Feels too soon for any substantial DLC 🤔 Maybe a few in-game items or a single quest or something. One of the surprises could be a PS5 Pro patch perhaps? Maybe some sort of crossover? Anything could happen these days 😅
I'm all for DLC being included (ok.. maybe they should have their own category), given how substantial some additional content, like Shadow of the Erdtree and Phantom Liberty for example, have become. Those are like whole new games and better than a lot of full games in my opinion. A lot of work also goes into projects like those and I think they are worthy of recognition. Shadow of the Erdtree made me fall for Elden Ring all over again and it was glorious.
Any excuse to talk about HL2 is fine by me 😉 I'm still not over the fact that Sony didn't strike a deal to get Alyx on the PSVR2... we would be living in a very different world right now.
I wish we can just get some solid info on this and not these vague explanations 🤦🏻♂️ I think we can already guess that the AI will upscale the resolution, but the current PS5 already boosts PS4 games with variable frame rates just fine, so we need to know if locked 30fps games will get some sort of boost. That's what the people want to know! 😬 Give us the numbers!
My god that OG camera angle made the game so much more difficult because you couldn't see too far ahead of you and enemies could spot you off-screen 🫠 Instant alarm!
@OthmaneAD Just because you don't like something doesn't make it rubbish or crap in general 🙄 Annapurna has been a generally great studio with great games. Facts.
I've been playing the Sniper Elite games since V2 came out and the series has consistently been an absolute blast! Always improving in some way, pushing the boundaries of AA gaming. Never too fussed with realism for the sake of just being really fun. The difficulty options and new mechanics in recent titles really changed the way I play and added some more challenge. Interested to see how they innovate in this new title.
This is less than 2 minutes of gameplay from a 40+ hour game. There's no way I'm gonna use this as a benchmark for the game's performance. Any game with performance issues still has moments of smooth gameplay.
Donald Trump's campaign rally turns into a boss fight, similar to what happens in the Bob Barbas fight in DmC, complete with floating head and everything.
I'm amazed that this type of leak still happens 🙄 Lock those holy files away in an Imperator Class titan and defend it against the impure and the heretics. For the Emperor!
That thing packs some serious firepower! I took down even a factory strider with that thing. They should add it to the strategem menu with a backpack to reload it. This game sorely needs a cool new weapon!
I've been playing since launch and I can say from personal experience that the game has grown a bit stale. Me and the boys have been running around doing mostly the same missions, fighting the same enemies for months for now. The core gameplay is still fun but the game needs more content for a live service. The major orders are getting really old and the last two warbonds didn't blow out hair back. Arrowhead would need to drop a massive expansion with a new enemy type and game mode (where the heck is horde mode??) if it wants to pull more people back in. They will need to plan something substantial if they want to compete with Starship Troopers Extermination when it launches. My squad of Roughnecks are definitely checking that out!
At the very least just update the ps4 version to run at 60fps on ps5!!! Like all the other FromSoftware games!! That's all we really need 😭 A slight resolution bump also wouldn't hurt..
Other issues with the industry are all the dumb mistakes developers and publishers are still making. Games releasing in extremely buggy states, marketing being misleading or over-hyped, closure of amazing studios, mismanagement from higher-ups, chasing live service, bloating your game with loot, not getting the gameplay right etc etc. These are all things that have been figured out and perfected before... Games also need to adjust with the times. Be a little bit more self-aware about what your game will be competing against.
I still remember the satisfyingly squishy sound they made in Quake 2 😌 Then Quake 3 came around and made them splatter all over the place 😅 Ah those were the days..
People so quickly forget that Ubisoft has actually released a few bangers recently (AC Mirage, PoP: The Lost Crown, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora) and that you can confidently preorder one of their games, knowing that it will be quality. Just ignore all the haters and politics.. you'll be a lot happier in life.
Also, why is no one talking about the fact that you can just buy a one month subscription to play the game?? You even get all the preorder stuff. That's how I've been playing their games and it's saving me a boatload of money. I'll play them now on the sub and then buy them later when they are heavily discounted. Seems like a win-win to me.
The backlash from the alleged "censoring" was just absurd. A low point for the gaming community. There are so many insanely sexy outfits in the game it is just mind-boggling.
It's the shift to making FF games $70 now and not matching that price with quality imo. FF16 had awful performance issues at launch and graphically only looked really good during large boss fights. I didn't buy FF7R and am not interested to because of how blurry it looks in performance mode (judging from the demo) and it's $70 for the continuation of a story without a conclusion yet, which is nonsense. Had these games launched at a lower price, without issues and crisp visuals it might have been a different story. People sometimes hold off on buying games until they get patched, which affects early sales numbers.
