djdizzy

I wanted to get into Witcher 3. The stories and visuals are A+ but when it plays as bad as it does, it’s hard for me to come back to. My wife wants me to go back to Witcher 3 understandably, I’d rather watch someone else play it too. But it’s such a chore to play with its abominable combat + gameplay. At some point I’ll do her a solid and go back to it... I’m dragging my feet though.

Especially when I can fire up Nier Automata instead. Which has some of the best combat + gameplay I’ve experienced.

@itsfoz LOL I just came from that article too. That’s too funny.

No I don’t feel lied to, that thought hasn’t even crossed my mind.

And about the next-gen experience, I love the PS5 so far. Keeping in mind it’s still brand new. IMO a small library is to be expected for some time with any new console generation and has been the case with every console I was an early adopter of.

I also feel like any game that uses the DualSense’s adaptive triggers & haptics feels as next-gen as I’ve ever experienced. Even 3rd party games like RE Village on PS5 deliver an experience that cannot be duplicated on any other system and definitely not the PS4.

Or Control, where it runs smooth compared to the PS4 but mainly it’s use of the DualSense creates an awesome experience to me.

I’m hyped for the Virtua Fighter 5 remaster! I don’t have any interest in the other 2 but I’m very happy with June for VF5 alone.

I just got Ending B in Nier Automata. This game is deserving of all its praise.

I’m about 3/4 the way through RE Village. I miss the scares, however it’s a lot of fun.

R-Type Final 2, a must-buy for any shmup fans. I still haven’t beat it yet though :/ I need to beat it to unlock the Leo ship.

I played some Scarlet Nexus demo last night. It made me really want to fire up DMC5 SE.

And a few demolition derbies ala Wreckfest multiplayer (thanks PS+). I’ve uninstalled Destruction AllStars, this is more up my alley.

@JJ2 LMAO best comment I’ve read in months

It’s a must-buy for anyone remotely interested. I’m 3/4 through my first playthrough and it’s GOTY 2021 for me.

Virtua Fighter Remix sold me on a Saturn back in the day. I played the hell out of Virtua Fighter Remix and played even more of part 2. I haven’t played a Virtua Fighter since 3 on Dreamcast which was a solid game. I’ll definitely give this a shot if it hits PS+.

@RubyCarbuncle reviews and opinions are important when there’s no demo to see for yourself what the gameplay is like.

Biomutant isn’t like R-Type Final 2 is to me, where I didn’t care what others thought about it b/c I knew I was buying it anyway.

Yesterday I got Ending A in Nier Automata. I’m about 2/3 into RE Village and I’m playing a lot of R-Type Final 2.

I picked up FF7 (original on PS4). I’ve never played it before but loved Remake so much, I had to do it.

@RubyCarbuncle Obviously I’m wrong because you know more about how my tv’s images look than I do. Good work. How can I achieve the powers that you have?

That’s disappointing, they said it was supposed to be optimized for PS5.

To all the people above saying you can’t tell the difference between 1080p and 4K, like they know better than you do. It’s not like a placebo effect. I’ve played the same games in 1080p vs 4K and the difference is obvious. 1080p games look blurry on my tv compared to the same game in 4k.

I loved my first couple matches, it captured the feeling of going to the arcade (somehow) but lost alot of its fun too soon to me.

But mine stopped being able to connect to multiplayer for 2 months. I deleted and redownloaded it. It redownloaded with a different version, turns out there was an update that failed to install. Now that it’s working, I’m playing Wreckfest instead.

I’m about 13 hours into my first playthrough. I’ve heard some people complain about the aiming but I haven’t had any problems, I think it’s quite good. Don’t forget to turn off Movement Camera Acceleration & Aiming Camera Acceleration though!

I got owned a few times at that opening ambush and I rage quit. Not knowing what to do frustrates me. I tried it again the next day and easily got through it, I even had fun with that scene!

@Nepp67 I played the beta 2 and it has a story mode but it’s locked out. So I can’t comment on how deep the story mode is, just that it exists.

@4kgk2 you’re right, I had a dyslexic moment. My fault.

