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@GnomishViking This worked thanks, huge difference in Fps now. It started to a lag in the rain then I remembered to try it. Even the lighting seems more balanced now. It's incredible how much work went into just the sculpting of the terrain, I hardly noticed it in the original because of the limitations in draw distance. I've only seen one game come close to it and that was Hunter Call of The Wild. It makes Skyrim feel so flat, unless you're on an actual mountain that is.

Edit: That one setting has the Fps running buttery smooth now even in built up areas with lots of NPCs. I've been testing it with the weather too, I wish I'd tried this day one.

@Can-You-Believe-Sith That's the one. My first and only PS2 steelbook too, it came in the tin with a plastic sleeve and a bonus DVD. The other game where I was endlessly throwing people through windows must have been a Godfather game. They came after your businesses in that one too, and again you'd have to constantly fight the AI to get it back. I'd forgotten they even made those.

@GnomishViking Life is short you might as well enjoy it, my job don't know where I am half the time anyways. I played until 3am last night and it was one of the most freeing feelings I've had in months. Games are being released faster than I can play them. I don't know how people are zooming through so many. Lots of coffee maybe.

This is a real shame, there's so much that could have been done with the material. They are probably too busy suing Warner Bros/Tesla and Elon Musk for allegedly using AI-generated imagery that mimicked Blade Runner. They also had a case dismissed against Peugeot over a failed promotional partnership for Blade Runner. They do a lot to protect the IP but not enough to actually expand it. I don't know if it was made official but they are working with Amazon at the moment too for a Blade Runner 2099 series, they may have shifted their resources to that project.

@Can-You-Believe-Sith Is that the one where you had to keep racing around the map to protect your businesses before someone burned them down and took them? I seem to remember shooting people in the b-alls for extra XP too, then Sniper Elite did it in X-Ray.

@Orpheus79V That's part of it. Hollywood is trying to catch up with streaming but streaming doesn't have the politics (and favor system) that's allowed a lot of people (Execs to fail uphill) for example one of the biggest Hollywood producers started out as Barbra Streisand's hairdresser. Then he went on to produce Batman. It's not because of any creative input, it's who he knew. Most don't care about the script or the picture, but some exercise 'creative control' and once that happens it's not the director's vision anymore.

That system hasn't fully made it's way into streaming. The investors are newer and understand the current digital landscape, which includes video games. That's a big part of why you're seeing so many games being adapted to good shows, the people at the top have a higher level of awareness and will bring in technical advisors who understand the source material. I'm guilty of that favor system too, I guest-list friends for concerts and in return they guest-list me for advanced screenings. It's a small thing but it gets worse the higher up you go and it's rarely not a case of 'who you know'. I'm not saying people are being paid to give glowing reviews, just that sometimes it can be difference between a box seat and aisle seat.

It happens in music too, sometimes accidentally. Reviews too often depend on how you treat the reviewer. Some publications have long standing links to different media companies, they know who they are sending in and why. There was supposed to be a trail system where reviewers would be given access to a stream of the material, a lot like Netflix but locked down. The fear was that it could be hacked (hackers usually only get the soundtrack for a movie because it's separate to the reel) but this way they'd get the whole thing. You wouldn't believe how many unreleased songs from top artists have been stolen and no ones talking about it.

The entertainment industry hasn't been able to lock anything down. Until they can come up with a more modest review system there will always be people who are more inclined to look more favorably on the material because of the way they were treated. That's not happening with TV, people are getting codes, the comfort level is their own home. It makes for a more honest reviewing situation. It's also why you're seeing so many TV show leaks, hackers keep cracking that system too but the subscription model more than makes up for the loss. It doesn't with the box office because they don't make money off the individual unless that person actually visits a theater. But 'jealous?', it's not a jealousy, they just don't understand the format and most are unwilling to learn it. Some studios have been looking more into streaming their back catalogues, but not the box office. Too many people have a percentage of the theaters themselves, the same was true for video distribution. They are too stubborn and don't want to lose their percentage. They'll do a lot to protect that, favorable reviews are only part of it.

