Frame rate drops suck. Valid complaint.

SupremeAC said:

Digital Foundry over at Eurogamer have a good piece on the rendering technology behind Rise of the Tomb Raider.  They break down and comment on a lot of the seperate rendering techniques used in the game, what works, what doesn't...  What might prove of specific interest to some forumites here is that DF was left unimpressed by the physics based lighting on certain materials and not in the least on rock textures.  

Does anyone else in here enjoy reading about the technology behind games, or are you the kind of person who doesn't care about how it's done?

SupremeAC said:

Digital Foundry over at Eurogamer have a good piece on the rendering technology behind Rise of the Tomb Raider.  They break down and comment on a lot of the seperate rendering techniques used in the game, what works, what doesn't...  What might prove of specific interest to some forumites here is that DF was left unimpressed by the physics based lighting on certain materials and not in the least on rock textures.  

Does anyone else in here enjoy reading about the technology behind games, or are you the kind of person who doesn't care about how it's done?

Yes. Digital Foundry is the only part of Eurogamer I find palatable with any regularity.

Don't bother, GG. We already know Edge is racist: he hates San Andreas.

Fuck...I want to start Fallout sooo bad, but I'm not done with Dragon Age. DA is damn good in its own right, but when you have the shiny new game its just so tempting.

I have Fri and Sat off.....I can't see myself not playing Fallout.

I even the startup screen is glorious.

GAF said:

Here are some numbers:



Skyrim: 37 sq km


Fallout 4: 78 sq km


Xenoblade Chronicles: 80 sq km


Witcher 3: 135 sq km



Xenoblade Chronicles X: 400 sq km



It's not that X is a bigger open world than the Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Witcher 3 combined. It's bigger even when you combine Xenoblade Chronicles. All without apparently any loading times or seams (except when you fast travel).

Then GAF said:

"Not a big deal. It's just a shame this game will be played by almost no one. Nintendo needs to sell off the studio and let Sony pick it up. JRPGs don't seem to do well on Nintendo consoles. Handhelds maybe. Consoles no."

Who's buying the new (not so new) Yuji Naka game?  Vader?  Anyone?

Archangel3371 said:

What's the Yuji Naka game?

Rodea the Sky Soldier for WiiU.  First print copies also come with the original Wii version, which is the one actually made by Naka.

Wow! Someone in Bethesda --REALLY-- knows how to capitalize on obsessive compulsive tendancies! Once you rescue that first group of settlers in Concord, they return to Sanctuary. Once you meet them back there, you can start re-building the town. The game doesn't do a very good job of explaining this, but once you can open the 'Workbench' option and walk around the town with it open, you can start ---REMOVING--- practically everything... from ruined houses to mailboxes to trees and lamp-posts. All of this gets converted into component parts that you can then turn around to use and build structures, objects, workbenches and defense mechanisms all your own. I just spent a good hour or so clearing out the old, destroyed structures and stuff so everything I see in my town will be my own, placed by me!