OmegaStriver

So, you spend an insane amount of money over 7 years for a project, it’s likely a year-ish away from release, decide to change course, and flush all of that down the drain?

It’s mind boggling to me how that is allowed to happen, but we’ve heard of Warner Brothers, completing entire movies, shoving them in the vault and then just writing them off as a failure.

It really makes me wonder if Sony gets some sort of huge tax breaks for doing something like this?

Well, I’m glad I’ve waited to play this.

Well, maybe these companies will try to reel it in regarding GaaS and return to the tried and true.

Ghost of Yotei Pro Ray Tracing mode now gets near 100FPS.

Star Wars Outlaws gets a big visual improvement.

Killing Floor 3 gets a visual improvement.

That’s all I’ve tested so far.

Off topic but I was already pleased with my Pro by being able to basically the the quality mode at 60fps for some games but the recent PSSR2 update is great. I’m running an LG C4 OLED tv.

Star Wars Outlaws and Killing Floor 3 get big visual improvements.

Ghost of Yotei’s Pro Ray Tracing mode now runs up into the 90s for frames. It’s so pretty.

RE requiem looked great.

I haven’t noticed anything in toxic commando that stands out to me.

That’s all I’ve tested so far.

@Fluberuper With Spider-Man it’s a pretty noticeable difference, considering you can see buildings reflecting other buildings and cars and people and objects and Spider-Man as well.

I hope this game delivers.

That was my GotY last year.

Ehh, i’m very stubborn and I think that it’s BS.

I’m very patient as well and if the games don’t get to a price that I like, I’ll just never buy them.

There was a game on PS3 called 1001 spikes I believe and I had a price that I wanted to pay for it and it never got to that point so I never played it.

The idea doesn’t hype me up but I’m fine with it, and most likely, I would be there day one just based on I’m a fan of their previous work.

@Archaeokaiser I’ve put six or so hours into it at this point. I’m just not a fan. I played it with a few friends and my kids and nobody’s excited for it.

I know some people don’t like it being compared to Arc Raiders but I feel like it kind of fits the timing in which we’re in. AR it’s just more exciting for me, You’ve got the elements of PVP and a decent variety of robots in AR, while in marathon. It’s just a few variations of soldiers and a exploding spider I believe.

If I had friends that really wanted me to get it, I probably would because I’m not too concerned about $40, but I don’t see that happening and for multiplayer I guess that upcoming John Carpenter game is the next one on my radar.

Im not a fan and vastly prefer Arc Raiders to it.

In general, Arc Raiders systems are better.

For a looter extraction shooter, there are many locations in marathon that are barren.

Arc Raiders has a separate system for XP for when you kill enemies or search things that contribute to the distribution of skill points. Their other system is the looting side of it, which goes toward crafting or collecting full pieces of loot, whether it’s weapons or armor.

Marathon has all the systems into just collecting items or collecting items for money. Arc Raiders systems help to make even the lesser systems feel somewhat enjoyable.

I could play a marathon if my friends really wanted me to buy it but on my own, I can’t see myself picking it up.

@Dogbreath To cover my family, I owned 2 PS5s and 2 Series X’s.

After they went third party, GP price increases, and my sub ran out last month, I sold both of my Xbox’s.

GP was cool, but not a need for me, and I’ll buy whatever Xbox game interests me on PlayStation. I’ll wait for sales as well.

There is just no great need to own an Xbox anymore.

I don’t see how they revert.

GamePass subs stagnated, sales dropped due to GP.

I truly believe the return on investment Xbox has made on its dealings in the past decade are way too slow and Microsoft is not happy with it.

GP stagnated, they raised the price to create more profit from their hardcore customers.

Sales declined, so they went third party.

I believe they are on a profitable path, but it’s slow. I believe they are good to try to run leaner and Microsoft’s total focus is recouping the money Xbox spent.

Though, I’m ignorant in this topic. I don’t work in finance.

I believe Microsoft will go even stronger in the direction they currently are and I also believe they’re going to try to run leaner.

I feel like even if it seems like a moderate success it’s not gonna be exactly what they’re looking for and they will probably start selling off companies to try to recoup some of what they’ve spent.

I don’t believe this is gonna happen soon, but I believe this is going to be the end result.

@GamingGod I’m right there with you.

The Motorstorm series is one of my favorite all time games.

I was pissed off then, and I am now.

That Jim Ryan run sure did some damage.

I love apps for when games have load times or in between multiplayer games.

For me it all comes down to the lack of first party output. So, I have little interest in a new system.

Hell, Insomniac has carried this gen for PlayStation.

I really enjoyed the first one.

This is a day one purchase for me.

That was easily the best show I’ve seen in years.

My kids and I are big fans of the little nightmares series,wasn’t a big fan of three and we tried the demo of this, but still had concerns about the end product.

I didn’t read the full review, mostly the synopsis at end because I don’t really wanna know details, but I liked what I read.

I plan on buying it this evening.

