Missed my chance for the beta, but this all sounds up my street. BO was brilliant, but everything since has just not appealed to me. Will probably wait a while before I buy, but it's definitely on my radar now!
@get2sammyb Good point, but it's still not a bad indicator, and I reckon it's probably pretty accurate once you get to serious trophy hunter sort of levels, as they are more likely to have used the website. It would be nice if one day they could broker a deal with Sony to enable them to use the true stats from the PSN.
La-Mulana, STFU and Xeodrifter, great month for Vita owners! Glad they announced it today as I was toying with the idea of buying La-Mulana after I got paid!
Thought I'd have a look at the stats on psnprofiles, and wow...
1,255 games played
41,839 trophies
230 unearned trophies
Only 230 unearned!?! That is mental. Especially when I cross-reference it with mine where I then see 195 games played and 4,749 unearned trophies! One day (when I win the lottery and can quit my job) I will finally have the time to go back and finish what I've started!
Not that I'm unhappy with my count. I said at the start of the year I'd be pleased if I could break the top 50k worldwide by the end of the year, and I'm already there, currently sitting at 48,724 (having moved up about 40,000 places to get there). So yeah, I'm pretty pleased with that. Although there are a few people on here (@get2sammyb and @batman for starters) who blow that totally out of the water!
Wasn't sure at first but this sounds right up my street after all! The Witcher 3 and MGS V will keep me busy for ages, but given the frosty setting I'm thinking this might be one to add to the Christmas list!
@Boerewors fair play man, I used to be the same a few years ago, but I'm with @get2sammyb on this I need my sleep way more now. Maybe it is just conditioning though! I reckon I could stay awake later if I was doing something that engaged me properly, but normally in the evenings we just end up sitting watching stuff on Netflix, and I find myself starting to drop off usually by about 11:30! :S
Cue another hour of non-stop talking that somehow amounts to absolutely zero new info on the game. Looking forward to another re-assurance that they will soon be able to reveal the date for the grand announcement of the exact point at which they might possibly (maybe this century) be ready to give us 2 of the 6 digits required to spell out the release date...
I had always assumed that this profile was being shared by multiple people all playing pretty much around the clock. The fact that this guy manages it off of a few hours a day is insane! Although, I imagine his hours are long based on his job, so that coupled with 3-4 hours a day gaming must leave him with veeeeery little time for other things. Like eating, and sleeping...
Still, cool to hear from the man behind the monstrous trophy score!
@banacheck No that's not what they're saying. When playing through the game on the regular difficulty, towards the end you are forced to replay earlier missions with difficulty modifiers turned on before you can unlock the final parts of the story. It's explained more clearly in one of the other reviews linked to above, but I can't remember which one (think it was Game Informer or Destructoid).
Sounds a bit of a pain to me, but to be honest everything else about the game sounds so good that I couldn't care less!
@themcnoisy but for Kojima's last game in the series, it's understandable that people are expecting big things and will want it to be the best yet. That doesn't diminish the achievements of the previous games by any means, but everything can be improved upon. I think it makes sense for them to be mentioning it.
In an ideal world surely every new iteration in a series would be the best in series as the team making it would be constantly learning and improving. Doesn't mean the last games weren't great, just that the latest one is even better!
Either way, this has been the final straw for me. I am now as hyped as it's possible to be for this game! So glad I have the week off for it
I had hoped to get some time in on The Witcher, but after all the talk of Full Metal Alchemist with @themcnoisy I started learning some of the tunes from it on piano, and eventually just bit the bullet and started to re-watch it all. 100% re-affirming my love for the series!
Inbetween that, as I can't hog the tv all weekend, I have platinumed Super Explooding Zoo and started Dragon's Crown on Vita. Mostly enjoying it so far but I'm not totally sold on it yet, giving it a bit more time though as I'm not far in yet. And I've no doubt I'll probably play some Geometry Wars 3 at some point too, as I'm committed to at least completing the adventure mode (stuck on level 49, so close)!!
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi for their woeful marketing of the console, yes, but not for the console itself. There is still an absolute abundance of fantastic content for it, and I personally think it's significantly better than the 3DS (which I own but hardly gets a look in edgeways).
