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Cockpit games tend to work best in VR!

I got MSFS24 at the beginning of the year and had a lot of fun with it, but the most cumbersome parts were definitely programming avionics. Curious to see how they handle it in VR - will it use eye-tracking so I can interact with the knob/switch I'm looking at?

Honestly even if the controls aren't perfect, I'm going to have a blast with this game in VR. Being able to look out the window at the clouds and really FEEL the distance to the ground or the size of mountains - VR gives you a sense of scale that's impossible to get from a flat TV screen.

I got a green one and I love it. So brat.

Considering whether or not to get the blue covers for my slim PS5. Maybe they're a little too loud to have next to my TV on the entertainment stand, but I love how unique they are.

Well if they're making it cheaper for me then it's great and I love it. If it's more expensive for me, very bad and unfair ):

(just kidding, variable pricing is pretty disgusting all around UNLESS it's somehow cheaper for those with less money, but we don't live in that world)

Good. No one should go along with it. Unions are important.

@Ajazbo @stocko Ahh I was worried it would be a missed reference! I have seen the movie but my memory is crap

Sorry, "fans will be in lesbians"? The hell does that mean? 😂

I don't necessarily need this specific IP or brand or characters to return, but I desperately want a similar game. A fun and lightheaded yet thrilling romp across the world, with lots of historical fiction and beautiful showpieces.

I don't really want to play The Last of Us because although it may not strictly be horror, that sorta stuff just stresses me out! It took a lot out of me to even get through that one part of Uncharted 1. I don't want to be scared, it's not fun for me.

Might be interesting to have an opinion article speculating on where the licensed WRC games will go now... Surely they're not gone for good?

Interesting! No where else seems to be

I just finished Before Your Eyes on PSVR2. Really moving game with a super unique interface (it solely uses eye tracking to interact with things, no buttons). Made me cry, made me reconsider my life. Did what good art can do.

Kinda in deep with everything VR has to offer right now and I don't have a huge desire to play flat games at the moment. I'm sure the novelty will wear off at some point, but I'm all in right now.

I kinda miss the days of Guitar Hero, so I'm not opposed to the idea! Let's see how it goes

I just bought one a couple days ago with the $100 off sale they're having.

I mostly got it for GT7 to go along with my sim racing rig, but I've been blown away by the couple of other games I've tried already, and it seems to have a pretty sizable backlog! I picked up No Man's Sky, Hitman, Cities VR, Horizon, Synth Riders, and a couple others that were on sale, with other games wishlisted.

To me, it's fresh, new, and exciting, and there's a wealth of games available with more upcoming (MSFS '24 and fingers crossed American Truck Simulator pls). I understand how you could be disappointed if you picked it up on day one, especially with the lack of first party and AAA support, but it's already been more than worth the $300 for me so far. Even if I just used it for GT7, it would be worth it.

Monster Hunter Rise is considered the best monster hunter of the last 10 years by a lot of people, including me. That's a huge win. Definitely give it a go if you haven't played it yet.

I've only played a few hours. It's tough when the core gameplay is fun but there's a lack of polish in so many other areas. Do you forgive the little mistakes because you enjoy the game? Or do you say, wait a minute, this isn't some indie game, and it's backed by a 1st party studio of one of the largest corporations in the world, so there's no excuses?

I like physical games because the act of going to the store to pick up a new release is fun. I always enjoy glancing at the gaming section of the supermarket to see what they got. Please god don't take away all my reasons to leave the house!

Also it's cool to have things on the shelf to look at and whatnot. It's like physical books vs ebooks - the physical item gives you something to display on the shelf, to talk about, to remember.

So we're not talking about the absolutely horrid UI?

Maybe I'm biased because I do loads of UI/UX at my day job, but I cringe every time I open the map and related menus.

Oh well, the game is still loads of fun and I recommend everyone give it a go! Feels so satisfying to parry and counter attack.

I think the article writer here is out of touch.

The economy is *****, computer parts are way overpriced, the job market is the worst its been since the 2008 financial crisis. Who will benefit from a new console? All it will do is create FOMO and cause people to buy it for an incremental upgrade that wouldn't be worth it - or alternatively, people WON'T buy it and it would be a huge disappointment and possibly put Sony in a bad situation.

