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Top PlayStation executive predicts focus will ‘shift from graphics to immersive narratives’
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StereoVsn
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We are talking Cinematic here! 24 FPS is best they can do, but it’s going to be the BEST 24FPS you have ever seen!
ChorizoPicozo
Member
This is time is different brawh
squidilix
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crackajack
Member
For now I have not really seen where the additional power of the PS5 CPU went. Games just look a bit better. Just keep PS4 visuals and put all remaining ressources into game mechanics, physics, animation, that should be more visible than shinier pixels and overblown camera effects.
A living world or whatever Cyberpunk and also other RPGs long before promised is also still nowhere to be seen.
I also hope AI is not trained on the garbage sidequest dialogs we have in games now and they are only allowed to read proper books and main writer stuff. Sidequests sometimes have some funny ideas but they kinda never really fit in the narrative, because they are basically always distractions. No idea how and if AI would circumvent that and get rid of those game breaking open world trash inherent to its design core, which is if not ruining than at least diluting immersive narratives.
A living world or whatever Cyberpunk and also other RPGs long before promised is also still nowhere to be seen.
I also hope AI is not trained on the garbage sidequest dialogs we have in games now and they are only allowed to read proper books and main writer stuff. Sidequests sometimes have some funny ideas but they kinda never really fit in the narrative, because they are basically always distractions. No idea how and if AI would circumvent that and get rid of those game breaking open world trash inherent to its design core, which is if not ruining than at least diluting immersive narratives.
Oddvintagechap
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must be, most don’t even read beyond the title.
asdasdasdbb
Member
60 fps
ChorizoPicozo
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men in boxed only speaks the truth
MrRenegade
Banned
This clown drank the koolaid. And he wears a kojipro tshirt
PlayStation exec predicts focus will ‘shift from graphics to immersive narratives’ | VGC
“Technological advancements will enhance emotional depth in games” over the next decade…www.videogameschronicle.com
.She was the typical not fucked for ages moany bitch kinda personality. Thank god in the future, with AI, we could persuade her to swallow our rocco sized megaphallus and immediately see her personality improve after the deepthroat based coitus.
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FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I don’t know about all that, but wasn’t my screenshot funny?This clown drank the koolaid. And he wears a kojipro tshirt
She was the typical not fucked for ages kinda personality. Thank god in the future, with AI, we could persuade her to swallow our rocco sized megaphallus and immediately see her personality improve after the deepthroat based coitus.
Gudji
Member
this game blew my mind when i was in high schoolSEGA-CD FMVs are back baby !
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
A population that derides trends is a population that despises reality.
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Sethbacca
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I don't think this is as negative a story as everyone is making it out to be. We're hitting diminishing returns on graphics and companies need to market something to sell you new product. I feel like all this is, is an acknowledgement of that fact. This is the same direction the market has always been heading in.
Syphon Filter
Member
more boring walking sims with barely any gamepaly from sony lol.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
And yet in the last 5 years they take longer to make despite the easier to develop hardware and bigger devices teams at home crying that they may have to go into work this week.
The industry needs a big clear out.
There still some decent Devs that ain't pulling this bull shit and Korean Devs are also add to that with stellar results...
Kokoloko85
Member
Lol
I think this would be great for RPG’s, Open world games. They need deeper NPC’s
If something is immersive, doesn't that imply the content grabbed your attention? So how will that occur if not by gameplay,art direction, audio or whatever?
I can understand if you are saying this executive is just using buzzwords for marketing purposes but effort is required to grab and hold a person's attention.
Bernardougf
Member
How about
PlayStation exec predicts focus will ‘shift from graphics to immersive narratives’ | VGC
“Technological advancements will enhance emotional depth in games” over the next decade…
!!!!!!!!! GAME PLAY !!!!!!!!! Your writers sux nowdays.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Quite the opposite actually
ComputerBlue
Member
I don’t want games to look better than uncharted 4, the last of us part two, Star Wars battlefront 2015, those look good enough, I just want new and innovative gameplay, smarter AI, environments that feel alive etc.
The PS360 gen was the last gen of true innovation, it’s been downhill since.
