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  • Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.0.

    Anyone tried this yet?  I am not sure i am a true fan of the new skill tree....it seems to be level gated a lot more than before? 
    I haven't but am now tempted given it's meant to not be a complete buggy shitshow any more. 
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  • I'm expecting mine to be Forza Motorsport. I'll be disappointed if it isn't. 
    +1.  Early indications look good.  Really looing forward to this, I last had Forza 6 on the Xbox one so expect a big jump.

    I've been sim racing a bit on my sons PC (Asseto Corsa and R Factor) and Assetto Corsa Competizione on the Xbox Series X, so hope I've not got too accustomed to pure sims, or to put it another way, I hope Forza Motorsport isn't too far to the simcade side of things.  I doubt it will be as I still enjoy Forza 6.

    Planning to get a wheel and cockpit at somepoint also.  
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  • RaymondLinRaymondLin Frets: 11229
    Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.0.

    Anyone tried this yet?  I am not sure i am a true fan of the new skill tree....it seems to be level gated a lot more than before? 
    I haven't but am now tempted given it's meant to not be a complete buggy shitshow any more. 
    It’s so much better now, the cops are actually smarter, and it has taken them a while but it is what it meant to be from the start.

    There are still some gripes from me on it but it’s an excellent game.  Better than Starfield :)
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  • Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.0.

    Anyone tried this yet?  I am not sure i am a true fan of the new skill tree....it seems to be level gated a lot more than before? 
    I haven't but am now tempted given it's meant to not be a complete buggy shitshow any more. 
    It’s so much better now, the cops are actually smarter, and it has taken them a while but it is what it meant to be from the start.

    There are still some gripes from me on it but it’s an excellent game.  Better than Starfield :)

    I thought Cyberpunk 2077 was amazing, it's another of the admittingly few games that I've platinumed on the PS4.
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  • RaymondLinRaymondLin Frets: 11229
    Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.0.

    Anyone tried this yet?  I am not sure i am a true fan of the new skill tree....it seems to be level gated a lot more than before? 
    I haven't but am now tempted given it's meant to not be a complete buggy shitshow any more. 
    It’s so much better now, the cops are actually smarter, and it has taken them a while but it is what it meant to be from the start.

    There are still some gripes from me on it but it’s an excellent game.  Better than Starfield :)

    I thought Cyberpunk 2077 was amazing, it's another of the admittingly few games that I've platinumed on the PS4.
    I played about 120hrs of it on the base PS4, I enjoy it even with the bugs.
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  • Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.0.

    Anyone tried this yet?  I am not sure i am a true fan of the new skill tree....it seems to be level gated a lot more than before? 
    I haven't but am now tempted given it's meant to not be a complete buggy shitshow any more. 
    It’s so much better now, the cops are actually smarter, and it has taken them a while but it is what it meant to be from the start.

    There are still some gripes from me on it but it’s an excellent game.  Better than Starfield :)

    I thought Cyberpunk 2077 was amazing, it's another of the admittingly few games that I've platinumed on the PS4.
    I played about 120hrs of it on the base PS4, I enjoy it even with the bugs.

    I honestly never experienced any bugs in the game - again I didn't buy it on release day but when the price dropped to around £30, and it must be a few years now since I last played it, I haven't played it since I got the last trophy I needed - the shoot a grenade in the air while using the slow motion power, if I knew how to do it - I'm not used to the PS5 user interface and constantly get lost in it and can't find things, I could tell you the exact date, as that trophy was the hardest one I found to get.
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  • RaymondLinRaymondLin Frets: 11229
    I played it on release day.  The biggest bug on the base PS4 is the loading of assets, especially if you drive really fast to a place and get out of the car and then walk up to an NPC.  You can see the game loading all the textures in real time due to the PS4 being slow.

    A lot of this can be mitigated by just driving slower and walking slower.

