I've been looking forward to this for awhile. I like police sims but prefer something more gamey and story oriented, so I'll definitely picking this up. Glad it finally has a release date.
If there's an in game reason for it, and the devs are passionate about it then I can respect this. But I feel like too many games are forcing the use of a compass instead of letting the player toggle a mini map or compass. This gets annoying because too often games - Ghost of Tsushima and Assassin's Creed Odyssey/Origins come to mind - will give you a search area for a quest, but because you only have a compass, it isn't clear where the boundaries of this search area are, so you can spend a lot of time just trying to gauge where you're supposed to be looking. Again, it seems like Sandfall have put much thought into it, but overall I'd prefer if devs just let the player toggle a mini map or compass.
I played it for around 125 hours on Series X and absolutely loved it at first. But then I began to realize how tedious planetary exploration was, how locations were copy and pasted, and just how segmented the game world was. Still, overall I had a good time with the game, and would love to revisit it on PS5 with all of the new features and quality of life enhancements.
@batosaims I never said I was bitter about anything, I was just stating a fact. Much has been made about "Microsoft published" games releasing on PlayStation, but many of them are Bethesda and Activision games that would've been on the console anyway.
Part of the reason why the later Silent Hill games were so poor was because Konami contracted random developers like Double Helix Games and Vatra Games to make them.
@MFTWrecks The part where you said you'd start out with a rusty beater actually reminds me of Mad Max, how you constantly upgrade your car over the course of the game. That was a good game in my opinion.
@heavyartillery56 Yes, but usually not games from developers that traditionally make single player games, are part of a single player series but release as a co-op multiplayer shooter with battle passes and microtransactions.
@Toot1st Hi-fi Rush, Deathloop, Starfield, and Diablo IV were "published" by Microsoft at the combined cost of around 75 billion through the acquisition of two huge publishers.
This is the most asinine story I've seen lately. People were completely ignoring that Microsoft spent over 75 billion on two huge publishers to have the honor of "publishing" the most games on PlayStation.
I had a lot of fun with 1886 in the short amount of time it lasted and my goodness was it the easiest platinum I've ever gotten. I definitely would've played a sequel, as the ending clearly set one up, but I don't think multiplayer would've been a good idea. A potential sequel would've needed to be longer with more compelling gameplay.
@Shepherd_Tallon How is No Rest for the Wicked? I was interested in that but I completely forgot the name of it until I saw your comment. Can't remember when the PS5 release is supposed to be.
Regarding the disc drive not pairing, Mystic posted a video during the outage and in it, said he was indeed able to pair one. So I'm not sure if it was just this person and maybe not that widespread. Still annoying though.
I did not like Barbarian at all, but I'm hoping he can do a good job. Welcome to Raccoon City had it's heart in the right place, but it made the mistake of trying to cram the first two games into one 107 minute film, when the obvious choice should've been to focus solely on the first game and the Spencer Mansion. The first Paul WS Anderson film kind of did this, but it was just so off the walls and featured none of the characters from the game for some reason. Here's hoping this new adaptation finally gets it right.
I'm still surprised Starfield wasn't among the first Xbox games to make the transition, given that it was originally planned for PS5 anyway, and Bethesda obviously has a long history of releasing on PlayStation.
It will be it's own thing, pretty much like the Switch was. Personally I haven't touched my OLED since getting the Portal, and I've got no desire to play any Nintendo games.
@nomither6 My point was that Starfield is a Bethesda game that was originally planned for PS5, whereas Halo, Gears, and Flight Simulator have never been on PS. So it would make sense for Starfield to come over first, regardless of whether or not it sucks.
These super credits remind me of the early Xbox 360 days, when you had to buy points to buy anything from the store. That system was rightfully left in the dust, so it's unfortunate to see it's return here, albeit on a much smaller scale
I still don't like how Xbox and Ninja Theory only released a Series X/S version of the first game and not a PS5 version. Hellblade sold over a million copies on PS4, and they could've shown some appreciation to those players by at least offering an upgrade of the first game, even if the sequel was going to be an Xbox exclusive.
If that's the case, why has Starfield not released on PlayStation yet? A PS5 version was already in development, and we know that Bethesda has worked with the console before. Same goes for Indiana Jones.
Feng Ji certainly comes across as quite arrogant. He wrote a victory speech two years ago? The game was a critical and commercial success, as was Astro Bot. Just take the L gracefully and move on. It's not like this is the only GOTY award out there.
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Is Teasing Something, But No One Knows What
@Oram77 Exactly my point 😂
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Is Teasing Something, But No One Knows What
It's probably a board game that they're teasing.
Re: The Weapon Durability Debate Is Back with PS5 Action RPG Blades of Fire
The weapon durability system was one of the many reasons I stopped playing Breath of the Wild.
Re: PS5 vs Switch 2: Full Tech Specs Comparison
You guys should do a game price comparison next.
Re: PS5 Exclusive Ghost of Yotei Still on Track for 2025 Release
I'm thinking July, just like Tsushima five years ago.
Re: Preview: Being the Good Guy Is Fun for Once in Classic GTA Police Sim The Precinct on PS5
I've been looking forward to this for awhile. I like police sims but prefer something more gamey and story oriented, so I'll definitely picking this up. Glad it finally has a release date.
