South Side Gamer: "Some of us are compulsive buyers when it comes to new video games and well known series. As a consumer and a journalist games are what most of the consumers spend their money on especially of a game thats coming out the next week or in a few months. Recently a few games were released a week or so ago, as usual the big named websites would give their review and some of the smaller websites who get their review copies would do theirs. Sometimes its not as informative as it seems. Take for example the Godfather II game released for multiplatforms, for some off reason rushing out to buy these games when they get an early review doesn't seem like a great idea."
Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."
This is the issue with things like this
Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console
However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.
So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.
The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell
I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.
I agree, and the sad part is use normal folk saw it the second they announced their plans.
More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...
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"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."
Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.
I'd much rather have 1440p/60fps or even 45fps. Having just one, even with the Series S in mind, is disappointing.
Remember when xbots were adamant that the series s won’t hold back the gen?
Microsoft just needs to let go of the mandatory parity. Who cares if your grandma doesn’t understand that a game cannot be played on the S. It’s not like it she can buy you a physical game for it anyway. Before buying the game put up a notice that it only works on series X. If you’re buying for a friend-allow for a refund.
Bam. Everyone is happy. Most series s owners are for casuals that want Game Pass anyway and most likely don’t purchase most games.
If the developers want it to run on S, let them figure it out.
“During the event, the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 producer also revealed that on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, the game will run at 4K resolution and 30 frames per second“
Another “creative decision” right? 🤦♂️
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Tales of the Shire has many hurdles to jump to live up to the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, and magical elements might be its most pertinent one.
Game reviews are becoming less and less reliable. I mean, imagine if you read Gamespot's review of "Ratchet&Clank: Tools of Destruction" (a 7.9/10 score) and decided not to play that game. You'd be missing out on one of the best action-adventure games of this generation.
It's sad -- but it was expected -- that as video games became more mainstream, the critics would become less and less reliable, just like music, TV, and movie critics these days.
so you should also consider other sites' reviews, too.. that's what metacritic and gameranking are for..
however, you should be wary of overhyped games. for example, GTA4, and gaylo 3 have inflated scores but, in reality, these games suck.
ign's 10 on gta4 is B$. that game was a renter.. here what the reviews won't say:
graphics were ugly, its MP was flat, gameplay was more of the same. cover system was good but aiming was crap because you can't even see the enemy. you relied too much on auto-aim. story was dull. and the main character was not interesting.
Example;Warhawk.Based on early reviews of this game I decided against purchasing it.Nearly a year later I pick it up at a discount because I need a 'filler' game.I play it and come to the conclusion that I can no longer base my game purchasing tendencies on reviews in any way.I missed out on a masterpiece because of my steadfast confidence in reviews.Uncharted suffered the same fate,I won't get fooled again.At the opposite end of the spectrum,for me anyways,is Oblivion and Gta4, reviewers showered them with praise,my experience with them was not so forgiving.
My opinions aside,Bias and agenda have become all too common in game reviews.Are some reviews simply an honest opinion of a games strengths and flaws? sure,but they have become increasingly harder to find.Consumers, exercise discretion,come to you're own conclusion in most cases.
Short answer: Hell no!
I am very picky about the games I buy.I read or watch a review to help you out this is wat u should do.go to gametailers.com or xplay look wut they gave them or get their podcast if they gave them a good review still think about it and decide