Posts by Thrik

  • Site Changes and Feedback

    I don't remember there ever being a site feedback section. There is the thread Sprony linked to though.

    As for the preview feature, that was something that was removed by the software vendor when the forum was completely overhauled a couple of years ago. I'd imagine that this was because the forum does more in-editor previewing now (e.g. images are shown in the editor, all formatting, etc) and also the forum no longer uses BBCode, so there's less need to 'translate' the post into a previewed version. Hopefully it's OK to do without it. :D

  • Uncharted 4

    Haha I know, but it's becoming a steal for the superb games and back catalogue you can enjoy. Or at least get a PS3 for the original versions of these games plus the endless excellent games available on there. I genuinely feel bad for people who haven't experienced masterpieces like Uncharted 2 and The Last of Us. It's almost like it'd be kinder to just shoot them dead like a horse with a broken leg.

  • Uncharted 4

    Dude you can practically pick a PS4 up for pocket change now. Go buy one, and play the Uncharted remastered collection then The Last of Us remastered then Uncharted 4!!!!!

  • Uncharted 4

    This game is absolutely magnificent. I'm only a few chapters in and already I'm astonished by the consistently unreal amounts of loving detail everywhere. I remember when Uncharted 2 first impressed me with its large vistas and lots of environmental animations everywhere — something that a lot of games still fail to understand is key to giving the impression of a living, breathing environment. Uncharted 4 just packs so much of this detail into its bewilderingly large landscapes. It's not about polies or raw fidelity (although they help), but just the artistic craftsmanship at work here.

    Forget about the graphics though. That's not even what makes this game so good. What really sets it apart is its complete mastery of the art of producing a linear scripted game. Nowadays words like 'linear' and 'scripted' are often perceived as negatives, but in a time when most games strive to be open world it's actually really refreshing to have a game dedicate itself so fully to bombastic cinematic moments and emotional impact. For example, the way Naughty Dog handles a death relatively early in the game while you're fully in control just feels like something out of a film.

    I can't wait to see what the rest of the game has in store.

  • Daredevil

    I wouldn't agree with that, I thought the series did a pretty good job of opening the window into The Punisher and revealing why he has the mentality that he does. It was made clear exactly why he was killing these people and what they did to earn their death sentences, and honestly it was very difficult to disagree with his motivation — which was one of the central points of the season, contrasting with Daredevil's approach of never killing anybody no matter what the circumstances (which he was forced to reconsider).

    Edit: One thing I just remembered is that if you only watched scenes involving The Punisher himself you might have missed out on a lot of the context because it's through Karen and her investigation into his former life that a lot of his story is told. For example, she's the one who uncovers what set his broken life into motion, explores his old family home, etc.

  • Playstation 4

    Looks like the PS4.5 is definitely happening:

    http://kotaku.com/more-details-e…-get-1771708549

    I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand if I were to get a 4K TV (which my next one in the next year or so will likely be) it would be nice to have a console that can support it, because the PS4 doesn't have a chance. But I don't like the idea of games being fractured so that they basically run in a lesser mode on the original PS4.

    Part of me kind of can't believe it, because Sony has always been so good at long-term support of its systems. They've said any PS4.5 games must also run on PS4s, so there's the possibility that they'll force developers to keep performance/graphics equivalent on both — only using the extra power to faciliate 4K and/or VR, which both demand a lot more power than the PS4 can really handle.

    I guess that another factor is that Nintendo looks like it's going to be releasing a new console this year or next, which could be very powerful indeed. Maybe this is Sony starting to react to what could be a really disruptive move, because if Nintendo were to have a substantially more powerful console and strong developer support they could really stir the pot.

    It's all getting really interesting, that's for sure. Especially with PCs now devolving to be more console-like and powered via a central platform like Steam.

  • Daredevil

    I'd love to see more of The Punisher but I'm not convinced a show that's purely his will happen. Netflix is clearly OK with its heroes being killers but The Punisher takes it to the extreme — he's effective but arguably out of control. I think it's more likely he'll appear in another character's series again. It's unclear which way it'll go from the rumours AFAIK.

