Gina

Cat Quest was fun, although waiting until the last act to get the Flying machine seemed a bit long. And no fast travel.

Just started Cat Quest 3, the map seems bigger. At least they give you a ship from the start. Haven't gotten far enough to know if there will be faster transport available later.

It's such a cute game.

Unfortunately, I found Cat Quest 2 to be unplayable.

As a casual player, a few hours a week. I doubt that starting now with my limited time and limited season 10 calendar, would accomplish much.

This is the type of situation that really bugs me about D4 basically going full online-multi-player. 

I felt that they had an almost perfect mix of offline and online content with Diablo 3. 

  I suppose most people must prefer for the game they are playing to change significantly every 3 months to keep them interested, whereas a vast minority of players just want to purchase a game that has a good interface and a definite endpoint, or something that feels like an endpoint. I never found that with D4.

Playing Diablo 4 the last few, months it just started to feel like a neverending series of fetch quests to me with very little actual story or content. 

 I suppose I just misjudged my expectations based on D2 and D3 experiences.

 It has also begun to feel like the game is becoming too complicated for its own good. I get that there is a core player group that is lapping all of this up like an endless gravy boat. But for the less hard core players, I think Diablo is losing us.

At this point I wouldn't even consider buying a Diablo 5, but I suppose that is the whole point. D4 seems to be engineered just like with Elder Scrolls Online, it's a Neverending single game. The new paradigm seems to be just release one version of a game, then keep throwing upgrades and code patches at that single version of that one game until it is so massive and complicated that the barrier to entry is daunting for any new players. Nevermind that any type of story becomes irrelevant and stale. 

I suppose that is why we have multiple publishers making multiple games.

 I played D3 consistently almost 3 years. 

After 3 months with D4 I find myself constantly hunting the internet for farming tips and explanations how to implement the newest mechanics rather than playing the game.:(

Definitely still bummed that D4 is an online only game. Traveling constantly for work, hotel wifi is very hit or miss. Many days I can't even play because the speed is so slow, it just kicks me off.

That's why I waited whatever it's been 2 years? To purchase it on sale. Not worth full price for a game I can't play whenever and wherever I want to.

D4 has been so popular that I doubt we will ever see another offline game..Elder Scrolls 6 or whatever, forget about it. It will just be a financial gougefest going forward.

"Discs are inherently loud" 🤯🤣😂

I suppose the author is getting paid by the word. 😂

"My PS4 disk drive was so loud, I couldn't play when the baby was sleeping..plus, I had to buy a 500 watt sound system to overcome the noise!"

Said no one.😂

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Anyway, in a year, they'll have combo packs with the disc drive trying to move some more units. It might even be a bit cheaper as well. (It might even happen by this Christmas.)

Today's buyers are paying the "scalper" price just to be early adopters. I hope this is not a new trend, though it probably is..the new post-covid normal. I can't blame Sony for wanting to get a little piece of the "scalper" pie. If someone's going to gouge, it might as well be them.

They probably thought, "Let's dramatically raise the intro price to discourage the scalpers from cutting off supply and we might even make a bit of extra money". Then of course, they're shocked to see an eBay listing for 10k! But hey, Leo Decaprio and friends gotta have the latest and greatest!

I'm sure the price will come down over the next 3 years.

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I am a bit encouraged by the huge pre-order numbers it's putting up. The ps4 pro still goes for a premium on the pawn shop circuit because they are scarce. If I ever decide to upgrade to a used PS5pro, and they are plentiful, it might not hold so much value if they're, say 1 for 1 on the used market, instead of 10 to 1.

If everyone now shuns the original as mediocre, then prices on the base model might have a window of super dealio prices when Sony has to clear that inventory Christmas 2025.

Its almost a win-win for everyone by the looks of it.

Doesn't hurt to have some good graphics tho.

Games like Witcher 3 and Dragon Age seem to have a nice balance between all the elements for a satisfying experience. Probably why they were best sellers.

I'll probably check out Deliverance based on this article, if the reviews are good.

Even tho I'm not upgrading to ps5 (all prepped for PS6 tho), I'm always up for seeing how the 4pro and Samsung 8K will render quality graphics.

I hope the scalpers get stuck with these units.😂😂

PS6 may not even be big news depending on what specs it has and what it can manage to do in actual reality. It looks as if chip capabilities are hitting a plateau and just won't be capable of providing true 8K gaming for possibly a couple of console generations unless a totally new paradigm emerges.

Hopefully the developers will realize this and continue producing games for PS4. PS5/Ps5pro are just an incremental upgrade.

Developers are missing out on a big sales opportunity.

Imagine if Baldur’s Gate 3 had been available for the ps4/ps4pro they could have sold a few extra millions copies!

But instead, chose to develop for only one console Gen. They could have ported to ps4/ps4pro with "minimum effort".

Its fine. I'll just keep my money.

It is sometimes dissappointing when you see those end credits roll.

I try to have another game lined up as I near the end so I can jump into something new.

(This is sometimes also dissappointing as quality and appeal varies greatly from game to game. I recently moved from Elex 2 to Darkest Dungeon and just could't make the adjustment to side scroller from 3D open world. So that was $10 wasted. Elex and Elex 2 were such engaging games. Moving on to Prey has been better, but it feels a bit claustrophobic.

I am glad some indie games are still releasing for PS4pro. There are still many more games for me to explore from the PS4 era, enough to skip the PS5 debacle altogether.

Sometimes a PS4 indie game will just pop up which is a nice little change of pace from the larger titles, like, Monkey Tavern which was a cute little retro distraction for a few days.)