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re: ps4.5 / neo.

im vaguely curious about it. i'll have more solid opinion on it once sony start actually talking about it and laying down the selling points + it actually comes out and seeing what stores have to offer as far as trading in original ps4 goes and getting a deal on the new system. if its affordable to do that (ie. ~$100-$200 to upgrade) then i may do it ... but i also kind of dont know. realistically i'm only interested in it because i imagine sony will encourage fromsoftware to patch bloodborne to perform better for the ps4.5 ... :^)

from what ive read, it's not replacing the ps4. games coming out for the ps4 are still gonna come out for the ps4 and performance should be as is. like, games can't be 4.5 exclusive. games can't come out for 4.5 but run like shit on 4. it'll be interesting seeing how they do it. especially interesting that it ties into PSVR as well, and everything that runs on ps4.5 on VR will also need to run on ps4 vr.

  On 4/25/2016 at 8:55 AM, bitroast said:

re: ps4.5 / neo.

im vaguely curious about it. i'll have more solid opinion on it once sony start actually talking about it and laying down the selling points + it actually comes out and seeing what stores have to offer as far as trading in original ps4 goes and getting a deal on the new system. if its affordable to do that (ie. ~$100-$200 to upgrade) then i may do it ... but i also kind of dont know. realistically i'm only interested in it because i imagine sony will encourage fromsoftware to patch bloodborne to perform better for the ps4.5 ... :^)

 

from what ive read, it's not replacing the ps4. games coming out for the ps4 are still gonna come out for the ps4 and performance should be as is. like, games can't be 4.5 exclusive. games can't come out for 4.5 but run like shit on 4. it'll be interesting seeing how they do it. especially interesting that it ties into PSVR as well, and everything that runs on ps4.5 on VR will also need to run on ps4 vr.

It's no different from what they did last generation, from fat original PS3 to a super slim PS3, although the difference in specs was mainly power based, but it did improve performance. It was really easy to overheat the fat originals.

yeah. apparently the ps4.5 will apparently have beefed up internals and devs will have the option to patch in updates to allow their titles (already released ps4 titles, for eg) to perform better on the ps4.5 ...

i think more than anything it'll be interesting to see if games come out on the ps4 that run like dog on ps4 but acceptable on ps4.5 ... that will be the day :^( nintendo did just that with hyrule warriors on the 3DS / New 3DS. i pray sony don't allow any of that shit.

Well, finished DS3 with my main character. Great game, though I would say bosses felt a tad underwhelming at times, and some cracks in the level design, but overall a rich experience. Going to play through NG+ and with other characters for now.

PVP feels more and more a bit unpolished though. It suffers the same problems DS2 did in the early days, that being katanas and estocs (and some shortswords) are the most effective choices for weapons, there's not much reason to use anything else, so build variety is extremely narrow.

The poise "design" is bizarre - people recently found out there is a pointer you can switch from 0 to 1 which seems to actually turn the poise system on. In unmodified versions of the game it seems to be a completely functionless stat, otherwise. So the most effective pvp strategy is to just get the first hit in and R1 mash until they wakeup.

  On 4/24/2016 at 10:52 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

the only vidya I play nowadays is GBA games on a GCW Zero while sitting on the toilet (sorry for oversharing), now going through Warioland 4. Great game, I love 2D platformers where the focus is more on puzzles and exploration rather than on pixel perfect jumps and skills

All the Warioland games are amazing... highly recommended.

  On 4/25/2016 at 4:50 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/24/2016 at 10:52 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

the only vidya I play nowadays is GBA games on a GCW Zero while sitting on the toilet (sorry for oversharing), now going through Warioland 4. Great game, I love 2D platformers where the focus is more on puzzles and exploration rather than on pixel perfect jumps and skills

All the Warioland games are amazing... highly recommended.