Ultimately, despite some daft choices on the memory side of things, it is still a great piece of kit, and I think the only thing that really held it back was the marketing. If it had been marketed better, I think people would have bought it in spite of its flaws. But sadly there are still a shocking amount of people around today who genuinely don't even know that it exists, and it's too late in the day for a revival now even if they did :/
With the second season of the anime set to premiere next year (and the story way beyond the end of Season 1 already having been laid out in the manga), it would be cool if they could cover that in the game as well as the Season 1 stuff! Not likely, but you never know!
If only Silent Hill 2 and 3 had received the same loving treatment for their remasters as the RE series has. I've still not played SH2 due to the fact that I don't want to play the supposedly shoddy HD version. I will pick up a PS2 to play it at some point, but god knows when that will actually be!
@Cyber-BLP-- when talking about being paid for work you do fairly often see it spelt "paycheck" as well as "pay cheque", so it's a valid abbreviation.
Anyhoo, I'm inclined to agree with the general consensus here that I don't really want to take the risk of breaking anything. The only feature I'm really fussed about from the patch notes so far is the Community feature. The rest doesn't really bother me, in fact I'm quite surprised they're going to 3.00 with that feature set. If anything I'd say this patch is more of a 2.6/7.
The sales for the DS/3DS family of consoles as a whole are just mind-blowing. I genuinely don't understand how they keep the momentum - surely everybody in Japan has one by now??
Nice idea adding it as a separate mode entirely, just as long as they make sure there is enough content for the new mode. Would've been cool if they could have added it to the main story as a new difficulty as well though, as that already contains loads of levels, but to be honest I trust Bithell to deliver. If I wasn't already sold on this game, I definitely am now!
@ShogunRok I'm starting to understand how you've managed to lose over 500 hours to it! Definitely GOTY so far for me hands down, even though I'm hardly anywhere in terms of actual progression. There's just never been a game world quite like it, the only other open world that has come even remotely close for me is Red Dead Redemption, and that is high praise!
@Carl-G I expect that to be a massive feature of the game based on what we've seen so far. The main draw of the Vita version was all the clever ways the game had you interact with it physically using the functions of the Vita, so don't expect the PS4 version to be any different!
As for the SE not coming to the UK, I live in Guildford so I might just camp outside the Media Molecule doors until they give me one to go away!
I really hope it performs better irl than in that video, because that really does look quite shoddy even for a handheld. I'd give anything for another Vita shooter that performs as well as KZ Mercs did, but with a half decent story!
EDIT: granted, I know the main focus of Resi isn't shooting, it's horror, but still.
Typical. The Bridge (a game which had a spotlight article on the PS Blog yesterday re it coming out today) has been delayed with no word of a new release date...
@adf86 That's a pain, I hadn't realised that. Just got myself psyched for this as well after reading all of the reviews!
The only thing that sounds frustrating is the flaws in the checkpointing system mentioned by Destructoid. While I can see the benefit of it for casual players just looking to beat the game, I think they should enforce an adjusted checkpointing system for players who want their time to appear on a leaderboard. Have death add a time penalty or something like that to stop players abusing it to reset the guards.
If they stack up well compared to their console counterparts, I will likely grab Resi and Volume at some point, but I'll let the reviews come in first.
I'm actually really interested by The Bridge after reading about it on the PS Blog EU. The Escher influence is a cool idea and looks well done, so if the price is right I'm all on board for that!
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi That would be amazing. Even if we had to stick to US scheduling so that they could do it all simultaneously, I would happily stay up all night to attend a PS Experience in London!
This sounds much better than I was expecting actually. Missed a trick though by not making it possible to use the Vita to mimic the controller/second screen functionality of the Wii U!
It'll be a looooooong time before I need to utilise this. I am, I think, about half way through the Novigrad story missions in Act 1, haven't been to Skellige or anything yet. And with MGSV out in 2 weeks, I can see myself not finishing the Witcher until the end of the year! Fallout 4, see you in 2017...
I think this sort of thing was always on the cards since the inclusion of Tron in KH2. I'm not exactly against it per se, but I do think the other crossovers fit more naturally with the more fantasy leanings of KH.
I've not seen Big Hero 6 yet, so can't comment on how well I think this in particular will fit. What I will say though, is that if they do what some people have predicted they will and throw a Star Wars crossover in there, I will not be impressed. I don't think that would work remotely well at all, and it would be nothing more than a ploy to bring in a bit more cash.
The name you're drawing a blank on is OUYA, an android based console from a few years back (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouya). Seriously though I don't get how it can possibly be legal for them to make this! Crazy...
