It would have been awesome if Sony had put in the effort to make this happen a while ago, but I have since moved on from worrying about it after I found my PS3 in the basement last year. It's not easy to find the opportunity to fit in some PS3 games in between all of my PS4 and PS5 backlog, but it's hooked up for when the opportunities come.
Yes, if a game is a Souls game or Souls-like, it is an automatic pass for me. I play games to have fun, and I don't find it fun to die 100 times before you finally beat a particular boss or something like that.
It's a shame Elden Ring had to be that type of game since everything else about it is right up my alley as I love western style RPGs like that. Oh well. It's not like there's not a bunch of other "normal" games out there to play. I just think it's a shame in a sense that these type of games got to be so popular, as I see a game that might seem intriguing and then it gets immediately ignored when I find out it's that type of game.
Continuing to make my way through all of the DLC that I didn't play years ago. Started with Wrath of the Druids. I'm well into it now, but I'm still enjoying it.
@Ken_Kaniff They did overhaul the actual list of each game and how many trophies you've earned at least. At launch that was horrible.
There's other things that have been broken pretty much since launch like obviously the playtime tracking off and on, and when comparing certain games with people on your friends list. Like Final Fantasy VII Remake that has multiple versions and a demo. Even though I've played it on PS4 and PS5, it will say I never played it when comparing it with somebody else. I think that made sense.
My biggest issue is the forced activity cards though. One thing the PS5 UI had going for it was how nice it looked with game art as the background for games. Now that goes away the moment you start playing a game. The fact that they never gave you the option to revert back to the original look is stupid.
@Ken_Kaniff They were great through the whole PS4 generation. Then the PS5 came out and it's like they either cut that staff in half or gutted it all and hired people off of Craigslist.
If the people who work on the PS5's UI are the same people that work on Stars, I'm not surprised this has happened. I still love my PS5, but it's sad that the days of having faith in things working properly most of the time and them fixing the issues in a timely manner if not went away so quickly.
Well, if the PS5's UI is anything to go by, the engineers should be able to fix Stars by... never.
There's still things to this day that don't work properly on the PS5's UI that haven't since launch, so I wouldn't criticize anybody saying that they aren't surprised Stars is still not working.
I never really knew this existed, but after reading the review, I'll definitely check it out sometime. I'm not sure when as I already have plenty to play, but I'll try to remember to check it out at some point. I never did play their previous game (Everybody's Gone to the Rapture), but there's nothing wrong with something a bit different at times.
I had never played any of the DLC from the game even though I bought it all, so I am doing that now after finally finishing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. A good time as any given Shadows is coming in November.
I never played the original, so this would be a perfect opportunity to remedy that. I'm not expecting it to be a game that gets anywhere near a 10, but it should be fun. Sometimes that's not a bad thing at all.
So, for a lot of people it is the usual. I thought maybe this was going to be the big update that has been in beta for a long time now, but then I installed it. At least I can know the next time I fart, my PS5 is in no danger of falling over with the added stability.
I don't really care. I'm already sold on what I've seen. I've been sold on it since it was revealed. Still really looking forward to it.
Even if you would describe it as Ubisoft in space, I'd rather play that than Star Wars games that border on being soulslike games. It looks like it's going to be fun, and definitely feels like you're in a Star Wars world. I'll take fun.
This is easily my most anticipated game for the rest of the year. It's a rare Ubisoft game that I'm actually considering getting on release day. I know that sounds stupid, but it's not to me.
It is weird that it'll be on Switch, but do I care? No. I care about the fact that my favorite current running series is getting a Lego game. It should be a lot of fun playing a lighthearted Horizon game. I'll be playing the best console version of the game while others are busy crying.
I haven't played many Lego games at all, but I'll definitely be getting this one since I'm a huge fan of the Horizon series. A more lighthearted affair is not a bad thing.
Since it was developed to be a 30 FPS game, I had no issues playing it at that frame rate. It's extremely smooth for a 30 FPS game. The only issue I had initially was not being able to turn off the incredibly heavy handed motion blur, but at least they added that option eventually.
It is amazing though how Square Enix has now failed at a performance mode for each of their PS5 exclusive games. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth takes a big graphical hit if you play it in that mode, and it was never fixed. 16 obviously also had issues right out of the gate. The PS5 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake had none of these issues and that's just a cross-gen game.
