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I'm really enjoying helldivers 2, I'm playing the steam version but same thing. I like the simplicity and team play, along with getting cool upgrades and stuff

I played Helldivers 2 like crazy the first two weeks....then FFVII came out. Helldivers 2 is a ton of fun if you have a play group. Pick up groups can be okay too, but mostly I just put everyone on mute when I do. The break from Helldivers 2 was welcome because the grind for unlockables is in the 80-100 hour realm right now, and I was most of the way there.

A lot of new gadgets and vehicles coming soon.

Most fun I've had in a co-op shooter since R6: Siege came out some 8-9 years ago, but I much prefer the PvE model a la Helldivers.

Still getting used to PS5 and didn't realize there was a mic in the controller. Was playing Helldivers 2 on Friday night with my pals and wife, and we were talking about all different sorts of crap from me not understanding the game to our dogs getting spayed. Toward the end of the game, I noticed the little speaker icon next to my name whenever we'd talk and said "uh... are we on mic?"

Wonder if the other three dudes were interested in anything we were saying because if not, it must have been REAL annoying.

Anyhow.... is it true that PS5 game sharing doesn't let the two people play the game at the same time like PS4 did?

In the PS5 settings you can default the mic to be muted when the controller turns on...which saves battery life a little bit.

As for game sharing, I had issues with that when I wanted to play Miles Morales on the PS5 while my son was playing it on the PS4. But I forget how we worked it out...we may have just took turns. I think if the owner of the game is logged into PSN and playing it, another account (even within the family) can't use the software at the same time. Whatever it is, it's more clumsy than Xbox's home console thing.

incubus421 wrote:

I had an almost identical experience. We played it every day for the first two weeks and it’s easily the most fun I’ve had with a co-op game since probably Left 4 Dead. But I haven’t played it at all since because I’ve been obsessed with Persona 3.

Ya I am kind of double dipping, playing an hour or two of P3R and then an hour or two of Helldivers with friends.

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:


I may just start it up this weekend. I had to go get a new copy since the one I got came scratched.

My roadmap was P3 finish this week, FF7R, then DD2. I’m definitely going to have to throw unicorn overlord in there somehow. That one looks pretty great.

Which one is DD2?

Dragons Dogma 2. My personally most hyped game of the year.

Oh ya ok, funny that wasn't even on my radar but I keep hearing how awesome it looks I need to check it out

Archer wrote:

GOTY. Calling it right now.

Archer wrote:

Same. Especially after reading initial impressions. Can’t wait to get those seeking arrows and climb onto things and poke their eyes.

longhornsk57 wrote:

If you haven't played the first game, I would highly recommend checking it out. One of the most underrated rpgs of all time.

Heavyd814life wrote:

Unless they really mess something up with it, it will most likely be mine.

Archer wrote:

How old is the first one?

longhornsk57 wrote:

2012. Released on the 360/PS3. But had an upgraded version with all DLC called Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen (which is the only version you can buy now digitally) on the PS4/Xb1. Its been a free game many times on both systems. And is on sale all the time for $5 or less. Its currently on sale for $5.09 on PS4/5, BUT is also part of the PS+ Extra catalogue. So if you have that you can play it for free.

I do have PS+ Premium, so that would work. I wonder if it's on PC at all since I've been gaming more on my laptop lately

longhornsk57 wrote:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/367500/Dragons_... - $4.79

Wow Nice!

Just got email that F1 23 is on ps plus this month. Those are usually very solid games.

Feeb wrote:

They were until EA bought Codemasters a couple years ago and ruined them. Turning them into crapty arcade games. And putting everyone's favorite thing in them, season passes. These games used to be really solid F1 simulation racers. Now they are a joke. The last couple years have been the standard EA copy/paste with no real changes. But, its free so, what ever.

I haven’t played it since the first year it had a “story” mode. That sucks. I loved playing those.

