@Anti-Matter It's a fantastic movie, but it's bombing in cinemas, very few people are going to see it. The trailers haven't been doing a good job of telling people why they should see it, focusing too much on the worst jokes in the movie at a time where people are getting tired of every film copying Marvel's humour.
@gollumb82 @LavenderShroud Yeah, in the original versions it could let you explore Tartarus a little longer. Reload removed the fatigue system, so it's much less useful, but it can be used to give you a reminder of any upcoming activity deadlines.
Not a great few weeks for the Transformers franchise with this being a miss, and the new movie flopping due to it's horrendous marketing which belies the film's actual quality.
@Korgon Anniversary and Underworld are the only remaining ones. I'm hoping we get a Legend trilogy collection, with the Xbox 360 exclusive DLCs. And a non-PS2 emulated version of Legend would be nice too.
@get2sammyb Cool! I liked the first three, so it felt a bit lame when I thought they were going to ditch that iteration of Lara after doing all that setup for her to become the Tomb Raider we know.
Maybe if they can rejig the art direction a bit to look like those animated shorts, alter the designs a bit too so character roles are more apparent (the healer looks nothing like a healer, etc.)
So this is a continuation of the recent trilogy, and also a prelude to the next game being worked on? I assumed there was more of a reboot going on with that.
@Oram77 He's still being credited for the work he did on the original, just not as "A Hideo Kojima Game" because he's not involved with the remake. It would be a bit dishonest to call it one when it has a different person directing it.
@Savage_Joe Technically yes, but it has yet to be enabled. There's not been a lot of movement on the adoption of 8K TVs, and thus 8K content yet. If they ever do enable it for the original console, it'll probably only be for video content atp.
@SuperSilverback If it wasn't for Itsuno's departure, I would have said Reuben's social media activities wouldn't have an effect on his role as Dante, since they're apparently friends, and he's been well known as a consipracy kook for a very long time. With this being made by an outside team in a different timeline there's a creative excuse to recast. Situation is quite different now though, I wouldn't expect to see him back if DMC6 has Dante in it.
I wouldn't consider load screens between plazas a con personally. A good bit of the game is designed around the areas being seperated, events can initiate or not depending on if you're loaded in at particular times, and imagine the convicts being able to shoot at you while you're in Paradise Plaza.
Very interesting that Bandai are handling the publishing for this version, licenced from Sony. Can't complain though, game companies licensing their inactive IP to others is a great idea imo.
@Macpac33 Would be nice. Depending on the dynamic res ceiling it should look alright even without one. Performance mode dropped as low as 720p for battles iirc.
@GamingFan4Lyf A lot of people, mainly console players can underestimate how demanding native 4K rendering can be for current games. You're just not going to get native 4K 60 at high settings for a lot of titles even on a top end rig as you say. A lack of first hand experience with DLSS type upscaling doesn't help either, you think of upscaling and the first thought isn't of virtually pristine image quality.
£700 is a TOUGH SELL, especially given I and many others only paid half that for our launch PS5s, but PSSR should be a quite solid value add - enough for the cost? Unlikely, but it's not to be overlooked I reckon.
@OldGamer999 Well for that it depends entirely on the game and what the devs want to do with the hardware budget. No different to any other console. All PS5 games could be native 4K 60fps if devs chose to.
The Splatoon series is a good example of a live service that people don't think is one. Regular updates that add new content, Splatfests and Big Runs are time limited events, and 3 even has a battle pass system with the catalogues. It's a much better example than Astro's Playroom, though of course this is a Playstation site so I get it. People have a misconception that live service must mean microtransactions, etc. live service isn't defined by a particular type of monetisation, but by the evolving nature of the online platform of the game, it just so happens that most live services have to rely on mtx to sustain the model - Nintendo doesn't, they make enough money from everyone buying the game at full price.
Not going to hold my breath, but it's not impossible that Beenox could be working on THPS 3+4 remakes alongside the CoD support. They have around 300 employees. Maybe they rejected Vicarious Visions' pitch because they already decided that studio was merging with Blizzard, not because they didn't want to produce the project. So it fell to another team that worked on the 1+2 remake.
