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I wonder how hard that would be to do

Hopefully add next gen for this gem soon

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TalonJedi87 wrote:

I really enjoyed Halo 5's campaign and I'm itching for more. Hopefully Infinite is a huge long open world game like it looks.

theJaw wrote:

I just started it and it looks incredible.

ErickRPG wrote:

I enjoyed Halo 5's campaign, but it was probably my least favorite of the series. I'm not sure how I feel about Infinite's campaign being "open world", what would that even look like for an FPS?

dunno but I got those vibes from that video. Maybe I misread it.

Rumor is Mass Effect Legendary Edition will drop in March. I hope its more than just a crapty 4k upscale. But I doubt it.

Archer wrote:

It's just a way for Bioware to get some revenue and not look like fools until they release something, so crapty upscale is probably right.

I'll take what I can get but yeah likely a boost and nothing more knowing EA.

if it's a full blown remake then I might be interested. Not day one prices though.

Yeah, I'm not paying $70 for an upscale.

"The Legendary Edition will not be a full remake of the Mass Effect games, but rather an attempt to "modernize the experience so that fans and new players can experience the original work in its best possible form." It will include all singleplayer base content and DLC from the Mass Effect trilogy, "plus promo weapons, armors, and packs--all remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD." It's not clear whether multiplayer will be supported by the re-release, but hopefully it will: Mass Effect 3's online co-op component was excellent."

I'm cool with it though. The DLC is really expensive to buy now, so I think it's still worth it. Also, it's going to be $59.99 not $69.99. It's already available for preorder at that price.

I'll likely get it for $60. I'm a ME whore apparently. Or just wait for it to come to EA via GPU.

Well to be fair, $20 per game with upscaled graphics is good. I'll buy it.

... 51 hours later in Immortals. I've legit done EVERYTHING, but missed one single trophy that I can not complete (killing enemies on traps in Vaults), because all the vaults are closed. Going to miss platinum because of this. Mother Fer!

MrBean wrote:

I almost bought that game, but Im afraid it will give me motion sickness. Looks really good though.

Thankfully, found a way to get it. 53 hours later got Platinum and done. All things considered, minus the tedious grinds, I really enjoyed it. Definitely a worthy BotW knock off.

Ubisoft is going to be making a new open world Star Wars game. So basically Assassins Creed formula skinned in Star Wars.

Archer wrote:

I saw it's supposed to be made by the people who make The Division.

Kommie wrote:

Really, that is even worse. The Div2 was awful. Terrible open world GaaS game.

I don't get all the hate. This sounds great to me.


Archer wrote:

Meh, the only Ubisoft stuff I like is Far Cry. But it's about the only Ubisoft series I like. I imagine if I played other Ubisoft games I'd probably get that open world burnout with Far Cry but 100+ hour Assassin's Creed games sound awful. Last time I put 100+ into a Single Player game was P3:FES

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:

As someone who loved the last EA single player SW game, a GaaS game sounds terrible to me. But I just don't like GaaS games in general. I think the only one I've ever been able to play for any period of time was Destiny 2 in its early stages. I can't even stand that now. If it was a regular open world game, I'd probably play it. Even with the growing map barf they keep putting in games.

I'm also still salty that other single player star wars game was scrapped because they couldn't figure out how to turn into a gaas game. Star Wars 1313.

GaaS is certainly an awful genre that's slowly dying.

I have no idea what gas is

Games as a Service? Like MMORPGs?

longhornsk57 wrote:

Games as a Service.

Basically it's like an MMO without the monthly subscription.

Wouldnt the aaS part mean there IS a subscription?

DrizzDrizzDrizz wrote:

No, the aaS part means they dole out content that you have to keep paying for. The point of a GaaS game is to keep you playing as long as possible and to keep you buying crap in the game as long as possible. The games are designed to make you want to buy cosmetics and weapons and skins and dlc expansions and crap like that.

GaaS, pay $60 for a game and then have predatory in game items to buy that can't be earned in game.

What about games like CoD where you don't have to buy anything to win, but you can if you want to? I don't really see an issue with that.

longhornsk57 wrote:

Warzone is free to play right? you don't have to buy CoD 17 right? That's basically a Free 2 Play game. GaaS games charge you full price and then thrive on micro transactions.

Very pumped for the concept of an open world SW game. Any developer is capable of making a good game given the time, direction and resources, so I'm willing to give Ubisoft the benefit of the doubt until I see something that makes me feel otherwise. Cautiously optimistic about it.

Ugh Ubisoft tho. whyyyyyy???? Give it to a less MTX and sex offending company. Well I hope the game is good at least to overlook their corporate bs.

Kommie wrote:

I'm talking about like Cold War.

I still don't see the issue if it's not pay to win or pay for features

In my opinion, if a game is released as a complete piece (full story/campaign, satisfying gameplay mechanics, etc), then there's nothing wrong with GaaS features on it. It's only a problem for me if 1) the game is incomplete upon release and the GaaS stuff is just to pad it out or 2) the GaaS offers in-game advantages for multiplayer to give players an artificial foot up. For example, Square's Avengers game felt incomplete and stuffed with a whole lot of the same mission just re-skinned, so GaaS in that game just comes off as a money sink for more of the same. On the other hand, if Spider-man PS4 or Jedi Fallen Order were to offer a few extra missions + costume upgrades and whatnot, I'd probably be inclined to splurge a bit on it.

It's easy to be cynical about GaaS because there definitely have been those developers who have taken advantage of it in the past, but again, if the game is a complete experience upon release then GaaS isn't an issue to me. There's also something to be said about the fact that there are plenty of gamers who openly accept and want GaaS in certain games in order to continue the gaming experience they enjoy. They aren't being duped or scammed, they willingly spend money to get a bit more content. If the game is up front about this stuff, was a complete experience without that stuff, and people willingly want to pay for that stuff, I don't see much wrong with it.

longhornsk57 wrote:

I have no idea what Cold War is, so....

