I'm glad this review focuses in everything else but FUT. Everyone knows that FUT is bad, but it's been here for years - I've managed to avoid it and played fifa since early 10s. I want to know what's changed since FIFA 21.
What new mini games have added? Our favourite is the lose a player after you score game.
Is Pro clubs xp system still heavily geared to scoring goals?
@God_of_Nowt
I think if you have a dualsense that comes with the PS5 and a disclaimer saying that PS5 games work best with it that should be enough. And allow the use of DS4.
For example I want to go round my mates tonight and I am the only one with a PS5, I have 2 dualsenses and Fifa 21. We can't play 4 player Fifa on the PS5 version of the game because I don't want to buy 3 extra controllers, and my mates have no reason to get one yet. That kinda sucks, and so we might as well play the game on base PS4 which my mate does have.
I think the only game I've ever replayed was Unchartered 1, when the Unchartered collection came out on PS4 and I went through the whole series all in one go.
Some updates might make me go back and finish off the game, but I will almost never replay a game from the start/ new game +.
I couldn't even bring myself to pick up RuneScape again when they brought out Old School RS which I grew up on. Hell even I even started OG Pokemon's on emulators but just got bored within an hour.
I've just opened up the game. Am I right in that in plays in 30fps? I really hate moving the camera and it feels off especially as its first person. Surprising they couldn't push it to run at 60fps on PS5. Will likely give this one a miss then.
@EverydayRobot I was blown away by Control actually. I went into with no expectations, and was amazed by the destructiveness in particular. Something I've never seen before in a game. The rest of the gameplay was ridiculously fun too.
Only thing I felt was a bit unforgiving was the revive mechanic, in certain situations.
I can't see any mention in the description on FF7R that we don't get the free upgrade. Also it didn't even look like a different game to the digital version.
I wonder how this will work. :/
Also does anyone mind telling me what the file sizes of each game are please?
@KippDynamite But if you actually look at what is extra content the only thing that falls into that category is the 5 armour sets. Everything else is just extra.
And the 5 armour sets aren't detailed so maybe they haven't even made them yet and are still coming up with ideas to this day. So they could very well be extra.
Wait half of PSN accounts have an active PS+ subscription? That's amazing if true.
I only have 1 PS+ but have 3 PSNs of my own. My sister also has 1- so my household is a 1 in 4. I imagine there's multiple people like me, especially because of the Ubisoft Turkish PSN issue.
Am I missing something because that % seems absurdly high?
I just bought P5 Royal. I didn't think I'd like it but I tried P5 for 10 hours from PS plus collection, heard that Royal is just the better way to play it. And so took the plunge.
Also I started up TLOU Remastered (first time) on PS5 yesterday and was pleasantly surprised there was a 1800p 60FPS setting. This comes from PS4 Pro days so probably well known, but I didn't!
@MFTWrecks Yes I see where you are coming from, but i also don't play those type of games either.
Not to mention the R2 mashing (holding down R2 would've been much better). I also didn't think it was even that visually appealing. Maybe I'll like it if in give it more time, but I don't think I will tbh.
I was waiting for the next gen patch, but I think I've gone past the point of caring now.
Don't even think I'll pick it up then. But I was barely interested in the game in the first place and it didn't really stand out as one id enjoy even when it was hyped up to oblivion, never played the Witcher series.
People enquired about more information and they never got replies. They took payment from outset when some people said deliveries could be expected in summer. Very shady like to me.
I'm a bit sceptical about the company in general. It was a brand new company that set out to do this, I'm wondering how they were getting stock for it. Some were even straight up calling this site a scam site.
Call me crazy but l am more inclined that this was only a publicity stunt and they were never planning on actually fullfilling orders. Or they realised that the scam became too high profile to pull off.
Isn't P2W for multiplayer games. In single player you can just turn the settings to easy and that would make the game easier than any armour would.
I think it's up to the player to decide if they like the cosmetics enough to buy it. If the armour actually have you a competitive advantage than they would have a case.
People are probably crying because their photo mode pics doesn't look as good as others and they aren't getting the attention they wanted.
