@B0udoir It's not that the PS5 can't run it. I'm sure if the developer put some effort into it, they could get Rebirth to run at an acceptable resolution at 60 FPS. That's the issue I have. Not with the console. There's no way a big budget AAA game should be running at a resolution so low that it's actually blurry on Performance mode.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. We shouldn't have to buy a PS5 Pro in order to playing Rebirth at even an acceptable resolution at 60 FPS. There are plenty of games that do just that on the base PS5. I'm not saying that this doesn't look great or that it shouldn't look better on the Pro. Of course it would, but it also shouldn't be in the condition it is on the base PS5 either in regards to Performance mode.
Glad to see that the campaign is finally a really good one again. I'll get it when it's on a good sale. I know CoD games don't go on sale as often as other games, but they do, and I'll get it then as the campaign is all I would play.
@DennisReynolds Of course it is. You know exactly what I meant. You are just choosing to argue about it for the sake of arguing about it.
Two different kinds of games, so I'm not expecting Rebirth to look quite as good as Doom Eternal at that frame rate, but it still should look a lot better than it does. There's no excuse and there's no way to defend how poorly the game still looks in Performance mode in comparison to Graphics mode or whatever it is.
It's all good, and you are right that it had plenty of issues at launch. They fixed them all though, something that Square Enix has never done with either Final Fantasy XVI or Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Instead a person has to buy a PS5 Pro if they want to play Rebirth at 60 FPS and even an acceptable resolution, something that should be considered unacceptable. Sure, Rebirth should look better on the Pro than the base PS5, but they are just going to use the Pro to fix things rather than take the time to at least get the regular PS5 version to even a decent resolution so it at least has clarity in Performance mode. Probably just through pure brute force.
I'm happy with this month. I never did end up buying Ghostwire: Tokyo even though it's been cheap for a while now, and Hot Wheels 2 seems pretty solid. I may never play the latter, but I'll take another good game and go from there. I have no interest in Death Note because I don't play anything online anymore.
@DennisReynolds Where do I mention a specific game? Nowhere in my comment. But since you brought up Horizon, it's more than just pretty visuals. It also runs at a very good 60 FPS and looks a lot better than most games that try to run 60 FPS. Yes, 1st party games are generally better than 3rd party titles, but I don't think I've ever seen such a wide gap between 1st party titles and some 3rd party titles in my whole life since I've started gaming. The fact that the 1st party titles have somehow managed to dwarf even a lot of major high budget AAA 3rd party titles also shows a major problem currently, and also proof that the PS5 has easily enough power to run games at good frame rates that also look good. A 1st party game is still a game on the hardware no matter who made it.
You also just proved the point that it's on the developers and their engines. They shouldn't be using RE Engine for open world games if it clearly can't handle them. "Well, the CPUs are small." Sure, but once again, other developers have found ways to work with what they have and the results have been just fine. Not games that have to sacrifice so much resolution to run at 60 FPS that they can even look like I'm playing a game on the Switch clarity wise (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth being the prime example).
There's nothing you can say that can excuse the industry trying to justify making a gamer spend $700 in order to play something like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at an even acceptable resolution at 60 FPS when other developers have already done it. I'm sorry, there's too many examples of games that have been optimized properly. I don't need Rebirth to look even better than it did in Resolution mode. I just need it optimized properly so it looks even just fine at 60 FPS, and it's far from it. If somebody thought it was fine in Performance mode, that's ok, but that doesn't change how blurry it looked because the resolution is so low.
@DennisReynolds Sorry, I can't respect your take at all. It's not that the base PS5 can't keep up. There are plenty of games that run great and look beautiful, but then we have games on the other end that are horribly optimized. If some developers can do it, it's not the hardware.
I'm long past tired of the take that the blame isn't largely on the developers and/or their horrible game engines. We should not have to buy a $700 mid-gen upgrade in order to play games the way they should already be.
This is a beta of a game that is 4 months from release, so I do think it's a bit premature to chalk this one up as another poorly optimized mess, but it won't be because of the hardware if it ends up on that list. It'll be clear that the RE Engine can't handle current gen open world games properly.
It's a shame for the studio since if Concord was a single player focused game rather than live service BS, it might've had a chance to at least be a quality game. It's not that Concord was such a bad game from a gameplay perspective.
I think having them resurrect Killzone, since Guerrilla is done with the series, rather than do a live service shooter could've went really well, but now we'll never know obviously.
I had it pre-ordered and my copy is already shipped, so I'm either going to just stick with it and hope it hits better with me or just send it back and wait.
According to another review or two, it seems like they botched the Max and Chloe dynamic in however they worked it into the story, which is quite a shame.
