But I do prefer a crafted storyline. I think they’d do better leaving the actual choices to something ‘more’ RPG like BG3 and focus more on gameplay and a more directed storyline.
If it was really good and they believed in it, then I don’t understand why they couldn’t upscale to meet the demand for it, so as an excuse that doesn’t fly with me.
Thought I’d try High on Life, glad I did! I’ll be playing that this weekend. I didn’t think I would like it based on the type of humour, but it plays really well and is actually pretty funny for that type of style. Worth a go if you’re on the fence.
@BiosNova He spends the rest of his week studying and working and doing other clubs, to enable him to have his one free night off a week to play with his friends.
5 extra days is functionally useless. I stack my subs and have had it running for years, so it just means I’ll get an extra 5 days at the end of it, whenever that may be, years in the future.
It was down for a day for me, which realistically cost me 33p. A comp for 5 days is worth £1.65.
But again I’m not realistically ever seeing that comp come back as it’s just pushed to end of my contract, which is years down the line and so practically I’m not ever going to see it.
Was it a hardship for me to not play something online for a day? No. Was it a hardship to see my son upset because he couldn’t play Fortnite with his friends? Yes. Is a fundamentally useless comp worth seeing him upset? No.
Dedicated PS Mouse and PS Keyboard attachment with haptics in it. Doesn’t need to be a full keyboard with all the Function keys etc, just the basics. Allow it for certain games that benefit it like RTS etc. Port a load of popular PC Games.
Make a new Astro Bot title that utilises all the new functionality.
There should be some responsibility from Sony to have some sort of testing or checking. Not just from a safeguarding standpoint, but also from a business pov and wanting a quality experience ‘for the gamers’. It’s not like they couldn’t afford it or find staff to do it.
This game died when they took it offline for a year to get ready for the ‘official launch’. Now when you look at how Rivals is doing the FTP thing with all their characters, and how Multiversus does it, it’s no surprise people aren’t interested.
If this doesn’t run at 60fps locked then there will be some disappointment no doubt. And rightly so - they’ve had the time, money and resources so it should be.
I much preferred Campus to Hospital, but both were excellent. Not sure how in depth a museum theme can be but we’ll see, I will be getting it for sure!
I had been playing Rivals all week but having run out of challenges, my interest is waning until the new characters or season info is out - so I thought I’d give Apex a go having never tried it.
AI will be the future. It will take peoples jobs. No matter what people think, companies are going to use it. Might as well embrace it now and get the most out of it.
No interest in any of those RPG but Outriders is fun.
I think Plus is a great service, just an evolving list of games to try that you otherwise wouldn’t spend money to buy. For someone like me that likes to try a lot of things and never goes back to something I’ve already played, it’s awesome.
Very moreish game, and it’s not particularly a genre I play a lot so I’m hyped for this! The character models and art style is very well done and polished.
Hardspace Shipbreaker is fantastic. Both relaxing time sink and tense puzzle game with a nice little story wrapped up in it, I would recommend getting on it before it’s gone!
Jurassic World Evolution 2 repeatedly caused my PS5 to overheat and shutdown for some reason. Never happened with any other game. Shame as the first one was great!
In the spirit of Activision, I have used AI to generate my comment below:
While it's interesting to see Activision embracing AI for marketing, it raises some important questions about creativity and authenticity. AI can streamline production, but can it truly capture the spirit and unique storytelling that fans expect from a brand like Call of Duty? It’ll be interesting to see if AI-generated materials resonate with audiences or feel more like a soulless cash grab.
This guy is like a digital Indiana Jones, cool job! Would be interesting to see exactly what has been collected?
Being pragmatic though, genuinely not sure how useful most of this actually is. Unless it’s going to be shared then I imagine most of it will just sit on a hard drive never to be looked at again, much like all the buried stuff in a museums basement.
I will respectfully disagree to add some balance, I didn’t think it was very good at all compared to some of the others, so it’s not a surprise to me to see it not nominated or acknowledged.
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Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows' 'Canon Mode' Makes Fans Ponder the Point of RPG Options
Stopped caring about AC Lore about 6 games ago!
But I do prefer a crafted storyline. I think they’d do better leaving the actual choices to something ‘more’ RPG like BG3 and focus more on gameplay and a more directed storyline.
Re: Yoshida: I Played The Last of Us Online And It Was Great
If it was really good and they believed in it, then I don’t understand why they couldn’t upscale to meet the demand for it, so as an excuse that doesn’t fly with me.
Re: Marvel Rivals Trailers Distract with Human Torch, The Thing Gameplay
Hulk and Iron Man reskin basically.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 568
Thought I’d try High on Life, glad I did! I’ll be playing that this weekend. I didn’t think I would like it based on the type of humour, but it plays really well and is actually pretty funny for that type of style. Worth a go if you’re on the fence.
