General Gaming thread

RedRabbit

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.

Sporky

I just bought Supraland; on offer on Steam with the Supraland Crash expansion, for less than the latter normally costs alone.

Supraland is exquisite. 

ThePrettyDamned

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. 

CavemanGrogg

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.

stickyfiddle

CavemanGrogg said:

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

CavemanGrogg

stickyfiddle said:

CavemanGrogg said:

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.

ThePrettyDamned

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!"). 

joneve

@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. 

RaymondLin

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. 

CavemanGrogg

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.

bbill335

ThePrettyDamned said:

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!"). 

if playing on emulator, perhaps try an "undub" fan patched version.

guitargeek62

CavemanGrogg said:

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.

I’d generally agree with this too, the PS5 doesn’t feel like a big leap vs. the PS4 - particularly if you had the PS4 Pro. Still, there’s not much point in going back now! I’m also lucky in that my tv remote works on the PS5, but I rarely use it as a media player these days anyway.

TeleMaster

I just use the LG remote control app for my TV on my phone. It controls the TV and the PlayStation.

The PS5 is absolutely a much more powerful console than the PS4 Pro. It has ray tracing, 8K (coming), over twice the GPU power, UHD Blu Ray, 8 core CPU at 3.5GHz and the new controller is definitely next gen.

The only reason we may not see huge differences in the performance is because it's at the beginning of it's cycle and the PS4 was at the end, so there's crossover. Spider-Man 2 looks to be a seriously demanding game, and it will surely showcase the potential of the PS5.

But objectively, it is a much more advanced piece of tech than the PS4 Pro. 

CavemanGrogg

guitargeek62 said:

CavemanGrogg said:

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.

I’d generally agree with this too, the PS5 doesn’t feel like a big leap vs. the PS4 - particularly if you had the PS4 Pro. Still, there’s not much point in going back now! I’m also lucky in that my tv remote works on the PS5, but I rarely use it as a media player these days anyway.

TeleMaster said:

I just use the LG remote control app for my TV on my phone. It controls the TV and the PlayStation. That remote is overpriced. 

We actually wanted to go with the LG remote - we watched a number of YouTube videos and reviews first all of them said go the LG route over the PS5 Media Remote, I'm not joking when I say that the PS5 Media Remote is night and day difference compared to using the controller for watching YouTube and such - it doesn't need to be recharged every 30 minutes for a start, it is still shit though especially considering it's price really really shit QC - the battery cover over hanging the battery tray by about 1cm at the front is just one of such issues.  We couldn't source one from anywhere in the UK any model from the sub £30 one to the over £100 quid ones, and as for the app, neither of us could be bothered with that.

Funnily enough we have a Sony TV, and one that is newer, as in it wasn't released until after the PS5, and surprisingly the Sony remote for our Sony TV, doesn't work, or is even noticed by the PS5, however for some strange reason, the PS5 Media Remote, controls the TV flawlessly, though obviously it doesn't allow you to control as much of the TV - things like setting up the wireless network connection opening menus like the home page, as the remote that came with the TV does.

stickyfiddle

I got a PS5 remote on day 1. Then I realised my TV remote can also talk to it so have barely used it. It's a nice idea but the wobbly curved bottom and weird battery cover are very strange design choices. 

TheMarlin

Borderland 3 is out on Switch next week, so I might treat myself to that to add to the huge pile of Switch games I haven’t played yet. 

Penn

I’ve played a bit more of starfield. I kind of like it but it feels like a very old game. Some of it like the Crimson Fleet missions are actually fairly good. It’s just a bit average. Feels like they prioritised quantity not quality. 

I was looking forward to Cities Skylines 2 but it seems to have been delayed. On the developer website it says console next year now. Helpfully Game pass still says 24th October. I’m assuming it will get changed. 

Sporky

I built myself a particularly elegant ship in Starfield. Presenting SkyPiggy.

RaymondLin

That looks pretty good actually, wouldn't look out of place in Firefly.

stickyfiddle

I still don't have Starfield but if I did I'd be flying in this thing