Over the past year I’ve played for the first time SotC, Last Guardian (both PS4) and ICO (PS3), and I thought they were wonderful. I just loved the worlds in each game, their atmosphere and the stories they told without any exposition. They are clunky, yes, but if you can get past that they are wonderful.
I really wish I’d experienced ICO and SotC in their original forms on the PS2 back in the day, I really missed out. I still intend to play SotC on the PS2, there’s just something epic about seeing it on that console!
@Flaming_Kaiser well yes, that’s exactly what I used to do back in the day and what I do with my new games now. But unfortunately the PS1 games I buy are all used. I don’t know what some people do to their discs, it’s like they try to get them scratched, there’s no way you could get them in that state through normal wear and tear
As someone who currently collects N64 and PS1 games (among others), I must say I’m glad Nintendo went with cartridges! With a proper clean, and a change of battery if needed, they run like new and will last for decades. I can’t say the same for PS1 CDs, they’re so hit or miss.
But of course cartridges were the wrong choice to make in the mid-90s, and Nintendo never recovered from it. The Gamecube, a great console with great games, still couldn’t succeed in the N64’s shadow. You could argue the N64 is the cause of Nintendo’s change of direction that we still see today, where they stay out of the arms race.
Still haven’t played the RE2 remake. I downloaded the demo over Xmas and gave it a shot, but couldn’t play it for long as the PS Pro fan noise was too loud. I had the same with Hellblade, but I drowned that out with headphones and it was a relatively short game. Not sure I’d want the fan to be going like that for RE2. Such a shame. I wonder why it’s so loud? I’ve just started the Witcher 3 and there’s hardly any fan noise.
They should demake it with fixed camera angles. I’d actually enjoy that, the REmake on the gamecube is still my favourite Resi game. Although I haven’t played the RE2 remake yet.
I hope it has better battery life than the DS4. Otherwise, the DS4 is a great pad, one of the best ever, so glad they aren’t straying too far from its design.
Those sales numbers for GTA V are insane. I must admit to being one of the few people with a PS4 who hasn’t bought this game. I just struggle to get into GTA games. I have a blast running around, picking fights, driving people over etc, but I never want to play the game properly. I’m just not that into real life/criminal style stories in games. One of the few it seems!
I do want to play Vice City at some point though. I do dig the whole 80’s vibe and music, and it makes it seem more fantasy than other GTA games.
I remember so much mainstream press back in the day covering the sales of the Wii and PS2, it feels like these sales numbers have snuck up on us. On the other hand, it’s been out nearly 6 years with arguably the best selection of games of all current home consoles, so not that surprising really!
@Nyne11Tyme @clvr I think it can work both ways. I’m sure I’ve seen M rated games be both 16 and 18 in Europe, depending on the game (I don’t have any examples to hand). I’d be surprised if this was M rated though.
Sweet. Never played the originals but definitely my type of game. I hope it’s good, I don’t mind if it receives critique for any retro foibles it may have (like a dodgy camera) as I still play these old games today and am used to them!
I’ve always liked the idea of a game like Mario Golf/Tennis (sport + RPG), but with much more developed story and RPG elements, and based around arcade type racing, akin to Mario Kart. Will keep my eye on this.
Yes exactly. I’m very happy with HD (I actually only went to 1080p from 720p 18 months ago!) but at the same time I’m not going to pretend that 4K and HDR aren’t a noticeable change and big step up, just because I don’t have it.
I look forward to the time when a half decent OLED/4K/HDR TV set is in the sub £500 price range, as I’ll definitely jump on board then.
@kyleforrester87 I see 4K (and HDR) a bit like VR. I would really love to sample it, spend a bit of time with it (not in a shop) and experience how great it is. However, I don’t have the cash to splash out on the equipment so I won’t go out of my way to sample it. I know that if I do, I’ll just have to spend loads of cash to get it!
Eurogamer ran an article earlier about this, and apparently the emulation isn’t up to scratch, with noticeable input lag. Which is a shame. The PS1 emulation on PS3 is pretty decent, I’d have thought they would use the same emulation, or even improve upon it with this.