@4kgk2 3rd party exclusives have been a thing since way before the 360. The NES was the king of that.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/08/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-and-fall-of-gamings-third-party-exclusives/?amp=1

And you saying the PS5 launch is the worst is ridiculous. You must be mad young and haven’t seen many console generations.

RE Village: I got it on launch day and I’m about 3 hours in. I haven’t played it much because my wife’s in the room and it scares her, which is funny because RE2make doesn’t scare her as much. RE2make is certainly scarier, whereas Village is spooky at parts but not scary. Maybe it’s the higher graphical fidelity of playing it on PS5 that gets to her? I’m not sure, it’s a mystery to me.

Street Fighter 30 Anniversary : I just picked this up and have been playing a lot of SF3 online. I haven’t played SF3 in 2 decades but have been having some great ranked matches where we’re both down to empty energy bars and are having a push+pull flow to the match.

Guilty Gear Strive beta 2: My wife and I played against each other for an hour. I’ve never played a Guilty Gear before but I admired Xrd from afar. Unfortunately I have no idea how to really play it. I’m not sure whether to dig into Xrd guides and see if it’s the same or to call it a wrap on Guilty Gear as my curiosity is satisfied. It’s looks great but the controls feel unresponsive compared to SF3. I’m just not familiar with the timing.

R-Type Final 2 : I’m a life-long fan of the series and am completely obsessed with beating it. I’ve gotten to stage 5 on normal difficulty but am still getting my ass kicked regularly. This week I’ve been sinking the most time into this one.

Resogun : I never had a PS4 so it’s new to me. Having a lot of fun saving the humans. I’ve been playing R-Type a lot more than Resogun and have noticed that R-Type has made me better at Resogun because R-Type the more difficult game IMO.

I’ve been admiring Xrd from afar for years and I’ve only played the one on Dreamcast. Definitely going to try the Strive beta tonight.

I’ve never played the originals but I’m curious (which is why I’m reading this article and comments). In my mind it’s like Galaxy Quest mixed with Dead Space.

I only had a PS3 until getting a PS5 in November so my backlog is real. Note to self: don’t skip a console generation again.

@Old-Red Understandable. I just got RE Village and I see spoilers everywhere I turn. Even thumbnails on YouTube. Not cool.

@Juanalf For sure, it’s 60fps or bust for me too. Especially after playing Ratchet (PS4) at 60fps, it was a revelation. No way I could do 30fps for R&C again. Smooth like butta

I was wondering how this article doesn’t have any “hearts” so I clicked it. Upon reloading the page it reset to zero “hearts”

That’s just to say, great article!

Destructoid has really been breaking Sony’s balls lately. I’m good with it though because if enough people start complaining then we get info about how it’s not true (like this) or they change direction (like the PS3 store).

Whatever happened to the Silent Hill rumor? Come on Sony, force Konami into it. Make em an offer they can’t refuse.

I’ve only played it one day so far, I’m just a couple hours in. I’m playing it with my wife along for the ride but it’s scaring her, so I’m waiting for her to get ready for the next session. I feel like it’s creepy at parts but not scary unfortunately. But I’m really enjoying Village, it’s delivering on a higher level than I was expecting.

Having said that, it doesn’t come close to RE2make. That game is a 10/10 masterpiece. If RE3 was a full-fledged game then I’d say I like that better too. But that’s no jab at Village.

I’m really looking forward to Code Veronica & Dino Crisis 1 remakes. Make it happen, Capcom!

Haptics is really disappointing. The only thing I’ve noticed is a clunk from the transmission shifting, it’s lacking for sure. And no adaptive triggers.

Fun game though, I’m trying to level up quick for mods so I can stand a chance in multiplayer. The racing is good and handles well but I like the demolition derbies the most so far.

@PossibLeigh I fully agree with you. It’s a lazy way to go about it IMO. It takes away the feeling of accomplishment like imagine unlocking Delta’s R-13 as an achievement.

@Futureshark From what I heard, Returnal’s actually pushing the PS5 pretty hard too.

Granted, it probably takes years to learn the optimization tricks for a new console and see what it can really do. But it’s cool there’s finally a game out there that’s pushing it.

