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Old 03-02-2016, 11:48
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PS+ may still offer value for money, but it doesn't offer anywhere near the same value for money it once did.
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Old 03-02-2016, 12:44
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I think for many people they have no option but to praise because it's required for online play so rather than moan they just say it's great.
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Old 03-02-2016, 12:47
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I think for many people they have no option but to praise because it's required for online play so rather than moan they just say it's great.
Don't take up psychology as a career. Please.
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Old 03-02-2016, 12:48
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I always add them to my library, but have never downloaded a single one!
Same here apart from a couple.
The way I see it. A few years ago I was playing online on a fairly poor network for free. Now I'm paying 35/year and looks like same poor network.
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Old 03-02-2016, 14:20
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Don't take up psychology as a career. Please.
It's the truth. It's required for many games or at least to get your moneys worth out of the games.
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Old 03-02-2016, 15:47
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It's the truth. It's required for many games or at least to get your moneys worth out of the games.
Clearly. But the notion that people are compelled to lavish praise on the service because of that is preposterous.

When it comes to the "free" games I just think people need to keep their expectations in check.
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Old 03-02-2016, 16:40
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It's good to see Grid Auto sport has been added to this months PS Plus line up for the PS3. I love this game as I had it for the Xbox 360 so will be getting a new PS Plus 3 month subscription so I can get it again. Much better than Grid 2, this is more like the first Grid game with the focus being on circuit and street racing.

Will also give my trophy list a boost
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Old 03-02-2016, 18:17
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I think I have found a new game for Sony. You have a free game - even a AAA one - but only if you find where we have stored it on the internet. To make things harder it gets moved every hour.

They made it far too easy to find Helldivers on Vita - I only had to use the search function.

(disclaimer - this is a sort of joke BTW).
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Old 04-02-2016, 00:08
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I think for many people they have no option but to praise because it's required for online play so rather than moan they just say it's great.
Its sad that so many PS3 users who complained about Xbox Live requiring a subscription to play online now feel its ok when Sony do it . I only stay paying for plus because its required for online, but there is no way I will defend paying for online play on a network which has seen no really improvements over the free service we had last generation.
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Old 04-02-2016, 02:00
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I have a feeling that Sony will drop the 2 free Vita games sometime this year, and at that stage we'll see a rise in quality of the PS3 and PS4 games. And then maybe next year drop the free PS3 games.
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Old 06-02-2016, 10:37
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I have a feeling that Sony will drop the 2 free Vita games sometime this year, and at that stage we'll see a rise in quality of the PS3 and PS4 games. And then maybe next year drop the free PS3 games.
I hope not!

I would rather they drop the free PS3 games.
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Old 06-02-2016, 18:29
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What the heck happened to the GRID series? It has gotten progressively worse. I remember really enjoying the first gameso much so I bought 2 at release which turned out to be a mistake, it was bad. Yet Autosport has outdone it by being the worst of the lot. I wasted about 60 seconds on this steaming pile.
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Old 06-02-2016, 22:35
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Can u live stream to youtube / twitch if your not a ps plus subscriber?

Mine expires in April but I rarely play online
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Old 07-02-2016, 00:12
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Can u live stream to youtube / twitch if your not a ps plus subscriber?

Mine expires in April but I rarely play online
PS Plus is not needed for uploading and streaming.
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Old 08-02-2016, 09:31
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Is there any way to see what game saves you have stored online without having PS+? I was thinking of redownloading Witcher 3 & getting the DLC expansions but only if I still had the save from last summer as I had completed the game. I'd get the cheapest subscription or a trial to download the save
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Old 08-02-2016, 10:49
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Is there any way to see what game saves you have stored online without having PS+? I was thinking of redownloading Witcher 3 & getting the DLC expansions but only if I still had the save from last summer as I had completed the game. I'd get the cheapest subscription or a trial to download the save
How long has it been since you last had PS Plus? Saves are only retained for 6 months after a sub has lapsed.
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Old 08-02-2016, 16:04
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What the heck happened to the GRID series? It has gotten progressively worse. I remember really enjoying the first gameso much so I bought 2 at release which turned out to be a mistake, it was bad. Yet Autosport has outdone it by being the worst of the lot. I wasted about 60 seconds on this steaming pile.
I must admit I prefer GRID Autosport to GRID 2 as this focuses more on circuit and Touring Cars races again like the first GRID did. But there is a learning curve with Autosport and it can be tedious at times, especially the penalty system which should have been an optional extra in the settings menu I think. You get penalised even when the AI pushes you off the track sometimes which is extremely annoying.

