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I think we’ll see the full creative vision of GTA 6 once the PC/PS6/Xbox Helix version comes out. As stunning as Grand Theft Auto VI currently looks, its hard to believe that the game will cut some corners to optimize for the current gen hardware. But looking back at Grand Theft Auto V releasing at the end of a console lifecycle then getting the next-gen version was a night and day difference; it showed how much corners Rockstar Games had to cut in order to optimize this game and run well for PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. I believe it is the same situation with the current gen consoles, the GPUs may be powerful, especially on the PS5 Pro; there are going to be some CPU limitations with the Zen 2 architecture.
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I think we’ll see the full creative vision of GTA 6 once the PC/PS6/Xbox Helix version comes out. As stunning as Grand Theft Auto VI currently looks, its hard to believe that the game will cut some corners to optimize for the current gen hardware. But looking back at Grand Theft Auto V releasing at the end of a console lifecycle then getting the next-gen version was a night and day difference; it showed how much corners Rockstar Games had to cut in order to optimize this game and run well for PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. I believe it is the same situation with the current gen consoles, the GPUs may be powerful, especially on the PS5 Pro; there are going to be some CPU limitations with the Zen 2 architecture.

NikTek

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When I saw that Assassin's Creed Unity was getting a 60 FPS update for current gen consoles, I honestly could not wait to see it with my own eyes. And after playing it, I realized it is not just 60 FPS. The game also seems to be upscaled to 4K, which is absolutely insane in my opinion and the game runs incredibly smooth! Many of you know that I have never been the biggest fan of Unity. But I have to admit, maybe it is just placebo, yet it genuinely feels like the game plays better. Almost like the controller responds more precisely to what I actually want to do. I tested it properly in stealth and of course in parkour, and I have to say, it feels amazing! For PC players this might not be anything special. But for someone like me, mainly playing on console, finally being able to experience Assassin’s Creed Unity at 60 FPS is a game changer. And by the way, co op also seems to be working normally again. This is honestly crazy to see!
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When I saw that Assassin's Creed Unity was getting a 60 FPS update for current gen consoles, I honestly could not wait to see it with my own eyes. And after playing it, I realized it is not just 60 FPS. The game also seems to be upscaled to 4K, which is absolutely insane in my opinion and the game runs incredibly smooth! Many of you know that I have never been the biggest fan of Unity. But I have to admit, maybe it is just placebo, yet it genuinely feels like the game plays better. Almost like the controller responds more precisely to what I actually want to do. I tested it properly in stealth and of course in parkour, and I have to say, it feels amazing! For PC players this might not be anything special. But for someone like me, mainly playing on console, finally being able to experience Assassin’s Creed Unity at 60 FPS is a game changer. And by the way, co op also seems to be working normally again. This is honestly crazy to see!

MisterAlpha444

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This changes everything.. literally! Made a small game on my PS5 in Dreams.. and added a bit of AI. Now, do I think every game should be made by this.. of course not. But I can see this as being a very useful way to ensure visual consistency across a project and to save resources on the final layer of finish that is often so costly. More focus on gameplay, design, storytelling. Check out the🧵for the original and some of my favorite transformations. Done using Runway Gen 3 ofc! #gamedev #ai
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This changes everything.. literally! Made a small game on my PS5 in Dreams.. and added a bit of AI. Now, do I think every game should be made by this.. of course not. But I can see this as being a very useful way to ensure visual consistency across a project and to save resources on the final layer of finish that is often so costly. More focus on gameplay, design, storytelling. Check out the🧵for the original and some of my favorite transformations. Done using Runway Gen 3 ofc! #gamedev #ai

Martin Nebelong

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VIDEO | Mumbai: On being asked about protests and concerns that protesters may be labelled "anti-national", RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, while addressing Gen Z and Gen Alpha, says, "...I want to make it clear that if Gen Z engages in any agitation, they are not anti-national. They are our own people; they are our next generation. A sense of belonging and mutual respect is needed for dialogue to take place. We need to recognise and respect each other. Only then can a meaningful dialogue happen, where we understand their concerns and they understand our perspective. This is how it should be. I do not believe that Gen Z or the younger generation is like that... I believe today's younger generation, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, is more honest than the existing generation. This generation should have honesty towards the nation, a spirit of patriotism, and a commitment to service."
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VIDEO | Mumbai: On being asked about protests and concerns that protesters may be labelled "anti-national", RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, while addressing Gen Z and Gen Alpha, says, "...I want to make it clear that if Gen Z engages in any agitation, they are not anti-national. They are our own people; they are our next generation. A sense of belonging and mutual respect is needed for dialogue to take place. We need to recognise and respect each other. Only then can a meaningful dialogue happen, where we understand their concerns and they understand our perspective. This is how it should be. I do not believe that Gen Z or the younger generation is like that... I believe today's younger generation, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, is more honest than the existing generation. This generation should have honesty towards the nation, a spirit of patriotism, and a commitment to service."