After finally finishing Star Wars Outlaws, which I enjoyed, yesterday I was able to squeeze in starting one horror game this month. So far I'm highly enjoying it. I never played the original, so I'm going in completely blind.
@Flaming_Kaiser We can definitely agree there. While I enjoyed Outlaws for the most part from beginning to end, it was released earlier than it should've been. Not quite sure what the rush was either. It'll probably keep there from being a sequel, which is a bit of a shame.
When it was initially announced, my expectations were higher than what we were given, but at the end of the day I still enjoyed playing it all the way through. That's what matters in the end for the most part.
@IamJT Yeah, after finishing it tonight, I think it's safely a 7/10. That's not a bad thing at all. A lot of the negativity here stems from people who haven't even played it.
@Khayl Actually, it can be a lie when it is literally false. Or whatever you want to call it. Also, no, the person's quote is not how a lot of people are feeling about the game. There have been plenty of people here that actually enjoyed the game. Obviously not everybody, but the vast majority of the negativity here has been from people who haven't even played the game. As for people outside of here, that is not even close to what the majority have said. With a lot of people playing it in Performance mode, there's been far more criticism of the game's graphics and issues people have with the stealth gameplay.
I honestly didn't notice it this morning when I was playing it after the patch, but it had to have been there, so I guess I'm not as sensitive to it as some are.
Not quite sure the "damning indictment" quote needed to be included in the article @Khayl, especially when it's a flat out lie. It's actually an entertaining game, and it's gotten more than enough negativity thrown at it without having to include that in an article for no reason. Yes, including this in today's patch is obviously bad, but that's not the game's fault.
@djlard @Voltan Didn't you two have the Explore page before they changed it to the Welcome hub? If so, it doesn't add a single button press to play a game as you would automatically start there every boot up. Unless I'm remembering something wrong, I don't get the complaint.
I love Horizon, so if they focus on that, fine. I also don't blame them for wanting to do different things after working on that series for nearly 10 years. It's funny how people are feeling the need to crap on the Horizon series just because they don't want to do Killzone anymore.
Sony could just have a different developer do a new Killzone. It shouldn't be that hard for Sony or fans to think of, but the likelihood of that happening with today's Sony is very slim since they love to leave IPs that fans want to return remain dormant.
Great to see that it's shaping up to be a really good game. I've only ever played one Lego game before, so between getting to play another one finally and being a huge Horizon fan, I'm really looking forward to play this one. Just pre-ordered it.
I don't really like it when they recast a character when the actor dies, but unfortunately like people have said he's almost too important to the plot just to have the character die in between games. That would've been an option though, and then just have Beta take over his work, but I also get not wanting to throw away the character.
My first pick would seriously be LeVar Burton. If not him, then the Keith David pick would obviously work.
My feelings about this haven't changed. I'm still a huge Horizon fan that won't be paying for the Remastered version anytime soon. I've already played Zero Dawn twice and it's still a really good version of the game. Yes, a decent amount of work went into this, but not everybody has changed their opinion.
I don't really think $50 for a AA title is unreasonable. That's still a $20 drop from AAA titles.
As for this, I would like to get it at some point. I know some consider it's PS3 era roots to be a negative, but I actually find it to be a positive since that era is still maybe the best ever for gaming. I'd rather go back and play something like that than some of the modern games.
Given that the 7/10 from here is an outlier amongst other reviews, I'll likely be waiting on this though. I have a lot of other things to play right now, and maybe they'll iron out some of the performance issues other places mentioned.
Just because this game may not sell well doesn't mean the developer will be dead after 1 game. The budget for this game would be a fraction of the budget something like Concord had.
Not a bad idea to release a demo. I've been sold on it ever since it was announced, so I won't be playing the demo since I already have it pre-ordered.
Finally playing Ys VIII when the PS5 version released a couple of years ago made any entry to the series that gets released on PS5 an instant purchase.
Still one of my all-time favorites. It, along with the rest of the series, is also why I'm primarily a PlayStation gamer. Special times back then.
It's too bad PlayStation was too busy remastering and remaking games that are less than 10 years old. Remastering the first 3 games to at least put them on the level of 4 and Lost Legacy would've been great, and even updating the gameplay a bit to the more modern level of them too. So I guess in the end remaking. I'd happily pay for that and play the collection all over again.
Really looking forward to watching the first season as I was a big fan of the reboot trilogy. It likely won't be right away, but I'm glad it seems to have turned out to be pretty solid, even if it is barely Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes right now.
@Flaming_Kaiser Now that we veered off, I can agree with you.
