For open world games especially, unless people want sub Ultra settings going by today’s standard (years ago really—W3 Ultra for example, especially with physics enabled like hair and fur).
We dont know what the next consoles will be targeting of course, but a 1080ti can struggle at 4K/60 on some large scale games at max settings today and I’m not expecting some huge leap over it—probably on or near high end of the spectrum really. Maybe they’ll be even beefier though and b...
Pretty sure Nintendo probably makes more exclusives really, although they’re usually split between more devices. New IPs vary year to year for both.
However Nintendo leans too heavily into established characters for their new IPs. Mario for example is the star of probably 1-2 dozen different IPs due to them being drastically different games but starring the same characters every time. Wish Nintendo would branch out a bit more in this regard although it’s not really why mo...
Ubisoft Shanghai is the largest dev studio I can think of out of China, that targets the western market anyways. Maybe I just can’t remember where some others are based out of though as it’s literally in their name for them.
Ubisoft has two major Teams in Asia, Shanghai and Singapore, with several smaller ones (support or mobile/handheld usually). Ubisoft though loves to cross-team develop like you alluded to but Shanghai has had some greats under its belt. Think Singapore’s first big lead might be skulls and bones though. They’ve done support pretty well however.
Hope it doesn’t turn into Andromeda-like fiasco as that game was sort of a Bioware support team given lead for its first title to...
Every time they’ve talked about “no more Console generations” it’s been followed by “we think” or “but we’ll see”. “Forward compatibility” has always been followed by “Xbox One Family”. Because the X was in part a test to see how this model would work—their words in many interviews actually. The launch One and S are foreword compatible with the X in this sense.
So if the X doesn’t sell as well as they were expecting or they simply see better viability in releasing an Xbo...
Gears 5, Horizon 4, Motorsport #, Crackdown3, Ori 2... I really don’t know what else yet sadly. Maybe Halo Infinite?
Most of the other games likely won’t be ready until next Console is either released or at least shown off.
X-men Legends or MUA some day please. I’ve wanted a MCU version for years now. The port didn’t count.
It’s called Anthem. In this universe though he didn’t fall back out of the portal.
I enjoy it but am well aware of its flaws. Now that they’ll be first party hopefully they can go bigger and better. 2 fixes a lot of issues but it’s far from perfect.
I bought a copy after playing with Game Pass only because it’s $30. I’m sure some did the same to show it added support. Then of course the whole “physical vs digital” people that want a real copy since Game Pass is even less “yours” than a digital purchase.
Just glad it apparently sold well as it has its flaws but I liked it a lot more than the original for some reason.
Just don’t add all those mortars to multiplayer again. Leave Hammer out again too.
It makes a lot of sense really.
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JD and his buddy left the COG and joined up with the equivalent of Stranded (non-COG population during the war with Locust). His intro revolves on scavenging for a power source for the settlement with his buddy, Kait, and her Uncle. Things go to hell, the settlement is destroyed and her mom gets taken by the Swarm and then COG come stomping in thinking JD had something to do with it (not sure why they’d think tha...
If you played 4 then it makes perfect sense. JD was a useful way to introduce people to the new story but it was always hers at its core.
Marcus was basically the Maria side story for 4. So Marcus had his and the father centric story in 1-3 and Kait gets Mom and grammy’s now. Who knows if it stays after 5 though as we don’t know exactly how it will play out but they are probably very, very related (without going into pure spoiler territory).
I would ha...
UE and then 4. Only second original take though.
Third I believe, as they did UE first and then Gears 4. Second original game though. Same for 343 practically (MCC and 4-5, HW2 was collaborated as they oversight as well but another studio actually made that one).
I preferred the lighter armor designs in 4 but now they’re back to full on tank gear apparently. It doesn’t look as bad on Kait but JD’s looks massive on him now—even with his extra size. Maybe the higher rank you are the bulkier your gear, until Chairman and then you can choose to drop it completely.
However it’s just a staple of the franchise I guess.
Families will have kids screaming “SPIDEY!” when it launches all the way to Christmas. Some adults as well. To think it won’t sell PSs is crazy talk. GoW is probably to have had less of an impact on new buyers really as it’s more targeting adults in general (or older teens) and you can bet some still bought it for it alone, just not as many as Spidey probably will this late into a cycle even.
I loved the Japanese centric games. Not everyone will but Smash was my least favorite bit actually. Still not my favorite show though.
If that’s all I should expect from DS, I’ll probably watch it on YouTube. Not something I usually do but I’m sure they’re saving more for later. I hope so anyways. I don’t mind walking Sims in a beautiful and interesting setting but gameplay showed almost nothing we couldn’t have guessed from the scene last year. Baby carrier, weird monster, trying to not be seen, and a cool cast but just a mystery still for time being.
As much as I love 4k and think it should be the standard, a 1080-1440p/60 Base system would be a nice compromise and leave more juice for better visuals, physics, ai, etc.
Xbox said “consoles” so it’s possible we might see an S and X again if they go with Xbox Two. Possibly launch side by side this time as a full 60fps ecosystem which benefits everyone better. Also allows for a lower price point for a base model which will simply be a good market decision. Maybe a $300-4...