Summary of DF Direct Weekly #81: Do We Need A Horizon 1 Remake? Path-Traced Quake! Dead Space Remake!

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In this week's DF Direct Weekly, John Lennemann and Alex Battalia discuss the potential for a Horizon 1 remake. While John does not believe a remake is necessary, Alex argues that the game still has potential and should be revisited. The video also includes a discussion of AMD's dx11 driver issues.

  • 00:00:00 In this week's DF Direct Weekly, John Lennemann and Alex Battalia discuss the potential for a Horizon 1 remake, as well as other gaming and technology news. While John does not believe a remake is necessary, Alex argues that the game still has potential and should be revisited.
  • 00:05:00 The video discusses the possible return of games as a service, and Sony's possible plans for releasing them. It mentions that Unity may be Sony's least favorite engine, and that Sackboy may be Sony's favorite.
  • 00:10:00 Sony announces that PlayStation VR 2 is now in mass production and has a commitment to produce two million units. There are rumors of a port of Half-Life Alex for PSVR2.
  • 00:15:00 The video discusses the delay of Half-Life's patch racing and the release of a Quake-based renderer.
  • 00:20:00 The video discusses the potential for a "horizon 1 remake," which would feature updated graphics and rendering technology similar to that seen in the path-traced version of "Soulsborne" game "Path-Traced Quake." The video's host, John Carmack, and another person try out the new mode on Monday and find it to be beautiful and user-friendly.
  • 00:25:00 DF Direct Weekly 81 covers the Dead Space remake, Callisto Protocol, and PS5 and PC only series XS plus game. The game looks great and the voice acting is better than the original game's.
  • 00:30:00 The massive Frostbite release has it been on the new consoles? Battlefield no FIFA FIFA is that really yes? oh it's got hair that's right the hair. Physics one okay then well that's a good looking one but obviously in terms of technology and like what it's trying to do it's very very different. Um I would hope they they also released some specs for the PC version. Points to the fact that it is an x-gen release is that like the minimum spec that they put out there is something like a RX 5700 is like the minimum spec GPU and it requires things like a minimum of 16 gigabytes of assistant memory as well so it is going to be a heavy game whatever it is if that's what they consider a minimum spec I imagine. It does run on something slower and not as good but whoa that's interesting to see for sure yeah wait a second addicts you say heavy the internet masses will say unoptimize unoptimized yeah yeah. Yeah oh there's this question about yeah I don't know I kind of want to get into this Twitter thread I made about Ray tracing most recently but I will I will not have value of that let's not do that. Okay it sounds great I mean the trailer it's also I
  • 00:35:00 The video discusses the upcoming Super Mario movies starring Chris Brown and Chris Pratt, noting that the visuals look "glorious" and that the transition to a more realistic art style is reminiscent of the Mario Rabbids games.
  • 00:40:00 The video discusses the new Super Mario Brothers movie and how the voice acting leaves much to be desired. Alex and John debate whether or not Chris Pratt should have voiced Mario.
  • 00:45:00 This week's DF Direct Weekly video reviews Eurogamer's review of the Intel Arc GPU. While some reviewers were impressed, others were disappointed with the lack of DX11 performance on the AMD side. Dennis K suggests that testing different games and scenarios might help to avoid this issue in the future.
  • 00:50:00 The DFCritic Weekly video discusses the possible need for a Horizon 1 remake and the various pros and cons of such a project. The video also includes a discussion of AMD's dx11 driver issues.
  • 00:55:00 IntelGraphics VP John Vella discusses the feasibility of a Horizon 1 remake, discussing the importance of listening to customer feedback and optimizing driver performance.

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This YouTube video discusses the potential for a horizon 1 remake, and discusses how certain game genres are unlikely to be remade due to licensing issues. The video also touches on the potential for remasters of classic games, and whether or not these games will ever be released.

  • 01:00:00 In this week's DF Direct Weekly, John discusses Unreal Engine 5.1, which is now available as a preview. He also talks about the potential for the engine to help improve PC gaming, and how close developers are to completing an automatic shader compilation process.
  • 01:05:00 The video discusses a game that was popular when the author was younger, and which is now "not necessarily good." However, the author still enjoys it because of its humor. Another game mentioned is Battlegrounds, which is a recreation of the American War for Independence in Half Life Gold Source engine.
  • 01:10:00 The narrator discusses how AMD has been struggling to compete with Nvidia in the graphics card market, and how the recent release of RTX 4000 may provide the company with an opportunity to regain market share. He suggests that AMD may need to focus on developing new and innovative technologies, rather than just price competitiveness, in order to succeed.
  • 01:15:00 In this week's DF Direct Weekly, Alex talks about Nvidia's new path-traced Quake and the Dead Space Remake. John and the team at Nvidia discuss their reasons for not using path-traced Quake in their new games, and Nostra asks about using rt effects and volumetrics to upscale only.
  • 01:20:00 This YouTube video discusses the potential for a horizon 1 remake, and discusses how certain game genres are unlikely to be remade due to licensing issues. The video also touches on the potential for remasters of classic games, and whether or not these games will ever be released.
  • 01:25:00 The video discusses the possibility of a future Horizon 1 remake, as well as Dead Space and Dead Space 2 remakes. It also features exclusive content for premium users, as well as bonus material for those who subscribe early. The community on Discord is also highlighted, and there is plenty of great content available for premium users.

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