@wildcat_kickz same here - on a whim i bought a lot of dlc in the sale a year or so back, and I jumped in and was like... yeah there's a lot of new stuff here and I can't wrap my head around it.
I'd love to get back into it, but it's just so overwhelming!
@GeeEssEff well if you don't like astrobot, why bother with a game when you can get it without? 🤣🤣🤣
But yeah... I'm just glad I already have mine either way. Time will tell how this impacts sales. In 2 months time I'll be playing mario kart world for a very long time, if it's better than MK8D, so my ps5 may end up on sale used if it gets no love and maybe I can help someone out getting one at a "reasonable" price come Christmas.
There's a few admittedly very stupid reasons I've thought of though, and they're both very unlikely and extremely optimistic!
1) maybe they're putting the price up to build a war chest of sorts to keep ps6 prices down in the future. 2) As said above yesterday, maybe they're just trying to claw the money back from concord. 3) they've done this to put the price down at Xmas to make it look better to those not in the know that it's cheaper than switch 2 at that time of year.
As I say... very optimistic and stupid; but this gen, who knows what they are thinking. With the lack of transparency, any dumb thing you can think of is on the table.🤣
@GeeEssEff fair cop. I obviously misremembered the original RRP, and I never factored in the increase in plus, or various tiers (but I guess you can knock one of those off, because Now was cancelled as a named service).
Oh yeah and Dual Senses have gone up, haven't they? You are definitely right, then 🤣
And for the record, it may have been a release deal but I think my friend got a slim with an optical drive (because I am the tech support in my group, and saw the writing on the wall when the slim price was announced) For around £430 with no games,; so yes, it was cheaper than my fat, but they had to factor in even minimal increases perhaps for a controller, as they were already a plus subscriber from PS4.
@GeeEssEff could also be interpreted mid gen adopters got the best deal? Was the ps5 at launch not £550? I can't remember. Whereas my mate got their slim with the drive for less than me, around launch I know that for certain.
Obviously optical drive prices etc not withstanding if you bought separate.
@_John_Doe_ @_John_Doe_ @x3King84 I think there's pros and cons. I mean yeah digital is easier distributed, but at a far worse cost in regards to emissions and actual cost to our wallets.
Whereas physical could in a way be sorted by shipping over time.... the problem now is al.ost everything has to hit targets for sale for q4 earnings blah blah... but you know... you could ship a lot like the good old days on more efficient boats, or even manufacture closer to home. Nothing is ever ideal, unfortunately.
I agree with the CIAB or even as a switch 2 adopter these game keys now. At least you can sell them on... but like what is the environmental differential of a key card as opposed to a cartridge? Obviously some, but you can't tell me for arguments sake a 2mb flash memory being written uses a substantial amount of carbon less than a 64gb. How many would you have to sell to make it valid?!
Seems we're all clamouring for sustainability and value, yet no one has found a definitive idea yet... other than just going back to SNES / MD style and hope the batteries carry on working, and do away with disks and online games 🤣 i mean, how many games could you get on something the size of an old ps memory card now, with regards to plastic? Never gonna happen, but all these what ifs and we can't even decide on a format. Or at least I can't as I'm arguing with myself 🤣🤣🤣
@_John_Doe_ i don't recall advocating pro digital. I just said it was more convenient? And I personally don't like steak, so give me the water anyway 🤣
@x3King84 isn't an always on server for a storefront still quite anti-green? Tbh, I don't like digital (though it is convenient), but servers all over the world for storefronts, MP etc are about as anti eco friendly as you can get.
I'm not arguing with you by the way. We've got no option with today's always online shtick.. but you can have relatively "green" physical options as well including shipping. It's just the infrastructure never moved that way rapidly enough, whereas online gaming did.
Been playing those since it came out now, and it's a hard one to.explain. I tried to to my friend but apparently my synopsis was "less than glowing" 🤣
It is indeed a slow burner, but the satisfaction from even figuring out that you've unlocked something is nice. It's a nice, cozy game and a little.eerie.
Think a more child friendly (in a way) cluedo (or clue, for the americans) meets inscryption. If that was your bag. You'll love this.
I don't play as many games as I used to, and spend far too much of what time I have with the PS5, and not switch.
