Due to a change of circumstances in my life I've had no time to play. But I did start Kingdom Come Deliverance and somehow logged 4 hours into it. It's a good narrative driven WRPG. I'm enjoying it.
Here's hoping the change is at least a positive one to soften the blow of curting into your gaming time.
I've been playing AdvanceWars reBoot and bananza. In AW I'm on the last mission of the second game, which is a massochists delight. The CPU is at such an advantage both in sheer numbers, unit offence and defence, terrain,... It's more frustrating than fun really.
As for Bananza, the EG review mentionned how they liked it, but not as much as they would have thought and I think I agree... There's something off about the game that I can't seem to put my finger on. The world doesn't feel alive and I guess this is due to it being voxel based. Nothing moves around save for the occasional enemy. There's no unexpected movement in the distance to trigger your curiosity. Despite the different texture work the whole world seems like one big statue for you to demolish.
It's a consequence if the dev teams choice to focus on the demolition, but I do feel a lot is lost because of it. There's not enough... Charm?
I don't find the world lifeless.
I find the game at its best when its pushing you forward, with intent. Like when you're chasing a boss with rocks crashing around you.
Those Mario like moments leading to something epic. But the game is mostly about exploring by digging, so it mostly just leaves you alone to explore and smash things up.
That's the way the game is designed. It could make a tighter more curated experience like Mario Galaxy or 3D world. But its more Rare like.
Unconfirmed: PlayStation 6 relies on "Orion" chip, Xbox Next uses AMD's "Magnus" APU
28.07.25 - New information about the upcoming console generations from Sony and Microsoft points to concrete hardware codenames and technical specifications. According to recent leaks, the PlayStation 6's processor chip is codenamed Orion, while the upcoming PlayStation portable device is said to be equipped with an APU called Canis.
The details come from the well-known leakers Moore's Law Is Dead and Kepler L2, among others, who are considered well connected in the hardware industry.
In the case of the PlayStation handheld, Canis is now considered confirmed: The chip is based on a monolithic design - i.e. a single silicon unit - which indicates a compact and efficient architecture. For the PlayStation 6, on the other hand, it was initially unclear whether the AMD Magnus chip, which was also leaked, would be used: With the mention of Orion as an associated APU for Sony's next-gen console, Magnus now seems to be assigned to Microsoft's next Xbox generation.
The technical details of the Magnus chip point to a powerful architecture: a GPU unit based on the RDNA-5 platform with a structure width of 3 nanometers, up to 70 compute units (CU) - 68 CU are realistically expected - and a 192-bit memory interface. The latter is classified as comparatively narrow, which is why speculation about a renewed shared storage model at Microsoft's Xbox is arising. Previous generations used this principle to divide the bandwidth between the CPU and GPU.
The specifications have not yet been officially confirmed by Sony or Microsoft; nevertheless, the leaks allow initial conclusions to be drawn about the technological orientation of the next console generations.
Sweet. If following gaming news has thaught me anything you're supposed to now make bad decissions, then fire half the company's staff to spruce up the numbers and grant yourself a huge bonus.
Mario Paint is now on NSO for the Switch 2! Huzzah!
CEO retired. I have been appointed replacement.
I don't find the world lifeless.I find the game at its best when its pushing you forward, with intent. Like when you're chasing a boss with rocks crashing around you.
Those Mario like moments leading to something epic. But the game is mostly about exploring by digging, so it mostly just leaves you alone to explore and smash things up.
That's the way the game is designed. It could make a tighter more curated experience like Mario Galaxy or 3D world. But its more Rare like.
Here's the level, do what you want.
Congrats
And Sony appears to be readying to put games on every platform.
Is anyone now considering being a single platform owner?
How many peeps here had an Xb1 and a PS4?
How many have a PS5 and an Xbox Series console?
If you did are you considering not doing that anymore?
Side question, which Sony or Microsoft games would you like to be ported elsewhere?
28.07.25 - New information about the upcoming console generations from Sony and Microsoft points to concrete hardware codenames and technical specifications. According to recent leaks, the PlayStation 6's processor chip is codenamed Orion, while the upcoming PlayStation portable device is said to be equipped with an APU called Canis.
The details come from the well-known leakers Moore's Law Is Dead and Kepler L2, among others, who are considered well connected in the hardware industry.
In the case of the PlayStation handheld, Canis is now considered confirmed: The chip is based on a monolithic design - i.e. a single silicon unit - which indicates a compact and efficient architecture. For the PlayStation 6, on the other hand, it was initially unclear whether the AMD Magnus chip, which was also leaked, would be used: With the mention of Orion as an associated APU for Sony's next-gen console, Magnus now seems to be assigned to Microsoft's next Xbox generation.
The technical details of the Magnus chip point to a powerful architecture: a GPU unit based on the RDNA-5 platform with a structure width of 3 nanometers, up to 70 compute units (CU) - 68 CU are realistically expected - and a 192-bit memory interface. The latter is classified as comparatively narrow, which is why speculation about a renewed shared storage model at Microsoft's Xbox is arising. Previous generations used this principle to divide the bandwidth between the CPU and GPU.
The specifications have not yet been officially confirmed by Sony or Microsoft; nevertheless, the leaks allow initial conclusions to be drawn about the technological orientation of the next console generations.
That's really cool that one of us is a CEO. Now I can finally say I know a CEO other than the one I actually work for.
Sweet. If following gaming news has thaught me anything you're supposed to now make bad decissions, then fire half the company's staff to spruce up the numbers and grant yourself a huge bonus.