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<br>Square Enix finally delivered its long-awaited first part of Final Fantasy VII Remake earlier this year. While fans anxiously await details on what’s next, there’s plenty of reason to revisit the game on PS5, now with less waiting time. Booting up the game and loading up a save file is much faster than on PS4, but we've noticed something weird with Final Fantasy VII Remake on both PS4 and PS5 compared to all other games we rested. For some reason, our testing found that it takes longer to load into a save file than it does to boot up the game. We’re not sure this is, but at least both loads are still an improvement over PS4.<br><br> <br>For now, though, the Rite of the Nine activity continues forward with its revised schedule and enhanced reward system. Bungie stepped into a bit of controversy with the Destiny 2 Rite of the Nine event after players accused the studio of timegating content when it was discovered that each dungeon was on a three week cycle. However, the studio quickly pivoted and announced changes to the overall schedule and made loot more plenti<br><br>It took six years since EA got the exclusive rights to develop Star Wars console games, but last year we finally got our first, full-fledged action-adventure game from them. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order delighted with its story, gameplay and world design. Despite this, there were a few technical problems. In addition to bugs, glitches and frame rate issues, the game also suffered from, you guessed it, long loading times. This was particularly true when traveling between planets. Luckily, PS5 presents so much needed to boosts to load times.<br><br> <br>With the extended range provided by Hammer-Forged Rifling or Smallbore, and the increased magazine capacity from Enhanced Battery, players will be able to rack up kills at a decent distance and rarely need to reload. This gives them more uptime on more powerful enemies and, thus, increases their damage output. Couple this philosophy with the final potential perk, Swashbuckler (not Rampage), and Glacioclasm becomes a nasty addition to Guardians’ arse<br><br> <br>Therefore, Guardians need some long-range capabilities while also being formidable at medium and close ranges. For this purpose, both PC and console players will want a Glacioclasm with Hammer-Forged Rifling. Smallbore becomes a bit irrelevant in PvP, as special ammo is not abundant. Players typically only start out with two rounds of energy weapon ammunition in PvP, acquiring more by defeating Guardians who still have special ammo and picking up what they drop, which is not much. Thus, stability is unnecessary, as players will not be volley firing. Range w<br><br> <br>This Destiny 2: Beyond Light PvE Hunter build focuses on clearing adds quickly and frequently. The Shards of Galanor will refund up to 50% of a Guardian’s super energy depending on how many enemies they hit with the Blade Barrage’s knives. From there, players rely on effectively building CWL stacks and consuming those stacks with grenades to fill the remainder of their super me<br><br> <br>Updated May 20, 2025: Another week has come for Destiny 2 , which means missions, challenges, and rewards have been reset. Many fans are likely counting down the weeks until Destiny 2 's Edge of Fate expansion launches , kicking off a new year of content. In addition to the first expansion, Year of Prophecy will include two major updates and a Star Wars- inspired second expansion called Renega<br><br>Of all the PS4 and Xbox One AAA titles, perhaps none is more infamous for its load times than [https://destiny2base.com/destiny-2-the-hilarious-hunt-for-edge-of-fate-data-pads destiny 2 all data pads] 2 . Booting up the game is a chose on current-gen machines, and then comes loading into the planets and Tower. Considering you have to go to the Tower to collect bounties, missions and decrypt engrams, getting around Destiny 2 is a chore. While we await the proper PS5 version coming December 8, playing the game on PS5 via backwards compatibility actually isn’t so bad. Load times are dramatically lower than on PS4, making getting around less of a chore. It excites us to imagine what next-gen load times look like.<br><br> <br>Many consider them to be pioneers of the live service formula, although a big part of their success comes not from these GaaS elements, but rather from their fantastic DLC. The best Destiny expansions help to elevate their respective games, offering quality-of-life improvements and new story content while further fleshing out the series' expansive lore and world-build<br><br>If you’ve played any game in the past few years then you’ll understand a harsh reality: load times are getting longer. As our gaming worlds got bigger, textures and geometry got more detailed, graphical effects increased, and load times also increased. While a handful of well-optimized games managed to cut the time, it wasn’t out of the ordinary to wait close to a minute or even longer to load into some games.<br><br> <br>Saint-14 and the Trails of Osiris offer players a high-end PvP activity in exchange for powerful rewards. Starting with Episode Heresy, Bungie made getting to the Lighthouse easier , while still offering top-tier rewards for those who can achieve a winning streak. Similar to most vendors in Destiny 2 , Saint-14 has a reputation system that rewards players for ranking up through playing and completing bount<br>
