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Infamous Second Son has gone gold

Violater said:
What's with the short time between reviews and release these days?
Are people really so insecure about loosing pre-orders?
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Yeah it's a really terrible practice. Fuck embargo's, it's something that only feels beneficial for a developer if you have a bad game in your hand you don't want gamers finding out until they already made their purchase.

Of course Sucker Punch are a talented bunch with pedigree but this last day embargo's have spread like wildfire and it's totally not in service to gamers. I'm glad ND took the high ground and let reviews happen for TLOU a week before release.
 
DrBo42 said:
I still don't understand how he has so many. I feel like we're all going to receive copies of Knack and Killzone.
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I know it doesn't make sense.

I saw this post on the slickdeals thread about this:

"I wonder how the seller got more than 400 copies of this game, if he actually has physical possession of them (and not pre-ordered). He operates an Indian clothing store in Maryland [india-emporium.com], but sells some video games and small electronics on his ebay store. The few video games he sells are only first-party Sony (no Microsoft or Nintendo), so perhaps he has a Sony hook-up. The game went gold on March 3, so its feasible shipments are going out to stores already. I'm sure media outlets (Gamespot, IGN, etc) are receiving their copies now for review."
 
Endo Punk said:
Yeah it's a really terrible practice. Fuck embargo's, it's something that only feels beneficial for a developer if you have a bad game in your hand you don't want gamers finding out until they already made their purchase.

Of course Sucker Punch are a talented bunch with pedigree but this last day embargo's have spread like wildfire and it's totally not in service to gamers. I'm glad ND took the high ground and let reviews happen for TLOU a week before release.
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The reason the review embargo date for TLoU was a week prior to release was due to the game being released during E3 last year, so it was decided to bring the review day forward so it wasn't gobbled up with all the news that was being released during the expo.
 
Endo Punk said:
Yeah it's a really terrible practice. Fuck embargo's, it's something that only feels beneficial for a developer if you have a bad game in your hand you don't want gamers finding out until they already made their purchase.

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Give reviewers ample time to play the game, and doesn't encourage sites to jump the gun with reviews to get them out first.
 
Endo Punk said:
Yeah it's a really terrible practice. Fuck embargo's, it's something that only feels beneficial for a developer if you have a bad game in your hand you don't want gamers finding out until they already made their purchase.

Of course Sucker Punch are a talented bunch with pedigree but this last day embargo's have spread like wildfire and it's totally not in service to gamers. I'm glad ND took the high ground and let reviews happen for TLOU a week before release.
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Embargos are fine and I see why they need to exist. That said I wish there was a little more consistency all around the industry with them. Day -1 or launch day embargos suck and just show a lack of confidence in the product, even if it's justified or not.
 
Dinjooh said:
It's way more important for me that I can feel the difference from street to street than the size.

I've always been able to tell where I am in GTA games purely from the aesthetics. Never been able to make my way around in the inFamous games.. Way too ...bland with not near enough details.
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AGREE!

Hence im super hyped as ive been visiting Seattle since I was a kid. Would love to retire in Bellingham actually...
 
I wish Sony would do what they did with God of War 2 back in the day. Reviews for that hit close to a month before release. It seemed like it might have been setting a new paradigm at the time. Alas...
 
Certinty said:
Anyone know the size of the map?
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In the Podcast Beyond, Zimmerman said that the map was maybe 50% larger than the New Marais map. They weren't going for scale, as the game "isn't about journeying," as it is about action and keeping that flow/pace. It's not Skyrim, that's for sure.

The map still looks pretty massive, and 50% larger than New Marais is good enough for me!
 
S¡mon;104251728 said:
That's a good thing. Spread the joy. And I'm European, so I won't be jealous. :P
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For the first time since the dawn of the PlayStation 4, we will actually be able to enjoy something before our american comrades.

Even if that's just.. 7-8 hours.
 
WordsintheWater said:
If I end up getting it tomorrow, I'll post some spoiler free impressions for everyone, if you guys want them that is or I'll just shut up and not say a thing.
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If you do get it, I just want to know what the new powers are besides smoke and neon. After that, I'm good. :)
 
Dinjooh said:
For the first time since the dawn of the PlayStation 4, we will actually be able to enjoy something before our american comrades.

Even if that's just.. 7-8 hours.
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I've just realized I'll have to wait then because I preordered on US PSN. Ah well, if it's a midnight release I'll wake up, put on a beanie and start playing first thing in the morning.
 
Shit, I gotta work on friday. I hope my girlfriend will be at home, otherwise the game will either be accepted by a neighbor or worse, I'll have to get it from the post office the next day. FUCK!

If I can't play the game next friday, the sadness will kill me :(
 
zlatko said:
Anyone? :(
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I'm on spring break, so there is a possibility I will get far enough into the game to see at least another power, I won't spoil it on here though. I'm just gonna give general impressions and maybe a screenshot or two.
 
Getting it Monday! Fuck yes, I can hook to my capture card and just explore Seattle if anyone wants just expiration footage without any story spoilers.
 
Just got confirmation. In transit now. My copy is set to come Saturday. Will be looking forward to posting screenshots and streaming for you guys.

In Chicago btw.
 
WordsintheWater said:
So cause inevitably someone will want screenshots, how do I go about uploading them to this site, do I have to have a Facebook or Twitter account?
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I think you save the screen shot and make a dummy account on psn. Then you send the screenshot to the dummy account and have this dummy account signed into the playstation app on mobile devices.

Then you go to your messages on the playstation app and apparently there is the picture in it's full uncompressed glory which you can just save directly to your phone.

I think that's right? lol.


When you upload to facebook or twitter it's compressed and you don't want that.
 
yeeah my copy left the facility and should be here tomorrow or sat. I hope this is legit, fuck around and he made some rick roll dvds and sent them to us lol. Just did the math and the guy made 23,000 daaaamn.
 
Magicman103 said:
I think you save the screen shot and make a dummy account on psn. Then you send the screenshot to the dummy account and have this dummy account signed into the playstation app on mobile devices.

Then you go to your messages on the playstation app and apparently there is the picture in it's full uncompressed glory which you can just save directly to your phone.

I think that's right? lol.


When you upload to facebook or twitter it's compressed and you don't want that.
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The app method is compressed as well and nearly indistinguishable from the FB method. Your best bet is to just upload to FB, and then use Minus.
 
Just learned that I'll need to go to Istanbul, Turkey on a business trip the day Second Son releases.

You all will wait until I get back before playing, right? Right?! Damn...
 
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