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Metalhead

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I truly hope so because I hate seeing what Sony has become under their Western leadership when they're sitting on so many great games and IPs that created their legacy.

If you were to dig through all of what they could have done, it makes the current slate for the PS5 outright depressing to look at when we could have seen a revival of Twisted Metal, SOCOM, Killzone, Resistance, LittleBigPlanet, Infamous, Warhawk, Jak and Daxter, some Team Ico project, so on and so on.

Even taking some faulty execution titles like Lair or Haze and reviving the premises would be more welcome than whatever rudderless plan they've been chasing after throwing away however many millions + countless hours with failed GAAS projects nobody wanted.

Also, I'm pretty sure Hulst was the one who was pushing for all of the Horizon crap because he worked at Guerilla, so maybe the new leadership will put a stop to trying to force it happen after one game.
For what it's worth they tried to reboot Twisted Metal a few years back. I thought it was an ok game but it certainly wasn't great. It didn't have the full cast and the single player campaign was pretty bad.
 
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Sinistkir13

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For what it's worth they tried to reboot Twisted Metal a few years back. I thought it was an ok game but it certainly wasn't great. It didn't have the full cast and the single player campaign was pretty bad.
They also had that Twisted Metal live service game in the works, but they would rather cancel the whole thing than merely retool it into a normal single player/multiplayer game - just like Factions 2.
 

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Watching Asmongold play AI Limit, it looks really good to me. Lots of variability on the timing of enemy attacks. I hope it turns out to a good game.
 

Zindan

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Watching Asmongold play AI Limit, it looks really good to me. Lots of variability on the timing of enemy attacks. I hope it turns out to a good game.
His comment about fighting the Dev's rather than fighting the Boss made perfect sense to me, as I also really dislike delayed attack animations which are very similar to normal attacks. Having too many of those within a fight makes it tedious. This new demo for AI Limit added a Boss Challenge (one boss), but with maxed out gearing options, so that was nice.

The older I get, the less fun boss encounters that have 10+ different attacks and 2+ phases become. I still enjoy exploring those worlds and fighting trash / elites though, so I usually end up buying stuff like AI Limit / Lies of P / Khazan.
 
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Zindan

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I truly hope so because I hate seeing what Sony has become under their Western leadership when they're sitting on so many great games and IPs that created their legacy.

If you were to dig through all of what they could have done, it makes the current slate for the PS5 outright depressing to look at when we could have seen a revival of Twisted Metal, SOCOM, Killzone, Resistance, LittleBigPlanet, Infamous, Warhawk, Jak and Daxter, some Team Ico project, so on and so on.

Even taking some faulty execution titles like Lair or Haze and reviving the premises would be more welcome than whatever rudderless plan they've been chasing after throwing away however many millions + countless hours with failed GAAS projects nobody wanted.

Also, I'm pretty sure Hulst was the one who was pushing for all of the Horizon crap because he worked at Guerilla, so maybe the new leadership will put a stop to trying to force it happen after one game.
A remake of Infamous would be full of woke shit, 100% guaranteed.
 
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Siliconemelons

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Make Game Sexy and Masculine Again - any rag that writes some stupid article or your asked a dumb question in a panel - just literally ignore and "next question" - do not dignify them with any response.

Stellar Blade going "oh look, see this is our model we used, a real woman!" was more reply than they should have gotten... heck I would have patched in a character "style" editor so people can make her whatever "size" they want just to tick people off.

How can a corporation survive now days?! stop being stupid and liberal - make games sexy and masculine again!
 
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Daidraco

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His comment about fighting the Dev's rather than fighting the Boss made perfect sense to me, as I also really dislike delayed attack animations which are very similar to normal attacks. Having too many of those within a fight makes it tedious. This new demo for AI Limit added a Boss Challenge (one boss), but with maxed out gearing options, so that was nice.

The older I get, the less fun boss encounters that have 10+ different attacks and 2+ phases become. I still enjoy exploring those worlds and fighting trash / elites though, so I usually end up buying stuff like AI Limit / Lies of P / Khazan.
I have to agree. Bosses with different phases is something Ive definitely gotten tired of as Ive gotten older. "Fuck yes! Ive died so many fucking times to this boss and I'm finally going to beat him!" *transforms into some muppet that has a whole new set of moves and I instantly die* "Great. Now I have to learn this new phase, and all the shit that Ive learned up to that point is just a formality of wasting my time now."

Im not looking for shit to be easier. Some stuff is just massively fucking annoying.
 
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Zindan

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Make Game Sexy and Masculine Again - any rag that writes some stupid article or your asked a dumb question in a panel - just literally ignore and "next question" - do not dignify them with any response.

