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PSX Extreme: Game Of The Year Awards 2007

PSX Extreme writes:

"Despite all the big news in 2007 - Grand Theft Auto IV getting delayed, the saga of the four different PlayStation 3 models and price drops, the GameSpot/Gerstmann/Eidos fiasco, etc. - our Game of the Year Awards honor only one thing: the titles that made 2007 a fantastic year."

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Kleptic5967d ago (Edited 5967d ago )

pretty good write up imo...I agree with almost all of them...

I finally opened UT3 at 12:00 am exactly Christmas eve night/morning (right when the clock turned midnight christmas day)...and I was a little more impressed than I expected...I probably would give best graphics to either UT3 or Uncharted...definitely not to AC...

UT3 is funny at first...I didn't use the "install game" option...which chunks up about 3 gigs of the drive I think...and I was greeted with the same lame texture pop in that Gears, ME and Vegas had (although it was a little faster that Vegas or Gears from what I could tell)...I then installed the game...and it makes a very dramatic difference...on screen textures are rendered almost instantly after that (less than 1 second for the most part...)...and after that...holy crap...it looks incredible...not to mention map loading is cut in half...

all of my complaints with UE3 games were removed, exept sound...the environments are not static anymore...huge Japanese'ish tree have branches that sway realisticly, with leaves falling slowly and adjusting with wind effects...the water has incredible reflections (no uncharted in that department, but stands alone fps wise) and has excellent current effects as well...and the explosions, character, and vehicle animations are also really well done...my biggest question though is the cutsenes...if they are in fact truely real-time rendered...the UE3 engine is absolutely at the forefront technology wise, save only CryEngine 2...but I wouldn't be suprised if they were pre-rendered to look like gameplay...unlike Gears of War...there are no texture pop in issues, even without installing the game (somewhat of a big question mark imo)...and at times there is crazy ton amount of stuff going on at once (30 characters with vehicles exploding and cities crumbling)...and not a single hitch in the framerate...it has that creepy smooth feeling that the E305 Killzone 2 trailer had...somewhat of a dead giveaway...

if the cutsenes are pre-rendered, so be it...they are still fun to watch...I never heard Epic say one way or the other...so it doesn't matter...I would just like to know for sure...in either case it definitely is the UE3 flagship that Epic promised...it stands along visually I think right now...but sadly its plagued with the same bizarre sound glitches online that Gears and Vegas had also gun sounds from enemies will still be overly amplified for no reason at times...a guy down a hall way with a stinger will sound louder in your surround sound than you returning fire with a flak cannon...some tweeks to my reciever and in game setting have helped...but its no Warhawk, of which I think has some of the best sound of any game to date...projectile doppler effects in that are unmatched...plus the 7.1 leaves little question as to where attacks are coming from...

online wise though its very quickly edging me away from Warhawk...Warhawk is unstoppably fun, but I have to admit I am a little tired of the game...even with the new expansion, it can be very frustrating getting a team organized...and the deathmatch games (a sure bet for most online shooters to deal with frustrating team based games) are definitely the weakest aspect of Warhawk...its just too big for little 8 player matches...I love both games, and will continue to play warhawk a lot...but what I loved about warhawk was the onscreen carnage all going on at once...and UT3 offers that, with a couple chunks of crack thrown in for good measure...

blusoops5967d ago

playing Warhawk with 32 players or even 24 players in a Deathmatch game...It's absolutely CRAZY! Especially w/ surround sound and Dual Shock 3...Most fun I've ever had. In fact I "slightly" prefer warhawk over UT3, but UT3 is still a great game w/the possibilities of mods in the future!

Kleptic5967d ago

32 player non dog fight deathmatch?...is that new?...I definitely have yet to get involved with any of those...

it used to be there were pretty much no more than 12 player dm's, that were not dog-fights...the dedicated servers had about 5 setup for just 8 players...than everything else were p2p servers...and being that most home connections max out at 12 or so players...I never found any deatmatch only games higher than that...

if SCE started some full map deathmatch only games...supporting 32 players...I am in...that sounds awesome...but they definitely were not around a little while ago...

blusoops5967d ago

You can't play 32 player deathmatch on the sony servers (they only support upto 8 max)...you have to use the peer to peer, and I've never had a problem finding a ranked game w/24-32 players at once...talk about racking up the points!! Especially on small maps!! Total mayhem

SSCOOLCHEA5967d ago

is there a setting that im missing that causing me to get booted after 3 or 4 games in WARHAWK ....

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Virtuos Working On A Multiplatform UE5 Remake, Rumored To Be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Virtuos is currently working on a multiplatform Unreal Engine 5 remake, which is rumored to be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

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BlackIceJoe8d ago

If this is true, I hope it leads to Morrowind getting remade next.

-Foxtrot8d ago

I thought they’d go for Morrowind first to be honest but this is a welcoming surprise to tide us over before ES6

TheColbertinator7d ago

Well said. Exactly my thoughts too.

Tedakin8d ago

Unreal Engine isn't efficient for open world games, so I question the reliability of this story.

isarai8d ago

Yeah, 1st thing that came to my mind too, although i CAN see it being likely for ease if use, but it's not going to run very well if so

Tacoboto7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

I'd wonder if it would just be exploiting Unreal for graphics but the underlying engine/logic is still the original framework.

Like how we had the graphical remakes of Halo Anniversary, Tomb Raider I-III, and Demon's Souls.

Could also end up a disaster like the GTA Trilogy

mkis0077d ago

I have heard that too but even if it's modified isnt arkham knight UE?

Fragslayer7d ago

"remake will run both an Unreal Engine 5 project and the old Oblivion project. For instance, new graphics are rendered in the Unreal Engine 5 project, but most of the gameplay and physics are still done on the original Oblivion engine"

So with this logic it'll run just fine using UE5 tool sets on top of Gamebryo's engine or maybe even Creation Engine, who knows.

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kaos897d ago

Hopefully modders can fix the aged combart in this game if this is true. Enemies leveling up with you broke and defeated the whole purpose of leveling up.

Fragslayer7d ago

Yeah it could use some tuning for sure hence the need for a Remake not a Remaster. I'm surprised it's even a conversation within them group which makes me skeptical it's Oblivion. I wouldn't say they shouldn't level up at all though maybe just a leave them a couple levels behind to appease the masses.

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Why MW 2019 is still the best looking Call of Duty to date

MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.

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EazyC10d ago

MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.

That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.

I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro51d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7251d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_51d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga51d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2350d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200051d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin51d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole51d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix51d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198951d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel198951d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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