I'm always going to be subbed to extra, the value for what you get each month is well worth it over a year.
So doesn't matter if some months are worse than others, it pays for itself if you think about the games which get released and given away.
I subbed to premium to give it ago but honestly I really don't see the appeal of going back and playing the old games, they are dated and clunky and reality doesn't match up with what I remember when I played them all at launch
But this month is slim pickings really. But then it pulls itself back by having plucky squire.
@DennisReynolds I have to call out your very incorrect comments.
By the time the nes was released every tv was standard 60hz. Europe had pal which was 50hz.
But even Europe most tvs were capable of 60hz. Going back to the start of tvs. There wasn't really anything before it. You even had adapters for ps1s at one point due to pirated games in England being 60hz America copies rather than the pal version, used to sit on the back of the ps1
And your assumption about dreamcast is also wrong, well over half of it's games were 60fps.
Apart from Nintendo who's games basically were all 60. Dreamcast was the second console which had the majority of it's games running at 60fps.
Dreamcast was probably thee best console out that generation, it just flopped at market and not because the console was lacking, just miss management by Sega.
But pretty much any game before the ps3 was basically 60fps was the standard.
It was only until 360 and ps3 came that the standard literally dropped down to 30fps due to graphics becoming more complex. It did begin on ps2, but not as bad as when the 360 and ps3 hit.
So reality was 60fps was always the standard until consoles and developers brought it down to 30.
Japan finally adopted a home console. Which wasn't a handheld and had very good sales to then jack the price up there?
Non of what Sony is doing makes any sense.
Crazy to think astro bot isn't selling even I've handed over my crash for it.
I wonder though if people.may wait for Christmas as it is a kids game more than anything, so they just haven't bothered, just yet.
But I mean how long has it been since a true platformer hit a Sony console, I've always felt console gaming has literally grown up with me and we are in an age now that every triple game is mature rated.
I wonder if that's had an effect on a lot of casual or semi gamers out there that the only games they'lltouch are mature games.
My first thought was ps5 will come out by the time ps5 pro comes out they would of cut the price of the base console and then the pro comes in at launch ps5 prices. But of course we know the story now and ps5 has gone up in price.
But even then I thought 599 was steep.
So 699 for a console just to basically add a marginal increase isn't justified for myself.
Also to announce it now and be right within just over a month, really doesn't give me.time to figure out how to raise an extra 700.
The time frame is way to short.
They should of announced this way earlier in my eyes, for people to wrap their heads around and save up.
@Bobobiwan I put was and I was ment to write wasn't.
He 100% said "ALMOST" and that's what I was referring to.
He was so shakey while saying most of it, and the comparisons being shrunk down aswel and then having to point out what actually was clearer.
Honestly I think because he knew the price himself, he already knows its a impossible sell.
I've bought every single console at launch at cost.
This will be the first 1 which I will skip.
The thing is I knew what we was getting, but I was all in, but the price point doesn't justify the 220 price increase over the base console. It just doesn't.
At least ps4 pro came in at the same price as the ps4 at launch as the ps4 had a price cut.
I don't know what other people's situations are, your fine if your living at home with disposable income, but if yout like me, have kids, have to pay the bills, I have to justify what I'm paying. 549 maybe max 599.
Considering the new ps5 with disc drive is selling at 479 brand new. But 700 is ridiculous for an almost console.
I already have a PC which I spent years saving for and spending 3grand on but that was a long term investment and a multi functional piece of kit.
I just can't believe the price tag. That's it. The actual machine I saw coming bur that price. I'm good
@naruball yes as ever, taking a quote out of context and spinning it.
He quite clearly says it in meaning just take some time away from the industry, get a different Job to tide you over but keep up with advancements and keep looking.
We can all talk about greed and all that but that's reality it's always been the same, you get a job get promoted and promoted and promoted, it's how most jobs work and what people aim for, if that's the route they go.
Most forget Jim Ryan, Chris Deering, many of the management or upper management didn't just walk into that job they went from the bottom to the top.
End of the day, he's exactly right. Sometimes jobs just don't work out, we all have been there.
People calling this guy entitled, your the ones living in dream World.
He's actually basically saying just get a temp job and keep your eyes on advancements and job opportunities and not just sit at home waiting and praying another job comes along and before you know it your out of money.
The console is for people who bought the PS5 at launch and are ready for a secondary system (I've done this throughout playstations consoles, anyway)
Like right now, I have a launch ps5, my sons who share a room have a slim, my other son and daughter don't have one in their room, so I'm already thinking about getting a pro for myself and they can have my launch PS5, it means they can have simple games installed for them to mess with and it also can put Netflix, disney and Amazon on it.
Then you've got the people who are still just gaming on PC who then decide they fancy somet new, go for a console, because a 4090 is expensive all by itself, let alone if you need to upgrade anything else on top so you don't have a bottleneck.
Marathon is a competitive online shooter only, so that's a risk and won't be mainstream.
The other game, I don't think so.
I'm not sure if you are aware but this stuff was revealed before the break down within Bungie where they're was lay offs and an entire team of people moved away from bungie and became a new studio within PlayStation for their game.
So where does that leave Bungie as a team? We don't actually know.
All we do know right now, is it's destiny 2 well.into 2026.
Which from what I am seeing is a big decline in players, apart from the hard-core destiny players.
Otherwise they aren't even interested in bringing new players in, even the destiny 2 fans are getting fed up.