Awesome! I’m still a relatively new PS4 owner, I’ve been waiting to get the Nathan Drake Collection at a decent price for ages now so I’ll jump on this!
I’ve loved downloading PDFs of loads of old magazines that I could find online. I got Super Play, N64 and NGC (mostly the same team/writers), and TOTAL! magazine too. I’m now trying to find the earliest issues of GamesTM as I used to buy that when it first came out.
It’s more of a nostalgia thing for me. I remember magazines back in the day, so I enjoy reading the old ones, but I have no interest in new ones now. I think it’s because the internet didn’t really exist back in the day, so to get people’s views of the games from that time, you have to go to the magazines. Nowadays you can find old, archived articles and reviews from websites going back to the early 2000’s or even the late 90’s.
I still buy printerd media for video games, but not magazines. I like to buy the encyclodpedia or anthology type books that do the rounds, like those from Bitmap books. Some great stuff in those, and the artwork or photos will always beat the internet.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi I know what you mean. My household mostly watches Netflix, but recently we’ve tried watching UK programmes via the 3 main online services/apps, and my goodness I didn’t realise how far behind they are compared to Netflix. Using iPlayer, All4 and ITV Hub was like going back a decade, with the worst of user interfaces. ITV Hub is by far the worst. It’s not available on any games console I own, I had to use the Amazon Fire TV stick. And when we finally did get it working, it kept hanging and crashing so many times it took us 2 hours to watch an hour show. Luckily a lot their shows end up on Netflix anyway, so I’ll probably stick to that.
I get so lost with these games, but I want to understand it for when my daughter is old enough to enjoy watching me playing these, with all the Disney characters and whatnot.
How is this 6 games? Aren’t 1.5, 2.5 and 2.8 just three games? And what about the DS/3DS games? Aren’t they counted as part of the main story so hence excluded from this ‘complete (so far)’ collection?
@ShogunRok I only bought a PS3 for the first time end of last year, and I think your review from this site made me buy The Puppeteer, so your enthusiasm was not completely in vain!
These games are great, I highly recommend them. Only a Japanese developer could make games like this. The characters, settings, the whole detective/courtroom mechanic. Excellent stuff.
Klonoa. I’ve just finished playing it and I loved every minute of it. Can’t believe I missed that one back in the day, I would have loved it. Having it on this mini console will ensure others get to be as pleasantly surprised by it as I was.
Hopefully it includes games that aren’t available on the PS3 PSN store, although like the NES/SNES classics I assume this is aimed at the wider non-gamer market, people who grew up with the PS1 but don’t own a console any more.
Not played a KH game, but yes this box art is very nice. I must say I am very confused by all the KH games and their numbering system. I do plan to play them with my daughter when she’s old enough, so I’ll figure it out then!
As someone who’s been predominantly Nintendo only for the last few years, I’ve always liked the Nintendo Directs, because they’re just condensed announcements about games and hardware. Of course, they’ll only ever be as good as their content, but all live shows seem to be good for these days are memes.
It does mean you don’t get the awesome spectacles like when Nintendo revealed Twilight Princess, but these are few and far between.
As final point, Directs are definitely more accessible too. This year, despite me being more interested in the Sony side of things, I still watched the Nintendo Direct but didn’t watch Sony’s conference, because I have no interest in watching all that fluff. I just read the articles and trailers as they popped up on here. Nintendo’s E3 Direct was pants of course, but that goes back to them only being as good as their content. The format is far superior in my opinion.
Eurogamer’s review doesn’t provide a score, and I can’t possibly read such a long and complicated paragraph to help me come up with my own thoughts and conclusions. What can I do? I’ll have to contact them and demand a score, any score. I’m worried the internet will break without one.
I missed out on the PS2 at the time. I was 100% Nintendo and Gamecube, which I loved and still do. At the time the PS2 didn’t hold much appeal to me, I only really saw it as the console that had GTA, Need for speed etc, games that hold zero appeal to me.
