VGW: The gaming press at large has recently shown a surging interest in celebritizing game developers and treating tweets as the gospel truth. From Cliff Bleszinski’s thoughts on whiskey and one-armed women to what Kojima is or is not eating for lunch, industry writers now more than ever are obsessed with the personal activities of game developers. If sites want to turn their coverage into the video game equivalent of Perez Hilton, more power to them. But given its impulsive nature, should Twitter be considered a reliable source of gaming news? Events that unfolded today point to a resounding "no."
Dragon's Dogma 2 continues Capcom's hot streak of favorably reviewed games as the studio lands first on Metacritic's top publishers ranking.
Responding to a query about frame rate problems from IGN, Capcom said in a statement that performance issues on PC may be linked to the heavy amount of CPU demanded from NPCs in the game.
"In Dragon's Dogma 2, a large amount of CPU usage is allocated to each character and dynamically calculates the impact of their physical presence in various environments. In certain situations where numerous characters appear simultaneously, the CPU usage can be very high and may affect the frame rate," a Capcom representative told IGN. "We are aware that in such situations, settings that reduce GPU load may currently have a limited effect; however, we are looking into ways to improve performance in the future."
What a load of bull there blaming the npc load for there poor performance? the new hitman games has way more going on beyond that they are saying any pc cpu is not powerful enough?
In the article it is also stated a ign reviewr got motion sickness playing ps5/pc version but still enjoyed it? like wow if that was me i would knock it down alot and asked for a patch asap.
So those about to play thank denuvo get a barf bucket if your on pc play 720p because like cites skyline its going to be a unoptimized cpu mess.
Man those on series s/steam deck/rog ally rip :(
Project Zomboid a simple looking isometric game has a similar problem as the Zombies are CPU heavy. If this is the issue GPU tweeks won't do anything, you need less calculations per NPC or more static NPCs
Well that’s just great…looks like I’ll be holding off on buying this on PC until it’s fixed. If I wanted low frame rates I’d just buy it in console smh…
Capcom Boosts Starting Salaries in Japan by Over 25%! Strategic move to attract top talent and align with industry trends amid economic inflation.
Well there is a lot of laid off talent out there. Very smart of them to target that. Plus if it’s in Japan, that’s a great place to live.
I really approve of Capcom for doing this and will show my appreciation by supporting them. There are a few Capcom games I need to get... and this includes Dragon's Dogma 2. Support companies that support the people working in the industry over shareholders! REMEMBER: Shareholder's don't make games!
25% sounds like a lot, but it's from $1,560 to $2000 per month. That's $24,000 a year. Unless u became a monk, that is below poverty line.
Really depends. Some of the stuff devs or other personalities reveal is good stuff. The Battlefield 3 devs for instance did a great job of using Twitter for a Q&A session with fans. David Jaffe has revealed some interesting thoughts via Twitter too.
Sites reporting Cliff Bleszenski every time he says something to tweak fanboys is the other end of the spectrum though and probably really not needed.
My last thought is that many game companies are essentially using Twitter for PR purposes. These PR accounts should definitely be considered a newsworthy source.
Considering what crap and drivel gets posted on N4G then of course it should.
@Bshea: Confirmed!
95% of the shitte that comes through from Journalists is Unprofessional, unmeritable, Garbage material, lacking in credibility anyway. We'd be better off listening to children on youtube, give us "inside scoops" and "in depth reviews" so twitter can join the pile, they lay a fresh one everyday.
twitter is great for news, especially for sports. News always appears on twitter first.