@Werehog I missed mentioning this before (with apologies) but that first shot from your last reply, the starscape over the mountain...? Utterly beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you (I miss things too, quite often) I love when games have a nice big bright skybox full of stars and I've probably said it already but in games like Everybody's Gone to The Rapture and Kingdom Come Deliverance I do end up using real-world astronomy familiarity (a big passion) to find my way across the game world. This one for Crimson Desert isn't based on our real star-map but that does look like a simulated Milky Way. I'm looking forward to see what you've been cooking up.
Just one more, this was from a Winter biome I found today while on my long walk.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@GirlVersusGame Thank you! That first shot is easily my favourite as well. It says a lot about the game that I needed to do barely anything to have it all line up like that and have it look gorgeous. If I've learned one thing in playing through this series so far, the environmental design is always on point! Stunning vistas everywhere you go. Now I'm wondering what you thought Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was all this time! Was it an entirely different genre of game?!
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@Werehog I feel like if there's nothing else you can count on for Nintendo-published fare, you can always count on the fact that it's going to look vibrant, colourful and absolutely beautiful. They have the "art direction over realism" down to a pat. It's why their games almost always feel timeless. Really no different here! It's almost a decade old at this point, and I'd have believed anyone sharing those shots had they said it came out earlier this year.
@Tjuz Now I'm wondering what you thought Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was all this time! Was it an entirely different genre of game?!
So actually I looked through a lot of games, got a little lost because it's chaos in there. I need to really sort through those boxes but it takes so long and then I end up snapping cases open and reading manuals/studying the covers and realize nothing has really been done. The game was called White Knight Chronicles for PS3. I put it aside to remember the name and already lost it again. It had a knight on the box. I think after Spooky season (I've been building a list of games to play for it) I might try another Final Fantasy, there's one called Final Fantasy Seven Remake and it's for PS5. I asked about another and someone rambled on about it being too gay, so I ignored their recommendation (a different game) and decided perhaps that one will be good. Basically I want to try something bright and bubbly too and Spooky season's won't be, so there needs to be that balance.
Thank you! That first shot is easily my favourite as well. It says a lot about the game that I needed to do barely anything to have it all line up like that and have it look gorgeous. If I've learned one thing in playing through this series so far, the environmental design is always on point! Stunning vistas everywhere you go.
It's good to be around visuals like that, I think subconsciously it brightens things up because it captures all of that colour and energy. That's what I felt when I looked at each one, an infusion of bright bubbly energy that entered through my eyes and brought with it that that whoosh of something. I felt something similar when I played Infinity Nikki, I do think about that game every now and then but the world was a little too perfect and I can't live in a game. Being on the PSN showed me that some people really do, if it were an offline game with set content/no Gacha elements then yes I'd absolutely play through it from start to finish. Things like daily/weekly activities locked me into a schedule and I don't have one offline so when a game does that it takes a little much control, the same for seasonal events and things. It's better for me to keep that safe distance, even if it is ever so inviting.
Are you doing Spooky season games too? So far on my list is Dredge, possibly Bramble, possibly my first Doom game, and another I'm pondering rather heavily. I'm not fully sure yet.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@GirlVersusGame Ohh... I can't say I've ever heard of White Knight Chronicles, but I do see the similarities. With how drab and devoid of colour it is, no wonder that the colourful shots made you realise you'd been thinking of something else the entire time! Ah, PlayStation 3-era visuals, never change. I'm sure it has its merits, though, being made by Level-5 and all. Doesn't seem like it was received all too well, but how bad can it be coming from them?
Going for a game that some would criticise as "too gay" sounds like the perfect counterpart to an otherwise spooky season. Get some camp in there! Though admittedly, I'm not sure what about Final Fantasy is allegedly so gay. That sounds like the type of criticism these people would level at anything Japanese that even remotely resembled anime tropes or visuals. Glad you know better to ignore them! In terms of your Infinity Nikki experience, I do have to say that if you enjoy the idea of gacha elements in the sense of the collecting... Xenoblade Chronicles 2 actually has exactly that in a single-player, offline, no pay-to-win environment. There's "Blades", which are essentially living weapons mechnically who are also characters, who you unlock by opening Cores much like I imagine a gacha game would have. You're guaranteed to get a Blade out of every core, but there's a distinction between Common and Rare ones. The Rare ones are the unique characters that have actual personality and storylines associated with them. So, if you like the gacha aspect but less so the heavy monetisation and insistince on daily logins, it might actually be a game to look at. Especially since it features such open, exploration-friendly environment that I know you love.
I can't say I'm doing a spooky season. If I end up playing a horror game in the next month, it'll be totally by coincidence. I did do some Octobers previously where I'd focus on watching horror films/TV, but I haven't really done it with games. Probably because they're just a bigger time commitment! I hope you enjoy yours. From what I've seen in other comments, it seems like you have your work cut out of you picking and choosing what you can fit in your line-up that also fits you!
