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Re: Would You Kindly Read This Rumour About BioShock Isolation?

PanFriedSoup

"...and people who worked on Watch Dogs: Legion, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Mafia 3, Deus Ex: MD"

Gonna be frank, these are the weakest entries of their respective franchises (well, not Deus Ex, but between MD and Human Revolution, it's the weaker one). Hopefully it's good, but I wouldn't have led with these games.

Re: Poll: Did You Buy Call of Duty: Vanguard?

PanFriedSoup

Console launch COD player here, meaning I've only played the original Modern Warfare, Advance Warfare (since it came out at the same time I bought my PS4), and Black Ops: Cold War. I enjoyed all three, but I never felt compelled to play any other games in the franchise

Re: Poll: Did You Buy Deathloop?

PanFriedSoup

I typically Day 1 releases for games like this, but I feel like I can wait after the volley of Deathloop marketing that has been directed at consumers, so maybe when it goes on sale...

Re: TT Games Founder Reckons Insomniac Games Misled Fans with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

PanFriedSoup

@Spiders Yeah, new tech is always like this though and it doesn't help that substantial progress between consoles seemed to end with the ps2-->ps3 transition. I don't think PS4 fully hit stride until Arkham Knight came out, so we will probably have to wait until 2023 until we receive something on the PS5 that truly feels next-gen. With that being said, I have immensely enjoyed Returnal, R&C, & all my optimized games running on PS5, so I look forward to what the PS5 can pull off in the future when every aspect of the console is optimized.

Re: Rumour: GTA 5 Expanded & Enhanced Will Run at 4K, 60 Frames-Per-Second on PS5

PanFriedSoup

Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy with a patch for this game and call it a day. I feel Rockstar should focus their energy on a new title rather than "remaster" a remaster. I get that shareholders want to milk that GTAO cash cow as much as possible and fully expect Rockstar titles to take years to produce just based on all the detail they pour into their releases, but I don't feel like the studio deserves the level of respect they get with how anti-consumer friendly their developments are.

Re: Soapbox: Why I'm Less Excited for Deathloop on PS5 Than I Should Be

PanFriedSoup

I totally agree with Sammy. Not a pot-shot towards Microsoft, Arkane, or Bethesda, but some of us choose to only play one of the two new consoles. Quite frankly, knowing that a franchise will start on one console with timed exclusivity, but ultimately will be locked into another console's ecosystem as the franchise potentially grows is a bit inconvenient. Maybe if I didn't have a gaming PC, I'd also get a Series X, and with that said, I will luckily have means to play any sequels; but I can see why this doesn't sit well with some people.

Re: Bethesda Apologises to PS5, PS4 Fans 'P*ssed' at Exclusivity

PanFriedSoup

Honestly, let Xbox owners have it. We have some true bangers that are only in the PS ecosystem and while it's unfortunate it won't be multi-plat on console, I think it's good that those players will have something to be proud of on their system... in 1.5 years. I'll just get back to platinuming* Rift Apart now.

Re: Insomniac Devs Say Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Was Made without Crunch

PanFriedSoup

@Constable_What This is an incredibly important thing to point out in crunch arguments. If you're an hourly employee and you're not being appropriately compensated with OT, that isn't just unethical, it's also illegal. If you are salary and exempt from OT, yeah it sucks to be in crunch mode, but most likely the original employment contract states that longer hours are either a possibility or probability.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think crunch is right, but the crunch situation isn't as binary as most people think. And as a person that has had to deal with crunch, it happens in far more industries than imaginable.

Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Crash Rates Charted in Official CDPR Graph

PanFriedSoup

I love that the graph only measures months, so we don't have any metrics to compare the progress against. With that being said, I mostly enjoyed my time with CP2077, but knowing that the PS5 is incoming at some point, I just kinda stopped playing and really don't have any desire to go back until I can get my free upgrade.