How wrong I was.
I now have one and playing massive catch up. ICO, SotC, Silent Hill 2, Odin Sphere, Sly Cooper (awesome franchise), Ratchet/Clank, Jak & Daxter, God of War, all the other ‘horror’ games like the suffering, haunting ground, rule of rose, siren, project Zero, echo night 2. Oh, and something called Metal Gear Solid. The list goes on and on!
@LaNooch1978 nope, but because of those limitations, games had certain characteristics that were present as a result of those limitations, rather than being there by design. A bit like the fog in Silent Hill; a necessity due to limitations of the hardware at the time, but all the better for it. Door opening animations in Resident Evil, necessary to hide loading screens but they added to the tension. Of course those things may have been included by design anyway, but the hardware of the time helped make that choice for them.
I’m not saying limited hardware is better (it’s not of course), but I do like it when it makes developers think outside the box and we get a better game for it. I think remasters shouldn’t remove those aspects when being made on more powerful hardware. And back to SotC, the PS4 remake feels like it’s lost something in the transition, a “feeling” I get from the original but not the remake. I’m rambling now, but hopefully you see where I’m coming from.
Hopefully by the time I get around to playing this, they’ve sorted out the bugs. It’s reasons such as this I always prefer playing games on original hardware vs. remasters. If it’s not bugs causing issues, it’s the fact they lose the original feeling of the game. At least with this they seem to have kept it pretty much untouched except for making it look better on a modern display, which is always welcome.
A good case in point is the Shadow of the Colossus remake I’m currently playing. It’s great, don’t get me wrong, and I’m really enjoying it, but from what I’ve played of the PS2 original (I’ve only done up to the first Colossus), the PS4 remake is completely missing that eerie/ethereal atmosphere the original has. It doesn’t feel like the same world at all. I know much of the original feeling was due to hardware constraints (eg excessive use of bloom lighting), but it’s enough for me to want play the original after I’ve completed the remake, just to experience the game how it was meant to be.
I could do with a remote for the PS4. I watch a lot of Netflix and Amazon Prime from the console, and am always accidentally doing a fast forward or rewind because of the triggers. I wish they let you reconfigure the buttons, then I’d be happy using the DS4.
On a side note, has anyone noticed how every video app except Netflix have awful user interfaces? I can never find anything on Amazon by browsing, BBC iPlayer is just every kind of terrible, and all of them need about 5 presses of the circle button to pause or exit the video. They should all just copy Netflix and be done with it.
I was new to PS3/PS4 at the start of this year, and frankly I never realised this was such an issue for people. I actually thought it was good. I can certainly use it faster than an on screen keyboard with a joypad, especially how it removes letters that you can’t use as you type more of the search terms.
My main issue with the search is that when you search for a game, it can bring up 100’s of different results, especially where they have lots of cr*p associated with them like avatars. Also, for PS3 and the website store, it’s impossible to only search for PS1 or PS2 games, so unless you know exactly the game you want, you can’t just browse all PS1/PS2 games.
Having recently played Silent Hill 1 and Resident Evil 1 & 2, I feel like an old hand at tank controls. It’s like I was training for this without realising it!
My Amazon preorder should be here tomorrow, although they haven’t taken payment yet so I hope there isn’t a delay.
I’ve never played these before and I’m not likely to get a Dreamcast at any point so I’m glad they’ve kept it as close to the originals as it sounds like they have done. I play more retro games than modern games these days, so no issue with anything being regarded as dated. Looking forward to experiencing a game I never thought I would!
@Lloydeeee I was being a bit flippant as I replied above, it’s not that bad. It’s on Fallout 4 I notice it go into overdrive for no real reason.
I have never owned any Xbox console so I don’t have much of an opinion on them. I’ve always had more than my fill from Nintendo and Playstation. I do like what they’re doing with backwards compatibility on the X1X, I’d like Sony to take a leaf from their book for the PS5.
