Yes. Don't let some of the critics fool you, nor former designers from the classic games of the 80s/90s. Double Dragon Revive is a good game, but it does have some flaws. I like it more than Neon. The game can get absurdly difficult in the last two stages, but has great enemy variety, excellent combat with tons of environmental interaction, and has some of the best boss fights in the entire franchise.
A lot of time exclusives were among the best games on any particular platform. The advantage being that because they were designed solely for that platform, they could take full advantage of its hardware. It's less common to have ports that look as good or make as good use of unique hardware features as games that are built specifically for one platform. There's also the additional funding and support that exclusives receive from the platform owner.
Does the DualSense have more cool features other than that there can be different things that happens the harder you hold the trigger? IIRC the only games that supposedly made full use of that were AstroBot and Ratchet and Clank, two games I did play, and I can't say that it really mattered much.
You can blow into the microphone for certain things, but that's mainly just Astro Bot. Most other games just use the adaptive triggers that you can optionally turn on or off. The exclusives I care somewhat about, but i've always been mainly a third party person when it came to 3rd party games.
This is nothing new and there's always a flip flop on exclusives or things being multi release. It is usually the same type of people who want nintendo to be on a microsoft or sony platform.And i'm personally glad that nintendo still does their own thing.And they have not been touched, nor will be bought out by either of them.Nor anybody else.
Considering that analog triggers was something that both the PS2 and Gamecube had, definitely. You're probably, actually referring the the variable resistance that the trigger can do, which is neat, but I think the extremely sophisticated rumble motors are the better feature. I haven't actually played many PS5 games, but I was really impressed with what it could do by my playthrough of Astro's Playroom. You can actually feel the difference between different surfaces you are walking on, or sensations like being rained on. Including tactile feedback into a game adds a whole extra layer to the experience. This could be used to reinforce visual and audio cues, you could have different sensations in specific directions for different attacks you need to parry, or it could be used to increase immersion by giving you an indication what sensations your characters are feeling. I think it has a lot of potential.
It and the Bouncer we're really the only games on the PS2 to use them. Pretty much almost nobody else did.
I don't remember GTA III having it, but I believe you. I have not touched that game since Vice City.
I'm not even a Half-Life fan, but I don't see any yellow paint... There's a diegetic yellow sticker with a barcode that says "supply." It communicates that the player should have an interest in its contents without making the signalling unnaturally ostentatious. If it were a crate released in a game today it would be covered with yellow tape for no reason whatsoever:
This is Half-Life 2 Episode Two. It came out in 2007. It contains boxes with yellow paint on them to clearly indicate to the player that they should be broken open to find supplies.
Obviously, this means that Half-Life 2 Episode Two is the worst game ever made and everyone who says otherwise is either a paid shill or a Fortnite kid.
There's always different variations of sign hosting.And some do it better than others, but i'm not gonna have a heart attack with obvious yellow paint/tape, nor a major hate boner like people screech, online or on social media. Most casual players and customers don't care. Though this is an unfortunate reality, when everybody strives for ultra realistic graphics. Most people get real lost real easily. Hence why they make it so obvious.I'm not even a Half-Life fan, but I don't see any yellow paint... There's a diegetic yellow sticker with a barcode that says "supply." It communicates that the player should have an interest in its contents without making the signalling unnaturally ostentatious. If it were a crate released in a game today it would be covered with yellow tape for no reason whatsoever:
Why would anybody do this, let alone to every crate you find? Are we supposed to imagine that all the crates are so flimsy and poorly put together that haphazardly wrapping it in tape is an improvement?
Here's another with actual yellow paint. Notice how the yellow barcode in HL2's crate actually seems like it could serve a purpose in the world? Why would there ever be a crate with a few splashes of yellow paint on it like the above? It's completely irrational that someone would walk around with a bucket of yellow paint and a brush only to make a couple swipes on each side of the box. It's not that the developer is signalling to the player that an item is interactable, it's that they've put no thought into the manner in which they do it other than to make it stand out in the easiest way possible.
Another example of good signalling is Blighttown from Dark Souls:
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You probably won't even notice when playing the game, but every ladder has a torch next to it. You expect to see some torches around a place like this and they naturally draw your attention to the ladders without seeming out of place. Compare to a game with the yellow paint philosophy:
Need I even comment further?
That last one had to be either modded or a dev joke.I'm not even a Half-Life fan, but I don't see any yellow paint... There's a diegetic yellow sticker with a barcode that says "supply." It communicates that the player should have an interest in its contents without making the signalling unnaturally ostentatious. If it were a crate released in a game today it would be covered with yellow tape for no reason whatsoever:
Why would anybody do this, let alone to every crate you find? Are we supposed to imagine that all the crates are so flimsy and poorly put together that haphazardly wrapping it in tape is an improvement?
Here's another with actual yellow paint. Notice how the yellow barcode in HL2's crate actually seems like it could serve a purpose in the world? Why would there ever be a crate with a few splashes of yellow paint on it like the above? It's completely irrational that someone would walk around with a bucket of yellow paint and a brush only to make a couple swipes on each side of the box. It's not that the developer is signalling to the player that an item is interactable, it's that they've put no thought into the manner in which they do it other than to make it stand out in the easiest way possible.
Another example of good signalling is Blighttown from Dark Souls:
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You probably won't even notice when playing the game, but every ladder has a torch next to it. You expect to see some torches around a place like this and they naturally draw your attention to the ladders without seeming out of place. Compare to a game with the yellow paint philosophy:
Need I even comment further?
