Gamer.Blorge writes, "In addition, developers who may create a PC and PS3 version of the game (like Dead Space or Assassin’s Creed), can also allow gamers to switch platforms for those traveling with a laptop. Centralizing PC and PS3 game saves will also aid in cross platform gaming like in Portal 2. This allows all PC and PS3 gamer stats to be filtered for progress or matchmaking."
A gameplay demo of the cancelled Portal prequel F-Stop using recreated assets features no portals, and a unique camera that duplicates items.
From GamesReviews:"Portal with RTX is a fresh look for the 2007 classic. But it's not easy to run, and the results may not impress everybody."
Portal RTX may look like a quant remaster, but that couldn't be further from the truth. It's one of the most demanding games available today.
And in a bad way! This is not where gaming should be going. We should focus more on better physics, AI, more meaningful writing, substance in storytelling and overall art over reflections and lighting effects. But hey, you've got billion dollar companies trying to sell you stuff, so I guess you have to make a whole ecosystem around ray tracing because people make a living out of it on youtube. Talk about losing touch with reality and taking eye off the ball. Advancing gaming as a whole my ass!
This is Portal. Are you expecting them to remake it for different physics or something? What else should they have done other than make it pretty? Besides, this isn't just run of the mill ray-tracing. It's path traced. Richard on DF said path tracing with 4 bounces is very demanding.
Yeah this isn't basic RT like doing some shadows and reflections and that's it, it's doing a lot more, that's why the original Doom games and Quake 2 etc look so good with it turned on. Most other games that have RT don't have much of an effect at all because it's doing much more basic and limited fx, it's too demanding.
I get it, I'm a PC enthusiast, but I just feel that what we, and I do, way too much is checking out puddles and mirrors for reflections, rooms for lighting effects and rocks and trees for shadows.
I understand Path Tracing is expensive, and I get the DF side of things and all that. I listen to them and learn everyday, and I really like their cast and what they are doing.
I just genuinely think that the narrative and discussion is revolving too much on the technical aspects of the games nowadays, and I fully understand it when games are shipped in a poor condition today more and more.
I just mean that maybe we could have just done without this Portal RT update, and maybe we are at a point where we talk about RT as much as we talk about music or story when a new game comes out. I'm just saying that I think the discussion is unbalanced and skewed towards these relatively insignificant aspects of games.
Anyway, enjoy the Portal 2 RT.
And we shouldnt expect other advancements because Portal RTX is literally just a Tech Demo for Nvidia RTX Remix. Its just made to show what is possible using the RTX Remix tool and it looks like people can't wait for the release of it
What if the cloud goes down? Or data gets corrupted online due to cloud failure?
Thats what redundant failover and load-balancers are for. These servers will probably take regular backups as well. All standard practice stuff.
another mind blowing news after the other from Sony now a day's.
PS3 games on NGP, OLED, QuadCore ARM Processor, Android OS, Wi-Fi+3G, Dual Analog Sticks, .... Sony's on a roll! Good news for gaming over all
for sure, great feature on steam and will be great on psn.
ps3 + gaming laptop = win
Its a great feature it also stops modifying save games levels stats and stuff like that in games you can.
but its bad when old games try and incorporate it and do so badly that everyone looses their data and have to restart. I'm looking at you Steam Plants vs Zombies