I'm playing Dragon Age Origins, as well as recording the playthrough in order to make a proper story recap video because all the available options sucked by either being too opinionated or glossing over too much.
I've also picked up a month of Netflix to catch up on stuff - got to Delicious in Dungeon late and absolutely fell in love with it - so I also have that eating into my time.
If it wasn't almost double the price of the base console it'd be great, but as it stands it is far too much and that money is better going towards a PC refresh.
@Ravix meanwhile I'm sat here excited to see what Remedy do with their refined sense of weirdness with these remakes. I'm hoping Max gets seamlessly folded into The Remedyverse... I just want the spiderman meme but with Alex Casey, Alex Casey and Max Payne!
@Flaming_Kaiser because my girl Terra deserves The Best... I say that but what I ACTUALLY want is something less graphically intense than VIIRilogy, maybe somewhere between XIV and XVI if that makes sense? oh oh or more like the graphical intensity of World of FF but with XIVs character proportions!
If they give DS3 a Scholar of The First Sin do-over I am all for it. If the rumour of Sony buying kadokawa is true it'll likely open the way to bloodborne's return... Unless Sony ***** that up.
I'm in a small slump at the moment, moving on from finishing Alan Wake II is proving hard. I'm wanting to continue DA Origins but somethings missing... So instead I'll likely focus on levelling Monk in FFXIV.
@z0d15g0d I can easily pop over to Louisoix, you can only search for online players, I'm free whenever today and over the weekend so just give me a time and I'll hop on to get you through the queue - solo queueing as DPS can be a nightmare for older content.
@z0d15g0d Good King Moogle Mog, he's an 8 man trial, I tend to get him a lot as a roulette I'm on around 7pm UK time. What data center/ world are you on.? If I can get to you I'll happily bump your trial queue times as a tank
We can hope for a Fallout scenario but prepare for a Far Cry situation.
I won't write this off until I at least see a trailer, Personally I hope they go for a prequel, maybe even go for discovering the Relay and the brief war with the Turians...
@get2sammyb I only needed one thing out of the beta and that was to gauge how well it ran on my PC, I'd prefer just straight up playing on PS5 but the PS+ requirement keeps MH firmly on PC. It worked well enough but yeah after how clean Rise was the grunginess of Wilds was a bit... meh... But I do wonder if its just something that needs getting used to.
Currently playing AW2 and loving it, picked it up on the EGS for dirt cheap with all the DLC and it has successfully scratched the spooky itch.
The way it folds in the FBC just makes me even hungrier for Control 2, I do also wonder if the Max Payne games will be folded into the Remedyverse with the remakes.
Just forced myself to uninstall MH Wilds beta because if I don't do it whilst I'm fairly lucid I'll end up losing the whole weekend to hunting the same three monsters... Sooooo I'll be on Alan Wake'2 butt until I finish it probably!
If there wasn't a smorgasbord of third party games already piling up in my backlog I'd be concerned that there are so many studios we have zero idea about what they're working on... but as it is I'm happy for them to beaver away and hopefully not announce more GaaS future flops.
Exactly what I've been wanting, need to see how it runs on my PC before deciding what platform I'm going with... Hopefully PC as I don't have PS+ and enjoy doing hunts with randoms.
@roe add on top of that the price increase of gaming AND cost of living crisis and a lot of people are being more selective with what they buy at launch.
I'll need to see some actual live gameplay because my main issue during the MMO versions beta was how amateurish the presentation was for the narrative. The gameplay was okay erring on the fun side.
I'm quite enjoying this over on PC... But I just wish these Korean/Chinese MMOs would hire someone to naturalise their localisations, there is such a stiff ever so slightly off quality that is unmistakable and you know it is because to VO direction was forced to stick to the badly translated script. There is room for the story to shine but it never gets to in these MMOs.
If this game ever reaches market it is going to be fascinating to dissect with how grim development has been... The World of Darkness truly is a cursed IP.
