The textures are actually worse on the remaster (look at the sleeves). Not only that, but the OG is only 7 years old, AND can be played on the PS5. This is a pointless waste of resources, i'll stick with the OG.
At the current price point of AAA games, I tend to wait for a price drop. I have such a big backlog of games, that I don't NEED to buy a game as soon as it's released.
Here's a little advice for Sony, and this is free: show, don't tell. So far, it's the same old service, just dearer, and when my subscription expires in December, I won't be resubbing.
I would laugh if it wasn't so anti-consumer. It's so blatantly miserly, we can't even copy PS5 saves to USB, to force us to sub to PS+. No, no way.
@Nyne11Tyme The PS2 and PS3 doesn't deserve that disrespect. Going on what I have seen so far, this game looks so bad, that it must have been cobbled together to hold on to the rights.
No. Generation Zero, is good, but I already have it. Black Desert is an MMORPG, so that's a not for me. And the Saints Row reboot, is trash by all accounts. If this is a sign where the more expensive PS+ is heading, then I am glad that I will be letting mine lapse in November.
Does anyone want to tell Sony that they are a little early for April Fools Day?
The only real benefit I got, was cloud storage. Being able to redownload save data that I had deleted x months ago was handy. I rarely took advantage of the free games, as most of the time, I already had them, or weren't interested in the lineup. And I don't play online that much anymore. When my Essential subscription expires in December, I had been considering not renewing it. Thank you, Sony, you just made my decision all the more easier.
@rjejr Speak for yourself. When digital becomes the only option, I will stop buying games. There have already been digital only games that I haven't bought. It's quite easy when you have willpower.
Removing the names of those no longer part of the studio, that's not an accident. A ****** thing to do, as they each hand a hand in the games creation.
Firstly, I wouldn't have bought the digital deluxe edition, because it's digital. And secondly, the suits all look like crap. I'll stick to the standard suit this time around.
@AdamNovice - That would be something. I'd play this with the Last Stand suit.
I haven't seen that much criticism of this game. Other games have had a much worse reception from the gaming community. The suggested negative reaction in this article has been overblown.
But what about the price? Will it be cheaper than the current disk version PS5? I'll hold off on buying a PS5 until the price is revealed, then I will buy whichever one is cheapest.
@jrt87 I thought that external drives could now be used on PS5. If not, then I guess that is Sony's way to drive more people to sub for cloud storage.
My PS+ Essential sub is due to expire this month, and I am questioning why I would need to renew it. I already no longer play multiplayer games, and with a couple of external storage devices at hand, I don't even need the cloud storage.
Also, Haunting Ground is one of my favourite (PS2) games.
The review is a re-publish. When I played it, which was, I don't know... maybe a year after release, it was running quite smoothly. I don't remember any issues with it by that point.
I have had a love/hate relationship with Assassins Creed. I liked AC1, in spite of its limitations. AC 2, Brotherhood and Revelations, though superior to AC1 on a technical level, just didn’t appeal to me as much. I lost interest in the series during AC3. I didn’t play Black Flag until some time after its release, but it quickly became my favourite. I didn’t like Rogue at the time, but in the years since, I have grown to appreciate it. By the time that I got around to Unity, it was in a playable condition. Syndicate, like Black Flag, quickly became one of my favourite AC games. Origins, I never finished. I didn’t like the forced gear score, and I guess I lost interest. I haven’t played Odyssey or Valhalla.
If they take it down, can you still play it, or is it removed from your console? I'm on Essential, for the cloud storage more than anything. If there was an even cheaper tier than Essential, that was just cloud storage, I would go for that instead.
It makes no difference to me. I still buy disks. I only subscribe to Essential for (mainly), the added storage and free monthly games to use as a trial run of a game I might be unsure of. There's also online multiplayer, but I find more and more games I am gravitating towards, are singleplayer games.
