I am expecting PS5 2021 release... okay that may be an exaggeration, but at this point I would not be surprised. I've long since accepted that 2020 is a steaming pile of excrement at this point (I should clarify that I am not just talking about gaming here).
Ehh, I have too much **** to play without repeating games. Only ones on PS4 that I can think of that I return to are Persona 5 (got platinum for Royal, but not base game hence the return) and MGSV (which is extremely rare for me to return to.).
Only real games I tend to replay constantly are the Zelda games, primarily OOT and Majora's Mask.
@wiiware Perhaps, but if that is the case, that just makes this statement feel more empty. It just solidifies the point that they are just another business who will do anything for profit. They don't care, which would be fine if they just admitted they don't care.
@nessisonett I am unsure if you are referring to me at all in that comment, but my gripe is not whether there are right to postpone an update (I don't personally care either way), but the fact that Activision-Blizzard have chosen now to grow a conscious when they clearly didn't have one before.
This seems strange; I know that Blizzard and Activision are supposedly treated as separate entities but given they are merged, where was this during the Hong Kong protests when Blitzchung was punished for speaking out in support during a hearthstone tournament? This feels like an empty statement for internet points rather than a meaningful gesture of support for BLM. Or is attention only given here due to it being primarily US where this is happening?
@Ralizah I actually get what you mean in regards to dogs. Unless it is the dog from Duck Hunt (he can go die anyday), I really feel uncomfortable with seeing a dog hurt or being killed.I can play games where that happens but I totally understand why that would put you off. Admittedly I have not watched TLOU2 gameplay so I am unsure how violent it is but heck, I get put off killing a dog in Skyrim. Ninja Gaiden 3 was probably the worst one for me when it came to dogs.
It is funny, I don't mind dismemberment of the human characters but do it to a dog and I'm out.
The Dragon Ball feels strong in this one. I know Toriyama does the character designs for Dragon Quest, but this feels more Dragon Ball than other Dragon Quest stuff I have seen. To be fair, I am fairly new to Dragon Quest, so maybe there has been other things. I am cautiously interested.
@get2sammyb That's fair. Admittedly I don't follow either PushSquare or Nintendo Life on social media... don't shoot me, please, NO, AAAAAAAAARGH!
..Anyway as I was saying, since I don't follow the social media, I didn't realise you were being pestered there so whilst annoying, it does make sense to do the article.
@Crimson_Ridley Ehhh, I mean to be fair, they announced when the review will be available. I mean that is something to get hyped about right? Seriously though, why say something if you can't expand on it?
"I have this really cool story but I am not allowed to tell you until arbitrary time has come. Please enjoy being tortured with that knowledge that I know something cool and you don't until then."
It is as bad as an announcement for an annoucement.
@Col_McCafferty Again, not what I meant. I may be phrasing it poorly, but I am not trying to "follow the herd" or not wanting to or whichever, I just wanted to understand.
In terms of games that I am interested in, by genre's I suppose platformers, action adventures, RPGs (Persona, Xenoblade Chronicles, Dragon Quest, Mario and Luigi, Chrono Trigger so more turn-based I guess than anything), rhythm, text-based/visual novel (or whatever you want to call Danganronpa, Ace Attorney and Zero Escape). I have played games from other genre's as well, although I wouldn't consider them to be my main type such as Doom, Borderlands, Warriors (Orochi 3 Ultimate, Hyrule, Fire Emblem)', simulation games like Stardew Valley and Two-Point Hospital. The only real genre which I never touch is sports-based games. I do have a heavy Nintendo bias which explains some of my likes, but I try to branch out to try new things.
@Col_McCafferty Trust me I know. It is more along the lines of it annoys me, because I want to be able to understand. I am not worried about scenarios such as "Oh man, what a scrub! Doesn't even like GTA! Do you even play games?" or anything like that. It is just not understanding is maddening for me, as ultimately, I am left with a question which I am doomed to never get an answer for. Nothing wrong with that of course. Still irks me though.
Edit: It is kind of the reason I buy certain games which I normally wouldn't be interested in otherwise. For example, I brought the Last of Us on PS4 because I didn't originally understand why that game was popular. Having played through it, although I really hated the ending and thought the gameplay was okay, I can at least see the appeal of it. Animal Crossing is another one; brought New Horizon's recently despite not playing Animal Crossing and again, I now see the appeal, even if it is ultimately something that I can't see myself playing long-term.
@Neolit I can sort of see that; not something I have ever had a particular interest in so that might be part of the reason I don't see the appeal.
@KratosMD Probably the best explaination I have seen so far. I do remember seeing trailers via youtube ads over the years that promote new stuff in GTA online. I also remember one of those being a casino where you could spend real-money, but only get got in-game currency as a reward.
@Col_McCafferty "You don't have to 'get' it either, maybe it's just not for you."
You are correct. Not everyone has to like everything; I guess for me it is more the fact that apparently a sizable amount of people think it is a decent enough game that I feel like the odd one out for not liking it. That is on me rather than everyone else though.
