Take heed, Sony and Microsoft. This is how you deliver a truly worthwhile video game console.
Jas checks out the oddly named Nyaaaanvy in his latest review. Will this cat-based party game be purrfect or a load of hiss?
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered players are ticked off by the game’s most recent patch, which censors in-game pin-up posters of Lara Croft.
This is why gaming is screwed. When people change things to fit someone’s agenda, it’s a slippery slope downhill.
Even if that agenda is of the developer? Way to remove developer rights.
***One player called it a “huge problem with modern games,” saying they can now be “ruined AFTER people buy them”.***
The level of drama. Yes, I recall sitting there for more hours than I did anything else in the game. These two pinups are the core of the game, after all!
rlow1's cringe catastrophizing aside, I do think developers *ought* to strive to maintain an original work to the best of their ability. The language of a "remaster" tacitly implies that - for good or ill - what's being resold is what fans remember but better.
Games can be ruined after purchasing them yeah we know this not from this but from GTA IV which had half it's radio content patched out due to licensing expirations and to me that was a huge deal.
This pin up poster is a bit of nonsense but the whole argument of modern games can be ruined post launch is Absol true.
It's not their work to censor. They are incharge of restoration & remastering the work, not overwriting it.
It's not the agenda of the developer though, they're pandering and trying to increase their ESG score.
Way to support censorship...
It’s not the end of the world for sure, but I understand the hate towards this kind of change. I believe it’s also a matter of principle.
Imagine a Picasso painting being restored & the restorer deciding there aren’t enough strokes, or some lines aren’t straight enough or curved enough…not sure it would/should sit well with people.
Have all original devs signed off on this change? Even if it’s the case, are we saying older gamers are better mentally equipped to process what was there than current gamers, hence the change?
Enough time ago the case was made that games are an art form. We’re supposed to have won that case.
So which is it? Are games art or not?
Hasn't this been happened for over a decade since remasters? I can't see that it's any worse now. Maybe if Sweet Baby starts getting their hands on remasters we will definitely have a problem.
tbh I dont see something like this as censorship. Does anyone else not find it strange for someone to stick pin ups of themsleves in a locker room?
Now of it was a pin up of some half naked firefighters it might make sense as Lara might like that, and if they removed that I would cry censorship. But removing pin ups of the main character, yeah I get it.
It's a game, and they were placed there for the audience. It's not real life. If it was, she wouldn't have fought a T-Rex now would she?
Yes, it's censorship but it's a bit less in your face. If they were in the original game, then they should have been in the remasters. It's bad enough that they have that ridiculous unnecessary warning at the start, but then they start removing things post launch. I don't care how small the change, they shouldn't be doing it. It's nothing but ESG pandering but in a subtle way.
By the year 2030, this remaster collection will totally be changed and censored. Probably will remove Lara as a playable character. It's ridiculous. Glad that my family didn't buy this.
I still have Tomb Raider 2 PS1 as a memory.
Gary Green said: In a time where an enhanced, 3D remake of Final Fantasy III already exists, it’s hard to argue that Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster is the definitive version we were expecting. With Final Fantasy III already being the last in the series to be translated and make its way west, this is something of a slap in the face for the fans. Still, let’s not be disheartened. There may be many shortfalls in this edition of Final Fantasy III, however there’s no denying that this classic JRPG still holds some nostalgic value, even if it struggles to break away from its original hardware limitations.
It’s funny I’m seeing these articles about pixel remaster, and I just platinumed 1-4 within 8 days lol. I’ve been on FF5 for about a week now. Let’s just say 5 was the start of FF having content like crazy. I should have the plat within 2-3 days.
10. Patches Take Seconds
9. Comes With Second Controller Out The Box
8. Controller Battery Lasts Longer Than A Few Hours
7. Install Times Are Nonexistent, And No Sneaky In-Game Installations
6. Suspend & Resume In Seconds
5. Controller connects To PC/Mac Without Drivers
4. Faster Download Speeds
3. Easily View How Long You've Played A Game
2. Nintendo Tiny Game Sizes Make The 'Digital Revolution' Make Sense
1. A Game Worth Buying The System For (Zelda)
(10) Patches do take a second or two, I am still shock to this day, I just install a patch for nba 2k17 for ps4 and it takes hours
(8) When ever i play on the ps4 I always have the cord close by to charge the controller, on the Switch you do not have to worry about battery it really last 20 hours for joycons and do not let me talk about the Switch Pro Controller that get 40 hours of battery life, you can make a whole month without charging it or every 3 weeks if you play a lot
(7) oh man, number 7 is my top 3 favorite on this list, when you get a game you do not have to download a portion on the system like the ps4, only thing that get saved on the Switch is the save file, which barely take space, and just like patches, installs take seconds and since its cartridge and not bluray, the faster read speed help with load times, its beautiful. Sony should make ps5 with cartridge and keep a disc spot for 4k bluray
(6) this another beautiful thing, I like it on ps4, I thought ps4 was fast, when I compare to Wii U, but once the Switch came out, I was like damn, I did not know suspend and resume can go faster, now i am curious what xbox one x and ps5 can do
(5) number 5 is cool, but since I do not game on PC i do not care, but my cousin have his own rig, he likes using the pro controller over the xbox controller
(4) number 4 is true, I been said this on the Wii U, I had nba 2k13 for both ps4 and wii U, but when I download at same time, the Wii U version finish hours ahead of the ps4 version, and I was not the only one who said that, other people who double dipped said the same thing, since I plan to get nba 2k18 for switch I will see if same thing happen again, I assume it would since the Switch have better wifi parts built inside this time, it use same as PS4 Pro, and a lot of people including me complain about original ps4 wifi not being good, so it was good of sony to hear our complaints, here is a link that talk about it for those that confuse http://twinfinite.net/2016/...
(3) Is it possible to check how long you played a game on ps4? without downloading a app, for example i know the nba 2k app give you detail on your playing and everything, so do the ps4 do it without an app??
(2) this true, people complain storage will finish quickly but Nintendo good at making files smaller, but even if they did not, its good they do not force us to use their memory like sony with Vita, I would never got the Switch if it cost $100 for 32 gig, sony crazy for those prices, a 128 gig card go for $25 to $40, which hold many games on Switch still have 90 gigs left, once the 500 gig card come out, the 256 gig card will drop down to the 128 gig price for 40, and the 128 gig price will drop down to the 64 gig price of 22 dollars
its not a bad list, I did not care for number 1 and 9, games are subjective, not everyone like the same
what's next? 10 ways how to not care and being able to milk the brand anyway? or 10 ways how being the weakest kid in class is the ultimate winner? what's with this gadget that ignores all standards? in my book it's not avalid gaming machine. there's more to it than some funnycolors and ancient franchises reheated ad nauseum. if the company doesn't care enough for, say, a decent online infrastructure then i can only call this whole company a scam. people got a wish to get scammed as it seems.
Reason 1. Is allegedly "A game worth buying the system for"
That really calls the integrity of this author into question since PS4 & XO have far more games worth buying them for than NS
why wont this thing just die already
1. The games are fun
9 more reasons not needed.