It goes without saying, but don't buy from CEX. They are selling them for £535, and that's without any games. As if going into their store, and having your nasal cavity hit buy the scene of Eu Du BO, wasn't bad enough, they try to gouge shoppers. £535 for a console, that is in a poorer condition than what CEX would accept.
I enjoyed The Council, and will pick this one up too, in time, when the price drops. It's ridiculous that a new PS4 game, at this stage in its life, costs as much as it does.
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Re: Shuhei Yoshida: If You Want New First-Party PS5 Games, You Should Support Remasters
A remaster of a game from last gen, and can be played on the current gen console? I don't think so.
Re: Unknown 9: Awakening (PS5) - Brand New IP Shows Plenty of Promise
If a tax could be placed on the word 'grift', then that £22bn black hole would be filled and then some.
I might pick this up at some point, but only when the price is more agreeable.
Re: Report Provides Update on Ubisoft's Elusive PS5 Splinter Cell Remake
I'm still a little concerned that this might get cancelled due to Ubi's recent troubles,
Re: Poll: Did You Pre-Order a PS5 Pro?
No, I will skip it, and go straight to the PS6.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn PS4's Price Doubles After PS5 Remaster Announcement
Damn, this is.... sketchy. But this is why a digital only future is NOT the way to go. But I fear most gamers won't realise this until it's too late.
Re: All Eyes on Aloy (Again), as Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered Comparison Does the Rounds
The textures are actually worse on the remaster (look at the sleeves). Not only that, but the OG is only 7 years old, AND can be played on the PS5. This is a pointless waste of resources, i'll stick with the OG.
Re: Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown Review (PS5) - Flawless Driving Stalled by Technical Issues and a Lacking Hong Kong
So it's forced online, there's no option to race offline?
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Director a 'Little Disappointed' with Critical Reception
@Truegamer79 The original AC had its faults, but it far from sucked. It is still one of my favourite AC games.
Re: Reaction: PlayStation Needs to Take a Long, Hard Look at Itself
I didn't even know this game had released. Not that it makes any difference, nothing about it appeals to me.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Star Wars Outlaws?
Not played it, not a SW fan.
Re: How Much Would You Pay for Your PS5 Games? Dev Says Industry Is Waiting for GTA 6 to Hike Prices
At the current price point of AAA games, I tend to wait for a price drop. I have such a big backlog of games, that I don't NEED to buy a game as soon as it's released.
Re: PS5 RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Looks Bloody Brilliant in Full 25 Minutes of Gameplay
I never got around to completing the first game, I will need to sort that out before getting this.
I wonder if those predisposed to outrage, will try to cancel this one as well. Just another reason to buy it and support the Devs.
Re: Explore an Apocalyptic Britain in Atomfall on PS5, PS4 Early Next Year
Welcome to Sir Kier Stallin's Britain.
Definitely will be trying this. As much of a fan of Sniper Elite as I am, it's nice to see Rebellion do something different.
Re: UK Video Game Retailer GAME Will Reportedly Stop Stocking Video Games
I buy only physical games, but GAME make it tougher to support them, when they charge for delivery to store. I think it's around £4.99.
Re: £200 Fallout Backpack Will Mark You as a Vault-Dweller
Have people forgotten the Fallout 76 debacle?
Re: Physical Games Represented Just 4% of Sales for PlayStation Last Quarter
I still buy physical only, there have been some digital only games, that I would have bought on physical, but not many.
Re: Sony on PS Plus Price Increase: We Want to Make PlayStation Plus Great
Here's a little advice for Sony, and this is free: show, don't tell. So far, it's the same old service, just dearer, and when my subscription expires in December, I won't be resubbing.
I would laugh if it wasn't so anti-consumer. It's so blatantly miserly, we can't even copy PS5 saves to USB, to force us to sub to PS+. No, no way.
Re: 'Gollum-Like' King Kong Game Is Getting Torn to Shreds Online
@Nyne11Tyme The PS2 and PS3 doesn't deserve that disrespect. Going on what I have seen so far, this game looks so bad, that it must have been cobbled together to hold on to the rights.
