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[ezodagrom]

Upcoming patch for Metaphor:

New ON/OFF toggle setting for motion blur animation when dashing.

Metaphor: ReFantazio – Patch Notes 1.09 | Atlus West

Hi Metaphor: ReFantazio players, patch 1.09 is now available for all platforms. Please see the change notes below: Console: New ON/OFF toggle setting for motion blur animation when dashing.    *Dash effects setting can be changed from SETTINGS > Dash Effects. Fixed an issue where a quest in the...

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[yuraya]

I'd say Anthem, C77 or No Man Sky had similarly terrible launches PR-wise, but they were way more successful commercially so (at least in the latter two cases) it was worth for the companies to fix and improve them to the point where their present reputation is polar opposite to launch.
Concord is kind of unique in that it had no technical issues, and was competently made, but nobody simply cared about it and bought it.

Yea those were bad. I forget some of the Battlefield/front games too. They had some bad and negative PR waves against them for many different reasons.

But like you said they survived because games were still a commercial success to some degree. Concord was just dunked on without any type of support.

Sony sending a message that if you mess up GaaS you will get axed. Maybe that is why ND cancelled that TLOU multiplayer game. They feared it would fail and they would be destroyed for it.

 

[Le Pertti]

Saw some videos of Dragen Age Veilguard going around and jesus christ.

I can't wait for the culture war to move on 10 years from now, so we can retroactively acknowledge how bad some of these games were written without being lumped in with said culture warriors

Writing is fine thus far, sure nothing extraordinary, on par on what one expect of the medium. It’s actually engaging more often than not. My criticism of it is that it’s more like ff7 remake than an actual rpg, quite shallow and linear . Granted I’m not that far yet so could open up more. But still enjoying it

 

[STHX]

Saw some videos of Dragen Age Veilguard going around and jesus christ.

I can't wait for the culture war to move on 10 years from now, so we can retroactively acknowledge how bad some of these games were written without being lumped in with said culture warriors

Ah, reading this comment is a true blast from the past

 

[NarohDethan]

Yea those were bad. I forget some of the Battlefield/front games too. They had some bad and negative PR waves against them for many different reasons.

But like you said they survived because games were still a commercial success to some degree. Concord was just dunked on without any type of support.

Sony sending a message that if you mess up GaaS you will get axed. Maybe that is why ND cancelled that TLOU multiplayer game. They feared it would fail and they would be destroyed for it.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Concord being sent to die was to scrub whatever last influence Jim Ryan had, and the bean counters recommended to just push it out to fulfill contracts and pull the plug ASAP.

 

[「Echo」]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Concord being sent to die was to scrub whatever last influence Jim Ryan had, and the bean counters recommended to just push it out to fulfill contracts and pull the plug ASAP.

So it was an inside job!

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[Knurek]

Writing is fine thus far, sure nothing extraordinary, on par on what one expect of the medium. It’s actually engaging more often than not. My criticism of it is that it’s more like ff7 remake than an actual rpg, quite shallow and linear . Granted I’m not that far yet so could open up more. But still enjoying it

I mean, it has a turret section, for fucks sake!

 

[Alextended]

Here was me wanting to ask how the latest sequel of an once renowned CRPG series compares to BG3, the last critical darling, lol. I guess it changed genre

 

[Bhodi Li]

 

[Alextended]

Looking pretty sweet if you ask me, the core beat 'em uping as well as all the bonus stage type stuff, G.I. Joe arcade game style (Space Harrier on foot) levels and other stuff when going after the bosses' giant forms and what not in the first person Megazord mode or whatever else. I hope it feels as good as it looks.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2024/10/30/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-500-million-copies-sold/

Despite the new ownership structure, the game’s production system — managing 15 different studios to create a constantly evolving blockbuster franchise — remains in place, said Matt Cox, senior vice president and general manager of Call of Duty at Activision, in an interview.

Didn't people say that this would change with a Microsoft buyout?

 

[spindoctor]

Didn't people say that this would change with a Microsoft buyout?

What kind of change did people expect? Why would they tamper with a system that generates billions of dollars?

 

[Kyougar]

So it was an inside job!

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It would be quite eyebrow-raising if Microsoft or Nintendo closed down Concord.

