Red Mosquito

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Revelator wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

CopperTom wrote:I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.

Absolutely.

100%. I've yet to see a big title (on either console) that can actually run a smooth 4K/60FPS. I thought 4K/60FPS was going to basically be something standard on the 'current' gen. By the spring, I'm assuming we'll finally get official word on a PS5 Pro to hit this holiday season (based on recent rumors)

I don't really see a point in a PS5 Pro right now, especially at a $600 price point (just guessing).

coptheriotact wrote:
currently trying to enjoy D 1995. very tedious..

Revelator wrote:That had to of been one of the worst/uninteresting State of Plays I've seen in recent memory. The only thing I was semi looking forward to was the Silent Hill 2 remake but even that is looking like a dog shit PS3 game at best. Can't remember a time when the gaming world felt this dull from a severe lack of major, or even inspired/original, titles on the horizon....

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Revelator wrote:That had to of been one of the worst/uninteresting State of Plays I've seen in recent memory. The only thing I was semi looking forward to was the Silent Hill 2 remake but even that is looking like a dog shit PS3 game at best. Can't remember a time when the gaming world felt this dull from a severe lack of major, or even inspired/original, titles on the horizon....

Look at any list of the Top 25 most-played games right now. It's filled with games that are 2+ years old. The "games as a service" model has taken over.

There are still great games being released, there just seems to be fewer and fewer Triple A titles.

Astrobot is going to be great.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Revelator wrote:That had to of been one of the worst/uninteresting State of Plays I've seen in recent memory. The only thing I was semi looking forward to was the Silent Hill 2 remake but even that is looking like a dog shit PS3 game at best. Can't remember a time when the gaming world felt this dull from a severe lack of major, or even inspired/original, titles on the horizon....

Look at any list of the Top 25 most-played games right now. It's filled with games that are 2+ years old. The "games as a service" model has taken over.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

mf wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Revelator wrote:That had to of been one of the worst/uninteresting State of Plays I've seen in recent memory. The only thing I was semi looking forward to was the Silent Hill 2 remake but even that is looking like a dog shit PS3 game at best. Can't remember a time when the gaming world felt this dull from a severe lack of major, or even inspired/original, titles on the horizon....

Look at any list of the Top 25 most-played games right now. It's filled with games that are 2+ years old. The "games as a service" model has taken over.

This is purely anecdotal and i'm just an older guy that likes to play single player games, but yeah things feel kinda bleak right now. The last new game that really got its hooks into me was Tears of the Kingdom over a year ago, and before that, Elden Ring. Nothing new seems to have me excited. This is what my recently played list from the past year looks like :

Fallout 4
Elden Ring
Blooborne
Assassins Creed Mirage
Hogwarts Legacy
No Mans Sky
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Zelda: TotK

Maybe this is some old man yells at cloud shit, but i don't think i've ever felt this disinterested in the current or upcoming state of gaming.

mf wrote:Oh i completely forgot about Elden Ring DLC, so that's something i guess. DLC for a 2.5 year old game. That's probably why I probably started replaying Elden Ring earlier this year.

i got bugs wrote:Thinking about getting a 5 for ncaa football

Ello Sailor wrote:Bruh the Elden Ring DLC costs more than the base game lmao. I mean it's probably the best $75 ($45 for yanks after conversion) one could ever spend, but that still seems ridiculous.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

i got bugs wrote:Thinking about getting a 5 for ncaa football

I'll let you know it's worth it. Looks incredible (and I've had no interest in Madden for over a decade).