Press Trust of India

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When Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports, Zack, and yours truly are all saying fundamentally the exact same things, that Gen Z is about to explode, it's time for the powers that be to listen. Take note of this list from Asmon's vid: - deport every illegal immigrant using military, remove from census - deport residents who are net negative tax payers - insane asylums - reduce foreign aid 80-100% - 2 additional tax brackets - double policing $ - if u steal, instant prison - mandatory prison labor The undercurrent makes it clear that Gen Z isn't swerving Right or Left, it's begging for a return to sanity. It wants an end to the suffering, and it doesn't care who gets hurt in the process. Because as far as Gen Z is concerned, they kinda have it coming. Gen Z, White American Gen Z specifically, were raised in a post-color blind world and having reached out to literally everyone found they were utterly despised for it. Truth is the only ally that Gen Z seems to have is Gen X. Gen X, intimately familiar with how terrible the Boomers actually are, recognizes the toll this has taken on Gen Z, and wants to do something but the Boomers are still deeply entrenched in power. Boomers still own everything and Boomers absolutely refuse to give up their seats in Congress. Just to put it in perspective. There are more octogenarians in the Senate than there are millennials. Those over eighty aren't technically boomers, but the Congressional Sergeant at Arms is just this side of the Crypt Keeper at this point. So this is where we're at.
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When Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports, Zack, and yours truly are all saying fundamentally the exact same things, that Gen Z is about to explode, it's time for the powers that be to listen. Take note of this list from Asmon's vid: - deport every illegal immigrant using military, remove from census - deport residents who are net negative tax payers - insane asylums - reduce foreign aid 80-100% - 2 additional tax brackets - double policing $ - if u steal, instant prison - mandatory prison labor The undercurrent makes it clear that Gen Z isn't swerving Right or Left, it's begging for a return to sanity. It wants an end to the suffering, and it doesn't care who gets hurt in the process. Because as far as Gen Z is concerned, they kinda have it coming. Gen Z, White American Gen Z specifically, were raised in a post-color blind world and having reached out to literally everyone found they were utterly despised for it. Truth is the only ally that Gen Z seems to have is Gen X. Gen X, intimately familiar with how terrible the Boomers actually are, recognizes the toll this has taken on Gen Z, and wants to do something but the Boomers are still deeply entrenched in power. Boomers still own everything and Boomers absolutely refuse to give up their seats in Congress. Just to put it in perspective. There are more octogenarians in the Senate than there are millennials. Those over eighty aren't technically boomers, but the Congressional Sergeant at Arms is just this side of the Crypt Keeper at this point. So this is where we're at.

BLACK DUMPLING™

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Stellar Blade is a game that only gets worse the longer you play. Level/world design is appallingly boring. Enemy design is some of the most generic ever. Traversal/platforming elements are simply bad. I really appreciate the incredible work put into the character models, animation, and even more into costume design. Really superb dedication here! The combat is a saving grace, although it could be improved, greatly. Overall the game "justifies" itself thanks to its unapologetic, but well produced, presentation. It's a nice and fun action adventure game with awful writing, terrible quests, and dated game design. It outstays its welcome, as 10 to 15 hours could have easily been cut from the final game to improve pacing. Somehow manages to work well enough overall still. I'm finishing Stellar Blade for the first time, and that's why I'm writing this now. It's one of those games I started, then paused for many months, and now decided to return. If I had to give it a score this would be a strong 6/10, but it's the kind of 6 I can appreciate, and I'm looking forward to the sequel. IMO
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Stellar Blade is a game that only gets worse the longer you play. Level/world design is appallingly boring. Enemy design is some of the most generic ever. Traversal/platforming elements are simply bad. I really appreciate the incredible work put into the character models, animation, and even more into costume design. Really superb dedication here! The combat is a saving grace, although it could be improved, greatly. Overall the game "justifies" itself thanks to its unapologetic, but well produced, presentation. It's a nice and fun action adventure game with awful writing, terrible quests, and dated game design. It outstays its welcome, as 10 to 15 hours could have easily been cut from the final game to improve pacing. Somehow manages to work well enough overall still. I'm finishing Stellar Blade for the first time, and that's why I'm writing this now. It's one of those games I started, then paused for many months, and now decided to return. If I had to give it a score this would be a strong 6/10, but it's the kind of 6 I can appreciate, and I'm looking forward to the sequel. IMO