Most importantly, game development times are longer than they've ever been. Raising the bar for what's expected for a console game will only exacerbate that. Devs haven't even reached the potential of what's possible on PS5 yet.

Not to mention how well the PS5 has been selling recently. Lots of new owners - why would these people want a new console to be released right after they just picked up this one? I'm sure it's great for game news/review websites, but no one I know in real life is ready for a PS6.

Edit: Starting to think this article is just engagement bait after reading through the comments. Lots of incendiary language in the article which is clearly unpopular and riles people up.

The UI is actually horrible and I hope reviewers make note of that in their reviews.

The menu is hard to read, hard to understand. The map is badly designed. If you place a marker in the map tile you're on, your character indicator covers it up, so you can't even tell if you placed it correctly.

As a more minor point, lots of elements in the menus have inconsistent padding for no good reason. Compare your health/stamina/etc bars on the first page of the menu to the second page. They also look like cookie cutter progress bars straight out of some default library.

As far as UX, there's a number of screens with lists on the left and displayed content on the right, like bestiaries. Sometimes when you scroll down the list, it changes the content showing on the right. Sometimes it doesn't and you have to press X to select an item in the list before it displays on the right. There's no rhyme or reason as to when.

To me, the menus reek of either "good enough" prototype that made it to release, or some last minute crap they threw together. There's a clear lack of polish in the UI, no matter how much you like the game itself.

Just got myself a Logitech g923 wheel for a great price, so I'm playing lots of GT7, Dirt 2, and Forza Horizon 5

Nah, the pixel art is definitely not the best. Looks a bit generic. I love games like Celeste, Stardew Valley, Cave Story, and VVVVVV, so it's not an anti-pixel art bias on my part - I really just don't think it looks very good.

If I saw a game with this art style under a different title, I'd overlook it in a heartbeat. Because it's God of War though, I paid a bit more attention to the gameplay and it seems fun. I just wish there was a bit more character or style to the art.

I don't LOVE the art style (and I'm generally a fan of pixel art) but the overall concept and gameplay seems right up my alley. Will have to hold myself back from buying this right now because I have way too many other games to finish up!

That's a huge surprise! Glad to hear it.

Weird that Peace Walker is included because I remember that being included on the MGS collection back on PS3 (which didn't have MGS1 funny enough). They should've just made MGS4 Remastered its own full release imo

It's not gonna happen here... but I'd love a confirmed release date for American Truck Simulator on PS5. With PSVR2 support. Thank you.

I mean, it looks nothing like horizon, and the visuals seem derivative of certain other popular live service games, and overall, I think we're all a bit burnt out on the whole concept at this point.

Does it let you use a mouse to control avionics and stuff like MSFS?

It's unfortunate how lacking tutorials are in a lot of sims. Simulations seem like the ideal place to have a full-on training built in to the product. DiRT 4 is the last sim-adjacent game I played with a properly in depth tutorial, but that's a more arcadey game!

The funny thing is, I love JRPGs, but I've literally never heard anything about this game outside of this website.

I picked up Gran Turismo 7, my first Gran Turismo game. I'm really loving the vibe, with the chill cafe full of car nerds geeking out, and the jazzy and classical menu music. It has a very different feel overall compared to any other racing games I've played (FH5, Dirt 5, Dirt Rally 2, WRC games).

Those other games also tend to be overwhelming, either throwing 100 flashy things at you all at once or just dropping you in and expecting you to figure it out. GT7 eases you in really well, especially as a newcomer.

I'm not even a car guy and I've never watched any motorsports, but I'm really liking all these personalities gushing about what makes XYZ car special, and I enjoy reading the histories in the museum area. It's kinda like when you have a friend who's really passionate about something, you can appreciate the passion even if you don't necessarily care about the specific topic very much. That's how I feel with this game: the creators are clearly passionate about cars.

Permanent price decrease is awesome! They should do that with Pixel Remaster

Sometimes accessibility is a good thing y'all. If you don't want to use a boost feature, no one is requiring you to. Some people play games to have fun, and just enjoy ticking all the boxes. It's not a competition.

I wonder if it will affect trophies? None of the cheats/assists seem to affect trophies on any the FF remasters (which is how I got my one and only platinum trophy for Final Fantasy I Pixel Remaster...)

@DadJKP Wow. I repeat my previous statement: find better corners of the internet to hang out in.

