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Frank
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* 11-Jun-2020(#1)
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Let's discuss Sony's latest console, the PlayStation 5!


TalonJedi87
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11-May-2023(#201)
Ghostwire was fun. I enjoyed the little side stuff too. Cool lore.
Feeb
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* 11-May-2023(#202)
Ghostwrite gives you a few items after finishing the story that help with locating the collectibles. Wasn’t too much extra work. You just needed to save it for post game to make it faster- silly design choice imo.
Archer
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24-May-2023(#203)
Surprised no one is talking about the showcase in 15 minutes.
PizzaTheHutt
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24-May-2023(#204)
I'm tuned in and waiting for it to begin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4EKydVVvHk

PizzaTheHutt
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24-May-2023(#205)
FoamStars by Square Enix, looks like they're going after the Splatoon crowd.

theJaw
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24-May-2023(#206)
Fuuuck this Spider-man game looks badass. Now I need to track down a PS5, gosh darnit.
Sun
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24-May-2023(#207)
Pretty good showcase.

FFXVI will great great, Spider-Man 2 looks awesome. Project Q remote play device is interesting. Beat Saber on PSVR2 will be a big relief to a lot of people.

Snake Eater remake is true!
theJaw
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24-May-2023(#208)
Spider-Man 2 is the literal only reason I want a PS5 now. FFXVI looks okay too, but gosh darn that Spider-Man got me.
beavis
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24-May-2023(#209)
That switch looking controller looked interesting. Wish it had some sort of HD capacity to download a game for offline.

I've been wanting to play the first few MGS again, so looking forward to that
Shane12m
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24-May-2023(#210)
theJaw wrote:
> Spider-Man 2 is the literal only reason I want a PS5 now. FFXVI looks okay too, but
> gosh darn that Spider-Man got me.

That was such an amazing trailer and got me hyped as well. Can’t wait
Shane12m
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24-May-2023(#211)
Dang that was an amazing showcase. I think dragons dogma 2 is one of my most anticipated games and it looks amazing. Wish we got any type of release date but it did look pretty far into development
Spider Man 2 looks amazing and I love how you are switching between the two characters.
TalonJedi87
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24-May-2023(#212)
Everyone is hyped over this MGS3 remake and I’m still wondering when I can have my MGS1 Twin Snakes style remake.

PS
I hope this Phantom Blade 0 is the Ninja Gaiden spiritual successor we didn’t know we needed and not another Dark Souls clone:

https://youtu.be/0-cxAGBM00c
Feeb
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24-May-2023(#213)
Looks and functions lots like the backbone without the phone. Definitely will grab it if the cost is agreeable.
Feeb
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24-May-2023(#214)
Shane12m wrote:
> Dang that was an amazing showcase. I think dragons dogma 2 is one of my most anticipated
> games and it looks amazing. Wish we got any type of release date but it did look
> pretty far into development
> Spider Man 2 looks amazing and I love how you are switching between the two characters.
>

Yeah the DD2 was a nice surprise. Definitely my most anticipated.
Archer
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24-May-2023(#215)
Shane12m wrote:
> Dang that was an amazing showcase. I think dragons dogma 2 is one of my most anticipated
> games and it looks amazing. Wish we got any type of release date but it did look
> pretty far into development

Very disappointing no date or window was given.
PizzaTheHutt
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24-May-2023(#216)
Not sure if this was known, but it was news to me when I just read it 25 minutes ago. Alan Wake 2 will only be getting released digitally.
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longhornsk57
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24-May-2023(#217)
The issue with Beatsaber is it's going to be very inferior to the Quest and PC versions because it can't be modded to play custom songs.
TalonJedi87
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24-May-2023(#218)
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> Not sure if this was known, but it was news to me when I just read it 25 minutes
> ago. Alan Wake 2 will only be getting released digitally.
> {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/cVKuLwu.jpg 734 706{imgt}
>
>

That’s unfortunate. I was looking forward to a physical copy.
Bleed_DukeBlue
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24-May-2023(#219)
That pretty much guarantees I won’t play this for a long time.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> Not sure if this was known, but it was news to me when I just read it 25 minutes
> ago. Alan Wake 2 will only be getting released digitally.
> {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/cVKuLwu.jpg 734 706{imgt}
>
>
Bleed_DukeBlue
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24-May-2023(#220)
The showcase was decent. Some of the PSVR2 games looked cool, and I’m excited for Spider-Man 2, Dragon’s Dogma 2, and FFXVI. I’m really curious how that new Bungie game will turn out. I loved Destiny 2. I had to laugh when, in the live chat during the showcase, a ton of people didn’t know who Kraven was and were saying “What?! No Spider-Man 2?!” and thinking the trailer was for a Dino Crisis remake or Turok 3 lol.
Heavyd814life
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25-May-2023(#221)
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> Not sure if this was known, but it was news to me when I just read it 25 minutes
> ago. Alan Wake 2 will only be getting released digitally.
> {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/cVKuLwu.jpg 734 706{imgt}
>
>

Such a bummer. Definitely not getting it at launch now even though it's one of the few things from the showcase thing that got me excited.