I don’t think I’d ever be able to use an Xbox controller if I ever did get an Xbox console. I’m so used to Nintendo’s ABXY layout I’d always be pressing the wrong button when prompted. I already get the X button muddled up between Nintendo and Playstation games!
@Kidfried to be fair I’m being a tad flippant, as it’s only about 6 months old and it only goes really loud on occasion. Fallout 4 during conversations seems to be its favourite time to kick the fans into overdrive, no idea why. Must be that efficient Bethesda code or something.
If Sony do a PS1 classic, I fully expect FMV cutscenes to skip, and for numerous hangs on the Sony/Playstation start up screens for that authentic nostalgic experience. Also, it will need some form of gyro to detect when you turn it upside down to get some games to play.
I’ve never been able to get into Mega Man games. I don’t hold any nostalgia for them as never played them when they first came out. I recently tried getting into both Megaman 2 and Megaman X, but found him quite slow and cumbersome to control. I struggled with not being able to aim diagonally or upwards.
I was similar with Castlevania, could never get into them, but thankfully that changed a couple of years ago and I am now a big fan of that series. There are some great games with great music too.
Maybe one day I’ll come back to Mega Man and it will click.
I think this is a great idea! I’d love to try it out if I had VR. In fact I’d just love to try out VR full stop. This reminds me, I still need to get a Mega Drive and the Mega Everdrive for my retro gaming setup. It’s currently biased towards Nintendo and Playstation, it needs some SEGA love.
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Re: Rumour: PS Plus March 2020 PS4 Games Leaked Early
Over the past year I’ve played for the first time SotC, Last Guardian (both PS4) and ICO (PS3), and I thought they were wonderful. I just loved the worlds in each game, their atmosphere and the stories they told without any exposition. They are clunky, yes, but if you can get past that they are wonderful.
I really wish I’d experienced ICO and SotC in their original forms on the PS2 back in the day, I really missed out. I still intend to play SotC on the PS2, there’s just something epic about seeing it on that console!
Re: PSone Crushed the N64 Because of Depressing Games and Lonely Players
@Flaming_Kaiser well yes, that’s exactly what I used to do back in the day and what I do with my new games now. But unfortunately the PS1 games I buy are all used. I don’t know what some people do to their discs, it’s like they try to get them scratched, there’s no way you could get them in that state through normal wear and tear
Re: PSone Crushed the N64 Because of Depressing Games and Lonely Players
As someone who currently collects N64 and PS1 games (among others), I must say I’m glad Nintendo went with cartridges! With a proper clean, and a change of battery if needed, they run like new and will last for decades. I can’t say the same for PS1 CDs, they’re so hit or miss.
But of course cartridges were the wrong choice to make in the mid-90s, and Nintendo never recovered from it. The Gamecube, a great console with great games, still couldn’t succeed in the N64’s shadow. You could argue the N64 is the cause of Nintendo’s change of direction that we still see today, where they stay out of the arms race.
Re: Resident Evil 3 Team Is 'Determined to Surpass' Mr X with Nemesis
Still haven’t played the RE2 remake. I downloaded the demo over Xmas and gave it a shot, but couldn’t play it for long as the PS Pro fan noise was too loud. I had the same with Hellblade, but I drowned that out with headphones and it was a relatively short game. Not sure I’d want the fan to be going like that for RE2. Such a shame. I wonder why it’s so loud? I’ve just started the Witcher 3 and there’s hardly any fan noise.
Re: Talking Point: Should Capcom Remake Resident Evil 4?
They should demake it with fixed camera angles. I’d actually enjoy that, the REmake on the gamecube is still my favourite Resi game. Although I haven’t played the RE2 remake yet.
Re: PS5 Controller Looks a Lot Like DualShock 4 in New Patent
I hope it has better battery life than the DS4. Otherwise, the DS4 is a great pad, one of the best ever, so glad they aren’t straying too far from its design.
