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So I did a stupid thing and traded in my perfectly fine PS4 Pro that I had for about 7 months for the new model with the supposedly quieter fan. The fan noise has just been a constant annoyance for me, even before I found out it was a common thing in a lot of Pro models. Holy poo poo it's like night and day. On God of War and RDR2 on my old Pro, the fan would constantly blast at (I assume) max speed and sound like a jet engine. On the new Pro I tested both games and I literally can't hear the fan changing from any more than low hum. Again, it was a total waste of money and no one should do what I did, but I'm kinda glad I did? Also I now have an extra copy of RDR 2 I need to trade in or something.
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Lol, the “never buy the first version” rule applies to revisions now
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Nov 16, 2018 20:21
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Hey guys I'm thinking on buying a couple of games in this sale. What do you guys think about: - Dad of BOI - Dragon's Crown Pro - Prey Deluxe Edition (the mooncrash dlc looked cool in the trailer)
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Nov 16, 2018 20:25
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DanZX posted:Hey guys I'm thinking on buying a couple of games in this sale. What do you guys think about : Get this, it's currently at an amazing price on PSN.
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Nov 16, 2018 20:26
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Dad of Boi is my favourite game this year. It's so good
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Nov 16, 2018 20:27
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Dad of Boi is excellent, please ignore the two goons who are going to come and tell you it’s meh
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Nov 16, 2018 20:28
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I wouldn't play GoW on the higher difficulties but I had a blast with it and got everything on my playthrough.
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Nov 16, 2018 20:31
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Just Cause 3 with all the DLC for 9$ is a god damned bargain. Also grabbed TLOU cause, hell, it's 6 bucks. It's worth spending 6 bucks to me to not have to dig around to find the game disc from back when I originally bought it.
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Nov 16, 2018 20:32
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DanZX posted:Hey guys I'm thinking on buying a couple of games in this sale. What do you guys think about : BOI and Prey, definitely.
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Nov 16, 2018 20:37
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god of war is at least in contention for goty imo. fantastic game
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Nov 16, 2018 20:38
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Renoistic posted:I wouldn't play GoW on the higher difficulties but I had a blast with it and got everything on my playthrough. I played on hard and found it to be a good level of challenge for the most part. That said, there are some optional fights that are pretty much unwinnable if you come to them at the wrong time. I think it wants you to leave and come back when you have better stats, but God of War is extremely bad at letting you track stuff like that, so I would just turn down the difficulty for those fights rather than hope I could find my way back again.
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Nov 16, 2018 20:44
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DanZX posted:Hey guys I'm thinking on buying a couple of games in this sale. What do you guys think about : theres been a lot of contention about prey as it apparently does not (did not? they fixed it maybe?) run great on console and you can end up in situations where you do a lot of backtracking or zone transitions so that would probably harm your experience but prey is really fun, especially if you like ~immersive sims~ or whatever people call arkane games. i mean its an arkane game, and its their best as far as non linear map exploration goes.
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Nov 16, 2018 20:53
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PantsBandit posted:I played on hard and found it to be a good level of challenge for the most part. I gritted my teeth through those extremely difficult early optional fights, emerged victorious after about an hour of attempts, and became a stronger dad for it.
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Nov 16, 2018 20:55
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one thing about god of war that i think might wildly affect your difficulty experience is i guess the runes you get arent static? i got a bullet time activation rune that auto procs off of perfectly timed dodges and its made combat WAY easier. i got it pretty early, too.