@Ash_uk1 haha wow that really puts it into perspective! I hadn't thought about it before, but I was surprised just now to look it up and see that this game was originally announced about half a year before the PS3 had even released. Surely it's got to be one of the only games that has been in development during 3 console generations!
@FullbringIchigo definitely sounds like you've got a disc-related issue there, as I've never heard of that either! If it's the exact same spot each time it's got to be that. I remember when I was younger our copy of Nightfire got a scratch on it in such a place that it meant the game froze at the same point of the game every time without fail........during the first mission. I was gutted!
To be fair I'm not really sure I see the point of bringing the PC Witcher 3 mods across though. Taking a look at what appears to be the main site for mods for the game, most of them seem to be aiming to improve graphics/performance, which are obviously specific to PC hardware.
@xMEADx bit of an odd statement to make, why would you refuse to buy a game just because there is an option to use mods? That's all it is, an option, nothing more. Surely just buy the game and ignore the mod side of things? Otherwise you're going to end up missing out on all sorts of potentially great stuff!
@ShogunRok Yeah I'm inclined to agree, the mods would have to go through some sort of testing/approval process. Particularly as I assume they would be downloaded via the PS Store, which would presumably mean they would have to adhere to the standards for PS Store content.
I was considering heading to this - nearly made a forum post the other day to see if anyone else was going - but it really depends on finances. Going on holiday at the start of Oct and need to save myself some spending money out of next month's pay! Also it's a massive trek for me, nearly 3 hours travel each way on the trains :/
@Johnnycide I can't believe nobody else has commented on the amazing Kaz / Partridge GIF! Top marks @get2sammyb, I'd never seen it before but it is definitely now one of my favorites
@themcnoisy I'd say the comparison is void though. ME3 is a massive RPG which takes ages to complete and holds less appeal for casual gamers, so it's no surprise that a lot of people have started but not finished it. On the other hand, I reckon far more people would be inclined to finish a comparatively short FPS campaign. They're just too different to make them worth comparing I'd say.
@kyleforrester87 I have a lot of time for Tabata, he seems to be the catalyst that's finally pushing things forward with FFXV as the steps forward they've taken since he got involved have been pretty big. It's particularly impressive when you consider that this is not just his main FF series debut, but it's also his first time producing a home console game rather than portable.
For what it's worth, I think Nomura's problem was simply that he was being pulled in too many directions at once. Just look at all the games he's been involved in over the last 10 years, the man is an absolute machine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Nomura#Works. Tabata on the other hand isn't involved in all that much, which makes him a better fit for FFXV as it enables him to dedicate all his focus to it.
I'm leaning towards agreeing that this is probably a smart move. DICE aren't exactly known for delivering great SP experiences, so just focus the attention on making the MP as good as possible.
@Splat To be honest I quite frankly won't believe it until I see it. Especially when one of their "boasts" is that they can have a whole 4 people in any one conversation. Truly next gen!
I'll play it when it inevitably gets handed out on PS+, but unless it is getting stellar reviews across the board I don't see myself shelling out any money for it. I assume the stories aren't going to be linked? If it does turn out great, it would be crazy to cut off part of their audience by forcing them through the first one (although, judging by the story up to the point I quit, I expect one paragraph would probably suffice to sum up the plot of the entire game)!
@kyleforrester87 Similar thing for me, although I probably put an extra 10 in on top. Everything about the game was so incredibly slow paced, with no real sense of progression or achievement, and the story was one of the worst most unoriginal and poorly executed that I've seen.
I did think the accessible combat system was good, and liked the idea of a faster paced TRPG, but outside of that there wasn't really very much that I thought the game did well. I always found the high praise it gets rather odd!
@Illusionistt I'm pretty sure it's on Netflix (or maybe it was at some point). Either way if not I've been told this fits in around episode 12/13, at which point the story branches from that of the anime. So not too much watching required to get up to speed
I loved this game when I played it on PS3. It was one of the first things I played after finally upgrading to an alright sized tv (42"), and the art direction while not boundary pushing is wonderful. And that ending...wow.
That said, I still don't think I'd buy it again. I can't imagine there's a huge difference between the 2 versions, and I've still got my PS3 if I decide to play it again on there!
@Flurpsel I found the same out in Velen. Weirdly, everything was spot on as soon as I hit Novigrad. The frame-rate I can deal with, but it was little bits of scenery very briefly (but still noticeably) flickering in and out of existence.