I would make a hard pass for Halo 1 unless it's the whole Master Chief Collection. I tried playing it for the first time a couple of years ago, and while I managed to finish it, it was a huge struggle to make it through it. The game is extremely dated at this point, with an extreme amount of repetition amongst the levels. It's a product of being developed back then, but still, I didn't find the game to be much fun at all. Halo 2 is leaps and bounds better, and so is 3.
Would be nice to know what instead of the same news we already knew that they are making 2 single player games. Could always go back and player another remaster/remake, which is all they've done so far this generation.
Good to know that we're at the heart of everything they do, but yet we know next to nothing about what they are doing. We know of 2 1st party single player games that are in development, but we are still waiting on several other developers that are MIA to reveal something.
Even though it would be a bit of typecasting, I could definitely see him in the role. He'd be perfect for it, but I'm sure whatever role he ends up getting, he'll be great as it. He was great in Shogun and the many other things I've seen him in.
At least somebody at PlayStation still remembers the old PlayStation magic. The company has almost entirely lost that, but at least Team Asobi still exists.
@PsBoxSwitchOwner Not really. It's not so much the expectations of the SoP. I didn't expect much and felt like I wanted my 30 minutes back until Astro Bot finally came along. It's the fact that we are at this point in the PS5's life cycle and we have yet to have anything revealed from several 1st party developers that haven't released a new game in at least 3-5 years.
Whether I expected them there or not doesn't change the fact that with every livestream, the frustration continues to grow when the vast majority of titles shown are either 3rd party games or 1st party online games. Yes, games take longer to make now, but it should be impossible for most of these developers to have nothing to reveal still. Like I said, it's been 3-5 years for most of them. They are not just sitting there and twiddling their thumbs. Or at least they shouldn't be even though it seems like it by now.
Even with the Astro Bot announcement, I still rated it Poor. Yes, my expectations were in check, but that still doesn't excuse the fact that anything else we didn't already know about was 3rd party. There's no way that developers that haven't released anything in at least 3-5 years don't have something to at least reveal. I'm getting really sick of still not knowing what any of them are developing outside of online titles or Wolverine.
I honestly felt like I wanted my 30 minutes back until the Astro Bot reveal, but one great announcement shouldn't excuse them.
@Matroska I was not aware of that, but I still earn hardly any points because Stars is so geared toward digital gaming and such. I may have around 1400 or so since it started.
It's not a Showcase, but this needs to at least help redeem their Showcase from last year by showing future 1st party games from developers that haven't released anything in years. I'll keep my expectations in check given how horribly inconsistent their shows have been this gen, but what I said still needs to happen regardless.
I'll gladly take the Code Veronica remake. Given their track record with RE remakes, 0 will undoubtedly be a worthwhile one as well. If this ends up being true, this is great news.
Hopefully their string of great RE remakes never ends.
I'll claim Fight Forever only because I'm an AEW fan and maybe someday they'll have even remotely close to their whole roster on there. It has too many issues to ever consider paying for it.
As for the other two, nah. They already gave away the good Spongebob game and I already own Streets of Rage 4. If you have any interest at all in that game and haven't bought it yet, that is the one gem of the coming month on Essential.
@trev666 Yeah, the Stars program is only really any good if you buy all of your games digitally. Maybe if you also play the games they want you to play each month, but I play what I want to play. I'm barely at Level 4 and I've been a member since it started.
@HonestHick Their domination of the last generation is what led to this. Yeah, I agree that it would be a disaster if Microsoft stopped making consoles. PlayStation is already bad enough this gen. It's not like they would stop trying to make good hardware and good games, but they'd probably stop making as many.
No harm. The apology is accepted and I'm fine about the rant. I've had my fair share of rants from time to time.
@HonestHick You're not wrong, but their incompetence in regards to the PS5's UI and not fixing and/or adding things three and a half years in to the console generation is still surprising. The playtime tracker might not matter for some people, but it's still one thing that's been broken off and on from the start and shouldn't still be unstable after this long.
The PS4's might have been sluggish at times if you didn't upgrade to an SSD drive and the store was cluttered, but most of the time almost everything worked as it should. If something was broken, I had confidence that they would actually fix it in due time. This gen though? It's as if they either canned them all and hired a staff off of Craig's List or they scaled the staff so far back that they just can't live up to the reputation they established with their work on the PS4's UI.
I love my PS5, but stuff like this at this point is completely inexcusable.
