MasterChiefWiggum

That’s true of pretty much any series: if they don’t sell, they stop making it. Not sure having the dev come out and say it will help, but hey, in this economy, I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.

Terrible company; yes (in terms of consumer "friendliness"). Don't know what they're doing: they've made some massive blunders, certainly, but are still making great stuff. Blowing it in the games business: definitely not, in spite of the above. Somehow, they're hugely successful. Pachter generally doesn't know what he's talking about though. He's been crowing about the end of consoles since before the PS4.

@Slideaway1983 Oof. It sure ain't fixed for him! My friends and I have been lucky, in both solo and coop, with no showstopping bugs.

Well, they’ve been locking characters behind a paywall for years now, so this tracks.

The game is largely fixed on PS5, for what it’s worth. And it’s great fun!

Nah, I’m good. Sony are getting enough money from me with their subscription service.

Nice! No need for 3 if they can stabilize 2 and keep building on it. They’ve done a good job so far.

Looks great! Loved Tsushima, so will definitely be picking this one up.

@Brynjir Exactly. PS5 Pro is an incremental power increase, so don’t expect miracles.

Firstly, anyone following the development of the pro knew it wasn’t going to be anything close to the leap from PS4 to PS4 Pro. Secondly, it’s still hamstrung by the CPU which only got around a 10% bump. Thirdly, as I recall, it’s not selling as well as the PS4 Pro did, therefore the incentive for devs to support it likely isn’t as strong. Add all that up, and people are bound to be disappointed but they shouldn’t be all that surprised.

Couple more weeks = (hopefully) more polish.

Fairly short. Man, Sony have a LOT of catching up to do on the non Live Service front (aka: games I might actually play).

Borderlands 4 has its hooks deep in me. I’ve been a huge fan of this franchise since the beginning. The open world feels epic, and I actually love the “Ubisoftification” of the game, with loads of things to do as I’m driving around and discovering things, checking out new loot, and levelling up my clone witch Vex. I’m 53, and these games come out roughly every six years or so. And I’m unable to find work (my wife bought the game for me this time). Will this be my last Borderlands game? I hope not, but even if it is, I’ll be enjoy it for years to come. I was having so much fun last weekend that I actually was able to forget all of my troubles and lose myself in the game. This is the power of a good game. Like any great art, it transports us away from the world and all of its worries. Now: time to log back on!

I wish they’d do something with it just so people shut up about it.

“Death spiral: see: Xbox”. They’ve shot themselves in BOTH feet. Wait until GTA6 comes out and Microsoft learns that a rising tide won’t lift THEIR boats.

Loving it so far. The open world fits the franchise like a glove, and it’s easy to get distracted moving around the world by all the stuff on the map (which I love; always the sign of a good open world). The performance does start to drop after a few hours, but, as mentioned, quitting to the menu and restarting fixes it. Other than that, performance has been very good, though I’ve heard it’s actually worse on PS5 Pro for some reason (which is what the reviewer played on). There are a few bugs which will get ironed out and some dumb design decisions, but for every fumble there are two or three great additions or changes. Can’t wait to jump back in this weekend.

@Slideaway1983 I’m old too, and think the FOV is fine. I’d probably experiment with it if they manage to get the slider working without tanking performance but…I have my doubts.

@Splat …and the second is fix the memory leak and patch the bugs. I have my doubts that they’ll get the FOV slider working; I think performance will buckle.

Happens on base PS5 as well. Annoying, but I just quit to the menu and restart and it’s fine again for awhile. There are a few other annoying bugs (vending machines not appearing, marking the wrong items as trash, bounty targets not appearing), but overall the game is great fun. Still…they probably shouldn’t have moved the release date up.

Not a very exciting update for me. There are a lot of things I’d rather see them work on, from the dashboard to the MP3 player (yes, I know I’m in the minority regarding the latter, but that’s OK, I can dream)

@Johnnycide Oof. That’s a shame. I love Gears (though I admit for the campaign and Horde mode; never got on with PvP).

