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Whiskers

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  1. Thread cleaned a little. Please remember that as per the Community Standards, trolling and flamebait are not allowed. This includes Apple vs. Android arguments; however because this discussion has been pretty civil so far we're willing to let it stay open for now. That being said, the Community Standards still applies. Any personal attacks or insults in this thread will be removed and those who dished them out will be warned, and if things get too heated the thread itself will be closed. Keep it friendly, please.
  2. Bit rude, dude. I'm sure you can catch their meaning. Remember that not everyone on the forum is a native English speaker, or great at writing / typing.
  3. Whether they should or shouldn't be is a discussion in and of itself, but unfortunately the reality is that they are definitely incendiary, in so much as discussions relating to them often quickly descend into outright flamewars and insult-flinging. It's one of those topics that can bring about some of the strongest emotions in people.
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  5. There does look to be some minor improvements. The original had a filter of some sort that could be pretty overbearing; it would completely crush all detail in darker areas of the game (though wasn't a problem during night-time iirc), and I'm not seeing it in the footage for the remaster. Also looks like there's some minor texture improvements here and there (some visible even in motion which is nice), slightly improved lighting, and possibly an implementation of TAA? The original was always a little frustrating because it didn't work with driver-forced MSAA because the engine used a deferred renderer, so if they've got a good implementation of TAA in now that'd be sweet. That said, it's 99% a rerelease rather than a remaster. And them choosing to lock it to 60fps on PC to "level the playing field" is the dumbest rationale possible; it's an arcade racer you play with your mates, not a competitive driving sim that needs absolute parity for everyone who's playing. The experience on PC shouldn't be held back just because they can't push it as far on consoles.
  6. Yeah. I'm going PlayStation just because of the exclusives (and also because the controller looks and sounds great imo). As a predominantly PC gamer there's just not much point going Xbox for me when just about all their exclusives going forward will be coming to the PC, too. That said what MS are doing with GamePass is terrific, especially the bundling together of a console, GamePass, and Live Gold for a really reasonable monthly fee. It's gonna make next-gen much more accessible for a lot of people than has traditionally been the case - even for the full-fat Series X. We should maybe get back to the topic, though.
  7. You can try, anyway. I've been trying to preorder the PS5 since day one; Amazon here in the UK sold out of its first batch in ~40 mins, and any other time a store or site's got more stock availability, it's gone in minutes. I don't expect I'll be able to get one at launch now.
  8. Thread moved to New Builds and Planning. @ArdaBoylu Before posting a topic, please check to see if you're posting it in the right subforum.
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  10. I’d say Destiny 2 is objectively speaking a huge improvement in its implementation of motion blur over Halo: Reach. But its use is so heavy-handed that I can totally see why people don’t like it. Heck I didn’t; I disabled it, even though in a lot of games these days I like motion blur.
  11. That's not the result of motion blur. So far as I'm aware, the motion blur implementation was completely removed / disabled in MCC. Reach has various other issues which can cause issues in motion, though. The game's broken at any framerate above 60 as various aspects of the game (critically, camera movement) are locked to 60. This was fixed in the other titles in the game though thankfully, and 343 have said they're hoping to fix the issues in Reach at some point later too.
  12. Please keep in mind this thread's rules (and indeed those of the Community Standards), and try to avoid political discussions and arguments as much as possible. Whilst President Trump's diagnosis is relevant to this topic, discussion on his politics and those of his supporters is not.
  13. Halo: Reach tried to do it. But its implementation wasn't very good, and they were using a super early form of TAA which when combined with the motion blur just led to a really unpleasantly blurry image in motion. Thankfully it's gone in the Master Chief Collection, both for the Xbox and PC. Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal have what I'd say is a perfect example of how to use it right. They have a fantastic implementation of per-object motion blur, and use it for example to give weapon animations a better appearance of motion. I feel that motion blur gets a bad rep just because a lot of people (incorrectly) assume that it's the same as it used to be, where it would just blur the entire screen and make everything in motion look terrible. But it's much more advanced than that these days, and most good devs and games use it in beneficial and even subtle ways.
  14. I can be the judge of that. You were needlessly being a bit of a dick. Don't.
  15. Whiskers

    That moment you realize that Google paid Austin…

    Status update or not, keep things civil please.
  16. Thread moved to the Member Reviews section. @zMagix17 Please check out the sections of the forum before you post a topic, to ensure that you're posting it in the most appropriate one. Also welcome to the forums.
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  18. Thread cleaned. Please keep the discussion civil. Discussing a difference of opinion is fine; calling each other dicks and children because of it isn't.
  19. Thread moved from General Discussion to Cases and Power Supplies. @WolfLoverPro Please check for a suitable subforum for your thread before posting it in the General Discussion section. GD is for threads which don't belong to a specific section of the forum but are still tech-related.
  20. Hey all, I'm sorry that it has taken me so long to push the badges out. Unfortunately I've been quite ill and busy over the Christmas and New Year period and haven't had the time or ability to start assigning them. But at last, the badges have been handed out! The event badges should have been handed out to everyone who met the requirements for them. If you believe you were supposed to receive the badges and they haven't appeared on your account yet, please send me a PM and I'll sort it for you. Hopefully though everyone has received their badges without issue. Thanks for your patience everyone!
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  22. Whiskers

    is your pfp a gif or am i tripping? i was sitti…

    Yup, it's a gif.
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