I pre-ordered RE2 the second it was available, and didn't get the demo to keep the remake surprise intact.

January is quite the month actually, RE2 is one, but Ace Combat 7 is also coming out and it looks like Namco finally put their s*** together to revive the awesome series that goes back to the PS1. And then (well not just then but THEN) comes Kingdom Hearts 3, after 12 years of announcements, rumors and hopes, it's almost there and looks more fantastic than ever.

TO me KH3 is the most underrated series in modern gaming, one that should sell more than 10 million copies and be revered around the world as the most unexpected licence Disney ever gave and the most amazing use of a Disney licence that has ever been made.

Anyways I'm counting the days to each of those, while playing Earth Defense Force 5 til then, another great release this month, a game that started as a joke in 2003 and that has matured in its own twisted way to become the most intense/frantic action shooter, really a class of its own.

The choice goes down to which exclusive titles you are interested in. Sony has put some serious efforts in having a lot of exclusive, Xbox has been trying to catch up but in my opinion Sony is way above in that regard.

They are working on the next one, Yamauchi is a guy who takes his time. Rumor says it will be a ps5 launch title, there are a few images of their new graphic engine, if it ends up like that on the screen, the next GT will leave the planet speechless.

Did anyone get Ace Combat 7 ? If not, you really should, I've been on it for a week now, it's a great arcade dog fight game, the return of one the games from the initial line up of the PS1 some years ago, and I don't think it has any equivalent on the market.

And just got an email from Amazon, Resident Evil 2 has shipped, they say delivey Friday, but who knows it could arrive tomorrow. I believe in miracle ! (and really can't wait to play this remake, 20 years after the original !)

I just got an email from Amazon, Kingdom Hearts 3 has shipped. 12 years later I still can’t believe this is actually happening

I remember the first Socom that came with the earset. Sitting in my dark room and going « Bravo attack to Charlie » that was good !

With modern voice recognition Socom would definitely be worth a new release

Btw you should really get into Kingdom Hearts it’s a one of a kind and my all time absolute favourite. Im on to a long night trying to wrap up RE2 so I can start KH3 tomorrow

Confession of the day : I just received a delivery notification for Kingdom Hearts 3. I jumped from my desk, said I needed to rush home for an emergency and am now stuck in traffic while writing on pinside !

The second half of the story happened when I made it home, and found my daughter on the couch playing it. I only have one PS4 and one game, so I'm still on Pinside, while trying not to look at the tv and waiting for bed time, to finally get to play MY game (dammit !)

It makes me miss France, where kids where at school until 6 pm !

I finally managed to get the controller back from my daughter's hand... at 9pm. Playing KH3 feels like coming back home after a long stay away. I strongly recommend if you haven't played the previous episodes or if you forgot them to read one of the many summaries that can be found online, otherwise none of the story or the many cut-scenes will make any kind of sense to you.

So far I got everything I was hoping for, a KH that doesn't reinvent the wheel and that relies on the same gameplay that it has since the beginning.
They've put much more money on the table, the game looks like a real next gen one, gorgeous graphics, much bigger environments, awesome sound track, and this still unique character crossover that blend so amazingly well that it feels they've always been together.

One small complaint (actually the same only issue I have with RE2), the characters completely lack facial expression, and their eyes don't have any expression. The "acting" is very old style too, one character speaks, pause 2 seconds, then the next one speaks, another 2 seconds pause, then the discussion continues, and so on. It's a common issue with japanese productions, they still rely on game designers, instead of hiring people from the movie industry like US productions do to bring more dynamic. It doesn't bother me more than that, but the more it goes and the more visible the gap between game development schools starts to be visible.

Anyways, KH3 is an absolute must, go for it !

And the curse goes on ! I had a day off today (planned for a while), and I was looking forward to a day playing KH3 while the kids are at school.
Turns out my daugther is sick (a cold nothing bad) and playing KH3 !

I have a jailbroken psp that I mostly use to play ps1 games. There are just so many games that aged perfectly well and the small screen of the psp makes old style 3d very watchable. You can get any Squaresoft game it’s a sure hit.

I finished Kingdom Hearts 3 this week end, and wow what a true masterpiece. I'm now finishing RE2 then I'll take a couple months to do a rerun of the entire Kingdom Hearts saga, I just love KH and this third one's ending leads me to believe that they're will be some new ones (which was the most exciting part of this ending !)

I haven’t touched a pinball video game since the one in Windows 95, space something. You’re right maybe I should give it another shot !

