Now, don't get me wrong, I'm as guilty as anyone for getting all hot and bothered about things being revealed at E3 or TGS as the next guy but it's all starting to wear a little thin from where ?I'm stood these days.
Firstly, there's the practical pains in the posterior like the month beforehand being filled with supposition, rumour and a billion supposed and actual leaks(which even when they're true kind of spoil EVERYTHING!)and this bores me silly to the point I'm jaded when the real thing comes round. It's overkill.
Secondly, we have a month of articles and arguments over who "won" something that cannot ever be "won" unless decided in the most absurdly subjective manner. It's childish and, again, it's overkill.
Now, the main issues I have with the whole thing centre around the conspicuous waste it represents. It exists merely to allow the industry to oil the wheels(and throats() of the media. To wow and curry favour with whatever they can squeeze into their allotted time slot on stage. Am I alone in thinking this is a shit way to show off your wares? There are a million different ways of showing us what's coming but this is the only one which needs to drag half the industry half way round the world to get it done. This costs time and no little money. Time and money which would be better spent, IDK, making bloody games?
It's a recession but MS are, again, spending tasteless amounts jazzing up their showings with things totally removed from gaming and I wonder whether it's just in bad taste when everyone else is tightening their belts. Also winds ,me up that all the companies nickel and dime us but seem content to spend copious amounts on E3 when it's not a great way of spreading the message to start with. An hour is seldom nearly enough to fit much in and as a result we get precious little detail and I'm left wondering if the money spent was worth it.
Yeah, I'm as bad a sucker for the GEC and "Bam!" moments as everyone else but, seriously, Cirque Du Soleil turning up this year might actually be the most fitting guests yet to have nothing to do with gaming as, as far as I can tell, it's more of a circus than anything else.
Maybe I'm just getting old(and I'm a hypocrite as I'll be watching intently after all this)and see through the over excitement too easily but when it goes on for two months, never actually shows us a great deal of the games revealed and then we have to watch as the fanboys and less wise sites decide who "won" I just feel the over expenditure is less jusified than ever. It leaves a bit of a bad taste in the mouth that the companies involved spend so much and actually show so little.
The hype has gotten hold and is now firmly in charge of proceedings to the point a short conference lives on the nets for two whole months. I'm jaded and not left thinking it;'s worth it in any real sense to anyone. Except those writers getting a free lunch or three!
The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth combat director has expressed that he wants the final part in the trilogy to offer players "even more freedom".
I love the game so far but please don’t make the final part a mini game fest
Everytime I get to a new part in Rebirth it’s “mini game time”
Hope ya don't mind me asking since it seems like you've played it, did it feel like a decent step up from the last game or was it more like the best from the last but more polished?
It makes Remake feel like a demo.
9.5/10 imo. And I think the “mini games” did a great job of adding variety to the gameplay. Purely optional as well.
I had a weird cycle of love/hate for all the mini games as I played through. At first I really hated the seeming need to check all these boxes while exploring the grasslands. I didn't enjoy the Gilgamesh quest initially, and thought Queen's blood was fine but didn't want to commit to it. The side quests didn't really grab me either.
Then for some reason everything in Junon region changed my mind and I did pretty much everything. I liked most of the side quests, I actually liked playing fort condor (didn't care for it in the intergrade dlc). And my interest for completing these quests stayed pretty much through to Cosmo Canyon.
Then they added that horrible Lifestream memory/battle mini game and I started getting so burnt out of it all. I just wanted to do the story. I didn't do any side quests in neibleheim and beyond except for the summon. I abandoned Gilgamesh.
So what I'm saying is I would like the third part to go back to the focused progression from remake. Keep the mini games to the gold saucer. Start the game snowboarding if you want, but from there keep the story rolling.
As long as it comes out on PS5 to have the entire series on one platform, do whatever you want
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...
Quote:
"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? 🤦♂️
Since you're not an amateur and clearly know more than them, can you over there and help get the game running on the S without having to sacrifice their true vision. Us gamers would really appreciate you using your wisdom for good 🙏
Thousands of games run just fine on S.
But Kingdom Come is the game that can’t. Must be one hell of a game!
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E3 used to be fun actually before this whole frenzy of rumors and speculations on the internet began. We used to be 'Blown away', but now most of the major announcements are known even before the show starts by some even list or someone leaking stuff out (still looking at TLG.... It got ruined a day before E3).
I also agree with the E3 winning topic... Utterly pointless and all the sites just to gather hits keep on reposting their opinion and N4G goes bonkers. It's a good thing I am going abroad when this stupidity commences, cause First we will have M$'s conference and people will talk more about the Circus act than gaming (and all sites will hail it as a MAJOR E3 winning event like the Beatles last time lol.) and then a day of doom and gloom for Sony.... Then Sony will have it's conference and again the fanboys will go at each other like rabid dogs.
All I really want from this E3 is no leaked announcement. I can deal with the fanboys, but leaked announcements really kill the buzz. Again a reference to TLG... It got leaked and it was hyped to death by the media and when Sony showed it to them all were like OK, we've seen this next.... Just imagine the hype it would have got if it actually was showcased then....