BengaBenga of VGChartz writes:
"Tokyo Game Show came and went, but no big news from Square-Enix. That raises the question: is the RPG giant losing it?"
Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"
Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc
I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.
"In a time when companies don't care about preserving games, I have high respect for the creators of projects like N64: Recompiled." - Hanzala from eXputer.
Some food for thought:
Would you donate your physical copy of a really rare/expensive cartridge (Conkers's BFD, Bomberman 64 Second Attack, Ogre Battle 64, the two Castlevania titles, etc) to those managing this project for the greater good of getting them preserved online for all to experience at some point?
The snippet of ray tracing at the end of the og trailer was low-key amazing. I found out thanks to Nerrel who also made a texture pack for MM, and i can't wait to see how much more great this game will be in the near future. With model swaps, ray tracing, retextures, and a more quicker process than decompilation, it's gonna bring new life to N64 games.
There might need to be a bit of clarification recompilation is not the same as decompilation.
This is basically a container to excite the rom within but allows for all sorts of beat additions and tricks like new lighting effects such as ray tracing to be added.
But decompilation would ultimately be king as it allows for a widespread porting capabilities and uses the assets from games to build a native install for PC or whatever the target system is e.g Mario 64 for PC or sonic mania for psvita / wii
Headquartered in Poland, Elsewhere Entertainment — an all-new internal studio at Activision — is working on a new “narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise.” Elsewhere includes developers credited on The Last of Us, Uncharted, Destiny, Cyberpunk, and more. Activision’s new studio announcement comes just a week after its parent company, Microsoft, closed three Bethesda studios. It also follows job postings about a new Activision IP.
The game industry confuses, closing down proven studios only open a new studio?
I think this is just a publicity stunt and that this studio never actually produces a game. Someone at Microsoft was like were getting cooked in the media after they closed these studios and they came up with a plan to create some dummy studio someplace outside of the reach of the English speaking presses reach to distract people.
"Oh hey we're not closing studios we're actually creating studios"
And of course what are they working on... the type of game that gets the most popular public perception a narrative driven story based game... ya know not the thing Activision and Microsoft are known for.
Level-5 is AWESOME!!!!!
Its all Microsofts fault !!! I loved it when they were Squaresoft
They changed my life and the world around me !
I know all about Squares past and how Final Fantasy got to be made. Let me tell you that with Square Enix steering the Final Fantasy Boat. the series is going downhill !
into an ocean with a tsunami following them from behind, with nothing to look forward to, but a thunderstorm that leads them to a whirpool. One day they may go, BANG !whirlppool.
Agreed.
Take freaking forever to release their top game and delayed for a port job is even worst.
Another grip: Wtf is with all the dam closed showing all these years and no gameplay footage? People expected gameplay footage TGS. All they got is closed showings.
4 years and still nothing.
mother f***ers.
Opinion submission = fail.
They just need a good ass swooping. Hopefully Level-5 blowing up will cause them to shape up. For the next few years Level-5 will kick Squares ass, maybe this will show them that catering to your fans is actually a profitable venture. Square has some incredibly creative people working for them, and I'd really like to see those minds put to work on new innovative projects, not just FF games.