I just platinum’d it last week and I only do that for games I really enjoy and if they don’t waste my time with something crazy like collect 500 feathers.

The first 30% of the game had a good flow, it kinda slowed for the next 30%, and I absolutely enjoyed the last 40%.

When I got to that last 40, I was basically fully upgraded and was an absolute monster everywhere I went.

This past week, I read an article that stated that there were thousands of new steam games that didn’t even make back the hundred dollar requirement it takes to put a game on steam.

I’m just throwing that out there as a depressing fact.

I played the tutorial while my kids watched and it didn’t do anything for us. We deleted it afterwards.

@Deadlyblack My kid and I played it for a very long time. We will definitely be there day 1 for this game.

@Vovander Well, you just made me realize something. I’ve owned multiple PS5s and Series X’s to meet the needs of my family but with Xbox doing away with exclusives, my GP running out, and them increasing its price after taxes to $32.00 a month for me, I’ve sold my Xbox’s because I’ll play whatever they decide to release on PlayStation.

With that being said, I didn’t realize CR was an Xbox game or exclusive until now.

Hopefully it turns out well and I’ll get to play it someday.

Bioshock is one of my all time favorite games.

I hope the team can pull it off.

I’m very excited for Judas. It’s off topic, but I’m very excited for Clockwork Revolution as well.

It’s not for me.

I actually liked Concord.

Fantastic.

For a long time, I never missed going through the store once it updated. Now I rarely look at it and just wishlist most of my games after someone on various websites or apps mention or show a game.

Just imagine how long the PS5 could be supported.

Looked meh to me.

Arc Raiders and Helldivers are the best multiplayer games I’ve played in a long time and this kinda looks mediocre in comparison.

I played a lot of games this year and many that were technically better than it, but south of midnight is my favorite game of the year.

I played Destiny 2 when it first released and then stopped for years.

I returned months ago when the legacy collection was $17 so that my kids and I would have a new co-op game.

It’s been a decent experience. Fun overall but also feels very dated. I doubt that once we complete the DLC in that bundle that we will purchase anymore.

I believe, unless it’s is really paying off for them, they need to move on.

If it was mobile only, I wouldn’t care, but the fact that it’s on PC and not PlayStation is just really freaking weird.

I’ve said it before and I’m gonna say it again. The PS5 generation is a good one, but it’s easily the worst PlayStation generation I’ve ever experienced. This just seems like a really bad joke.

@D6rkLordS6t6n it’s the best multiplayer game I’ve played in years.

It’s been a LONG time since a multiplayer has hooked me like Arc Raiders.

I really enjoyed tail of the sun back in the day and I still own it.

With digital taking over, the sales have gotten worse over the past five years.

There’s a list of games that I want and I’ve got their sales prices memorized and for a long while they will go on sale repeatedly but it’s for the same price over and over. I’ve been at the point to where for these games there is a price that I want and if it doesn’t go on sale for that price, I just don’t get it.

That avatar game was a big example. A handful of years ago that game would’ve been on sale for $25 within a handful of months, but that game on my account stayed near $40 for well over a year, and now that it’s finally down to 20 I just don’t care anymore and I haven’t bought it.

@LikelySatan Thanks

Just an FYI, if these ads keep popping up on my phone that I have to close, I’m just gonna quit coming to this site.

Specifically Ambetter Health.

Before I came in and read the review that headline really makes you think it’s gonna get a 5-6 out of 10.

The PS5 GEN has been a good one, but it’s the worst PlayStation generation I’ve ever experienced. It doesn’t even feel like it started.

For me it feels like the next Xbox or PlayStation shouldn’t be out until late 2028 at the earliest.

@Max_the_German I get you. It felt like it was slow to start and should have picked up in the last year but it appears PlayStation scrapped a lot of plans and had to start over on a lot of projects and what felt like should’ve picked up in the last year didn’t.

I get the feeling that when the PlayStation six arrives that it’ll probably feel pretty disappointing because there will likely be more cross gen titles than there was this past gen.

Though I’ll likely get a PS6 day one because it will likely be affordable for me.

Hell, I’m buying at least 3 this month possibly up to 5.

I really enjoy couch beatem-ups with my kids. I’ll be there day one

@LogicStrikesAgain Thats the original Helldivers lol.

Well, that’s garbage compared to the numerous times I received $5 store credit from the previous rewards program.

Somewhere around Poor-Okay.

Saros, Wolverine, Crimson Desert and Chronoscript were the only games that interested me.

Also, all of the 2-D god of war rumors that I’ve been seeing for two months or so and then to see that controller was disappointing.

@SeaDaVie I plan on buying it day one. I was able to play it with my kids on one of the earlier betas and we really enjoyed it.

Much of the movement and gunplay reminded me of Factions.

@TDHorizon The PS6 will likely be out at that time and the PS5 generation should be regarded as the worst PS generation.

People will misread that. It’s been a good generation in general, but when compared to previous gen’s, it’s the worst.