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PS+ Games for November (Kingdoms of Amalur, knockout city)
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Amalur would be a good pickup for me!
Bankai
Member
Please elaborate.
Portugeezer
Member
Knockout City bomba? Shocking no one.
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
Yeah, this is not great for me. I’ll still add the. To my library but probably never play them.
CamHostage
Member
Dang it, this might be the second time I grudgingly download Kingdoms of Amalur and feel grief that I won't play it.
The PS3 game was on PS+ years ago, I had it on my drive forever, finally tried it... couldn't be bothererd to get out of the first dungeon, it felt so clunky and the lore was putting me to sleep right away.
But everybody else seems to love the game, so I feel I should give it more time than 10 minutes. I don't want to though. You all keep convincing me that I was wrong to not give it a better shot, but if I clear out HDD space for this and hate it again, I'm going to be mad at myself...
The PS3 game was on PS+ years ago, I had it on my drive forever, finally tried it... couldn't be bothererd to get out of the first dungeon, it felt so clunky and the lore was putting me to sleep right away.
But everybody else seems to love the game, so I feel I should give it more time than 10 minutes. I don't want to though. You all keep convincing me that I was wrong to not give it a better shot, but if I clear out HDD space for this and hate it again, I'm going to be mad at myself...
akaFullmetal
Member
Alright month, I'll try Kingdom.
Kokoloko85
Member
I already own Kingdoms of Amalur. Love it
tmlDan
Member
i feel for people with niche tastes, sorry to hear that man - i've downloaded and tried every game that has come out lol
Captain Toad
Banned
It's okay, I guess.
The Eradicator
Member
I guess I don't have any more reason not to try Amalur anymore
bitbydeath
Gold Member
There’s two more titles to be announced at the State of Play, but they’re VR.
I know but they haven't officially announced the others either. Even if it's most likely the games leaked, we still don't know for sure
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Zekra Dezivad
Member
Saints & Sinners is good
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
A game Resetera hates so it must be good.
newtypepilot
Member
lol they just showed First Class Trouble less than 2 hours ago in the State of play
totally not an among us clone /s
totally not an among us clone /s
ComputerBlue
Member
Whatever happened to getting games that were exclusive to PS5 and not cross gen? Oh wait there aren’t many :/
Every month these games keep getting worse after a relatively decent start to the new gen a year ago.
Also, what the fuck is up with PS plus being the dumpster for dying multiplayer games no one wants to play?
Every month these games keep getting worse after a relatively decent start to the new gen a year ago.
Also, what the fuck is up with PS plus being the dumpster for dying multiplayer games no one wants to play?
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Oddvintagechap
Member
Thats wow.
I paid of 3 years of Disney Plus. I hardly ever used it.
Oh oh oh I got one.
I had Nintendo Online for a year, I didnt even turn on the console.
Everything I've herd paints KOA as a ridiculously barebones remaster for a pretty good action-RPG.
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
Terrible month.
nowhat
Gold Member
Never played Kingdoms of Amalur way back then, have been tempted to get this remaster off a sale few times but never got around to it. Now with it being "free", why not give it a go. Few hours in, the game does definitely show its age but at least seems to run at 60fps on PS5 (there's a FOV slider even, something of a rarity for consoles). Whether I'll actually finish this remains to be seen.
There's one thing though. I know PS5 does no "auto HDR", but at the same time it always outputs in HDR so there's some tone mapping involved. And I haven't noticed this so much with other SDR games, but here with the default brightness settings - holy crushed blacks Batman. I had to raise the brightness way up to get a passable image. Is it just me? (LG CX here for what it's worth)
There's one thing though. I know PS5 does no "auto HDR", but at the same time it always outputs in HDR so there's some tone mapping involved. And I haven't noticed this so much with other SDR games, but here with the default brightness settings - holy crushed blacks Batman. I had to raise the brightness way up to get a passable image. Is it just me? (LG CX here for what it's worth)
FunkMiller
Gold Member
I bought a five year gym membership, and only went in once to have a shit, after eating three Big Macs in a row.
Skifi28
Member
Still worth it.
cormack12
Gold Member
I'm playing Amalur now, I'm actually pleased with what they've done. I have vivid memories of smeary textures and this does a lot to clean it up, though conscious it's still a remaster.
No troubles with HDR/blacks here etc here - X90H, looks fine to me.
nowhat
Gold Member
I'd say more than the graphics it's some design choices that seem quite archaic. Like, the same button for interact is also for loot, and with a controller it's rather easy to initiate a conversation with someone nearby accidentally. And if you do, that character must always slowly turn to you (or get up, or whatnot) and that takes time, after which you need to click a few times to dismiss the convo even if it was an accident. And I'm now using a staff that has this constant "warping" effect around it - not sure if it is that nice looking in the first place, but the effect is present constantly even in cutscenes, including the person I'm talking to depending on the camera angle. That's more what I'm getting at with the game showing its age.
But yeah, maybe the HDR/SDR thing is just me.