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Re: PS Plus Essential Games for May 2025 Announced

skaarj217

Everyone's get crazy about Balatro.
Haven't ever played poker in my life and don't know the rules, so this game doesn't interest me in the slightest. A very 'narrow experience' game, I'd say. I am really wondering that so many people do play poker...

Re: Poll: Would You Buy a PS5 Mouse Accessory?

skaarj217

Mouse would be a good option for strategy games. I don't understand how a strategy game can be played with a controller, that's why I don't play strategies on consoles at all.

FPS would benefit too from it, but at least FPS can be played with a controller without having a discomfort.

So, for me it's only strategies that a mouse would make sense. Very 'highly specialized' purpose, I guess.

Re: Silent Hill 2 PS5 Pro Issues Are Being Worked on, Dev Confirms

skaarj217

Seems that 'flickering textures' is some global, constant and well-known problem on any new system, and I don't think it's related to game engine. For instance, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate had been almost unplayable on PS5 for a long time (before they eventually released a patch after years of game fan's pleading) due to that same flickering textures problem, and before that, it was the issue on PS4 Pro and they released a patch for PS4 Pro.
Another game I can name is DOOM (2016) which has some (minor) flickering textures when running on PS5.
These games have different game engines, so the problem is not Unreal.

Re: Indika (PS5) - A Bleak, Beautiful, Bewildering Rumination on Faith and Free Will

skaarj217

@IamJT @viktorcode @PapaGlitch Despite the nice ad, they recorded the voiceover with a criminal russian propagandist Efim Shifrin.
"Conscious violation of the state border of Ukraine (AR Crimea).
Illegal business activities in the occupied territories of Ukraine, participation in entertainment and propaganda activities of the occupants on the territory of the AR of Crimea.
He's been in the Myrotvorets database, if you know what it is and means.

Of course it's your (and everyone's) decision and free will to buy this game or not, to support the developers or not. I decided not to and I feel I have the right to appeal to all people not to support that developer. You know, if this war ever comes to your house, you will no longer defend any russians, because you'll have a strong conviction that there are no 'good russians'. I hope you'll never face it, but just don't rub my nose in any rehab ads that company has created for itself.

Re: Silent Hill: The Short Message (PS5) - There's a Reason It's Free

skaarj217

I'm at the fourth (last?) chase scene now and I'm quite enjoying the game. Yes it is a walking simulator with a very specific message, but I think it can bear the Silent Hill label on it. The game is creepy overall and the music! The music is fantastic and immediately reminds me of the wonderful soundtracks Akira Yamaoka made in the classic games.

Regarding performance - the game runs smoother if you turn VRR for unsupported games on in the PS5 video settings, I'd say it goes 25...45 fps (in contrary to 25...30 fps with the setting off).

UPD: Finished the game. I'm glad I played it, I don't understand what people are arguing and what they were expecting, as a true Silent Hill fan who has played all the games many times I think it has that Silent Hill atmosphere, and the chase scenes are OK in the sense of picturing the "Otherworld". For a free game, it's very good. If anyone believes that every SH game in terms of gameplay needs to be like, say, SH2, then they're wrong. Try to feel the atmosphere. It's about a general setting, of course it's not a copy-paste of the previous games.

Re: Sony Announces PlayStation AirPods with Lossless Audio and Low Latency

skaarj217

Offtopic question: is there any difference in sound features between Sony PlayStation Gold Wireless Headset (the last "black" version) and Sony Pulse 3D Wireless Headset?

Currently I'm using the Gold Headset with my PS5, and I am wondering, if I upgrade to the Pulse 3D, will I get any improvement in sound quality / features?

Re: PSVR2 Sales at 600,000 Six Weeks After Launch, Sony Confirms

skaarj217

Bought PSVR2 a couple of months ago. I am disappointed.
1) Wearing it with glasses is a torture. If I even find a position when the image is not that blurry, it loses that position almost immediately, when I fix the helmet using that knob at the nape.
2) I almost immediately start sweating. My face, glasses and the helmet are getting wet after playing 30 minutes or so.
3) Current game selection is pitiful, comparing to the games for PSVR1. And there are no discounts on the games I want.

Currently I play it once per two weeks, maybe. 99% of my playtime I play on TV.

Not to say that I totally regret buying it, but it should cost far less, in my opinion.