thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Overall, I think it was "fine". I'm definitely glad we saw the console now and, tbh, I'm quite surprised with the design. Maybe wouldn't say it's a favorite of mine, but it's got style and that's cool. Matches up well with the controller, as well. Kind of does look like a router, though. So we have a router and a fridge for our next-gen systems xD.
THE GREAT:
>Ratchet & Clank: I was REALLY impressed with this one. Even closer to that Pixar-level quality graphics, LOTs of particle effects (in fact the gears reminded me of Knack; maybe appropriate since that IP is probably dead). The location-hopping being instant and seamless not only looked great visually, but opens up some creative game design possibilities.
It's kind of funny that the two games showing this so far (R&C, The Medium) couldn't be more different in terms of mood and tone x3.
>Horizon: Zero Dawn 2: Just fantastic overall. Gives a strong sense of exploration and adventure. The turtle "boss" near the end was impressive as well.
And they've got Lieutenant Daniels from The Wire in here! Maybe they can team up with Aloy and catch Marlon, Season 5 let him get off way too easily.
Overall for me this and R&C were easily the stand-outs.
>Presentation Quality: No shitty webcams like the Inside Xbox event, professional the whole way through as it should be. I'd also say the pacing was
very good, too, even for being a relatively longer event (1h30m)
THE OKAY:
>Demon's Souls Remake: Not about the game itself (it's gonna be fantastic), but moreso there being no actual in-game gameplay. Just CG cutscenes, more or less.
>Resident Evil 8: Same issue as Demon's Souls Remake.
>The Indies; MOST of them look good or at least interesting and worth checking out, but I dunno if some of them necessarily "looked" next-gen tbh.
>2 SKUs: So I guess
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was right on this one, more or less. Sony's approach doesn't seem as "radical" as MS's might be (provided Lockhart is actually coming out), but I didn't expect them to do an all-digital SKU, that's for sure. At least not at launch. I honestly don't think simply removing the disc drive is gonna shave off that much in cost, since disc drives are like $20 or so at the bulk they need for these systems, not to mention Sony makes their own and doesn't pay royalties on Blu-Ray like MS so...
....I'm guessing they're also cutting back on storage space, IF the 825 GB model is the higher-end. Maybe an SSD half as large as the non-discless version using 32 GB modules instead of 64 GB ones? Because they still need to maintain the same SSD I/O performance across both, no questions there.
THE MEH:
>That Furry Game: I've got nothing against furries or anthropomorphic characters, but that Bojack/Tuca & Birdie or whatever it's name is game..I can't understand or believe what I was watching there. It had me laughing the whole time. Maybe it'll be a fun game for its audience, who knows. But I just found it funny.
>That Nick Jr Game: Don't know it's name, but you know the one. The one with the character that kept looking back at the audience like Dora the Explorer, playing out like a Nick Jr. episode in videogame form. Again, maybe not the intended audience for that, but I doubt almost anyone watching this show was the intended audience, either. I couldn't help but laugh.
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OVERALL?
I have to give the show as a whole a 7.5/10. If it wasn't for HZD2 and some of the new IP in the last 10 or so minutes it'd probably be a bit lower, but don't take that to mean I thought the games were "bad". I actually liked most what I saw, and even those furry and Nick Jr. games might be fun for their intended audience. At the very least, a lot more games are on my radar, including the obvious 1st-party stuff.
In terms of anything wowing me as possibly next-gen visually, well I think that easily goes to HZD2 and R&C, once again. There were some games that didn't look as good as I thought they would though, like GT7 (though I'm sure that's gonna be a really good game where it counts), and some that didn't necessarily look "next-gen" too much at all even if they did look good nonetheless. However, there was WAY more actual gameplay here than the Inside Xbox event, which is a net positive, and we also got to see some 1st party here too, another positive (I know the Inside Xbox show was not for 1st party but still). Also unlike MS, Sony made sure to clarify game status right in the show itself; we shouldn't have had to wait until after Inside Xbox to learn about Scorn and The Medium being next-gen only and Xbox exclusives, for example.
So do I think this was better than the Inside Xbox show? Yeah. By how much? Well, not too much TBH. I'd say maybe about a point better at most. Then again I wasn't one of those dudes who thought the Inside Xbox event was an unmitigated disaster (and fail to see how anyone else could actually justify thinking it was on that level honestly). Thankfully I kept my hype in check but was still satisfied more or less. I'm looking forward to the Xbox show in July and more stuff from Sony and Microsoft leading up to launch, while I still scratch my head wondering why they both seem so eager to do dual SKUs out of the gate...