I also have to add that the guidelines for reviews has changed too. It's less about what the individual viewing the material thinks and more about what the material represents to the brand or entity that person is representing. It shouldn't be the case since they are sending someone who is supposed to have that subjective experience. Instead it's become very objective heavy, if it doesn't mesh well with their readers they'll automatically look for faults. Those faults then end up outweighing those redeeming features.

There are two media outlets listed above who've already done that, they'll do it for the next one too and the one after that. Even clickbait has become part of the reviewer mentality, some are told that 'reasons why this sucks!' etc generates more views/reads than 'I liked it'. It's a reflection on society too, sometimes we like to see something fall flat on it's face for the sake of watching it happen.

25 hours? I had to check mine, 13hrs. It only feels like 3hrs, and still no bugs except for one an hour ago where another NPC walked in-front of a quest giver while we were about to interact. They froze there staring dead eyed into the camera.

I'm loving even the basic improvements, the draw distance now means you can make some really long shots on bandits with a bow. Just a few more levels to go until I unlock the L2 (zoom feature) the only reason my experience might be smoother is traversal, I'm walking everywhere. It works pretty well, whatever I meet along the way is XP/loot and each Inn is a place to sell the pelts and meats.

A couple of store merchants not going to bed might be a bug too, I usually never have any trouble breaking into stores around 2am to relieve them of their goods. They were awake in the last two and immediately called the guards. The frame-rate doesn't bother me all that much, streaming the original on Premium felt prehistoric.

@djlard Oh yeah it came out in 1993. It has the same writer as most of the franchise, even the games like Robocop vs Terminator, the 2003 game. He's been involved the whole way up to the 2014 remake. Seth from The Last of Us (TV) plays Robocop in 3, Robert Burke. It's a lot more like the old 80's cartoon series than the first two movies, people weren't impressed but I like it. The 90's TV series isn't bad either, if you try not to take it all too seriously. The only really bad one is RoboVampire, it's a bootleg and has to be seen to be believed.

@djlard Robocop 3 has cyborgs with katanas. A Japanese Corp. ends up buying OCP once Delta City goes under then sends some cyborg ninjas to Detroit to secure their interests.

They call them the Otomo (in Japanese: オートモ Ōtomo)

Yep, I'm playing it right now. The original is still one of my favorite games of all time. I've heard some chatter about bugs, I've yet to run into any.

Such a strange time to be alive. I enjoyed it on Gamepass but now there is far too much Dlc, really all I want is Burnout. A remake or remaster or even a new one entirely, anything.

That's a beautiful collectors edition, but these digital only formats are getting a little out of hand. No pun intended.

@DrVenture69 Oh thanks I just got back from dinner I'll give that a try. I still can't believe I was right about the PS5 logo, I kept blowing up the image then figuring out which platform must be which. There was one small icon left that turned out to be the PS5 logo but absolutely tiny. That's what I was working with.

I don't have the words for how good it looked. Thanks PushSquare for hosting chat it made the reveal even more memorable 🧀

@PlatinumMikey Can't wait to fill my home with cheese wheels 🧀

How hyped am I? yes.

@PlatinumMikey I thought you were kidding, then checked. I hate to say it but there needs to be some kind of age restricted filter for the store. I kind of want to buy it for science, but at the same time I don't think it should even be there.

Edit: Wow there's a Hentai one too with exactly the same store layout/assets from the same Dev, they even made a rip-off of the Card Shop Simulator.

I've been mostly playing Hogwart's Legacy. It's really enjoyable with a lot to see and do. The only thing I can't figure out is why the Devs put two doors into tiny shacks, it's a really odd design choice.

