@EVIL-C seems to have trolled quite a few looking upwards! I get exactly what you mean though! Gone 11pm here in uk so I'm off for shuteye; have a good night, mate!
@ButtsOnSwitch not quite no, my housemate is never here anymore as they have a partner, so I have the TV to myself. As well as I game on deck, rog ally, laptop, tablet ps5 (currently 130 hours into ff7rebirth and on hard mode) and waiting for my mig to show up before I catch up with switch stuff. That and I've recently got back into painting and music... so enough to do, let alone a long distance relationship... so plenty going on 🤣
Hoping the AI lives up to the hype, as played both of the last 2 (and double dipped on ps4 and ps5) and found them way too easy with even a mid team.
Will wait for reviews and most probably a discount, though pleasantly surprised that the price has dropped from last year... hope that's not a foreshadowing of the quality!
After 60 hours, it feels not much general story, and you were correct with the padding; though a good chunk of it does allow better character development.
It's just all the mini games that can become a bit overwhelming; but plugging through it all, aiming for 100% region completion as I can.
After playing ff16 and SM2 in performance mode, I will never go back. I toggled with graphics in the demo for this and quickly realised I preferred the frame rate and therefore the camera in this mode. Lighting isn't a game breaker to me, fluidity is. If others are having problems, then I hope this works out for them; but to me, this is just a freebie.
***edit - nothing really deemed "noticeable" or "gamebreaking" in visibility, after 24 hours gameplay***
I can honestly see why, but for ot to have already passed and released; who made the error in the first place?
Genuinely great game though - played it for a few days whilst waiting for FF7, and a lovely addictive timesink! Even if I don't play it for a while, they have my money, and they deserve it - I even plugged it on my socials, which is mainly for bugs I find 🤣
@DiscoStuUK it's cool, mate. We all start somewhere (amstrad in the late 80s for me, haha!).
Yeah. The n64 games I'm pretty sure were 60 or 70 tbh, but due to low sales etc, they came down to about 50 (I remember buying goldeneye for 60 and Diddy King racing for 50, at very least); gamecube I'm sure was 50 each, which was pretty expensive to me - I was in my first job, but as the console was only I think something stupid like 200 (it was "cheap", and much more so than N64) with a game day one, I went all in.
As for entertainment value, I agree with you. Sometimes I have a bit too much disposable income, and throw £70 around like a madman, but I always come back to the premise (back in the day) of; if I was at an arcade, I might get 10mins for a pound - with that in mind, if I get an hour for 50p - £1, then it's worth it - hence why I too pre order stuff like ff7 (as well as its one of my favourite franchises, good or bad), or even ninty titles, as they hold their value in the second hand market quite well. I've still got a LOT mint in wrap, as I play PS more; but I always make sure anything relevant and discontinued is added to my collection, so in a way its an investment, and over time should pay for those £70 or so games, giving me more value.
@DiscoStuUK no, I don't believe they did; which was kind of my point and I still missed writing it!
As other have mentioned (and I did in a roundabout way); prices are actually pretty good right now... top games now cost approximately the same as "high end" (N64 - I know PS1 / 2 Were cheaper) 25 years ago, so I think it's actually pretty good that the prices have remained relatively cheap, accounting for inflation. Again, I'm not sure which it was, but ps1 or 2 games went from say 30 to 40, or 40 to 50, and even that was what? 20 years ago? So inflation over time at roughly 1.50 a year in a way isn't so bad...
Can you imagine the price of games if there weren't potentially 10 million people buying say Spiderman 2? (Can't remember the exact numbers, and this is very basic maths) if gaming didn't have the boom period thanks to choice (and playstation, granted) and only say 2.5 million bought a game worldwide, we'd be looking at worst case £280 a game! - I say that tongue in cheek, of course.
Of course, I'm not saying that games WOULD cost that much, and I appreciate a cost of living crisis near enough worldwide right now; but in a way, we've never had it so good, yet we seemingly complain when something goes up a few percent. You pay for the experience, the graphics, the work, the dev kits - and everything is getting higher and higher (even without recessions). Unfortunately, there's bigger problems out there than an extra 10 whatever currency on a game, when in reality, prices have stagnated the last quarter century.
