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https://www.deviationgames.com/announcements/

Los Angeles, CA (June 10, 2021) – Deviation Games announced today a landmark deal for the independent game development studio, to develop a groundbreaking AAA original IP with Sony Interactive Entertainment. Veteran game developers and lifelong friends Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell have teamed up once again and will co-head the studio. Building on their success of creating record shattering games which generated billions in revenue, they have assembled a team of over 100 “Deviators” to develop this cutting-edge game title.
Another partnership. No details about it though.
 

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Ratchet and Clank has become the second biggest PS5 physical release. The top selling title is Spiderman MM.

Insomniac are having a strong year...
 

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Ratchet and Clank has become the second biggest PS5 physical release. The top selling title is Spiderman MM.

Insomniac are having a strong year...
To be fair, both are games you'd fancy trading back in with little replayability.

No doubting the quality of output though especially when you compare to other devs. That's before you even consider Covid's impact.

They might not have any IPs but the talent and pedigree there makes them a great purchase
 

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Has anyone played the Ninja Gaiden Master Collection?

I loved them back in the day on the original Xbox, but not sure how they'd hold up nowadays. Reviews seem mixed and as far as I can see the game is only available digitally.
 

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By some miracle I've just managed to buy a PS5. :drool: Directly from the store, I was actually hours too late but they decided to let me buy one they had kept aside for a colleague.
 

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I’ve got some time of work coming up shortly so just ended up paying an extortionate price for this from CEX ( only willing to do due to part exchanging old consoles and games) to help kill the time.

Can anyone recommend some hidden gem games?. I skipped the PS4 generation so even ones from that generation would be great.
 

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I’ve got some time of work coming up shortly so just ended up paying an extortionate price for this from CEX ( only willing to do due to part exchanging old consoles and games) to help kill the time.

Can anyone recommend some hidden gem games?. I skipped the PS4 generation so even ones from that generation would be great.
God of War
Last of Us 1
& 2
Persona 5
Demons Souls
Darks Souls Trilogy
Bloodborne
Uncharted Series

Witcher 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Nier Automata
Sekiro
Horizon Zero Dawn
FF 7 Remake
Spiderman
Spiderman Miles Morales
Dreams
Doom
Doom Eternal
Days Gone
Last Guardian
Infamous


I've bolded the ones that are "free" once you have subscribed to PSN Plus, All top class games massive treat if you haven't seen/played any of them before.

Personally i'd go for Last of Us, Bloodborne and God of War everything after them is a drop in class single player wise anyway :)
 

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God of War
Last of Us 1
& 2
Persona 5
Demons Souls
Darks Souls Trilogy
Bloodborne
Uncharted Series

Witcher 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Nier Automata
Sekiro
Horizon Zero Dawn
FF 7 Remake
Spiderman
Spiderman Miles Morales
Dreams
Doom
Doom Eternal
Days Gone
Last Guardian
Infamous


I've bolded the ones that are "free" once you have subscribed to PSN Plus, All top class games massive treat if you haven't seen/played any of them before.

Personally i'd go for Last of Us, Bloodborne and God of War everything after them is a drop in class single player wise anyway :)
Isn’t Horizon free? Or is it no longer free?
 

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I’ve got some time of work coming up shortly so just ended up paying an extortionate price for this from CEX ( only willing to do due to part exchanging old consoles and games) to help kill the time.

Can anyone recommend some hidden gem games?. I skipped the PS4 generation so even ones from that generation would be great.

I will recommend Nioh 1&2, Dark Souls 1-3, Demons Souls Remake, Bloodborne, Sekiro, God of War, The Witcher 3, Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight, Bloodstained ritual of the night, Darkest Dungeon, Persona 5, Nier Automata, Dragon Quest 11, YS 8, FF7 remake, Ni no kuni 1&2 & Ghost of Tsushima.
 

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What's the next game people are looking forward to? There's not really a lot of upcoming games that are jumping out at me for the rest of the year if i'm honest.

I quite fancy the Ace Attorney release but that's for PS4.
 

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God of War
Last of Us 1
& 2
Persona 5
Demons Souls
Darks Souls Trilogy
Bloodborne
Uncharted Series

Witcher 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Nier Automata
Sekiro
Horizon Zero Dawn
FF 7 Remake
Spiderman
Spiderman Miles Morales
Dreams
Doom
Doom Eternal
Days Gone
Last Guardian
Infamous


I've bolded the ones that are "free" once you have subscribed to PSN Plus, All top class games massive treat if you haven't seen/played any of them before.

Personally i'd go for Last of Us, Bloodborne and God of War everything after them is a drop in class single player wise anyway :)
I will recommend Nioh 1&2, Dark Souls 1-3, Demons Souls Remake, Bloodborne, Sekiro, God of War, The Witcher 3, Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight, Bloodstained ritual of the night, Darkest Dungeon, Persona 5, Nier Automata, Dragon Quest 11, YS 8, FF7 remake, Ni no kuni 1&2 & Ghost of Tsushima.
Cheers, I got spiderman with it, Witcher 3 is one I quite fancy as it look a bit like Skyrim. I’m pretty unskilled at video games so the demon souls and blood borne series a probably beyond my level. Dragon quest 11 and the hollow shovel knight looks good too and fairly forgiving.
 

