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Re: Feature: Revisiting PlayStation Showcase 2023, an Event Sony Must Improve Upon

theSpectre

@J-Dubs Venom isn't even officially announced. I have to believe that Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Bend, Bluepoint, Housemarque, Team Asobi, etc. have to be ready to show something. Naughty Dog's new IP has been in the works for, at least, 3 years. It's been 4 years since Ghost of Tsushima launched. Bluepoint has been silent since Demon's Souls (I think they might be working on Uncharted). Bend's last game was in 2019, a whole 5 years ago. Team Asobi's last game was a tech demo (albeit an excellent one) in 2020. Housemarque launched Returnal 3 years ago. Hell, Sony Santa Monica should even have something to show as Cory Barlog's new game will have been in development for about 5 years at this point. If they aren't going to pull the veil back now, then when?

Re: Hands On: Fallout 4 Next-Gen Runs Great on PS5, But Some Old Problems Persist

theSpectre

I've been playing it on PS5 and it is night and day when compared to the PS4 version. The game runs at a pretty smooth 60 FPS, there are higher res textures (still not even remotely close to the upper tier of PS4 games), and a number of broken features from the PS4 version have been fixed. That said, the game is still very buggy. People need to stop just saying "well that's Bethesda" when it comes to bugs. There are people looking for the tiniest flaws in Spider-Man 2 just to trash Insomniac. Spider-Man 2 runs and looks like a dream compared to this leaky ship. Bethesda need a new engine (badly) and they need better QA.

Re: Random: Lara Croft Tops Mario as the Most Iconic Video Game Character of All Time, Apparently

theSpectre

I can see Lara Croft as number 1. She's one of the few video game characters that people who don't play games can probably name. Agent 47 at third though is just crazy. Baldur's Gate 3 characters shouldn't be on this list. True video game icons are missing: Donkey Kong, Samus Aran, Ganondorf, Bowser, Batman, Spider-Man, Commander Shepard, Luigi, Revan, Kirby just to name a few.