The biggest problem for Bungie is the current iteration of the Tiger Engine just is not compatible with the poorly coded launch assets for Red war, curse of Osiris and Warmind, I did read somewhere that the engine can only handle a install footprint of around 200GB before it starts to misbehave so there is likely a requirement to patch the hell out of the engine before they start the unvaulting, the other issue here is staffing levels are basically non existent there now so its not like they have a thousand staff there where they can dedicate at least 50% of the staff on Destiny, the timeframe thats been quoted seems like its going to be a bit on the generous side and I do think they are aiming at getting this out before the end of next year potentially a drop of something like the red war campaign around the 10 year anniversary date next year ??
Who knows but the fact they are actually giving approximate dates for work to be completed thats great and hope it goes well
The elephant in the room is the current install footprint which is easily 150Gb add in the vaulted content and watch that sail north of 230Gb, while I do get that people want the content back but how many people are willing to sacrifice over a quarter of the base storage of their console to play the game ?
I am happy as you can get that the Destiny franchise is not dead but I do think unvaulting the content on D2 will lead to no extra content on that iteration of the game and they will need to come out and say that they are working on D3 and that its expected 2029/30 but Bungie have to not use the Tiger engine this time its not efficient and the logical thing is use an engine from Epic (UE5 or 6) this will mean that side of the game is looked after by a 3rd party and they can focus on what made Destiny great (the story eventually and the gunplay)
Oh dear, this argument is insane at some point Sony will kill off physical media on their new consoles no different to Microsoft and Nintendo, when this happens we are pushed down the digital store front which does mean that Sony, MS and Nintendo will be able to charge whatever they like for a game.
Under the revised UELA for playstation which I think was revised in 2016 the disc is only now being seen as a key to allow you to play that game it is not a brand of ownership of that game/software.
At the end of the day none of us actually own a copy of any game in our library and its been that way for about 13 years, all we gotta do is look at games like Anthem and Concord, both these games have had their servers turned off and the discs are basically coasters now.
Its basically the same with most disc based sports games too the vast majority of features are on an always online platform that once the servers go end of life the game is basically neutered and little to no use.
Now here is the kicker I am a collector of Vinyl and the differences between the music industry and the games industry is the equivalent of oil and water, this post on Push Square is a bit of a click bait rage bait post to get a further convo started that is not really needed.
What we really need to do is petition Sony to keep prices sensible on the new digital only platform and that the games will be on for the total lifetime of the current platform its delivered on and the lifetime of the following platform (about 14 years) just to note this only applies to 1st party titles.
PS3 was a bit of a inbetween stage it was the transition stage from SD gaming to HD gaming and the tech was not in the right place, although some of the games that came out would absolutely wipe the floor with modern games today in gameplay and story
The hardware was also very juvenile it was at a really early stage in fabrication where there were tons of issues (I had 4 PS3's that suffered the YLOD issue due to bad soldering or poor fab on the SOC)
The PS4 was a far far more polished experience in my opinion but it didnt have those games you could go WOOOOW at like you did on the PS3 so its down to that view
Shock horror a massive company is making decisions to protect their top and bottom lines.
Those that have said this is about forcing us through their digital store only for games are bang on it means that Sony can hold the prices high and it means that they can drive an already suffering price market even higher.
What really needs to happen is if Sony want to do this they HAVE to put a price cap in place that no game will cost more than say £60 that way it justifies going all digital but also it protects the users from getting ripped off from games going north of £100 (I am looking firmly at GTA6)
The decisions of recent from Sony have been baffling (killing D2 only to publically come out and say that live service games will still get their full support going forward as an example)
I have always been a playstation hardcore player but I am seriously thinking of making a small form factor gaming computer for living room usage and ditching my beloved playstation going forward only because on Steam you don't get your pants pulled down on new releases.
Just for reference I am not bothered about being digital only I am more bothered about how bleeding expensive this new generation is going to be for gaming knowing that there is 0 control over PS Store and XB store on pricing and if regulators dont step in we are all going to be seeing new releases in the triple digit for pricing
@bindiana Engines are bloody expensive to develop or licence from someone else that supports what they need.
