KoopaTheGamer

@Dragoon1994 Yeah. To be fair, with Monster Hunter the real game generally begins with the high rank when the story has ended. The hunts themselves are just as fun as before, so if you can manage to survive through the story quests and their handholding, things are going to get a lot better.

8.5/10. It's a darn good game. But 1.5 points is taken from the technical difficulties and also because the story quests often take control away from the player. But still, it's a very good game.

@Hapless I'm pretty sure Spider-Man 2 sold kind of disappointingly initially because it had some performance issues. The sales did improve later, though.

But yeah, I agree overall. This is not only a PC problem either. Console gamers should also vote with their wallets if a game releases with major technical issues.

@Hapless Monster Hunter sells because it's a beloved game series that has proven itself time and again. As a new IP, Rise of the Ronin doesn't have that benefit. In general, if PC game has major technical difficulties, it will reflect in sales.

It's interesting that they launched FSR4 (which absolutely crushes PSSR) only half a year after the release of PS5 Pro. Only on their new GPUs, though.

@Dalamar I don't think people hated it. It was just pretty short and mediocre game. Not awful, but nothing too special. Beautiful visuals, though.

This is such a bad idea. If you could keep the device after paying the total amount equivalent to retail price (or slightly more), it would be fine. But as it is, it just doesn't make sense.

It's not super difficult, but I'm still playing through the main story (how on earth are some people already over HR100?). It's not mind numbingly easy either, so I'm overall pretty okay with the difficulty.

It does look delicious in Monster Hunter Wilds, so can't really blame them.

I actually wouldn't mind it. I prefer the more arcadey structure of THPS 1-3, but I think THPS 4 has some of my favourite levels. Although they probably should increase the time limit to 3 or 4 minutes instead of 2, some of those maps are pretty big.

@Frmknst I mean, I guess you could say that it's somewhat mainstream as Monster Hunter is absolutely massive in Japan. Up there with Dragon Quest etc.

But it's popular for a reason. Monster Hunter has such a great gameplay loop and the combat is pretty excellent. Wilds has some technical issues, but it's a lot of fun nonetheless.

I've been playing Monster Hunter Wilds. It's a lot of fun!

Played it on PC, excellent game. I hope they support DualSense's adaptive triggers (and bring it to PC version as well).

Looks promising. MercurySteam did excellent work with Metroid Dread, hopefully this game will be as good.

Nice, I need that 205 GTI.

@N0CYmr0k Could be. Well, at least I have more time to read books!

@Bagwag82 Let me clarify. I'm against AI that aims to imitate human creativity or human thinking. I don't really mind DLSS or PSSR because it's not a creative task. What's more, it's a task that human couldn't do to begin with (although real time human image upscaling would be an interesting challenge). Similarly, I don't mind if AI is used for scientific research if it's just some mechanical work and the other alternative is brute force computation.

However, I do mind if AI is used for creative works like games, books, movies etc to create the content itself. What's the point of art if there is no emotion behind it?

I also dislike ChatGPT, but for a bit different reasons. It has potential to be extremely dangerous because it can just hallucinate misinformation. It's interesting that you brought up the health care, because that's one area where wrong instructions from a chatbot could do some serious damage. Of course, AI can also be used (and has been used) intentionally for malicious purposes, plenty of cases where fake images were used to try and fool people.

Can I avoid AI completely in my everyday life? Probably not. But I can choose to not support companies that use AI. If I buy a new phone, I'll get one that doesn't have AI features. If not possible, then I disable them immediately.

So yeah, I'll avoid all of the games that I know have AI generated content. If every major studio starts to use AI, then I'll just play indie games that don't. Lots of old games to play too.

@Bagwag82 "Anyway it's pointless trying to go against it."

Well, I sure as hell am going to try!

It's only pointless if you give up about it. Besides, even if it doesn't affect anything in the end, at least I can live with clear conscience and know that I didn't abandon what I believe in.

Anyway, I'm ready to boycott every single game that uses generative AI. I'm just hoping that the developers will be transparent about it.

One more reason not to get this game.

I'd be fine with the PS2/PSP originals getting re-released.

This honestly seems like a very dumb reasoning. If you price the product appropriately, AA games will sell just as well (or better) than AAA games. Sometimes it's nice to have games with a little bit more meat around the bones than some smaller indies, but not as bloated as AAA games.

@Rob3008 No, it was based on an existing IP (originally tabletop RPG game if I recall correctly).

@AgentMantis To be fair, CD Projekt Red already has their own engine which has served them well so far. I'd assume the reason they switched to UE is that maintaining their own engine is expensive. It's a big gamble to change to UE though. Looking forward to what they can do with it, but I'm also a bit worried about it.

Probably not a coincidence that all of the worst selling Sony games on PC (Spider-Man 2, Last of Us Part 1 and Returnal) all launched with major technical difficulties.

I do think that the Housemarque game would've benefitted from some gameplay. I mean, they're known for their intense action (not to mention pretty particles). Showing a cinematic trailer was pretty lame.

I don't know, seemed like a pretty solid State of Play to me. There were some interesting games for sure.

@Ken_Kaniff That's such a bizarre take. Do you really need to have a trophy to feel like you've achieved something? Can't you just enjoy the game for what it is?