Most of the comments seem to be about loud voices on the internet expecting the game to fail because... Main character is a woman?

I never heard any of these voices. Maybe y'all need to find better corners of the internet to hang out in?

I almost bought Ace Combat 7 last week. Glad I didn't!

Making a game deserves respect, but reviews can't just shower a game with praise - otherwise they lose their purpose.

What needs to change is readers taking reviews as some sort of objective assessment when it's always just the personal opinion and experience of the reviewer. Different people value different things.

I was definitely hoping it would have more gameplay or UI updates to bring it in line with improvements made in KCD2, but based on the description, it just seems like a normal resolution bump, improved textures, frame rate... I'll still take it though.

I'd rather they put time into taking advantage of the PS5-specific features than not (specifically, good use of the Dualsense). If that means it releases later than the Xbox and Windows version, then fine.

Yeah I've been having so much fun with this release. Never played any Forza before because I've never had an Xbox or gaming PC.

I got it a couple weeks ago and I've already sunk 60 hours into it. Something about it really clicks with me.

Lighting isn't great, but it's more of a stylistic change than anything. It doesn't look worse, just different.

I bought a couple PS2 classics on my PS3 last year, and at least one PSP game. All digital through the PlayStation Store. I wouldn't be surprised if the sales numbers there were a bit higher.

Maybe E33 and Eldin Ring are both good games and we don't have to put down one in order to praise the other! They're both doing really different things after all.

I keep thinking about going back and replaying New Vegas, but rumors of a remaster have stopped me so far. You'd think they'd capitalize on the popularity of the TV show - which is currently taking place in New Vegas 🤔

I like it. I think I like the genshin design even more. I love how many options we're offered for controllers

MSFS 2024 is definitely getting PSVR2 added this year... Right?

Forza Horizon 5, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and Kingdom Come Deliverance. Just different levels of simulation games if you think about it

Oh and definitely going to be running through a level or two in Astro Bot in my downtime. That game is a blast!

I have a physical copy of this game but I still haven't started it.

I miss physical guide books. I don't get paying for a digital one when there's plenty of guides online.

I finally got around to playing this in the past week, and I just gotta say, I fully understand all the high ratings and GOTY wins. This game is fully deserving of all the praise.

I'm a big Mario fan, and I can honestly say that in my opinion, Astro Bot beats all the 3D Marios. I think it's the best 3D platformer / collectathon ever made. They perfected the genre.

@MrStark Sometimes, when telling a good story, characters have flaws. This is similar to real life, where humans sometimes behave emotionally and irrationally. Just because someone is the protagonist of a story, that doesn't mean everything they do is good and represents behavior worth modeling.

If you're saying the reaction was unjustified from a story perspective based on the history of the characters, I simply disagree. Maybe it's the non-linear storytelling, but if you lay out the events in order leading up to the times Lightning assaults Snow, I'd argue there's ample justification.

I was a late adopter to the PS3. When FFXIII was announced, I knew that would be the moment to go for it. I ordered and received the game before I even had my PS3 (120gb slim). Once I got my console, I stayed up all night until 7am the next morning playing this game.

There's always ebbs and flows with popular opinion around these games. Many of the more controversial releases tend to be viewed in a more positive light once a new, more controversial release comes out. It's just the nature of a series that constantly tries new things.

A lot of the criticisms of FFXIII are accurate (except imo for the ones about story being confusing or requiring hours reading datalog entries - just pay attention and be ok not fully understanding everything at the beginning and you'll pick up on it), but I don't think that makes it a bad game. Its focus is story, characters, spectacle, and a fast-paced, turn-based combat system. It's not about exploration and has little in the way of side content. Don't expect it to be something it's not, and you'll have a good time.

Not long ago, I dusted off my PS3 and have this game a go again. It holds up remarkably well - all it needs is a little resolution bump and it will outshine many other JRPGs released in the last decade. I hope we do get a trilogy remaster, and I'll pick it up day one if that happens.

Truly tragic English voice acting aside, we’ve generally been positive...

Very odd thing to say when 1) neither review on this website seems to mention anything about bad voice acting, and 2) the English voice acting is no where near tragic - I think it's pretty good for the most part.

I love it!! I just got a slim in my household and I'm strongly considering the green... Or maybe the blue??