Listen if you guys are giving out 6/10 to a game like this, was criminal, its 7.5/8 out of 10.
Cant take the scores seriously when a quite bog standard simple game like Vampire Survives gets given a 9/10. I mean that game deserves a 6 out of 10. Its a fun little game above average.
Star Wars outlaws is a great first attempt at an open world style star wars game without light sabers being the main draw. Its fun and the graphics at times are top notch.
If they do go down the road of a sequel, it has a huge potential to be a 9/10
Dam right I'm playing. Waited till the kids went to school, downloaded and off I went.
Seeing as I had 2 hours sleep as I work nights.
I waited for the mrs to go off and do her things pretended to go bed and snuck in and did the first couple of levels.
I nean seriously when was the last time we had a triple a platformer? You just dont get them anymore, only rare occasions and that dualsense, it just baffles me why no other games are doing this in their games. It just seems like a no brainer when you play astro
The funny thing is so many moaned and moaned and moaned regarding Horizon ip being flooded and to much and that was just on rumours and not even confirmed.
Yet right now ConCord literally did flood the market with, comics, cartoons, and an episode in a new series before it had even had chance to epically fail.
Back when basic games were cutting edge. By the time mobiles became mainstream, we already had the snes and ps1, was just hitting.
First mobile to truly hit was the Nokia 3210 with snake as its game.
This day n age, this type of game is a great waste time while on your mobile, I wouldn't say it's worth it on console, it's definitely not that great of a game for this much praise.
@Matroskayes that's exactly how I felt, after hearing all this omg I can't believe how good this game is, I thought 2quid not bad, played and was like hmmm yea it's alright, been done before though, I played a game exactly like this on my amiga 500 back in the early 90s.
@Shigurui I always erase these from my mind hahaha
PlayStation problem was Jim Ryan's fixation on live service, instead of letting games naturally become what they are, he has tried to push the narrative that way.
His other huge mistake was buying bungie and thinking they are kings of live service, when reality is, they are not, they just got into the market and got a fan base when live service in modern times was just getting going.
The next big mistake is thinking that Bungie knows what they are doing and Jim made them evaluate their live service projects.
The last of us factions 2 game would of done amazing, because it is last of us and the fact that factions was a great addition and they did well the first time around.
I just can't get my head around it, that this was green lit and naughty dog cancels it's effort.
PlayStation are best at shepherding great single player story driven games, so they truly should focus on games like that with multiplayer elements.
Helldivers 2 is a great example of live service but it's truly a single player game.
You team up with people to fight npcs and if you don't want to, you can go it alone. That's a successful formula for PlayStation.
It's funny, a game doesn't come to xbox and next thing won't are doing secret exclusive deals.
No mate, it's just the fact ps5 is selling 10 to 1 all over the world, so developers have to default to the common denominator, which in consoles is PS5.
Also considering the extra cost it takes to port a game along side it.
There are many games I play on PC which only release for PC, and then a years later is released for console. Why? Because they didn't have the money to do it all.
So why would this be any different for a new development team?
Also Xbox has a rule, you have to develop for both series X and S.
@get2sammyb I really do hope that is the case. Spiderman 2 is a great example of using the same map but extending it and allowing a brand new story to evolve in the world.
GTA 5 on the other hand for myself is the opposite of what to do with a game world after San Andrea's and GTA4.
They technically just made the map bigger but they took away so much, huge map of just eye candy. Instead of making the map more dense and open. The Original San Andrea's had more to do in it's world than GTA5 does in single player. GTA4 had 100 times more things to do in it's world. They really went with visual quality than interacting quantity.
Honestly it was a good nostalgia game when it came out and we all know full well it will release in a volume 2. But I'm not bothered.
I'd rather wait and see regarding these re makes and hopefully it's top notch and they go on to remake the entire series, then I'll replay them.
I'm really not that bothered about playing old games. They just don't do it for me.
I've tried with premium and games I have very fond memories with, I try play them now and I'm like why, they just aren't as good now as they were when they launched.
I'm more of a forward looking gamer and a appreciator of the old games.
Wait what a funny take on guardians of the galaxy, epic adventure across the universe?
Nope, wait that's just filler, for a 5v5 hero arena shooter with 16 playable characters in which makes the cgi cut scenes they worked so hard on filler to move onto the next match.
They told.us when this live service push was happening that it would push things into new areas.
Helldivers 2 sort of did that with it's 3rd person shoot bugs with your mates and progress the war. Simple yet addictive fun.
Concord, very generic to similar to games already out there for free and reality is PlayStation fans aren't here for such games.
We already have them from 3rd party developers. Nothing new in concord.
@Drago201 it's definitely a question for a true Harry Potter fan. I played a few and they were OK.
But nothing really beats the newest entry.
It's been fully realised here and reality is, if they ever did a second then, I'd 100% keep the same map, add more of the secret areas within hogwarts. Extend the world.
And really they just need to make the game more interactive and better ai.
Make it truly feel like the world is being lived in while playing
So are you saying the visuals are better than the small snippets of gameplay we have seen? And the animations have changed?
Because the last trailer I saw, the environments looked good but snake looked like he was taken straight out of the original game with a glossy paint put on him with his blocky animation?
Sorry people but the Sony handheld just didn't sell and Playstation have an absolute shocking track record of supporting its on ventures even if they are a success. So what is the point.
The reason the ps portal is selling is due to having a library of games already on your ps5 and its a half decent way to play if you cant be on your ps5.
