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American Gunner

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oh so not only are we not allowed to like games you don't like, but we aren't allowed to criticize graphics anymore either?

sorry i wasn't following the latest exdeath rule, my bad.

and knack is nothing like jak & daxter.
The more he posts, the more it seems like he is just a grumpy old man pissed that the world has moved on without him.
 

cmdrdredd

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The more he posts, the more it seems like he is just a grumpy old man pissed that the world has moved on without him.

Lol...in some ways I agree with his points but I can't live in the nostalgia of the past forever. I am ready to move on and it is only another week to go.
 

purbeast0

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The more he posts, the more it seems like he is just a grumpy old man pissed that the world has moved on without him.

yeah, it's almost like now, any game that has graphics better than snes automatically sucks. just like any game that is popular automatically sucks.
 

sze5003

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Graphics is why we spend 400+ for these consoles and video cards for the pc. Its expected with each new system that graphics improve especially with the new video gpu's out and many other improvements.
 

exdeath

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yeah, it's almost like now, any game that has graphics better than snes automatically sucks. just like any game that is popular automatically sucks.

I'm not the one here thumbing my nose and saying "meh" at any title that doesn't "look next gen" whatever that means.

I'm not even talking about SNES. I'm talking about people not taking a second look at a BRAND NEW game on the basis that it "just looks like a PS3 game but in 1080"

Yet a game that's been done 100 times last gen that is KNOWN to have no story or gameplay is "zomg 733t graphix!"

And you guys want to call me old and bitter and clinging to the past, yet guess who is getting a PS4 and buying games for it instead of "canceling my preorder because launch graphix meh"
 
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purbeast0

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I'm not the one here thumbing my nose and saying "meh" at any title that doesn't "look next gen" whatever that means.

I'm not even talking about SNES. I'm talking about people not taking a second look at a BRAND NEW game on the basis that it "just looks like a PS3 game but in 1080"

Yet a game that's been done 100 times last gen that is KNOWN to have no story or gameplay is "zomg 733t graphix!"

i don't think anyone here is doing that either.

and since you don't know what "looks next gen" means, it means looks like a step up, graphically, from anything that the ps3 and xbox360 can do.

also have no clue what you mean by your 3rd line there.
 

exdeath

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I think I'm going to get Knack for sure now just on principle. I just hope the GAME itself doesn't actually suck when I PLAY it and not just drool at the zomg graphix.
 

exdeath

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i don't think anyone here is doing that either.

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Sure they are. Looks like a PlayStation 2 game? Not interested because it "doesn't look next gen"?

I mean, are we gamers here or just spending $500 for a box that shows off our TVs, gameplay be damned.

Sorry I've just had it this morning on numerous boards with "graphics graphics graphics" and all the shallow comments about Knack based on pretty screenshots when the game isn't even out, mostly by people drooling over COD and Battlefield graphics.
 

purbeast0

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Sure they are. Looks like a PlayStation 2 game? Not interested because it "doesn't look next gen"?

I mean, are we gamers here or just spending $500 for a box that shows off our TVs, gameplay be damned.

Sorry I've just had it this morning on numerous boards with "graphics graphics graphics" and all the shallow comments about Knack based on pretty screenshots when the game isn't even out, mostly by people drooling over COD and Battlefield graphics.

who said they aren't interested because it doesn't look next gen?

you are delusional if you don't think there is a certain expectation for how games should look on ps4/xbox1. and then when people criticize because they don't meet those expectations, they are graphics whores? get real.
 

cmdrdredd

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Sure they are. Looks like a PlayStation 2 game? Not interested because it "doesn't look next gen"?

I mean, are we gamers here or just spending $500 for a box that shows off our TVs, gameplay be damned.

Sorry I've just had it this morning on numerous boards with "graphics graphics graphics" and all the shallow comments about Knack based on pretty screenshots when the game isn't even out, mostly by people drooling over COD and Battlefield graphics.

The game is out and available to buy but there is no ps4 to play it on yet lol.