Feeb wrote:

This year has a return of the story mode. Its okay. Actually its the best part of this version of the game. However, this version of the game has a terrible steering issue that has been in the game since last years version. And was never fixed. So I fully expect it to be in 24 as well. I stopped buying them because they end up on gamepass ever year now that EA owns them. Due to the GPU and EA Play deal.

It looks like the last one I actually bought was 2020 Schumacher edition. It was still codemasters. I’m pretty sure I played a story mode with some sort of in team rivalry etc at some point. I’ll have to check my trophies I’m guessing it was 2021.

Yeah, 21 was the first year of the story mode. Then it skipped 22, and returned in 23.

Picked up Helldivers 2 on Steam, didn't realize there was cross play.

Capcom released a character creator app for Dragon's Dogma 2 yesterday. Its listed as a demo in the PSN store, but it is not a demo of the game. Just a character creator. It just lets you create up to 5 player characters and 5 pawns. Which you can import into the full game. I'm downloading it now to see how in-depth it is. I'm assuming its has to be more than just a basic creator. The one from the first game was basic except for how your height and weight effected your character. Your stamina and how fast it drained and replenished were effected by it. Plus how much you could carry, and how fast you moved in the world. So hoping that part is still there.

I spend less than a minute on character creator. I don't get how people can waste so much time on those things.

Looks like not only will your height and weight this time around effect things but also your muscle mass as well. So the bigger and stronger you are the more you will be able to carry, but the slower you will move (and the slower your attacks) and you will burn stamina quicker. So it seems to be the same as the first. Either make a short and light main character so they move really fast and you have stamina for days. And have a huge slow dumb pawn to carry everything but also hits like a truck. Or make them both exactly in the middle so you get the sweet spot on everything.

Kommie wrote:

Well, I'm sure this will be like the first game. Because there are lots of dumb ass dudes out there. And they wont use your pawn unless it is something they can jack off to. And no one using it means no rift crystals. And rift crystals are a currency used for a lot of things. I remember in the first game having a dude who was a beast. You could solo the game with him (as in just using the one required pawn) because he had 100% knowledge, and had all the best gear. Was also spec'd perfectly. No one really used him. He maybe got used once a month and didn't earn any RC. I changed him to a chick who looked like an anime nutters wet dream and she was being used so much I ended up with five million rift crystals in a couple weeks.

Finn wrote:

I bought it yesterday but havent played it yet.

I had 5000+ ($25 worth) of PS Stars points that I hadnt noticed so I used them to buy HD2. I never expected the PS rewards system would work tbh.

Any advice on additional storage for PS5?

Headshot wrote:

PS6

Headshot wrote:
I got a 5tb external drive for my PS4 games and only keep ps5 games on the internal memory. Works for me so far

Just delete stuff, you don't need more storage.

I got a 4tb WD Black SN850X SSD for a little over $200 on Black Friday, and it’s been great. I mainly like having the extra storage so that I can have all of my PSVR2 games (which are mostly digital) accessible immediately. Also, I have a folder for games I beat but still want to platinum, so I can just open one here and there, work on one trophy, and then go back to whatever game I’m still trying to beat. It’s really convenient.

Headshot wrote:

Headshot wrote:

This is the one I use, snapped it up when people didn't care about it and it was cheaper.

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And then I put this overkill of a heatsink on top of it just cause it was featured in a video and on sale

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bill wrote:

Yeah I just delete stuff I'm not actively playing. I do have a few games on my downloaded "backlog". It's a good strategy. Better storage would always be better but it's not a bad thing to manage your installed data.

bill wrote:

It's kinda sad though that I have 6 PS5 games total and they take up my entire storage.

Deleting stuff works if you don’t have a data cap or aren’t close to hitting it. I have a data cap and it’s the dumbest thing. If you have an external HDD, download it once and move it so you don’t have to download it again. There may be a patch that releases in between, but that download should almost always be smaller than downloading the whole game.