@Northern_munkey I might have figured you would work that out on your own, considering I said "will be installed on every console I own," and because, again, we are talking present day going forward. ...any chance you could change your avatar to Vernon, from TMNT?
I'd love that. I found the first two games a little janky in the combat and movement departments, but nothing that couldn't be smoothed over. I'd definitely buy that. Second Son and First Light were excellent once they clicked.
I just want a real performance patch for Tainted Grail. Reinstalling Oblivion just to see if the patch fixes anything means I need to find 124 gigs and wait hours, which isn't really feasible when the PS5 is basically our entertainment center.
@rjejr Yeah...some real sleepers on your list there, bud, lol. That's like saying you listened to the radio your whole life, so you know all the greats.
Yeah I don't know man I reinstalled after their latest update was supposed to help performance. It still seemed to have the same problems as when I was playing it at launch. I really just want Tainted Grail to get a decent performance patch. That game is incredible, but the framerate makes me nauseous.
@get2sammyb I wish that kind of thing didn't annoy me so much. Same thing w Danica Patrick in Racing Transformed. I'll definitely be grabbing it when I have the disposable income and if I ever get out of this Doom/Quake rabbit hole.
@Dalamar to me that's like saying MK Armageddon or Trilogy are the best in the series. There's definitely a chance that I will play 4 again and enjoy it more. Could be like Mega Man, where I played the games as they came out, so was pretty done with them when the fourth entry hit. They drove the games into the ground, and also I was a big arcade guy back then, and the changes made to the formula seemed to be sacrificed for arbitrary open world ish design. I will give it another chance. I am going to play through THUG first, and attempt to get THUG Pro running through Winlator on the Retroid. I've only messed around w it for a bit.
The GameCube version of 3 is good enough for me, so I went with that. I'll grab this on a sale. That music is important.
4 was where I decided to drop out of the series. The world was empty and bland. I am interested to see how the changes they've made affect my feelings about that game. I do wish it had been ported faithfully, even if I think it's pretty bad.
It's crazy that Arkane is probably cooked just for being an XBOX studio. I was actually pretty excited when I thought XBOX bought all these studios to make a bunch of great exclusive games. I wanted an actual competition. We can disparage "console wars" and exclusives all day, but I think this gen shows we are better off with a real competition.
@Nalim never really understood it outside of bragging rights or something. I don't even know how to look them up on my PS5. Sometimes a clever or difficult one will pop and it makes me smile...but I pretty much immediately forget about it, lol.
Im 100% done w these shady corporate sleazebags. I got soft after swearing them off w XBONE. Phil worked his magic and got me back, but I'm done. You just don't do John Romero like this.
Doom mods on the Retroid, Doom TDA on the PS5.
Probably some PS2 racers.
Also, I heard that the Switch 2 GC games have like 8 frames of lag, so I decided to get Fzero GX on my Retroid. Runs perfectly.
Two gens now of XBOX flailing and missing over and over again. Hey they got their hands in a lot of pockets, monthly, though, and that's what matters. I'm done.
John Romero is my hero, so I'm taking this a little harder than most. If you have never read Doom Guy, I recommend it. Especially if you had it a little rough growing up and found solace in games (when games were a lot more niche). It's such an awful industry for workers. Pretty much done w MS.
@nomither6 2008 housing crash was really tough, but it's not like I can afford a home these days either. I don't make crazy money, but around $70 a year w a VA loan and still not a possibility.
Yeah I've mostly retired to seventh gen and prior, so I'm good. It's kept me very happy recently to not be part of all the modern stupidity. I believe games are better than ever, and that "gaming" is about one thousand times more cynical. In any case, we've definitely lost something along the way..
@nomither6 i think MW was 2007 or so, amazing year for games. I was managing a Game crazy, and we played that, Halo, and Rock Band in my friend group when we were partying. Theeeeen, after I was in the Army for a few years, MW was just a reminder of how sh*t the world could be.
@nomither6 They just need to fix the stealth, combat, missions, and most every other facet of the gameplay! Ironically, the graphics and audio are about the only things that have held up.
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Re: Best Bethesda Games on PS5
@Northern_munkey I might have figured you would work that out on your own, considering I said "will be installed on every console I own," and because, again, we are talking present day going forward.
...any chance you could change your avatar to Vernon, from TMNT?
Re: Best Bethesda Games on PS5
@Northern_munkey yup. And I was talking about the current Nightdive releases, so none of that has anything do with it.
Re: PS5, PS4 Retro Shooter Neon Inferno Really Doesn't Need to Look This Awesome
That looks incredible.
Re: Best Bethesda Games on PS5
@Northern_munkey "publishes," as in currently.
