-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
- Status
Pasquale Scionti, Jaime Molina, Maxwell Morrison, Stephen Clayburn, Giovanni Martinez, Lee Davis, Victor Chavez, Hawar Doghramachi, Nigel Loster, Lauren Manuel Garcia Carro, Jolyon Myers, Sarah Swenson,
Welcome to the studio and the ever growing talented team at The Initiative!
https://www.theinitiative.com/
www.linkedin.com
Welcome to the studio and the ever growing talented team at The Initiative!
https://www.theinitiative.com/
Darrell Gallagher on LinkedIn: THE INITIATIVE
Pasquale Scionti, Jaime M., Maxwell Morrison, Stephen Clayburn, Giovanni Martinez, Lee Davis, Victor Chavez, Hawar Doghramachi, Nigel Loster, Lauren Manuel…
www.linkedin.com
Last edited:
I definitely understand where you're both coming from. I actually thought the presentation of the game was great. My personal frustration stems from the fact that I actually really enjoyed the combat and the Turbo Tunnel sections, but felt we really didn't get enough of them in the second half. That being said, I am really not the target audience for that game (being 29 years old) and can totally see how kids would love it.
wow... that's 12 new hires from some of the best studios.Darrell Gallagher on LinkedIn: THE INITIATIVE
Pasquale Scionti, Jaime M., Maxwell Morrison, Stephen Clayburn, Giovanni Martinez, Lee Davis, Victor Chavez, Hawar Doghramachi, Nigel Loster, Lauren Manuel…
Insomniac Games
Naughty Dog
Sony Santa Monica
...............................etc
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-clayburn-8679b05b/ Principal lead online engineer at Blizzard join The initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hawar-doghramachi-8438a2107/ Graphics programmer at Eidos/Naughty Dog join The initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolyon-myers-8536732/ Expert designer at Infinity Ward join the initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-c-swenson/ Environment artist at Santa Monica/Naughty Dog join the initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelloster/ Gameplay designer at The coalition join the initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/torvez/ Animator at bungie/343i/Crystal/Sledgehammer join The initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-martinez-12370344/ Environment artist at Insomniac join The initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hawar-doghramachi-8438a2107/ Graphics programmer at Eidos/Naughty Dog join The initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolyon-myers-8536732/ Expert designer at Infinity Ward join the initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-c-swenson/ Environment artist at Santa Monica/Naughty Dog join the initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelloster/ Gameplay designer at The coalition join the initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/torvez/ Animator at bungie/343i/Crystal/Sledgehammer join The initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-martinez-12370344/ Environment artist at Insomniac join The initiative
Wow!!! Exciting stuff. The mystery of this studio is so alluring!Pasquale Scionti, Jaime Molina, Maxwell Morrison, Stephen Clayburn, Giovanni Martinez, Lee Davis, Victor Chavez, Hawar Doghramachi, Nigel Loster, Lauren Manuel Garcia Carro, Jolyon Myers, Sarah Swenson,
Welcome to the studio and the ever growing talented team at The Initiative!
https://www.theinitiative.com/
Darrell Gallagher on LinkedIn: THE INITIATIVE
Pasquale Scionti, Jaime M., Maxwell Morrison, Stephen Clayburn, Giovanni Martinez, Lee Davis, Victor Chavez, Hawar Doghramachi, Nigel Loster, Lauren Manuel…
biggest takeaway for me. Simply launching a game or opening an app meant the download was throttled. Hopefully we get full speeds now
The only AC game I've ever actually skipped is Revelations, I just couldn't take another Ezio game at that point. I did watch all the cutscenes on Youtube, however.
I've had a couple of spells of catching up on the series - the one I mentioned in the run-up to Syndicate, and then the one I'm currently on, starting late last year to catch up on Syndicate, Origins and Odyssey. This time, I think I've paced it a lot better, but also, I've just really enjoyed the two ACOs a lot more. I've always really liked the series, but I much prefer the way it's structured now. Mainly because they're basically RPGs, and that's my genre.
I mean, it's common sense :D It's never made any sense when people try to paint it as some GAAS hellscape.
This would be great. More DONTNOD is always a good thing.
Well... you're not wrong. The AC games do have an overarching plot though (as thin as it is these days), and well, I've made it this far, so I'd like to keep up to date (ish) with it. But there's also the fact that I generally prefer to play games in release order so that I can see how they change from one to the next. Some of my enjoyment in Odyssey at the moment is seeing how things have evolved since Origins. Obviously it helps that I'm really enjoying the game, too :D
I've also become more relaxed about what I play over the last few years. I don't really get FOMO, and there's only a small handful of games that I absolutely have to be there for on day one. Anything else I can just pick up when I feel like it (hence why I'm in no massive rush to force myself through Odyssey before Valhalla comes out. I'll get to that when I get to it).
