Sony PlayStation 4: dumbasses in this thread: "Fireman Sam is a dentist"

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verbal enema: May 23, 2009; onlymarfans.com

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I think a sidequest changed my main menu screen which was pretty cool

?? You sure u didn't set a theme ?

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Skwirl posted:

20 pages back and communist as hell, but every single house and apartment in America has electricity and water, seems like we could also get them fiber optic cables. Wouldn't even need to go full communism because God knows there's a poo poo ton of private utility companies.

50Mbps down with no cap is considered a basic human right in my first world country :smug:

I pay $100 per month for internet :qq:

PacoPepe posted:

A few pages back, someone said they got an auto-refund for south park.......so i went to the sony customer support chat and demanded a refund.....they did it instantly.
That means i played Stick of Truth for free and now i have money for Persona 5 or whatever.

This gave me the motivation to give it a try too. No resistance whatsoever.

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# ? Mar 31, 2017 03:22

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

verbal enema posted:

?? You sure u didn't set a theme ?

I am talking about the game's main menu -- since I'm playing it on PC I see that a lot since I can't suspend/resume :v:

# ? Mar 31, 2017 03:31

KICK BAMA KICK: Mar 2, 2009

HZD thoughts after 20 hours:
Good:

Absolutely gorgeous; maybe short of the top tier of PS4 engine tech (UC4, MSGV) but considering the stellar art design, up there with the best of them
Combat is as good as anything in this class short of the Souls games -- a superior implementation of The Witcher series' concept of using traps and buffs to level the playing field against enemies that would naturally outmatch you
No false moral choices; Aloy has a defined personality, primarily expressed in her sympathy with outcasts, and in situations where other games would present you with a perfunctory decision to either aid a person in need or scorn them because of their social status, HZD skips that and gets to the point
Expanding on that note, you begin the story being shunned from the local tribe at birth, but the quest-giving NPCs you meet don't give a poo poo about that and engage with you anyway; it's an ingenious way to both reflect that supposedly sacred social conventions are easily set aside when they get in the way of an individual's interests, and to serve as an actual in-world motivation for the majority of place-filling NPCs to have nothing to say when you interact with them

Mixed:

Voice and facial animations vary from best-in-class to weirdly off-putting
There's a great variety of weapons and elemental damage types, all fun to employ but the game doesn't do a great job of signifying what does what and when you need it; you're left to explore vendor stocks without much guidance
You'll spend a lot of time hunting for materials to craft quality-of-life upgrades like ammo capacity -- but that hunting is pretty fun and easy to do as you travel from place to place
Giant world padded with plenty of the marginally interesting collectibles common to open-world games that will compel a lot of players to waste time playing icon janitor -- the onus is on you to decide how much gameplay you want
Employs several well-worn, dated mechanics -- "detective vision" and quests that consist of following glowing trails, just-hold-up climbing, unveiling fogged maps by ascending to a specified tall point, a skill tree full of variations on one-button stealth kills -- but the implementations are about as good as anybody's

Bad:

There are two entirely different ways to heal in combat, you don't automatically heal by resting/entering a city or anything like that, and it feels like two different teams crafted those mechinics independent of each other and never reconciled
It's easy to aggro trash enemies when you're just trying to travel from place to place without any desire to get in a fight, and that's annoying in light of the fact that ...
Mounts are inconvenient -- you often have to go out of your way to get one, they control awkwardly and (unless I missed something) there's no way to heal them if they take some damage, which they will do as soon as a fight happens

Ultimately I won't argue that this tops Bloodborne as an exclusive or The Witcher 3 for the generation's RPGs but it absolutely belongs in the conversation for top 5 games of the generation and might be the PS4's best system-seller to normie audiences. Immediately recommended to anyone who doesn't have a strong pre-existing aversion to games of this type.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 07:29

fridge corn: Apr 2, 2003; NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN

My girlfriend just bought me Horizon and she only paid £28 for it 🤑

# ? Mar 31, 2017 08:08

Soul Glo: Aug 27, 2003; Just let it shine through

Two things I don't like about Horizon are just how swimmy the movement feels and how the camera kinda drifts so Aloy will start on one side of the screen and end up on the other even just running in what I feel like is a straight line.