To be fair the tiger engine is a great engine its just architecturally an old dog that at its very essence is from the late 90's (much like Unreal engine but I will give Epic their dues each iteration of Unreal engine is basically a rewrite of the previous iteration to make sure they dont get bogged down like most software house that build games) to the best of my knowledge there is no engine around like the tiger engine which means they need to write a new engine and that takes an absurd amount of time these days to support the modern minimum requirements in an online FPS game.
Your argument has its merits its just a bit short sighted and probably screams you are still a bit raw over them sunsetting content that was causing bloat and also a pain to support.
@bindiana The problem here is you can not please everyone and they did their best with the new light stuff it wasnt great but its a damn sight better than dropping you into something with 0 introduction, I was lucky to be there day 1 for D2 and know what it was like and it was a hot mess back in 2017 double primaries sucked big time and wasnt fun now its actually enjoyable in 2026 bring on tonight and hopefully Bungo get the green light for d3 or a d1 remastered
@bindiana Ok so below is the full list of D2 stuff The Red War Curse of Osiris Warmind Forsaken Season of the forge Season of the drifter Season of Opulence Shadowkeep Season of the undying Season of the dawn season of the worthy Beyond light Season of arrivals Season of hunt season of chosen season of splicer The Witch queen Season of lost Season of risen season of haunted season of plunder season of deep The final shape Echoes Reventant Heresy Edge of fate Reclamation Renegades Lawless
Thats the full 9 years worth of content in there and a rough working out if all that content was kept there it would clear north of 1.8TB in size probably closer to 2.5TB in size
tell me now is it worth to keep all that in the game at the cost of your storage at its insane costs at present ?
While I am not defending Bungo you definitely know what you are getting yourself into when you buy into a live service game
@bindiana Basically what I am saying is there comes a time where supporting old content on a live service model becomes too time consuming and need to know when to cut it, if you put that cut content back in now you would degrade the overall performance and experience that players will have and also can leave it in a very broken state (yes I am looking at the levithan raid)
@bindiana The reason its been sunset is because the footprint of the game would of gone north of 250GB and been insane also the engine takes forever to load in maps for certain planet's and raids (Levithan takes 27 hours to load in so they can make adjustments) and LW which has not been sunset is the exact same.
While I do understand the way people are looking at this you gotta remember no one wants a bloated install on their console/pc for one game so trimming the fat was the only way to go.
@Jayphex its PVE and PVP and co-op so you choose how you want to play, some of the content becomes easier with extra members in your fireteam or it becomes seriously hard.
This looks incredible, Faye looks to be really strong which I am really looking forward to and it looks different at the same time just different enough to feel fresh.
I don't mean any disrespect I was meaning that to keep games running in the live service it takes a really large support group, unfortunately spinning off to Marathon was probably not a good idea and ultimately put the nail in the coffin.
I think D2 support should of stopped at TFS and they did D3 under the last full expansion
I don't want to wee on your comment but its really ill informed, do you know how many people it takes to keep the code for an online service type of game in check,
WOW for example which has been going for over 20 years now has at the last time I checked a dedicated team to look after that one game in excess of 800 staff at Blizzard, there is another team of 600 odd that look after diablo and another 500 odd that look after Starcraft all of these games are essentially live service games of some description.
The sad part about all of this is for most of the people commenting is that they have played this game on and off over both D1 and D2 over the past 12 years.
did Sony buy a lemon ? Personally I think it was the wrong time to buy Bungie but overall I get a feeling it will pay off but it needs time no one is giving ND a hard time for releasing 0 new games this generation we are all waiting with baited breath for their new game. I think cutting Bungie some slack might help a bit here and let them decompress from this and essentially heal we know that certain people in the company caused absolute issues that will take a long time to heal from.
Bungie has said in a private forum to make D3 they have to stop all work on D2 and hibernate it
I would imagine letting the Destiny universe go would be a huge mistake considering its been best part of 20 years in the making.
I would also imagine that with such a move they must be going all in on their next project and not spinning off teams to work on it.
Having not played Marathon yet (due to finding it absurdly hard to get to grips with in the beta) I can't comment on the fact that they are bringing in PVE content into Marathon but I will be watching the reviews etc to see how its getting on and may even dip my toe in.
