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@Jacko11 okay heres a counter. The playerbase has increased massively over the decades, hence games can easily be profitable without price hikes.

@Terra_Custodes What did you hate about GoW Ragnarok? I can imagine the genre might not be your thing, but within the genre it's an exceptional game imo.

I have mixed emotions about it
It does give some feedback when pressing the on button, so it would feel weird without it. It also triggers this Pavlov effect that lets your brain know its time to sit down and play some video games and enjoy yourself.
On the other hand its unnecessarely loud and attracts unwanted attention from other house members. I think the Pavlov effect on my wife is that she checks if there is some household jobs to do for me XD

Nice! Actually interested in this. Hot Pursuit 2, Underground 2 and Most Wanted are my favorite NFS games.

For me the expectations for the multiplayer are now very low..

This sounds absolutely horrible lol

I'll probably play it at some point if reviews are good but I'm not excited about it like I was 10-15 years ago for a new GTA.
Maybe if they did something crazy like GTA Bangkok or something but we already know that's not the case.
And like others have said, I hope they do something about the crime system with cops spawning randomly in the desert. Or shooting your body armor while driving a car, etc.

@ROTTIEMAN16 I remember back in the 90's you had these shareware discs you could buy and they contained only demo's. So technically it's not new..
But yeah, I agree it's ridiculous that it's supposed to be some kind of privilige to try a game before you buy it. Especially with the sorry technical state a lot of games nowadays release in and the practically non-existent refund policy from Sony..

@CRASH64 as a matter of fact, the site literally asked you whether you're interested lol

@3Above the lack of HUD was great in Ghost of Tsushima, but otherwise the open world format in it was very generic if you ask me.

@SilverShamrock the audience for games is also larger than ever. Hence so are the profits, even without mtx.

looking forward to this. Good point about the looting. I really think the looting system is a gameplay mechanic that needs to be modernized. I suppose it's there for reasons like the change of pace but honestly I just find it annoying in most games. The Outer Words, Cyberpunk, Witcher, Dying Light 2, Division 2, it feels like all you are doing is looting all the time.
Surely there are other ways of doing this to make it less tedious. For example automatically scooping up loot, or pick up as 'junk' option like the Divison does, no weight limits or just for weapons.. etc etc

I enjoyed the last game but for some reason I very suddenly fell off it about 2/3 of the way through. Because its a skill based game tthat progressively gets harder but its balanced as you learn more enemy routines, I feel a huge barrier to pick it up again. Maybe I should just lower the difficulty untill my muscle memory for this game returns. I am curious how it ends

@BearsEatBeets yeah same here. I'll give it a go. If it's nothing then no worries. But a couple times a year something comes along thats actually a cool game that I otherwise would never have tried.

Thats actually really cool. I think a lot of people will be very happy with this.

@GeneJacket I agree, I doubt it will actually be "bigger"

Fallen order is a good game, but I remember I never finished it.. might reinstall and give it another go

153 hours on SnowRunner lol. That means I've also listened to 153 hours of Podcasts XD

Hm. First off I dont have a PS5. And Im currently in the middle of my second playthrough on PS4 (which Im working on for about 2 years now). Not sure what I will do with that playthrough now..

So they obviously do this to go big on the whole 'not following the rules' theme of the game. But yeah, social media has a tendency to explode in your face if you're not careful. Then again maybe Kylo is in on it and just an employee from the community team..

I would give it a shot if I had EA Play. Or a PS5.

Dirt rally and PC2 are two games I play a lot on my PS4. I hope something will take its place but honestly Im skewing more and more towards pc gaming where there is plenty of choice in quality racing games

@NorthernAnchor exactly. Unprecedented except for the previous entry lol

@DETfaninATL I agree. I played that campaign at least a dozen times (literally). I played the MP a lot with a few mates as well and to this day I still bring my PS3 to a friends place so we can do Spec Ops in couch coop.

The SP remaster on PS4 is pretty good too.

Favella is my favourite spec ops mission btw.

@Zombiechris great argument. You really convinced me.

Best game of all time? Obviously this is subjective, but really only the first third of the game was truly great to me. Everything after was the usual japanese over the top weird.