You are not wrong that a lot of the problems really started after the PS3, which was probably the last of the glory days so to speak. Obviously the PS4 had a lot of amazing games, but the PS3 was the last gen where the disc would have a fully playable game on it at least 9 times out of 10.
Sure, the open world RPG Assassin's Creed trilogy of games ended up getting quite bloated by the end with Valhalla. I still enjoyed it, but Odyssey will always remain my favorite and Origins is probably the perfect length for a lot of people. Hopefully Shadows scales things back a bit when it comes out next year.
@Flaming_Kaiser Sure, old Ubisoft is the best Ubisoft. They still have released some good games though. It's a popular thing to crap on them. Even while some of it is deserved, they have released good games.
And? That doesn't change the fact that Immortals Fenyx Rising was a solid game. I wasn't talking about sales. Just the fact that they have actually made some quality games over the last 5 years or so.
Star Wars Outlaws is actually a solid enough game. Was it released too soon? Sure, which is why it needs patches and some technical optimization. Again, that doesn't change the fact that it's actually a solid enough game regardless. I guess somehow those of us that have actually really enjoyed the game are somehow wrong though as it goes against people's narratives that everything Ubisoft makes is trash.
@GigaGaia No, they don't need to stop with Assassin's Creed. That is still a series plenty of people love and would end up being a huge loss for fans. They also don't make Assassin's Creed games as frequently as they used to. Valhalla did end up bloated (I still liked it), but Origins and Odyssey were both good.
Star Wars Outlaws is not trash. It's a solid enough game that should've been delayed in order to optimize it better and such, but it is definitely not trash. There are several people, including myself, that have enjoyed it.
Beyond Good & Evil's 20th Anniversary edition is quite good from what I hear. Immortals Fenyx Rising was a solid Zelda clone, so that was good as well.
@UltimateOtaku91 No, you are far from the only one that likes Ubisoft games. It's just the cool thing to hate on them even though they have made good games. Sure, the open world Assassin's Creed games got bloated, but they are still good games, especially Origins and Odyssey.
A lot of the people that like to crap on Ubisoft probably don't even play their games. Yes, they could afford to branch out from their formula, but they have made several good games over the last 5 years or so.
@Mostik Agreed. That would be one legit complaint with the game, as you shouldn't lose rep with the other group if they had no idea you did it. Like you said, you can make it back up, but I've ended up passing on plenty of missions because I knew it would just damage the rep I had with the other group.
It is a shame how it's being perceived as a total failure when the game itself is quite enjoyable. Yes, it's a mess from a technical perspective in certain ways (especially the resolution in Performance mode), but I've been playing it since the early release and I've been enjoying it.
It probably should've been delayed to try to optimize the Performance mode better so it would be better than 1080p, but it's still worth playing for people whenever they'd get around to it.
This will be a rare month where I claim all 3 of them, and there's a good chance I'll play all of them. I always wait and by the latest WWE 2K around Black Friday, and for no reason I never got around to actually buying Dead Space. Doki Doki was something that was likely to slip through the cracks permanently, but now that I am getting it for free it might end up being a good palette cleanser at some point.
Obviously something that isn't preferred, but the amount of outrage was a combination of funny and a perfect example of how awful the internet is nowadays. Even one of the articles here saying that their background was replaced with an ad was a bit dumb, when the backgrounds had been replaced a long time ago when PlayStation forced the Activity Cards on us, replacing the background artwork with an activity from the game.
So, that's a big reason why I think the backlash was stupid. The ads just replaced an activity card, both things I would ignore every time I went to boot up a game anyways. To be that irate about them, going as far as to protest over it just makes themselves look stupid. Also, to hate the employee trying to calm things down was people being their usual selves on the internet. A useless thing replaced a useless thing. Woopdidoo.
Ummm, your glorious Space Marine 2 background was replaced with an ad? The glorious game backgrounds were replaced long ago when PlayStation decided to force the Activity Cards onto us, replacing the game artwork with an activity from the game. I'm not sure how this is really much worse.
PlayStation has done far worse things lately. To cry over this is a bit much to say the least.
Likely pushing back Horizon 3 so we can get some stupid online Horizon game? Screw that. I'm a huge Horizon fan, but that's for the single player games. I have 0 interest in playing something that is the exact opposite reason why I'm a PlayStation gamer and chose the PS5 as my go-to console this gen.
That is true. Load times and such like that have been a great thing for this generation. Unfortunately actual game design and such has gone straight in the toilet given how poorly some of the games are optimized.
I guess it's not a total surprise that this generation is a bit cursed since it had to start in the middle of a pandemic.
