@ChrisDeku Good point. If it makes you feel any better, as VG streaming and PS's gamepass equivalent becomes more of a thing, physical sales and the used game market will be rendered irrelevant.
@get2sammyb Agreed. Giving gamers £10 off the remastered collection/ultimate edition if they already own LIS1 and BTS would be fair, though. Also, why aren't they getting a native 9th gen release, too? It all seems a bit odd, like these should have been the 8th gen versions to begin with. Were the original versions just 7th gen ports?
@DeanySevigny That'll never happen in that sense, as the PS4/5 apparently can't read CDs. Maybe you could make inserting the cd trigger a download though? Someone with more tech knowledge would have to confirm
@Col_McCafferty I get your frustration with the...err.. ''backlash' (I liked TLOU2 as well, but did find Ellie's 'back and forth' a bit unbelievable) but at this pint I'd suggest staying off any comments page regarding TLOU2. It's not going to go away any time, soon.
@lolwhatno TLOU3 would be a massive undertaking. Making a remake of a smaller game (especially if most of the work has already been done by another studio) won't delay anything. ND has more than one team. My guess is we'll get all this stuff by late 2022, then a new IP in late 2024-5, then TLOU3 by late 2026-27.
@velio84 I think you're onto something. However, I'm guessing the 'Director's Cut' extra will be Factions 2 and maybe the TLOU1 remake. I'd love to be wrong, but I can't imagine TLOU2 getting an expansion in addition to Factions and the remake.
That being said, GOT got 'Ghost of Tsushima: Legends' and that Iki Island expansion, so who who knows?
Most of the PS4 games on my list are very new, so very few more than 20% off. I feel like in the next sale at least some will be 50% off, so I might wait. I Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments worth getting? It's only £6.50.
Also, DPA: House of Ashes for £16.50 might be good, but I'm guessing it'll be 50% off, eventually. Plus all these games are cross-gen, so I can always put them in the 'wait for a PS5' pile.
@Bu1ld0g Yeah, that's a good idea. Give yourself a few moths to miss it, as it were. The SP will definitely have a sale at some point. How would you rate Valhalla, BTW? I really want to try one of the 'RPG' AC games, but the grinding and length puts me off. (Said the actress to the bishop)
@Medic_Alert I'm waiting until I have a PS5 (another year at least) until I get AC:V. Presumably the super complete edition will be out by then. Or maybe I'll wait for this rumoured 'AC: Infinity' thing.
@Royalblues I think it'll be early 2023, at the absolute earliest before supply is back to normal. I used to think late 2022, but the xmas rush will prevent that. On the plus side, I've almost cleared my PS4 backlog (Only TLOU2 left, with LIS:TC and GOT on my wishlist) and I own plenty of PS4 games that deserve a replay.
Looking good! I hope we have more missions where we support AI-controlled allies, though. That one mission in SE4 where you're supporting the Italian resistance was really fun
@Stragen8 Yeah, the gameplay is very fun. Appreciate the accessibility options, too. (Games with mandatory rapid-button tapping are almost unplayable for me, now). Upgrading the weapons is fun, too. However, I HATE how you have to find those books to unlock skill trees, though. Shoots my 'I'm missing something' anxiety through the roof. First World Problems and all, but I'd have much rather all skill trees be unlocked from the start.
@Stragen8 Agreed to an extent (still playing TLOU2, about 5 hours in). I don't know what the haters were expecting after how TLOU1 ending. Do they realise that TLOU1 didn't have anything close to a happy ending? That all being said, I'm enjoying TLOU2, but am finding the plot a bit predictable. ('Revenge is pointless and will only hurt the people you care about and corrupt you', got it) I've got a pretty good idea of who will (and won't) die, but hopefully I'm proven wrong.
@Pat_trick Sure, but all games (on average) would pale in comparison to a similar movie, so that's not a fair reason to dig at a video game. For a video game, I'd say TLOU2 does have good writing ('masterpiece' admittedly is going a bit far).
Most importantly, will this system recognise our old PS1-3 games? Digital at least, but preferably physical as well. I understand neither the PS4, nor PS5 can directly play these games, but perhaps they could recognise discs as a sort of physical emulation pass?
@Sam_ATLUS It'll probably take a while to find it's feet, but Sony need to get behind that kind of thing sooner or later. I wonder if it'll be PS5 only or also on PS4? I'm guessing just PS5?
@Eldritch I'm even more extreme than you. With these events, I skip the event itself and just watch the trailers/announcements from news websites an hour after they end.
