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Game worlds have grown a whole lot, this image proves it

Remember when Grand Theft Auto III came out and we were all amazed by how huge the city was? Now it looks like the kind of thing a girl couldn't help but laugh at if it was whipped out in front of her.

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Sunny_D5093d ago (Edited 5093d ago )

Holy crap! But wait, are they just looking at the maps themselves or is the distance much larger than before?

Christopher5091d ago

Interesting graphic, though I wouldn't include driving games since they don't utilize the whole map like the other games listed.

ProjectVulcan5091d ago (Edited 5091d ago )

I believe they are classing them as the claims of distances and thus area, but distance as measured by the game or spoken by the developer. I dont think its inch perfect accurate to be honest but it does seem reasonably representative.

The size of the map is surely relative to the speed a player is capable of crossing it i suppose, oblivion for example you have to walk or ride everywhere until you have discovered the locations before you can fast travel, which makes the game much like fallout 3, proportionately larger than some GTA games which employ aircraft which can traverse the entire map span inside two minutes or so.

Burnout for me also seemed a little smaller than some of these large games because again you seem able to cross the map pretty quickly. Its no surprise to me however about just cause 2. Even in a jet fighter, it can take four or five minutes to cross the game world! Attack helicopters feel slow, such is the scale....

FarEastOrient5091d ago

I remember when gaming maps could fit on a sheet of paper while I was playing them. Now games like Fallout 3, GTA IV, and Far Cry are so big I'm always happy to buy the guide just so I can stare at a map.

hay5091d ago

Funny, title says that game worlds have grown but still biggest game mentioned is the oldest...

ThaOutKast5091d ago (Edited 5091d ago )

The biggest map on there is from Just Cause 2 which came a couple of months ago. How is that the oldest game on there?

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Never mind I didn't notice the list of other games on the side of the pic, I apologize.

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xc7x5093d ago

and it was online with up to 200 players

mrv3215093d ago

Star Control 2... has a really large map. It's actually really scary when you zoom out.

http://www.abandonia.com/fi...

Fuel apparently had a large map also.

Brewski0075091d ago

Love just cause , its just soooo huge. Sometimes though i find its too big. But its not a complaint, i think its just generally being lazy on my part, thankfully i can use the extraction command they give lol.

Government Cheese5091d ago

I agree... without the extraction feature, JC2 would take forever to beat lol.

STK0265091d ago

but, if the elder scrolls 2 is the biggest one listed, doesn't that actually mean that games are not bigger than they used to be?

kaveti66165091d ago

Elder Scrolls 2 was a bigger land area, but it didn't have as much content. Large open spaces and not enough NPCs.

Kratos Spartan5091d ago

It's the biggest land size by far. Which is what this article is about. Not really sure what your point is about content kaveti.

Kratos Spartan5091d ago

or the ones mentioned in the corner were just too big for this representation. I mean, over 60,000 square miles for Elder Scrolls? All the other maps would just be too small to even see in a graphic like this, if they spread that map out to show.

kaveti66165091d ago

It's not hard to render large open spaces and call your map the biggest game map there is. Obviously if the people who made this graphic were aiming to show the largest game maps without regard to content, then they would have shown Elder Scrolls 2's map in the picture instead of just mentioning it on the bottom right corner.

So my point is, the people who made the graphic are probably concerned about the amount of content, not just the map area.

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PS5 Pro specs leak video taken down by Sony

Sony is taking actions as video by Moore’s Law is Dead, has been issued with a copyright claim.

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andy851d 9h ago

And people say it's all fake because Sony haven't said anything 😂 conveniently forget the PS4 Pro was only announced 2 months before release.

BeHunted1d 9h ago

It's fake. There's no factual evidence other than his own made up specs.

Hereandthere1d 9h ago

What were the specks Sony was afraid of showing?

Shikoku1d 8h ago (Edited 1d 8h ago )

Digital foundry put a video out saying what he leaked was exactly what they also knew about the PS5 PRO. So no it's not just stuff he made up

Babadook71d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

If it’s fake what copyright does MLID infringe upon?

