ProfessorNiggle

It is his game though???

Yup this is how I know not to take this site so seriously. A 10? This game is pure fun for a while and I've been lost in it for hours. I was also lost in games like Mafia 3, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, various fifa games... doesn't make them a 10.

I just don't know how this can be a 10. People are mistaking fun and enjoyment for quality. The game is literally designed to give you casino vibes and feelings so you get hooked. Solid 6-8

@trev666 I hugely agree but who's to say the launch and content produced/developed by ND wouldn't have been levels above the latter content produced/developed by latter developer leading to the player count to hugely drop after say season 1 of ND content. These things got to be considered when approaching a live service release.

Which clearly wasn't the case with Concord, because as soon as that game was even teased years ago, it had negative connotations to it. When gameplay was shown people wanted it to fail before giving it a chance. Sony let that game crash and burn as far as I see it. Anyone with eyes could see that it needed a pivot, another year in the oven, a new element because people did not want to pay $40 for what they saw as an Overwatch clone.

@trev666 that isn't true man. We've seen the articles explaining it. Yes it is part of it that Bungie came in and said the live service aspects needed tweaking but that wasn't why it was shut down. ND loved the project and wanted to get it out so they weren't giving it to another studio and PS didn't explore that option of giving it to another studio, though I think they should have.

It was ultimately cancelled due to ND not wanting to focus solely on the development and maintenance of the live service game and not focus on their new IP and other games.

If only the long term monetisation needed tweaking then that is a small thing to fix rather than ultimately flushing $200m+ of funding and development and marketing away.

@8bitOG there are aspects of the game that are good but I agree, on a whole it is not a compelling product and is not a worthy output from a studio for Sony to turn their heads at it. However, I think it is the studio experience and the expertise from them that led Sony to buy. Also, look at their purchase of Bungie, they have been deceived in the past and it has clearly happened again IMO

@Skywardx it was canned because ND could not give up their resources to support the game

@nitraM I was hoping the game would do okay but as I've written on other forums, it really is looking like the wrong company tried to do this live service push. First and foremost, know your audience.

PS' main audience are those that adore single-player grand AAA experiences, to then go against that is only going to gut your support and alienate the audience as you are not listening to them. I want more variety and so do others but it's clear there are better ways of achieving that than simply copying what is already out there in an over saturated market. That is what I think.

@Deljo she is definitely removing herself from the category of 'national treasure' day by day

@Splat how can it send a message to PS, when they are the ones that approved, funded and marketed the hell out of the game?

PS' foray into Live Service doesn't mean that's all they want to do

@species it is lacking a lot right now compared to the Sims but I truly believe with time and a few add ons this will be a comprehensively better experience than Sims 4 & future efforts from EA

Hopefully it is really scary

@AhmadSumadi @breakneck Spider-Man 2, my bad should’ve put SM2

I wanna see sales numbers for SP2, feel like it's crossed the 20m mark by now

@FantasyExplor3r88 play Mafia 2, explore the world and you'll disagree

Bring back the pseudo-sim aspects from Mafia 1 & 2 and we're eating good!

I want police to react authentically when I stick up a shop and they put out a description of my appearance. Or when I kill the shop owner, I want there to be barricades and tape around the shop and for it to be closed hours later. That world building that they forgot about in Mafia 3 and Mafia remake needs to come back. It's what sets RDR 2 apart from any other game.

@trev666 it's quite clear this game will get a middling 6 or 7 from most publications seeing how they all love saying no one cares for it

@Frmknst people just want to be told what to do. No spines

@PSfan4Life22 woke nonsense? You’re either 42 or an incel. Just because there’s representation for under represented ethnicities doesn’t make it ‘woke’. You ppl love throwing around that word without knowing what it even means. There’s millions of first person shooters with white characters to play as since that’s what you look for in video games

Edit: There are also green, red and pink coloured people so I guess that's 'woke' too right?

@Westernwolf4 SHAAAUUUUUN

This game gonna be as big of a meme as Heavy Rain and Detroit

@UltimateOtaku91 this will never make sense to me. Why do they want a publisher to only make ONE type of game, then get annoyed when said publisher only releases single player games!?

People wanted to hate on Returnal, GOW, SP2, like what do they actually want!?!?!?!!!

Why can't Sony just do a roadmap for the future of PlayStation, sigh...