 

yeah Warioland II for the GBC is also a great game, never played the first one

nabbed castlevania x chronicles on sale for psn for like $2.25 to play on my vita.

includes updated and classic versions of rondo of blood plus symphony of the nite.

castlevanias would be perfect for vita and it's a goddamed shame they never made any =\

also it's still completely ridiculous that my 5+ yr old vita holds a charge for over a month in standby mode whereas my new3ds i got last fall can barely last two days

damn cuphead looks so fuckin AWESOME, i'm gonna buy it no twhat and it's coop fuck yeaah!!

It looks absolutely incredible but the gameplay is not my cup of tea.

  On 4/6/2016 at 12:55 AM, Braintree said:

I've completed 99% of BOI: Afterbirth and have no idea what I have to do now. All of the bosses have been beat with every character and every challenge his been completed

try using the sun card with blank card in caves

  On 4/25/2016 at 10:03 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

damn cuphead looks so fuckin AWESOME, i'm gonna buy it no twhat and it's coop fuck yeaah!!

http://cupheadgame.com/

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Inspired by cartoons of the 1930's, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional cel animation (hand drawn & hand inked!), watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.

wow, didnt even know that, that's crazy

Anyone planning to play Battleborn?

  On 4/26/2016 at 2:09 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Anyone planning to play Battleborn?

Yep, probably going to pick it up on PS4. I'm hoping the community stays alive for long enough. I thought it was a pretty well crafted game. Support is actually fun to play instead of just being someone's heal/buff bitch.

dark souls 3, road of sacrifice ,man,this game is castle porn!

  On 4/26/2016 at 2:50 PM, sunshine recorder said:

dark souls 3, road of sacrifice ,man,this game is castle porn!

...just wait til you get to Irithyll. I had to pause and look around for a few moments.

Making my way through Irithyll atm, just barely fought my way to the 2nd bonfire (praise it!)... Sensing a bit of a difficulty ramp in this area.

  On 4/25/2016 at 11:39 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 4/25/2016 at 10:03 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

damn cuphead looks so fuckin AWESOME, i'm gonna buy it no twhat and it's coop fuck yeaah!!

*snip*

http://cupheadgame.com/

 

 

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Inspired by cartoons of the 1930's, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional cel animation (hand drawn & hand inked!), watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.

 

wow, didnt even know that, that's crazy

looks amazing. shame it's xboxclusive for console =\

dracula x is p fucking hard man. getting myself super psyched for bloodstained again. come on 2017

  On 4/26/2016 at 5:34 PM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 4/26/2016 at 2:50 PM, sunshine recorder said:

dark souls 3, road of sacrifice ,man,this game is castle porn!

 

...just wait til you get to Irithyll. I had to pause and look around for a few moments.

 

Making my way through Irithyll atm, just barely fought my way to the 2nd bonfire (praise it!)... Sensing a bit of a difficulty ramp in this area.

 

yeah,i,m taking my time exploring as much as my courage will allow,beautiful art design tho,gettin my arse kicked by the two guys with clubs at the mo,may have to use an ember soon methinks

cuphead xbox exclusive?? brrrruhh fuuuu what a shame

  On 4/26/2016 at 9:25 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

cuphead xbox exclusive?? brrrruhh fuuuu what a shame

their website and Wikipedia says it's coming out on Steam

xbox and pc. but this is undoubtedly a couch console style game and not something i'd want to play on my pc =\

owell

  On 4/26/2016 at 9:25 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

cuphead xbox exclusive?? brrrruhh fuuuu what a shame

It's been console exclusive ever since it was announced.

It's still a shame.

  On 4/25/2016 at 10:18 PM, Gocab said:

It looks absolutely incredible but the gameplay is not my cup of tea.

I see what you did there.

Looks pretty similar to Contra, gameplay-wise.

  On 4/27/2016 at 12:14 AM, StephenG said:

It's still a shame.

Rumor has it that the game is fucking hard! Like ridiculously hard. Might turn some people off.