I'll be honest and say I'd actually consider getting the Pro at some point if it wasn't so damn expensive. I still believe it doesn't need to exist, but that's another story.
@GamingFan4Lyf That makes sense, and would still be the developers' fault like I said as well. At least some of the issues this gen are definitely not the hardware's fault. There's too many examples to the contrary, but you can spend $700-$800 to brute force games to perform close to the way they should have from the start.
I'm not getting a Pro, but it'll be good for some people that Star Wars Outlaws is on the list. I've enjoyed the game, but the game's Performance mode is another one that's poorly optimized, with the resolution being quite horrible at times. That would definitely benefit from the Pro, although I still say instances like that are more on the developers than the hardware itself.
@Nei You're fine. I can go on quite a rant at times, so no big deal.
You are not wrong about Rebirth, but I still put the issues with the game's Performance mode on the developers and not the hardware.
In Fidelity mode, it is indeed a great looking game. Luckily the characters move "heavy" enough that playing it in 30 FPS wasn't a big deal as they wouldn't have moved that much differently in 60. Obviously I still would've preferred to play it in 60 regardless, but it was still enjoyable at 30.
I played FF16 at 30 FPS as well. It is amazing that it wasn't optimized properly either, but as usual that falls back on the developers/game engine and not the hardware. It was designed to be played at 30 FPS at least, so again, it was still enjoyable to play that way.
@Nei Fair enough for a frame rate comparison, but there's still no excuse why it's such a blurry mess in Performance mode. I know it's a cross-gen title, but when I can put in Remake and it looks a lot better than Rebirth does in Performance mode, something isn't right. I shouldn't have to buy a $700 console to get it to look the way it's supposed to. A drop in graphics quality in Performance mode is expected, but not like that.
@Nepp67 That still proves that the PS5 is perfectly capable of running good looking games at 60 FPS. Some developers either don't want to put the work in or just have engines that suck, so then we get heavily flawed Performance modes in some games. Here comes the PS5 Pro to save the day, but that shouldn't have had to happen.
I'm shocked that nobody has brought up the fact that it looks like Kaitlyn did nothing to try to look like Abby. Yes, they way overdid her look in the game, but I know there was plenty of talk when they cast her that she was going to have to bulk up. I know they technically can do their own take on the character, but I figured it would've at least been brought up that it looks like Kaitlyn is how she normally is.
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Re: Hypnotic PS5 Pro Boot Screen, Background Worth the Upgrade
@Mr_B021 https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/11/ps5-pro-unboxings-now-online-same-box-basically
Re: Hypnotic PS5 Pro Boot Screen, Background Worth the Upgrade
The title and such of this article is a joke, right? It has to be a joke...
Re: PS5 Pro Makes Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Look Like a Whole New Game
@B0udoir It's not that the PS5 can't run it. I'm sure if the developer put some effort into it, they could get Rebirth to run at an acceptable resolution at 60 FPS. That's the issue I have. Not with the console. There's no way a big budget AAA game should be running at a resolution so low that it's actually blurry on Performance mode.
Re: PS5 Pro Makes Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Look Like a Whole New Game
I've said it before and I'll say it again. We shouldn't have to buy a PS5 Pro in order to playing Rebirth at even an acceptable resolution at 60 FPS. There are plenty of games that do just that on the base PS5. I'm not saying that this doesn't look great or that it shouldn't look better on the Pro. Of course it would, but it also shouldn't be in the condition it is on the base PS5 either in regards to Performance mode.
Re: Insomniac Developers Psyched for PS5 Pro, Enhanced Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is 'Phenomenal'
I already have seen their vision for the game. It was released back in 2021. This is just talk to try to get people to buy the Pro.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (PS5) - The Strongest Return to FPS Form
Glad to see that the campaign is finally a really good one again. I'll get it when it's on a good sale. I know CoD games don't go on sale as often as other games, but they do, and I'll get it then as the campaign is all I would play.
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds' Beta Is Prompting Fans to Reconsider PS5 Pro
@DennisReynolds Of course it is. You know exactly what I meant. You are just choosing to argue about it for the sake of arguing about it.
Two different kinds of games, so I'm not expecting Rebirth to look quite as good as Doom Eternal at that frame rate, but it still should look a lot better than it does. There's no excuse and there's no way to defend how poorly the game still looks in Performance mode in comparison to Graphics mode or whatever it is.