I.e if your visiting family and cant take your ps5 or its in the living room and someone is watching the telly and you can just chill in bed and progress your game.
A playstation dedicated handheld just isn't it.
Just look at the vita and the psvr2 both came off successful hardware and still wasn't supported by playstation.
Playstation motto is if it aint their main platform it doesn't matter
The combat parts I've seen, did not impress me at all, I cant put my finger on it but the best I can describe what I saw was a mid tier fps from the ps3 era.
It was very bog standard, the animations of the whip and gunplay just looked and felt out dated.
Its such a shame, because the cut scenes and the third person sections looked incredible.
It looks like 2 games mashed together.
Almost to the point of wishing this game was a third person action adventure game so the animations could be their for the gun play and the whip. Bring it into next gen animation wise and actually rival a game like uncharted.
As it stands now even with the Indiana Jones name, uncharted felt more indy than this.
The marketing of the game is what failed this game.
The first trailer was a cheeseburger?
The 2nd trailer we got was a pretty solid and interesting cgi trailer about a group of misfits, stealing loot and escaping.
Setting up what one would presume was a goofy but solid adventure game.
What we got was a 5v5 hero shooter, with some how 16 playable characters, no one knows with tact on cgi clips to push a story each week, which don't really fit, the gameplay.
If they had promoted it as a new type of hero shooter and took time to develop the actual reason you some how end up fighting each other in a 5v5 then maybe it stood a chance.
But they promoted it as a great adventure with a group of misfits.
Unfortunately I just never understand these deals.
Ps5 is outselling xbox by nearly 10 to 1 now. Ps4 dominated Xbox.
Those are just facts.
So in what universe does the execs and marketing team over on the side of the game think, I know, let's promote our game on a dying console and platform, where even if the game sells a few copies, it's nowhere near what the sales will be on PlayStation.
I understand them taking the money but surely any one in business knows you promote to your biggest audience.
Making a deal like this where you shy away from your biggest audience, isn't going to do much to your sales. This type of game isn't a system seller. So it doesn't even make much sense for Microsoft either.
The gameplay maybe good, the Polish and presentation maybe good.
But it's still a 5v5 hero shooter and not that original at that.
My problem with the game is, this emphasis on oooooo a cut scene a week to progress the story, but your still fighting each other in an arena each time.
And it's a full price game.
I may aswel go and watch a movie, with breaks of overwatch 2.
Helldivers 2 works because everyone is on the same side and your progressing a war and winning or losing together. It's a joint and a united effort. Which anyone really can just jump in as a generic solider and your skills as a player is what matters more against Ai.
You feel more invested because of this and thus making it a legit reason for players to carry on.
I feel like concord is a bog standard 5v5 hero shooter, where your fighting each other in matches, like you do in overwatch and the rest of them, which do it for free.
What you do within the match doesn't determine anything other than leveling or unlocking perks for characters.
Each week there is a cgi episode which will come either way if your losing or winning.
So the story progresses whatever happens, which makes me feel like you have 0 input within the story and your basically just playing matches until the next cutscene hits.
I understand story driven games do this also but the in-between playable parts are the parts in which make you feel like your the one on control, even if it's just an illusion and it's those parts which make or break games for many.
We can compliment the gameplay and presentation all we want but if the immersion isn't there and it's a mix match of cgi trailers and 5v5 matches and nothing more than. It really isn't going to set the world alight or many people bother with it.
People didn't bother when it was free and now they don't going out paying 70 for it.
Sh*t up Phil. Always talking out of your backside. Hahaha
The gaming landscape isn't changing.
Xbox is dying and xbox are trying to change the landscape before microsoft just cancels thr xbox division. The xbox brand has been on deaths door for a long time. Reasons:
Xbox One
Already putting your games day and date onto PC, giving less people a reason to buy an xbox console.
Putting all your resources into a gaming subscription service and then releasing your games day and date on it, completely nullifying xbox game sales.
Using all your money on teams, but not just any individual teams, which xbox had a true history with and games which were made in partnership with and became a staple. No they just went out and bought the whole publisher, putting staple franchises from third party under the xbox banner.
Being completely incompetent in seeing any creative vision and instead holding on to franchises which began life all the way back on the original Xbox.
Halo Gears Forza Fable
Even to the point when budgie gave up on halo because they had finished the story.
You instead grabbed a new very talented, very promising team and instead of giving them creative freedom to make what they wanted, you shoved them onto making halo for the rest of their lives.
And spent year and years talking and talking and talking with absolutely no physical evidence to back up your words.
Until this year's showcase Xbox truly had no first party games to brag about.
This year they do, yet 99% are being made by the teams who were already making triple A games for all consoles.
The Xbox division has gotten that bad, that Microsoft has stepped in before Phil blows all the money and start releasing all the games onto the PS5, to try and claw back the money Phil and the other one has wasted over the years.
There were a couple which I liked. But the rest were generic fps games.
An indy game which xbox but for ps5 and yet it maybe just me but the 3rd person sections looked so much better than the firdt person parts.
I really believe games of this nature just look and work better in 3rd person over the shoulder, esp for Indiana.
And then maybe Kingdom come deliverance 2 but we already knew about that.
Then last was the amazon prime show looked amazing, it was better than any game at the show.
Edit; just one more thing, Mafia old country that peaks my interest, ive enjoyed the mafi games and it maybe a great turning point to actually set it in the home of where the mafia started.