Daniel Camilo

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IS THE SANGH PARIVAR OUT OF TOUCH WITH GEN-Z? RSS chief is holding a mega outreach to connect with Gen-Z. To understand them. That, by itself, is puzzling. After all, the RSS is the world's largest citizen-based voluntary organization. Its gargantuan cadre works in every nook and cranny of this country and therefore, by logical extension, the Sangh should have had its finger on the pulse of crores of Indians. Yet the very need for such an outreach suggests there may be a gap. The Jantar Mantar Gen-Z upsurge appeared to expose the Sangh Parivar's inherent ponderousness and the lack of any credible interlocutor to engage the protestors. This prompts a basic question: Why doesn't the Sangh get Gen-Z? Is it just a function of age? The Sangh top brass is long in the teeth. Its views are often cosseted by the social mores of an era gone by. It is ill at ease with the woke echo chamber that shapes parts of Gen-Z's outlook on life, ambitions, love, sex, gender and much in between. RSS leaders have, over the years, expressed reservations about pre-marital sex and live-in relationships, while the organisation initially opposed the decriminalisation of homosexuality before later saying it did not view homosexuals as criminals and that the issue should be approached as a social one rather than a criminal one. The reaction to this mismatch has been a trifle incongruous, with Sangh "uncles" dismissing the Jantar Mantar protestors as "five-star fringe" that shouldn't be confused with the "real Gen-Z". The "real" Gen-Z for these Sangh ideologues was a sanskari younger version of themselves. Those that paid oblations at religious sites, undertook arduous pilgrimages and contributed to "nation building". But all this answers why the Sangh doesn't get Gen-Z. It doesn't tell us why the saffron parivar didn't see the Gen-Z mood shifting. Here are two possible reasons. First. The feedback loop has, over time, been blinkered by ideology. The Sangh often envisions India through one lens. Perhaps, when it comes to Gen-Z it could think about using a kaleidoscope. The former instinct makes it more likely for it to bracket some grievances as subversion and some protests with suspicion, as seen in its early characterisation of the Jantar Mantar mobilisation. Second. A notion of political invincibility may have convinced sections of the Sangh Parivar that only it knows what's good for the public and the national interest. That's not to say the Sangh isn't prepared to revise its fusty approach. Bhagwat's own outreach is one way of showing that even the Sangh's avuncular top brass is contrite and cares for what Gen-Z thinks. Bhagwat has created an important opportunity for the entire Sangh to open a bridge to Gen-Z. Let's hope the Saffron parivar can narrow the gap with India's future.
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IS THE SANGH PARIVAR OUT OF TOUCH WITH GEN-Z? RSS chief is holding a mega outreach to connect with Gen-Z. To understand them. That, by itself, is puzzling. After all, the RSS is the world's largest citizen-based voluntary organization. Its gargantuan cadre works in every nook and cranny of this country and therefore, by logical extension, the Sangh should have had its finger on the pulse of crores of Indians. Yet the very need for such an outreach suggests there may be a gap. The Jantar Mantar Gen-Z upsurge appeared to expose the Sangh Parivar's inherent ponderousness and the lack of any credible interlocutor to engage the protestors. This prompts a basic question: Why doesn't the Sangh get Gen-Z? Is it just a function of age? The Sangh top brass is long in the teeth. Its views are often cosseted by the social mores of an era gone by. It is ill at ease with the woke echo chamber that shapes parts of Gen-Z's outlook on life, ambitions, love, sex, gender and much in between. RSS leaders have, over the years, expressed reservations about pre-marital sex and live-in relationships, while the organisation initially opposed the decriminalisation of homosexuality before later saying it did not view homosexuals as criminals and that the issue should be approached as a social one rather than a criminal one. The reaction to this mismatch has been a trifle incongruous, with Sangh "uncles" dismissing the Jantar Mantar protestors as "five-star fringe" that shouldn't be confused with the "real Gen-Z". The "real" Gen-Z for these Sangh ideologues was a sanskari younger version of themselves. Those that paid oblations at religious sites, undertook arduous pilgrimages and contributed to "nation building". But all this answers why the Sangh doesn't get Gen-Z. It doesn't tell us why the saffron parivar didn't see the Gen-Z mood shifting. Here are two possible reasons. First. The feedback loop has, over time, been blinkered by ideology. The Sangh often envisions India through one lens. Perhaps, when it comes to Gen-Z it could think about using a kaleidoscope. The former instinct makes it more likely for it to bracket some grievances as subversion and some protests with suspicion, as seen in its early characterisation of the Jantar Mantar mobilisation. Second. A notion of political invincibility may have convinced sections of the Sangh Parivar that only it knows what's good for the public and the national interest. That's not to say the Sangh isn't prepared to revise its fusty approach. Bhagwat's own outreach is one way of showing that even the Sangh's avuncular top brass is contrite and cares for what Gen-Z thinks. Bhagwat has created an important opportunity for the entire Sangh to open a bridge to Gen-Z. Let's hope the Saffron parivar can narrow the gap with India's future.

Rahul Shivshankar

22,835 görüntüleme • 25 gün önce

Borderlands 4 Performance Summary in 2 minutes: 0:00 - Native Res Badass Settings the game runs bad 0:30 - Upscaling Performance Mode Badass Settings, the game barely manages to hit 60FPS 1:20 - Frame Gen turned on and now you have 100 FPS Some people will turn all these settings on and be happy with it but in my honest opinion these are used as crutches to make the game look as if it performs good. Borderlands 4 has a certain art style that doesn't look like it needs these kind of settings to be turned on to play at a high framerate but sadly it does and you can defend this if you want but the future of gaming looks bleak, using this tech to not optimize the games further will just result in input latency increase as every game will be delivered with frame-gen turned on in the devs mind.
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Borderlands 4 Performance Summary in 2 minutes: 0:00 - Native Res Badass Settings the game runs bad 0:30 - Upscaling Performance Mode Badass Settings, the game barely manages to hit 60FPS 1:20 - Frame Gen turned on and now you have 100 FPS Some people will turn all these settings on and be happy with it but in my honest opinion these are used as crutches to make the game look as if it performs good. Borderlands 4 has a certain art style that doesn't look like it needs these kind of settings to be turned on to play at a high framerate but sadly it does and you can defend this if you want but the future of gaming looks bleak, using this tech to not optimize the games further will just result in input latency increase as every game will be delivered with frame-gen turned on in the devs mind.

NikTek

359,686 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce

I just tested P2JB for the Japanese games lua loader by maj0r. Be patient as testing this stuff is taking so long it's not even funny. Still 2 hours with lua loader. I was sent one that jailbreaks and enables debug settings, an elf loader is being worked on. It's release is being considered. But the current implementation kernel panics as soon as you try closing the game. So the current use case for it would be to unpatch BD-J up to 12.00 and use BD-J and poopsploit after that. If the kp issue is resolved or someone ports/fixes it it'll be a bit better for people on digital consoles who have downloaded a lua game and higher firmware consoles up to 12.70.
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I just tested P2JB for the Japanese games lua loader by maj0r. Be patient as testing this stuff is taking so long it's not even funny. Still 2 hours with lua loader. I was sent one that jailbreaks and enables debug settings, an elf loader is being worked on. It's release is being considered. But the current implementation kernel panics as soon as you try closing the game. So the current use case for it would be to unpatch BD-J up to 12.00 and use BD-J and poopsploit after that. If the kp issue is resolved or someone ports/fixes it it'll be a bit better for people on digital consoles who have downloaded a lua game and higher firmware consoles up to 12.70.