 

[Le Pertti]

I mean, it has a turret section, for fucks sake!

Yeah, but as I said once one makes peace with it not being a rpg and more of a setpiece interactive fiction Sony like kind of game, it kind of fits.XD they were so short and harmless that I didn’t mind them

 

[edin]

Upcoming patch for Metaphor:

Metaphor: ReFantazio – Patch Notes 1.09 | Atlus West

Hi Metaphor: ReFantazio players, patch 1.09 is now available for all platforms. Please see the change notes below: Console: New ON/OFF toggle setting for motion blur animation when dashing.    *Dash effects setting can be changed from SETTINGS > Dash Effects. Fixed an issue where a quest in the...

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Great patch. Hope they add in the toggle for sprinting instead of hold on console. I hate holding for sprint/turbo.

Also SteamOS 3.6.20 beta has 20% perf increase for Metaphor. I think this will be locked 60 fps by end of year lol.

 

[Kvik]

Hope they add in the toggle for sprinting instead of hold on console. I hate holding for sprint/turbo.

The console version doesn't have the toggle option?

 

[Parsnip]

First thing that pops into my head when I think about Speedball is 'ice cream, ice cream'.

As it should.

 

[edin]

The console version doesn't have the toggle option?

Nope lol. I thought maybe it would be day one patch there but nah. I'm glad my main save is Steam for Metaphor after that.

I think I had the same issue with Cold Steel 1/2 (and maybe 3) on PC where turbo was hold instead of toggle. But I can't remember and newer ports have it sorted as expected. I'm going to be downloading every Falcom Steam release soon for testing anyway. I haven't played CS1/2 PC in ages.

Some friends prefer hold for turbo but I never liked that.

 

[Blu]

Out now

 

[curi0usBystander]

Also SteamOS 3.6.20 beta has 20% perf increase for Metaphor. I

Well, maybe it finally won't drop below 30 in some spots in cities I still don't get why the game runs so bad in general (relative to what it does), tho.

Some friends prefer hold for turbo but I never liked that.

I used to prefere hold to turbo, then one day i got an injury and I came to appreciate the toggle.

 

[Madventure]

Out now

I played the original game on the 360 or ps3 and got stuck on the last boss for like a week because I had no healing left, essentially no ammo and didn't realize I got autosaved into the last boss fight so I had to do it perfectly

That's about all i remember about that game to be honest

 

[Blu]

I played the original game on the 360 or ps3 and got stuck on the last boss for like a week because I had no healing left, essentially no ammo and didn't realize I got autosaved into the last boss fight so I had to do it perfectly

That's about all i remember about that game to be honest

I still enjoyed it, but was disappointed overall since they were marketing it as a Shinji Mikami, Suda 51, and Akira Yamaoka project. Could've been much more.

 

[edin]

Well, maybe it finally won't drop below 30 in some spots in cities I still don't get why the game runs so bad in general (relative to what it does), tho.


I used to prefere hold to turbo, then one day i got an injury and I came to appreciate the toggle.

Is it still dropping below 30 for you? I retested all the stress areas and never really saw it drop aside from maybe 29fps in one mid game hub area.

 

[lashman]

|OT| - Grindwheel Games Titles

well that sucks :negative-blob: and some good news too :) looking forward to that one! :D Yep - good news and bad news. Life gives and takes away - and mostly it gives you a kick in the nuts and then it takes your wallet. :D

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[lashman]

 

[STHX]

qureate tries again. Will this actually release on Steam this time?

 

[curi0usBystander]

Is it still dropping below 30 for you? I retested all the stress areas and never really saw it drop aside from maybe 29fps in one mid game hub area.

It's just a couple of busy areas in major cities (usually where there's the "market" part of it) and a couple of cutscenes (in the same areas).
As i said tho, I'm mostly confused why it runs like that.

 

[STHX]

The wait is hover. Time to survive on halloween

 

[lashman]

 

[Durante]

It's just a couple of busy areas in major cities (usually where there's the "market" part of it) and a couple of cutscenes (in the same areas).
As i said tho, I'm mostly confused why it runs like that.

