Tearing the cellophane off your shiny new timesink — providing you favored physical over digital, of course — is an innocent thrill that all players can relate to on some level. But there’s another, near-universal feeling that many of us have felt on launch days gone by, and that’s frustration.
Nintendo Switch games that haven't received patches are still getting performance and loading boosts across the board on Switch 2.
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I would also add Risk of Rain 2 as long as you don't stray too far from a power source as each run can be long as the hours melt away. Another thing to note is that based on the reports, the FPS may drop into the 40s if a lot of enemies are on the screen.
There is also the Half Life series. If you haven't played half-life before then you can do so now at the super low price.
Mafia was amazing looking and had a great story. Played flawlessly at 30fps as well without dips 99% of the time.
The same is true for Jedi Fallen Order
Sony games as also on sale. Picked up Rachet and Clank, cant wait to try it!
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DriveClub, the legendary PS4 racer from shuttered Runcorn studio Evolution, has such an interesting story.
Originally announced alongside the PS4, the game had been intended as a launch title – we even played it in a big London church Sony had rented to showcase the new system prior to its release.
Evolution was done dirty... DC is still the most stunning visual game of its generation. They certainly deserved better in the end.
DriveClub was pretty and I loved the experience of driving in the rain, it was immersive. I had some good races with people from an old forum, but at times I found it to be a bit boring. MotorStorm was such a fun game to play and I loved the controls - it would make sense to remaster that.
I'd give the visual showcase award of the last generation to The Order: 1886. That game was immaculate.
Uncharted 4 was also absolutely insane, and perhaps manages to use the PS4's power in extremely clever ways.
Cause the game was mediocre at best, and surpassed in pretty much every area by Forza Horizon 2.
Apart from visuals, driving model, weather effects, only thing forza had was an open world...
It's multiplayer component was the only thing struggling at launch but the game was still perfectly playable offline. Done dirty is an understatement because how many games after came out with broken online components that got a pass? Now games with an SP and MP get separate reviews for SP and MP smh! SONY shut them down as if Evo had been bleeding money instead of putting out great games. Their fate was undeserved and they were the targets of a media smear campaign due to that one trailer.
Loved it.
Now here's a game that would benefit from a remaster.
4K, 60 FPS
I'd buy it.
See? Another reason why physical is important. Going all digital will have you miss out games like this.
Brilliant game, I really miss it, and it deserved so much better than what Sony did to it.
Most important reason I liked it; It was FUN. That’s it. The actual gameplay,throwing a car around corners, the challenging AI opponents, the entertaining tracks which were peak-design, etc etc, it was above all just FUN to play.
I agree with the author, there's way too many factors in why day 1 is no longer the same feeling like it was before. My biggest reason is the patches the games come with afterwards. My other problem is Season Passes announced before the game even releases. I look at the stack of older games I own, and I can see good, complete, fun experiences. I look at the stack of newer games, and all I see is patches, broken promises, and hype. It's not "nostalgia" like some would say, it's the fact of older games carry more weight in their value than newer games today.
For 2017 I'm buying even less games than 2016 because $ is the most important factor anymore. Even Nintendo is thinking with their pockets. And those who argue/debate "$ is the new industry standard, get over it" is the problem, because they aren't the ones spending the $ on games, their parents/assistance is.
Older I get the less motivated I am for rushing out to buy games immediately. Rarely do I play competitively anymore so the initial run to rank up is less important, reviews are often misleading (prefer the opinions of people I know), day one patches/updates to elevate the teething problems are more and more common and I also manage to pick them up considerably cheaper.
Now days I'd rather wait a year or so and get the COMPLETE game, with most/all bug fixes for a fair price.
Over use of DLC's killed day one purchases for me, why would I pay full price for half a game?
Remember when Expansion Packs were a game release after thought?
Oh man lets make some new stuff for this already released game, make it even better.
Now DLC is announced before the damn game is even out....
To me, that is just content they purposely cut out to try nickel and dime me for, which is disgusting.
I have never bought a game on day one in more than 10 years and I will not start again anytime soon. I grew very sick of the hype train 🚂 and I know I can get it for free on PS plus eventually. I much rather wait for that or until the price drops to less than half.
Screw the corporate bullshot.
For me it is mainly that games are discounted already 2-3 months after release. So the only time I buy a game day 1 is if I am really excited about it (FF XV, Nioh, DS3). For the most part, waiting for a bit you can get the same game on sale for half the price. F.e. I was thinking about getting Uncharted 4, wait for 3 months and got Uncharted and ROTTR for less than 1 full game.