Re: PS Plus Copies of Days Gone Won't Offer Cheap $10 Upgrade to New PS5 Version
I got it through the PS5 collection, so I’d definitely pay a tenner for an upgrade. But a hard no to a full price one.
Re: PlayStation Users Miffed with Sony's Lack of PSN Outage Transparency
I work in SaaS, you’d be surprised how often 1 expiring certificate in 1 place can cause a massive problem everywhere.
Re: Free PS Plus Extension for All Members Affected by PSN Outage
@BiosNova He spends the rest of his week studying and working and doing other clubs, to enable him to have his one free night off a week to play with his friends.
Re: Free PS Plus Extension for All Members Affected by PSN Outage
5 extra days is functionally useless. I stack my subs and have had it running for years, so it just means I’ll get an extra 5 days at the end of it, whenever that may be, years in the future.
It was down for a day for me, which realistically cost me 33p. A comp for 5 days is worth £1.65.
But again I’m not realistically ever seeing that comp come back as it’s just pushed to end of my contract, which is years down the line and so practically I’m not ever going to see it.
Was it a hardship for me to not play something online for a day? No.
Was it a hardship to see my son upset because he couldn’t play Fortnite with his friends? Yes.
Is a fundamentally useless comp worth seeing him upset? No.
Re: GTA 5 Sells an Utterly Ludicrous 210 Million Copies
I am a double dipper! I played it on release on PS3 and bought and played it again last year on PS5.
Re: Poll: Would You Buy a PS5 Mouse Accessory?
Dedicated PS Mouse and PS Keyboard attachment with haptics in it. Doesn’t need to be a full keyboard with all the Function keys etc, just the basics. Allow it for certain games that benefit it like RTS etc. Port a load of popular PC Games.
Make a new Astro Bot title that utilises all the new functionality.
Re: Report Investigates Why PS Store Is Still Drowning in 'Eslop'
There should be some responsibility from Sony to have some sort of testing or checking. Not just from a safeguarding standpoint, but also from a business pov and wanting a quality experience ‘for the gamers’. It’s not like they couldn’t afford it or find staff to do it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 566
I smashed out the entirety of Astro Bot in 5 days this week. Just have a few bits left to find, but then I might give Suicide Squad solo a go.
Re: Rumour: MultiVersus Season 5 Could Be the End for Free-to-Play Fighter
This game died when they took it offline for a year to get ready for the ‘official launch’. Now when you look at how Rivals is doing the FTP thing with all their characters, and how Multiversus does it, it’s no surprise people aren’t interested.
Re: Former Rockstar Animator Doubtful GTA 6 Will Run at 60fps on PS5
If this doesn’t run at 60fps locked then there will be some disappointment no doubt. And rightly so - they’ve had the time, money and resources so it should be.
Re: Xbox Was December's Biggest Publisher, and 64% of Its Sales Were on PS5, PS4
Gamepass on PS5 when?
Re: Build Infrastructure in RoadCraft, the Next Sim Game from the Makers of SnowRunner
Oooohhh I want this!!
Re: Trophy List Confirms PS Plus Game Sayonara Wild Hearts Is Heading to PS5
Honestly if you’ve played it once you’ve played it.
Re: Two Point Museum Reminds You It's a Proper Management Sim in Latest Trailer
I much preferred Campus to Hospital, but both were excellent. Not sure how in depth a museum theme can be but we’ll see, I will be getting it for sure!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 565
I had been playing Rivals all week but having run out of challenges, my interest is waning until the new characters or season info is out - so I thought I’d give Apex a go having never tried it.
I may also start Ragnarok now it’s on Plus!
Re: Capcom Seems Sold on Using AI to Help Out with Game Development
AI will be the future. It will take peoples jobs. No matter what people think, companies are going to use it. Might as well embrace it now and get the most out of it.
Re: PS Plus Loses These 8 PS5, PS4 Games Next Month
No interest in any of those RPG but Outriders is fun.
I think Plus is a great service, just an evolving list of games to try that you otherwise wouldn’t spend money to buy. For someone like me that likes to try a lot of things and never goes back to something I’ve already played, it’s awesome.
Re: Vampire Survivors' Lack of Plot a Tricky Prospect for Film Adaptation, Says Dev
Uwe Boll has entered the chat…
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 564
Crusader of Centry / Soleil on my old handheld emulator machine, some old school vibes!
Re: Sony Cancels Bluepoint, Bend Studio PS5 Games, One Being a Live-Service God of War Title
Wow. I would consider those 2 studios to be big big players so a bit of a shock to just have their projects cancelled. I wonder for what reason?
Re: Reminder: PS Plus Extra, Premium Lose These 11 Great Games in a Week
Mandatory post to say Hardspace Shipbreaker is a fantastic gem of a game.
