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Puddle Review | Trendy Gamers

Trendy Gamers: These days, it’s easy and oftentimes successful to design games with too many interacting mechanics. The sheer complexity of some games can completely overshadow the ineptitude of some or even all of the various concepts coming together to form the whole. With this idea as a given, it takes a great boldness to produce a truly simple game. Creating a game that’s pure in its focus of a single gameplay element requires that one element to be so meticulously refined as to be worthy of an entire gaming experience in and of itself. Such is the case with Neko Games and Konami’s Puddle, a game whose elegant hubris allows it to swim past its own shortcomings with ease. It’s truly an avant-garde gaming experience, telling a beautiful story without a single character or line of dialogue.

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GamePodunk4453d ago

This is a pretty cool looking game, I'll definitely have to check it out.

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales Shows Off Its Ray-Traced Puddles

Insomniac Games gave some additional details regarding Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and provided a new screenshot with ray-traced puddles.

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Jin_Sakai1340d ago (Edited 1340d ago )

Take that puddle haters.

For comparison:
https://i.ibb.co/DgZ2R1r/su...

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Bathyj1340d ago

The one guy I liked was grounded gamer Fonzerelli and they roasted him for making good points and arguments. They all just had their heads in the sand.

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bouzebbal1340d ago

Lost Legacy was also a DLC in some people's eyes.. Game was longer than Alan Wake and Gears.. Just saying.. Wipes the floor with each one of these technically too

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azedean1340d ago

No it is not. Between 20 and 30 hours for this stand alone, that means a new story around Mile Morales with better graphics and much more details and specific moves and power for Miles, yes it is still Manhathan but at another time after the first Spiderman this is a stand alone.

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Eonjay1339d ago

It looks great. That PS5 is no slouch lol.

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SamTheGamer1340d ago

Damn!! Those puddles with Ray Tracing and particle effects in air. Cool so damn cool... Can't wait for Spidey..

NeoGamer2321340d ago

This generation graphics are going to get a really nice upgrade with Ray Tracing for sure.

mockzer01339d ago

Where is that top screenshot from Jin?

Christopher1339d ago

I hope this at least stops the theories that there is no Ray Tracing on PS5. Yeah, it's custom, but it's there. Which is much better than being absent.

SamTheGamer1339d ago

No matter how much you give them proof but they will still make new bias theories..

WelkinCole1339d ago

The crap PS exclusives have to put with man.

LMosche1339d ago

They finally undid the suit downgrade that no one talked about. It's finally reflecting light again, get rekt people who used puddles as an excuse for the downgrade.

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dazzysima1340d ago

Do not care about ray tracing. Just give me 60fps.

phoenixwing1340d ago (Edited 1340d ago )

honestly you won't be able to make decisions like that consistantly for your video games unless you buy pc however i wouldn't be surprised if this ran at 60 or had a mode to

Bathyj1340d ago

It's already confirmed to have a 4k60 mode isn't it?

phoenixwing1340d ago

@bathy i looked it up and you're right it will have a performance mode

crazyCoconuts1340d ago

They said it would be an option

medman1340d ago

@dazzysima
You say you don't care about ray tracing, but it makes an enormous difference in not only image quality, but it also has the potential to change gameplay. I think gamers who haven't experienced ray tracing may not fully understand the difference it can make but it really is an enormous difference. Of course, you'll get much more out of it on pc than you will on console, but I digress.

Zhipp1340d ago

You see, when you make comments like that you need to back it up with examples. How has ray tracing affected gameplay in your experience?

medman1340d ago (Edited 1340d ago )

@zhipp
Example...you're playing an fps, single or multiplayer, and you're approaching the edge of a building by a cross street. Normal non ray traced gameplay, you peek your head around the corner, exposing yourself to threats because that is your only option. Ray traced game design has a strategically placed car glass or adjacent store shop window across the street s that you catch the glint of sunlight reflecting in, letting you look at the window of the car to see the corridor you are about to enter, without having to duck your head around the corner, thus not exposing yourself to the sniper that's waiting for you on the rooftop. It can change game design by simple implementations.

Zhipp1339d ago

Thats... actually really cool. I was about to make a snarky comment about how all that can be achieved though more convencional means, but actually in a dynamic setting raytracing probably is the only(or at least best) way to incorporate that kind of stuff into gameplay organically.

tontontam01339d ago (Edited 1339d ago )

I'd play it @1080p60 (checkerboard upscale to 4k) with ray tracing on.

Just like on PC, I have a choice to play games like metro exodus, control @native4k60 on my 4kTV.
but maxing the graphics effect with ray tracing on @ 1080p and upscaled using DLSS makes the
games look superior and make it looks somewhat like "next gen" playing at native 4k is not worth it.

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DaniMacYo1340d ago

Spider man and the infamous puddles 🤣
Will be impressive on PS5. I hope the first game has a PS5 upgrade.

Bathyj1340d ago

I love they've deliberately shown the puddle. Great sense of humour. I think rumour is if you get this you get Spiderman with it so maybe it's unlocked framerate.

Silly gameAr1340d ago

This is how companies embrace a meme and it feels natural and genuine, instead of forced like these "brutes" out here.

jznrpg1340d ago

Miles Morales comes with remaster of PS4 game when buying MM for PS5

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Puddle Review (PS4) - punkandlizard

Blondlizard from P&L writes:"Puddle oozes out its intricate and delicate physic based puzzling dilemmas onto PlayStation 4, but do we have a murky splodge of dark mass or a flowing tidal wave of pure water?"

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Puddle PlayStation 4 Review GamersFTW

Puddle is a physics game that has been around a while now on various platforms, however it has just made its way to the PlayStation 4 with great results.

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