Paulando

15 minutes ago, cubik said:

Also, I can't decide if my memory is playing tricks on me. I tried a couple of PS1 games (Mr Driller and Tekken 2) and the intro videos have seriously crazy MPEG compression, I don't remember them being that bad quality back back in the day

Hah! I remember seeing the intro video to Tekken 2 and wondering how 3D graphics could ever get any better. I’m sure they were that bad. I mean, this was even before mpeg-2 compression for DVD.

16 minutes ago, Harrisown said:

Nothing confusing. If your not handing over money for a specific game the. You don’t own it…ever.

You expect me to remember which games I’ve handed over money for?

Found this on the App Store while I was downloading the 10+ year old Sonic 1, 2, and CD widescreen ports that were nigh-on perfect. Pretty decent.

Another odd thing is that the ‘Classics Catalogue’ is a benefit of the Premium sub. That’s the PS1/2/3 library, right?

Well, no. It has lots of random PS4 games mixed in:

And when you view one it suggests it’s only included as part of this classics catalogue:

So for the tiers you have:

- PlayStation Plus Collection (PS5™) (Essentials)

- Games Catalogue (Extra)

- Classic Catalogue (Premium)

And it seems pretty arbitrary which one of these groups a game will be from. So confusing.

Here’s an odd thing. I was scrolling through the games and noticed FFX/X-2, and that I’d purchased it:

I’ve only purchased the Vita version and afaik it isn’t cross-buy. So I did a little more digging and found the purchase email:

…which confirms it was actually a game included on PS Now that I ‘purchased’. But that isn’t purchased right? If I unsubscribe or it gets removed from PS Plus Premium it’ll disappear?

That’s just so fucking confusing.

Urgh. It just looks horrible. Fuck sake. Nearly 40 quid for four 20-year-old games and this is what you get. Absolute shite. Fuck Sega.

I’m going to download Sonic 3: AIR and the Sonic Mania sprite mod instead.

3 minutes ago, Smoothy said:

Does anyone have a list of the issues?  The only main ones I can see are:

1. Sonic 3 MJ music was swapped out, new version isn't amazing
2. Sonic 3 and Knuckles can't be played separately unlike all the other earlier collections
3. No physical release
4. Confusing DLC options

Someone replied to that thread and suggested searching for #SonicOrigins on Twitter, as people were posting bugs.

This was one of the first I saw. It’s not a bug as such, just a silly oversight:

21 minutes ago, Skull Commander said:

The UK one?? 

Yep!

Out now on Paramount+ 

Watched the first 10 minutes and it’s already hilarious.

6 minutes ago, Smoothy said:

No physical release, right? 

It’s due the day after @Down by Law buys it digitally.

29 minutes ago, CrichStand said:

Why are so many of the games streaming only? I don’t get it. I understand the PS3 games were already “stream only” as they were part of PSNow but, most of the PS4 stuff seems to only be available by streaming too.

Which PS4 games are streaming only? You should be able to download all of them.

Actually wish they’d gone the whole hog and slotted the Sonic Mania sprites into the games for the Anniversary versions. Watching gameplay and it looks so old-hat after Mania.

This is out today, on Paramount+ I believe? Although it’s not up yet in the UK. Seems to be getting decent reviews.

I have the Premium sub until October, confirmed on the account management screen, and mine also says it renews at £49.99.

Let me be clear: this isn’t a ‘put you down to the bottom tier in case the top one isn’t what you wanted’, it’s another backend fuck up on Sony’s part, probably displaying the previous renewal price and not the updated one. They’ll quietly update it over the next few days and hope nobody noticed.

Lame Pass

3 minutes ago, Shimmyhill said:

The PS5 stuff is ok, Returnal and Demon souls to try out are good as I have the other PS5 games, trial of latest Horizon will be given a go so not all bad.

The trials will save me a bit of cash I reckon. 5 hours with Horizon Forbidden West is probably all I’d manage anyway, same with 2 hours on Hot Wheels.

18 minutes ago, Harrisown said:

Personally I think I’ve already got my value for money.

Returnal, Miles Morales, Mafia Remaster,Guardians of the galaxy 

 

Yeah, the PS1 collection is clearly crap but there’s plenty of other good stuff on there. It’s like 0.5% of the service.

The front-end for the ‘classic’ stuff is appalling. PS1/PS2/PS3 stuff all mixed in, some labelled as PS4, no way to filter by original platform, no original box art so you can’t really tell what’s what, and cloud streaming has the PS3 games mixed in with PS4 stuff. It should allow you to filter to each platform at least.

But honestly, PS1 stuff will never be good enough. Even if they got the emulation perfect and only NTSC versions, the selection would never be all you ever hoped for. Do yourself a favour and buy a RG351 device to play them all perfectly on a handheld, or a cheap Android-based TV device to play on your TV.

8 minutes ago, Alex W. said:

They don’t mention North America and Japan, although many of their games are PAL versions too. I guess any games that are PAL in NTSC regions will probably stay PAL everywhere?

NA and JP have PAL versions of games wtaf?

42 minutes ago, sammy said:

Well that’s good news.

But what will people moan about now?? 

Seems to be a really good selection of games on there already, quite a few I’ve wanted to have a go of but haven’t bought yet. I had a game on my wishlist too, waiting for a sale, but that’s popped up as ‘included’ this morning, which was a nice surprise.

Paramount really flexing their original property muscle with the avatars lol.

In all seriousness the iOS and TV app look slick, and the kids selection looks excellent (there’s a kids mode too).

12 minutes ago, Down by Law said:

Well yeah, but compared to the original release where Sonic was static you wouldn't realise pressing up or down had any input. At least now you know pressing up/down is doing something.

Yeah, that’s fair.

They should have let you pass it by jumping on it, which I imagine is what we all thought you had to do.

Also, I have no problem with them switching the music around but those new tracks are really shit. Should have got the guy who did the new Sonic Mania stuff in.

3 minutes ago, Down by Law said:

 

Heh, they've actually redrawn the sprites to show Sonic and Tails looking up and down to give you an idea of what to do .

 

 

Isn’t it just them looking up and ducking as the player is pressing up and down? Although yeah, they didn’t animate that way when rotating on a barrel. Not sure it helps the player much though.