Also coming off of Zelda, it's nuts how good HZD looks while also letting me way down in the traversal department. Zelda ran like poo poo, sure, but I wish Aloy could climb whatever and then hangglide down from it.

It has a great look and world though. Really digging uncovering the backstory.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 08:14

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Skwirl posted:

20 pages back and communist as hell, but every single house and apartment in America has electricity and water, seems like we could also get them fiber optic cables. Wouldn't even need to go full communism because God knows there's a poo poo ton of private utility companies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilMx7k7mso

Also I don't think you understand the logistics involved in fibre node traffic on a state-wide or national scale. It's a whole lot more complex than copper ethernet.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 08:40

Fix: Jul 26, 2005; NEWT THE MOON

Flummoxed by all the choices of good long-form games to play now that Yakuza is done, I'm tackling some old-assed backlog instead (ie buying time until P5 drops). Wolfenstein is pretty cool.

What I really need is a King of Fighters sale.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 09:18

Nostalgia4Dogges: Jun 18, 2004; Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

Godzilla07 posted:

The one weakness in the PS4 library is its lack of good racing games, and I'd like for this year's releases to fix that so I don't have to build a gaming PC.

Dirt 4 in June

# ? Mar 31, 2017 10:39

BeanpolePeckerwood: May 4, 2004; I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK

Wipeout.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 10:42

ElwoodCuse: Jan 11, 2004; we're puttin' the band back together

Skwirl posted:

20 pages back and communist as hell, but every single house and apartment in America has electricity and water, seems like we could also get them fiber optic cables. Wouldn't even need to go full communism because God knows there's a poo poo ton of private utility companies.

The Telcos don't want to do this and when governments offered to do it themselves they paid off legislators to stop them

# ? Mar 31, 2017 13:20

Moongrave: Jun 19, 2004; Finally Living Rent Free

Attitude Indicator posted:

If the devs of Horizon knew how to make a good game, why have they been making killzone games for forever?

because they hired some actual writers and gameplay people instead of just leaning on their tech prowess and hoping that would see them through.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 13:30

Guillermus: Dec 28, 2009

God drat Sony, I hate this console so much. Now Wipeout collection. I never played the PS1 games but I did play Wipeout Pure on my old rear end PSP and loved it. So now I'll add it to my wishlist wich is getting insanely big on this lovely console that in 2017 is gonna kill me.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 13:56

Attitude Indicator: Apr 3, 2009

what was the wipeout game that was on PS+ on the ps3? That was a good game, is that in the collection?

# ? Mar 31, 2017 13:59

Pablo Nergigante: Apr 16, 2002

Attitude Indicator posted:

what was the wipeout game that was on PS+ on the ps3? That was a good game, is that in the collection?

Wipeout HD and yes it is

# ? Mar 31, 2017 15:22

ghostinmyshell: Sep 17, 2004; I am very particular about biscuits, I'll have you know.

I couldn't find out but did Soma ever get fixed if you enable Boost mode?

# ? Mar 31, 2017 15:33

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK: Sep 11, 2001

Godzilla07 posted:

The one weakness in the PS4 library is its lack of good racing games, and I'd like for this year's releases to fix that so I don't have to build a gaming PC.

It's amazing that Gran Turismo isn't out yet.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 15:39

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; Avatar brought to you by the TG Sanity fund

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

It's amazing that Gran Turismo isn't out yet.

Were you just MIA last generation when it came out literally 4 years after it was slated to release?

# ? Mar 31, 2017 15:47

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK: Sep 11, 2001

Fuzz posted:

Were you just MIA last generation when it came out literally 4 years after it was slated to release?

I remember them releasing GT6 to die after the ps4 was launched. :laugh:

# ? Mar 31, 2017 15:56

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; Avatar brought to you by the TG Sanity fund

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

I remember them releasing GT6 to die after the ps4 was launched.

Which was a shame since it was so much better and more polished than the mixed bag turd that was 5.

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Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

I remember them releasing GT6 to die after the ps4 was launched.

Why no port?

# ? Mar 31, 2017 16:21

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Gotta be honest I wish it was a new Wipeout game and not just a collection of old ones :/

# ? Mar 31, 2017 17:07

Pablo Nergigante: Apr 16, 2002

Real hurthling! posted:

Why no port?

