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Re: Konami Apologises for the State of eFootball at Launch

TheOldHunter4K

Downloaded on PS5.

Well, what a travesty..

As soon as the game boots, on the title screen it reads version 0.9.0.
Now, as far as I know, anything less than ver.1 usually means at the very least a beta, possibly a release candidate.
But it plays like an alpha build.

Had a deeper look, only 17 trophies.🙃
No gold's or of course, a platinum.

The ones available are easily had, based on the very little content.
I assume more will be added in future.

Grass has zero height and textures to it on default length. Looks like it was painted on glass.
Either that or the green on the 5th at whistling straits.
The longest length looks like a weird astroturf.
Just tried shortest length.. convinced they're all the same now. 🤣

Gameplay itself seems oddly unresponsive, it takes an age for it to finish an animation before input is then actioned.

The replays are jerky and unintuitive.

The crowd look like cardboard cutouts, again no depth or texture. And 80-odd percent of them are all doing the same thing, like something out of a North Korean military parade.

Looking through the credits, there seems to be an awful lot of 'old' licences and permissions; some dating back 10 years, like they only had tuppence ha'penny budget so used some seriously outdated
engines or programs.

Also, in the credits it only has the commentary and analysis for all the spoken languages and the music artists used. That's it.

No 'directed by' type credit, other than just a produced by 'Konami' one right at the end.
I was expecting an Alan Smithee one to be fair.
Guess no one wanted their names attached for fear of reprisals.

Who's idea was the shock blue and yellow design of the menus etc!!?? I'm not photosensitive but I thought my toes were gonna start curling and froth at the mouth it's so eye straining. 🤪🥴

Hmm, first footy game they've done using unreal 4. Used Fox engine before. Did they not get a user manual with U4?

I'm gonna keep it though.

So I can see if any improvements are made over god knows how long.

I've played PES since back in the PS2 days.
And this doesn't compare to anything before because it can't even be called bare bones at the moment. It's simply broken on all fronts.

If someone had created this in Dreams, they'd be applauded for a 'great effort' but it wasn't.
This was a major studio produced bit of ol' tat.

Worth just about the asking price.

Game of the year for me.

Re: Here's Why Gran Turismo 7 Campaign Mode Requires Internet Connection

TheOldHunter4K

PS4savewizard, in a nutshell.

It's to stop people unlocking everything within days of a cheat file being distributed, then playing through the game in a manner which would normally require shed loads of grind, and then selling on the game, double-quick.
I have it myself, and once I have completed a game 'properly' once, I put the save file through savewizard and unlock everything so that I get to enjoy all weapons, vehicles etc that I missed through a legitimate playthrough.
Just ain't got the time a day to do it otherwise.

Though I must add I did bash the souls games this way. And thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Die and die again, but not dozens of times matey. 🤣🤣

Re: Gulp! PS5 Stock Shortages Could Last Until 2023

TheOldHunter4K

Think I'm reading the room different to most others here.
I don't consider myself lucky at all to have got a PS5 on launch day.🤔
The day it was announced I had the knowledge of 30+ years of gaming that it was gonna sell out and people going crazy like gangbusters.
The PS5 hype and buzz was off the scale, certainly more so than the series x/s, because gamers long remember nonsense like bundled in cameras for silly money.
Hence, on day one X/S were still available at most retailers and ONLY then sold out because people were settling for that rather than nowt.

An another thing, while I'm on me soapbox, saying no "decent exclusives, held back for current gen" are just grapes of the sourest kind.

Tis a bit like not knowing the rules to musical chairs, you don't stand around seeing what everyone else is going to do when the music stops. Got that out of a cracker🤪

Re: Battlefield 2042 Doesn't Have a Single Player Campaign on PS5, PS4

TheOldHunter4K

£57.95 for PS5 version at the game collection.

Will I be buying it myself? no.

But I really don't get all the bleeting about the £70 price. It isn't. It's less than £58.

Never in me puff have I paid 'full asking price' and I buy loads of games day one.

Don't people shop around anymore??

GAME have never had day one discounts, Amazon hardly ever do but between all the other online gaming specialist shops, for those that DO want it day one, up to £12 off the £70 can't be bad.

Re: PS4 Masterpiece Bloodborne Turns Six Years Old Today

TheOldHunter4K

Fantastic game.
NG+4 when I eventually deleted my save game.
Why?
I do not know 🤦🏼‍♂️

Would happily pay for a PS5 version.