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Tops 26 Million Copies, Grand Theft Auto 5 Continues to Be an Unstoppable Juggernaut
Those sales numbers for GTA V are insane. I must admit to being one of the few people with a PS4 who hasn’t bought this game. I just struggle to get into GTA games. I have a blast running around, picking fights, driving people over etc, but I never want to play the game properly. I’m just not that into real life/criminal style stories in games. One of the few it seems!
I do want to play Vice City at some point though. I do dig the whole 80’s vibe and music, and it makes it seem more fantasy than other GTA games.
Re: PS4 Is Now the Second Best Selling Home Console Ever
I remember so much mainstream press back in the day covering the sales of the Wii and PS2, it feels like these sales numbers have snuck up on us. On the other hand, it’s been out nearly 6 years with arguably the best selection of games of all current home consoles, so not that surprising really!
Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake PS4 Box Art Revealed
@Nyne11Tyme @clvr I think it can work both ways. I’m sure I’ve seen M rated games be both 16 and 18 in Europe, depending on the game (I don’t have any examples to hand). I’d be surprised if this was M rated though.
Re: MediEvil PS1 to PS4 Comparison Screenshots Show One Heck of a Jump
Sweet. Never played the originals but definitely my type of game. I hope it’s good, I don’t mind if it receives critique for any retro foibles it may have (like a dodgy camera) as I still play these old games today and am used to them!
Re: Old School Fire Emblem-Esque Strategy RPGs Langrisser I & II are Marching to PS4 in 2020
My eyes are suitably peeled
Re: E3 2019: Limited Run to Launch Shenmue III Collector's Edition
I’d much rather just have a colour manual
Re: Deal: You Can Get PlayStation Classic Mini Console for Just £30 in UK
So glad I cancelled my preorder at £90! I would buy this but it’s not available in any store or for home delivery, so umm yeah.
Re: AI: The Somnium Files Solves the Case on PS4 in July
Pre-orders already out of stock on Amazon.com, they lasted long! I hope other retailers stock it or it becomes available physically in Europe.
Re: Sony Showed Gran Turismo Sport Running in 8K at 120 Frames-Per-Second
And here’s me getting excited over hooking up my SNES to a 14” CRT. It looked mint.
Re: Desert Child, a Sci-Fi Racing RPG, Gets a Bizarre PS4 Trailer
I’ve always liked the idea of a game like Mario Golf/Tennis (sport + RPG), but with much more developed story and RPG elements, and based around arcade type racing, akin to Mario Kart. Will keep my eye on this.
Re: Spyro Reignited Trilogy Will Eat Up 67.5GB of PS4 Hard Drive Space
Yes exactly. I’m very happy with HD (I actually only went to 1080p from 720p 18 months ago!) but at the same time I’m not going to pretend that 4K and HDR aren’t a noticeable change and big step up, just because I don’t have it.
I look forward to the time when a half decent OLED/4K/HDR TV set is in the sub £500 price range, as I’ll definitely jump on board then.
Re: Spyro Reignited Trilogy Will Eat Up 67.5GB of PS4 Hard Drive Space
@kyleforrester87 I see 4K (and HDR) a bit like VR. I would really love to sample it, spend a bit of time with it (not in a shop) and experience how great it is. However, I don’t have the cash to splash out on the equipment so I won’t go out of my way to sample it. I know that if I do, I’ll just have to spend loads of cash to get it!
Re: New PlayStation Classic Photos Are a Sight for Sore Eyes
Eurogamer ran an article earlier about this, and apparently the emulation isn’t up to scratch, with noticeable input lag. Which is a shame. The PS1 emulation on PS3 is pretty decent, I’d have thought they would use the same emulation, or even improve upon it with this.
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Isn't Best on PS4 Pro, But It Still Looks Damn Fine
All I care about is how it will look on my 14” ‘portable’ CRT
Re: PlayStation Hits PS4 Range Expands in Europe and North America
Awesome! I’m still a relatively new PS4 owner, I’ve been waiting to get the Nathan Drake Collection at a decent price for ages now so I’ll jump on this!
Re: Poll: Are You a Fan of Gaming Magazines?
