I think 9/10 is apt for the game. I understand that the bugs and glitches can get on your nerve, but when you see the amount of content, it compensates a lot for it. A 10/10 seems a stretch since the game does have bugs and it isn't polished, but that hasn't hindered me on any Bathesda game in the past and won't even with FO4.
Still doesn't change the fact that they need to upgrade the engine as it's showing its age.
I think both side of fanboys need to chill out a bit on the resolution stuff. I personally never thought it was that big a deal but apparently it was ammunition for camps to throw at each other. I still think 720P is unacceptable but 900 and above is okay... 1080P is obv preferable but if it means I get a low frame rate then I am okay with devs going the other route.
This whole resolution war started last gen when PS3 was suffering from the issue. Now the tables have turned a...
It isn't about the money although I disagree that it can't be about the money. For me, it is more of a time issue. I work and due to it, I can only focus on 1 game now and that is gonna be Fallout 4. And Fallout 4 is a huge freaking game so am good for the next month.
Nothing against Tomb Raider... It looks great, but with FO4 coming and then Star Wars coming, I'll probably have to get it later down the road or miss it entirely. No offense against the game, but th...
Am gonna buy one this holiday season. Finally! I was waiting for a price drop since being a college student and paying tuition sucks. Hope the official price drop is soon to follow! Time to retire my PS3 :D
People are giving Phil the credit he deserves. He has changed the fate of the Xbox and I give full credit along with many on this site. There will always be extreme fanboys from both the camps. Don't let them force you into generalizing everyone.
Does MS have a better fall line up? Yes absolutely. Sony had a better start for 2015 with Bloodborne as well. Does it affect me that I won't have many exclusive as a PS4 owner? Not really... I'll be busy playing Fallout 4...
Halo will have a tough holiday to scale. It is popular no doubt, but it has been losing popularity ever since Halo 3. COD took its top spot and with the latest one coming out only on the new console which hasn't sold that many, don't be surprised if it isn't the same monster it was.
This holiday is jam packed with quality games. For someone seeking longevity in games, Fallout 4, Battlefront and COD are present.
Shots fired :D
Loving the competition! Mods on Fallout is another big news.
Why label the devs as lazy when the market itself doesn't buy their games if they put in more effort? Stop living in lala land. It's business 101. They don't put in efforts because frankly no one cares. They'll sell like 20K copies on it if lucky which will not even pay the server bills let alone the man powered required to build a game from scratch optimizing the hardware.
I am pretty sure even you would do half-arsed work if you weren't paid well or nobo...
^^^ They were just arrogant from the start. Thinking that people will gulp up the Wii U like they did with the Wii by seeing the new iPad like controller.
Overall, I am glad that the Wii U flopped (at least commercially). There is a reason why the PS4 is so streamlined and killing it. It is because Sony got burnt with the PS3 and they righted the wrongs.
How they could think that people will be okay with a PS3/360 power like console is beyond me. They have ...
Not saying that console gaming is dying or something but for a true last gen vs this gen comparison, one should also take into consideration the Wii vs Wii U numbers as well. I have a gut feeling that the Wii numbers will be significantly more than the Wii U numbers since Wii was a blockbuster out of the gates.
Overall the console market is thriving... PS4 jump seems to be crazy. Nearly 150% jump more than commendable.
@Muzikguy... Yes agreed completely but someone designing a world from a scratch canvas can put in things that are not in the current asset list. If you go by the way NMS is implementing it, for example they have a organism generation procedure which tweaks the length of different part of bodies (and adding few more things... Just like Spores if you have played it). So you might see a dinosaur and see a mini version of it in another planet. That is great but that isn't true representation ...
Yes completely agree. They have already said they will be generated via a procedural code. In fact in one of the videos they do show how their characters dynamically change (height, width and swap features), so in reality it will just be a combination of different assets put together.
In the end every planet will be some unique combination of different assets and living things with different assets. It's pretty cool how they do it but saying it's 18 Quintilian is jus...
I still don't get the 'won the generation' articles. Firstly we aren't even into one year of the consoles life cycle. Secondly, selling more units doesn't always equate to winning a generation. I said this last generation when the PS3 was behind in sales at the start and I say it this generation again when PS4 is ahead.
To me the PS4 currently makes a logical choice since I do not need the extra TV features and I get that compensated by slightly better pe...
The fact that MS is sending out their own engineers to help is great however I do feel that their push for 1080P coming at the cost of Frame Rates isn't doing their fanbase a favors. I for one don't think that the image quality from 900P to 1080P is that downgraded. Yeah having 1080P is great but sacrificing frame rates isn't the answer.
Overall, in Diablo's case, the result isn't that bad since the frame-rate hovers around 50 (In my books it is bad since ...
Wow!! Kudos to Digital Foundry. I usually condone analyzing games before their launch (since most games today have a day one patch which fixes a lot of things), but this time their prodding actually brought something worthwhile!! I'll keep my trap shut from hence forward. Good job DF.
I actually agree with you. Usually I would want a company to get after their console and support it till they can however in Vita's case I feel that the situation cannot be salvaged. It's never gonna be hot among 3rd party developers and putting in efforts for making a AAA 1st party game would just mean a 1st party studio will have to be utilized when they could be making a PS4 game which would sell much more than the Vita counterpart.
Sometimes you just know that thi...
@Software_Lover... How is screwing your fanbase and releasing the game 6 months down the line gonna help the sales number? It would have lost all the charm of being a new game, it won't have the holiday period to cash off people spending wildly. It will garner less sales than it would during the holiday period anyways you look at it.
If this was the case then they are just chickening out and admitting their product is inferior to Uncharted 4.
This has a...
It's a timed exclusive as per Microsoft themselves. I don't mind it actually. 2015 is packed with games that are much more appealing to me than TR. Will probably buy it when the price drops or used.
I generally hate the practice of a Timed Exclusive game. I understand the timed-exclusive contract on small things like an online map but a game just doesn't make much sense. How is blocking a game for 6 months gonna make me run and buy the other console? Especially wh...
I actually like the fact that they moved on to the PS4. They can achieve their full potential on the PS4 as opposed to developing for the Vita. Like it or not, they would never have much success on the Vita regardless of the quality of the game. They would sell less than a million copies and would have to work with 'limited' hardware. Their Vita games wouldn't even catch the eyes of many journalists let alone users. On the PS4 at least they have a huge market and new technology to...
It drops to 0 when it stutters and you can even find it in the NXgamer article analysis that it stutters. Also, having a SSD cuts a lot of the streaming issue on the Xbox One (dunno about the PS4) but realistically speaking, no one has the dough to buy a SSD for a console.
Also, this analysis is from the first few minutes and NOT the entire game. DF has a much broader analysis of the game overtime. I find it funny that the Xbox crowd is all up in arms stating DF is biased... ...