Hoping it was just a temporary thing though, because as I said after the first hour or so I hit Novigrad and it was all silky smooth!
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Re: First Impressions: Call of Duty: Black Ops III Embraces the Past As It Focuses on the Future
Missed my chance for the beta, but this all sounds up my street. BO was brilliant, but everything since has just not appealed to me. Will probably wait a while before I buy, but it's definitely on my radar now!
Re: Feature: Meet the Man with 40,000 PlayStation Trophies
@get2sammyb Good point, but it's still not a bad indicator, and I reckon it's probably pretty accurate once you get to serious trophy hunter sort of levels, as they are more likely to have used the website. It would be nice if one day they could broker a deal with Sony to enable them to use the true stats from the PSN.
Re: September's PlayStation Plus Lineup Includes Four Free PS4 Games
La-Mulana, STFU and Xeodrifter, great month for Vita owners! Glad they announced it today as I was toying with the idea of buying La-Mulana after I got paid!
Re: Feature: Meet the Man with 40,000 PlayStation Trophies
Thought I'd have a look at the stats on psnprofiles, and wow...
1,255 games played
41,839 trophies
230 unearned trophies
Only 230 unearned!?! That is mental. Especially when I cross-reference it with mine where I then see 195 games played and 4,749 unearned trophies! One day (when I win the lottery and can quit my job) I will finally have the time to go back and finish what I've started!
Not that I'm unhappy with my count. I said at the start of the year I'd be pleased if I could break the top 50k worldwide by the end of the year, and I'm already there, currently sitting at 48,724 (having moved up about 40,000 places to get there). So yeah, I'm pretty pleased with that. Although there are a few people on here (@get2sammyb and @batman for starters) who blow that totally out of the water!
Re: Review: Until Dawn (PS4)
Wasn't sure at first but this sounds right up my street after all! The Witcher 3 and MGS V will keep me busy for ages, but given the frosty setting I'm thinking this might be one to add to the Christmas list!
Re: Feature: Meet the Man with 40,000 PlayStation Trophies
@Boerewors fair play man, I used to be the same a few years ago, but I'm with @get2sammyb on this I need my sleep way more now. Maybe it is just conditioning though! I reckon I could stay awake later if I was doing something that engaged me properly, but normally in the evenings we just end up sitting watching stuff on Netflix, and I find myself starting to drop off usually by about 11:30! :S
Re: Who Wants a New Final Fantasy XV Screenshot?
Cue another hour of non-stop talking that somehow amounts to absolutely zero new info on the game. Looking forward to another re-assurance that they will soon be able to reveal the date for the grand announcement of the exact point at which they might possibly (maybe this century) be ready to give us 2 of the 6 digits required to spell out the release date...
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 81
@T7L3RB make sure you follow the path for the true ending!!!
Re: Feature: Meet the Man with 40,000 PlayStation Trophies
I had always assumed that this profile was being shared by multiple people all playing pretty much around the clock. The fact that this guy manages it off of a few hours a day is insane! Although, I imagine his hours are long based on his job, so that coupled with 3-4 hours a day gaming must leave him with veeeeery little time for other things. Like eating, and sleeping...
Still, cool to hear from the man behind the monstrous trophy score!
Re: Round Up: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain PS4 Reviews Take Top Marks
@banacheck No that's not what they're saying. When playing through the game on the regular difficulty, towards the end you are forced to replay earlier missions with difficulty modifiers turned on before you can unlock the final parts of the story. It's explained more clearly in one of the other reviews linked to above, but I can't remember which one (think it was Game Informer or Destructoid).
Sounds a bit of a pain to me, but to be honest everything else about the game sounds so good that I couldn't care less!
Re: Round Up: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain PS4 Reviews Take Top Marks
@themcnoisy but for Kojima's last game in the series, it's understandable that people are expecting big things and will want it to be the best yet. That doesn't diminish the achievements of the previous games by any means, but everything can be improved upon. I think it makes sense for them to be mentioning it.
In an ideal world surely every new iteration in a series would be the best in series as the team making it would be constantly learning and improving. Doesn't mean the last games weren't great, just that the latest one is even better!
Either way, this has been the final straw for me. I am now as hyped as it's possible to be for this game! So glad I have the week off for it
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 81
I had hoped to get some time in on The Witcher, but after all the talk of Full Metal Alchemist with @themcnoisy I started learning some of the tunes from it on piano, and eventually just bit the bullet and started to re-watch it all. 100% re-affirming my love for the series!
