Just like a movie theater, people are used to 24fps in a movie and anything else makes it seem weird and less dreamlike to transport them into the world. (But games aren’t 24fps movies, I know. Not the point)
When you clean up all of the visual post processing, the game will look extremely clean. Which makes it feel like it’s missing some kinda extra polish. People are so used to all of these elements added for a grounded and dirtier experience that without them it looks, and more importantly, feels too game-y for Ubisoft. (Counter-Strike is super clean, for example)
Look at Resident Evil 2 Remake and you see every single cinematic option in the book, down to lens distortion, being used and being able to be turned off in the settings. It’s the look and feel the studio wants to go for.
SBMM has the fatal flaw of expecting players to want to constantly improve with every match. Sometimes we want to play to relax, but that’s never on its mind.
While true, I feel like games that work well on the Xbox Series S also work well on Steam Deck and when it comes to porting games to PC, those ones specifically are ported well.
All this power game developers have been getting, while great for creative endevours, has been either a waste of space or require outrageous specs just to perform normally. And some great games are bogged down by this while relying on upscaling methods to fill in the difference.
Either way, we’ve reached a point where more power and space isn’t the solution anymore to better games. Can only hope new tech gets better optimized.
Seeing most of the fixes go towards that instead of immersion kinda… You’d think they highlight those immersive aspects more. The mods are sure as hell all about immersion including working stock markets and such.
At some point in this millenium, it became ubiquitous in games to ask for a button press before switching to the main menu and it has become a pet peeve off mine....
Games that don’t do this: infamous series. The first time on the first one is incredible. But afterwards as a trend, loading the game goes straight to your most recent save with zero menu.
Killzone: Shadowfall. No intros. Straight to the main menu when you boot. Unique and wild every time!
There’s 3 people working on this game and there’s hundreds of cheaters popping up every other day. It’s a massive load.
Especially when they also have to deal with DDOS attacks as they try to keep their servers alive for so many people too.
It’s 100% warranted and I’m glad they still saved a path for Linux. Even if it’s like, “You must be on the STEAM Kernal” or something, it might unlock a path for other anti-cheat to have some sort of access on Linux as well.
N.Y. appeals court reduces Trump's bond in his civil fraud case to $175 million, a victory for the former president (www.nbcnews.com)
Unfuckingbelievable. I’m really starting to lose faith that he’ll face any real consequences for any of his actions.
It No Longer Seems Possible ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’ Will Last The Year (www.forbes.com)
The most controversial Assassin's Creed Mirage graphical setting is being removed for all players (www.pcgamesn.com)
Agent 64: Spies Never Die - Official Trailer | Realms Deep 2023 (www.youtube.com)
SBMM can predict how well you will do to a certain degree every game (HALO) (www.youtube.com)
After the PS5 Reveal Phil Spencer said to his team "We have a better product than Sony does, not just on hardware but equally important on the software platform and services on top of the hardware. (twitter.com)
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Forget Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2077's free 2.0 patch is a staggering upgrade on its own (www.pcgamer.com)
What games have you played due to FOMO?
FOMO stands for Fear Of Missing Out....
I don't want to "Press any key to continue" to the main menu
At some point in this millenium, it became ubiquitous in games to ask for a button press before switching to the main menu and it has become a pet peeve off mine....
Devs Announce FaceIT Anticheat for BattleBit will be compatible with Linux, Steam Deck (i.postimg.cc)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/1543761...