It was on top of my list but it came off my list when I read about it’s lack of saving and single checkpoint. Time constraints.

So I changed gears and got R-Type Final 2 instead.

Street Fighter 3: Third Strike via the 30th Anniversary Collection. My favorite fighting game of all-time.

Nier Automata. I’m 13 hours into my first playthrough. I was hoping it lived up to the hype and, to me, it really does. The combat has clicked for me so I’m doing a lot of side quests and haven’t even reached Ending A yet.

RE Village. The damn lycans are kicking my ass. I’m taking a break and will loosen up with some SF3 then give it another shot. Not really sure where to go when they swarm me. Still figuring it out. Overall I’m impressed though I must say.

@NeonPizza I hear you, I’m steering clear of YT for now too ever since I saw a spoiler thumbnail. I’m about 2 hours into Village on PS5, in my opinion I agree that it’s worth waiting until you get a PS5.

We definitely have differing preferences but I hope you have as much enjoyment with RE3make as I had. Knowing how it’s shorter with cut content, et cetera, what’s there is great. Not flawless but overall a really good time and I appreciate that it was made at all. It’s probably in my top 5 for RE.

You have a point that REmake HD remaster’s 3D assets don’t blend with the pre-rendered images like they did on GameCube. On GC it blended so well and the lighting was more fitting. I couldn’t get into new controls, too disorienting. I think my occasional replays of Silent Hill 2 keep my tank control muscle memory intact so the clunk doesn’t bother me, it just seems fitting. Funny enough it’s RE4’s special style of tank + aiming that’s always gotten me crossed me up. I could never get very far in 4.

RE0’s HD remaster is a stunner by comparison. Zero has such a strong opening IMO, I wish it didn’t fall off the rails with story and the zapping system but that’s just part of Capcom’s “live and learn”. If Capcom were to ever completely redo 0 (different story + RE2make treatment) they could have something special on their hands by telling the story of the Bravo team.

@NeonPizza I could see why you’d say that RE1 Remake hasn’t aged well because of the fixed camera angle and controls mainly. But even considering that, I don’t see how Village is even in the same class.

RE2 Remake, while it does have minor flaws, is one of the greatest survival horror games that Capcom likely won’t top anytime soon, certainly not with Village.

Granted I’ve only finished the Village demos, not the full game. My copy arrives today so I’ll see if Village blindsides me as the best RE of the past 16 years. So far it’s greatly lacking in the scares department.

🥵 take: Village doesn’t have a hope at coming close to the RE1-2 Remakes. RE4 was never all that. But I still got Village preordered and am looking forward to it. Glad to see it get such a good review.

It’s 2021 and I just picked up Resogun. In fact I never heard of it until Returnal then I heard Resogun and Nex Machina references.

Ok, Resogun is fantastic! My old school arcade muscle memory kicked in and made it very hard to put down 😀

I can’t wait to try Nex Machina at some point in the future. Robotron was before my time but I was a major SmashTV fan in the day and even loved Loaded.

It’d be amazing to get something of the same caliber of FF7 Remake or Control buy Wreckfest was on my buy list so I’m happy with it.

I enjoyed Battlefield 1 so I’ll give 5 a shot.

FF7 Remake and Control were the best of the bunch for me. Both surprised me as going from passing interests to becoming a couple of my favorite games.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake really hooked me into its world and everything about it.

Control, I love its whole vibe and I have just 2 words to say... Ashtray Maze. Although I’ll say, in the off-chance that someone is reading this reply and is playing through Control: don’t Google Ashtray Maze. Just let yourself come across it naturally in the game and be surprised by it. It’s late-game.

Back during the PS5’s launch, Streets of Rage 4 would crash at the stage complete screen each time. I thought it was a game problem but it was a system problem that was fixed with the next PS5 update.

There are weird problems that can seemingly only affect a particular game for whatever reason.

I’m on my 2nd week of my first playthrough of Nier Automata. I’m doing a lot of exploring so I haven’t gotten the first ending yet but I’m already hooked as the mystery of the world slowly unravels. The flow of the combat has really clicked with me now and I feel supremely confident until I meet a boss and the perspective changes.

