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Jeez, just make one version and include all main Asian languages plus English.
Or one version and have language packs downloadable.

I don’t get why things have to be so complicated sometimes.
Here in japan they often just exclude all languages except for Japanese, even though we got lots of foreigners.

@Col_McCafferty why?
The logistical problems are obviously only related to physical copies.
So us people who live in the digital age are being held back now.
If we would already live in an age where everything would be only digital, such a problem wouldn’t even exist.

I am simply looking forward to a digital only future.

I will be happy when we get to a time where we have no physical copies anymore.
That time will come, there is no way around it, but I have it sooner rather than later.

At the very least, a system would be good where they could send everybody with a physical copy some kind of "download code" to be able to get the game (without marking it as paid in the PSN store).

I generally don’t really care, but if I can get a higher resolution on HZD and some other games through BC for 4K, I would definitely jump in another time.

Sony goes for enhancing gameplay experience and Microsoft goes for enhancing gameplay performance.
That’s my take of it. And I take experience over performance.

I think HZD2 could make good use of the SSD tech and will hopefully be a first example of what Sony was talking about.

My download speed is good enough to reinstall a game like HZD within 30min... I basically always delete games I don’t play.
So I may not even extend the internal storage at all for the foreseeable future.

I’m currently only using half of my 1TB.

@pushf and are you aware that PCs are quite terrible in using all that raw power they get?
Also in terms of PC hardware you are required to think of backward compatibility. And even then it doesn’t always work out well. Many old games require a backward compatibility mode” that they have to run on with windows. Otherwise when your PC is too powerful, the legacy game may run too fast or break. It’s just that on PC they have overcome those issues in some aspects. Which makes Microsoft very experienced in backwards compatibility.

It’s a luxury consoles have and can optimize for. Now of course Sony tries to find a balance between innovation and compatibility, because their gamers want compatibility.

Only simple-minded people, who don’t have the expertise, call this incompetence. Just wait and see. Sony is testing and optimizing their compatibility, something Microsoft has had almost decades to solve.

I guess the experience on PS5 will be different.
Maybe Xbox won’t have “no loading times” compared to PS5 having “no loading times”.

The problem with innovation is that you sometimes can’t properly support the last generation.
The main point is to not bottleneck the next gen through compatibility to the last gen. So that should be their main goal.
And then they can work on optimizing backwards compatibility.

Just wait and see what Sony does. People going crazy 9 months before release is kind of childish.

I feel this video is very useful for game developers who don’t have the luxury of getting any info on PS5, especially very small devs.

Of course as an engineer myself I was incredibly interested in what Cerny had to say.
Of course the average gamer just wants to see the end result and how the controller looks like.
But this video was supposed to be shown at the Game “Developers” Conference. So of course this is not meant to the average gamer.

And there I through I will have nothing to do on my birthday than lying sick in my bed. Thank you Song! xD

Might play again on PC just for better graphics.

I like Ana Bray, so I will try out the story there.
Little hope it won't be a disappointment like the current storyline, though.

I don't care about anything else, since Destiny got really boring in its "loot"-chase, which is actually not a "loot"-chase anymore, but more a Pokemon collection game where guns are the Pokemon you collect from quests or activities, not actual "loot drops".
I stopped seeing Destiny as a looter shooter.

If you live in Japan, you would understand what that speaker is for.
Here people rarely have a sound system because of paper thin walls. And wearing headphones for a long period is exhausting on your ears and head.
So I would imagine those wearable speakers being a good alternative in between for Japanese who live in small apartments.

@wiiware mEtAl MusIc MaKes yOU aGgreSSivE

Or similar stupid reasons people come up with in today’s age

Btw, that japan code is wrong. Maybe it works for other parts in Asia, but in japan we got: R833-6TNN-FFXF

@Bagshot I am actually more of a casual player. When you join discord and ask around, some people have spent far more time.

I played since early access and always had a break during content drought. And then I spent around 100 hours per season. Cataclysm even more.
It’s really not that much when I compare myself to others.

I got 500hours and did not run into the above mentioned bugs.
There are in general only a few bugs left I guess. Question is how many new ones they will introduce with a huge update.
They will need to give us a long long public beta of the new update to ensure all the issues get ironed out properly.

@Nakatomi_Uk how can a human twist this so bad?

I am still playing Anthem, and the community is asking for the things they are trying to rework. All the community wants to keep is the core combat (and power fantasy), flying, the world and the story elements. The rest can be completely reworked as they please to make it better.

And nowhere does it say they will ask a full price to existing players. It’s just the pessimism speaking out of you

@Danloaded the skull cosmetics can be bought with in-game currency only or some through challenges.
You should really give the game a shot. You’ll be positively surprised as many were before.

@topic
With these updates BioWare seems to be mostly working on fundamental improvements we players wanted. They increased legendary loot drop rate by 250%. Mass salvage is now finally implemented, which was requested for a long time but bug fixes took priority.
It will still take a while until they can get back to bigger content updates I guess.
I still enjoy the game. I am just not letting myself burn out. The game does not have enough content to invest 1000 hours into it and it is wiser to play other games while waiting for anthem updates. You will enjoy anthem much more that way.

Interesting. This is part of Apple Arcade. With that rating I will definitely give it a shot on my iphone/ipad

I love anthem but damn this blog article of chad obviously invites backlash. Why even write anything in first place if you have nothing to share.

@SaucyBrotato
Yep, cataclysm is fun but will last only for another week.
Nobody knows what’s next, but BioWare seems to be slowly changing parts of the world for whatever is next.
If you fly to the emerald abyss, you will see a snake-like structure that wasn’t there 2 weeks ago.
And there is a scouting point (you might want to google it), which plays a short video of what happened.

