Haven't played it. Firdt perdon just isnt my cup of tea, esp when they have so much detailed climbing and cut scenes, id of loved for a 3rd person game.
But this dlc at that price just shows not much point.
I may aswel wait for the ultimate edition and then a sale.
Or just buy gamepass for a month when im bored. And then have xbox refund me the months subscription hahaha
@TrollOfWar But this is business, whether you like it or not their is a rivalry between these companies. There is always a winner and there is always a loser.
Sega vs Nintendo.
Nintendo vs playstation
Playstation vs Xbox.
Sega ended up losing became a third party publisher.
Nintendo did lose but they had already secured themselves financially way before that they could have a couple of failed attempts.
Xbox has lost and its in a desperate situation to make all their loses and purchases profitable. That is the reason why they are now releasing their firdt party on to playstation. Not because they believe their games should be played everywhere, its because xbox has failed as a console.
Now Playstation the reason why they probably will.never put their first party gsmes onto xbox is because 1 - its not really that cost effective because of the sheer lack of sales of xbox. Why waste resources with such a small pool of players.
2 - like you said yourself why would people move from an eco system? Its not about getting people to move, playstation are in the business of making money. You dont make money from already existing owners your always trying to entice new owners.
And what's the best way to entice people in buying your hardware, by offering people things they can't get anywhere else. A more easy plug in play system with games you can't play anywhere else.
This doesnt really include pc players because really if your gonna go pc you've already made your mind up really. And pc isnt that easy to set up properly.
If you start putting your exclusive games onto another system which is similar to your own, then this gives the consumer more choice of which system to buy.
Every system has to have a reason to buy.
My question to you is why did you buy a playstation?
@twitchtvpat where have you even got that information? What?!?!
I think your thinking of an entirely different game. Halo was always a game developed by bungie. Apple bought the rights for its exclusivity. But Microsoft wanted it so offered them alot of money
Halo was a Apple Mac exclusive, but Microsoft bought bungie for their upcoming Xbox Launch.
Gear of War was made by Epic but was published by microsoft and was always a microsoft exclusive, it was always a microsoft, a sort of 2nd party venture. What Microsoft did was buy the rest of the rights for the entire ip and not just part of it, then switched developers to keep working on it.
So reality is basically every game microsoft has ever brought into its banner was always made before taking them in.
Its why i never see Microsoft or xbox gaming department as creative because they really just hought success.
Unlike playstation where they entered partnerships and sort of recruited the studios, I see it as a interview process and then they bought them after they had passed.
I dont think you could tell me 1 game which has actually come from microsoft themselves without it already being a fully fledged game.
@OldGamer999 you really think thats why Nintendo does what it does?
Nintendo does what it does because they play it safe just incase.
You forget Nintendo tried to compete with Sony but they missed by a mile.
N64 only sold 32 million Gamecube only sold 21 to 24 million That was the death of Nintendo trying to compete with Sony on raw power.
They really had to come up with something different as they just wasn't up to it, to go head to head and they changed their approach.
The Wii sold amazingly but what they found was not many was actually continuing to play and game sales went down.
They totally missed what gamers wanted and went with the Wii U. 13m sold. A complete flop.
Sales of the 3ds were down but that was keeping them a float. So they needed something radical.
Then we got the switch a combined console. 3ds no more and only the switch.
They didnt really have much of a choice in their approach. So it really isnt just about gameplay.
It really was they just couldn't compete. You have to also remember that Nintendo is still fundamentally a toy company.
As much as I love the switch im still bummed out they didnt push the hardware up a notch. Just so they gave their developers more room to push the games.
It always seems they are always starting off having to do magic tricks for the games to run and look the way they do
Honestly couldn't they just of made a true skate game and sold it.
It would of sold. The other gsmes in the series are brilliant and I feel as though the realistic approach to the old games was a bigger draw than people say it was.
I really enjoyed the story and progression.
But I guess I'll check it out aslong as the mechanics are similar but improved.
But I just dont see what exactly will get people to actually pay for just cosmetics and stick around.
Im not one for paying for free to play games and would much rather buy a true game.
Its always slightly off putting being free to play
I remember my friend may of or may of not got the first chipped ps1 back in the day and the first game we got from America before it was released here in the uk, was metal gear solid.
By the time 2 came around, we was old enough to stand in line at the midnight launch on our own.
Was a brilliant time.
For me though 2 was the worst. I just saw all of 1s best bits being repeated in 2, which it technically was the plot for raiden.
