Titntin

Still working my way through Dragons Dogma 2, 93 hours in.

I started having a look at Sand Land today and I have to say Ive found it charming so far, so I expect to play a lot more.
Probably run a few more races in Forza Horizon 5 too.

Whatever you are playing, I hope you have a great weekend!

@Nekomichu I usually get 16% off £100 credit.
Just this morning I bought 2 more years of premium for £187 instead of £240 (21% discount). Discounts have reduced a little, but not by a lot.

The simplest google search brings you direct to these deals, if people don't use them, it's on them, they must be made of cash...

This looks like it could be a lot of fun. Its in a genre where we hardly get any games on ps5 and I would never play multiplayer so certainly wouldnt miss it at all.
One for the wish list for sure!

Another great month with enough variety to please many and definitely me.

@J0HN_L0CKE Thanks for the info pal, that's really helpful!

This was to be expected tbh. Its an ambitious game and the pre release stuff I've seen suggests its needs more time to come in at AAA level. I hope they get it right and we could have a real banger with this one!

Thanks for this review. I'm strangely attracted to the game and I might just have to play it..
Are there daily tasks or any other timed mechanic that try and get you logging in every day? That's a complete turn off for me, so I hope there are none

Really hated this on release when I played it via GP. It was a buggy broken mess and not fun at all.

I'm glad they have continued to work on it and improve it, but it would take trial for me to take another look.
I'm glad many of the bugs are fixed, and it should run best for console play on a pro, so there's some consolation for having to wait a while if you are a PS only player - and that's just facts despite the usual 'bristling' from the usual suspects.

@AdamNovice Excellent post with well illustrated points. Absolutely no need to be sorry for adding to the debate in such a reasoned way.
I also happen to agree with your points 😀 Her character was much more adult, together with all the flaws that brings, and watching her learn to trust and rely on help as the story unfolded was much better writting than the insipid one dimensional characters that inhabit many games.

This is a great collection of classic titles. Im sure its worth the entry cost but I'll probably wait for a sale price before picking it up. I have about 40 in my ps5 shumup collection, so Im not short of a game while Im waiting.
I do love Gradius though I'll admit Im not quite up to getting through it any more. An old friend came for a visit a few months back and completed it on one life, knew the spaces to occupy to a pixel where Ive forgotten them all. It certainly wowed me and reminded me how low my skills have dropped 😂

Needs to be on PS plus. No one should part with money when there pretty much no game. I 'played it' on GP and other than ogling at some pretty graphics, its was dam poor, which was a big shame as the studio is capable of so much more.

I'd have much prefered a a Heavenly Sword sequel - at least that was doing its best to be an actual game.

Pro patching can't make it longer than 13 hours play though...

I'll look at it once its half price - maybe.

Still enjoying Dragons Dogma 2, despite some oddities!
Itching to try Banishers so I might start tomorrow..

Whatever you are playing this weekend, I hope you have fun.

@Northern_munkey lol, Id far rather pretend I was younger!
When people ask what my favourite video game was as a kid, I have to explain there were no video games when I was a kid. Jesus, I remember pre decimalisation, buying a packet of chips served in newspaper for 2D...

I'm 61 next month. It really does affect how you can respond to these games (no matter how young you think you look) and there are some titles now I just cant play - I suspect this will be one of them! Shame, but you can't turn back the wheels of time....

I thought I was having a brain fart too. 👍

@themightyant I believe the term '50% more' is exactly the same as 1.5x so Ive no idea what you think your correcting, but it cant be my statement?

@themightyant I completely agree mate, Id see premium as worth it for me just for the streaming and game trials alone, never mind the extra games.
When making comparisons with GP, few mention that GP costs 50% more than a premium sub, and with less and less titles offered each montth on GP, there are often months where I cant find anything to play on gp at all. It has substatialy less tittles than its cheaper rival offering.
Best I can do is vote with my wallet. Im always subbed to ps premium, I dip in and out of game pass.

@Northern_munkey lol. It might just be the only way to get a sensable answer here 😂

@Shepherd_Tallon
Whilst I never expected this from this title, a successor to 'Battle for Middle-Earth' would jump right to the top of my wishlist mate!

What a shame. Despite what others may say, I was right up for a cosy game in this world and was looking forward to this coming out.
This appears to be a very low minimum effort game and as such has missed a big potential...

Nice looking unit and I like the idea of the swappable gates. Shame we don't know the price but I expect it to be pricey (my nacon fighting stick was about £250) I'd like to see tests on wireless latency, as any previous serious stick has been wired only - its great if they have that level; of latency via wireless (though I suspect not.)

@Questionable_Duck
Cheers for pointing that out! You're unquestionably correct, the job titles leave no doubt.
How interesting.
Unlikely as I expected it to be, having more people have access to more games wherever they play is undoubtedly a win for gamers👍

@Titntin Cheers man, Im looking forward to trying it!

Still working my way through Dragons Dogma 2, most enjoyable.
I have an urge to play Banishers soon as Ive been highly recommended it.

Whatever you are playing this weekend, I hope you have fun.

Trying to exrapolate the buisness direction of a multi national based on a single job listing is an excersice in futility, yet here we are.
I dont think for one second that non multiplayer titles will launch on Xbox, and to limit your design to a machine not much more powerfull than a ps4 is also stupidly restrictive and wont happan either. Sony is in a good position and diluting the attraction and technology of its games for a few more sales would be a stupid move.

Thats a shame for me as its a star wars world I loved to get lost in. Was refreshing to not be a Jedi for once.