As for D2 I will absolutely be playing it again come June 9 and will enjoy the last massive update (this sort of update is usually only done at the start of a major expansion and if memory serves me correct they did the same with D1) I do feel that it was a long time coming and maybe they should of held off doing the year or prophecy for D3 and a new engine and content creation management system (the d2 ones are reportedly a nightmare to work with taking a whole day to load the assets for one of the smaller raid/dungeons, and Salvations edge taking 2/3 days to load all the assets in) I do hope the devs are not laid off but the industry has become a real mess of recent and if you are not churning out the content you get cut so fast.
Either way Bungie I can say one thing, thank you for the 12 years of fun and enjoyment I have ultimately had over the years, I will really miss the story lines (Savathun I am looking at your story) Destiny as an IP has had some woeful lows and some incredible highs (nothing beats DSC IYKYK)
Maybe I will see some of you online lets give D2 the send off it deserves.
I think the PS3 truly kicked off with R&C Tools of Destruction that allowed the PS3 to show off some crazy things and it also allowed that god awful pad to be used to its full.
But I am an Uncharted fan and when UC2 came out and that opening scene oh booooooy I am still getting goose bumps being 26 and seeing Drake in that precarious position at the start of the game and I knew the PS3 was very much a beast of a console, at this point I also had a 360 for their exclusives and I was not very impressed with the console at all but the PS3 was my favourite (oh and I had a launch 60GB variant with the PS2 hardware in it too)
Was it anywhere near as good as PS1 or PS2 no but when I look back I don't know if the PS3 era was as good as the PS4 era (which I feel was my favourite era)
We haven't had a bond game in years (possibly 10 years) and this looks like its going to be more true to the books which I am all for and looks like it will be a challenging game.
I am all for a bit of Uncharted style gameplay mixed in.
@get2sammyb I think this is a great article on a game that I am really looking forward to getting.
As for those hoping it would be just action may I remind you that Bond was never about all out action there has always been a lot of spy stuff going on there too.
I bought one last year on black friday it hasnt been used that much, but I think it will get a lot of use now that its been unlocked from streaming games only from PS and now my other half can carry on playing games on the PS5 while im streaming or vice versa
WRC for me, as a dog person I could never play a game as a cat sorry Sony but this one is lost on me
But do I think this is a bad month, NO
My reasoning for it I am getting one game I havent played yet that I would enjoy playing other than that the rest are filler for my catalogue.
I rarely look at the list of games and go oh dear thats a bad month some of the months have been good, all in all it balances out and the subscription is not bad value for money contrary to what some people say
Im down for another spider man, wolverine and a marvel game. But honestly their main IP should always be R&C and the crazy stuff they can think up. Oh and we want another Ryno
Team Cherry did what they wanted and rightfully so, personally I don't get the crying about what's been done here they have said all year it was a 2025 release and dropped it with 2 weeks warning. At the end of the day other indies need to take note and realise this is the way to release games This is the right kind of kick up the arse the very stagnant gaming sector needs
Do you think Lizardcube have improved their game production since Wonderboy ?
I have played the demo and it sealed me pre ordering the game its so much fun I can't wait for Friday and I am hoping they chuck this onto PS+ stream for the Portal quickly I reckon it will work brilliantly on there
As much as I adored TLOU part 2 the first half of the game pales in comparison to the second half of the game, it was an outstanding piece of storytelling and I really liked how Abbie, from memory the first half of the game did end a bit weak then we all got that huge jolt of playing as someone else.
Roll on next season and that final scene
As someone who played from D1 Alpha I can say hand on heart this felt epic, it was a great feeling to have closure on the light and dark saga. The Witness is such an awesome protagonist and the back-story had me going wow. Some of the boss fights were up there with some of Destiny's best fights going (I'm looking at you Sathathun) Im still getting into the Prismatic builds and so far they are really good so expecting some massively overpowered builds incoming.
