Gaming Haptic Feedback in Black (and a Trenchcoat): The PlayStation 5 Discussion Thread

It actually kind of is? At the big budget level the first two weeks are key, and in terms of sales it's probably concerning because FFVII and Cyberpunk are definitely "competing" titles given their theoretical target audience. There could be a problem.

But I don't own stock in either company so it's sure as **** not my problem.

 

As long as FFVII does well enough to continue remaking the rest of the freaking game, I don't care about the sales. But I don't think that will be a problem.

 

Even putting aside my disdain for GaaS titles, which Avengers is confirmed to be, I think what little gameplay we've seen from the title has looked pretty bad. Like, look at the frame rate in some of the footage in this game overview that they put out a couple of months ago.



It looks like it's dropping into frame rates as low as the teens, especially that shot of Iron Man shooting a giant robot. I know a lot of people don't care about frame rates, but I don't recall the last time marketing material put out footage that looks so rough. If they couldn't get the game running smooth and shiny for PR purposes, then I hesitate to think what the state of the development code looks like.

Honestly, there's a lot of titles coming out this year that I just don't see running well on the current generation systems. Avengers, Cyberpunk, Watch Dogs III etc. are all games that feel like cross-generation titles, with the current gen offerings being the versions that run so badly on the hardware that you have to wonder if they're even worth playing.

 

Well the problem is that given it's an episodic game, who knows how long it will be before that second part is released? This delay alone will more than likely keep most people from pre-ordering the second part; at least without some insane bonuses.

 

Eh but maybe the delay until September is so they can fix things like framerates in Avengers. And I do have a Pro, so that will probably help some (I usually put it in performance mode over trying to get higher pixel count). Personally I believe they'll get it worked out. And yeah I know there's a GaaS element, but Destiny is getting a little stale to me so I wouldn't mind something different my bro and I can play (once we're caught up on ESO).

 

Oh sorry I was replying to Chewgumma about Avengers. I agree about FFVII being bad timing now.

In fact, I'm going to cancel my pre-order. I won't have time to play it now before Cyberpunk comes out. Which means I'll be playing FFVII in the summer instead, and it'll probably have a price drop by then. So yeah, not paying full price for a game I'm not going to play right away anymore.

 

The fact that it's not even the whole game should be reason enough not to pay for it, as far as I'm concerned.

 

Yeah, I suspect that FFVII:R is going to end up being a cross-gen game. In which case, the next gen version is probably going to be released as both halves being bundled together.

 

Eh, I think with the additions they make it probably will be a full game's worth of content though.

 

I wouldn't count on a price-drop of FFVII: Remake until at least the Fall. April is already just a stone's throw away from the Summer. And the thing about the competition between that game and Cyberpunk; if SE only had the newbie walk-ons to rely on purchasing the game, there'd wouldn't be much competition given all the hype that Cyberpunk has been getting and the apparent rave reviews on those who've played it. But of course SE has more than two decades worth to build up the nostalgic fanbase in anticipation. I don't think they're worried.

 

I probably won't buy it because I suck at turn based.

 

It's not really turn-based the way the original game was. It's almost like a hybrid turn-based/action battle system.

 

The FFVII remake might as well just get cancelled, because the only remake of 2020 that matters is coming in hot, with no delays, and is looking S.T.A.R.S. (Super Terrific And Rather Special.)

 

No more RE remakes please. I loved where 7 was going. 2Make was okay until it introduced an utterly obnoxious gameplay mechanic.

 

RE2make was a sublime title all the way through, and could only have been made better, and scarier, with a cameo from one of last year's other best games.

 

That's like what, the 5th or 6th remake of a Resident Evil game?

 

I personally enjoy these RE remakes. Not because I play them, but because I love horror movies and I just watch no commentary playthroughs of the games and it's like watching a long, good horror movie.

I went ahead and canceled my FFVII Remake pre-order. I just won't have time to play it until at least the summer, or whenever there's a sale, whichever comes first. Sorry, but Cyberpunk 2077 wins this round for me.

 

The whole game would fit on a single BR with space to spare. This new version? Supposedly half of it is on 2 BR discs. Suggests a rather major expansion.

 

@solojones With the FFVII pre-order cancelled, I suggest replacing it with a pre-order for that other game that's dropping in march.

Spoiler: Some graphic content

 

The bottom line about FF7R is that the first part takes place in the section known as Midgar. In the original game, that was only part of Disk 1; taking about six hours to play all the way through. The remake expands on that section to blow it open to almost 60 hours. That's a full game alone, and longer than many similar games out there. There's no way of knowing how many installments there'll be.

 

Re: resident evil

Been lots of ports, transfers and remasters but I don't think there's been many remakes. Those are more major undertakings.