@Col_McCafferty "You can steal a car, ride a bike, visit a strip club, shoot some cops and all to a rocking soundtrack.
Oh and there are planes, boats and helicopters which you can use to create all kinds of mischief!"
Admittedly, I have not played any other GTA, but could you not do any of these things in the other games? Or has it been done better in this one? I am just so confused.
It has been a while since I tried this game so I might give it another try soon to try and understand, but I would be lying if I expected to "get" it now.
I own this on Xbox One and I played a bit of it, but the gameplay wasn't grabbing me... I dun't get it.
Not to mention, the 2nd best selling in the series as far as I know is San Andreas which sold around 27.5 million. So I have no clue why this one in particular did so well.
@eumenes That's not what I am disputing. I am saying that I doubt every developer is gonna spend as much time polishing their games to look as pretty as that tech demo. Not to mention, the tech demo is clearly not the whole game (if it were, then cool, I'm interested), so it stands to reason that you can make a very pretty scene when there are limits to where you can go. The demo was showing a character walking along a linear path. That big shot of everything in the distance is a great set piece, as well as the cliffs on the sides with the homes built into the cliffs, but we can;t see them, so it is difficult to judge if the engine will look that great for full-blown games. The other example I can think of the top of my head is the Zelda tech demo for the Wii U; very pretty, but I don't think there was a single game on the Wii U which looked that detailed.
@get2sammyb Pretty much what I just said above. I know that the demo can be interacted with but at the same time, it is still through a controlled environment (this video) unless there is something extra that I haven't seen yet. As I said in my original comment, it looks very pretty (especially in 4K on my tv), but I want to see some actual games looking that pretty first.
"What supports that is the ratio of digital game sales compared to physical increasing to 51%. During the current coronavirus pandemic, that statistic rose to a whopping 66% between the months of January and March 2020."
As long as that statistic reverts when the pandemic ends, that will make me feel better, but it is very disheartening seeing all the companies saying that digital sales are getting stronger in comparison to physical sales. I think I explained in the forums that I only really buy digital if it is cheap, and it is a game that I might be interested in, but I am unsure about. I still buy physical for anything that I care about, so whilst I may be overreacting, anything that signals the end of physical media horrifies me. Also not a big fan of subscriptions (don't have psplus, netflix, any of those things), but power to Sony for doing well with Ps Plus.
Is this a representation of the grand future of next-gen? Upgrading is starting to look like more of a hassle than it is worth if they can't even make 60fps standard.
@FullbringIchigo I have heard about that, but I was always a bit sceptical of whether that was true or not purely because Capcom, and that prior to that, they had the horrible practices with Street Fighter x Tekken that I previously mentioned. If that is true, then fair enough, since my understanding is the game didn't sell particularly well. I would be all over a sequel should they finally do one (based on my avatar alone). The epilogue in the final DLC was a darn tease.
One last little thing since we are on the topic of Asura's Wrath. I remember playing UMvC3 and thinking that Asura would be fantastic in a MvC4... then Infinite came out and that never happened so it looks extremely unlikely we will ever see Asura again much to my sadness.
@RBMango You're not wrong about this being common in the games industry. It's just astounding how much this has been pushed over the years.
I remember the first time where I thought companies were really getting greedy was Street Fighter X Tekken with its Disc-Locked-Content (all DLC characters available on a disc but behind a paywall). Capcom then took it one step further with Asura's Wrath where you had to pay for the ending. I remember thinking that the backlash at the time would convince companies to stop this rubbish but ever since, practices have only gotten worse (microtransactions, lootboxes). Hell, horse armour in Oblivion (2006) was scandalous yet Horse gear DLC was in Metal Gear Solid V was perfectly fine (2015).
You show gamers in 2000 gaming today in 2020, and I don't know whether they would be amazed by the technical advances, or horrified at the terrible consumer practices and other requirements needed to actually play a game.
@carlos82 To be fair, in hindsight, I don't own many Ubisoft titles. The only game I can think of that I own that was made during this generation is Rayman Legends. So I guess that says a lot. Edit: A quick look though my backlog has shown that I apparently own Watch Dogs 1 and Child of Light. Otherwise, that is it for Ubisoft for this gen. Everything else is older like Rayman 3 etc.
@BearsEatBeets Not saying you are wrong, but are you seriously telling me that writers and concept artists work exclusively on one game at a time? Do they really not have other projects that they are involved with which require attention? Not to mention that surely they would of have this same problem pre-DLC if this is truly the explanation?
Okay, I will confess, I have never played Assassin's Creed. Whenever I see gameplay and settings, I struggle to be interested. But that aside, this game was annouced only a couple of weeks ago right? And already they are talking about Season Passes and the contents... what the hell? I am not saying this is necessarily new, but come on! Why are we finding out about the DLC before we even have the game in our hands?
@jdv95 I think you're remembering E3 2019. That year was plenty of mobile stuff from Bethesda at the conference.
Regarding Elder Scrolls VI... don't announce a game if you have nothing to show. If they truly only announced this to appease those who didn't like what they were currently making, it only goes to show how out of touch they are with their own fans.
