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I'm not going to pre-order and instead will wait for reviews. Lots of staple content locked behind the £100 ultimate edition paywall and it looks like the online component may be sold separately down the line. So many big names from the series have departed in recent years so I'm not sure they will be able to replicate the spirit of previous games. If anyone has played the latest GTA Online seasons, they will see how utterly shambolic and cringeworthy the writing and characters have become. If the whole of GTA 6 is of this standard then it will be unbearable to play no matter how good the city is.

Modern gaming is so garbage that there really isn't any title which I want to own the physical version of now. Also digital prices drop so much on PC that it is way cheaper than what the pre-owned market used to be. Most physical games these days typically require day one updates and some even contain blank discs where the game needs to be downloaded from scratch anyway. Digital libraries just feel more convenient now especially when it comes to managing hundreds of games and I don't really mind not having the opportunity to sell used titles because many games just feel like consumables now. I actually think console gaming has much greater concerns with value and sustainability now. I could sell my first gen PS5 second hand for practically the same price I paid for it during the pandemic new. The price rises are utterly insane especially on such dated and inferior hardware. The next gen is inching towards the £1000 mark which puts it slightly behind mid-range PC's that could comfortably play a lot of titles in 4K 100fps+. There's also the subscription models, online premiums and top-end digital pricing. The future does look bleak especially with the amount of AI and UE5 slop.

Controversial opinion. I don’t care. Physical version of AAA games have been gone for years. The disc you get may as well be a drinks coaster. It’s nothing more than a token to say “download the game”. Nothing runs from disc, and the version you play is a patched version that doesn’t mirror the disc data. the payoff for Sony is you can’t sell digital. If you want to play the game, you must buy a copy. moving physical units costs money, so it’s no surprise in this climate they are shying away from it. the move towards games as a service will probably move towards the subscription model, even owning digital versions will become less common. It’s following tv/dvd habits. The real question is, do we need a PlayStation 6? For the first time, graphics aren’t holding us back. we should prioritise gameplay. You can even buy brand new mega drive games.

https://kotaku.com/sony-ending-discs-for-all-playstation-games-starting-2028-2000711927 They've decided to stop producing physical discs for games starting in 2028. Because fuck your customers, right? This means that they will kill of 2nd hand game sales and lending games to your friends or family. Which means themselves and publishers will get a shitload more money. Microsoft could well follow suit with their next console. If they're smart then they should keep the disc drive and it'll pull some customer away from Sony. Also, if the rumours are true that the next Xbox will basically be a PC with access to game stores like Steam or Epic, then that will be the console to get. At least that way you'll be able to get games at decent prices.

Doom: The Dark Ages - much better than I was expecting. Not worth £70 but brilliant purchase at a deep discount.

Take Two are charging £80 for this game AND if you buy a physical copy then it doesn't even contain a disc, just a download code. Proving what complete and utter greedy cunts they are. I wasn't even that bothered about this game anyway but they've made my mind up for me. I only ever rent single player games or get them on disc so I can sell them when I'm done. If I can't do that then I'm just not buying the game. I'm not paying £80 for a game that I'm then stuck with when I finish it.

I totally get the frustration with intellectual property hurdles and lost codes for classic games. It's kinda similar to how denuvo can impact the gaming experience. It might not be the exact same, but I've found knowing which games use it can help decide what to buy, especially if performance is a concern. Let’s hope we see some of those classics revived soon!

Was about to say upload everything to the cloud then to check the connection.

I second this. 🙂

I’ve not been playing games as much recently. Maybe I’m getting old. I just don’t seem to enjoy shooty games any more. I *do* however still enjoy motorsports. I’ve never really done proper sims before. GT7 is good too a point, but I’ve driven fast cars on real tracks, and it’s always felt like driving with boxing gloves on. I decided to book a session at my local sim racing place and had a blast. The feel of proper kit and real software really sells the immersion. I’ve been watching loads of sim racing YouTubers, and really enjoy watching the endurance racing. so my idea….. we get current members and recruit new members to do regular racing sessions in whatever game (but will have to at least be pc), and at some point, we do a real 24/12 hour endurance race. Who’s in?