Wander how many people will get the Smiths tagline reference? Im not critising so please dont delete my comment for an innocent question... no offence is intended and I like the tagline ( but Im an old git)

I hope they do well, but none of the likely titles are worth paying decent money for. I was lucky enough to play them on GP so I didnt waste my money.
I tried Starfield for 90 hours, it keeps threatening to be interesting but never gets there.
South of midnight has great art direction and one or two memorable set piece encounters, but its combat is struggling to hit AA standard and its traversal is plain shoddy.
I think Halo was the single worst campaign Ive ever played, but the mechanics are great so if you are into multiplayer its probably worth a look.
I think once people can try these titles they will realise they were not missing anything special....

The original game would be great to see again or indeed a redone version of the classic strategy title.
I was disappointed to see it become Garden Warfare and didnt enjoy those derrivitive games at all, so this is good news on an otherwise disappointing morning.

Good to see the devs acknowledge the issues and promise to put them right. I dont understand the mentality of those who try and pretend theres no issues, why not just say 'Im enjoying the game and haven't noticed issues' instead of trying to gaslight the rest of us?
The reported resolutions are a little low for me to not notice, so Ill wait a while for them to patch it properly or release a proper pro mode. Id like to try this though as I enjoyed Wukong and this looks like a copy, except a much more lenient dodge mechanic which might help those of us without the reactions of a fruit fly! 😀

This seems like a title Id really enjoy and Ill add to my wish list less I forget about it.

I got a duelsense last time round, but now I fear it getting stick drift, so I never use it!
I should have got Duel Edge instead...doh!

This looks so good....
I fully expect to be be everyone's whipping boy, but it doesn't mean I wont be trying!

Dragons Dogma 2. It really is a great world to get lost in, Im really enjoying it.

Whatever you are playing this weekend, I hope you have fun!

Thanks for this, I enjoy this format as it often shows me something I've overlooked!

Great timing. I missed out on this when it was released and Im looking forward to it now its on the service. Having pro features is the cherry on top!

Do we get dismemberment tools?

@Northern_munkey
Cheers pal. Took my two attempts to get it, but I knew people like yourself loved it, so I'd find a great game if I preserved!
Now Im obsessed 😀

I've been playing Dragons Dogma 2 since last week. I fell off it hard the first time I tried it, but once you overcome the initial difficulties and accept it for what it is, its actually a deeply satisfying experience and it looks great and maintains smooth framerates on a ps5 pro with a vrr tv..(balanced mode, raytracing on, unlocked frame rate).
Im a little captivated by it, so I might not even manage any FH5 racing this weekend 😀

Whatever you are playing this weekend, I hope you're having a blast!

Some great titles there, well worth picking up forza at a discount, theres a lot of fun play time in there.
Also highly recommended Outlaws if you are a star wars fan. The world is a delight to be in.

Im tempted by the Dragon quest remasted titles... but I must try and stop spending!

Loved it, really looking forward to playing this. Fully expected the comments in here, push has encouraged this kind of audience 🙄

Lots of variety and good games here. I know I'm easily pleased, but once again I'm pleased

Loved the original, didn't have any tech issues with it at all.
I'm likely to get this, which is unusually for me as I normally don't do DLC (I've normally moved on and don't want to go back!)
Looking forward to this..

@Northern_munkey
Nice to hear your heeling up! Couldnt resist the pun.
Ill be watching the GP too mate, its pretty competitive!

A few of us chat F1 in a thread on the forums here if you are ever interested 😃

Still putting more hours in on my replay of Forza Horizon 5, endless fun. Same with Fantasy Life i.
Thinking of starting dargons dogma 2, its been in my backlog too long!
Whatever you are playing this weekend, I hope you have fun!

@Fiendish-Beaver Im laughing right now as I knew this would be the defence you'd raise on my previous points, it was the only option.😀
Even were we to accept that he's been completely blindsided by everything (which would be very naive), that would be completely irrelevant. Leadership is about taking responsibility, its why they get paid stupid amounts of money. If Phil made solid commitments to how they would run xbox, then he should have been at every board meeting shouting and arguing to preserve xboxs soul - they havent always just answered to shareholders and the balance sheet. If he failed, he shouldnt now be spouting a different corporate message, he should move on with some dignity and integrity.
Bless you for thinking the best of him. But he's got you suckered mate, he's as sneaky and slippery as all the other word salad producers.

Probably not my thing, but playstation have shown time and again that they know how to market themselves, so Im sure this will achieve the results they want for their target audience.
Im a little weird so I'd respond better to some of their classic old advertising myself.
Really right now I'm sure their best advert would be:
Playstation - we're not Microsoft.

@Fiendish-Beaver Hes just saying what a large portion of the industry are saying.
Phil's said time and time again about how xboxs acquisitions would bring stability to studios, allow for diverse games and passion projects etc etc.
The truth is anything but, its an absolute disaster zone and if your lies get exposed for everyone to see then you deserve to be called out for it.
Phil is slimey suit liar like all the lying xbox execs, and as thousands of devs now have to struggle to look after their families its not right that this liar gets to sit pretty in his office no doubt inventing more lies to feed the weak minded who believe anything he says. Pointing out the juxtaposition of the liar sitting safe while devs are being hung out to dry is perfectly valid thing to do.
Why you cant see this baffles me, you lie, you should take responsibility. Obviously not in slimey Phils world.

@Juanalf Its playground who make Forza Horizon. Turn 10 made MotorSport, but after today, who knows what they do?

@Northern_munkey What a game mate, I played that one with the misses! I applaud your plat, pretty sure I was nowhere near to getting that 😀