Hope that makes some form of sense, as it does in my ADHD brain 🤣
@JeongersGaming I'm pretty sure Donkey Kong Country was 60GBP when it released on the snes; though I may be wrong, when all others were 50. If not its was 50/40.
As I was probably about 10 when it came out, I don't recall a massive backlash, but I remember my parents telling me it was my "big" present that Xmas due to the prices. It was a new shiny thing as a kid.
I also recall the N64 games being quite high (60-70 if I remember right), and remember that feeling a lot worse; but I was coming into adulthood, and started to realise the true value of money... there was a bit of commotion over that price point (PS1 or 2 games also went up by 5 or 10 at one point, too), but I guess different times.
After spending 60 on games for the N64 25 years ago, 70 now, I think is extremely reasonable; IF you have intention to at least see through most campaigns, that have a good length / replayability.
I think the main problem now is that back in those days (PS / dreamcast) we had demos, whereas now, there's potentially a F2P game that can give a relative experience for some people, and that's why 70 now hits harder.
@Czar_Khastik I'm pretty sure that's exactly what happened to The Day Before. Its just that the game was too expensive, so people stayed away from it unfortunately. It would have been a true AAA game, with just another 15 years of development, and people weren't willing to get on at the high price point 🤣
Beyond excited; even as on OG FF7 player, looking forward to see if my personal thoughts on the new story are right (though absolutely fine if not - I'm not one of THOSE gamers, haha!).
Also, I do want an even sneakier peak at the demo, as I'm hyped! Can't wait!
@Perturbator my thoughts exactly last night. Though of there's "jumpy bits", it's a no from me, as VR+(anxiety×high blood pressure)=heart attack waiting to happen 🤣
As did I. Was trepidous after having loved OG back in the day (I borrowed my uncles ps1, he my n64, and hammered probably 10 hours a day into it over a summer holiday!), but pre ordered that expecting a same old, same old with shiny graphics, and then it slowly dawned... its different and by the end (admittedly on easy mode), I wanted the platinum, so went to hard mode.
Everything just clicked more; seeing bits of the story I didn't understand on my easy playthrough, and even the battles (Hell House for me was the hardest boss in the game and made me "git gud". It forced me to change stances and consider my loadouts and atb. It was a well developed game. Alas, I started again on ps5, and never found that love as I was burnt out, but same as you, looking forward to it immensely. 👌
My thoughts exactly... given they're kinda swappable as skill sets go, makes sense to me, and confusing as he'll to people who know FF7 OG but not CC 🤣
Then he and Seph will have a more fleshed out story... I'm in for this ride even if it's wrong though, as its been pre ordered since it was available!
Other features... so I'm guessing similar to the last and indeed 16, that includes a run on FF difficulty or similar? Or is that a single playthrough? Hmm 🤔
@R1spam cheers. I considered trying football manager, only to buy it on ps5 in the end! I will try and give one a go, maybe oxenfree 2, as I loved the first; and have kentucky route zero still in my backlog.
Seriously, though - can you use controllers on this, or (TV) remote control, mobile itself? Having tried to play games in the past on a mobile, I just can't get used to finicky controls that have no touch feeling.
@nessisonett agreed with mafia. Loved it on ps3, but not so much second time on ps4. I'd highly suggest to anyone coming into gaming around this time to at least give it a try. I found it a more grounded GTA. Only downsides are the jankyness and some stereotypical Italian American references... but as is often the excuse, it's a product of its time; both developed and setting.
@Voltan agreed. Always have looked forward to some of their oddities in the past, and paid good money for some, even though I know nearly everything comes to plus nowadays in some shape or form.
They know their own business model, and if day one doesn't suit them, they have no commitment to do so; so good on them for sticking to their guns.
At the end of the day, unless you release a microtransaction heavy game, or are a massive publisher that can absorb the potential losses, there simply is no point going day one to a sub model / service.
