@Darude84 I think a lot of the backlash is that previously, technology reduced the need for labourers doing mundane jobs such as farming and building. It's depressing when it takes away jobs that are meant to have a creative human element to them.
I got times mixed up and thought it started an hour later, but it looks like I missed nothing. Barely anything that remotely interested me, best thing is probably FF2 remake release date.
@Balaam_ Agreed with this. The first 3 Uncharted games are fun enough, but despite TLOU being my favourite game ever I have no interest in going for the Platinum. Being required to beat the game on the hardest difficulty is fair, being made to do it twice is silly. Also not a fan of collectible trophies (though this is hardly a ND exclusive issue), and trophies where you have to speed run the game.
Obviously not great, but it's not that big in the grand scheme of things environment related. Also I doubt these publishers care about the environment with the push towards AI.
@SeaDaVie It's weird saying that the Britain is worse than America due to immigration, because even if the crime stats were worse in Britain, the US is a country far more built on immigration than Britain.
@Jammer It's funny because I saw one person say that GTA can't possibly be set in a European city because "GTA is about crime". But yeah, with ICE raiding homes and factories, the USA isn't exactly a utopia right now. Makes for good GTA material I guess.
Personally I don't care much about the "free" games on PS Plus, if their something I'm interested in I'll get it, if not I have a massive backlog anyway that doesn't need more games. Realistically I'm only subscribed to PS+ because we need it for online multiplayer. This shouldn't be the case, but at the very least there should be a far cheaper option that doesn't include the games.
I'm usually away for Halloween (annoyingly), but this October I've been very busy with horror games. I've managed to play: Silent Hill f, Resident Evil 3 (remake), Dredge, Buckshot Roulette, Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse and am currently playing Dino Crisis.
This is gonna cause mass layoffs, even in comparison to the ones that have already happened. I don't know how a company that has already hit rock bottom just gets worse and worse.
At the very least it should be free to play online games that you've paid for, and charged to play free to play games online. Not that I want to have to pay to play online, but the fact it's the other way round right now is ridiculous.
“Halo has been always about reconnecting, a strong sense of community, and then also telling those stories and sharing those experiences together. And we believe that is where we're really going to be able to bring people together with this new release.”
So this is the reason they're not bringing back the mode that lets people play together and form that community?
@JustMyOpinion You're not wrong that it won't just be EA, it will be an industry wide thing. It's just a given that EA is at that forefront of it.
I do get the idea that the end product is all that matters, but I think it's way easier to appreciate games and art that are made by real people. Have them made by computers takes the soul out of them, even if they may be a technically good product. In theory, I don't mind it being used for small things like generating foliage or NPC faces, but it's concerning that it could be used for more prominent aspects like story writing.
And yes in theory it would be great if it did result in cut development times/costs, but with the recent trend I doubt that consumers would see the benefits of those cost cuts.
@Northern_munkey I'm kind of meh about it. On one hand, it looks like a great game in many objective aspects. On the other, I'm not a fan of the female main character in the historical setting (before people cry about misogyny, no I don't hate all female characters), and more importantly I'm reluctant to fund a country that is threatening to annex it's neighbours.
So I'm not exactly rooting for it, but I'm not devastated that it did well. It sends mixed signals.
My main reason for boycotting, is because I'm avoiding games from American developers (and other products) due to Trump being in power and spitting on America's allies.
Surely this must cost these publishers more, because their servers will be under more strain due to more data being downloaded from them? Like, they're already producing the disc, why not put the full game on it, or at least as much as possible.
Good on them for doing this, but is depressing that it's up to fans to do something that used to be standard practice, and shouldn't be that complicated.
@get2sammyb I'm not massively against it and understand the point, but it makes match ups more exciting if you can be against absolutely anyone. I think there should be things in place to ease newbies into the game, WAW had a Boot Camp playlist which you could only play until level 8.
It's not so much the story telling I find repetitive, it's more just how repetitive Sony's first party games are (Not counting second party or just published. They're all basically third-person action adventure games with fairly similar mechanics.
It feels like we used to get far more variety, but with Japan Studio and Evolution Studios closed (along with others), and Media Molecule potentially on the brink, Sony's games feel very samey.
@PuppetMaster To clarify, with something like Bubsy 3D I have seen a number of reviews on it, and seen plenty of gameplay footage. All the reviews say the same thing, and I don't need to play the game to understand how bad the controls, camera and level design are. Fair that I should preface my statement by saying I haven' played the game, but I really don't think I'll be preventing someone from experiencing their Super Mario Galaxy. Obviously playing a game makes your opinion more valid, but you don't necessarily need to play a game to form an opinion on it. I bet lots of people never played something like Hatred or No Mercy, but have an opinion on it.
