I have 2 young kids, a wife, and 3 jobs. My time is very limited. I'm lucky if I get more than an hour a day to game (coming down from around 3-5 when I was single).
It takes me usually takes me a minimum of 2-3 months to finish a big RPG unless I can squeeze some extra time on weekends or holidays. I just finished Persona 3: Reload in about 75 hours, which took me a couple months.
I love huge RPGs like Persona and FF, it's just hard to keep up with them.
@LogicStrikesAgain those are all valid opinions. One is less "nice" sounding but it doesn't invalidate the point being made. And lots of people are sick of it.
It's simple: if you continue to create characters that aren't visually appealing to the vast majority of your audience, you're going to get pushback.
I'm an NG fan and have enjoyed everything that they've put out to one degree or another. But people pretending these things don't matter or shouldn't matter are delusional. They DO matter. You can call that shallow or whatever, but it's all part of a package that you're selling to people.
Being "nasty" has also lost it's meaning since simply disagreeing with this sort of "masculine malish female" puts you on a list.
I fired this up yesterday because I had heard about the Pro enhancements being insane. I'll go ahead and say that I was really impressed with it. Some scenes look photo realistic, especially at the beginning when they're riding the horses into town.
I'm glad to see it's a good game. I don't know if I feel more compelled to play it than before, as the game style looks off. I'll check into some videos and see. I'll be very curious to see how this sells.
I think I'd have to mark it as "Solid" even though I overall thought it was disappointing.
I expected the game play loop to be similar as the prior game(s), but what really irked me was the treatment of the characters, especially Peter Parker. It's probably been said 1000x here an elsewhere, but they really neutered him in favor of pushing some other, lesser characters to the forefront. I felt like it was more like Spider-Therapy at times. Mary Jane was....pretty lame. Miles was great, but being set-up to replace Peter is overall stupid IMO. The writing was just forgettable and felt (dare I say it) woke.
Great game play, though, and traversing around the world was as fun as ever. However, I think they should have saved the wing-suit till later in the game. Getting it right off the bat made me feel like swinging was kind of pointless.
Based on the 10 hour demo, I'd give it an 8. I felt compelled to keep playing, even though I thought I'd quit a few times. I did feel like I was struggling to latch on to the characters and overall point of the story, but I do want to play the full game eventually.
Pre-ordered the pro from Amazon. Had a gift card for $300 and am selling my old ps5 for $300. I didn't want to do it at first, but the PS5 is my primary gaming unit and I want the best experience I can get on it.
@ShogunRok thank you for that response! I'll keep playing the demo and see where it goes and then maybe do what you suggest and take a look at the videos. Appreciate it!
So, I've been playing the demo and I'm feeling mixed about it so far.
I feel like the way you get thrown into the world is very jarring, especially considering how outrageous some of the world/character designs are. Granted, I'm only maybe 3 hours into the prologue demo, but so far there's already been some major events that have taken place and I'm struggling to figure out why I should care.
Can you speak to how this plays out as the game progresses? I loved Persona 5 and think this looks good, but it's another huge time commitment I'm not too anxious to commit to.
I'm so excited for this. It took me like 4 tries to get into the first one, but by the time I did I was very grateful I stuck with it. Such an incredible experience.
That photo mode is something else. I'm honestly kinda blown away.
I've been an MK fan a long time but MK1 was a big step back IMO. I know they're trying to do an alternate universe, but most of the changes are worse IMO. Cyrax and Sektor look completely uninteresting.
I do think it sucks that a game like this is launching into an environment where stuff like "girl bosses" are incredibly taboo. IMO, I don't like the constant gender swapping and replacing of masculine roles with females....when it's done poorly.
Jin was the least interesting part of GoT to me. I honestly forgot his name. If there's one thing that Blue Eyes Samurai taught me is that a badass female samurai can work just fine if handled properly. Just don't take away what makes her a female by trying to make her just a man with boobs. Retaining her femininity while also being a warrior would be great to see.
It's been a while since I've played a game that just felt like a joyous experience. This appears to be everything I hoped it'd be. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
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Re: Round Up: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Previews Say You Need to Be Excited for This PS5 RPG
This is on my radar for sure. I like that it's only going to be 30-40 hours.
Re: PSVR2 Gets Enormous Price Reduction Starting March 2025
The issue I have is that I can't actually physically play most of the best VR games. I get motion sickness pretty quickly.
Re: Evidence Mounts for Seemingly Inevitable Persona 4 Remake on PS5
I just started (for like the 3rd time) a Persona 4 Golden playthrough. Never completed it before.
It's hard to go back to the old style of gameplay/mechanics after playing P5 and P3 Reload, but the characters and the story are keeping me intrigued.
I also wonder if I should just wait for this game to get announced and play that instead.
Re: Poll: How Long Does It Take You to Beat a Big RPG?
I have 2 young kids, a wife, and 3 jobs. My time is very limited. I'm lucky if I get more than an hour a day to game (coming down from around 3-5 when I was single).
It takes me usually takes me a minimum of 2-3 months to finish a big RPG unless I can squeeze some extra time on weekends or holidays. I just finished Persona 3: Reload in about 75 hours, which took me a couple months.