Still rolling with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Still enjoying it.
I do agree with others that there's too much padding, but the story portion is still great. I look forward to getting back into the story with me about to polish off Chapter 12.
I'm still going to watch this as I'm curious how they'll translate Part II's to TV even if I was in the minority that truly hated the game's story, and I obviously enjoyed Season 1.
I'm with others that don't see how this is really going to work with Bella given how many years had passed for Part II, but oh well I guess. It was always going to be difficult unless they recast Ellie for Season 2. I liked her fine in Season 1, but she's definitely going to look too young this season. Again, oh well I guess. Seeing what Kaitlyn looks like as Abby will be interesting.
Definitely excited for this. I was impressed, and I could care less if this version of Yasuke is accurate or not. What matters most is whether it's a fun game or not. I know what I'll be asking for this Christmas...
I'm perfectly fine with her being the writer. I didn't like her in the last Indiana Jones really at all, but that's one project and she didn't write it.
As for the show itself, I'm definitely interested unless they completely botch the casting of Lara. I've always been a big fan of the series and I've even liked all 3 movies, at least to varying degrees.
@VanguardKaiser That's actually not a bad choice looks wise. She has the look for it with her hair died. You could say she's a bit small, but so is Alicia, so I guess that doesn't matter. The only issue is whether she could pull off an English accent. Making Lara American would be an obvious mistake.
Still going after the 100+ hour mark. I hit a bit of a rough patch a week or so ago, but now that I've shifted my focus back to the story instead of most of the side quests, I'm back to loving the game. Just started Chapter 12 yesterday.
If they decide to release this on PS5 sooner or later, that works for me. If I hadn't practically given up on Xbox a year or two ago, this would have been one of my most anticipated games of the year. It looks like it should be great.
While obviously the Bethesda news from this week has been awful, I think people are jumping to conclusions if they think ones like Ninja Theory would be in danger. I think at least them and Obsidian, two they bought well before Bethesda, are fairly safe.
I'm glad that we'll likely be getting some meaningful info and maybe some footage sooner or later. I have a hard time believing it's coming out at all this year though given that nothing has been shown yet.
I still have Inquisition to play, so I'm perfectly fine if we have to wait. It turning out to be good is the most important thing.
Hit a bit of a rough patch and I'm hoping to get back into the groove with the game this weekend. The side content in the latter chapters (10 and 11 so far) has become frustrating, having to what feels like jump through hoops just to be able to reach some of it. I was fine with just going around and doing it all like a checklist, but now that some of it is only accessible if you figure out how to get to it, it's chipped away at my enjoyment of the game.
Thank you for our weekly low Rebirth sales report. As I continue to play it and love it, I could care less. It's also not a big deal since it's not like the 3rd and final one isn't still coming.
Remedy deserves all the success they can get, but the fact that sales of Alan Wake 2 are slow isn't surprising. I put the blame for a lack of physical release on the publisher and Remedy just had to spew out BS, just like they had to for Control Ultimate Edition.
Regardless, I'd say the biggest issue is the fact that it had a horrible release date, coming out around several other major releases. Of course it was going to get lost in the shuffle a bit, and then the lack of a physical release gets put on top of that (even if it made a minimal difference).
Deliver Us the Moon didn't blow me away by any means, but I enjoyed it just enough to play Mars at some point. Regardless, it's still a shame that they had to lay everybody off because indies are struggling so much. Yes, I know even the larger developers are laying people off, but it's still a shame.
@Danbottomburp I read the article. Don't know how many times I have to say it. Also, this is a very similar issue that previous games have had, so it is at the end of the day indeed a Sony issue. Several games that have been given away for free via Essential or Extra have had issues with new gen upgrades and such, with this being another. Instead of trying to continue to talk down to me like I'm an idiot, maybe you should actually realize what you are talking about. The article even mentions what I'm talking about.
Whatever though. This is one of several reasons why I don't comment on articles that much. It's not worth the hassle most of the time. I'm done with this one.
@Danbottomburp Then why are there several other games this has happened for? It's not just Bethesda games, and I read the article. Thank you for reminding me to do exactly what I already did.
@tangyzesty The PS5 has been out for over 5 years now and there has yet to be a fix for any of this. There has to be some blame at some point. Nice to know I can always count on some rude comments in this section.