@Bez87 but I think the unveil of the game made it so that most didn't care. If they unveiled the game as the free to play model and less of those weird cinematics that told you nothing about the game then I think it would be better received. The micro transactions would be horrible but I think no one really cares that much as it is free

@Bez87 I just think the kicker is that it isn't free to play. Make it that and people will hate on it a whole lot less

I hope this game finds its audience because contrary to the comments on this site, we can't just have everything be single player games

This comment section is very horny!

@Cjam36 that new movie was so empty. When it ended I was so confused, what were they trying to achieve with it? The story was barely there, I guess they just wanted to show what the early hours were like but they did that in part two so what was the point? Like it was so nothing.

Edit: also, if they want to capitalise on the 'quiet' gimmick, it could be done so much better, the sense of tension is secondary in these movies, apart from the first one which did it so well. It seems like a one and done thing but they're trying to milk it for all it has, or all it hasn't got. Tired premise, give us something else.

@Frmknst I reckon down the line, even though they have said it won't come due to player toxicity (even though it is already toxic), they will introduce it and allow a Super Earth vs Other Human Invaders vs Planet Enemies feature. Would honestly be so fun

@REALAIS yeah usually when you have a PS4 disc copy and get a free upgrade to PS5, you need to insert your PS4 disc still to play the PS5 upgrade

@DennisReynolds I respect that

@DennisReynolds what are you gonna do now? Restart your save?

@Nem it's just the state of game development these days. Besides, if he worked for deviation games then it's very likely that he was also absorbed into the secret Jason Blundell PS studio that hasn't been officially announced yet and worked on their project.

It's funny. I want to know from those who disliked it, why? Was it not just a fun action film like Bad Boys but more adventure oriented

Pretty cool. Shame it's going to be in Japan and Asian regions first before we get a hand on it

How does Veilguard capture how they feel about the characters what

@Golem25 even though JC2 had way less functionality with the grappling hook and no wingsuit, it was just miles ahead with the gameplay and story and systems. Bigger isn't always better I guess

Might be there day 1. Though compared to Helldivers 2, don’t think lightning is striking twice with this one.

I also think it’s funny because Fairgame$ I think is a 5 v 5 shooter as well

Pretty sure the dude in that video used to run PSLS. Good to see him doing well

Just Cause 2 one of the best games and atmosphere of all time. Back when demos were so purposeful and enticed you to purchase a game

@8bitOG I hear that but the convenience factor plus just couch gaming goes a long way. I am going to upgrade my PC and enjoy singleplayer games on my PS5 and online, sim and strategy games on my PC. Best of both worlds

@TheTraditional I see that, it makes a lot of sense. I always thought that Astro looked that way because Asobi team worked a lot with the R&D department and the people that designed the hardware so I just assumed it was sort of like a forced mascot from within.

Either way, I hope that the series lasts long. Plus VR game as well I hope

@glennthefrog I fully agree because the graphical output is at a really good level, we don't need every big game to push that further and further. I'd like to see what everyone thought would happen this gen which was that systems and CPU utilisation would improve.

I hear the need for shiny shiny graphics but really and truly last gen games look amazing still, we don't need it.

Astro being the mascot for PS5 and potentially beyond doesn't fill me with the most confidence tbh. Great for the promotion of Asobi games and Astro bot stuff but how many PS mascots actually last that long. Like Sackboy is effectively dead and many other game series mascots before it.

And no I am not saying that those game series die because they are mascots but just interesting.

@glennthefrog see now if that happens then I think Sony are completely justified in trying to make more live service titles. It's the same thing with those smaller games and Tokyo Studio, if no one is actually buying them and sales are declining, why keep pouring millions into them.

@ShogunRok that is very true, gonna have to start remembering this everytime I scroll to the comments because it confuses me each and every time

@Atreus97 reading some of these comments you'd think it was the worst superhero game ever made lmao.

@TheIronChimp @sanderson72 that is another thing, I remember how different PS4 Tearaway was compared to Vita with no rear touchpad. Personally I think it would take too much fiddling around with, again proving it's probably not worth it.

Everything that was worth playing on console from Vita has already been ported over in my opinion anyway.

One thing that people have to accept is that PC releases since the modern era have and will always be superior to console releases. Expect for bad ports of course. It's just what happens when their CPUs and GPUs are constantly evolving. Stupid argument that that's the reason to go to PC. It will always be the reason to go to PC. It's nothing new.

Go spend 1k on a new rig if that's what you want

@nessisonett that's telegram

I didn't realise how much they lost on PS3. No wonder PS4 was such a change and they effectively ditched the PS3