Edit: Scratch that, upon looking, Commander Keen was announced for mobile, and Blades was announced for Switch, with an update ES Legends. Beyond that, it was mainly updates on stuff we already knew about and streaming tech (Orion).
Eww, no. I would hope that this feature is optional. Whilst I do use how long to beat, I normally use it before I start a game to get a rough idea of how long I will need to play the game. I would not like the idea of being told how to play the game whilst playing the game. Hooray for backseat gaming!
@Grimwood "Internet without comments would be about 100% better."
So you say as you post a comment? I get that it can be draining to have comment sections full of people who disagree with you (I should know, I have been in a few), not to mention plenty of people who are they purely for the sake of fanning the flames, but if we can't discuss anything how are we supposed to see eye-to-eye with anyone? Being exposed to someone else's opinion might not necessarily change your own, but it does help give a new perspective.
@AdamNovice That would explain the comments, but what about the likes/dislikes? Are they afraid of the seemingly vocal minority disliking it and making everyone who see the trailer think the game is going to be bad?
Based on what I've seen here, most people seem to be committed to buying the game anyway. Not to mention, I am sure the game will sell like crazy given how well the first one sold, so why are they so concerned? As far as I am concerned, this whole situation has been handled poorly.
What the heck? This is as bad as the time Nintendo did the same thing with Metroid Prime Federation Force. Bit disappointed in Sony to be honest, I expected better.
@Zeke68 Oh man, multiplayer trophies are my biggest peeve with any game. Especially when it is a game that doesn't have any active people playing the multiplayer as they have moved onto the next game or even worse... the servers for the game are shut off so even if you wanted to get them, you just can't..
@Zeke68 "Noone wants an echochamber (as far as I know) but do we really want a gaming site to be a breedingground for hate against specific industry profiles ?"
Agreed. But that's the thing; I don't think most, if not all of these comments are being hateful. I think they are saying what they say because ultimately, they do care about what they think is best whether that be for Sony, Naughty Dog, or even just the people who would of/will be playing the game when all is said and done. People will always have their misgivings with certain individuals and groups much to everyone's chagrin, but ultimately, I think every wants the same thing; which is a great game. The disagreement so far appears to primarily be based on the spoilers, whether the game is actually going to be great.
"I'm just one of all who is tired of the haters who spam allover these gaming sites when we should be discussing game and news regarding to them, not workcondition we never ever get to know anything concrete about."
I can get that. People who are clearly here for the intention of doing little more than burning everything don't offer anything to the discussion. It is also ultimately pointless to speculate about things we may not know the truth about, but it doesn't make it any less fun to speculate of course.
"My point is, IF it's true it's something ND/Sony need to set straight asap, but also, IF it's true, why isn't hundreds of employees shouting it from the rooftops at this point?"
Probably because they are still in a better position begrudgingly working in terrible conditions (assuming the rumours are true, they may very well not be) than they would be if they were blacklisted in the industry by such a prolific company as Naughty Dog where they wouldn't be able to work in the industry again. Some people will go through a lot for the sake of dreams. Now obviously Naughty Dog wouldn't be able to do much to all the employees if they all rebelled at once, but realistically it is unlikely that everyone rebelling would ever happen, I should point out that again it is all speculation on my part. With any luck, I will be very wrong in the grand scheme of things.
Okay, I normally stay out of articles like this one, but I gonna dare to be stupid for once.
I cannot comment on the leak itself as I have not seen the contents, nor do I care to because whilst I found the TLOU 1 somewhat enjoyable, the ending really soured my opinion of the story and I am not interested enough in a sequel. I do personally think however that it is impossible to know the full story without playing the game, but at the same time, you don't necessarily need to eat the whole dinner to know the dinner is horrible. People have to choose whether what they have learned will put them off or not, or if they are willing to stick with it in the hopes it gets better.
Regarding the morality of whether it is right or wrong for the leaker to do what they did, I have no strong opinion; maybe disgruntled worker (if that is who leaked the game?) was disgruntled because Naughty Dog was indeed being naughty and mistreating employees. Maybe disgruntled worker was wrong because it was not fair to the other employees who may/may not have suffered who wanted the unveiling of the work to be in the planned manner they chose rather than a possible misinterpretation. It is impossible for me to know the truth. All I, or anyone else can do, is draw our own conclusions based on what we find out.
Now with that all being said, why is there so many comments calling others fanboys, morons, lowlifes, saying that "because you hold x opinion, y is clearly true"? It is fine to not see eye-to-eye on something but you don't need to insult everyone in doing so. Not to mention people saying they should or should not comment here. This is an article on a website that anyone can access, not some echo chamber; if we can't have different opinions then why bother trying to do anything, clearly we should just accept everything without question. No need for conversation, we already know what everyone else is going to think... how boring that would be.
Wow, I sound really preachy. Apologies if this upsets anyone, but I do stand by what I said.