If things like borderlands 4 runs well on the switch 2, I can see myself selling the PS5 ad this gen has been a disaster with regards to SP games I've enjoyed.
In recent years, GoW, FF16 have been the main 2 for me, along with GT7, and still crawling through Horizon as much as I like the look of it. Mist recent game I enjoyed was 2 point museum.
I'm not into last of us and soulslike, so been pretty sparse... I'm just glad with the upgrade paths on switch I still haven't played the zeldas. As now I can get the ultra turbo boost razzmatazz HD special limited edition- edition 🤣
I may be completely wrong, but this being announced seems a slightly underhanded way of admitting the (relatively) low sales of PS5 (yes - i know it has actually sold well), with certain gamers hanging onto their PS4s.
It just seems that (dwindling technological advances aside) they are trying to push the PS5 Pro up to as good of parity as possible, knowing that most probably a good proportion of pro users may not upgrade to 6 anytime soon, especially if prices rise further.
If that is the case, I respect that, as you are still getting something more for the large outlay over the next few years. Support and new features is only a good thing as it gives more added value. Although I can also see that perhaps the pro is now being used as an expensive open beta for PS6 and it's AI architecture in that respect.
I guess it's a good thing? I'm not a tech head by any stretch, and whilst I can see a difference in some games between base and pro, I don't think I'd upgrade to a 6 "day one" now from a pro, after the transition from 4 to 5 took so long (admittedly caused by the pandemic), and seemingly concurrent development of upscaling on both systems. Especially to people like me who is in their 40s and eyesight is getting to the point where graphical features will become less and less noticeable, as graphics upgrades are also relatively less noticeable.
Hope that makes sense... just a casual observation - I've no doubt there will be people buying a ps6 in 2-4 years time day one, but will there be enough young people with disposable income and willingness to justify a new machine again, whilst the pro may do (in some situations) just as good of a job?
I personally think it's an interesting discussion, and it could be phrased better than I have, but still...
@Hyena_socks it's was actually an abridged part of Thomas Ligotti... most definitely not in the realm of Spike's "I told you I was ill", as its more a Kafka-lite; so no £50 or $ etc for that question!
That's a good mindset to have, so keep chugging away - games I've got plenty; friends, for one reason or another; I've not many, but I make do with what I have (very complex story). It's a good job I can live somewhat vicariously through others and think "at least they're having a good day!" 🤣
@ManaOwls as a day 1 adopter, I would happily recommend it at the price point with one (or maybe 2) caveats;
1) it makes games such as GT7 a lot better with judging apexes so if you have VR2 compatible games it's a good accessory. 2) If there are games you want to try out (for me some of the smaller, cheaper games, and there's a fair few) then the cut helps absorb the aggregate spend compared to say £530 for the unit alone.
It is a very capable unit, but unfortunately 1st party support is lacking even compared to ps5, unfortunately.
@jgrangervikings1 I'm glad I wasn't the only one with JWE2. I platted 1 and just could not get into the second for the love of anything. In the end it got deleted.
@dardel no worries mate. Seeing as you asked I thought I'd give my estimate. As ever, skill level counts. Could be less, hence my 30-50 estimate.
***edit*** @odium, there's also dragon quest heroes if you've not tried that. Both ps4 games, and i enjoyed them; but i know what you mean. After a while it's a bit samey.
I just go into them thinking it's not a sprint. As I mentioned above, play them for quick blasts. Of course if you are a completionist, then logic goes out the window haha.
@dardel I've played a few days last week - off you're good with combos and evasion, I'd say around 35 - 50 hours.
It takes around an hour a run, and if you mean plat, you need to complete the game with either 20 / 30 heroes
Rest of the stuff comes with progression if i remember correctly.
If you're average at these games like me, then maybe 50? I know that's how long I've "put aside" for it, as its just a pick up and play game. You can get hooked into the rogue like elements for one more run, but even failure with a particular hero (should you subsequently add them to your team on a run - its also random, the selection screen, though you can re roll a few times), levels them up to make your team better next time you select them.
Hope that helps. If you need more info, ask away. I'm not a vet of the series though, so no "character / lore" questions 🤣 I just really fancied a hack and slash game haha.
***edit***
Just checked, 20 heroes for completion.
