I’m playing Star Wars Jedi Survivor on PS5 and it’s such a frustrating experience:
• Great story, acting, animation, environment design
• Extremely STAR WARS
• Good gameplay—though at times frustrating
• Constant, frustrating graphical issues
EVERY time I play I see bright flashing white polygons, textures failing to load, environmental details popping in a meter away, and wildly inconsistent framerates. It’s the worst gaming experience I’ve had since… well, Jedi Fallen Order.
It breaks my suspension of disbelief every time; I’m constantly reminded that this is a poorly-optimized, over-rushed game put out by a publisher who couldn’t be bothered with quality control.
Why it’s especially frustrating to me is that I had this SAME experience with Fallen Order on PS4, and according to Reddit, anyone complaining is told they are crazy—it’s the most hardcore fan gaslighting I’ve ever seen.
Maybe I am just used to well-made PlayStation games like Horizon, Uncharted, The Last of Us, Spider-Man, Ratchet & Clank… basically all of my favorites?? They play beautifully without any of the issues I see here.
I’m happy I got it as a gift (and I know it was purchased during a good sale!), but sheesh. You’d think a YEAR after release it would not be this rough. And Reddit tells me “oh yeah they fixed that all with the update” which came out before I even started playing the game—I can assure you, if this is “fixed,” the game was COMPLETELY broken before.
The worst part: not a single “review” mentions any of the issues I and others see.
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So my final Whispers battle ended up being spectacular (fourth try or so — the charm?), but I would have preferred a bit cleaner Sephiroth battle (took two tries). Will have to work on that one!
We've been trying other games since the kid just got a PS5 and has PlayStation Plus, some free stuff in there. Dead Cells, kid is pretty good at it. He wasn't a fan of the permadeath, always going back to the start. It's brutal. We also tried Skul. Same deal. Like a mini Dead Cells, kinda. Now, he's playing Rain World. It's pretty rad. He's good at it, I knew he would be. Again, I couldn't handle the controls of it, etc, when I tried. But wow, Rain World is a beautiful game.
Konami just put out a HD collection for one of my favorite games ever, Felix the Cat, for Switch and PlayStation (it's among several for a blog post I almost have done on video games I'm obsessed with).
The new collection includes both the NES and Game Boy versions & allows for saving and rewinding at any time (maybe I'll finally beat it! 🤣)
This'll eventually be a must-grab for me, but I gotta wait for a sale on this one.
I have way too many games to ever play, but still I can't help it. Today's haul: Othello (NES), Spinball (Vectrex), Colossal Cave Adventure (PS5), Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (GBA). Read on for more details
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