All we have played is a demo from e3. I can't judge the entire thing on that. I may still buy it, the demo didn't turn me off entirely by any means.
 

exdeath

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then why not release it on the PS3?

who said they aren't interested because it doesn't look next gen?

you are delusional if you don't think there is a certain expectation for how games should look on ps4/xbox1. and then when people criticize because they don't meet those expectations, they are graphics whores? get real.

If its 1080p and isnt an upscaled blurry dithered mess like a 360 or PS3 game, then what's missing that makes it "next gen"?
 

cmdrdredd

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All I really said was it doesn't jump out at you as a game that can't be made on ps3. It isn't like killzone or forza in that way. I may still buy the game, all we really played was a demo from june and I wasn't turned off completely because of the demo.
 

exdeath

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All I really said was it doesn't jump out at you as a game that can't be made on ps3. It isn't like killzone or forza in that way. I may still buy the game, all we really played was a demo from june and I wasn't turned off completely because of the demo.

You gave a comprehensive review of the gameplay and had legitimate concerns woth it being a uninspiring simple platformer and having issues with frame rate that could make the game not enjoyable, you didn't just scoff ONLY because it didn't look "moar realistic enuff" to be a PS4 game.

There is an unhealthy obsession with photorealistic graphics in this community, even with games that are obviously not even supposed to be realistic looking.

Zomg a stylized hand drawn cartoon tank isn't as "gud grafx" as a photograph and CAD model of a real tank!!1!
 
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cmdrdredd

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You gave a comprehensive review of the gameplay and had legitimate concerns woth it being a uninspiring simple platformer and having issues with frame rate that could make the game not enjoyable, you didn't just scoff ONLY because it didn't look "moar realistic enuff" to be a PS4 game.

There is an unhealthy obsession with photorealistic graphics in this community, even with games that are obviously not even supposed to be realistic looking.

Maybe but you must admit the first thing you see is the graphics before anything else is known or said.
 

exdeath

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Maybe but you must admit the first thing you see is the graphics before anything else is known or said.

And from what I've seen it looks...plain, like there aren't even at least static lightmaps. Flat and repetitive textures spanning large surfaces, etc. Yes I get it.

But given NFL/UFC/NBA/COD with better graphics or Knack or a console that stays in its box for 6 months... If I want a sports game Ill pick them up in the used bin for 10 cents when they have 30 of each of them they can't get rid of.

Currently looking to pick up Knack, Killzone, and ????

Probably going to get AC for the third game. Mostly so there is SOME reason to open the PS4 and because the B2G1F deal. I've never owned, played, or had any interest in KZ or AC.

Honestly disappointed in the launch, but I'm not going to shun the only new IP at launch without giving it a honest try because it doesn't look like a AAA+++ game.

Knack, Killzone, Assasins Creed?

I've done worse...

PS1 launch: Toshinden and Kileak.... Ugh

I am getting a shooter itch after playing 3 Zelda games back to back. Maybe try Borderlands 2 again or New Vagas though.

Nephew is unfortunately a COD bot... Maybe Ill let him oh and aw over Killzone while I get lost in Link Between Worlds.
 
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smackababy

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Wait, does that mean there is a Street Fighter game coming? I checked the list of games a few days ago and did not see one listed at least not for anytime soon.

KT

Can't watch the video at work, but now I want to so bad! Maybe at lunch I'll head outside for some LTE and youtube it on my phone.
 

purbeast0

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Wait, does that mean there is a Street Fighter game coming? I checked the list of games a few days ago and did not see one listed at least not for anytime soon.

KT

no clue, that is why it's interesting heh. i'm really hoping that ultra sv4 comes to xbox1/ps4, and as of now i'm fully expecting it to. maybe this is the first sign that it is?

smackababy it's a video of a "hadouken" cab company with ryu as the washed up driver of the cab. then at the end, you see it's a playstation commercial. also the license plate says ps1994, which is when the first playstation was released.

there is also a phone number or something that is 0830 1987-KO

just realized its the release date of sf - 8/30/1987

i don't have sound here, but apparently people are saying the sound of the operator might hint at some hd version of ultra sf4 or something? i'll have to wait to hear it when i get home.
 
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KaOTiK

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So beautiful
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