@Dalamar If they just sold to Japan, games would not do well enough to keep the lights on. I am not saying you are wrong, but that is obviously why they try to appeal to western tastes.
@MrPeanutbutterz any chance you could work up an ai bot to make these comments for you? Yeesh. Sound like me under every musuo game.
It doesn't track with me that you acknowledge TW3 to be the odd game where narrative and characters matter more to you than gameplay, but you are so pinkies up about Crimson Desert being a gameplay-first title. You're right in that those things can't really be solved with patches, but by your own standards most games don't need those things polished to a sheen to excel. AFAIC The Witcher 3 is great but I read books for that.
Normally, a game that allows you to do so much is stuffed with contextual controls and QTEs. I like that you need to earn it in CD. I am only a few hours in, but I am charmed so far.
I just decided to wait for a complete "GotY" version. Then I was going to wait until it was patched. Then my stupid friends started playing it. Then my brother. Now this...
Probably a four hour download unless I kludged this together, so here we are. Funny thing is I know I still have about ten hours until I actually enjoy this game. Opening sounds rough.
My problem with PSN is it only seems like it's connection to my console is a mere hope or suggestion. Like a cat. I can tell it to buy games or even to start downloading games. Doesn't mean it is going to happen.
@VenomUK people would seriously lose their minds here if they did that. They can't even cover emerging tech that may inform Sony's future consoles without people complaining.
@DennisReynolds big pretty world full of secrets. I think controls are cumbersome like TotK, but I would much rather have cumbersome controls than context sensitive QTEs for instance. Night time looks great in this game too. I don't know, I am excited.
@DennisReynolds that is the review I am watching. My tastes do not always align with his, but he is a great reviewer. I will be interested to see what Jeff Gerstmann says. I think the game world and characters seem kind of boring, but I still want to do all the nuts things the game allows.
@MrPeanutbutterz Wasn't your point that they were being cagey about providing base PS5 gameplay, presumably because the game was going to be a buggy mess like Cyberpunk? I honestly might be attributing something you didn't say, so my bad if so. But that doesn't seem to be what people are complaining about.
I get the negative takes, but it looks FUN. I know, I know, expressing enthusiasm on this enthusiast site is cringe. I'm just saying it looks like you can do some pretty wonderfully dumb things in this game.
@MrPeanutbutterz huh? They've been really open about performance etc, so how do you mean? These guys are barely on my radar, so I mean that. I think it will launch pretty busted but otherwise sh*t looks hype. PS5 might have a game to rival BotW, nine years later!
I have loathed the Persona music since Persona 3. I don't care if I am roleplaying as a kid that would listen to that music. If that is the music they listen to, I don't want to play as that character. And a high-school teen JRPG??? HOW REFRESHING! Can they even do that?!?
Sorry.
The hate comes from a place of loss. Because I loved the soundtracks of the first two games. I know it is a me thing. I can't do music with lyrics in my games. Especially cringe rap rock in fart minor.
That said of course I will try 5 Royal for free. No one wants me to like it more than me. I just hope it has separate audio sliders.
Metal Eden though? Yes please.
Is this hitting trees with rocks? This looks like hitting trees with rocks. I don't really understand how these games with resources and economies are cozy. Knee Deep in the Dead is cozy.
I will get to it at some point. I restarted it to check out the update, and decided to finish Syndicate...because it is just a lot cooler. I don't think these games play very well.
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Re: While We Wait for a New 3D Sonic Game, PS5 Is About to Get the Next Best Thing
@Oram77 I came to that conclusion with Sonic Adventures 1 and 2.
Re: While We Wait for a New 3D Sonic Game, PS5 Is About to Get the Next Best Thing
"Next best thing" to a 3D Sonic is such an insulting description of any game, lol.
Re: Rumour: Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Heavily Hinted at in 2nd Anniversary Artwork
@PeteyPiranha I mean I have both and disagree with that. You should actually play CD. It's a lot of fun.
Re: Rumour: Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Heavily Hinted at in 2nd Anniversary Artwork
This disc killed my PS5 disc reader. It has been stuck in there since release.
Re: 'The Jumping, Movement, and Attacks Are Way More Responsive': Crimson Desert PS5 Patches Fix Crashes and Controls
@KingPev Retro Achievements, lol. I don't care about trophies, but that is a thing with emulation.
Re: 'The Jumping, Movement, and Attacks Are Way More Responsive': Crimson Desert PS5 Patches Fix Crashes and Controls
I had a few crashes bringing up the map, and the next morning that was fixed. Neat.
I am loving this game.
Re: 'Man, So That's Where They Went with It, Huh?': Street Fighter 6's Incestuous New Storyline Stuns Original Dev
@tselliot his avatar is from the Michael Bay TMNT...Just sayin'.
Re: 'Man, So That's Where They Went with It, Huh?': Street Fighter 6's Incestuous New Storyline Stuns Original Dev
@Dalamar If they just sold to Japan, games would not do well enough to keep the lights on. I am not saying you are wrong, but that is obviously why they try to appeal to western tastes.