Some (spoiler-free) shots from the opening hours of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. This little franchise that could will never fail to impress me with the visual fidelity they're able to achieve! Great stuff so far.
@Tjuz Oh these are gorgeous I've never seen one of those games before, they've mixed Italian Renaissance with Venetian Facades and it works. It reminds me of the palazzi found around canals in Venice, the bell tower too and a dome instead of a spire, you also captured some beautiful Mediterranean cypress trees. It's surely Venice? unless they created their own city/world, I like the birds too and the framing.
The second is glorious just because of the fox, I'd go straight there and watch the whole show.
I'm not sure what that man in the last picture did but I like how well you captured both her determination (in those eyes) and the light bouncing off of that sword, it looks like a kopis a kind of Greek curved sword. I like that fish-trap in the background too, it's subtle and I don't know if it was intended but he's trapped too.
Ohh... I can't say I've ever heard of White Knight Chronicles, but I do see the similarities. With how drab and devoid of colour it is, no wonder that the colourful shots made you realise you'd been thinking of something else the entire time! Ah, PlayStation 3-era visuals, never change.
It's another one of those PS3 games that must have come through when I did some bulk orders, I found I had a Final Fantasy for PS3 called I think Thirteen, I'm not sure when I got that one either.
Going for a game that some would criticise as "too gay" sounds like the perfect counterpart to an otherwise spooky season. Get some camp in there! Though admittedly, I'm not sure what about Final Fantasy is allegedly so gay. That sounds like the type of criticism these people would level at anything Japanese that even remotely resembled anime tropes or visuals. Glad you know better to ignore them!
It was recently on an article for a new one, I said I'd only played one of the games and was curious of that one because it had a huge open-world, so much colour and looked inviting. They said not to play it that it was a fanfiction for (I forget the name) I looked on the internet and it was a genre for boys in love with other boys so naturally I took a long look, it didn't bother me. It bothered me that they said what they did and used it as a reason to not play a game that hasn't even been released yet. They too are Russian so it's hard to know if their opinion came from the same place as mine did or not, gender/etc back home is too complicated. I called a couple of people recently on LGBT comments, it worked because one of them said sorry and deleted what they said. I do believe in freedom of speech but not in masking ignorance as freedom of speech. It bothered me so I said something, I think someone had to.
In terms of your Infinity Nikki experience, I do have to say that if you enjoy the idea of gacha elements in the sense of the collecting... Xenoblade Chronicles 2 actually has exactly that in a single-player, offline, no pay-to-win environment. (condensed to save space) So, if you like the gacha aspect but less so the heavy monetisation and insistince on daily logins, it might actually be a game to look at. Especially since it features such open, exploration-friendly environment that I know you love.
I went to bed before writing this next part so the flow might be wrong. I saw on the Nintendo store the game is there and put on the rainy day collection, games built up so much when I tried Vampyre Survivors, now I know I like rogue/likes and or lites too and there are so many. I do think another Final Fantasy game is likely, I'm just not sure which or when, the same for Japanese games in general. There are so many and they all seem to do different things.
I can't say I'm doing a spooky season. If I end up playing a horror game in the next month, it'll be totally by coincidence. I did do some Octobers previously where I'd focus on watching horror films/TV, but I haven't really done it with games. Probably because they're just a bigger time commitment! I hope you enjoy yours. From what I've seen in other comments, it seems like you have your work cut out of you picking and choosing what you can fit in your line-up that also fits you!
I think like I said to TheSolution I'll be also playing Alan Wake, I'm definitely nervous about the scares/etc but I'm going to make sure someone is right there with me and probably fifty or so stuffed animals, maybe even build a fort, I don't want to take any chances. I checked the internet and the game has no photo-mode so I might have to try to make my own, it's worked for some games. That itself could be an additional little project, I'm looking forward to Still Wakes The Deep too. Mostly to see how strong the Scottish accents are. I checked those Doom games too and there's one called Eternal with a mode called 'too young die to die', my favorite Panic at The Disco song is 'far too young to die' from their Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die album so I'll probably try that mode if I try the game. I saw also The Thaumaturge, that's a maybe. It looks a little like Vampyr and that game was fantastic.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@Tjuz Oooo, I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for your thoughts! Beautiful shots, as always. I was so engrossed that I didn’t play around with photo mode much myself but I’m planning another run for the platinum and hope to take many more shots. Here’s a couple, just to counter the inviting warmth of yours 😄
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
@Metonymy There are two types of people, I like both honestly but it took you telling me it was the same game to realize it was. Yours has big Dante's Inferno energy, especially the last one. I really like those blue light particles too and certainly don't envy that cold embrace.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@GirlVersusGame The game covers quite the visual spectrum! Asobo is a French studio so it’s no surprise how artistically considered the entire experience is.