With the pace I'm replaying the first three Dragon Age games Veilguard will probably hit its first sale before I pick it up... I had planned on getting it day one but bad time management on my part means I'll probably be just getting Hawke settled in Kirkwall by the time Rook and chums come stumbling through the gate.
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Re: Foamstars Support Ends in January as Square Enix Drops Soapy Live Service Shooter
I played a few matches back when it first released and was almost immediately bored of it. I'm surprised it took as long as it did to shut down.
Re: Open World PS5 Game Ananta Looks Absolutely Insane in Latest Trailer
Oh gods, all I need is another stable of cuties to balance!
Seriously though, a spider-man, GTA anime gacha with a great OST wasn't on my bingo card for games I'd be looking forward to.
Re: Indiana Jones PS5's Launch Trailer Will Make the Spring 2025 Wait That Little Harder
I'll be romping through this on PC!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 557
I'm playing Dragon Age Origins, as well as recording the playthrough in order to make a proper story recap video because all the available options sucked by either being too opinionated or glossing over too much.
I've also picked up a month of Netflix to catch up on stuff - got to Delicious in Dungeon late and absolutely fell in love with it - so I also have that eating into my time.
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Think of the PS5 Pro, Three Weeks Later?
If it wasn't almost double the price of the base console it'd be great, but as it stands it is far too much and that money is better going towards a PC refresh.
Re: Naughty Dog Casts Troy Baker to Star in Untitled Next PS5 Game
@themightyant my dreams are still haunted by Dinklebot.
Re: Remedy Is Aiming for Excellence with Max Payne Remake
@Ravix meanwhile I'm sat here excited to see what Remedy do with their refined sense of weirdness with these remakes. I'm hoping Max gets seamlessly folded into The Remedyverse... I just want the spiderman meme but with Alex Casey, Alex Casey and Max Payne!
Re: Final Fantasy 6 Remake Mentioned Again, A Dream Project for Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Producer
@Flaming_Kaiser because my girl Terra deserves The Best... I say that but what I ACTUALLY want is something less graphically intense than VIIRilogy, maybe somewhere between XIV and XVI if that makes sense? oh oh or more like the graphical intensity of World of FF but with XIVs character proportions!
Re: Final Fantasy 6 Remake Mentioned Again, A Dream Project for Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Producer
I would prefer a full modern 3D remake, but I wouldn't turn my nose up at a HD-2D remake
Re: Vast Majority of Gamers Say Elden Ring DLC Should Never Have Been Nominated for Game of the Year
I've said it elsewhere but imagine thinking SoTE wasn't a game, what is it then? A Banana Split?
@QiaraIris Guess what won best RPG in 2016? That's right Blood and Wine! But I guess that doesn't matter.
Re: Rumour: FromSoftware Classic Getting the Remaster Treatment
If they give DS3 a Scholar of The First Sin do-over I am all for it. If the rumour of Sony buying kadokawa is true it'll likely open the way to bloodborne's return... Unless Sony ***** that up.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 555
I'm in a small slump at the moment, moving on from finishing Alan Wake II is proving hard. I'm wanting to continue DA Origins but somethings missing... So instead I'll likely focus on levelling Monk in FFXIV.
Re: Square Enix's New AAA Games Are Being Trounced by Final Fantasy 14
@z0d15g0d Excellent, you'll get a friend invite from Mintie Choq'tchip and we shall get that Moogle!
Re: Square Enix's New AAA Games Are Being Trounced by Final Fantasy 14
@z0d15g0d I can easily pop over to Louisoix, you can only search for online players, I'm free whenever today and over the weekend so just give me a time and I'll hop on to get you through the queue - solo queueing as DPS can be a nightmare for older content.
Re: Square Enix's New AAA Games Are Being Trounced by Final Fantasy 14
@z0d15g0d Good King Moogle Mog, he's an 8 man trial, I tend to get him a lot as a roulette I'm on around 7pm UK time. What data center/ world are you on.? If I can get to you I'll happily bump your trial queue times as a tank
Re: Guerrilla's Next Horizon Game May Launch Sometime in 2025 on PS5
IF they can nail a Monster Hunter like feel but giant robot creatures I'll be more than happy to jump in.