Because that's, like, really baffling me dude
THE GREAT:
>Ratchet & Clank: I was REALLY impressed with this one. Even closer to that Pixar-level quality graphics, LOTs of particle effects (in fact the gears reminded me of Knack; maybe appropriate since that IP is probably dead). The location-hopping being instant and seamless not only looked great visually, but opens up some creative game design possibilities.
It's kind of funny that the two games showing this so far (R&C, The Medium) couldn't be more different in terms of mood and tone x3.
>Horizon: Zero Dawn 2: Just fantastic overall. Gives a strong sense of exploration and adventure. The turtle "boss" near the end was impressive as well.
And they've got Lieutenant Daniels from The Wire in here! Maybe they can team up with Aloy and catch Marlon, Season 5 let him get off way too easily.
Overall for me this and R&C were easily the stand-outs.
>Presentation Quality: No shitty webcams like the Inside Xbox event, professional the whole way through as it should be. I'd also say the pacing was
very good, too, even for being a relatively longer event (1h30m)
THE OKAY:
>Demon's Souls Remake: Not about the game itself (it's gonna be fantastic), but moreso there being no actual in-game gameplay. Just CG cutscenes, more or less.
>Resident Evil 8: Same issue as Demon's Souls Remake.
>The Indies; MOST of them look good or at least interesting and worth checking out, but I dunno if some of them necessarily "looked" next-gen tbh.
>2 SKUs: So I guess
VFXVeteran
was right on this one, more or less. Sony's approach doesn't seem as "radical" as MS's might be (provided Lockhart is actually coming out), but I didn't expect them to do an all-digital SKU, that's for sure. At least not at launch. I honestly don't think simply removing the disc drive is gonna shave off that much in cost, since disc drives are like $20 or so at the bulk they need for these systems, not to mention Sony makes their own and doesn't pay royalties on Blu-Ray like MS so.......I'm guessing they're also cutting back on storage space, IF the 825 GB model is the higher-end. Maybe an SSD half as large as the non-discless version using 32 GB modules instead of 64 GB ones? Because they still need to maintain the same SSD I/O performance across both, no questions there.
THE MEH:
>That Furry Game: I've got nothing against furries or anthropomorphic characters, but that Bojack/Tuca & Birdie or whatever it's name is game..I can't understand or believe what I was watching there. It had me laughing the whole time. Maybe it'll be a fun game for its audience, who knows. But I just found it funny.
>That Nick Jr Game: Don't know it's name, but you know the one. The one with the character that kept looking back at the audience like Dora the Explorer, playing out like a Nick Jr. episode in videogame form. Again, maybe not the intended audience for that, but I doubt almost anyone watching this show was the intended audience, either. I couldn't help but laugh.
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OVERALL?
I have to give the show as a whole a 7.5/10. If it wasn't for HZD2 and some of the new IP in the last 10 or so minutes it'd probably be a bit lower, but don't take that to mean I thought the games were "bad". I actually liked most what I saw, and even those furry and Nick Jr. games might be fun for their intended audience. At the very least, a lot more games are on my radar, including the obvious 1st-party stuff.
In terms of anything wowing me as possibly next-gen visually, well I think that easily goes to HZD2 and R&C, once again. There were some games that didn't look as good as I thought they would though, like GT7 (though I'm sure that's gonna be a really good game where it counts), and some that didn't necessarily look "next-gen" too much at all even if they did look good nonetheless. However, there was WAY more actual gameplay here than the Inside Xbox event, which is a net positive, and we also got to see some 1st party here too, another positive (I know the Inside Xbox show was not for 1st party but still). Also unlike MS, Sony made sure to clarify game status right in the show itself; we shouldn't have had to wait until after Inside Xbox to learn about Scorn and The Medium being next-gen only and Xbox exclusives, for example.
So do I think this was better than the Inside Xbox show? Yeah. By how much? Well, not too much TBH. I'd say maybe about a point better at most. Then again I wasn't one of those dudes who thought the Inside Xbox event was an unmitigated disaster (and fail to see how anyone else could actually justify thinking it was on that level honestly). Thankfully I kept my hype in check but was still satisfied more or less. I'm looking forward to the Xbox show in July and more stuff from Sony and Microsoft leading up to launch, while I still scratch my head wondering why they both seem so eager to do dual SKUs out of the gate...
Because that's, like, really baffling me dude
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