Maybe when the PS6 comes around, PlayStation will figure out how to do things like this again. I love my PS5, but the PS4 didn't have so many issues that shouldn't exist like this.
I got this from the PS Plus Collection before Sony took away the collection, so I'd love to get this for free. I won't be playing it for a long time, so no big deal for now, but I'd pay for it since games like this are routinely cheap. Otherwise I'd say no.
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Re: Rumour: Sony's Still Working on PS3 Emulation for PS5
It would have been awesome if Sony had put in the effort to make this happen a while ago, but I have since moved on from worrying about it after I found my PS3 in the basement last year. It's not easy to find the opportunity to fit in some PS3 games in between all of my PS4 and PS5 backlog, but it's hooked up for when the opportunities come.
Re: Poll: Can a Game's Brutal Difficulty Put You Off Playing It?
Yes, if a game is a Souls game or Souls-like, it is an automatic pass for me. I play games to have fun, and I don't find it fun to die 100 times before you finally beat a particular boss or something like that.
It's a shame Elden Ring had to be that type of game since everything else about it is right up my alley as I love western style RPGs like that. Oh well. It's not like there's not a bunch of other "normal" games out there to play. I just think it's a shame in a sense that these type of games got to be so popular, as I see a game that might seem intriguing and then it gets immediately ignored when I find out it's that type of game.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 534
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Continuing to make my way through all of the DLC that I didn't play years ago. Started with Wrath of the Druids. I'm well into it now, but I'm still enjoying it.
Re: PS Stars Program Still Offline as Sony Engineers Investigate
@Ken_Kaniff They did overhaul the actual list of each game and how many trophies you've earned at least. At launch that was horrible.
There's other things that have been broken pretty much since launch like obviously the playtime tracking off and on, and when comparing certain games with people on your friends list. Like Final Fantasy VII Remake that has multiple versions and a demo. Even though I've played it on PS4 and PS5, it will say I never played it when comparing it with somebody else. I think that made sense.
My biggest issue is the forced activity cards though. One thing the PS5 UI had going for it was how nice it looked with game art as the background for games. Now that goes away the moment you start playing a game. The fact that they never gave you the option to revert back to the original look is stupid.
Re: PS Stars Program Still Offline as Sony Engineers Investigate
@Ken_Kaniff They were great through the whole PS4 generation. Then the PS5 came out and it's like they either cut that staff in half or gutted it all and hired people off of Craigslist.
If the people who work on the PS5's UI are the same people that work on Stars, I'm not surprised this has happened. I still love my PS5, but it's sad that the days of having faith in things working properly most of the time and them fixing the issues in a timely manner if not went away so quickly.
Re: PS Stars Program Still Offline as Sony Engineers Investigate
Well, if the PS5's UI is anything to go by, the engineers should be able to fix Stars by... never.
There's still things to this day that don't work properly on the PS5's UI that haven't since launch, so I wouldn't criticize anybody saying that they aren't surprised Stars is still not working.
Re: Still Wakes the Deep (PS5) - Scottish Oil Rig Conjures Up the Horror Magic
I never really knew this existed, but after reading the review, I'll definitely check it out sometime. I'm not sure when as I already have plenty to play, but I'll try to remember to check it out at some point. I never did play their previous game (Everybody's Gone to the Rapture), but there's nothing wrong with something a bit different at times.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 533
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
I had never played any of the DLC from the game even though I bought it all, so I am doing that now after finally finishing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. A good time as any given Shadows is coming in November.
Re: Cult PS3 Classic Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP Returns on PS5 in September
I never played the original, so this would be a perfect opportunity to remedy that. I'm not expecting it to be a game that gets anywhere near a 10, but it should be fun. Sometimes that's not a bad thing at all.
Re: New PS5 Firmware Update Adds Full Discord Calls and More
So, for a lot of people it is the usual. I thought maybe this was going to be the big update that has been in beta for a long time now, but then I installed it. At least I can know the next time I fart, my PS5 is in no danger of falling over with the added stability.
Re: Scathing Star Wars Outlaws PS5 Previews Unfavourably Compare Gameplay to PS Vita's Uncharted: Golden Abyss
I don't really care. I'm already sold on what I've seen. I've been sold on it since it was revealed. Still really looking forward to it.
Even if you would describe it as Ubisoft in space, I'd rather play that than Star Wars games that border on being soulslike games. It looks like it's going to be fun, and definitely feels like you're in a Star Wars world. I'll take fun.
