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Join Rich, Alex and John for their thoughts on two of the major summer events: Sony's State of Play and Geoff's Summer Game Fest. The team share their thoughts on the biggest games of the shows, before moving onto other matters: Rich is happy to see that Sony has fixed the VRR stuttering problem with PlayStation consoles, Alex discusses the team's cameo in an Unreal Fest anti-stutter presentation and the trio try to get to grips with Black Myth Wukong's sudden Xbox announcement.



0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:17 News 1: Summer Game Fest 2025 - Resident Evil Requiem
0:10:00 Mortal Shell 2, Onimusha: Way of the Sword,
0:17:12 Felt That Boxing, Mina The Hollower
0:26:26 Death Stranding 2 and Geoffcon evaluations
0:31:31 News 2: State of Play June 2025 - Lumines Arise
0:36:12 Pragmata, Romeo is a Dead Man
0:43:36 Silent Hill F, Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement
0:49:49 Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, Nioh 3
0:57:40 007: First Light
1:07:25 Ninja Gaiden, Mortal Kombat, Hirogami, Final Fantasy Tactics, Thief VR, Sword of the Sea, Marvel Tōkon
1:16:59 News 3: PS5 VRR stutter fixed!
1:23:26 News 4: Black Myth: Wukong gets Xbox release date
1:32:47 News 5: DF features in "Kill the Hitch"
1:41:10 Supporter Q1: How do The Witcher 4 (in tech demo form) and GTA 6 compare?
1:47:20 Supporter Q2: How close will the final version of The Witcher 4 be to its tech demo?
1:51:02 Supporter Q3: Will the Witcher 4 run on Switch 2?
1:53:01 Supporter Q4: Why is the Switch 2 such a conservative hardware concept?
1:59:23 Supporter Q5: Is there a compelling reason for Switch 2 owners to keep their Switch 1s?

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[DeepEnigma]

 

[Physiognomonics]

Alex has so many concerns about Pragmata only showing 30fps gameplay (while looking awesome and original). But oddly he had not problems at all with the James bond 30fps gameplay (and looking like a generic Uncharted / marvel game). This guy bias is so obvious.

 

[Fake]

Was a huge week for a video.

 

[adamsapple]

1:41:10 Supporter Q1: How do The Witcher 4 (in tech demo form) and GTA 6 compare?

This is gonna be good GAF fodder.

 

[rodrigolfp]

But oddly he had not problems at all with the James bond 30fps gameplay

James Bond will be 60fps on PS5 Pro, so it doesn't matter.

 

[Zathalus]

Alex has so many concerns about Pragmata only showing 30fps gameplay (while looking awesome and original). But oddly he had not problems at all with the James bond 30fps gameplay (and looking like a generic Uncharted / marvel game). This guy bias is so obvious.

Both games were shown at the Sony event so I'm not sure what bias he is supposed to have here? Both are coming to Xbox/PC/PS5 as well. Biased against Capcom?

 

[adamsapple]

Alex has so many concerns about Pragmata only showing 30fps gameplay (while looking awesome and original). But oddly he had not problems at all with the James bond 30fps gameplay (and looking like a generic Uncharted / marvel game). This guy bias is so obvious.

So obvious about what, Is he anti-Capcom?

Pragmata showed some janky looking game play, Bond was just cinematics. I'm probably the biggest Capcom stan here and even I commented that the Pragmata thing looks ehhhh when they showed it.

 

[Black_Stride]

Alex has so many concerns about Pragmata only showing 30fps gameplay (while looking awesome and original). But oddly he had not problems at all with the James bond 30fps gameplay (and looking like a generic Uncharted / marvel game). This guy bias is so obvious.

Whats his bias this time?
Hes Anti-Capcom?.........yet pro-Capcom for RE9?
Or is a wonky 30 always worth being concerned about?

 

[Darsxx82]

Alex has so many concerns about Pragmata only showing 30fps gameplay (while looking awesome and original). But oddly he had not problems at all with the James bond 30fps gameplay (and looking like a generic Uncharted / marvel game). This guy bias is so obvious.

Wow, Alex is antiCapcom and proIOI now

 

[Fake]

Well, at least Sony fixed the VRR problem.

 

[Senua]

Alex praising the hair in the RE9 trailer lol. I thought it looked horrible, easily the weakest aspect of the visuals. Character models aren't brilliant in general either

 

[Black_Stride]

Alex praising the hair in the RE9 trailer lol. I thought it looked horrible, easily the weakest aspect of the visuals. Character models aren't brilliant in general either

Other than like Dragonage Veilguard thats some of the best hair ive seen in a game.
What games have better hair than we saw there?

 

[Senua]

Other than like Dragonage Veilguard thats some of the best hair ive seen in a game.
What games have better hair than we saw there?

So many. Most UE5 games. Assassin's creed games, RDR2. The chicks hair in that trailer didn't look much better than Assassin's Creed Unity's lol. I knew from the moment I saw her hair what engine it was running on. It's not as abysmal as the chicks hair in RE7 but yea, still a distraction

 

[Black_Stride]

So many. Most UE5 games. Assassin's creed games, RDR2. The chicks hair in that trailer didn't look much better than Assassin's Creed Unity's lol. I knew from the moment I saw her hair what engine it was running on. It's not as abysmal as the chicks hair in RE7 but yea, still a distraction

Def not most UE5 games cuz most UE5 games dont use Strand Based Hair....too expensive.

Of the UE games that have good hair I think Jedi Survivor has the best and its still not at the level we saw in RE9.
Maybe WuKong sometimes but not always.
Eves pony tail is also quite impressive but its almost entirely ponytail.


AC: Shadows Naoe has amazing hair for sure.......and this def was well beyond what Unitys card based hair looked like.
And I replay Unity every single time I upgrade my computer, I could probably find some screenshots from when I got my current 4080 and compare it to RE9, youll realize this is beyond that.


So we are talking about like 3 or 4 games that are at this level or there abouts.
How is that not impressive if its a top 5 with its place in the top 5 being debatable?



P.S Please dont say Forbidden West or Spider-Man 2 cuz this is beyond that.

 

[adamsapple]

You know which game had a good hair system?

Alice Madness Returns.

Artistic rendition trumps sheer technicality sometimes.

 

[CloudShiner]

They were doing their best to be diplomatic as fuck when talking about the Switch 2 but it's clear they're not impressed...especially 'teeth' Leadbetter.

 

[Saber]

Alex has so many concerns about Pragmata only showing 30fps gameplay (while looking awesome and original). But oddly he had not problems at all with the James bond 30fps gameplay (and looking like a generic Uncharted / marvel game). This guy bias is so obvious.

Alex is a full retard.

On the topic, I was 100% dissapointed with 007. I never saw such a generic 3rd person shooter. I was expecting a full spy game, fully focused on mission objectives(more about stealth kills). If that was aways the route they could just slap Reloaded first person and all would be the same.