Because its renderer is really unoptimized:

Performance and frame analysis - Metaphor ReFantazio

Practical guide to vulkan graphics programming

vkguide.dev

(not in the sense that gamers often mean, i.e. "high-end settings need more performance than I think is justified", but as in "does lots of absolutely useless work regardless of settings")

 

[xinek]

The wait is hover. Time to survive on halloween

Haven't played this game for quite a while, but I bought the whole bundle, since there were a couple DLCs I didn't have yet. How can you not on Halloween? Also, with games this cheap, waiting for a better sale doesn't matter nearly as much. It's so easy to pull the trigger!

 

[Yoshi]

Return of the Phantom is FREE @ GOG

Return of the Phantom

The legendary Phantom of the Opera has returned! As Inspector Raoul Montand, you are the

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[Mivey]

Out now

looks like a pretty direct port of the original 360/PS3 game to modern machines with little modernisation, which seems pretty fine given the price. I need to start exploring Suda51s work at some point, virtually all his prior work is now on Steam.

 

[Le Pertti]

Oh no just saw that the new music in the Vampire Survivors DLC won't be part of the soundtrack that they have on steam. Was most excited about that!

 

[STHX]

Oh no just saw that the new music in the Vampire Survivors DLC won't be part of the soundtrack that they have on steam. Was most excited about that!

As with every collab based on an external license, at one point the dlc will be taken down, so it makes sense for poncle to not add dlc tracks to the normal soundtrack to avoid issues (Among Us is most likely an exception, but why risking it with Konami?)
Same reason the 3 collab dlcs don't have steam achievements despite having in-game one
At least all songs are on his youtube channel

 

[Arc]

The servers aren't even online for another 12 hours. The beta is going to do huge numbers and the full release will be monstrous (assuming the PC version runs well, but with those system requirements...).

 

[didamangi]

I guess Dragon Age Veilguard will be GOTY then.

 

[spindoctor]

The servers aren't even online for another 12 hours. The beta is going to do huge numbers and the full release will be monstrous (assuming the PC version runs well, but with those system requirements...).

I was dead sure the game was going to cross a million CCU at launch but these system requirements are going to cause huge problems for everyone. I'm actually surprised that Capcom didn't scale back the game to allow it to run on lower spec hardware. And I'm very annoyed that there's virtually no chance this will perform acceptably (or at all) on the Steam deck.

 

[lashman]

 

[Stone Ocean]

The servers aren't even online for another 12 hours. The beta is going to do huge numbers and the full release will be monstrous (assuming the PC version runs well, but with those system requirements...).

I DON'T CARE LET ME IN F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5

I have unironcally done that a couple times this morning just in case

 

[NarohDethan]

Apex Legends dropping Linux / Deck support. How fucking dumb do you have to be.

 

[Nabs]

BEHEMOTH, by The Behemoth is out now.

 

[Line]

Be careful if you hear a flute outside tonight.


Anyway, Silent Hill 2 is good, but there are definitely parts that overstay their welcome. It's annoying that everything needs to be like this nowadays...

 

[lashman]

 

[Lashley]

Respawn showing yet again how idiotic they are

 

[Taborcarn]

The servers aren't even online for another 12 hours. The beta is going to do huge numbers and the full release will be monstrous (assuming the PC version runs well, but with those system requirements...).

You can load up the game and start precompiling the shaders, it takes about 10 minutes. I'd recommend doing it before the game goes live so you're not stuck waiting.

 

[QFNS]

Apex citing the openness of Linux as the reason to drop support is pretty moronic. I'm sure the real reason is the Anti-cheat system they use doesn't want to the work to make sure the platform is safe and so they're just dropping it and screwing all the Steam Deck users and instead of correctly blaming their Anti-cheat partner.

Fucking online cheaters constantly ruining everything in every online game.

 

[Mivey]

Been doing some Veilguarding, and at least the prologue and start is kinda nice. Doesn't overstay its welcome, serves as an effective tutorial and quickly get the ball rolling. 5/5 would release two ancient, blighted Elven Gods again.

Part of me wished the story would have been more about Solas turning into a twisted version of his own ideals as we try to stop him from achieving his goal, and I'm sure if David Gaider had gotten his version of the game out ,that's what we would have gotten. But after so much time, it probably makes sense to focus on something that does not focus too much on Solas, since that emotional investment requires having played a game from 2014.

 

[lashman]

 

[Blu]

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