LAG - "Considering that the fact that the games industry is a rapidly growing multi-media platform which helps break down the barriers of reality, most people don’t realise the potential for this amazing aspect of life. Right, now you can breathe. Go on, I’ll let you. Finished? Excellent, now hold your breath. And it is amazing! I do say this without attaining an erection. It helps working class families forget about economical struggles, it can be used as a platform to help educate disabled people through interactivity and it can entertain and touch heart strings as well as top a Hollywood film."
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
Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.
Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.
Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.
If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard
As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights
Gaming became mainstream quite a while ago I think. The Wii played the biggest part however.
Yeah, it did become mainstream a while ago, its just really starting to get momentum....with esports gaining increasing coverage such as Call of Duty, Heroes of Newerth, Starcraft 2 etc...and celebrity face is beginning to be more known to a larger audience, such as Day[9] from SC2 or XJawz from Call of Duty....people who were just "casual" gamers with friends are starting to get into the "interactive professional gaming world"... Hopefully, Esports and such will hit a certain degree of mainstream-ness that it becomes part of the news, younger education syllabus' and television even....we can only hope :D
Nice post, enjoyed reading it