After playing through all the other games in the past few months, I must admit that I am still worried about turn-based gameplay in my Yakuza. I am just struggling to envision it being as impactful as the fighting in previous games. Hoping I am wrong of course.
Well let's put it this way; I will be incredibly ****** off if it does not come over here. I'll leave it to everyone's imagination which word I was going.
EDIT: Seriously though, c'mon Atlus! Do you really need proof that we are interested?
Got a week off coming up next week so I'll probably play through Ni No Kuni. Only about three hours in so far. Haven't yet made my mind up if I like it yet, but I am leaning in that direction.
@The_FastLife To be fair to Sony, Yakuza 0 and Death Stranding are both produced by third-parties (Sega and Kojima Producitons respectively). Yakuza has appeared on Wii U of all places before and Death Stranding was originally confirmed to be coming to PC a long time ago anyway (the only caveat is the engine belongs to Guerrilla Games who is first party). I don't begrudge third parties as much since they have to do what they have to do.
Horizon Zero Dawn on the other hand which is first party...
Way to miss the point. Most people don't necessarily care that other people are getting to play the game. People care that consoles are essentially losing what makes them unique; Exclusives. I have seen many people harping on that Sony has done so well this generation due to one thing. Which is? Because, they, have, games! Exclusives are any console's ultimate selling point. Yes, this is just one game that was first party, but everything has a starting point. People are ultimately worried that this is another nail in consoles as we know them, combined with other factors such as an aggressive move to digital and cloud gaming.
And Sony have not said anything reassuring yet to suggest this is a one off. All they have said is that not all games will necessarily be on PC and not at date and time as PS4/5. This could be interpreted as Sony getting ready to put a leg into the pool of PC rather than a toe. They have been thinking about this for a while. Time will tell if this is truly a one off (would make sense, Death Stranding was originally coming to PC anyway from my understanding and uses the same engine as HZD), but for the time being, people are concerned, and I think they are right to be.
Yeah, no. I don't believe this. Especially considering the whole comment about "We don’t have plans for day and date [PC releases], and we remain 100% committed to dedicated hardware."
So that implies that PC releases are being considered even if they are not at the same date as release on PS4/PS5. Not a definite of course, but forgive my scepticism.
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Re: Today Should Have Given Us Our First Ever Glimpse at PS5 Games
I am expecting PS5 2021 release... okay that may be an exaggeration, but at this point I would not be surprised. I've long since accepted that 2020 is a steaming pile of excrement at this point (I should clarify that I am not just talking about gaming here).
Re: Feature: The PS4 Games We Keep Coming Back To
Ehh, I have too much **** to play without repeating games. Only ones on PS4 that I can think of that I return to are Persona 5 (got platinum for Royal, but not base game hence the return) and MGSV (which is extremely rare for me to return to.).
Only real games I tend to replay constantly are the Zelda games, primarily OOT and Majora's Mask.
Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Delays Season Four in Support of Black Lives Matter Protests
@wiiware Perhaps, but if that is the case, that just makes this statement feel more empty. It just solidifies the point that they are just another business who will do anything for profit. They don't care, which would be fine if they just admitted they don't care.
Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Delays Season Four in Support of Black Lives Matter Protests
@nessisonett I am unsure if you are referring to me at all in that comment, but my gripe is not whether there are right to postpone an update (I don't personally care either way), but the fact that Activision-Blizzard have chosen now to grow a conscious when they clearly didn't have one before.
Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Delays Season Four in Support of Black Lives Matter Protests
This seems strange; I know that Blizzard and Activision are supposedly treated as separate entities but given they are merged, where was this during the Hong Kong protests when Blitzchung was punished for speaking out in support during a hearthstone tournament? This feels like an empty statement for internet points rather than a meaningful gesture of support for BLM. Or is attention only given here due to it being primarily US where this is happening?
Re: Can You Name These PS1 Games?
7/15. Not bad given I never owned a PS1.
Re: PS5 Event Confirmed, Over an Hour of PS5 Games Will Be Shown Next Week
Finally. Might actually see if they can convince me to upgrade straight away or not.
Re: Talking Point: Will You Be Buying The Last of Us 2?
@Ralizah I actually get what you mean in regards to dogs. Unless it is the dog from Duck Hunt (he can go die anyday), I really feel uncomfortable with seeing a dog hurt or being killed.I can play games where that happens but I totally understand why that would put you off. Admittedly I have not watched TLOU2 gameplay so I am unsure how violent it is but heck, I get put off killing a dog in Skyrim. Ninja Gaiden 3 was probably the worst one for me when it came to dogs.
It is funny, I don't mind dismemberment of the human characters but do it to a dog and I'm out.
Re: New Dragon Quest Game Is an Action RPG Coming to Consoles in 2021
The Dragon Ball feels strong in this one. I know Toriyama does the character designs for Dragon Quest, but this feels more Dragon Ball than other Dragon Quest stuff I have seen. To be fair, I am fairly new to Dragon Quest, so maybe there has been other things. I am cautiously interested.
