Dylan Z of iGR reports: "Studios have been coming out of the woodwork touting development advantages on both PS4 and Xbox One. We’ve heard pros and cons about working with both architectures. As such, I wanted to get the opinion of a developer that’s creating a cross-platform, cross-generational title; is there really that much of a difference?"
The Retouched update for Dying Light that improves graphical features has been released; here's how it compares with the Enhanced Edition.
I remember playing this for the first time on the PS4 and it knocking me sick and hurting my eyes due to the horrible motion blur and FPS.
Played it a lot on pc a year later. Then again on ps5 once they dropped the 60fps update. I'll be giving it another go. Mad how they have kept updating this game for 10 years.
Hey Survivors! Tymon here, your favorite Dying Light Franchise Director.
It's been an absolutely wild month here at Techland! We're in the thick of what I'm calling the "Summer of Dying Light," delivering updates and big news across all three Dying Light games. Just a few weeks ago, we dropped the first gameplay for Dying Light: The Beast, revealed its release date, and kicked off pre-orders (if you haven't seen it, check out my last dev blog). I'm incredibly proud of what we're building with The Beast - it’s the culmination of more than 10 years of experience in open-world survival horror!
But here's the thing: we never forget where we came from. That's why, this week, we're not just looking forward - we're rolling out significant updates for both the original Dying Light and Dying Light 2: Stay Human. We promised to support our games for a long time, and we're committed to continuing that support, right through and beyond the launch of Dying Light: The Beast.
It has been more than ten years since Dying Light was released, but what happened to the $386,000 'My Apocalypse Edition' of the game?
Wtf did this edition come with ? A real helicopter and a real zombie virus ?
For one lucky person willing to spend $386,000, the My Apocalypse Edition of Dying Light promised a staggering collection. It included the buyer’s face in the game, a human-sized ‘Volatile’ statue, and parkour lessons with a freerunning team. It also came with night vision goggles, an all-expenses paid round trip to Techland’s offices, and four signed copies of the game. Oh, and it also came with a custom-built, ‘zombie-proof’ survival shelter.
LOL but it was a stunt from the team:
‘It was a PR stunt and got a lot of media attention for its wild and over-the-top nature, it was designed to generate buzz around the game’s release. It did a great job of getting the game noticed, though! But nobody purchased it – thankfully, I guess!’
The thing that Techland needs to worry about is creating a fully functional game without game breaking bugs running rampant. They talk big talk but rarely deliver.
If that's the case, then why isn't this game going to be included with the Wii U. Xbox 360 and Wii U have basically the same architecture, the PowerPC. Plus I'm sure that the Wii U can handle this if Xbox 360/PS3 can.
Unless....it turns out to be another half-baked port. Anyways, if does come out for Wii U, I'll be one of the first to buy it. If not, maybe I can get it for PS4.
Imagine it though, the possibilities with the gamepad. Crafting, Inventory, Scanner, Weapon Scope, Communications Pad, Map. And with the Wii U Gamepad's 9-axis, their could be a way to push off zombies by wagging the gamepad or other environment interactions. And thats just some of the features that could be implemented.
Thats all well and good but the problem is that the systems are not the same. They are saying that the engine basically complies the assets and levels to optimize each platform. But isn't that what everyone does?
Will their engine maximize the potential of both consoles or take the least common denominator approach so that they look identical? The systems are not the same therefore they should not look the same. If so, I argue that neither is truly optimized.
"Honestly it’s refreshing to see a developer that’s not trying to garner attention by stirring the pot."
What. Whats wrong with stirring the pot? Developers were very vocal last gen about the difficulties of working with the cell. Were they stirring the pot or being honest.
Anyone who says they don't worry about platform differences is lying.