Back to Resident Evil 2, quite a change of atmosphere from KH3 ! I finished Claire story, which was quite easy in the end, I finished the game with way more ammos than I could count for thanks to the pile of gunpowder that can be found everywhere. It's funny the same happens to me on every RE2, I spend the whole game counting ammos, I avoid killing as many zombies as I can and I never use anything but the standard handgun throughout the game. And when the end comes i realize I could have blasted all of them, and not spend 8 hours running away.

Now on to Chris' story, so far I find it much harder than Claire, more zombies, less ammos, and smaller pockets which is super annoying because he also has less item chests.

By the way, Capcom is releasing a free DLC tomorrow with 3 (yes free 3 !), new stories to play. I find it rare enough to get real playable dlc for free that it should be mentioned and even bragged about !

No, and according to Capcom officials it will never have one. I don't think VR would have suited that game well though.

Take a look at Ace Combat 7 I’ve heard tha VR mode is something.

I wouldnt expect it before January 2022 after an official announcement at TGS 2021

Another EDF fan, yay ! EDF is the most intense and satisfying blast game I’ve ever played !

Did anyone start playing Devil may cry 5. I am completely lost with the battle system (basically one button and jump) and dont understand how to get some decent combat ratings.
Any help appreciated

Some Samsung requires a specific hdmi port labelled STB. Check if that’s the one you use.

Other option is to look into the video settings on your ps4 and the output resolution.
More infos here : https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/settings/videooutput.html

Last is to check what firmware your ps4 is in there might be a known bug on it.

Im waiting for mine ! Haven’t touched a COD in years, they lost me on the way, but Im still a big fan of modern warfare, so really excited !

I was about to, then PG&E shut down the electricity most likely for 48 hours this time.

Last night reminded me how much I hate modern gaming. I sent the wife away, put the kids to bed early and was finally ready for a modern warfare night.

I put the disc in, 25 minutes install no big deal just enough time to make popcorns.

I launch the game, solo is grayed « needs full install », launch an update.... 9 hours download.

So long modern warfare night !

I finally started it, and probably am close to finishing it. It's definitely brief, but wow it's super intense, and very satisfying. Every second of the campaign is worth playing, I'm back to being a big fan of Call of Duty !

It still has the usual plague of the series, mostly that you are walked by the hand during the whole campaign, there is always someone telling you where to go and what to do, while you can still hide and let your team mates do the job. It's the opposite of Wolfenstein that still tops my list of FPS but it's a great popcorn game. I like how the game doesn't feature super hero grade defense and forces you to be careful while going out to frag.

On the political side, it's an interesting mix of fictional and real events, I'm sure the Russians must be a bit pissed about it !

Who is in for Final Fantasy 7 remake ?
I got it yesterday, started playing it and basically kept going until this morning. I think the last time I got so hooked up to a game was the original FF7.
The game is simply extraordinary, it will probably appeal more to the people who played the original one. To me it feels like we got a prototype that took 20 years to be completed into the full vision.
The only drawback is the battle system, the new one is quite good although totally action, and very inspired by KH, but the announcement that there would be a classic battle system is not really met, it’s a weird mashup of auto battle and order an action once in a while.

I started RE3 last week when it arrived, it was the only RE I did once when it came out. And same feeling 10$ an hour of game is a rip off.

Once you start RDR2, you're probably going to spend the next month it, that game is just plain awesome !

I would recommend getting The Last of Us remake, and The Last of Us 2 that's coming out tomorrow. Unlike most of us you won't have had to wait 7 years to get the next episode, and the game is a true masterpiece with intense action, beautiful story, a varied gameplay and a true survivor feeling that no other game in the genre, IMO, managed to bring to life that way.

Interesting, it's exactly at the train attack scene that RDR 2 climbed to my masterpiece rank.

If you want more action you can look into Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy VII remake. The 2 Resident Evil remakes are also worth a shot with a strong preference for RE2 who is more achieved.

You would probably get the digital version at the same time Friday if you start your download Thursday night !

I agree, I've just always dreamt of attacking a train with my gang and that was totally it !

I don't think it will be playable right away. They allow early download but they will unlock it tomorrow.

Me ! The version with the Blu Ray player, with the last wave of content edit, I'm definitely not trusting digital versions

The curse of the day, my Amazon delivery is delayed, the truck had a problem.

I even took a nap this afternoon because I wanted to play TLOU2 all night !

5 hours In TLOU2 and meh, I wasn't expecting complete revolution but it feels like playing a long DLC that cost 60$ and took 7 years to make.

Same action, same patterns, more talking, actually way more talking with long and slow conversations that have less impact than what used to be some real character and story building in the first episode.

I guess it's a payback from the first one where they explored everything that survivors could do in an apocalypse setting. Except going to Mars there wasn't much more to do.