I love huge RPGs like Persona and FF, it's just hard to keep up with them.
Re: Gorgeous PS5 RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gets Release Date
Look fantastic. I love that it's only going to be 35-40 hours.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Story Now Complete, Game Is on Schedule
Cannot wait for this!
Re: Helldivers 2's Creative Director's Latest Comments Have Landed Him in Hot Water
He didn't really say anything..
Re: Stellar Blade Dev Says It Hopes Everyone Is 'Living in Love' After Naughty Dog Artist's Interpretation of Eve Is Unfairly Criticised
@naruball you're right. I totally misread this title. Apologies. I took the post down.
Re: Game of the Year: #7 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
What? Terrible placing. Top 3 at least.
Re: Push Square's PlayStation Quiz of the Year 2024
10/15. I could have sworn Concord was only online for 10 days..
Re: Game of the Year: Khayl's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2024
Someone got it right haha. This is the best game of 2024 for sure. I know it's opinions, but nice to see someone put it at the top. Well deserved.
Re: Game of the Year: Best PS5 Art Direction of 2024
Persona 3. Metaphor is way too busy IMO.
Re: Naughty Dog Turns Off Intergalactic PS5 Trailer's Comments As Discourse Turns Nasty
@LogicStrikesAgain those are all valid opinions. One is less "nice" sounding but it doesn't invalidate the point being made. And lots of people are sick of it.
Re: Naughty Dog Turns Off Intergalactic PS5 Trailer's Comments As Discourse Turns Nasty
It's simple: if you continue to create characters that aren't visually appealing to the vast majority of your audience, you're going to get pushback.
I'm an NG fan and have enjoyed everything that they've put out to one degree or another. But people pretending these things don't matter or shouldn't matter are delusional. They DO matter. You can call that shallow or whatever, but it's all part of a package that you're selling to people.
Being "nasty" has also lost it's meaning since simply disagreeing with this sort of "masculine malish female" puts you on a list.
Re: Naughty Dog's New PS5 Game Is Finally Announced, Sci-Fi Action Title Intergalactic
I'm sure it's gonna be great. Horrible character design IMO. Boring.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Watching The Game Awards 2024?
I'll be at work when they air, but I'll be keep close tabs and watching the highlights later.
Re: How Well Do You Know the PS1?
I scored a pathetic 6. Sad, since I grew up with the PS1 as my main.
Re: PlayStation Joins Social Media Shift as Bluesky Rockets in Popularity
They’ll be back to X soon enough.
Everyone is creating an account now so they can secure their names.
Re: Poll: Rate Your Favourite PS1 Games
My all-time faves:
FF7
MGS
SUIKODEN 1 AND 2
SOTN
FF8
FF9
WILD ARMS
TEKKEN 3
RESIDENT EVIL 1&2
CRASH 1-3
TONY HAWK 1&2
Re: Black Friday 2024: Best Deals on PS5 Consoles, Games, Controllers, SSDs, and More
Last of Us Part 1 needs to be $35
Re: 'No Plans' for Cyberpunk 2077 PS5 Pro Patch, CD Projekt Red Confirms
Boooo. This seems like the most obvious thing to do.
Re: Hands On: The Last of Us 2 Marries Visuals and Frame Rate in PS5 Pro Game Changer
I fired this up yesterday because I had heard about the Pro enhancements being insane. I'll go ahead and say that I was really impressed with it. Some scenes look photo realistic, especially at the beginning when they're riding the horses into town.
Re: Round Up: PS5 Pro Reviews Love New Tech and Its Glimpse of PS6 Potential
I wasn't going to get one but I had about $300 in Amazon gift cards and Im selling my ps5 for $300. I'll pay the $100+ for an upgrade.
Re: Video: Horizon Zero Dawn's PS5 Remaster Is a Massive Upgrade
I'm actually surprised how good the PS4 version still looks. I'll play this again but after I get my Pro in.
Re: PS5, PC Flop Concord Never Returning, Studio Closed Down
No one is surprised.
Re: Go Go Pre-Order the Sublime Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind for PS5, PS4 Now
This looks so awesome.
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5) - The Best BioWare Game Since Mass Effect 3
What a difference a few days makes. Wow, coming back to this after seeing all of the push-back online has been interesting.
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5) - The Best BioWare Game Since Mass Effect 3
I'm glad to see it's a good game. I don't know if I feel more compelled to play it than before, as the game style looks off. I'll check into some videos and see. I'll be very curious to see how this sells.
Re: Video: 2025 Is Shaping Up to Be PS5's Best Year Yet
GTA6 will consume my life. #1 for sure.
Death Stranding 2 is #2 and Clair Obscura #3.
Re: Poll: One Year Later, How Would You Rate Marvel's Spider-Man 2 on PS5?
I think I'd have to mark it as "Solid" even though I overall thought it was disappointing.