Dr.Yenyen

26,971 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce

I tested out Cyberpunk 2077 Path Tracing turned on with RX 9070 XT now that FSR Redstone is out. By using the new FSR Redstone and FSR ML Based Frame-Gen, the game reaches up to 130FPS in 1440p with FSR set to Performance Mode. The performance gains are not that much higher compared to the previous versions of FSR but the image quality got a huge upgrade, especially when using Frame-Gen. This ML based Frame Gen is much better than the previous version as it gets rid of most artifacts and ghosting caused by the previous version. If for some reason you always wanted to play Cyberpunk 2077 with Path Tracing turned on on an AMD GPU, now you can enjoy a playable experience with 100+ FPS on an RX 9070 XT. I still don't recommend it though as the frame pacing and input lag still feels off for me, I'd just rather play this without Frame Gen and Path Tracing. I'm going to test out Black Myth: Wukong next
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I tested out Cyberpunk 2077 Path Tracing turned on with RX 9070 XT now that FSR Redstone is out. By using the new FSR Redstone and FSR ML Based Frame-Gen, the game reaches up to 130FPS in 1440p with FSR set to Performance Mode. The performance gains are not that much higher compared to the previous versions of FSR but the image quality got a huge upgrade, especially when using Frame-Gen. This ML based Frame Gen is much better than the previous version as it gets rid of most artifacts and ghosting caused by the previous version. If for some reason you always wanted to play Cyberpunk 2077 with Path Tracing turned on on an AMD GPU, now you can enjoy a playable experience with 100+ FPS on an RX 9070 XT. I still don't recommend it though as the frame pacing and input lag still feels off for me, I'd just rather play this without Frame Gen and Path Tracing. I'm going to test out Black Myth: Wukong next

NikTek

242,749 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce

How is Gen Z unique? What was it like to visit Israel? And does Islam actually pose a threat to the West? Connor Tomlinson joins me to explore these questions. (1:29) Connor's intellectual journey (10:10) What makes Gen Z unique? (13:32) Millennial internet culture (16:15) How the internet redefined community (20:54) What makes millennials unique (23:27) Gen Alpha: Is it over for them? (27:54) A Landian perspective on Gen Alpha In the second half of the show (available to subscribers, link in reply), we continue our discussion of Gen Alpha, pondering whether AI will be its primary shaping factor. We then move along to discuss everyone's favorite topic: Israel. Connor took a trip there earlier this year. What was that like? We discuss the differing attitudes on the West Connor encountered among Israelis, and how these attitudes compare to those of the Jewish diaspora. This leads to a consideration of Tucker Carlson's recent defense of Muslims at AmFest. As a Brit, Connor offers a fact-based, firsthand account of the threat mass Islamic immigration poses not only to Europe, but to America as well.
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How is Gen Z unique? What was it like to visit Israel? And does Islam actually pose a threat to the West? Connor Tomlinson joins me to explore these questions. (1:29) Connor's intellectual journey (10:10) What makes Gen Z unique? (13:32) Millennial internet culture (16:15) How the internet redefined community (20:54) What makes millennials unique (23:27) Gen Alpha: Is it over for them? (27:54) A Landian perspective on Gen Alpha In the second half of the show (available to subscribers, link in reply), we continue our discussion of Gen Alpha, pondering whether AI will be its primary shaping factor. We then move along to discuss everyone's favorite topic: Israel. Connor took a trip there earlier this year. What was that like? We discuss the differing attitudes on the West Connor encountered among Israelis, and how these attitudes compare to those of the Jewish diaspora. This leads to a consideration of Tucker Carlson's recent defense of Muslims at AmFest. As a Brit, Connor offers a fact-based, firsthand account of the threat mass Islamic immigration poses not only to Europe, but to America as well.