@InvaderJim I know what it seem like now, but a few years back all the heads of Xbox were left to do what they wanted and Phil Spencer was given a seemingly blank cheque to gobble up studios and grow the business. He has now screwed it up by making investments that haven't bore much fruit yet and by leaving some studios to mismanage themselves, making games that missed a console launch, took too long and were less than stellar. There's nothing that comes close to what the PS studios are pumping out. Also the PR from those three guys I mentioned have just been bad over the years. Phil especially talks in such circles sometimes with the most non-informative, fugazi talk I have ever heard. I agree the guys up the chain also need to go, but regardless, all the execs involved need to be replaced.
@twitchtvpat Their console will be pointless to own if they give away all their exclusives. Playstation isn't doing that, so the future PS console will have more games than an Xbox.
@Fiendish-Beaver It's not just to do with the ABK acquisition. There have been a few big fails before that - Halo Infinite not launching alongside the Series X (as was planned), Gamepass losing steam and actually not being a profitable business model, Phil Spencer saying great games won't shift console sales, Xbox just leaving studios to mismanage themselves and either release trash games or just sit on an IP for ages (Gears of War)... just to name a few. I'm not saying Sony is perfect but Xbox has really stumbled a lot more.
Xbox is not a confident brand anymore. It's just a clueless corporate entity where your job isn't safe and management is a joke. The fact that Microsoft has to step in and reorganize things just shows that they have no idea what they're doing anymore. Makes me angry, because I also have a Series X and wonder how useful that box is gonna be down the line.
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Re: Black Myth: Wukong Dev Declares 'Surpises' Still in Store for 2024
Feels too soon for any substantial DLC 🤔 Maybe a few in-game items or a single quest or something. One of the surprises could be a PS5 Pro patch perhaps? Maybe some sort of crossover? Anything could happen these days 😅
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows To Overhaul Series' Sedentary Stealth Mechanics
This all sounds very interesting. If they can channel more Splinter Cell mechanics it might just save the stealth completely.
Re: All The Game Awards 2024 Nominees Revealed, Astro Bot Up for 7 Awards
I'm all for DLC being included (ok.. maybe they should have their own category), given how substantial some additional content, like Shadow of the Erdtree and Phantom Liberty for example, have become. Those are like whole new games and better than a lot of full games in my opinion. A lot of work also goes into projects like those and I think they are worthy of recognition. Shadow of the Erdtree made me fall for Elden Ring all over again and it was glorious.
Re: Valve Celebrates 20 Years of Half-Life 2 with New Documentary
Any excuse to talk about HL2 is fine by me 😉 I'm still not over the fact that Sony didn't strike a deal to get Alyx on the PSVR2... we would be living in a very different world right now.
Re: Random: Boxing Champ Cosplays as Hitman's Agent 47 for Fury Presser
Bro is gonna have a hard time fitting into any disguises 😅
Re: Space Marine 2 Rallies 4.5 Million Players, Content Updates Inbound
FOR THHEE EMPORAAAAHH!!! 😬
Re: Alien: Isolation Sequel Announced, in Early Development
There is a God 🥹
Re: PS5 Pro Will Reportedly Boost PS4 Games, and Reduce PSVR2 Motion Sickness
@thefourfoldroot1 Yea I know 😕 I'm just a big dreamer
Re: PS5 Pro Will Reportedly Boost PS4 Games, and Reduce PSVR2 Motion Sickness
I wish we can just get some solid info on this and not these vague explanations 🤦🏻♂️ I think we can already guess that the AI will upscale the resolution, but the current PS5 already boosts PS4 games with variable frame rates just fine, so we need to know if locked 30fps games will get some sort of boost. That's what the people want to know! 😬 Give us the numbers!
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta's Difficulty Will Differ Depending on Your Choice of Camera
My god that OG camera angle made the game so much more difficult because you couldn't see too far ahead of you and enemies could spot you off-screen 🫠 Instant alarm!
Re: THQ Nordic Announces PS5 Port of PS4 Remaster of PS3 Action Game Darksiders 2
This is awesome 😄 I hope Darksiders 3 is next!
Re: Annapurna Interactive Exodus Sees Entire Staff Resign
@OthmaneAD Just because you don't like something doesn't make it rubbish or crap in general 🙄 Annapurna has been a generally great studio with great games. Facts.