Feeb
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25-May-2023(#222)
Jedi and wake are trying hard to tell us we don’t want physical anymore. I couldn’t feel more offended by these scrubs.
Heavyd814life
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25-May-2023(#223)
TalonJedi87 wrote:
> Everyone is hyped over this MGS3 remake and I’m still wondering when I can have
> my MGS1 Twin Snakes style remake.
>
> PS
> I hope this Phantom Blade 0 is the Ninja Gaiden spiritual successor we didn’t know
> we needed and not another Dark Souls clone:
>

Phantom Blade 0 looks awesome! Kinda need to see actual gameplay, though. Those combat sequences looked too good to be true. So smooth and fluid!

dunno001
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25-May-2023(#224)
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> {imgt}https://i.imgur.com/cVKuLwu.jpg 734 706{imgt}

And I read it as:

Why is this digital only?

The existence of digital only consoles is empowering us to cheap out. While a digital version would have released anyway, doing this helps pad our bottom line. We'll claim to pass on savings by selling it at the lower end of a brand new game, while simultaneously killing off used sales- every copy sold goes through our monopolistic greed!

Also, we agree- buying a physical game that needs a day-one patch is a negative experience. So now we can bake the patch into the mandatory download- what's another 4 GB when you're already downloading 40? Sure, we could avoid that physical download requirement by properly QCing our game, but we already canned that team to save money.
TalonJedi87
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25-May-2023(#225)
If these publishers allowed developers to have properly run QC departments I'm sure it would just give these cretins ammunition to drive up the cost another $10 per game copy 🙄
longhornsk57
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25-May-2023(#226)
I don't know that i agree. Remedy puts out some amazing games and content and every one one of them I think is quality from the beginning. Alan Wake, Quantum Break, Control, were all great products.

They are also selling at $10 below what normal PS5/XSX games are retailing for. Don't get me wrong I'd still prefer disc but this whole like "they're just greedy" and "they're just lazy" narrative feels a bit reductive.

The whole "needs a download" reason definitely sounds like PR speak because you're making us download something anyways, but this isn't a publisher like Take-Two or Activision (MS) that can absorb any type of loss and i can understand them trying to maximize profit by eliminating costs for discs.

Having said that this probably does mean i won't be a day one purchase and I'll wait until it's on sale or GP to PS+ etc.
Shane12m
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25-May-2023(#227)
Yeah I think this is a non issue. Physical games will cease to exist soon anyways
incubus421
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25-May-2023(#228)
Helldivers 2!? No one talking about this. I played the first one off/on for a long time, as recently as a few months ago with some friends. The sequel looks to take the top-down view to 3rd person. I think that's a good call.

If you're looking for a co-op challenge and Starship Troopers vibes, give Helldivers a chance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE7KTE28HrA
thatfootballguy
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25-May-2023(#229)
incubus421 wrote:
> Helldivers 2!? No one talking about this. I played the first one off/on for a long
> time, as recently as a few months ago with some friends. The sequel looks to take
> the top-down view to 3rd person. I think that's a good call.
>
> If you're looking for a co-op challenge and Starship Troopers vibes, give Helldivers
> a chance!
>

Surprising announcement. The first Helldivers was amazing couch co-op!
kevolones
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25-May-2023(#230)
Heavyd814life wrote:
> TalonJedi87 wrote:
>> Everyone is hyped over this MGS3 remake and I’m still wondering when I can have
>> my MGS1 Twin Snakes style remake.
>>
>> PS
>> I hope this Phantom Blade 0 is the Ninja Gaiden spiritual successor we didn’t
> know
>> we needed and not another Dark Souls clone:
>>
>
> Phantom Blade 0 looks awesome! Kinda need to see actual gameplay, though. Those combat
> sequences looked too good to be true. So smooth and fluid!
>

Even if it ends up being a cinematic game like Asuras Wrath or a fully linear game, Im in. The combat looks THAT great!
PizzaTheHutt
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31-May-2023(#231)
Did any of you try that prologue demo of Alone in the Dark? I felt like it wasn't even worth the few minutes it took to download. First off, it was barely 10 minutes long (a bit over 4 minutes on my second attempt once I knew exactly where to go). Other than 2 minor jump scares it didn't really show how scary this game plans to be (you play as a little girl, so there was no combat against these monsters). Also the graphics did not quite look like I was playing a PS5 game, even when set to quality mode. Overall it just failed to make me want to pre-order this, which is the whole point of a demo. The Callisto Protocol, Dead Space and Resident Evil 4, this has been a good year for horror games, and based on this demo I'm not sure by the end of the year AitD will even be in the discussion alongside those 3.