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Re: The Plucky Squire (PS5) - Joyful, Inventive Adventure on Every Page of PS Plus Gem
@BlaizeV hmmmmm because at some point we have to move on from the ps4 we are half way through the ps5 life cycle.
No other console has ever had this many cross overs.
Time to leave the ps4 and move on.
The only things releasing on ps4 should be the updated sport games and a few little stragglers.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for September 2024?
I'm always going to be subbed to extra, the value for what you get each month is well worth it over a year.
So doesn't matter if some months are worse than others, it pays for itself if you think about the games which get released and given away.
I subbed to premium to give it ago but honestly I really don't see the appeal of going back and playing the old games, they are dated and clunky and reality doesn't match up with what I remember when I played them all at launch
But this month is slim pickings really. But then it pulls itself back by having plucky squire.
That was day 1 for me anyway, so I save money
Re: PS5 Pro Probably Won't Run GTA 6 at 4K 60FPS, Tech Expert Claims
@DennisReynolds I read it after. Wasn't pulling you. I was giving history lesson. And honestly you've brought up bad memories.
Dreamcast was a solid console, in my mind it was the best of the bunch and yet failed
Re: PS5 Pro Probably Won't Run GTA 6 at 4K 60FPS, Tech Expert Claims
@DennisReynolds I have to call out your very incorrect comments.
By the time the nes was released every tv was standard 60hz.
Europe had pal which was 50hz.
But even Europe most tvs were capable of 60hz. Going back to the start of tvs. There wasn't really anything before it. You even had adapters for ps1s at one point due to pirated games in England being 60hz America copies rather than the pal version, used to sit on the back of the ps1
And your assumption about dreamcast is also wrong, well over half of it's games were 60fps.
Apart from Nintendo who's games basically were all 60. Dreamcast was the second console which had the majority of it's games running at 60fps.
Dreamcast was probably thee best console out that generation, it just flopped at market and not because the console was lacking, just miss management by Sega.
But pretty much any game before the ps3 was basically 60fps was the standard.
It was only until 360 and ps3 came that the standard literally dropped down to 30fps due to graphics becoming more complex. It did begin on ps2, but not as bad as when the 360 and ps3 hit.
So reality was 60fps was always the standard until consoles and developers brought it down to 30.
Re: Filming on Ubisoft's Watch Dogs Movie Has Wrapped
Didn't like watch dogs in the end.
I actually found the first game to have the potential to be a great franchise, I liked the more gritty dark take.
Then they went all saints row by legion.
But then again that's the same with saints row.
I loved the first game and the second for me was a perfect mix of rag to riches, buy up businesses and take over parts of the city bit by bit.
But instead of keeping that tone they went all in on the comedic aspect and I felt like that was the worst part.
Honestly hope the movie takes a more mature tone and goes with the first game back drop rather than the comedic over the top later games.
Re: Annapurna Interactive Exodus Sees Entire Staff Resign
@OthmaneAD wait..... what??
Not a great studio?
They was a publisher and helped publish many great indie titles.
Do you even know what your talking about
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Astro Bot Barely Registers at Retail, PS5 Numbers Plummet After Price Hike
I don't quite get what Sony was thinking.
Japan finally adopted a home console. Which wasn't a handheld and had very good sales to then jack the price up there?
Non of what Sony is doing makes any sense.
Crazy to think astro bot isn't selling even I've handed over my crash for it.
I wonder though if people.may wait for Christmas as it is a kids game more than anything, so they just haven't bothered, just yet.
But I mean how long has it been since a true platformer hit a Sony console, I've always felt console gaming has literally grown up with me and we are in an age now that every triple game is mature rated.
I wonder if that's had an effect on a lot of casual or semi gamers out there that the only games they'lltouch are mature games.
Re: Astro Bot Update 1.003 Is Available to Download on PS5 Now
Not a single bug, not even a glitch and I've been hammering the game making sure I 100% each level, in 1 or 2 goes.
Unbelievable how good this game is.
Re: Poll: Would You Buy PS5 Pro If It Was Cheaper?
I was prepared for a 599 max.
My first thought was ps5 will come out by the time ps5 pro comes out they would of cut the price of the base console and then the pro comes in at launch ps5 prices. But of course we know the story now and ps5 has gone up in price.
But even then I thought 599 was steep.
So 699 for a console just to basically add a marginal increase isn't justified for myself.
Also to announce it now and be right within just over a month, really doesn't give me.time to figure out how to raise an extra 700.
The time frame is way to short.
They should of announced this way earlier in my eyes, for people to wrap their heads around and save up.
Re: PS5 Pro Announced, Costs $700 and Out in November
@Bobobiwan I put was and I was ment to write wasn't.
He 100% said "ALMOST" and that's what I was referring to.
He was so shakey while saying most of it, and the comparisons being shrunk down aswel and then having to point out what actually was clearer.
Honestly I think because he knew the price himself, he already knows its a impossible sell.
I've bought every single console at launch at cost.
This will be the first 1 which I will skip.
The thing is I knew what we was getting, but I was all in, but the price point doesn't justify the 220 price increase over the base console. It just doesn't.
At least ps4 pro came in at the same price as the ps4 at launch as the ps4 had a price cut.
I don't know what other people's situations are, your fine if your living at home with disposable income, but if yout like me, have kids, have to pay the bills, I have to justify what I'm paying.
549 maybe max 599.
Considering the new ps5 with disc drive is selling at 479 brand new. But 700 is ridiculous for an almost console.
I already have a PC which I spent years saving for and spending 3grand on but that was a long term investment and a multi functional piece of kit.
