Julius Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 2 minutes ago, drahkon said: Demo will most likely release at midnight tonight. Time to fire up my PS5 after a bit of a hiatus From the talk I'm seeing it might be midnight JST? So in just under three hours, if that is the case! One part of me really, really wants to try this demo out...but I've waited this long and already know that I'm in, and I feel like playing it will make me want to pick it up at launch and foolishly (with VII Rebirth releasing 4 weeks later) rather than wait until a time in the year when I actually have the time to play it. Grr. Decisions, decisions... Would love to hear your impressions if you do get around to checking it out @drahkon
drahkon Posted January 11 Posted January 11 17 minutes ago, Julius said: Would love to hear your impressions if you do get around to checking it out @drahkon Pff...making others do your dirty work? NO WAY. Sure, I'll share my thoughts 1
drahkon Posted January 12 Posted January 12 (edited) Impressions after 30 minutes: The bad: Performance mode is only 1080p and it looks terrible you can't rebind controls - who the fuck puts dodge on R2? the HUD is atrocious - way to much crap on screen The good: when you skip cutscenes or dialogue you get a short summary of what happens - that's awesome battles are fun - look, FFXVI, this is how it's done... Not going to play more as I will eventually get the full version, but as it stands now, this will not be a day-one game. Edited January 12 by drahkon 2
Hero-of-Time Posted January 12 Posted January 12 2 minutes ago, drahkon said: Impressions after 30 minutes: The bad: Performance mode is only 1080p and it looks terrible you can't rebind controls - who the fuck puts dodge on R2? the HUD is atrocious - way to much crap on screen I think Bayonetta uses R2 to dodge. Says it all really. 2
drahkon Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Just now, Hero-of-Time said: I think Bayonetta uses R2 to dodge. Says it all really. 1
Julius Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 2 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: I think Bayonetta uses R2 to dodge. Says it all really. Am I misremembering, or did NieR:Automata also have R2 mapped to dodge? If so, it seems we've found the culprit: it's a Platinum problem Thanks for the thoughts @drahkon, yeah I think I'll wait it out and dodge the demo for now. Hoping by the time they get around to it that the HUD has been cleaned up (or that there's at least an option to) and that rebinding has been added how was the music? 2
Hero-of-Time Posted January 12 Posted January 12 1 minute ago, Julius said: I think I'll wait it out and dodge the demo for now. By using R2, right? 2
Julius Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 4 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: By using R2, right? 2
drahkon Posted January 12 Posted January 12 39 minutes ago, Julius said: how was the music? Can't remember, so I guess not very memorable to say the least 1
Hero-of-Time Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Dunno if you still plan on buying it, @Julius but this is a good deal. https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/granblue-fantasy-relink-day-one-edition-ps5-pre-order-4287329 £40 instead of the usually £50-£60. 1
Julius Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: Dunno if you still plan on buying it, @Julius but this is a good deal. https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/granblue-fantasy-relink-day-one-edition-ps5-pre-order-4287329 £40 instead of the usually £50-£60. Thanks for the heads-up H-o-T! That's by far the lowest I've seen it for and seems a great deal. ...tempting as it is, and while I can't wait to play this game, every sizeable JRPG (or game in general) has been left to the wayside so that nothing gets in the way of Rebirth. I'm also just generally trying to pick up fewer full-priced AAA games at launch this year if I'm not sure I'll get to it immediately. I think? I'm not really sure. Now watch me say this, try the demo out next week - "you know, just to see the lay of the land" - and then end up buying it anyways Edited January 26 by Julius 1
Julius Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 Launch trailer: Patiently waiting for reviews and to see how long people think a typical playthrough + quests might be. I doubt I'll get to it in Feb, but hopefully not going for the Plat and needing to redo things on higher difficulties could mean I get to it sooner than I'd been anticipating
Julius Posted January 31 Author Posted January 31 Reviews are up, and currently showing as 83 on Metacritic and 80 on OpenCritic: Seems pretty solid
Julius Posted February 14 Author Posted February 14 The game passed the mark of 1 million units sold earlier this week: Feels good.
Dcubed Posted February 14 Posted February 14 (edited) Very impressive stuff. Not bad at all for a game that went through so much development hell. Edited February 14 by Dcubed
Hero-of-Time Posted December 14 Posted December 14 @Julius https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/granblue-fantasy-relink-ps5-4486575 1
Julius Posted December 14 Author Posted December 14 1 hour ago, Hero-of-Time said: @Julius https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/granblue-fantasy-relink-ps5-4486575 Thanks for the heads-up H-o-T! Funnily enough, my brother asked for my birthday/Christmas list yesterday when Granblue had been languishing in my basket on TGC for a couple of days at £30 (been trying to figure out what I want to play over my Christmas leave), so I was pleasantly surprised to see it had dropped when just checking the links were working before sending the list over to him. Asked him to buy it ASAP when I saw that price, seems a steal 1
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