Inbetween that, as I can't hog the tv all weekend, I have platinumed Super Explooding Zoo and started Dragon's Crown on Vita. Mostly enjoying it so far but I'm not totally sold on it yet, giving it a bit more time though as I'm not far in yet. And I've no doubt I'll probably play some Geometry Wars 3 at some point too, as I'm committed to at least completing the adventure mode (stuck on level 49, so close)!!
Re: PS Vita Prototype Looked a Lot Like the PSPgo
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi for their woeful marketing of the console, yes, but not for the console itself. There is still an absolute abundance of fantastic content for it, and I personally think it's significantly better than the 3DS (which I own but hardly gets a look in edgeways).
Ultimately, despite some daft choices on the memory side of things, it is still a great piece of kit, and I think the only thing that really held it back was the marketing. If it had been marketed better, I think people would have bought it in spite of its flaws. But sadly there are still a shocking amount of people around today who genuinely don't even know that it exists, and it's too late in the day for a revival now even if they did :/
Re: Koei Tecmo's Attack on Titan Will Feature the Anime's Full Story in All of Its Grisly Glory
With the second season of the anime set to premiere next year (and the story way beyond the end of Season 1 already having been laid out in the manga), it would be cool if they could cover that in the game as well as the Season 1 stuff! Not likely, but you never know!
Re: Weirdness: Telltale Puts Xbox Button Prompts in a PS4 Game
@stevie85 @get2sammyb which happens to be a month or two prior to FFXV.
Re: PS4 Exclusive DriveClub Gearing Up for a Big Year
For a game that was such a disaster at release, this has got to be by far some of, if not the, best post-release support I've seen!
Re: Koei Tecmo's Attack on Titan Game Certainly Looks the Part
This game will live or die by it's control scheme. If done properly though, it has the potential to be seriously awesome!
Re: Is That a PS4 in Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Pleased to See Us?
@ApostateMage brilliant!
Re: From Resident Evil Zero to Hero in New PS4 Gameplay
If only Silent Hill 2 and 3 had received the same loving treatment for their remasters as the RE series has. I've still not played SH2 due to the fact that I don't want to play the supposedly shoddy HD version. I will pick up a PS2 to play it at some point, but god knows when that will actually be!
Re: Sony Wants PS4 Firmware Update Beta Testers
@Cyber-BLP-- when talking about being paid for work you do fairly often see it spelt "paycheck" as well as "pay cheque", so it's a valid abbreviation.
Anyhoo, I'm inclined to agree with the general consensus here that I don't really want to take the risk of breaking anything. The only feature I'm really fussed about from the patch notes so far is the Community feature. The rest doesn't really bother me, in fact I'm quite surprised they're going to 3.00 with that feature set. If anything I'd say this patch is more of a 2.6/7.
Re: Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 and Vita Enjoy a Small Sales Boost
The sales for the DS/3DS family of consoles as a whole are just mind-blowing. I genuinely don't understand how they keep the momentum - surely everybody in Japan has one by now??
Re: Volume's Getting a New, Harder Difficulty Setting
Nice idea adding it as a separate mode entirely, just as long as they make sure there is enough content for the new mode. Would've been cool if they could have added it to the main story as a new difficulty as well though, as that already contains loads of levels, but to be honest I trust Bithell to deliver. If I wasn't already sold on this game, I definitely am now!
Re: Weirdness: The Ouye Is the Ultimate PS4 Rip Off
@Totaldude911 @Imagremlin oh man I must have been having a slow day that day... :/
Re: Review: Adventures of Pip (PS4)
I would definitely play this if it was ported to the Vita!
Re: Feature: The Best PS4 Games of the Year So Far
@ShogunRok I'm starting to understand how you've managed to lose over 500 hours to it! Definitely GOTY so far for me hands down, even though I'm hardly anywhere in terms of actual progression. There's just never been a game world quite like it, the only other open world that has come even remotely close for me is Red Dead Redemption, and that is high praise!
Re: Tearaway Unfolded's PS4 Special Edition May Be the Most Adorable Thing Ever
@Carl-G I expect that to be a massive feature of the game based on what we've seen so far. The main draw of the Vita version was all the clever ways the game had you interact with it physically using the functions of the Vita, so don't expect the PS4 version to be any different!