I just can't believe the price tag. That's it. The actual machine I saw coming bur that price. I'm good
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on PS5 Pro?
I'm the most hard-core playstation owner there is and I was all for a ps5 pro.
But at £699.99 no disc drive, not even including the stand, nor does it come with the dualsense edge controller, yes a 2tb ssd.
But watching that presentation did, anyone else feel as though even Mark Cerny was clutching at straws to show you the differences.
He even said it himself, that it may not get to 4k 60fps, in his wording.
I always knew it was going to be a graphics update, with a better ceiling for developers.
But nothing in that presentation screamed yes I need to buy, nothing was shown that can justify a £220 price increase from the ps5 slim dosc version.
That is truly what it comes down to.
£700 it aint worth it and the time scale aswel.
Its a month away, no time for anyone to actually save up.
I xant believe I'm saying it but I believe this maybe the firdt console I actually pass on.
Re: PS5 Pro Announced, Costs $700 and Out in November
I was ps5 pro positive until I watched that.
Even Mark Cerny seemed to have a hard time talking about the differences and its all probably because he knew the price.
I'm with everyone, that price is ridiculous.
I was actually expecting a little more than ps5.
In normal times we would of seen a ps5 price cut by now and ps5 pro coming at that price point. Similar to the ps4 pro.
But 700, nearly 200 more than a ps5 is not worth a slight increase in visuals.
The crazy thing if anyone noticed was Mark cerny was confident on hitting 4k 60, the wording of it was way off.
This is dead in arrival unfortunately
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Reckons Axed Game Devs Should Just 'Drive an Uber'
@naruball yes as ever, taking a quote out of context and spinning it.
He quite clearly says it in meaning just take some time away from the industry, get a different Job to tide you over but keep up with advancements and keep looking.
We can all talk about greed and all that but that's reality it's always been the same, you get a job get promoted and promoted and promoted, it's how most jobs work and what people aim for, if that's the route they go.
Most forget Jim Ryan, Chris Deering, many of the management or upper management didn't just walk into that job they went from the bottom to the top.
End of the day, he's exactly right. Sometimes jobs just don't work out, we all have been there.
People calling this guy entitled, your the ones living in dream World.
He's actually basically saying just get a temp job and keep your eyes on advancements and job opportunities and not just sit at home waiting and praying another job comes along and before you know it your out of money.
Re: PS5 Pro Showcase Coming Today, Hosted by Mark Cerny
@Elitepatriot but this console isn't for you.
The console is for people who bought the PS5 at launch and are ready for a secondary system (I've done this throughout playstations consoles, anyway)
Like right now, I have a launch ps5, my sons who share a room have a slim, my other son and daughter don't have one in their room, so I'm already thinking about getting a pro for myself and they can have my launch PS5, it means they can have simple games installed for them to mess with and it also can put Netflix, disney and Amazon on it.
Then you've got the people who are still just gaming on PC who then decide they fancy somet new, go for a console, because a 4090 is expensive all by itself, let alone if you need to upgrade anything else on top so you don't have a bottleneck.
Re: Bungie Commits to Destiny 2 DLC and Support Through 2026
@Ninerguy1608 Big?
Marathon is a competitive online shooter only, so that's a risk and won't be mainstream.
The other game, I don't think so.
I'm not sure if you are aware but this stuff was revealed before the break down within Bungie where they're was lay offs and an entire team of people moved away from bungie and became a new studio within PlayStation for their game.
So where does that leave Bungie as a team? We don't actually know.
All we do know right now, is it's destiny 2 well.into 2026.
Which from what I am seeing is a big decline in players, apart from the hard-core destiny players.
Otherwise they aren't even interested in bringing new players in, even the destiny 2 fans are getting fed up.
Re: Bungie Commits to Destiny 2 DLC and Support Through 2026
Still can't believe they ain't moving on.
Honestly you'd of thought with the title final shape bringing back a beloved character within the series.
They would of wrapped it up and moved on. New engine fresh start.
At this point if you ain't already in the eco system of destiny 2 you ain't going to be.
I want to see them tackle single player again the original halos, we're by far great Sci fi epics.
Unfortunately destiny aren't kings of live service.
Re: PS5 Pro Showcase Set for Tomorrow, Hosted by Mark Cerny
The hype is real.
Does it really matter whether it's needed or not?
If you don't want it, don't buy it.
If you want your games to run at the best they can for half the price of a gaming rig then, buy one
Re: Guns More of a 'Fallback Solution' in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
I just hope it's better than what I've seen.
The gun play and whip animations looked poor.
The best parts of the game which felt indy was the 3rd person sections.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Star Wars Outlaws?
Listen if you guys are giving out 6/10 to a game like this, was criminal, its 7.5/8 out of 10.
Cant take the scores seriously when a quite bog standard simple game like Vampire Survives gets given a 9/10. I mean that game deserves a 6 out of 10. Its a fun little game above average.
Star Wars outlaws is a great first attempt at an open world style star wars game without light sabers being the main draw.
Its fun and the graphics at times are top notch.
If they do go down the road of a sequel, it has a huge potential to be a 9/10
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Astro Bot?
Dam right I'm playing.
Waited till the kids went to school, downloaded and off I went.
Seeing as I had 2 hours sleep as I work nights.
I waited for the mrs to go off and do her things pretended to go bed and snuck in and did the first couple of levels.