Patrick Casey

25,447 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce

You can't compare Cyberpunk 2077 launch to GTA 6 and here's exactly why Cyberpunk 2077 was the CDPR's first installment to feature a futuristic city with tons of NPCs and fast moving cars, something which was never done before on Witcher games. The gameplay video from Cyberpunk 2077 shown off in 2019 had a clear text showing "work in progress - does not represent the final look of the game" After the launch disaster of Cyberpunk 2077, Marcin Iwiński also explained that the reason the game had so many bugs is that the game was designed for PC first in mind, then scaled down to consoles that still had a hard drive (PS4 and Xbox One) an extremely difficult task on its own, combined with the fact that the game development progress took a major hit during the pandemic. Rockstar Games on the other hand has a much different engine and experience working on large scale open world game filled with tons of NPCs and fast moving cars, including the fact that they're developing this game for current gen consoles first, then scaling it up for a PC release not vice versa. Are we guys suddenly forgetting the fact that Rockstar Games managed to get GTA V running on a PS3 console which had 256mb of VRAM and 256mb of RAM at that time? The reason Rockstar Games has shown zero gameplay of GTA 6 is because historically they save the gameplay showcase before the game launches, GTA 6 Trailer 2 came out in 2025 and all footage for that Trailer was captured on a base PS5 with a mix of gameplay and cutscenes. They'll obviously show off more gameplay on August 27th, but comparing Cyberpunk 2077 to GTA 6 isn't exactly fair for both companies. On one hand, it was CDPR's first time making that kind of genre of a game and on the other hand, it isn't Rockstar Games first time making a Grand Theft Auto game.
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You can't compare Cyberpunk 2077 launch to GTA 6 and here's exactly why Cyberpunk 2077 was the CDPR's first installment to feature a futuristic city with tons of NPCs and fast moving cars, something which was never done before on Witcher games. The gameplay video from Cyberpunk 2077 shown off in 2019 had a clear text showing "work in progress - does not represent the final look of the game" After the launch disaster of Cyberpunk 2077, Marcin Iwiński also explained that the reason the game had so many bugs is that the game was designed for PC first in mind, then scaled down to consoles that still had a hard drive (PS4 and Xbox One) an extremely difficult task on its own, combined with the fact that the game development progress took a major hit during the pandemic. Rockstar Games on the other hand has a much different engine and experience working on large scale open world game filled with tons of NPCs and fast moving cars, including the fact that they're developing this game for current gen consoles first, then scaling it up for a PC release not vice versa. Are we guys suddenly forgetting the fact that Rockstar Games managed to get GTA V running on a PS3 console which had 256mb of VRAM and 256mb of RAM at that time? The reason Rockstar Games has shown zero gameplay of GTA 6 is because historically they save the gameplay showcase before the game launches, GTA 6 Trailer 2 came out in 2025 and all footage for that Trailer was captured on a base PS5 with a mix of gameplay and cutscenes. They'll obviously show off more gameplay on August 27th, but comparing Cyberpunk 2077 to GTA 6 isn't exactly fair for both companies. On one hand, it was CDPR's first time making that kind of genre of a game and on the other hand, it isn't Rockstar Games first time making a Grand Theft Auto game.

NikTek

104,080 görüntüleme • 18 gün önce

Did the #AdHocCommittee simply forget to ask Gen Khumalo an obvious question in relation to Stuart James Scharnick and his connection to Gen Sibiya? Stuart was physically present in Parliament, sitting right behind Gen Sibiya. He was quietly slipped into the sitting under the pretence that he was part of Sibiya’s close protection (or legal team, like he said later?). MPs were made to sit through proceedings with a criminal, right there. Days later, it was Gen Khumalo who revealed that the man that MPs had been sitting with was actually not a protector or a lawyer at all, but a CRIMINAL with a long rap sheet.📝 Parliament’s security was compromised, MPs were misled, a known criminal gained access to a high-level parliamentary process and this happened through what can only be described as brazen disregard for the law in true Sibiya fashion. So when Gen Khumalo later appeared before the same committee this week, the very person who exposed this embarrassment, one would expect curiosity, urgency, even outrage from MPs‼️ But nothing. 🚫 No follow-up, no probing and no appetite to understand how a thug was smuggled into Parliament and passed off as close protection. That silence strengthens the concern that the #AdHocCommittee is not truly investigating, but merely listening, recording, and moving on even when Parliament itself has been disrespected. If the committee were serious about accountability, the Scharnick incident should have been front and centre, especially with Gen Khumalo in the room, someone with depth on who this criminal is. #AdHocCommittee #Parliament #Accountability #RuleOfLaw
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Did the #AdHocCommittee simply forget to ask Gen Khumalo an obvious question in relation to Stuart James Scharnick and his connection to Gen Sibiya? Stuart was physically present in Parliament, sitting right behind Gen Sibiya. He was quietly slipped into the sitting under the pretence that he was part of Sibiya’s close protection (or legal team, like he said later?). MPs were made to sit through proceedings with a criminal, right there. Days later, it was Gen Khumalo who revealed that the man that MPs had been sitting with was actually not a protector or a lawyer at all, but a CRIMINAL with a long rap sheet.📝 Parliament’s security was compromised, MPs were misled, a known criminal gained access to a high-level parliamentary process and this happened through what can only be described as brazen disregard for the law in true Sibiya fashion. So when Gen Khumalo later appeared before the same committee this week, the very person who exposed this embarrassment, one would expect curiosity, urgency, even outrage from MPs‼️ But nothing. 🚫 No follow-up, no probing and no appetite to understand how a thug was smuggled into Parliament and passed off as close protection. That silence strengthens the concern that the #AdHocCommittee is not truly investigating, but merely listening, recording, and moving on even when Parliament itself has been disrespected. If the committee were serious about accountability, the Scharnick incident should have been front and centre, especially with Gen Khumalo in the room, someone with depth on who this criminal is. #AdHocCommittee #Parliament #Accountability #RuleOfLaw