It would be nice if we got remasters of those other older Lego games from the PS3 era. Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, Star Wars TCS/Clone Wars, Batman Trilogy, Indy, etc.
@Korgon Yeah I'm sure DMC will continue. I very much doubt Reuben Langdon will return as Dante now though. The guy has some controversial views and I can see Capcom not wanting to keep him around, but him and Itsuno were friends which would likely have secured him the gig for DMC6.
They made the right call. An open world Tokyo game would be cool, like Sleeping Dogs did for Hong Kong, but not as GTA. Like they said, the satirical aspect wouldn't translate.
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Re: Mini Review: Transformers: Galactic Trials (PS5) - A Nice Idea Gone Awry
@Anti-Matter It's a fantastic movie, but it's bombing in cinemas, very few people are going to see it. The trailers haven't been doing a good job of telling people why they should see it, focusing too much on the worst jokes in the movie at a time where people are getting tired of every film copying Marvel's humour.
Re: Dino Crisis Fans Hoodwinked as Capcom's PS1 Classic Requires Premium, Lacks Trophies
Capcom seem to be the only ones that do this. Happened with RE1 too.
Re: Metaphor: ReFantazio Rewards Gamers for Practising Cleanliness, Good Hygiene
@gollumb82 @LavenderShroud Yeah, in the original versions it could let you explore Tartarus a little longer. Reload removed the fatigue system, so it's much less useful, but it can be used to give you a reminder of any upcoming activity deadlines.
Re: Metaphor: ReFantazio Rewards Gamers for Practising Cleanliness, Good Hygiene
Important lesson for Fatlus fans.
Re: Mini Review: Transformers: Galactic Trials (PS5) - A Nice Idea Gone Awry
Not a great few weeks for the Transformers franchise with this being a miss, and the new movie flopping due to it's horrendous marketing which belies the film's actual quality.
Re: Manga Masterpiece Death Note Is Getting a PS5, PS4 Adaptation
@PuppetMaster I wouldn't put it past Bamco.
Re: Sony Goes the Extra Mile for Siren on PS Plus Premium
Ape Escape 2 will be rescued soon.
Re: Love Classic Lara Croft? Play the Crap Tomb Raider Trilogy on PS5, PS4
@Korgon Anniversary and Underworld are the only remaining ones. I'm hoping we get a Legend trilogy collection, with the Xbox 360 exclusive DLCs. And a non-PS2 emulated version of Legend would be nice too.
Re: Report Brands Roblox 'X-Rated Paedophile Hellscape' for Children, with Inflated Player Numbers
@knowles2 At the very least you should trust the pedo grooming part. It's certainly true from what I know.
Re: TV Show Review: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft - Globetrotting Animated Adventure Edges Lara's Arc Forward
@get2sammyb Cool! I liked the first three, so it felt a bit lame when I thought they were going to ditch that iteration of Lara after doing all that setup for her to become the Tomb Raider we know.
Re: Love Classic Lara Croft? Play the Crap Tomb Raider Trilogy on PS5, PS4
Very excited to see what they can do for Angel of Darkness.
@nessisonett It's pretty good. PS1 version might've been gimped but that's not a real concern for a remaster.
Re: Concord Devs Tinker with PC Files, Spurring Free-to-Play Speculation
Maybe if they can rejig the art direction a bit to look like those animated shorts, alter the designs a bit too so character roles are more apparent (the healer looks nothing like a healer, etc.)
Re: Genshin Impact's Big New PS5, PS4 Story Has Been Downgraded in English
@nessisonett This and a bit of casual sinophobia for some people.
Re: Genshin Impact's Big New PS5, PS4 Story Has Been Downgraded in English
Surely you would be playing in Chinese and not Japanese if you're not going with the English dub?
It's like saying you play Metro in Polish because you don't like the English voice acting.
Re: Report Brands Roblox 'X-Rated Paedophile Hellscape' for Children, with Inflated Player Numbers
@SheerDisappointment just wonder why they changed their minds. Roblox obviously aren't fixing the problem.
Re: TV Show Review: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft - Globetrotting Animated Adventure Edges Lara's Arc Forward
So this is a continuation of the recent trilogy, and also a prelude to the next game being worked on? I assumed there was more of a reboot going on with that.