As for the SE not coming to the UK, I live in Guildford so I might just camp outside the Media Molecule doors until they give me one to go away!
Re: How Does Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Look on PS Vita?
I really hope it performs better irl than in that video, because that really does look quite shoddy even for a handheld. I'd give anything for another Vita shooter that performs as well as KZ Mercs did, but with a half decent story!
EDIT: granted, I know the main focus of Resi isn't shooting, it's horror, but still.
Re: Store Update: 18th August 2015 (Europe)
Typical. The Bridge (a game which had a spotlight article on the PS Blog yesterday re it coming out today) has been delayed with no word of a new release date...
Re: Round Up: Volume PS4 Reviews Turn It Up to 11
@adf86 That's a pain, I hadn't realised that. Just got myself psyched for this as well after reading all of the reviews!
The only thing that sounds frustrating is the flaws in the checkpointing system mentioned by Destructoid. While I can see the benefit of it for casual players just looking to beat the game, I think they should enforce an adjusted checkpointing system for players who want their time to appear on a leaderboard. Have death add a time penalty or something like that to stop players abusing it to reset the guards.
Re: Out This Week: Volume, Zombi, Resident Evil Revelations 2 Vita
If they stack up well compared to their console counterparts, I will likely grab Resi and Volume at some point, but I'll let the reviews come in first.
I'm actually really interested by The Bridge after reading about it on the PS Blog EU. The Escher influence is a cool idea and looks well done, so if the price is right I'm all on board for that!
Re: Sony Slaps a Date on Paris Games Week Press Conference
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi That would be amazing. Even if we had to stick to US scheduling so that they could do it all simultaneously, I would happily stay up all night to attend a PS Experience in London!
Re: Review: Zombi (PS4)
This sounds much better than I was expecting actually. Missed a trick though by not making it possible to use the Vita to mimic the controller/second screen functionality of the Wii U!
Re: The Witcher 3's New Game Plus Is Out This Week on PS4
It'll be a looooooong time before I need to utilise this. I am, I think, about half way through the Novigrad story missions in Act 1, haven't been to Skellige or anything yet. And with MGSV out in 2 weeks, I can see myself not finishing the Witcher until the end of the year! Fallout 4, see you in 2017...
Re: Kingdom Hearts III to Boast Big Hero 6 Storyline
I think this sort of thing was always on the cards since the inclusion of Tron in KH2. I'm not exactly against it per se, but I do think the other crossovers fit more naturally with the more fantasy leanings of KH.
I've not seen Big Hero 6 yet, so can't comment on how well I think this in particular will fit. What I will say though, is that if they do what some people have predicted they will and throw a Star Wars crossover in there, I will not be impressed. I don't think that would work remotely well at all, and it would be nothing more than a ploy to bring in a bit more cash.
Re: Weirdness: The Ouye Is the Ultimate PS4 Rip Off
The name you're drawing a blank on is OUYA, an android based console from a few years back (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouya). Seriously though I don't get how it can possibly be legal for them to make this! Crazy...
Re: Story Is the Most Important Part of Final Fantasy XV, Says Director
@Ash_uk1 haha wow that really puts it into perspective! I hadn't thought about it before, but I was surprised just now to look it up and see that this game was originally announced about half a year before the PS3 had even released. Surely it's got to be one of the only games that has been in development during 3 console generations!
Re: Rumour: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End to Explore PS4 on 9th March
@FullbringIchigo definitely sounds like you've got a disc-related issue there, as I've never heard of that either! If it's the exact same spot each time it's got to be that. I remember when I was younger our copy of Nightfire got a scratch on it in such a place that it meant the game froze at the same point of the game every time without fail........during the first mission. I was gutted!
Re: The Witcher 3's PC Mods Could Come to PS4
To be fair I'm not really sure I see the point of bringing the PC Witcher 3 mods across though. Taking a look at what appears to be the main site for mods for the game, most of them seem to be aiming to improve graphics/performance, which are obviously specific to PC hardware.
Re: The Witcher 3's PC Mods Could Come to PS4
@xMEADx bit of an odd statement to make, why would you refuse to buy a game just because there is an option to use mods? That's all it is, an option, nothing more. Surely just buy the game and ignore the mod side of things? Otherwise you're going to end up missing out on all sorts of potentially great stuff!
