Kang81

I never finished Black Flag. I bought it for both the PS3 and later the PS4. Starting it from scratch twice and then fully jumping onboard the PS4 generation led the game to be backlogged.

For some reason I never tried again until buying it a 3rd time for the Switch. Starting once again for the 3rd time kind of ruined my desire to replay the large chunks I had played twice before.

Now that the remake is releasing I plan on finally rectifying that situation.

Hearing about the cuts to the present day content doesn't bother me since I lost interest in that ages ago. It was painfully obvious Ubisoft had no idea how to stretch out or complete the future day story so I'd much rather it just be axed entirely. It's been butchered too much.

@QBGaming12

Evie is most assuredly a badass. I love how fast and brutal she is, hence my icon. 😁

@INeedGoodGraphics

I'm with you. I much prefer RDR 1 over RDR 2.

Nice to see some touch pad features as I feel it's always been an underused feature of the DualShock 4/DualSense/DualSense Edge controllers. A shame.

A bit of a bummer since I double dipped on a few games to play on my Steam Deck for portability. In the end it's Sony's decision.

@Frmknst

The PS3/PS4 days were the best years of PlayStation, I thoroughly enjoyed them.

@Matroska

I played the heck out of the Donkey Kong Country Trilogy as a kid, still do as they're some of my all time favorite games. I'm glad I never ran into that bug on DKC2, but to be honest I never knew that it even existed.

@HRdepartment

I gave up my iPhone about 6 years ago. I switched to a Samsung Galaxy S20 and haven't changed since. I believe it was the last model to have an SD card slot and I'm not giving that up until this phone breaks or just doesn't work anymore.

It's like cars to me, I don't buy or lease one so I can get something new every 3-5 years. I run them until repairs start nickel and diming me. Before my current car the previous lasted about 14 years. I actually regret selling it.

@LogicStrikesAgain

I can eventually see performance hits on games for the disparity of consoles being pretty vast.

A good example is the game Control. It's performance on last gen hardware like the PS4 was 🐕‍🦺💩. It was a literal slide show at times.

@ear__wig

I hear you. My backlog is immense and I'll never finish it. That being said, I can skip out on the next generation and focus on my backlog and other hobbies.

Congrats on the baby.

I can afford it, but I'll never pay that much. This hobby is becoming too expensive for my liking. I guess I can focus more on my music hobby and get some more guitars or equipment.

I can't see the casual gamer spend that much on a console. $1,000 screams hardcore gamer to me. Yet even some hardcore gamers like myself have their tolerance limits and my is closely reaching that breaking point.

This gen hasn't even produced a fraction of the great games the PS4 era did. At least in my eyes.

I never buy mid generation upgrades, but at this rate I may not be getting a PS6 until it significantly drops in price years down the line, hopefully. Can I afford it? Begrudgingly so, but I'll never pay those prices.

The PS5 generation already hasn't been a major leap from the PS4, I expect the same with the PS6.

Besides, I have more games to play then I could possibly handle as is, so I'm good for the long haul anyway.

@Bamila

I'll stop gaming with whatever company forces consumers to link their ID's or cards to use their services. These companies already can't keep my information safe and I'll be damned if I make it any bit easier for those with nefarious intentions.

I have a backlog enough for a lifetime anyway.

I love the God of War series but I can't really say I'm interested in this. I don't care to play as young Kratos and I'm not really interested in the story of young Kratos.

The part where he is a Spartan general and everything leading up to his creation as the God of War would be far more interesting.

As for visuals, I'm not really impressed. Particularly coming from a massive publisher like Sony with their own creation.

Looks like Prince of Persia The Lost Crown reigns supreme for me.

I'm looking forward to trying this game but man I'd love to play it on the go on either my Switch 2 or Steam Deck because I prefer my Metroidvania games in a portable format.

Ah well, I wouldn't be surprised to see it come to PC in the future. This fulfilling my handheld format with a double dipping purchase for PC.

@RagnarLothbrok

Well if going by the company named Skynet I ran across in Chicago a few years ago they're probably already working on it.

Edit

I just googled them for 💩 & giggles and turns out they're a security systems company... so looks like we are on our way to a bleak future. 😁

Shadow Tactics was my first go at the stealth/strategy genre and I was hooked right away. It's a great game and it led me to purchase Desperados 3 as well as Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.

It's a shame the developer, Mimimi Games, ending up closing shop.

I'm hoping we get a remaster of Legend/Anniversary/Underworld next, not just streamable versions.