@bestuardo Yeah, and we just got Shadow of the Ninja Reborn last year. Haven't yet played it, though.

This looks amazing. I really enjoyed Streets of Rage 4, so I'm glad to hear this is from the same developer.

Both PS5 and Switch get a ton of shovelware. Makes it difficult to actually find anything new that's worth getting.

I just want to be able to play the whole series on PS5. Either the PS2/PSP originals, or remastered versions (which would likely be necessary for PS3 games).

@Jswift56 Yes, Capcom is doing good job with their PSVR2 support. But I do think they should also release VR support for RE4 Remake & Village on PC and Meta Quest 3 (if they can make it run well on that hardware).

Console exclusives in general are bad enough, and it's even worse to make VR games exclusive since there are limited amount of them. Doesn't matter if we're talking Meta exclusives or PSVR exclusives.

They really need to improve their communication. This likely wouldn't've been a big deal if they had just been open about what was going on.

If this was a cyber attack, they certainly would've told people already, especially if the attackers got their hands on any of the user data (like payment info etc).

@Sacrosanctus The thing is, Microsoft has been for years building the narrative that "everything is Xbox". Even back in the Xbox One days, they were already bringing more and more games to PC. Console sales don't matter as they barely bring any money. Software sales (and Gamepass subscriptions) do matter. That said, it's good to have Xbox console as an option for those that can't afford a beefy PC.

The way I see it, if a Sony exclusive game is released on PC, you don't lose anything. You have your gaming system and just as many games as before. On the other hand, I think it's fair to say that people are super happy to see Xbox games on PS5. Shouldn't we be just as happy to see Sony exclusives on PC, or even Xbox (if the porting is cheap and makes financial sense)? Let's not be hypocrites and petty fanboys.

@Sacrosanctus I never really understood why some people think PC ports "devalue" PS5 or Sony's brand. It's a positive thing that more people get to play these games. If a game has online component, it can benefit from larger amount of players.

The reason to get a PS5 is that it's much cheaper than a PC (at least as an initial purchase). Exclusives aren't worth it for the developers, they can sell more games if they release it on more platforms. Sony (or Microsoft or Nintendo) is not making a lot of money with hardware anyway, they make most of their money with software.

No wonder the game is selling poorly when the port is so poor. They've done great job with some other ports, so this is pretty disappointing.

It's the best Ubisoft game since Rayman Legends. Super disappointing to hear that there will likely not be a sequel in development.

@Max_the_German To be honest, Redfall wasn't that bad. If they fixed some bugs and improved performance, it would be a decent game on PS5. But unfortunately, damage is already done, and I doubt many people would buy it.

I already have it on Steam, but if the PS5 port is good, then I may double dip. Great game.

A lot of those characters would be amazing additions (Gambit, Quicksilver, Nightcrawler, Cyclops etc) and honestly seem very believable. But I think it makes perfect sense to try and fool data miners to keep the element of surprise.

Anyway, I have no idea why the author of this article thinks that the list is "largely ridiculous and doesn't inspire a tremendous amount of credibility". They're mostly quite well known characters. The only weird one is Paste-Pot Pete because that character is often called the Trapster. But even that one could be a fun character in the game.

@JohntheRaptor Don't get me wrong, Larian is doing excellent job and their game deserves all the praise it gets. But if a single player game has a satisfying conclusion and isn't a buggy mess, then it doesn't necessarily need content updates.

If it's a functional and complete game, I don't see a problem.

@ATaco I don't think (generative) AI is comparable to automation. We're talking about replacing human creativity with something artificial. I don't mind if AI is used for tasks that don't take creativity like image upscaling, but it should never be used to replace human ideas and expression.

There are plenty of other reasons to dislike AI outside of videogames, like how it spreads misinformation, either intentionally when people create images with malicious intent, or unintentionally when ChatGPT hallucinates information.

Anyway, I think it's extremely alarming how some people seem to be okay with this kind of news. I'm prepared to only play Indies in the future if this is the direction that videogame industry goes.

I hope they disclose the use of AI beforehand so that I can boycott the game.

@Coffeeglitch What makes the situation more complex is that Maddy Thorson and Noel Berry created the original Celeste (these days called Celeste Classic) on PICO-8. That game was remade/rebooted into the Celeste with the help of other people like Pedro Medeiros, Amora Bettany, Lena Raine etc.

I have no idea how IP ownership works in terms of law, but Maddy and Noel created the IP, there's no question about it.

Anyway, we don't know what the issue was, so making baseless assumptions about the situation isn't helping anyone.

It's a decent VR headset and it does have some great games. I think it's important to set your expectations when getting a VR headset. It will not have as many games as the non-VR systems. But what it does offer is something quite unique.

Anyway, I mostly use my PS VR2 for GT7 and Beat Saber. Some Puzzling places and RE4 Remake as well.

Please stop, Sony...

Too many games like this out there, so if they want to make a live service game, they need to make it very different.

I think the first two Horizon games were entertaining enough, but nothing groundbreaking. I certainly have had more than enough Horizon for at least a decade. I also didn't quite see the point in Zero Dawn remaster.