Funnily enough I started playing RDR on PC the other day. It still holds up well as a game and looks nice and shiny with decent graphics and framerate settings
While an upgrade would be lovely and should definitely happen, this is one of a few games where I don't find framerate to be that important. It runs well at 30, it's mainly the graphics look a bit weak on PS4 compared to what can be shown on Xbox or PC
That's bizarre that they had to launch it effectively as a new release because of the platinum trophy situation. It was an odd oversight when it first released so good on them for fixing it
@Lowdefal oh of course. From a business point of view it's true that their costs have gone up and from that same business view they're entitled to increase prices, particularly if still selling plenty of units as well. Hell, Xbox is increasing prices withoutbselling units so that's another idea 😂
It's not Sony/PlayStation's fault. But it's still a nonsense and this kind of corporate "growth, growth, growth" mentality is just sad to see
@SilentC yeah Midnight Walk has been on my radar since release but the £34 or whatever price has always seemed a bit steep for what it likely is. £20 is much more reasonable to me so might go for that too
Of course the most sold games are going to be rehashes of Call of Duty, and the same GTA game that's been sold over and over for the last 12 years. It's the same with music, film, sport etc
I don't know why anyone cares what other people like
Strong agree with all of this from what I've played so far (around 6 hours, I believe)
I don't regret buying it but I'd probably go lower with the score tbh. It's a series that's always had flaws, but this feels like this most flawed yet.
It tries to be simple, but because of this it hardly brings anything interesting to the table aside from the setting, graphics and decent voice acting
Frustrating that this is the best game that Hangar 13 can put together in 2025
I'm a couple of chapters into Mafia and generally enjoying the vibe but already starting to feel like the game could/should be so much better (a general trend with this series)
Might just be me having the memory of a goldfish but I've got lost in one of the early areas and have no idea where to go next
I'm not a huge fan of turn based games so the combat is annoying me at the moment as well. I just want to explore a bit but keep getting random knobheads following me around wanting to slowly fight
I want to like the game as the story seems gripping
As has already been mentioned, games (and entertainment in general) has been "devalued" for a while now and that's kind of just capitalism in general
Every single day that a new game comes out, it's competing with all the games that ever came before it. The next game is competing with even more, and so on.
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Re: Going Platinum #1: Rocket League
Love this as a feature. Also have a very similar view to you on trophies
Re: Lies of P Dev 'Will Not Disappoint' with Upcoming Games, Says Director
I'm sold whatever they do. Lies of P was great and Overture just took it to another level
A sequel might be my most anticipated game tbh
Re: Free Mafia PS5 Update Adds Open World Mode, Gear, and Challenges Tomorrow
I'm glad the game seems to be generally doing well because I love the series and am all for more games like this...
but I thought it was pretty disappointing with a very bland story and mostly generic dull gameplay
Re: Talking Point: The Game Awards 2025 Nominations Announced: Who Are Your Winners?
Looks like the Expedition 33 guys may as well just host the show at this point
Re: 'Very Vague' Rumour Claims Sony May Scale Back PC Ports of PS5 Games
Regardless of if this is true, I do tend to agree that it makes sense.