I wish they would do a quick port of GT6, I enjoyed it quite a bit

# ? Mar 31, 2017 17:18

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Sakurazuka posted:

Gotta be honest I wish it was a new Wipeout game and not just a collection of old ones :/

A collection of old ones doing well first gives them something to point at and say "look, see, it's a viable project" for a new iteration.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 17:25

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Lets hope so

# ? Mar 31, 2017 17:26

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; Avatar brought to you by the TG Sanity fund

Neddy Seagoon posted:

A collection of old ones doing well first gives them something to point at and say "look, see, it's a viable project" for a new iteration.

Sakurazuka posted:

Lets hope so

This is exactly what they did last gen with Sly Cooper, so it's plausible.

Edit: though now I think of it, I think Sucker Punch was already working on Sly 4 when they made the collection... Maybe it was more of a "let's drum up interest and remind people about a semi-obscure franchise before the new one hits" type deal.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 17:27

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

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Is it weird that I'm super excited for Wipeout Omega Collection despite only playing Wipeout 64? I loved that game and it's so hard to find good arcadey racers anymore (continue to rip Burnout, Rush).

# ? Mar 31, 2017 17:43

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

ghostinmyshell posted:

I couldn't find out but did Soma ever get fixed if you enable Boost mode?

What did it do?

# ? Mar 31, 2017 17:51

Policenaut: Jul 11, 2008; On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

veni veni veni posted:

What did it do?

Crashed the game.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 17:55

Brightman: Feb 24, 2005; I've seen fun you people wouldn't believe.
Tiki torches on fire off the summit of Kilauea.
I watched disco balls glitter in the dark near the Brandenburg Gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like crowds in rain.

Time to sleep.

KICK BAMA KICK posted:

HZD thoughts after 20 hours:
Bad:

There are two entirely different ways to heal in combat, you don't automatically heal by resting/entering a city or anything like that, and it feels like two different teams crafted those mechinics independent of each other and never reconciled

It's easy to aggro trash enemies when you're just trying to travel from place to place without any desire to get in a fight, and that's annoying in light of the fact that ...

Mounts are inconvenient -- you often have to go out of your way to get one, they control awkwardly and (unless I missed something) there's no way to heal them if they take some damage, which they will do as soon as a fight happens

Ultimately I won't argue that this tops Bloodborne as an exclusive or The Witcher 3 for the generation's RPGs but it absolutely belongs in the conversation for top 5 games of the generation and might be the PS4's best system-seller to normie audiences. Immediately recommended to anyone who doesn't have a strong pre-existing aversion to games of this type.

Good write-up, agree with pretty much all of it. The last point in the Bad section is partially remedied by the skill that lets you whistle for mounts without having already acquired them, like just a random mountable will show up. Hell you could probably just kill them for scraps when you're done getting where you're going too, I haven't tried that but I bet it'd work.

The healing thing is weird, like I guess it makes sense in-game and all, but it'd probably be better if the potions were just added to the herb pouch or at least the could've made up on the d-pad use potions when you run out of herbs or something. It was less annoying when I didn't have a few of each resistance potion before realizing that meant a shitload of horizontal scrolling.

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veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

This is just a guess on my part. But I'd be willing to bet it was just the medicine pouch at one point and people got frustrated that they couldn't find health, and instead of retooling the game they threw in Heath potions. It is very odd that there are two totally separate healing mechanics and the lame one invalidates the cool one for the most part.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 19:25

KICK BAMA KICK: Mar 2, 2009

Brightman posted:

The last point in the Bad section is partially remedied by the skill that lets you whistle for mounts without having already acquired them, like just a random mountable will show up. Hell you could probably just kill them for scraps when you're done getting where you're going too, I haven't tried that but I bet it'd work.

Yeah I wouldn't have any complaints if that skill wasn't at the bottom of a column I wasn't super interested in otherwise. Or if you could just buy mounts at settlements or big road junctions or something. Maybe to them it was an immersion thing -- you're a hunter-gatherer, you mostly live on foot -- but I'm not big on games trying to excuse QoL issues like that.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 19:34

Guillermus: Dec 28, 2009

With goons saying that PS4 library lacks on a good selection of racing games, I went ahead and checked myself. It turns that yes, aside from Dirt Rally and the WRC games, there's not much to choose.

