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I am very excited for this game, I really enjoyed the demo and Capcom or on great form at the moment

I've been playing this on the Pro using balanced mode, 120hz and vsync off and for the most part its actually pretty smooth, though in large cities and very large battles it will drop out of VRR range but I can't say its bothered me too much.

Where I do agree a bit more is that there are a vast array of mechanics to get your head around, with little in the way of explaining how to engage with some of them, the menu's are very clunky and I had a battle where I took out a 100 or so grunts, just for the boss to show up and be able to one shot me 😂.

This game really does show how good the likes of Nintendo are when crafting games like BOTW amd has given me a new appreciation for such games. That said, there is something special about its world and it truly rewards exploration in a way that many open worlds fail to and I'm thoroughly enjoying my time with it

It's definitely one I'll be keeping an eye on and yes I'll be playing it on the Pro if I do get it

@themightyant yeah thats all that matters at the end of the day, having fun, especially these days when I don't have as much time to play as I'd like

@Flaming_Kaiser I've come to terms with the fact that I'll never finish many of the games I've bought and have essentially buried my backlog in favour of just playing the odd new game and replaying those I really enjoy

Overall last year it would have been Nintendo for Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. This year I think Capcom will the best for me after the excellent Resident Evil Requiem and upcoming Pragmata and Onimusha.

On the PS4, Sony very much was front and centre of my gaming with Uncharted, TLOU2, Spider-Man and Horizon amongst others but this gen, I've only played through Astro Bot, GT7 and Ratchet and Clank from them, though I do want to go back and finish Death Stranding 2

I was born in 82 and Resident Evil 1 was the first game I ever played on a PlayStation. At that time I had a Megadrive and a friend's uncle had brought his PS1 to his house with Resident Evil and Tekken. To say Resident Evil changed my perception of what a video game could be is an understatement and to this day, this is my favourite game series.

A couple of years later we got Resident Evil 2 which improved upon the original in every way, with such memorable moments as Kendo's shop, the RPD and its main hall theme to that first encounter with the licker. I replayed this a couple of times early this week and it's still my favourite entry, though its own remake and Requiem aren't far behind

Funnily enough, for this anniversary I made the RE1 Remake my 30th platinum, quickly followed by RE2/3 and Requiem

I've got to be honest, I've had no issues with the controls

Crimson Desert for me, I was on the fence for a while but fancy a change of pace after Requiem. Going in and based off some comments/review I was half expecting the controls to feel sluggish like RDR2 (they aren't) and for the control scheme to be awkward (it isn't). I'm only a few hours in and already this is a world which is making me excited to be let off the leash to explore it

I can't say I've had any issues with the controls so far, certainly not for running and jumping, that sword light thing was a bit weird but thats about it.

I picked this up and have only had time to play for about an hour so far on the Pro but I've enjoyed it so far and am looking forward to playing more on my day off

I've absolutely loved these movies, from what was a rough first introduction, they have only got better and better and that is one hell of a cast. Great to see Jim Carrey once again and funny to think he's never been much of a sequel person but he he is 4 films later, clearly having a great time

Ada is the obvious choice and the one I'd personally go with if it were up to me, thought Claire would also be a good choice

@SuntannedDuck2 PS3 requires its encryption keys to be updated to continue to play Blu-ray movies, this is why it still gets updated every 12 months or so

A "major" disappointment, hovering around 8 out of 10, the very same score this author gave Resident Evil Requiem and RE2 Remake if I remember correctly and overall is a good score.

At the end of the day, people have to start thinking for themselves and a games score in reviews doesn't equate to how much you'll enjoy it. I enjoyed the aforementioned Resident Evil games much more than Liam but that doesn't make him wrong and there are many universally appraised games that I simply didn't enjoy.

I've long since stopped buying games based off review scores, I may read some if I'm unfamiliar with a game to see what it's trying to do but the number at the bottom doesn't matter to me

@Splat the reloading is great, if you reload Requiem with 5 bullets, he uses the loader to do it quicker. Then with the most powerful shotgun, its a seperate animation for the 1st shell vs the rest, so if you leave one shell in and reload, he does it much faster

Resident Evil Requiem coupled with PSSR 2 on the Pro was the game that convinced me that I could dismantle and sell my PC. As the difference with how this looks compared to that on my TV just isn't that big anymore. Resident Evil 1 and more so 2, back on the PS1 had a huge impact on me and my tastes in gaming, so playing them on Playstation just feels right to me

@LikelySatan or Spider-Man or Hulk/Terminator

No idea who Eggman is but Dr Robotnik looked really cool in this trailer as did Death Adder and as much as I like Yakuza, I'm not sure we need it's characters ot appear in so many games. Overall though this looks excellent

The guy is tying himself in knots arguing semantics but ultimately it is changing the art style in many of the examples and the lighting may well be more realistic in Oblivion but its Oblivion and it simply creates a disconnect.