One of the first games I platted on the ps3, drunkenly and proud of it, but without a howge discount or being available on plus, when I could have played it basically on my steamdeck for free via gp, it's a no from me.
Sorry if none of that makes sense, it's my first post (no excuse), and I'm very tired after wrasslin' with a cat at 3am 🤣
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Re: PS Portal Is Proving Everyone's Predictions Wrong
@EVIL-C seems to have trolled quite a few looking upwards! I get exactly what you mean though! Gone 11pm here in uk so I'm off for shuteye; have a good night, mate!
Re: PS Portal Is Proving Everyone's Predictions Wrong
Ah... didn't realise that was trolling... its late and I didn't notice his other baiting... I still stand by
i have a lot on 🤣
Re: PS Portal Is Proving Everyone's Predictions Wrong
@ButtsOnSwitch not quite no, my housemate is never here anymore as they have a partner, so I have the TV to myself. As well as I game on deck, rog ally, laptop, tablet ps5 (currently 130 hours into ff7rebirth and on hard mode) and waiting for my mig to show up before I catch up with switch stuff. That and I've recently got back into painting and music... so enough to do, let alone a long distance relationship... so plenty going on 🤣
Re: PS Portal Is Proving Everyone's Predictions Wrong
And here's me considering selling mine as its just sat collecting dust and getting no love as since I've bought it, my situation as changed 🤣
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's PS5 Graphics Enhanced, Here Are the Patch Notes
Oh well... 1/2 way through my hard playthrough... Will take a look later.
Maybe some won't look like demonic pixies (imps?) In performance mode now? 🤣
Re: Create Your Very Own F1 Team in F1 Manager 2024, Out for PS5, PS4 This Summer
Hoping the AI lives up to the hype, as played both of the last 2 (and double dipped on ps4 and ps5) and found them way too easy with even a mid team.
Will wait for reviews and most probably a discount, though pleasantly surprised that the price has dropped from last year... hope that's not a foreshadowing of the quality!
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?
@SuperSilverback I complained of bloat, and I platted 16; didn't like valhalla 🤣
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth?
Had to go for 8 myself.
After 60 hours, it feels not much general story, and you were correct with the padding; though a good chunk of it does allow better character development.
It's just all the mini games that can become a bit overwhelming; but plugging through it all, aiming for 100% region completion as I can.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Getting Another Patch to Improve Performance Mode
After playing ff16 and SM2 in performance mode, I will never go back. I toggled with graphics in the demo for this and quickly realised I preferred the frame rate and therefore the camera in this mode. Lighting isn't a game breaker to me, fluidity is. If others are having problems, then I hope this works out for them; but to me, this is just a freebie.
***edit - nothing really deemed "noticeable" or "gamebreaking" in visibility, after 24 hours gameplay***
Re: Indie Hit Balatro Removed from Console Stores in PEGI Age Rating Dispute
I can honestly see why, but for ot to have already passed and released; who made the error in the first place?
Genuinely great game though - played it for a few days whilst waiting for FF7, and a lovely addictive timesink! Even if I don't play it for a while, they have my money, and they deserve it - I even plugged it on my socials, which is mainly for bugs I find 🤣
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's PS5 Disc Labels Are Wrong in Japan, Asia
@Czar_Khastik you have to delete the game, after it's installed, and then you can play it. 👌
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Unlikely to Be Capcom's Last $70 Game
@DiscoStuUK it's cool, mate. We all start somewhere (amstrad in the late 80s for me, haha!).
Yeah. The n64 games I'm pretty sure were 60 or 70 tbh, but due to low sales etc, they came down to about 50 (I remember buying goldeneye for 60 and Diddy King racing for 50, at very least); gamecube I'm sure was 50 each, which was pretty expensive to me - I was in my first job, but as the console was only I think something stupid like 200 (it was "cheap", and much more so than N64) with a game day one, I went all in.