Anyways I'll keep going, it's not unpleasant it's just slightly boring without much hooks to stay stuck to my chair.

Yep, that's all there is ! It's your lucky day

I don't see how anyone would be surprised that Ellie is gay. Back when the first was released Naughty Dog already said that they chose Ellen Page as Ellie for a reason. They don't put it on the table with a lot of subtlety though, not that it matters much but it lessens the impact as if they had to put it somewhere because they said they would.

I'm not sure it's the right place to discuss that, but it's all about depicting reality. This is the world we live in, with diverse people happy to live the way they choose to. And it takes some efforts to make it become culturally acceptable, I'm thankful to Naughty Dog for that just the same way as was thankful for Gene Rodenberry back in the days who went against public opinion and his own producers to film the first inter racial kiss in TV history.

I was even happy that I could play a Jew in South Park !

No it's not too much to ask. No one forced you to buy that game, there is a disclaimer on the back of the game for sexual content and tons of interviews of Naughty Dog executives about that.

I respect your opinion but I don't think it should set the standard for everyone else either.

There is nothing new there, Ellie already kissed a girl in the first episode DLC called Left behind. That was 6 years ago.

TLOU2 just got the record of the fastest selling video game in history, so I don't think people mind much or there aren't that many people that actually care.

Good, bad, I guess it's all a matter of perspective

Except that racism is not a religious belief.

I wasn't answering you, I was answering wolfmarsh .

Ok back to talking about TLOU2.

I'm starting to get what annoys me the list in the game.

Ellie is actually stronger than Joel was, she can kill zombies bare hands, her knife never brakes so she is never helpless againt clickers, and her sidekick can shoot and sometimes kill too.

And that is what kills the intensity of the action scenes and takes away a big part of what I enjoyed in the first one.

I love the RE games but I didnt like the shift to first person view.
I would recommend playing both Evil Within games who were done by Shinji Mikami after he left Capcom (who In turn never recovered from it)

I've finished the Last of Us 2, I'm happy I did, the history was satisfying although predictable, but I will never replay that game again. The game is plagued by a horribly repetitive gameplay of looting, the 1st already had that problem but it had less looting and more fighting, especially zombie fighting which was very pleasant.
The 2 has more human fights, I don't think LTOU 2 gameplay has enough depth to bring these encounters to an enjoyable level, the ennemies are dumb, the shooting choices limited, and there is much better out here when it comes to TPS. Same with the infiltration part other games do that far better.

I don't regret the 24 hours I spent but I am happy they didn't drag the game for 20 hours more, the end part already felt like it was too long, but I do hope Naughty Dog considers more variety in gameplay for their future productions

I got in the hype and pre ordered a ps, the disc version. Then I figured I should get some games and found nothing of interest to buy, so it will be my first game less system since I got into gaming.

I don't recall any day 1 launch being so thin in games, it looks like Sony didn't deliver the sdk in time to allow developers to make games.

SSD and pcie4, that brings the price up to 200 for now but it will go down as always.

But this is only an additional drive. The system hdd is soldered on the main board and won't be easy to replace that's where I'm more concerned.

Order update from Amazon, my ps5 is arriving day 1 yipeeee !

The only downside is that I still have no interest in any of the day 1 games !

The one day my UPS delivery is late

Mine ended up arriving last night, I haven't played it much though, my son hasn't given me the pad yet. I got Spiderman and Sackboy, mostly for him as I have no interest in these games.

The new gamepad is incredibly smooth and precise, really a step forward there. From a pure graphic perspective, the games are surely not optimized for the PS5 yet so they look more like PS4 Pro, with a much better rendering of shadows and lights but at this point it's clearly not the same jump in quality than it was moving from PS3 to PS4

I also have an Xbox One, the one thing they got right, and I must say I still don't get why Sony didn't swap the joysticks, is that the left analog stick is aligned with the buttons.

Nowadays there aren't many games that still uses the D-Pad, so it makes more sense to have the analog left stick as the main one, and use the D Pad below to access secondary function. Although having the 2 analog pads aligned on the PS Stick also makes a lot of sense, but in my opinion only for FPS games where moving and aiming at once becomes critical

I will likely end up being an Xbox S at some points, Microsoft is in a big shopping spree after their move on Bethesda, so it will go back to the good old war of exclusive titles, and some of the MS titles are definitely on my radar. The cheap one at 299 should do a fine job, not too bad price wise actually.

Ebay is the last place on earth where I buy anything, way too much fraud. I hope you paid with PayPal and can get a refund

I tried Astro play room while waiting for COD to load, it shows everything that the new gamepad can do and wow it does a lot.