It's all good, and you are right that it had plenty of issues at launch. They fixed them all though, something that Square Enix has never done with either Final Fantasy XVI or Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Instead a person has to buy a PS5 Pro if they want to play Rebirth at 60 FPS and even an acceptable resolution, something that should be considered unacceptable. Sure, Rebirth should look better on the Pro than the base PS5, but they are just going to use the Pro to fix things rather than take the time to at least get the regular PS5 version to even a decent resolution so it at least has clarity in Performance mode. Probably just through pure brute force.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for November 2024 Announced
I'm happy with this month. I never did end up buying Ghostwire: Tokyo even though it's been cheap for a while now, and Hot Wheels 2 seems pretty solid. I may never play the latter, but I'll take another good game and go from there. I have no interest in Death Note because I don't play anything online anymore.
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds' Beta Is Prompting Fans to Reconsider PS5 Pro
@DennisReynolds Where do I mention a specific game? Nowhere in my comment. But since you brought up Horizon, it's more than just pretty visuals. It also runs at a very good 60 FPS and looks a lot better than most games that try to run 60 FPS. Yes, 1st party games are generally better than 3rd party titles, but I don't think I've ever seen such a wide gap between 1st party titles and some 3rd party titles in my whole life since I've started gaming. The fact that the 1st party titles have somehow managed to dwarf even a lot of major high budget AAA 3rd party titles also shows a major problem currently, and also proof that the PS5 has easily enough power to run games at good frame rates that also look good. A 1st party game is still a game on the hardware no matter who made it.
You also just proved the point that it's on the developers and their engines. They shouldn't be using RE Engine for open world games if it clearly can't handle them. "Well, the CPUs are small." Sure, but once again, other developers have found ways to work with what they have and the results have been just fine. Not games that have to sacrifice so much resolution to run at 60 FPS that they can even look like I'm playing a game on the Switch clarity wise (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth being the prime example).
There's nothing you can say that can excuse the industry trying to justify making a gamer spend $700 in order to play something like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at an even acceptable resolution at 60 FPS when other developers have already done it. I'm sorry, there's too many examples of games that have been optimized properly. I don't need Rebirth to look even better than it did in Resolution mode. I just need it optimized properly so it looks even just fine at 60 FPS, and it's far from it. If somebody thought it was fine in Performance mode, that's ok, but that doesn't change how blurry it looked because the resolution is so low.
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds' Beta Is Prompting Fans to Reconsider PS5 Pro
@DennisReynolds Sorry, I can't respect your take at all. It's not that the base PS5 can't keep up. There are plenty of games that run great and look beautiful, but then we have games on the other end that are horribly optimized. If some developers can do it, it's not the hardware.
I'm long past tired of the take that the blame isn't largely on the developers and/or their horrible game engines. We should not have to buy a $700 mid-gen upgrade in order to play games the way they should already be.
This is a beta of a game that is 4 months from release, so I do think it's a bit premature to chalk this one up as another poorly optimized mess, but it won't be because of the hardware if it ends up on that list. It'll be clear that the RE Engine can't handle current gen open world games properly.
Re: PS5, PC Flop Concord Never Returning, Studio Closed Down
It's a shame for the studio since if Concord was a single player focused game rather than live service BS, it might've had a chance to at least be a quality game. It's not that Concord was such a bad game from a gameplay perspective.
I think having them resurrect Killzone, since Guerrilla is done with the series, rather than do a live service shooter could've went really well, but now we'll never know obviously.
Re: Life Is Strange: Double Exposure (PS5) - Hallmark Series Loses Its Charm
I had it pre-ordered and my copy is already shipped, so I'm either going to just stick with it and hope it hits better with me or just send it back and wait.
According to another review or two, it seems like they botched the Max and Chloe dynamic in however they worked it into the story, which is quite a shame.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 552
Dead Space Remake
After finally finishing Star Wars Outlaws, which I enjoyed, yesterday I was able to squeeze in starting one horror game this month. So far I'm highly enjoying it. I never played the original, so I'm going in completely blind.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Slips PS5 Screen Tearing Bug into Latest Patch
@Flaming_Kaiser We can definitely agree there. While I enjoyed Outlaws for the most part from beginning to end, it was released earlier than it should've been. Not quite sure what the rush was either. It'll probably keep there from being a sequel, which is a bit of a shame.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Slips PS5 Screen Tearing Bug into Latest Patch
@IamJT Exactly, and that's a pretty fair opinion
When it was initially announced, my expectations were higher than what we were given, but at the end of the day I still enjoyed playing it all the way through. That's what matters in the end for the most part.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Slips PS5 Screen Tearing Bug into Latest Patch
@IamJT Yeah, after finishing it tonight, I think it's safely a 7/10. That's not a bad thing at all. A lot of the negativity here stems from people who haven't even played it.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Slips PS5 Screen Tearing Bug into Latest Patch
@Khayl Actually, it can be a lie when it is literally false. Or whatever you want to call it. Also, no, the person's quote is not how a lot of people are feeling about the game. There have been plenty of people here that actually enjoyed the game. Obviously not everybody, but the vast majority of the negativity here has been from people who haven't even played the game. As for people outside of here, that is not even close to what the majority have said. With a lot of people playing it in Performance mode, there's been far more criticism of the game's graphics and issues people have with the stealth gameplay.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Slips PS5 Screen Tearing Bug into Latest Patch
@Vladspartan Why do I automatically have to be a Ubisoft fanboy just because I'm defending the game against a quote I think is ridiculous?
