@TruestoryYep Yes, I have a PC and I can always retreat into steam. But, I only like to play certain genres on PC. There's room to go further there, if I want to.
Weapon durability never was nor ever will be a good system. It just adds busy work and inventory management that isn't fun and saving the best weapons for a rainy day and end up never using them.
It's an awful system, and every dev putting it in their games deserves a slap across the face.
The stance has not changed and I have seen 80 euro games around already.
My stance is that I will wait for a price cut.
It's just what it is. Thankfully I come across retailers making up the difference, but they are trying to screw them over too.
I simply don't buy them. I simply can't justify it. I have never bought a game over 65 euros and I never will.
I am disappointed. I was looking forward to it until Nintendo went full greedy with it.
Charging for last gen upgrades, huge game price increase and the system itself nearing the limit.
None of the games were for me either.
So... I am thinking about waiting on this one until games that interest me are out.
No chance MH wilds runs on it with it's current performance. MH World might. I am expecting a portable ps4/ps4pro. Somewhere in that ballpark would already be pretty good.
I definitly like it. I love figuring out head scratchers. I just wish they were more consistant with what they do with it. Those mobile games... I dunno. I would like to see the return of playable Ventus though.
I am gonna be honest and say it doesn't deserve the sales given the technical state it launched in. But, it's not a bad game. It's good they are going to be fixing it.
@Jenny_Jones Then he really should use "I" and not "we". It's all fixed now, I see.
But, what I said does not apply to push square in particular. Many reviewers out there don't bother playing the games to the credits or engaging with their systems before writing so called "reviews".
It’s not even Ronaldo voicing him. It's just a new character inspired by him.
I dislike guest characters on all games though, let's just get that clear. But this isn't crazier than say... Ghostface, Conan or Freddy.
@nomither6 Pretty sure that California isn't the problem. This is a phenomenon across the western world. That means US, Canada and Europe.
I am also sure the execs salary is more of a problem than the devs.
This is nonsense. I don't believe Microsoft will do this.
Being on steam means they can't charge for online play anymore or have control of the network and the fees gained from sales on it. Their whole Xbox live thing will be gone. It will just be a game renting service.
If that's what they want to do, I don't think they will be competition. Also, games are not optimised for that kind of platform. I guess Microsoft can optimise theirs, but how will you feel playing say MH wilds which looks and performs terrible on a mid range pc, compared to the console versions which are more optimised, even if still with issues?
If microsoft wants to sell a packed in PC, let them? It's not different from a regular PC. Actually, it's worse.
I don't think there is anything to worry about. It's the same as them leaving the console market.
Probably no same day releases on PC though. But, that was already the case.
You do know that MH never stops yes? Wilds is out... work shifts to the major expansion to come out in a year on top of the title updates during this year and the year after the expansion is out.
If DD2 expansion depends on MH being done, it's not coming. There is no way they will prioritise it over the MHW expansion.
You can keep pushing as much as you want. I might've even gotten it. But, it has no drive and therefore can't play my games. It's not an option. Sorry. And no, I am not paying 1 thousand euros for the whole package when the PS6 is around the corner.
I don't envy who gets the "honor". Fans are already hating on it and the game hasn't even started development.
Honestly, they should just give it a wide birth and do nothing. It's what those people deserve. They have been going around trying to kill every other RPG that isn't a CRPG. I am starting to think BG3 was the worst thing to happen to the genre just due to the entitled jerks it created and how toxic they are.
Good on larian for having jumped that ship. There is no winning with those people.
@Bamila My oldest one is Sonic CD. It's 32 years old. Still fine.
Actually, they are all fine. I only had one rot in hundreds from one i burned myself on the pc and they are all still fine. Honestly the rot came from the golden top surface. I believe that was the issue. It was a bad quality disc.
Well... I have yet to hear an AI that isn't completely bonkers and broken in some way.
Sure, with perfectionioning it might get better. But, I have doubts it will resonate with audiences.
Also, to improve said AI will require lifting up the work of many others and I can see legal issues with that.
In the end what an AI does is gather up lots of examples of what you want done and create an average approximation. Is that really original work or plagiarism en-masse? 🤷♂️
Without real artists adding to the data pool will AI keep being able to come up with new pieces of art? It's certainly not a great spot to be in. I can see it getting stale and repetitive fast.
Actually, I already see it in art AI bots. They are all very samey with what they draw. They aren't capable of originality.
If true it will be the first MS title I'll be interested in. I never really got around to finishing oblivion. Hope there are combat improvements to be more like Skyrim.
