I'd like to welcome you all to something that's likely to become a semi-regular thing (my apologies up front to a great many of you for that). It's simply an attempt to see if I can make sense of current PR trends, so if you'll bear with me I'll begin.
This episode (for want of a better word) delves into the latest and greatest PR spinner of the week, which would be "Tiled Resources". That's right boys and girls. The magic that defies technical constraints. The ability of MS to create unlimited detail *pauses for effect* with no impact to resources at allz!!1!!!1! Truly the olive in crap sandwich that has been MS PR to this point.
The "cloud" may have turned out to be nothing more than servers. DRM may have been the "future" (Thanks major) that people rejected. The...well you get the point. The thing is though that this latest and greatest PR BS is just MS making a lot of noise. "Tiled Resources" are nothing more than "PRT". As built into all AMD GCN hardware (made evident here http://www.amd.com/us/produ... ).
What makes it worse is that AMD themselves have stated it runs on an OpenGL extension (As can be found here http://renderingpipeline.co... ).PRT and the implementation directly into AMD hardware dates back to 2011 (as can be seen clearly by the date stamps in the links). It's not something new. It's not something MS came up with. It's not something missing from the PS4 or non-Windows 8 PCs. Hell, id were running Megatextures using OpenGL when?
Now correct me if I'm wrong by all means, but isn't there a word for treating people this way? For having such contempt for a person or group of people? Come on! Somebody help me out here.
What sticks out the most though, is the fact that thanks to a decision made by some of the staff here on N4G (I'm lookin' at you Beans, Columbo and Smokey) we now have an abundance of shills (that's the fault of a gaming company). With an abundance of bubbles (yeah, you guys can wear that one). It's lead us to the point where PR is everywhere.
Well never mind. I wouldn't have material for future blogs in this series if there was no PR. Now I must apologize for the short sharp nature of this blog but if I make it too long...well it's the interwebz. We all know what happens if something's longer than 140 characters.
I will however be back. You've been warned.
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I enjoyed the demo so I'll be picking this up. The gameplay made me think of Metal Max Xeno so it sold me on it.
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Do you really not know this is about the n-word or are you saying that black people can't get offended because it upsets you?
I can't believe they're censoring this game on day 1. Games just aren't the same.
/s in case it's needed. I'm fine with them making these changes that they might not have known is culturally insensitive to some people in the big ole world. But that's just me.
They are censoring something that is deemed offensive by Journalists quoting the offensive term verbatim. They are typing it intentionally in articles while in the game it's a wall texture saying Hard next to a unrelated 3d model sign that says R store. Is it offensive or not? Crazy town.
At least IGN just shows the term with a screenshot of the game. Because it's their "discovery" and to not show hypocrisy in their HUGE vitue signal.
Hard R is the not offensive way to describe an offensive term. Are they going to type "Ha$$ R" or not use the term now?
Oh, hey, I agree with you that IGN and other journalists are dumb. Not disagreement there. But, I think for a game going out to millions of people across the world? It's not something they want associated with them. It's just horrific PR.
Add to the horrific PR nightmare that this is the first major Korean-developed Sony-published title, if I'm not mistaken.
There aren't that many Korean developed titles in general. And the allowance of this only would drive a bigger fissure in east vs west especially after Final Fantasy XVI released featuring no black characters at all...
Not a good look for Sony regardless of how you personally feel about it or the people that talk about it.
I'm not saying it shouldn't have been changed. It's an easy fix and looks like it was an easy fix.
But the word HARD being too close to the letter R being a horrific PR nightmare and a indication of a racist developer is beyond crazy.
I only think they would be seen as an insensitive developer if they were informed of its implications and didn't remove it. I don't think it's a bad thing to not want to have an unintentional message in your game.
If you can't enjoy the game without knowing there are racial slurs plastered on the walls, you might actually be the snowflake.
"Hey why didn't you get that game? I heard it's got that hot Korean chick?"
"I was gonna, but then they removed a reference to the N word!"
So this could be misconstrued as a offensive slur to a group of people they patched it out no harm no foul and now your not buying the game because this effected YOU in a negative way?
I'm confused.your offended because they didn't want to offend anyone says a lot about you more then the studio.
I'm offended by the sight of blood a d violence and find violence to be very insensitive...
We can all play stupid and pretend to be offended by graphics and fake worlds.
I really enjoyed the demo.
I'm going to play through and max out on story mode then go to the challenge mode afterwards.
This game is very challenging but fun.
Especially for timing on the parrying and blocking.
Got the Deluxe Digital Edition (PS5) pre ordered.
:)
Microsoft PR at this point is a parody in itself.
Just look at this
"The problem is that Sony decided to go out and publish a bunch of numbers, which are in some ways meaningless"
Then later on he says this
"on top of all the magic we're going to add with the instant switching, and the power of the cloud."
So wait numbers lie but magic of tha clowds is somehow significant when you havent shown anything that prrofs this "magic" especially not the drivatar that rammed into everything.
"Did you see Call of Duty, it looks f**king awesome!"
This is the new meme after Mayor Nelsons evasion of questions by saying "hey did you see Titanfall".
Its like every week they get another moron to put his foot in his mouth its damn entertaining.
***What sticks out the most though, is the fact that thanks to a decision made by some of the staff here on N4G (I'm lookin' at you Beans, Columbo and Smokey) ***
Whut?
Yeah, megatextures were a talking point for Rage. Nothing new. It didn't even look good in Rage, either. At a distance the game was pretty. Within a meter or two, PS2 city.
I also think there are some legitimate shills on this site. It's mostly fanboy peons who could only dream of being paid shills, but once in awhile you'll find one that can actually write, carry a conversation, and distract.
Great entry. Great not in its nature as console war ammo (I understand MS is just the easy example), but great in exposing the lack of integrity in advertisement and journalism in the industry.