Re: Site News: Yes, We're Playing The Last of Us 2
@get2sammyb That's fair. Admittedly I don't follow either PushSquare or Nintendo Life on social media... don't shoot me, please, NO, AAAAAAAAARGH!
..Anyway as I was saying, since I don't follow the social media, I didn't realise you were being pestered there so whilst annoying, it does make sense to do the article.
Re: Site News: Yes, We're Playing The Last of Us 2
@Crimson_Ridley Ehhh, I mean to be fair, they announced when the review will be available. I mean that is something to get hyped about right? Seriously though, why say something if you can't expand on it?
"I have this really cool story but I am not allowed to tell you until arbitrary time has come. Please enjoy being tortured with that knowledge that I know something cool and you don't until then."
It is as bad as an announcement for an annoucement.
Re: Grand Theft Auto V Has Now Shipped an Incredible 130 Million Copies
@Col_McCafferty Again, not what I meant. I may be phrasing it poorly, but I am not trying to "follow the herd" or not wanting to or whichever, I just wanted to understand.
In terms of games that I am interested in, by genre's I suppose platformers, action adventures, RPGs (Persona, Xenoblade Chronicles, Dragon Quest, Mario and Luigi, Chrono Trigger so more turn-based I guess than anything), rhythm, text-based/visual novel (or whatever you want to call Danganronpa, Ace Attorney and Zero Escape). I have played games from other genre's as well, although I wouldn't consider them to be my main type such as Doom, Borderlands, Warriors (Orochi 3 Ultimate, Hyrule, Fire Emblem)', simulation games like Stardew Valley and Two-Point Hospital. The only real genre which I never touch is sports-based games. I do have a heavy Nintendo bias which explains some of my likes, but I try to branch out to try new things.
Re: Grand Theft Auto V Has Now Shipped an Incredible 130 Million Copies
@Col_McCafferty Trust me I know. It is more along the lines of it annoys me, because I want to be able to understand. I am not worried about scenarios such as "Oh man, what a scrub! Doesn't even like GTA! Do you even play games?" or anything like that. It is just not understanding is maddening for me, as ultimately, I am left with a question which I am doomed to never get an answer for. Nothing wrong with that of course. Still irks me though.
Edit: It is kind of the reason I buy certain games which I normally wouldn't be interested in otherwise. For example, I brought the Last of Us on PS4 because I didn't originally understand why that game was popular. Having played through it, although I really hated the ending and thought the gameplay was okay, I can at least see the appeal of it. Animal Crossing is another one; brought New Horizon's recently despite not playing Animal Crossing and again, I now see the appeal, even if it is ultimately something that I can't see myself playing long-term.
Re: Grand Theft Auto V Has Now Shipped an Incredible 130 Million Copies
@Neolit I can sort of see that; not something I have ever had a particular interest in so that might be part of the reason I don't see the appeal.
@KratosMD Probably the best explaination I have seen so far. I do remember seeing trailers via youtube ads over the years that promote new stuff in GTA online. I also remember one of those being a casino where you could spend real-money, but only get got in-game currency as a reward.
@Col_McCafferty "You don't have to 'get' it either, maybe it's just not for you."
You are correct. Not everyone has to like everything; I guess for me it is more the fact that apparently a sizable amount of people think it is a decent enough game that I feel like the odd one out for not liking it. That is on me rather than everyone else though.
Re: Grand Theft Auto V Has Now Shipped an Incredible 130 Million Copies
@Col_McCafferty "You can steal a car, ride a bike, visit a strip club, shoot some cops and all to a rocking soundtrack.
Oh and there are planes, boats and helicopters which you can use to create all kinds of mischief!"
Admittedly, I have not played any other GTA, but could you not do any of these things in the other games? Or has it been done better in this one? I am just so confused.
It has been a while since I tried this game so I might give it another try soon to try and understand, but I would be lying if I expected to "get" it now.
Re: Grand Theft Auto V Has Now Shipped an Incredible 130 Million Copies
I own this on Xbox One and I played a bit of it, but the gameplay wasn't grabbing me... I dun't get it.
Not to mention, the 2nd best selling in the series as far as I know is San Andreas which sold around 27.5 million. So I have no clue why this one in particular did so well.
Re: Rumour: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Is the Name of This Year's Game
Call of Duty: We Ran out of Names Edition
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Won't Include Microtransactions at Launch
Not planned at launch?
So you are going to pull a Crash Team Racing and add them in after the games have reviewed?
Why?
Re: How Well Do You Know Crash Bandicoot?
5/15. Not bad given that I have not played any of the games. =)
Re: PS5 Unreal Engine 5 Gameplay Demo Finally Shows Us What Next-Gen Games Look Like
@eumenes That's not what I am disputing. I am saying that I doubt every developer is gonna spend as much time polishing their games to look as pretty as that tech demo. Not to mention, the tech demo is clearly not the whole game (if it were, then cool, I'm interested), so it stands to reason that you can make a very pretty scene when there are limits to where you can go. The demo was showing a character walking along a linear path. That big shot of everything in the distance is a great set piece, as well as the cliffs on the sides with the homes built into the cliffs, but we can;t see them, so it is difficult to judge if the engine will look that great for full-blown games. The other example I can think of the top of my head is the Zelda tech demo for the Wii U; very pretty, but I don't think there was a single game on the Wii U which looked that detailed.