PS4: InFamous second son, DBZ: Kakarot - I rarely played my PS4 towards the end. PS5: Astros Playroom, Bugsnax, AC Valhalla (long ass one - 143 hours) , GoT
This was my 4th platinum (on Monday) since I got the PS5 (6th platinum I've ever got). And it's a phenomenal game combat wise (completed it on lethal). I've started legends mode yesterday and even that is surprisingly fun.
One thing I didn't like however is the camera placement, no lock on and can get covered by terrain so it can get you killed.
I honestly can't imagine scalpers having more than 5% of that 3.5million sold stock and all those saying otherwise are just blowing it straight out of proportion.
I think I read that eBay sold 60,000 second hand PS5s. That's only 2%!! The rest of the 95% stock has gone to actual gamers.
@__jamiie It's not a case of me caring for your reasons but you are influencing others by spreading half truths. Calling it a buggy mess is not a real indication of how the console functions for anyone that has actually has one.
I bought Assassin's Creed at launch for £42 as a physical copy. That's not a great price!
@Daleaf You probably still have a while to go depending on if you are going for completionist. Story (with 50% completionist) took me 120 hours, full completionist 140 hours, and platinum I got yesterday at 143 hours.
Although not Plat trophy, maybe I'll try for it but I know that 1 trophy is bugged out (Settlement Decorations) already.
@fR_eeBritney I think the Yule Festival has bugged out the game more. I load in drunk after every save/ fast travel, had a max arrow bug and crashed like 3 times over the weekend.
It's a bit stupid as I'm close to max level and haven't even completed the main story yet.
And I've had no problem with lvl 400 enemies since I was level 200 (half the Max level), and I'm playing on hard mode. Sure there's a harder setting put in sure it makes no difference in the late game.
Don't know if this was in the patch notes but I just realised that the shop actually has a picture of what you're buying now (cosmetics) and not just a standard scroll.
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Re: PS Plus Games for November 2021 Are Available to Download Now
@alexvega56
Unfortunately, the enhanced version still is £24.99 even after redeeming the PS+ version, so as far as I am aware it is not included.
Must be similar to FF7 remake.
Re: PS Plus Games for November 2021 Are Available to Download Now
So this didn't include the persistance enhanced. Is there alot of difference with the upgrade?
Re: FIFA 22 (PS5) - Football Sim Makes Meaningful Strides on the Pitch
I'm glad this review focuses in everything else but FUT. Everyone knows that FUT is bad, but it's been here for years - I've managed to avoid it and played fifa since early 10s. I want to know what's changed since FIFA 21.
What new mini games have added? Our favourite is the lose a player after you score game.
Is Pro clubs xp system still heavily geared to scoring goals?
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Has Now Spent Over Four Months Missing from PS Store
@God_of_Nowt
I think if you have a dualsense that comes with the PS5 and a disclaimer saying that PS5 games work best with it that should be enough. And allow the use of DS4.
For example I want to go round my mates tonight and I am the only one with a PS5, I have 2 dualsenses and Fifa 21. We can't play 4 player Fifa on the PS5 version of the game because I don't want to buy 3 extra controllers, and my mates have no reason to get one yet. That kinda sucks, and so we might as well play the game on base PS4 which my mate does have.
Re: Genshin Impact Gets 8 Minutes of 4K, 60FPS Gameplay on PS5
@KayOL77 ?
Genshin Impact isn't on Xbox, it also has always been a f2p game.
Re: Next-Gen PSVR Controllers Revealed, Includes Haptic Feedback and Adaptive Triggers
Holy crap this looks great. Really hyped for PSVR2 now.
If they can get foveated rendering in then it's going to be a hell a game changer. Imagine it's as good as 4K visuals per eye at 90+FPS. Dreamland!
Re: Soapbox: Why Do You Replay Games?
I think the only game I've ever replayed was Unchartered 1, when the Unchartered collection came out on PS4 and I went through the whole series all in one go.
Some updates might make me go back and finish off the game, but I will almost never replay a game from the start/ new game +.
