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Re: At Least The Callisto Protocol Will Be 60fps

B_Lindz

Look, even the 3000 series Nvidia cards couldn't handle most 3D current-gen games on ultra at 4k 60fps. PC and consoles are getting there, but we're just not there yet for the mid-range gaming market to consistently hit 4k 60fps for everything.

Re: Assassin's Creed Finally Goes to Japan as Ubisoft Takes on Ghost of Tsushima

B_Lindz

Here's the thing, I would like to see Assassin's Creed even ATTEMPT to hold a candle to the storytelling of Ghost of Tsushima. Almost every single encounter in GoT tied back into the overarching narrative that you were becoming the Ghost. It was beautiful. The ending left me speechless and in tears. I played it a year ago and I still find myself thinking about it.

Re: Microsoft Accuses Sony of Paying to Block Games from Xbox Game Pass

B_Lindz

When all is said and done, I still have no idea how on earth GamePass will be sustainable over the coming years. Something is going to have to give and I think both Microsoft and Sony know that. The cost of making games continues to go up. In some way I am with Sony on this one. It doesn't make sense to make a game for (something) over half a billion dollars and then put it on GamePass for $15/month. It's only a matter of time before Microsoft raises their prices and then it'll end up being more cost effective to just buy a game for $60-$70.

Re: Drill Down into Made in Abyss with This Game Overview Trailer

B_Lindz

The game looks fun, but I am so confused by this game's art direction. This game looked like it had a different art director for the character design, the menu UI/UX design, the logo's typography, the trailer's typography, and the environment design. I mean, look at the menu screen at 1:13 in the video for example. The UI on the left, middle, and center look like they were designed by 3 completely different designers. It's just bizarre, honestly.

Re: Sony to Take Action as PS5, PS4 Owners Play Less Than Anticipated

B_Lindz

I'm not suprised by this at all. There are so many factors playing into this stat. With the pandemic slowing down in parts of the world and with worldwide inflation, people don't have nearly as much time to game. The supply chain is still in a complete mess. With personal obligations and needing to make money, I have gamed less this year than I have in the past 5. Also, people don't have a lot of extra income to buy games.

It's going to take a stupid amount of time to recover from the past couple of years.

Re: Rumour: God of War Ragnarok Will Have 60fps, 30fps Options on PS5

B_Lindz

@Discol76 They're related but different. FPS is the number of frames of animation that are being rendered per second by your system or console. HZ is the number of times your monitor or TV refreshes the image on the screen per second. If a game is running at 30fps then that means your PlayStation is rendering 30 images of the game per second. If your monitor or TV is 60hz then that means your monitor can refresh its image 60 times per second; so, if your PlayStation is rendering a game at 120fps and your screen is 60hz then you'll only see a 60fps image with about every other frame of animation not appearing on your screen.

That doesn't mean you need to run out and buy a 4k 120hz monitor, though. That's probably overkill in most instances and it may not even meet your wants or needs. Most systems (and even high-end PCs) can't consistently hit 4k 120fps, let alone 4k 60fps. If you value a high frame rate, go with something with a high refresh rate. If you value image quality, go with 4k. For myself, I don't really care that much about anything above 60fps, but I love high resolution and color accuracy, so I went with a 4k 60hz color-accurate IPS monitor.

In the end, to each his/her own.

Re: Uncharted Movie Plunders Netflix from 15th July

B_Lindz

Full confession, I bought the Lost Legacy upgrade and got a free ticket to see this movie in theaters... and I never went. Hahaha! The movie looked so average to me. I kept thinking, "Why would I see a mediocre movie version of fantastic games that I already own?"

Re: Microsoft Bigwig Implies PS5 Is Losing Marketshare to Xbox

B_Lindz

To my memory, I don't remember a console this good struggling this hard to get off of the ground. COVID threw an unprecedented wrench into its launch and who knows when this stock shortage will finally end. If it's any consolation, a couple of my friends have seen GPUs in stock and on the shelves at a few stores in the past couple of weeks, so there might actually be a light at the end of this stock shortage tunnel, but we're probably still a ways out.

Re: Mini Review: Ganryu 2 (PS4) - A Brutal Tribute to Retro Side-Scrolling Action

B_Lindz

Celeste and Super Meat Boy are about as far as I can go into "trial and error" territory. I even dipped out of Hollow Knight partway through because it got frustrating and (I'm going to get so much crap for saying this) boring. The older I get the less time I have to devote to games where their shtick is "get good." Sometimes I can't devote the time and energy to get good, nor am I willing to pay money for an experience like that.