PlayStation should stick (or pivot back) to supporting strong exclusives to keep their dominance in the console/gaming space
Either that or put Bloodborne, Demon's Souls and Gran Turismo 7 on PC and make a ton from that
Re: Red Dead Redemption 1 on Its Way to PS5, New Age Rating Suggests
Funnily enough I started playing RDR on PC the other day. It still holds up well as a game and looks nice and shiny with decent graphics and framerate settings
Re: Ghost of Yotei PS5 Sales Surpass 3.3 Million Units, Crush Boycott Nonsense
Crush Boycott sounds like a weird Crash Bandicoot rip off
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Now the Fourth Best Selling Game Ever, Still Chained to PS4 at 30FPS
While an upgrade would be lovely and should definitely happen, this is one of a few games where I don't find framerate to be that important. It runs well at 30, it's mainly the graphics look a bit weak on PS4 compared to what can be shown on Xbox or PC
Re: Remakes Eclipse Remasters for PS5 Gamers, Generate Double the Money
This seems like the most obvious news
I really don't think we need any senior analysis into this
Re: Rumour: PS Portal Could Be About to Get Even More Compelling
This should have been a thing from the start imo, but good to see that the device is getting the support it deserves and people are enjoying it
Re: Croc Platinum Edition Adds Trophies and Time Trials, Existing PS5, PS4 Owners Get it for Free
That's bizarre that they had to launch it effectively as a new release because of the platinum trophy situation. It was an odd oversight when it first released so good on them for fixing it
Re: Croc Platinum Edition Adds Trophies and Time Trials on PS5, PS4, But No One Knows If It's an Update or Re-Release
Must be a free update surely. It's coming out on Thursday so not too long to find out
Re: PS5 Is the Most Successful Console in PlayStation History, States Sony
@Lowdefal oh of course. From a business point of view it's true that their costs have gone up and from that same business view they're entitled to increase prices, particularly if still selling plenty of units as well. Hell, Xbox is increasing prices withoutbselling units so that's another idea 😂
It's not Sony/PlayStation's fault. But it's still a nonsense and this kind of corporate "growth, growth, growth" mentality is just sad to see
Re: PS5 Is the Most Successful Console in PlayStation History, States Sony
Next week's news:
"We have to increase the price" etc etc
Re: Yooka-Replaylee PS5 Demo Available Now, and Your Progress Carries Over to the Full Game
Love this. The resurgence of demos is great to see
Will absolutely check this out too, so the marketing works (at least for me)
Re: 60+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Autumn Adventures Sale
@SilentC yeah Midnight Walk has been on my radar since release but the £34 or whatever price has always seemed a bit steep for what it likely is. £20 is much more reasonable to me so might go for that too
Re: USA's Top 20 PlayStation Games of All Time May Surprise You
I think people are overthinking this
Of course the most sold games are going to be rehashes of Call of Duty, and the same GTA game that's been sold over and over for the last 12 years. It's the same with music, film, sport etc
I don't know why anyone cares what other people like
Re: The End of the F***ing World's Scribe Signed for Live Action Life Is Strange TV Show
I did like End of the World, but not sure about this
Not every game needs to be a tv show as well etc etc
Re: 'The Tension Is Hurting a Lot of People': Ex-Bethesda Boss Speaks Out on Subs Like Xbox Game Pass
I just find it hard to care tbh when almost everything in the world is short sighted. Particularly from mega corporations
Re: Black Myth: Zhong Kui Announced with Cinematic Teaser, Won't Be Out for a While
Wukong was great so looking forward to this
Does sound a long way off unfortunately
Re: Mafia: The Old Country (PS5) - Historical Crime Story Runs Out of Ammo
@Reeneman cutescenes definitely kick into a lower framerate, regardless of which settings you choose
Re: Mafia: The Old Country (PS5) - Historical Crime Story Runs Out of Ammo
Strong agree with all of this from what I've played so far (around 6 hours, I believe)
I don't regret buying it but I'd probably go lower with the score tbh. It's a series that's always had flaws, but this feels like this most flawed yet.
It tries to be simple, but because of this it hardly brings anything interesting to the table aside from the setting, graphics and decent voice acting
Frustrating that this is the best game that Hangar 13 can put together in 2025
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 593
I'm a couple of chapters into Mafia and generally enjoying the vibe but already starting to feel like the game could/should be so much better (a general trend with this series)
Re: PS5 Pro Will Upgrade and Enhance This Week's Mafia: The Old Country
13 hours is fine if it's a good game
Let's see tomorrow/Friday how this pans out
Re: Mafia: The Old Country Explores Side Content in New PS5 Trailer
That's disappointing that we aren't getting a PS review at or before release.
I'll still likely get this unless early impressions are a bit miss
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for August 2025?