I do wonder when we'll see it properly revealed though? Maybe the Game Awards with them being in a month?
Re: Unique Puzzler Lorelei and the Laser Eyes Seems Set for PS5, PS4
Just the news I've been waiting for, this has been sat on my Steam wishlist for ages
Re: Infinity Nikki and Jessie J Confirm PS5 Release Date in Joyous Musical Trailer
I'm going to lose so much time to this... providing it is as delightful as it seems... no wonder my backlog keeps growing at an exponential rate.
Re: Conspiratorial Fans Think PS5 Ad Teasing December State of Play, PlayStation Showcase
It's definitely happening if Grubb says it ain't! He's wrong more often than not, literally only getting things right through repetition.
Re: ARC Raiders Unveils Promising Extraction Loop in Gameplay Reveal
I was really interested in this before they retooled it as an extraction shooter, now I'll probably never touch it.
Re: Secret Level Creator Comments on Concord's Awkward Anthology Inclusion
There is this part of me that really hopes the Concord episode is good, solid entertainment.
Re: Six Seconds of Long-Lost Adventure In the Valley of Gods Is All You Get
I'm still a bit heartbroken that this had to die so that Alyx could live.
Re: Macaulay Culkin Confirmed for Season 2 of Amazon's Fallout Show
@Sarcasmatwork allow me to introduce you to your new face crimbo carol!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTyw6cq86kY
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 554
Finished Alan Wake II + DLC, fantastic gam, but now I am in need of MOAR Remedyverse stuff and Control 2 is probably a ways off...
Now to continue my replay of all the Dragon Age games!
Re: Movement from Amazon's Mass Effect TV Series, Fast & Furious 9 Writer Signed
We can hope for a Fallout scenario but prepare for a Far Cry situation.
I won't write this off until I at least see a trailer, Personally I hope they go for a prequel, maybe even go for discovering the Relay and the brief war with the Turians...
Re: Fans Work Out Why Monster Hunter Wilds Feels So Weird and Weightless in PS5 Beta
@get2sammyb I only needed one thing out of the beta and that was to gauge how well it ran on my PC, I'd prefer just straight up playing on PS5 but the PS+ requirement keeps MH firmly on PC. It worked well enough but yeah after how clean Rise was the grunginess of Wilds was a bit... meh... But I do wonder if its just something that needs getting used to.
Re: Alan Wake 2 Trapped in Financial Dark Place, 'Most' Development, Marketing Costs Recouped
Currently playing AW2 and loving it, picked it up on the EGS for dirt cheap with all the DLC and it has successfully scratched the spooky itch.
The way it folds in the FBC just makes me even hungrier for Control 2, I do also wonder if the Max Payne games will be folded into the Remedyverse with the remakes.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 553
Just forced myself to uninstall MH Wilds beta because if I don't do it whilst I'm fairly lucid I'll end up losing the whole weekend to hunting the same three monsters... Sooooo I'll be on Alan Wake'2 butt until I finish it probably!
Re: PlayStation Studios: All Sony First-Party Developers and What They're Working On
If there wasn't a smorgasbord of third party games already piling up in my backlog I'd be concerned that there are so many studios we have zero idea about what they're working on... but as it is I'm happy for them to beaver away and hopefully not announce more GaaS future flops.
Re: Players Made Uncomfortable by Talking Palicoes as Monster Hunter Wilds PS5 Beta Goes Live
The lil friendo is too useful to be silenced! All hail Talking Cat!
Seriously though, I could've sworn the Palicos had been able to speak normally in some of the older games.
Re: Next Mass Effect to Retain 'Mature Tone' and 'Photorealistic' Graphics
@Lavishturtle and yet all signs point towards Dragon Age being a success.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing the Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta?
Not yet, waiting for the Steam version to hit!
Re: PS5, PC Flop Concord Never Returning, Studio Closed Down
Oh to be a fly on the wall in PlayStation HQ!