Re: Killzone Remasters Would Be Cool, Says Series Composer, and We Completely Agree
I think a reimagining of Killzone would be great - there is so much lore that Guerrilla created that was just left out of the games.
Re: Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Dev Won't Add Mini Map, Discovery a Key Part of Promising PS5 RPG
If there's an in game reason for it, and the devs are passionate about it then I can respect this. But I feel like too many games are forcing the use of a compass instead of letting the player toggle a mini map or compass. This gets annoying because too often games - Ghost of Tsushima and Assassin's Creed Odyssey/Origins come to mind - will give you a search area for a quest, but because you only have a compass, it isn't clear where the boundaries of this search area are, so you can spend a lot of time just trying to gauge where you're supposed to be looking. Again, it seems like Sandfall have put much thought into it, but overall I'd prefer if devs just let the player toggle a mini map or compass.
Re: Classic GTA Meets DHL in Deliver At All Costs, Out in May on PS5
The camera perspective kind of reminds me of The Precinct. Wonder what happened to that game?
Re: Ex-Xbox System Seller Starfield Edges Ever Closer to PS5
I played it for around 125 hours on Series X and absolutely loved it at first. But then I began to realize how tedious planetary exploration was, how locations were copy and pasted, and just how segmented the game world was. Still, overall I had a good time with the game, and would love to revisit it on PS5 with all of the new features and quality of life enhancements.
Re: Rumour: Oblivion PS5 Remake Releasing Next Month Appears More and More Likely
@batosaims I never said I was bitter about anything, I was just stating a fact. Much has been made about "Microsoft published" games releasing on PlayStation, but many of them are Bethesda and Activision games that would've been on the console anyway.
Re: Silent Hill F Revealed for PS5 in Debut Trailer
Part of the reason why the later Silent Hill games were so poor was because Konami contracted random developers like Double Helix Games and Vatra Games to make them.
Re: In a Sea of Live Service Disasters, Rainbow Six Siege Plans 10 More Years with Its Biggest PS5 Revamp Yet
Would've been nice to see a campaign added, preferably something closer to older titles. I tried Siege a few years ago and just couldn't get into it.
Re: Rumour: Oblivion PS5 Remake Is Out Soon, Possibly Even Next Month
A huge month for Bethesda on PS5, as was usually the case before a trillion dollar corporation purchased them outright.
Re: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Imminent on PS5 as ESRB Rating Emerges
I'd say its a very busy time for Bethesda on Sony's console, as it has been for years now.
Re: Don't Sleep on Promising PS5 Dark Fantasy Hell Is Us
No quests, no waypoints? No thanks.
Re: RoboCop Returns in Unfinished Business, a Standalone Rogue City Expansion for PS5
I absolutely loved this game. Day one for me.
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Is Finally Official, Ollies onto PS5, PS4 This Summer
Can't wait for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5!
Re: Cancelled Twisted Metal PS5 Game Sounds Exactly As Expected
@MFTWrecks The part where you said you'd start out with a rusty beater actually reminds me of Mad Max, how you constantly upgrade your car over the course of the game. That was a good game in my opinion.
Re: Capcom's Crappy Microtransactions Are Back in Monster Hunter Wilds, Including Paid Character Edits
It's ridiculous charging to change your character's appearance in a full priced game.
Re: Suicide Squad Bombed So Bad, It Basically Took Wonder Woman and Monolith Down with It
@heavyartillery56 Yes, but usually not games from developers that traditionally make single player games, are part of a single player series but release as a co-op multiplayer shooter with battle passes and microtransactions.
Re: Suicide Squad Bombed So Bad, It Basically Took Wonder Woman and Monolith Down with It
It's funny how everyone except WB and parts of Rocksteady knew Suicide Squad was going to bomb.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii?
I honestly didn't know what this series is anymore. But if people like it, more power to 'em.
Re: Xbox Games on PS5 Is a Win for PlayStation Owners, Says Yoshida
@Toot1st Hi-fi Rush, Deathloop, Starfield, and Diablo IV were "published" by Microsoft at the combined cost of around 75 billion through the acquisition of two huge publishers.
Re: Reaction: Xbox Publishing More Games on PS5 Than Sony Is Not a Gotcha, It's Just a Sign of the Times
This is the most asinine story I've seen lately. People were completely ignoring that Microsoft spent over 75 billion on two huge publishers to have the honor of "publishing" the most games on PlayStation.
Re: Ubisoft Teases Rainbow Six: Siege X, the Game's 'Biggest Transformation'
Unless they're introducing a complete single player campaign on par with at least the Vegas series, I have zero interest.
Re: The Order: 1886 Dev Pitched a Sequel to Sony, But Was Denied
I had a lot of fun with 1886 in the short amount of time it lasted and my goodness was it the easiest platinum I've ever gotten. I definitely would've played a sequel, as the ending clearly set one up, but I don't think multiplayer would've been a good idea. A potential sequel would've needed to be longer with more compelling gameplay.
Re: Poll: Did the PSN Outage Ruin Your Gaming Plans Over the Weekend?