Re: Three More PS Plus Essential Games Are Available to Download Now
No. Generation Zero, is good, but I already have it. Black Desert is an MMORPG, so that's a not for me. And the Saints Row reboot, is trash by all accounts. If this is a sign where the more expensive PS+ is heading, then I am glad that I will be letting mine lapse in November.
Re: PS Plus Price Hike Drives Sony Share Prices Up Dramatically
I won't be resubbing. Not having access to cloud saves will take some adjusting to, at first.
Re: PS Plus Essential, Extra, Premium Price Increases Announced by Sony
Does anyone want to tell Sony that they are a little early for April Fools Day?
The only real benefit I got, was cloud storage. Being able to redownload save data that I had deleted x months ago was handy. I rarely took advantage of the free games, as most of the time, I already had them, or weren't interested in the lineup. And I don't play online that much anymore. When my Essential subscription expires in December, I had been considering not renewing it. Thank you, Sony, you just made my decision all the more easier.
Re: Latest Like a Dragon May Have Really Erased Its PS5, PS4 Retail Release
And here endeth my journey with the series. I'm not interested in digital only.
Re: Every Little Helps! UK Giant Tesco Will Stop Stocking Physical Video Games
@rjejr Speak for yourself. When digital becomes the only option, I will stop buying games. There have already been digital only games that I haven't bought. It's quite easy when you have willpower.
Re: SEGA and Bungie Were On Microsoft's Shopping List in 2020, Xbox Emails Show
I can live without COD on PS, but not Yakuza. I will give up on gaming, before I let myself be forced over a barrel by Microsoft.
Re: Yakuza Series Creator, Former Developers Disappear from Credits in New Collection
Removing the names of those no longer part of the studio, that's not an accident. A ****** thing to do, as they each hand a hand in the games creation.
Re: You'll Need Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Digital Deluxe Edition for Those Extra PS5 Suits
Firstly, I wouldn't have bought the digital deluxe edition, because it's digital. And secondly, the suits all look like crap. I'll stick to the standard suit this time around.
@AdamNovice - That would be something. I'd play this with the Last Stand suit.
Re: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (PS5) - A Lovecraftian Mystery Recreated for a New Era
Is there no physical release planned? 🤔
Re: A Bunch of EA Classics Are Getting Delisted from PS Store
@Gamer_Guy I'll go with 'not', and stick to Disc.
Re: Atomic Heart PS5, PS4 Trophy List Will Have You Drinking Vodka for the Platinum
Before you promote this game further, you need to look into the ties between the developers and the Russian government.
Re: Idiots on the Internet Are Still Abusing Abby from The Last of Us 2's Face Model
All the assumptions that this is a male. shakes head People from all walks of life can be *****.
Re: Actress Ella Balinska Has Seen Your PS5 Forspoken Memes, And She Ain't Fussed
I haven't seen that much criticism of this game. Other games have had a much worse reception from the gaming community. The suggested negative reaction in this article has been overblown.
Re: Random: Yakuza Producer Surprised By How Sexy Fans Find Goro Majima
Majima isn't actually crazy, it's all an act.
Re: Microsoft Summons Sony to FTC's Activision Blizzard Court Hearing
No more COD on Playstation, I can live with that easily.
Re: 'Flawless' New PS5 with Some Devs, Features Detachable Disc Drive
But what about the price? Will it be cheaper than the current disk version PS5? I'll hold off on buying a PS5 until the price is revealed, then I will buy whichever one is cheapest.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West DLC Takes Aloy to the Burning Shores Only on PS5
Cue all the "screw PS4" trolls.
Re: PS Plus Not Required for Online Multiplayer on PS5, PS4 This Weekend
@jrt87 I thought that external drives could now be used on PS5. If not, then I guess that is Sony's way to drive more people to sub for cloud storage.
My PS+ Essential sub is due to expire this month, and I am questioning why I would need to renew it. I already no longer play multiplayer games, and with a couple of external storage devices at hand, I don't even need the cloud storage.
