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Re: Review: Trials Fusion (PlayStation 4)

SMKpaladin

Same here, bought the game incl. Season Pass and stopped playing after it got really unbearable hard.
For some extremely stupid reason, I also bought the Awesome Level MAX DLC, dunno why I did that...

Re: Guide: How to Fix Slow PS4 Download Speeds

SMKpaladin

@Deadcow You don't need to quit the game, just disconnect from PSN. The PS4 can still be connected to the internet (PSN connection is not required for downloads). It seems as if the system reserves some kind of bandwidth as long as a game is running while you're connected to PSN.

Normally PSN games on the PS3 would freeze all the active downloads as long as the game was running. After disconnecting from PSN, you can play offline (obviously) and sill download in the background. I found that out by accident many years ago.

Re: Review: Trailblazers (PS4)

SMKpaladin

@get2sammyb My thoughts exactly. This will be fun with friends, but after everyone moved to another game, the servers will be deserted.
In my opinion, these games die out so quickly, that I have to choose between buying at release or a complete pass.

Re: Santa Monica Studio Outlines Forthcoming Updates for God of War on PS4

SMKpaladin

I'm fine with their post-launch support, but to be honest, I would've expected photo mode earlier. Finished the story two days ago and now I'm cleaning up all the regions to 100%, there'll be not much left to do without a NG+ option after that. Maybe I'll try the highest difficulty after photo mode has been added.

Remapping of Spartan Rage would be a welcome option for me. I ended up in Spartan Rage more often than I wanted to.

Re: Soapbox: A Love Letter to Video Game Developers and Artists

SMKpaladin

Assassin's Creed Origins was one of the few games, where I often stopped just to take a look around and see the game world living its own life. Sometimes I wondered if life in ancient Egypt maybe really was like it looks in AC:O. The game looks so beautiful, that I was literally convinced, that life back then could've been like this.

Horizon: Zero Dawn has some very nice looking canvas. The art of HZ:D really made me sink into the game and not only see how the world may look after mankind's extinction, but also made feel as it this could be the way the world may look in a far distant future.

Re: Review: Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered (PS4)

SMKpaladin

The original PS3 release was the last game I bought on disc for the PS3. I still have it lying around somewhere.
Really liked the game back then, but now that I'm done with AC Origins and all its DLC, I doubt that I'll dish out more Euros for Rogue again. Maybe when it's on sale.

Re: EU PS Store Sale Discounts Dozens of Great PS4 Games

SMKpaladin

Nice to see another sale only a few days after the US flash sale last weekend. But I'm a bit disappointed, that we're not getting the same prices as NA had last weekend.

I got Vikings: Wolves of Midgard for $14.99 during the NA flash sale. Now in this European sale it's still €24,99 (€21,99 for PS+).

Re: Sony Officially Details PS4 Firmware Update 5.50

SMKpaladin

@UrNowMyMonkey

We’re adding a function that will allow you to hide certain applications under the ‘Purchased’ tab in the Library. In ‘Options,’ you can hide content including betas, trials or demos of games that you probably won’t be going back to.

Re: February PlayStation Plus Games Announced

SMKpaladin

Grand Kingdom for PS4 is on sale right now at a 70% reduced price from 19/1/2018 01:00 am until 8/2/2018 12:59 am. It would be a punch to the face for everyone who bought this during that time, if the Vita version really will be cross-buy with PS4 next week.

Re: Review: Shadow of the Colossus (PS4)

SMKpaladin

@Th3solution I get your point, maybe your right, and maybe I wouldn't think like I do, if I had played the PS2 or PS3 version until now.
I still have ICO and SotC in my PS3 backlog, but now I think I should at least skip SotC on PS3 and fast-forward to the PS4 remake.

Re: Review: Shadow of the Colossus (PS4)

SMKpaladin

Good review, I never played any of the older versions, so I'm all game.
What bothers me a bit is the perfect 10/10 score. Can a game that has been remastered and remade really score perfectly? My point is, it's nothing new, it's even more same old, same old, as are the nth Far Cry or AC sequels (prior to Origins). In my book redoing an old already remastered game anew is nothing that should score this high.