I nean seriously when was the last time we had a triple a platformer? You just dont get them anymore, only rare occasions and that dualsense, it just baffles me why no other games are doing this in their games. It just seems like a no brainer when you play astro
Re: Concord Will Remain in Prime Video's Secret Level Anthology Series
The funny thing is so many moaned and moaned and moaned regarding Horizon ip being flooded and to much and that was just on rumours and not even confirmed.
Yet right now ConCord literally did flood the market with, comics, cartoons, and an episode in a new series before it had even had chance to epically fail.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong's Xbox Delay Isn't Due to Platform Limitations, Says Microsoft
Microsoft trying to act like the victim and throwing words around.
They did that last time and it turned out to be xbox series s again and again and again.
They may aswel just pull the plug on consoles.
Re: PS Plus Essential Receives 3 New PS5, PS4 Games, Two Available Now
@wiiware wait what?
Really you expect more for 80 a year?
Which works out 6.66 a month
And a brand new game, a top tier sports game and a not so bad indie title.
Altogether bought full price would be more than 80, in a single month.
Let alone adding up all the other games for every other month.
Even if 2 out of the 12 months are great months for you, then you've got your monies worth.
Re: PS5's Most Addictive Game Gets a Two-Hour PS Plus Premium Trial
@riceNpea yes on the amiga and commodore.
Back when basic games were cutting edge.
By the time mobiles became mainstream, we already had the snes and ps1, was just hitting.
First mobile to truly hit was the Nokia 3210 with snake as its game.
This day n age, this type of game is a great waste time while on your mobile, I wouldn't say it's worth it on console, it's definitely not that great of a game for this much praise.
Re: PS5's Most Addictive Game Gets a Two-Hour PS Plus Premium Trial
@Matroskayes that's exactly how I felt, after hearing all this omg I can't believe how good this game is, I thought 2quid not bad, played and was like hmmm yea it's alright, been done before though, I played a game exactly like this on my amiga 500 back in the early 90s.
@Shigurui I always erase these from my mind hahaha
Re: PS5's Most Addictive Game Gets a Two-Hour PS Plus Premium Trial
@Kidfunkadelic83 I dont get me, I played and have it on my phone for 2quid.
Its a bog standard mobile game, dont care what anyone says, its fun for a few minutes.
But it just means my worst fears have come true, mobile gaming has hit consoles.
God help us all.
Re: Mini Review: Vampire Survivors (PS5) - Indie Icon Should Come with a Health Warning
@get2sammyb please don't hahaha
Re: Mini Review: Vampire Survivors (PS5) - Indie Icon Should Come with a Health Warning
Its a bit hmmmmm mobile fun game.
And you lot give outlaws a 6.
Sorry but this game is just not even close to a 9.
Its fun addictive for 5min bursts and its basically a mobile game and it is a mobile game.
Can't agree with the score.
I got it for a pound on mobile.
Wouldn't pay for it on console.
Re: Concord PS5, PC Sales Estimates Are Somehow Even Worse Than We Thought
PlayStation problem was Jim Ryan's fixation on live service, instead of letting games naturally become what they are, he has tried to push the narrative that way.
His other huge mistake was buying bungie and thinking they are kings of live service, when reality is, they are not, they just got into the market and got a fan base when live service in modern times was just getting going.
The next big mistake is thinking that Bungie knows what they are doing and Jim made them evaluate their live service projects.
The last of us factions 2 game would of done amazing, because it is last of us and the fact that factions was a great addition and they did well the first time around.
I just can't get my head around it, that this was green lit and naughty dog cancels it's effort.
PlayStation are best at shepherding great single player story driven games, so they truly should focus on games like that with multiplayer elements.
Helldivers 2 is a great example of live service but it's truly a single player game.
You team up with people to fight npcs and if you don't want to, you can go it alone. That's a successful formula for PlayStation.
Re: Your Astro's Playroom Progress Will Transfer to Astro Bot on PS5
@tselliot I'm actually thinking the exact same thing. I played it all the way through, I got all the things out of the grab machine.
I don't ever remember collecting bots.
Re: Dramatic Conflicts as Sony Accused of Signing Secret PS5 Exclusivity with Black Myth: Wukong
It's funny, a game doesn't come to xbox and next thing won't are doing secret exclusive deals.
No mate, it's just the fact ps5 is selling 10 to 1 all over the world, so developers have to default to the common denominator, which in consoles is PS5.
Also considering the extra cost it takes to port a game along side it.
There are many games I play on PC which only release for PC, and then a years later is released for console. Why? Because they didn't have the money to do it all.
So why would this be any different for a new development team?
Also Xbox has a rule, you have to develop for both series X and S.
Some are just deluded.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Star Wars Outlaws?
Not got the money to throw around at the moment.
Life is tough,
Still haven't even managed to buy jedi survivor yet and I enjoyed the first game.
My only concern with outlaws is I don't like ubisofts formula of open world, but everything I've seen of the game looks like it's fun.
Even the reviews words don't add up to the 6 10 score.
But that's why I don't ever look at the score because everyone in comments always drill it into your head that anything below a 8 is bad.
It begs the question what is the point of of a score. Seeing as 5 is ment to be average so 6 is better than average.
Yet what exactly is an average game,
In my eyes every single assassin's creed game is an average game and yet those score higher.
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Harry Potter Game?
@get2sammyb I really do hope that is the case.
Spiderman 2 is a great example of using the same map but extending it and allowing a brand new story to evolve in the world.
GTA 5 on the other hand for myself is the opposite of what to do with a game world after San Andrea's and GTA4.