    Other bugs are mostly funny, like dead NPC floating in the air, or cars got stacked on each other, people standing up in cars.  The only game breaking bug was it used to crash, just throw me out of the game about every 4 or so hours of gameplay. 
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  • I played Unpacking this week, it was short and sweet.
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  • RkphilpotRkphilpot Frets: 118
    edited September 2023
    Final word on Starfield, after putting 60 hours into it (I work nights so it's good to play in the day between shifts) I'm disappointed.
    I don't see 7 years of development. So many outposts and mining sites are identical, even down to where items generate and enemies stand. They are exactly the same, if you've seen one cryo outpost you've seen them all. It's appalling given how many random dungeons Skyrim had.
    There is too much time spent fast travelling between planets just to speak to people and toonmuch time spent in menus. It's clunky and you don't get much flowing time in missions. Reading people's comments I think I'm going to retire it and try cyberpunk.
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  • I've literally just bought and installed Cyberpunk.
    My Trading Feedback

    "If it smells like shit...It is probably shit"
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  • As a big fan of Bethesda earlier rpgs I ditched off Starfield well quick. Just shite. 
    Downloaded Lies of P and loving it. 
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
    edited September 2023
    Turns out Cyberpunk isn't on PS+ as I'd thought it was, so I'll wait till it is

    Back on Jedi Survivor. Took a good while to remember how everything works so I put it on the easiest mode and now I'm mowing down baddies just like a Jedi should
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  • As a big fan of Bethesda earlier rpgs I ditched off Starfield well quick. Just shite. 
    Downloaded Lies of P and loving it. 
    Pre installed that and didn't realise it was out now. Will try it next week.
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  • nero1701 said:
    I've literally just bought and installed Cyberpunk.
    I'm interested in giving it another go but I did find the story a bit meh before I got a refund. 
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  • nero1701 said:
    I've literally just bought and installed Cyberpunk.
    I'm interested in giving it another go but I did find the story a bit meh before I got a refund. 
    I'm about 90 mins in, little slow going..more interesting than starfailled so far
    My Trading Feedback

    "If it smells like shit...It is probably shit"
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  • CavemanGroggCavemanGrogg Frets: 2357
    edited September 2023
    Turns out Cyberpunk isn't on PS+ as I'd thought it was, so I'll wait till it is

    Back on Jedi Survivor. Took a good while to remember how everything works so I put it on the easiest mode and now I'm mowing down baddies just like a Jedi should

    I believe it was removed due to all the bugs it had on release, I remember the price of the physical game brand new in stores dropped like a stone once Steam, Xbox and Playstation offered everybody who bought the digital download version from their market places a refund for the game.

    nero1701 said:
    I've literally just bought and installed Cyberpunk.

    I just bought Need For Speed Hot Pursuit from the PS store for £4.00, in order to practice my racing skills for indoor carpet racing later today, so far I haven't managed to complete the tutorial first race, never mind finishing it in either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in order to complete the tutorial race.

    Supposedly my favourite racing game, Need For Speed Most Wanted - the one from 2005, is being rereleased in 2024 for the current generation of consoles.

    nero1701 said:
    nero1701 said:
    I've literally just bought and installed Cyberpunk.
    I'm interested in giving it another go but I did find the story a bit meh before I got a refund. 
    I'm about 90 mins in, little slow going..more interesting than starfailled so far

    It took me a few hours to get into the game, but once I figured out the mechanics, and game play, I was hooked, and played nothing else until I got every trophy in it.
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  • Rkphilpot said:
    As a big fan of Bethesda earlier rpgs I ditched off Starfield well quick. Just shite. 
    Downloaded Lies of P and loving it. 
    Pre installed that and didn't realise it was out now. Will try it next week.
    If you like a good soulsborne game you should enjoy it. It’s a bit Sekiro, a bit Souls and a bit Bloodborne all in one. The parry timing window is a teeny bit too strict though imo. 
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  • RaymondLinRaymondLin Frets: 11229
    There are lots of cool side quests in Cyberpunk, some are nothing more than killing some guy, but I like the boxing one.  
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  • There are lots of cool side quests in Cyberpunk, some are nothing more than killing some guy, but I like the boxing one.  

