I dont mind trophies that are difficult but still achievable for most. I'm really not one to care if my gamer e-peen is bigger than someone else's. Besides, I generally only compare then with my brother and a close nit group. Where not super competitive, we just like to go for them as something extra to do in a game.
That said, there are some I have no desire to go for even in games I love. Take Arkane's Prey for example, I think you'd need to complete the whole game 4 to 6 times to unlock them all. That's far too much effort. Sure, I replay games often, but because I want to, not because I need to for one stupid trophy.
Then there is the whole PvP trophy/achievement issue. I think PvP should not be included in a games trophies. PvP modes already have numerous accolades for gamers to strive for in things like emblems, titles, cosmetic looks, etc. on top of leaderboards. Basically, a trophy list before trophies were all the rage.
Take Gears of War and its absurd 'Seriously' trophies.
I played the original Gears religiously with a group of friends for years, I still never made it anywhere near getting the 10,000 kills in PvP needed to unlock it.
Gears 2 upped the ante to 100,000 kills, even with all modes counting, that's an insane amount of time for something as trivial as a achievement or trophy.
Have you got a source for that image of Aloy? It looks awesome, but I get the feeling it's missing some nice art at the bottom. It looks cropped too much for sure.
I really need to get back to Celeste, it was soo good, despite not getting very far into it.
I also applaud the developers for adding in the assist mode. I definitely don't plan on using it, but I'm also a lot older now and don't deal with difficult games like I did as a kid.
I will play a difficult game, but if it gets to the point I'm just banging my head against the wall, I'll just give up and never finish it. The assist mode means that if I or somebody else did get to that point, they could still see the game through to the end.
While I'm glad more people get to enjoy a Clap Hanz made Golf Game, going from essential one platform exclusive to a new platform exclusive isn't what I had in mind.
I finally ditched the iPhone last year for the first time since it launched and went Android. Not that I can't play this on my iPad.
I just wish gamers didn't have to pay a subscription fee just to have a mobile game without all the BS trappings typically associated with mobile games.
This makes me fear the PS5 won't be getting a new Everybody’s Golf. Especially considering Sony wants to focus on AAA titles 🙄, and I doubt they see Everybody’s Golf as a AAA title. 😑
I love TLoU, but geez, a remake of a remake? Or should I say remaster of a remaster? Either way, what a colossal waste of time and resources.
Sony's push for more (Jim Sterling voice) AAA games, and less experimental or niche games has me really worried. I love AAA games, but I dont want every damn game to be AAA.
I feel Sony is starting to regain its PS3 launch days arrogance again, and that won't end well.
Besides, I'd much rather have a PS4/PS5 remaster of the Resistance Trilogy over a game that was already upgraded once before.
Well that definitely sucks. I lucked out on my Switch copy issue though. Apparently I had an update, I could have sworn I checked prior to my issue, but now I can't remember. Anyway, updating the game fixed my issue, on Switch anyway.
I always had doubts about digital games, I only really buy them on dirt cheap sales while also owning the physical copies.
I was not aware of the PS4 physical copy issue. Although, I should have suspected similar issues once disc games were required to be installed. PS4 disc games are basically digital.copies anyway, they just required the disc as a DRM check. 😑
Well I own the Zombie Army trilogy so this will compete the collection, except I'm sure this will be the base game lacking all the pricey DLC.
Days Gone I have on the PS5 PS+ Collection. I'm not really a fan of it. I've played a good 4-5 hours, the story and gameplay weren't really keeping my interest.
Oddworld doesn't interest me much at all. Outside of Strangers Wrath, which was tons of fun, I dont have a desire to play any Oddworld games.
So in the end, this month is pretty meh. I've recently made a decision to only play games I own that I have enough interest in to actually finish. I'm no longer going to play games in my backlog or newly released that don't keep my interest. It's a waste of my valuable free time. So these will go into my backlog, of which I'm making decent progress on with my new decision to carefully choose what I play.
I've been able to download the Immortals DLC on PS5, I bought the season pass on the current spring sale. However, I bought the complete edition on Switch, and while I was able to download the New God DLC, I am currently unable to download or access the Myths of the Eastern Realm DLC, despite the eShop clearly showing I own it and the season pass.