@GymratAmarillo Pretty much. If Sony wants to stop it from happening they can. They can also just require a key verification or account verification. PS titles aren't coming to Xbox unless Sony wants them to and i don't think they do.
@Dom_31 You did not noticed the low res textures? That is hard to believe. They were plastered all over the place. Resolution mode didn't make a difference to that.
I will not give it a final score yet.
I have not even entered high rank yet.
But, i have been enjoying it minus the issues with performance and the low res textures. I think they really hold back the game. I could not in good conscious give it more than a 7 while those remain. When those are gone, it may upgrade to 8 or 9.
@ChrisDeku Still, it's about the simultanious release with the marketing push. Ports don't get much attention.
Well, sure. Of course the graphics weren't as great cause it was made for the switch, but it still sold like crazy despite it. A simultanious release can only improve that.
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Re: Bungie's Marathon PS5 Game Taking Over PlayStation Social Media Pages
I wouldn't be surprised if this fails spectacularly too.
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Thoughts on Potential $80 PS5 Games?
@TruestoryYep Yes, I have a PC and I can always retreat into steam. But, I only like to play certain genres on PC. There's room to go further there, if I want to.
Re: The Weapon Durability Debate Is Back with PS5 Action RPG Blades of Fire
Weapon durability never was nor ever will be a good system. It just adds busy work and inventory management that isn't fun and saving the best weapons for a rainy day and end up never using them.
It's an awful system, and every dev putting it in their games deserves a slap across the face.
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Thoughts on Potential $80 PS5 Games?
@trev666 Then it's time to stop modern gaming. I got a collection for a reason. I got gaming to keep me happy till I die. 😁
BTW I will push back on the notion a bit. Nintendo games did go on sale on the eshop on occasion. It's rare, but it happens.
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Thoughts on Potential $80 PS5 Games?
The stance has not changed and I have seen 80 euro games around already.
My stance is that I will wait for a price cut.
It's just what it is. Thankfully I come across retailers making up the difference, but they are trying to screw them over too.
I simply don't buy them. I simply can't justify it. I have never bought a game over 65 euros and I never will.
Re: Poll: PS5 Fans, Are You Sold on the Nintendo Switch 2?
I am disappointed. I was looking forward to it until Nintendo went full greedy with it.
Charging for last gen upgrades, huge game price increase and the system itself nearing the limit.
None of the games were for me either.
So... I am thinking about waiting on this one until games that interest me are out.
Re: Feature: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct - 5 Things for PS5 Fans to Pay Attention To
No chance MH wilds runs on it with it's current performance. MH World might.
I am expecting a portable ps4/ps4pro. Somewhere in that ballpark would already be pretty good.
Re: Remaster Specialists Are Ready to Target the PS3 Next, And We Can't Wait
I would be up for fallout 3 and new Vegas remasters.
Re: Random: Square Enix, Nomura Have the Most Kingdom Hearts Social Media Exchange Imaginable
I definitly like it. I love figuring out head scratchers.
I just wish they were more consistant with what they do with it. Those mobile games... I dunno.
I would like to see the return of playable Ventus though.
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds Smashes Capcom Record with 10 Million Units Sold
I am gonna be honest and say it doesn't deserve the sales given the technical state it launched in. But, it's not a bad game.
It's good they are going to be fixing it.
Re: Starfield Could Have Released on PS5 Already, Work Has Been Ongoing for a While
Eh... I'll give it a chance when it's on sale.
Re: Final Fantasy 9 Teases 'Various Projects' to Commemorate 25th Anniversary
It's looking likely for the switch 2 direct coming up. But, I bet it will be on playstation too.
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds Confirms Improvements Coming to Performance, QoL, and Weapon Balance
Oh man... those are the announcements I wanted to hear. Good that they are listening.
Re: Kids Aren't Dreaming of Owning a PS6, Says Netflix Games Boss
Weren't they losing subscrivers and stopped reporting them cause of it?
Sure, let me not listen to what this guy says.
Re: Reaction: Sony's Licensing Strategy May Be the Best Route to Reviving Some of PlayStation's Lost Classics
@ChrisDeku I was thinking the same. I do not get what people see in that game.
Re: Trails Fans Win 2025 as Trails beyond the Horizon Is Confirmed for Fall Release on PS5, PS4
Hmm I just think all these different titles will not help the series in the long run. People are gonna get confused.
Re: Animus Hub to Bridge Assassin's Creed Shadows to Modern Day Story
@Jenny_Jones Then he really should use "I" and not "we". It's all fixed now, I see.