Lies of P is great but I already have it so the month once again is pretty much nothing for me
Re: Mini Review: Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (PS5) - Decent Souls-Like Suffers Technically
I do agree that it's a bit odd this game has only got a "mini" review though. This game will be one of the better sellers this year
Re: Mini Review: Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (PS5) - Decent Souls-Like Suffers Technically
People still confused about review scores and people having different opinions in 2025 🤪
I'm still looking forward to giving this a go myself
Re: EA Sports FC 26 Is Finally Trying to Give Everyone What They Want
Call me a cynic, but I don't really see how this will be much different than the "simulation" settings we had last year
Re: EA Sports FC 26's First PS5, PS4 Trailer Is an Ode to the Haters
I only really got FC25 last year because I'm an idiot and my team's stadium was in the game (Bristol City)
I found the game to be the usual mix of frustration with the odd moment of brilliance
I'd love them to lean more into the "authentic" or simulation settings as they did a bit last time and instead have a proper online mode for that
Re: Astro Bot Has Added Its Most Wanted Cameo in Huge PS5 Update
As others have said this is already a spoiler in itself 😂
But I guess it's out there now so people will find out soon anyway
Re: Twisted Metal Shapes Up for Another Season of Sublimely Stupid Television
Nice one. I really liked the first season as well so glad we're getting more of it
Re: Gunslingin' Shooter Call of Juarez Rumoured to Be Revived After Over a Decade
I'll always remember Bound in Blood as it was the game that red ringed my 360 at the time 😂
Re: The Uncharted Vibes Are Off the Charts in New Mafia: The Old Country PS5 Gameplay
I don't see a massive amount of Uncharted in this tbh. But it definitely wouldn't be a bad thing if the game does lean into that
Re: Asian Skin Is Too Beautiful to Accurately Portray in Games, Kojima Implies
Weird flex but go for it HK 😂
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 587
I'm at the end of Lies of P Overture so looking forward to finishing that if I can overcome the final boss (but he seems a bit tricky)
Also making a few deliveries here and there in Death Stranding as well. It's very pretty so far
Re: Little Nightmares 3 Out 10th October, Pre-Order for First Game's Remaster
@Paulbuck28 ah my bad, maybe I didn't read correctly. Thanks
Re: Little Nightmares 3 Out 10th October, Pre-Order for First Game's Remaster
Is this also the only way to play the enhanced version of the original as well? Seems a bit odd
I'm definitely keen as I really loved the first one. Didn't get round to finishing the 2nd but enjoyed what I played of that too
Re: In a Surprise to Absolutely No One, Rematch Is Doing Really Well
It's become my "just 10 minutes" time filler game. Very addictive
While being different, it really does give competition to EA as well which is great to see
Re: Death Stranding 2 (PS5) - A Masterpiece in Every Sense
Let's goooooo
I almost don't want to read this!
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 PS5 Version Tease Turns Out to Be a Cast Reunion
Looooooooool
Re: Poll: How Do You Feel About The Last of Us Part 2, 5 Years Later?
5 years ago this game made me PS4 Pro sound and feel like I had a helicopter in my house about to take off
It's a great game, pretty objectively I think. Just a bit of a frustrating one because its flaws are quite clear
Re: Fans Can't Believe PS5 Has Made More Profit Than All Previous PlayStations Combined
Good for them I guess but it's quite a sad reflection on the modern landscape of everything tbh when you look at the whole picture
Re: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Teases Big Improvements for Future Updates
Might just be me having the memory of a goldfish but I've got lost in one of the early areas and have no idea where to go next
I'm not a huge fan of turn based games so the combat is annoying me at the moment as well. I just want to explore a bit but keep getting random knobheads following me around wanting to slowly fight
I want to like the game as the story seems gripping
Re: Death Stranding 2 Feedback Was 'Too Good', So Hideo Kojima Made Big Changes
Never change HK
Re: Critically Panned MindsEye Makes Surprising Debut in First Sales Report
@Frmknst no apparent reason?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 585
Still banging my head against a brick wall in Lies of P but enjoying
I'm hoping to finish up South of Midnight on Xbox and also a couple of hours into Clair Obscur now and enjoying that too
Re: 'People Are Less Willing to Pay': Dev Speaks Out Against Day One Releases on PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass
As has already been mentioned, games (and entertainment in general) has been "devalued" for a while now and that's kind of just capitalism in general
Every single day that a new game comes out, it's competing with all the games that ever came before it. The next game is competing with even more, and so on.
It's kind of just tough
Re: Hands On: MindsEye Is a Boring Mess
Refunds being given now apparently lol
Re: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Will Include THPS4's Less Conventional Objectives After All
Ha I forgot about the playing tennis with a skateboard bit. So random