This month is for me. I love the Dragon Quest and Assassin's Creed series. I can't wait.
#8373
CAGiversary!
Posted 13 October 2022 - 06:52 PM
Star Ocean: The Divine Force demo impressions:
To sum it all up meh is my main feeling.
I played the PS5 demo, but it's not optimized for PS5. Even under the performance setting there was some slowdown in battle, which for the graphics is kind of unacceptable. This is a PS4 game through and through, but I wont count it against it. The graphics are average looking and could have been on the PS3 even. The models for non main characters are laughably generic and feel out of place next to the main characters. All the terrain is really just OK and generally bland overall. The main characters also feel very generic and bland looking. They do stand out a little with their outfits at least. The effects in battle are also PS4 quality. The music is generally good, but some of it is very generic. The town themes are decent though.
The controls are good for the most part although there is a lot of menus that are somewhat slow loading at times (pauses here and there on the PS5). In combat everything just feels free form and not as clean to control. It's not as easy to see tells to dodge unless it's a huge enemy attack. You get a new mechanism outside of battle and in it for movement and it generally works well to explore this vast generic land.
The systems for the game are good for the most part. There is a lot of fluff in level ups with a grid system similar to Dragon Quest 11, but with what seems to be less customization. You can go anywhere on the grid, but the level up points aren't a lot, so unlocking on the grids is slow. The combat system has this combo system thing where skills learned can be applied to part of the combo for three of the buttons. This works okay enough, but some skills don't seem combo worthy like magic ones and really weird charging ones and such. It's a way to get a variety of skills going, but it's clunky for sure. You can also upgrade a companion you get with gems you find, and this is mainly fluffy, but can help out a little in battle. You see enemies out in the field so you can choose to fight them or not.
The story is as basic a Star Ocean story as can be. You play a captain and the ship goes down leading you to be on a more underdeveloped planet. Then you adventure on the planet with the people you meet. It's not too exciting and there was no big revelations in the demo. The characters seem very one note right now with a curious princess, a young rebel captain guy, and the princess' overprotective steward. They are bland and generic, but not the worse. I can see potential for the main character and probably the princess, but the other guy is just there. There will be more playable characters, but what was here wasn't exciting.
Overall I feel the game should feel a little more optimized to not have slowdown in combat and sometimes on the field with the generally simpler graphical system. Nothing is exciting here, and I feel this is going to be a very generic game overall. It feels lesser budget and I love Star Ocean (1-3 mainly). I don't think it's going to review well. I would give it a 6.5/10 right now, which on my scale is good and playable, but not exciting. I hope it comes out better than what I played.
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#8378
the Chef
Posted 13 October 2022 - 11:34 PM
Why the 
hasn't square done a HD remaster of Parasite Eve? Shit would print money.
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#8387
0118999881999119725.....3
Posted 14 October 2022 - 10:12 PM
Does it count if you already beat it? You obviously can’t get the trophy to pop a second time.
Just saw this on the webpage after registering.
lf you’ve previously completed God of War and earned the “Last Wish” end-game trophy, then you'll automatically be entered into the sweepstakes.
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#8388
CAG Veteran
Posted 15 October 2022 - 01:01 AM
They keep adding more Ape Escape rewards to PS Stars. Are they competing with the ape jpg NFT market?
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#8389
Posted 15 October 2022 - 01:18 AM
You can still get two $10 PSN ($20 total) for $10 every month after coupon by doing it in-store first and then online immediately. Just make sure to screenshot the $5 off code (via GS app) before going into a store. The $5 off coupon code disappears from the app once you used it in-store.
You convinced me to sign up for a pro membership, thanks!
#8393
Irreducibly Complex
Posted 17 October 2022 - 02:45 AM
PSN question following a weird experience if anyone knows what happened. I hardly use PSN anymore due to my decision to wait on another ps5 model and also their change to a horrible website.
I redeemed a code on ps4 console for the Nioh 2 Season Pass (the voucher from the SE expires 3/23 and I didn't want to forget)
The code showed the contents of the season pass on the verification screen, as it normally would
After redeem, it gave me an error message saying try again later
If I enter the code again, it now says it's been used.
When I check the season pass content on web browser, it says unavailable for purchase (perhaps because my account owns it now?)
But through ps4 console it does not show me owning any of the dlc or season pass, allows me to buy them if I wanted.
#8394
Posted 17 October 2022 - 05:34 AM
After redeem, it gave me an error message saying try again later
If I enter the code again, it now says it's been used.
have you tried checking your purchase history?
i don't think you would download anything for the season's pass, but rather it would unlock things by owning the season's pass.
#8395
Irreducibly Complex
Posted 17 October 2022 - 05:50 AM
have you tried checking your purchase history?
Yes. Right now I get "You already own another version" if I view the SP or any of the dlc items. The link takes me to https://library.play...ently-purchased, where nothing Nioh 2 related or any recent transaction is shown at the top of the list.
My conclusion so far is that particular dlc is messed up on the psn store.
#8397
CAGiversary!
Posted 17 October 2022 - 06:27 PM
PS Stars is pretty bugged for me. I have completed two of the challenges, but nothing registers.
Probably come back to it when they have less issues.
That's why I haven't even looked at PS Stars. New shit is always buggy (not just form Sony) so no need to waste my time until it's been out for a while.
#8399
oh god
Posted 17 October 2022 - 10:10 PM
My god the points rewards on Playstation Stars are a terrible joke. 5 of them is equal to two cents, which means the 50 reward for the campaign is two dimes. The cheapest game on the list is $20, which is a 1% reward rate for a limited time campaign. Absolutely insane. Nintendo Rewards are 5x this for everything in the entire store, unlimited.
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#8400
Nominated for Dumbest Post on the Site by Wombat
Posted 17 October 2022 - 10:27 PM
My god the points rewards on Playstation Stars are a terrible joke. 5 of them is equal to two cents, which means the 50 reward for the campaign is two dimes. The cheapest game on the list is $20, which is a 1% reward rate for a limited time campaign. Absolutely insane. Nintendo Rewards are 5x this for everything in the entire store, unlimited.
I bought a $20 game and got 200 points, which would be about 4% back in rewards. Nintendo is 5% back, so I guess it’s slightly worse then Nintendo.
Microsoft is still the king of rewards. I bought a $40 PlayStation game the other day with all Bing points from Microsoft.
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