@get2sammyb Pretty much what I just said above. I know that the demo can be interacted with but at the same time, it is still through a controlled environment (this video) unless there is something extra that I haven't seen yet. As I said in my original comment, it looks very pretty (especially in 4K on my tv), but I want to see some actual games looking that pretty first.
Re: PS5 Unreal Engine 5 Gameplay Demo Finally Shows Us What Next-Gen Games Look Like
"There. are. so. many. triangles! This environment is millions of triangles, these statues in this room are 16 billion triangles alone!"
Seriously though, it is very pretty, but I somehow doubt the games will look that great out of the gate. Hope I am wrong.
Re: UK Bank NatWest Has Released a PS4 Game to Help Kids Understand Money
Is it bad that I really want a full-blown review which is half-serious, half-comedic?
Re: PS4 Console Sales Surpass 110 Million with 41.5 Million PS Plus Subscribers
"What supports that is the ratio of digital game sales compared to physical increasing to 51%. During the current coronavirus pandemic, that statistic rose to a whopping 66% between the months of January and March 2020."
As long as that statistic reverts when the pandemic ends, that will make me feel better, but it is very disheartening seeing all the companies saying that digital sales are getting stronger in comparison to physical sales. I think I explained in the forums that I only really buy digital if it is cheap, and it is a game that I might be interested in, but I am unsure about. I still buy physical for anything that I care about, so whilst I may be overreacting, anything that signals the end of physical media horrifies me. Also not a big fan of subscriptions (don't have psplus, netflix, any of those things), but power to Sony for doing well with Ps Plus.
Re: Don't Expect Assassin's Creed Valhalla to Run at 60 Frames-Per-Second on PS5
Is this a representation of the grand future of next-gen? Upgrading is starting to look like more of a hassle than it is worth if they can't even make 60fps standard.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC Mission Will Feature the Famous Beowulf Legend
@FullbringIchigo I have heard about that, but I was always a bit sceptical of whether that was true or not purely because Capcom, and that prior to that, they had the horrible practices with Street Fighter x Tekken that I previously mentioned. If that is true, then fair enough, since my understanding is the game didn't sell particularly well. I would be all over a sequel should they finally do one (based on my avatar alone). The epilogue in the final DLC was a darn tease.
One last little thing since we are on the topic of Asura's Wrath. I remember playing UMvC3 and thinking that Asura would be fantastic in a MvC4... then Infinite came out and that never happened so it looks extremely unlikely we will ever see Asura again much to my sadness.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC Mission Will Feature the Famous Beowulf Legend
@RBMango You're not wrong about this being common in the games industry. It's just astounding how much this has been pushed over the years.
I remember the first time where I thought companies were really getting greedy was Street Fighter X Tekken with its Disc-Locked-Content (all DLC characters available on a disc but behind a paywall). Capcom then took it one step further with Asura's Wrath where you had to pay for the ending. I remember thinking that the backlash at the time would convince companies to stop this rubbish but ever since, practices have only gotten worse (microtransactions, lootboxes). Hell, horse armour in Oblivion (2006) was scandalous yet Horse gear DLC was in Metal Gear Solid V was perfectly fine (2015).
You show gamers in 2000 gaming today in 2020, and I don't know whether they would be amazed by the technical advances, or horrified at the terrible consumer practices and other requirements needed to actually play a game.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC Mission Will Feature the Famous Beowulf Legend
@carlos82 To be fair, in hindsight, I don't own many Ubisoft titles. The only game I can think of that I own that was made during this generation is Rayman Legends. So I guess that says a lot. Edit: A quick look though my backlog has shown that I apparently own Watch Dogs 1 and Child of Light. Otherwise, that is it for Ubisoft for this gen. Everything else is older like Rayman 3 etc.
@BearsEatBeets Not saying you are wrong, but are you seriously telling me that writers and concept artists work exclusively on one game at a time? Do they really not have other projects that they are involved with which require attention? Not to mention that surely they would of have this same problem pre-DLC if this is truly the explanation?
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC Mission Will Feature the Famous Beowulf Legend
Cool?
Okay, I will confess, I have never played Assassin's Creed. Whenever I see gameplay and settings, I struggle to be interested. But that aside, this game was annouced only a couple of weeks ago right? And already they are talking about Season Passes and the contents... what the hell? I am not saying this is necessarily new, but come on! Why are we finding out about the DLC before we even have the game in our hands?
Maybe I am missing something here...
Re: The Elder Scrolls 6 News and Details Are Still Years Away
@jdv95 I think you're remembering E3 2019. That year was plenty of mobile stuff from Bethesda at the conference.
Regarding Elder Scrolls VI... don't announce a game if you have nothing to show. If they truly only announced this to appease those who didn't like what they were currently making, it only goes to show how out of touch they are with their own fans.