Re: 'Man, So That's Where They Went with It, Huh?': Street Fighter 6's Incestuous New Storyline Stuns Original Dev
SF is so embarrassing now.
Re: Screamer (PS5) - Finally, a Racing Game Doing Something Interesting
It looks fun but the anime story mode BS is a huge turnoff to me.
Re: 'We Should Have Clearly Disclosed Our Use of AI': Crimson Desert Dev 'Sincerely Apologises' for Erroneously Including AI Art in PS5 Game
@DestructionAllstars how do you know it isn't a rage bait story for people with your view of things like this? Seem pretty upset.
Re: Crimson Desert Dev to Patch PS5 RPG's 'Uncomfortable' Controls
@Max_the_German Huh. I think "slavjank" is the opposite of complicated. Weird.
Re: Crimson Desert Dev to Patch PS5 RPG's 'Uncomfortable' Controls
@Max_the_German Is Monster Hunter "Asiajank?"
I dont know this term, so for reals asking if that is a thing or if you are just a silly goose.
Re: 'We Will Work to Make Improvements Quickly': Crimson Desert Sells 2 Million Copies on Launch Day
@DennisReynolds so many people forget the bit about Geralt controlling like aaaaaaaasssss when TW3 hit.
Re: 'We Will Work to Make Improvements Quickly': Crimson Desert Sells 2 Million Copies on Launch Day
@MrPeanutbutterz any chance you could work up an ai bot to make these comments for you? Yeesh. Sound like me under every musuo game.
It doesn't track with me that you acknowledge TW3 to be the odd game where narrative and characters matter more to you than gameplay, but you are so pinkies up about Crimson Desert being a gameplay-first title. You're right in that those things can't really be solved with patches, but by your own standards most games don't need those things polished to a sheen to excel. AFAIC The Witcher 3 is great but I read books for that.
Re: Hands On: Crimson Desert Runs Well Enough on PS5 Pro, But What About That Intro?
Normally, a game that allows you to do so much is stuffed with contextual controls and QTEs. I like that you need to earn it in CD.
I am only a few hours in, but I am charmed so far.
Re: Crimson Desert Release Times: What Time Can You Start Playing?
I just decided to wait for a complete "GotY" version. Then I was going to wait until it was patched. Then my stupid friends started playing it. Then my brother. Now this...

Probably a four hour download unless I kludged this together, so here we are. Funny thing is I know I still have about ten hours until I actually enjoy this game. Opening sounds rough.
Re: Opinion: Why Is Sony Scrapping the PSN Name?
My problem with PSN is it only seems like it's connection to my console is a mere hope or suggestion. Like a cat. I can tell it to buy games or even to start downloading games. Doesn't mean it is going to happen.
Re: Vampire Survivors PS5 Spin-Off Over Double the Price of the Original, But It'll Be More Than Worth It
I really, really wish this was not a card thing.
Re: Site News: Where's Our Crimson Desert PS5 Review?
@VenomUK people would seriously lose their minds here if they did that. They can't even cover emerging tech that may inform Sony's future consoles without people complaining.
Re: Round Up: Crimson Desert Reviews Are a Major Disappointment
@DennisReynolds big pretty world full of secrets. I think controls are cumbersome like TotK, but I would much rather have cumbersome controls than context sensitive QTEs for instance. Night time looks great in this game too.
I don't know, I am excited.
Re: Round Up: Crimson Desert Reviews Are a Major Disappointment
77-82 seems pretty incredible for a completely new IP with so much ambition.
Re: Round Up: Crimson Desert Reviews Are a Major Disappointment
@DennisReynolds that is the review I am watching. My tastes do not always align with his, but he is a great reviewer. I will be interested to see what Jeff Gerstmann says. I think the game world and characters seem kind of boring, but I still want to do all the nuts things the game allows.
Re: Round Up: Crimson Desert Reviews Are a Major Disappointment
@MrPeanutbutterz Wasn't your point that they were being cagey about providing base PS5 gameplay, presumably because the game was going to be a buggy mess like Cyberpunk? I honestly might be attributing something you didn't say, so my bad if so. But that doesn't seem to be what people are complaining about.
Re: Nvidia Says You're All 'Completely Wrong' About Its Controversial AI Upscaler DLSS 5
@get2sammyb dude it's just someone sniping cause they wish they had your job. Lol. There's a lot of that, and I don't get it.
Re: Nvidia Says You're All 'Completely Wrong' About Its Controversial AI Upscaler DLSS 5
Didn't the demo for this use one 5090 for the game and another for the slop layer? Like they obviously just want us cloud computing, which no.
Re: Shinobi: Art of Vengeance DLC Dated in One of the Best PS5 Trailers You'll See Today
No Godzilla or Batman?
Re: Crimson Desert Release Times: When Can You Start Playing?
