PlayStation Studios |OT26| Ghost of Spartacus
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Thanks for the encouragement lol I'm set.
Just need to wait a bit more and keep myself from getting too excited.
It is, but to the point where people think it might be too good to actually works ($).
I'm hoping it's something that's easy for developers to implement, and that Sony has some sort of fair share. Sony really can't start pissing off developers again just because they're the "PlayStation".
Which was a terrible solution because time start the moment you click "Download".
So I don't think this will be the solution.
Lol imagine if they stayed with that. It takes me like four hours to download a full-sized game on my PS5, sometimes longer depending on the file size. That basically makes that kind of trial completely unusable for me.
That's why the whole thing was a test, pretty sure they can make it work differently. Point is, it works on a System level.
Exactly, I doubt it will start when you download anymore.
This.
It seemed like a test run, hacked together with ducktape, just to see consumer behaviour and sales impact. The transactional system was probably not designed to have a timestamp of when the download was finished.
They need some data to see how time trials impact sales in the real world. Then they can show real data to publishers. And implement a full system as part of a PS+ tier.
Microsoft demands from every dev to make a Series S version for their games. I'm sure publishers aren't huge fans of that either, but we haven't had any devs skipping that platform because of that.
A time trial is a lot less work than that.
Also, trials for PS+ Premium users probably won't lose publishers as much money as a refund system would.
So, I don't think Sony would be pissing off devs more than other platform holders.
Generally, platform holders do have some power and leverage over their 3rd party partners and from time to time they will use it for the benefit of their consumers.
I got 3 Mc Guffin and now need to get the 4th. I am like you.
I love the friendly neighbor Alloy (I am playing every side quest and services) and I don't play a lot so, sometimes, there was two weeks between two main mission. Each time it's weird and feel out of place.
There are two "main" antagonists groups that you see your first 10 or 15 hours. I am close to 60 hours and haven't seen any of them again. And for me, it's a big fail. Oh I even forgot about Sylens, also a subject in the first 10-15 hours and disappear.
That doesn't impact my enjoyment of the game and maybe it will be more clear at the end, but at the moment, it feel like :
- Story for 10 hours
- Side content and main missions being mac guffin (which is around, at least, 50 hours for me)
- Story for the last 5-10 hours
Well, we got some news from Sony this week.
Starting of the week good so far, hope it rolls into early May.
Aww shit. Whats gonne be at Summer Game Fest...
Yeah, he makes a good point. And one I've complained about with Activity Cards and just some other PS5 features overall.
Some are hit or miss, no consistency. Its wild that GTA 5 for PS5 skips the start up logos/splash screens consistently vs first party games. After first boot GTA 5 goes straight to the press x screen. I think it gets reset after an update to the game or uninstalling it.
Miles does it good, Uncharted Legacy of Thieves does too. Maybe Astro does too. Other games, not so much.
And loading from an Activity Card is inconsistent as far a loading speeds. Miles does it good, GTA 5 doesnt for Story mode.
Starting of the week good so far, hope it rolls into early May.
Aww shit. Whats gonne be at Summer Game Fest...
Yeah, he makes a good point. And one I've complained about with Activity Cards and just some other PS5 features overall.
Some are hit or miss, no consistency. Its wild that GTA 5 for PS5 skips the start up logos/splash screens consistently vs first party games. After first boot GTA 5 goes straight to the press x screen. I think it gets reset after an update to the game or uninstalling it.
Miles does it good, Uncharted Legacy of Thieves does too. Maybe Astro does too. Other games, not so much.
And loading from an Activity Card is inconsistent as far a loading speeds. Miles does it good, GTA 5 doesnt for Story mode.
Activity Cards have the most potential out of an PS5 feature, I just wish they would standardize them some what. They should have a "Continue from last save" button right next to "Play" in the dashboard and require developers to skip the splashscreens and instantly drop you in your latest save for single player games.
I felt like the middle third or so kind of dragged after a strong opening act.
Exactly how I feel. No hook and no narrative urgency, where as with Elden Ring I was playing 13 hour straights.
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Yeah, my 'price crisis' suggestion has aged about as well as I have.
However, my Blade Runner reference has received one vote, so I count that as resounding success and will be treating myself to an ice-cold beer as a celebration!
I wished it worked for first party games. Ratchet just loves to have activity cards for me but instead cold boosts the game each time with company logos, etc... and then I still don't get that quick save or jump to the said activity but I have to just load my game like usual.
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It's an old sony patent from 2013, it was brought back to make fun of Sony with their new ad thing
Thank you!
Thanks again Angie!
I personally felt the opposite, though I do agree it didn't have that much of a sense of "immediacy" which allowed me to go through it on my own pace. Really loved how every main quest in FW felt like a "main event" in the game, all killer no filler ( except for a couple quests in the middle). The final third I think have an insane pace, hope you enjoy it more
I have come to the disappointing conclusion that it is a a complete slog and uninstalled it shortly after recovering the third of three doodads. I loved Zero Dawn a lot but this one just didn't do it for me.
The story is designed without this sense of urgency so it makes sense that Alloy can stop for a bit and hunt, play or help other people. They say multiple times that Alloy has several months to solve the problem.
I think it was a good decision, it is always weird when the world it at the brink of destruction and the main character is just fishing.
You were like 3/4 through the main quest might as well have finished it XD
Wait, who is picking Punish Me Jimbo, for the OT name? lol
You guys are into some weird stuff
Thank you!!
Yep, fully agree. It's kinda minor in the bigger picture but really good open world pacing design from Guerrilla there
I had a dream where I was playing Ghost 2 a few nights ago. Wonder whether we could see the reveal cinematic trailer this year 👀
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Damn VRR is legit. Wish it came sooner but I'm a believer now and I understand why folks were clamoring for it. Only tried DMCV:SE but the high performance mode is sooooo smooth now holy crap.
"Rumored to be big" gave me quite the chuckle.
"Rumored to be big" gave me quite the chuckle.
I hope Sony looks at making some good JRPGs soon.
when I say JRPG I mean Jimbo Role Playing Games
when I say JRPG I mean Jimbo Role Playing Games
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This is actually a great idea.
Highest tier suddenly became more interesting for me.
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Interesting tweet from John from DF above about VRR being at least partially supported for pre-HDMI 2.1 displays. Hopefully it will allay some of the worries that were being expressed in the news thread.
I didn't notice a forced restart, so it looks like Sony deployed this dormant In the previous system software update and then switched it on via a feature toggle.
I've only tried Rift Apart and it seems nice and smooth. I don't trust the FPS readout that I get from the 'hidden' VRR info overlay on my LG CX. It will be nice to get some proper analysis from the DF guys soon.
I didn't notice a forced restart, so it looks like Sony deployed this dormant In the previous system software update and then switched it on via a feature toggle.
I've only tried Rift Apart and it seems nice and smooth. I don't trust the FPS readout that I get from the 'hidden' VRR info overlay on my LG CX. It will be nice to get some proper analysis from the DF guys soon.
I do not rule out a delay, too.
I get it from Sonys perspective, too, Sony just released two big first party titles and in the first quarter released other big 3rd party titles like Elden Ring, Lego Star Wars, Dying Light 2, Kirby, Pokemon etc.
So many games, I would be happy to complete Elden Ring and Lego Star Wars in 6 months.
Xenoblade 3 at the end of july, I do not know how.
MS should speak of their lineup around june, too. I think that is one reason looking what your competition has on the hand and have a better picture how logistics and production will be.
In general you see good lineups in quarter and than you see that it just takes time to bring all these heavy hitters and even middle/small games to the market.
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