Edit: Scratch that, upon looking, Commander Keen was announced for mobile, and Blades was announced for Switch, with an update ES Legends. Beyond that, it was mainly updates on stuff we already knew about and streaming tech (Orion).
Re: Live: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Gameplay Trailer, Third-Party Next-Gen Reveals
Well, that is interesting seeing Yakuza 7 coming to Xbox Series X presumably at the same time as PS4/PS5.
Re: PS5's User Interface Could Help You to Plan Your Game Sessions
Upon thinking about this being used to push microtransactions and stuff, I am reminded of this clip from Ready Player One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpPE85Jogjw
I mean, I know it is extreme and about ads, but it is somehow on point.
Re: PS5's User Interface Could Help You to Plan Your Game Sessions
Eww, no. I would hope that this feature is optional. Whilst I do use how long to beat, I normally use it before I start a game to get a rough idea of how long I will need to play the game. I would not like the idea of being told how to play the game whilst playing the game. Hooray for backseat gaming!
Re: PlayStation Disables Likes, Dislikes, and Comments on The Last of Us 2's New Trailer
@Grimwood "Internet without comments would be about 100% better."
So you say as you post a comment? I get that it can be draining to have comment sections full of people who disagree with you (I should know, I have been in a few), not to mention plenty of people who are they purely for the sake of fanning the flames, but if we can't discuss anything how are we supposed to see eye-to-eye with anyone? Being exposed to someone else's opinion might not necessarily change your own, but it does help give a new perspective.
Re: PlayStation Disables Likes, Dislikes, and Comments on The Last of Us 2's New Trailer
@AdamNovice That would explain the comments, but what about the likes/dislikes? Are they afraid of the seemingly vocal minority disliking it and making everyone who see the trailer think the game is going to be bad?
Based on what I've seen here, most people seem to be committed to buying the game anyway. Not to mention, I am sure the game will sell like crazy given how well the first one sold, so why are they so concerned? As far as I am concerned, this whole situation has been handled poorly.
Re: PlayStation Disables Likes, Dislikes, and Comments on The Last of Us 2's New Trailer
What the heck? This is as bad as the time Nintendo did the same thing with Metroid Prime Federation Force. Bit disappointed in Sony to be honest, I expected better.
Re: EA Suggests Its PS4 Games Can Be Upgraded to PS5 For Free
Not really a big surprise, given they are trying to perpetuate games as a service, so it would make sense the "game" is free to upgrade next gen.
Re: A Whopping 10,000 PlayStation Games Now Support Trophies
@Zeke68 Oh man, multiplayer trophies are my biggest peeve with any game. Especially when it is a game that doesn't have any active people playing the multiplayer as they have moved onto the next game or even worse... the servers for the game are shut off so even if you wanted to get them, you just can't..
Re: A Whopping 10,000 PlayStation Games Now Support Trophies
Level 14 with 17 platinums, 2 of those platinums are from the same game (Persona 4 Dancing All Night PSVita and PS4). I have some catching up to do...
Re: The Last of Us 2 Leak Leaves Director 'Heartbroken'
@Zeke68 "Noone wants an echochamber (as far as I know) but do we really want a gaming site to be a breedingground for hate against specific industry profiles ?"
Agreed. But that's the thing; I don't think most, if not all of these comments are being hateful. I think they are saying what they say because ultimately, they do care about what they think is best whether that be for Sony, Naughty Dog, or even just the people who would of/will be playing the game when all is said and done. People will always have their misgivings with certain individuals and groups much to everyone's chagrin, but ultimately, I think every wants the same thing; which is a great game. The disagreement so far appears to primarily be based on the spoilers, whether the game is actually going to be great.
"I'm just one of all who is tired of the haters who spam allover these gaming sites when we should be discussing game and news regarding to them, not workcondition we never ever get to know anything concrete about."
I can get that. People who are clearly here for the intention of doing little more than burning everything don't offer anything to the discussion. It is also ultimately pointless to speculate about things we may not know the truth about, but it doesn't make it any less fun to speculate of course.
"My point is, IF it's true it's something ND/Sony need to set straight asap, but also, IF it's true, why isn't hundreds of employees shouting it from the rooftops at this point?"
Probably because they are still in a better position begrudgingly working in terrible conditions (assuming the rumours are true, they may very well not be) than they would be if they were blacklisted in the industry by such a prolific company as Naughty Dog where they wouldn't be able to work in the industry again. Some people will go through a lot for the sake of dreams. Now obviously Naughty Dog wouldn't be able to do much to all the employees if they all rebelled at once, but realistically it is unlikely that everyone rebelling would ever happen, I should point out that again it is all speculation on my part. With any luck, I will be very wrong in the grand scheme of things.
Thanks for the reply though. =)
Re: The Last of Us 2 Leak Leaves Director 'Heartbroken'
Okay, I normally stay out of articles like this one, but I gonna dare to be stupid for once.
