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Nice! Quite the result. Will no doubt encourage Team Green to keep porting and releasing former Xbox games to PS5. Definitely going to pick this one up when it’s cheaper.

Well, the movie is nowhere near ready to go, so they’ve got some time in that sense.

It’s such a shame. Forza was great, and good competition for Gran Turismo, which I still feel has baffling design decisions.

So dumb. This doesn’t “dilute the brand” at all. It just makes it stronger. Sony made the game, let us (and PC) have it to ourselves for almost a year and a half, and now they’re being more inclusive and that’s a bad thing? These fanboys need to give their heads a shake and touch grass. Would you rather not have Forza Horizon, Gears, and (soon) Halo? If not then shut up.

I want a pony, but that doesn’t mean I just get to have one.

A shame this game didn’t turn out better. It had decent bones, but not enough meat.

Nice! Only fair to share the love with Microsoft bringing so many games to PlayStation.

@torquex Randy mentioned that Gearbox is “targeting 60 fps” for the game.

@Mythologue You don’t actually swap parts out; weapons simply spawn with multiple different components.

Sweet! Day one for me. Love the series (gameplay wise at least), and 4 looks like it’s making some great changes.

Hmm…pretty sure I’m seeing some frame drops here. Looks crisp, and mostly good frame rate, but not a constant 60…at least not yet.

It won’t push players to Game Pass; it’ll just make people wait until it goes on sale. I hope day one sales of this prove me right. Pure greed on Microsoft’s part, same as carving up the Gears trilogy and, likely, Halo.

People here are assuming it’s the Halo 1 remaster/remake…but this miner says it’s coming “very soon”. Assuming he’s correct (a pretty big stretch, sure), it’s likely something else. The remake seems like it’s slated for next year (a very likely bet since that will be the 25th anniversary), which I don’t consider “very soon”. So what IS it? And how does he know it’s not the MCC or Infinite?

Marathon killer. Although Bungie is doing a bang up job of killing Marathon themselves…

@get2sammyb Thanks, Sammy! Love this site! Have a great weekend.

Glad it got lots of views, but nothing shown piqued my interest really. And still a concerning lack of news from first party studios; I’m guessing it’ll be awhile before they turn the ship away from the iceberg that is the whole live service fiasco.

Would be nice if you included the chart in the body of the article so we don’t have to click away…

I’m still waiting to do a second playthrough. Might as well wait a bit longer if there’s more stuff coming!

Nice! I think that this gen is going to be at least as long as the last (with possibly a longer cross gen period), so we’ll finally get some games that really allow the base PS5 to shine.

Looking forward to playing The Final Shape! Heard good things, but knew it was coming to Plus. Then I’ll put Destiny 2 to bed.

To anyone who played this around launch: was it noticeably buggy? I feel like I haven’t really heard anything bad. Just curious what state it was in at release.

Looks like mindless fun, but a recent preview I watched said that it was buggy and it was hands-off…even though it’s coming out in a few weeks. Not promising.

Really looking forward to “The Final Shape”. I knew it would hit Plus eventually, so I held off, even though a lot of my friends were playing it and it got great reviews.

Just kill it now.

The game sounds disappointing. I’m playing Skyrim again (only my second playthrough in 14 years!), and it still holds up brilliantly. Yes, it’s missing some quality of life stuff and can be a bit clunky in some regards, but the open world, the deep gameplay, and of course the soundtrack are brilliant. Sounds like Starfield doesn’t move the needle much. I’ll probably play it when it’s deeply discounted.

@AdamNovice In this case, and in many others, I think “engagement” serves as obfuscation.

I play this every week with friends, and these updates are awesome! And at NO EXTRA COST…

I bet it’ll be on PS5 as well. I think uptake of the next gen is going to be at least as slow as this gen, and the PS6 is not going to be such a massive leap over PS5 that the game can’t be run on the older hardware.

Great game. Unfortunately the combat is the weakest part, but the writing, quests, and characters are so good that I can forgive it. Will probably give it a whirl on PS5 one day, but am neck deep in Skyrim right now!