Nice Crimson Desert shots, by the way! I’m still planning on getting back to that one at some point but I’m not sure when. Perhaps after the dlc.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
@Metonymy Thank you and like I told Tjuz and Ravix that game came along at the perfect time. I'm generally not one for narrative but I'm really liking the story. Which by the way has been re-hauled so it's worth considering a fresh playthrough depending on how far through you are. It should show up as Crimson Desert Enhanced Edition. There are now one-hundred and sixty story quests, hundreds of side ones and I'm hearing mixed reports on having to have finished the main story or not before playing the DLC. It sounds like for the most part you don't. It seems like most people dropped off because of the sheer scale of the content, for me it's weeks and for anyone with a Family/job they'd be chipping away even slower. I think also someone said I could play Silent Hill 2 on easy if I was willing to put myself through that nightmare so I might add that to Spooky season. I need to watch Mister Sandman, I fell asleep before pressing play. I definitely think you'll like Day of The Beast.
@GirlVersusGame Yeah, I’ve put like 60-something hours into Crimson Desert. I resigned it to being a long term game for me and just haven’t got back to it. Fascinating game though! Silent Hill 2 is a very cerebral horror story, I think you’d appreciate it if you can deal with the stress of playing it.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
@GirlVersusGame You correctly surmised that these shots were taken in in-game Venice! Seems like they did a good job at capturing a city as it was in the 1300s. I also watched the full puppet show with the fox as you would have... and I was surprsed that only about 25% of people got that achievement! What do you mean people saw a puppet show being performed and just decided to continue walking?! Uncultured swines.
Not surprised to hear that the gay comment came from somewhere in the comments section. I don't think I've ever seen someone say something similar on the forum, and we're better off for it! Glad that some people you end up confronting can actually acknowledge what they said was misguided however. Props to you for being able to communicate appropriately with them and being an ally at all!
Totally get you with your ever-expanding interest in genres. I've been through the exact same thing since being a ''proper gamer'' again discovering things I like for the very first time. And it's no help that there's more games in any genre than ever coming out! There's no choice but to drown in... choices. Xenoblade isn't a small commitment then either, so let's see if that ever manages to get up to the top of your priorities. I wouldn't fault you if it didn't. I hope Alan Wake will end up being a winner for you too. I don't think it's that scary on a scale of horror games, but who knows? Your mileage may vary entirely based on one particular thing that might creep you the hell out in particular.
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@Metonymy Yeah, I tend to try out a photo mode when available and then forget about soon afterwards.. but not this time! Despite being engrossed all the same, I keep reaching for the photo mode button with how absolutely incredible the environments are in this game. I'm not exaggerating when I say I think this may be one of the prettiest games I've ever played. Not due to having the best visual fidelity in the biz or anything, but simply with the levels they've designed and how they cinematically guide you through them. I try my best to put my own stamp on the shots, but some are simply served to you on a platter!
I happened to stumble upon the same area you made shots of yesterday. Fantastic shots! I'm jealous you were able to catch such great poses, frankly. That's the one thing I've been really missing in this photo mode. The ability to change her expressions or poses! Too often I have to find a way to have her just standing there work well enough within the composition... Anyway, I'll share a few more shots I've taken since here:
@Tjuz (I'm scolding my notifications right now because you dropped some of your best shots (that I've been privy to) and they are incredible, sorry I only just now saw them)
You correctly surmised that these shots were taken in in-game Venice! Seems like they did a good job at capturing a city as it was in the 1300s. I also watched the full puppet show with the fox as you would have... and I was surprsed that only about 25% of people got that achievement! What do you mean people saw a puppet show being performed and just decided to continue walking?! Uncultured swines.
Oh that is beautiful so they really did base it on Venice after all, it's a magical place but very tourist heavy so I've seen very little of it. The puppet show I gravitated right too especially the fox (obviously) and to think so many people didn't watch it? that's kind of sad considering that it looks/feels like the kind of beautifully handcrafted world that's designed for taking your time in, living in the moment and appreciating the work that went into designing it. I have an idea of a similar nature for my upcoming weekend post, it's a secret, I'm working on it right now.
Not surprised to hear that the gay comment came from somewhere in the comments section. I don't think I've ever seen someone say something similar on the forum, and we're better off for it! Glad that some people you end up confronting can actually acknowledge what they said was misguided however. Props to you for being able to communicate appropriately with them and being an ally at all!
It's a strange way of thinking especially when you ask someone why they said it and they themselves don't know, at that moment I realized they were just as in the dark as I've been. A lot of bias seems to come from uncertainty/fear of the unknown and an inability to find out for ones-self.