How has this game been out since November, yet still hasn't fixed this DLC issue?? 🤦♂️
None of those as I already own the ones I care about, and the rest I obviously don't care about.
That being said, I chose Abzu, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Subnautica. I would have chose the Witness, but I found it to be boring AF. A disappointment for sure as I love puzzle games.
I'm not a Dragon Age fan, but I would expect problems with DA4. It was likely always developed with the GaaS philosophy due to EA. Now they plan to remove that this late in development? How would this not screw things up?
While not exactly the same scenario, it reminds me of Torchlight 3 starting out as a F2P game only to be turned into a normal Torchlight game after most of the development was likely done. That certainly worked out for the game. /s 🙄
Yeah, I had to repeat the prologue 3 times because it kept crashing and not saving progress. That's a major reason I'm not a fan of online only games.
There is zero reason I've seen for this game to require an online connection. We have other games like Gears of War and Borderlands that are similar and superior in gameplay, world, and design, that can be played offline.
The online requirement was enough to change my mind on purchasing this game. The fact that it looks and feels like a game from the late 360/PS3 era certainly doesn't help my desire to play it either. Not that feeling like a 360/PS3 game is inherently bad or anything, it just doesn't do enough to differentiate itself from the competition. From my time with the demo, what it does do isn't even as good as the competition.
Eh, it looks ok, but nostalgia won't let anything beat out the original MK movie for me.
If they don't use the original movie theme song and turn it into some modern crap version like what happened with Ghostbusters, I'm going to flip my 💩! 😡
No one will care if I do of course, but I'll do it anyway.
The first Castlevania Lord's of Shadow was an amazing game, and the story made me side with Gabriel. The Order royally screwed him over! Made me side with him at the end and sequel.
I'd love a new take on a 3D Castlevania, but less of an older style God of War game and more of an open ended semi-open world Metroidvania in 3D.
Hmm, the closest 3D game to that right now is Remedy's Control.
From Software do Casltevania? I hope not. I dont want Castlevania to induce controller throwing rage fits with me. I gave up on games that do that a decade ago, and it's why I tried the Souls games and just said, no thanks, not for me.
Well, it seems the update screwed something up with the game for me. Hopped on and enjoyed the framerate upgrade.
Hopped on today, get an error code saying I can't play the game. Seems after a Google search my only option was a full delete and reinstall. Only now, even with the always download PS4 games to my external hdd option checked, it wants to install to my internal instead, of which I don't have enough space. I guess now I need to delete stuff, transfer between hdd's and reinstall multiple large file games.
WTF?!?
Just more finicky issues with the PS5 I suppose.
EDIT:
Weird, I deleted a game at about 57gb on my PS5's internal HDD allowing me to install Division 2 on my console.
But...its installing to my external??
So I had more than enough space on my external to install the game, but I needed to delete a game on my internal, for it to start downloading... to my external.
I totally expect Anthem 2.0 will be underwhelming if it even releases. That said, as long as EA doesn't have the gall to charge for it (zero chance I put another dime into it), I do hope they can bring life back into it.
The core gameplay, the Ironman simulator, is tons of fun, the world can be beautiful at times too, but there is just so much wrong with it.
I just wish Bioware made a normal lengthy campaign like most of their single player games but allowed for co-op. The live service route EA most likely made them take the game was a bad decision.
Live service games are horribly broken and I'm done with them completely. An Anthem 2, where it's just a good single player game with optional co-op, akin to Gears of War, and I'm all in.
I dont care about Overwatch, but im definitely interested in Diablo 4. That being said, I'm taking a wait and see approach with Diablo 4.
After the Diablo 3 launch, and the F2P Diablo mobile game, I'm cautious about what Diablo 4 ends up being.
Then of course there are more recent things like Cyberpunk and so many other horrible launches over the years since Diablo 3 that has changed my stance on supporting games at launch. There is no reason to anymore.
Either you get screwed over by broken launches, or the inevitable game of the year/ultimate edition that every game seems to have now, there is absolutely no reason to support games at launch.
