"At the Nvidia G-Sync launch event, John Carmack spoke about AMD's low level API, Mantle. Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd know that Mantle is an application programming interface that will reduce CPU overhead by calling up to 9 times more draw cells when compared to other APIs like Direct3D and OpenGL. On top of that, Mantle will also allow direct access to the GPU and give developers more control over the hardware."
Gary Green said: We’re finding ourselves in a similar position with the Pixel Remaster edition of Final Fantasy IV as we were with Final Fantasy III since, once again, we’ve received a slightly upscaled, more vibrant port of the original game when there’s already an expanded 3D remake available. As such, we’re playing a game which, even after its long-awaited release, still lives very much in the shadow of its remake.
If only they didn't screw ps4 owners over with a physical release. I'd have ran through this in a heartbeat.
The first one I played, it was the one that made me fall in love with JRPGs and is still my favorite to this day. A masterpiece
The Nerd Stash: "The Wasteland is unforgiving, and there are a ton of brutal ways to die in the Fallout universe. We listed out the absolutely worst ones."
While many are fans of the Honkai Star Rail story so far, The Nerd Stash believes that the deaths of Robin and Firefly no longer carry much weight.
For shame!
Also, today is AMD's APU 13 an Sony is presenting its APU officially at the event at 9:30PST
It's consoles, they already get access directly to the hardware.
I believe that 50% of his statement is correct. Microsoft probably won't use it because they are so focused on DirectX. But I see no reason why Sony wouldn't embrace it, and they haven't in any form hinted that they won't.
Why would they need to use it, console API's have even more access to the hardware than what mantle will with the hardware in pc's
Why wouldn't Sony and MS want to do this if it could lead to better games?