Re: Sucker Punch Would 'Love' an inFAMOUS Trilogy on PS5
I'd love that. I found the first two games a little janky in the combat and movement departments, but nothing that couldn't be smoothed over. I'd definitely buy that. Second Son and First Light were excellent once they clicked.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 590
Quake Arcane Dimensions and Doom Eviternity w some mood mods. Probably some Twilight Princess and Wipeout.
Re: Best Bethesda Games on PS5
@Northern_munkey welp, Bethesda publishes them, and Quake is on this list. It was a real good try though.
Re: Best Bethesda Games on PS5
Quake and Quake 2 will be installed on every console they are available on from now on. Those two games gave me eons of the best fps out there.
Re: Street Fighter's Dhalsim Is, Like, Super Sexy Now
I'll stick w the cringe 90s anime, tyvm.
Re: Oblivion Remastered Patch 1.2 Out Now, Adds New Difficulty Options, Improves Performance, More
I just want a real performance patch for Tainted Grail. Reinstalling Oblivion just to see if the patch fixes anything means I need to find 124 gigs and wait hours, which isn't really feasible when the PS5 is basically our entertainment center.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' Customisation Puts Other Kart Racers to Shame
@MrPeanutbutterz it looks incredibly slow, and also like tricks can't be failed...
Re: Rumour: Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
@rjejr Yeah...some real sleepers on your list there, bud, lol. That's like saying you listened to the radio your whole life, so you know all the greats.
Re: Bethesda to Put Oblivion Remastered on a PS5 Disc in New Physical Edition
Yeah I don't know man I reinstalled after their latest update was supposed to help performance. It still seemed to have the same problems as when I was playing it at launch. I really just want Tainted Grail to get a decent performance patch. That game is incredible, but the framerate makes me nauseous.
Re: Street Fighter's Ken Brings Some Spice to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves on PS5, PS4
@get2sammyb I wish that kind of thing didn't annoy me so much. Same thing w Danica Patrick in Racing Transformed. I'll definitely be grabbing it when I have the disposable income and if I ever get out of this Doom/Quake rabbit hole.
Re: Street Fighter's Ken Brings Some Spice to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves on PS5, PS4
This is a better idea than the meme characters. That really turned me off to this game.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 589
THUG and THPS3, PS2 and GCN. I'm not super into the story and missions of THUG, but the levels are brilliant so far.
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PS5) - An Imperfect Remake, But a Great Skateboarding Game
@Dalamar to me that's like saying MK Armageddon or Trilogy are the best in the series.
There's definitely a chance that I will play 4 again and enjoy it more. Could be like Mega Man, where I played the games as they came out, so was pretty done with them when the fourth entry hit. They drove the games into the ground, and also I was a big arcade guy back then, and the changes made to the formula seemed to be sacrificed for arbitrary open world ish design. I will give it another chance.
I am going to play through THUG first, and attempt to get THUG Pro running through Winlator on the Retroid. I've only messed around w it for a bit.
Re: GTA 4 PS5, PS4 Port Rumours Continue to Pick Up Pace
I don't believe they'd do the game justice, and I'm betting that tons of details will be missing.
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PS5) - An Imperfect Remake, But a Great Skateboarding Game
@Dalamar kind of explains why it's one of the worst entries in the series.
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PS5) - An Imperfect Remake, But a Great Skateboarding Game
The GameCube version of 3 is good enough for me, so I went with that. I'll grab this on a sale. That music is important.
4 was where I decided to drop out of the series. The world was empty and bland. I am interested to see how the changes they've made affect my feelings about that game. I do wish it had been ported faithfully, even if I think it's pretty bad.
Re: Xbox and Arkane's Blade Game Sounds Like It's Still a Long, Long Way Off
@clvr well at least you're taking this in stride.
Re: Xbox and Arkane's Blade Game Sounds Like It's Still a Long, Long Way Off
It's crazy that Arkane is probably cooked just for being an XBOX studio. I was actually pretty excited when I thought XBOX bought all these studios to make a bunch of great exclusive games. I wanted an actual competition. We can disparage "console wars" and exclusives all day, but I think this gen shows we are better off with a real competition.
Re: 'It's Not About Checking Off a Map, It's About Engaging with What Excites You': Ghost of Yotei PS5 Gameplay Stuns
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare sign of the times.
Re: 'It's Not About Checking Off a Map, It's About Engaging with What Excites You': Ghost of Yotei PS5 Gameplay Stuns
@LazyDaisy to me, framerate is part of fidelity.
Re: Ninja Gaiden Ragebound Looks Ridiculously Good in This PS5, PS4 Gameplay
This looks incredible.
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on Ghost of Yotei?
Excited enough that I'm not watching anything. Sucker Punch are top tier devs.