When you do, and you complain, like with the Control fiasco, you just get labeled as entitled. 🤷♂️
I updated but haven't played GoW on PS5 yet. I still have some raven collectables and a few more chests in Niflheim to earn with Mist Echoes. Not to mention new game plus.
Did they add any controller rumble updates for the leviathan axe?
Yep, that's being shady about the whole situation...TWICE!
I'll take it though, as I bought the game at launch and it's great, when running properly.
However, this is just another nail in 505's coffin for me. The other was the initial Control fiasco and before that the horrid Switch port of Bloodstained.
Cyberpunk, and my aforementioned issues are perfect examples of NOT supporting games at launch. Something I've learned to stop doing now, even from developers I held in high regards. Thankfully I didn't buy into the Cyberpunk hype and saved myself from that bullet.
Yep, and Maneater was a great game last month! I beat it in one weekend, platinum and all. I had already purchased it, but getting the digital version along with the free PS5 upgrade was nice timing.
Seriously, it was genuinely funny at times and just old school fun!
Cool, I guess I get the free next gen upgrade for Control now after all. Just another example of getting the short end of the stick for supporting a game at launch. 🙄 It only took Sony working out a deal to include it on PS+.
Now, back to my regularly scheduled boycott of 505 Games.
I wonder if we'll see Godfall on PS+ soon. I tried it for a few hours from a friend's copy. Definitely not something that should be trying to usher in a new $70 standard for next gen games.
Ok, no more negativity, enjoy some good games everybody!
Hmm, than did AC Valhalla sell poorly? I'm sure I read somewhere that Mikes Morales sold much less than the previous Spider-Man game, like around 70% less.
EDIT:
I was right, it sold far less, 70% less. So if Spider-Man: MM sold slightly more than 1/2 a million, how well did Valhalla sell? Obviously Valhalla also has Xbox and PC sales, and this may only be digital, but that still seems like an issue.
I get what Naughty Dog was trying to do with the story and all, I just didn't enjoy the story once the big event early in the game happened. It killed it for me and after that, I just no longer cared about the game.
Then add in the character swap, and that just cemented it. I prefer the original anyway.
I would have loved to replay this on Switch so I could have a great Western RPG on the go. As it stands, I don't think I'll be getting this anytime soon. I haven't finished Andromeda yet anyway.
I have too much of a backlog on my home consoles to replay massive games I've played before. Had this come out a few years ago, I'd have bought it day 1.
Plus, this is EA, they're remasters are barely what I would call an upgrade.
Glad to see God of War take the honor of 1st place, it's an amazing game and an incredible experience.
I agree, Horizon Zero Dawn should have been on this list, especially since the list includes a remastered PS2 game.
HZD still wouldn't beat out GoW for me, but it'd definitely be in spot #2. I'd probably give spot #3 to TLoU. I do feel it's sequel is far to high on this list though. 🤷♂️
If they all arrive this year, then must is as follows.
God of War: Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Ratchet & Clank: A Rift in Time
Other games I'm looking forward to are Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, and I dont know if it's coming out this year, but I'm still looking forward to Biomutant.
Watched the first 2 years, found them boring and kinda lame, haven't watched since. Now I just watch the game blogs and news sites for an overview of everything that happened. Saves me a lot of time.
FarCry 5 had the best implementation of co-op im the series at least, and planes, so that was nice. The setting was ok, the story was lackluster and I honestly just didn't care. It was miles better than 4, I just did not like 4, well except for the wing suit and the gyro copter/grenade launcher combo that made the game incredibly easy! 😈🤣
Oh, I surprisingly really enjoyed fishing in Far Cry 5 with my brother. So I hope that comes back. Heck, id even play a fishing game with him if it had co-op and was as fun as it was in FC5.
Its just hard to beat FC3 for me. Vaas, while unfortunately underused, was an amazing villain, and the tropical setting is almost a must for FarCry.
I think they should just give up on the franchise. The first was ok, second slightly better bit at least more fun to play, particularly in co-op, but this one held zero interest for me from day one.
