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Re: Lists of Sony’s Cancelled Live Service PS5 Games Paint a Worrying Picture

Balie3000

What ever happened to companies reusing assets from a canceled game to make a completely new game, instead of wiping it and closing the studio? Some of the biggest games/franchises have been created from other canceled projects, like Resident Evil 4 (canceled Devil May Cry game) and Assassin's Creed (canceled Prince of Persia game). Wild.
Like take what Naughty Dog worked on, for example. Whatever they were doing didn't work, but they had TLOU assets made for that. Why not just repurpose what has been created already into Factions 2? That worked. They have the blueprint for that.
Surely Spiderman: The Great Web could have also been salvaged. Just sad.

Re: All The Game Awards 2024 Nominees Revealed, Astro Bot Up for 7 Awards

Balie3000

I'm all for DLC being included (ok.. maybe they should have their own category), given how substantial some additional content, like Shadow of the Erdtree and Phantom Liberty for example, have become. Those are like whole new games and better than a lot of full games in my opinion. A lot of work also goes into projects like those and I think they are worthy of recognition. Shadow of the Erdtree made me fall for Elden Ring all over again and it was glorious.

Re: PS5 Pro Will Reportedly Boost PS4 Games, and Reduce PSVR2 Motion Sickness

Balie3000

I wish we can just get some solid info on this and not these vague explanations πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ I think we can already guess that the AI will upscale the resolution, but the current PS5 already boosts PS4 games with variable frame rates just fine, so we need to know if locked 30fps games will get some sort of boost. That's what the people want to know! 😬 Give us the numbers!

Re: Sniper Elite: Resistance Delves into Occupied France on PS5, PS4 Next Year

Balie3000

I've been playing the Sniper Elite games since V2 came out and the series has consistently been an absolute blast! Always improving in some way, pushing the boundaries of AA gaming. Never too fussed with realism for the sake of just being really fun. The difficulty options and new mechanics in recent titles really changed the way I play and added some more challenge. Interested to see how they innovate in this new title.

Re: The Obligatory Helldivers 2 Isn't As Popular As It Was Headlines Have Started to Emerge

Balie3000

I've been playing since launch and I can say from personal experience that the game has grown a bit stale. Me and the boys have been running around doing mostly the same missions, fighting the same enemies for months for now. The core gameplay is still fun but the game needs more content for a live service. The major orders are getting really old and the last two warbonds didn't blow out hair back. Arrowhead would need to drop a massive expansion with a new enemy type and game mode (where the heck is horde mode??) if it wants to pull more people back in. They will need to plan something substantial if they want to compete with Starship Troopers Extermination when it launches. My squad of Roughnecks are definitely checking that out!