But 3 was an absolute master piece. Combined everything learnt from 1 and 2 into 1 game.
Can't wait.
Fingers crossed that this does well and they transform mgs 1. That game needs a true remake.
But to say you dislikes 7 bur thought 8 was ok. Baffles me.
Because im not a first person gamer, I actually haven't played any of the greatest games made because they are first person.
But I found 7 to be an absolute classic and a great direction. Esp 3/4 of it i feel like it fell off in the final quarter being to action compared to the slow pace and tense atmosphere of the redt of the game.
It was probably the first resi game I really enjoyed since 2 and 4.
Also this is going to be the firdt game in the series in which you can play 3rd person so im pretty happy to have that.
I've just completed 8 and I thought it was inferior to 7.
@Leonhart well yes, of course it is. It spans alot more games and alot more years.
You do realise that Yakuza, has only just become popular?
It wasnt until after Yakuza 3 and even then it was a niche audience, until it picked up some steam, then kiwami really pushed its success.
Alot of the sales of 1 and 2 came within Japan.
Shemnue was actually alot more popular than yakuza.
The problem what shemnue had was it was made for a dying console, the second game to even be successful due to how little consoles were out there would of had to sell double the copies .
Also the extreme cost of the games put the last nail in the coffin.
Just started playing through the mafia remaster. I played it when it first come out forgot how good it is.
Also im 1 of the people who actually enjoyed mafia 3.
Not gonna bother with old country for awhile, but glad its gone back to its roots and seems more online with the first 2 games.
But id love to see them give mafia 3s open world stylr another shot but set it up in peak mafia times and a rags to riches story where I can end up being the mob boss and control my family.
A more robust empire of sin with mafia gameplay hooks and look.
I actually hated Yakzua and never touched it for many years because of the hatred I had towards Sega for replacing Shenmue with what I thought was a dumb downed simplified rubbish knock off with Yakzua.
I've probably completed 1 and 2 100 times each. And spent many of days and weeks, practising my combat just to level them up.
I paid over the odds for shenmue 3 aswel in the kickstarter.
I didnt care the story didnt move on, why would I want to leave this world behind.
Day 1 for me, I'll be buying any special edition.
I think 2 was a better game overall but I dont know 1 had that special somet, hust the knocking on random houses and getting responses blew my mind when I first got the game on launch day.
The problem really is bethesda esp with stsrfield are still stuck in ps3 era open world. Its just so dated compared to alot of open world games which set the standard before starfield wven released.
@Toot1st if you actually did your history then it be worth a debate but clearly you don't.
Every single studio PlayStation has bought have a history with them. They've also 99% of the time taken the time to understand the developer and gave them the platform and freedom to make games.
Naughty Dog wasn't a Playstation studio when they first made Crash Bandicot, they made Crash 1 and I believe 2 before Sony bought them, so they already had exclusive games already on PlayStation. History.
Insomniac has been making games for Sony for years exclusively and It wasnt until Spiderman they bought them, but before that they already had a history.
Housemarque same thing. Suck Punch same thing, Santa Monica, Guriella Games same thing.
They all made exclusive games and had a relationship before being bought and all was willing, some even went to Sony to become exclusive.
Microsoft on the other hand no such thing. Rare no history, bethesda no real history, halo was actually contracted to apple. He'll blade developer, they didnt even want hellblade and Sony coughed up the money for the first game, it was an exclusive until xbox bought them out and kept the sequel.
They also bought out Tomb Raider sequel even though the first was multiplat.
There is just a bit of moral respect for PlayStation doing business right with developers, where xbox were desperate so just bought out the publishing arms instead.
@Oram77 but we really don't? Because microsoft or i mean xbox doesnt really create any new games, they just bought out and slapped the xbox brand onto already existing games which were going to come out whether they bought them out or not.
Bethesda wasnt really for sale, zenimax was fine. But microsoft offered them over the market price so they sold.
Activision had its troubles with top management but they wasnt really in actual trouble financially, but microsoft came in and offered over the market price so they sold.
90% of microsoft earnings have all come from the games in which would be released whether they had been bought out or not.
We've hardly seen anything new from microsoft at all. Their internal developers, have stagnated and are still made to make halo, gears and even fable.
Apart from forza games, we've seen absolutely nothing of interest.
Well we may never know if gamepass is actually profitable. They talk revenue which sounds good but how much of that is going to the studios for having their games on the platform?
