xp The showcase ('Art's Dream') is at once incredibly impressive and also limited. It has multiple gameplay styles, from platform to puzzle to beat em up to RPG. song and dance numbers, a loose story etc, but I wouldn't actually pay to play it.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 09:55 (four years ago) link
that said, it's an amzing idea for a tool, and creating an interface that technically lets anyone create any thing using a control pad is amazing.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 09:57 (four years ago) link
the FF7R demo is ... interesting? it looks and sounds amazing. the dialog is bad/corny and I suspect that's exactly what they were going for. the battle system is definitely the most interesting thing about it though, at the start I hated it, but during the final boss battle it started to make more sense? need to play through it again.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 08:26 (four years ago) link
just started Dark Souls 3. Didn't get very far. The first boss is as hard to kill as one of the final bosses in Witcher 3
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 09:45 (four years ago) link
Nearing the end of Spiderman and everyone in the city is wearing face masks. IT JUST FEELS RIGHT.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link
xpost Keep at it! My favorite aspect of Dark Souls is how enemies that seem insurmountable at the start become pushovers by the end, underscoring your progress as a player.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
for anyone who didn’t already know this: outer wilds is grebt.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
best part of the ff7r demo imo is that they somehow manage to say "soldier boy" 12 times
― Campaign to move el0n mu5k thread to ILM (Will M.), Thursday, 5 March 2020 23:06 (four years ago) link
Crank that?
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Thursday, 5 March 2020 23:20 (four years ago) link
tell em
― mh, Friday, 6 March 2020 03:10 (four years ago) link
Shadow of the Colossus remake (which I forgot existed?) is free via PS+ this month. Loved the original but haven’t played it since it was released. Remake is A+, really did a bang up job of keeping the feel of it while cleaning everything up. Looks beautiful, no muddiness and 10 FPS slowdowns, controls have been tightened, etc.
Game remains a stone cold classic.
― circa1916, Saturday, 7 March 2020 06:16 (four years ago) link
There's not much to it, but it definitely looks great and has a great payoff.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 March 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
I mean the spare simplicity is kinda fundamental to what makes it special, but I’ve come to terms with it being a “you had to be there” game.
― circa1916, Saturday, 7 March 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
I'm chalking it up to you had to be there, got bored at the third boss and haven't tried it since.
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
my terrible secret shame (vol 523) is that i've never played more than 20 minutes of shadow. the first 20 minutes. i really liked it, i just never purchased it! so i'll probably give it a shot while it's free.
i do worry that it'll be good in the "you had to be there" way. most games, even iconic games, are like that, i think. they're almost like car models, with incremental upgrades and advances over the years that cross brands and genres. the advances of shadow of the colossus were incorporated into a million other games since then, so when you go back to the original the outstanding qualities might not pop out so much.
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
I played ico 100 years ago and found the whole experience depressing but beautiful but just couldn't Carey through
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
There's a real strain of sadness through Shadow. Even achievements.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
Achievement: murdered a very large innocent creature just moseying around
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
well, there's a twist at the end, iirc.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
achievement: 3 of those large innocent creatures were your own children
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
oh wait, i can guess what it is: at the end of the game, you BECOME one of the creatures. i seriously think that's what it is
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
if i don't get to be a enormous creature trying to stomp on a tiny man on a horse in slow motion, i'm going to be disappointed
you get taken down by an insect
― ciderpress, Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
Epitaphs for malaria victims
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
spoilersI didn't play at the game that long ago, but if I recall correctly the twist is that yeah, you are the asshole for killing all of these creatures for selfish purposes, despite warnings, and it turns out that that was the wrong thing to do, and you are punished for it.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
most games, even iconic games, are like that, i think. they're almost like car models, with incremental upgrades and advances over the years that cross brands and genres.
― circa1916, Sunday, 8 March 2020 01:56 (four years ago) link
the advances of shadow of the colossus were incorporated into a million other games since then, so when you go back to the original the outstanding qualities might not pop out so much.
― circa1916, Sunday, 8 March 2020 01:59 (four years ago) link
and especially breath of the wild which will also be a "you had to be there" game in 10-15 years, mark my words
― ciderpress, Sunday, 8 March 2020 03:48 (four years ago) link
shadow of the colossus remains one of my favorite of all time game experiences but i dunno if I wanna replay it and sully that
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 8 March 2020 03:52 (four years ago) link
all 3D graphics will go into the memory death holei do want to try this remake at some point, maybe after i go back and play Ico
― Nhex, Sunday, 8 March 2020 07:48 (four years ago) link
thanks for the heads up that it’s on ps plus!
― mh, Sunday, 8 March 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
Just deleted it on the third boss. Fucking unbearable.
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Sunday, 8 March 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link
Haha, its irritating quirks are faithfully preserved. Honestly didn’t feel much frustration until the last boss.Lot of respect to Bluepoint studios. Remaking a game is a treacherous and thankless endeavor, but they really killed it. Lot of love and care went into this. Maybe the best example of a remake you can find.As far as influence, Breath of the Wild for sure, but also (most abused comparison but true) Dark Souls. Whole downcast lonely atmosphere, oblique storytelling, untold history revealed through ruined environments, and small but direct stuff like the little shining creatures you stumble upon who drop stuff if you’re quick enough to kill them before they disappear.
― circa1916, Sunday, 8 March 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
Someone posted this on another ilx thread a while back and it’s a good watch.https://youtu.be/jQNeYbBiCKw
― circa1916, Sunday, 8 March 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
Mark Cerny is giving a presentation about the PS5 in half an hour, it was originally meant for GDC so is probably going to be heavy on the tech and light on the games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8LyNIT9sg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
the audio nerd part of this is pretty cool
people have tried to do 3d audio so many times, and it's interesting that they're going to go for the ear-scan tech that Sony headphones are also getting into
― mh, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
I'm more into this: https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/18/21185292/playstation-5-ps5-backward-compatible-ps4-pro
― Archaeopteryx Morgan M.D. (Leee), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
yeah thats not surprising, unlike previous gen-ups it's the same architecture as the ps4 so most stuff will work out of the box or with minor fixes
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
presumably the old games will run with the ps4 pro graphics settings
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
Has anyone posted an official list of the "top 100" PS4 games? It'd be good to know what won't be backwards compatible at or close to launch to focus on finishing them first.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:42 (four years ago) link
i'd anticipate all games by major AAA developers being compatible, it'll be indie stuff and smaller budget stuff using custom engines that might not work
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:52 (four years ago) link
pretty disappointed no mention of PS1/2/3 compatibility tbh
― Nhex, Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link
PS2 emulation still isnt great and PS3 is a nightmare, theres no way they can guarantee that. they'll just continue doing the occasional releases of games that do work like the PS2 games that are on the PS4 store
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
they could do PS1 for sure though
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
they kind of admitted multiple times that going with a technically complex non-standard design on the PS3 was a bad idea. developer ramp-up time was bad, ability to emulate it in hardware, let alone software, is tricky... all in all, a good lesson for the industry :/
― absolute idiot liar uneducated person (mh), Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
yeah you need a pretty beefy PC to emulate PS3 at consistent 30fps still, not sure if the PS5 will be beefy enough even for the games that do work
luckily most of the big games from that gen have been ported forward at this point but i get that's not the same since you can't use the disc you already have
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
Still want to try Tokyo Jungle :(
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
it is the best and deserves an update
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
Genuinely thought Cerny was Dana Carvey for a few seconds.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:23 (four years ago) link
Finally got Lonely Mountain Downhill since it's on sale. So far so good
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 19 March 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link