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I start to think my ps4 is going pretty shitty. What's with the memory storage thing? Each game had to be put on your memory. this is about 50 g, so if full memory is about 500g, this is about 10 games? And if I want to download a demo this is another 20 g? And this is now mandatory to have a playstation plus to play online? Or I didn't get it? Wtf is this shit? This is was never a thing with my ps3. And I just download The Swapper on my ps3 and on my ps4 and before start my ps3 asking to adjust my screen and ps4 just don't, so I have to play with half of my tv, that's almost embarrasing. The controller batter is shit, that's not big problem for me but still, people always hating on ps3 controller, but that controller had a much powerfull battery, the ps4 interface looks cheap comparing to ps3

  On 1/12/2015 at 4:04 PM, arvy Ictal said:

I start to think my ps4 is going pretty shitty. What's with the memory storage thing? Each game had to be put on your memory. this is about 50 g, so if full memory is about 500g, this is about 10 games? And if I want to download a demo this is another 20 g? And this is now mandatory to have a playstation plus to play online? Or I didn't get it? Wtf is this shit?

Just swap the hd for a bigger one when it gets full. Did this with my ps3 (upped the 60gb to ~500gb) as I used it quite a bit as a PVR and filled it full of films and TV programmes.

I thought Starfox Adventures was alright, bitroast. It's basically a 3D Zelda game. I seem to remember it was created as it's own thing by Rare, and then Nintendo redesigned it as a Starfox game, or something like that. Sure, it's not the greatest game ever (the combat does gets boring) but I thought it was pretty solid when I played through it (though admittedly that was over a decade ago).

 

Oh I just read your attached rant. Ouch! A bit harsh IMO. Though I see there's no way I am not going to convince you!

  On 1/8/2015 at 8:52 PM, Joyrex said:

 

It's another HD remake of the GC version which was a remake of the PS1 version... I swear, Resident Evil is like the Final Fantasy of Capcom.

 

 

RE1 might be my favorite game of all time. Loved the GC version. I actually can't wait for this. Cash in no doubt but would love to own a 1080p version :)

  On 1/12/2015 at 4:55 PM, Vaaler9 said:

 

  On 1/8/2015 at 8:52 PM, Joyrex said:

 

It's another HD remake of the GC version which was a remake of the PS1 version... I swear, Resident Evil is like the Final Fantasy of Capcom.

 

 

RE1 might be my favorite game of all time. Loved the GC version. I actually can't wait for this. Cash in no doubt but would love to own a 1080p version :)

 

You might want to read this: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-vs-resident-evil-on-ps4

 

Very interesting approach to this remake, for sure...

The Wii version of RE4 was my favorite, aiming was spot on. Absolutely NO chance of a Wii U remake though...

  On 1/12/2015 at 2:43 PM, bitroast said:

giving Starfox Adventures a second shot, fresh start from scratch.

few hours in and I feel quite confident this time round in writing this off as second rate garbage.

 

 

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ok. below is a rant. didn't mean to go on a rant but found it hard explaining what I hated about this game without there always being more to elaborate on or something to add.

 

it feels like a straight up Zelda/Ocarina of time clone with little changes thrown in here and there (changes made either a. to keep it from not being too identical to Zelda or b. because they didn't know what they were doing or have the time to rip off whatever element from Zelda accurately or efficiently)

 

alright, GAMEPLAY.

the combat feels OOT-ish as fuck, complete with fox's dumb staff replacing the role of link's sword. the whole system feels shloppy. you can hardly strafe or jump around when locked onto an enemy target. you can't even lock onto an enemy come think of it, it just autolocks on when an enemy draws near, removing an element of interactivity from the game.

 

the combat itself is stripped down to simply pressing the attack button over and over again while fox jumps around attacking. there's zero regard for timing or strategy here, just keep hitting that button! sometimes you gotta use additional items but they're hardly worth mentioning because they never really give off a sense of being fun to use, it's just, cycle to this item. now press the a button again, press b to cancel, now you can continue hitting things with your staff. boring and shitty.