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Nov 16, 2018 20:58
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Is it worth getting a PS4 Pro if I don't have a 4k tv but do have a 1440p monitor no CharlieFoxtrot posted:My heart tells me that I already own a PS4 and should get a PSVR instead because Everyone Loves Astro Bot yes
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Nov 16, 2018 20:59
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rabidsquid posted:one thing about god of war that i think might wildly affect your difficulty experience is i guess the runes you get arent static? i got a bullet time activation rune that auto procs off of perfectly timed dodges and its made combat WAY easier. i got it pretty early, too. Wait, really? I missed a lot of chests early but I assume the runic and talisman stuff was all fixed location . That's nuts
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Nov 16, 2018 21:07
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God of War and Hollow Knight, get 'em Diablo III also a good buy, I thought about picking it up, but remembered I really exhausted it on PC. I did quit before the Necromancer expansion, though... never really cared much for necro in D2... AUGHGH shoutin' it out of my head! Don't Buy It Again
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Nov 16, 2018 21:10
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mcbexx posted:There is so much hidden/obscure stuff in that game, just judging from two clips I watched on Youtube - ghosts, a ghost train, a vampire (or dude claiming to be one) and tons of hats and unique weapons hidden at remote locations (like a conquistador on top of a mountain with a helmet). RDR2 just came out at the wrong time for me. I was having fun in Odyssey and I am going to go back to that, but I am basically rushing through the story in RDR2 because it's somewhat interesting even though I think the gameplay is mundane.
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Nov 16, 2018 21:11
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It'd be nice if Sony would hand out that $15 credit from the Countdown to Launch already to use in this sale 
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Nov 16, 2018 21:37
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rabidsquid posted:one thing about god of war that i think might wildly affect your difficulty experience is i guess the runes you get arent static? i got a bullet time activation rune that auto procs off of perfectly timed dodges and its made combat WAY easier. i got it pretty early, too. Nah I got the witch time rune early too, in elf land. Pretty sure it's at a fixed location
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Nov 16, 2018 21:45
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Quite a bit of handwaving on Last Guardian's performance. If the moment to moment actions all carry a sense of uncertainty because you have no idea if your actions will actually take or not so you can progress is a pretty terrible if not tedious atmosphere. It felt like pixel hunting to be in the right spot to call the catbird at the right time to make anything happen. That trashfire that should have never released.
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Nov 16, 2018 21:49
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A few pages late but The Last Guardian just simply sucked, sorry to say. Yeah it was cute with charm & a poignant ending but beyond that it wasn’t good at all imoQuote-Unquote posted:
I would buy a console for Rez. PS4 was my 3rd time buying it, and VR makes it so dope
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Nov 16, 2018 21:50
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exquisite tea posted:I gritted my teeth through those extremely difficult early optional fights, emerged victorious after about an hour of attempts, and became a stronger dad for it. I'm specifically talking about the rift fights and Valkryie fights, both of which you can access at any time after a certain point in the game. They don't really give you any indication of when you're supposed to do them, so sometimes they'll be easy and other times they'll be nightmares. Some of those are satisfying to brute-force your way through, like you said, some are just frustrating uphill battles as you whittle away at a massive health bar then die after 10 minutes because you got stun-locked and killed in 3 hits.
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Nov 16, 2018 21:53
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PantsBandit posted:I'm specifically talking about the rift fights and Valkryie fights, both of which you can access at any time after a certain point in the game. They don't really give you any indication of when you're supposed to do them, so sometimes they'll be easy and other times they'll be nightmares. Some of those are satisfying to brute-force your way through, like you said, some are just frustrating uphill battles as you whittle away at a massive health bar then die after 10 minutes because you got stun-locked and killed in 3 hits. Yup, I did every single optional fight as soon as it technically became accessible with the exception of the last few valkyries. In retrospect I would not recommend doing this.
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Nov 16, 2018 21:55
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SettingSun posted:Return to Arkham for 5 bucks. How was that remaster? Excellent, though locked to 30fps if that matters to you. Five bucks for Asylum and City is an insanely good deal though, and the in-game lighting and texture quality is drastically improved.
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Nov 16, 2018 21:57
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Do the PS+ memberships go on sale cheaper than 40bux? Was thinking about getting that to reup my sub but since black friday is around the corner, I don't know if it's ever been cheaper around that time.