@lolwhatno Same here, expect for me I found the story really dull. I need a decent story to carry standard OW gameplay. This may fit the bill, as they seem to be massively improving that area.
@Jayofmaya To me at least, one tweet but one of the Devs seemed to hint that it'll be a sequel to Andromeda and ME3, simultaneously. Maybe you'll have to move between both galaxies?
@Thulsa Who knows how good/bad it'll be. But I really hoped we'd moved on from 'xyz isn't a video game' in current year. If it's an interactive game, on a screen, it's a video game.
@nessisonett It is pretty funny watching the 'everyone is a triggered snowflake' crowd absolutely losing it over a little indie game in the YT comments. TBH, it was one of the more interesting games there, if only because everything else looked dull to me
@somnambulance You've got a hell of a point. If 90% of AAA became SH stuff like what's happened to films. It'd be so boring. (I bet some would say this sarcastically but I'm being 100% serious). That said, I'd save a hell of a lot of money like I've been doing on cinema tickets...
I'd love a Punisher video game AS LONG AS they make the gameplay interesting (maybe a stealth shooter?). I wouldn't want it to be just like any other FPS
@Juanalf To be fair, the amount of SW video games we've got in the last 5 years has been extremely sparse. I might agree with you in 3 years time when all the D+ stuff kicks off
@UltimateOtaku91 Deathloop seems to play totally differently to the Dishonoured games. For better or worse, it looks much more action-oriented and has some kind of time loop (roguelike?) thing going on.
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Re: New PS Store Sale Discounts So Many Great PS5, PS4 Games
@ChrisDeku Good point. If it makes you feel any better, as VG streaming and PS's gamepass equivalent becomes more of a thing, physical sales and the used game market will be rendered irrelevant.
Re: Sony Buys Ex-Halo, Destiny Developer Bungie for $3.6 Billion
@Martsmall I think Sony would do it, but only 2-4 years after PS release.
Re: Sony Buys Ex-Halo, Destiny Developer Bungie for $3.6 Billion
@Smash41 Not a bad idea. Especially as Guerrilla games will probably want to make at least one more Horizon game.
Re: French Retailer Warns PS5 Players to Choose Console Carefully After Xbox's Activision Acquisition
@Splat It still sells very well, though. A lot of the people who hate it probably but it
Re: Unsurprisingly, Life Is Strange PS4's Remaster for PS4 Looks Familiar
@get2sammyb Agreed. Giving gamers £10 off the remastered collection/ultimate edition if they already own LIS1 and BTS would be fair, though. Also, why aren't they getting a native 9th gen release, too? It all seems a bit odd, like these should have been the 8th gen versions to begin with. Were the original versions just 7th gen ports?
Re: PS4 Trophies Bugged Out with PS3 Labels and People Are Jumping to Conclusions Again
@AdamNovice ... While MS buys SEGA or something...
Re: PS3 Games Spotted on PS5 Store, Fuelling PS Plus Rumours - But It's Nothing New
@DeanySevigny That'll never happen in that sense, as the PS4/5 apparently can't read CDs. Maybe you could make inserting the cd trigger a download though? Someone with more tech knowledge would have to confirm
Re: Sony Reportedly Planned to Cease PS4 Production at the End of 2021
@Kidfunkadelic83 We'll probably start to see that late this year, with it being the norm from 2023
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@WCB It's usually the 2nd and 3rd year where things really start to take off, so I'm pretty excited.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@Kidfried I'd like to think there'd be a DC 'upgrade' for people who own the original. GOT and DS did that.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@Col_McCafferty I get your frustration with the...err.. ''backlash' (I liked TLOU2 as well, but did find Ellie's 'back and forth' a bit unbelievable) but at this pint I'd suggest staying off any comments page regarding TLOU2. It's not going to go away any time, soon.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@lolwhatno TLOU3 would be a massive undertaking. Making a remake of a smaller game (especially if most of the work has already been done by another studio) won't delay anything. ND has more than one team. My guess is we'll get all this stuff by late 2022, then a new IP in late 2024-5, then TLOU3 by late 2026-27.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@velio84 I think you're onto something. However, I'm guessing the 'Director's Cut' extra will be Factions 2 and maybe the TLOU1 remake. I'd love to be wrong, but I can't imagine TLOU2 getting an expansion in addition to Factions and the remake.
That being said, GOT got 'Ghost of Tsushima: Legends' and that Iki Island expansion, so who who knows?
