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Think I found the actual back button patent, what was tripping me up was that it's not a US patent. It's an application filed with the UN: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2021021362&tab=PCTBIBLIO Not yet granted apparently, only filed and published. And no clue what it means if it were granted, apparently WIPO doesn't even grant patents but just assists in applying for them with UN member states. The abstract makes clear that Sony is trying to distinguish their back buttons as an attachment that mirrors existing controller buttons. Not sure what else to make of it. What I had found previously was an older US patent for a wireless charging adapter with back buttons: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2020040949A1/en?oq=WO2020040949 The summary is kinda funny. Gosh we don't want to make a back button attachment or anything. But if we made a Qi wireless charging attachment that no one would want if not for the dogshit microUSB ports, wouldn't it be a waste not to slap some back buttons on it? quote:As understood herein, adapters for interlacing battery-powered game controllers with a wireless charging base may be located on the game controller in a position that can be used to leverage the adapters for additional purposes than charging. Combining a wireless charging adaptor with the ability to strategically locate duplicate game controller button controls on the adaptor, which is mounted on the back side of the controller, enhances and improve games play and provide a one-product solution to address two problems for computer gamers at the same time. Or, some implementations may omit the charging feature on the adapter. Filed in 2018, regular degular DS4 back buttons announced the end of 2019. Maybe this is CYA Sony decided they didn't need, and that making it a separate attachment was distinction enough. edit: ugh awful page snipe sorry. Here uh I don't use rest mode because it attracts snakes acksplode fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Feb 8, 2021 |
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Casnorf posted:Seems odd though because Ghosts feels basically exactly like newcreeds to me in terms of structure and gameplay loop. that's because every AAA game from the last 5 years that isn't an FPS is cribbing from the same pool of ideas that they've been stealing from each other. That's probably why TLoU2 even has a weird section up front that sort of baits you into thinking it will be an open world exploration horse game, like Zelda but with Zombies, and then it pulls its MGS2 Raiden trick.
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Feb 8, 2021 21:55
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acksplode posted:Here uh I don't use rest mode because it attracts snakes just put some giant water bugs in there to kill the snakes BAM! equilibrium
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Feb 8, 2021 21:57
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just lmao if you dont have rest mode mongoose, like i know its kind of a niche to have rest mode mongoose but people do have them, microsoft has catered to this consumer for years. its not that hard
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Feb 8, 2021 22:09
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Huh my controller isn’t drifting with Nioh 2 remastered even though it did with Nioh 2 PS4. I guess it really is only a problem with PS4 games, which I can just my PS4 controller for so it isn’t an issue.
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Feb 8, 2021 22:42
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I have a friend who's not great at drawing. So you know what he does? Ray Traces.
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Bust Rodd posted:that's because every AAA game from the last 5 years that isn't an FPS is cribbing from the same pool of ideas that they've been stealing from each other. That's probably why TLoU2 even has a weird section up front that sort of baits you into thinking it will be an open world exploration horse game, like Zelda but with Zombies, and then it pulls its MGS2 Raiden trick. Shame, that was the best bit of TLoU2
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Feb 8, 2021 23:37
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Sakurazuka posted:Shame, that was the best bit of TLoU2 I dunno, it worked for what it was and served the narrative and pacing purposes well, but I sure as hell wouldn't want the whole game to be like that, and there were def more memorable parts to that excellent game. That is to say, ND's signature funneling open-world-in-moderation structure is a good strategy for addressing the hella dull and heretofore relatively unchallenged assumptions of early aughts sandbox game design.
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Bust Rodd posted:that's because every AAA game from the last 5 years that isn't an FPS is cribbing from the same pool of ideas that they've been stealing from each other. That's probably why TLoU2 even has a weird section up front that sort of baits you into thinking it will be an open world exploration horse game, like Zelda but with Zombies, and then it pulls its MGS2 Raiden trick. It's not really the MGS2 Raiden trick if there's 15-20 hours of gameplay before it happens.
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Yeah, but it's the best attempt to do something like that in 20 years so
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Feb 9, 2021 00:13
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rumors of impending announcement sometime this week of FF7R PS5 patch
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:Yeah, but it's the best attempt to do something like that in 20 years so still disappointed i couldnt play all of assassins creed 3 as haytham kenway
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Feb 9, 2021 00:19
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:rumors of impending announcement sometime this week of FF7R PS5 patch At this point I hope they just keep the handful of glitched textures the way they are, just as a flex.
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Feb 9, 2021 00:22
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Having played UC4 and LL, the brief open part of TLOU2 didn't seem like a trick at all. I was like oh doing the chill wide linear thing again okay. I was more surprised that there weren't more segments like that later on.
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Fedule posted:At this point I hope they just keep the handful of glitched textures the way they are, just as a flex. the door must remain. REMAIN!
