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I still don't understand why they chose to keep the area transitions in the game instead of making it seamless. It just seems like an obvious thing to eliminate in a remake on modern hardware.

It would be appreciated if they could add PS5 Pro support to Rogue City

Another bump for GTA4 Remastered

@Richy2025 It definitely should not be free; the developers are doing a considerable amount of work to create this enhanced version, and they are a small independent developer/publisher, but they should offer a discounted upgrade price to those who purchased the original.

This post lists "Jak & Daxter Collection", but that is only available on PS3. The game that's on sale is listed as "Jak and Daxter Bundle" and are the PS2 emulated versions. However, these appear to be the PS4 versions that run on the old emulator. I believe only the first title has been re-released with the new emulator for PS5. Does buying this bundle grant access to the new version?

This is the series I spent the most time playing back on PS1 and PS2. 2, 3, 4, THUG, AW. I fell out with Project 8 at PS3's launch (don't remember why). I absolutely love the 1+2 remake, but this is exciting news for me because 3 was my all-time favorite, followed closely by 4. THUG was amazing too. Also THUG2 Remix on PSP.

I wish Disney would make a SW: The Force Unleashed remastered collection, but that would require more work and funding than these emulation efforts.

I was expecting this, unfortunately. I don't understand why Sony changed the way trophy lists are handled on PS5. Why can't it be the same as PS4? What reason did they have to change it? How is it better? There are certainly improvements on PS5, such as trophy progress tracking, but this grouping change is a downgrade in every way and seems entirely unnecessary.

@Stale-Bread Oh. The 2 modes were referring to the base PS5, which has been the case with most games this gen. But the Pro should eliminate the need to compromise with the help of PSSR.

@Stale-Bread Why would you assume it can't run at 4k/60fps? It most certainly will run at 4k/60 with PSSR considering how every other PS Studios game that supports the Pro runs at those settings. I mean, the PS4 version already runs at checkerboard-4K/60 on a standard PS5. I honestly don't understand where you're coming from with that comment.

Another call for a remastered Resistance trilogy.

I would like a new entry, but honestly I just don't think current Insomniac could pull it off. Not in terms of the writing at least, unfortunately.

I hope they do Far Cry 3 & 4, Ghost Recon Wildlands, and the rest of the Assassin's Creeds.

@Shad361 Ratchet and Returnal are not themed on PlayStation hardware and history. Additionally, Sackboy and Lego Horizon are their poorest performing titles on PC, so perhaps Sony realizes that family friendly platformers don't appeal to the PC market and porting titles such as Demons Souls and Bloodborne would be better investments.

@Grumblevolcano I watched that interview back when it was posted and just rewatched it. He was asked "Do you have a message for PC players who are eager to someday play Astro Bot", and his response was "well we want to hear from you... Absolutely, we want to hear from you". That's just about the most neutral answer he could have given, so I wouldn't read much into that. So the question is definitely not 'when' it will come to PC, but 'if' it will come.

@Grumblevolcano It's doubtful Astro Bot will be ported to PC; there's just too many references to PlayStation hardware. Also, Dualsense features are integral to the experience, but Dualsense support on PC is still not on par with PS5. I mean, it's possible, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Now that they're in the Nordics' Most Advanced Gaming Headquarters, maybe they can manage to release a PS5 Pro patch for Returnal because the 1080p native resolution could use a boost.

@LavenderShroud The PS4 remake is playable on PS5 if you have one. The PS3 also has a remastered version that's better than the PS2 original. If you don't have any PlayStation console, it's kind of odd that you're on a PS news site.

@Jayslow Seriously? You wrote the game off because they ran a beta test intended to help improve the final product. Do you understand what a beta build is? I can guarantee you that the game would be in a worse state at launch had they not ran the public beta test.

A beta is not a demo. If it could ruin the game for you, you're better off not playing it and waiting for the final release.

@UltimateOtaku91
@Pete_Stooge
Oh... My bad. Didn't watch the trailer yet. Was going based on the image at the top.

I don't get all the hate on the character. Is it because he's bald? I don't remember people hating Nathan Hale from Resistance or Cole from Infamous. Is it because he's Asian? That would just be straight up bigoted.

I predict that the PS6 will not include a disc drive, but there will be an optional external drive sold separately, so it won't be like the PS5's drive that mounts inside the console. I wish Sony designed the PS5's drive to be external to future proof it to be compatible with the PS6 and beyond instead of necessitating the purchase of another one when the time comes.

@ButterySmooth30FPS
I thought the PS2 originals were 30fps. Good to know. Thanks

@ButterySmooth30FPS I played the first title in the PS3 remaster not too long ago and I didn't notice any issues. Unless there are major, recurring bugs, I'll stick with the 60fps PS3 versions any day.

This would've been more useful 2 weeks ago when I did the transfer to my new Pro. It took a few attempts to get it to work. I did it via the LAN cable method. One annoying quirk is that even with this method both consoles need to be connected to Wi-Fi to perform the transfer. But my old system was always wired, so I had to reconnect the HDMI cable to the old PS5 to connect it to Wi-Fi, then hook my Pro back up to the TV and try again. Another thing I noticed is that many settings did not transfer over, so I had to take a video recording of all the settings on my old system and then reference that to set them on the Pro. Hopefully, this update addressed these issues.

I would advise rewording the title of this article because the current title suggests that it's an official GTA game in anime style. That's how I read it at least.