I found i failed for around the 1st 5 hours but made steady progress. You also need to fail so many times (30) and basically I would say the hardest trophies (atm) are the 30 heores completion and deal 1.5m damage with an assemble (ultimate) attack, but again, that will come with increased power through other runs. It's a pretty generic list if I'm honest.
I put good as there was nothing there personally for me. I can see there's plenty of stuff for others though.
As stated before, patapon 3 is more my jam... and sonic racing is more my speed of game lately due to getting old 🤣🤣🤣
edit borderlands 4 also, but I'm on the fence.
One thing that did irk me was one London accent in that London based game though... I think it was a child voice over- reminded me very much of dick van dyke in Mary Poppins 🤣
@FreasurePlanten yep I'm.exactly the same. My barin can't deal with "what happens if I do this?" And immediately fail 🤣
As much as I like rogue like/lite games, I'm equally easily confused and annoyed by them...
But as long as ratatan has similar formula and cute, catchy tracks, I'm a happy man as the art style is beautiful.
I even paid originally for PS4/5 and then went onto back it again and bought a switch copy when the slacker backer campaign came to whatever the secondary site was 🤣
It's a shame I don't understand discord though, as I couldn't sort out my role for the beta.
I'll wait for my steam alpha anyway. Let people more in the know get on with helping them squash the bugs!
@get2sammyb oh yeah, I know it'll be available to purchase, but similar to @FreasurePlanten i just meant If it ends up being true.
And yeah, great to finally have the trilogy; though the debug mode hopefully isn't there this time to you know... encourage playing the game (which I'd wager a few people used that go for trophies - myself included when I had enough 🤣🤣🤣 )
It was an early cold morning in West Brom, I'm entitled to make no sense 🤣
I don't have premium, but of true ill gladly pay for this as I never finished it on PSP, and would love to play it again given I played the originals, platted 1&2, and I backed Ratatan day 1.
Sure, as stated it is the runt of the litter, but well worth trying out, if you're a fan of rhythm action games, and especially if you have premium.
If you didn't like the first two, I'm afraid there's definitely nothing for you here though.
Bought hot pursuit when it first came out, and still a brilliant game in remaster form.
Stanley parable already played, and enjoyed the "dull" humour so much I've double dipped on switch.
As I own those two, and recommend as a racing game and walking sim respectively; the one I'm most bothered about is SS... Which in the run to release and reviews, I've held off buying, and wanted to play.
So I'm happy with just the one game, which I will play soon enough now, along with my new year sale games - despite the reviews, I'm looking forward to it for "free".
@OldGamer999 agree fully with the upscaling on Sony tvs... especially when they have dedicated setups when you plug the playstation in. Nothing more that i really need, and I've played most of the "big games" (Spiderman, FF7R, FF16, GoWR, even astro bot) this way in performance, and I'm happy with it.
@DaniPooo I didn't say I wanted the performance though... believe me once you get older and your eyesight goes, no matter what tech speak they say to you you start to question is that kind of money really worth it for negligible enhancements. As I always play performance anyway, I blatantly don't care about 3-d retina imprinted ray tracing of a corvette on a Nissan leaf in GT7 🤣
@DaniPooo meanwhile I can afford the product and the price is ridiculous, considering you could knock up a second hand PC for a relatively comparable price that basically seems like it'll have 1st party ps titles at some point, and ofc sub to Xbox...
I'd actually say it has more widespread appeal than GoW or SM... because it appeals to kids, adults with nostalgia and whatever else you want to throw in there. Not every game has to be AAA 500M dollar blockbusters; the simplicity alone of this game cannot and should not be underrated.
I'm.suffering a fever atm, so if that sound very biased or whatever else, I apologise 🤣🤣🤣
Finished campaign last night... very happy with end product either way, though i thibk that 15+ hours seems more like the "entire" game?. Some cameos were genuinely a surprise and deep cuts.
Now to clear up and see what I've missed...
Also... seeing certain bots flossing is kind of unnerving 🤣
@Th3solution I'd agree, as an owner of a switch / Nintendo in general also, Sony has a lot more "vacant" IP than nintendo, which as others have said is effectively mario characters in new environments, link / zelda games, metroid and... pikmin? Obviously more than that, but I'm talking core.