@Zeke68 Totally wrong if you are wanting low latency WIFI is not the way to go, you should be ethernet cabled straight into you LAN to get the lowest latency possible, the portal will then auto negotiate to the fastest speed possible on your home WIFI but remember if you got thick walls it will screw with the WIFI
@themightyant Yay finally someone with enough hardware knowledge to advise on the drawbacks of bluetooth, I will be getting the portal nearer to April once my partner gives birth so I can be doing a bit of multitasking
I might just buy the expansion to play along with the story but this year's grind has been terrible, who knows its still 6 weeks away so I might play it but I havent touched this season because it doesnt interest me at all
Makes sense this list does, Elden Ring is just another souls re-hash and tbf its gotta be getting a bit stale now, as for narrative driven games like HFW and GOWR it goes to show a good story will attract players, im yet to finish either but GOWR is stunning to play
So I got frontiers for xmas, I was unsure about it from all the mixed reviews, so far I am pleasently surprised, I am not noticing pop in but I did change all settings to performance mode which doesnt seem to suffer the same issues as fidelity mode (graphics or what ever its called).
I am a life long sonic fan but I can tell you now im one of the franchises biggest critics when it comes to the 3d games (honestly I think the last 3d game that was much fun was generations).
That being said, im taking the game as what it is a breath of fresh air on what I think has been a poor year for games.
Maybe everyone else should have a look at it that way too (just my opinion)
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@Northern_munkey Dark Messiah was a belter of a game and real good fun to boot
Re: Destiny 2 Content Unvaulting Won't Take Place Until 2028
The biggest problem for Bungie is the current iteration of the Tiger Engine just is not compatible with the poorly coded launch assets for Red war, curse of Osiris and Warmind, I did read somewhere that the engine can only handle a install footprint of around 200GB before it starts to misbehave so there is likely a requirement to patch the hell out of the engine before they start the unvaulting, the other issue here is staffing levels are basically non existent there now so its not like they have a thousand staff there where they can dedicate at least 50% of the staff on Destiny, the timeframe thats been quoted seems like its going to be a bit on the generous side and I do think they are aiming at getting this out before the end of next year potentially a drop of something like the red war campaign around the 10 year anniversary date next year ??
Who knows but the fact they are actually giving approximate dates for work to be completed thats great and hope it goes well
Re: Reaction: Did Fans Just Bring Destiny Back from the Dead?
The elephant in the room is the current install footprint which is easily 150Gb add in the vaulted content and watch that sail north of 230Gb, while I do get that people want the content back but how many people are willing to sacrifice over a quarter of the base storage of their console to play the game ?
I am happy as you can get that the Destiny franchise is not dead but I do think unvaulting the content on D2 will lead to no extra content on that iteration of the game and they will need to come out and say that they are working on D3 and that its expected 2029/30 but Bungie have to not use the Tiger engine this time its not efficient and the logical thing is use an engine from Epic (UE5 or 6) this will mean that side of the game is looked after by a 3rd party and they can focus on what made Destiny great (the story eventually and the gunplay)
Re: After Online Storm, Here's the Truth About Wolverine PS5
Ideal im glad I pre-ordered this and will play the hell out of it Bub
I am one of the ones that is not interested in GTA6 so this is a nice alternative for me
Re: 'The Way It Was Meant to Be Heard': Tone-Deaf Sony Pushes Vinyl Turntable After Killing Physical Games
Oh dear, this argument is insane at some point Sony will kill off physical media on their new consoles no different to Microsoft and Nintendo, when this happens we are pushed down the digital store front which does mean that Sony, MS and Nintendo will be able to charge whatever they like for a game.
Under the revised UELA for playstation which I think was revised in 2016 the disc is only now being seen as a key to allow you to play that game it is not a brand of ownership of that game/software.
At the end of the day none of us actually own a copy of any game in our library and its been that way for about 13 years, all we gotta do is look at games like Anthem and Concord, both these games have had their servers turned off and the discs are basically coasters now.
Its basically the same with most disc based sports games too the vast majority of features are on an always online platform that once the servers go end of life the game is basically neutered and little to no use.
Now here is the kicker I am a collector of Vinyl and the differences between the music industry and the games industry is the equivalent of oil and water, this post on Push Square is a bit of a click bait rage bait post to get a further convo started that is not really needed.
What we really need to do is petition Sony to keep prices sensible on the new digital only platform and that the games will be on for the total lifetime of the current platform its delivered on and the lifetime of the following platform (about 14 years) just to note this only applies to 1st party titles.