I get what you're saying and in an ideal world that would happen, but realistically no one is ever going give every single pro and con for every game they play. Like I'm not gonna list every single flaw for every game I love when recommending. I'm not realistically always gonna say "I love Bloodborne and wholeheartedly recommend it, but beware farming blood vials can be a pain". I get your logic and I should, but no one is doing that. I don't deny there are stupid reviews, but reading the reviews is important. If you don't get the game because you read "This is a w*ke game with golf club. 0/10" that's kind of on you. In the same vein, as people saying "This is an amazing game, the only reason people dislike it is because their sexist, bigoted and can't handle Joel dying". It's a complete misunderstanding of why people don't like the game, and hopefully would be disregarded.
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Re: Arthurian Action Game Tides of Annihilation Stuns in Staggering PS5 Boss Fight Trailer
Looks sick, hopefully it turns out better than Lost Soul Aside.
Re: Talking Point: The Game Awards 2025 Nominations Announced: Who Are Your Winners?
E33 absolutely sweeping.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Controversial AI Use Is Even Attracting Attention of US Politicians
@Darude84 I think a lot of the backlash is that previously, technology reduced the need for labourers doing mundane jobs such as farming and building. It's depressing when it takes away jobs that are meant to have a creative human element to them.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Single Player Campaign Is Being Torn Apart
As someone who used to be obsessed with COD, please for the love of god people stop buying it and let it fail.
Don't know if it's ironic that they're using AI to steal Ghibli art, but won't implement companion AI in the campaign.
Re: The Next Horizon Game Is an MMO for Mobile and PC, Prompting Fury from PS5 Fans
Iconic Playstation franchise not available on a Playstation console. Genius.
Re: Sony to Stimulate Japanese PS5 Sales with Cheaper, Region-Locked Model
Nice to see a console getting cheaper in this generation for once.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for November 2025?
I got times mixed up and thought it started an hour later, but it looks like I missed nothing. Barely anything that remotely interested me, best thing is probably FF2 remake release date.
Re: State of Play Announced for 11th November, Focus on Japanese PS5 Games
@Starkei That's fair, I can see the confusion.
Re: State of Play Announced for 11th November, Focus on Japanese PS5 Games
@Starkei You might be thinking of Asobo Studio who made Plague Tale? https://www.asobostudio.com/
Team Asobi who made Astro Boy are definitely Japanese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Asobi
Re: State of Play Announced for 11th November, Focus on Japanese PS5 Games
Unexpected, bit of a longshot but I wonder if we'll get any news from Team Asobi.
Re: The UK Government Shoots Down 'Stop Killing Games' Campaign in Official Debate
Enforcing a Britcard and regulations that no one asked for, and not advocating for something people explicitly want. Useless government.
Re: Rumour: Crash Team Racing Could Be Making a Comeback, If This Strange Leak Is to Be Believed
I genuinely think CTR NF is genuinely one of the best racers ever made, so this is a no brainer.
Re: One of PlayStation's Best Developers Marks 40 Years of Incredible Games
@Balaam_ Agreed with this. The first 3 Uncharted games are fun enough, but despite TLOU being my favourite game ever I have no interest in going for the Platinum. Being required to beat the game on the hardest difficulty is fair, being made to do it twice is silly. Also not a fan of collectible trophies (though this is hardly a ND exclusive issue), and trophies where you have to speed run the game.
Re: One of PlayStation's Best Developers Marks 40 Years of Incredible Games
Not a fan of TLOU2 and not optimistic about their future, but historically they were easily one of the best developers in all of gaming.
Re: Konami's Octopus Platformer Darwin's Paradox Swims into View with New Gameplay Trailer
I love the look of this, like a comedic version of Inside. Plus Octopuses are awesome.
Re: Study Claims Physical PS5 Games Are 100 Times Worse for the Planet Than Digital Downloads
Obviously not great, but it's not that big in the grand scheme of things environment related. Also I doubt these publishers care about the environment with the push towards AI.
Re: GTA London Will Remain a One-Off, as the Series Needs Guns and American Culture, Says Dan Houser
@SeaDaVie It's weird saying that the Britain is worse than America due to immigration, because even if the crime stats were worse in Britain, the US is a country far more built on immigration than Britain.
