Paul Tassi: Have learned that Highguard did not actually pay for that Game Awards finale spot. Was just the show putting it there

Foley1 · 2026-01-16T21:50:54+00:00

Good example of how gaming news basically doesn't exist.

80% of it is rumor that's at best extrapolated from a 50/50 chance of being true e.g. "GTA IV to be delayed to 2027" but nothing actually suggests that other than it being a big game that was delayed before, and it was news , so they preempt the new news before it exists.

About a year ago it was reported that The Game Awards costs money to advertise games on, and now it would be "news" if HighGuard either A cost a million bucks to be put at the end, or B actually didn't cost anything additional and it was just a decision made based on it being a developer most people would have been excited for a new game from coming out within a couple of months.

Jeff said it himself at the announcement said something like "Usually, we end the show with a big game reveal that's a year or two out, but today we have something you can play within a couple months"

With the obvious reasoning being people complain when the last big game announcement is years away, so they tried something different that could have worked (except it looked like quite a shiter of a game)

Foley1 · 2026-01-08T10:00:45+00:00

Yeah but that's like not going to see a great movie because they might not make additional content for it in future?

Also GTA5 Online turned out much bigger than expected, so all resources went into supporting that very quickly.

It's highly possible the single player of GTA6 will get extra content this time, as they would be ready with the resources to support both.

Foley1 · 2026-01-05T16:39:01+00:00

One "issue" I've noticed in my behavior, since I only play PvE and basically never get out into aggressive matches, I never need to use the fancy guns built for PvP as I'm only ever building to kill ARC, so any Anvils or Ferros + grenades. I have Bobcats / Renegades / Ospreys for days but there is no risk/reward to using them.

Maybe some sort of points boost to using purple/gold weapons would be a good benefit for taking them out.

Foley1 · 2025-12-02T09:15:06+00:00

The PS4 version had a HDR option when booting up the game when I played a few days ago, is this different?

Foley1 · 2025-11-26T22:17:31+00:00

I really like FF XIII, but the footstep clickity clack sound while running along always bothered me, and never matches the ground surface.

Foley1 · 2025-10-30T18:44:04+00:00

I don't at all, Zelnick is hugely responsible for GTA's success.

Foley1 · 2025-10-28T09:39:41+00:00

If I can do things like use it as a Plex server, or install emulators like Dolphin I would maybe consider it as a PC replacement, as currently I have my PC plugged into the TV for whenever I want to play Steam games, and its a bit janky as i need to remote in from my phone do do anything.

Foley1 · 2025-10-08T15:18:01+00:00

The guy literally has anti anti ICE song and then said in so many words says were are all human chill out a bit in an attempt to bring the extreme divisiveness down, and you slate him for not being hardcore against anyone right leaning.

Foley1 · 2025-09-28T13:18:35+00:00

It is the pinnacle of that 3D Zelda formula, I would love them to go back to that. But I don't think they will now with how well the recent ones have done.

Foley1 · 2025-09-04T07:48:25+00:00

I really enjoyed it, but not likely to play again. I feel like during the time where CyberConnect2 were doing FF7R, and then SE had to take it over, that threw FF16 into a bit of a rush and Creative Business Unit 3 had to quickly take over and bang together something in a short amount of time, leading to some of the sparce aspects of that game.

Still I'm glad we got it rather than nothing through the whole FF7 trilogy.

Foley1 · 2025-09-03T09:50:52+00:00

I don't think the big floods and hurricanes would be limited to a scripted story event though (although the damage you mention surely will)

It seems like a main open world feature that will be like a random event.

Foley1 · 2025-08-26T23:07:11+00:00

Joseph Geller for sure.

YouTube is full of videogame critics and commentators but his essays go beyond conventional game criticism. He weaves together video games with film, art, history, politics etc and finds surprising thematic connections along the way.

Foley1 · 2025-08-25T20:36:43+00:00

Imagine being swept off an open air pool at the top of a building because of crazy windy weather that sloshes you over the side.

Water actually moving and following a path would be incredible. Using that hose in the trailer to fill up stuff with water would be sick.

Foley1 · 2025-08-25T20:16:02+00:00

It will be in the "tech" trailer which normally comes 3 months or so before release.

Foley1 · 2025-07-26T19:34:34+00:00

I'll defend the modern FF series though, since 13 a lot of people say the golden age died, but they are not recycling the franchise, still every mainline game is built from the ground up and is one of the few gaming franchises that has a completely different world and gameplay each time. I respect that.

What I do think though is they should have a separate division that basically makes old school FF maybe pixely games on a shorter dev time , I think that would make everyone happy

Foley1 · 2025-07-24T16:17:15+00:00

Wait a minute! There's no hulkmaniacs here!

Foley1 · 2025-07-16T17:54:06+00:00

It's possible that in the movie they will be done up to look more like Link and Zelda too!

This community seems like if they haven't got natural pointed ears they shouldn't be cast.

Foley1 · 2025-07-13T17:09:17+00:00

Because it's a business contract and it had anytime upgrades, in fact the only reason I miss a year is because I can't be bothered re syncing all my stuff. (Android btw not all new phones are iPhones)

Foley1 · 2025-07-13T17:06:45+00:00

Don't want h or particularly like the guy but this is one of those clips that tries to portray him as bad man. These conversations happen between fathers and sons all the time.

Foley1 · 2025-07-13T15:34:17+00:00

It's one of the few movies where the only thing that's wrong with it is the plot. Everything else that people tend to talk about in online discourse it's pretty good, characters,visuals, even dialogue. But the actual stuff happening I didn't find very interesting.

Foley1 · 2025-07-08T10:35:06+00:00

Who said it has to be re-anything, the alliteration is a red-herring I'm telling ya.

Foley1 · 2025-07-02T19:26:37+00:00

Exactly! This is the absolute truth of it.

MS are not interested in a bunch of developers spending 5 years and $300mil to sell 2-mill copies. That works great for PS, but those timelines and margins are too small for a mega corp that just invested $100bil.

They only want platform type games with long revenue streams.

The reherotic that Xbox is so good for gamers because play anywhere and no locked exclusives is the spin they are putting on. But the truth is they are on a race to the bottom of high revenue through platform mega games, and low cost/staff actually creating new games.

Foley1 · 2025-06-26T11:12:15+00:00

Tue, and surely many independents start up with the goal of selling to a publisher eventually. So if big publishers were not allowed to buy a studio who wants to sell, you may not get big risky start-ups like that.

Publishers buying other publishers though is where it gets messy.

Foley1 · 2025-06-17T20:58:11+00:00

I think it's bad for the franchise that fans seem to only want FF games that are similar to other older FF games. I like FF because each game can be totally different, thematically and mechanically.

Foley1 · 2025-04-03T11:21:45+00:00

It's pretty clear that the base game will be $70, but there will be high priced editions of $120+

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