Lessons were learned. After eight years of memory management issues and Cell-related woe, PlayStation developers can look forward to a console more powerful on paper than Xbox One yet no more complicated than Microsoft’s own mini-PC. That extra overhead will give them greater room for manoeuvre when porting crossplatform games and more options when developing for PlayStation alone, but the consoles’ similarities are so numerous, developers’ only frustration is needing to port games at all.
All available May 5.
Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-
I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.
Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.
Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.
Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.
Makes you think…
I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.
It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.
I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.
I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).
From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.
But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.
Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!
Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.
I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.
Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.
Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
1. Sony asked developers what they wanted when it came to the PS4(if that's not dev friendly then i don't know what is).
2. They give their utmost support to indie devs. (Glad MS followed suit)
Those 2 reasons say it all.
http://www.ign.com/articles... DITCHED touch senstive buttons in the dualshock 4???wtf dumb call
"why Sony’s console is more developer-friendly"
MS became unbelievably complacent. Believed that Sony would underpower their system while they could dictate terms to developers as well as consumers. Felt that they - MS - didn't have to be concerned with developers, especially indie devs, while dictating terms of use to consumers while focusing more on media applications.
Basically, they've been swallowing all the HS they've been preaching with the fist Xbox and the 360. Thought they were the #1 console maker with the go-to system when all they've really been doing for over ten years is disrupting things.
Sony asked devs because they knew they messed up with the cell for PS3.
MS has been making dev friendly consoles from the start.
Not mention offering free dedicated servers and making every Xbox One a dev kit. Also they set up a special group who's only job is to handle indie dev support.
MS is making sure that they do everything right for their Xbox One this time around.
@Heavy
"Lol, sure, especially when it comes to policies"
Yes I agree, they are changing policies just like Sony has and Nintendo in the past. And yet MS gets so much slack when they change theirs. Especially making changes that never affected the consumer.
I think Sony has done a better job courting a large number of Indie Developers. Mainly by throwing free hardware at them, and having a less stringent quality control program. That's what made them the most developer friendly leading up to launch. That and bankrolling some of their projects. But MS has made great strides towards closing that gap.
More graphical power doesn't necessarily equate to being more developer friendly, any more than better graphics equates to a better game.
The thing I don't get is how MS paying for an exclusive for a 3rd party is bad. But Sony paying for indie games or buying indie studios is good. It's the same principle.