Whilst I was never any good at the higher difficulties, I'd happily take a new parappa (love me some rhythm action) or wipeout... which aren't really all that expensive to make compares to a spiderman / horizon (I personally think), but the list of IPs they do have, as alluded to for better or worse above is astoundingby others above...
The only thing I can take from the statement is "we've tried those, they didn't sell as expected and we're struggling with creating / developing new IP".
@Rich33 agreed, if it packs even the same amount of stuff but a longer game than the pre install OG, then I'm happy for the price...
Even more happy I've bought it digital and my controller and sealed game will be pride of place in my collection.
I still personally feel that the OG is the best showcase for what the controller can do, and since I first had my PS5, I've wanted more; and today Is the day!
I'm 40 and feel like a kid at Christmas (with deeper pockets) 🤣
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Re: The Future of Destiny 2 Will Be Revealed Soon, as Bungie Teases The Edge of Fate
@wildcat_kickz same here - on a whim i bought a lot of dlc in the sale a year or so back, and I jumped in and was like... yeah there's a lot of new stuff here and I can't wrap my head around it.
I'd love to get back into it, but it's just so overwhelming!
Re: PS5 Price Increases Announced by Sony, Immediately Affects UK, Europe, and More
@GeeEssEff well if you don't like astrobot, why bother with a game when you can get it without? 🤣🤣🤣
But yeah... I'm just glad I already have mine either way. Time will tell how this impacts sales. In 2 months time I'll be playing mario kart world for a very long time, if it's better than MK8D, so my ps5 may end up on sale used if it gets no love and maybe I can help someone out getting one at a "reasonable" price come Christmas.
There's a few admittedly very stupid reasons I've thought of though, and they're both very unlikely and extremely optimistic!
1) maybe they're putting the price up to build a war chest of sorts to keep ps6 prices down in the future.
2) As said above yesterday, maybe they're just trying to claw the money back from concord.
3) they've done this to put the price down at Xmas to make it look better to those not in the know that it's cheaper than switch 2 at that time of year.
As I say... very optimistic and stupid; but this gen, who knows what they are thinking. With the lack of transparency, any dumb thing you can think of is on the table.🤣
Re: PS5 Price Increases Announced by Sony, Immediately Affects UK, Europe, and More
@GeeEssEff fair cop. I obviously misremembered the original RRP, and I never factored in the increase in plus, or various tiers (but I guess you can knock one of those off, because Now was cancelled as a named service).
Oh yeah and Dual Senses have gone up, haven't they? You are definitely right, then 🤣
And for the record, it may have been a release deal but I think my friend got a slim with an optical drive (because I am the tech support in my group, and saw the writing on the wall when the slim price was announced) For around £430 with no games,; so yes, it was cheaper than my fat, but they had to factor in even minimal increases perhaps for a controller, as they were already a plus subscriber from PS4.
Re: PS5 Price Increases Announced by Sony, Immediately Affects UK, Europe, and More
@GeeEssEff could also be interpreted mid gen adopters got the best deal? Was the ps5 at launch not £550? I can't remember. Whereas my mate got their slim with the drive for less than me, around launch I know that for certain.
Obviously optical drive prices etc not withstanding if you bought separate.
Re: PS5 Price Increases Announced by Sony, Immediately Affects UK, Europe, and More
Woo! Concord tax! Only 17.5m consoles to sell until it goes back to normal price! 🤣
Re: Microsoft Short Changes Indiana Jones PS5 by Only Putting 20GB on the Blu-ray
@_John_Doe_ @_John_Doe_ @x3King84 I think there's pros and cons. I mean yeah digital is easier distributed, but at a far worse cost in regards to emissions and actual cost to our wallets.
Whereas physical could in a way be sorted by shipping over time.... the problem now is al.ost everything has to hit targets for sale for q4 earnings blah blah... but you know... you could ship a lot like the good old days on more efficient boats, or even manufacture closer to home. Nothing is ever ideal, unfortunately.
I agree with the CIAB or even as a switch 2 adopter these game keys now. At least you can sell them on... but like what is the environmental differential of a key card as opposed to a cartridge? Obviously some, but you can't tell me for arguments sake a 2mb flash memory being written uses a substantial amount of carbon less than a 64gb. How many would you have to sell to make it valid?!
