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Looks like the PS4.5 is definitely happening:

http://kotaku.com/more-details-emerge-on-ps4-5-which-reportedly-wont-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.

I'm just completely put off playing games at launch these days, even on console. Always performance/bug issues. 

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.

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)...

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.

The gore in episode nine. Jesus!

Weirdly the Dark Souls 3 hype has made me want to play The Witcher 3 so I bought that today haha. Now I just need to read a good (but succinct) story catch-up.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

There are various notification settings here:

https://www.mapcore.org/notifications/options/

I believe it also now prompts you to use your web browser's built in notification system if it supports it (e.g. Chrome). If you've enabled that then I assume the setting lies in your browser.

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.

On 3/6/2016 at 6:24 PM, Quotingmc said:

Everyone's profile has a "Community Reputation" number yet it has no apparent affect or cause.

The only thing in some of the older profiles "Reputation Activity" is status updates but seeing as they are gone now, what actually impacts this number?

Even if something such as likes increase it, what is there to decrease it and what purpose does it have all together?

This number is purely determined by likes. It's your total number of liked posts, but it doesn't affect anything aside from allowing you to track how many of them you've received.  

It is a bit sporadic, I assume it's down to the connection it makes in the background to look up names lagging. I have some maintenance updates to install shortly so I'll see if these provide any improvement. If not I'll file it as a recurring issue with the vendor to see if it can be addressed.

Came across an electronica/chill album I like. Really reminds me of Bonobo and Emancipator.

Been enjoying some more laid-back stuff today. OK maybe not so much the first one.

I think it's safe to say that my body is ready for this. It's not going to be easy to equal or even surpass its magnificent predecessor though! 

Sorry guys, it's been a pain in the ass but I just got through installing updates that look like they might relieve the speed issues. From what I can tell it's mainly been about caching issues with the software, a recurring theme since the new version came out. Nonetheless I've been testing out all kinds of server-related things but the server itself is very snappy.

My hope is they finally figured it out now. I guess they didn't test enough with forums with 12 years of data like this one.

I've done some things which should hopefully speed things up, including just rebooting the server. I suspect something went wrong and started using more memory than it was meant to. If it isn't better let me know but it seems to be from my current machine.

There are now some maintenance updates to install, so I'll (briefly) take the forums down to do those some evening soon. It looks like various bugs have been fixed including some caching performance stuff so that might help with whatever's causing this nonsense. 

Very sad to hear that Mazy. Hope you're doing OK.

He looks about the same to me, just more detailed.  Especially compared to his Blood Money rendition. Forgot he looked so ugly in the original Hitman.

Yeah PS4 has been offline-only every time I've played. The game's so broad that there's more than enough to do until FOB is back in action I guess.

You know it's love when you don't mind doing that.  

Right you early delivery BASTARDS, I'm getting this tomorrow and I can't bloody wait!!!!!