Or even if they patched it, I would restart it again.

Had the guide book, so much that could be missed.
Got rid of that too 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

Re: Cyberpunk 2077's Crucial v1.2 Patch Delayed on PS5, PS4

TheOldHunter4K

I'm really looking forward to playing this 'at some point'.
People that have played it through say it's a great world, story etc etc
(See, I didn't knock the game, because I haven't played it yet.) 😉

CDPR refunded me directly at the start of all the brouhaha and never asked for the game back.

So I've got a free game that at some point, I think I will really enjoy, free or not.
£50 is a few hours at work so I'm a bit less triggered for 50 notes than most.
On the other hand, I did get that back soo...🤦🏼‍♂️
I could play it sooner rather than later I know, and although they have already slipped from their roadmap dates, I'm sure the PS5 patch, this year/next year will make what many have called a great experience, only better.

Re: This Is Why PS5 Controllers Drift

TheOldHunter4K

Right, further to my previous post, just come back from Mumsnet.
As I thought, my opinion was most unwelcome.
"Why are you even here?"
"Why say that if you haven't experienced it yourself?"

Trophy unlocked.

Re: This Is Why PS5 Controllers Drift

TheOldHunter4K

Just had a quick tally up...

Yup, an awful lot of people commenting that don't own a PS5.

I'm just popping over to Mumsnet and gonna tell that lot not to be such a bunch of whiners in childbirth.

Keep ya posted.

Re: This Is Why PS5 Controllers Drift

TheOldHunter4K

My 10 cent opinion, (of which you'll get 9 cents change).
Non PS5 owning grumps, read an article about some unlucky sod that had drift this one time in band camp and they immediately jump on it, rag on the system/controller, THAT THEY DON'T EVEN OWN, 'cos, you know, sour grapes.
Then you get the "This is why I don't buy day one" comments.
No. It isn't.
It's simply because they too poor to fork out day one, or couldn't get one full stop, so they dig it out, jump on the bandwagon, because they a bit John Smith's.

I honestly can't think of an article/forum etc that I have commented on where I didn't actually own the thing in question.

Do people think that it holds water when they chip in with 'opinion' when they don't even have a common frame of reference?

Next time I want to know what someone thinks of a meal or film they haven't seen, I'll go ask them what they think. 🤣🤣

Would you like that nine cents in cash or cheque?

Re: This Is Why PS5 Controllers Drift

TheOldHunter4K

Stick drift.
It's a thing apparently.🙄
Never had it in over 40 years of gaming on dozens of computers/consoles, therefore many more joysticks/pads/controllers.🤷🏼‍♂️
Broken outright, yes. But only because of dropping or trod on.
As you were.

Re: Poll: Have You Been Experiencing Drift on Your DualSense PS5 Controller?

TheOldHunter4K

Hmm, 20% of 1800 votes say yes to drift.
But no comments backing up those numbers...
And there's been 90ish comments..
Methinks salty non ps5 owning numps are voting to skew the numbers.

These polls are not worth running if every numpty with a chip on their shoulder can vote.

Same as I wouldn't vote on a PS4/pro poll.
Don't have one, it's beneath me. 🤣🤐

Re: Poll: Do You Have a PS5?

TheOldHunter4K

Pre-ordered the evening before they should have gone live, from GAME. About 11:30pm.
Wasn't luck at all. Just experience.
In what world did people think that all retailers will switch on preorder pages at exactly midnight, or 9am or whatever?
Can't think of a time in my 35+ years of gaming, with at least 20odd of those purchasing hardware through t'internet, that any retailer has stuck to a time. Sometimes, for whatever reason, they go live LATE, maybe even by hours, but never 'on time'.
Delivered day one, love the console, the silence, the load speed, the dualsense, everything.
Also, "I'll get one when there are games for it"
Erm, nope. The scalpers will carry on regardless. Games or no games, they have teams of people doing this, AS A JOB.
People will be be buying from scalpers for a long while yet.
While covid is still the buzzword of 2021, production lines, supply chains/distribution, are affected by it.
The only way people will have a near fair chance is if bricks and mortar stores are open and have stock. Then it'll be back to the old fashioned camp out overnight.
Do I support the scalper stance? No way, wonkers, the lot of 'em.
But one needs to be realistic.
Would I sell mine?
No, because I won't be able to re-buy any time soon. And chiefly because I AM a gamer.