@ShogunRok Yeah I'm inclined to agree, the mods would have to go through some sort of testing/approval process. Particularly as I assume they would be downloaded via the PS Store, which would presumably mean they would have to adhere to the standards for PS Store content.
Re: EGX 2015: Play Star Wars Battlefront for the First Time in the UK
I was considering heading to this - nearly made a forum post the other day to see if anyone else was going - but it really depends on finances. Going on holiday at the start of Oct and need to save myself some spending money out of next month's pay! Also it's a massive trek for me, nearly 3 hours travel each way on the trains :/
Re: July 2015 NPD: PS4 Tops Hardware and Software Sales Again
@Johnnycide I can't believe nobody else has commented on the amazing Kaz / Partridge GIF! Top marks @get2sammyb, I'd never seen it before but it is definitely now one of my favorites
Re: EA Doesn't Think You'd Play a Star Wars Battlefront Single Player Campaign
@themcnoisy I'd say the comparison is void though. ME3 is a massive RPG which takes ages to complete and holds less appeal for casual gamers, so it's no surprise that a lot of people have started but not finished it. On the other hand, I reckon far more people would be inclined to finish a comparatively short FPS campaign. They're just too different to make them worth comparing I'd say.
Re: Story Is the Most Important Part of Final Fantasy XV, Says Director
@kyleforrester87 I have a lot of time for Tabata, he seems to be the catalyst that's finally pushing things forward with FFXV as the steps forward they've taken since he got involved have been pretty big. It's particularly impressive when you consider that this is not just his main FF series debut, but it's also his first time producing a home console game rather than portable.
For what it's worth, I think Nomura's problem was simply that he was being pulled in too many directions at once. Just look at all the games he's been involved in over the last 10 years, the man is an absolute machine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Nomura#Works. Tabata on the other hand isn't involved in all that much, which makes him a better fit for FFXV as it enables him to dedicate all his focus to it.
Re: EA Doesn't Think You'd Play a Star Wars Battlefront Single Player Campaign
I'm leaning towards agreeing that this is probably a smart move. DICE aren't exactly known for delivering great SP experiences, so just focus the attention on making the MP as good as possible.
Re: Rainbow Skies and Rainbow Moon are Both Bringing RPG Goodness to PS4 Next Year
@Splat To be honest I quite frankly won't believe it until I see it. Especially when one of their "boasts" is that they can have a whole 4 people in any one conversation. Truly next gen!
I'll play it when it inevitably gets handed out on PS+, but unless it is getting stellar reviews across the board I don't see myself shelling out any money for it. I assume the stories aren't going to be linked? If it does turn out great, it would be crazy to cut off part of their audience by forcing them through the first one (although, judging by the story up to the point I quit, I expect one paragraph would probably suffice to sum up the plot of the entire game)!
Re: Rainbow Skies and Rainbow Moon are Both Bringing RPG Goodness to PS4 Next Year
@kyleforrester87 Similar thing for me, although I probably put an extra 10 in on top. Everything about the game was so incredibly slow paced, with no real sense of progression or achievement, and the story was one of the worst most unoriginal and poorly executed that I've seen.
I did think the accessible combat system was good, and liked the idea of a faster paced TRPG, but outside of that there wasn't really very much that I thought the game did well. I always found the high praise it gets rather odd!
Re: Sword Art Online: Lost Song Grinds Out a Confirmed European Release Date
@Illusionistt I'm pretty sure it's on Netflix (or maybe it was at some point). Either way if not I've been told this fits in around episode 12/13, at which point the story branches from that of the anime. So not too much watching required to get up to speed
Re: Review: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PS4)
I loved this game when I played it on PS3. It was one of the first things I played after finally upgrading to an alright sized tv (42"), and the art direction while not boundary pushing is wonderful. And that ending...wow.
That said, I still don't think I'd buy it again. I can't imagine there's a huge difference between the 2 versions, and I've still got my PS3 if I decide to play it again on there!
Re: Dragon Quest XI Looks Glorious on PS4, as Evidenced by These New Screenshots
That haircut though...
Re: Having Witcher 3 Framerate Issues on PS4? This Might Help After Installing Patch 1.08
@Flurpsel I found the same out in Velen. Weirdly, everything was spot on as soon as I hit Novigrad. The frame-rate I can deal with, but it was little bits of scenery very briefly (but still noticeably) flickering in and out of existence.
Hoping it was just a temporary thing though, because as I said after the first hour or so I hit Novigrad and it was all silky smooth!