add expansions there's no way Separate Ways would have been free on the PS2. Different times I suppose so it made more sense back then but today you pay £60 or £70 and you still ain't getting close to 100% of the game you've just purchased
Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying a PS5 'Slim'?
Won't be getting one but it's nice there's a slim refresh out there just incase and it offers a solution to the digital version being completely locked out of physical. If they end up doing this rumoured Pro, you'd have to imagine this current new PS5 slim be reduced in price, on or around the release of the Pro?
Re: Roblox Is Already Tangling with Call of Duty, Fortnite as the Most Played Game on PS5, PS4
The top 3 most played games this week, I'd soon rather get diarrhea
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (PS5) - A Familiar But Fantastic Superhero Sequel
A lot of 10 out of 10s and 9s elsewhere, a few more 8s too. Currently 91 on metacritic atm?. Friday evening can't come soon enough let's go yo
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (PS5) - A Familiar But Fantastic Superhero Sequel
Sounds like a super fun platinum to me. Nearly all platinums get a little repetitive towards the end so no biggie. 7 is a good score as its well above average so to get an 8 means it's really good. Remember the best judge is always yourself
Re: Ubisoft Exec Says Physical Sales Slowing, But They're Not Going Away
Nabbed Gaurdians vol 3 today on physical 4K to go with 1 and vol 2 on 4K. 95% of the crap on Disney+ I won't ever watch so no need to ever sub monthly, same with Netflix and the many other pay monthly streaming services. The best quality on physical 4K disc too. Cherry pick favs physically and ignore all these multiple streaming subs, no need
Re: Ubisoft Exec Says Physical Sales Slowing, But They're Not Going Away
Always struggled with the convenience part when talking about digital vs physical. Sure when buying a game digitally on PS Store or ordered physically from Amazon when very busy at work and busy family life I get that, but the convenience part for getting up off the sofa grabbing a disc out the case from your collection on the shelf and then putting disc into your console to play I do not understand at all on the convenience part, to me that just sounds really lazy if that part of physical bothers you
Re: PS5, PS4 Players Will 'Remain Welcome' As Xbox Closes $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Buyout
I hope all Sony gaming bosses at the top have now all got their gloves off. Time to continue their efforts they've done with top tier 1st party exclusives (tone down this gaas a little) and make some good buisness of their own if something they want becomes available and let's not forget affordable. Affordable is unfortunate here as this is where Sony can't compete much. I dunno, a lot of smaller devs like Ember Labs as an example could be very beneficial to Sony in the long run, eventually making some of these smaller devs making some bigger triple A games over time, as well as making some of the slightly smaller games these devs are currently known for
Re: PS5, PS4 Players Will 'Remain Welcome' As Xbox Closes $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Buyout
@Kevw2006 I know exactly what you mean. It's bending the truth to suit their favourite console narrative, happens all the time on all sides. Nothing wrong with being a little biased with your favourite though and gamers just wanna play good games at the end of the day, that's all they care about, not much different to myself in that regard