Re: GTA London Will Remain a One-Off, as the Series Needs Guns and American Culture, Says Dan Houser
@Danbottomburp Sudan is going through a civil war/genocide, as is Myanmar so they may be runners up for worst countries on Earth.
Re: GTA London Will Remain a One-Off, as the Series Needs Guns and American Culture, Says Dan Houser
@Jammer It's funny because I saw one person say that GTA can't possibly be set in a European city because "GTA is about crime". But yeah, with ICE raiding homes and factories, the USA isn't exactly a utopia right now. Makes for good GTA material I guess.
Re: PS Plus Essential Subscribers Bemoan 'Crap Selection' in Latest Update
Personally I don't care much about the "free" games on PS Plus, if their something I'm interested in I'll get it, if not I have a massive backlog anyway that doesn't need more games. Realistically I'm only subscribed to PS+ because we need it for online multiplayer. This shouldn't be the case, but at the very least there should be a far cheaper option that doesn't include the games.
Re: Poll: Do You Play Horror Games Around Halloween?
I'm usually away for Halloween (annoyingly), but this October I've been very busy with horror games. I've managed to play: Silent Hill f, Resident Evil 3 (remake), Dredge, Buckshot Roulette, Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse and am currently playing Dino Crisis.
Re: Battlefield REDSEC Is BF6's Free-to-Play Battle Royale Mode, and It's Out Now on PS5
I wonder how much of it is made by AI.
Re: EA's Game Development Is Very Quickly Becoming an AI-Driven Hellscape, Report Claims
This is gonna cause mass layoffs, even in comparison to the ones that have already happened. I don't know how a company that has already hit rock bottom just gets worse and worse.
Re: PS6 Could Be the Only Next-Gen Console Charging for Online Multiplayer
At the very least it should be free to play online games that you've paid for, and charged to play free to play games online. Not that I want to have to pay to play online, but the fact it's the other way round right now is ridiculous.
Re: Random: Fans Can't Believe Halo Is Coming to PS5 Before Killzone
Microsoft has been going multi-platform for years. Sony has been doing nothing with older IPs for years.
I'm not surprised at all.
Re: Halo PS5 Is Great, But Why Doesn't It Have Competitive Multiplayer?
“Halo has been always about reconnecting, a strong sense of community, and then also telling those stories and sharing those experiences together. And we believe that is where we're really going to be able to bring people together with this new release.”
So this is the reason they're not bringing back the mode that lets people play together and form that community?
Re: Halo Confirmed for PS5, Remake of First Game Out in 2026
Halo on Playstation, either I'm hallucinating again, or it's a wild time to be alive. Campaign only is disappointing though.
Re: New EA Partnership Will 'Reimagine How Games Are Made' with AI
@JustMyOpinion You're not wrong that it won't just be EA, it will be an industry wide thing. It's just a given that EA is at that forefront of it.
I do get the idea that the end product is all that matters, but I think it's way easier to appreciate games and art that are made by real people. Have them made by computers takes the soul out of them, even if they may be a technically good product. In theory, I don't mind it being used for small things like generating foliage or NPC faces, but it's concerning that it could be used for more prominent aspects like story writing.
And yes in theory it would be great if it did result in cut development times/costs, but with the recent trend I doubt that consumers would see the benefits of those cost cuts.
Re: New EA Partnership Will 'Reimagine How Games Are Made' with AI
Another reason to not buy from EA.
Re: This Astro Bot Dual Speeder Figure Might Be the Best PS5 Merch Money Can Buy
I already have the Astro Bot controller, but this is incredibly cool. Will have to see how much it will be.
Re: Sep 2025 USA Sales: Ghost of Yotei PS5 Boycott Fails, Sequel Sells 'Great'
@Northern_munkey I'm kind of meh about it. On one hand, it looks like a great game in many objective aspects. On the other, I'm not a fan of the female main character in the historical setting (before people cry about misogyny, no I don't hate all female characters), and more importantly I'm reluctant to fund a country that is threatening to annex it's neighbours.
So I'm not exactly rooting for it, but I'm not devastated that it did well. It sends mixed signals.
Re: Sep 2025 USA Sales: Ghost of Yotei PS5 Boycott Fails, Sequel Sells 'Great'
@Northern_munkey What's the point? If people don't want to see a spicy discussion, just don't go into the comments.
Re: Sep 2025 USA Sales: Ghost of Yotei PS5 Boycott Fails, Sequel Sells 'Great'
My main reason for boycotting, is because I'm avoiding games from American developers (and other products) due to Trump being in power and spitting on America's allies.