That’s a shame; it could probably be made with a smaller team. However, I wouldn’t want it made at the expense of the “Ghost of…” series.

SNIKT! Time to pop dem adamantium widow makers, bub!

Sinking ship. It’ll be a miracle if this game is good. At this point I do think they’ll release it, though; they’ve sunk too much time and money into it at this point to not at least give it a shot. If it tanks, they’ll just pull the plug in a couple of weeks.

@SoulChimera Same. F*ck the haters! This game is gonna keep me busy for hundreds of hours!

A pretty decent crop. A friend of mine has been raving about Psychonauts 2 for ages (the first one was good), and Stardew Valley looks like a nice, therapeutic chill out kind of game. Overall, the Essential games have definitely improved this year.

@HRdepartment Yeah. The addition of horde mode alone made it an all-timer for me, but everything else was improved as well! Way meatier and superior campaign.

Will pick this up when it’s on sale, for sure. Love Gears (though Gears 2 is my favourite)!

Always exciting when a game goes gold!

This generation has been stagnant and dull. Very few great first party games and new IPs. Sony have lost their way by chasing live service games to excess, and seem uninterested in giving fans what they actually want.

It’s not just Microsoft you can’t be sure of these days…

A positive change and long overdue.

Love this! A smart crossover, and happy about getting SOME Halo related stuff on PS5.

Let’s hope that, whatever they show, they prove that they’re getting back on track after all of the time wasted tragically on live service attempts.

Some people really need to touch grass.

I agree with what he’s saying, but the man largely responsible for the live service fiasco (Ryan) is gone now, and it seems like Sony is at least trying to right the ship. I do agree that they should communicate more with their fans, though, instead of just shareholders. And I also wouldn’t go so far as to say they don’t know what they’re doing. PS5 is still a huge success, in spite of the mistakes they’ve made.

Awesome. Nice job, SP!

@Northern_munkey Came to say this. Gross that they’re pay walling bloody demos, but that’s Sony: consumer unfriendly, greedy, and arrogant.

You know what would be a huge improvement? BETTER SALES. The store used to have some great sales, but now they’re very chintzy with their discounts. And Sony: how about some deep discounts for some of your older first party PS5 games? Or even putting them on the lowest tier of PS Plus once in awhile? The company has become incredibly greedy and arrogant since the PS4 days and is more interested in communicating with shareholders than the fans who put the comwhere it is today.

Another reason to not buy it.

Nightdive are remaster masters.

I’ll probably give it a whirl, just for fun, but doubt very much that I’ll buy it.

Well, they’re struggling to get this thing out the door at all, so no wonder there’s no crossplay.

Nice! ODST was a great spinoff game that did some interesting things with the Halo franchise. Looking forward to bringing some of that world into Helldivers.

I wouldn’t take that as meaning that the game will run at higher than 60 fps at all. If so, not meaningfully higher. My guess is that it’ll have more graphical effects and/or a higher resolution on PS5 Pro. Yes, the Pro has a better GPU, but the CPU is only 10% more powerful than base PS5…and I’m sure all of that destructability is pretty computationally expensive.

Generic but not necessarily bad looking.

Gonna grab this when it’s cheaper because it looks fun. But I’m sure that, on top of the disappointing sales, the Star Wars license isn’t exactly cheap either (although considering most of the crap films and show that have come out in the last few years, it should be).

Microsoft and Xbox don’t have the clout to charge $80. They’re a distant third in the console market. And choosing Outer Worlds 2 as the first title at the new price was dumb. They’ve dug themselves into a hole.

Pro doesn’t have the power to run this at 60 if the base PS5 can’t do it. There isn’t the power delta between PS5 and PS5 Pro like there is between PS4 and PS4 Pro. It’ll run better than base PS5, sure, but not at double the frame rate.

Oh, go on…let them have it. They’re sharing their toys with us; we should play nice!