They technically just made the map bigger but they took away so much, huge map of just eye candy.
Instead of making the map more dense and open. The Original San Andrea's had more to do in it's world than GTA5 does in single player.
GTA4 had 100 times more things to do in it's world.
They really went with visual quality than interacting quantity.
Re: Konami 'Aware' That Metal Gear Solid 4 Is Still Stuck on PS3
Honestly it was a good nostalgia game when it came out and we all know full well it will release in a volume 2. But I'm not bothered.
I'd rather wait and see regarding these re makes and hopefully it's top notch and they go on to remake the entire series, then I'll replay them.
I'm really not that bothered about playing old games. They just don't do it for me.
I've tried with premium and games I have very fond memories with, I try play them now and I'm like why, they just aren't as good now as they were when they launched.
I'm more of a forward looking gamer and a appreciator of the old games.
Re: Players Complain of Lengthy PS5 Matchmaking Times As Concord Numbers Dwindle
There is one positive thing to come out of all of this.
ConCord maybe the first paid live service game in which the servers held up and there was no problems connecting to a server.
Maybe not getting a match outside peak times but no server crashes hahaha
Re: Talking Point: Can PS5, PC Shooter Concord Be Saved?
The game just wasn't marketed correctly at all.
A 5v5 hero shooter
Teaser trailer? What could it be?
A cheeseburger in space.
Oooo new trailer? What can it be?
Wait what a funny take on guardians of the galaxy, epic adventure across the universe?
Nope, wait that's just filler, for a 5v5 hero arena shooter with 16 playable characters in which makes the cgi cut scenes they worked so hard on filler to move onto the next match.
They told.us when this live service push was happening that it would push things into new areas.
Helldivers 2 sort of did that with it's 3rd person shoot bugs with your mates and progress the war. Simple yet addictive fun.
Concord, very generic to similar to games already out there for free and reality is PlayStation fans aren't here for such games.
We already have them from 3rd party developers. Nothing new in concord.
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Harry Potter Game?
@Drago201 it's definitely a question for a true Harry Potter fan. I played a few and they were OK.
But nothing really beats the newest entry.
It's been fully realised here and reality is, if they ever did a second then, I'd 100% keep the same map, add more of the secret areas within hogwarts. Extend the world.
And really they just need to make the game more interactive and better ai.
Make it truly feel like the world is being lived in while playing
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for September 2024 Announced
I'll be checking out mlb the show and quidditch.
I mean the only hate for baseball is because majority of people are British, I think.
Re: Preview: PS5's Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Is a Fiercely Loyal Remake
So are you saying the visuals are better than the small snippets of gameplay we have seen? And the animations have changed?
Because the last trailer I saw, the environments looked good but snake looked like he was taken straight out of the original game with a glossy paint put on him with his blocky animation?
Serious question.
Re: Rumour: Sony Paying Close Attention to Handheld Market After PS Portal's Shock Success
Yep the minority are the loudest.
Sorry people but the Sony handheld just didn't sell and Playstation have an absolute shocking track record of supporting its on ventures even if they are a success. So what is the point.
The reason the ps portal is selling is due to having a library of games already on your ps5 and its a half decent way to play if you cant be on your ps5.
I.e if your visiting family and cant take your ps5 or its in the living room and someone is watching the telly and you can just chill in bed and progress your game.
A playstation dedicated handheld just isn't it.
Just look at the vita and the psvr2 both came off successful hardware and still wasn't supported by playstation.
Playstation motto is if it aint their main platform it doesn't matter
Re: Preview: As Uncharted Rests, Xbox Provides PS5 Adventure in Indiana Jones
@get2sammyb I'm very much in agreement with you.
The combat parts I've seen, did not impress me at all, I cant put my finger on it but the best I can describe what I saw was a mid tier fps from the ps3 era.
It was very bog standard, the animations of the whip and gunplay just looked and felt out dated.
Its such a shame, because the cut scenes and the third person sections looked incredible.
It looks like 2 games mashed together.
Almost to the point of wishing this game was a third person action adventure game so the animations could be their for the gun play and the whip. Bring it into next gen animation wise and actually rival a game like uncharted.
As it stands now even with the Indiana Jones name, uncharted felt more indy than this.
Re: PS5, PC FPS Concord's Poor Player Numbers Have Predictably Gone Viral
The marketing of the game is what failed this game.
The first trailer was a cheeseburger?
The 2nd trailer we got was a pretty solid and interesting cgi trailer about a group of misfits, stealing loot and escaping.
Setting up what one would presume was a goofy but solid adventure game.
What we got was a 5v5 hero shooter, with some how 16 playable characters, no one knows with tact on cgi clips to push a story each week, which don't really fit, the gameplay.
If they had promoted it as a new type of hero shooter and took time to develop the actual reason you some how end up fighting each other in a 5v5 then maybe it stood a chance.
But they promoted it as a great adventure with a group of misfits.
Re: Atlus Really Doesn't Want You to Know Metaphor: ReFantazio Is Coming to PS5
Unfortunately I just never understand these deals.
Ps5 is outselling xbox by nearly 10 to 1 now.
Ps4 dominated Xbox.
Those are just facts.
So in what universe does the execs and marketing team over on the side of the game think, I know, let's promote our game on a dying console and platform, where even if the game sells a few copies, it's nowhere near what the sales will be on PlayStation.
I understand them taking the money but surely any one in business knows you promote to your biggest audience.