Re: More Than 2,500 Must Have PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in New PS Store Sale
Nice to see Dino Crisis on sale, finally gonna get it.
Re: Just 1.3GB of PS5 Data Is on The Outer Worlds 2 Physical Disc
Surely this must cost these publishers more, because their servers will be under more strain due to more data being downloaded from them? Like, they're already producing the disc, why not put the full game on it, or at least as much as possible.
Re: Rumour: Halo Remake Is Coming to PS5, Will Feature 'Modern Gameplay Mechanics'
A remake of Halo CE could be really cool, but it shouldn't take away what makes it unique gameplay wise.
Re: As Fans Demand inFAMOUS Remasters, Sucker Punch Says It Can Only Work on One Game at a Time
I will always be interested in new games over remasters.
Re: Complete Your Physical Copy of Ghost of Yotei with a Fan-Made Manual
Good on them for doing this, but is depressing that it's up to fans to do something that used to be standard practice, and shouldn't be that complicated.
Re: Call of Duty Is Trying Everything It Can to Make You Play Black Ops 7 Over Battlefield 6
@get2sammyb I'm not massively against it and understand the point, but it makes match ups more exciting if you can be against absolutely anyone. I think there should be things in place to ease newbies into the game, WAW had a Boot Camp playlist which you could only play until level 8.
Re: Remember the Indie Game Furi? Well, It's Getting a Live Action Series, and It Looks Bad
I'm struggling to believe this is an official thing, and not something fan made.
Re: October 2025 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now
I'm trying to not add to my backlog, but Alan Wake 2 and Cocoon seem like very good games for PS Plus.
Re: PS6 May Go Uncontested as Rumours of Next-Gen Xbox Cancellation Spiral
We seriously need more competition in gaming, to actually make corporations try and make their consoles better value for money.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Silent Hill F?
Not quite finished it yet, but so far it's been excellent. I've given it an 8.
Re: You Can Now Pre-Order God of War's 20th Anniversary PS5 Controller
Quite a bit for a controller with a red line on it. And red shape buttons I guess.
Re: Talking Point: Are You Getting Sick of Sony's Supposedly 'Samey' Approach to Story Telling?
It's not so much the story telling I find repetitive, it's more just how repetitive Sony's first party games are (Not counting second party or just published. They're all basically third-person action adventure games with fairly similar mechanics.
It feels like we used to get far more variety, but with Japan Studio and Evolution Studios closed (along with others), and Media Molecule potentially on the brink, Sony's games feel very samey.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Ghost of Yotei?
Not super bothered about this one. Would have considered it more if I wasn't busy and there weren't tons of other games coming out.
Re: Don't Be Like This GTA 6 'Fan' Who Flew to Scotland Just to Harass Rockstar Staff
That is absolutely unhinged behaviour.
Re: Official PlayStation Art Book to Mark 30 Years of Gaming History
Would be cool if they made new games in some of these old series, which they could sell for less than the book.
Re: Mega Publisher EA Agrees to Be Bought Out by Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake, Affinity Partners
I'm not sure if I'm even really that surprised.
Re: The Last of Us 2 Is Now Available on PS Plus Extra on PS5, PS4
@PuppetMaster To clarify, with something like Bubsy 3D I have seen a number of reviews on it, and seen plenty of gameplay footage. All the reviews say the same thing, and I don't need to play the game to understand how bad the controls, camera and level design are. Fair that I should preface my statement by saying I haven' played the game, but I really don't think I'll be preventing someone from experiencing their Super Mario Galaxy. Obviously playing a game makes your opinion more valid, but you don't necessarily need to play a game to form an opinion on it. I bet lots of people never played something like Hatred or No Mercy, but have an opinion on it.
I get what you're saying and in an ideal world that would happen, but realistically no one is ever going give every single pro and con for every game they play. Like I'm not gonna list every single flaw for every game I love when recommending. I'm not realistically always gonna say "I love Bloodborne and wholeheartedly recommend it, but beware farming blood vials can be a pain". I get your logic and I should, but no one is doing that. I don't deny there are stupid reviews, but reading the reviews is important. If you don't get the game because you read "This is a w*ke game with golf club. 0/10" that's kind of on you. In the same vein, as people saying "This is an amazing game, the only reason people dislike it is because their sexist, bigoted and can't handle Joel dying". It's a complete misunderstanding of why people don't like the game, and hopefully would be disregarded.