    That one was quite fun.
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  • Finding demons souls a bit too clunky. It's good, but it's not dark souls. Very much feels like a concept note, an idea that would turn into dark souls.

    I did the unthinkable and downloaded skyrim, and am playing the angriest orc. Heavy armour and a warhammer. I mag learn something to enchant it with fire. 

    That would make it a warmhammer. 
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  • The main reason I got a PS5 was for the Demon Souls remake.

    I had the original on PS3 but didn't really get into Dark Souls until much later.  I thought the remake would be a good way to get into the start of the series but I just couldn't get on with it.  

    I still go back and play Dark Souls occasionally but, at this point, I think I'm unlikely to pick up Demon Souls again.


    On Skyrim - it was one of the first things I downloaded to my Steam Deck despite the fact I'd it to death already.  I've genuinely lost track of how many times I've bought the game - I think I've had it on PS3, PS4 (the first remaster), Steam and Switch.  Played it through to completion several times and always have a run in progress (currently an elf mage specialising in conjuration).  Despite all this, I've never done the Dragonborn DLC - it's like I'm holding it reserve just so I've got some "new" Skyrim content should I need it.  Serious contender for my all time favourite game.
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    I just bought Supraland; on offer on Steam with the Supraland Crash expansion, for less than the latter normally costs alone.

    Supraland is exquisite. 
    "[Sporky] brings a certain vibe and dignity to the forum."
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  • RedRabbit said:
    The main reason I got a PS5 was for the Demon Souls remake.

    I had the original on PS3 but didn't really get into Dark Souls until much later.  I thought the remake would be a good way to get into the start of the series but I just couldn't get on with it.  

    I still go back and play Dark Souls occasionally but, at this point, I think I'm unlikely to pick up Demon Souls again.


    On Skyrim - it was one of the first things I downloaded to my Steam Deck despite the fact I'd it to death already.  I've genuinely lost track of how many times I've bought the game - I think I've had it on PS3, PS4 (the first remaster), Steam and Switch.  Played it through to completion several times and always have a run in progress (currently an elf mage specialising in conjuration).  Despite all this, I've never done the Dragonborn DLC - it's like I'm holding it reserve just so I've got some "new" Skyrim content should I need it.  Serious contender for my all time favourite game.

    Yeah, demons souls is a pretty faithful remake, which means it is a bit clunky still. I like what it is, but dark souls did it better. I am enjoying it, but not in the obsessive way I had to finish dark souls - it just doesn't have the atmosphere. 
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  • CavemanGroggCavemanGrogg Frets: 2357
    edited September 2023
    Anybody here got the middle tier Playstation Plus Extra  membership, the one that costs £99.99 and has access to the Game Catalogue?  Is it worth the extra charge over the standard Playstation Plus Essential membership plan that only costs £60 a year and doesn't include access to the Game Catalogue. 

    We're not a huge gaming household, I can count the number of console games that I've bought on release day on one hand and lots of fingers to spare, and despite owning the PS5 for quite a while now, we have a grand total of 4 games, 1 of which is a loaner from a mate, and two that where bought in the last week for around £4 each - Dead Rising and Need For Speed Hot Pursuit.
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  • Anybody here got the middle tier Playstation Plus Extra  membership, the one that costs £99.99 and has access to the Game Catalogue?  Is it worth the extra charge over the standard Playstation Plus Essential membership plan that only costs £60 a year and doesn't include access to the Game Catalogue. 

    We're not a huge gaming household, I can count the number of console games that I've bought on release day on one hand and lots of fingers to spare, and despite owning the PS5 for quite a while now, we have a grand total of 4 games, 1 of which is a loaner from a mate, and two that where bought in the last week for around £4 each - Dead Rising and Need For Speed Hot Pursuit.
    I think that’s the one I have. Free PS4/Ps5 games but not older ones. 

