When the success of your next quest hangs in the balance, or only one more hairpin turn stands between you and first place. When the clock is running out and your team must defend that flag at all costs, or the next combo attack could either be your greatest or your last. When the on-screen action is intense, nothing matters more to the success of your game than the relationship you have with the controller in your hands. The DUALSHOCK family of controllers has always brought you innovative features and precise control. The DUALSHOCK 4 is no different and brings an exciting array of additional features that are designed to usher your gaming experience into the next generation. With these additions, the DUALSHOCK 4 Controller becomes an extension of your brain, turning every move of your fingers into an accurate performance in the game ~ and in your hands, accurate performance can only mean victory.How gamers use a controller is being redefined right before our very eyes as the next generation of consoles also redefines many other aspects of gaming. The DUALSHOCK 4 controller is equipped with a multitouch touch pad on the face of the controller, opening up a new world of gameplay. The integrated light bar generates a rainbow of colors and works with your favorite games to enable innovative gaming experiences. The DUALSHOCK 4's share button lets you upload screenshots and video of epic gaming moments or live-stream sessions with your pals ~ with the press of a button. Besides all of the new innovations, the DUALSHOCK 4 controller improves features from past controllers, such as the feel, shape and sensitivity of the dual analog sticks and trigger buttons for enhanced control and a built-in speaker and stereo headset jack for flexible audio options. The future of gaming is now, and the features of this controller live up to the hype.
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Charge and display your DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controllers with the officially licensed Charging Station for PlayStation 4. Charging is an ease - Simply place the DUALSHOCK 4 on either side of the station, and click down to see the LED base light up to indicate charging level. When fully charged, click down to release contact and simply leave the controller on the station. Feel confident your controllers are always ready to game as it charges on display alongside of your PS4 console
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An entirely new level of entertainment awaits with this PlayStation 4 Bundle, which features a DualShock 4 wireless controller, wired headset and The Last of Us Remastered download voucher. Plunge yourself into thrilling virtual worlds in arresting clarity, while a host of streaming media waits at your fingertips. Team up with your friends to execute missions and dominate the court, or brutalize the competition by connecting with gamers around the world with PSN and PlayStation Plus. There's never a dull moment when you're armed with this entertainment powerhouse.Get ready to dive into an exciting adventure right out of the gate with this PlayStation 4 Bundle. Prepare yourself to journey across a decimated America in The Last of Us Remastered. Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year awards, The Last of Us plunges you into the future, where a brutal and deadly pandemic has ravaged the landscape of what was the United States for 20 years. A survivor who will do whatever it takes, Joel, has been hired to smuggle a 14 year-old girl, Ellie, out of a heavily fortified military quarantine zone ~ but what starts as a simple job, quickly turns into an all-out fight for survival on a brutal trek across the country. Carefully blending elements of survival and action, The Last of Us defines a genre by placing you in the heart of the adventure. Rebuilt to harness the power of the PlayStation 4, The Last of Us Remastered features full 1080p high-definition visuals, higher-resolution character models, improved shadows and lighting and numerous gameplay enhancements to truly showcase the cruelty and stunning environments. Plus, Remastered contains all the DLC for the game, including two multiplayer Map Packs and the critically acclaimed The Last of Us: Left Behind single-player campaign. Every minute of every hour of every day is a struggle to outlive the next person you encounter ~ do you have the mental and physical strength to make it?
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I'very been an Xbox owner since day one but those days are long gone ever since I bought the PS4. The graphics are amazing and The Last of us is even more awesome!!!
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Xbox Live Gold is your ticket to seemingly endless entertainment possibilities, from unrivaled multiplayer gaming that teams you up with your buddies against adversaries from around the world in blockbuster franchises, such as Halo, Forza Motorsport, Kinect Sports and more to accessing jaw-dropping high-definition movies, TV shows, live events, music and sports. Besides access to a stunning array of content, this Xbox Live Gold Membership offers an exhaustive list of features to tailor your experience to your needs.
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Have you ever wondered what you would do if you woke up one day to find the world transformed to one full of horrors? Lots of people have apocalypse survival plans, but do they really ask themselves how they would cope? It's hard to gauge how well you would deal with a life that consists of nothing but fear, because you've never really experienced it. But one thing is for certain ~ if you let the fear win then you don't survive. If you don't keep the evil within chained up under lock and key, then the horror will overtake you and drag you under.Dive into a world crafted by the father of survival horror, Shinji Mikami in The Evil Within. In a game that embodies the meaning of terror, you have no choice but to gather your courage, shut down the fear and let your adrenaline carry you away. Explore highly crafted environments full of the stuff of nightmares and contend with the horrifying anxiety of constantly fighting to survive. An intricate storyline weaves together to build an engrossing experience that will make your palms sweat and your heart race. Do you have what it takes to overcome the tension and withstand the deadly terror?