Is that the actual box? It's so teeny!
Haha I'm in that age range, too. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY, HUH?! No. I get you. Yea, they definitely moved away from the combat at the end. But I guess I didn't mind personally. It also definitely helped that I put it on easy right from the jump, so I kept my frustration to a minimum. It made some of the challenges less engaging, but well worth it overall I think.
Fair enough! I've left my Origins playthrough at like 25% (mostly because I can't do the main quest until I do all the checkmarks.. and that's also burnout 101 haha.
Also, yes! That box looks so small when he's holding it up hahaha.
New Doom is a Destiny clone confirmed.
What number are you in line?
That retail box for the Series X is so small! Definitely efficient packaging there.
I keep trying to convince myself that I only need a Series S, but storage is a big downer for me. Unless we find out that games like MCC are only 50-60Gb on Series S due to lower quality textures, it just seems worth it to spend the extra money on a Series X for me.
It's either $300 plus the $220 Seagate expansion for 1.5Tb, or $500 for a 1Tb Series X with a dramatically better GPU.
I keep trying to convince myself that I only need a Series S, but storage is a big downer for me. Unless we find out that games like MCC are only 50-60Gb on Series S due to lower quality textures, it just seems worth it to spend the extra money on a Series X for me.
It's either $300 plus the $220 Seagate expansion for 1.5Tb, or $500 for a 1Tb Series X with a dramatically better GPU.
$170 is a pretty insane mark-up for what appears to be a base Xbox One controller with added texture grips.
LinkedIn says 60 employees, so maybe ~75-ish? Depending on if that number doesn't include the new recruits or not. And obviously, LinkedIn isn't always very accurate, but it works as an estimate.
yeah I thought it was a pro controller at first! Far too pricy in my opinion
yes always.. (unless you are from a certain concern camp ; ) ) lol
:)
Ubisoft had previously confirmed ray-tracing for Watch Dogs.
I was second in line. Needless to say...the following is a decent approximation of my leaving the store, pre-order receipt in hand.
Can't wait to hang out here on release day with everyone....to do so without a console in hand would have been full of painful envy.
Gotta admit, I'm pretty impressed with how EB games has their shit together. It had been years since I had physically been in a store...wasn't even sure they would still have me in their system.
Phil needs to give Frontier all the money for a new Viva Piñata.
For a while
For a while
great update
www.windowscentral.com
The Pond Update is Grounded's biggest content update yet, with a massive list of new features and changes
Grounded is stepping it up, with a whole new area, lots more to do, and one big fish.
www.windowscentral.com
I was second in line. Needless to say...the following is a decent approximation of my leaving the store, pre-order receipt in hand.
Can't wait to hang out here on release day with everyone....to do so without a console in hand would have been full of painful envy.
Gotta admit, I'm pretty impressed with how EB games has their shit together. It had been years since I had physically been in a store...wasn't even sure they would still have me in their system.
congrats!
I think I'm gonna stop trying to actively look for pre orders or deals for this and a TV. Between that and other things stressing me out, I've been trying to stop letting stress get to me as bad lately than before.
Damn it, they got me on this one. Glad to see a game with confirmed Ray-Tracing
They for sure need to be paced. I played 1 through to Revelations on each launch so that was good spacing for me, but by the time Revelations came round I was really starting to feel the burnout.
I agree, the rpg elements have truly freshened the series up. I always enjoy an rpg and these last two have been fantastic with my only major gripe that the hidden blade not being a OHK, but I get why they had the system that they did. Very excited for Valhalla and can see myself spending a lot of time with it because I quit Odyssey when I did.
Question about load times on Series X for BC titles. I likely missed this in one of Grubb's videos, but do the titles need to be installed on the internal SSD in order to take advantage of the greatly reduced load times on XB1 games? Or can I simply plug in my external HDD and still benefit from them? What about quick resume?
To take FULL advantage of the faster loading times it needs to be on the internal SSD.
Loading from an external HDD should still be a bit faster than on the X1/S/X, but not to the same degree.
Quick resume should work equally for games stored on any storage device.
You will get some benefits but it's better to have them on internal or external SSD.
Yeah, not even the newer revisions with the share button and the better d-pad? Even at $100 that would have been a tough sell, now it's just crazy. Too bad, it does look nice!
Thanks, figured that was likely the case
- Status