I’ve loved downloading PDFs of loads of old magazines that I could find online. I got Super Play, N64 and NGC (mostly the same team/writers), and TOTAL! magazine too. I’m now trying to find the earliest issues of GamesTM as I used to buy that when it first came out.
It’s more of a nostalgia thing for me. I remember magazines back in the day, so I enjoy reading the old ones, but I have no interest in new ones now. I think it’s because the internet didn’t really exist back in the day, so to get people’s views of the games from that time, you have to go to the magazines. Nowadays you can find old, archived articles and reviews from websites going back to the early 2000’s or even the late 90’s.
I still buy printerd media for video games, but not magazines. I like to buy the encyclodpedia or anthology type books that do the rounds, like those from Bitmap books. Some great stuff in those, and the artwork or photos will always beat the internet.
Re: PS4 Downloads Account for 2.7 Per Cent of Global Internet Traffic
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi I know what you mean. My household mostly watches Netflix, but recently we’ve tried watching UK programmes via the 3 main online services/apps, and my goodness I didn’t realise how far behind they are compared to Netflix. Using iPlayer, All4 and ITV Hub was like going back a decade, with the worst of user interfaces. ITV Hub is by far the worst. It’s not available on any games console I own, I had to use the Amazon Fire TV stick. And when we finally did get it working, it kept hanging and crashing so many times it took us 2 hours to watch an hour show. Luckily a lot their shows end up on Netflix anyway, so I’ll probably stick to that.
Re: Kingdom Hearts Tells 'The Story So Far' with Complete Edition on PS4
@jswhitfield8 thanks, good to know.
Re: Kingdom Hearts Tells 'The Story So Far' with Complete Edition on PS4
I get so lost with these games, but I want to understand it for when my daughter is old enough to enjoy watching me playing these, with all the Disney characters and whatnot.
How is this 6 games? Aren’t 1.5, 2.5 and 2.8 just three games? And what about the DS/3DS games? Aren’t they counted as part of the main story so hence excluded from this ‘complete (so far)’ collection?
Re: Could Sony Be Plotting Puppeteer, Echochrome Revivals?
@ShogunRok I only bought a PS3 for the first time end of last year, and I think your review from this site made me buy The Puppeteer, so your enthusiasm was not completely in vain!
Re: It Looks like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood Are Definitely Coming to PS4
What is a man?
Re: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Takes PS4 to Court in 2019
These games are great, I highly recommend them. Only a Japanese developer could make games like this. The characters, settings, the whole detective/courtroom mechanic. Excellent stuff.
Re: Guide: All PlayStation Classic Mini Games
Klonoa. I’ve just finished playing it and I loved every minute of it. Can’t believe I missed that one back in the day, I would have loved it. Having it on this mini console will ensure others get to be as pleasantly surprised by it as I was.
Re: Guide: The Best PSone Games We Want on a PlayStation Classic Mini
I guess we can count Ape Escape out given the PS1 Classic doesn’t come with the DualShock or Analogue controllers
Re: Sony Announces PlayStation Classic Mini Console, Launches 3rd December
Hopefully it includes games that aren’t available on the PS3 PSN store, although like the NES/SNES classics I assume this is aimed at the wider non-gamer market, people who grew up with the PS1 but don’t own a console any more.
Re: Kingdom Hearts III's PS4 Box Art Is Fit for a King
Not played a KH game, but yes this box art is very nice. I must say I am very confused by all the KH games and their numbering system. I do plan to play them with my daughter when she’s old enough, so I’ll figure it out then!
Re: Talking Point: Should Sony Adopt Pre-Recorded Press Conferences?
As someone who’s been predominantly Nintendo only for the last few years, I’ve always liked the Nintendo Directs, because they’re just condensed announcements about games and hardware. Of course, they’ll only ever be as good as their content, but all live shows seem to be good for these days are memes.
It does mean you don’t get the awesome spectacles like when Nintendo revealed Twilight Princess, but these are few and far between.