The quick swap character feature just reminded me of the one Battlefield Modern Combat (first console Battlefield) feature of hotswapping soldiers on the Battlefield. It was cool sure, but ultimately not a bid deal.
This seems to be the same, only with the added feature of characters being able to be more unique. But I dont want to control tons of different characters, just give me one good pre-made one or let me create my own.
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Re: Returnal Trophy List Spawns Another Easy Platinum from Sony
@The_New_Butler
I dont mind trophies that are difficult but still achievable for most. I'm really not one to care if my gamer e-peen is bigger than someone else's. Besides, I generally only compare then with my brother and a close nit group. Where not super competitive, we just like to go for them as something extra to do in a game.
That said, there are some I have no desire to go for even in games I love. Take Arkane's Prey for example, I think you'd need to complete the whole game 4 to 6 times to unlock them all. That's far too much effort. Sure, I replay games often, but because I want to, not because I need to for one stupid trophy.
Then there is the whole PvP trophy/achievement issue. I think PvP should not be included in a games trophies. PvP modes already have numerous accolades for gamers to strive for in things like emblems, titles, cosmetic looks, etc. on top of leaderboards. Basically, a trophy list before trophies were all the rage.
Take Gears of War and its absurd 'Seriously' trophies.
I played the original Gears religiously with a group of friends for years, I still never made it anywhere near getting the 10,000 kills in PvP needed to unlock it.
Gears 2 upped the ante to 100,000 kills, even with all modes counting, that's an insane amount of time for something as trivial as a achievement or trophy.
Re: Here's When Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition Will Be Free
@LiamCroft
Have you got a source for that image of Aloy? It looks awesome, but I get the feeling it's missing some nice art at the bottom. It looks cropped too much for sure.
Looking to use it as a Screensaver.
Re: Here's When Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition Will Be Free
I already own it and the dlc, but now I'll get the extra outfits from this edition.
Re: Feel the Vibes of Earthblade, the Next Game from the Makers of Celeste
I really need to get back to Celeste, it was soo good, despite not getting very far into it.
I also applaud the developers for adding in the assist mode. I definitely don't plan on using it, but I'm also a lot older now and don't deal with difficult games like I did as a kid.
I will play a difficult game, but if it gets to the point I'm just banging my head against the wall, I'll just give up and never finish it. The assist mode means that if I or somebody else did get to that point, they could still see the game through to the end.
Re: Clap Hanz Golf Is Everybody's Golf for Smartphones
@Thekid1965
Everybody’s Golf probably isn't AAA enough for the new Sony. 🙄😡
Re: Clap Hanz Golf Is Everybody's Golf for Smartphones
While I'm glad more people get to enjoy a Clap Hanz made Golf Game, going from essential one platform exclusive to a new platform exclusive isn't what I had in mind.
I finally ditched the iPhone last year for the first time since it launched and went Android. Not that I can't play this on my iPad.
I just wish gamers didn't have to pay a subscription fee just to have a mobile game without all the BS trappings typically associated with mobile games.
This makes me fear the PS5 won't be getting a new Everybody’s Golf. Especially considering Sony wants to focus on AAA titles 🙄, and I doubt they see Everybody’s Golf as a AAA title. 😑
Not while Jim Ryan is running the show anyway.
Re: Talking Point: Would You Buy a PS5 Remake of The Last of Us?
I love TLoU, but geez, a remake of a remake? Or should I say remaster of a remaster? Either way, what a colossal waste of time and resources.
Sony's push for more (Jim Sterling voice) AAA games, and less experimental or niche games has me really worried. I love AAA games, but I dont want every damn game to be AAA.
I feel Sony is starting to regain its PS3 launch days arrogance again, and that won't end well.
Besides, I'd much rather have a PS4/PS5 remaster of the Resistance Trilogy over a game that was already upgraded once before.
Re: Reaction: Sony Said Xbox Game Pass Isn't Sustainable, Then Released One of Its Tentpole Titles into the Service Anyway
@Medic_Alert
Well that definitely sucks. I lucked out on my Switch copy issue though. Apparently I had an update, I could have sworn I checked prior to my issue, but now I can't remember. Anyway, updating the game fixed my issue, on Switch anyway.