Re: Just Like Black Myth: Wukong, PS5 Action RPG Enotria Is Delayed Indefinitely on Xbox
@SammyAJackSs0 HAAK
Re: Just Like Black Myth: Wukong, PS5 Action RPG Enotria Is Delayed Indefinitely on Xbox
It's that pesky Series S complicating things again 🤣🙈
Re: Yes, You Can Possess the Dog in Slitterhead on PS5, PS4
@riceNpea Reading 'we'd of' at the start drove me absolutely crazy 😬🤣
Re: Workers at Greedfall, Steelrising Dev Spiders Are Striking, Calling Out Nacon in Public Letter
The pre-production phase for Steel Rising 2 has started
Re: Sniper Elite: Resistance Delves into Occupied France on PS5, PS4 Next Year
I've been playing the Sniper Elite games since V2 came out and the series has consistently been an absolute blast! Always improving in some way, pushing the boundaries of AA gaming. Never too fussed with realism for the sake of just being really fun. The difficulty options and new mechanics in recent titles really changed the way I play and added some more challenge. Interested to see how they innovate in this new title.
Re: Embracer CEO Says PC, Console Segment the 'Bad Guy', Video Games a 'Volatile' Business
Why do investers still listen to this moron? Time for the board to vote him out.
Re: Judge for Yourself with Official PS5 Black Myth: Wukong Gameplay
This is less than 2 minutes of gameplay from a 40+ hour game. There's no way I'm gonna use this as a benchmark for the game's performance. Any game with performance issues still has moments of smooth gameplay.
Re: PSA: Buying The Exit 8 on PS5? Don't Get Ripped Off by The Exit 9
Came to the comments hoping to find some info on how the game is 😅😅
Re: Random: Alan Wake 2 Fan Detects Audible Scratch Foreshadowing, to the Relief of Dev Responsible
Just when I thought the game couldn't get any more weird 🥲 This is extremely unsettling. Will have to remember to do this for my next playthrough 😅
Re: Random: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Potentially Linked to Shadowy Federal Bureau of Control
Some ideas for Control 2:
Re: Blasphemous Dev Posts Ominous Teaser for Incoming Announcement
For vague are the paths of the Miracle..
Re: Random: Streamer One-Shots Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree's Final, Hardest Boss
I dunno.. I think I prefer my two-day struggle to this 🥲 What's an Elden Ring boss without a bit of PTSD anyways? 😅
Re: Next Ryu Ga Gotoko Game to Be Revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2024
I would lose my f***ing mind if another Judgment game gets announced 😵💫 Absolutely love those games!
Re: Development Teams 'Saddened' by Demoralising Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Leak
Heresy!!! 😬 I will remain pure and uncorrupted to purge the Tyranid hordes this September!
Re: Heresy as Full Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Dev Build Leaks Months Ahead of Launch
I'm amazed that this type of leak still happens 🙄 Lock those holy files away in an Imperator Class titan and defend it against the impure and the heretics. For the Emperor!
Re: Relief as Helldivers 2 Players Unearth Anti-Tank Stratagem That Isn't Mines
That thing packs some serious firepower! I took down even a factory strider with that thing. They should add it to the strategem menu with a backpack to reload it. This game sorely needs a cool new weapon!
Re: Random: PS5 Dev Kit Thinly Disguised as 'Pizza Kit' Sells on eBay for $6,500
Good lord remember when we all thought that's what the PS5 was gonna look like? 🙈
Re: The Obligatory Helldivers 2 Isn't As Popular As It Was Headlines Have Started to Emerge
I've been playing since launch and I can say from personal experience that the game has grown a bit stale. Me and the boys have been running around doing mostly the same missions, fighting the same enemies for months for now. The core gameplay is still fun but the game needs more content for a live service. The major orders are getting really old and the last two warbonds didn't blow out hair back. Arrowhead would need to drop a massive expansion with a new enemy type and game mode (where the heck is horde mode??) if it wants to pull more people back in. They will need to plan something substantial if they want to compete with Starship Troopers Extermination when it launches. My squad of Roughnecks are definitely checking that out!
Re: FromSoftware Boss Twists the Bloodborne Knife, Says It's 'A Special Game for Me'
At the very least just update the ps4 version to run at 60fps on ps5!!! Like all the other FromSoftware games!! That's all we really need 😭 A slight resolution bump also wouldn't hurt..
Re: Ex-Sony Boss Shawn Layden Explains How to Make Games Faster, Cheaper
Other issues with the industry are all the dumb mistakes developers and publishers are still making. Games releasing in extremely buggy states, marketing being misleading or over-hyped, closure of amazing studios, mismanagement from higher-ups, chasing live service, bloating your game with loot, not getting the gameplay right etc etc. These are all things that have been figured out and perfected before...
Games also need to adjust with the times. Be a little bit more self-aware about what your game will be competing against.
Re: Helldivers 2 Players Save Sick Kids, Developer Arrowhead Donates to Save the Children
The fate of all humanity's children are in your hands! 🫵
Re: Helldivers 2 Major Order Directs Players to Destroy Supercolony-Infested Planet of Meridia
"a well-understood alien superweapon" 😂 yea ok Superearth... good luck with that. The Illuminates will not be happy and they will come.