Re: The Elder Scrolls 6 Heavily Impacted by Xbox Layoffs, Team Morale at Rock Bottom
My immediate reaction to this was was TES6 not announced back in 2016 and should it not be close to release ???
I hate to say this but Bethesda could be in a worse position than Bungie if they don't get TES6 out soon.
Re: Giant Enemy Crabs, $599, Ridge Racer: Sony's Wild E3 2006 Is Now 20-Years-Old
@nomither6 Just seen this.
PS3 was a bit of a inbetween stage it was the transition stage from SD gaming to HD gaming and the tech was not in the right place, although some of the games that came out would absolutely wipe the floor with modern games today in gameplay and story
The hardware was also very juvenile it was at a really early stage in fabrication where there were tons of issues (I had 4 PS3's that suffered the YLOD issue due to bad soldering or poor fab on the SOC)
The PS4 was a far far more polished experience in my opinion but it didnt have those games you could go WOOOOW at like you did on the PS3 so its down to that view
Re: PlayStation's First Post Since Physical Games Debacle Draws 57k Replies
Shock horror a massive company is making decisions to protect their top and bottom lines.
Those that have said this is about forcing us through their digital store only for games are bang on it means that Sony can hold the prices high and it means that they can drive an already suffering price market even higher.
What really needs to happen is if Sony want to do this they HAVE to put a price cap in place that no game will cost more than say £60 that way it justifies going all digital but also it protects the users from getting ripped off from games going north of £100 (I am looking firmly at GTA6)
The decisions of recent from Sony have been baffling (killing D2 only to publically come out and say that live service games will still get their full support going forward as an example)
I have always been a playstation hardcore player but I am seriously thinking of making a small form factor gaming computer for living room usage and ditching my beloved playstation going forward only because on Steam you don't get your pants pulled down on new releases.
Just for reference I am not bothered about being digital only I am more bothered about how bleeding expensive this new generation is going to be for gaming knowing that there is 0 control over PS Store and XB store on pricing and if regulators dont step in we are all going to be seeing new releases in the triple digit for pricing
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game Available Today
@bindiana Engines are bloody expensive to develop or licence from someone else that supports what they need.
To be fair the tiger engine is a great engine its just architecturally an old dog that at its very essence is from the late 90's (much like Unreal engine but I will give Epic their dues each iteration of Unreal engine is basically a rewrite of the previous iteration to make sure they dont get bogged down like most software house that build games) to the best of my knowledge there is no engine around like the tiger engine which means they need to write a new engine and that takes an absurd amount of time these days to support the modern minimum requirements in an online FPS game.
Your argument has its merits its just a bit short sighted and probably screams you are still a bit raw over them sunsetting content that was causing bloat and also a pain to support.
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game Available Today
@bindiana That is in your opinion, personally it takes balls from a company to be realistic about what they can and cant support.
Just a curious question do you use Windows as your primary operating system ?
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game Available Today
@bindiana The problem here is you can not please everyone and they did their best with the new light stuff it wasnt great but its a damn sight better than dropping you into something with 0 introduction, I was lucky to be there day 1 for D2 and know what it was like and it was a hot mess back in 2017 double primaries sucked big time and wasnt fun now its actually enjoyable in 2026 bring on tonight and hopefully Bungo get the green light for d3 or a d1 remastered
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game Available Today
@bindiana Ok so below is the full list of D2 stuff
The Red War
Curse of Osiris
Warmind
Forsaken
Season of the forge
Season of the drifter
Season of Opulence
Shadowkeep
Season of the undying
Season of the dawn
season of the worthy
Beyond light
Season of arrivals
Season of hunt
season of chosen
season of splicer
The Witch queen
Season of lost
Season of risen
season of haunted
season of plunder
season of deep
The final shape
Echoes
Reventant
Heresy
Edge of fate
Reclamation
Renegades
Lawless
Thats the full 9 years worth of content in there and a rough working out if all that content was kept there it would clear north of 1.8TB in size probably closer to 2.5TB in size
tell me now is it worth to keep all that in the game at the cost of your storage at its insane costs at present ?