Re: 10 Digital-Only PS3 Games You Should Buy Before Sony Shuts the PS Store
@Turbodream
Thanks for sharing those links. 👍
I always had doubts about digital games, I only really buy them on dirt cheap sales while also owning the physical copies.
I was not aware of the PS4 physical copy issue. Although, I should have suspected similar issues once disc games were required to be installed. PS4 disc games are basically digital.copies anyway, they just required the disc as a DRM check. 😑
Re: 10 Digital-Only PS3 Games You Should Buy Before Sony Shuts the PS Store
@Jayslow
My favorite brick breaker game is Magic Orbz. I love the colorful and detailed level designs.
Too bad it's not playable on anything other than the PS3. Well, it is on PSNow, but I dont stream games so no luck there.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Games for April 2021?
Well I own the Zombie Army trilogy so this will compete the collection, except I'm sure this will be the base game lacking all the pricey DLC.
Days Gone I have on the PS5 PS+ Collection. I'm not really a fan of it. I've played a good 4-5 hours, the story and gameplay weren't really keeping my interest.
Oddworld doesn't interest me much at all. Outside of Strangers Wrath, which was tons of fun, I dont have a desire to play any Oddworld games.
So in the end, this month is pretty meh. I've recently made a decision to only play games I own that I have enough interest in to actually finish. I'm no longer going to play games in my backlog or newly released that don't keep my interest. It's a waste of my valuable free time. So these will go into my backlog, of which I'm making decent progress on with my new decision to carefully choose what I play.
Re: Reaction: Sony Said Xbox Game Pass Isn't Sustainable, Then Released One of Its Tentpole Titles into the Service Anyway
@Medic_Alert
I've been able to download the Immortals DLC on PS5, I bought the season pass on the current spring sale. However, I bought the complete edition on Switch, and while I was able to download the New God DLC, I am currently unable to download or access the Myths of the Eastern Realm DLC, despite the eShop clearly showing I own it and the season pass.
How has this game been out since November, yet still hasn't fixed this DLC issue?? 🤦♂️
Re: Poll: Rate Your Favourite PS3 Games
You had Prince of Persia Classic, the Sands of Time trilogy, and PoP: The Forgotten Sands, but where is the Prince of Persia 2008 game?
The gorgeous cell shaded one most of the so called PoP fans railed on as bad?
The PoP games are some of my favorites of all time, PoP 2008 included. I would have liked to vote on that.
Re: No Man's Sky Continues Redemption Arc with Free Expeditions Expansion on PS5, PS4
@Jayofmaya
I've read it's good, but I just can't justify buying a PSVR yet. Especially since it uses the outdated move controllers.
Re: CD Projekt RED Cancels Dedicated Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer Game
@NEStalgia
Ha, I just posted the same thing. I must have missed your comment when scrolling through.
Anyway, yeah, this is totally not the route I would want CDPR to go. As you said, EA was a big reason for that push.
Because adding MP to Dead Space 3 sure helped. I will say I did enjoy the Mass Effect MP, but thankfully it was a 'mostly separate mode.
Re: CD Projekt RED Cancels Dedicated Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer Game
"a new strategy the team is implementing where all of its franchises will one day contain a multiplayer portion."
Ugh! So it's like the 360/PS3 days when games that don't need multi-player modes are getting them anyway. 🙄
Re: No Man's Sky Continues Redemption Arc with Free Expeditions Expansion on PS5, PS4
It's cool, but I'd rather have a redesigned galaxy map and reworked mech controls to be honest. Both are horrible.
I hope Sony's PSVR 2 isn't too far away, because I really want to try NMS in VR.
Re: Poll: What Free PS4 Games Are You Most Excited to Play?
None of those as I already own the ones I care about, and the rest I obviously don't care about.
That being said, I chose Abzu, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Subnautica. I would have chose the Witness, but I found it to be boring AF. A disappointment for sure as I love puzzle games.
Re: Poll: Which Bethesda Franchise Will PS5 Miss the Most?