As for entertainment value, I agree with you. Sometimes I have a bit too much disposable income, and throw £70 around like a madman, but I always come back to the premise (back in the day) of; if I was at an arcade, I might get 10mins for a pound - with that in mind, if I get an hour for 50p - £1, then it's worth it - hence why I too pre order stuff like ff7 (as well as its one of my favourite franchises, good or bad), or even ninty titles, as they hold their value in the second hand market quite well. I've still got a LOT mint in wrap, as I play PS more; but I always make sure anything relevant and discontinued is added to my collection, so in a way its an investment, and over time should pay for those £70 or so games, giving me more value.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Unlikely to Be Capcom's Last $70 Game
@DiscoStuUK no, I don't believe they did; which was kind of my point and I still missed writing it!
As other have mentioned (and I did in a roundabout way); prices are actually pretty good right now... top games now cost approximately the same as "high end" (N64 - I know PS1 / 2 Were cheaper) 25 years ago, so I think it's actually pretty good that the prices have remained relatively cheap, accounting for inflation. Again, I'm not sure which it was, but ps1 or 2 games went from say 30 to 40, or 40 to 50, and even that was what? 20 years ago? So inflation over time at roughly 1.50 a year in a way isn't so bad...
Can you imagine the price of games if there weren't potentially 10 million people buying say Spiderman 2? (Can't remember the exact numbers, and this is very basic maths) if gaming didn't have the boom period thanks to choice (and playstation, granted) and only say 2.5 million bought a game worldwide, we'd be looking at worst case £280 a game! - I say that tongue in cheek, of course.
Of course, I'm not saying that games WOULD cost that much, and I appreciate a cost of living crisis near enough worldwide right now; but in a way, we've never had it so good, yet we seemingly complain when something goes up a few percent. You pay for the experience, the graphics, the work, the dev kits - and everything is getting higher and higher (even without recessions). Unfortunately, there's bigger problems out there than an extra 10 whatever currency on a game, when in reality, prices have stagnated the last quarter century.
Hope that makes some form of sense, as it does in my ADHD brain 🤣
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Unlikely to Be Capcom's Last $70 Game
@JeongersGaming I'm pretty sure Donkey Kong Country was 60GBP when it released on the snes; though I may be wrong, when all others were 50. If not its was 50/40.
As I was probably about 10 when it came out, I don't recall a massive backlash, but I remember my parents telling me it was my "big" present that Xmas due to the prices. It was a new shiny thing as a kid.
I also recall the N64 games being quite high (60-70 if I remember right), and remember that feeling a lot worse; but I was coming into adulthood, and started to realise the true value of money... there was a bit of commotion over that price point (PS1 or 2 games also went up by 5 or 10 at one point, too), but I guess different times.
After spending 60 on games for the N64 25 years ago, 70 now, I think is extremely reasonable; IF you have intention to at least see through most campaigns, that have a good length / replayability.
I think the main problem now is that back in those days (PS / dreamcast) we had demos, whereas now, there's potentially a F2P game that can give a relative experience for some people, and that's why 70 now hits harder.
(Sorry guys, for long post).
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Unlikely to Be Capcom's Last $70 Game
@Czar_Khastik I'm pretty sure that's exactly what happened to The Day Before. Its just that the game was too expensive, so people stayed away from it unfortunately. It would have been a true AAA game, with just another 15 years of development, and people weren't willing to get on at the high price point 🤣
Re: Disney Secures $1.5 Billion Stake in Epic Games, Plans 'Entertainment Universe' in Fortnite
Phase 1; how do we skin tinkerbell into it so all the Karens let their kids play? And how does she carry rocket launchers?
Re: When Is the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth State of Play?
Beyond excited; even as on OG FF7 player, looking forward to see if my personal thoughts on the new story are right (though absolutely fine if not - I'm not one of THOSE gamers, haha!).
Also, I do want an even sneakier peak at the demo, as I'm hyped! Can't wait!