 

while there are even times when multiple enemies may circle you and take you on as a group, only one will actually take you on at a time with the rest standing around in a queue. the combat falls back down to that process of repeatedly hitting a in a non-strategic non-timed manner.

 

the other big component of the gameplay is the objectives and knowing what to do.

half the time i'm playing it I have no idea what to do. it's literally just a process of running around some small scale environment trying to find something to pick up or some correct direction to aimlessly wander in with very little guidance.

 

SOUND

I had resorted to playing with the sound off + listening to records because it's shitty second rate uninspired music + annoying talking samples was doing my head in.

 

by uninspired, I of course am referring to shit like ...

 

ocarina of time (1997) shop theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35M7xhA-oVo

 

star fox adventures (2002) shop theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYYwvLZVDz8

 

GRAPHICS

graphics are actually pretty sweet. I will use this opportunity though to suggest that anyone saying this game is actually good 'once you look past it not being a true starfox game' are fucking fooling themselves and probably talking entirely on a superficial level. the graphics do hold up and look pretty fantastic and tbh that's not even taking into consideration the game is now 10+ years old.

 

I wouldn't mind playing a Zelda clone ripoff so much provided it was fun to play or had something new to offer other than failing to recreate what the originals did so well (ie. okami is a pretty excellent example of Zelda clone but in comparison offers so much that's new and different from Zelda what with its combat and paintbrush mechanics)

 

who the fuck would ever give this an even remotely positive review? hired goons? furry enthusiasts?? probably just shallow losers who can't tell the difference between a nice looking videogame and a well designed fun to play videogame.

 

 

 

i really enjoyed okami for a while, but i thought i had gotten to the end of the game like 3 separate times. everytime i got to what i thought was the end boss, i killed it, and it broke up into 4 pieces, then 6, then 8. by the third or fourth time (probably around 30-40hrs) i was absolutely convinced it couldn't happen again... but it did. i never played it again (i did recently buy the hd vers to give another go though).

oh yeah, good point. okami is long and an endurance test of repetitiveness. i enjoyed playing it through because the story keeps trotting along as you play and i found the constantly changing sceneries pleasant enough (the visuals.. are so good.. in that game.. :) !!! )

but yes, it just goes for ever and doesn't seem to know when to end.

  On 1/12/2015 at 6:58 PM, Rubin Farr said:

The Wii version of RE4 was my favorite, aiming was spot on. Absolutely NO chance of a Wii U remake though...

Not much chance of a Wii U post-2015... I think Zelda (Wii U) is the only big game they have coming? That's not to say the other 2015 Wii U releases (Starfox, Splatoon, Mario Maker) couldn't be breakaway hits, but still...

 

I know they announced a new Pikmin game would be coming, but surely that's 2016?

The "New" 3DS has Amiibo connectivity, right? Or are they planning on adding that on with an expansion module?

We're still missing that one big spiritual successor to Mario Galaxy and 64, right?

Still making my way through Dragon Age: Inquisition, probably going to pick up The Order: 1886 next month.

  On 1/12/2015 at 7:43 PM, Squee said:

We're still missing that one big spiritual successor to Mario Galaxy and 64, right?

I may just have preferred 3D land + 3D world over the galaxy games..

Need to replay the galaxy games actually. It's been a while now and i'd like to have a fresher perspective.

 

Agreed tho that a big, full pledged 3d mario game is warranted. Mario is normally the flagship console title so maybe theyre holding out for the next system seeing as the wii u has its share of mario titles.

Edited January 12, 2015 by bitroast

Yeah I don't believe the next generation of Nintendo has started until there's a 'proper new' Mario

Likewise I refuse that the PS4 is a thing until it gets Ridge Racer 8

finally finished the last of us,only took me bout 18 months on and off!.amazing experience,so nerve shredding at times,and genuinely moving and beautiful too,well worthy of the hype,thinking of getting the left behind dlc,anyone played it? 11.99 on ps store,worth it?

del.

