Connect with us

Gaming

Gran Turismo: Sport’s Servers Crashed for Hours

blank

Published

on

Servers

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.

I always wanted to be a journalist who listens. The Voice of the Unspoken and someone heavily involved in the gaming community. From playing as a leader of a competitive multi-branch team to organizing tournaments for the competitive scene to being involved in a lot of gaming communities. I want to keep moving forward as a journalist.

Gaming

Want Diablo 4 immortality? Hardcore Level 100 Before Most Others

blank

Published

on

blank

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.

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?

 

Continue Reading

Gaming

Layers of Fear PS5, PS4 Trophy List Promises a Spooky Platinum

blank

Published

on

blank

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?

Continue Reading

Gaming

One of Sony’s Most Viewed PS Showcases

blank

Published

on

blank

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.

It’s possible certain Showcase games were withheld. Summer Game Fest may bring something? Watched the big spectacle live?

Continue Reading

Trending