Re: The Latest PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Tweaks Activity Cards
@Voltan That's strange, unless I'm remembering wrong. Or things are different in the US than where you live. Oh well. Moving on.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Slips PS5 Screen Tearing Bug into Latest Patch
I honestly didn't notice it this morning when I was playing it after the patch, but it had to have been there, so I guess I'm not as sensitive to it as some are.
Not quite sure the "damning indictment" quote needed to be included in the article @Khayl, especially when it's a flat out lie. It's actually an entertaining game, and it's gotten more than enough negativity thrown at it without having to include that in an article for no reason. Yes, including this in today's patch is obviously bad, but that's not the game's fault.
Re: The Latest PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Tweaks Activity Cards
@djlard I didn't know you exclusively used rest mode. I rarely use it, so I didn't know that.
Re: The Latest PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Tweaks Activity Cards
@djlard @Voltan Didn't you two have the Explore page before they changed it to the Welcome hub? If so, it doesn't add a single button press to play a game as you would automatically start there every boot up. Unless I'm remembering something wrong, I don't get the complaint.
Re: Sony's Guerrilla Sounds Completely Done with the Killzone Series
I love Horizon, so if they focus on that, fine. I also don't blame them for wanting to do different things after working on that series for nearly 10 years. It's funny how people are feeling the need to crap on the Horizon series just because they don't want to do Killzone anymore.
Sony could just have a different developer do a new Killzone. It shouldn't be that hard for Sony or fans to think of, but the likelihood of that happening with today's Sony is very slim since they love to leave IPs that fans want to return remain dormant.
Re: Preview: LEGO Horizon Adventures Is Looking Like the Best LEGO Game Yet
Great to see that it's shaping up to be a really good game. I've only ever played one Lego game before, so between getting to play another one finally and being a huge Horizon fan, I'm really looking forward to play this one. Just pre-ordered it.
Re: Horizon's Sylens Will Be Recast Following the Passing of Lance Reddick
I don't really like it when they recast a character when the actor dies, but unfortunately like people have said he's almost too important to the plot just to have the character die in between games. That would've been an option though, and then just have Beta take over his work, but I also get not wanting to throw away the character.
My first pick would seriously be LeVar Burton. If not him, then the Keith David pick would obviously work.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered Sounds Like a Ridiculously Good PS5 Upgrade
My feelings about this haven't changed. I'm still a huge Horizon fan that won't be paying for the Remastered version anytime soon. I've already played Zero Dawn twice and it's still a really good version of the game. Yes, a decent amount of work went into this, but not everybody has changed their opinion.
Re: Unknown 9: Awakening (PS5) - Brand New IP Shows Plenty of Promise
I don't really think $50 for a AA title is unreasonable. That's still a $20 drop from AAA titles.
As for this, I would like to get it at some point. I know some consider it's PS3 era roots to be a negative, but I actually find it to be a positive since that era is still maybe the best ever for gaming. I'd rather go back and play something like that than some of the modern games.
Given that the 7/10 from here is an outlier amongst other reviews, I'll likely be waiting on this though. I have a lot of other things to play right now, and maybe they'll iron out some of the performance issues other places mentioned.
Just because this game may not sell well doesn't mean the developer will be dead after 1 game. The budget for this game would be a fraction of the budget something like Concord had.
Re: Try Ys X: Nordics' Fast-Paced Combat in PS5, PS4 Demo, Available Now
Not a bad idea to release a demo. I've been sold on it ever since it was announced, so I won't be playing the demo since I already have it pre-ordered.
Finally playing Ys VIII when the PS5 version released a couple of years ago made any entry to the series that gets released on PS5 an instant purchase.
Re: PlayStation Community Reflects on Iconic Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for 15th Anniversary
Still one of my all-time favorites. It, along with the rest of the series, is also why I'm primarily a PlayStation gamer. Special times back then.