I couldn't even bring myself to pick up RuneScape again when they brought out Old School RS which I grew up on. Hell even I even started OG Pokemon's on emulators but just got bored within an hour.
Re: Maquette Guide: All Puzzle Solutions Walkthrough
I've just opened up the game. Am I right in that in plays in 30fps? I really hate moving the camera and it feels off especially as its first person. Surprising they couldn't push it to run at 60fps on PS5. Will likely give this one a miss then.
Re: March 2021 PS Plus Games Are Available to Download Now
@EverydayRobot I was blown away by Control actually. I went into with no expectations, and was amazed by the destructiveness in particular. Something I've never seen before in a game. The rest of the gameplay was ridiculously fun too.
Only thing I felt was a bit unforgiving was the revive mechanic, in certain situations.
Re: March 2021 PS Plus Games Are Available to Download Now
@Matroska Ouch FF is big, glad it can go on my external. Thanks
@Voltan @danlk1ng Makes sense, thanks.
Re: March 2021 PS Plus Games Are Available to Download Now
I can't see any mention in the description on FF7R that we don't get the free upgrade. Also it didn't even look like a different game to the digital version.
I wonder how this will work. :/
Also does anyone mind telling me what the file sizes of each game are please?
Re: PS Plus March 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Have Leaked
I would happily take the PS+ version of FF7R and pay £10 for a PS5 upgrade. I wouldn't pay £70 though.
I might buy a preowned physical of FF7R for PS4 in June if I have to pay £70 for the PS5 version.
Re: Sifu Is the Next Game from Absolver Dev Sloclap, Coming to PS5 and PS4
This trailer looked awesome. I'm very intrigued by this.
Re: You Can Upgrade to Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart's Digital Deluxe Edition from the Menu
@KippDynamite
But if you actually look at what is extra content the only thing that falls into that category is the 5 armour sets. Everything else is just extra.
And the 5 armour sets aren't detailed so maybe they haven't even made them yet and are still coming up with ideas to this day. So they could very well be extra.
Re: PS Plus Subscriber Count Reaches an Impressive 47.4 Million
@themightyant PS+ is up 1.5M subscribers from Sept 2020.
Re: PS Plus Subscriber Count Reaches an Impressive 47.4 Million
Wait half of PSN accounts have an active PS+ subscription? That's amazing if true.
I only have 1 PS+ but have 3 PSNs of my own. My sister also has 1- so my household is a 1 in 4. I imagine there's multiple people like me, especially because of the Ubisoft Turkish PSN issue.
Am I missing something because that % seems absurdly high?
Re: PS5 Firmware Update 20.02-02.50.00 Available to Download Now
Underwhelming update for me as I've had almost no issues since launch.
Only problem I have seen is that a ghost copy of a game I deleted remains on the home screen - but this is easily fixed.
Was hoping for more QOL / UI changes.
Re: God of War Gets Full PS5 Support with 4K 60FPS Patch Coming Tomorrow
I played this at 1080p 30fps on full fat PS4. Oh what an upgrade this is to me !!
Re: UK Sales Charts: Hitman 3 Drops Out of the Top 10, Call of Duty on the Rise
I just bought P5 Royal. I didn't think I'd like it but I tried P5 for 10 hours from PS plus collection, heard that Royal is just the better way to play it. And so took the plunge.
Physical ofc, for resale!
Re: Destruction AllStars PS5 Trophies Call for Carnage if You Want That Platinum
This could be the next rocket league. I'm telling all my mates to download it even though they haven't got a PS5.
Re: PS4 Exclusives, Including The Last of Us 2, Lead the DICE Awards Nominees
Panel of video game professionals... hmmm. I don't believe I got the call up 🙄
Re: Hope You're Hungry! Sounds Like We'll Be Getting More Bugsnax in the Future
@darkswabber
You don't have to 100% it before the end. You can also 100% it after completing the story like I did.
Also I purposely kept my response vague
Re: PS5 Stock Demand Overwhelms Another Online Retailer
46 minutes? The original preorder allocation from Amazon in September sold out in 10minutes.