Seems we're all clamouring for sustainability and value, yet no one has found a definitive idea yet... other than just going back to SNES / MD style and hope the batteries carry on working, and do away with disks and online games 🤣 i mean, how many games could you get on something the size of an old ps memory card now, with regards to plastic? Never gonna happen, but all these what ifs and we can't even decide on a format. Or at least I can't as I'm arguing with myself 🤣🤣🤣
@_John_Doe_ i don't recall advocating pro digital. I just said it was more convenient? And I personally don't like steak, so give me the water anyway 🤣
Re: Microsoft Short Changes Indiana Jones PS5 by Only Putting 20GB on the Blu-ray
@x3King84 isn't an always on server for a storefront still quite anti-green? Tbh, I don't like digital (though it is convenient), but servers all over the world for storefronts, MP etc are about as anti eco friendly as you can get.
I'm not arguing with you by the way. We've got no option with today's always online shtick.. but you can have relatively "green" physical options as well including shipping. It's just the infrastructure never moved that way rapidly enough, whereas online gaming did.
Re: Mini Review: Blue Prince (PS5) - A Deceptively Deep Puzzler That Delights and Confounds
Been playing those since it came out now, and it's a hard one to.explain. I tried to to my friend but apparently my synopsis was "less than glowing" 🤣
It is indeed a slow burner, but the satisfaction from even figuring out that you've unlocked something is nice. It's a nice, cozy game and a little.eerie.
Think a more child friendly (in a way) cluedo (or clue, for the americans) meets inscryption. If that was your bag. You'll love this.
Re: Poll: PS5 Fans, Are You Sold on the Nintendo Switch 2?
Regarding replacement, I do need to see more.
I don't play as many games as I used to, and spend far too much of what time I have with the PS5, and not switch.
If things like borderlands 4 runs well on the switch 2, I can see myself selling the PS5 ad this gen has been a disaster with regards to SP games I've enjoyed.
In recent years, GoW, FF16 have been the main 2 for me, along with GT7, and still crawling through Horizon as much as I like the look of it. Mist recent game I enjoyed was 2 point museum.
I'm not into last of us and soulslike, so been pretty sparse... I'm just glad with the upgrade paths on switch I still haven't played the zeldas. As now I can get the ultra turbo boost razzmatazz HD special limited edition- edition 🤣
Re: Sony Reportedly Gearing Up to Sell You The Last of Us on PS5 One More Time
@IronCrow86 only because the sink can't run doom yet...
Re: The Day Before Dev Reportedly Sues Website for Calling Game a 'Scam'
@Steeleye50 yeah as I said, I literally just picked on paragraph you wrote. It was meant in jest, so all good!
Re: The Day Before Dev Reportedly Sues Website for Calling Game a 'Scam'
@Steeleye50 "When your game is delisted and refunds given out to every player in less than 2 weeks, what other word would be used to describe it?"
***cough concord cough***
(Granted, I only cut the bit associated that you wrote hehe).
Re: Random: Dark Souls 2 Fans Unwilling to Relinquish Established Acronym to Death Stranding 2
Yeah, the DualShock2 was ok.. but don't see the fuss, compared to DualSense (DS, and another whole can of worms!).
Re: PS5 Pro's Graphics Will Get Even Better in 2026
I may be completely wrong, but this being announced seems a slightly underhanded way of admitting the (relatively) low sales of PS5 (yes - i know it has actually sold well), with certain gamers hanging onto their PS4s.
It just seems that (dwindling technological advances aside) they are trying to push the PS5 Pro up to as good of parity as possible, knowing that most probably a good proportion of pro users may not upgrade to 6 anytime soon, especially if prices rise further.
If that is the case, I respect that, as you are still getting something more for the large outlay over the next few years. Support and new features is only a good thing as it gives more added value. Although I can also see that perhaps the pro is now being used as an expensive open beta for PS6 and it's AI architecture in that respect.
I guess it's a good thing? I'm not a tech head by any stretch, and whilst I can see a difference in some games between base and pro, I don't think I'd upgrade to a 6 "day one" now from a pro, after the transition from 4 to 5 took so long (admittedly caused by the pandemic), and seemingly concurrent development of upscaling on both systems. Especially to people like me who is in their 40s and eyesight is getting to the point where graphical features will become less and less noticeable, as graphics upgrades are also relatively less noticeable.