Re: Star Wars Outlaws Demos Out of This Galaxy PS5 Gameplay
This is easily my most anticipated game for the rest of the year. It's a rare Ubisoft game that I'm actually considering getting on release day. I know that sounds stupid, but it's not to me.
Re: Max Caulfield Returns in Life Is Strange: Double Exposure on PS5
I love the Life is Strange series, so I'll definitely be getting this. Great news that we are getting another one.
Re: Some PlayStation Fans Are Losing Their Minds Over LEGO Horizon Being on Switch
It is weird that it'll be on Switch, but do I care? No. I care about the fact that my favorite current running series is getting a Lego game. It should be a lot of fun playing a lighthearted Horizon game. I'll be playing the best console version of the game while others are busy crying.
Re: LEGO Horizon Adventures Is Official, Out on PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch
I haven't played many Lego games at all, but I'll definitely be getting this one since I'm a huge fan of the Horizon series. A more lighthearted affair is not a bad thing.
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Patch 1.33 Makes Us Think the Frame Rate Will Never Be Fixed on PS5
Since it was developed to be a 30 FPS game, I had no issues playing it at that frame rate. It's extremely smooth for a 30 FPS game. The only issue I had initially was not being able to turn off the incredibly heavy handed motion blur, but at least they added that option eventually.
It is amazing though how Square Enix has now failed at a performance mode for each of their PS5 exclusive games. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth takes a big graphical hit if you play it in that mode, and it was never fixed. 16 obviously also had issues right out of the gate. The PS5 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake had none of these issues and that's just a cross-gen game.
Re: Halo 1 Remaster Being Considered for PS5, New Report Claims
I would make a hard pass for Halo 1 unless it's the whole Master Chief Collection. I tried playing it for the first time a couple of years ago, and while I managed to finish it, it was a huge struggle to make it through it. The game is extremely dated at this point, with an extreme amount of repetition amongst the levels. It's a product of being developed back then, but still, I didn't find the game to be much fun at all. Halo 2 is leaps and bounds better, and so is 3.
Re: Netflix's Animated Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Starts in October
As a huge fan of the reboot trilogy, I'll definitely be watching this when it comes out. Like somebody else said, Hayley is perfect casting too.
Re: Naughty Dog Won't Be 'The Last of Us Studio Forever', Says Neil Druckmann
Would be nice to know what instead of the same news we already knew that they are making 2 single player games. Could always go back and player another remaster/remake, which is all they've done so far this generation.
Re: It's 'A Truly Exciting Time' for PlayStation as New Sony CEOs Take Control
Good to know that we're at the heart of everything they do, but yet we know next to nothing about what they are doing. We know of 2 1st party single player games that are in development, but we are still waiting on several other developers that are MIA to reveal something.
Re: Shogun Star Hiroyuki Sanada Reportedly in Talks for Role in Sony's Ghost of Tsushima Film
Even though it would be a bit of typecasting, I could definitely see him in the role. He'd be perfect for it, but I'm sure whatever role he ends up getting, he'll be great as it. He was great in Shogun and the many other things I've seen him in.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 531
Still playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Re: Astro Bot Raises the Bar for Sony's PS Studios Intros on PS5
At least somebody at PlayStation still remembers the old PlayStation magic. The company has almost entirely lost that, but at least Team Asobi still exists.
Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand
@PsBoxSwitchOwner Not really. It's not so much the expectations of the SoP. I didn't expect much and felt like I wanted my 30 minutes back until Astro Bot finally came along. It's the fact that we are at this point in the PS5's life cycle and we have yet to have anything revealed from several 1st party developers that haven't released a new game in at least 3-5 years.
Whether I expected them there or not doesn't change the fact that with every livestream, the frustration continues to grow when the vast majority of titles shown are either 3rd party games or 1st party online games. Yes, games take longer to make now, but it should be impossible for most of these developers to have nothing to reveal still. Like I said, it's been 3-5 years for most of them. They are not just sitting there and twiddling their thumbs. Or at least they shouldn't be even though it seems like it by now.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Sony's State of Play for May 2024?
Even with the Astro Bot announcement, I still rated it Poor. Yes, my expectations were in check, but that still doesn't excuse the fact that anything else we didn't already know about was 3rd party. There's no way that developers that haven't released anything in at least 3-5 years don't have something to at least reveal. I'm getting really sick of still not knowing what any of them are developing outside of online titles or Wolverine.