Fortunately, I had a PS5 Slim that I bought a year ago, so I transplanted the drive from that and swapped the lower plates, then I sold my old PS5 as a digital edition; I managed to recover nearly the full cost of the slim and got a disc drive out of it. Really worked out well.

@anon_pel222 Every developer that has released a Pro patch for their games is neck deep in their next project, yet they manage to do it. Insomniac patched all 4 of their PS5 games. Ubisoft has patched 4 AC games, including the 9-year old Syndicate just yesterday. No excuses. Especially not for Rockstar/Take2.

Kudos to Ubisoft for all these patches for old AC games. Meanwhile, Take-Two and Activision refuse to patch even one of their last gen titles. Even Sony won't update Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian, or The Order, which has been proven to be a relatively trivial task.

I enjoyed this game for what it was. If they proceed to give this treatment to Unity, AC3 Remastered and The Ezio Collection, that would be incredible, but they have already gone above and beyond. (Black Flag is rumored to be getting a remaster, so if true, a patch isn't needed)

There's nothing I want more than a Resistance remastered collection along with Killzone, Infamous, Motorstorm, and Ratchet & Clank.

@Americansamurai1 Not a chance. They're just adding them to cloud streaming as is.

There's been a lot of coverage of Spider-Man 2 on the Pro, but I haven't seen any analysis of the first game's Pro upgrade. I'm really interested in seeing what the Pro treatment did for that older title.

@Shad361 You mean Metal Gear Solid (1998)? One of the points made in this article is how Snake Eater is actually the first game chronologically. I too would prefer a remake of MGS, but MGS3 is the optimal one to start with. Hopefully, they will proceed to remake the other titles.

@darthvirgin No, this article isn't entirely accurate. It should work the same way it does with PS5 to PS5. We just don't have 100% confirmation yet. But there's no reason to believe it wouldn't work from PS5 to PS5 Pro.

@LiamCroft
"This is the only way to transfer save data outside of the official Data Transfer offered by Sony; there's no other way of doing it".

I believe this is incorrect. The PS5 has a backup and restore feature that includes save data. You can backup the system to an external drive and restore it on another system. See the official PS support article titled "How to back up and restore PS5 console data".

Returnal could use a patch to increase the resolution. I believe it's currently upscaled 1080p.

Sony needs to fix this trophy grouping problem on PS5 already. It's getting ridiculous at this point.

I haven't bought a game on day 1, or even month 1, since the PS3 generation. In fact, for the past decade I haven't played a game in its year 1. I just don't have the money or the time. I'm currently about 5 years behind and I don't mind it at all. I pay an average of $15 per game, including AAA titles. I do buy/play a lot of games, however.

@Blaze215 You're probably right, unfortunately.

@Blaze215 While I generally agree with you, I do find it quite immersion breaking when I'm playing as Lara, Aloy or Chloe in Uncharted and they're scaling a cliff with their bone-thin arms with the same effortlessness as Nathan Drake—even though such a feat would be physically impossible for him as well. Or how these petite women can just as easily take down multiple trained men in armed or unarmed combat. So giving Lara a strong upper body actually makes more sense to me. She might not be as attractive to most guys who don't prefer women with ripped arms, but she still has a clear feminine figure.

@Alps_Stranger My point exactly. I agree that they shouldn't have made the remaster, but once they did, they had to determine pricing. Their decision to offer the $10 upgrade and raise the price of the PS4 version was actually less sleazy than the alternative options because most people who are interested in playing HZD have already bought it by now. So the vast majority of players will be getting the game for the low upgrade price—including those who were given it for free—instead of everyone paying $50 as you proposed.

@Alps_Stranger @Bez87 @nessisonett
Is it scummy that they are charging that much for the remaster, or scummy that they closed a loophole that would allow new customers to get the remaster for cheaper?

@Oram77 That's a bit misleading. They only removed the "A Hideo Kojima Game" card from the opening. Otherwise, he is still fully credited - "Mr. Kojima and all the original development staff are of course credited for their original roles". -Noriaki Okamura, Producer

@nicc83 Because MGS3 is chronologically the first in the series. Hopefully, they will proceed to give the same treatment to MGS and MGS2.

I'll buy it due to the cheap upgrade price, but surely Sony must know that there's a plethora of first party games that are much more in need of a remaster than this one—a game that is not only already playable on PS5, but is even enhanced. I would think that a full priced remastered collection of any of the beloved series stranded on PS3 would generate more profit than this HZD remaster, of which the vast majority of its sales will undoubtedly be through the upgrade.

I don't see how a HZD remaster would sell better than a remastered collection of any of these PS3 series: Resistance, Killzone, Infamous, Motorstorm, Ratchet & Clank. I guess it requires a lot less work, so it's cheaper to do. But it's still so disappointing to know that they prioritize a game that already looks and runs great on both PS5 and PC.

Bandai Namco?

I finally got to try PS VR2 a few weeks ago, and I enjoyed this game the most of the half dozen demos I played. But it definitely required the largest play area because you need to really swing your arms and reach for the ball at times.

@ButterySmooth30FPS Yes, that was from the blog post, but the next sentence is "Players can add an Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Drive, or swap out console covers when they become available". The last 4 words suggest that it uses different covers, but the disc drive compatibility suggests otherwise. It looks like the designers compensated for the height differential with the thick band of black in between the side covers compared to the Slim model's thin strip. So the covers should be identical.

Am I the only one to notice that the fact that the Pro uses the same disc drive as the Slim indicates that they both use the same console covers, despite the blog post suggesting otherwise? This also tells us that both models have the same depth measurement.