MattBoothDev

Forced co-op. Hard no from me.

@UnlimitedSevens you're not alone. I expect smaller, indie, games to not release physically, but from the studio that brought us Control, Quantum Break and Max Payne? And they feed us some ***** about physical releases? Nah.

@Moj500 it's more about the ***** line they've tried to use to justify it. It doesn't add up.

Not a snowballs chance in hell am I buying this. Vastly overpriced for what it is and the CEO comments about how they just think that's the right price takes the piss.

It's £40 on Xbox already, so it's already £10 over the odds at £50. My personal limit for this kind of release is, like, £10-15.

I'm not going to say it's no effort, because someone had to port this, but it's not £50's worth. There's no new content, no new assets, not worth the price.

Such a "premium" feature.

@AhmadSumadi "what's this game?" "Can I have a go?" "He's said a swear words!"

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I will be leaving the beep. It's definitely a good feature to include, but it's not that noteworthy.

Atmos, on the other hand, I'll be looking forwards to.

Atmos is a nice addition and I'm curious to see how the second controller works.

Dolby Vision should be the next aim after this. I think Xbox supports both?

I'll say it again, this is not a premium feature and I'm sick of them (Sony) pretending it is

It's a demo. They should be free to anyone with an interest in the full game.

Sony should flood the media with tales of how much stock they have and not put any limits on preorders, meaning most people can get a preorder in at a reasonable price.

This would kill scalping because people can get the advertised price without paying some scumbag an over inflated price and since there's no scarcity, there's no market.

And, of course, you only fulfill preorders to people who've bought one console, not several, but you don't tell them that, so they can go and order 5 or 10 thinking they're getting a payday but, actually, they just went right to the back of the queue.

@Pat_trick Surely, if you already have them then it's a good selection? 😁

I voted for Tidus...

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha!"

@mckracken their comments are flippant and childish. If you want a softcore porn game there's plenty out there.

Absolutely worthless crossovers that should've never happened.

@riceNpea not exactly what I want in 65 inches across the living room TV, though.

Do we really, really need sex scenes in a videogame? Can't it just be implied that something happens?

@Korgon yep, it would've been another "previous gen game running in boost mode.

Looks great! Shows how much power is in the hardware we use (PS/Xbox) but also how much better the PC market could be with some serious standardisation in SDKs (which Vulkan was supposed to do).

Who actually cares and why do you care?

@GuyInDirtyShirt yeah, that mode makes sense for offline play but not for online play.

As an experienced (not necessarily good, though) Tekken player, the special mode was more of a hindrance.

But it was no fun playing with those using that mode.

The "special mode" or whatever they called it was tantamount to cheating online.

At least, matchmaking those using it with those not using it, is/was.

It's a essentially a one button combo and special attack mode, which is great for newcomers, beginners or those less able.

I had the worst matches and zero fun when playing someone using that mode. They had a huge advantage and it sucked all the fun out of playing.

I 100% will not be playing online if they matchmake in the same way on launch.

@Uromastryx because all games with MTX are balanced towards purchases, not fun.

"Smoldering Ashes" can been exchanged for blessing, which been give an edge and are gotten via the battle pass system.

Any full priced game with microtransactions, digital currency and other free-to-play mechanics like the battle pass, are HUGE red flags and should be avoided.

They ARE shoved in your face. We're on an article page about how the option to buy with no confirmation is the default cursor position, causing unintended battle pass purchases. How much more in your face can you get?

I mean no offense or ill will by this, but your defense of this is part of the problem and why we will never rid ourselves of these BS practices without government regulation.

The game's whole design is maliciously aimed at selling MTX, battle passes and so on. It's economy and balancing is geared towards additional purchases after your initial £70.

Playing Tekken 8 Beta test.

Just been whipped by someone with easy mode on. They only have to press a button to do all a character's special attacks. It's actually quite ridiculous that they matchmake these people with others without this setting on. As disconnecting when you see this is the case is apparently frowned upon.

@thefourfoldroot1 if it's ready at launch then it should be part of the game but there's no harm in extra content, like the Burning Shores DLC for Horizon: Forbidden West.

Unlike how these things used to work in the past, there are, in-fact, multiple teams working in studios, so significant content DLC is handed to another, smaller, team and starts sometime after the main game development.