It still doesn't feel real. As bad as some remakes and remasters can be (because some are just about cashing in) this is one I'll make a big exception for. It was probably the first proper RPG I ever played and it left a long lasting impression that remains today. I'm sure there are still quests and other bits of content that I never saw back on PS3.

My only concern is that without the DLC it won't be the same, I wish they would just make an official announcement and say what's included. The leaked screenshots don't make it look like a remake from the ground up, if that's the case it should increase the likelihood of the DLCs being included. I haven't really thought about price. I could see them going £50 if it's just the game, and pushing £60 if it's the full package.

I've been hearing good things about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, I'll check back in an hour or two. Curious to see what indies are shown too.

Edit: Some really interesting looking games, even if most of them never end up on console it's good to see Devs still have that much imagination. I liked that Hell management game a lot, I'm surprised no one thought of doing it already.

@Yukairi It's too easy to shop a live service game at an investor event. They throw around words like 'connectivity' and 'global community'. They make it sound like it's going to reinvent the wheel for social interaction, and that it's a game you need to pay attention to (followed by Fortnite player statistics) they don't mention Fortnite specifically but it's obvious who they mean.

The presentations feel like something straight out of Apple, they don't try to sell a game they try to sell an experience. The reality of that experience is blatantly obvious to an actual gamer but those people aren't buying games. It's all about being there on the ground level because they plan on 'expanding' the product to other platforms (they say devices) Being there on the ground level is the main hook, the earlier you are in the greater the return. It's the piece of the pie logic (for key investors) that comes up time and time again.

Not all investors are soulless monopolies, some do it because they have a genuine interest in digital entertainment but none of that matters when the game itself is unimaginative and fails to stand on it's own merits. Single Player franchises and IPs are a lot harder to hook now on an investor level. The mindset is that online/live service is a safe bet and that offline singular experiences are too outdated, that they appeal to less people and therefore less people means less returns on your original investment (through growth of the IP)

That's the landscape right now for a lot of major publishers, they rely too much on investor confidence and too often investor confidence means a rehashed model that works in theory but not always in practice. All they have to do is sell you on the theory, and that's generally all an investor wants. Theory has become a guarantee. I can't speak for the American investor experience, only for the European side of it.

Some of the top investment firms in the UK have inroads into firms like BlackRock (global investment firm for Ubisoft) and will point you right to them. They make it sound very lucrative (and commission free) even if the company just went through a major bailout. Long-term growth potential is usually all someone wants to hear. I've seen a lot of discount brokers touting the games industry as a safe bet, they aren't wrong. Much of the investment research they offer shows an increasing growth in the industry. Last year it was something like $180 billion in revenue across all platforms. Unfortunately it's a system that's propping up and allowing for the production of inferior products for the consumer.

It looks like Dead Space and Chernobylite had a baby. The merging mechanic sounds great too.

@lazarus11 Did your bodies not despawn? I tried to stuff some into display cases in Fallout4, mainly the NPCs that annoyed me. In Oblivion/Skyrim I mainly focused on stealing cheese wheels. I call BreezeHome my CheeseHome. It's most likely what I'll focus on first in this remaster, especially if the PS5 can handle more cheese wheels without losing frames. It will be a lot of cheese.

@DrVenture69 It's part of the old PS3 Platinum Collection. Ubisoft published the European version, they handled the localization and translation too. It's a really beefy set, a reminder that we didn't always get a flimsy piece of paper with some basic controls. This one had a 50 page colour manual (with art) that explained everything really well. The only game I ever got rid of (twice) then bought it back again was the Alien Trilogy on PS1. I love the franchise but it made me physically sick to play. I haven't taken inventory of the games I've kept, I'd have to admit I have a problem.

I wonder how many potential sales they'll miss out on by not allowing the Plus+ version to be upgraded.

@Nalim I laughed too hard at this.

@Deadlyblack I discovered Oblivion game of the year edition and Fallout3 game of the year on the same day. I played Oblivion first then Fallout3, definitely one of the best weeks I ever had in gaming.