It's too bad PlayStation was too busy remastering and remaking games that are less than 10 years old. Remastering the first 3 games to at least put them on the level of 4 and Lost Legacy would've been great, and even updating the gameplay a bit to the more modern level of them too. So I guess in the end remaking. I'd happily pay for that and play the collection all over again.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 550
Star Wars Outlaws
Re: TV Show Review: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft - Globetrotting Animated Adventure Edges Lara's Arc Forward
Really looking forward to watching the first season as I was a big fan of the reboot trilogy. It likely won't be right away, but I'm glad it seems to have turned out to be pretty solid, even if it is barely Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes right now.
Re: Tencent, Guillemot Family Reportedly Considering Ubisoft Buyout
@Flaming_Kaiser Now that we veered off, I can agree with you.
You are not wrong that a lot of the problems really started after the PS3, which was probably the last of the glory days so to speak. Obviously the PS4 had a lot of amazing games, but the PS3 was the last gen where the disc would have a fully playable game on it at least 9 times out of 10.
Sure, the open world RPG Assassin's Creed trilogy of games ended up getting quite bloated by the end with Valhalla. I still enjoyed it, but Odyssey will always remain my favorite and Origins is probably the perfect length for a lot of people. Hopefully Shadows scales things back a bit when it comes out next year.
Re: Tencent, Guillemot Family Reportedly Considering Ubisoft Buyout
@Flaming_Kaiser Sure, old Ubisoft is the best Ubisoft. They still have released some good games though. It's a popular thing to crap on them. Even while some of it is deserved, they have released good games.
And? That doesn't change the fact that Immortals Fenyx Rising was a solid game. I wasn't talking about sales. Just the fact that they have actually made some quality games over the last 5 years or so.
Star Wars Outlaws is actually a solid enough game. Was it released too soon? Sure, which is why it needs patches and some technical optimization. Again, that doesn't change the fact that it's actually a solid enough game regardless. I guess somehow those of us that have actually really enjoyed the game are somehow wrong though as it goes against people's narratives that everything Ubisoft makes is trash.
Re: Tencent, Guillemot Family Reportedly Considering Ubisoft Buyout
@GigaGaia No, they don't need to stop with Assassin's Creed. That is still a series plenty of people love and would end up being a huge loss for fans. They also don't make Assassin's Creed games as frequently as they used to. Valhalla did end up bloated (I still liked it), but Origins and Odyssey were both good.
Star Wars Outlaws is not trash. It's a solid enough game that should've been delayed in order to optimize it better and such, but it is definitely not trash. There are several people, including myself, that have enjoyed it.
Beyond Good & Evil's 20th Anniversary edition is quite good from what I hear. Immortals Fenyx Rising was a solid Zelda clone, so that was good as well.
Re: Tencent, Guillemot Family Reportedly Considering Ubisoft Buyout
@UltimateOtaku91 No, you are far from the only one that likes Ubisoft games. It's just the cool thing to hate on them even though they have made good games. Sure, the open world Assassin's Creed games got bloated, but they are still good games, especially Origins and Odyssey.
A lot of the people that like to crap on Ubisoft probably don't even play their games. Yes, they could afford to branch out from their formula, but they have made several good games over the last 5 years or so.
Re: Big Star Wars Outlaws PS5 Update Takes Aim at Stealth, Performance
@Mostik Agreed. That would be one legit complaint with the game, as you shouldn't lose rep with the other group if they had no idea you did it. Like you said, you can make it back up, but I've ended up passing on plenty of missions because I knew it would just damage the rep I had with the other group.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 549
Star Wars Outlaws
Yes, I know I'm slow with the game, but I'm still enjoying it.
Re: Report Finds Lack of Star Wars Outlaws Sales Disturbing
It is a shame how it's being perceived as a total failure when the game itself is quite enjoyable. Yes, it's a mess from a technical perspective in certain ways (especially the resolution in Performance mode), but I've been playing it since the early release and I've been enjoying it.
It probably should've been delayed to try to optimize the Performance mode better so it would be better than 1080p, but it's still worth playing for people whenever they'd get around to it.
Re: October 2024's PS Plus Essential PS5, PS4 Games Are Available to Download Now
This will be a rare month where I claim all 3 of them, and there's a good chance I'll play all of them. I always wait and by the latest WWE 2K around Black Friday, and for no reason I never got around to actually buying Dead Space. Doki Doki was something that was likely to slip through the cracks permanently, but now that I am getting it for free it might end up being a good palette cleanser at some point.
