Just to note, these are impression of exclusively, the PS3 version. I say that, in case there's differentiating performance between the two.
Liked
The gunplay was great. Makes me wonder why Rockstar seem to believe these type of games need an auto-targeting system to remain fun. They're definitely wrong. The gunplay was satisfying, and generally fun. The characters, and what I saw of the plot, definitely had me interested. Seems like it'll pack a great story. The physics in general, and more specifically driving physics and overall handling of the vehicles was also excellent. Visually the game looked pretty good, for the most part character models were very well done, and as were interiors, lighting was also great for a sandbox game.
Disliked
Unfortunately the game suffers from a plethora of technical issues. It's incredibly unlikely that these are attributed exclusive to the demo build, but I would hope the problems would be alleviated a little, on full release. Aforementioned issues include, screen tearing, generally low FPS, low draw distance, seemingly no AA, poor AI (specifically the city police when they are supposed to pursue. Other dislikeable aspects include the lack of any water physics, whatsoever apparently and areas which don't match the rest of the game, visually. Such as the foliage textures which are of notably low resolution.
Conclusion
Overall, it seems like it's going to be an amazing story driven sandbox experience, the mission available in the demo was truly excellent. The present technical issues are something I can look past, although was a little peeved by the poor AI on pursuing police. Hopefully this is something which isn't so much of an issue in the retail release, as is it looks to be an incredibly fun, if a little flawed experience.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
i think in the full game you will be able to swin its just they didnt want you leaving the area in the demo so they just blocked the water off
There was a little section of water I was able to get into. However there were no water physics, it did not react as I walked through it.
You could be right though. However then it'd have made more sense if the area had actually been cordoned off like the rest of the demo.
It looks like a damn PS2 game!
I mean I like the game alot, but damn control schemes man. Really wish l1 and r1 was to aim and shoot. I fix the other buttons square to reload and action button as x... Need to play again to see screen tearing overrall great demo...
All I have to say is 'Boobs'.