As I posted on a different thread, people need to strangle the scalper chain.
Never buy from a reseller, and they will have large debts and no capital flow to pay those debts.
All scalper groups do not start with ready cash.
It's all purchased on short term, high interest loans, or credit cards at 30%.
Will people stop buying? No.
'cos they want what they want.

I want all PS5 in the hands of gamers ASAP.

Keep 'em peeled, stay sharp, DON'T buy from resellers.

Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Has a New, Game-Breaking Takemura Bug, CDPR Working on a Fix

TheOldHunter4K

Surprised Pushsquare hasn't done an article that has been on Gamesradar+ among others in the past few days..
That people have been given their refunds direct from CDPR, and have still kept the physical disk.. so far.
No request to send it anywhere. As yet.
I have done the same.
Have I played it, no.
Will I, yes whenever the PS5 patch goes in, so not soon.
So I get £50 back and rebuy off eBay for £30 at some point.
Or... Let's be honest here, what others are doing but not completely being open about... Get money back, keep free game. 🤐🤫

Re: PS5 UK Restock Targeted by Scalpers Again, Group Claims More Than 2,000 Orders Made

TheOldHunter4K

But it's not hard to judge how many will 'eventually' go to customers who will actually unbox and play the machine.

100% of them.

ALL PS5s end up in the hands of real gamers.

It all depends on how desperate people are, how much they will pay over the official price.

Try this...

Don't buy from a reseller.
Just stop doing it.
Watch what would happen.

They'll have 2000 units they can't shift and multiple credit cards/loans they can't repay.

After a month or 2, once the bills comes in, they'd take a big poo and reduce the price to near original retail price just to pay their own debt.

Zero profit.
Nice bit of panic for them for 60 days. 🤓

Re: Mini Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game Complete Edition - An Inconsistent Yet Entertaining Beat-'Em-Up

TheOldHunter4K

Loved it on PS3, got the comic book spot on, music brilliant, difficulty reminded me of beat 'em ups on the speccy, like Target Renegade.
Bought it as soon as I saw this review.
Loving it again.

Online is crap though. At least a second or so of lag! Constant disconnects, both as host and joiner. Unplayable.

12 quid though...
I think maximum between 8 and 10 would have been a bit of a better price point.
Don't think they've even touched the code. Just lumped DLC together.
So probably a good chunk of that 12 is recouping the licence fee. Again.

Fix the online.

Re: Sony Removed All the PS5 Target Dates from CES 2021 Trailer

TheOldHunter4K

@Dezzy70
That analogy also stands that the same sports car will have a premium interior and the Hyundai that everyone else has got, has an inferior erm, interior.
We could all live in mobile homes/trailers.
We could all shop at Iceland.
Some live in luxury gated communities.
Some shop at Harrods.

I'm none of the above four 🤣

Re: Random: This Guy Has Five PS5s

TheOldHunter4K

@Bentleyma-
I remember, over 20 years ago, doinking 2 girls in the back on one of their cars. Yeah, classy I know.
What base that would be I don't know.🤔
Quite the looker when I was in me twenties.
Nowadays I can barely raise a smile, let alone anything else.
Anyone got a splint?

Re: Random: This Guy Has Five PS5s

TheOldHunter4K

@Migoshuro
Not his place.
Hired for the shoot.
He actually lives in his grandma's basement, parents disowned him.
She doesn't charge him rent, well.. in the traditional sense anyway.
Keeps the gulley from drying up, is the best way to put it.
Neither a tit nor a bollock has he held that wasn't his own kin.
Confirmed facts.
Some ilk with poor personal hygiene who works in GAME told me.

Re: Sony Removes Cyberpunk 2077 from PS Store, Pledges Refunds for All PS Store Purchases

TheOldHunter4K

I guess bricks n mortar stores will follow suit soon.
If any of them survive into the new year.

The near future..
eBay, going cheap, PS4 disk version of CP2077, unwrapped, brand spanking, it's got a map n stickers and everyfink. Can I get £50?
Anyone? Anyone?....🤣🤣🙄🙄

If anyone IS looking to offload it on eBay though, and might be thinking, balls to it lump it out for 20 to 30 notes, that could be a cheap buy if someone is prepared to sit on it for a few months.
I wouldn't call it a shrewd investment by any stretch though.