YuriLowell
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No P.N. 03 is the worst Mikami game by a landslide.
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The Evil Within's latest update removes letterboxing from consoles
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No P.N. 03 is the worst Mikami game by a landslide.
Fancy Clown
Member
Jesus. This game shits all over Dinocrisis and PN03. I also like it better than God Hand because it's not ugly as sin. 3rd best Mikami game after RE4 and REmake.
wild wild rice
Member
PN03 was mediocre. Evil Within is downright offensive in some spots. Sure Chapter 3 and Chapter...10 I think it was were decent, but when Evil Within is bad, it's bad.
benicillin
Banned
I still haven't played this, but this is a super exciting update for when I finally do. I wonder if it adversely affects performance.
Phoenix Fang
Banned
You are all wrong. God Hand is the worst game Mikami has ever made. That game was an offensive piece of shit. Ugh
I think you're just bad at it.
Tiolazo
Member
They Sold 3.30m, its pretty good for a new franchise and horror gender.
For the Records, Dark Souls II sold 1.90m
i`m not saying that TEW is better than DSII lol
professor denim
Member
God Hand is amazing. PN03 was good, Evil Within is a better game.
Mikami never directed a bad game. You are all crazy
Mikami never directed a bad game. You are all crazy
Jimmyfenix
Member
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Norwegian_Imposter
Member
Nice! I need to do the dlc and I was shocked when this update popped up on my ps4
[Edit: The Evil Within is a great romp but not a great game. The story would have been a masterpiece if they explained it a bit better. It out-Inceptions Inception. I'm still a big fan but I sold it not long after buying it. If it's cheap, less than £25-30, then holy hell it's worth it.]
... Or the game being optimised to have black bars. Like, y'know, it was.
... Or the game being optimised to have black bars. Like, y'know, it was.
Tiolazo
Member
nvm
old manatee
Banned
Interesting.
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
jeez it wasn't close between PS4 and XB1 either
This. May be "late" in the games life, but if it helps some owners go back and/or new console buyers: Great.
Lol, pointing out the game's generally mediocre optimisation? Totally fair - I was only highlighting the fallacy of saying the optimisation was broken when it ran worse with black bars off. Obviously it would. That, specifically is not an aspect of bad optimisation.
Machinehead
Member
Nice seeing support for the game still. I might buy it down the line, love Mikami =3
You guys saying PN 03, God Hand are bad... What is wrong with you..
You guys saying PN 03, God Hand are bad... What is wrong with you..
Zombie James
Banned
This game's been in my backlog for half a year. It's a good incentive to move it up the list.
LOL posting made up Chartz numbers.
Alcotholic
Banned
The black boxing was the most annoying aspect of the game for me. It did not feel cinematic, it felt like I was looking through a window. I was very annoyed with it. Sure, it was fine during the cut scenes, but for gameplay, it was a terrible idea.
It's too bad this wasn't fixed months ago otherwise I probably would have played through the whole game instead of returning it.
It's too bad this wasn't fixed months ago otherwise I probably would have played through the whole game instead of returning it.
i stopped playing this around chapter 5, so it'll be nice to go back to with the new changes. the black bars where super distracting just becasue they were handled so badly. half your character could litterally fall behind them in some cases, it was shit. i mean, the order had black bars too and i was fine with them, they didnt get in the way, in this game though they just annoyed me.
Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
LOL, looks like people who don't follow sales threads have no idea how ridiculous it is to use Charts as evidence.
Anyway, hopefully The Order gets a patch like this as well.
Tiolazo
Member
So how much is in your accurate account?
I will honestly say I have no idea because I haven't been following sales of The Evil Within and Dark Souls 2, but posting Chartz numbers as evidence will get you banned here.
To repeat my question from last page - any idea if the PC version remains broken as shown below? Because this is, in my mind, completely unacceptable. I'm totally fine with some games being designed for a specific aspect ratio, and presented with bars on displays not matching that ratio (even if this increasingly seems to be used as a cover story to squeeze some more performance out of a console rather than actual design vision). But then the game damn well better show up fullscreen when someone has a display in the ratio the designer purportedly wanted to display the game with.
Source: http://www.giantbomb.com/images/1300-2694713
I hope consoles gain the ability to output ultrawidescreen picture as well since there are also TVs in that aspect ratio. (PS4/Xbone don't yet do that, right...?)
Obviously I mean that games should have the opportunity to support it, rather than have mandatory support.
Unnecessarily poor output has been a problem of consoles for a long time - last major instance I remember is the Wii, which I would probably have bought but it not having HDMI was an absolute dealbreaker. Unwieldier connectors and inferior quality aside, no way I was going to route component cables to my ceiling video projector for one silly device.
Source: http://www.giantbomb.com/images/1300-2694713
I hope consoles gain the ability to output ultrawidescreen picture as well since there are also TVs in that aspect ratio. (PS4/Xbone don't yet do that, right...?)
Obviously I mean that games should have the opportunity to support it, rather than have mandatory support.
Unnecessarily poor output has been a problem of consoles for a long time - last major instance I remember is the Wii, which I would probably have bought but it not having HDMI was an absolute dealbreaker. Unwieldier connectors and inferior quality aside, no way I was going to route component cables to my ceiling video projector for one silly device.
FlashbladeGAF
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dragonbane
Member
Depends how much overhead they have. It runs at locked 30 fps most of the time, so maybe they could afford it. Especially if they are CPU and not GPU constrained. If you disabled the black bars in Beyond the performance barely took a hit, presumably because the game is mostly CPU constrained and the GPU had some overhead left.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Oh hey it's "I can see WTF I am doing now" mode.
Time to finish playing this thing.
Time to finish playing this thing.
adversesolutions
Member
Can't wait to replay on Nightmare AND Akumu with the girlfriend in tow. This is gonna be rad.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Look up flawless widescreen. Besides FOV fixes (separate from the aspect ratio and letterbox fix), there's also apparently a 21:9 fix.To repeat my question from last page - any idea if the PC version remains broken as shown below? Because this is, in my mind, completely unacceptable. I'm totally fine with some games being designed for a specific aspect ratio, and presented with bars on displays not matching that ratio (even if this increasingly seems to be used as a cover story to squeeze some more performance out of a console rather than actual design vision). But then the game damn well better show up fullscreen when someone has a display in the ratio the designer purportedly wanted to display the game with.
Source: http://www.giantbomb.com/images/1300-2694713
I hope consoles gain the ability to output ultrawidescreen picture as well since there are also TVs in that aspect ratio. (PS4/Xbone don't yet do that, right...?)
Obviously I mean that games should have the opportunity to support it, rather than have mandatory support.
Unnecessarily poor output has been a problem of consoles for a long time - last major instance I remember is the Wii, which I would probably have bought but it not having HDMI was an absolute dealbreaker. Unwieldier connectors and inferior quality aside, no way I was going to route component cables to my ceiling video projector for one silly device.
No one cares since it's a toggle anyway.
Dollars... anyway it's a toggle and option's aren't a bad thing. I love widescreen cinema ratio but plenty don't and most clearly expect option to "fill the screen". Give it to 'em I say.
For example I'd be perfectly happy if say The Order allowed you to play with or without borders and, if necessary for performance, altered the AA, FOV, etc. accordingly.
Might be more effort for devs but it allows both crowds to be satisfied.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Wow. Dino Crisis is not shat on by Evil Within. Maybe the PC version since that might actually run smoothly?