Re: Aspyr Brings Back Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles, Out for PS5, PS4 in January
Revenge of the Sith and LEGO Complete Saga and Clone Wars when
Re: Random: Internet Trolls Tried to Downgrade Our Silent Hill 2 PS5 Review Score
Perfectly reasonable behaviour of course, nothing unhinged going on here.
On another note, this article says it was published 'Tomorrow 00:15' I just thought that was amusing. Quit the time travelling Sammy.
Re: Astro Bot's Excellent Soundtrack Is Now Available on Music Streaming Services
Gonna blast the papa tree song
Re: PLAY, the Last Bastion of PlayStation Print Media, Has Reached Its Final Issue
Another bastion of physical magazines has gone... it's not over though. Shout out to RPM, looking forward to issue 4.
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Looks Sublime on PS5
@Oram77 He's still being credited for the work he did on the original, just not as "A Hideo Kojima Game" because he's not involved with the remake. It would be a bit dishonest to call it one when it has a different person directing it.
Re: Gran Turismo 7 Will Experiment with 8K, 60fps on PS5 Pro
@Savage_Joe Technically yes, but it has yet to be enabled. There's not been a lot of movement on the adoption of 8K TVs, and thus 8K content yet. If they ever do enable it for the original console, it'll probably only be for video content atp.
Re: Gran Turismo 7 Will Experiment with 8K, 60fps on PS5 Pro
This would be the modern equivalent to GT4 having a 1080i mode on PS2.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered PS5 Is Official, Out 31st October with $10 PS4 to PS5 Upgrade
@BellEvil @LiamCroft Actually great move. Wasn't expecting it.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered PS5 Is Official, Out 31st October with $10 PS4 to PS5 Upgrade
I'm guessing that won't be applicable to the people who got the game through the Covid offer lol
Re: Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Might Be the Series' Most Insane Game Yet, Sailing to PS5, PS4 in February
They literally have DMC type combat in this one.
Re: Here's Your First Good Look at Netflix's Devil May Cry Anime Series
@SuperSilverback If it wasn't for Itsuno's departure, I would have said Reuben's social media activities wouldn't have an effect on his role as Dante, since they're apparently friends, and he's been well known as a consipracy kook for a very long time. With this being made by an outside team in a different timeline there's a creative excuse to recast. Situation is quite different now though, I wouldn't expect to see him back if DMC6 has Dante in it.
Re: Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster (PS5) - Capcom Classic Still Shines 18 Years Later
I wouldn't consider load screens between plazas a con personally. A good bit of the game is designed around the areas being seperated, events can initiate or not depending on if you're loaded in at particular times, and imagine the convicts being able to shoot at you while you're in Paradise Plaza.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn's PS5, PC Remaster Is Very Much the Real Deal
@get2sammyb the "industry plant" allegations, which feel a little silly.
I think Horizon is a bit like the Avatar movies. People online love to dunk on them, but there's a very large, quiet audience for the series.
Re: In an Unprecedented Twist, Sony Is Licensing Freedom Wars to Bandai Namco
Publishers should do this more often with IP they aren't using, lend them out to third parties and indies. Sega's done it a bit, Square too iirc.
Re: Vince Zampella Defends PS5 Pro Price, Says 'It's Actually Not That Bad'
@B_Lindz He didn't say that.
Re: Stone-Cold PS Vita Classic Returns in Freedom Wars Remastered PS5, PS4
@UltimateOtaku91 Sega Wipeout sounds incredible. F-Zero GX all over again.
Re: Stone-Cold PS Vita Classic Returns in Freedom Wars Remastered PS5, PS4
Very interesting that Bandai are handling the publishing for this version, licenced from Sony. Can't complain though, game companies licensing their inactive IP to others is a great idea imo.
Re: 13 More Games Join PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week
@ZeD The 30th anniversary technically starts in December, still some time.
Re: 13 More Games Join PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week
Mister Mosquito and Sky Gunner are great picks for PS2 this month. Not to be slept on and certainly not bottom of the barrel. Hidden gems.