While I am not defending Bungo you definitely know what you are getting yourself into when you buy into a live service game
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game Available Today
@VanguardKaiser its going to be about 200GB install if you dont have it installed already
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game Available Today
@bindiana Basically what I am saying is there comes a time where supporting old content on a live service model becomes too time consuming and need to know when to cut it, if you put that cut content back in now you would degrade the overall performance and experience that players will have and also can leave it in a very broken state (yes I am looking at the levithan raid)
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game Available Today
@bindiana The reason its been sunset is because the footprint of the game would of gone north of 250GB and been insane also the engine takes forever to load in maps for certain planet's and raids (Levithan takes 27 hours to load in so they can make adjustments) and LW which has not been sunset is the exact same.
While I do understand the way people are looking at this you gotta remember no one wants a bloated install on their console/pc for one game so trimming the fat was the only way to go.
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game Available Today
@Jayphex its PVE and PVP and co-op so you choose how you want to play, some of the content becomes easier with extra members in your fireteam or it becomes seriously hard.
Re: Bonus PS Plus Extra Game Available Today
@bindiana Do you know why they sunset certain content ?
Re: Marvel's Wolverine Looks Brutal and Bloody Brilliant in First Proper PS5 Gameplay
This looks bloody brilliant, 100% up there for me bub
Re: 'What Happens to Gods When They Die?': PS5's New God of War Pulls All Pantheons into One Magical Place
This looks incredible, Faye looks to be really strong which I am really looking forward to and it looks different at the same time just different enough to feel fresh.
Day 1 for me
Re: June 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now
Its a good job I got GOY to get on with and also the final D2 update next Tuesday, the games are a bit meh on this months essential
Re: 17 PS5 Predictions for State of Play June 2026
Destiny 3 or Destiny remastered with confirmation of D3 in the works.
Other than that I am looking forward to seeing more Wolverine it looks brilliant.
Who here would love to see Insomniac revive one of their old IP's ??
Re: Bungie Is Not Making Destiny 3, Dev to Be Rocked by 'Significant' Layoffs
@McDosy
I don't mean any disrespect I was meaning that to keep games running in the live service it takes a really large support group, unfortunately spinning off to Marathon was probably not a good idea and ultimately put the nail in the coffin.
I think D2 support should of stopped at TFS and they did D3 under the last full expansion
Re: Bungie Is Not Making Destiny 3, Dev to Be Rocked by 'Significant' Layoffs
@McDosy
I don't want to wee on your comment but its really ill informed, do you know how many people it takes to keep the code for an online service type of game in check,
WOW for example which has been going for over 20 years now has at the last time I checked a dedicated team to look after that one game in excess of 800 staff at Blizzard, there is another team of 600 odd that look after diablo and another 500 odd that look after Starcraft all of these games are essentially live service games of some description.
The sad part about all of this is for most of the people commenting is that they have played this game on and off over both D1 and D2 over the past 12 years.
did Sony buy a lemon ? Personally I think it was the wrong time to buy Bungie but overall I get a feeling it will pay off but it needs time no one is giving ND a hard time for releasing 0 new games this generation we are all waiting with baited breath for their new game. I think cutting Bungie some slack might help a bit here and let them decompress from this and essentially heal we know that certain people in the company caused absolute issues that will take a long time to heal from.
Re: For England, James! 007 First Light's PS5 Launch Trailer Is Here to Hype You Up
This game looks unreal, I need to wait for the reviews then grab a copy
Re: Bungie Is Not Making Destiny 3, Dev to Be Rocked by 'Significant' Layoffs
Bungie has said in a private forum to make D3 they have to stop all work on D2 and hibernate it
I would imagine letting the Destiny universe go would be a huge mistake considering its been best part of 20 years in the making.
I would also imagine that with such a move they must be going all in on their next project and not spinning off teams to work on it.
Having not played Marathon yet (due to finding it absurdly hard to get to grips with in the beta) I can't comment on the fact that they are bringing in PVE content into Marathon but I will be watching the reviews etc to see how its getting on and may even dip my toe in.
As for D2 I will absolutely be playing it again come June 9 and will enjoy the last massive update (this sort of update is usually only done at the start of a major expansion and if memory serves me correct they did the same with D1) I do feel that it was a long time coming and maybe they should of held off doing the year or prophecy for D3 and a new engine and content creation management system (the d2 ones are reportedly a nightmare to work with taking a whole day to load the assets for one of the smaller raid/dungeons, and Salvations edge taking 2/3 days to load all the assets in) I do hope the devs are not laid off but the industry has become a real mess of recent and if you are not churning out the content you get cut so fast.