    Holy shit was season two of Daredevil good overall though, just finished it tonight. Admittedly I was expecting a slightly more intense fight scene in the finale, but it was still a satisfying conclusion and there's a lot of excellent material for season three. I also enjoyed the increasing number of characters, locations, and references from Jessica Jones. Presumably these series are all going to get more and more intertwined. Netflix is sitting on serious gold with this TV universe.

    Really looking forward to Luke Cage. We've already seen him go through a lot in Jessica Jones so it'll be really interesting to see where they take him in his own series. There weren't really any clues about that from what I saw.

  • Star Wars

    Looks interesting, because it's a spin-off film I wasn't expecting much of this but it does look good. I expect it'll be much less laden with flashy epic set pieces like the main series and will focus more on telling a strong story. It'll also be cool to see an actual return to some of the more classic stuff. I noticed they brought back the old stormtroopers (if you didn't notice they're quite a bit different in The Force Awakens)...

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  • Site Changes and Feedback

    Quote from 3Dnj

    On 21 March 2016 at 8:59 AM, 3Dnj said: So is it possible to re-open old portfolio topic ? To be able to have new feedbacks on it.

    Sorry, I missed this before. Topics that've been inactive for three years are archived but they can be unarchived if you really want that. Let me know the address and I can do it.

    Edit: I've decided to disable archiving as it was only in place for performance reasons, but the newer software is much more efficient. A background task is running to return the threads to regular status. This means it'll also (with time) be possible to search those threads as archived threads weren't included in results.

  • Daredevil

    I just watched episode seven and I can quite confidently say I've enjoyed this more than the first season so far. They've really nailed the pacing and it doesn't have as linear a 'taking down the bad guy' narrative like before, more twisting and complexity involved. Also the action is ridiculously well executed as always.

    Spoiler I love the contrast between the 'relentless serious killing machine' and 'I don't give a shit' vigilante styles of The Punisher and Elektra. I guess that Daredevil is meant to sit somewhere in-between and they represent how you can go too far in either direction. I also wasn't expecting The Punisher to be taken off the streets as the main threat so quickly, so it suddenly going all 'Elektra and Yakuza' was a refreshing change of direction after all that fury.

    Episode six really made me think of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for some reason. I think it was the music and sneaking around the big high-tech building. Makes me want to dig it out and play it.

  • Daredevil

    Haha yeah it's incredible how good Netflix is for original content now. I've only just started beasting House of Cards season four which is a massive improvement on #3 already.

    I think that Better Call Saul is a weird exception in that it's not actually a Netflix exclusive, but is licensed to Netflix for the UK market — so it airs as it airs in the US. It's a bit like how Netflix US sometimes gets the exclusive rights to stuff from the BBC and ITV and they market those as 'Netflix Original' over there.

    I went into Jessica Jones not having any idea about her character and hadn't even heard of Luke Cage. It's best if you do that IMO because the show isn't actually that much about her power, but more about what was done to her in the past and its ongoing effects (which has a lot of parallels to real-life emotional abuse and sexual assault). The superpowers are kind of a way of making it easier to relate to.

    Anyway, the level of quality Netflix is putting into these shows is astonishing. Their TV universe is shaping up just as well as the linked M movie universe. It makes DC look really bad lol.

  • Daredevil

    I think you should watch JJ first for maximum appreciation, as it also introduces Luke Cage who's getting his own Netflix series later in the year. I have no idea if he'll turn up in DD season two but it's possible. I think they're kind of meant to be watched in chronological order because I think if you were to watch Luke's show without having watched JJ you'd be missing out on a lot of backstory, because he's a major part of several episodes.

  • Daredevil

    Just watched this and Jessica Jones. Like HP I was blown away by that one-take fight scene! I think overall Jessica's show was better and the subtle crossovers were cool. Really uncomfortable to watch at times though, jesus.