re: Official Gamescom 2013 Thread (Cliff Notes on First Page)

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Played/watched almost all what PS4 has to offer. Killzone and Infamous were off-hands demos, Driveclub, Knack, Resogun, AC4, War Thunder played myself.

1. Killzone looks as good as latest trailers/screens suggest. Sometimes I felt there is too much flare in the picture, but thats only nitpick I can come out with. Clearly next-gen title, and openness of the gameplay really elevate it above KZ2/3. OWL is awesome, if somewhat overpowered.

2. Infamous looks better than any media I have seen on that title. Just phenomenal. Before the gameplay demo a trailer was playing, and it was looking rather average due to compression, probably, but than game started and wow. Textures are crisp, particles are flying, framerate seemed quite stable, a lot of dynamic object destruction and creation. Definitely most impressive PS4 title so far, looks to be sure must buy.

3. Knack looks fine, but somewhat stale, probably due to quite static backdrops. Beat most demo levels, my 8 yo son will love it. Still no puzzles in sight, which is a bummer, hopefully there will be some in the full game.
4. Resogun is awesome twin stick shooter, Housemarque went all out with particle effects and explosions, the picture is crisp, framerate is perfect, and I like cylinder more than the sphere of SSHD, much easier on my brain. :)

5. AC4 on PS4 looks good, like high end PC versions of ACs. High resolution really helps to improve IQ. There were few hiccups and framerate drops, but the demo was more than playable. Couldnt figure out the naval battle controls quick enough and my ship was destroyed on my first try. :)

6. War Thunder is really making a big deal from being a launch title on PS4. Looks like an average F2P MMO on a good PC, but I can see it being rather fun. Skill tree for planes reminded me about World of Warplanes, will see how this fight will go on.

Among other stuff, played PES on PS3 - it looks like crap. So low-res it hurts, really disappointing. FIFA looks more or less the same.

PS4 Camera is tiny. Really small.

Kinect2 works much better than the old one. Still some lag, but for many games its working good enough, I would say.

Driveclub looks very good. Graphically you can not really complain, this looked better than GT6 on PS3 across the hall, no doubt. The cosmetic damage is in, scratches and deformations look good. There is a lot of stuff happening beyond the track. I did not completely get controls, they are not arcadey and not really simulation. Hard to get used to. But I see how the challenges can be fun when playing with friends. Glad that this will be in PS+ offering so I do not need to decide about buying it now.

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New Controllers are great - PS4 controller is my favorite out of the 2.
Overall size, sticks and buttons.

Xbox controller has amazing triggers though.
But for some reason I think they made it a little smaller. Sticks are also smaller and shorter.

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I was a little bit disappointed from the Xbox One controller and loved the Dualshock 4 controller from the first touch. That comes from a so called Xbox Fanboy. I preordered both console's and will keep it that way but the Ds4 feels ace. The Xbox One Controller has bad lb rb buttons and the analog sticks are to loose like the DS3 ones. But I liked the Ryse Coop Gameplay it looked ace and was fun. The first game on the Xbox One was Lococycle :).

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I'd just like to add that Wolfenstein: The New Order is a pretty solid game. I really enjoyed dual wielding guns while shooting down nazis. And there's a couple of very cool scenes in the demo too. Definitely worth checking out. Don't want to spoil the cool moments, so go play it if you got the time.

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Well it's still the Dualshock, make no mistake. So if you don't like the position of the sticks at all you are not gonna fall in love with the thing. They fixed almost all things wrong with the DS3. The sticks are further apart, concave and a lot stiffer with more resistance to them. The handles are longer so it doesn't feel so small and the rubber texture is really nice, feels grippy.
Your fingers naturally rest on the triggers which feel very good.

Now the X1 controller...
The sticks are too loose and react to the smallest amount of movement. That by itself is not really a bad thing if they had done it right because I think they went a little overboard with it. Basically pick up your PS3 controller and that is how the sticks feel on the One now. Ugh.
The rumble in the trigger? Neat concept, completely useless in reality. First thing I will turn of when I get the thing. The triggers itself are very nice though. I was a bit worried since they made them bigger but they feel very natural.
LB and RB. They are shite. Harder to reach and since they made them clicky you have to press them down with the force of a hammer.
The Dpad seems definitely improved so I guess there is that. But IMO that should have been the only change. You would have the perfect controller if you put the X1 dpad in the 360 controller.

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IMO the PS4 controller is a BIG step forward for Sony. Feels really good in the palm of my hand, triggers feel less squishy and tighter. Analogue sticks feel different, but more precise. The first thing that stood out though was the weight of the DS4. This is a good thing!

Xbox One's controller is also a nice improvement. I don't have to mention that the D-Pad is the one thing that improved the most. The rumble feedback in the triggers is also quite cool, especially in Forza 5, and more subtle than you'd think.

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Did anyone reach the second island on Elder Scrolls Online? Played this game last on my press day and I was so tired so I enjoyed being able to just sit down and play a mmo.

Played it for like two hours and when I noticed I was the only person in a forest type of area (every other screen was snowy :p), I checked my watch and noticed I've been playing it for two hours. Good stuff, even the bethesda dev was impressed and told me not many people got that far :p

Actual game was a lot of fun too, captured the exploration feeling of elder scrolls really well. Combat is fun too once you get the hang out of it. Blocking an enemy when he's about to use a charging attack and then doing a powerful move yourself when he's dizzy is fun :) Played a Dragon Knight myself and I enjoyed using the shield move and turning in some kind of half dragon :p It's also cool how many different kinds of xp you get. There's the general XP bar but you also get "dragon" xp if you use dragon moves and like other elder scrolls games you can lvl "heavy armor" etc too.

And yeah, if you find a chest... you have to lockpick it like in most TES games. It really feels weird with all these things from the SP games, I often forgot I was playing an MMO. I think one of the devs summed it up well: you can play this on your own and experience the entire story if you want, but you can also go do PvP and other stuff when you feel like it.

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Before the gameplay demo a trailer was playing, and it was looking rather average due to compression

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You have to realize the source before saying this though

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People who are there?

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oauron

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Forgot a BIG one:

Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls

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Neogaf man....

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Neogaf man....

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