Contrary to popular belief, more devs doesn't mean it gets done quicker. So, putting that extra resource that would normally be working on something else, like the DLC, into the main team won't speed things up, necessarily. In fact it could slow things down.

They also work concurrently like that because these things take a long time, so if they didn't start it before the release date, it would be years before it's finished.

Also, speaking as a developer (NOT gaming), smaller DLC projects with an established engine/game are great for junior developers to get some experience and shipping credits, senior developers learning how to lead a team, etc.

Finally, once the main game has been released the dev teams usually take some time off for R&R whilst the smaller teams carry on with the DLC. Gradually growing in size as a team as people finish taking leave/holiday/vacation.

So I definitely agree that content cut to be sold at launch as DLC is bad but I don't agree that significant story content DLC is bad.

@CptFancyPants that makes so much more sense 😂 thank you!

So they do an extra large gut version, which would likely be the average gamer fit...

The thing is, only one of those things is a problem.

It's the digital currency microtransactions and the paid costumes that are the problem. I can guarantee no one is complaining about paid extra story content.

I still don't get how there's a movie about Gran Turismo. It's a game that's never had a story. It's a racing game. I... Don't see the point to this.

@STOBO Bethesda is where I drew the line. That was a lot of games going over to Microsoft and it's just the equivalent of them doing steroids, over hard work.

Sony could've potentially found some cash to have bought Bethesda, $8bn was doable for them

They cannot compete with $69bn. They take $80bn as a whole each year, Microsoft, $200bn.

Activision is so far over the line. It's insane and should be blocked.

Ok, but still not my objection to this merger. I don't play call of duty, but I have got other Activision games I was interested in.

Looks like Origins/Odyssey/Valhalla...

@3Above I've never heard of it. I'll check it out!

Now, I'm enjoying the game but is it Final Fantasy? I can't say I've played many of the last entries properly.

I wish we could return to the turn based battles.

I saw a clip of this and it doesn't seem to be taking assassins creed back to its roots. It's the same sort of gameplay as origins, odyssey and valhalla 🤷‍♂️

@GeneJacket problem with Twin Snakes is it's held up in copyright limbo between Silicon Knights and Nintendo, I believe.

I think, if it were included, it would be the definitive way to play MGS1, though.

Metal Gear Survive should not be included in any of these collections and should be allowed to go quietly in the night. Abomination of a game and shouldn't even be part of the Metal Gear franchise.

@Mio_Nakashima may be because they know it'll be unpopular

It's more than likely going to be inferior. It'll be the same price as the digital only console and will also be digital only, with the Blu-ray drive being overpriced but ultimately cost the same as the disc version that currently exists. Maybe the Blu-ray drive will playback 8k or something just to entice.

Hopefully we all still buy the Blu-ray drive and let it be known we want our consoles to playback physical media.

Physical for me. It was £10 cheaper 🤷‍♂️

I had this on early access on PC and haven't checked on it for a good while it definitely wasn't finished when I played.

However, I picked this up straight away on PS5 and it's glorious. It was the PS Plus version of the first game that got me into this franchise in the first place.

@Mikey856 admittedly I haven't played it, but one watched gameplay and seen the odd review and... Yeah it's pretty bad.

I feel sorry for the people losing their job who were just doing was instructed, though.

@Mikey856 to be fair, though, they should apologise for Gollum.

.... probably for the best. The Gollum game is embarrassingly bad.

Easily the best Assassin's Creed. Matt Ryan was exceedingly well cast in this role.

7/10

The voice acting isn't the great and many of the voices don't fit the characters.

A lot of the models look the same.

Water looks distractingly bad.

No HDR

Lackluster performance, not enough optimisation.

Side quests are pretty boring and unchallenging.

Yeah, performance mode for me.

The framerate is actually better then I first thought (measured on my TV using VRR) but there's obvious problems when moving the camera.

The lack of HDR is fairly confusing as well.

I'd expect a patch on the next week or two, given development and testing cycles and that the last patch was on launch day. Depends how long they run their sprints/cycles.

Well, I won't be playing Starfield and I've played other Baldurs Gate games, so, easy decision!

@Sil_Am which fills me with hope 😁