Pancake Mix
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Avalanche Studios porting Rise of the Tomb Raider to PS4?
- Thread starter Pancake Mix
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Piston Hyundai
Member
Uh-oh.
I love Avalanche, but their console track record leaves a bit to be desired.
LongDongJunon
Member
That's not Nixxes
Alcoholikaust
Member
I had a hearty 'smh' moment when I read the news.
Avalanche NY studio has not really done a spectacular job with JC3 on console-
Would have been interesting if it were Avalanche Stockholm
Avalanche NY studio has not really done a spectacular job with JC3 on console-
Would have been interesting if it were Avalanche Stockholm
Collateral22
Member
Hopefully they get rid of that horrible input lag.
Or just keep it in so it feels like TLOU.
GavinUK86
Member
Ayyy
Mushroomer25
Member
Is it bad I had to verify this was 'Just Cause' Avalanche and not 'Disney Infinity' Avalanche?
cyber_ninja
Member
Slow reflexes and input lag two different things though.
Get_craycray
Banned
Wut? But why?
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Deleted member 471617
Unconfirmed Member
Why the hell would Avalanche Studios be porting over a game that Crystal Dynamics should be able to do pretty easily? The PS4 version was already in development before the timed exclusive deal happened and they should easily be able to finish it up by year's end.
As for Avalanche Studios, I like them and loved Mad Max. Didn't play Just Cause 3 but at the same time, I don't have any interest in doing so.
As for Avalanche Studios, I like them and loved Mad Max. Didn't play Just Cause 3 but at the same time, I don't have any interest in doing so.
Working on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
SolidSnakex
Member
CD doesn't do ports. They haven't made a game on a non-Xbox platform since the PS2 days. The odd part would be if Nixxes isn't doing it. They've handled all Tomb Raider ports with the exception of certain versions of Underworld and Anniversary.
I played it on pc and felt no input lag at all.
Collateral22
Member
Yeah it has none on PC or 360 strangely enough, but the XB1 version has really sluggish input lag.
funkystudent
Member
Well.. Thats terrible news if true.
Avalanche are not exactly known for making well optomised console games and its a bummer if a team as well known as that need to resort to port work to get cash.
CD never really did ports of its games for whatever reason. They just made the game for a platform and farmed the port out. Nixxes has been porting their games for nearly 2 decades so its a surprise if they are not doing the PS4 version.
I dont think CD has even done internal PlayStation development since the ps2
Avalanche are not exactly known for making well optomised console games and its a bummer if a team as well known as that need to resort to port work to get cash.
CD never really did ports of its games for whatever reason. They just made the game for a platform and farmed the port out. Nixxes has been porting their games for nearly 2 decades so its a surprise if they are not doing the PS4 version.
I dont think CD has even done internal PlayStation development since the ps2
Barakov
Member
Does it? I can't speak for the PS3 version of JC2 but the the 360 version was solid from what I remember. Mad Max seemed to run pretty well on PS4/X1. Granted it was the NY Avalanche, but JC3 seemed to be a case of it not having a enough time in development.
Crap
bananafactory
Banned
As if the PS4 release didn't have enough going against it....
Do they want this thing to sell at all? Why even release it
Do they want this thing to sell at all? Why even release it
they're working on legacy of kain for sure
Stilton Disco
Member
Balls.
Given the XO exclusivity deal, I now worry there's the usual parity clause bollocks that MS always wants in place, so it will just be a straight port with no improvements or packed in DLC, and thus it'd be a waste to use Nixxes since anyone will do and they can just use a cheaper studio.
This bodes very ill if true.
Given the XO exclusivity deal, I now worry there's the usual parity clause bollocks that MS always wants in place, so it will just be a straight port with no improvements or packed in DLC, and thus it'd be a waste to use Nixxes since anyone will do and they can just use a cheaper studio.
This bodes very ill if true.
It'll do fine, historically these games tend to sell better on Playstation than other consoles, and the install base is massive.
I'd guess that it will sell more on PS4 than on Xbox One.
Not one single thing about this game has been handled well since its reveal trailer.
This could turn out alright (maybe even great) but man I'm glad I got to pick up the Nixxes version.
PS4 only players, save yourself the time and money because the game is a waste of both and the port is clearly going to be half arsed, just like releasing it a year later is.
This could turn out alright (maybe even great) but man I'm glad I got to pick up the Nixxes version.
PS4 only players, save yourself the time and money because the game is a waste of both and the port is clearly going to be half arsed, just like releasing it a year later is.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Hopefully it's a Definitive Edition and comes with the DLC and some improvements. I've read a lot of praise about the game itself so I don't doubt that part.
Fredrik
Member
Maybe they asked around for someone to do proper update, a definitive edition, rather than just another port and Nixxes wasn't up to the task or wasn't interested? A port like what we've seen on PC would make no sense at this point since it'll arrive so late and will likely look worse than on PC.
Nightengale
Member
While there's reason to be skeptical, it's not as if Avalanche won't get a longer than normal time to get this port polished till release.
Let's see how the port actually ends up being first. Maybe having 5+ more months than usual to work a port might make up for their general incompetence at ports.
Let's see how the port actually ends up being first. Maybe having 5+ more months than usual to work a port might make up for their general incompetence at ports.
How exactly would MS enforce that? They can't retroactively cancel the Xbox release. MS have nothing to do with the PS4 version, by the time it releases their contractually agreed exclusivity will have ended.
Fredrik
Member
What have they ported before that make you say that?
Nightengale
Member
Wrong choice of words. Quality of the console version of their last game. (JC3)
Stilton Disco
Member
It'd just need to be stipulated in the original contract both they and SE would have signed, and they could sue the shit out of SE if they broke that deal.
I mean the rumour is they had enough foresight and sway over SE to get the PS4 version delay extended to a year rather than a few months in exchange for SE to even be able to talk about other versions of the game existing before the XO version came out, so getting the parity clause they famously try to get for every single game released on their platforms locked down air tight would hardly be a shocker.
KurtSloane
Banned
Won't touch it, way to fuck over the biggest console userbase again.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
That clause is for games being released on Xbox though, this is a port to different hardware one year later, not a late game coming to Xbox or one at the same time.
^^^
gamerforever
Banned
Bit of a silly move giving this to Microsoft exclusively and i reckon that decision could mean and end to the tomb raider franchise. No one will buy it on the ps4 when they have a ton of multi platform / ps4 exclusives to look forward to.
reptilescorpio
Member
Fuck, Nixxes are godtier so this reallllllllllllllllllly sucks if true
Stilton Disco
Member
Hey, I'd love to be proven wrong and I'm just being paranoid here, but considering the utter balls up of the games handling so far by SE, and apparent intention of MS not so much to have it as an exclusive, but more to deny it to Playstation owners as much as possible, I'm going to assume the worst until proven wrong, especially if this rumour is true and SE are using a studio with a far less excellent track record than the one that usually handles these games ports.
Bit of an aside, but for those who have played RotTR, is/are the story/characters any better than they were in TR 2013? Just finished that recently, and... well, the plot never really went anywhere interesting and the characters were all pretty one-dimensional. I'd like to
be excited for the PS4 port, but unless those things were improved, I doubt that'll happen.
eventually