Zintoh Mhlanga

37,581 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce

Now that I'm 80 hours in and have completed Rinacita, I want to give my thoughts on Wuthering Waves as a whole, both from the perspective of a new player and as someone who hates the gacha monetization model. When I first started I was told that 1.0 (The first arc/region of the game) was mid. I disagree with that sentiment. While the first 7 or so hours were bogged down a bit by lore terms and exposition that often left me confused, around Yinlin's companion quest is when I started getting invested and upon reaching Mt. Firmament (10-15 hours?) I was locked in. What I WILL say, is that the first arc of the game is mid in COMPARISON to what the game offers and becomes later on in every single regard, writing, dialogue, gameplay, music, map/world design, everything. Rinacita is truly a game changer and you can see the game's budget increase in real time with higher quality animations and cutscenes, as well as the map basically being an entire game on top. Every single companion quest without fail has ranged from solid to great, even making me tear up on a few occasions (Encore lol) and making me care about characters I never thought I would. They're truly a highlight and the writing is what makes this game go from just playing with attractive characters to playing with characters you actually care about. The sheer amount of content this game offers is absurd with both varying forms of short/long form content. It's hard for the game to feel repetitive when it gives you a new character to play as or constantly introduces new mechanics. (puzzles, traversal, combat challenges, bosses, etc) Even 80 hours in there's constantly new mechanics being introduced to me. The combat and team building is great, simple but with a level of depth that allows for some player expression (especially newer characters) and the various Forte's and movesets of the characters are both satisfying and incredibly flashy. The audio design specifically on some attacks is very punchy like Chisa's ult. The game is also just, gorgeous. The art design for everything in Wuwa is stunning, the map sizes are huge with varying biomes and the heights you can fly can be jaw dropping at times. Almost every location is screenshot worthy and the music does a lot of heavy lifting to, especially once you get to Rinacita. Wuwa just might also be the most F2P friendly Gacha that exists and while I stand by the idea that every game (including this one) would be better without gacha systems I have to give credit where it's due. It is INCREDIBLY generous with summoning currency (asterite) and I'd even wager to say, due to the store prices being absurd (If I remember correctly it's about $25 for 1 multi-summon) unless you're very well off it's a horrible decision to spend money for summons in this game when you could easily grind that in 2-3 hours of gameplay. Not to mention the pity system being very favorable and lenient. Even if you find yourself playing with mostly base characters for 40 hours (like I did because I didn't know you got more asterite from exploring than doing quests) the game is constantly giving you new characters to temporarily play as in quests to stop combat from getting too repetitive. Once again the characters are a massive highlight, in design, gameplay and writing, this is quickly becoming one of my favorite worlds where every arc introduces new favorites for me. I find myself enjoying where Rover is being taken as a character and that she's starting to speak more and more, slowly seeming to become less of a self-insert even if she'll always be that to an extent. I'm not going to lie to you and say the story is some unique masterpiece that avoids all tropes. It's not, you've likely seen similar stories told, but it executes everything at a high level and accomplishes what it's trying to do. The biggest flaws are the file size and the prices of the in-game store, as well as it's nature as a gacha game. Even if it may be the most generous one. The actual optimization of the game I find is solid, on PC with a 4060 I run on almost max settings and get 70+fps even with how massive the world is. The starting few hours can also be slow and exposition heavy with lore-terms you don't understand. Leaving you confused and disconnected for awhile, even later on in Rinacita the dialogue can stretch on for too long sometimes which can be a pace killer, but it doesn't ruin the quality of the stories it's trying to tell. From what people say I haven't even gotten to the best part of the game and I'm very excited! If I were to give a current rating, it would be a 8/10 and as long as you don't spend money on summons, I would recommend at least giving it a try.
11:03

Now that I'm 80 hours in and have completed Rinacita, I want to give my thoughts on Wuthering Waves as a whole, both from the perspective of a new player and as someone who hates the gacha monetization model. When I first started I was told that 1.0 (The first arc/region of the game) was mid. I disagree with that sentiment. While the first 7 or so hours were bogged down a bit by lore terms and exposition that often left me confused, around Yinlin's companion quest is when I started getting invested and upon reaching Mt. Firmament (10-15 hours?) I was locked in. What I WILL say, is that the first arc of the game is mid in COMPARISON to what the game offers and becomes later on in every single regard, writing, dialogue, gameplay, music, map/world design, everything. Rinacita is truly a game changer and you can see the game's budget increase in real time with higher quality animations and cutscenes, as well as the map basically being an entire game on top. Every single companion quest without fail has ranged from solid to great, even making me tear up on a few occasions (Encore lol) and making me care about characters I never thought I would. They're truly a highlight and the writing is what makes this game go from just playing with attractive characters to playing with characters you actually care about. The sheer amount of content this game offers is absurd with both varying forms of short/long form content. It's hard for the game to feel repetitive when it gives you a new character to play as or constantly introduces new mechanics. (puzzles, traversal, combat challenges, bosses, etc) Even 80 hours in there's constantly new mechanics being introduced to me. The combat and team building is great, simple but with a level of depth that allows for some player expression (especially newer characters) and the various Forte's and movesets of the characters are both satisfying and incredibly flashy. The audio design specifically on some attacks is very punchy like Chisa's ult. The game is also just, gorgeous. The art design for everything in Wuwa is stunning, the map sizes are huge with varying biomes and the heights you can fly can be jaw dropping at times. Almost every location is screenshot worthy and the music does a lot of heavy lifting to, especially once you get to Rinacita. Wuwa just might also be the most F2P friendly Gacha that exists and while I stand by the idea that every game (including this one) would be better without gacha systems I have to give credit where it's due. It is INCREDIBLY generous with summoning currency (asterite) and I'd even wager to say, due to the store prices being absurd (If I remember correctly it's about $25 for 1 multi-summon) unless you're very well off it's a horrible decision to spend money for summons in this game when you could easily grind that in 2-3 hours of gameplay. Not to mention the pity system being very favorable and lenient. Even if you find yourself playing with mostly base characters for 40 hours (like I did because I didn't know you got more asterite from exploring than doing quests) the game is constantly giving you new characters to temporarily play as in quests to stop combat from getting too repetitive. Once again the characters are a massive highlight, in design, gameplay and writing, this is quickly becoming one of my favorite worlds where every arc introduces new favorites for me. I find myself enjoying where Rover is being taken as a character and that she's starting to speak more and more, slowly seeming to become less of a self-insert even if she'll always be that to an extent. I'm not going to lie to you and say the story is some unique masterpiece that avoids all tropes. It's not, you've likely seen similar stories told, but it executes everything at a high level and accomplishes what it's trying to do. The biggest flaws are the file size and the prices of the in-game store, as well as it's nature as a gacha game. Even if it may be the most generous one. The actual optimization of the game I find is solid, on PC with a 4060 I run on almost max settings and get 70+fps even with how massive the world is. The starting few hours can also be slow and exposition heavy with lore-terms you don't understand. Leaving you confused and disconnected for awhile, even later on in Rinacita the dialogue can stretch on for too long sometimes which can be a pace killer, but it doesn't ruin the quality of the stories it's trying to tell. From what people say I haven't even gotten to the best part of the game and I'm very excited! If I were to give a current rating, it would be a 8/10 and as long as you don't spend money on summons, I would recommend at least giving it a try.