Finn
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31-May-2023(#232)
How was the first Helldivers? I may have it as part of my PS+ collection over the years... maybe. but I suppose it's probably cheap enough.
kevolones
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31-May-2023(#233)
Finn wrote:
> How was the first Helldivers? I may have it as part of my PS+ collection over the
> years... maybe. but I suppose it's probably cheap enough.

I think I played maybe 2 hours and they were awesome. I dont know why I didnt continue. I think it just felt like a must play in coop type of game.
PizzaTheHutt
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* 2-Jun-2023(#234)
DualSense drift is really starting to affect my enjoyment of Ratchet & Clank when I'm trying to hide behind cover from enemy fire and also have to stop Ratchet from walking off the edge of a platform. I'd just buy a new controller but the last time this happened it seemed to just stop after a couple of days. Since this is a PS4 game I can just use my DualShock4 at least, which hasn't given me this problem in the 8 years I've owned it.

I remember when this problem used to happen with cheap 3rd party controllers, but controllers cost as much as (or more than) games themselves now, this shouldn't be happening.
TerrHeel
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2-Jun-2023(#235)
Helldivers is great. My friend and I played the heck out of it.
PizzaTheHutt
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5-Jun-2023(#236)
Just got another year of PS+ Premium with the sale they're doing. It came out to $97.75 instead of the usual $119.99 + tax. The thing that sucks though, it doesn't let me pay for PS+ with my debit card, instead I have to buy a prepaid PSN card from Best Buy and redeem the code to add the funds to my wallet and pay that way. My debit card isn't a problem, I literally used it yesterday around 9:30 to buy a game on sale in the PS Store.
The only plus side this time, I had a $5 off coupon for Best Buy, so I got the $100 prepaid card for $95 and technically saved myself a couple bucks. But I'd rather not have to jump through those extra hoops.

And for my previous post, I was able to finish Ratchet & Clank with my DualSense. Once again the stick drift magically went away on its own after a couple of days.
kevolones
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6-Jun-2023(#237)
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> Just got another year of PS+ Premium with the sale they're doing. It came out to
> $97.75 instead of the usual $119.99 + tax. The thing that sucks though, it doesn't
> let me pay for PS+ with my debit card, instead I have to buy a prepaid PSN card from
> Best Buy and redeem the code to add the funds to my wallet and pay that way. My debit
> card isn't a problem, I literally used it yesterday around 9:30 to buy a game on
> sale in the PS Store.
> The only plus side this time, I had a $5 off coupon for Best Buy, so I got the $100
> prepaid card for $95 and technically saved myself a couple bucks. But I'd rather
> not have to jump through those extra hoops.
>
> And for my previous post, I was able to finish Ratchet & Clank with my DualSense.
> Once again the stick drift magically went away on its own after a couple of days.
>

If you had a Costco membership, you couldve gotten that $100 psn for $80 which would be a bigger save. Ill have to check when mine expires
PizzaTheHutt
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16-Jun-2023(#238)
Who here has played Death Stranding? I finally started it, am currently about 90 minutes into it. Before I continue with it, I'd like to know what is the gameplay to cutscene ratio? I feel like in those 90 minutes I have been watching cutscenes way more than actually playing. If this keeps up for the rest of the game, am I missing anything important by just skipping the cutscenes (if they can be skipped)? It's a Kojima game, so even if I watch them I still likely won't understand what is happening anyway (I believe that to be true for most of the people who praise Kojima's work too).

beavis
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16-Jun-2023(#239)
It's a Hideo Kojima game. I haven't played it but based off past games I would say it leans more towards cut scenes than gameplay.

I've been wanting to play a bunch of PSP and Vita games again but don't feel like finding a system. Was happy to see Killzone Liberation on the June PS Plus Extra. Underrated game I'm looking forward to playing again.
TalonJedi87
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* 16-Jun-2023(#240)
You mean Mr. Walking Simulator 3000? I beat it. I mean I guess it’s ok if you like challenging yourself on how to walk from point A to B while not toppling over like Jenga.
Heavyd814life
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16-Jun-2023(#241)
PizzaTheHutt wrote:
> Who here has played Death Stranding? I finally started it, am currently about 90
> minutes into it. Before I continue with it, I'd like to know what is the gameplay
> to cutscene ratio? I feel like in those 90 minutes I have been watching cutscenes
> way more than actually playing. If this keeps up for the rest of the game, am I missing
> anything important by just skipping the cutscenes (if they can be skipped)? It's
> a Kojima game, so even if I watch them I still likely won't understand what is happening
> anyway (I believe that to be true for most of the people who praise Kojima's work
> too).
>
>

It’s mostly gameplay. The cutscenes are just front and back loaded. It’s so much better than other Kojima games in that regard. After chapter 2 you’ll go long stretches without any cutscenes.

Topic   PlayStation 5 Discussion Thread