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    #7502
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973393#Comment_121973393

    Ha, I've been hoping that since about 20 Directs ago.



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    #7503
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,187 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    They might wait for a bigger showcase event from one of the 'big three' (or any of the upcoming Keighly marketing fests), but this event on next week has a lot of high-profile indie studios so isn't out of the question for some Silksong news:

    https://www.eurogamer.net/dead-cells-vampire-survivors-slay-the-spire-devs-team-up-for-45-minute-indie-showcase-in-april



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    #7504
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,907 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973407#Comment_121973407

    True, it's just that if it's been rated they would have a nailed down release date and team cherry and Nintendo pr have been working very closely with each other. It just smells to me like a massive stealth drop during a Nintendo partners direct.

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    #7505
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,187 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973459#Comment_121973459

    They have a day one Gamepass deal as well and have announced stuff at Xbox events previously, so honestly it seems like it could feasibly show up almost anywhere.



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    #7506
    Retr0gamer
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    Did not realise about game pass.

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    #7507
    MikeRyan87
    Registered Users Posts: 212 ✭✭MikeRyan87


    Hellblade II confirmed to be 30fps on Series X/S.

    How disappointing.



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    #7508
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,187 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    While disappointing, I do at least see how Hellblade 2 ends up at 30 FPS on consoles as it’s pushing some very cutting edge and high fidelity graphical features. I think that particular game does benefit from extra visual fidelity. Compared to some of the other games that have lacked performance modes this gen, I do think Ninja Theory seems to be pushing those boxes pretty damn hard.

    Still: would play it on PC where you can crank the performance 😂

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    #7509
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,336 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    I wonder is it the Series S holding it back and they want parity between them, or have they released games with higher framerate/fidelity modes only on the Series X before?



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    #7510
    PixelPlayer
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭PixelPlayer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973610#Comment_121973610

    It's incredibly frustrating. On PC my preference will be to always max out the fps on my monitor as priority over quality.

    Lets not forget we were sold this gen console as 4k/60. It seems no matter how powerful a console is they will always revert back to 30fps after a couple of years.

    I don't buy the artistic fidelity argument. I get that an artist will want her art shown in the best possible light. But games are not paintings. They are moving pictures and 30fps in this day and age of modern large screen TVs or even close up monitors simply isn't acceptable.

    On top of that it creates lag (30fps RDR2 says hello!) and as a company trying to sell their cloud gaming platform they don't seem to understand just how utterly laggy and unplayable game streaming is at 30fps.

    This is the sole reason why my console gaming days are over.



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    #7511
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,869 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Lets not forget we were sold this gen console as 4k/60. It seems no matter how powerful a console is they will always revert back to 30fps after a couple of years.

    Was just checking pictures of the console boxes and both have 4k/120. Was trying to think have they had any game that did that?



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    #7512
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 7,548 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973683#Comment_121973683

    Shouldn't be, plenty of games have been released with a 60fps mode on Series X and none available on Series S.



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    #7513
    johnny_ultimate
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973755#Comment_121973755

    Quite a few current gen games have had some form of high frame rate support. Insomniac has also led the way with the surprisingly solid 40 FPS modes for those displays to give a much smoother, more responsive experience than 30 (while also offering full 60 FPS and VRR support).



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    #7514
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,336 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973762#Comment_121973762

    Thanks. I figured that would be the case for 3rd-party games alright, but wasn't sure if they had their own internal policy for first party games that there needed to be parity between both.



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    #7515
    SuperBowserWorld
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973755#Comment_121973755

    Ori and the Wii of the wisps has a mode on Series X which is 6K down sampled to 4K/60. And a 4K/120 FPS mode.

    https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/11/10/ori-and-the-will-of-the-wisps-embraces-the-power-of-xbox-series-xs/

    Granted, not exactly the latest cutting edge 3D game, but it looks amazing, especially in HDR.



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    #7516
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,118 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    It's everyone's favourite time again, it's controversial gaming list time! Bafta's player's poll for the most iconic videogame characters of all time.

    https://www.bafta.org/games/most-iconic-game-character-of-all-time

    1. Lara Croft
    2. Mario
    3. Agent 47 (Get t'fúck)
    4. Sonic
    5. Sackboy (GET T'FÚCK!)
    6. Pac-Man
    7. Link
    8. Master Chief
    9. Kratos
    10. Shadowheart (Get t'fúck)
    11. Arthur Morgan
    12. Pikachu
    13. Steve
    14. Solid Snake
    15. Crash Bandicoot
    16. Cloud
    17. Astarion (Get t'fúck)
    18. Kiryu
    19. Ellie TLOU
    20. Nathan Drake

    I love Baldur's Gate 3 but two characters in the top 20 and even then, Shadowheart ahead of Astarion? Nonsense. And Agent 47 ahead of Sonic, Pac-Man, Link? And Sackboy ahead of Pac-Man and Link?

