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15 minutes ago, number305 said:

That is one way to look at it...

 

Another true way to look at it is: this is the smallest step forward ever for a new console release.  You will see less of a difference from a PS4 game to a PS5 game than ever before in any console iteration.  This coupled with the fact the the first year or two will be releases of the same games for both systems there seems to be very little reason to be an early adopter.

Because this gen we already have games like The Last of Us 2, GOW and The Order, which already look so lifelike and detailed.  Screenshots from Kingdom Hearts 3 are almost indistinguishable from Toy Story graphics.  But lighting, shadows, and LOD can still be taken quite a bit further.  When footage of next gen games are shown I think people in general will be taken aback by how much of an improvement it will be. But after that, I think the steps forward really will be much less noticeable than it was with previous gens.

10 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

While a version of PS5 with more VRAM and a larger SSD could certainly be launched in the same year, it would not be the same thing as what the pro brought to the table. Added VRAM will not bump up the amount of cores in the GPU and so will do little more than add cost and make life easier for developers who are a little less tight with their coding practices. In short, more VRAM does not make your rendering better, though an insufficient amount of any kind of  RAM in a system can drag down performance. All of that said, a larger hard drive, while nice, does not change the "power" of the console either. So to the consumer, you would have a more expensive system that wouldn't really offer more.  Whereas, 24-36 months from the time of PS5's launch, you should be able to upgrade the GPU by 50%-75% and not increase the Console price compared to the launch PS5, much like the PS4/PS$ PRO situation. 

An increase in harddrive space doesn't effect rendering power, but it was definitely a selling point for the Pro.  And yes, it's just a fact that tech will be better a few years from now and we'll get a better Pro model if we wait, no argument there. But my guess is as increases in graphical detail starts to plateau the main selling point for one will be improved framerate for games on 4K displays and not much more than that.

9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

That’s not how it works. The pro model was a mid gen refresh in response to underpowered launch hardware to match current gen capabilities.

They couldn’t launch a pro at launch because in 3 years they would need another pro model.

You're not wrong.  But also the specs of the PS5 already sound completely bonkers.  Graphics for PS5 games might look like pre-rendered CGI out of the box this gen.  Visual detail to the naked eye is going to start plateauing soon, and we'll probably see a shift towards more abstract and expressive art styles anyway, which aren't as expensive on processing speed. I'm sure we'll get an upgrade later, slim models, and all that, but since a boost in framerate is the main selling point of the Pro models why can't a PS5 model with extra vRAM and harddrive space be released this year?

Luxuriant entertainment machine is luxuriant.  In the bigger picture who cares, worse case scenario is probably a two year wait for a price drop (or waiting to build a new PC, if the exclusives are indeed being ported over).  Hopefully Sony are consumer-friendly enough to launch the pro and base hardware at the same time. 

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Anyone familiar with this episode of the Kill Tony podcast might remember him as that creepy and unfunny comic who got boo'd.  Here is his set:

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5 hours ago, Wild said:

Ferngully did it better.

Nah.  That movie rips though.

53 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

I never even knew this is a movie, I thought it was some shitty JRPG from the PS1 era. 

Which game?  Or you mean an anime based on a JRPG like that early 90's Final Fantasy movie?

On 2/16/2020 at 9:33 PM, Xbob42 said:

I like to imagine you're making a meta post about old memes.

Frankly I'm a boomer when it comes to keeping up w/ most memes old or new

On 2/14/2020 at 10:55 AM, Xbob42 said:

After all the utterly terrible memes I saw for months about this game, it being this kind of shitty indie chore simulator was one of the worst decisions I could possibly imagine for a title like this. How do you take a goose, which is an animal that does whatever the fuck it wants because it's a goose, and then literally give it a list of chores to do to progress through a linear game? Way to not capture the spirit of a goose at all, not to mention in terms of gameplay you solve half the problems the second you see the relevant items and then it's just meandering through the bullshit until you can do the pseudo-stealth sections and not get shooed away, all for bad, low stakes slapstick.

It's not funny or fun. It's a bad game. It fails at everything it sets out to do aside from making memes, which I guess is better than what some games accomplish.

Ok, boomer.

I wasn't expecting to care about the creation side but here we are.  The most exciting thing is how dang accessible it is to use to make the imagery floating around in your dome that you wanna make. 20 minutes into the first tutorial I had an interactive 3d landscape done with ruins, buildings, foliage, mountains and wildlife and everything.  Can't wait to recommend this to friends who struggle with the technical side of painting and sculpting and see what they can do with it.

It's themes are kinda similar to what Cameron was trying to do with Avatar, but more interesting to me.  Characters are more complex, and I felt more emotions watching it.  I love Ghibli movies.  I re-watched Mononoke almost exactly around the time this thread was posted oddly enough and am revisiting all my favorite Ghibli and Pixar films right now.  Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away and Porco Rosso are probably my favs.

Serious question: Does anyone genuinely feel moved by the stories in their games and take them seriously lol?  I could never get into it. Over-the-top, unintentionally corny if not offensive at times, filled with bad tropes and writing that i think will be remembered as insulting to the intelligence of audiences who brainwashed themselves into liking it with a straight face, arguably worse than how stories in games like KOTOR, Sonic Adventure and Elder Scrolls:Oblivion are remembered now. 

Now I'll concede the most recent stuff does look like a pretty movie, but from the playthroughs I've watched it feels surface level to me.  I have a feeling most movie games ten years from now will make QD's stuff look even more antiquated than it is now.

Are there any plans for all six main books to be adapted in some form (keeping continuity with Villeneuve’s films)?

First played: Nes

First owned: Genesis

The first two hours of this was the most compelling sci-fi anything I've seen in years in any medium but I stopped caring somewhere around the third act, if there was one.  I like the world building and all the fresh ideas explored in this game but on an emotional level it ranged from good to confusing for me.  Still hyped to see a Kojima horror game though if he decides to make one.

What would the gameplay potential of playing as gollum even be?

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