I honestly felt like I wanted my 30 minutes back until the Astro Bot reveal, but one great announcement shouldn't excuse them.
Re: PS5's Sublime Stellar Blade Can Now Be Yours with PS Stars Points
@Matroska I was not aware of that, but I still earn hardly any points because Stars is so geared toward digital gaming and such. I may have around 1400 or so since it started.
Re: State of Play Officially Confirmed for 30th May, Updates on PS5, PSVR2 Games
It's not a Showcase, but this needs to at least help redeem their Showcase from last year by showing future 1st party games from developers that haven't released anything in years. I'll keep my expectations in check given how horribly inconsistent their shows have been this gen, but what I said still needs to happen regardless.
Re: Capcom Making Resident Evil 0, Code Veronica Remakes Next, Reports Say
I'll gladly take the Code Veronica remake. Given their track record with RE remakes, 0 will undoubtedly be a worthwhile one as well. If this ends up being true, this is great news.
Hopefully their string of great RE remakes never ends.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for June 2024 Announced
I'll claim Fight Forever only because I'm an AEW fan and maybe someday they'll have even remotely close to their whole roster on there. It has too many issues to ever consider paying for it.
As for the other two, nah. They already gave away the good Spongebob game and I already own Streets of Rage 4. If you have any interest at all in that game and haven't bought it yet, that is the one gem of the coming month on Essential.
Re: PS5's Sublime Stellar Blade Can Now Be Yours with PS Stars Points
@trev666 Yeah, the Stars program is only really any good if you buy all of your games digitally. Maybe if you also play the games they want you to play each month, but I play what I want to play. I'm barely at Level 4 and I've been a member since it started.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 530
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Yep, still going...
Re: Sony Seems to Have Broken the PS5's Game Time Tracker, Again
@HonestHick Their domination of the last generation is what led to this. Yeah, I agree that it would be a disaster if Microsoft stopped making consoles. PlayStation is already bad enough this gen. It's not like they would stop trying to make good hardware and good games, but they'd probably stop making as many.
No harm. The apology is accepted and I'm fine about the rant. I've had my fair share of rants from time to time.
Re: Sony Seems to Have Broken the PS5's Game Time Tracker, Again
@HonestHick You're not wrong, but their incompetence in regards to the PS5's UI and not fixing and/or adding things three and a half years in to the console generation is still surprising. The playtime tracker might not matter for some people, but it's still one thing that's been broken off and on from the start and shouldn't still be unstable after this long.
The PS4's might have been sluggish at times if you didn't upgrade to an SSD drive and the store was cluttered, but most of the time almost everything worked as it should. If something was broken, I had confidence that they would actually fix it in due time. This gen though? It's as if they either canned them all and hired a staff off of Craig's List or they scaled the staff so far back that they just can't live up to the reputation they established with their work on the PS4's UI.
I love my PS5, but stuff like this at this point is completely inexcusable.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Reveal Trailer Is Already the Most Disliked in Series History
Backlash for the trailer because of that is ridiculous. It's a video game. It doesn't have to be completely accurate. I'm excited for the game.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 529
Still rolling with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Still enjoying it.
I do agree with others that there's too much padding, but the story portion is still great. I look forward to getting back into the story with me about to polish off Chapter 12.
Re: Here's Your First Official Look at HBO's The Last of Us Season 2
I'm still going to watch this as I'm curious how they'll translate Part II's to TV even if I was in the minority that truly hated the game's story, and I obviously enjoyed Season 1.
I'm with others that don't see how this is really going to work with Bella given how many years had passed for Part II, but oh well I guess. It was always going to be difficult unless they recast Ellie for Season 2. I liked her fine in Season 1, but she's definitely going to look too young this season. Again, oh well I guess. Seeing what Kaitlyn looks like as Abby will be interesting.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Dated for 15th November in First Trailer
Definitely excited for this. I was impressed, and I could care less if this version of Yasuke is accurate or not. What matters most is whether it's a fun game or not. I know what I'll be asking for this Christmas...
Re: Live-Action Tomb Raider Series Officially Ordered by Amazon Prime Video
I'm perfectly fine with her being the writer. I didn't like her in the last Indiana Jones really at all, but that's one project and she didn't write it.