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins 60FPS Patch Likely as Ubisoft Investigates
@PenguinL Hopefully we'll see a return of the occasional shorter, more focused AC game within this AC Infinity thing.
Re: PS Store January Sale Live Now, Here Are the Best PS5, PS4 Deals
Most of the PS4 games on my list are very new, so very few more than 20% off. I feel like in the next sale at least some will be 50% off, so I might wait. I Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments worth getting? It's only £6.50.
Also, DPA: House of Ashes for £16.50 might be good, but I'm guessing it'll be 50% off, eventually. Plus all these games are cross-gen, so I can always put them in the 'wait for a PS5' pile.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Costs $40, Not Included in the Season Pass
@Bu1ld0g Yeah, that's a good idea. Give yourself a few moths to miss it, as it were. The SP will definitely have a sale at some point. How would you rate Valhalla, BTW? I really want to try one of the 'RPG' AC games, but the grinding and length puts me off. (Said the actress to the bishop)
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Costs $40, Not Included in the Season Pass
@Bu1ld0g That's why I tend to get the gold editions of games I like. Just in case I want to play the DLC down the line.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Costs $40, Not Included in the Season Pass
@Medic_Alert I'm waiting until I have a PS5 (another year at least) until I get AC:V. Presumably the super complete edition will be out by then. Or maybe I'll wait for this rumoured 'AC: Infinity' thing.
Re: November 2021 NPD: Minimal PS5 Stock Leads to Disappointing Hardware Sales
@Royalblues I think it'll be early 2023, at the absolute earliest before supply is back to normal. I used to think late 2022, but the xmas rush will prevent that. On the plus side, I've almost cleared my PS4 backlog (Only TLOU2 left, with LIS:TC and GOT on my wishlist) and I own plenty of PS4 games that deserve a replay.
Re: Rebellion Goes Loud with Sniper Elite 5's PS5, PS4 Reveal
Looking good! I hope we have more missions where we support AI-controlled allies, though. That one mission in SE4 where you're supporting the Italian resistance was really fun
Re: Star Trek: Resurgence Sets Phasers to Stun on PS5, PS4
@Uncharted2007 Why EA hasn't commissioned a TellTale-style Mass Effect game to tide us over until the next AAA installment, I'll never know.
Re: Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann to Present at The Game Awards
@Stragen8 Yeah, the gameplay is very fun. Appreciate the accessibility options, too. (Games with mandatory rapid-button tapping are almost unplayable for me, now). Upgrading the weapons is fun, too. However, I HATE how you have to find those books to unlock skill trees, though. Shoots my 'I'm missing something' anxiety through the roof. First World Problems and all, but I'd have much rather all skill trees be unlocked from the start.
Re: Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann to Present at The Game Awards
@Would_you_kindly If you're talking about TLOU1, that's a remake they're apparently making, not a remaster.
Re: Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann to Present at The Game Awards
@Stragen8 Agreed to an extent (still playing TLOU2, about 5 hours in). I don't know what the haters were expecting after how TLOU1 ending. Do they realise that TLOU1 didn't have anything close to a happy ending?
That all being said, I'm enjoying TLOU2, but am finding the plot a bit predictable. ('Revenge is pointless and will only hurt the people you care about and corrupt you', got it) I've got a pretty good idea of who will (and won't) die, but hopefully I'm proven wrong.
Re: Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann to Present at The Game Awards
@Pat_trick Sure, but all games (on average) would pale in comparison to a similar movie, so that's not a fair reason to dig at a video game. For a video game, I'd say TLOU2 does have good writing ('masterpiece' admittedly is going a bit far).
Re: Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection Is a Whopping 90GB on PS5, It Seems
@Bentleyma- Especially bizarre when you consider that TLL was essentially a brand new Uncharted game.
Re: Rumour: New PlayStation Subscription Will Give Access to PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP Games
Most importantly, will this system recognise our old PS1-3 games? Digital at least, but preferably physical as well. I understand neither the PS4, nor PS5 can directly play these games, but perhaps they could recognise discs as a sort of physical emulation pass?
Re: Rumour: New PlayStation Subscription Will Give Access to PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP Games
@Sam_ATLUS It'll probably take a while to find it's feet, but Sony need to get behind that kind of thing sooner or later. I wonder if it'll be PS5 only or also on PS4? I'm guessing just PS5?
Re: Rumour: New PlayStation Subscription Will Give Access to PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP Games
@Richnj Everyone was unhappy Nintendo went that route...in an overly limited, expensive, confusing Nintendo way. Hopefully Sony won't be so stupid.