@Shepherd_Tallon That's good to hear. I really like the art style - the Ori series was amazing - but I'm not really into soulslikes.
Re: Poll: Did the PSN Outage Ruin Your Gaming Plans Over the Weekend?
@Shepherd_Tallon How is No Rest for the Wicked? I was interested in that but I completely forgot the name of it until I saw your comment. Can't remember when the PS5 release is supposed to be.
Re: PSN Downtime Raises Fresh Questions About PS5's Future Functionality
Regarding the disc drive not pairing, Mystic posted a video during the outage and in it, said he was indeed able to pair one. So I'm not sure if it was just this person and maybe not that widespread. Still annoying though.
Re: Rocksteady Lining Up New Single Player Batman Game After Suicide Squad Disaster, It's Claimed
Hmm.... it's almost as if they could've done this in the first place and saved 200 million...
Re: Almost 2,000 PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Behemoth Sale
A healthy portion of this sale are slop shovelware games - my personal favorite is "Real Estate Simulator: From Bum to Millionaire"
Re: Rumour: Gears of War to Make PS5 Debut with Full Crossplay in Trilogy Collection
But are Gears 2 and 3 remastered/remakes, or just ports of the old backwards compatible 360 versions?
Re: Former Rockstar Animator Doubtful GTA 6 Will Run at 60fps on PS5
This is a bit of a non-story.
Re: PS Productions Plotting a Resident Evil Movie Reboot
I did not like Barbarian at all, but I'm hoping he can do a good job. Welcome to Raccoon City had it's heart in the right place, but it made the mistake of trying to cram the first two games into one 107 minute film, when the obvious choice should've been to focus solely on the first game and the Spencer Mansion. The first Paul WS Anderson film kind of did this, but it was just so off the walls and featured none of the characters from the game for some reason. Here's hoping this new adaptation finally gets it right.
Re: Is Starfield Coming to PS5? 'Keeping Games Off Other Platforms Is Not the Path for Us,' Says Xbox Boss
I'm still surprised Starfield wasn't among the first Xbox games to make the transition, given that it was originally planned for PS5 anyway, and Bethesda obviously has a long history of releasing on PlayStation.
Re: The Cyberpunk 2077 Updates Aren't Done Yet, Patch 2.21 Out Now on PS5
How about third person conversations?
Re: Astro Bot 'Almost' a Nintendo Beater, Says Reggie Fils-Aimé
I can't remember the last time I finished a Nintendo game. In fact, I haven't touched my Switch in over a year.
Re: Days Gone Dev Says It Still Plans to Create 'Cool Sh*t' for PS5 After Live Service Cancellation
Cool, just make sure it's not live service.
Re: Poll: Will the Switch 2 Compete with PS5?
It will be it's own thing, pretty much like the Switch was. Personally I haven't touched my OLED since getting the Portal, and I've got no desire to play any Nintendo games.
Re: Rumour: Gears of War, Hellblade 2 Both Set for PS5 This Year
@nomither6 My point was that Starfield is a Bethesda game that was originally planned for PS5, whereas Halo, Gears, and Flight Simulator have never been on PS. So it would make sense for Starfield to come over first, regardless of whether or not it sucks.
Re: Rumour: Gears of War, Hellblade 2 Both Set for PS5 This Year
Why on earth would Gears of War, Halo, and Flight Simulator be coming to PlayStation but not Starfield?
Re: The Until Dawn Movie Isn't a Direct Adaptation, Will Feature New Story, Characters
"They wendigo in a different direction"....fine, I'll allow it.
Re: Helldivers 2 Devs Met with Instant Killzone Crossover Pricing Backlash
These super credits remind me of the early Xbox 360 days, when you had to buy points to buy anything from the store. That system was rightfully left in the dust, so it's unfortunate to see it's return here, albeit on a much smaller scale
Re: Xbox Feels It Made a Mistake Skipping PS5 with Hellblade 2, It's Claimed
I still don't like how Xbox and Ninja Theory only released a Series X/S version of the first game and not a PS5 version. Hellblade sold over a million copies on PS4, and they could've shown some appreciation to those players by at least offering an upgrade of the first game, even if the sequel was going to be an Xbox exclusive.
Re: Xbox Is Eager to Build the Best Games You Can Enjoy Everywhere
If that's the case, why has Starfield not released on PlayStation yet? A PS5 version was already in development, and we know that Bethesda has worked with the console before. Same goes for Indiana Jones.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Deserved Astro Bot's Game of the Year Award, Says Game Science CEO
Feng Ji certainly comes across as quite arrogant. He wrote a victory speech two years ago? The game was a critical and commercial success, as was Astro Bot. Just take the L gracefully and move on. It's not like this is the only GOTY award out there.
Re: Random: PS5, PS4 Shovelware Isn't Even Trying to Hide Its Plagiarism Anymore
Forest Rangers wear uniforms though, not dirty plaid shirts.
Re: Concord 'Didn't Bring Unique Value' to Players, Says Marvel Rivals Director
10 million players, but I am not one of them, nor will I ever be.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Watching The Game Awards 2024?
Six percent said they like watching ads?