I think you removed it but I appreciated the "Home" feature for viewing new messages. However, if it contributes to the forum's smooth operation without this feature, I can do without it.

Normally I am against Al and only use ChatGPT for stuff like cooking recipes or correcting how write emails etc but as a one-off, I asked asked ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Al Art to make me pictures of bedrooms with mid to late 1990s and early 2000s nostalgia. Obviously these pictures are flawed with the deformations but for someone who is into retro gaming, which of one of these bedrooms is the best one?

False alarm everyone, I managed to fix it, it turned out it was just my really bad internet connection 😂 I moved my WiFi router from my bedroom to my living room so everything is fixed now! 👍🏼

Okay, so I have a PS5 console which I have owned since 2022 or 2023 and it’s the original PS5 not the slim or the pro and so far I have had no issues with it until today. Today when I went to click on my account, it was stuck for a good 10 minutes on the "Please wait…" loading screen and when I tried to click on the Paramount+ app, it was taking too long to load that too and there was this black little box at the bottom that had white writing says "Please wait…" and the blue screen in the background with the Paramount+ logo. I don’t know what is wrong with it, I tried doing the hard reset where turn the console off, press and hold the power button until it beeps twice and goes into safe mode and then cleared the system cache as well as rebuild the database but nothing seems to work! I would take it to my local tech store to have it repaired but I am scared they will wipe everything off and I’ll lose all of my screenshots and videos because they told me that they always do a factory reset when repairing consoles. Can anybody please help me?

Some new footage. Looks pretty good but £50 for a remaster of a remaster of a remaster is a big ask. Some good mission customisation but no MP. Let's not forget that the MCC for the same price got you the entire collection and every MP component on top.

Well, that's a bit of a bugger! 😞 https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2026/june/10/kieran-mckenna-to-step-down-as-ipswich-town-manager/

Have yall been paying attention to the World Cup news from over here? Fuck me, its a total shit show. Between not allowing the Iranian team to stay in the country, so they have to go back out to Mexico after every game There's a Somali Referee that isn't allowed in the country, and no one knows why, even though Somalia gave him diplomatic passport The England Team was practicing and a gunman showed up, and 12 people (not on the team) were injured The Japanese Team has had to move facilities twice because of flooding...

I've disabled all plugins and stuff to speed it up a bit whilst @GazzaGarrattand I migrate us to a new host. During this process I'm also gonna trim back some of the unused guff, so if you're missing any features please let us know. Any that aren't reported missing for a month will remain in hibernation until needed. Also, all settings and profile stuff is saved, so don't worry about anything being lost, when we reinstate the plugins and mods they'll be there nice and fresh.

Slower than molasses in january

Looking forward to this and it's on console also

Finally!

Yes, its being depressing me for some time, and I can only apologise for the issues we have had for a while. The big news is that I've pressed a button behind the scenes that starts the ball rolling on a big change to the future of moving FG forward. I don't want to jump in on it too much right now as we'll need quite abit of work but I'm prepared to make it happen and hopefully we'll have some more hands on support from other FGers to make it so. This place is here for all and I want it to remain that way forever.

Honestly it's looking like what I expected. I am sure it is fun enough to play but these triple A games are competing with less expensive games that play just as well and often have things these titles don't, good story, new mechanics and such. I only have so much time for gaming and have quite the backlog currently so my new game expenditure has dropped right off. For me the perfect Bond game would build upon what was done in Alpha Protocol years back.

Honestly I don't think I have played the dlc's properly despite owning the game of the year version. I have reinstalled it though so maybe once my current games are completed with I will move back onto it. I always fancied getting the platinum trophy and don't think I was far away from memory.

Unfortunately yes. @GazzaGarratt is aware as we spoke about it the other evening.