The triggers can send feedback or even lock, it's the closest a gamepad ever got to an analog throttle, it's very impressive.

Yep it's impressive how ugly this one is.

But with this fantastic controller in hands I totally forgive them !

The ps5 can lay flat but only on the stand they provide. It's really wide though, mine doesn't fit in the shelves either way, and that's because of these white plastic covers that don't look necessary.

So reviewers were right, the hard drive on the ps5 wont store many games.
It wouldn't bother me if the games were just installed from the disk but so far all of them take 6 hours of download, and having to prepare ahead of time for what game you're gonna want to play isn't viable.

It's quite annoying actually I do miss the good old days of simply starting a game with the push of a button.

I have the version with the drive, there hasn't been one game so far that hasn't required a 100gb download.

I got one day 1 but truth is I haven't played it much because there isn't much to play. So I don't think it's worth rushing until the second wave of games comes out

You got half scalped, 200$ isn't too bad. A lot of them sell them for double or triple the price.

No, not really. These 2 pinballs have limited numbers. Even TBL has hit a more reasonable price point now that production seems to be more steady. There will be an endless supply of PlayStation 5, people are just willing to pay a premium to get one quickly.

They don't sit on their PC clicking refresh, they have bots that do the job for them, check for when the item comes in stock and can buy piles of units within seconds. It's a whole industry, some developers sell the bots, then scalpers just need to install it, set the url and they are good to go.

I haven't played it in a couple months now, there is just nothing to play on it, I don't think there's any need to rush on getting one, especially at scalpers price.

I barely played that GOW, it was a big disappointment but unfortunately with how well it sold I doubt the game will ever go back to it's bta roots.

Yeah that's all right, I know I'm in the small club of original GOW lovers ! The reason why I didn't like PS4 GOW is exactly everything that makes you like it. I enjoyed the brain less mass brawling against gigantic ennemies, but the OG series did hit a low with Ascension where you could tell the rope was getting to used. And after defeating Zeus, I guess there wasn't much more for Kratos to destroy the good old barbaric way !

My 7yr old and I are totally into Ratchet and Clank right now, it's not a coop game, but it's so visually stunning that we both enjoy watching each other play. IMO this is the game that shows the true potential of the PS5, the loading times are non existent which actually adds to the gameplay as Ratchet moves between dimensions without any interruption, the gameplay is fun, it's closer to a Pixar movie than a video game has ever been. I've never been a big fan of the series but this time they really nailed it.

I got Yakuza like a Dragon, I only took it because I had nothing else to play and it was on sale.

Now I'm going to buy every over Yakuza game, I totally got sucked into it. The story is captivting, the game has everything I like about Japanese twisted humor and there's a ton of things to do, piles of mini games, a bunch of Sega arcade emulated games, it's just non stop fun.

Highly recommended !

Nintendo makes great games that's all what matters to me. They are also avoiding expensive project Ms can remain independent and still deliver boat loads of fantastic games without ever compromising quality.

I also enjoy the visually stunning AAA games on my PS5, but they leave a short trace in my memory, where I will never forget the thrill of every minute of each of my Zelda adventures.

Like a dragon seems to be a parallel story. It's also a bit different from the others. The others have some bta ingredients, this one is more rpg with a turned based battle system.

COD on the PS5 with haptic feedback definitely brings the game to a whole new level.

The loading times are probably much faster on the PS5, the game also makes good use of the haptic feedback on the PS5 controllers. I think it's worth the 10$

Oh I see, I had no idea there was that upgrade deal, definitely a good deal then !

GT7 is an absolute masterpiece, definitely the ulitmate car game, not just the races, it's also a car history bible, with a compelling way to get you to want to learn everything about car history.
The game is stunningly beautiful, the level of settings for the cars is unseen but more than anything else every single change is noticeable on the tracks.

Truly a class of its own

Same, I never liked the Xbox controller, so I always bought the ps version of the multi platform games.
I bought a One to play Dead Rising 3 when it was exclusive, then got and enjoyed Gears and Halo and that was literally it

I haven't bought an X yet, I might depending on when and if Bethesda games become exclusive or if there a good Gears that comes out. But Xbox exclusive are no match for Sony exclusive games IMO

I've finished it twice, It didn't feel as pressured as in the first one, probably because of the "open world" structure that allows to run away from zombies without taking any risk but still a very entertaining game with a good load of action.

I gave up on Gotham Knight, it's a Batman game without Batman and any of his great skills that made them so much fun to play. There's really not much to do and exploring Gotham with that motorcycle is painfully tedious.