😂

andy851d 5h ago

Aye because they'd go to the effort of copyright claiming it if it didn't exist 🙃😂 you'd have to be a special kind to be thinking its not a thing by now

Cacabunga1d 4h ago

They need to reveal it with uncharted killzone or a heavy hitter like this

Ironmike1d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

U mean the specs that we'll established digital foundry which said these are the actual specs published a video on 2 weeks ago I mean they are only one of most trusted sites for tech information but they just made up a video for the sake of it

Christopher15h ago

I would love for it all to be fake, but lots of people are saying they've seen/heard the same thing. But, man, we 100% don't need mid-gen upgrades when we're failing hard to optimize current hardware.

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Seraphim10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

if I recall Sony lowered sales expectations for PS5 earlier this year. if that is the case we won't hear anything about a Pro until next year or shortly before/when it's dropping. After all, if the Pro was dropping this year/fiscal year they wouldn't have lowered expectations.

As for squashing rumors. Yeah, shit like this prevents potential buyers from adopting now, just like slim rumors in the past. It only makes sense to keep things under wraps from a business perspective. Despite living in a technological age of unfettered access to information we don't need to know whats going on behind closed doors be that at Sony, Nintendo, MS, or amongst any development studios. When the steak is done we shall feast.

JackBNimble9h ago

By the time games are actually made to take advantage of the pro spec's the ps6 will be released or close to it.

jznrpg1d 8h ago (Edited 1d 8h ago )

Just announce it already! I want to preorder one asap. But in reality they don’t want to lessen PS5 sales until Pro is ready to launch so I understand the business part of it. September is probably when they announce it with an early November launch like the PS4 Pro

Ironmike1d 4h ago

Pro won't lessen sales sames ps4 pro never and the ps4 pro was more relevant at the time cos move to 4k this not needed

RaidenBlack22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Yea, my brother got his PS4 (coz of a good deal) after the PS4 Pro's release.

darthv7218h ago

^^same here. I got a base 4 for only $100 off a guy who bought the Pro. then a few months later I found a guy on craigslist selling a pro for $100 because it was left behind by his former roommate who moved out. That was the beginning of my obsession to buy up the different variants of the PS4 that were released.

As of now I am really only missing the 500m one and the gold slim but otherwise I have pretty much all the other retail ones. https://consolevariations.c...

crazyCoconuts11h ago

Anyone with 4K that appreciates 60fps is gonna disagree about it not being needed.
DLSS is a god send for Nvidia, and there's been nothing like it for AMD...yet ...

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DeadlyFire16h ago

They will announce it around E3 timeframe about May-June whenever they do a showcase for the year.

neutralgamer19921d 8h ago

Just announce it this thing will sell well

Ironmike1d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

I don't think it will pll still haven't seen the potential of ps5 yet

Cacabunga15h ago

agreed, but it might sell if they announce some 1st party games to lead the way. if people see the difference with the base version they can move on. for my sake I am still gaming mainly on PS4 (still not finished with RDR2 due to lack of gaming time). I have a huge backlog on PS5 I am hoping to get into.

mark3214uk1d ago

why? game makers havnt even come close to maxing out current spec yet, were getting al lthese new TFlops and game maker are making crappy remakes not worthy of the ps3

Minute Man 72119h ago

The guts of the 5 and X are 5 years old

fr0sty12h ago

People keep saying that, yet we still have games running at near HD resolutions, 30fps, and ray tracing features turned off.

PRIMORDUS1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

I would take that video and upload a torrent of it, fuck that copyright bullshit. If your going to do something that has a chance of being taken down, make a torrent first share it. Then Sony or any other company is helpless and you can laugh in their faces, taunting them to try to take it down 🤣

LoveSpuds22h ago

With kind of analysis and advice, you could be a lawyer for Trump!🤣

tronyx1222h ago

As much as the PS4 Pro didn't represent a major % in the playerbase, announcing a 'better' model will hinder sales from the 'base' model. They are right, business-wise.

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Exclusive Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary Event with Themed Stays

Toyohashi, Japan is set to host a large-scale Monster Hunter event to celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary, complete with themed hotel accommodations.

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Not All Voice Actors Can Be Film Actors – And Vice-Versa

Shaz from GL: "Acting is a difficult craft to master, and what many don't consider is just how hard it can be to perform across different mediums of entertainment."

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rlow17d ago

Interesting article, it doesn’t surprise me because some people are better all a-rounders than others. Regardless of fame or how good they are in their specialty.

TheProfessional7d ago

This is why I feel like the live action stuff in Alan Wake 2 especially is pretty bad. It also looks really cheap and amateurish.

phoenixwing6d ago

Kojima and death stranding 1 2 will disagree