<br>The expansion added a few new locations and some story missions, but it felt more like a developer papering over the cracks than a real effort to improve or innovate. Worse still, it did little to enrich the endgame loop, which at the time was sorely needed. What made Curse of Osiris so disappointing though was not so much its meager offering, but that Bungie had seemingly learned nothing from their experiences with the first Destiny g<br><br>Square Enix finally delivered its long-awaited first part of Final Fantasy VII Remake earlier this year. While fans anxiously await details on what’s next, there’s plenty of reason to revisit [https://destiny2Base.com/destiny-2-s-new-gear-system-ultimate-2025-edge-of-fate-guide the original source] game on PS5, now with less waiting time. Booting up the game and loading up a save file is much faster than on PS4, but we've noticed something weird with Final Fantasy VII Remake on both PS4 and PS5 compared to all other games we rested. For some reason, our testing found that it takes longer to load into a save file than it does to boot up the game. We’re not sure this is, but at least both loads are still an improvement over PS4.<br><br> <br>Kat thanked self-described photographer/Photoshop wizard GFXSoulStudios for their work on the image: it elevates this from just being a wonderful cosplay to being a full-on art piece suitable for fram<br><br> <br>Forsaken ensured that Activision bowed out with a bang. The expansion provides many of the things that players had been hoping for and more than makes up for the mediocre offerings of the two expansions that came before it. It may have taken a year to achieve, but Destiny 2 finally felt like a worthy successor to the original g<br><br> <br>After the Oracles are defeated the team returns outside of the portal and needs to be cleansed once more by the Relic holder. The whole team makes their way to the center platform, to avoid being attacked by the exploding Supplicants. All players need to check to make sure that they are not the one who is marked for Imminent Detention. The marked player needs to separate from the group. Similar to the Templar fight, that player will have an impenetrable field surround them that can only be destroyed from the outside. The Imminent Detention teammate will trap everyone inside the field if standing too close to the t<br><br> <br>A Relic will spawn after defeating a Gatekeeper. One of the remaining two teammates will need to pick up the Relic, while one of the two teammates inside the portals communicates where an immune Minotaur has spawned. The Relic holder must make their way into the portal, use the Relic Super to deactivate the Minotaur's shields, and defeat the Minotaur. If this doesn't happen, the Minotaur will self-destruct on the Conflux and the team will w<br><br>Of all the PS4 and Xbox One AAA titles, perhaps none is more infamous for its load times than Destiny 2 . Booting up the game is a chose on current-gen machines, and then comes loading into the planets and Tower. Considering you have to go to the Tower to collect bounties, missions and decrypt engrams, getting around Destiny 2 is a chore. While we await the proper PS5 version coming December 8, playing the game on PS5 via backwards compatibility actually isn’t so bad. Load times are dramatically lower than on PS4, making getting around less of a chore. It excites us to imagine what next-gen load times look like.<br><br> <br>More plusses include a great shooting location that keeps the cosplay from looking out-of-place, excellent camera work from photography wiz GeekStrong , and the amazing Iron Gjallarhorn (which came from comic book artist Todd McFarlane's McFarlane Toy<br><br> <br>After the disappointment of The Dark Below , House of Wolves provided Bungie with some much-needed redemption. It's everything that the earlier expansion should have been and felt like the moment that the developer started to really listen to what players were asking for rather than trying to shove unwanted content down their throats. Even for those who didn't enjoy the expansion, it was infinitely more palata<br><br> <br>Cosplayer KatofValkyrie is responsible for this marvelous Hunter cosplay , which fits well with the surrounding blue and pink strobe-style lighting. Hunters have never looked cooler or, for that matter, more deadly (the Graviton Lance looks very re<br><br>Ubisoft’s already large open worlds continued to expand exponentially throughout the PS4 generation. It all started with Caribbean in 2013 and ended with all of Ancient Greece in 2018. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey delivered Ancient Greece in an extremely-detailed way, which also meant some extremely-long load times. Getting into the game could take minutes, and even worse, getting around quickly or back into the game after death also cost precious time. PS5 mostly solves this, shaving off about 10 seconds when first booting up the game, and bringing the load time into the game well under a minute.<br><br> <br>Curse of Osiris was the first expansion for Destiny 2 and many fans had high hopes for it prior to its release. Unfortunately, those hopes came crashing down to earth, falling flat like the expansion itself. It was somewhat reminiscent of the earlier expansions for the original game: rich in quantity but lacking in qual<br>