I still have PT on my PS4 but Im too scared to play it

Dirt Rally 2.0 is a great game in my opinion. My first real outing in rally racing amd it has been a very cool learnijg curve. Nailing your first hairpins with a wheel, clutch and h-shifter is extremely satisfying

I thought the first games length was perfect. The gameplay wasnt interesting enough to keep it going for much longer to be honest.
I hope they added some new mechanics to the gameplay to warrant a longer runtime.

Really fun and unique game however it turns out Im not great at puzzle games (or just dont have the patience for it). The fun kind of diminished when I needed to resort to youtube in order to progress. Dont expect this game to hold your hand..

In my humble opinion, if you pay billions of dollars for something you get to decide what to do with it. Its a videogame, not some kind of monopoly on running water. You can live without it..

@Darylb88 yeah there arent a lot of games I really want to play on the ps5 so I figured I'd save this one for later when (if) I finally get one. To be honest thats also the reason I havent put too much effort in acquiring a ps5.

Still waiting on a PS5 first.. not gonna play Cyberpunk on my Pro as I hear a lot of good things about it and it would feel like a waste

I thought the combat was fine in God of War, I just hope they will have some more enemy variety this time.

Its not really my genre but I'll definitely play this eventually for the sheer production value of it.

@Skyfall Exactly this. I heard Commandos 2 Remaster was a real mess so I'm very cautious with this.

By the way anyone interested in these types of games should look into Desperados 3 and Shadow Tactics. Fantastic games with a good control scheme, very little bugs, fun story and missions and loads of replayability. Highly recommend.

Really cool game. The cyberpunk setting is done very well. Just a fun little game you can easily pick up and play for a short session

@Netret0120 thats been going on for allmost a decade now? Remakes and remasters were a thing since ps4 launched basically

@steizgr8 yeah I agree, 5 was a bit better though. More interesting setting, story and gameplay than 4. But still more or less the same formula so if youre burned out on that you still wont like it

@DETfaninATL wow this isnt a thing on ps5? Thats lame. I love taking screenshots and using them as a background

@Ward_ting from what I hear about this game I would love to play it. But yeah, I cant really picture myself playing this with my kid in the background and my wife on the couch asking me wtf Im playing...

@PushButtons Helldivers and Alienation are great. In the same genre is the Ascent which is awesome too

@whitejessegpfc i'll check it out. Cheers!

@whitejessegpfc what does that mean sliders adjusted for realism?

@Grimwood Ok I think I explained why. Both first party, high production value, open worlders with melee combat and a largely by the books open world design and light RPG mechanics..

Let agree to disagree.

@KundaliniRising333 I agree with your sentiment of it being a very safe open worlder.

The game was objectively good, but not ground breaking in any regard. In my opinion comparible to Horizon; beautifull open world, fast flowing and decent combat, high production value, but very "by the books" in regard to it's side content.

I actually find Horizon the better of the two because the story was more suprising and it was carried by a more interesting and likeable protagonist.

But like I said it's still a good game and I can see why many people (perhaps with a higher tolerance for open worlders than you and I) like it so much.

Currently hooked on Snowrunner which is also a pretty slow game. And I used to love the cab missions in GTA VC and SA. Maaybe Ill get this some time in the future.

Got totally hooked on Snowrunner. In many regards its what I consider an open world should be. Yes, many objectives and map markers, but the game forces you to really read the map and think of efficient ways to tackle the objectives. The gameplay really leans on the open map design.

I put on a podcast in the background and its just an ultimate relaxation game.

@Relygon I didnt like RDR2 that much either. But to be honest I did enjoy the start when everything felt fresh and full of possibilities.

Later on however I found the gameplay to be very repetitive and the story dragged on for way too long making the whole thing a chore. Combat was far too easy and very repetitive, the missions consisted of literally nothing more than shooting dozens of bad guys, and the hunting meant if you had killed one animal you knew the trick to do them all.. just my 2 cents

Been eyeing this for a while but its not really coming down in price like I hoped it would. Will have to wait longer I guess

I got an invite to buy it directly through Sony, but I couldnt add a creditcard for reasons unknown so my order timed out lol..

To be honest Im not super bummed out about it. There arent a lot of games Im very interested in these days, also the higher prices from Sony, the industry's focus on stupid microtransactions and NFTs, and worse of all simply the quality and creative bankruptness of AAA gaming, is turning me off gaming lately. I play mostly racing games or games at least 5 or 6 years old (Witcher3, DOOM2016).

If this console shortage is going to take much longer I might not upgrade at all..