@gamer153 base PS5 footage is up.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Gets a Wild New Racer, But Only in Arcades
Looking forward to Screamer and Galactic Racer meself.
Re: PS5 Game Devs Collectively Clown on Nvidia's Controversial DLSS 5 Tech
@Northern_munkey and handsome.
Re: PS5 Game Devs Collectively Clown on Nvidia's Controversial DLSS 5 Tech
@Northern_munkey I enjoyed it. How about you don't read the things that dont interest you.
Re: Further Frustration as PS Plus' Latest Retro Game Arrives without PS5, PS4 Trophies
I don't even know where I look to see my trophies or trophies in general...
Re: Here Is Crimson Desert Gameplay on Base PS5
I get the negative takes, but it looks FUN.
I know, I know, expressing enthusiasm on this enthusiast site is cringe.
I'm just saying it looks like you can do some pretty wonderfully dumb things in this game.
Re: 'This Looks Like an AI Generated Dating Profile Picture': Nvidia's Attempt to P*ss on PS5 Pro's Parade with DLSS 5 Backfires
@dskatter as @DennisReynolds said, the comments under that video are pretty scathing. And deservedly so.
Re: 'This Looks Like an AI Generated Dating Profile Picture': Nvidia's Attempt to P*ss on PS5 Pro's Parade with DLSS 5 Backfires
Hey that sh*t sucks, and I do not like it. Luckily, I won't ever be buying a gaming PC again anyway.
Re: Crimson Desert Release Times: When Can You Start Playing?
@Leonardo_Turtles
I am charmed by the Turtles in Time, but the profile pic is from a hate crime.
Also, Leo is a cop.
Re: Crimson Desert Release Times: When Can You Start Playing?
@MrPeanutbutterz huh? They've been really open about performance etc, so how do you mean? These guys are barely on my radar, so I mean that.
I think it will launch pretty busted but otherwise sh*t looks hype. PS5 might have a game to rival BotW, nine years later!
Re: Poll: Are You Happy With Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for March 2026?
I have loathed the Persona music since Persona 3. I don't care if I am roleplaying as a kid that would listen to that music. If that is the music they listen to, I don't want to play as that character. And a high-school teen JRPG??? HOW REFRESHING! Can they even do that?!?
Sorry.
The hate comes from a place of loss. Because I loved the soundtracks of the first two games. I know it is a me thing. I can't do music with lyrics in my games. Especially cringe rap rock in fart minor.
That said of course I will try 5 Royal for free. No one wants me to like it more than me. I just hope it has separate audio sliders.
Metal Eden though? Yes please.
Re: Opinion: Crimson Desert Could Be PS5 Game of the Year, or a Total Mess
Looks like a wonderful mess. I can't wait.
Re: That Awesome PS5 Marvel Compilation Is Just Days Away
The X-men Arcade game is great.
That's all...
Re: SEGA's PS5 Games Get Good Reviews, So Why Aren't You Buying Them?
@Member_the_game I have a feeling it's best to ignore this one, lol.
Re: SEGA's PS5 Games Get Good Reviews, So Why Aren't You Buying Them?
I got Shinobi, am waiting for the real version of Metaphor, and am not interested in Sonic Racing after Transformed.
Re: Step Aside PS Portal! The Best Way to Use PS5 Remote Play Is Getting Better
@RoomWithaMoose right, and in the case of the Retroid it is on an AMOLED w hall sticks.
Re: Step Aside PS Portal! The Best Way to Use PS5 Remote Play Is Getting Better
I use the Retroid for my remote play as well. Something something man of culture.
Re: PS5 Fans Will Learn About Up to 40+ New Games During This Lengthy Livestream
R-type I and II Cosmos releases in Japan on the 12th. Got it on the way. Wish it could get here in time to play while watching this.
Re: What If Jak & Daxter Was a Cosy Life Sim? It Might Look Like This Promising PS5 Game
Is this hitting trees with rocks? This looks like hitting trees with rocks.
I don't really understand how these games with resources and economies are cozy. Knee Deep in the Dead is cozy.
Re: 'We Couldn't Have Done It Without You': Pokémon Knock-Off Palworld Is No Longer the Only Viral PS5 Copycat in Town
Is this hitting trees with rocks? This looks like hitting trees with rocks.
Re: Hands On: Assassin's Creed Unity's PS5 Update Has Made Us Rethink That 5/10 Review
I will get to it at some point. I restarted it to check out the update, and decided to finish Syndicate...because it is just a lot cooler. I don't think these games play very well.
Re: Review in Progress: Marathon (PS5) - Bungie's Extraction Shooter Is Brilliant, and It Only Gets Better
@tselliot I think the closest we got might be Metal Eden? Game is definitely more boom shoot tho.
Re: Review in Progress: Marathon (PS5) - Bungie's Extraction Shooter Is Brilliant, and It Only Gets Better
Shrug, looks pretty fun but this is a split-screen Quake household.