Edited January 13, 2015 by arvy Ictal

  On 1/12/2015 at 8:55 PM, bitroast said:

 

  On 1/12/2015 at 7:43 PM, Squee said:

We're still missing that one big spiritual successor to Mario Galaxy and 64, right?

I may just have preferred 3D land + 3D world over the galaxy games..

Need to replay the galaxy games actually. It's been a while now and i'd like to have a fresher perspective.

 

Agreed tho that a big, full pledged 3d mario game is warranted. Mario is normally the flagship console title so maybe theyre holding out for the next system seeing as the wii u has its share of mario titles.

 

 

3D World is all I need. I had so much fun with that game that I really don't desire a new Mario game this gen unless it's a sequel to that one.

I just play Shovel Knight over and over.

Next, Axiom Verge.

  On 1/12/2015 at 9:40 PM, sunshine recorder said:

finally finished the last of us,only took me bout 18 months on and off!.amazing experience,so nerve shredding at times,and genuinely moving and beautiful too,well worthy of the hype,thinking of getting the left behind dlc,anyone played it? 11.99 on ps store,worth it?

Yea it's really good. Pretty short and not a lot of "real" combat. But good!

thanx,probably gonna get it over the weekend when i get paid,on a different subject,i,m interested in what are everybodys(who,s got steam) top 3 time sinks on steam?

mine are 1/ project cars- 211 hours 2/skyrim-154 hours 3/stalker call of pripyat-130 hours, seems a crazy amount of time when you see totals like that!

  On 1/13/2015 at 1:06 PM, Friendly Foil said:

 

  On 1/12/2015 at 9:40 PM, sunshine recorder said:

finally finished the last of us,only took me bout 18 months on and off!.amazing experience,so nerve shredding at times,and genuinely moving and beautiful too,well worthy of the hype,thinking of getting the left behind dlc,anyone played it? 11.99 on ps store,worth it?

Yea it's really good. Pretty short and not a lot of "real" combat. But good!

 

 

the "gameplay" part of Last of us is probably my least favourite element. most of the game was spent just slightly holding joystick forward to keep the character slowly moving and not making any sound and that was enough to get through the game stealthily (and then the rest was combat, which was shooting and throwing nail grenades and molotovs over and over again haha).

 

but... I still enjoyed Last of us, primarily for the story. the DLC continues this and is excellent little isolated chunk of story that compliments main game rather nicely.

1/ Left 4 Dead 2 (400+) 2/ BOI:Rebirth (40) 3/ Broforce (25) / Shovel Knight (25)

 

I was in a game of L4D2 recently with someone who had clocked up over 16,000 hours. I haven't worked it out but I'm guessing he/she must have played it constantly since it was released. 16,000!

agree,i thoughtthe stealth was good but the enemy ai was a bit dodgy,but it was so atmospheric,and i loved using a combo of bow and melee/shivs rather than guns except when i was struggling

  On 1/13/2015 at 2:16 PM, donk said:

1/ Left 4 Dead 2 (400+) 2/ BOI:Rebirth (40) 3/ Broforce (25) / Shovel Knight (25)

 

I was in a game of L4D2 recently with someone who had clocked up over 16,000 hours. I haven't worked it out but I'm guessing he/she must have played it constantly since it was released. 16,000!

thats crazy! i,ll have to give l4d2 a go some time, also boi rebirth seems to get a lot of praise in these parts

started mgs:ground zeroes since i finally finished peace walker.

 

definitely the hardest mgs so far. largely due to the minimal hud and the fact that enemies can actually see you from incredibly long distances. basically the best looking ps4 game. still crossing my fingers that hayter plays solid in the full game because jesus christ i hate listening to keifer sutherland in that role

  On 1/13/2015 at 2:38 PM, juiceciuj said:

still crossing my fingers that hayter plays solid in the full game because jesus christ i hate listening to keifer sutherland in that role

Hate that too