Huzaifah from eXputer: "Some among us believe that gaming is worse now than it has been in decades. But the truth is that now's a better time than ever to be a fan."
Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"
Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc
I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.
"In a time when companies don't care about preserving games, I have high respect for the creators of projects like N64: Recompiled." - Hanzala from eXputer.
Some food for thought:
Would you donate your physical copy of a really rare/expensive cartridge (Conkers's BFD, Bomberman 64 Second Attack, Ogre Battle 64, the two Castlevania titles, etc) to those managing this project for the greater good of getting them preserved online for all to experience at some point?
The snippet of ray tracing at the end of the og trailer was low-key amazing. I found out thanks to Nerrel who also made a texture pack for MM, and i can't wait to see how much more great this game will be in the near future. With model swaps, ray tracing, retextures, and a more quicker process than decompilation, it's gonna bring new life to N64 games.
There might need to be a bit of clarification recompilation is not the same as decompilation.
This is basically a container to excite the rom within but allows for all sorts of beat additions and tricks like new lighting effects such as ray tracing to be added.
But decompilation would ultimately be king as it allows for a widespread porting capabilities and uses the assets from games to build a native install for PC or whatever the target system is e.g Mario 64 for PC or sonic mania for psvita / wii
Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.
Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.
Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.
If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard
As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights
Gee let’s look at how many games and brand new IPs came out on PS1. Now compare that to now. I’d rather go back and play Parasite Eve, Xenogears, Resident Evil 1-3, Metal Gear Solid, Breath of Fire 3-4 than pretty much most sh*t out now.
Bad games then: fun ideas that don't work well
Bad games now: Souless repetitive predatory crap
Average game then: copying the trend with a fun little twist
Average game now: Souless imitations
Great games then: genuis ideas and execution while likely being a new IP
Great games now: Genuis ideas and execution in a long running series
In short it was all about ideas before, that's why horrible Ps1/2 games are more fun to play than Movie-Game with Ubisoft elements #3453123567
Yes and no. There are the good ones and bad ones. Originality is obviously tougher, monetization is focused on, games are taking longer to finish, etc. We still definitely get great games though...with a few crappy ones in between. Gaming has gotten even bigger then ever which has it's goods and bads.
it depends how u look at it.
we've had plenty of bad games even bk then. ha.
i think whats changed, is that devs jump on a thing that worked for one or two games and do the same, regardless if it works for their games or not.
Exputer has been providing terrible random opinion pieces lately. It's getting so poor, this is why I didn't bother approving.