Re: PS5's Ghost of Yotei Fully Revealed in 20 Minute State of Play on 10th July
System Shock 2 that day!
Re: Mini Review: System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster (PS5) - Cult Classic Returns, Cybernetically Enhanced
I can't think of this game as an fps. It feels too bad to actually play the game. As an RPG it's great though.
Re: There's Unfinished Business in Robocop: Rogue City's Standalone Expansion on PS5
@Nalim never really understood it outside of bragging rights or something. I don't even know how to look them up on my PS5. Sometimes a clever or difficult one will pop and it makes me smile...but I pretty much immediately forget about it, lol.
Re: Free PS5 Fashion Platformer Infinity Nikki Seeks Redemption in Blue Tears Update
Oh weird a gacha game screwed over its players.
Re: There's Unfinished Business in Robocop: Rogue City's Standalone Expansion on PS5
@CallMeDuraSouka so, RoboCop is satire...
Re: There's Unfinished Business in Robocop: Rogue City's Standalone Expansion on PS5
@nessisonett ...I played on PS5 and didn't have that issue. Weird.
Even if I did "WoRsT GaMe EveR" is ridiculous. Play more games, I guess.
Re: There's Unfinished Business in Robocop: Rogue City's Standalone Expansion on PS5
I'm in. The base game was exactly what a RoboCop game needed to be. Looking forward to this one.
Re: Romero Games Allegedly Met with Microsoft a Day Before Funding Was Pulled
Im 100% done w these shady corporate sleazebags. I got soft after swearing them off w XBONE. Phil worked his magic and got me back, but I'm done.
You just don't do John Romero like this.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 588
@spakai honestly my PS5 is almost entirely for PS4 games. There's just more great stuff to play.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 588
Doom mods on the Retroid, Doom TDA on the PS5.
Probably some PS2 racers.
Also, I heard that the Switch 2 GC games have like 8 frames of lag, so I decided to get Fzero GX on my Retroid. Runs perfectly.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Death Stranding 2?
I am not interested in Kojima's storytelling..
Re: Xbox's Promising MMORPG Sounds Like the Most Baffling Cancellation
Two gens now of XBOX flailing and missing over and over again. Hey they got their hands in a lot of pockets, monthly, though, and that's what matters. I'm done.
Re: Romero Games Shuttered and Over 100 Staff Axed After Xbox Pulls Funding
John Romero is my hero, so I'm taking this a little harder than most. If you have never read Doom Guy, I recommend it. Especially if you had it a little rough growing up and found solace in games (when games were a lot more niche). It's such an awful industry for workers.
Pretty much done w MS.
Re: Mini Review: Anger Foot (PS5) - Chaotic Kick-'Em-Up Satisfies from Head to Toe
Looks made for me.
Re: Stop Killing Games Campaign Surpasses One Million Signatures, But There Are Issues
I'm fairly certain this won't happen, merely because it would be good news, lol.
Re: What the Hell Has Happened to Call of Duty?
@nomither6 2008 housing crash was really tough, but it's not like I can afford a home these days either. I don't make crazy money, but around $70 a year w a VA loan and still not a possibility.
Re: July 2025's PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now
@Legacy2K that new Sam Sho is legit. I just wish it were a bit of a smaller game. I don't like keeping up w DLC.
Re: PS6 to 'Push the Boundaries' of Graphics, Doubles Down on Machine Learning
Yeah I've mostly retired to seventh gen and prior, so I'm good. It's kept me very happy recently to not be part of all the modern stupidity. I believe games are better than ever, and that "gaming" is about one thousand times more cynical. In any case, we've definitely lost something along the way..
Re: July 2025's PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now
So, no Sam Sho then? Those are Sam Sho fighters.
Re: What the Hell Has Happened to Call of Duty?
@nomither6 i think MW was 2007 or so, amazing year for games. I was managing a Game crazy, and we played that, Halo, and Rock Band in my friend group when we were partying. Theeeeen, after I was in the Army for a few years, MW was just a reminder of how sh*t the world could be.
Re: Rumour: Realistic, First-Person Ghost Recon Game Is Ticking Along, Targeting 2026 Release
@SuntannedDuck2 Shadow Wars is great. Doorkickers is an interesting take on old-school R6 from an overhead perspective. I like it well enough.
Re: Rumour: Realistic, First-Person Ghost Recon Game Is Ticking Along, Targeting 2026 Release
Im less interested in realism than how open ended the missions are.
Re: What the Hell Has Happened to Call of Duty?
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Re: Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Rumours Return as Actor Drops Big Hint
@nomither6 They just need to fix the stealth, combat, missions, and most every other facet of the gameplay! Ironically, the graphics and audio are about the only things that have held up.