The video game thread.

[bilbarstow]

@Crotch : "Oh, I just have this"

MLP : breaks internet, crying with envy.

 

[Crotch]

Still new in the box. Probably hooking up this weekend.

 

[Shred Astaire]

Still new in the box. Probably hooking up this weekend.

Why I oughta!!

 

[Crotch]

Why I oughta!!

Too much time spent ghost dancing

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

Still new in the box. Probably hooking up this weekend.

that's what you said LAST weekend you filthy animal!!

The World: "Man I wish I could get my hands on a ps5!"

Crotch: "I got one ...... still in the box,..... meh."

 

[Crotch]

$2500 for the physical disk version with 2 controllers, headphones, charging unit, and Mile Morales Spiderman Game.

I keep holding out that someone is that dumb before I open it to play PS4 games on lol.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

i want one just to play Ghost of Tsushima at 60fps

 

[Crotch]

I bet there's a negligible difference.

 

[krauley]

i have 2 of those and they work great, the charging drops to a trickle as needed to keep the controllers topped off without excessive charge.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

I bet there's a negligible difference.

more frames = better

why get an HD tv? because faster refresh rate = a nicer smoother moving image

same with games.

Ps5 Ghost of Tsushima is giving you (literally) twice the information in the same amount of time. 60fps instead of 30fps

 

[rxbandit]

more frames = better

Definitely always true, 30 to 60 is pretty huge improvement (let alone something like 30 to 120, that'll blow minds)

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

I read about PC games getting 300fps and I'm like...

 

[PeteK]

I think it gets harder to tell the difference once you get too much past 60 fps. I probably couldn't tell 100 from 300 honestly without trying pretty hard.

 

[Crotch]

As far as seeing, its not al about the look, but the responsiveness from the videos I have watched. I'm a simple man. PS4 is more than I could have ever expected from a video game system. I grew up with circle vs square.

 

[PeteK]

I'm pretty confident my responsiveness speed is not faster than 30 fps.

 

[Howard2k]

I'm pretty confident my responsiveness speed is not faster than 30 fps.

Here's a university study on the impact of 30FPS vs 60FPS.

https://www.csit.carleton.ca/~rteather/pdfs/Frame_Rate_Latency.pdf

Conclusion

We investigated participants' ability to select moving targets under several frame rate and latency conditions. This experiment confirms that low frame rates have a significant performance cost. This improves somewhat by increasing the frame rate (e.g., from 30 to 60 FPS). The negative impact of latency was also confirmed. Notably, in the lowest frame rate conditions, latency did not significantly affect performance. These results suggest that frame rate more strongly affects moving target selection than latency. These results provide further evidence of the importance of high frame rates. We thus suggest that game developers and enthusiasts alike adjust graphics settings to target a frame rate of at least 45 FPS.

 

[Crotch]

There were already games like Uncharted and GOW that let you sacrifice resolution for extra FPS if I remember right. Its an option in the game.

 

[Tim Plains]

I couldn't say how long my PS4 controller lasts but it's a long time.

 

[Bill Hicklin]

A military historian looks at Assassin's Creed: Valhalla

Collections: Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications

We’re going to be a bit silly this week (in part because the ending of this compressed semester has left me with little time) and talk about the recently released historical action-RPG comput…

acoup.blog

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

I'm liking Assassins Creed Origins so much that I wonder if I missed out on anything. I'm sure I tried the first and maybe second one and didn't care for it but I'm wondering if I should go back and re-visit them.