@Czar_Khastik Death by a thousand paper-cuts.

This won't go down well when people in Europe see it in the morning.

Nope, but I'll most likely watch some friends stream it. It seems like the kind of game that would be fun to watch if you like the art and aesthetics. Actual people worked on the game, they spent time and resources to get it off the ground, I've no reason to want it to fail.

I like the aesthetics and the brave use of colour but it's not for me.

@Zuljaras The patina and weathering on that sculpture look great, you have a real talent.

The Kirlian photography alone has me interested (the pictures at 40secs in) it captures electrical discharges around objects/people by exposing them to high-voltage, high-frequency electricity. The result is a picture of their emotional state. It's a great tool for a horror game, maybe they'll use it to find who's human or not.

It's hard to unsee Christian Bale in his skinny Machinist pose too, there's a lot of quick subtle nods to disturbing cinema in that trailer.

Only Flight Sim to go and I can officially box up my xBox, what a strange time to be alive.

Not for me but it's good to see someone is taking destructible environments seriously again. There's been a drought after Red Faction.

So many of those countries on that list are struggling more than the rest of us already. I already had a friend in Latin America quit current gen gaming last month because they couldn't pay for the online that was needed for co-op/friends.

Edit: Just asked that friend for more perspective 'the minimum wage in Brazil is R$ 1.518,00 so this is 24.5% of salary. The minimum wage in Brazil is equivalent to £202,13'

They need to fix the issue where we have no Bitterblack Isle-like DLC. That one DLC was better than the entirety of the first game.

I'll remain cautiously optimistic until I see some footage or at the very least a screenshot. Official or leaked I'd take either, it's not like I haven't played through the story before, there's nothing there to really spoil. I've seen blocking, sneaking in other games, I'm not expecting them to reinvent the wheel.

Absolutely. There are a bunch of Deus Ex novels that would make great games. They've been tiding me over while I wait. I never understood why the games weren't more popular.

@get2sammyb It sounds like they made an exception then, I'm definitely avoiding the reviews if that's the case. I trust Empire to do it right but not IGN, I hardly ever agree with any of their game reviews now let alone TV/Film. Their review of Sea of Stars absolutely ruined the game for me, it was packed with spoilers. When they did remove it the damage was already done.

As much as I really WANT to play this version of Oblivion it's very weird not seeing any in-game/footage/assets? It's going to sell regardless but it's not too much to ask to see what we're getting. If it's from the ground up like Kraven said (which I hope is the case) then I'd absolutely jump in day one.

Just publish more games, I'd play a Sony Toaster if there were actual Sony games on it. It feels like we're stuck in a remaster limbo at the moment. There are far too many great Sony properties being warehoused, they need to fix that before dropping another console into the market.

This wouldn't be as bad if Nightreign wasn't a thing. I'm a diehard Fromsoft fan, I will be getting a Switch 2 but this should have also had a PS5 release. Nightreign already felt like it might be a cash-grab, now it feels like it absolutely is. Not a good look for Sony.

Nice to see a much needed win for Ubi, I almost didn't buy it because of all the drama running up to it's release. Good to be proven wrong on this one.

In before 'I haven't seen Robocop', you need to go watch it asap. It's one of the best sci-fi movies of all time.

It's a strange one alright but seems harmless enough. It's like someone watched American Beauty then saw the plastic bag and thought 'I have an idea'.

Day one, I loved the demo. Between this and the Terminator there are some nice 80's vibe games on the way.

This game is why I've never finished Starfield. I think 'I wonder what's new in No Man's Sky?' then go straight back to NMS. I bought it twice just because I felt like I was ripping off the Devs by enjoying years of free content.

Really happy to see Ubi bounce back, the hate was getting old and they are responsible for so many of my favorite games. I'm looking forward to seeing what spinoff novels show up following the release, those are always fun.