DrVenture69

I’m still on my Dark Souls replay (almost finish the main content, but I’m going to do the DLC first to get the alternate ending). I’m re-listening to the Bonfireside Chat podcast at the same time. DS2 has it’s issues but i still love it as a Souls game.

Have a great weekend Folks!

I'm just not in to Sonic of Yakuza. Considering they still have the rights to Zaxxon, House of the Dead (we could do with a decent one of those), Panza Dragoon and Sega Rally, it's a bit weird they're not still pushing those. I haven't heard any more about the Jet Set Radio reboot either

I’ve put 1000 hours into this game and paid a single penny in Micro transactions. GaaS done right! I do think the Power Pack could have been better though, more varied, trophies, more like a GT3 championship structure, still pretty good value for money though

Finished Dark Souls Remastered and started DS2 which is still great if a bit clunky. It looks good still too, not far off the remaster. I’ve only got 2 cars left to get in GT7 too, so slmost there. There’s just the endurance races left in the power pack.

Have a great weekend folks!

Have i travelled forward in time and it’s April 1st? This and the KOTOR announcement in one day😂

It’s going to be released at the same time as Half Life 3 and the 60fps Bloodborne remaster

I'm trying to play Doom Dark Ages which is so good, I like it a thousand times more than the bullet sponge Eternal (I'd have bought it day one if the demo hadn't been behind the PSN paywall), but I've also had a had desire to replay the Dark Souls trilogy so I've started that. The +5 Black Knight Halberd is making short work of DS1. Cannot believe DS1 is 15 years old now, it's aged (the remaster) but it's still a brilliant game.

I've finally got my Subnautica platinum after 5 years, and went straight into Subnautica:Below Zero. They're my absolute favourite survival/crafting games.

Have a great weekend folks!

As lots of other people are saying, it’s my GT7 machine. Moss and Humanity are great too, but ive put about 600 hours into GT7 with it and i find it hard to play it without VR. I think id probably by a PSVR3 for GT8

Unbelievable, if it’s right, that’s some Microsoft level nonsense

Yep. Finding it really hard to care anymore

@GirlVersusGame I always forget about the forums, they’re not that obvious when I’m on the phone. I’ll jump on tomorrow when I’m on the laptop. The Ranarim track I was thinking of was Maj Vare Valkommen, it’s such a happy little track (Hem Igen is cool too). That’s about 63 solid days on Vivaldi that you’ve got there! . I break mine down by playlists which makes is more manageable (I’ve also exported all my data and imported it into a Power BI report, being a bit of a data nerd).

@GirlVersusGame i will definitely check that out 😀. Im a complete musical magpie, my spotify liked list has 3.5k (added individually, not by album) and it’s got everything from Slipknot to Swedish folk music (Ranarim)😄. I must admit, if someone had said ‘Hey, check out this choral music’ before i’d played the game, i might have taken some convincing!

@GirlVersusGame the music in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is gorgeous (Jessica Curry), I listen to it a lot on Spotify

@MrPeanutbutterz just got Doom Dark Ages in the sale (£23) and totally agree. I'd have bought it day one if the demo hadn't been behind the PSN paywall. The arenas feel less areana-y so far

I've given Tainted Soul a break for a week because I was feeling a bit burnt out after 150 hours and I've still got most of the 3rd area and all the DLC, so I've swapped to the Pacific Drive DLC. It's a bit impenetrable, but I'm starting to click with it. It could have really done explaining the new mechanics better though (replace all the panels with attuned ones, then use the resonator to charge them up when you find wrecked cars out in the world).

Oh and still Subnautica because it's awesome

Have a great weekend folks!

I ha been mostly playing (if you know, you know) Tainted Grail, it feels like the Lords of the Fallen of Elder Scrolls games or a Dark Souls/Elder Scrolls crossover (I'll just say 'Kyreth'. It's huge too, I've still not finished the second area, and I'm over 100 hours in).

I've had a couple of crashes and a couple of stutters (mainly in the first castle area and mostly after a long session, which restarting tends to fix). They've also just dropped a patch (1.16) which fixes some things and improves performance.

It's the James Edward Almost of Elder Scrolls games and I'm getting a big soft spot for it.

Oh and Subnautica because it's awesome

Have a great weekend folks!

It looks like an old itch.io game, but hey, if the gameplay is there!