As final point, Directs are definitely more accessible too. This year, despite me being more interested in the Sony side of things, I still watched the Nintendo Direct but didn’t watch Sony’s conference, because I have no interest in watching all that fluff. I just read the articles and trailers as they popped up on here. Nintendo’s E3 Direct was pants of course, but that goes back to them only being as good as their content. The format is far superior in my opinion.
Re: Round Up: Shadow of the Tomb Raider PS4 Reviews Can't Make Up Their Mind
Eurogamer’s review doesn’t provide a score, and I can’t possibly read such a long and complicated paragraph to help me come up with my own thoughts and conclusions. What can I do? I’ll have to contact them and demand a score, any score. I’m worried the internet will break without one.
Re: Poll: Do We Still Need Review Scores?
Hardly anybody reads or writes full words or sentences anymore, so of course the poll is going to show a ‘yes’.
I’ve never understood reviews having scores. It’s somebody’s opinion. Read it.
Re: 19 Years Later, the PS2 Is Officially Done, Dead, Finished as Sony Ends Customer Support
I missed out on the PS2 at the time. I was 100% Nintendo and Gamecube, which I loved and still do. At the time the PS2 didn’t hold much appeal to me, I only really saw it as the console that had GTA, Need for speed etc, games that hold zero appeal to me.
How wrong I was.
I now have one and playing massive catch up. ICO, SotC, Silent Hill 2, Odin Sphere, Sly Cooper (awesome franchise), Ratchet/Clank, Jak & Daxter, God of War, all the other ‘horror’ games like the suffering, haunting ground, rule of rose, siren, project Zero, echo night 2. Oh, and something called Metal Gear Solid. The list goes on and on!
Re: Review: Shenmue I & II (PS4)
@LaNooch1978 nope, but because of those limitations, games had certain characteristics that were present as a result of those limitations, rather than being there by design. A bit like the fog in Silent Hill; a necessity due to limitations of the hardware at the time, but all the better for it. Door opening animations in Resident Evil, necessary to hide loading screens but they added to the tension. Of course those things may have been included by design anyway, but the hardware of the time helped make that choice for them.
I’m not saying limited hardware is better (it’s not of course), but I do like it when it makes developers think outside the box and we get a better game for it. I think remasters shouldn’t remove those aspects when being made on more powerful hardware. And back to SotC, the PS4 remake feels like it’s lost something in the transition, a “feeling” I get from the original but not the remake. I’m rambling now, but hopefully you see where I’m coming from.
Re: Review: Shenmue I & II (PS4)
Hopefully by the time I get around to playing this, they’ve sorted out the bugs. It’s reasons such as this I always prefer playing games on original hardware vs. remasters. If it’s not bugs causing issues, it’s the fact they lose the original feeling of the game. At least with this they seem to have kept it pretty much untouched except for making it look better on a modern display, which is always welcome.
A good case in point is the Shadow of the Colossus remake I’m currently playing. It’s great, don’t get me wrong, and I’m really enjoying it, but from what I’ve played of the PS2 original (I’ve only done up to the first Colossus), the PS4 remake is completely missing that eerie/ethereal atmosphere the original has. It doesn’t feel like the same world at all. I know much of the original feeling was due to hardware constraints (eg excessive use of bloom lighting), but it’s enough for me to want play the original after I’ve completed the remake, just to experience the game how it was meant to be.
Re: Take Advantage of PS4's Multimedia Apps with the New Cloud Remote
I could do with a remote for the PS4. I watch a lot of Netflix and Amazon Prime from the console, and am always accidentally doing a fast forward or rewind because of the triggers. I wish they let you reconfigure the buttons, then I’d be happy using the DS4.
On a side note, has anyone noticed how every video app except Netflix have awful user interfaces? I can never find anything on Amazon by browsing, BBC iPlayer is just every kind of terrible, and all of them need about 5 presses of the circle button to pause or exit the video. They should all just copy Netflix and be done with it.
Re: Gamescom 2018: Cyberpunk 2077 Gets New First-Person Screenshots, Certainly Looks Like a PS5 Game
I just want a modern reimagining of Shadowrun from the SNES, chummer.