Re: Sony Product Manager Urges PS5 Fans to 'Settle Down' Over Ads
Obviously something that isn't preferred, but the amount of outrage was a combination of funny and a perfect example of how awful the internet is nowadays. Even one of the articles here saying that their background was replaced with an ad was a bit dumb, when the backgrounds had been replaced a long time ago when PlayStation forced the Activity Cards on us, replacing the background artwork with an activity from the game.
So, that's a big reason why I think the backlash was stupid. The ads just replaced an activity card, both things I would ignore every time I went to boot up a game anyways. To be that irate about them, going as far as to protest over it just makes themselves look stupid. Also, to hate the employee trying to calm things down was people being their usual selves on the internet. A useless thing replaced a useless thing. Woopdidoo.
Re: PS5 Firmware Update Annoys with Unwanted Deluge of Ads, News Feed
Ummm, your glorious Space Marine 2 background was replaced with an ad? The glorious game backgrounds were replaced long ago when PlayStation decided to force the Activity Cards onto us, replacing the game artwork with an activity from the game. I'm not sure how this is really much worse.
PlayStation has done far worse things lately. To cry over this is a bit much to say the least.
Re: Sony's Live Service Push 'No Joke', A Lot of People Working on Horizon Online
Likely pushing back Horizon 3 so we can get some stupid online Horizon game? Screw that. I'm a huge Horizon fan, but that's for the single player games. I have 0 interest in playing something that is the exact opposite reason why I'm a PlayStation gamer and chose the PS5 as my go-to console this gen.
Re: PS Store Confirms Lots More PS5 Pro Enhanced Games with New Tag
That is true. Load times and such like that have been a great thing for this generation. Unfortunately actual game design and such has gone straight in the toilet given how poorly some of the games are optimized.
I guess it's not a total surprise that this generation is a bit cursed since it had to start in the middle of a pandemic.
I'll be honest and say I'd actually consider getting the Pro at some point if it wasn't so damn expensive. I still believe it doesn't need to exist, but that's another story.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 548
Star Wars Outlaws
Re: PS Store Confirms Lots More PS5 Pro Enhanced Games with New Tag
@GamingFan4Lyf That makes sense, and would still be the developers' fault like I said as well. At least some of the issues this gen are definitely not the hardware's fault. There's too many examples to the contrary, but you can spend $700-$800 to brute force games to perform close to the way they should have from the start.
Re: PS Store Confirms Lots More PS5 Pro Enhanced Games with New Tag
I'm not getting a Pro, but it'll be good for some people that Star Wars Outlaws is on the list. I've enjoyed the game, but the game's Performance mode is another one that's poorly optimized, with the resolution being quite horrible at times. That would definitely benefit from the Pro, although I still say instances like that are more on the developers than the hardware itself.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 Pro Is 'Pure Eye Candy at Race Car Levels of Performance'
@Nei You're fine. I can go on quite a rant at times, so no big deal.
You are not wrong about Rebirth, but I still put the issues with the game's Performance mode on the developers and not the hardware.
In Fidelity mode, it is indeed a great looking game. Luckily the characters move "heavy" enough that playing it in 30 FPS wasn't a big deal as they wouldn't have moved that much differently in 60. Obviously I still would've preferred to play it in 60 regardless, but it was still enjoyable at 30.
I played FF16 at 30 FPS as well. It is amazing that it wasn't optimized properly either, but as usual that falls back on the developers/game engine and not the hardware. It was designed to be played at 30 FPS at least, so again, it was still enjoyable to play that way.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 Pro Is 'Pure Eye Candy at Race Car Levels of Performance'
@Nei Fair enough for a frame rate comparison, but there's still no excuse why it's such a blurry mess in Performance mode. I know it's a cross-gen title, but when I can put in Remake and it looks a lot better than Rebirth does in Performance mode, something isn't right. I shouldn't have to buy a $700 console to get it to look the way it's supposed to. A drop in graphics quality in Performance mode is expected, but not like that.
Re: PS5 Pro Will Supposedly Fix Rise of the Ronin's Shoddy Frame Rate
@Nepp67 That still proves that the PS5 is perfectly capable of running good looking games at 60 FPS. Some developers either don't want to put the work in or just have engines that suck, so then we get heavily flawed Performance modes in some games. Here comes the PS5 Pro to save the day, but that shouldn't have had to happen.
Re: The Last of Us Season 2 Debuts in 2025, Here's Your First Look
I'm shocked that nobody has brought up the fact that it looks like Kaitlyn did nothing to try to look like Abby. Yes, they way overdid her look in the game, but I know there was plenty of talk when they cast her that she was going to have to bulk up. I know they technically can do their own take on the character, but I figured it would've at least been brought up that it looks like Kaitlyn is how she normally is.