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Early Access to DF Directly Weekly #60 Now Available (Patreon)

Published:
2022-05-06 20:44:06
Edited:
2022-05-06 20:47:25
Imported:
2022-07

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This week, Oliver makes his DF Direct debut alongside familiar faces John and Alex. They discuss the news that Square Enix has sold its Western IPs and studios, including Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, Halo Infinite's Season 2 fixes and the early development of the TINK4K. Plus: does the Steam Deck suffer from high input lag? And most importantly, what's Oliver's superhero-style origin story?

Downloads: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/2022-05-06-df-direct-weekly-60-square-enix-ip-sale-halo-s2-fixes-tink4k-and-johns-bfi-tips

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DF Direct Weekly #60: Square Enix IP Sale, Halo S2 Fixes, Tink4K and John's BFI Tips

This week, Oliver makes his DF Direct debut alongside familiar faces John and Alex. They discuss the news that Square Enix has sold its Western IPs and studios, including Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, Halo Infinite's Season 2 fixes and the early development of the TINK4K. Plus: does the Steam Deck suffer from high input lag? And most importantly, what's Oliver's superhero-style origin story? Join the DF Patreon for EARLY ACCESS to every DF Direct Weekly, pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Podcast RSS Feed: https://digitalfoundry.podbean.com/ Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Want some DF-branded t-shirts, mugs, hoodies or sweaters? Check out our store: https://bit.ly/2BqRTt0 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:20 News 01: Square Enix sells off Western studios + IPs 00:10:10 News 02: Halo Infinite Season 2 launched 00:18:53 News 03: Is Forza Motorsport 8 cross-gen? 00:24:08 News 04: Prince of Persia Remake woes 00:29:17 News 05: Xbox VRR HDMI woes on AV receivers 00:36:23 News 06: 100TF Nvidia Lovelace GPUs? 00:45:35 DF Supporter Q1: Does the frame limiter in Steam Deck increase input lag? 00:55:27 DF Supporter Q2: My friends say Elden Ring "runs great" - does this vindicate From's decision to not focus on technical performance when only the enthusiast crowd notices? 01:00:20 DF Supporter Q3: Do you think we'll see GameCube emulation on Switch? 01:04:05 DF Supporter Q4: Mike Chi teased a TINK4K on Twitter - what do you think? 01:10:20 DF Supporter Q5: The games that best use Switch hardware tend to be from Nintendo or developers that work (almost) exclusively for Nintendo platforms. Will the Series S get into a similar situation where Microsoft / Bethesda make the best Series S titles? 01:15:35 DF Supporter Q6: Is HDR more trouble than it's worth? 01:24:12 DF Supporter Q7: What kinds of games are best suited for Black Frame Insertion (BFI)? 01:28:05 DF Supporter Q8: Oliver, what's your professional background?

Comments

d0x360

I have the issue even plugging into the Denon receiver directly. I never had the extra box. I was told it was fixed, it worked on everything I asked about and in the modes I asked about.. yet nope. I actually tried multiple models.

d0x360

Elden Ring runs PERFECTLY for me on PC at 4k. We have talked about it before and I can prove it if needed. I'm super sensitive to stutter and frame rate. Zero hitches on PC. On Xbox VRR is required.

Anonymous

It was so awesome seeing Oliver on the Direct. He's such a perfect addition to the team!

Anonymous

This one does not appear to be in the RSS feed yet?

Anonymous

I just want to see a remake of the original Blood Omen. I still go back to that game and always enjoy it.

Anonymous

Legacy of Kain come on!

Sven Dahlin

I usually get en e-mail from Patreon when these early access videos are released, but I didn't get it this time. Anybody else having the same problem?

James Post
>>83462556

My very first thought. Though it could be hard to do without Amy Hennig. Those games had such an operatic tone, and I worry that introducing any level of self-aware irony would break the whole story.

James Post

Alex - In English, you can avoid that 'do do' construction by just adding emphasis to the single 'do'... That's enough to convey the conditionality, at least to a native speaker.

James Post
>>83421869

I can't decide if the original Blood Omen or the first Soul Reaver would benefit the most from a straight remake. Blood Omen has a really great story trapped in a game style that's pretty foreign to 'modern' appetites. On the other hand, Soul Reaver was so ambitious on the technical side with the dual worlds and how that played into puzzles and traversal, I'd love to see that approached with newer techniques available.

Anonymous
>>83386882

I wouldn't say it runs perfectly on PC, as I have seen some hitches but they are very few and far between (12900k/3090)

d0x360

@fatalmedia I know a large number of people still have issues with performance but when I say it runs perfectly I mean perfect. Frame times are rock solid, always a locked 60 at 4k max settings. Even without using VRR it's smooth. I don't know what's different about my system or what's installed on it perhaps but something is different that allows it to run oddly well

d0x360

I wish Amy Hennig would let us know how the story would have ended had she not left crystal dynamics... Sigh. What if the coin lands on its side? We will never know... It's haunted me for many years lol. As far as remakes or remasters. I would leave the original out of it and just focus on the souls reaver series and perhaps blood omen 2 even though it's kind of outside of the main story. I wouldn't bother with the original though. Not unless you change it completely so it's more like soul reavers style of gameplay as well as a camera change to standard 3rd person.

Anonymous

Nice to see a fellow Canuck make his debut on the panel! Big Welcome!