Totally get you with your ever-expanding interest in genres. I've been through the exact same thing since being a ''proper gamer'' again discovering things I like for the very first time. And it's no help that there's more games in any genre than ever coming out!
I've never experienced a time in my life where I did know/want to play so many non-forever titles, it's a good feeling but being on Someone else's time means there's the maturity of much needed moderation too. No meaning no means it will take longer, but I'm in no rush either. Which is probably obvious to anyone when they hear you've walked for four-hundred hours in a gameworld. I'm reminded of the song.
Johnny Depp is in the video because it was on the soundtrack for Benny & Joon (1993) Romantic comedy and a must if you too admire the fine-art of Depping.
I hope Alan Wake will end up being a winner for you too. I don't think it's that scary on a scale of horror games, but who knows? Your mileage may vary entirely based on one particular thing that might creep you the hell out in particular.
I talked Horror games with Amber recently and she thinks Alan Wake could work, Resident Evil The Village too (perhaps) and that I'm not to play Silent Hill 2 alone which is fine I wasn't planning on. That massive cardboard-box on Discord today is the start of my Spooky season fort/survival bunker. I'll get some faerie lights in there, some pillows/refreshments and my Spooky seasons playthroughs can begin in the quiet safety that only such a fort can provide.
Onto the pictures themselves:
That first one is pure Aliens, it looks like you set-down on LV426 and walked right into the entrance to the hive. I love how well you caught the light coming through the opening and the green looks so well. Even her face is perfectly highlighted, unless the game has manual key-lights like Spiderman? but it doesn't look like it does making it all the more impressive.
The second one feels very Tomb Raider and captures the mystery within it's symmetry which I really like because as you know I struggle with numbers but because I like theoretical physics I do know of a crossroads theory that exists where symmetry implies predictability and balance/order hidden in that same symmetry. The best example is the The Higgs Mechanism. It's gauge symmetry suggests that force-carrying particles should be entirely without mass. The mystery as to why do particles like the W and Z bosons actually have massive weight was solved by discovering symmetry breaking via the Higgs field. It's an odd observation but like I said it's the symmetry contained in what you captured.
The third one is beautiful and you managed to capture both stillness and movement in one shot, not an easy thing to do. I love the high bloom and blown-out highlights on the raft too, it creates more depth and sometimes light only needs to be light, if it blows detail out then it's painting with that same light and not really taking away, rather it's adding to it. Those pink flamingos are very (Tjuz was here)
The bull makes me uneasy and once again it's because of external information/studying. It reminds me of the Deity known as Moloch. He was (is) an ancient Canaanite deity traditionally associated with the Ammonites and Phoenicians. They would cast huge bronze bulls and light massive fires under the statue, it was hollow inside meaning people were inside at the time. I say people but it was mainly infants and done to ensure financial prosperity, fertile crops, and protection from disaster. I learned about it after someone accused me of worshiping Moloch, my reaction was 'who?', conspiracy theories are like that but it did inspire me to study the Canaanites at least.
The last one makes me feel comfortable, it shouldn't but it does. I like how claustrophobic it all feels, other people would tell you otherwise but I like it.
@GirlVersusGame Still Bronze Age but this game takes place primarily on the island of Crete and is heavily inspired by the myth of King Minos, so that’s a Minotaur. I absolutely love the spin Asobi put on it though. Injecting Greek mythology into the lore of the Prima Macula (the affliction at the heart of the Plague Tale series) opens up the story in fascinating ways.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
Take two, I really enjoyed the DLC (kinda makes me want more tbh), but yeah I forgot just hot good the combat is and how beautiful the art direction is;
@Oram77 I agree with Johnny it's beautiful and the more I see of those games the more I want to play them. I said it to someone else but that chain (with a ranged attack) is something that made me consider it even more, it would I assume mean less need to parry. Also those horses look like buckskin mustangs, I like that breed but they are North American so I'm not sure what they are doing there, now I'm curious.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
Sorry, couldn't resist the obvious! Not least because, in all seriousness, your shots are anything but bull, and most definitely support your assertion that Resonance might be one of the prettiest games, if not the prettiest game, currently available (as well as reinforcing your status as an excellent digital photographer, regardless of the game in question). Absolutely fantastic, thanks for sharing!
Additional thanks to @Metonymy for sharing their own Resonance shots, too! They look familiar, did you share them before, perhaps? If so, they're still worth seeing again!
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@Oram77 Stunning work with Atsu there! Really glad you enjoyed the DLC, too. Gosh darn it, you're making me wanna grab it sooner than I had planned. I particularly love the horses and the shot overlooking the misty landscape but, as Johnny said, that last one is just... [chef's kiss]
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