How much is that hurting the sales of these games? How much are xbox losing because more people are paying a smaller subscription price instead of the price of the game.
The fact remains their highest grossing profitable games are already established gaming ip, which would be still being published and selling without microsoft buying them out.
If we take away all the developers who they bought and the games xbox have actually made internally it ain't much, they were still banking on old stagnant franchises. Its still the same halo, gears, forza, fable.
And in recent years we've seen very little from those games apart from Forza which is yearly.
They've literally made nothing else, instead they bought out studios who were already established.
Its easy to say o look at what we're making money wise when youve gone and bought entire publishers to own the top money making games.
The real problem really is star wars hasn't been good since the first 3 films.
It really only grew a cult following because of those films.
The prequel trilogy was really a flop, the sequels didnt really do it.
Apart from the odd air combat and a slim selection of games, its out put has been pretty lack luster quality wise, throughout the generations.
I truly think the Star wars brand really isnt as big as everyone thinks it is. It just doesnt have that pull just because it says star wars. I dont ever here fans talk about what the new characters are going to do, we still have discussions regarding the original trilogy and that's dying off more and more.
If your going to make an open world star wars game then you better be firing on all cylinders and unfortunately outlaws didnt. Its good but that won't cut it anymore the brand won't carry it
I loved SiFu but I've come to absolutely love ReMatch.
The problem was that the reveal trailer and build up to the release of ReMatch really didnt show what the actual game was and to be honest I really didnt think to much of it.
I actually thought it was the wrong move until I actually played it. Its a breath of fresh air to online gaming and I dont normal play online games.
But to bring it back to be honest. I think SiFu is a great and amazing game but I dont think id want a sequel to it.
But what I would love is another martial arts game and to just tighten up the controls and perfect the combat. It just needed a little tightening esp when it came to parrying and understanding when an enemy was coming the animations needed to be a little more.
But ReMatch is great and I hope they return to martial arts game again but not SiFu.
I mean nothing has really beaten street fighter 2 anime for myself, maybe a couple of the other anime films come very close.
They truly need to nail the character looks because for me that's what makes street fighter.
They really need to stick to 1 decent story line and go with it and not just mix it all up..
My only issue I've got is the actor playing Ken. I just don't see it at all. Kens the long blonde hair American show off with the whole secret hes trained and as deadly as Ryu. I just dont see it. The rest I can sort of see, once kitted out and make up.
The ken actor however is so far from what ken is, I just dont think it will work.
But im all for it. Let's see in this era where movie adaptations of games are now normally above average.
I've got a lg oled, hardwired, with every app I need.
Plus I just need my remote and not a controller.
The only thing I have done is an old tv in my kids room isnt a smart tv, so they have amazon and Disney plus on it to watch. But even then its a faff to stick on for them.
If they just cut about 50% of the game which is basically filler.
I'd be down for it.
It was a great game to experience and I respect what they did.
But it dragged on.and on and on and I wasnt one of those people who had any strong opinion of what people hated about it, i thought it was yea cool ok. On we go.
Good story,.good game just way to kuch filler to replay it.
I had the same issue happen. I turned the game off and went back on and it fixed it.
Never had the issue again.
Im not sure whether its some sort of bug entering that mal area or how long I had been playing before hand and it was something to do with the memory cache getting stuck after playing for a long time.
But jumping out and back in fixed this and played the rest of the game without a hiccup.
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Re: Mini Review: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants (PS5) - A Fun Yet Familiar Indy Outing
Haven't played it. Firdt perdon just isnt my cup of tea, esp when they have so much detailed climbing and cut scenes, id of loved for a 3rd person game.
But this dlc at that price just shows not much point.
I may aswel wait for the ultimate edition and then a sale.
Or just buy gamepass for a month when im bored. And then have xbox refund me the months subscription hahaha
Re: Could You Be Persuaded to Watch a Call of Duty Movie?
I mean what exactly makes call of duty good?
The gunplay is brilliant and fun. Thats why people play it.
So how is that going to be put into a movie.
The single player parts are OK but nothing really special.
Its the multiplayer aspect which is why it sells millions every single year
Re: State of Play Confirmed for 3rd September, Deep Dive on 007 First Light
@Toot1st they just did a deep dive into ghost the other week.
Also Ghost is going to sell. How much do you want them to show off?
Re: Sony's Troubled Live Service Game Fairgames Just Can't Catch a Break
Loving how the actual leads of this developer are jumping ship.
Being the director and not even getting the game out, why would you even hire them?