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Cheers, I got spiderman with it, Witcher 3 is one I quite fancy as it look a bit like Skyrim. I’m pretty unskilled at video games so the demon souls and blood borne series a probably beyond my level. Dragon quest 11 and the hollow shovel knight looks good too and fairly forgiving.
The Witcher 3 goes on sale every other month to about £5 so don’t pay anymore than that for it. It’s also on PS Now if you’re that way inclined.
 

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Cheers, I got spiderman with it, Witcher 3 is one I quite fancy as it look a bit like Skyrim. I’m pretty unskilled at video games so the demon souls and blood borne series a probably beyond my level. Dragon quest 11 and the hollow shovel knight looks good too and fairly forgiving.
Dark souls etc are more about being stubborn than good. They're not mechanically difficult games to play, they're just sneaky mostly.
If your walking along an edge with a long fall to your death theres definitely an enemy around who's going to try boot you off. If theres a corner, theres an enemy hiding behind it. If theres a weak enemy standing in a clearing, seemingly on his own, he's got 5 mates nearby who are going to sneak up behind you.
They get you the first time which is frustrating, 2nd time you know to expect them and they're easy enough to deal with.
Try bloodbourne, if you can get past the 2nd boss you can beat the game. He's probably the hardest boss.
 

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Cheers, I got spiderman with it, Witcher 3 is one I quite fancy as it look a bit like Skyrim. I’m pretty unskilled at video games so the demon souls and blood borne series a probably beyond my level. Dragon quest 11 and the hollow shovel knight looks good too and fairly forgiving.
Hollow and Shovel Knight are far from forgiving.
 

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What's the next game people are looking forward to? There's not really a lot of upcoming games that are jumping out at me for the rest of the year if i'm honest.

I quite fancy the Ace Attorney release but that's for PS4.
Back 4 Blood, if you ever played left4dead with a few friends on the hardest setting it was near perfection for a co-op game that required teamwork, skill and was a proper challenge.
 

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Now that I finally have this thing I can say - and I'm sure this has been discussed to death but this is all brand new for me - the UI really is so fecking bad. :lol: I really don't know what they were thinking with a lot of the stuff, but some things are incredibly unintuitive and a clear step down from what we had on PS4. Honestly I'd scrap the entire thing and start again.

On the plus side, Astro's Playroom is every bit as good as I've read about, or even better. As someone who's played a ton of games on each PS generation, I had goosebumps every step of the way. Not just an incredibly crafted game but such a loving tribute to their entire history. I just wish there was more of it! Also, it's a shame someone like Jim Ryan will never understand what that PS1 boot screen and sound means to a lot of people.
 

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Now that I finally have this thing I can say - and I'm sure this has been discussed to death but this is all brand new for me - the UI really is so fecking bad. :lol: I really don't know what they were thinking with a lot of the stuff, but some things are incredibly unintuitive and a clear step down from what we had on PS4. Honestly I'd scrap the entire thing and start again.

On the plus side, Astro's Playroom is every bit as good as I've read about, or even better. As someone who's played a ton of games on each PS generation, I had goosebumps every step of the way. Not just an incredibly crafted game but such a loving tribute to their entire history. I just wish there was more of it! Also, it's a shame someone like Jim Ryan will never understand what that PS1 boot screen and sound means to a lot of people.
I think it's a familiarity thing with the UI. It took me a week or two to get used to it but now I like it.

Press PS button once to bring up the quick menu and hold it down to return to the home screen. Once you get used to that it makes started chats etc quite easy.
 

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I think it's a familiarity thing with the UI. It took me a week or two to get used to it but now I like it.

Press PS button once to bring up the quick menu and hold it down to return to the home screen. Once you get used to that it makes started chats etc quite easy.
I will never, ever get used to a horizontal list like what they're doing with each individual game's trophies.
 

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I will never, ever get used to a horizontal list like what they're doing with each individual game's trophies.
You say that, but you will. The more you use it the more intuitive it becomes. It's not perfect by any means but I do think it's improved in several areas over PS4.
 

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You say that, but you will. The more you use it the more intuitive it becomes. It's not perfect by any means but I do think it's improved in several areas over PS4.
Horizontal lists can't be intuitive, that's something I thought we had already learned as a society. :lol: You can't read horizontal text at a glance like you can in vertical list. It doesn't work. It's objectively bad design.
 

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Horizontal lists can't be intuitive, that's something I thought we had already learned as a society. :lol: You can't read horizontal text at a glance like you can in vertical list. It doesn't work. It's objectively bad design.
Do you think the people who get paid to design UIs didn't think of that? Not taking the piss. Genuine question.

I don't love the UI either but I think it's fine.