Re: Random: DOOM Co-Creator John Romero Reveals Hellish Way 'Gib' is Properly Pronounced
I still remember the satisfyingly squishy sound they made in Quake 2 😌 Then Quake 3 came around and made them splatter all over the place 😅 Ah those were the days..
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre-Orders Already 'Looking Very Strong'
@Rols Maybe they should hire me lol 😂
Re: Random: Stellar Blade Has Reached Peak Marketing with a Limited Edition Burger
This is so rediculous 🤣🤣 I want one
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre-Orders Already 'Looking Very Strong'
@Zenos Should you choose to do so
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre-Orders Already 'Looking Very Strong'
People so quickly forget that Ubisoft has actually released a few bangers recently (AC Mirage, PoP: The Lost Crown, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora) and that you can confidently preorder one of their games, knowing that it will be quality. Just ignore all the haters and politics.. you'll be a lot happier in life.
Also, why is no one talking about the fact that you can just buy a one month subscription to play the game?? You even get all the preorder stuff. That's how I've been playing their games and it's saving me a boatload of money. I'll play them now on the sub and then buy them later when they are heavily discounted. Seems like a win-win to me.
Re: Ubisoft Cancels Free-to-Play Shooter The Division Heartland
Atleast we're still getting Resurgance, right?...... right? 🥲
Re: Here's Your First Official Look at HBO's The Last of Us Season 2
Wtf is up with Pedro's hair? 😂 That is not Joel hair. And yea Bella still looks like a child. RIP cute adult Ellie 😔
Re: Shift Up Director Puts Stellar Blade, Sony Costume Conspiracy to Bed
The backlash from the alleged "censoring" was just absurd. A low point for the gaming community. There are so many insanely sexy outfits in the game it is just mind-boggling.
Re: Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Fail to Meet Expectations on PS5
It's the shift to making FF games $70 now and not matching that price with quality imo. FF16 had awful performance issues at launch and graphically only looked really good during large boss fights. I didn't buy FF7R and am not interested to because of how blurry it looks in performance mode (judging from the demo) and it's $70 for the continuation of a story without a conclusion yet, which is nonsense. Had these games launched at a lower price, without issues and crisp visuals it might have been a different story. People sometimes hold off on buying games until they get patched, which affects early sales numbers.
Re: Fans Positively Review Bomb Hi-Fi Rush in Wake of Xbox’s Closure of Tango Gameworks
@InvaderJim I know what it seem like now, but a few years back all the heads of Xbox were left to do what they wanted and Phil Spencer was given a seemingly blank cheque to gobble up studios and grow the business. He has now screwed it up by making investments that haven't bore much fruit yet and by leaving some studios to mismanage themselves, making games that missed a console launch, took too long and were less than stellar. There's nothing that comes close to what the PS studios are pumping out. Also the PR from those three guys I mentioned have just been bad over the years. Phil especially talks in such circles sometimes with the most non-informative, fugazi talk I have ever heard. I agree the guys up the chain also need to go, but regardless, all the execs involved need to be replaced.
Re: Fans Positively Review Bomb Hi-Fi Rush in Wake of Xbox’s Closure of Tango Gameworks
@playstation1995 Matt Booty, Phil Spencer and Aaron Greenberg all need to go
Re: Fans Positively Review Bomb Hi-Fi Rush in Wake of Xbox’s Closure of Tango Gameworks
If only all of this support came in BEFORE the studio was closed. The game even had a weak launch on PS5.
Re: Founders, Long-Time Employees Reportedly Say Xbox Now Effectively Microsoft Gaming
@twitchtvpat Their console will be pointless to own if they give away all their exclusives. Playstation isn't doing that, so the future PS console will have more games than an Xbox.
Re: Founders, Long-Time Employees Reportedly Say Xbox Now Effectively Microsoft Gaming
@Fiendish-Beaver It's not just to do with the ABK acquisition. There have been a few big fails before that - Halo Infinite not launching alongside the Series X (as was planned), Gamepass losing steam and actually not being a profitable business model, Phil Spencer saying great games won't shift console sales, Xbox just leaving studios to mismanage themselves and either release trash games or just sit on an IP for ages (Gears of War)... just to name a few. I'm not saying Sony is perfect but Xbox has really stumbled a lot more.
Re: Founders, Long-Time Employees Reportedly Say Xbox Now Effectively Microsoft Gaming
Xbox is not a confident brand anymore. It's just a clueless corporate entity where your job isn't safe and management is a joke. The fact that Microsoft has to step in and reorganize things just shows that they have no idea what they're doing anymore.
Makes me angry, because I also have a Series X and wonder how useful that box is gonna be down the line.
Re: Vengeful Fallout 76 Players Keep Nuking Xbox Boss Phil Spencer's Camp
Hell yea! Hit'em where it hurts 🤣