The PS360 gen was the last gen of true innovation, it’s been downhill since.
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Welcome to Live Service games my friend. The next few years we feast.
N1tr0sOx1d3
Given another chance
Why not both? Hellblade 2 managed it 
SportsFan581
Member
You joke, but if the tech keeps moving forward I think we could see some clever things in this area.
Imagine walking around and overhearing people discussing your latest heist, getting some things right, other parts becoming tall tales, etc.
PixelatedBeast
Member
Which is why its only 5 hours. Creating a big game take a long time and hard work. Somebody has to write the script, draw the concept art, build the map, design the characters, take reference photos, design the fight choreography, record the voice acting, direct the motion capture performance, build the code. If your team isnt big and talented, or you dont have a big enough of a budget to pay all of the people working, you'll only be able to afford them working long enough to make a game like HellBlade.Why not both? Hellblade 2 managed it
Hellblade still took 7 years for 5 hours of gameplay, which is why some people believe they will be next to get axed because that development pipeline time frame is unsustainable. Its probably also why Hellbade didnt get any real marketing; they ran through their marketing budget.
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sono
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Lol. I believe you knew I meantWe are talking Cinematic here! 24 FPS is best they can do, but it’s going to be the BEST 24FPS you have ever seen!
first person shooter, but for avoidance of doubt
I DID
The_Observer
Member
For that you need good writers instead of political activists who can only write on the level of a kindergartener.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
How sweet
semiconscious
Member
warning to industry: the less you focus, first & foremost, on gameplay, the greater the chance that youtube walkthroughs completely satisfy more & more what was once your customer base...
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
People like this confuse games with books and films. Those two are made for narrative storytelling. Video games are not. In fact, games are awful at storytelling.
The reason why is because a video game has to have its narrative broken up by gameplay. Because it's a video game. Also, this is the same reason there is far more gameplay than cutscenes in a video game.
Even when NPCs look more realistic, without decent writing and acting it's all for nothing, and to be honest 90% of games have truly awful writing already.
I do agree with him about AI allowing players to personalise their gaming experience, but I'm not sure how far that will go. Is it just asking AI for help when stuck, or asking AI to create a game from scratch?
The reason why is because a video game has to have its narrative broken up by gameplay. Because it's a video game. Also, this is the same reason there is far more gameplay than cutscenes in a video game.
Even when NPCs look more realistic, without decent writing and acting it's all for nothing, and to be honest 90% of games have truly awful writing already.
I do agree with him about AI allowing players to personalise their gaming experience, but I'm not sure how far that will go. Is it just asking AI for help when stuck, or asking AI to create a game from scratch?
bitbydeath
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Old GAF: Why don’t games focus on AI, we haven’t seen advancements since *checks notes - FEAR
New GAF: Why are they putting more focus on AI!? Fire that guy!
New GAF: Why are they putting more focus on AI!? Fire that guy!
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REDRZA MWS
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Clintizzle
Lord of Edge.
Bring on Dad, Son and LGBT Simulators. Said no one.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
HIRE HIRE HIRE
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
why not play a visual novel instead of looking towards AAA slop for good videogame stories
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Gameplay is capable of serving a narrative- it doesn't necessarily have to be that gameplay and narrative are exclusively disconnected. Not to mention that there's an entire genre of games that use the interactivity of the medium to let the player create their own narrative and we just had a critically acclaimed entry in that genre LAST YEAR.
the issue is that these major AAA games will have combat focused or puzzle focused gameplay then proceed to interrupt that with totally unfitting walk and talk sections or unskippable cutscenes. Not to mention that the stories themselves will typically not be the best. But that's not a result of videogames being an awful medium for storytelling, because they're not.
Will that translate to infinite support to PCs? I don't think so.
It's not AI in gameplay sequences it's for narrative purposes only. It's lame.
bitbydeath
Member
Characters acting differently based on how you play is gameplay.
Acting in this case means more or less talking, or acting but again in a narrative context only, otherwise he would not put emphasis on emotions and characters. I guess you can consider that gameplay in a way, if you stretch it. But it's obviously not what most people mean when they say they want AI in games to improve, it's obviously a whole different context.