Dishonored and Prey, but mostly just Arkane, they're one of my favorite developers.
Of course I'll also miss Elder Scrolls, along with a bunch of Betjesda games.
Re: The Next Dragon Age Was Going to Be a Live Service Game, But Now It's Set to Be Single-Player Only
I'm not a Dragon Age fan, but I would expect problems with DA4. It was likely always developed with the GaaS philosophy due to EA. Now they plan to remove that this late in development? How would this not screw things up?
While not exactly the same scenario, it reminds me of Torchlight 3 starting out as a F2P game only to be turned into a normal Torchlight game after most of the development was likely done. That certainly worked out for the game. /s 🙄
Re: Hands On: Incredibly Rough Outriders Demo Kills Our Hope for This Looter Shooter's Launch
@Katsuhono
Yeah, I had to repeat the prologue 3 times because it kept crashing and not saving progress. That's a major reason I'm not a fan of online only games.
There is zero reason I've seen for this game to require an online connection. We have other games like Gears of War and Borderlands that are similar and superior in gameplay, world, and design, that can be played offline.
The online requirement was enough to change my mind on purchasing this game. The fact that it looks and feels like a game from the late 360/PS3 era certainly doesn't help my desire to play it either. Not that feeling like a 360/PS3 game is inherently bad or anything, it just doesn't do enough to differentiate itself from the competition. From my time with the demo, what it does do isn't even as good as the competition.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077's Crucial v1.2 Patch Delayed on PS5, PS4
@BloodNinja
Not to mention the fiasco isn't the developers fault, it's the upper management and leadership that chose to release it in the state they did.
Re: Mortal Kombat's Movie Trailer Looks Like Dumb Fun
@Jackpaza0508
Your avatar is equal parts hilarious and terrifying, but leaning more towards terrifying. 😆
Re: Mortal Kombat's Movie Trailer Looks Like Dumb Fun
Eh, it looks ok, but nostalgia won't let anything beat out the original MK movie for me.
If they don't use the original movie theme song and turn it into some modern crap version like what happened with Ghostbusters, I'm going to flip my 💩! 😡
No one will care if I do of course, but I'll do it anyway.
Re: Rumour: Konami to Outsource Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania IPs
@Old-Red
True, but then maybe I could finally understand what the heck is going on in the story? 😁
Re: Rumour: Konami to Outsource Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania IPs
The first Castlevania Lord's of Shadow was an amazing game, and the story made me side with Gabriel. The Order royally screwed him over! Made me side with him at the end and sequel.
I'd love a new take on a 3D Castlevania, but less of an older style God of War game and more of an open ended semi-open world Metroidvania in 3D.
Hmm, the closest 3D game to that right now is Remedy's Control.
Re: Rumour: Konami to Outsource Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania IPs
@Th3solution
From Software do Casltevania? I hope not. I dont want Castlevania to induce controller throwing rage fits with me. I gave up on games that do that a decade ago, and it's why I tried the Souls games and just said, no thanks, not for me.
Re: The Division 2 Patch 1.30 Out Now, Features PS5 4K 60FPS Support and More
Well, it seems the update screwed something up with the game for me. Hopped on and enjoyed the framerate upgrade.
Hopped on today, get an error code saying I can't play the game. Seems after a Google search my only option was a full delete and reinstall. Only now, even with the always download PS4 games to my external hdd option checked, it wants to install to my internal instead, of which I don't have enough space. I guess now I need to delete stuff, transfer between hdd's and reinstall multiple large file games.
WTF?!?
Just more finicky issues with the PS5 I suppose.
EDIT:
Weird, I deleted a game at about 57gb on my PS5's internal HDD allowing me to install Division 2 on my console.
But...its installing to my external??
So I had more than enough space on my external to install the game, but I needed to delete a game on my internal, for it to start downloading... to my external.
🤔🤦♂️🤷♂️
Re: Rumour: EA Will Decide If ANTHEM Lives or Dies This Week
@Divergent95
I totally expect Anthem 2.0 will be underwhelming if it even releases. That said, as long as EA doesn't have the gall to charge for it (zero chance I put another dime into it), I do hope they can bring life back into it.
