Jason says, "Yes, it’s another pretty, cinematic, 3rd person action-adventure game exclusive to PlayStation. That doesn’t stop it from having engaging combat akin to Monster Hunter, having properly healthy content that delivers on its exclusive tax price tag, and having one of the most beautifully crafted, real time generated game worlds which includes cinematics and closeups. This also doesn’t stop it from having unpolished close quarters combat and platforming, some cross-gen hiccups, and a world where Aloy is a chatty errand boy. But you know what? It’d better be an on-going, staple franchise because this is Sony’s answer to Zelda, and it’s a damned good one."
Maybe I'm turning into "old man yells at cloud."
So lame, a tech demo was conducted to test new technology. This is nothing new; they've been doing this since the 1980s. There have been thousands of tech demos that led to nothing. That said, AI is here to stay, and it will eventually find its way into games in one form or another. It's time to stop the overly dramatic reactions and accept reality.
Talk about a 180 midway through your argument. Perhaps that 180 is why people are talking about it?
What he said was not wrong though... AI is here and being used more and more is different industries. Its not like it is going away anytime soon.
@darth: Where did I say he was wrong other than expressing that it's this thinking that people are talking about it? He complained about people talking about a tech demo being shown to the public as an expression of AI's use being popularized and then proved it with his own words. I didn't say they were wrong, only it only gives credence to those who are worried about the popularization and use of AI in the industry to replace actual actors.
I can see what you mean. What I am getting at is just because they did a tech demo with Aloy using AI to voice doesn't meam that this particular tech will ever actually be used. Although I personally think it will, if we can get voices to sound more natural and real. Unless it's stopped by voice actors.
that is the current situation. voice actors are 'voicing' their concern over the use of AI. im sure you have heard those TV commercials where you can tell its an AI voice. But as things improve... there will be a point where nobody will be able to tell the difference.
there is this website from a bunch of devs who developed a more enhanced AI conversational voice thing, where u can talk to them.
i did for 10 minutes and it freaked me out how real it sounded. it did glitch a few times but damn. the, in real time, chatter and response was amazing and frightening at the same time ha
One of the original Toy Story developers summed it up nicely. Basically when they were doing Toy Story people were shocked you are going from hand drawn art to computers but now no one blinks an eye and most if not all anime is 'drawn' on computers. But he also stated this didn't replace artist but just gave them a new tool to use. Now with AI the author is saying it will replace writing but it won't, using it to have dynamic conversations with NPCs or chatter as the character explores the world will avoid that repetitive banter. You will still need writers to craft a good story and make a compelling character(s).
Horizon Forbidden West may have struck the right balance after adding several new tribes to the series, something which Horizon 3 should try to keep.
It literally only had 2 main games and 2 dlc.
Sure it had some spin off but others have more
Halo
Gears
Elder scroll
Uncharted
God of war
Gta
Etc.
Game isnt done yet and just because your tired of it doesn’t mean everyone is.
Exactly. (*All following #s are slightly exaggerated*) There's like 36 CODs. 16 Assassin's Creed. 25 Final Fantasies. 80 Maddens. I hate when we're on the 3rd iteration of a game and people say this.
We've had 2 main games, 2dlcs, a vr spinoff, a lego spinoff and soon to be GAAS spinoff
Why not? It's popular. They're great critically acclaimed games. It need a 3rd game.
It all depends on if it's actually a massive step forward or if it just feels like an iterative sequel. There's a lot of revisionist history now about how "mid" Horizon has always been, but people weren't saying that when Zero Dawn came out-people were pretty much universally into it. The major hit against it at the time was that it came out too close to Breath of the Wild.
The problem with Forbidden West is that it took five years and it was just an iterative sequel. Iterative sequels can be fine, or even great, but when five years pass and a new generation of consoles comes out, people expect a big jump, and they didn't get it. Stuff that worked in 2017 felt tired by 2022.
3 can't just be Forbidden West with slightly better graphics. It needs to actually be a meaningful leap.
Im looking forward to the 3rd game. I'd like that to be the last one though. New IP after would be ideal.
Took me a little while to get into Forbidden West because I was playing on hard but it was really damn good once I got into a groove.
I want to see the ending of this trilogy so hopefully it’s not too far out. Hopefully whoever plays Sylens can do the character justice.
I dunno, i LOOOOVED Zero Dawn, but i wanted Forbidden West to be over by like the halfway point. It's an absolutely gorgeous game but damn was it buggy for a while after release, and the enemies and combat felt so janky and unbalanced compared to the first.
TNS: "Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition on PC was patched with the 'PurchaseRestrictedCountri es' tag, adding region lock to 130 countries."
This is a step back for PlayStation and PC gamers. These anti consumer policies need to end.
At a time where other third parties have started to pull back on their additional logins, Sony triples down on it.
Post-launch update too. Again.
If someone is willing spend thousands on renting games and microtransactions, which are peak anti-consumer, they will put up with this. It's a step in the same direction as all the other platforms.
No. No. It's not. Stop it. Guess you can't use Dark Cloud anymore. Which was also not a Zelda game. It's *ONE* of Sony's answers to a great, fantasy adventure game. End of.
Year 3150:
The Nintendo AI Blogger Singularity: All cloned human, machine connected, daydream imagined adventures are "Zelda adventures."
The Sony AI N4G Comment Singularity: "No. They're Sony adventures based on fractal mathematical complex patterns and biological stimuli from electrically induced pulses"... WTF did I just say?
EDGE AI Critical Review Singularity
"Sony Singularity induced fractal images 7/10. Not original like Zelda."
Anyway. When will this comparison end? The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse would like to know.
Next up on the Singularity:
AI Advertisement Singularity post: Start Citizen has reached 44 trillion, 987 thousand bit coins.. Will be adding artificially sentient trees and ships to the construct.
Sony doesn't need a answer to Zelda, they have there own stable of awesome games in all genres.
The title of the article should be "what's Nintendo answer to Sony games"
I'll get a lot if disagree for this but don't 90% of nintendo games all use the same kinda art style and cartoon gfx? Plus where is the adult games ? Nintendo basically play with themselves and 90% of Nintendo gamers only ever buy mario , mario kart, Mario maker, donkey Kong, animal crossing and splatoon. It's why they sell so many games cause there is basically not much too choose from and it keeps the kids quite in the back of the car or in there bedrooms with the parents knowing they can chill out with knowing there kids are safe whatever they play.
This is a case of repeating the same thing over and over and hoping that it sticks. It feels like brainwashing at this point. I have played Zelda before and this is not Zelda. Period. I am convinced that people who haven't played either are peddeling this narritive.
....The first HZD came out a month before breath of the wild. And this is hardly the first of the genre. What's going on with all these reviews thinking breath of the wild was a genre breaking game? Zelda entered the genre not create it lol.