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"Limbo is relentlessly grim and dark, but there are moments of sheer beauty" - Metalrodent

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“I just hope that Microsoft get their balls out soon”.

Out of context the above quote would probably sound a bit odd, but that was PTC Crisco’s reaction to this week's PS4 Pro announcement, which earned a fair bit of chatter on the forums. At least he didn’t ask them to show their Red Ring of Death.

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by Liam Andrews

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Being an Xbox fellow, Crisco admits that whilst the tech on display at the PlayStation Event was impressive, it’s unlikely he’ll be getting his hands on it anytime soon.

It’s fair to say the PS4 Pro received a mixed reaction from our community. Timmeh555 was less than impressed, struggling to keep his post clean as he lambasted the console’s lack of 4K Blu-ray support and thinks the Xbox One S is the better option if you want to experience 4K gaming on a console.

PTC Bezza was “not sure about the point either”, but did see how the Pro’s relatively low price point could appeal to someone yet to buy a PS4, while BAMozzy was more concerned about the benefits to gaming than the lack of 4K Blu-ray support:

"I am disappointed in the lack of 4k HDR Blu-ray player but then I haven't watched a Blu-ray disc in years on a console…I buy a console to game and that always takes priority. The PS4 pro is the same price as the XB1s but over 3x as powerful. Given that 99.9999995 of the time I will be looking at games, I pre-ordered the PS4 Pro because I don't want 720p games on a 4K HDR TV."

It took the appearance of Plasma wing for someone to finally echo my thoughts on the matter:

“Correct me if I'm wrong, but the PS4 Pro is just runs games a little shinier and smoother, no other improvements? Entirely pointless for someone that doesn't have 4K capable TV? So which will be better, regular or slim? I'll pick one up in the inevitable Christmas 'sales'.”

Saying that, if the Pro is going to deliver a better PSVR performance, I could be tempted…

On the subject of virtual reality, Sam and I teamed up to bring you three game franchises we think would benefit from the addition of VR, and opened up the floor to forum members to add their own suggestions.

Metalrodent thinks Dishonored VR would be pretty “neat”, Crisco was impressed with my own idea for a VR take on Batman, while MrkDhn10 opted for Portal.

I wholeheartedly agree with the last one. The Aperture Science demo I tried just left me wanting more, and if a fully-fledged Portal VR experience ever came to fruition it would have me throwing my money at a headset.

PTC Hetty set about defending Beyond Eyes this week, a game she felt was underrated and underappreciated. Jamie Rodriguez wasn’t quite on the same wavelength:

Away from the world of gaming, Crisco and Hetty reached a milestone in parenting as their respective children headed off to secondary school for the first time.

"My eldest started Secondary yesterday as well. I was more worried than he was... he's having a whale of a time. I got up at 7.30 this morning and he was sat in the kitchen, dressed and eating breakfast O_o" - Hetty

Talk of school got people reminiscing about their own educational experiences. Sam, Rodent, MrkDhn10 and I all ended up in the same friendless situations at the start of our proper educational careers, but who needs friends when you’ve got skills like these:

That was my very first attempt flying a bi-plane in the recent Battlefield 1 beta, which also received a mixed reaction in the forums (the beta that is, not my flying skills, which I’m sure were universally thought to be rubbish).

Plas has been strangely silent on the fail front recently, so the above clip will have to do for your fail of the week. I can only assume that over the past few weeks his gaming skills have improved drastically, so here’s a stock fail I had in the back burner in case of such a drought:

Back to the beta and Jam felt things were a little too slow for a Battlefield game, and thinks Titanfall 2 may be more his bag. DE4N MUFC is going all out and ordering the Ultimate Edition, and Jonbhoy69 thought the whole thing was great and felt “very authentic”.

Crisco didn’t fare too well, saying that while he would be interested in the campaign he has “better multiplayer games to play”, although he does concede that “chopping someone from horseback does feel awesome”.

Metalrodent is taking the commendable approach of playing the game in the most historically accurate way he can:

"For the record I'll be playing it vintage style the whole way - no quasi historical full auto guns just bolt action rifles (and pistols). The Gewehr is already clearly the weapon of choice for this; total beast, two shot kill and you can cock a second shot quicker than they can react often"

It turns out Rodent’s a bit of dab hand with artillery, as the below clip shows when he was testing out the shell drop physics:

We’ll finish up with screenshots supplied by the ever reliable Rodent, who graced the thread with some Dead or Alive action shots, including this one of Marie:

To be fair, he did balance it out with the following image of a “buff guy kicking a teenage boy”. We’re all about balance at PTC.

Seeing as the Battlefield 1 beta wrapped up this week, I thought it would be rather fitting for our duke box choice to be the main theme from my first ever experience with the franchise, Battlefield 3. Enjoy!

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