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A bad month for me. Especially considering the recent price hikes.

My view: It's too expensive, and I shouldn't have to buy it just to play online games.

Loved D1 & 2, but like most, I knew that the Final Shape was the right time to call it quits. Have many great memories, and met a lot of fantastic people during the countless hours spent playing both titles. I'm grateful to Bungie for all of that, but wish that they had gone out in a blaze of glory with TFS.

Good to see the devs making speedy fixes to these issues. Will be picking this game up soon.

Have just started Lords of the Fallen, free with April PS+. Seems pretty good so far; am playing as the cleric type dude with the big hammer. Whomp those suckers!

Wow, this debate kicked off since yesterday? I am gonna finish Lords of the Fallen, then buy Crimson Desert. That's the plan.

@lazarus11 Thanks, that's useful to know. I am used to losing frames during big battles; ESO pvp springs to mind. That not being much of an issue, I may well bite the bullet and go for it. Looks like a game I would enjoy.

Ok, how is the game playing atm on standard PS5? I would like to play it but have heard a few horror stories. It's nice that they are actively working on improvements, but basic gameplay is the main concern for me.

Looks really nice, but might wait and see if it's gonna be super-hard before committing; am going through a lazy phase after too many souls/souls-likes.

Tomb Raider, lol. Might try LOTF but that's about it! Could have been better tbh.

No. Nothing wrong with my current PS5, and price is way too high for me.

Thing is, if Sony panic and buy up studios in order to keep up with Microsoft, this is what happens. Bungie don't come out of this looking good, I agree, but they didn't force Sony to do it.

Worst month in a long time for me. You can tell that the kiddies are on holidays, lol.

I have played for a few hours and stopped because I already play Destiny 2, and it's a lot better than this imho, so I can't see the point. There is nothing terrible about TFD, and it's free, but I only have time for one of these type of games. I would give it 6/10.

Not great tbh, but I don't really expect much; just subscibe for online play.

Have been a Destiny player from day 1, and have to say that I am very impressed so far with this expansion.With the new campaign and the episode content, there is a lot going on in the game, and the new Prismatic class is a blast to play. Gotta hand it to Bungie on this one; a great job.

Lol, I got gjallahorn the first time I ran the dungeon in D1, many years ago.
I agree with others comments about D2 though; never really liked it that much, and we sure found out that it wasn't Activision who were making the game 'less fun'

I made a rule some years ago about never pre ordering, but I may well break it for this one. Looks amazing

Pretty good month for me tbh!

Ok I suppose. Never liked those fighter games at all, but the Star Wars one looks good. I would give this month 6/10, lol.

Played a couple of them way back, but really want to concentrate on other games at the moment. Might pick it up some time in the future though.

Lol, I stopped playing D2 because it's overly complicated (and a grindfest) so this comes as no surprise. A game with huge potential vs the mindset of it's devs. Such a shame.

No, I would rather they kept the monthly games at a high standard.

In an ideal world where we didn't have games launching in the state that some of them do, many weren't massively over hyped, and where everyone had plenty of spare money to spend on full price games, then maybe. Perhaps some developers should spend more of their profits on ensuring that games are ready for release, and less on advertising.

My PS4 will be long gone before any of this happens. It already sounds like a squadron of fighter planes taking off. I was hoping to get a PS5 after it finally expires, but that is a bit of an unknown quantity as it stands

I liked the game, but can't see the point of buying it again when there are other, newer, games that I haven't played yet. I think that the only game I ever bought twice was Skyrim; played over 1000 hours, lol.

Very in depth review. Thanks. For me the non-proprietary SSD issue is what I will be waiting to see, as the on board drive space is woeful. As I have a sizeable backlog of PS4 games, I can afford to wait it out. lol.

Not a bad month tbh. Like a lot of others, I already have Days Gone, but Zombie Army 4 might be fun.

Where can you buy a PS5? Apart from scalpers? What a joke Sony.