Feels really weird since I used to play Colin McRae Rally, Grand Turismo 1 and some others in a friend's years ago on his PS1 and he had shitloads of NFS games, rally and so on his PS2 later.

I think the PS4 could use some driving games like Euro Truck Simulator that let you plug a keyboard to use extra buttons and other sims like it to add some variety. Also Mashed with 4 player local mayhem.

Bring Mashed back from PS2 damnit.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 19:35

VoLaTiLe: Oct 21, 2010; He's Behind you

I've been playing through HZD on hard so it may screw my outlook on it or not.

But I think they should have added rest spots in settlements that heal you fully. That would have made things a bit better at least for me

# ? Mar 31, 2017 19:39

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

VoLaTiLe posted:

I've been playing through HZD on hard so it may screw my outlook on it or not.

But I think they should have added rest spots in settlements that heal you fully. That would have made things a bit better at least for me

Quickloading from a campfire will always heal you back to full.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 19:41

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Brightman posted:

Good write-up, agree with pretty much all of it. The last point in the Bad section is partially remedied by the skill that lets you whistle for mounts without having already acquired them, like just a random mountable will show up. Hell you could probably just kill them for scraps when you're done getting where you're going too, I haven't tried that but I bet it'd work.

You can absolutely do that, attacking a hacked robot will damage it (and make it revert to hostile).

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The healing thing is weird, like I guess it makes sense in-game and all, but it'd probably be better if the potions were just added to the herb pouch or at least the could've made up on the d-pad use potions when you run out of herbs or something. It was less annoying when I didn't have a few of each resistance potion before realizing that meant a shitload of horizontal scrolling.

They should at the very least have made potions use the same heal over time system as herbs, right now they're just a quick get out of damage free button.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 19:44

Brightman: Feb 24, 2005; I've seen fun you people wouldn't believe.
Tiki torches on fire off the summit of Kilauea.
I watched disco balls glitter in the dark near the Brandenburg Gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like crowds in rain.

Time to sleep.

KICK BAMA KICK posted:

Yeah I wouldn't have any complaints if that skill wasn't at the bottom of a column I wasn't super interested in otherwise. Or if you could just buy mounts at settlements or big road junctions or something. Maybe to them it was an immersion thing -- you're a hunter-gatherer, you mostly live on foot -- but I'm not big on games trying to excuse QoL issues like that.

You don't like combat overrides? To each their own, but I did override a single ravager once and it proceeded to kill 2 more, 2 bellowbacks, a longlegs, and numerous watchers. When I decided to put it down the drat thing almost killed me despite already having a limp and barely any health.

veni veni veni posted:

This is just a guess on my part. But I'd be willing to bet it was just the medicine pouch at one point and people got frustrated that they couldn't find health, and instead of retooling the game they threw in Heath potions. It is very odd that there are two totally separate healing mechanics and the lame one invalidates the cool one for the most part.

Honestly I have not had a problem finding medicinal herbs, they seem to be all over and concentrated around settlements especially.

haveblue posted:

You can absolutely do that, attacking a hacked robot will damage it (and make it revert to hostile).

Yeah, I'm just not sure if it'd drop loot or maybe make it so you couldn't call another one for a while or something since it's something you summoned instead of overrode in the wild.

Brightman fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Mar 31, 2017

# ? Mar 31, 2017 19:46

Imagined: Feb 2, 2007

Project Cars is alright if you're the kind of person who buys a racing wheel and pedals for your console, but I want a Sonic Racing sequel, or something fun and arcade-y.

# ? Mar 31, 2017 19:49

Bombadilillo: Feb 28, 2009; The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.

I wish I had the option to fill my medical pouch at a vendor, especially when money becomes infinite. Its just a time tax to gather plants. Especially going rom 0 to 4 bars

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exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I don't think I ever filled up more than one medicine pouch bar at a time, which made the upgrade skill kind of useless to me. Just bought full health potions since by the end of the game 80 shards + 2 metal vessels is super cheap.

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