Vampire Revivers? I’ll show myself out

Finally pulled the trigger on Cocoon after it being on my wishlist for years

An outrage! I shall telex their office to complain!

If only they hadn't put the Dark Ages demo behind PSN, I'd have given it a go. I loved 2016, but I found Eternal too bullet spongy. I actually played all the originals last year (including the new maps) and they're still a blast

This is why ive put over a thousand hours into this game (plus the weekly’s)

@Silenos for the price of 2 GT7’s you could get a 1tb ssd. There super easy to install, pop off the shell, undo a screw do everything back up. And hey, at least it’s not Jedi Survivors (147gb!)😄. I take your point about bloat though🙂

I'm on my second playthrough of Silent Hill F, I love the game itself, but that combat is a bit floaty for my liking (I know, Silent Hill combat is always 'challenging'. I could have done with a few combine-the-items puzzles too, but I am really enjoying it and there appears to be a lot of new stuff in the second playthrough.

I'm having a lot of fun with Tainted Grail, I've had a couple of crashes (2 in 1 day of play), but they seem to be when I've been inactive for a while. It's got a pretty good autosave, so I've not lost any progress. Other than that, it runs great on my Pro. It almost reminds me of a better written Gothic. Diffinitely worth a look if you like Skyrim/Oblivion, and £25 at the moment.

I've also fallen back down a Subnautica hole, that gameplay loop is so addictive.

Have a great weekend folks!

@Panic_Attache, @Dogbreath, it's worth checking if you have vsync on (in the graphics settings), I've got the feeling it was on by default in the demo, but off in the full game. I'm using a Pro on a LG C5 (with VRR) and it's really solid with vsync on (pretty jerky without). Worth a shot.

Edit: I turned Vignette off too and the TV's game optimiser is telling me I'm getting a solid 59fps with no frame drops (all the other settings, I left as default)

I liked the demo and it's scratching that Oblivion/Skyrim itch. It's not a pretty as the Oblivion remake, but it's fine for what it is, and hey, for £25, I'm rolling the dice.

They're guaranteed not to make money if they don’t release the game

I'm pretty much just playing Clair Obscur until I platinum it. Absolute masterpiece, the more I play it, the more I love it. It's basically everything I want from Final Fantasy.

Have a great weekend Folks!

I'm addicted to Metroidvania, so Mio has my attention, if Chromagun 2 is half as good as Portal, I'd be up for that. It's shocking that Portal and Portal 2 aren't playable on PS5 (it's one of the few games I go back to PC to play occasionally)

Thanks @Weebleman and @ReignMan_27, yeah, I think all ports on the C5 are supposed to support HDMI 2.1, and the PS5 is reporting that the connected HDMI device supports VRR 48-120Hz. I think it might be that the Game Optimizer screen on the TV is misreporting, or I've got a weird combination of TV settings which is stopping 120Hz (it just says 59fps with VRR/Low Latency). I've got deep colour on on both the PS5 and TV (and I'm in HDR - Game Optimizer mode). Doom Eternal looks incredibly smooth, but still says 59Hz. Apparently it only reports 120Hz when you're in a game that supports it, maybe not even in the games menus, just when it flips to gameplay. Thanks for the replies, I'll keep digging!

@CallMeDuraSouka no problem 😀. Im just using a Might Amp Pro, but it’s pretty good for a quick noodle

Thank @Rich33 and @Dogbreath, it is a 3 metre cable (certified HDMI 2.1, cant find the original), ill take another look tomorrow. Ive been following MS Copilots advice but that can be a bit shaky. The settings on the C5 are all over the place! 😀

I just want to get 120hz working on my LG C5, such a faff, new cable millions of options tried but game optimizer keeps saying 59fps. This sounds good though, more frames is always good

I just got a pair of Razer Blackshark v3 Pros which are good, they sound better than the original H9’s that ive got , but the noise cancelling isnt a patch on the H9’s. The headband padding on the H9’s went after 3 months and the batteries not fully charging anymore, but i didnt have any cracks or breaks. The main thing that annoyed me was no 3.5mm socket (for guitar noodling in long cut scenes), glad the new ones include that. It would be great if these had simultaneous rf/bluetooth/3.5mm (cutscene/iphone music/guitar). The blacksharks only let you have 3.5mm or rf/bluetooth, not all three which is really annoying. At least they dont light up like a Christmas tree or loudly beep when theyre out of range!), hopefully theyve changed that in the v2 H9’s

Finished up my playthrough of Talos Principle Reawakened, thankfully they've sorted out the framerate issues that were there on release, and playing it with the developer commentary on is interesting. I know the DLC is going to kick my butt, so I'm finishing off Clair Obscur first. I've got a shiny new LG C5 coming in a couple of hours, so really looking forward to that too.