But, what I said does not apply to push square in particular. Many reviewers out there don't bother playing the games to the credits or engaging with their systems before writing so called "reviews".
Re: Reaction: Sony's Licensing Strategy May Be the Best Route to Reviving Some of PlayStation's Lost Classics
Surely someone will want to pick up Wild arms, right? The thing even had an anime. Such a wasted brand.
Same for Ape escape.
If it gets me new entries, I am all for it. New wipeout and rollcage would be nice too.
Re: Animus Hub to Bridge Assassin's Creed Shadows to Modern Day Story
@Lup You will find that is more common than you think. Sad as it might be.
Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's Inclusion in Fatal Fury PS5, PS4 Is Confusing Some Fans
@shonenjump86 just Google "fatal fury city of the wolves datamine" and you can see all that were leaked.
Re: Bleach: Rebirth of Souls (PS5) - A Perfect Example of Style Over Substance
Good, i am ok with this not being a hit. I want them to work on the next Tsubasa game.
Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's Inclusion in Fatal Fury PS5, PS4 Is Confusing Some Fans
@shonenjump86 Duck king has already been datamined though. So you will get him too most likely.
Re: Intergalactic PS5 Is Playable Internally and Incredible, According to Naughty Dog
Imagine if they said it was awful. 🤣
Re: Cristiano Ronaldo's Inclusion in Fatal Fury PS5, PS4 Is Confusing Some Fans
It’s not even Ronaldo voicing him. It's just a new character inspired by him.
I dislike guest characters on all games though, let's just get that clear. But this isn't crazier than say... Ghostface, Conan or Freddy.
Re: Rumour: New Trails Game Announcement Incoming as English 'Trails Beyond the Horizon' Name Is Leaked
Good. It's hardly surprising.
Re: 80+ PS5, PS4 Games You Should Buy in PS Store's Spring Sale
What a sham of a sale. I've seen lower or the same price cuts last year.
Re: Japan's Game Industry on Impressive Rise as Western AAA Development Struggles
@nomither6 Pretty sure that California isn't the problem. This is a phenomenon across the western world. That means US, Canada and Europe.
I am also sure the execs salary is more of a problem than the devs.
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds' Huge Title Update 1 Detailed, Here's Everything You Need to Know
No words on performance improvements. We will have to see.
Re: PS5 Open World Crimson Desert Shows Off Its Insane Game Engine in New Videos
Please, just don't run like ass like MHWilds.
I don't need these bells and whistles if they come at the cost of frame rate and texture quality.
Re: Fans Unsure Whether Sony Will Block PS5 Games on Xbox's Rumoured PC Hardware
This is nonsense. I don't believe Microsoft will do this.
Being on steam means they can't charge for online play anymore or have control of the network and the fees gained from sales on it. Their whole Xbox live thing will be gone. It will just be a game renting service.
If that's what they want to do, I don't think they will be competition. Also, games are not optimised for that kind of platform. I guess Microsoft can optimise theirs, but how will you feel playing say MH wilds which looks and performs terrible on a mid range pc, compared to the console versions which are more optimised, even if still with issues?
If microsoft wants to sell a packed in PC, let them? It's not different from a regular PC. Actually, it's worse.
I don't think there is anything to worry about. It's the same as them leaving the console market.
Probably no same day releases on PC though. But, that was already the case.
Re: Rumour: New God of War PS5 Game Returns to Greece This Year
Lol no. I'm not biting on rumors.
Official announcement or at least a shred of evidence. An I heard that he said is not gonna cut it.
Re: Journalist Apologises for Adding Fuel to the 'Final Fantasy 16 Flopped on PS5' Fire
I think it would be best if square Enix actually gave sales numbers now or the narrative won't change.
Re: God of War Fans Gutted with Free 20th Anniversary Goodies
This is what happens when you believe wild rumors. Now you are sad that there isn't anything coming in the near future.
Re: PlayStation's Solar-Powered Controller Patent Might Help with Battery Life Woes
I lol'ed when i read this headline.
There are so many issues with this idea that i can't help but laugh. Oh push square... sometimes you try way too hard.
Can't wait for the 10 extra article follow ups trying to convince us this is a good idea or to buy it if it ever came out.
Re: Capcom Celebrates Dragon's Dogma 2's 1st Anniversary, But There's Still No Sign of an Expansion
You do know that MH never stops yes? Wilds is out... work shifts to the major expansion to come out in a year on top of the title updates during this year and the year after the expansion is out.