Re: Architect Life: A House Design Simulator Breaks New PS5 Ground in June
As a worker in Project Management, I am unsure why anyone would want to replicate that level of stress
Jokes aside… I want this! Looks good.
Re: Godfall Team Counterplay Games Has Seemingly Shut Down
Shame, I came to Godfall a few years later after all the updates and thought it was a great game, got the platinum for it as I enjoyed it so much.
Re: Talking Point: PS5 Saves Video Clips When You Earn Trophies - Do You Leave That Feature On?
You can turn that off??? Doing that ASAP. The feature is a space drain!
Re: The Fantastic Four Are Coming to Marvel Rivals on PS5, And They Look Freakin' Fabulous
Very moreish game, and it’s not particularly a genre I play a lot so I’m hyped for this! The character models and art style is very well done and polished.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 561
I found Darktide too hard and too long. So many 29 minute missions failed at the last minute and lost all progress. Needs shorter missions.
Just away with the fam so playing Marvel Snap on the phone before going home to the PS5. Trying to hit Infinite for the first time.
Re: Game of the Year: #8 - Dragon's Dogma 2
‘Stunted storytelling and wooden characters’ - you’re not selling it to me!
Still waiting to pick it up once they fix the frame rate issues.
Re: 11 Games Are Leaving PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Month
Hardspace Shipbreaker is fantastic. Both relaxing time sink and tense puzzle game with a nice little story wrapped up in it, I would recommend getting on it before it’s gone!
Re: Intergalactic PS5's Toxic Detractors Peddling Patently Fake 'Leaked' Story Details
What agenda do these people have, honestly have no idea why people are upset with this. Because a female is bald? Or am I missing something??
Re: Borderlands 4 Promises Not to Be Aggressively Unfunny
@Overmind I was thinking the exact same thing. Always been a fan of BL, and spent 70 hours with BL3 but I cannot tell you a single thing about it.
Re: PlayStation Wrap-Up 2024 Finally Working After Over 24 Hours Offline
Mine is still broken #update 5
Re: 12 New PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Arrive Next Week
Jurassic World Evolution 2 repeatedly caused my PS5 to overheat and shutdown for some reason. Never happened with any other game. Shame as the first one was great!
Re: Delightful Photography Adventure Toem Is Getting a Sequel
Great little series, will be on the wishlist for sure.
Re: PlayStation Wrap-Up 2024 Available Now, See Your Gaming Stats for This Year
Haha happens every year. It comes out, the traffic kills the servers. Been taking advice from Bungie.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Players Fed Up with Activision's 'AI Slop' Artwork
In the spirit of Activision, I have used AI to generate my comment below:
While it's interesting to see Activision embracing AI for marketing, it raises some important questions about creativity and authenticity. AI can streamline production, but can it truly capture the spirit and unique storytelling that fans expect from a brand like Call of Duty? It’ll be interesting to see if AI-generated materials resonate with audiences or feel more like a soulless cash grab.
Re: Sony Brings Back Iconic PS1 Startup Screen on PS5, But Only for a Limited Time
Oooh the startup, I love it!!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 557
I have a code to download Darktide but I don’t know if it’ll be working yet as it’s not released until the 3rd.
Otherwise I’ll be playing Two Point Hospital after getting the platinum on Campus and loving it.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for December 2024?
Aliens and Temtem look fun.
No interest in It Takes Two, rubbish choice.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for December 2024 Announced
It Takes Two - might be good but stuck behind a co-op ‘wall’
Aliens and Temtem worth a play though! Exactly the kind of games I would try and probably like, but never buy, so great games to have on the service.
Re: PlayStation Preservation Expert Has Safely Stored Over Half a Petabyte of Sony's Gaming History
This guy is like a digital Indiana Jones, cool job! Would be interesting to see exactly what has been collected?
Being pragmatic though, genuinely not sure how useful most of this actually is. Unless it’s going to be shared then I imagine most of it will just sit on a hard drive never to be looked at again, much like all the buried stuff in a museums basement.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 556
ROCK AND STONE!
I have dipped back into Deep Rock Galactic which is amazing but I’ve also done the £10 upgrade for Horizon so maybe will start that.
Re: Opinion: The Game Awards' Persona 3 Reload Disrespect Is Crazy
I will respectfully disagree to add some balance, I didn’t think it was very good at all compared to some of the others, so it’s not a surprise to me to see it not nominated or acknowledged.
Re: 13 PS5, PS4 Games Set to Leave PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Month
Tinykin was one of my games of the year. Made me feel like an excited little kid again when playing it - great game.
Re: 17 Games Land on PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week
Hugely disappointing. I am sure most of these were on the service before at some point before being removed and come back?
Re: Survive in Style with Forever Skies Demo's PS5 Exclusive Airship Skin
Looks great, will try it for sure.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 554
Still educating the masses on Two Point Campus and getting all the 3-stars. Great game.