MetalGear_Yoshi

I'm not that interested in the titles myself but I'm not unhappy about it. They're not bad, just not my taste. The car one could end up being interesting too, I've not been convinced on it since it was announced though.

@ellsworth004

This. It's so boring how all car games have you driving crazy dream cars so quickly these days. Also really over games that tailor the majority of races to whatever car you're driving rather having very strict entry restrictions with a limited ammount of models to choose from.

The old GT model added a great sense of progression that is missing from a lot of racing games.

Will be waiting for reviews on this one. Love Sid Meiers Pirates! on the OG Xbox. Hopefully it's got some of the spirit of that game in it.

@ISD1982 Totally agree mate. I got the XSX and PS5 and although you're right, the Xbox UI is all over the place it's main functions are easily accessible. The PS5 basic function are painful. It shouldn't take half a dozen presses to turn the system off (if you remember where it is). Imo the PS4 pop up menu was perfect. The UI as a whole wasn't but that particular idea worked.

Never. They need to give an option to swap what long and short press of the PS button does. The screen that comes up now on short press is only ever seen because of PS4 UI muscle memory.

What? It's not true that they plan on making the game much better? Why would you possibly say that...

I'm not sure if I should just refund the game and wait for the native PS5 version. I like what I've played in the 12 hours or so I've put in but I haven't played in a couple of days because I can't be bothered to deal with the crashes that seem to come every hour or so, not to mention all the other jank.

Shame because I think there's a pretty decent game under there (not ground breaking, but good).

That would have been nice in the 80 hours I spent on the game...

As long as they don't change the XP gain rates to make it harder to level I don't really have a problem with it. By the time I got to the end of the main game I was around the level 250 mark and levels were still coming really quick.

I don't like it on principal because... MTX. Dropping it a month after when reviews are already out is sus too. It's one thing to change the game up so much it has a new business model like Rocket League going f2p but changing it month in? They new it was coming from day one. They should detail their plans so consumers can make an informed decision day one.

So does this fix the bug that doesn't let you finish off The Order? Played for 80+ hours and couldn't get the true ending because of it.

Oh well. They had a great run over the decades. RIP Codemasters.

Good. It looked awful. Hopefully they get it right so we can get a new game in the series.

Looks like a great deep sale or PS+/Games with gold pick up.

@SwitchVogel That's awesome. Much better than paying the new release premium to play new games and having to return them a couple nights later at the video shop.

@DonJorginho

I bought BL3 a couple of days ago for the sale price. Was going to pull the trigger on the DLC's but figured I'd just play vanilla first and buy the dlc on sale. Glad I waited, I would have been filthy if I paid full price for it.

The fish monger kid has such annoying VO too...

@Broosh

Ah, cheers. That explains the déjà vu.

I thought this came out ages ago. Or was that a remake of a sequel?

It's been hot here in Aus so I have my fan on...

@Total_Weirdo

This. I have no problem with it atm but they need to allow transfers as time goes on and more games come out.

@JJ2

I think in this case they're just expressing how anyone that deals with the public starts to view just about everyone they encounter for work. There's many different versions of customer/client but they all fit under the broad category of "a holes".

I might be offended if they weren't 100% right. I'm too stupid to apply skins and screen protectors.

Can't wait for all the ***** micro transactions in the next Dirt...

That's good. There's no way I was going to pay full rrp for it.

Have they said if they're making the game more user friendly of just updating the graphics? One of the big things I remember about the game was how unintuitive some of the systems were.

So I understand logistically they want to spread shipments out but why can't they just deliver them to the stores and release on the same day as the console? I know if I lived in the UK I couldn't be bothered to pick up my extra controller for a console I don't own. I'd just leave it till release.

Man, it's good for financial stability for those guys but working as a GTA online content developer sounds depressing.

I would love a "time played" tracker. It would be depressing given how many games I buy and barely play but it's a nice feature on Switch and Steam.

Why remaster/remake any game in the NFS series post PS2? Oh, fans love Most Wanted and Underground, I know, let's remaster Hot Pursuit... Cheers EA.

I'm half expecting the Mass Effect remaster to be of Andromeda.