Stellar Blade going "oh look, see this is our model we used, a real woman!" was more reply than they should have gotten... heck I would have patched in a character "style" editor so people can make her whatever "size" they want just to tick people off.

How can a corporation survive now days?! stop being stupid and liberal - make games sexy and masculine again!
They kinda did, haha. The MC, Eve, has several body types based on the outfit she wears. Some being slimer and less chesty, while others are thicker and more chesty. Of course, all are in the ideal range of that body type.
 

Siliconemelons

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They kinda did, haha. The MC, Eve, has several body types based on the outfit she wears. Some being slimer and less chesty, while others are thicker and more chesty. Of course, all are in the ideal range of that body type.

Lol, didn't know the outfit changed her actual proportions - hope some blue hair "gamer journalist" lost it because of that.

I may have to buy SB once I get something that can play it- just for the support of the game... It does not really seem like a genera I like, I am an old man that wants old turn based RPGs - so the Lunar Silver Star Story + Eternal Blue remake is in my sights for this year lol.

Still pondering getting a Steam Deck or variant - as I do not have the effort, room or time to play a gaming PC. A Steam Deck can be "plugged up" to a KB+Mouse-Monitor right? so it could be my gaming pc?

Note: I will be just as mad at Lunar if they remove the hot springs stuff, the first game it falls well within classic anime tropes - and in eternal blue, it is legit part of character development.
 

Penance

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The older I get, the less fun boss encounters that have 10+ different attacks and 2+ phases become.
I haven't felt this way yet. However the older I get the more I realize that these boss fights are usually just rythym games crossed with memory games. I sort of dig exploring those subtle concepts in the game within the game per se.

I first noticed it with lies of p, which imo was harder then the fromsoft titles.
 
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Lol, didn't know the outfit changed her actual proportions - hope some blue hair "gamer journalist" lost it because of that.

I may have to buy SB once I get something that can play it- just for the support of the game... It does not really seem like a genera I like, I am an old man that wants old turn based RPGs - so the Lunar Silver Star Story + Eternal Blue remake is in my sights for this year lol.

Still pondering getting a Steam Deck or variant - as I do not have the effort, room or time to play a gaming PC. A Steam Deck can be "plugged up" to a KB+Mouse-Monitor right? so it could be my gaming pc?

Note: I will be just as mad at Lunar if they remove the hot springs stuff, the first game it falls well within classic anime tropes - and in eternal blue, it is legit part of character development.
Yes you can hook steam deck up to a monitor with peripherals. The graphics will be scaled down a lot obviously. It’s a weak pc but it works just like one for gaming. I use it a lot more than I thought I would, it’s a solid purchase.
 
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Siliconemelons

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Switch 2 will most likely get my money before I manage to get a Steam Deck. Maybe when the deck 2 comes out ill buy a used og.

I have not played a modern PC game in…honestly…nearly a decade unless pantheon counts.

So any new game on low gpx will most likely look insane to me ;)
 

Daidraco

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Switch 2 will most likely get my money before I manage to get a Steam Deck. Maybe when the deck 2 comes out ill buy a used og.

I have not played a modern PC game in…honestly…nearly a decade unless pantheon counts.

So any new game on low gpx will most likely look insane to me ;)
If its any consolation - I threw thousands and thousands of dollars at a computer last year and.. graphics are just "whatever" to me now. From what I understand, thats a pretty common sentiment.
 
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Switch 2 will most likely get my money before I manage to get a Steam Deck. Maybe when the deck 2 comes out ill buy a used og.

I have not played a modern PC game in…honestly…nearly a decade unless pantheon counts.

So any new game on low gpx will most likely look insane to me ;)
Steam deck games look much better than switch games fwiw, and have much less frame dips. I just meant scaled down compared to a nice PC. They’re still very serviceable graphics.
 
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Siliconemelons

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Yeah… Growing up with all the big leaps in generational visuals… now its all just varying degrees of 99 percentile… there is the big jump to “real” and that is not happening yet, we are just like 95…96!!…98!….ohh yeah so.

I enjoy reading the technicalities of all this stuff… but ehh
 
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Siliconemelons

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Steam deck games look much better than switch games fwiw, and have much less frame dips. I just meant scaled down compared to a nice PC. They’re still very serviceable graphics.

Oh they are completely different - switch just is for the whole fam and all the Zelda Mario stuff.. steam is for me to play weeb pc master race games 2-6 hours a month
 

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I have not played a modern PC game in…honestly…nearly a decade unless pantheon counts.
It does not.

Trash Can Falling GIF by America's Funniest Home Videos
 
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Halo is dead anyway, but how can the marketing director for probably the biggest failure in gaming history even work in the industry?
 
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