Luke Evans

Love Space, Video Games, Tabletop Games, & Music.

Prefer to communicate via GIFs

[Maku @TropicalMaku]

You might want to change this @PlayStation 🤡

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@FoadZone Any chance of adding a savedata reset option, or even a prestige system in the future (even if just for hats/colors)? I only have a couple droids left to find, so making money no longer has a purpose. I would enjoy resetting to play through the opening stages again.

[Entertainment Focus @Ent_Focus]

We feel compelled to share an experience we're currently having with @PlayStationUK, that is affecting us on a personal and professional level. We've covered PlayStation games and consoles for over 20 years, always having a good relationship with the brand and with the various teams that have worked with them over the years.

In a bid to further expand our coverage and include more PS5 content, we bit the bullet on Tuesday night and ordered a PS5 console from PS Direct, PlayStation's online store. Why did we choose there? Because as a PS Plus subscriber, we received a 5% discount off the retail price, which is significant given that the console normally retails at £479.99.

Happy with our decision, we excitedly went to track our order on Wednesday morning to discover that our PlayStation Network account, the one we've had for around 20 years, has been permanently suspended. The first thing we did was speak to PlayStation Support's online chat, as the help guides suggest, who told us that we could appeal it. Within a matter of hours, we received a response that simply said "Thank you for contacting PlayStation Support regarding your account. I'm sorry to hear about your situation. Unfortunately due to security reasons we can't assist you any further. I hope this helps, but if you have any other questions, please contact PlayStation Support, and one of our team will be happy to help."

We tried speaking to PlayStation Support on the phone and was told they couldn't help, or tell us why our account had been suspended. Logging on to our PS4, we could see the code WS-37368-7, which after a quick Google tells us that there is debt or a chargeback on our account. We spoke with our Credit Card company who told us that they hadn't initiated a chargeback. Next we called PS Direct, who confirmed they'd had no issue with the payment, but that they couldn't help us with our account and passed us back to PlayStation Support. We've been batted back and forth between the two since Wednesday, with no further information provided and no willingness to help us.

We have spoken to the UK PR company, who is trying to help, but as of yet there's been no resolution. As it's becoming clear that we won't be getting our account back, we decided the best thing to do was cut our losses and return the console. Speaking once again to PS Direct, we were told we can't return the console unless we can access our online account - the same one that's suspended. We asked if they could send a return label by email and we were told that they can't. When we asked what to do, they passed us back to PlayStation Support once again, who confirmed they would not help with our account. When we asked how we can return the console, they told us we couldn't and advised us to 'sell it online'.

We then received an email with a return label, linking to an account we can't access. PlayStation Support and PS Direct has refused to disclose why our account has been suspended, and there seems to be no way to return the console.

We can't actually believe how poor this experience has been, how anti-consumer and a complete disregard for consumer rights. We're now forced to take advice from Citizen's Advice, who have advised what our legal rights are and suggested steps forward, which include complaining in writing to PlayStation in the UK and raising a dispute with our Credit Card company.

Before anyone says 'just open a new PSN account', we can't because we would then be violating their terms of service and run the risk of receiving a console ban, rendering our consoles useless.

If anyone has anyone in their network who works at PlayStation, please can you forward this to them or tag them in the comments. For a company that is so well-known and popular, this is a complete and utter shambles, and we can see from a quick search online that they treat many of their customers like this. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.

#Playstation #PSN #PlayStationNetwork #PS4 #PS5 #PlaystationSupport #PSPlus #Gaming #PSNSuspension

[Luke Stephens @LukeStephensTV]

Literally Hermen Hulst rn:

[Cohh Carnage @CohhCarnage]

Incredibly sorry to the talent at Bluepoint that was let go today. Insane to think we won't see more classics get the Demon Souls treatment.

I hope you're able to relocate to new positions soon and to a company more respectful of your work and passion.

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@HazVsRPG @FunPimps The Rebirth mod overhaul has a mode called The Purge where your goal is to clear every POI of zeds. Tracks progress and even adds character classes

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@olluranthel @CohhCarnage @Kleanisklean That's a good point, hadn't thought of that. That said, as it is, players can already do that, so I would still hope some kind of temporary stop-gap would be implemented in the short term

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@CohhCarnage @Kleanisklean I'm confused why they don't patch it so that loot just doesn't spawn into key rooms until a key is used on the door. It doesn't fix the warping, but if there's no loot in the room initially, there's no point for players to do it without a key.

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

Bring back Custom Robo

[Dave @GamewithDave]

What game?

[V Rising @VRisingGame]

A message from Stunlock Studios.

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@RetroSetJoe @TeamOffBroadway 2. Try a new 128/256gb SanDisk micro SD from Amazon just to test (can be returned afterwards). Would be good to still check for extra partitions like 1.

After both of those, reinstall FlippyDrive to the latest release in the boot menu (1.4.2 I believe).

Good luck!

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@RetroSetJoe @TeamOffBroadway Hmm, there's no mention of a max supported size in the docs. It's possible it's the specific sd card, but I'd still wager some formatting issue.

2 things I'd try:
1. Use Windows Disk Manager to delete all existing partitions, then make a new, full-size exFAT partition (1/2)

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

"You actually cried playing a video game?"

The game:

[Zeke @Ezekiel_III]

"You actually cried playing a video game?"

The game:

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@CohhCarnage @Twitch What's funny is that viewership isn't "down", the numbers are just more accurate to how many real people are watching.

If anything, real viewership is probably identical.

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@grzegorz_hr @tyminski_marek @GeraltofGoonia Possibly, sure, but having ownership of where it's available doesn't guarantee they won't move it to Steam later. Since Epic is receiving publishing kick-backs, there's every possibility they choose to expand to other platforms after the initial EGS sales dry up.

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@grzegorz_hr @tyminski_marek @GeraltofGoonia There haven't been many forever-Epic exclusive games, especially 3rd party developed titles. I wouldn't expect this to last for more than 1-2 years, especially since 1 is currently on Steam.

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

@tyminski_marek Doesn't bother me, there's no paywall from Epic on my end.

Will there be cross-play at launch? Love it as an option to play with my console friends!

[Luke Evans @ItJustLuke]

I understand how console exclusives suck. They are paywalled behind an expensive console.

No one who owns a PC is paywalled from playing Epic exclusives. LotF 2 is the same box price whether it's on Epic or Steam.

It's a minor inconvenience at best, and none at all for most.

[Marek Tyminski @tyminski_marek]

Epic Games made a significant investment into Lords of the Fallen II, which has helped us maintain full creative control over the game and its IP.

Their support, especially around UE5, has been above and beyond. That close collaboration is a big reason we’re able to push the game much further, and why it will be a very different experience at launch compared to Lords of the Fallen(2023).

We’ve heard so much feedback from you, and we won’t compromise on what we deliver.

More to come soon. Stay tuned!

[DansGaming @Dansgaming]

I always delete preorder/dlc bonus items in game. I want to earn power not be handed it at character creation.

I love when games incorporate the items in the world to earn instead of just handing them out.