Plucky Squire looks like it'll be great as well.
Re: Roughly 50 Games Ready for PS5 Pro Launch with Dedicated Patches
@Macpac33 Would be nice. Depending on the dynamic res ceiling it should look alright even without one. Performance mode dropped as low as 720p for battles iirc.
Re: All PS5 Pro Compatible Games
@GamingFan4Lyf A lot of people, mainly console players can underestimate how demanding native 4K rendering can be for current games. You're just not going to get native 4K 60 at high settings for a lot of titles even on a top end rig as you say. A lack of first hand experience with DLSS type upscaling doesn't help either, you think of upscaling and the first thought isn't of virtually pristine image quality.
£700 is a TOUGH SELL, especially given I and many others only paid half that for our launch PS5s, but PSSR should be a quite solid value add - enough for the cost? Unlikely, but it's not to be overlooked I reckon.
Re: All PS5 Pro Compatible Games
@OldGamer999 Well for that it depends entirely on the game and what the devs want to do with the hardware budget. No different to any other console. All PS5 games could be native 4K 60fps if devs chose to.
Re: All PS5 Pro Compatible Games
@Xbox_Dashboard it'll quickly get bigger. I think support is mandated for titles being certified going forward.
Re: PS5 Pro Announced, Costs $700 and Out in November
$699 / £699
Oh come on man...
Re: Soapbox: Astro's Playroom PS5 Did Live Service and You Didn't Even Notice
The Splatoon series is a good example of a live service that people don't think is one. Regular updates that add new content, Splatfests and Big Runs are time limited events, and 3 even has a battle pass system with the catalogues. It's a much better example than Astro's Playroom, though of course this is a Playstation site so I get it. People have a misconception that live service must mean microtransactions, etc. live service isn't defined by a particular type of monetisation, but by the evolving nature of the online platform of the game, it just so happens that most live services have to rely on mtx to sustain the model - Nintendo doesn't, they make enough money from everyone buying the game at full price.
Re: Concord Will Remain in Prime Video's Secret Level Anthology Series
Of course they will. Not like they can replace it with anything else at this point either.
Re: PS5, PC Shooter Concord Dead on Arrival, Is Being Taken Offline This Week as Dev 'Explores Options'
@Splat They cancelled Factions, Twisted Metal and the London Studio game.
@Max_the_German GT7 and MLB The Show count I think.
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Social Media Channels Get New 25th Anniversary Branding
Not going to hold my breath, but it's not impossible that Beenox could be working on THPS 3+4 remakes alongside the CoD support. They have around 300 employees. Maybe they rejected Vicarious Visions' pitch because they already decided that studio was merging with Blizzard, not because they didn't want to produce the project. So it fell to another team that worked on the 1+2 remake.
Unlikely, but not impossible.
Re: LEGO Harry Potter Collection Will Be Re-Released for a Third Time on PS5
It would be nice if we got remasters of those other older Lego games from the PS3 era. Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, Star Wars TCS/Clone Wars, Batman Trilogy, Indy, etc.
Re: Concord PS5, PC Sales Estimates Are Somehow Even Worse Than We Thought
Based on player counts, that's better than I thought.
Re: Legendary Devil May Cry, Dragon's Dogma Director Hideaki Itsuno Leaves Capcom After 30 Years
@Korgon Yeah I'm sure DMC will continue. I very much doubt Reuben Langdon will return as Dante now though. The guy has some controversial views and I can see Capcom not wanting to keep him around, but him and Itsuno were friends which would likely have secured him the gig for DMC6.
Re: Legendary Devil May Cry, Dragon's Dogma Director Hideaki Itsuno Leaves Capcom After 30 Years
@Arisen DMC5's combat designer left Capcom and ended up working on FF. The joke here is obvious.
Re: We're Already Mourning the GTA Tokyo Game on PS2 That Never Was
@nessisonett In the 2000s especially... dodgy would be putting it lightly I fear.
Re: We're Already Mourning the GTA Tokyo Game on PS2 That Never Was
They made the right call. An open world Tokyo game would be cool, like Sleeping Dogs did for Hong Kong, but not as GTA. Like they said, the satirical aspect wouldn't translate.