Hope that makes sense... just a casual observation - I've no doubt there will be people buying a ps6 in 2-4 years time day one, but will there be enough young people with disposable income and willingness to justify a new machine again, whilst the pro may do (in some situations) just as good of a job?
I personally think it's an interesting discussion, and it could be phrased better than I have, but still...
Re: Split Fiction: Friend Edition Is the Silliest Game Promo We've Seen in Ages
@Hyena_socks it's was actually an abridged part of Thomas Ligotti... most definitely not in the realm of Spike's "I told you I was ill", as its more a Kafka-lite; so no £50 or $ etc for that question!
That's a good mindset to have, so keep chugging away - games I've got plenty; friends, for one reason or another; I've not many, but I make do with what I have (very complex story). It's a good job I can live somewhat vicariously through others and think "at least they're having a good day!" 🤣
Re: Split Fiction: Friend Edition Is the Silliest Game Promo We've Seen in Ages
@Hyena_socks wait till you're in your 40s... as someone smart once said... "life is hell" 🤣
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Fans Sceptical of Seismic Changes to Fourth Game on PS5, PS4
@Lowdefal confusing Tony Hawk with Tony Hawks was surely "better than life" to the latter, with the recognition he got accidentally 🤣
Re: PSVR2 Gets Enormous Price Reduction Starting March 2025
@ManaOwls as a day 1 adopter, I would happily recommend it at the price point with one (or maybe 2) caveats;
1) it makes games such as GT7 a lot better with judging apexes so if you have VR2 compatible games it's a good accessory.
2) If there are games you want to try out (for me some of the smaller, cheaper games, and there's a fair few) then the cut helps absorb the aggregate spend compared to say £530 for the unit alone.
It is a very capable unit, but unfortunately 1st party support is lacking even compared to ps5, unfortunately.
Re: Two Point Museum (PS5) - Laugh Out Loud Tycoon Title Is Well Worth the Entry Fee
@jgrangervikings1 I'm glad I wasn't the only one with JWE2. I platted 1 and just could not get into the second for the love of anything. In the end it got deleted.
Re: Two Point Museum (PS5) - Laugh Out Loud Tycoon Title Is Well Worth the Entry Fee
@romanista haha. I pre ordered it today as I forgot it was even out... so I'm guessing "real" street date is Tuesday.
As I've enjoyed the last 2 and got them in sale, I don't mind giving them the extra tenner.
Re: Two Point Museum (PS5) - Laugh Out Loud Tycoon Title Is Well Worth the Entry Fee
@romanista it is the 27th, or early access for £10 (or I guess local equivalent) more.
Re: New PS5 Firmware Update Available Now in Beta Phase
@Dlld0Baggins this guy gets it 👏
Re: New PS5 Firmware Update Available Now in Beta Phase
abbreviate mystic rucking
Re: Mini Review: Warriors: Abyss (PS5) - A Decent Descent into Hell for Roguelike and Warriors Fans
@dardel no worries mate. Seeing as you asked I thought I'd give my estimate. As ever, skill level counts. Could be less, hence my 30-50 estimate.
***edit*** @odium, there's also dragon quest heroes if you've not tried that. Both ps4 games, and i enjoyed them; but i know what you mean. After a while it's a bit samey.
I just go into them thinking it's not a sprint. As I mentioned above, play them for quick blasts. Of course if you are a completionist, then logic goes out the window haha.
Re: Mini Review: Warriors: Abyss (PS5) - A Decent Descent into Hell for Roguelike and Warriors Fans
@dardel I've played a few days last week - off you're good with combos and evasion, I'd say around 35 - 50 hours.
It takes around an hour a run, and if you mean plat, you need to complete the game with either 20 / 30 heroes
Rest of the stuff comes with progression if i remember correctly.
If you're average at these games like me, then maybe 50? I know that's how long I've "put aside" for it, as its just a pick up and play game. You can get hooked into the rogue like elements for one more run, but even failure with a particular hero (should you subsequently add them to your team on a run - its also random, the selection screen, though you can re roll a few times), levels them up to make your team better next time you select them.
Hope that helps. If you need more info, ask away. I'm not a vet of the series though, so no "character / lore" questions 🤣 I just really fancied a hack and slash game haha.