I am one of those folks who finds games that they really like and plays them to death. I put about 2000 hours into both Oblivion and Skyrim, almost the same into Fallout 3. I also play live service games, so must have put enormous amounts of time into Destiny 1 & 2 and ESO. Am currently on my 4th character running through Dark Souls Remastered, which I picked up in the sale recently. So, yeah, I'm a serial replayer

Shame about Elder Scrolls VI, for me, but that's about it. I feel for all those who love their Bethesda games though: Brutal!

@__jamiie Yes, I see that. On the other hand though, although it helps the console manufacturers, wouldn't it be better for game developers and gamers to make games for multiple platforms and sell/play more games? Anyhow, my main issue is that I wouldn't buy a 2nd console just to play an XBox exclusive game; even if I really wanted the game.

@__jamiie Why not?

I have never agreed with exclusivity. Games should be available on all large platforms. This is the sort of thing that would make me less likely to ever buy an Xbox. Gamers never come first; always £$£$.

Have been looking at this game for a while; think I might grab it soon

Surely nobody believes that EA are going to continue with this debacle any longer than necessary? It's an embarassment to them, and needs to be put out of it's misery.

Wow, I tried going back to D2 with Beyond Light and was bored with it after a month. I'm genuinely puzzled as to why anyone still plays it, and what they find to do other than mindless grinding, and re-levelling (again) every 3 months. I can't believe that Bungie get away with producing so little content. There are so many better games out there. Each to their own though, I guess.

A good month, let's hope they keep it up

Fair enough review under the circumstances. CDPR have let themselves down by releasing the game in that state. Mass Effect Andromeda, Fallout 76, now this; it's why I always wait for reviews before buying games now. A real shame

Don't need any new games atm, but yeah, hire the PSPrices person Sony; do it today.

I think that when creators know that there will be a large number of pre orders and first day release buyers, then there can be an element of release it now, fix it later. Expectations aren't helped by the hype train, but I suspect that they are generally too high. For me there are now too many horror stories to pre-order new games, and I always wait for reviews from gaming sites and players. I do approve of the refund policy in the case of CP77 though; fair play.

I only have PS+ to play online. Wish they would offer a cheaper service to do only that; really not bothered about the games most of the time. Still find it shocking that they charge to play online at all!

I know that when one of my friends downloaded the latest update, he then couldn't get into party chat or game chat, is that still a thing? What can we not do that we could do before? Not sure I like the idea of Sony recording, or other players recording chat; all seems a bit Big Brother to me, if you don't like what someone is saying, mute them, kick them if that's an option, or leave the chat!

@2cents Console is littered with cheaters as well tho! Really bad!

Just before PS5 is due to release? Suspicious? Hmmmmmmmm!

Was interested in Vampyr when it came out, but never bought it because reviews were mediocre. Will definitely give that one a go, but not really interested in NfSP. So, 1 out of 2 is just about a normal month for me

@PhhhCough This is the way to go with D2. I wish I had done it. Bungies model does not sit well with me, as it penalises dedicated players who have been with the game from day one. The season pass thing sucks as well tbh, lol.

"The market" is not an autonomous living thing, it is created and maintained by people. If the Covid crisis continues to get worse and the unemployment levels skyrocket, who knows what monetary value people will then place on leisure activities? Matt Piscatella is putting this soundbite out there in the hope that peple will take it at face value. We shall see.

Well, I'm no fanboy, so whatever one gets me Elder Scrolls VI I will go with thb. I must have that game, lol.

Difficult one this! I would assume that, with this sort of money to throw around, MS are in pole position, but I agree that in the end it's about the games. One also mustn't forget that Bethesda was responsible for Fallout 76, for example; it's not like everything they touch turns to gold. On the other hand, one of the games I'm most looking forward to is ESVI, so this would make it a tough decision when the time comes to buy a new console. Oh dear!