    Democracy was a mistake.



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    #7517
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users Posts: 27,898 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973929#Comment_121973929

    I didn't see Deacon St John or the F45 from Ace Combat in your list.



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    #7518
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,715 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Some awful omissions there. Gordon Freeman, Leon Kennedy, GLadOS, Mega Man, Duke Nukem, Guybrush Threepwood, Samus Aran all deserve to be there ahead of some of those blow-ins.



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    #7519
    Zero-Cool
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    I had to Google Steve 😂 should be Mario, Sonic, Lara. I like Hitman bit how did Agent 47 get number 2.



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    #7520
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,336 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974242#Comment_121974242

    My mind went straight to Steve Fox from Tekken and I thought "He's not even the most iconic character in Tekken!"



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    #7521
    Retr0gamer
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    Id put Doom guy on there and remove all of the Sony characters as well as crash Bandicoot. Arthur Morgan and Kiryu can get off the list as well. I'll have to admit master chief is quite iconic even though he is iconic for everything I hate about videogames.

    While I don't think Steve will win it he definitely deserves to be there more than all the ones I've removed.

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    #7522
    Jordan 199
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973962#Comment_121973962

    The lovely Deacon St. John. Shame he was a one off.



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    #7523
    Retr0gamer
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974162#Comment_121974162

    Of all of them I'd only include Gordon freeman, maybe duke. It pains me to leave off Megaman but he just isn't that big and only has a decent following now because of smash.

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    #7524
    pixelburp
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    That list couldn't stink more of Recency Bias if it tried; Mario behind Lara Croft? I'm not even sure how that works out. Not like Lara's a pin-up for horny teens anymore - unless again, it's Recency Bias and the remastered collection was out around the time?



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    #7525
    Retr0gamer
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974355#Comment_121974355

    Christ it's a poll. Thought they were the contenders.

    Definitely recency bias there but you also have to remember it's a BAFTA poll so mostly British people. Nintendo doesn't have the same cache in Britain and Europe while Sony would be rather big here. Lara also being a British property would be much bigger there and in Europe.

    I'm more appalled that those Sony properties are ahead of miner willy and dizzy in a British poll.

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    #7526
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,715 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974303#Comment_121974303

    My point was that they deserve to be there more than some of the existing picks, which reek of recency bias as Pixel says. I suppose it's all moot unless we can agree on how to define nebulous terms like "big" and "iconic" anyway!



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    #7527
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,336 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974477#Comment_121974477

    I'd definitely keep Kratos in the list. Not even just as a recency bias thing, but he's a very visually distinct character and protagonist of about 8+ games across 4 console generations. Kiryu, Nathan Drake & Ellie, you could pretty much insert into a huge number of games and they'd look like any other character. Kratos in both the PS2-PS3 era and the last two games really is, iconic.

    May not even be in the top ten, but I think of the Sony characters on the list he's the most deserving of a place on the list.



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    #7528
    SuperBowserWorld
    Registered Users Posts: 6,717 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    Where is Kirby ?



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    #7529
    Retr0gamer
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974510#Comment_121974510

    My gamer brain says to agree with you and I absolutely detest public polls as they are inherently biased by their nature but when it comes to iconic characters then a public poll is more indicative of it.

    Saying that, this poll would have been filled out by a certain demographic and age group. Pretty sure if there was a bigger polling group the classic nintendo and Sega characters would be high up there, but I would image Lara would be quite high.

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    #7530
    Retr0gamer
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974537#Comment_121974537

    I still wouldn't call Kratos iconic.

    An iconic character for me is a character you could show your clueless mother or a sports jock and they will recognise them and associate them with videogames.

    Kratos or Nathan Drake and the like would be recognisable as videogame characters but that's more down to the bland design you would associate with "a modern videogame character" as opposed to Lara Croft, Sonic or Mario that I'd consider iconic of gaming as a whole.

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    #7531
    johnny_ultimate
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    The King of All Cosmos or bust IMO.



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