There is definitely something in the pipeline regarding it I think.

@themcnoisy
I bought anthem at release, played around 150hours, had no bugs or other issues.
So no, I don’t feel like I was bitten. For me it was worth the money.
With the cataclysm I put another 50 hours into the game and had a blast.

So far no EA game has bitten me.

Count me lucky if you want.

@Flaming_Kaiser
That’s absolutely fine.

Point is new players who get their “first impression” today, have a much more positive “first impression”. That also shouldn’t be taken away from those players just because you were bitten in the past.

Just saying.

Anthem is still not where it could have been, but it is slowly getting there.

The cataclysm was very well received by the community. Not sure why PushSquare says it has not been well received. The amount of toxicity in reddit has dramatically been reduced because the Cataclysm. Simply because people like it.

I already got burned out by the loot chase but still spent around 50 hours or more into the cataclysm. It was quite a lot of fun.
And if BioWare stays on that road, there can be a turnaround.
Its weird that it is coming to EA Access right when we are in the last week of the cataclysm.
Most people won't be able to get most of it.

@KnightWolf
You might be positively surprised by the game and wondering "why all the hate?", which is how most people feel who just give it a try nowadays. Well, as long as you don't run into game breaking bugs that is.

The only thing Anthem is missing are a few more QOL improvements, a few more bug fixes and most of all more content.

@majklpetr
I doubt it. Gambling is extremely popular in japan though.
Although it is negatively perceived of course.
But it kind of belongs in a game like this for the Japanese audience

https://twitter.com/BoffKnight/status/1169966589942411265

Insomniac also didn't accept the "cross". The tutorial woman in ratched & clank says "X", not "cross".

I am trying my luck at Borderlands 2 again, after I got kind of bored the first time around.
I like the humor, but the gunplay just felt lackluster, plus the game can drag quite a lot.
I just hope it gets better on higher level. The humor and characters are pretty much the only thing that keeps me going in the game.

Sony’s logic fails, because the other buttons are shapes, where the lines enclose the shape.
The “cross” would only be a “cross” to me if it had lines enclosing an actual “cross”.
But it’s not, therefore X.

Since I got it on PC I would be able to get it without the framerate issues. I just wonder if I have to run it on 4K/30fps with ray tracing enabled.

But more than anything I am happy to hear the story is good. Thats the main reason for the purchase. And the combat is a great bonus.
I guess I should end up quite happy.

Seeing Borderlands so far on rank 4, I feel quite bad for not being excited for it. I have no chance playing borderlands with friends, therefore I played Borderlands 2 solo and I got bored to hell with it.
The humor and characters I liked, but that was about it. Gunplay just didnt feel good after having played too much Destiny and other FPS with great gunplay.
Ah well... Maybe I will give it another chance someday.
But damn, Outer Worlds also releasing this year, which I totally forget. My wallet is already getting traumatized as it is.

@Mega-Gazz There is no FFVII (=7) in this poll. It is FFVIII (= 8). Thats the reason.

I still havent decided if I want to get a game for september.
I first thought of Gears of War 5, but can wait. Now I wonder if instead I may want to get Greedfall. Gonna wait for reviews first.

Well, Ben Irving was one of the reasons SWTOR and ANTHEM went bad in certain aspects. He is very bad at listening to the community.

But yeah, I wonder now what happens next. I hope they get a new and better lead producer.
The cataclysm has been a very good update, and hopefully there is more to come

@Tasuki I play it.
But I play on PC, which probably has much less issues than consoles.

So far the players report a lot of positives.
Of course this won’t rescue the game, but it’s a good start.

I’ve been longing for a new theme, instant download

Cross play can be problematic in a game like Destiny.
But it’s great at least there is cross save. I was already wondering if I want to switch to PC, but now I just have to wait.

Was the same in HZD, so yeah

@soracloud28 you’re not alone, but yeah, I also get anthem news quicker elsewhere

Had to chuckle at the subtitle of this article

Frostbite can do graphics, but not much else unfortunately

It’s free so... why not giving it a try?

I work in IT, I am a dev myself. And I was also part of higher up decisions.
There are very good reasons not to tell the whole company what’s going on until it’s absolutely needed.

It’s normal in business. No need to be shocked.

I think so far every recent EA game has failed to meet sales expectations. In other news water is wet.

I just hope Anthem won’t get dropped like Andromeda did. I highly enjoy Anthem but it needs a hell lot more content and items, which will then also help with increasing the drop rates.

I’m not playing currently, but I am patient and happy to wait for them to turn it around slowly.
They are recording new story scenes and voice overs already, so more story will be coming soon.

I ended up uninstalling before finishing, even though I was very close to the end.

It’s probably the most unpolished game yet from Sony, and other than the technical issues, it’s just so super generic with a terrible protagonist.
The only thing I enjoyed was the stealth action and making zombies and my human enemies fight each other. Plus the graphics.

Around 15 hours in. I have big trouble liking Deacon, he represents almost everything I dislike in a protagonist. But other than that I enjoy it. Won’t win any awards though. It’s kind of missing something special.

But the graphics are amazing as usually expected from a first party game.

I will jump in to clear the new stronghold, then I will wait. Soon FFXIV shadowbringers is out anyway, so I can waste enough time there until Anthem has more updates coming.

Division 2s world is sadly far too boring for my taste of games. I wish it was different.

I don’t care if it’s more powerful. I buy PlayStation because of exclusives and the higher player base, not because of power.

I just jumped back in to FFXIV after almost one year of a break. I totally forgot what an amazing game that is, which has great story lines (Heavensward being one of the best story lines I have played) and one of the best soundtracks (it holds the Guiness record for “longest end credits in an MMO game and most original pieces of music in a videogame“)