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Re: Sony Unlikely to Receive Competition From Microsoft in VR Space Next-Gen

MS7000

I feel like his comment may not be the most informed since it does appear to be selling, but to be fair I don't have any interest in VR, at least not enough to spend £250 on it so I'm thinking that he feels most people will not want to spend extra on a VR peripheral. They are probably also nervous about inflating console price with peripherals given the whole Kinect situation with Xbox One.

Re: Random: Trophy Hunter Creates Mural Dedicated to His Past 200 Platinums

MS7000

Don't have too many. Currently Level 13 with 13 platinums. Most of my ones are fairly easy, but can be time consuming:

Persona 4: Dancing All Night (PSVita)
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
Persona 4: Dancing All Night (PS4)
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Marvel's Spider Man
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Zero Time Dilemma
Spyro: Reignited Trilogy (3 platinums)
Rayman Legends

Kiwami 2 was probably the hardest, but Rayman Legends was the most time consuming due to the stupid awesomeness level.

Edit: Very close to platinums in other games such as Dragon Quest 11, Persona 5, and Yakuza 0.

Edit 2: Actually, not 13, but 14. Forgot that I recently got platinum on Danganronpa: Ultra Despair Girls.

Re: Persona 5 Royal Leaps Straight to the Top of the Sales Charts in Japan

MS7000

For what is essentially the same game with multiple improvements and extras, it has done fairly well for itself. From what I have seen, I have never seen remakes or the like normally do that well in Japan, mind you, that could just be the games I've seen I suppose.

Either way, a release date over here would be nice.

Re: PS Plus Has an All-Time High Number of Active Subscribers

MS7000

"It’s worth mentioning that with the PlayStation 4 now commanding an install base of over 100 million units – the second highest for a home console of all-time – this means that approximately a third are signed up to the service"

It would not surprise me if the statistic is closer to half based on people who have double-dipped for the Pro such as myself. But then again, active users also factor into it. Congrats to Sony either way. I have still not signed up to it ever as I still don't think it is good enough for me but that just may be me being unreasonable given this news.

Re: EU PlayStation Store Halloween Sale Has Plenty of PS4 Treats

MS7000

Just looked at Fallout 4 season pass as I own it on disc, and it is £25, meanwhile Fallout 4 G.O.T.Y is £20 which includes all the DLC... what the hell?

Edit: Just did a quick search as well on Amazon and Fallout 4 G.O.T.Y edition is £15 at the moment... I suppose it is a case of whether you want the convenience of digital versus the security of physical.

Re: Bloodborne Is the Best Souls Game, and Even Souls Creator Knows It

MS7000

@taylorsparks294 Was doing okay until I met Father Gascoigne. He moves quite a bit faster than the others before him. Not sure if I suck or if there is a gimmick I am missing.

@Flaming_Kaiser I am liking it so far as well, it certainly controls better than what I have played of Dark Souls although I feel like I am looping around a lot when exploring.

Re: Rumour: PS5 Will Come With a Camera to 'Lure' Streamers

MS7000

Probably me overreacting, but this just screams that PS5 is going to be stupidly expensive at launch. I already feel nervous about putting down £300 for a console, let alone £400-£500 that I keep hear being thrown around, so I get real nervous everytime I hear about something that could raise the price.

If they are indeed planning this, I hope they offer an alternative bundle for cheaper without the camera, otherwise it may be a very long time until I buy a PS5. Not in a rush to be fair, I have plenty of PS4 games to play still.

Re: Shenmue III's PC Demo Is the Nostalgia Hit You Need Today

MS7000

@hulkie Just been trying to find out if it can be disabled, but the website for Shenmue 3 does not appear to say anything, and I cannot find any tweets/messages from the developers saying if this is possible. It may be a case of waiting until closer to the time unfortunately.

Re: Reaction: Unrealistic Expectations Mar Sony's Best State of Play So Far

MS7000

My personal issue was that with the games announced, I had no clue what was actually meant to be happening in them. Humanity for example, it was not entirely clear to me what was actually happening. I just saw two hoardes of zombies (based on how they moved and fell) running into each other. Wattam is a similar case.

Arise: A Simple Story whilst looking pretty, did not really get me interested in wanting to know more. For some reason, it feels like similar games with the same idea have already been made.

VR was irrelevant, although that is on me rather than Sony due to personal preferences.

The Last of Us 2, and I know I am going to get downvoted for this, but honestly, I could not care less. I did not like the ending to the first one, and even then, didn't feel like it needed a sequel.

The only real thing that I found good was a demo for MediEvil and announcement for Civ VI being released. Although I have never played MediEvil, the fact that there is a demo makes me interested in trying it out. Civ VI was a genuine surprise which I wasn't expecting.

In short, I think the big issue for me is that what was shown was either something we already knew about, or was not well explained with no real surprises at all. Perhaps for me it would of been best to wait until they start talking about the PS5.

Re: Rocket League Is Ditching Paid, Randomised Loot Boxes

MS7000

I know that people might disagree with me on this and that is fine, but although this is a good thing, it is not something I celebrate. All that has happened here essentially is that the gambling element has been removed, so that the microtransactions are protected against any potential gambling law changes. Not saying that is why Psyonix and Epic have done this as there are worse companies out there such as EA and Activision, but I am pessimistic to say the least that this was done for any reason other than a potential danger to profits...

Damn, the last few years of gaming have made me a "glass half empty" kind of person.

Re: SEGA to Showcase All-New AAA Title at Gamescom 2019

MS7000

@ZeroAbbadon Yeah, it is more of a wish than anything. The announcement did say it was for something brand new which has not been seen elsewhere, so it would also depend on whether they count Japan as being elsewhere or not.

If Sonic 2020, I am hoping for something similar to Mania than Forces.

Re: Poll: What Are Your Summer Gaming Habits?

MS7000

@Ralizah They're pretty good guidelines. To be fair, unless it is a Nintendo game (personal preference), I very rarely buy games as soon as they release, so more often than not I do get the games cheap. I think sales is ultimately what makes the problem worst because the temptation is there.

You are also right about buying games because you want them as opposed to hoarding, but I tend to find that some of the most interesting games I have played are games that I would not of thought twice about buying but only got them for sale/collecting purposes. Best example of this for me is the Yakuza series, because although I had heard lots of good things about the series, it never sounded like it would interest me even when I brought Yakuza 0, but now, I am so invested in the series (Almost got platinum for 0 and have got platinum for Kiwami 2, haven't felt the urge to return to Kiwami yet).

I might try to be a little more strict in the future though. =)

Re: Poll: What Are Your Summer Gaming Habits?

MS7000

@Ralizah This is pretty much me, although I think I am worse in that I do not even control my spending for games, so more often than not, my backlog grows endlessly. I think it also doesn't help that I prefer to complete games than just beat them, so I spend more time on some games than others.

Re: Persona 5 Royal Makoto Trailer Shows New Gameplay, Character Scenes, and Beastly Volleyball Skills

MS7000

@Porco On top of new areas and content there are also 3rd forms of personas, new/improved battle mechanics (ex. "Show Time" attacks), new social links, dungeons have been redesigned, new character and from what I can gather, partial rewrites of the story. It is a bit beyond the scope of DLC.

Now if you were talking about the Persona dancing games, I could sort of see where you are coming from. But P5R does not feel exploitative or anti-consumer to me. To be fair, it is all in how much individuals perceive the content to be worth.