This game is going down, bar a miracle.

Playing Skyrim, which I haven’t played since 2011! Holds up quite well, although obviously some quality of life features that we have now are glaring in their absence. But loving it again. Also Borderlands 3, a new Fl4k playthrough. Man, have I got my money out of that game…must have put 200 hours into it on PS5, and am nearing 120 on PS5!

If they’d released this at a cheaper price, it would sell better. As is, I’ll just wait until it’s on sale. Also, sub par performance on PS5 is inexcusable, when DOOM Eternal runs perfectly smoothly. I know it’s a new version of the engine, but they know how to code for PS5 now.

A subscription to a games library just isn’t for me. I don’t play enough in terms of volume, and the FOMO of losing out on games being delisted make it not worth it. I’d rather buy a game on sale and play it at my own pace and when I want. I can see the appeal for others, but…nah.

Even Essential isn’t good value. Cloud saves and online gaming are things that Sony shouldn’t be charging for, and the “free” monthly games vary wildly in quality (though I’ll admit they’re on a bit of a roll lately).

@MrPeanutbutterz I missed out on Motorstorm, but would love to see one on PS5! And WipeOut…a new PS5 instalment would be awesome!

Looks generic, other than the graphics. They haven’t done a good job of explaining what makes this game special. Considering it’s from one of the minds behind GTA, I would expect something interesting, but I’m just not seeing it.

@GuttyYZ I’m sure a lot of people in the poll, including you and me, can’t afford to play this new and are waiting for a sale. Nothing wrong with that! Sometimes the best game to play is the waiting game.

@get2sammyb Solo, or…gasp…splitscreen?!

I’m only concerned if it screws up other releases by pushing them later. Games are taking too long as it is without arbitrary delays.

I’ll be playing this tonight! So much fun with friends. The new weapon attachments sounds like a cool addition! The game is still kinda buggy though, with player and weapon models disappearing.

I’m waiting for the wax cylinder edition.

Seems crazy to go to all the trouble of manufacturing and shipping discs, and then just putting a few MBs on a disc that holds 100 GB.

I hope they don’t jack the price. In general, of course, because it’s a bad idea (especially for digital, which has no associated manufacturing and shipping costs). But also because it will put a huge damper on the goodwill from the fans, who mostly like the changes and improvements they’re bringing to the game.

A few thoughts: firstly, in terms of a “killer app” for PS5 Pro: devs have to be careful to not alienate and piss off the tens of millions of existing base PS5 players by making a game that’s awesome on Pro but pretty crappy on base. That would also potentially sabotage future generations: why would I buy a PS6 when PS6 will come out a few years later and just be the “proper” console to play games on?

Another thought for me: I would only get a PS5 Pro if my base PS5 died (please don’t), BUT I’m excited that, by all appearances, the Pro upgrades will work on my PS6 when I get one (if the world hasn’t ended by then).

@glennthefrog I hope so, too. But I think they will. They could easily have released Gears 1-3 in a collection, but they didn’t do that. I think they’ll milk Master Chief. Still excited we’re getting Halo, but I don’t think Microsoft will be “generous” and sell the collection as a whole.

Considering all the devs they’ve bought, they bloody well better be the top publisher…

I’m a fan of the series, but it does need freshening up, and that state of play made it look like Gearbox are doing exactly that with Borderlands 4. Love the new traversal, the overhaul to the loot system, and the summonable vehicle. Yes, some of the tweaks look like they ripped of Destiny, but that’s not a bad thing, based on how that game plays. Now, let’s see if they’ve improved fast travel, saves, and the clunky inventory system…

This is great, but I’d still rather have functionality that we had on PS4, like unlimited games on the Home Screen and a more robust MP3 player.

@Kraven Happy Birthday! Mine is on Thursday!

Will wait for a sale. In terms of the films, the first is a stone cold classic and one of my favourite films of all time, and Last Crusade is great too.