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:A few pages late but The Last Guardian just simply sucked, sorry to say. Yeah it was cute with charm & a poignant ending but beyond that it wasn’t good at all imo I’m glad you felt the need to bring this up after a few pages so you could post your detailed, well-reasoned, eloquent opinion, which truly adds to the conversation
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Nov 16, 2018 22:00
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DOUBLE CLICK HERE posted:Quite a bit of handwaving on Last Guardian's performance. If the moment to moment actions all carry a sense of uncertainty because you have no idea if your actions will actually take or not so you can progress is a pretty terrible if not tedious atmosphere. It felt like pixel hunting to be in the right spot to call the catbird at the right time to make anything happen. That trashfire that should have never released. The Last Guardian sounds like a game that I probably would have loved when I was younger and had a lot more time.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:09
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Jimbot posted:Do the PS+ memberships go on sale cheaper than 40bux? Was thinking about getting that to reup my sub but since black friday is around the corner, I don't know if it's ever been cheaper around that time. Maybe you could combine a sale with coupon codes to once in a while get it for like $36 or something, but $40 is basically the standard floor price and I'd jump on it just to save yourself future hassle. I'm probably gonna get 2 years just to not have to think about this again next year.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:14
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DanZX posted:Hey guys I'm thinking on buying a couple of games in this sale. What do you guys think about : I got Dragon's Crown and as someone who was able to stick through Castle Crashers to the end- which isn't the same but that's the best beat em up example I've got right now- I don't think I even made it to level 18 before putting it down. It's weird. Something about it just didn't click with me. Not being able to make a party of your own characters so they can level up along side you so you don't spend 4 hours playing Dwarf and get to level ~34 or something and then go back to playing a lvl 1 elf was a very lacking feature in the game for me.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:15
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DanZX posted:Hey guys I'm thinking on buying a couple of games in this sale. What do you guys think about : God of War is a system defining game. Dragon's Crowns is cool but I got tired of it pretty quickly. Prey is a great game, but personally I'd get gow if forced to pick.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:21
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Just started Spyro. It looks pretty drat good but two things stick out to me: Holy poo poo, so much motion blur, and wow this framerate is not at all consistent.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:22
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I've never played a Persona game and I have no interest in the personal lives of high school students. Should I get Persona 5?
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Nov 16, 2018 22:35
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enojy posted:God of War and Hollow Knight, get 'em The necromancer isn't any kind of expansion it's just a character.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:44
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me your dad posted:I've never played a Persona game and I have no interest in the personal lives of high school students. Should I get Persona 5? Probably not.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:45
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me your dad posted:I've never played a Persona game and I have no interest in the personal lives of high school students. Should I get Persona 5? I'm the exact same. I played the game on thread recommendation and enjoyed it a lot. It's stylish and fun, but I never finished it because it's so god drat long. If it's on sale definitely give it a try, I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it and have a perpetual plan to go back to it, but other games exist. Policenaut posted:Probably not. I think it's on sale. I'd say it's worth the risk at a good discount JBP fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Nov 16, 2018 |
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Nov 16, 2018 22:46
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It looks like Best Buy will also be selling 12 month PS+ cards for $40 on black friday, in case you want the option to let your subscription lapse when there's crap games. If you fail to procure one on black friday from Best Buy, you can come back to the PSN sale which goes on to the 27th
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Nov 16, 2018 22:48
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me your dad posted:I've never played a Persona game and I have no interest in the personal lives of high school students. Should I get Persona 5? Definitely not.
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Nov 16, 2018 22:49
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Welp, I finally bit the bullet and ordered a PSVR headset. There's finally enough stuff out that I want to try, and the black friday special (I got the Moss / Astrobot bundle) is pretty good*, so here we are. I've never tried VR before, so this should be novel in the very least. *This isn't active yet, but Best Buy honors in-house price drops during the return period. I also ordered some move controllers 
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me your dad posted:I've never played a Persona game and I have no interest in the personal lives of high school students. Should I get Persona 5? High school student barely applies except when it gets weird with the teacher. It's an 80 hour anime jrpg. You know if you're up for that or not.
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