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The quest for Shadow of the Colossus' last secret
Introducing the secret seekers and their eight-year quest
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Sid Meier's cultural victory
"If there's anything in reality that's not fun, we will change it."
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Forza Motorsport 5 announced for Xbox One
Probably an unpopular opinion, but once you've used a wheel, anything vaguely sim like controlled with a pad feels plain silly. Reply 0
Gran Turismo 5 retrospective
Asda drops Wii U price to just £149/£199
Wii U Virtual Console goes live in Europe tomorrow
Think it's probably more a case of why *not* release the 60hz version as opposed to people owning imported consoles originally. I did have import SNES/Genesis and an HK N64 but I know I'm not the norm.
How much it affects the game can vary, but it's extremely noticeable in games where time/speed is a major factor like in Mario Kart or the original SF2 (although Turbo resolved that eventually). Not to mention the borders causing characters and graphics to be squatter than originally intended. Reply +5
*It's still a brilliant game, but feels appallingly slow if you're used to the NTSC version. Reply +7
Wii U spring system update now live
Advance Wars retrospective
Watch the Battlefield 4 trailer at 60FPS
Eh? My GTX580 is getting on 3 years old and still runs virtually everything maxed out @1080p greater than 60fps on my 120hz monitor. The only thing I generally tone down is AA to 4x for the performance boost and it's verging on overkill at these res's anyway.
My PC was £1300 in 2010, the same could probably be had for about £700 now, hardly stratospheric. Reply 0
Microsoft creative director dismisses "drama" around always-online consoles
My Internet setup is probably in the upper tier of not-crazy-expensive consumer experience - BT Infinity, unlimited, blazing fast nearly all the time. We've just moved house and spent quite a bit setting up discrete Ethernet ports throughout all floors/rooms. However, it does drop on the odd occasion - irritating, but forgivable when browsing, a step up in annoyance when streaming. Games wise....eurgh. There's so much at play beyond just you and your ISP when gaming, and it's not like you can resume at the 56th minute when your connection dropped. That's not to mention lag if it's implemented like D3 - at times I was getting sub 30ms and STILL getting the odd judder. Seriously spoilt my enjoyment of the game.
...and, like I said, thats with a pretty decent setup. The VAST majority probably have much worse connections so god only know what it's like for them.
I could live with a Steam style offline mode, but beyond that, forget it. Reply +2
Flash forward a few years and I can seriously see PS4 sales slaughtering the next Xbox if this comes to pass. Reply +23
Inside PlayStation 4
Lol, nice image. Reply 0
This is what top-level COD competition ****ing looks like
Next Xbox games run from hard drive, discs not supported post-install - report
Funny how everyone who's been saying similar in these comments is getting negged - does this mean the down voters *want* this happen, or that they believe every half baked rumour?! Either way, are you new to the Internet? Reply +4
Gamer anger grows as SimCity debacle threatens to turn ugly
HMV prepared to go into administration as early as tomorrow
Yeah, you're right, bad example. I agree, lots of decent little book shops if you care to look. I was carried away comparing it with HMV,Game etc as they're the only book shops you tend to see in Homogeville High Street, , side by side with all the other big name blands.
When I was more into vinyl etc there were three fantastic independents in the small town near me. HMV came along, they brought much cheaper prices (how things change) and warred with Woolworths. Shortly thereafter, the three independents vanished. This was long before mp3’s of course, and says much about the buying public but that's another discussion. As such, although I feel for the employees, I've zero sympathy for HMV. Reply +1
iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 due just five months after predecessors - report
" I'm a little miffed that a newer model is coming out in less than three months. "
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Except a newer model is by no means confirmed as being released in less than three months.
"No iPad until q3/q4 2013", yegon, Eurogamer. <--------this has as much credibility, ie zip.
That said, an iPad 5 in a lighter, newer chassis with same/better performance is nailed on for late '13, but that's hardly a surprise is it, this is tech we're talking about.
Personally, I love my Mini but would be delighted if a retina version came out in March. I could probably sell my v1 at a £50 hit to the unsuspecting masses. I'm certain that a retina mini would be the last iPad I bought for several years (I usually wait at least 2 or 3 gens before upgrading, little point to yearly upgrades imo). Reply 0
Yup, totally agreed.
A March retina Mini flat not going to happen for all sorts of reasons. As you say, the well discussed technical reasons, and the small matter of Apple wanting to milk at least another six months out of Mini 1 sales. Seriously, why the **** would they supersede a product that has six months more strong sales in it? I know the Mini is old tech, but do you think it cost nothing in r&d and manufacture time? Apple like money, and a 6 month upgrade to the mini makes no financial sense, and this is disregarding the unlikely emergence of a physically identical Mini with same battery life and more power hungry screen. Remind me, who's mass producing 2048x1536 7.9" screens in massive quantities right now? Don't cite 1080p displays like the J-Butterfly phone, they don't have to have 2+ million units ready to ship at launch. Good grief, there's some myopic people out there.
One six month iPad cycle and Apple are apparently 6 months every time now, lol. There's all sorts of legitimate reasons why the iPad 4 hit so soon after the 3 - lightning, CPU finally ready, 3’s gpu not ideal for the res (although, v happy 3 owner here), realigning to an Xmas release - but I'm yet to hear a similar cogent argument for a March Mini. So much stead is placed on what some random analyst says, crikey.
Of course, if they were to release new iPad's, what does it matter? Once again, the kneejerks have no concept of what the word obsolete actually means, and they conveniently ignore every other manufacturer who launch multiple iterations of products in the same year. Reply +4
Might & Magic Clash of Heroes iOS release date
Games of 2012: Halo 4
Didn't think much of the new enemies AI - tbh, they felt like the same old routine practically every shooter has had since Wolf 3D - but the covey were reliable as always on Legendary. In fact, I had a few Elites abandon their areas to attack and seek me out. This is my main misgiving in previous Halo's, typically the only time the AI would leave their zone was when aggro'd and they'd typically be only a couple of shots away from death. Reply +1
...and yet the Halo series is STILL one of the very few fps' that has something approaching enemy AI.
By all means disparage the genre, it may not be your bag, but saying Halo is shallow, you may as well dismiss anything where you shoot stuff. In which case, maybe you don't like fps'? I flat don't like RTS's and accordingly never wade into SC2 threads. Reply +12
Apple iPad 4 review
Have you tried a clean install or at least a restore? Your experience doesn't echo with people I know who have ios5 on their 1’s you see. It ain't fast, and apparently Safari is a bit crashy but otherwise its okay. As for your battery, they do have a limited number of charge cycles and 1’s are getting on a bit now, assuming you've had it for a few years.
@peterfll
You've got to fancy the next iPad will hopefully have everything the 4 has in a lighter, redesigned chassis (Mini style?) and more. I suppose it depends on battery life/efficiency, they're never going to drop the 10hr quoted battery life. Reply +4