Shagger

Let me be the first to welcome you to VGR.

I own a PS4, and the only reason I was aware of Little Nightmares being a PS+ game was because I update the PS+ into thread. If I didn't do that every month, it would probably have escaped my attention as well as I've mostly been gaming on PC recently. Even I would probably have to check that thread to tell you what was on PS+ right now. You said what you said, and I don't think it justified, but @Justin11 agrees well just let it be and move on, but try not to jump to conclusions.

Again, another thread that just isn't necessary given how similar it is to this one you already posted. If you are contemplating making any more soccer thread right now, stop, because you are out of control. Locked.

Let me get this straight. You make a thread about Karim Benzema winning player of the year for a 2021-2022 season, then before that thread even gets a single reply, you make another thread posting the question if the same player can do it again in 2022-2023? I hardly think it's a stretch to ponder this possibility on the thread you already have. This is ridiculous, @Justin11. This is gone from lack of forethought to borderline spam. Thread locked.

It's been another one of those days that make me think Epic are trying to annoy me with a game preview that keeps changing. Still, the line up for this week and next week looks locked in now and it looks solid.

I don't think I've gotten better at adapting, I think games have gotten easier to play. Even with games getting more complicated, controllers and UI's have improved so much in the last 20-30 years that it's so much simpler to pick up a game and start playing it than it used to be.

The thing about this is that it actually makes far less sense for Valve to do this sort of thing because the Steam Deck, like any Gaming PC, does not guarantee a revenue stream for them, not like a console does for Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo. It is quite possible for someone to buy a Steam Deck, install windows on it then only ever buy games from EGS or GOG, for example. The vast majority of people won't do that and will use Steam at least along with other services, but the point is Valve get it, Sony used to get it, but then don't get it now? Agreed. If Sony had said "Sorry that we have to increase the price of the PS5, but we'll throw in a few months of PS+ Premium for each new console sold after the new prices kick in." or perhaps a free game, then I would be a little more forgiving. But no, it's "We're jacking up the price, please form an orderly queue to suck it.".

@Justin11, @Clasher and @Heatman Time to get back on topic. There's plenty of room to discuss professional football/soccer and other sports in the Sports Sub-Forum under General Chat. Why is it every time a thread goes astray, it's always at least one of you involved? Somebody casually mentioning soccer or any other sports in this thread to make a comparison or an analysis to Esports is a valid post, but it is not an invite to make post discussing only that sport. Stick to the topic or face the consequences. @Justin11 and @Heatman especially as you two have a long history of doing this sort of thing. You have run out warnings.

After a video game console has been out for a number of years, price changes are not out of the ordinary, but it's usually the price going down, but now Sony has decided to increase the price of the PS5 in pretty much every region except the USA by equivalent of around $40-$50 US. More from PlayStation Blog. Here's a breakdown of the new prices; Credit to IGN, who first made made me aware of this via this video from Gamescom. They also break down the price increases in more detail, so it's worth a watch. There's only one thing I wanna say, Sony; I don't care about thier excuses revolving around the state of the world economy or inflation, this is same Sony that once sold the PS3 at a $300 loss per unit because they understood how important it was to get the console into peoples homes. The rules have not changed, so why would Sony make a decision that will decrease sales of the console (because it will)? It's not like they ever made much money of the hardware sales of the console itself anyway. More importantly, how can Sony do this to people, especially with this console? A console that has been scarce for buyers to get a hold of and has been scalped to hell? It's almost as if of Sony are punishing thier fans for not being able to buy one yet, like thier fans have done something wrong and it's thier fault. This move is rancid on Sony's part and I'm furious, and I know I won't be alone in this. What makes this more insulting for me is that I had a time slot booked for me by PlayStation to have a guarantee to be able to buy a PS5 yesterday. I didn't do it because money is not in abundance right now, but it feels like a slap in the face. It's like, "Oh, you're not buying on now? Well then fuck you! Now you'll have to pay more when you do want one!". No Sony. Fuck you, and you alone. I hope thier is un uproar and you are forced to reverse this decision.

I still have problems with presentation of this game. The use of these realistic looking, life like but untimely boring environments was cumbersome enough, but they are throwing some environments that looks like the classic sonic games into the mix as well just make this worse. This is a game has no visual identity of own. I don't know if this is because of the recent live action Sonic movies that they decided this was a good idea, and whilst that helps me understand the choice they made, it doesn't make it good choice. The gameplay itself does little to excite me either, it's nothing new nor interesting.

Things I would rather do than be a part of this include licking Nick Frost's sweaty arm pit after 20 games of table tennis, at least that way I will be in the company of somebody talented, intelligent and interesting.

Unless it's a multiplayer only title where the amount of people currently playing the game does matter, I couldn't care less how many people have bought a certain game. I can decide for myself with the aid of reviews and ratings whether I want to buy a game or not. A game's popularity or obscurity are non-factors for me.

Yes, the game (as a demo) is still up and available to download on itch.io. I'm as sure as anyone that Nintendo will swing the ban hammer sooner or later, so assume it's sooner and get it quick if you want it. .