The core gameplay, the Ironman simulator, is tons of fun, the world can be beautiful at times too, but there is just so much wrong with it.
I just wish Bioware made a normal lengthy campaign like most of their single player games but allowed for co-op. The live service route EA most likely made them take the game was a bad decision.
Live service games are horribly broken and I'm done with them completely. An Anthem 2, where it's just a good single player game with optional co-op, akin to Gears of War, and I'm all in.
Re: Don't Expect Diablo 4 or Overwatch 2 to Launch This Year
I dont care about Overwatch, but im definitely interested in Diablo 4. That being said, I'm taking a wait and see approach with Diablo 4.
After the Diablo 3 launch, and the F2P Diablo mobile game, I'm cautious about what Diablo 4 ends up being.
Then of course there are more recent things like Cyberpunk and so many other horrible launches over the years since Diablo 3 that has changed my stance on supporting games at launch. There is no reason to anymore.
Either you get screwed over by broken launches, or the inevitable game of the year/ultimate edition that every game seems to have now, there is absolutely no reason to support games at launch.
When you do, and you complain, like with the Control fiasco, you just get labeled as entitled. 🤷♂️
Re: Poll: What Other First-Party PS4 Game Needs a PS5 Update?
@Old-Red
I updated but haven't played GoW on PS5 yet. I still have some raven collectables and a few more chests in Niflheim to earn with Mist Echoes. Not to mention new game plus.
Did they add any controller rumble updates for the leviathan axe?
Re: Control Fans Bemused by Free PS Plus Version for PS5, PS4
@get2sammyb
Yep, that's being shady about the whole situation...TWICE!
I'll take it though, as I bought the game at launch and it's great, when running properly.
However, this is just another nail in 505's coffin for me. The other was the initial Control fiasco and before that the horrid Switch port of Bloodstained.
Cyberpunk, and my aforementioned issues are perfect examples of NOT supporting games at launch. Something I've learned to stop doing now, even from developers I held in high regards. Thankfully I didn't buy into the Cyberpunk hype and saved myself from that bullet.
Re: PS Plus February 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Announced
@Constable_What
Yep, and Maneater was a great game last month! I beat it in one weekend, platinum and all. I had already purchased it, but getting the digital version along with the free PS5 upgrade was nice timing.
Seriously, it was genuinely funny at times and just old school fun!
Re: PS Plus February 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Announced
@Th3solution
You deserve an internet cookie for being helpful! Enjoy! 🍪
Re: PS Plus February 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Announced
@Kragge
505 games: "Excellent! Everything is going according to plan!" 😈
Seriously, I hate when that happens.
Re: PS Plus February 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Announced
Cool, I guess I get the free next gen upgrade for Control now after all. Just another example of getting the short end of the stick for supporting a game at launch. 🙄 It only took Sony working out a deal to include it on PS+.
Now, back to my regularly scheduled boycott of 505 Games.
I wonder if we'll see Godfall on PS+ soon. I tried it for a few hours from a friend's copy. Definitely not something that should be trying to usher in a new $70 standard for next gen games.
Ok, no more negativity, enjoy some good games everybody!
Re: PS5 Exclusive Returnal Will, Unsurprisingly, Have Near Instant Respawns
I was interested in Returnal, until I found out it was a mixture of bullet hell and roguelike rolled up into a 3rd person shooter.
I'll still give it a rent, who knows, maybe I'll enjoy it and end up buying it. If not, oh well, it's not for me.
Either way, I hope it does well and others enjoy it.
Re: Hogwarts Legacy Stupefied Until 2022 on PS5, PS4
@LiamCroft
Not to mention just about every other business along with the lives of everyone worldwide.
Sadly, I dont forsee things returning to pre-covid days anytime soon.
Re: PS Store's Top Downloads of 2020 Revealed
Hmm, than did AC Valhalla sell poorly? I'm sure I read somewhere that Mikes Morales sold much less than the previous Spider-Man game, like around 70% less.