Either way Bungie I can say one thing, thank you for the 12 years of fun and enjoyment I have ultimately had over the years, I will really miss the story lines (Savathun I am looking at your story) Destiny as an IP has had some woeful lows and some incredible highs (nothing beats DSC IYKYK)
Maybe I will see some of you online lets give D2 the send off it deserves.
Re: Giant Enemy Crabs, $599, Ridge Racer: Sony's Wild E3 2006 Is Now 20-Years-Old
I think the PS3 truly kicked off with R&C Tools of Destruction that allowed the PS3 to show off some crazy things and it also allowed that god awful pad to be used to its full.
But I am an Uncharted fan and when UC2 came out and that opening scene oh booooooy I am still getting goose bumps being 26 and seeing Drake in that precarious position at the start of the game and I knew the PS3 was very much a beast of a console, at this point I also had a 360 for their exclusives and I was not very impressed with the console at all but the PS3 was my favourite (oh and I had a launch 60GB variant with the PS2 hardware in it too)
Was it anywhere near as good as PS1 or PS2 no but when I look back I don't know if the PS3 era was as good as the PS4 era (which I feel was my favourite era)
Re: 007 First Light: A Full Debrief After 3 Hours with IO's New James Bond Game
My 2 pennies worth here....
We haven't had a bond game in years (possibly 10 years) and this looks like its going to be more true to the books which I am all for and looks like it will be a challenging game.
I am all for a bit of Uncharted style gameplay mixed in.
@get2sammyb I think this is a great article on a game that I am really looking forward to getting.
As for those hoping it would be just action may I remind you that Bond was never about all out action there has always been a lot of spy stuff going on there too.
Just my 2 pennies worth from a mad bond fan
Re: 007 First Light: A Full Debrief After 3 Hours with IO's New James Bond Game
@psmr
you must be dreaming
Re: Poll: Is PS Portal the Biggest Surprise Hit of the PS5 Generation?
I bought one last year on black friday it hasnt been used that much, but I think it will get a lot of use now that its been unlocked from streaming games only from PS and now my other half can carry on playing games on the PS5 while im streaming or vice versa
Re: PS Plus Essential Subscribers Bemoan 'Crap Selection' in Latest Update
WRC for me, as a dog person I could never play a game as a cat sorry Sony but this one is lost on me
But do I think this is a bad month, NO
My reasoning for it I am getting one game I havent played yet that I would enjoy playing other than that the rest are filler for my catalogue.
I rarely look at the list of games and go oh dear thats a bad month some of the months have been good, all in all it balances out and the subscription is not bad value for money contrary to what some people say
Re: Marvel 'Proud' to Collaborate with Spider-Man, Wolverine Maker for 'Many Years to Come'
Im down for another spider man, wolverine and a marvel game.
But honestly their main IP should always be R&C and the crazy stuff they can think up. Oh and we want another Ryno
Re: 'It Was a Little Callous': Hell Is Us Dev Bemoans Impact of Hollow Knight: Silksong
Team Cherry did what they wanted and rightfully so, personally I don't get the crying about what's been done here they have said all year it was a 2025 release and dropped it with 2 weeks warning.
At the end of the day other indies need to take note and realise this is the way to release games
This is the right kind of kick up the arse the very stagnant gaming sector needs
Re: Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (PS5) - A Gorgeous, Triumphant Return for SEGA's Ninja Series
@Quintumply quite literally loves his remakes.
Do you think Lizardcube have improved their game production since Wonderboy ?
I have played the demo and it sealed me pre ordering the game its so much fun I can't wait for Friday and I am hoping they chuck this onto PS+ stream for the Portal quickly I reckon it will work brilliantly on there
Re: August 2025's PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now
Good month for me some games I was a look at added them to my list and get on with them
Re: HBO's The Last of Us Sees a Dramatic Decline in Season 2 Finale Viewers
As much as I adored TLOU part 2 the first half of the game pales in comparison to the second half of the game, it was an outstanding piece of storytelling and I really liked how Abbie, from memory the first half of the game did end a bit weak then we all got that huge jolt of playing as someone else.
Roll on next season and that final scene
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn's PS5, PC Remaster Is Very Much the Real Deal
@PuppetMaster I was thinking that PS5 would be a great platform for Heavenly Sword however isn't the IP owned by Ninja Theory ?
Infamous I would buy in a heartbeat if all the games got a remaster
Re: Xbox on Bringing Exclusives to PS5: The Industry Is Changing for All of Us
I dont get it there is bugger all on the xbox I would want to play on my ps5, maybe im not a hardcore gamer anymore or just xbox has nothing for me
Re: 15 Minutes of Astro Bot PS5 Footage Has Leaked Online
Xmas present for me and the Mrs to play while my baby daughters goes nuts with the different colours
Re: Destiny 2: The Final Shape (PS5) - Bungie's Promise Fulfilled
As someone who played from D1 Alpha I can say hand on heart this felt epic, it was a great feeling to have closure on the light and dark saga.
The Witness is such an awesome protagonist and the back-story had me going wow. Some of the boss fights were up there with some of Destiny's best fights going (I'm looking at you Sathathun)
Im still getting into the Prismatic builds and so far they are really good so expecting some massively overpowered builds incoming.
All in all and so far money well spent.
Bring on the next 12 months
Re: Knuckles TV Series Hits Paramount+ in April, Watch the First Trailer
it looks awesome, count me in
Re: Poll: Are You Playing God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla?
@R-Soub
I would highly recommend IKKI island for GOT its incredible
I cant comment of Horizon or GOW yet as I havent finished the main story on either
Infamous First Light is brilliant
Cyberpunk DLC has had great reviews from my friends I am yet to finish the main story on that game.
I would also recommend the PS5 version of The Witcher 3
Cuphead is good fun but stupidly hard
Re: The Latest PS5 Firmware Update Is Available to Download Now
@Zeke68 Totally wrong if you are wanting low latency WIFI is not the way to go, you should be ethernet cabled straight into you LAN to get the lowest latency possible, the portal will then auto negotiate to the fastest speed possible on your home WIFI but remember if you got thick walls it will screw with the WIFI
Re: Sony Says PS Portal Wasn't Designed to Make a Profit
@themightyant
Yay finally someone with enough hardware knowledge to advise on the drawbacks of bluetooth, I will be getting the portal nearer to April once my partner gives birth so I can be doing a bit of multitasking
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for June 2023 Available to Download Now
Yeah I noticed that too its something to do with the bundle but ive added the 3 games to my library
Re: Poll: How Good Was The Last of Us - Episode 4?
The ending credits !!!!! thats all I have to say to that
Re: Rumour: PS Plus Essential February 2023 Games Leaked, Destiny 2 DLC Confirmed
This isnt a bad thing for me, my circumstances have changed so im now back on Destiny on PS as opposed to PC
Re: Destiny 2: Lightfall Will Take Guardians to a Neon City on Neptune
I might just buy the expansion to play along with the story but this year's grind has been terrible, who knows its still 6 weeks away so I might play it but I havent touched this season because it doesnt interest me at all
Re: TV Show Review: The Last of Us (HBO) Episode 1 - Faithful Retelling Deviates in the Right Ways
@Futureshark That is absolutely brutal !
Re: Game of the Year: Push Square Readers' Top 10 PS5, PS4 Games of 2022
Makes sense this list does, Elden Ring is just another souls re-hash and tbf its gotta be getting a bit stale now, as for narrative driven games like HFW and GOWR it goes to show a good story will attract players, im yet to finish either but GOWR is stunning to play
Re: Game of the Year: #7 - Sonic Frontiers
Im wading in on this.
So I got frontiers for xmas, I was unsure about it from all the mixed reviews, so far I am pleasently surprised, I am not noticing pop in but I did change all settings to performance mode which doesnt seem to suffer the same issues as fidelity mode (graphics or what ever its called).
I am a life long sonic fan but I can tell you now im one of the franchises biggest critics when it comes to the 3d games (honestly I think the last 3d game that was much fun was generations).
That being said, im taking the game as what it is a breath of fresh air on what I think has been a poor year for games.
Maybe everyone else should have a look at it that way too (just my opinion)