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The expansion added a few new locations and some story missions, but it felt more like a developer papering over the cracks than a real effort to improve or innovate. Worse still, it did little to enrich the endgame loop, which at the time was sorely needed. What made Curse of Osiris so disappointing though was not so much its meager offering, but that Bungie had seemingly learned nothing from their experiences with the first Destiny g

Square Enix finally delivered its long-awaited first part of Final Fantasy VII Remake earlier this year. While fans anxiously await details on what’s next, there’s plenty of reason to revisit the original source game on PS5, now with less waiting time. Booting up the game and loading up a save file is much faster than on PS4, but we've noticed something weird with Final Fantasy VII Remake on both PS4 and PS5 compared to all other games we rested. For some reason, our testing found that it takes longer to load into a save file than it does to boot up the game. We’re not sure this is, but at least both loads are still an improvement over PS4.


Kat thanked self-described photographer/Photoshop wizard GFXSoulStudios for their work on the image: it elevates this from just being a wonderful cosplay to being a full-on art piece suitable for fram


Forsaken ensured that Activision bowed out with a bang. The expansion provides many of the things that players had been hoping for and more than makes up for the mediocre offerings of the two expansions that came before it. It may have taken a year to achieve, but Destiny 2 finally felt like a worthy successor to the original g


After the Oracles are defeated the team returns outside of the portal and needs to be cleansed once more by the Relic holder. The whole team makes their way to the center platform, to avoid being attacked by the exploding Supplicants. All players need to check to make sure that they are not the one who is marked for Imminent Detention. The marked player needs to separate from the group. Similar to the Templar fight, that player will have an impenetrable field surround them that can only be destroyed from the outside. The Imminent Detention teammate will trap everyone inside the field if standing too close to the t


A Relic will spawn after defeating a Gatekeeper. One of the remaining two teammates will need to pick up the Relic, while one of the two teammates inside the portals communicates where an immune Minotaur has spawned. The Relic holder must make their way into the portal, use the Relic Super to deactivate the Minotaur's shields, and defeat the Minotaur. If this doesn't happen, the Minotaur will self-destruct on the Conflux and the team will w

Of all the PS4 and Xbox One AAA titles, perhaps none is more infamous for its load times than Destiny 2 . Booting up the game is a chose on current-gen machines, and then comes loading into the planets and Tower. Considering you have to go to the Tower to collect bounties, missions and decrypt engrams, getting around Destiny 2 is a chore. While we await the proper PS5 version coming December 8, playing the game on PS5 via backwards compatibility actually isn’t so bad. Load times are dramatically lower than on PS4, making getting around less of a chore. It excites us to imagine what next-gen load times look like.


More plusses include a great shooting location that keeps the cosplay from looking out-of-place, excellent camera work from photography wiz GeekStrong , and the amazing Iron Gjallarhorn (which came from comic book artist Todd McFarlane's McFarlane Toy


After the disappointment of The Dark Below , House of Wolves provided Bungie with some much-needed redemption. It's everything that the earlier expansion should have been and felt like the moment that the developer started to really listen to what players were asking for rather than trying to shove unwanted content down their throats. Even for those who didn't enjoy the expansion, it was infinitely more palata


Cosplayer KatofValkyrie is responsible for this marvelous Hunter cosplay , which fits well with the surrounding blue and pink strobe-style lighting. Hunters have never looked cooler or, for that matter, more deadly (the Graviton Lance looks very re

Ubisoft’s already large open worlds continued to expand exponentially throughout the PS4 generation. It all started with Caribbean in 2013 and ended with all of Ancient Greece in 2018. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey delivered Ancient Greece in an extremely-detailed way, which also meant some extremely-long load times. Getting into the game could take minutes, and even worse, getting around quickly or back into the game after death also cost precious time. PS5 mostly solves this, shaving off about 10 seconds when first booting up the game, and bringing the load time into the game well under a minute.


Curse of Osiris was the first expansion for Destiny 2 and many fans had high hopes for it prior to its release. Unfortunately, those hopes came crashing down to earth, falling flat like the expansion itself. It was somewhat reminiscent of the earlier expansions for the original game: rich in quantity but lacking in qual