Grace goes from a shy woman trying not to draw attention to herself, to someone who looks self confident and comfortable and thats before you look at how the dark rainy street with bright highlights from the streetlights and shop windows, is all but destroyed

@Scottyy in outdoor areas its largely fine but in dark interiors there's a fair bit of shimmering and can look a mess at times, this mode doesn't use PSSR as it got swapped out in the last patch

I enjoyed this back at launch on PC and what I'm seeing here are some very smart updates to remove much of the friction amd make it more enjoyable to play. I may well jump back in at some point but there are a few new games I'm interested in playing

I've tried Resident Evil 4 which does look sharper and Silent Hill 2 which does look better in it's 30fps mode but sadly they patched out PSSR from the 60fps mode. Requiem already showed me this was the real deal, so hopefully most if not all developers leverage it from now on, giving the Pro significantly better image quality than thw base PS5 and Xbox across the board

@Cry_Zero no, its all about the image quality and has a very similar performance cost to PSSR1

@Krlozgod that's correct, though it could be beneficial for future games or if developers patch it, as they could come from a lower base resolution and thus gain performance that way

@BloodyBlact yeah I think those games have a patch but there will be a system wide toggle as well. The blog says the update goes live at 10pm PT, which will be 5am in the morning for us

@BloodyBlact no they don't, if a game already has PSSR, a system level toggle will allow you to swap it out

Not the best character choices given the wealth of Sega characters to choose from but the music side is looking very good at least. Now how about getting the actual Sonic R soundtrack in this

@Weebleman the blog says it rolls out at 10pm Pacific time or 5am in the morning UK time, so nobody will have it yet

@Oram77 I agree with you, I've come to this comment section off the back of finishing RE2 (again) and even that one leans towards action much of the time, giving Claire copious amounts of grenade rounds. For me Requiem is a perfect blend of the 2 and Grace's sections were great. Even Leon on insanity makes resource management important and even avoiding some battles

Thoroughly deserved and it's up there with my favourite entries of the series. The blend of survival horror and action works for me and the survival horror side is as good as it's ever been in the series, with a great location and a brilliant evolution of the traditional zombies. They even resurrected the zapping system somewhat from RE2 as Leon and Grace share some resources across the care home, you can even bring Leon in sooner to deal with some enemies to make Grace's life easier.

I've enjoyed 3 playthroughs so far and insanity mode is probably my go to mode now (without infinite weapons), which itself makes Leon's sections closer to survival horror as you really have to think about how to use your resources and options

Bring on the mini game and dlc

Absolutely not and that Tweet from Ben is misguided as he somehow believes that it can be done without an update to disable it. Games should always have a fully playable offline build on disc

I'm still playing Resident Evil Requiem, after about 30 hours and getting the platinum trophy I'm still absolutely loving it. I did the insanity run without the bonus weapons/unlimited ammo, so now I'm gonna have a bit of fun with the unlockable weapons and running the on disc version so I still have RT in the main Raccoon City section.

After that I fancy playing the original RE2 again

I'd imagine this "PS6" handheld will be much closer to being a PS5 in performance (if that high) and I'm much more interested in that than an updated Portal, I'll also take a PS6 next year too even if I don't think it's needed

Ok so this is a thing, well I'm off back to Raccoon City where the locals have way more common sense

On a technical level this game looks outstanding as well as having some really cool open world details. Weirdly though, I've still not seen anything that really makes me want to actually play it

I only heard about this a week or so ago and I haven't bought a game in the meantime and the only game I'm likely to buy anytime soon is Pragmata, so no it hasn't made any difference to me

Come on now, this is just silly. If you don't like horror games then go play something else, or you know, be brave and try something different for once. I'd much rather developers put all their time into making their games as good as possible instead of wasting it trying to accommodate those who don't even like that kind of game

@mattitudemf everyone's tolerance is different, someone in this comment section even claims there is no latency when its easy to see and measure, for me when I tested one it's immediately noticable.

The latency is the only thing stopping me from buying the Portal, if they fix it, I'll buy one immediately

When used well it's a huge visual upgrade, of course games can look great without it but it only makes things look better. That said, I wouldn't sacrifice performance below 60fps for it

More Resident Evil Requiem? Count me in

Leon out here taking the Resident Evil series to new heights whilst dragging along the rest of the RE games and the PS5 Pro for the ride 😆

I said I expected this to be at least £1000, for one thing, it won't be made in huge numbers and as its effectively a PC, they can't subsidise the cost through thier own store as there's no guarantee people will use it

@Brigurugi yet its a huge worldwide hit with almost universal praise 🤔

I've noticed RE4 kept going out of stock on Amazon, otherwise that may have been up there, even RE1/0 is showing good sales there too.

As a big Resident Evil fan, I couldn't be happier that so many are seemingly jumping into the series now, or catching up with older games

I've not tried it, its just not my kind of game but also I've not really seen anyone talking about it online. My Twitter feed is still full of Resident Evil, whilst its Steam numbers are poor for this kind of game and its likely budget and even the PS store doesn't have it amongst the top 10 selling games in my region.

I genuinely forgot it was already out

@Deadlyblack I expect Helix to be more expensive than PS6. Today Series X is more expensive than PS5 despite being comparable spec wise. Whilst Helix is seemingly more powerful than PS6 but will be made in smaller quantities and can't be subsidised by their own store due to the inclusion of Steam etc

Sony may well respond but I don't think they'll have any genuine concern. This new Xbox PC thing will likely be incredibly expensive and I don't think it will be made in huge numbers either, given they aren't even guaranteed revenue from their own store on it. Meanwhile handheld PC's, whilst popular on social media, don't make any real impact sales wise.

This is just them trying to look bullish at a time when there is uncertainty in their own management

I'd give it a 9 and its certainly one of the very best entries in the series and I do disagree with the review in terms of it being lopsided towards action. Leon certainly gets a little more screen time but his sections aren't all out action. Grace is an excellent addition to the series, representing the survival horror side and she gets plenty of time to shine. The care home and the new intelligent zombies is one of my favourite sections for many years.

My only real gripes are that I wish Victor was a bit more prominent in the back half of the game, plus we could do with a bit more to do in the inner Raccoon City and we needed a boss fight against a certain someone.

Finally its an absolute showpiece for the capabilities of the PS5 Pro and it looks sensational on it.

More games like this please