***edit***
Just checked, 20 heroes for completion.
I found i failed for around the 1st 5 hours but made steady progress. You also need to fail so many times (30) and basically I would say the hardest trophies (atm) are the 30 heores completion and deal 1.5m damage with an assemble (ultimate) attack, but again, that will come with increased power through other runs. It's a pretty generic list if I'm honest.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Sony's State of Play for February 2025?
I put good as there was nothing there personally for me. I can see there's plenty of stuff for others though.
As stated before, patapon 3 is more my jam... and sonic racing is more my speed of game lately due to getting old 🤣🤣🤣
edit borderlands 4 also, but I'm on the fence.
One thing that did irk me was one London accent in that London based game though... I think it was a child voice over- reminded me very much of dick van dyke in Mary Poppins 🤣
Re: PS Plus Premium Likely to Include Rhythm RPG Classic Patapon 3
@FreasurePlanten yep I'm.exactly the same. My barin can't deal with "what happens if I do this?" And immediately fail 🤣
As much as I like rogue like/lite games, I'm equally easily confused and annoyed by them...
But as long as ratatan has similar formula and cute, catchy tracks, I'm a happy man as the art style is beautiful.
I even paid originally for PS4/5 and then went onto back it again and bought a switch copy when the slacker backer campaign came to whatever the secondary site was 🤣
It's a shame I don't understand discord though, as I couldn't sort out my role for the beta.
I'll wait for my steam alpha anyway. Let people more in the know get on with helping them squash the bugs!
Re: PS Plus Premium Likely to Include Rhythm RPG Classic Patapon 3
@get2sammyb oh yeah, I know it'll be available to purchase, but similar to @FreasurePlanten i just meant If it ends up being true.
And yeah, great to finally have the trilogy; though the debug mode hopefully isn't there this time to you know... encourage playing the game (which I'd wager a few people used that go for trophies - myself included when I had enough 🤣🤣🤣 )
It was an early cold morning in West Brom, I'm entitled to make no sense 🤣
Re: PS Plus Premium Likely to Include Rhythm RPG Classic Patapon 3
I don't have premium, but of true ill gladly pay for this as I never finished it on PSP, and would love to play it again given I played the originals, platted 1&2, and I backed Ratatan day 1.
Sure, as stated it is the runt of the litter, but well worth trying out, if you're a fan of rhythm action games, and especially if you have premium.
If you didn't like the first two, I'm afraid there's definitely nothing for you here though.
Re: Mini Review: Luck Be a Landlord (PS4) - Simple Roguelike Is a Bit of a Gamble
Had this on steam and will be double dipping tomorrow. This and balatro took up way too much of my time the last couple of years 🤣
Re: Unknown 9 Labelled a 'Failure' as Dev Cancels Project, Moves to 'Existing Bandai Namco IP'
Puns aside... I've just only now heard about this game... didn't have a clue what the headline even meant so had to click through 🤣
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for January 2025 Announced
Bought hot pursuit when it first came out, and still a brilliant game in remaster form.
Stanley parable already played, and enjoyed the "dull" humour so much I've double dipped on switch.
As I own those two, and recommend as a racing game and walking sim respectively; the one I'm most bothered about is SS... Which in the run to release and reviews, I've held off buying, and wanted to play.
So I'm happy with just the one game, which I will play soon enough now, along with my new year sale games - despite the reviews, I'm looking forward to it for "free".
Re: PS5 Fans Believe Halo Could Make Its PlayStation Debut
@Jrs1 the game I played the most on Xbox one... controller aside, pure gold ☺️
Re: PS5 Fans Believe Halo Could Make Its PlayStation Debut
Played one on Xbox, never finished it. Tried master chief collection. Same.
Would try again as still plays quite well, and the main problem for me is that I never got on with Xbox controller. Feels to "hard" and "plastic-y".
Re: How to Pre-Order PS5's 30th Anniversary Collection
@Slideaway1983 replying to myself, but nvm... Google decided to show me phat prices haha.
Re: How to Pre-Order PS5's 30th Anniversary Collection
Also, can anyone explain why a standard slim is like £480 and the 30th anniversary is £433.99?!
Re: How to Pre-Order PS5's 30th Anniversary Collection
Pro 30th bundles are out in the UK for anyone after one.
