Wally Loved it. Need to go back to it and try out the DLC, but currently busy with Guardians of the Galaxy, which is WAY better than I’d expected it to be…

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    Unreal Engine 5 tech demos look just superb…

    It is indeed - It’s causing a huge stir in game dev circles at the moment.

    Loads of shiny bells and whistles obviously but the big thing for game dev is Unreal are trying to demonstrate an asset creation system where assets can be auto generated to photo-realistic fidelity (all the buildings are computer generated rather than hand made) and for prop objects, we’ll never had to make them again because they aren’t going to look any better down the line.

    It’s something developers have been hoping for, for a long time. Generating a city takes a phenomenal amount of effort and it’s like reinventing the wheel every time. A lot of art work is outsourced to studios in India at the moment but I can see the next revolution being that we don’t need to create anything any more as we’ve already got what we need. It’ll be fascinating if that gets pulled off.

      Wally Intresting. I bet the majority of the work in a game like GTA is getting the City created? Will the next GTA be using the unreal engine or does it use it’s own? I guess the advantage of using your own engine is that you have more control over performance optimisation etc?

          mono-stereo I can neither confirm nor deny anything about what our next project is but all R* projects use our in house engine - RAGE - (Rockstars Awesome Game Engine lol).

          And yeah, doing the ‘world’ for a game is a huge undertaking. The art team work their nuts off.

              Wally Given your recent outsourcing fail I’m guessing you’ll be sticking to an in house engine 😋

                Along_the_Wire It’s not an RPG really - more of an open world action game. There’s a minor upgrade system and a few different costumes but nothing too complex. It holds your hand for pretty much everything - you’ll never get lost or not know what to do. It’s very good. I would definitely jump in.

                    All I wanna know is who else has got PS5 and has pre ordered Eldon Ring? Where my Tarnished at?!

                    Loved the last game, hope this one is as good on the game play.

                    Millsy Boss puzzle game, despite the graphics.

                      Clear bias here with me getting a downvote whilst Millsy, as expected, gets away scot free. Sickening.

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                        Along_the_Wire No no, he had an upvote from someone, so my downvote merely reduced his post back down to zero. No bias, your both twats.

                            Amps LOL, fair enough. Millsy will be working the machine in the background for his own personal gain anyway. The cunt.

                                Another impressive Unreal 5 showcase…

                                14 days later

                                Wally Finished ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ the other day - great stuff. Originally wrote it off but picked it up when my gamedev mates were raving about it. Well worth picking up.

                                Loving this game, Wally, cheers

                                    Hades on Nintendo Switch is absolutely ace.

                                    Hell Let Loose is without doubt the best war game/simulation I’ve ever played. Exceptional.

                                    Along_the_Wire good man.

                                    Currently nearing the end of ‘Deathloop’ which is very, very good - one of Arkane games’ best - once you get your head around it and learn to live with the awful UI. Recommended.

                                      11 days later

                                      Thinking of buying my mum a Nintendo switch ring fit adventure. Has anyone used got or used one for a workout,

                                      10 days later

                                      vinnyt77 its about time, those bandits at Activision have been taking the piss for years with COD.
                                      Over 10 years since the groundbreaking COD4 and the game has gotten worse. It needs an injection of new ideas.

                                          Not really my thing tbh.

                                          LT42 Or they might just continue churning the same old crap and take the cash.

                                          If MW2 gets remastered I might just get it (and get whipped by 10 year olds with their lightning reactions).

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                                              BlainSA they lost a ton of players to the new Halo because they churned out the same ole shit. Terrible map design, overbearing sound, a clusterfuck and overdone class setup. It needs an overhaul, even the developers know that. They’ve been using the same engine for over 15 years. COD4 and MW2 were damn near perfect. 👍

                                                  LT42 Ah yes, I heard halo was being ran terribly and saw the crazy rip offs they were doing with skins. I meant them taking on cod and keeping it BAU with the cod releases. Seems to be a lot more cartoony now with players that have capes and rainbow guns that make funny noises and animations when they fire or kill someone. COD4 and MW2 didn’t need all of that shit.

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                                                      BlainSA Halo wouldn’t be my cuppa, I can’t stand all that bouncing around the screen and phaser guns, pew pew, pew. All the pros seem to be raving about it’s gameplay though in comparison to COD.

                                                          Along_the_Wire yep, amazing. I grinded for a year or two in COD4 and got my gold cross. Granted I was going to bed most nights seeing red dot optics on the walls 😆