    It’s pretty good as long as you don’t want the latest and greatest and nothing else. 

    There’s certainly plenty of really great titles on there that you probably haven’t played if you’re not a massive gamer
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  • Anybody here got the middle tier Playstation Plus Extra  membership, the one that costs £99.99 and has access to the Game Catalogue?  Is it worth the extra charge over the standard Playstation Plus Essential membership plan that only costs £60 a year and doesn't include access to the Game Catalogue. 

    We're not a huge gaming household, I can count the number of console games that I've bought on release day on one hand and lots of fingers to spare, and despite owning the PS5 for quite a while now, we have a grand total of 4 games, 1 of which is a loaner from a mate, and two that where bought in the last week for around £4 each - Dead Rising and Need For Speed Hot Pursuit.
    I think that’s the one I have. Free PS4/Ps5 games but not older ones. 

    It’s pretty good as long as you don’t want the latest and greatest and nothing else. 

    There’s certainly plenty of really great titles on there that you probably haven’t played if you’re not a massive gamer

    That's the concern, is access to the Games Catalogue, really worth an extra £40 a year, we play MMOs, RPG's, and the selection is rather limited and eclectic to say the least, nothing has caught our attention or jumped out at us, and the ones that we do recognise, we've already played already or have found to be extremely disappointing and given up on.
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  • Has anyone played legend of dragoon? It's a game I desperately wanted on the ps1 when I played a demo disc as a kid, but couldn't ever find it in a shop. 

    I've started a game and it's honestly completely charming and basically a final fantasy game. If I could change one thing, I'd turn off the character shouting the name of the move you've just used on the enemy ("VOLCANO!"). 
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  • jonevejoneve Frets: 1416
    @RaymondLin any knowledge or recommendations on retro hand helds which won’t require waiting 4 weeks to come from China? Predominantly going to be for a 14 year old Pokémon obsessive, so looking to have something I can load all those game onto. 
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  • RaymondLinRaymondLin Frets: 11229
    edited September 2023
    joneve said:
    @RaymondLin any knowledge or recommendations on retro hand helds which won’t require waiting 4 weeks to come from China? Predominantly going to be for a 14 year old Pokémon obsessive, so looking to have something I can load all those game onto. 
    RG35xx

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/RG35XX-Handheld-Console-Bluetooth-RG35XX-Transparent/dp/B0BNHY8ZY4/ref=sr_1_6?crid=E6R19RVKKNNV&keywords=anbernic+rg35xx&qid=1696079246&sprefix=anbern,aps,145&sr=8-6

    You can have it tomorrow.

    Ideally, you want to put on a custom OS (Garlic OS), and then split the OS and game into separate SD cards, at least more reliable than the random one that it comes with.  But it works right out of the box as is. 
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  • We caved in the other day, and bought the PS5 Media Remote due to just how bad the battery life in the controllers are, night and day difference - and the media remote for the PS5 is shit the battery tray cover for example while nice and easy to remove to change batteries doesn't properly fit the remote it actually over hangs at the front by quite a lot, and that's just for using the PS5 as a media center.  Knowing what I know now, I'd have been well pissed of if I had had to pay for our PS5 instead of scoring them for free, I'd have brought them back for a refund.  The PS5 in our opinion - my household and mates opinion, is not a ''generation improvement'' over the PS4 Pro, if anything the PS5 should really be called the PS4 Pro 2, sure the graphics are better, but the sound quality is a lot worse - no optical output, and then there is the PS5 games, or rather lack of them.  The fact that Sony are still selling PS4s - granted the Pro version, and that new games are still being released for the PS4, really tells you a lot about the PS5, and what it says is not good.  We're actually regretting giving away our PS4s.
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