The latest major update for Flight Sim sees more detail added to the Microsoft Bing-powered world, from the textures on the ground to the points of interest, the lighting, and even the animals you can now find running across the plains of this virtual Earth the developers call our “digital twin.”
I’m shown a wireframe shot of the ground from the 2020 version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, each section of land shown as a huge, flat triangle before the image switches to the new wireframe, and suddenly every tiny rock is made up of more polygons than the entire scene was previously. The level of detail of the world has been increased by 4,000.
Just in time, too. With an all-new career mode where you can be anything from a crop duster pilot to a fire and rescue helicopter specialist, as well as new soft-body vehicles such as zeppelins and hot air balloons, we’ll be flying closer to the ground than ever.
Microsoft has purchased over 1 million square kilometers of LIDAR data to more accurately map the digital twin’s topography, and the team is using available satellite data to map parts of the world that are difficult to get data on due to geopolitics. The work will most likely never be done, but every update brings the digital twin closer to a fully accurate representation of our planet, down to the local flora and fauna.
By Laboured Go To PostGrubb saying there is an even less exciting remaster that's going to get announced at SoP. The mind genuinely boggles.get ready for Knack or ratchet and clank
They're doing DLC for Lies of P before a sequel? Hmm. I really should finish it, I think I was really close to the end. Such a good game.
It has a PS5 upgrade. 4k30/1440p60/1080p120. It was alright for a tenner I think.
By Hitch Go To PostDid Uncharted 4 ever get a remaster?
It has a PS5 upgrade. 4k30/1440p60/1080p120. It was alright for a tenner I think.
By Hitch Go To PostDid Uncharted 4 ever get a remaster?Uncharted 4 and TLL remaster is the best still PS5 game
By domino Go To PostCan make KH4 easier to understand now that he has the ffvii series to write a bunch of nonsense.
Nomura crazy lol
I’m hooked on Spiderman. Swinging at 120fps is a spectacle all on its own. It keeps the collectathon of side content interesting all on its own.
Combat is okay. Nothing special, nothing offensive.
Story + forced stealth missions are dog water.
Combat is okay. Nothing special, nothing offensive.
Story + forced stealth missions are dog water.
By jjasper Go To PostCan make KH4 easier to understand now that he has the ffvii series to write a bunch of nonsense.Send him back :(
By Perfect Blue Go To PostDragon Age: Veilguard sounds sensational. Was already day 1 but I’m so locked in now.
Yeah I'm looking forward to trying it now.
It's a shame to see it go from what Origins was to being Mass Effect-ified (even though I love ME) but at this point I'll just take anything that's genuinely good from BioWare. It's been too long.
By Flutter Go To PostBastards....🥲
By Flutter Go To PostGreat now I'm poor
By Dr. Hannibal Lecter Go To PostToo bad none of us will be able to buy it because bots will have them in secondsKidjr will buy ten and forget 9 of them
The Pro comes with the stand, 2 controllers, one of them being an Edge, and the dock/charger. Surely going to cost £1000?
By Laboured Go To Post(Shitty compressed IGN footage warning.)Almos time to dust off my Thrustmater T.Flight .
By Laboured Go To Post(Shitty compressed IGN footage warning.)Looks incredible. If it wasn't for the shitty ass launcher of the previous game, it would be a permanent fixture in my oc. I'm glad they're addressing this with this new version.
By Hixx Go To PostYeah I'm looking forward to trying it now.It's beyond Mass Effectification, you can't even individually level up companions now. It looks pretty tho.
It's a shame to see it go from what Origins was to being Mass Effect-ified (even though I love ME) but at this point I'll just take anything that's genuinely good from BioWare. It's been too long.
It's not an unexpected outcome, they've always been more interested in taking their games into full cinematic character action with skill trees; companions mostly there for priming combos and fucking. I think this might finally be a win, but hard to say how much it is Bioware being back, when the only veteran of those days left at the studio is probably Weekes. Even a bunch of long time writers and designers for this game already left in the last round of redundancies. More than back, it's a different studio finally setting itself free from the shackles of its name being forcefully associated with old RPGs. (Doing it with the 4th installment of this best selling RPG series no less)
But you're right it's been so long. My recent DA2 replay has just been frustrating af, especially because the story does kinda want to go somewhere and never does. Still planning on doing a final DA I playthrough before this, and I'll do my best to beeline it to the DLC which I've never played.
Mass Effect 1 is likely my favorite game of all time (or up there anyway), so this is probably a template of the new ME game, and considering what the old ME heads are doing (Exodus) which looks ugly as sin and boring af, this is my final hope that a new Mass Effect (coming ~2028) might recapture some of that magic, or at least have a future.
Sony just needs to go back to the PS1 aesthetic. it somehow makes the PS5 not look terrible (not great but better).
lol they are gonna include a USB cable with an OG playstation end
lol they are gonna include a USB cable with an OG playstation end
frostpunk 2 seems very... different. almost like a city builder now.
very cool though. i failed the prolouge.
very cool though. i failed the prolouge.
my elite controller is falling apart, so would love to get that controller. the console itself is very boring though.
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Just realized sony could just as easily sell ps1 themed face plates for those of us that own the obese PS5 (and slim for that matter) but isn't
By Laboured Go To PostGrubb saying there is an even less exciting remaster that's going to get announced at SoP. The mind genuinely boggles.Apparently it's Days Gone.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostApparently it's Days Gone.lmao I was gonna joke if it was Days Gone
By WoodenLung Go To Postmy elite controller is falling apart, so would love to get that controller. the console itself is very boring though.Sounds like it’s time you learned to mod your controller ngl
New sticks? New plastic housing? RGB-ify the whole thing? The sky’s the limit.
By HottestGrapes Go To PostSounds like it’s time you learned to mod your controller ngl
New sticks? New plastic housing? RGB-ify the whole thing? The sky’s the limit.
the fucking sensitivity button things on the back broke off, and now they scratch me :(
By WoodenLung Go To Postthe fucking sensitivity button things on the back broke off, and now they scratch me :(I don’t know what they are but I’m sure a replacement is available.
On a related note, I’ve really learned to love my custom Dualsense of late. Using it as a PC controller. 4 back buttons, clicky L2/R2 buttons. Swappable thumb sticks (concave/convex, different heights) and a new battery.
It’s been a great all rounder.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostApparently it's Days Gone.
Oh god the dude is gonna come out again crying about Sony not wanting a sequel
By Dazenheimer Go To PostHorizon is popular. Especially as a new IP with a female lead. They will keep selling it as long people keep buying it. It ain't deep.Inshallah one day you'll take this advice yourself
Ignoring it is an option if you don't like it. Just like everything else.