Also Jade Raymond must be the worst employee, thats 2 failed game studios shes managed to become top dog at and butcher them both.
I think she needs to reign it in ans just go back to doing a more simpler job, she just isnt cut out for being in charge.
Re: State of Play Confirmed for 3rd September, Deep Dive on 007 First Light
How can people be disappointed?
They dont set out when state of plays are and then decide what's in them.
Playstation has 0 to show right now, so why jot a 007 deep dive.
Im hyped for it and I know playstation will deliver thr games when they are ready.
0 disappointment needed
Re: Helldivers 2 Xbox Sales Estimates Predict a Helluva Start for Sony's Live Service
@TrollOfWar
But this is business, whether you like it or not their is a rivalry between these companies. There is always a winner and there is always a loser.
Sega vs Nintendo.
Nintendo vs playstation
Playstation vs Xbox.
Sega ended up losing became a third party publisher.
Nintendo did lose but they had already secured themselves financially way before that they could have a couple of failed attempts.
Xbox has lost and its in a desperate situation to make all their loses and purchases profitable. That is the reason why they are now releasing their firdt party on to playstation. Not because they believe their games should be played everywhere, its because xbox has failed as a console.
Now Playstation the reason why they probably will.never put their first party gsmes onto xbox is because
1 - its not really that cost effective because of the sheer lack of sales of xbox. Why waste resources with such a small pool of players.
2 - like you said yourself why would people move from an eco system?
Its not about getting people to move, playstation are in the business of making money. You dont make money from already existing owners your always trying to entice new owners.
And what's the best way to entice people in buying your hardware, by offering people things they can't get anywhere else. A more easy plug in play system with games you can't play anywhere else.
This doesnt really include pc players because really if your gonna go pc you've already made your mind up really. And pc isnt that easy to set up properly.
If you start putting your exclusive games onto another system which is similar to your own, then this gives the consumer more choice of which system to buy.
Every system has to have a reason to buy.
My question to you is why did you buy a playstation?
Re: Helldivers 2 Xbox Sales Estimates Predict a Helluva Start for Sony's Live Service
The reality is it really doesnt matter.
Why would playstation really bother with the dwindling numbers on xbox?
The difference is helldiverd 2 is a live service game, it needs numbers to keep it going.
Sony isnt going ti then put its firdt party line up on a console which isnt worth making games for.
Also people will say it doesnt matter.
But exclusives do matter for a system to succeed.
Whether first party has delivered or not, majority of people who own a playstation are their for 1st party because we know they will come.
If you remove the whole exclusive then no one really has much reasons to buy into 1 eco system than another, making console sales weaker.
Re: Gears of War Reckons It's Ended the Console War as Reloaded Tops 1 Million Players
@twitchtvpat where have you even got that information? What?!?!
I think your thinking of an entirely different game.
Halo was always a game developed by bungie.
Apple bought the rights for its exclusivity.
But Microsoft wanted it so offered them alot of money
It was an apple mac exclusive.
https://youtu.be/6eZ2yvWl9nQ?si=rpKbMOG9SfO3MEtb
We even have factual evidence right there.
That is a apple conference video revealing for the first time ever Halo.
Id love to know what game your actually thinking about.
So your definitely remembering something else.
Re: Gears of War Reckons It's Ended the Console War as Reloaded Tops 1 Million Players
@Lowdefal thats sort of incorrect.
Halo was a Apple Mac exclusive, but Microsoft bought bungie for their upcoming Xbox Launch.
Gear of War was made by Epic but was published by microsoft and was always a microsoft exclusive, it was always a microsoft, a sort of 2nd party venture.
What Microsoft did was buy the rest of the rights for the entire ip and not just part of it, then switched developers to keep working on it.
So reality is basically every game microsoft has ever brought into its banner was always made before taking them in.
Its why i never see Microsoft or xbox gaming department as creative because they really just hought success.
Unlike playstation where they entered partnerships and sort of recruited the studios, I see it as a interview process and then they bought them after they had passed.
I dont think you could tell me 1 game which has actually come from microsoft themselves without it already being a fully fledged game.
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta Patch Promised, But No Mention of PS5 Performance Improvements
Yep this was my game to myself for my birthday, and with its price tagged being top end, I'm just going to not buy it and wait.
Im on a ps5 pro so im not bothering to pay out all that money and not get an optimal product.
Plenty of other games to play which are optimal.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for September 2025 Announced
Great month I was actually looking at stardew Valley for pc, a few days ago. So i may aswel wait.