🎮𝙆𝙖𝙞𝙮𝙖🎮

100,729 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce

One criticism I always see towards games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto VI recently is the topic of small details. "Why does a game need so many details, it doesn't make the experience any better and takes longer to develop" While I do agree with the fact that Rockstar Games development schedules in between each release keep getting longer, the fact is that when you aim for such a high level of realism in a video-game, its not about graphics anymore, its about immersion. I'm sure that if you played RDR2, you know that your horse sweating or its balls shrinking in the cold don't add much to the gameplay itself, but it makes the game feel like its real. This is precisely what sets apart Rockstar Games from other game studios, the level of immersion you get in those games is unbeaten. RDR2, a game designed for the PS4 console has a level of fluidity and immersion that I have yet to see in a video-game from any other game studio, each game mechanic seems to work flawlessly that it feels like a living and breathing open world game. Hell, sometimes you feel bad for shooting an NPC which never happened to me in a video-game before. When you're playing it, hours can go by and you don't even. In other open-world games, sometimes you can notice limitations, for example the same NPCs appearing in one object or the same scripted conversations. RDR2 manages to make that gap of a video-game and reality feel thinner, not get rid of it entirely of course. Making such a massive game filled with tons of details means that it can be can be played for multiple years after its release and not feel outdated. Its not all about details of course, when a game takes so long to develop, the stakes get higher each time and Rockstar Games has to make sure that they deliver on the story that is being told too, hence the reason why their games have always been historically good in terms of writing. Now to address the elephant int he room, the main issue is that as the complexity increases for each new release and optimizing all of these systems to work in tandem, the development time increases and we get longer periods of waiting. Is all of this worth it? In my opinion, yes. Its Rockstar Games after all, they have the budget necessary and the talent to achieve this kind of feat. Not only does it raise the bar for what is possible to do in a video-game, but it also is highly rewarding when you play the game for the first time and its unlike anything you've seen these past couple of years. When I finished playing Red Dead Redemption 2 for the first time, every new game that came out felt outdated for me. Just as technology keeps going forward, the same applies here with open world games too. What are your thoughts on this topic?
1:10

One criticism I always see towards games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto VI recently is the topic of small details. "Why does a game need so many details, it doesn't make the experience any better and takes longer to develop" While I do agree with the fact that Rockstar Games development schedules in between each release keep getting longer, the fact is that when you aim for such a high level of realism in a video-game, its not about graphics anymore, its about immersion. I'm sure that if you played RDR2, you know that your horse sweating or its balls shrinking in the cold don't add much to the gameplay itself, but it makes the game feel like its real. This is precisely what sets apart Rockstar Games from other game studios, the level of immersion you get in those games is unbeaten. RDR2, a game designed for the PS4 console has a level of fluidity and immersion that I have yet to see in a video-game from any other game studio, each game mechanic seems to work flawlessly that it feels like a living and breathing open world game. Hell, sometimes you feel bad for shooting an NPC which never happened to me in a video-game before. When you're playing it, hours can go by and you don't even. In other open-world games, sometimes you can notice limitations, for example the same NPCs appearing in one object or the same scripted conversations. RDR2 manages to make that gap of a video-game and reality feel thinner, not get rid of it entirely of course. Making such a massive game filled with tons of details means that it can be can be played for multiple years after its release and not feel outdated. Its not all about details of course, when a game takes so long to develop, the stakes get higher each time and Rockstar Games has to make sure that they deliver on the story that is being told too, hence the reason why their games have always been historically good in terms of writing. Now to address the elephant int he room, the main issue is that as the complexity increases for each new release and optimizing all of these systems to work in tandem, the development time increases and we get longer periods of waiting. Is all of this worth it? In my opinion, yes. Its Rockstar Games after all, they have the budget necessary and the talent to achieve this kind of feat. Not only does it raise the bar for what is possible to do in a video-game, but it also is highly rewarding when you play the game for the first time and its unlike anything you've seen these past couple of years. When I finished playing Red Dead Redemption 2 for the first time, every new game that came out felt outdated for me. Just as technology keeps going forward, the same applies here with open world games too. What are your thoughts on this topic?

