I watched the second one in theatre and don’t want to talk about it. Lot of people like it. But that is where I stopped. I don’t even know what happens after. :D
Probably because Kojima didn’t have time when the request came in. I wouldn’t mind a new Matrix game with current tech, as Matrix is my favorite movie of all time. I’m so glad there is no successor to this perfect movie, because the story ends right with the phone call.
I still play on the last (almost last) official build of Yuzu. I played Breath of the Wild <edit>both</edit> Tears of the Kingdom. In fact I still play it, as there is so much in the game. All on the forbidden Yuzu. :D And I’m proud of it.
I always thought the dev mode on each regular Xbox is used for development, that makes this thing easier to test. I know the specialized dev kits have more RAM capacity in example. I don’t know how much involved and features they provide. Probably some sort of debuggers and the like… now that you mention features, it makes sense. Especially larger games do not have spare RAM and other stuff left to add the development tools on top of it.
Looks like my initial assumption is the entire opposite, this only affects AAA developers. lol.
I guess you are right. I was under the assumption every developer needs it. But it makes sense they don’t as they can develop on the PC and just “export” it to Xbox. But why would a AAA developer need this then? They can develop (and I assume for the most part they do) on a PC as well and test the games on the regular console. Just curious.
(Updated 2025/10/23) Mind that the title has an AI-generated content disclaimer, citing that “much of the graphics” were made by AI and then post-processed.
To be honest, this is probably the only game were Ai generated content does not annoy anyone.
I’m all for game “copies” like this to exist, otherwise we end up in situations like Nintendo suing Palword or worse. And yes, I am talking about stifles creativity. No company should be in a position to sue for a game that looks, plays and feels similar or same. That should not be punishable. Even if they did not add much, it is a different game and should be treated as such.
Or we should start banning Mario Kart clones, fighting games like Street Fighter 2 because Capcom didn’t allow copies to exist in early history of videogames and so on. You are blind to see the problem if you want to ban this Horizon clone. At least it gives us a similar game to explore, without Sony having the full power over this type of game.
Imagine movies couldn’t look or feel the same as other movies before, because it is very similar to it. God i hate this idea of banning and suing similar games, even if they do not add much to it.
An identical sound means its a theft. That’s not the issue “we” or “I” am talking about. The issue with the games getting sued is, because they are similar. There is no audio, graphic or code being identical. It’s more like, if the music sounds similar, then you can sue someone.
Edit: Off course the situation with the “beat” being identical is petty and probably not under copyright anyway. I don’t think you can copyright a “beat”.
You not being able to tell the difference in screenshots is not an infringement. These are two different games, that look similar and play similar. Its totally fine to do this. It’s sad that companies and even some players (like you) do not want that. Doing something similar should be okay.
Imagine cars couldn’t look the same, or websites couldn’t look the same or couldn’t be structured the same. Or imagine every music you listen to has to be vastly different from anything else. This stifles creativity and competition. Otherwise no one can improve on existing games.
As long as nothing directly is stolen, like the exact art, program code or whatever copyright is, it’s okay. I want more of the “same”, from more devs, more competition. I want more Pokemon, more Horizon, more Overwatch and I’m not even joking.
Sony (Horizon vs Light of Motiram) and Nintendo (Pokemon vs Palword), man. They really hurt the gaming industries freedom. Now we just need Microsoft (Blizzard) to sue Marvel Rivals for copying Overwatch in some form, then the Triforce is complete.