I expected the game play loop to be similar as the prior game(s), but what really irked me was the treatment of the characters, especially Peter Parker. It's probably been said 1000x here an elsewhere, but they really neutered him in favor of pushing some other, lesser characters to the forefront. I felt like it was more like Spider-Therapy at times. Mary Jane was....pretty lame. Miles was great, but being set-up to replace Peter is overall stupid IMO. The writing was just forgettable and felt (dare I say it) woke.
Great game play, though, and traversing around the world was as fun as ever. However, I think they should have saved the wing-suit till later in the game. Getting it right off the bat made me feel like swinging was kind of pointless.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Metaphor: ReFantazio?
Based on the 10 hour demo, I'd give it an 8. I felt compelled to keep playing, even though I thought I'd quit a few times. I did feel like I was struggling to latch on to the characters and overall point of the story, but I do want to play the full game eventually.
Re: Anticipated PS5 RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Attracts All-Star Cast
The more I see this, the more I cannot wait to get my hands on it. Looks incredible.
Re: PS5 Pro Makes Quality, Performance Modes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Better Than Ever
@Andy22385 This is ultimately why I got one also.
Re: PS5 Pro, 30th Anniversary Consoles Now Available at More Retailers
Pre-ordered the pro from Amazon. Had a gift card for $300 and am selling my old ps5 for $300. I didn't want to do it at first, but the PS5 is my primary gaming unit and I want the best experience I can get on it.
Re: Metaphor: ReFantazio (PS5) - Brilliant, Memorable RPG Is One of Atlus' Finest Works
@ShogunRok thank you for that response! I'll keep playing the demo and see where it goes and then maybe do what you suggest and take a look at the videos. Appreciate it!
Re: Metaphor: ReFantazio (PS5) - Brilliant, Memorable RPG Is One of Atlus' Finest Works
So, I've been playing the demo and I'm feeling mixed about it so far.
I feel like the way you get thrown into the world is very jarring, especially considering how outrageous some of the world/character designs are. Granted, I'm only maybe 3 hours into the prologue demo, but so far there's already been some major events that have taken place and I'm struggling to figure out why I should care.
Can you speak to how this plays out as the game progresses? I loved Persona 5 and think this looks good, but it's another huge time commitment I'm not too anxious to commit to.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for October 2024?
Really excited to finally play the Dead Space remake.
Re: PS5 Fans Want to Protest Against New User Interface Advertising
How much time are people spending on the media bar? I just go where I want to go and ignore all the background stuff.
Re: 'Difficult to Comment' on Astro Bot's Square Enix Snub, Says Team Asobi
Just waiting for them to release the eventual S/E DLC pack.
Re: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Will 'Come Out Next Year', Crazy Photo Mode Revealed
I'm so excited for this. It took me like 4 tries to get into the first one, but by the time I did I was very grateful I stuck with it. Such an incredible experience.
That photo mode is something else. I'm honestly kinda blown away.
Re: Mini Review: Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns (PS5) – DLC Add-On Is Mostly Unfunny and Overpriced
I've been an MK fan a long time but MK1 was a big step back IMO. I know they're trying to do an alternate universe, but most of the changes are worse IMO. Cyrax and Sektor look completely uninteresting.
Get back to the dark feel of MKX.
Re: In the UK, PS5 Pro Has Already Completely Sold Out
I'm more and more interested in getting it the more I hear about it.
Re: 'PS5 Pro Is a Really Good Investment,' Argue Tech Experts After Hands-On
I'll admit it: I'm starting to come around to wanting one...
Re: PS5's Ghost of Yotei Triggers Social Media, Ex-Sony Exec Says 'If You Don't Like It, Don't Buy It'
I do think it sucks that a game like this is launching into an environment where stuff like "girl bosses" are incredibly taboo. IMO, I don't like the constant gender swapping and replacing of masculine roles with females....when it's done poorly.
Jin was the least interesting part of GoT to me. I honestly forgot his name. If there's one thing that Blue Eyes Samurai taught me is that a badass female samurai can work just fine if handled properly. Just don't take away what makes her a female by trying to make her just a man with boobs. Retaining her femininity while also being a warrior would be great to see.
Re: Rumour: Concord Cost $400 Million, Sony Believed It Was the 'Future of PlayStation'
Hard hit for Sony but I'm glad this happened in such a big and impossible-to-ignore way. They've got to do better.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth 'Hugely Improved' on PS5 Pro, a 'Night and Day' Difference
@Cloud39472 Same
Re: PS5 Pro Announced, Costs $700 and Out in November
$700 is ridiculous. I don't know if I'd pay that for a PS6.
Re: 25 Years Ago, Square Released the Best Final Fantasy Game
Not even close.
I'm an FF8 defender but the best ever? Stop.
Re: Days Gone Director Roasts 'Small Game' Astro Bot PS5 for Deacon St John Cameo
To quote the great Buzz Lightyear:
Gavin, "You are sad, strange little-man. And I pity you"
But seriously: get over yourself.
Re: Astro Bot (PS5) - One of the Greatest PlayStation Platformers of All Time
I'm so glad this game exists.
It's been a while since I've played a game that just felt like a joyous experience. This appears to be everything I hoped it'd be. Can't wait to get my hands on it!