Making a deal like this where you shy away from your biggest audience, isn't going to do much to your sales. This type of game isn't a system seller. So it doesn't even make much sense for Microsoft either.
So strange.
Re: Concord (PS5) - Live Service Debut Beats the Hate with Stellar Presentation and Good Gameplay
The gameplay maybe good, the Polish and presentation maybe good.
But it's still a 5v5 hero shooter and not that original at that.
My problem with the game is, this emphasis on oooooo a cut scene a week to progress the story, but your still fighting each other in an arena each time.
And it's a full price game.
I may aswel go and watch a movie, with breaks of overwatch 2.
Helldivers 2 works because everyone is on the same side and your progressing a war and winning or losing together. It's a joint and a united effort. Which anyone really can just jump in as a generic solider and your skills as a player is what matters more against Ai.
You feel more invested because of this and thus making it a legit reason for players to carry on.
I feel like concord is a bog standard 5v5 hero shooter, where your fighting each other in matches, like you do in overwatch and the rest of them, which do it for free.
What you do within the match doesn't determine anything other than leveling or unlocking perks for characters.
Each week there is a cgi episode which will come either way if your losing or winning.
So the story progresses whatever happens, which makes me feel like you have 0 input within the story and your basically just playing matches until the next cutscene hits.
I understand story driven games do this also but the in-between playable parts are the parts in which make you feel like your the one on control, even if it's just an illusion and it's those parts which make or break games for many.
We can compliment the gameplay and presentation all we want but if the immersion isn't there and it's a mix match of cgi trailers and 5v5 matches and nothing more than. It really isn't going to set the world alight or many people bother with it.
People didn't bother when it was free and now they don't going out paying 70 for it.
Re: Clamp Down on Football Hooligans in Soccer Tycoon Title Copa City on PS5
I'm definitely intrigued with this unique take.
That is also my worry, that the loop of the gameplay will be the same, each time.
But I'm gonna give it ago. It's getting quite a big push, really.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Concord?
Sorry but if your going to be a hero shooter and your having to pay for it then, it has to be above and beyond what you can get for free.
Unfortunately it offers nothing, better than what games are already out there and are thriving.
Also you have to look at the free to play beta they put out and see the numbers to know that this game was dead on arrival.
Looking at the player count now, it'll be truly dead in a month.
Re: Xbox on Bringing Exclusives to PS5: The Industry Is Changing for All of Us
Sh*t up Phil. Always talking out of your backside. Hahaha
The gaming landscape isn't changing.
Xbox is dying and xbox are trying to change the landscape before microsoft just cancels thr xbox division. The xbox brand has been on deaths door for a long time.
Reasons:
Xbox One
Already putting your games day and date onto PC, giving less people a reason to buy an xbox console.
Putting all your resources into a gaming subscription service and then releasing your games day and date on it, completely nullifying xbox game sales.
Using all your money on teams, but not just any individual teams, which xbox had a true history with and games which were made in partnership with and became a staple. No they just went out and bought the whole publisher, putting staple franchises from third party under the xbox banner.
Being completely incompetent in seeing any creative vision and instead holding on to franchises which began life all the way back on the original Xbox.
Halo
Gears
Forza
Fable
Even to the point when budgie gave up on halo because they had finished the story.
You instead grabbed a new very talented, very promising team and instead of giving them creative freedom to make what they wanted, you shoved them onto making halo for the rest of their lives.
And spent year and years talking and talking and talking with absolutely no physical evidence to back up your words.
Until this year's showcase Xbox truly had no first party games to brag about.
This year they do, yet 99% are being made by the teams who were already making triple A games for all consoles.
The Xbox division has gotten that bad, that Microsoft has stepped in before Phil blows all the money and start releasing all the games onto the PS5, to try and claw back the money Phil and the other one has wasted over the years.
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced During Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024?
There were a couple which I liked. But the rest were generic fps games.
An indy game which xbox but for ps5 and yet it maybe just me but the 3rd person sections looked so much better than the firdt person parts.
I really believe games of this nature just look and work better in 3rd person over the shoulder, esp for Indiana.
And then maybe Kingdom come deliverance 2 but we already knew about that.
Then last was the amazon prime show looked amazing, it was better than any game at the show.
Edit; just one more thing, Mafia old country that peaks my interest, ive enjoyed the mafi games and it maybe a great turning point to actually set it in the home of where the mafia started.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024?
It was hmmmmmm.....
OK at times and absolutely boring the next.
I mean why spend what felt like 2 hours showing off call of duty? We know what it is. The campaign didn't look any different than the rest.
Then came the other shooters all looking the same.
Nothing really blew me away.
Peter molyneoux back to his old tricks again promising the world and giving us a pinch of reality.
Xbox is officially dead though launching indy on ps5.
I mean it looks OK, but truly do I want a first person indy? The third person parts looked 10x better than the first person.
Honestly can't even remember the rest. Haahaha
Quite liked the look of that amazon prime series though, the rest I've actually already forgotten about.
Re: Preview: Silent Hill 2 PS5 Grows in the Right Ways for Anticipated Remake
Cannot wait. I've been waiting since it was revealed. Everyone was questioning the team.
Yet people have such short memory that there games were amazing up until the final third. Which always let them down.
So give then a game which already has an ending and a game and let them go to town, of course they were going to master it.
They have the blue print.
I can't wait and I hope they have the section in the game where your in the creepy school with ghost children.
Had nightmares as a kid. Hahaha