On Topic The Outlast Trials Most definitely The dud for me. Spin-offs of horror/survival games never turn out well, so I have no faith in thIS whatsoever. Dead Island 2 Not really my sort sort of thing, but it does look quite good for what it is. I'll keep an eye on that one. Dune That short cinematic didn't really tell us anything, but i feel movie licenced games are at least taken seriously enough that we see something quite good out of it in the end, but I'm gonna keep my expectations low. Where Winds Meet If this isn't quite as close to an AC rip of as it looks in this trailer, then it has real potential. One thing for certain is it needs some serious work and polish as the graphics were a bit muddy and the game was very choppy in that trailer. Hopefully, in the final game those issues will be addressed. Lies of P As a storytelling experience, possibly the most promising game I've seen so far from Gamescom. The world is cool, very steampunk in it's aesthetics, but I am a little concerned that combat and action might not be up to snuff. If it is, then this has real potential. Atlas Fallen By far the most promising game I've seen from Gamescom so far. I'm getting Horizon Zero Dawn/ Forbidden West crossed with Platinum games style action vibes. The art style was striking, the combat looked empowering and the set up for the story looked very interesting and I already want to know more about that world. The team behind Dune must feel a little shat on with this game announced with such a good trailer at the same show. Trust me, this is the one to watch out for, I promise you.

It's quite possible to discuss these individual games on the Gamescom thread as well. This just makes it easier for everyone to see what was revealed at Gamescom without having to move in and out of individual topics. If it's OK, I would to do my job and make a decision for the the forum without getting talked back if you don't mind. We can look at individual topics for these games as the release dates, new trailers and so on get revealed.

We appreciate you putting up these Gamescom trailers @Kane99, but for convivence sake and to avoid clutter, I'm going to merge these topics into the Pinned Gamescom 2022 Thread under the Gaming Forum.

Death Stranding is, indeed, up on Gamepass now. Time to get downloading.

RIP Very sad to see. To be honest, I'd never heard of him nor his work, but any death is tragic and clear from what I've seen he was a passionate and much loved game developer. His last wish has come true and both Waves and Waves 2: Notorious are free on steam right now. If you can, like @DC said, take the chance to enjoy this legacy.

As far as I know, the format and compatibility of SD cards hasn't changes much if at all over the years, and because it's solid state storage (no moving parts, chemicals or anything), unless the card is damaged, I see no reason why it shouldn't work fine and last as long as you need. I will suggest that a total 128GB is still quite limiting in terms of storage (there are single games larger than that), so I would recommend eventually either buying a much larger SD card or better still fitting your Steam Deck with an NVMe SSD once you have the funds to do so.

I'll use this video clip to show you what I mean. As the player in control of the protagonist interacts with an NPC (in this case Serana), you see various options appear to select as things to say. When you select them, the NPC responds with whatever dialogue they say in that moment. Those options you select are the protagonist's dialogue in the game. It's not voiced, but it is expressions, questions and instructions coming from the protagonist directed at the NPC. This is what I mean when I talk about a protagonist having dialogue, but not voiced. In a game where all the NPCs are voiced when the protagonist is not might sound like a weird or even bad idea, but it can work, especially in an RPG. This is what I was talking about earlier in the thread how reading the protagonist's dialogue and letting yourself hear the voice you want to hear say the words as apposed to a voice actor can actually enhance the role play experience, at least for me.

The thing is this isn't entitled customers making a fuss, were talking about the ex-managing director of one of the largest and most respected independent consumer advice organisations and watchdogs in the United Kingdom, if not the world. This is a guy that should know what he's doing, and yet here I am completely baffled by his process.

We're defiantly at a point where to many people are saying the same things for the claims not to have merit.

Don't get me wrong, I want him to succeed here, I truly do, but I'm also a realist and thus I believe he is going to fall on his ass because I don't think he fully understands how this works. Whether Sony are right or wrong in this is irrelevant, what matters is that, as far as I can tell, how Sony charges commission is the basis for his whole argument and it doesn't make sense. Not only is that a weak argument to make on behalf of the consumer anyway, is it also pretty much the exact same thing that happens throughout the industry, so either everybody is guilty of this or nobody is. Even retailers selling physical copies of games charge commission, that's how they get a cut. This would make sense if he could prove that Sony was consistently charging more for thier games on PSN then on anywhere else. I decided to test this by looking at how a random game was priced across the board and after just that on game this this theory is already looking shaky. The game I choose was Stray. Here is how much Stray costs on the British PSN Store right now. This is for the PS4 and PS5 version And on Steam... OK, it's £1 less. And I'll say, I don't think Sony can justify that. They probably would have some sort of bullshit excuse lined up, but it's starting to look like Alex Neill has a case, until you take a look at GAME, the high street retailer that operates in the UK. That's important because that is where this law suit is being filed. (BTW, I have no idea why GAME is still listing this as a pre-order when the game is already out, but I promise you this fresh is a screen snip I just took for this very post.) How on earth is Alex going to prove Sony are ripping people off when the country's most prominant video game retailer is charging a full £10 more for the same game? You see, he has not thought this through.

I'm all for consumer rights and very much against anti-consumer anything, but if this guy Alex Neill is serious about taking this to court, he had better be ready to get crushed. Not just in gaming, but whenever a store sells something, digital or otherwise, that they themselves didn't make, there's commission of some kind on it. Keeping this more indigenous to gaming, though, the only way this guy could have a case is if Sony overcharged on PSN compared the same games sold new elsewhere, but as far as I know the prices are pretty much the same unless somewhere happens to have sale on. So I'm with @DC on this, the fact that this is all apparently based of off Sony's commission (pretty much at the same 30% rate as Steam, GOG, Xbox and Nintendo. Epic is actually significantly lower than the others at 12%) means this suit is doomed to fail. His heart in the right place, but he dove head first into this without a clue how deep it was. Even the comments section of the article is showing little support for him and mostly people struggling to make sense out of this.

Angry Centaur Gaming (ACG) didn't think much of it either, said pretty much the same things. So... yeah. Honestly, I think here is parts of this would genuinely enjoy, but would likely get bored of it pretty quick. At least for now, this looks like one to avoid.