Re: BioShock Creator Ken Levine Says Player Choice Is What Separates Judas on PS5
@Perturbator my thoughts exactly last night. Though of there's "jumpy bits", it's a no from me, as VR+(anxiety×high blood pressure)=heart attack waiting to happen 🤣
Re: Tekken 8's Trophy List Provides a Pretty Easy Platinum
Seems pretty similar to 7 then in that case, without looking at list, and going by the article.
As much as I want to get this "now", I've a massive backlog and waiting on F7R, so I'll pass and get it in a sale - sorry devs!
Re: Nomura Promises Death Won't be Cheated in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
@nookie_egg
As did I. Was trepidous after having loved OG back in the day (I borrowed my uncles ps1, he my n64, and hammered probably 10 hours a day into it over a summer holiday!), but pre ordered that expecting a same old, same old with shiny graphics, and then it slowly dawned... its different and by the end (admittedly on easy mode), I wanted the platinum, so went to hard mode.
Everything just clicked more; seeing bits of the story I didn't understand on my easy playthrough, and even the battles (Hell House for me was the hardest boss in the game and made me "git gud". It forced me to change stances and consider my loadouts and atb. It was a well developed game. Alas, I started again on ps5, and never found that love as I was burnt out, but same as you, looking forward to it immensely. 👌
Re: Nomura Promises Death Won't be Cheated in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
@nookie_egg
My thoughts exactly... given they're kinda swappable as skill sets go, makes sense to me, and confusing as he'll to people who know FF7 OG but not CC 🤣
Then he and Seph will have a more fleshed out story... I'm in for this ride even if it's wrong though, as its been pre ordered since it was available!
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Huge, May Take 100 Hours to Do Everything
Other features... so I'm guessing similar to the last and indeed 16, that includes a run on FF difficulty or similar? Or is that a single playthrough? Hmm 🤔
Re: Random: Yes, Netflix Really Is Getting GTA for Christmas
@R1spam cheers. I considered trying football manager, only to buy it on ps5 in the end! I will try and give one a go, maybe oxenfree 2, as I loved the first; and have kentucky route zero still in my backlog.
Useful info to consider though, so thanks. 👌
Re: Random: Yes, Netflix Really Is Getting GTA for Christmas
@Czar_Khastik true story, bro 🤣
Seriously, though - can you use controllers on this, or (TV) remote control, mobile itself? Having tried to play games in the past on a mobile, I just can't get used to finicky controls that have no touch feeling.
Re: More Classic PS Plus Premium Games Look to Have Leaked Early
If disney is going hard, can we please get some form of split/second with trophies then? Never got the plat on that, but I'd give it a go again.
Come on, gaming gods!
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for November 2023 Leaked
@nessisonett agreed with mafia. Loved it on ps3, but not so much second time on ps4. I'd highly suggest to anyone coming into gaming around this time to at least give it a try. I found it a more grounded GTA. Only downsides are the jankyness and some stereotypical Italian American references... but as is often the excuse, it's a product of its time; both developed and setting.
Re: Poll: Spider-Man 2 PS5 Bugs are Apparently a Real Problem, But Have You Had Any?
All I've encountered so far is out of sync subs to actual dialogue. Granted, I'm only maybe about 4 hours in, but nothing major.
Only graphical problem was flying through a corner of a building. But I was trying to swing around it anyway, so I wasn't all that bothered 🤣
Re: Indie Firm Devolver Digital Rejected PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass Deals Over 'Undervalued' Games
@Voltan agreed. Always have looked forward to some of their oddities in the past, and paid good money for some, even though I know nearly everything comes to plus nowadays in some shape or form.
They know their own business model, and if day one doesn't suit them, they have no commitment to do so; so good on them for sticking to their guns.
At the end of the day, unless you release a microtransaction heavy game, or are a massive publisher that can absorb the potential losses, there simply is no point going day one to a sub model / service.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying Red Dead Redemption on PS4?
One of the first games I platted on the ps3, drunkenly and proud of it, but without a howge discount or being available on plus, when I could have played it basically on my steamdeck for free via gp, it's a no from me.
Sorry if none of that makes sense, it's my first post (no excuse), and I'm very tired after wrasslin' with a cat at 3am 🤣