I hope the next GRID game goes right back to the GRID roots, a bit like CM have done with Dirt Rally. Perhaps call the next game something like GRID Toca
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Old 08-02-2016, 17:22
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GRID 2 completely lost me because it (like Wipeout) got too obsessed with, one v one, time trialling, point to point, drift challenges etc. when all I wanted to do was race.

In my opinion at least 50% of the career should be straight circuit racing against several opponents, which is what the first GRID did so well.

I'm not sure if I'll give Autosport on PS3 a go because Project Cars does the trick nicely and is on PS4... Bugs aside PC is a fine racing game.
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Old 08-02-2016, 18:58
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How long has it been since you last had PS Plus? Saves are only retained for 6 months after a sub has lapsed.
It expired in September. I haven't renewed as I've still been able to play online & there's not been any Plus games that have enticed me to renew again. I remember being sent a 48 hour code back in Christmas. I might try that to see what cloud saves I have but in a bit scared to just in case I can't play online anymore once the 48 hours are up.

GRID 2 completely lost me because it (like Wipeout) got too obsessed with, one v one, time trialling, point to point, drift challenges etc. when all I wanted to do was race.

In my opinion at least 50% of the career should be straight circuit racing against several opponents, which is what the first GRID did so well.

I'm not sure if I'll give Autosport on PS3 a go because Project Cars does the trick nicely and is on PS4... Bugs aside PC is a fine racing game.
If you like Project Cars, you may be interested in Assetto Corsa which is due out in April. Dirty Rally is due on PS4 soon too. This is meant to be a hardcore rally sim
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Old 08-02-2016, 19:04
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My brothers plus ran out and to see him til he had the money he purchased a month from store. Took the money but didn't give him his plus. He's contacted sony and even though they can see they took the money they still want a screen shot of his bank before honoring it.
Greedy ****s.
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Old 09-02-2016, 13:38
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GRID 2 completely lost me because it (like Wipeout) got too obsessed with, one v one, time trialling, point to point, drift challenges etc. when all I wanted to do was race.

In my opinion at least 50% of the career should be straight circuit racing against several opponents, which is what the first GRID did so well.

I'm not sure if I'll give Autosport on PS3 a go because Project Cars does the trick nicely and is on PS4... Bugs aside PC is a fine racing game.
Yes Project Cars is fantastic but I hear the DLC for PC will soon be coming to an end in April. Slightly Mad Studios will then be focusing on developing the sequel which is pencilled in for a late 2017 release.

2016 is looking to be a great year for racing games though with Dirt Rally and Assetto Corsa both due to be released in April on PS4 (and Xbox One) and there's also Gran Turismo Sport which is also due out sometime this year. As a big racing fanatic, I'm very excited about this year
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Old 10-02-2016, 18:15
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Broforce has a strong lead in the voting. Shame, it looks the least appealing to me. But that's democracy for you! Shame they can't give people the choice. All three are available pick the one you want.
They have released longer trailers etc to help inform your voting decision now.
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Old 10-02-2016, 20:05
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Is there any way to see what game saves you have stored online without having PS+? I was thinking of redownloading Witcher 3 & getting the DLC expansions but only if I still had the save from last summer as I had completed the game. I'd get the cheapest subscription or a trial to download the save
Check for a 2 day Plus trial on the store, I used it last week or the week before to download my saves from the cloud, could save you a few quid.

I backup my own saves to USB now, a tiny, barely noticeable 16GB Sandisk. My Plus days are over, well, for the foreseeable . . .

edit: just read a later post, you might not what a 2 day trial then
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Old 10-02-2016, 20:05
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Seen that when I voted henk.
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Old 10-02-2016, 23:26
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Yeah Broforce looks to have a sizeable lead, judging by the size of the bars on the voting page.

I think it's a shame too, I'm really looking forward to the 2nd game now, whatever it might be.
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