I’m still slowly chipping away at Witcher 3. My wife loves watching me play it and wants me to play it more. I like it overall but am not feeling the gameplay much. I’m sure it’ll grow on me but it’s tough going from Automata to Witcher.

I think I’m getting close to finishing Ratchet & Clank. Im playing the PS4 reboot on PS5 with the 60fps patch.

I picked up Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection so I’ll be doing some SF Alpha & SF3 online matches.

And I’m excited to start Horizon Zero Dawn. I’ve never played it but got it from Play At Home. I’m waiting until I finish Automata before starting HZD.

@GamingVeteran I get what you’re saying. This game is like a modern day quarter-muncher. Die lots, get good.

But Housemarque has crossed over into story-driven game territory with this one, only if just by a bit. A more liberal checkpoint system is necessary due to the sheer length and depth of Returnal.... versus arcade games which lacked the length and didn’t require such a thing.

The replies I’m reading the most are from busy people who are otherwise quite interested in Returnal. It takes multiple hours to reach the checkpoint and these people don’t have that kind of time for one session. Some of them bought the game already, some won’t until/unless a resume feature is implemented.

Returnal definitely doesn’t need a modern, robust save system and I think that’d be a bad thing for this game. It just needs a more liberal checkpoint system or a simple resume, delete the save, type of system to address time constraints. I feel like it’s a legitimate request.

I downloaded the demo when I first caught wind that it was available. For weeks I’ve been playing the first stage over and over. When a game I’m playing frustrates me, I fire up this demo and cool off.

It’s not fantastic visuals but they suffice. The gameplay is where it’s at though especially for a R-Type fan. At the end of the day, it’s R-Type so I’m going to buy it.

Good deal on Nier Automata. I just bought it a week ago. It’s ok though, I’d only want the physical release. Games as good as Automata, I prefer the physical.

You can take that Xbox Series X and shove it Up Your Arsenal

@Loftimus Have you had any problems with Destruction Allstar’s matchmaking?

It worked fine for me until a month ago, the matchmaking fails on every attempt since. No matter what mode I pick.

@ORO_ERICIUS Exactly, I did a double-take on Dirt 5 being a finalist for Racing Game of the Year.

Honestly, I haven’t played it but I wanted to buy it and the overwhelming reports of bugs + crashes + general game suckiness made me decide against it.

Even after patches, it became plagued with slowdown that wasn’t there before + it still crashes.... and that’s the PS5 release!

The main protagonist looks like a Red Panda version of Snake Plissken.

@JohnnyShoulder PS5 for a combination of items like those certain PS4 games that got PS5 upgrades: steady 60 FPS, stable gameplay for games that PS4 Pro had trouble keeping up with. And of course RTX as an option. Aside from that we’ll have to wait and see how it pans out.

The 60fps makes a discernible difference. When I played Ghost of Tsushima and God of War on PS4 vs PS5, gameplay felt more responsive and made the game control better. Most noticeable in difficult combat sequences.

But surprisingly the #1 next-gen thing about the PS5 IMO is the adaptive triggers. I had no idea I’d love them so much, it’s the first thing I deeply miss when I go from PS5 back to PS4. The haptics are quite immersive like rumble taken to next-level but the triggers are simply outstanding like I want them on everything.

@lolwhatno That makes sense, thanks!

I’ve always wanted to play Revelations 1-2 but what are the PS4 controls like? Are they the same as RE4’s original controls?

Nice list @RenanKJ

My top 5 would be

1) RE1 Remake HD Remaster
2) RE2 Remake
3) RE2 Original
4) RE3 Original
5) RE4

Apparently I have strange taste b/c loved RE3 Remake. It’d be a toss-up with RE7 at my #6, both of which I really loved. Them not being in top 5 is a sign of disapproval, the RE list is one of very tough competition!

I went 10 years without playing games, up until getting a PS5 in Nov. Now I’m playing games that make me realize how phenomenal the PS4 gen was. I just started Nier Automata today for example... and Returnal is on the top of my list. I hope it lives up to high expectations cuz I’ve been playing some absolute bangers the past 6 months.