u/AuramiteEX

If it's good!

Just as Death Stranding was a timed exclusive, the same will apply to this game. MS will fund it.

Everything I have seen is an ugly sepia with some muddy browns and greens.

40k should have a lot more colour than this.

From a visuals standpoint, the environments are bad to the eye.

I've attached an image, and I'm just pointing out how all these colours are just not nice to look at:

https://preview.redd.it/u9bxp1wry2nh1.jpg?width=1447&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05d399c26ed9e580c71924532bfb7804d1498a6e

I re-visited the game recently, after also playing through chunks of the Nsane trilogy on PC (I have it on console but wanted to enjoy the games in 60fps).

Anyways, playing through Crash 4 again... it's so good! The level design is super inventive, and even the art style has grown on me in retrospect. It's also the biggest of the 4 numbered games, and the quality doesn't dip as it did in Crash 3 when it swaps characters or does something unique for a level.

Anyways, years removed from the discourse about the game and all the noise, this could be my favourite.

The conversation around this game has been, frankly, ludicrous.

The volume of stupid titles such as: "The absolute destruction of a classic" or "Utter trash" is just comical.

These youtube parasites follow trends in conversation, offer no objective thinking and bandwagon to the extreme, poisoning the discourse entirely.

Is this game perfect? Absolutely not. Was it going to have the same impact as the original? Absolutely not. Does it force you to delete the original game from your collection? No... and yet it's being treated as though it shot Combat Evolved in the face and buried it.

Guess what? I like the sprint. I also like aiming down the sights. I like how it looks (with the exception of the overly-purple Covenant ships), and I like how it feels to play. I enjoy the new guns, I like hijacking vehicles. I think that as a sandbox and co op shooter, it's pretty darn great.

I'm in the UK, and I hear they saddle you with the PAL port of the game.

Has anyone experienced this?

Alternatively I could persue Emulation on PC but I'm interested in some trophy hunting...

I am new to modern emulation on PC. The last time I dabbled was back in the days of Zsnes in the early 00s.

I have recently started to emulate PS2 and othe systems from that time period. I also want to rip my own disks into storage. I was also thrilled to learn that you can literally put an old disk into a disk drive and play the game straight from it.

I was surprised how quickly space was becoming an issue, so have ordered an external SSD. My question is - do you also store the Emulators on an SSD or do you keep those on the PC? Is loading speed affected? I have purchased a good SSD that connects via USB.

My PC is capable and I have no issues in terms of emulation performance.

Keep in mind that this is anecdotal, but I had a chat with about 30 people. With the exception of myself and 2 others, no one else buys disks.

One of my closest friends proclaimned that he stopped buying disks during the PS4 gen, another said that he only had one disk game which was a gift from someone else.

I found this to be extremely disappointing as it justfies the decision from Sony to axe physical media. You don't realise how bad this is until you talk with others. I assumed more people were collecting games as I do myself....

I personally own 58 physical PS5 ganes, and myriad more from previous generations across many consoles.

So the timer appears to be bugged. I'm pretty good at these games... racing on them since the 90s. I heard Rave Racer was difficult but I find the actual gameplay and handling to be near perfect and I have no issue getting around the track.

The timers, however... there is something wrong. I'm setting lap records on every lap but it's impossible to finish some of them..I don't want to abuse any bugs or glitches. Am I out of luck?

The release is 4mths old at this point. I assume there will be no patch.

Somehow I didn't realise that Arcade Archives 2 have a port available on PS5, XB and Switch 2.

I've only played Rave Racer once in the distant past and I remember the game was rock hard...

Worth jumping in? Howard the trophy Hunt?

I'm looking for both original creations and those inspired by popular IPs.

In particular I'm also interested in recreating past characters from the Soul franchise and even Tekken.

This is a truly special game. A rare diamond, and an experience that would never be released today.

20 hours in, and every session I play I unlock something new. I haven't even started Chronicles of the Sword yet (trying to buy all customisation options in the store before making my 1st custom character).

42 characters once you unlock them all, 30+ stages. Multiple weapons with different stats for each fighter, myriad game modes and mission types. THIS is a completed game. The character and stage designs are also the best in the series, with the exception of Yoshimitsu and Astorath, and Nightmare doesn't quite live up to his SC2 appearance.

I'm aware of the variable cancel abuse, and the various bugs - Irrelevant in my case. I have played a bunch of games with family and friends, and in a casual setting this game is glorious.

There is one serious problem that did affect me - The infuriating, input reading, CPU. The worst in any Soul Calibur game, including the original Soul Blade/Edge. God bless the rewind function on PS5 - this game is actually improved by abusing the emulator features.

A bit of backstory; I have played every SC game back when they dropped. I haven't returned to SC2 and SC3 since their original releases back on PS2.

I have access to both now - SC2 via Switch 2, and SC3 via PS5.

I am a father and work full time. I have extremely fond memories of both, but maybe SC2 triggers more nostalgia in me (I played it when I was younger). I'm aware this doesn't mean that it's the better game.

Which is the better game for me to invest my time into? I want to return to the stage of history!

(I would do a poll but can't do it via browser)

Edit: Thanks to everyone that replied. I started SC3 last night, it's brilliant. I had truly forgotten how much content it has as a game, and the brilliant Tales of Souls mode. Also, the CPU is brutal. I might actually consider using the rewind feature on PS5... but I'm not there yet! Excellent game.

To clarify, my hype isn't just relating to the games that came from Xbox studios, but the show as a whole that they managed to put on.

The games we got to see were wonderful, with some of my favourite franchises from days yonder making a return.

Spyro 4? You kidding?

Crazy Taxi? Yeah Yah Yah Yah Yah

Persona 6? For real!?

And even better - Halo Campaign Evolved actually looks really good now!

Fantastic end to a great week.