As for the show itself, I'm definitely interested unless they completely botch the casting of Lara. I've always been a big fan of the series and I've even liked all 3 movies, at least to varying degrees.
@VanguardKaiser That's actually not a bad choice looks wise. She has the look for it with her hair died. You could say she's a bit small, but so is Alicia, so I guess that doesn't matter. The only issue is whether she could pull off an English accent. Making Lara American would be an obvious mistake.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 528
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Still going after the 100+ hour mark. I hit a bit of a rough patch a week or so ago, but now that I've shifted my focus back to the story instead of most of the side quests, I'm back to loving the game. Just started Chapter 12 yesterday.
Re: Xbox Pondering PS5 Port of Ninja Theory's Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
If they decide to release this on PS5 sooner or later, that works for me. If I hadn't practically given up on Xbox a year or two ago, this would have been one of my most anticipated games of the year. It looks like it should be great.
While obviously the Bethesda news from this week has been awful, I think people are jumping to conclusions if they think ones like Ninja Theory would be in danger. I think at least them and Obsidian, two they bought well before Bethesda, are fairly safe.
Re: The Big Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Reveal Is Incoming, 2024 Release Date Reportedly Set
I'm glad that we'll likely be getting some meaningful info and maybe some footage sooner or later. I have a hard time believing it's coming out at all this year though given that nothing has been shown yet.
I still have Inquisition to play, so I'm perfectly fine if we have to wait. It turning out to be good is the most important thing.
Re: Rumour: Next Tomb Raider Said to Be Open World, Set in India
@Uromastryx Amazon bought Tomb Raider from Embracer, so there should be no worries even though Embracer still owns the developer.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 527
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hit a bit of a rough patch and I'm hoping to get back into the groove with the game this weekend. The side content in the latter chapters (10 and 11 so far) has become frustrating, having to what feels like jump through hoops just to be able to reach some of it. I was fine with just going around and doing it all like a checklist, but now that some of it is only accessible if you figure out how to get to it, it's chipped away at my enjoyment of the game.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Sales Remain Muted in the USA, Compared to Past Games
Thank you for our weekly low Rebirth sales report. As I continue to play it and love it, I could care less. It's also not a big deal since it's not like the 3rd and final one isn't still coming.
Re: Alan Wake 2 Yet to Recoup Dev, Marketing Expenses as Tencent Raises Stake
Remedy deserves all the success they can get, but the fact that sales of Alan Wake 2 are slow isn't surprising. I put the blame for a lack of physical release on the publisher and Remedy just had to spew out BS, just like they had to for Control Ultimate Edition.
Regardless, I'd say the biggest issue is the fact that it had a horrible release date, coming out around several other major releases. Of course it was going to get lost in the shuffle a bit, and then the lack of a physical release gets put on top of that (even if it made a minimal difference).
Re: Deliver Us Mars Dev Lays Off Team Due to Lack of Publishing Options
Deliver Us the Moon didn't blow me away by any means, but I enjoyed it just enough to play Mars at some point. Regardless, it's still a shame that they had to lay everybody off because indies are struggling so much. Yes, I know even the larger developers are laying people off, but it's still a shame.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 526
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for me
Re: Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update
@Danbottomburp I read the article. Don't know how many times I have to say it. Also, this is a very similar issue that previous games have had, so it is at the end of the day indeed a Sony issue. Several games that have been given away for free via Essential or Extra have had issues with new gen upgrades and such, with this being another. Instead of trying to continue to talk down to me like I'm an idiot, maybe you should actually realize what you are talking about. The article even mentions what I'm talking about.
Whatever though. This is one of several reasons why I don't comment on articles that much. It's not worth the hassle most of the time. I'm done with this one.
Re: Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update
@Danbottomburp Then why are there several other games this has happened for? It's not just Bethesda games, and I read the article. Thank you for reminding me to do exactly what I already did.
@tangyzesty The PS5 has been out for over 5 years now and there has yet to be a fix for any of this. There has to be some blame at some point. Nice to know I can always count on some rude comments in this section.
Re: Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update
Maybe when the PS6 comes around, PlayStation will figure out how to do things like this again. I love my PS5, but the PS4 didn't have so many issues that shouldn't exist like this.
I got this from the PS Plus Collection before Sony took away the collection, so I'd love to get this for free. I won't be playing it for a long time, so no big deal for now, but I'd pay for it since games like this are routinely cheap. Otherwise I'd say no.