Re: PS4 Firmware Update 6.0 Seems to Finally Change PlayStation Store Search Function
I was new to PS3/PS4 at the start of this year, and frankly I never realised this was such an issue for people. I actually thought it was good. I can certainly use it faster than an on screen keyboard with a joypad, especially how it removes letters that you can’t use as you type more of the search terms.
My main issue with the search is that when you search for a game, it can bring up 100’s of different results, especially where they have lots of cr*p associated with them like avatars. Also, for PS3 and the website store, it’s impossible to only search for PS1 or PS2 games, so unless you know exactly the game you want, you can’t just browse all PS1/PS2 games.
Re: Soapbox: 5 Things I Wish I Knew About Shenmue Before Playing for the First Time
Having recently played Silent Hill 1 and Resident Evil 1 & 2, I feel like an old hand at tank controls. It’s like I was training for this without realising it!
Re: Hands On: Is Shenmue I & II a Knock Out on PS4?
My Amazon preorder should be here tomorrow, although they haven’t taken payment yet so I hope there isn’t a delay.
I’ve never played these before and I’m not likely to get a Dreamcast at any point so I’m glad they’ve kept it as close to the originals as it sounds like they have done. I play more retro games than modern games these days, so no issue with anything being regarded as dated. Looking forward to experiencing a game I never thought I would!
Re: Streaming Devices Will Kill Traditional Consoles Within the Next 10 Years, Says EA
The day this happens is the day I become a 100% retro gamer. Which is fine by me, as I have enough games to last me until I’m 247 years old as it is.
Re: PS4 Pro Stock Running Low in the United States
@Lloydeeee I was being a bit flippant as I replied above, it’s not that bad. It’s on Fallout 4 I notice it go into overdrive for no real reason.
I have never owned any Xbox console so I don’t have much of an opinion on them. I’ve always had more than my fill from Nintendo and Playstation. I do like what they’re doing with backwards compatibility on the X1X, I’d like Sony to take a leaf from their book for the PS5.
I don’t think I’d ever be able to use an Xbox controller if I ever did get an Xbox console. I’m so used to Nintendo’s ABXY layout I’d always be pressing the wrong button when prompted. I already get the X button muddled up between Nintendo and Playstation games!
Re: PS4 Pro Stock Running Low in the United States
@Kidfried to be fair I’m being a tad flippant, as it’s only about 6 months old and it only goes really loud on occasion. Fallout 4 during conversations seems to be its favourite time to kick the fans into overdrive, no idea why. Must be that efficient Bethesda code or something.
Re: PS4 Pro Stock Running Low in the United States
Maybe they’ve all taken off from the warehouses they’re stored in? Every time I hear the fan on mine I expect it to fly out of the window.
Re: June 2018 NPD: PS4 Outsells All Current-Gen Competitors
If Sony do a PS1 classic, I fully expect FMV cutscenes to skip, and for numerous hangs on the Sony/Playstation start up screens for that authentic nostalgic experience. Also, it will need some form of gyro to detect when you turn it upside down to get some games to play.
Re: Japanese Sales Charts: Mega Man X Dashes into Number 1 on PS4
I’ve never been able to get into Mega Man games. I don’t hold any nostalgia for them as never played them when they first came out. I recently tried getting into both Megaman 2 and Megaman X, but found him quite slow and cumbersome to control. I struggled with not being able to aim diagonally or upwards.
I was similar with Castlevania, could never get into them, but thankfully that changed a couple of years ago and I am now a big fan of that series. There are some great games with great music too.
Maybe one day I’ll come back to Mega Man and it will click.
Re: Embrace 90s Nostalgia with SEGA Mega Drive's Free PSVR Patch
I think this is a great idea! I’d love to try it out if I had VR. In fact I’d just love to try out VR full stop. This reminds me, I still need to get a Mega Drive and the Mega Everdrive for my retro gaming setup. It’s currently biased towards Nintendo and Playstation, it needs some SEGA love.