I've heard mgs isnt great on the pro so it maybe a gears of war purchase
Re: 'There's No Real Need for a PS6': Industry Veteran Weighs in on Next-Gen Debate
@OldGamer999 you really think thats why Nintendo does what it does?
Nintendo does what it does because they play it safe just incase.
You forget Nintendo tried to compete with Sony but they missed by a mile.
N64 only sold 32 million
Gamecube only sold 21 to 24 million
That was the death of Nintendo trying to compete with Sony on raw power.
They really had to come up with something different as they just wasn't up to it, to go head to head and they changed their approach.
The Wii sold amazingly but what they found was not many was actually continuing to play and game sales went down.
They totally missed what gamers wanted and went with the Wii U. 13m sold. A complete flop.
Sales of the 3ds were down but that was keeping them a float. So they needed something radical.
Then we got the switch a combined console. 3ds no more and only the switch.
They didnt really have much of a choice in their approach. So it really isnt just about gameplay.
It really was they just couldn't compete. You have to also remember that Nintendo is still fundamentally a toy company.
As much as I love the switch im still bummed out they didnt push the hardware up a notch. Just so they gave their developers more room to push the games.
It always seems they are always starting off having to do magic tricks for the games to run and look the way they do
Re: Skate's Free-to-Play Revival Rides into Early Access on PS5, PS4 in September
Honestly couldn't they just of made a true skate game and sold it.
It would of sold. The other gsmes in the series are brilliant and I feel as though the realistic approach to the old games was a bigger draw than people say it was.
I really enjoyed the story and progression.
But I guess I'll check it out aslong as the mechanics are similar but improved.
But I just dont see what exactly will get people to actually pay for just cosmetics and stick around.
Im not one for paying for free to play games and would much rather buy a true game.
Its always slightly off putting being free to play
Re: Konami Wants to 'Consider Lots of Other Games' for Remake Treatment if MGS Delta Succeeds
@Jammer I agree sort of.
But most 1 2 and 3 definitely need a remake/remaster.
They are gaming history. And id love to see mgs 1 be remade. What a game
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (PS5) - The Best Version of an Undisputed Classic
Birthday present to myself.
I remember my friend may of or may of not got the first chipped ps1 back in the day and the first game we got from America before it was released here in the uk, was metal gear solid.
By the time 2 came around, we was old enough to stand in line at the midnight launch on our own.
Was a brilliant time.
For me though 2 was the worst. I just saw all of 1s best bits being repeated in 2, which it technically was the plot for raiden.
But 3 was an absolute master piece. Combined everything learnt from 1 and 2 into 1 game.
Can't wait.
Fingers crossed that this does well and they transform mgs 1. That game needs a true remake.
Re: Bungie Boss Pete Parsons Departs as Sony Starts to Take Control of Flagging Dev
End of the day Sony bought into a partnership deal in place.
They was already on a slippery slope before they bought them.
They gave budgie enough tome to sort themselves out and honestly they made it worse.
Sony is at fault though putting to much trust in bungie for their other live service being the overseers.
But at least Sony bought them and let them be.
But they have to jump in and save their investment.
Re: Black Myth: Zhong Kui Announced with Cinematic Teaser, Won't Be Out for a While
Tried playing through the ps plus trial and didnt really like the opening and the controls of the character.
I think i used 15mins of the trial time and said nah looks cool, would be my type of game but the controls just didnt do it for me
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game for August 2025 Announced, Out Now
Definitely going to give this ago. I really enjoyed the newest prince of persia game.
I really thought they finally made a modern take on what made prince of persia what it was ment to be.
This looks like a great addition.
Re: Preview: Here's Why Resident Evil Requiem's Tension Is Off the Charts
@shgamer what was your problem with 7?
I see where you got the comes in 3's.
But to say you dislikes 7 bur thought 8 was ok. Baffles me.
Because im not a first person gamer, I actually haven't played any of the greatest games made because they are first person.
But I found 7 to be an absolute classic and a great direction. Esp 3/4 of it i feel like it fell off in the final quarter being to action compared to the slow pace and tense atmosphere of the redt of the game.
It was probably the first resi game I really enjoyed since 2 and 4.
Also this is going to be the firdt game in the series in which you can play 3rd person so im pretty happy to have that.
I've just completed 8 and I thought it was inferior to 7.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025?
I put excellent just for the he man announcement.
That alone is epic.