I cannot comment on the leak itself as I have not seen the contents, nor do I care to because whilst I found the TLOU 1 somewhat enjoyable, the ending really soured my opinion of the story and I am not interested enough in a sequel. I do personally think however that it is impossible to know the full story without playing the game, but at the same time, you don't necessarily need to eat the whole dinner to know the dinner is horrible. People have to choose whether what they have learned will put them off or not, or if they are willing to stick with it in the hopes it gets better.
Regarding the morality of whether it is right or wrong for the leaker to do what they did, I have no strong opinion; maybe disgruntled worker (if that is who leaked the game?) was disgruntled because Naughty Dog was indeed being naughty and mistreating employees. Maybe disgruntled worker was wrong because it was not fair to the other employees who may/may not have suffered who wanted the unveiling of the work to be in the planned manner they chose rather than a possible misinterpretation. It is impossible for me to know the truth. All I, or anyone else can do, is draw our own conclusions based on what we find out.
Now with that all being said, why is there so many comments calling others fanboys, morons, lowlifes, saying that "because you hold x opinion, y is clearly true"? It is fine to not see eye-to-eye on something but you don't need to insult everyone in doing so. Not to mention people saying they should or should not comment here. This is an article on a website that anyone can access, not some echo chamber; if we can't have different opinions then why bother trying to do anything, clearly we should just accept everything without question. No need for conversation, we already know what everyone else is going to think... how boring that would be.
Wow, I sound really preachy. Apologies if this upsets anyone, but I do stand by what I said.
Re: Sony Makes Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection and Journey Available for Free on PS4
A surprise to be sure... but a welcome one.
I already have Uncharted, but realistically I was never going to buy Journey, so I will now play ir and see what it is like.
Re: Bethesda Will Not Host a Replacement E3 Event This Summer
Less money to spend on hiring people in the audience to cheer enthusiastically. They're probably sighing with relief right now.
Re: 1 Year Ago Today, Yakuza Devs 'Joked' About a Turn Based Yakuza Game
After playing through all the other games in the past few months, I must admit that I am still worried about turn-based gameplay in my Yakuza. I am just struggling to envision it being as impactful as the fighting in previous games. Hoping I am wrong of course.
Re: Exclusive: PS5 to Receive Terafloppy Disks, Proprietary Hardware That Will Boost Teraflops Count
Saw the headline and remembered it was April Fools day...
insert long exaggerated sigh here
Really?
Re: Persona 5 Royal Survey Asks If Players Want Persona 5 Scramble to Come West
Well let's put it this way; I will be incredibly ****** off if it does not come over here. I'll leave it to everyone's imagination which word I was going.
EDIT: Seriously though, c'mon Atlus! Do you really need proof that we are interested?
Re: Snakeybus Is What We Hope Public Transport of the Future Looks Like
It certainly looks like a game I would want to try, but I am not so sure it is one I would want to buy. Will need to see more to judge further.
Re: Video Game Engagement Up 75% Amidst Coronavirus Lockdowns
Got a week off coming up next week so I'll probably play through Ni No Kuni. Only about three hours in so far. Haven't yet made my mind up if I like it yet, but I am leaning in that direction.
Re: Ex-Guerrilla Producer Rips Butthurt PlayStation Fans Over Horizon PC Port
@The_FastLife To be fair to Sony, Yakuza 0 and Death Stranding are both produced by third-parties (Sega and Kojima Producitons respectively). Yakuza has appeared on Wii U of all places before and Death Stranding was originally confirmed to be coming to PC a long time ago anyway (the only caveat is the engine belongs to Guerrilla Games who is first party). I don't begrudge third parties as much since they have to do what they have to do.
Horizon Zero Dawn on the other hand which is first party...
Re: Ex-Guerrilla Producer Rips Butthurt PlayStation Fans Over Horizon PC Port
Way to miss the point. Most people don't necessarily care that other people are getting to play the game. People care that consoles are essentially losing what makes them unique; Exclusives. I have seen many people harping on that Sony has done so well this generation due to one thing. Which is? Because, they, have, games! Exclusives are any console's ultimate selling point. Yes, this is just one game that was first party, but everything has a starting point. People are ultimately worried that this is another nail in consoles as we know them, combined with other factors such as an aggressive move to digital and cloud gaming.
And Sony have not said anything reassuring yet to suggest this is a one off. All they have said is that not all games will necessarily be on PC and not at date and time as PS4/5. This could be interpreted as Sony getting ready to put a leg into the pool of PC rather than a toe. They have been thinking about this for a while. Time will tell if this is truly a one off (would make sense, Death Stranding was originally coming to PC anyway from my understanding and uses the same engine as HZD), but for the time being, people are concerned, and I think they are right to be.
Re: Not Every PS4 Exclusive Guaranteed for PC Release, Says PlayStation Boss
Yeah, no. I don't believe this. Especially considering the whole comment about "We don’t have plans for day and date [PC releases], and we remain 100% committed to dedicated hardware."
So that implies that PC releases are being considered even if they are not at the same date as release on PS4/PS5. Not a definite of course, but forgive my scepticism.