Default Prime writer Chris Stewart asks why gamers are treated like their spare time is a commodity and so are forced to spend ages waiting for games to install, update and load. Not all games are following this pattern though, as he discovers when he buys Rayman: Origins. Do you have an opinion on this? Please leave comments :)
"An amazing thing happened recently. I bought Rayman: Origins, put it in my PlayStation 3 and was playing the game in mere moments. It wasn’t until later that I realised something incredible had occurred; I didn’t have to wait to play the game. I thought back to my actions: I put the disc in the console, started the game and then played it. Nothing barged between me and my entertainment. No online passes fell out the case to force me into redeeming fiddly little codes to access features I already paid for. There was no patch to download. There was no install. Frankly, I was stunned. Then it occurred to me that I haven’t experienced that with my PS3 in an incredibly long time…"
Dragon Age 2 set the precedent that the series would always carry our choices over, but was it worth it?
If the choices won't matter, why bother? Bioware works so hard at giving meaningful choices but rarely if ever carrying out the impact of such choices to the end.
A new Skyrim Switch 2 update delivers major visual upgrades, surpassing some console settings, but locks the game to 30fps and introduces noticeable input lag.
That's ridiculous, lol. I'm waiting for the guy that says its too cpu-intensive for the Switch 2. This game is old af and has been released like 17 times.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith explains that the game's bucket stealth was an unintended feature of the game.
Installs help in the long run.