NikTek

26,848 görüntüleme • 14 gün önce

If Uncharted 4 wasn't exclusive, and instead had to be developed to release on 4 separate platforms simultaneously, I'm willing to bet the state of the art and ahead of its time technical and production detail it had, would've suffered. Exclusivity matters. Especially when platform holders are subsiding these eye watering development costs, as they know having system sellers bringing people to their ecosystem for the permanent 30% cut on ALL purchases, is far more important than a single sale. In essence they pay for ground up, single platform, tech pushing focus, and we consumers benefit. Statistics and data from tech and graphics awards (not to mention GOTY awards and reception relative to the paltry number of releases exclusives make up) also literally proves it. When games are cross-gen, that's when even exclusives can be detrimentally held back. #Uncharted4 #007FirstLight #PS4 #PS5
1:33

If Uncharted 4 wasn't exclusive, and instead had to be developed to release on 4 separate platforms simultaneously, I'm willing to bet the state of the art and ahead of its time technical and production detail it had, would've suffered. Exclusivity matters. Especially when platform holders are subsiding these eye watering development costs, as they know having system sellers bringing people to their ecosystem for the permanent 30% cut on ALL purchases, is far more important than a single sale. In essence they pay for ground up, single platform, tech pushing focus, and we consumers benefit. Statistics and data from tech and graphics awards (not to mention GOTY awards and reception relative to the paltry number of releases exclusives make up) also literally proves it. When games are cross-gen, that's when even exclusives can be detrimentally held back. #Uncharted4 #007FirstLight #PS4 #PS5

NIB

116,364 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce

Jayson Tatum on his message of gratitude to the team yesterday: “It was one, just being vulnerable, showing my appreciation to the team, of how they have played this season, how they motivated me every single day. The joy and competitive nature that they displayed, I wanted to be a part of that. And I say it all the time, going through rehab and being injured is lonely. It's not intentional. I couldn't practice for a while, I couldn't be in the game. When they were on the court, I was in the weight room, having to do my own thing. So you feel isolated, in a sense. “But I just expressed that being around as much as possible, going to games, being on the plane, really made me feel like I was still very much a part of the team, and how thankful to the group for just being themselves. I was thankful to the coaches that extended their days a lot by helping me during rehab and on the court and pick-up games [for] my conditioning. So I really just kind of telling everybody in the room that they all played a part in essentially helping me get to this moment.”
1:30

Jayson Tatum on his message of gratitude to the team yesterday: “It was one, just being vulnerable, showing my appreciation to the team, of how they have played this season, how they motivated me every single day. The joy and competitive nature that they displayed, I wanted to be a part of that. And I say it all the time, going through rehab and being injured is lonely. It's not intentional. I couldn't practice for a while, I couldn't be in the game. When they were on the court, I was in the weight room, having to do my own thing. So you feel isolated, in a sense. “But I just expressed that being around as much as possible, going to games, being on the plane, really made me feel like I was still very much a part of the team, and how thankful to the group for just being themselves. I was thankful to the coaches that extended their days a lot by helping me during rehab and on the court and pick-up games [for] my conditioning. So I really just kind of telling everybody in the room that they all played a part in essentially helping me get to this moment.”

Noa Dalzell 🏀

2,779,667 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce

Denny Hamlin was asked to respond to Kyle Petty's take on the Next Gen car given Hamlin's criticisms of the car. He said Petty is actually right about certain things, but pointed to how the best racing the car has put on was early in its lifetime when not everyone had figured out the car yet and the field wasn't as close together as a result. "Now everyone over time, since there's been no development for years and years now and nothing's really changed, the field has just tightened up ... The field is just now running the same speed." Hamlin maintained that the attitude of the Next Gen car needs to be changed, specifically by removing underbody downforce and putting it on the overbody - Which, theoretically, would allow the trailing car to drive up to the lead car and loosen them up off the bottom.
2:24

Denny Hamlin was asked to respond to Kyle Petty's take on the Next Gen car given Hamlin's criticisms of the car. He said Petty is actually right about certain things, but pointed to how the best racing the car has put on was early in its lifetime when not everyone had figured out the car yet and the field wasn't as close together as a result. "Now everyone over time, since there's been no development for years and years now and nothing's really changed, the field has just tightened up ... The field is just now running the same speed." Hamlin maintained that the attitude of the Next Gen car needs to be changed, specifically by removing underbody downforce and putting it on the overbody - Which, theoretically, would allow the trailing car to drive up to the lead car and loosen them up off the bottom.

Steven Taranto

93,187 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

If you think GTA VI is going to be difficult to optimize for current gen consoles which all have 16GB of RAM respectively (except Xbox Series S) Then you can't imagine the pain Rockstar Games must have gone through when they had to optimize GTA V for PS3 and Xbox 360. Each one of these consoles had 512MB of total memory, PS3 had 256MB XDR DRAM and 256MB VRAM. For comparison, google chrome with 3 tabs open can take up to 2GB of RAM memory today. Yet, somehow Rockstar Games managed to have this game running on an internal resolution of 720p, targeting 30FPS which is an incredible feat in my opinion. For how massive GTA V was, they truly pushed these consoles to the absolute maximum
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If you think GTA VI is going to be difficult to optimize for current gen consoles which all have 16GB of RAM respectively (except Xbox Series S) Then you can't imagine the pain Rockstar Games must have gone through when they had to optimize GTA V for PS3 and Xbox 360. Each one of these consoles had 512MB of total memory, PS3 had 256MB XDR DRAM and 256MB VRAM. For comparison, google chrome with 3 tabs open can take up to 2GB of RAM memory today. Yet, somehow Rockstar Games managed to have this game running on an internal resolution of 720p, targeting 30FPS which is an incredible feat in my opinion. For how massive GTA V was, they truly pushed these consoles to the absolute maximum

NikTek

1,291,265 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce