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Re: Summoner (PS2) - Ambitious RPG Remains a Relic of the Past

Zenszulu

@Dragon83 I didn't say anything about the story being bad in fact it is good but the gameplay is clunky and it was back then too. Saying for it's time it was one of the best games is definitely not true as it wasn't it was just one of the early PS2 games released in the west so some people have fonder memories of it because there was more of a limited selection of RPGs at the time. I am not saying don't enjoy the game for what it is but it is not this classic that you are making it out to be and its faults have aged poorly like many early PS2 games have.

Re: Summoner (PS2) - Ambitious RPG Remains a Relic of the Past

Zenszulu

@Dragon83 no even at the time for a PS2 game the visuals were considered poor and unpolished I am not comparing it to modern stuff but games released at the time. You seem to have convinced yourself this is a modern complaint at this game when it was one that was given when it was released and I would know I played it back that and read the magazine reviews. It now being an old game doesn't mean those standards should be relaxed and it should be considered somehow better in hindsight.

Re: Summoner (PS2) - Ambitious RPG Remains a Relic of the Past

Zenszulu

@Dragon83 Even when it came out on the PS2 this game was considered like it was outdated and the problems he mentioned were all ones mentioned back then. No where in the review is it being compared to modern games either. So there is nothing unfair about it. An old average clunky game doesn't suddenly improve in quality because it is now considered old.

Re: Random: PS3 Is Now the Only Console from Its Era with a Functional Store

Zenszulu

Well the term functional is a bit of a stretch as Sony seems to have just left it to sit there and slowly fall apart and rot. They haven't maintained it in anyway shape or form and it's a pain to navigate also many of the games that are still on there are now more expensive than if you were to track down a physical version if there is one available that is. It would at least give people incentive to use it if they still did discounts on the store but they haven't in several years and probably wont again even before it closes.

Re: 13 New Games Land on PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week

Zenszulu

I remember my brother picking up Summoner back in the early days of the PS2 and always remember it looking awful for the time with overly long loading times. I would actually probably get into it more these days now my tastes in games have broadened. For those who don't know it was also made by Volition who went on to make the Saints Row series.

Re: 3 New PS Plus Essential Games Are Available to Download Now on PS5, PS4

Zenszulu

I used to play wrestling games all the time and honestly got burnt out on them just before WWE 2K20 got released and turned out to be a disaster. Haven't played any new ones since and avoided Fight Forever since it got a lot of negativity not just from gamers but wrestling fans. So I will probably give it a play at some point and will definitely be playing through SoR4 again since I last played it on Gamepass last year so I know I'll love it.

Re: Xbox Series S Specs Limit the Scope of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Zenszulu

Surely the ram itself shouldn't be much of a factor in the overall size of the game and that comes more down to storage space and how large the file size is? Unless it's only referring to the size of what can be loaded into the immediate area in which 25% larger seems like quite a significant increase.

Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand

Zenszulu

I think it's more that people get themselves over excited for these live streams than anything and have expectations of thing being announced that are huge all the time and they after then go online and get upset it didn't go their way. Big games and other things like hardware aren't restricted to getting announced at certain times anymore and it can happen at any point of the year. When the industry heavily relied on trade shows to make these announcements like E3 then you could usually expect something big but they don't do that anymore. Maybe I am just getting too old to care but I don't have any expectations anymore with these things as it seems getting over hyped about something that probably won't happen is a waste of energy.

Re: The Day Before Dev Drops Digital Smoke Bomb, Disappears Days After Early Access Launch

Zenszulu

The Day After... it was all gone. Is a little bit suspicious that the guy has deleted any presence online too. Not sure what he was expecting after years of clearly fake trailers that promised a game that would never get made. Then when they finally release what is supposed to be early access then it is a completely different style of game that lacks most of what was promised and looks almost nothing like the early trailers. Makes you wonder in the 5 years they were developing it if they put as much effort into the game as they did making fake trailers they may have actually had something that resembled it at least visually.

Re: Won't Someone Think of the Children? UK Moves to Protect Kids from Loot Boxes

Zenszulu

The biggest issue in a lot of this is parents link their cards in the first place to a child's account in the first place and leave them there so the child can start make impulse purchases and the touch of a button. All well and good putting these things in place but if they didn't have access to the money so easily to begin with it wouldn't be as much of an issue. Gift cards exist for a reason. Yes its not exactly good that children are constantly advertised digital stuff that unless bought then and there will be gone forever but limiting their ability to simply press by a button to buy also helps.

Re: No, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Definitely Not Releasing on PS4

Zenszulu

@Savage_Joe You do know there will also be a third part too right? Should that also be in development for the PS4 even though it probable wont come out until 2028 at the earliest? They have made a decision to cut off developing their newest games on the last generation of hardware now the current hardware is more readily available.

Re: No, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Definitely Not Releasing on PS4

Zenszulu

The third part will be PS6 only at the amount of time it takes to develop the games now. Anyone complaining about this game not being on the PS4 are they really surprised? By the time that gets completed by around 2028 do the same people complaining about this not coming to PS4 expect the next part also to come out on it?

Re: Sonic Origins Plus Catching Heat for Using Zoomed-In Game Gear Versions

Zenszulu

Since the early days of Sega doing any kinds of compilations when in comes to including any 8-bit Sonic games the have to my knowledge only ever done the Game Gear versions because there are all on that system so having them all display at the same resolution makes sense. Only 4 of the games listed were made natively for the Master System and one Sonic Blast was ported directedly from the Game Gear version in Brazil and as a result just displays a stretched full screen image not taking advantage of the higher resolution anyway.

Re: Resident Evil 4 Remake on PS4 Is Why Cross-Gen Needs to End

Zenszulu

Well since it is now pretty easy to get a PS5 they really should be focusing on that. It made sense when there was major supply issues but now that isn't really an problem. I often wonder how some games are even running on the base Xbox one when that still gets certain ports the one s versions seem bad enough. I am sure the ones actually porting them probably feel the same way as it makes their work look bad sometimes releasing a game on purposes that runs poorly.

Re: Reaction: PS Stars Is Overdue Yet Appreciated, But There's Lots of Room to Improve

Zenszulu

I think my biggest nit pick is in order to earn coins from games purchased you have to actually have an active subscription and for the most part it seems that they are trying to make you buy specific games only to get any kind of rewards. Not really great at this point and launching it with no integration on consoles seems odd it's not like that haven't been working on it all for months. It's quite a disjointed experience as it is now.

Re: Reminder: PS5, PS4 Loyalty Scheme PS Stars Is Available Now in Europe

Zenszulu

@WadeIsInsane no it's not understandable sorry the word simply has another meaning. It's not like the word is offensive in any way shape or form no matter what meaning used. So unless it was that kind of instance where it was seen as potential offense then that is the only time something should be changed. No need to change it simple because one country has a larger population so more of them could potentially be reading it.

Re: Reminder: PS5, PS4 Loyalty Scheme PS Stars Is Available Now in Europe

Zenszulu

The amount of people angry at the use of the word scheme and demanding it be changed or an explanation despite getting told a good reason for the use of the word and it not meaning anything negative is amusing. If you are given an explanation about the word and still refuse to accept it then that is on you.

On to the actual PS stars well it all seems a bit disjointed and if the only way to earn coins is by buying certain games digitally then it seems more like a way of boosting sales for games many wouldn't otherwise buy. If it was like the Nintendo system where you got coins based on anything you buy digitally I'd get it but not only a specific collection of games. Also for the amount of time they have been developing and planning it you would have thought there would be an way of tracking it on your console.

Re: Stroke the Dog and Now Cat 2,000 Times for 71 PS5, PS4 Trophies

Zenszulu

"Games" like this are just feeding into people's addictions now. When I see people bragging they have thousands of platinum trophies that they basically just spent loads on quick 5 minute games then I don't see that as an achievement but how much time and disposable cash they have. It used to be some what of a challenge I the early days of trophies and achievements in games where something like a platinum trophy meant you put time and effort in now those get burried under a mountain of shovelware.

Re: Press X for Trophies Is a Sad Indictment of PS5, PS4 Today

Zenszulu

It used to be getting platinum trophies for the most part meant something. Even if the games were relatively easy they used to have a 20 or 30 hour single player campaign to get through. Now getting more platinum trophies than others is more down to having a lot of money to be able to buy all of these cheap games and there are people who only play games like these and never anything of any kind of substance or challenge. Personally I think Sony needs to change its criteria for what is allowed to have a platinum trophy attached to it. It is also causing a huge addiction for some trying to climb leader boards simply by paying for all these games.

Re: Atari 50th: The Anniversary Celebration Brings 90 Classics to PS5, PS4 Later This Year

Zenszulu

In all honesty I don't see why many people will be that interested in the games. Yes they have a great place in history and I played many in the early 80s but many have aged horribly or were just bad at the time like the majority of the Jaguar library. I can very much expect all but the most dedicated of Atari fans to play most games for five minutes and never go back to them. For me the documentary aspect is the only interesting thing about it.