I'd also love remasters of the isometric Lara Croft games, they were a ton of fun and I'd love another one like them.

@Deadlyblack

I dropped it a few weeks after release myself. I just haven't found the desire to go back to it...yet.

I enjoy the game but it feels like a step backwards to the previous 3 RPG AC games yet nothing like the classic games. It's in a weird middle ground for me.

Perhaps it's the limitation to exploring off the main paths as I feel the only way to efficiently travel is by the roads. Traversing through the forests is basically impossible most of the time.

Either I'll get back to it someday, or it will end up unfinished like Valhalla for me.

Glad some people are excited, but not one thing for me here. After the State of Play disappointment, with the exception of Sword of the Sea which looks great, I'm feeling this is the worst generation of games for me.

Oh well, more reason to just finally work on my backlog.

@Lowdefal

I was unaware of that, but my first game in the series was the one on PS3. So that gives me more hope it won't be bad.

A little worried Clap-Hanz isn't developing the game. I really hope it's good because I've been longing for a new Everybody's Golf for a long time now.

Prediction:

Maybe some newly unannounced game or more info on unwanted games like Marathon.

Dream:

A reveal of the next Tomb Raider going back to its roots with a release date. (Sooner rather than later)

@Jrs1

Same here, I'm definitely more of a Hot Shots/Everybody's Golf guy and Im looking forward to the new one supposedly releasing some time this year.

@Yukairi

Yep, no need to buy a new version when my 15 year old copy works just fine on my Series X.

That being said, I did pick it up for the Switch for the decent price of $15 US some time ago just to have it on the go.

This is the best announcement of the show for me so far.

I loved "It Takes Two."

The Witcher 4 trailer was great, but no point getting too excited with just a cinematic trailer and a game likely years away.

@Hypoman

I would love R6 Vegas remasters/remakes, and I'm still angry Patriots was cancelled and the series turned to Siege and is likely now dead as I loved it.

@Gaia093

Which is why I dislike timed demos. Besides the fact people may be too busy, they may not even know it exists until it's too late.

I rarely buy games before I can try them first these days with few exceptions from devs that haven't disappointed me yet. But even that's risky.

Redfall as a case in point. I buy Arkane games day one, but thankfully Redfall was on GamePass and I saved myself some money. It was decent with my brother in co-op but otherwise severely dissapointing.

Time limited demo? Nah, I'll pass just out of spite. I don't understand demos for a limited time.

People have a lot to do in life and giving them one week to try it before pulling it seems dumb to me.

Perhaps the idea is to create more hype but for me at least it does the complete opposite. If it gets a physical release I'll just rent it to demo it or try it via Steam with the 2 hour limit for refunds to see if it's worth a purchase for me.

@Yozora146_

Seriously. I have my PS5 set up horizontally but still need the stand, and a few soft felt furniture sliders to keep it from being wobbly. Not including the stand is absolutely just pure greed.

Although I think the entire PS5 Pro pricing model or the newer disc drive situation for all PS5 systems is just greed over anything else.

With the troubles of the Xbox, Sony will be more confident...err...arrogant again with less competition.

@themightyant

I agree, he is far more unnoticeable in different games to me unlike say Nolan North, where I hear Nathan Drake in every character he has done save for the Penguin in Arkham City. That was the one time Nolan surprised me in the credits.

@naruball

True, a lot of the AA games of late haven't been great. I just think of something like Darksiders when I think of AA games that perform well.

Not necessarily my type of game, but Remnant from the Ashes 1 & 2 seem to have been big successes.

Still, I agree with you that the majority of gamers these days want the best of the best AAA games and they won't bother buying anything else.

In my opinion, the more mainstream gaming has become the more it's also become about straight profits before creating good games. It's a business and always has been about profit, but not at the expense

Can we please have the option to revert what holding the PS button down does back to it did on the PS4? To this day it's still ingrained in my head/muscle memory and it was dumb to change it to the opposite funtion in the first place.

Sounds like more damage control to me.

I will say the art direction for Skull & Bones is great.

If the rumored to be remake of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag turns out to be true I look forward to seeing the sales number difference between S&B and the Black Flag remake.

Something tells me Ubisoft will fail to share those numbers however.

I really hope the Black Flag remake is true, provided Ubisoft doesn't screw it up.

@8bit4Life

Agreed, and I learned that lesson all the way back with Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. I never buy Ubisoft games at launch unless I can find a deal with a significantly lower price somewhere, which isn't very hard to do.