Also, Haunting Ground is one of my favourite (PS2) games.
Re: Dog Lovers Left Devastated as Resident Evil 4 Remake Rewrites History for the Worse
One more Doggo crosses Rainbow Bridge. Though the opening of 'A Plague Tale: Innocence' was far, far worse. 😢
Re: Cringe Through Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's Celebrity 'Squad Up' Trailer
Either this is an abuse of the word celebrity, or I have reached that age where I don't know who is trendy right now.
Re: Assassin's Creed Unity (PS4) - Buggy French Open World Is Disappointing
The review is a re-publish. When I played it, which was, I don't know... maybe a year after release, it was running quite smoothly. I don't remember any issues with it by that point.
Re: Sony Sounds Shook by Xbox's Activision Buyout, Says Call of Duty Has No Rival
Make COD XBox exclusive for all I care. I have played my share of COD, I can survive just well without playing another one.
Re: You're All Wrong! GTA 6 Won't Have the Franchise's First Female Protagonist
Can we please find another word to use? I am sick of people on both sides of this culture war using it.
Re: Next Assassin's Creed Game Delayed, Is Reportedly 'Far Behind Schedule'
I have had a love/hate relationship with Assassins Creed. I liked AC1, in spite of its limitations. AC 2, Brotherhood and Revelations, though superior to AC1 on a technical level, just didn’t appeal to me as much. I lost interest in the series during AC3. I didn’t play Black Flag until some time after its release, but it quickly became my favourite. I didn’t like Rogue at the time, but in the years since, I have grown to appreciate it. By the time that I got around to Unity, it was in a playable condition. Syndicate, like Black Flag, quickly became one of my favourite AC games. Origins, I never finished. I didn’t like the forced gear score, and I guess I lost interest. I haven’t played Odyssey or Valhalla.
Re: Celebrate Syberia's 20th Anniversary with a Trailer Looking at Its Legacy and Future
@Milktastrophe Buy it physically.
If they take it down, can you still play it, or is it removed from your console? I'm on Essential, for the cloud storage more than anything. If there was an even cheaper tier than Essential, that was just cloud storage, I would go for that instead.
Re: PSA: PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Removed from the Service Aren't Yours to Keep
It makes no difference to me. I still buy disks. I only subscribe to Essential for (mainly), the added storage and free monthly games to use as a trial run of a game I might be unsure of. There's also online multiplayer, but I find more and more games I am gravitating towards, are singleplayer games.
Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Forces PS4 Players to Buy Cross-Gen Bundle
£70 to hear squeakers swearing and crying when they lose, no thanks.
Re: PS5 Has Now Sold Over 20 Million Units as Sony Plans to Ramp Up Production
It goes without saying, but don't buy from CEX. They are selling them for £535, and that's without any games. As if going into their store, and having your nasal cavity hit buy the scene of Eu Du BO, wasn't bad enough, they try to gouge shoppers. £535 for a console, that is in a poorer condition than what CEX would accept.
Re: Rumour: Cyberpunk 2077 Leak Confirms First Expansion's Setting, Characters, and More
DLC, as in content cut from the game, just so it could be sold as an add on?
I want to give this a try, but I want to make sure that is in a playable state, that, or the price drops drastically sub £20. Whichever comes first.
Re: Looks Like Sony Will Stop Making PS4 Games by 2025
Nudging players towards current gen is fine, if they are going to step up production of PS5's hitting the market.
Re: Sniper Elite 5 (PS5) - Dense Stealth Sandbox Shooter Is a Real French Fancy
I don't even need to know the score, this is a day one purchase for me. I have gone for the Deluxe Edition.
Re: Mini Review: Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong (PS5) - Puzzles Hold Back Engrossing Political Vampire Thriller
I enjoyed The Council, and will pick this one up too, in time, when the price drops. It's ridiculous that a new PS4 game, at this stage in its life, costs as much as it does.