I got my controller though 🙃
Re: Dark Fantasy Adventure The Midnight Walk Flares Up on PS5, PSVR2 in Spring
Through the fire and the flames, we carry oooooon!
Re: Fortnite Has a Special DualSense PS5 Controller Now, and It Looks Awesome
It's just my standard blue one that I have, if I let a kid hold it for 5 minutes whilst I did the washing up and they found a sheet of stickers.
Re: PS5 Players Choose Performance Mode 75% of the Time
@OldGamer999 agree fully with the upscaling on Sony tvs... especially when they have dedicated setups when you plug the playstation in. Nothing more that i really need, and I've played most of the "big games" (Spiderman, FF7R, FF16, GoWR, even astro bot) this way in performance, and I'm happy with it.
Re: PS5 Fans Think Sony's Accidentally Leaked a Wireless PSVR2 Headset
Happy with my wired one... love a bit of kayaking for arm exercise and mellowing out 👌
Re: Don't Worry, You Can Add an Ultra HD Disc Drive to PS5 Pro
@DaniPooo I didn't say I wanted the performance though... believe me once you get older and your eyesight goes, no matter what tech speak they say to you you start to question is that kind of money really worth it for negligible enhancements. As I always play performance anyway, I blatantly don't care about 3-d retina imprinted ray tracing of a corvette on a Nissan leaf in GT7 🤣
Re: Don't Worry, You Can Add an Ultra HD Disc Drive to PS5 Pro
@DaniPooo meanwhile I can afford the product and the price is ridiculous, considering you could knock up a second hand PC for a relatively comparable price that basically seems like it'll have 1st party ps titles at some point, and ofc sub to Xbox...
Re: Astro Bot PS5 Sales 'Aren't Huge' in UK, But There's Still Hope
I'd actually say it has more widespread appeal than GoW or SM... because it appeals to kids, adults with nostalgia and whatever else you want to throw in there. Not every game has to be AAA 500M dollar blockbusters; the simplicity alone of this game cannot and should not be underrated.
I'm.suffering a fever atm, so if that sound very biased or whatever else, I apologise 🤣🤣🤣
Re: Astro Bot PS5 Credits Indicate DLC Cameo Bots Could Be Inbound
Finished campaign last night... very happy with end product either way, though i thibk that 15+ hours seems more like the "entire" game?. Some cameos were genuinely a surprise and deep cuts.
Now to clear up and see what I've missed...
Also... seeing certain bots flossing is kind of unnerving 🤣
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Astro Bot?
Just finished live streaming for a friend, who was curious... I've just sold another copy - commission please Sony!
Re: Sony Execs Seem to Think the Company Doesn't Have Enough Original IP
@Th3solution I'd agree, as an owner of a switch / Nintendo in general also, Sony has a lot more "vacant" IP than nintendo, which as others have said is effectively mario characters in new environments, link / zelda games, metroid and... pikmin? Obviously more than that, but I'm talking core.
Whilst I was never any good at the higher difficulties, I'd happily take a new parappa (love me some rhythm action) or wipeout... which aren't really all that expensive to make compares to a spiderman / horizon (I personally think), but the list of IPs they do have, as alluded to for better or worse above is astoundingby others above...
The only thing I can take from the statement is "we've tried those, they didn't sell as expected and we're struggling with creating / developing new IP".
Re: Astro's Playroom Is Having a Party Inside Your PS5 Right Now
@Rich33 I guess I better download it then haha. From vampire survivors to this... not a bad pivot 🤣
Re: Astro's Playroom Is Having a Party Inside Your PS5 Right Now
@Rich33 agreed, if it packs even the same amount of stuff but a longer game than the pre install OG, then I'm happy for the price...
Even more happy I've bought it digital and my controller and sealed game will be pride of place in my collection.
I still personally feel that the OG is the best showcase for what the controller can do, and since I first had my PS5, I've wanted more; and today Is the day!
I'm 40 and feel like a kid at Christmas (with deeper pockets) 🤣
Re: PS5, PC Shooter Concord Dead on Arrival, Is Being Taken Offline This Week as Dev 'Explores Options'
@Ryne-Gaia anything you want. I'm not your mom, I won't tell you what you can or can't play 🤣