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The Evil Within really doesn't waste any time. After a brief cutscene that sets up a psych-ward murder scene, detective Sebastian Castellanos is immediately thrust into a precarious situation involving a chainsaw madman and giant pools of blood.
It's definitely one of the best intros I've seen in some time, and the entire premise of "What is or isn't in your head, and what is reality?" is very easy to get on board with; it also facilitates some great pacing and setpiece changes. Don't expect much in the way of exposition or character development, as Evil falls in line with some of Mikami's cheesier work. You're going to see a lot of that permeating throughout the game, and into the core mechanics.
Although the game is billed as survival horror, it really feels more like the former than the latter. Ammo is scarce, your character is absolute worthless at doing just about everything from punching to sprinting (seriously, sprinting is terrible in Evil Within, partially by design and partially by the fault of the mechanics), stealth is generally preferred, and enemies can slice you to bits rather easily. To deal with this, you'll use a hybrid stealth and action scheme, which is modeled most notably after one of Mikami's finest works -- Resident Evil 4.
For the most part, both mechanics blend rather well. There are a number of situations that function like challenge rooms from the Arkham series, allowing you to approach them with a combination of different strategies. Once you get the agony crossbow, a harpoon gun of sorts, it opens up your options with a variety of elemental blasts, from freezing properties to stun-locking lightning traps. Stealth kills will become your best friend, as ammo conservation actually matters for once. In terms of its tone, The Evil Within isn't so much scary as it is gory and exciting. Rather than rely on real psychological tension, Mikami and company basically throw a lot of hanging guts, blood, chase scenes, and decapitations your way. This works for the most part especially given the conceit of the aforementioned imaginative realms, but only a few enemies give off a vibe of something you haven't seen before. In a sense, it's a loose collective of old-school action survival horror tropes, which has its own set of merits and flaws. Speaking of old school, The Evil Within looks like it came from the last generation of gaming. Although the giant black bars plastered across the screen are allegedly a design choice, it's clear from the art style down to the animations that the game looks dated. If you can get past that fact as I did, you'll find a plethora of rich environments that have the signature of a seasoned developer. Going along with the dated look, Evil Within has a few obtuse mechanics as well. There is little to no explanation for anything, and near the beginning of the roughly 15-hour adventure, the developers kind of leave you to fend for yourself. For example, there's a part in the game where, if you explore every nook and cranny, you may not have a checkpoint for over 15 minutes. After carefully making your way to the end of a path, there's a crank you can interact with to open a door -- and as soon as you touch it, two enemies rise up from the ground at a point in the game where you barely have any defenses. You can "burn" bodies to kill latent corpses outright, but even though I saw them first and tried to burn them, I couldn't.
This is a stark contrast to the Souls series, where practically every mistake is your own fault. In Evil Within some areas just feel unfair, and the save system won't do you any favors -- especially if you get stuck in an area with low health and very little in the way of actual defenses. While I definitely welcome added difficulty in games, there were a few instances where I took a short break in frustration. It wasn't enough to deter me however, and I pressed on from one exciting moment to the next despite the occasional hangup.
On the topic of the somewhat clunky controls, I don't mind the legacy mentality, even in today's climate. (To be clear, The Evil Within doesn't have strict, tank-like movement.) Although there are plenty of titles that have updated systems and still maintain tension, I think there's a certain charm to be found in that older feel, and if a few other design choices were spruced up around it, the controls wouldn't be a problem on their own.
But while I did have fun with the majority of the game despite its flaws, it's important to note the problems with the PC build of the game. To be frank, the PC version is going to need a lot of work. Although you can use console commands to make it run at 60 frames per second, it's not consistently operating at that level, and there are some performance issues abound if you go that route.
I also had a few issues with the "developer splash screen" intro crashing on me (until I disabled it by adding +com_skipIntroVideo 1 to Steam's boot options), and your resolution options are limited without using the console. Even then, some resolutions are not fully supported, as information can be concealed off-screen. It's clear this was a quick console-port job, right down to the mouse lag in the menus. Having said that, the game is very much playable, and once it was running I had zero crashes in-game. Just don't expect it to be up to par with the majority of PC releases theses days.
If you like old-school third-person action games with horror elements, I'd recommend picking up The Evil Within on a console, possibly at a price cut. It will definitely scratch the itch of someone who has been pining for a return to the older days of gaming, but everyone else who has come to expect that certain layer of polish likely won't be amused.