If DD2 expansion depends on MH being done, it's not coming. There is no way they will prioritise it over the MHW expansion.
Re: Tekken 8 and Atelier Yumia Is Not the Crossover We Expected to See Today
OK... that smirk was terrifying. 😂
Re: Video: PS5 Pro vs PS5 - Assassin's Creed Shadows Stuns on Sony's Hardware
You can keep pushing as much as you want. I might've even gotten it. But, it has no drive and therefore can't play my games. It's not an option. Sorry.
And no, I am not paying 1 thousand euros for the whole package when the PS6 is around the corner.
Re: The Future of the Baldur's Gate Series Will Soon Be Revealed
I don't envy who gets the "honor". Fans are already hating on it and the game hasn't even started development.
Honestly, they should just give it a wide birth and do nothing. It's what those people deserve. They have been going around trying to kill every other RPG that isn't a CRPG. I am starting to think BG3 was the worst thing to happen to the genre just due to the entitled jerks it created and how toxic they are.
Good on larian for having jumped that ship. There is no winning with those people.
Re: Disc Rot Already Afflicts Your Physical Game Collection
@Bamila My oldest one is Sonic CD. It's 32 years old. Still fine.
Actually, they are all fine. I only had one rot in hundreds from one i burned myself on the pc and they are all still fine. Honestly the rot came from the golden top surface. I believe that was the issue. It was a bad quality disc.
Re: Disc Rot Already Afflicts Your Physical Game Collection
Not a single one.
The only one that did was a cheap cd burn i did back in the day. Console games are all perfect.
If you store them in your moldy basement without any protection then i can see it.
But, another thing, don't use this to say digital is better cause hard drive discs are subject to the same thing.
Re: Horizon Dev Promises It Isn't Trying to Replace Aloy Actress with AI
Well... I have yet to hear an AI that isn't completely bonkers and broken in some way.
Sure, with perfectionioning it might get better. But, I have doubts it will resonate with audiences.
Also, to improve said AI will require lifting up the work of many others and I can see legal issues with that.
In the end what an AI does is gather up lots of examples of what you want done and create an average approximation. Is that really original work or plagiarism en-masse? 🤷♂️
Without real artists adding to the data pool will AI keep being able to come up with new pieces of art? It's certainly not a great spot to be in. I can see it getting stale and repetitive fast.
Actually, I already see it in art AI bots. They are all very samey with what they draw. They aren't capable of originality.
Re: Rumour: Oblivion PS5 Remake Releasing Next Month Appears More and More Likely
If true it will be the first MS title I'll be interested in.
I never really got around to finishing oblivion. Hope there are combat improvements to be more like Skyrim.
Re: Silent Hill F Revealed for PS5 in Debut Trailer
Creepy.
Its hitting the right notes and it looks good. But, not enough gameplay shown.
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds Player Shows Off Extent of Its Massive Open World
The game really isn't an open world. Just a bunch of the usual MH maps connected by a corridor to mask the loading time.
If you grabbed MH world and put a corridor between each zone to mask the loading it would be the same.
Just preparing people who read stuff like this and expect a real vast open world game. That's not what this is.
Re: Rumour: Next-Gen Xbox a 'PC in Essence' - What Would That Mean for PlayStation?
@GymratAmarillo Pretty much. If Sony wants to stop it from happening they can. They can also just require a key verification or account verification. PS titles aren't coming to Xbox unless Sony wants them to and i don't think they do.
Re: Latest Monster Hunter Wilds PS5 Update Makes Dozens of Fixes, Here Are the Patch Notes
@Dom_31 You did not noticed the low res textures? That is hard to believe. They were plastered all over the place. Resolution mode didn't make a difference to that.
Re: Rumoured God of War PS5 Remasters Won't Be at 20th Anniversary Event
It's like this whole thing might be bs.
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Will Require a Microsoft Account to Play on PS5, Raising Preservation Problems
@B_Lindz It will apply to digital as well though.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Monster Hunter Wilds?
I will not give it a final score yet.
I have not even entered high rank yet.
But, i have been enjoying it minus the issues with performance and the low res textures. I think they really hold back the game. I could not in good conscious give it more than a 7 while those remain. When those are gone, it may upgrade to 8 or 9.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: PS5 Sells Over 100k Consoles in a Week as Monster Hunter Wilds Explodes
@ChrisDeku Still, it's about the simultanious release with the marketing push. Ports don't get much attention.
Well, sure. Of course the graphics weren't as great cause it was made for the switch, but it still sold like crazy despite it. A simultanious release can only improve that.