Gaming
Gran Turismo: Sport’s Servers Crashed for Hours
The opinion of the public towards Gran Turismo: Sport has been pretty divisive if you ask me. On one side, some players really dig the new game experience. Features such as GT League can make a game very great impression about it.
However, the detractors aren’t really that excited about the game, especially when it comes to the online mode. Especially when the game asks you to have a permanent Internet Connection in order to play most of the content in it.
So, what happens when the Gran Turismo: Sport’s servers fail to deliver on a game that requires an online connection? It brings an example as to why Online-Centered games are often a bad idea in terms of design alone.
There even is a gimmick to Online in Sport that I don’t agree with. The fact that you need to have an online connection to just save the game is pretty much one of the most looked down upon aspects of the entire thing.
This failure extends to even the industry itself. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy game director Kurt Margenau also tweeted about the GT Sport server problems. He tweeted: “Servers are still down. Wouldn’t be so bad if you could save progress while offline. Whose idea was this? #GTSport”.
Of course, being a fan of Gran Turismo: Sport some people might think that I will defend this practice by Polyphony. However, I am heavily disappointed about the design choices regarding saving the game and even how a lot of modes need to have an online connection. The servers might have been fixed now but this issue will come back in the future.
What I wonder is why we would need to have a sort of saving method to begin with? I can understand having a competitive mode where your progress is tracked. But do we really need to keep ourselves online in order to do everything in Gran Turismo: Sport? The answer is no, no we don’t.
The devilish launch of Diablo 4 is days away (less for Ultimate Edition buyers). Blizzard has promised the ultimate reward for the first 1000 players to accomplish level 100 on Hardcore Mode: a statue of in-game antagonist Lillith.
Think you can cheat death?
Reach level 100 on hardcore mode and tweet #Diablo4Hardcore with proof to have your username immortalized on a statue of Lilith.
Offer limited to first 1000, restrictions apply: https://t.co/TLWxZwG0aQ
Get started June 1st. pic.twitter.com/pvVLZNPgx8
— Diablo (@Diablo) May 26, 2023
Diablo 4’s Hardcore Mode is a character-creation-only difficulty adjuster. It automatically deletes characters when they die, making things infinitely harder regardless of World Tier. But 100? That’s several playthroughs on increasingly difficult World Tiers with new adversaries in harsher setups and about 150 hours of flawlessly rapid gameplay.
Honoring the dying.
Being remembered with those brave souls lost on the journey is the ultimate gamer boast. Do you dare?
Bloober Team’s survival horror game Layers of Fear is terrifying. The Trophy List on Exophase just appeared, and players will have to go crazy to obtain Platinum.
With a Silver Trophy like “a new way” requiring players to “live through the third conversation” (and a few of Bronzes for surviving the previous two) and another called “face your fears” appearing when you “see your enemy and fail”, we might chase this one with the lights on.
Do you like Layers of Fear’s whole trophy list? Do you want the Plat?
The PlayStation Showcase, which divided fans and prompted our full-throated Reaction, was a ratings winner. Gamesight’s number crunchers found that PlayStation fans were drawn in by the appeal alone, even though many of the titles we wanted to see didn’t show up.
🎮🔎 @PlayStation Showcase 2023: Viewership Analysis on @Twitch and @YouTube
Our team took a deep dive into the PlayStation Showcase performance on Twitch from 2019 through 2023, the first year without #E3.
Here's what we discovered:
1️⃣ The 2023 Showcase had the second-highest… pic.twitter.com/YVJbRiUTjc— Gamesight (@gamesight) May 26, 2023
It’s possible certain Showcase games were withheld. Summer Game Fest may bring something? Watched the big spectacle live?
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