I managed to snag a dualsense charging station from Amazon on Monday and that stock only lasted 20 minutes.
46 minutes is a long time.
Re: Pre-Order Returnal on PS5 to Unlock These In-Game Costumes
Tired of people crying about the price of games. If the sales figures aren't met than the price will fall.
Why cry about something that by its very nature is self correcting?
Re: PS Plus Game Maneater Will Munch on DLC in the Future
@MFTWrecks
I said "The controls and camera really put ME off." I offered my opinion on MY trial. You are now saying my opinion is wrong.
You said you got used to the controls, I never disputed that. I never said your opinion was wrong.
Grow up.
Re: Director Kantemir Balagov to Helm The Last of Us TV Series Pilot Episode
Also I started up TLOU Remastered (first time) on PS5 yesterday and was pleasantly surprised there was a 1800p 60FPS setting. This comes from PS4 Pro days so probably well known, but I didn't!
Re: PS Plus Game Maneater Will Munch on DLC in the Future
@MFTWrecks
You enjoyed it for 15 hours and that's fine.
I just don't think I will get the same enjoyment and don't feel the need to test if I will. I tried, I didn't like, I give my thoughts, I move on.
Re: PS Plus Game Maneater Will Munch on DLC in the Future
@MFTWrecks Yes I see where you are coming from, but i also don't play those type of games either.
Not to mention the R2 mashing (holding down R2 would've been much better). I also didn't think it was even that visually appealing. Maybe I'll like it if in give it more time, but I don't think I will tbh.
Re: PS Plus Game Maneater Will Munch on DLC in the Future
Tried it for about 20 mins and didn't like it.
The controls and camera really put me off. The combat seemed a bit stale as well but I did only play 20 mins.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 PS4 Patch Coming Within 10 Days, Native PS5 Version Set for Second Half of 2021
I was waiting for the next gen patch, but I think I've gone past the point of caring now.
Don't even think I'll pick it up then. But I was barely interested in the game in the first place and it didn't really stand out as one id enjoy even when it was hyped up to oblivion, never played the Witcher series.
Re: PS2-Style PS5 Consoles Withdrawn From Sale After Company Receives "Credible Threats"
@TheLightSpirit
There were certain red flags.
People enquired about more information and they never got replies. They took payment from outset when some people said deliveries could be expected in summer. Very shady like to me.
Re: PS2-Style PS5 Consoles Withdrawn From Sale After Company Receives "Credible Threats"
I'm a bit sceptical about the company in general. It was a brand new company that set out to do this, I'm wondering how they were getting stock for it. Some were even straight up calling this site a scam site.
Call me crazy but l am more inclined that this was only a publicity stunt and they were never planning on actually fullfilling orders. Or they realised that the scam became too high profile to pull off.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Players Are Starting to Question the Game's Armour Set Microtransactions
Isn't P2W for multiplayer games. In single player you can just turn the settings to easy and that would make the game easier than any armour would.
I think it's up to the player to decide if they like the cosmetics enough to buy it. If the armour actually have you a competitive advantage than they would have a case.
People are probably crying because their photo mode pics doesn't look as good as others and they aren't getting the attention they wanted.
Re: Ghost of Tsushima's 60FPS Boost on PS5 Is Simple But Super Effective
PS4: InFamous second son, DBZ: Kakarot - I rarely played my PS4 towards the end.
PS5: Astros Playroom, Bugsnax, AC Valhalla (long ass one - 143 hours) , GoT
Re: Ghost of Tsushima's 60FPS Boost on PS5 Is Simple But Super Effective
This was my 4th platinum (on Monday) since I got the PS5 (6th platinum I've ever got). And it's a phenomenal game combat wise (completed it on lethal). I've started legends mode yesterday and even that is surprisingly fun.
One thing I didn't like however is the camera placement, no lock on and can get covered by terrain so it can get you killed.
Re: PS Plus January 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Announced
What is the order on the tomb raiders?
I've got Rise as that was on PS Plus earlier in the year. Is Shadow the sequel? What's the 3rd?