Man, loving the new direction the sites going in. Always wanted an entire website dedicated to Peter Parkers face.

"Generational leap"? Generational half step would giving them the benefit of the doubt. They're not even making the "quality" mode 60fps...

I'll give the site the benefit of the doubt and assume the title was just word play and not fan boy nonsense.

A 4th article on peter parkers face... Slowest news day in history?

Wait, not even a paid upgrade for those of us with the original game? Awesome, they get zero money instead of $10 or something.

A n actual article on what is known about the accessories rather than a list of affiliated links would be nice.

Is one of the missions going to be selling weapons to a dictatorship on behalf of Reagan?

Looks awesome.

@nessisonett

Awesome, cheers for that. Saved me $40.

I've got Ultimate game pass too. I don't use my Xbox much but Live was on sale and you could upgrade that to ultimate for next to nothing so I thought why not. It's great value, with an Xbox or not, as you say.

Thanks again for the heads up.

@nessisonett

Xbox game pass?

@nessisonett

Yeah, it was. In the demo though it's just a plain 2 minute score attack run. No objectives or anything which is a bit of a bummer. It does feel good to play though and gives a glimpse of how they're giving 3 styles, one that plays the same as THPS1, another that plays like THPS2 and a third which is basically all the bells and whistles that would be added later like reverts, wall pushes, button press trannies etc. It's pretty cool stuff.

No official Augusta course? How can they recreate a PGA career without the US Masters?

“I don’t have a stake in that race."

Press [X] to doubt.

Even if the system is more powerful on paper if next gen plays out like the last Sony is going to have the better first party line up by a long margin. I'm not even a fan boy, I'll probably end up with both just as I have both current gen systems. But there's a reason why my xbox controller (which I've never liked tbh) is covered in dust. The only upsides it has is BC and Game pass. Even with that it's still sitting there unused. On ps4 I went from playing TLOU2 straight to Ghosts of Tsushima. I can't even remember the last exclusive game on Xbox I played.

I really don't see how you can give any major edge to Microsoft. If it's your personal main platform that's fair enough but I don't see why if you're looking at it with no bias you would put your faith in a company that can't even make a decent UI for their last system or come up with a name that doesn't confuse most people. The hardware might be great, the support behind it is where it will fall flat if they didn't learn a lot from this gen. They've not shown any evidence that they have Imo. They're leading with Halo Infinite as their killer app atm ffs.

This thing's $50+ on the Aussie psn...

Wish they would drop the modern day nonsense of the series. Nobody likes it. It's not necessary. Stop it. You don't need the animus to tell stories about assassins and illuminati nonsense.

Looking at the video and screenshots on psn this looks more like one of those quickie ps3 to ps4 ports. Disappointing given how great the Mafia 1 remaster looks but Mafia 2 is still a great game anyway. Definitely recommend it for those that haven't played it. Not sure if I'm going to double dip and buy the trilogy though. I already own 3 with the season pass and played 2 last gen. Might just pick up the Mafia 1 remaster when it goes on sale.

The only thing I'm disappointed about is that I already own Skylines. I've almost bought Farming Sim on sale a couple of times so this is a nice way to try it out with no risk. Hopefully they put the dlc on sale too.

In a way I think they misstepped here but only in the sense that they chose two games in pretty niche genres in the same month. They probably should have spread them out.

Tbh though, last month we got Uncharted 4 and DIRT 2 and they gave away the Uncharted collection to everyone. Now people are getting two well received games but they're not blockbusters so they're whinging. Pretty sad.

I was looking forward to this but after having played the beta/demo I'm not sold. The cars just handle weirdly. It feels like they weigh nothing. There's no sense of inertia so even when you do a really long drift it doesn't feel satisfying. Honestly, with the physics they use for the cars it would make more sense for the game to be a Wipe0ut style hover car racer.

Also, there's a lot of stunt sections and jumps but they don't feel exciting or visceral. There's no feeling of a big "thunk" when you hit the ground after a big jump or any sense that you have to keep a lightning pace while doing a loop to loop lest you fall of the face of the track.

If you're a time trials nut and really love to keep going for a best time the game might be of interest but for those who want what the game looks like at a glance you might be disappointed.

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