The show though. Boring
Re: Ryo Hazuki Returns in Shenmue 3 Enhanced on PS5
@Leonhart well yes, of course it is. It spans alot more games and alot more years.
You do realise that Yakuza, has only just become popular?
It wasnt until after Yakuza 3 and even then it was a niche audience, until it picked up some steam, then kiwami really pushed its success.
Alot of the sales of 1 and 2 came within Japan.
Shemnue was actually alot more popular than yakuza.
The problem what shemnue had was it was made for a dying console, the second game to even be successful due to how little consoles were out there would of had to sell double the copies .
Also the extreme cost of the games put the last nail in the coffin.
It was just never going to recover.
And honestly in my opinion.
Shemnue still to this day is better than yakuza.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Mafia: The Old Country?
Just started playing through the mafia remaster. I played it when it first come out forgot how good it is.
Also im 1 of the people who actually enjoyed mafia 3.
Not gonna bother with old country for awhile, but glad its gone back to its roots and seems more online with the first 2 games.
But id love to see them give mafia 3s open world stylr another shot but set it up in peak mafia times and a rags to riches story where I can end up being the mob boss and control my family.
A more robust empire of sin with mafia gameplay hooks and look.
Thats my ultimate dream game
Re: Konami 'Forgiven' for Dropping Metal Gear Solid Voice Lead in Fifth Game
To be fair apart from the voice notes, there really isnt much voice acting in the game.
Snake is pretty silent in this outing.
Re: Last Chance to Get These 15+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Weekend Offer
Im glad I read this.
I never really understood the hype of bioshock not a fps fan but for that price i may just delve in and play it esp being older now.
And then mass effect aswel being so low. Looks like im diving into that world once again.
It'll never be cheaper than that
Re: Ryo Hazuki Returns in Shenmue 3 Enhanced on PS5
@get2sammyb @get2sammyb
I actually hated Yakzua and never touched it for many years because of the hatred I had towards Sega for replacing Shenmue with what I thought was a dumb downed simplified rubbish knock off with Yakzua.
I've probably completed 1 and 2 100 times each. And spent many of days and weeks, practising my combat just to level them up.
I paid over the odds for shenmue 3 aswel in the kickstarter.
I didnt care the story didnt move on, why would I want to leave this world behind.
Day 1 for me, I'll be buying any special edition.
I think 2 was a better game overall but I dont know 1 had that special somet, hust the knocking on random houses and getting responses blew my mind when I first got the game on launch day.
Re: Skate's Latest Dev Blog Talks Customisation, Seasonal Updates as Early Access Looms
Skate 4 reddit from the people who have been play testing most of it, I can see is quite negative.
Re: Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Enhanced (PS5) - Cinematic Spectacle Offers Little Else
O wow considering this game has less gameplay than the firdt gane and they are selling it at that price is insane.
It really is kore tech demo than actual game and its their second game is mind blowing.
I actually think your being generous with it being a 6.
Mindseye had more gameplay than this.
It really is not even a hard pass, its stupidity if I even thought about it.
Not even worth 20 in my eyes, its more of a free come with the console look how good the graphics can be kind of footage.
I wouldn't even call it a game. Its basically a cgi movie, without a play button and you need to move the analog stick to hold down play.
Its not even on the level of say a until dawn interactive movie, at least they had options and different endings this is just keep going forward.
I dont even blame Microsoft for this, the developers were given more money and more time and they totally forgot they was making a game.
Honestly what a waste of talent really.
Even the order 1886 had more gameplay elements.
Re: Rumour: Sony to Put More First-Party PS5 Games on Xbox
I just dont see it happening.
The only games I see going to Xbox will be their live service.
Xbox is dwindling in sales. I imagine that most Xbox users are literally just using game pass.
And xbox are slowly moving towards being more of a publisher than a console maker.
PC is worth it.
Xbox not really
Re: Rumour: Starfield PS5 to Take Flight Alongside New Expansion Next Year
Played it not interested.
The problem really is bethesda esp with stsrfield are still stuck in ps3 era open world. Its just so dated compared to alot of open world games which set the standard before starfield wven released.
Re: Microsoft Reiterates It's the Top Publisher on PS5 in Earnings Call
@Toot1st if you actually did your history then it be worth a debate but clearly you don't.
Every single studio PlayStation has bought have a history with them. They've also 99% of the time taken the time to understand the developer and gave them the platform and freedom to make games.
Naughty Dog wasn't a Playstation studio when they first made Crash Bandicot, they made Crash 1 and I believe 2 before Sony bought them, so they already had exclusive games already on PlayStation. History.