Re: The Game Awards Snags Sting for Live Arcane: League of Legends Performance
@Eldritch I'm even more extreme than you. With these events, I skip the event itself and just watch the trailers/announcements from news websites an hour after they end.
Re: Dying Light 2 Won't Infect Much of Your PS5's SSD
@lolwhatno Same here, expect for me I found the story really dull. I need a decent story to carry standard OW gameplay. This may fit the bill, as they seem to be massively improving that area.
Re: Sony's Black Friday Deals Focus on PS5, PS4's Biggest Blockbusters
@lolwhatno
Prey is an absolutely brilliant game. I at least used to see on sale all the time?
Re: New PS Store Sale Throws PS4 Games in the Bargain Bin
@Rob_230 As is the best decision. Hopefully the gameplay is more varied like the lastTWD game.
Re: Mass Effect Will Continue Declares New N7 Day Artwork
@Jayofmaya To me at least, one tweet but one of the Devs seemed to hint that it'll be a sequel to Andromeda and ME3, simultaneously. Maybe you'll have to move between both galaxies?
Re: We Are OFK Is the Indiepop Biopic You've Always Wanted to Play on PS5, PS4
@Thulsa Who knows how good/bad it'll be. But I really hoped we'd moved on from 'xyz isn't a video game' in current year. If it's an interactive game, on a screen, it's a video game.
Re: We Are OFK Is the Indiepop Biopic You've Always Wanted to Play on PS5, PS4
@nessisonett It is pretty funny watching the 'everyone is a triggered snowflake' crowd absolutely losing it over a little indie game in the YT comments. TBH, it was one of the more interesting games there, if only because everything else looked dull to me
Re: Feature: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Season Pass Review - Is It Worth Buying?
@Jango-Forest TBH, the Gold edition is exactly that, and it's released before even the DLC.
Re: Bumper PS Store Big in Japan Sale Discounts Loads of Great PS5, PS4 Games
@Would_you_kindly Good idea!
Re: Bumper PS Store Big in Japan Sale Discounts Loads of Great PS5, PS4 Games
Damn, no sale for RE Village?!
Re: Poll: Do You Want Even More PS5 Marvel Games from Sony?
@somnambulance You've got a hell of a point. If 90% of AAA became SH stuff like what's happened to films. It'd be so boring. (I bet some would say this sarcastically but I'm being 100% serious). That said, I'd save a hell of a lot of money like I've been doing on cinema tickets...
Re: Poll: Do You Want Even More PS5 Marvel Games from Sony?
I'd love a Punisher video game AS LONG AS they make the gameplay interesting (maybe a stealth shooter?). I wouldn't want it to be just like any other FPS
Re: Heavy Rain, Detroit Team Reportedly Making a Star Wars Game
@Juanalf To be fair, the amount of SW video games we've got in the last 5 years has been extremely sparse. I might agree with you in 3 years time when all the D+ stuff kicks off
Re: Naughty Dog's Multiplayer Game Described as Cinematic Experience Between Players
Hmm, so no director's cut, then? Does TLOU2 run well on the original PS4, without melting it? If so, I may as well get it.
Re: Reaction: PlayStation Showcase 2021 Was Good, But Not Good Enough
@UltimateOtaku91 Deathloop seems to play totally differently to the Dishonoured games. For better or worse, it looks much more action-oriented and has some kind of time loop (roguelike?) thing going on.
Re: Gulp! PS5 Stock Shortages Could Last Until 2023
I've still got at least 10 games on my PS4 backlog and ... a very large number on my Steam backlog, so I'm fine until late 2022.
Re: Feature: Our PS5, PS4 Predictions for PlayStation Showcase 2021
If we get an MGS1 remake, we need remasters of MGS's 2, 3 and 4 as well.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Will Now Offer Free PS4 to PS5 Upgrade, Sony Confirms
@AhmadSumadi If Sony want the PS5 release to be 100% necessary, they should stop doing the cross gen thing.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Will Now Offer Free PS4 to PS5 Upgrade, Sony Confirms
@Martijn87 Yeah, but cross gen games weren't as much of a thing then, so the chance to double-dip wasn't really there.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Will Now Offer Free PS4 to PS5 Upgrade, Sony Confirms
@nessisonett As long as you complain and don't buy the game until the problem is fixed.
Re: Sony Will Make You Pay Extra to Upgrade Horizon Forbidden West from PS4 to PS5
@Xenomorph_79 I'll buy the game, but with no free upgrade, it'll have to be the PS5 version and I'm not getting a PS5 for at least a year.