I do wonder if anyone besides the Studio will see consequences and how long it'll be before we see the 'lessons' learned by Sony from this.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 552
Alan Wake 2, 10hrs in and I love it, it's spooky in a way only Remedy can manage.
I have also been playing more Honkai Star Rail cleaning up old side content and finishing the latest msq.
Re: Play Monster Hunter Wilds on PS5 from Next Week with Open Beta
Exactly what I've been wanting, need to see how it runs on my PC before deciding what platform I'm going with... Hopefully PC as I don't have PS+ and enjoy doing hunts with randoms.
Re: Like a Dragon's PS5 Date Change Will Let You Play Monster Hunter Wilds with Peace of Mind, Director Says
Same as Yoshi-P setting FFXIV Dawntrail to after Shadow of The Erdtree...
@PorkChopExpress Monster Hunter's a hard franchise to get into but once it sets its claws in you it'll be with you forever
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 551
I just picked up Alan Wake 2 on the EGS for under £28 including all the DLC so I plan on melting my PC and pissing my pants over the weekend
Re: IO Interactive's Project 007 to Feature a 'Young Bond for Gamers' with a View to a Trilogy
I trust IOI... but I swear if I see Bond dabbing I am going to riot!
I am really looking forward to seeing what their Bond is like.
Re: Don't Nod Financials Result in Reorganisation and Layoffs, Cancelled Projects
@roe add on top of that the price increase of gaming AND cost of living crisis and a lot of people are being more selective with what they buy at launch.
Re: Huge Action RPG Wayfinder Has Been Completely Reworked Ahead of Full 1.0 Release on PS5 Next Week
I'll need to see some actual live gameplay because my main issue during the MMO versions beta was how amateurish the presentation was for the narrative. The gameplay was okay erring on the fun side.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Metaphor: ReFantazio?
Awaiting the Re-elected Edition in a year to eighteen months, been burned by the re-release happy Atlus too many times.
Re: TV Show Review: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft - Globetrotting Animated Adventure Edges Lara's Arc Forward
@PuppetMaster I blame SF2 Chun-li for the part of my taste in women that centres around them being able to toss me around like a ragdoll.
Re: Throne and Liberty (PS5) - Beginner MMO Is Plagued with Technical Issues
I'm quite enjoying this over on PC... But I just wish these Korean/Chinese MMOs would hire someone to naturalise their localisations, there is such a stiff ever so slightly off quality that is unmistakable and you know it is because to VO direction was forced to stick to the badly translated script. There is room for the story to shine but it never gets to in these MMOs.
Re: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Seemingly Afflicted By World of Darkness Curse
If this game ever reaches market it is going to be fascinating to dissect with how grim development has been... The World of Darkness truly is a cursed IP.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Silent Hill 2?
Continued financial woes mean no new full price games for me. Wish me luck on the job hunt!
But if I had the cash I would've been all over this day one!
Re: Metaphor: ReFantazio (PS5) - Brilliant, Memorable RPG Is One of Atlus' Finest Works
I want this so bad but I think Atlus burned me one too many times... I can already see the RE-Election Edition in a years time being a thing...
Re: Microsoft Is Investigating Why Devs Are Prioritising PS5 Over Xbox
@get2sammyb that and resources saved developing for a single sku... soon to be two sku's but the difference isn't so large as that between X and S.
The Series S has been such an arse ache for this generation.
Re: Upcoming PS5 Games for October and November 2024
With the pace I'm replaying the first three Dragon Age games Veilguard will probably hit its first sale before I pick it up... I had planned on getting it day one but bad time management on my part means I'll probably be just getting Hawke settled in Kirkwall by the time Rook and chums come stumbling through the gate.
Re: Watch Unreal 5's Seriously Impressive MegaLights Tech Demo, Running on a PS5
I need to fiddle around with this Megalights addition, I have a few portfolio environments that would shine with this working in them.
Re: Explore Hell Is Us PS5 in Extensive Developer-Led Gameplay Trailer
@TheLotteryMan1 Generic monster design? Can you point to a few other games that use similar designs?