EDIT:
I was right, it sold far less, 70% less. So if Spider-Man: MM sold slightly more than 1/2 a million, how well did Valhalla sell? Obviously Valhalla also has Xbox and PC sales, and this may only be digital, but that still seems like an issue.
Re: EA Will Keep Making Star Wars Games Despite End of Exclusive Deal
I'm not a Star Wars fan, but I see this as good news. EA has certainly squandered its time with the SW license.
Let someone else have a Crack at it. Well, when they're licensing deal is finally over anyway.
Re: Feature: Push Square Readers' Top 10 PS4 First-Party Exclusives of the Generation
@Col_McCafferty
I get what Naughty Dog was trying to do with the story and all, I just didn't enjoy the story once the big event early in the game happened. It killed it for me and after that, I just no longer cared about the game.
Then add in the character swap, and that just cemented it. I prefer the original anyway.
Re: Rumour: Mass Effect Legendary Edition Release Date Set for 12th March
I would have loved to replay this on Switch so I could have a great Western RPG on the go. As it stands, I don't think I'll be getting this anytime soon. I haven't finished Andromeda yet anyway.
I have too much of a backlog on my home consoles to replay massive games I've played before. Had this come out a few years ago, I'd have bought it day 1.
Plus, this is EA, they're remasters are barely what I would call an upgrade.
Re: Feature: Push Square Readers' Top 10 PS4 First-Party Exclusives of the Generation
Glad to see God of War take the honor of 1st place, it's an amazing game and an incredible experience.
I agree, Horizon Zero Dawn should have been on this list, especially since the list includes a remastered PS2 game.
HZD still wouldn't beat out GoW for me, but it'd definitely be in spot #2. I'd probably give spot #3 to TLoU. I do feel it's sequel is far to high on this list though. 🤷♂️
Re: Feature: The 10 Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games of 2021, As Voted By You
I must be psychic, my top 3 matched up perfectly.
Re: Poll: What Was the Best PS4 First-Party Exclusive of the Generation?
God of War, hands down no question about it was my PS game of the generation. Followed by Horizon Zero Dawn.
Re: Poll: What's Your Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Game of 2021?
If they all arrive this year, then must is as follows.
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Ratchet & Clank: A Rift in Time
Other games I'm looking forward to are Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, and I dont know if it's coming out this year, but I'm still looking forward to Biomutant.
Re: Gallery: Here Are Our Community's Top Entries in Latest PS4 Screenshot Competition
Dang, how did I not know about this? I have hundreds of screenshots on my PS4.
Oh well...
Next time Gadget, next time.
Nice job everyone.
Re: The Game Awards Viewership Up 83% Year-Over-Year, Peaked at 8.3 Million Concurrents
Watched the first 2 years, found them boring and kinda lame, haven't watched since. Now I just watch the game blogs and news sites for an overview of everything that happened. Saves me a lot of time.
Re: Watch Dogs Legion (PS5) - Bland Open-Worlder at Least Looks and Runs Better
@Diani_beachboy
FarCry 5 had the best implementation of co-op im the series at least, and planes, so that was nice. The setting was ok, the story was lackluster and I honestly just didn't care. It was miles better than 4, I just did not like 4, well except for the wing suit and the gyro copter/grenade launcher combo that made the game incredibly easy! 😈🤣
Oh, I surprisingly really enjoyed fishing in Far Cry 5 with my brother. So I hope that comes back. Heck, id even play a fishing game with him if it had co-op and was as fun as it was in FC5.
Its just hard to beat FC3 for me. Vaas, while unfortunately underused, was an amazing villain, and the tropical setting is almost a must for FarCry.
Re: Watch Dogs Legion (PS5) - Bland Open-Worlder at Least Looks and Runs Better
I think they should just give up on the franchise. The first was ok, second slightly better bit at least more fun to play, particularly in co-op, but this one held zero interest for me from day one.
The quick swap character feature just reminded me of the one Battlefield Modern Combat (first console Battlefield) feature of hotswapping soldiers on the Battlefield.
It was cool sure, but ultimately not a bid deal.
This seems to be the same, only with the added feature of characters being able to be more unique. But I dont want to control tons of different characters, just give me one good pre-made one or let me create my own.