Insomniac has been making games for Sony for years exclusively and It wasnt until Spiderman they bought them, but before that they already had a history.
Housemarque same thing. Suck Punch same thing, Santa Monica, Guriella Games same thing.
They all made exclusive games and had a relationship before being bought and all was willing, some even went to Sony to become exclusive.
Microsoft on the other hand no such thing.
Rare no history, bethesda no real history, halo was actually contracted to apple. He'll blade developer, they didnt even want hellblade and Sony coughed up the money for the first game, it was an exclusive until xbox bought them out and kept the sequel.
They also bought out Tomb Raider sequel even though the first was multiplat.
There is just a bit of moral respect for PlayStation doing business right with developers, where xbox were desperate so just bought out the publishing arms instead.
Re: Microsoft Reiterates It's the Top Publisher on PS5 in Earnings Call
@Oram77 but we really don't? Because microsoft or i mean xbox doesnt really create any new games, they just bought out and slapped the xbox brand onto already existing games which were going to come out whether they bought them out or not.
Bethesda wasnt really for sale, zenimax was fine. But microsoft offered them over the market price so they sold.
Activision had its troubles with top management but they wasnt really in actual trouble financially, but microsoft came in and offered over the market price so they sold.
90% of microsoft earnings have all come from the games in which would be released whether they had been bought out or not.
We've hardly seen anything new from microsoft at all. Their internal developers, have stagnated and are still made to make halo, gears and even fable.
Apart from forza games, we've seen absolutely nothing of interest.
Re: Microsoft Reiterates It's the Top Publisher on PS5 in Earnings Call
Well we may never know if gamepass is actually profitable. They talk revenue which sounds good but how much of that is going to the studios for having their games on the platform?
How much is that hurting the sales of these games? How much are xbox losing because more people are paying a smaller subscription price instead of the price of the game.
The fact remains their highest grossing profitable games are already established gaming ip, which would be still being published and selling without microsoft buying them out.
If we take away all the developers who they bought and the games xbox have actually made internally it ain't much, they were still banking on old stagnant franchises.
Its still the same halo, gears, forza, fable.
And in recent years we've seen very little from those games apart from Forza which is yearly.
They've literally made nothing else, instead they bought out studios who were already established.
Its easy to say o look at what we're making money wise when youve gone and bought entire publishers to own the top money making games.
Re: Tencent's Take on Horizon Would Have Taken Aloy to Asia
@UltimateOtaku91 more than likely its because its tencent.
A chinese government funded mega machine.
Sony is Japanese.
Japan and china have a deep historical unrest.
Playstation and Sony ain't getting in bed with the chinese government.
Re: UK Citizens Using Death Stranding 2 on PS5 to Bypass Porn Blocks
Its just the start for 1984.
This is peak put the blame on everyone but those individuals.
Controlled state is incoming.
God help us all.
Enough is Enough.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Sequel Reportedly Cancelled, Will Stay in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The real problem really is star wars hasn't been good since the first 3 films.
It really only grew a cult following because of those films.
The prequel trilogy was really a flop, the sequels didnt really do it.
Apart from the odd air combat and a slim selection of games, its out put has been pretty lack luster quality wise, throughout the generations.
I truly think the Star wars brand really isnt as big as everyone thinks it is. It just doesnt have that pull just because it says star wars. I dont ever here fans talk about what the new characters are going to do, we still have discussions regarding the original trilogy and that's dying off more and more.
If your going to make an open world star wars game then you better be firing on all cylinders and unfortunately outlaws didnt. Its good but that won't cut it anymore the brand won't carry it
Re: Highly Rated City Builder Frostpunk 2 Gets PS5 Port This September
Loved the firdt game but the changes they made put me right off and does not interest me in the slightest.
Re: 'Increasingly Selective Consumers' to Blame for Underperformance of Blades of Fire
I mean you gave it a 7/10. Above average yes but when did it change when people didnt bother unless it was a 9 or 10.
Same rule applies unfortunately just people forget.
Re: Rematch Dev Acknowledges 'Disappointed' Sifu Fans Who Wanted a Sequel
I loved SiFu but I've come to absolutely love ReMatch.
The problem was that the reveal trailer and build up to the release of ReMatch really didnt show what the actual game was and to be honest I really didnt think to much of it.
I actually thought it was the wrong move until I actually played it. Its a breath of fresh air to online gaming and I dont normal play online games.
