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Re: Soapbox: Hold On, Is the PS3 a Retro Console?

Balosi

@Blacksmith1985 load times is one feature that has passed right over me to be honest. Maybe I'm just accustomed to them, but I don't really get any joy out of the ps5 loading a bit faster.
The occasional game was ridiculous, GTA online springs to mind, but waiting a few extra seconds means nothing to me.
Maybe I still compare everything to my starting gaming device, the spectrum lol.

Re: Soapbox: Hold On, Is the PS3 a Retro Console?

Balosi

The console itself can still blend into a modern living room, so the style definitely isn't retro.
The games, I don't know, not much has changed really apart from better graphics, there hasn't been a huge shift/evolution in gameplay types.

Re: PSVR2 Sales Off to a 'Slow Start', New Report Claims

Balosi

@theMEGAniggle it's not really fair to call vr niche, but yes it's definitely not mainstream, it's somewhere in between.
It's got the potential to do well, with the right games, beat saber alone is proof of that.
I think meta/Facebook has blurred things somewhat, with their bizarre all in approach to vr, it's a slowly growing audience, not the immediate future.
Nfts haven't helped vr either, an unfortunate diversion.

Re: Persona Producer Raises Eyebrows with Comments on AI Art

Balosi

Crazy how far AI could go. I mean one day we might just be able to say 'make an RPG for me like final fantasy' and it might just do it.
Ais about to make some severe shockwaves I'm sure.
And video/voice AI of course, in a few years we could potentially not be sure if videos/audio are even real. Going to be crazy for people, innocent people having to prove AI voice/photo isn't real, and guilty people claiming the evidence is AI.

Re: Final Fantasy 16 Will Look Stunning at 60fps on PS5

Balosi

@KaijuKaiser I've always been open minded about final fantasy games, ran out and bought immediately regardless of the press and rumours, and enjoyed them.
This one feels different though, maybe it's just the tone of the interviews, I hope I'm wrong, but it does feel like it's being made by people who see the things I like about final fantasy as things to get rid of.

Re: Final Fantasy 16 Will Look Stunning at 60fps on PS5

Balosi

@NEStalgia I'm not overly hyped for this game, but square enix have put out a ton of decent RPGs over the last couple of years, even daring to go a bit a 'out there' like the underrated (imo) dungeon encounters.
This game isn't for me, and judging by the interviews the creators seem to be quite proud that it isn't, but square have released a lot of games that are so I can't get too annoyed at them.

Re: Ubisoft Helps Out Its Writers by Implementing AI Tech to Do Their Job for Them

Balosi

@themcnoisy the current ai uses the internet data from human artists to produce its works, (well as far as my limited knowledge sees it anyway).
I assume, based on that, artists will still be able to be able to produce work that it is unable to. Though whether people will bother when AI will just take it and add it to the algorithm is questionable.
If no humans are producing art then ai is just going to have to rely on the same source material forever.

Re: Talking Point: Is 2024 Too Soon for PS5 Pro?

Balosi

I bought a PS4 pro and to be honest, never really felt the difference. I never compared them directly so maybe there was something. When I played on a friend's PS4 I didn't notice anything that made me wish I was on the pro.
But still, if a ps5 pro follows the same path as the PS4 pro, it won't affect the base model negatively in any way, more something to keep the frame rate watchers happy.

Re: The Legend of Dragoon (PS1) - A Flawed But Charismatic Classic

Balosi

@KaijuKaiser that's subjective I guess. I've personally got no issue with characters standing around waiting their turn, I enjoy it even, I don't really get anything out of the free for all's of action RPGs.

Edit: especially party based RPGs. What do I care what two NPC characters I have no control over mostly out of sight win or not?