I thnk that's the new COD game.

Cold War, Call of Duty 17. Same thing, right?

It's the game that came out with the PS5. it's a full game with campaign and multiplayer and zombies all included in the game.

Kommie wrote:


This seems very convenient...

Feeb did you post in the wrong thread? I honestly have no idea what you're saying here

Neither do I. I refer to CoD by release, AKA Call of Duty 17. Which is also Cold War.

Archer wrote:

Ok, my bad, didn't realize it doesn't function like pretty much all other as-a-service models

longhornsk57 wrote:


1984 inside joke.

Oh, I mean what did that have to do with the CoD conversation

Canadian Oxford Dictionary is kickass book mate

Call of the Doody Cold War: Really Long Title Name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYV_nufY5z4

Kommie wrote:

I guess technically Call of Duty 17 would have been Black Ops III in 2015. Cold War is CoD 24.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_ser...

way too fudging many. They need to start labeling them like Sports games. Just call it Call of Duty 2021, Call of Duty 2022, etc. They're the same damn game year after year.

RE: Village coming out May 7, 2021 on PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PS4. Pre-orders start today. Comes with a free multiplayer game that includes past characters from the franchise (RE: Verse). Seems like VR support isn't happening this time as far as I can tell =/.

thinking about going ahead and selling my ps4 pro while the value is still decent and getting a ps5 later. is there any reason to keep a ds4? does it work on ps5 and needed for ps4 games or does the dualsense mimick the ds4 for the few games that use the touchpad and stuff?

I will say that that the COD games ever since I started playing them again with COD WWII have been pretty damn good. The Single player campaigns have extremely high production values.. story is solid and the voice acting top notch. I even did not mind the one with Kevin Spacey, though I could not finish it because that game for some reason gave me crazy motion sickness. When I talk about COD games I suppose I mean the main games not not Black Ops. Cold War is actually the first Black Ops game I have really enjoyed. The MP reminds me a lot of WWII. I did not really care for BOP 1-3 with 4 being ok, but I would have liked a single player.

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:

That sucks. As a big fan of the series of course I'll still play it, but now I don't feel like I need it on day one anymore.
I really thought that was the main reason they were keeping it in first person. On their stat tracking site it shows over 1 million players played it in PS VR (14.42% of all players) and I thought that was a big enough number that they'd for sure include it in RE8 as well.

edit: and I just watched the trailer for Resident Evil RE:Verse. Gross. Nobody asked for that. The number of dislikes is more than the number of likes on the RE YouTube page.

tonymack21 wrote:

DS4 is needed for PS4 games

You can use the DualSense if you play a PS4 game on a PS5. (It's worked fine on PS4 games for me so far.) You just need the DS4 for some VR games that use the light bar.

JD wrote:

I play all my PS4 games with the DS5. I don't have a DS4 and the DS5 runs all my PS4 games and feels much better than the DS4

ok cool thanks all. just seeing if i might need to keep one if i decide to do it

Yeah, its only required for some PSVR games. All regular PS4 games work with the DS5 just fine.

JD wrote:

This is false. I only use the PS5 controller and it works fine with all PS4 games. Infamous Second Son works fine and it uses the touch pad, Sackboy uses the motion like tilting the controller. PS5 controller works fine for both. However you can't use the PS4 controller on any PS5 game I've tried so far.

Boss

Have it started appearing for retail sale in-store yet?

I havent noticed any here but I haven't looked. I'll be looking to pick one up in a few weeks probably

Yeah i'm hoping they start selling in store soon, sick of seeing online only and you have better chance getting struck by lightning than securing the order at $500

I didnt think it would take this long for sure, hope they stock up soon, at least by March.

The last article I read the other day didn't seem too promising about PS5s becoming available in plentiful supply anytime soon. Something about a processing chip shortage that not only affected PS5s but other pieces of tech from Samsung, AMD, etc that began in mid summer 2019 before the pandemic hit and they were predicting could lapse well into 2022. Lovely.

ya that sucks, i sold my ps4 today thinking id pick up a ps5 at retail with a piece of my tax return :/

tonymack21 wrote:

I think by Early April it will be much much easier to get one. Just keep an eye on best buy, gamestop, etc. .

ErickRPG wrote:

April is what they were predicting back during launch. If you can luck out and be on when BestBuy lists more than you have a good chance so long as they keep doing the local pickup thing.

Ya I need to get on a couple places and get on the alerts.

February's PS Plus games are:

PS5
Destruction AllStars
PS4
Control: Ultimate Edition (also available on PS5)
Concrete Genie

tonymack21 wrote:

@wario64 on Twitter. Just set it up so you get all notifications. Yesterday PS5 was available through Direct

Wow that's awful haha
Thank god, backlog beefy as it is

Concrete Genie was a cool little artsy game.

mattyg00013 wrote:

I guess I'm the only one excited for Destruction AllStars. I was going to pre-order it until I heard it was going to be free. Control is good as well. To bad I bought it during black Friday. At least only wasted $20.

WithinTemptation wrote:

I was going to preorder because the ps5 bundle I got included it before the physical was scrapped. I'll definitely try it out.

It looks pretty fun actually from the videos released today

It's too bad that I just bought Control Ultimate Edition as well to play the DLC on PS5, and I also own Concrete Genie digitally, but I'm looking forward to Destruction All-Stars, and that's a really good month with a lot of variety. PS plus has been really good this year so far.

I almost bought Concrete Genie last month at Best Buy for $10. I'll at least give that one a chance.