Re: Rumour: PS5 Ships 3.4 Million Units in First Four Weeks
I honestly can't imagine scalpers having more than 5% of that 3.5million sold stock and all those saying otherwise are just blowing it straight out of proportion.
I think I read that eBay sold 60,000 second hand PS5s. That's only 2%!! The rest of the 95% stock has gone to actual gamers.
Re: Random: Ghost of Tsushima Fans Help Restore Damaged Torii Gate on the Real Tsushima Island
My horse is suffering in my game!
Just started this game coming from AC Valhalla and every time I try to get on my horse, muscle memory just makes me slash it down 🥺.
Re: PS Store Holiday Sale Has More Than 1,000 PS5, PS4 Deals
@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L
It only took me 3 hours from getting the 100% acheivement to getting the platinum.
It's well worth the effort if you are already 100%ing each region
Re: PS5 Now Warns You if You're About to Play the PS4 Version of a Cross-Gen Game
@__jamiie
It's not a case of me caring for your reasons but you are influencing others by spreading half truths. Calling it a buggy mess is not a real indication of how the console functions for anyone that has actually has one.
Re: PS Store Holiday Sale Has More Than 1,000 PS5, PS4 Deals
@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L
Surprisingly not long. About 1 hour and it could've been faster if I used a guide from the start.
You only have to catch 1 of each fish type doesn't matter about the size. Theres a good video on YouTube showing the best locations to fish for them.
Re: PS5 Now Warns You if You're About to Play the PS4 Version of a Cross-Gen Game
@__jamiie
But you're taking the bugs out of context. In cost/benefit analysis how much are the bugs affecting your enjoyment of the console?
You don't have a console so you can only see the bad side and not the good that actual owners of the PS5 are experiencing.
How many PS5 do you think have been returned because owners aren't satisfied?
Re: PS5 Now Warns You If You're About to Play the PS4 Version of a Cross-Gen Game
@NYJetsfan123
You can't hate on a product you don't have 🤨
Re: PS Store Holiday Sale Has More Than 1,000 PS5, PS4 Deals
I bought Assassin's Creed at launch for £42 as a physical copy. That's not a great price!
@Daleaf
You probably still have a while to go depending on if you are going for completionist.
Story (with 50% completionist) took me 120 hours, full completionist 140 hours, and platinum I got yesterday at 143 hours.
Re: PS5 Now Warns You If You're About to Play the PS4 Version of a Cross-Gen Game
That's a great addition, although the first week had already taught me how to be careful about choosing the game version!
Re: UK Sales Charts: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Grabs Christmas Number One, Cyberpunk 2077 Slips to Third
Just hit 140 hours and 100% AC Valhalla today.
Although not Plat trophy, maybe I'll try for it but I know that 1 trophy is bugged out (Settlement Decorations) already.
@fR_eeBritney I think the Yule Festival has bugged out the game more. I load in drunk after every save/ fast travel, had a max arrow bug and crashed like 3 times over the weekend.
Re: Ubisoft Shoves XP Boosting Microtransaction into Assassin's Creed Valhalla a Month After Launch
@costa69gr
But it's not. I haven't grinded at all.
Also it's not even necessary to be above 200/400 power to kill even the hardest enemies.
Re: Ubisoft Shoves XP Boosting Microtransaction into Assassin's Creed Valhalla a Month After Launch
It's a bit stupid as I'm close to max level and haven't even completed the main story yet.
And I've had no problem with lvl 400 enemies since I was level 200 (half the Max level), and I'm playing on hard mode. Sure there's a harder setting put in sure it makes no difference in the late game.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla's New Patch Includes Adaptive Trigger Support on PS5
Don't know if this was in the patch notes but I just realised that the shop actually has a picture of what you're buying now (cosmetics) and not just a standard scroll.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla's New Patch Includes Adaptive Trigger Support on PS5
@fR_eeBritney
I never picked it up because I used to spam Odin's sight, only put it in yesterday as I'm close to max level now at 375 power.
Was it actually that powerful?