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acksplode posted:Having played UC4 and LL, the brief open part of TLOU2 didn't seem like a trick at all. I was like oh doing the chill wide linear thing again okay. I was more surprised that there weren't more segments like that later on. This basically. The boat bit later on was kinda similar but not the same freedom and no horse and no map 
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Feb 9, 2021 00:48
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Linear games with open sections that let you just kind of breath for a while and do things at your own pace is one of my favorite things in games right now, but it's so rare. it probably takes a lot to pull off. Really, Naughty Dog and 4A Games are the only devs that make games like that afaik. It allows a tight narrative while not giving the player too much claustrophobia. I think that's part of why I'm so evangelical about Metro Exodus. It's such an extreme example of that. You'll go from these oppressive corridors, to linear areas that allow a bit of exploration, to story heavy stuff, to full blown mini open worlds you can blow 6+ hours in. there's so much variety in that game.
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veni veni veni posted:Linear games with open sections that let you just kind of breath for a while and do things at your own pace is one of my favorite things in games right now, but it's so rare. it probably takes a lot to pull off. Really, Naughty Dog and 4A Games are the only devs that make games like that afaik. It allows a tight narrative while not giving the player too much claustrophobia. god of war is like that too
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Thanks again BP for that toothbrush reminder, my previously sticky controller seems fine now!
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scary ghost dog posted:god of war is like that too I kind of put games like GOW, nu Tomb Raider and Jedi Fallen order in a similar, but different category. It's more of a hybrid open world, whereas the aforementioned games are more point A to B, with some detours, but you can't backtrack after a certain point and the story keeps going.
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caldrax posted:Thanks again BP for that toothbrush reminder, my previously sticky controller seems fine now! np, it's been my go-to fix for that issue since the PS2 
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veni veni veni posted:I kind of put games like GOW, nu Tomb Raider and Jedi Fallen order in a similar, but different category. It's more of a hybrid open world, whereas the aforementioned games are more point A to B, with some detours, but you can't backtrack after a certain point and the story keeps going. sure. more of a metroidvania kind of format, without actually sealing the deal by letting the player get lost
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Sakurazuka posted:This basically. The boat bit later on was kinda similar but not the same freedom and no horse and no map I was bummed out that there was no map after, but the use of the map itself as a plot device later on was clever.
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Feb 9, 2021 02:37
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:rumors of impending announcement sometime this week of FF7R PS5 patch Watch it be a full-on PS5 game that you have to pay full price for. 
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ZeeBoi posted:Watch it be a full-on PS5 game that you have to pay full price for. 
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I'll replay it if they zhuzh it up some
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:I dunno, it worked for what it was and served the narrative and pacing purposes well, but I sure as hell wouldn't want the whole game to be like that, and there were def more memorable parts to that excellent game. That is to say, ND's signature funneling open-world-in-moderation structure is a good strategy for addressing the hella dull and heretofore relatively unchallenged assumptions of early aughts sandbox game design. No the good part was with horse
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Is it worth getting an extended warranty? I've got my PS5 coming from Walmart in a few weeks and I don't know if I should grab the 3 year for $62 or just go with Sony's one year.
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Feb 9, 2021 04:57
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Considering you're already spending 500$ on it anyway, it might not be a bad investment. That's the price of a single game for a fairly long time of security if it ever breaks or develops issues.
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ThermoPhysical posted:Is it worth getting an extended warranty? I've got my PS5 coming from Walmart in a few weeks and I don't know if I should grab the 3 year for $62 or just go with Sony's one year. Remember if it was worth the money they wouldn't sell it
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Gaius Marius posted:Remember if it was worth the money they wouldn't sell it That's not a great comparison. Insurance is always profitable to the company that sells it, but when you need it is worth it to you.
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ShaneB posted:That's not a great comparison. Insurance is always profitable to the company that sells it, but when you need it is worth it to you. Just don't need it then
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Gaius Marius posted:Just don't need it then
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no health care no protection plan hail satan
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Narcissus1916 posted:I have a friend who's not great at drawing. So you know what he does? I like this
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 Control graphics mode Control performance mode Control with nothing load times I feel my feet that first Tommasi fight again.
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Fix posted:
I figured out all on my own you can cheese Tomasi by going upstairs and just shooting him from behind the pneumatic tube cluster. His projectiles are too wide to hit you and his goons have lovely AI and won't follow you up stairs.
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They can spawn upstairs though.
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yeah but if you wait until they spawn downstairs they wont follow you up and no more will spawn and then tomasi as the same flying ai as the normal ones so you can launch and then launch straight after his first miss and hit him, hes loving easy as hell once you know and its so much more satisfying taking him out first go after those repeated deaths/ps4loading on that first launch playthrough.
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To kill Tomassi, shoot him until he dies.
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