Have a great weekend Folks!

I didn’t buy into the hype and only got it a couple of weeks ago, but it’s such a great game, the combat, the overworld. I loved Death Stranding 2 as much. Coming from a comparatively small team (some say 33, and RPS article says around 60, DS2 was around 150 to 200) as a first game, it’s deserves the praise.

Happy New Year all, may all your hangovers be small ones😂

I started Clair Obscur and after a pretty slow first hour, I'm absolutely loving it. Best action RPG in ages. I wasn't sure I was going to be that invested, but now I feel a bit of a dope for snoozing on it this long . The environments are fantastic and, honestly, that's the kind of combat Final Fantasy should be doing. Just goes to show (along with Lords of the Fallen) what a UE5 game can be.

Also playing a bit of The Talos Principle Reawakened (my Christmas game), SOMA (for the first time in 10 years), The Eternal Cylinder (where you evolve little creatures to be able to outrun and giant cylinder crushing their world) and Nobody Saves The World from the Guacamelee folks.

Have a great weekend Folks! Edit: I got the first post! It's a Christmas Miracle!

Happy Dipsoluscoius Vacation folks! 😄🍹

I restarted Blue Prince after loosing 200 hours of gameplay due to a file corruption. Gotta be Blue Prince for me

The soundtrack of this game as well, it comes up on my Spotify all the time. One of my proudest moments was unintentionally getting the pacifist ending. Such a great game, might have to get it on Playstation now

I'm still playing Ender Magnolia, it's another case of "I'm not sure I like it that much" for the first 10 hours (like Ender Lilies), then "OMG I love this!". Apparently I can't have enough Metroidvanias. I'm still chipping away at the GT7 Power Pack and weeklies, and I've finally caved and got Clair Explorer 33 that all you kids have been talking about, so that's next!

Have a great weekend/Chrimbo/Holidays Folks!

I hope they put gyro controls back, i cant play it without

@Chip-Douglas Lol, we’re too old dude! I literally just had an image of a red codpiece. No, no, no, no, no! Candy was cool too

After umming and ahhing over Ender Lilies for a couple of years, I finally got it a couple of weeks ago in the sale. At first the level design seems really blocky, but the game really opens out into a brilliant little Metroidvania, it was work persevering with. I platinumed it in about 50 hours and loved the last 40 hours. The bosses are so fair, nothing feels like "Ugh, I've got to do this another 50 times". Ender Magnolia is a completely different setting, but I'm having fun with it too.

I'm still playing Star Ocean The Second Story R but it feels really grindy, I like the characters, but yeah, I'm a bit cool on the game. I'll finish it anyway.

Have a great weekend Folks!

I can’t believe it’s almost 10 years since this came out. I never got the platinum, but I loved it. One of those games that made you feel smart at it’s best, and frustrated the hell at it’s worst (“What do you want me to do!?!). My most pervading memory was of the video of the guy walking backwards and forwards for about 5 minutes. I remember thinking, “Is this deep?”, nope it’s just nonsense, but I still loved the game. Maybe one day…

I’d put my decorations up on the 28th Nov . After my 50 hour obsession with Baby Steps, I watched a Let’s Play (Special Edd) and realised I’d never have the patients to finish it, but I absolutely loved it and might chip away at it. I started Star Ocean The Second Story R and I’m really liking it, the combat’s a bit button-mashy but it’s fine.

Also having fun with the GT7 Power Pack, but wow, do we really have to watch an intro to every single car!?! It’s like 60 seconds before the race starts, and one of this weeks mission races is pretty tricky.

I replaced the battery in my old ps5 controller with a 4000mha about a month ago and its gone from 2 hours to about 5 days. Theyre easier to replace than the ps4 too (once youve got the shell open). No tiny springs flying across the room. Ive not had stick drift with the base one or the on that came with the pro, but Hall effect sticks would be great

@lessthanleo thanks! That’s the perfect price for it

So weird they've still not released the price of the paid DLC with only 4 days to go. I'm looking forward to this though.

I've got 4 cars left to get in the base game at the moment, and that would still take months because of their rarity.