But to bring it back to be honest. I think SiFu is a great and amazing game but I dont think id want a sequel to it.
But what I would love is another martial arts game and to just tighten up the controls and perfect the combat. It just needed a little tightening esp when it came to parrying and understanding when an enemy was coming the animations needed to be a little more.
But ReMatch is great and I hope they return to martial arts game again but not SiFu.
Re: Sucker Punch Would 'Love' an inFAMOUS Trilogy on PS5
I just want to say that whatever Sony told Bluepoint was wrong.
Not seen anything from them since and all we know is they had a game canceled.
I mean why buy a studio renowned for amazing remasters and not get them doing remasters.
Re: Street Fighter's Dhalsim Is, Like, Super Sexy Now
I mean nothing has really beaten street fighter 2 anime for myself, maybe a couple of the other anime films come very close.
They truly need to nail the character looks because for me that's what makes street fighter.
They really need to stick to 1 decent story line and go with it and not just mix it all up..
My only issue I've got is the actor playing Ken. I just don't see it at all. Kens the long blonde hair American show off with the whole secret hes trained and as deadly as Ryu.
I just dont see it. The rest I can sort of see, once kitted out and make up.
The ken actor however is so far from what ken is, I just dont think it will work.
But im all for it. Let's see in this era where movie adaptations of games are now normally above average.
Re: Official Ghost of Yotei Popcorn Bucket Triggers Tedious Takes on PS5 Exclusives
Well that's great and all but we are in the uk so what about our slice of this?
Re: Poll: 5 Years Later, What Do You Think of Ghost of Tsushima?
Great story great simple but masterful combat, overall great game, apart from the boring side stuff.
If I had e to follow another fox!!!! Those were so boring from the get go really.
Take those side parts out and have a little bit more mystery and random events and more interactivity, it would.of been. A masterpiece
Re: Sony Says PS5 Is the Best Place to Watch in TV Centric Ad
Never once have I even bothered.
I've got a lg oled, hardwired, with every app I need.
Plus I just need my remote and not a controller.
The only thing I have done is an old tv in my kids room isnt a smart tv, so they have amazon and Disney plus on it to watch. But even then its a faff to stick on for them.
Re: Hands On: Chronological Mode Is a Fascinating Way to Play The Last of Us 2 Again
If they just cut about 50% of the game which is basically filler.
I'd be down for it.
It was a great game to experience and I respect what they did.
But it dragged on.and on and on and I wasnt one of those people who had any strong opinion of what people hated about it, i thought it was yea cool ok. On we go.
Good story,.good game just way to kuch filler to replay it.
Re: Xbox and Arkane's Blade Game Sounds Like It's Still a Long, Long Way Off
I'd bet money on it that it's gets canceled or the studio gets shut down before it comes out.
Most of Xbox games announced years out get canned.
Re: Twisted Metal Shapes Up for Another Season of Sublimely Stupid Television
@get2sammyb it is one of those shows which shouldn't be that good and yet surpasses every expectation I had for it.
Its just a fun funny ride and im all for it.
Shame the last of us just didnt hit in season 2, they fumbled that.
Re: 10 New PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Announced for July 2025
Looks like a great list for me and my kids.
I still think the selection for premium is so lackluster.
2 games of the same franchise and that is all?
Premium should just be a catalogue of the greatest ps classics we have. Not a fumble, every single month.
They shouldn't treat premium like a ps plus game give away.
It should just be there and then add more as and when. Everyone month just disappointment. Apart from the odd one.
Nit even the major classics are even on it yet.
Re: There's Unfinished Business in Robocop: Rogue City's Standalone Expansion on PS5
@nessisonett I think that was a bug of some sort.
I had the same issue happen.
I turned the game off and went back on and it fixed it.
Never had the issue again.
Im not sure whether its some sort of bug entering that mal area or how long I had been playing before hand and it was something to do with the memory cache getting stuck after playing for a long time.
But jumping out and back in fixed this and played the rest of the game without a hiccup.
Re: Poll: Vote for Your PS5 Game of the Month (June 2025)
@Jey887 couldn't agree more.
Its just such an addictive fun game.
Quick in and out matches.
Easy to understand controls but hard to master.
Every match is different.
Having an absolute blast whether I can sit and play for a few hours. Or if I have a spare 10 mins.
I know DS2 will win but the fact is, its more of a winter game for me.
Rematch for me wins hands down.
Re: What the Hell Has Happened to Call of Duty?
I do love beavis and butthead