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Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Is Selling an In-Game Sledgehammer for £25

KALofKRYPTON

@Flaming_Kaiser
For a non-essential cosmetic upgrade, tier skips and some loot boxes? Again, so what? Don't buy them.

The 'outrage' generated here stems from the notion (as pushed by sensationalist headlines) that there's a new game changing weapon in BO4 and it costs £25. There are plenty of FTP games with cosmetics and loot boxes that can run to that.

Don't buy it. You lose nothing, not even competitive advantage.

Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Is Selling an In-Game Sledgehammer for £25

KALofKRYPTON

So with the fact that "..it has the same range and damage output as the standard knife..." - something I can't say I've noticed being pointed out elsewhere reporting on this.

It's a bundle for standard loot box type stuff and some cosmetics?

So what?

I mean, having such a large scale post-sale micro transaction model is one thing, but it's literally just a skin for the knife that being reported as a 'new weapon' that you can only get via the bundle.

Sensationalism at work.

Well done @LiamCroft for pointing that out prominently in the article - but the headline here, as elsewhere, is pretty misleading.

Re: PlayStation Could Have Fresh Competition in Stadia, Google's New Game Streaming Platform

KALofKRYPTON

@playstation1995 DF confirmed that the hardware is already beyond what the next gen consoles will have on board.

@Gumbopudding I think you're underestimating Google's infrastructure.

Also, net neutrality is pretty much a non issue. Without access to Google's framework (which essentially props up most of the Internet, online applications and pretty much every decent consumer location based service in the world), most ISPs would be out of business. They could try and pull it, but it wouldn't take much for Google to decide to charge them for every bit of backend code that they rely on, or worse - pull it from public domain and bring their businesses to their knees.

Re: PlayStation Could Have Fresh Competition in Stadia, Google's New Game Streaming Platform

KALofKRYPTON

I'd suggest anyone interested watch the Digital Foundry video.

This really is very promising if it comes off; hardware already ahead of next gen consoles, the whole thing sits on top of YouTube and the controller conects to the server via WiFi, not the device doing the streaming.

It's ridiculously clever, but will probably need a 200mbs connection to be really good. Depending on pricing, it could be worth the hardware/software cost tradeoff.

Re: No Man's Sky Beyond Is the Next Big Update Coming to the Space Exploration Title

KALofKRYPTON

@nessisonett
No, it was fine - it was as I'd expected it to be.

There was an amount of deserved flak shot Murray's way (meeting another player) - but every time that was talked up (not by Murray) he downplayed it and tried to insinuate it was very improbable.

Other than that - people just seemed unduly butt-hurt because the game didn't make you a cup of tea when you woke up in the morning.

Re: One Piece: World Seeker - A Lifeless, Clearly Unfinished Game That Shouldn't Have Been Released

KALofKRYPTON

@Jaz007 This is a great example of an objective review, actually. there's no particular display of love or loathing for the source material and good design elements are called out when present in an otherwise poorly delivered game.

EDF games are generally reviewed subjectively by people who enjoy them. They are also reviewed objectively as the budget (low cost, 'low quality') titles that they used to be.

Re: Dead or Alive 6 - A Soft Sequel That Somehow Feels Rushed

KALofKRYPTON

@Kindaichi
I said "Do many male attracted gamers get hot by the sight of cg abs and muscles in a fighting game?". So men and women attracted to men...

But I get what you're saying, and there's no doubt that there will be people out there who do fetishise cg men in some way. But they are made simply to look powerful, not titillating - there's no 'bouncy junk' or mankini option.