@Shinnok789

Let's not forget that Odyssey's Ultimate Edition actually offered a lot more and for less money. It added the 2 DLC expansions in addition to 2 full AC games. Said games being AC3 Remastered and AC Liberation and all for $120.

FarCry 5 added 3 DLC expansions along with a copy of FarCry 3 for only $90.

FarCry 6 included included 3 (arguably terrible) DLC expansions along with a copy of FarCry 3: Blood Dragon.

So past Ubisoft Ultimate Editions have had far more bang for your buck.

Publishers are just going to keep pushing for more and more.

Personally, I usually wait for all the content to actually release and buy the Ultimate Editions for 50% off, usually within a year at most for Ubisoft. I feel buying an Ubisoft game at launch for full price is foolish, but maybe that's just me and a smaller community of patient gamers.

I do agree that Ubisoft + offering the Ultimate Editions of games is far better than the competition. Although it's likely due to the fact that Ubisoft gets all the profits for their service.

It seems like Ubisoft is trying to beat CD Projekt Red to the industries first AAAAA game. 🙄

I never cared about the difference between 30fps and 69fps before...until I bought my PS5 and (some) games give you the ability to instantly toggle between 30 & 60fps by a simple menu setting without needing to start the game over again from the main menu screen.

Once I could instantly flip between the two I understood what people talked about. I e now become a 60fps snob in some ways. I will choose performance mode over quality all the time because now I can feel the difference.

Visually I don't notice a big difference in quality mode. I don't really notice differences with Ray Tracing either. I don't have a top of the line TV, I just use a moderate TV that claims it's 4K. The better Sony TV is in the bedroom for my wife and I to watch together.

At the end of the day I can tolerate 30fps, but I greatly prefer 60fps every chance it's possible.

@Happymoogle

I had been holding out forever for the Witcher 3 to get transmog so my Geralt wouldn't have to look like a dork for better stats gear over the starting outfit which I think looked best.

I don't see a new game Plus ever happening for Cyberpunk fans.

@PoeticJustice

Yes, but I bet most gamers will forget all about this by the time CSPR's next game releases. That, or they were fine with the Cyberpunk situation to begin with.

@EYEBALL

I agree, but I think the damage is already done. One would think consumers would be unlikely to purchase a CDPR game at launch.

Yet doubtful because so many people seem to forget these things or that if a game is fixed years later it's ok. 🤷‍♂️

I've been burned too many times before to buy games at launch. Cyberpunk wasn't one of those at least.

@IslandLogic

We need a return of quality AA games because AAA has become too costly it seems. I'd gladly take AA games vs Live Service games.

I think one of the problems is AA still won't sell enough for publishers. Too many consumers want the best and nothing but the best and those that would be fine with lower budget games seem to be too few in comparison for the sales publishers desire.

@Netret0120

As much as I dislike it, I agree. That being said, I only buy digital when it's dirt cheap, which thankfully happens rather quickly more often than not.

@captainaverage

I'd still love a remaster and port of the Resistance Fall of Man trilogy on PS5, along with a new game.

Also, now that Sony owns Insomniac and the Sunset Overdrive IP rights, I'd love to see Sony port it to the PS5 so more people can play it. It could increase likelihood of a sequel if it performs well. It was my most played Xbox One game, and it's a ton of fun!

It's seems to me that Sony is going to milk the Last of Us like Ubisoft does Assassin's Creed.

Can Naughty Dog just move onto a new IP already?

@Kidfunkadelic83

Nice! Spider-Brick is the best.

I just remembered, I wish the game had a return cameo from the greatest Spider-Man in all of the multiverse.

Spider-Brick

That corrupted save bug sounds bad.

So far I've only had one bug, but had it happen a few times.

In the random enclosed/mini base-like areas/back alleys, with a turret truck and usually two robot dogs, if I destroyed the turret truck before all the enemies, I would get an on screen message telling me to "destroy the turret." But since I already did, it locks me out of completing the encounter and I lose out on all of its end rewards/XP.

I probably had it happen on 3 occasions, far enough apart I kept forgetting. Now I just save the turret for last. I've yet to see a fix for it in any of the recent patches.

So just an FYI for anyone.

I just finally got around to hearing Miles Morales last week. Well, the main story and side missions anyway, I'll just pass on the rest.

Good thing MM was as short as it was, I was worried it'd take too long and I'd get burnout prior to the release of Spider-Man 2.

@sanderson72

I have to admit that I'm not knowledgeable on the technical aspects of all of this, it just seems that a more powerful console two generations past the PS3 would be able to handle it. I guess I just underestimate how much of a pain the cell processor has been.