It’s a rare treat to see you lads all in the same room!

@Unprotected1232

24 күн бұрын

When worlds collide

@electrikoptik

24 күн бұрын

And they all look awkward and uncomfortable AF together. I love it!! 😂😂

@oo--7714

24 күн бұрын

all because ign bought their parent company up, so sad, I wouldn't be surprised if this gets axed for a tax write-off in 3 years.

@twistedtxb

24 күн бұрын

a rather bespoke and cromulent situation one might add

@ErenTheWarcriminal

24 күн бұрын

@@oo--7714so what lol then they’ll just continue like the previous decade

Richard is in his element, here. Looking like the late night video game show host that he was born to become 😅

@maximdionne233

21 күн бұрын

"You are a True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!"

@exzisd

18 күн бұрын

Rich the GOAT 🐐

john look like german wrestler. alex look like his coach.

@schneckenwilly

23 күн бұрын

Yeah John is almost double the width of Alex lmao.

@MrStrangermoon

23 күн бұрын

@@schneckenwilly ı wonder hows john father. we know he collect ww1 things. they fear about recognize real world .for me. anywhere ı found john and alex ı demand do df reto Nocturne episode. nocturne epiosde should must done its game that better than all graphicly that time. game that kill sega not out dreamcast. make slient hill 2 and sony shine. history written wrong over resident evil games. only john can correct.

@IsaacSperrow

23 күн бұрын

​@@schneckenwilly Camera perspective also doesn't help. John sit closer to the camera so he looked even bigger.

@MegaLoquendo2000

23 күн бұрын

​@@MrStrangermoonwhat

@nicksterba

23 күн бұрын

lmao underrated.

Sad to see there is no longer raytraced reflection on top of rich head like last time they were physically together in a hotel room. Now his head just seems to use a simple secular cube map, proper retro style, although it does add a lot of believablility to how round the head is

@zubairhussain7866

23 күн бұрын

Excellent analysis if I may say.

@XhoowieX

23 күн бұрын

​@@zubairhussain7866bespoke, even.

@megapro125

23 күн бұрын

how does a secular cube map differ from a religious cube map though?

@mbsfaridi

23 күн бұрын

@@megapro125 The secular cube map dynamically updates while the religious cube map is static.

@maximdionne233

21 күн бұрын

"You are a True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!"

The phrase “PS 5 Professional” has never fail to make me chuckle.

@joejoe2658

23 күн бұрын

because you don't spell "PS5" or "failed" like that.

@D.S.handle

23 күн бұрын

@@joejoe2658 true that. My bad.

@doniscoming

23 күн бұрын

Yeah, if it’s a professional hardware then only industry professionals should get it so… 100 000 sales? 😂

@eSKAone-

23 күн бұрын

It's PS5 Progressive! 🌌💟

@chrisbullock6477

23 күн бұрын

I love video games since the late 70's could care less about names/nicknames 😅

As soon as I saw the Astrobot trailer I thought “John is gonna be so happy” lmao

@willianjohnam

24 күн бұрын

lol that's exactly what I thought.

@robbieburns3564

24 күн бұрын

It's interesting that it isn't compatible with PSVR2. The layout and perspective is exactly the same as the PSVR1 version, so it looks natural to be a PSVR2 compatible game as well - but there's no mention of it. (likewise the PSVR1 game could also have worked as a flat game as well).

@v1kt0u5

24 күн бұрын

@@robbieburns3564 It couldn't be run in VR with such fidelity and that gameplay.

@anabang1251

24 күн бұрын

Absolutely

@305backup

24 күн бұрын

​@@v1kt0u5 Half Life Alyx?

Concord really does feel like a 2017 guardians of the galaxy x overwatch mashup idea just now arriving in 2024

@sleepwalkusa135

24 күн бұрын

Pre order bonus should be a fidget spinner

@maximdionne233

21 күн бұрын

"You are a True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!"

@THU31

20 күн бұрын

Alex should like that game, it's made for modern audiences.

Hope the IGN acquisition doesn’t affect negatively on the quality of their content.

@randydonovan7844

24 күн бұрын

They can leave if they don’t like. That’s what they said last episode.

@alansmith4655

24 күн бұрын

No doubt it will. IGN is like the EA of gaming news outlets.

@piyh3962

24 күн бұрын

No OLED TV in John's background, podcast has been ruined.

@NatrajChaturvedi

24 күн бұрын

I see a positive impact actually. They may stop harping so much talking about "RT presentation" even in the most unrelated topic.

@willuigi64

24 күн бұрын

@@NatrajChaturvedi do you not see the irony here

This was a very bespoke video today lads. Really enjoyable in the here and now.

@fabrigarciacartoons

24 күн бұрын

Bespoke comment

@rangersnut

24 күн бұрын

@@fabrigarciacartoons 😆

@mytholostica7634

24 күн бұрын

A very quote unquote suprise "Drop"

@rangersnut

24 күн бұрын

@@mytholostica7634 ha ha

@thepadster123

24 күн бұрын

Any caveats?

This episode looks so crisp that I've almost thought my display magically switched to an OLED.

@vincevirtua

24 күн бұрын

I can see John’s beard wart, it’s amazing.

The lack of coverage for The Talos Principle 2 was criminal - even on PS5 this game is one of the very best looking, most visually pleasing and stunning artistically game of this Generation!

@zodwraith5745

22 күн бұрын

I'm waiting for a VR version.

@maximdionne233

21 күн бұрын

"You are a True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!"

Holy crap, IGN moved fast on that. Super great episode

@ThisisCitrus

24 күн бұрын

A note to anyone who reads this and think IGN are changing anything, they aren't . They're a partner, DF owns themselves. They can leave if they wanted to and said they would if IGN choose to interfere with how they do things.

@shaddy7787

24 күн бұрын

This is a one-off. They all live in seperate countries. John and Alex in Germany. Rich in the UK

@ewerton8463

24 күн бұрын

isnt DF owned by eurogamer?

@ThisisCitrus

24 күн бұрын

@@ewerton8463 They never were. They were partners with Eurogamer, eurogamer was bought by IGN, so now DF is partners with IGN. DF is still independent.

@WayStedYou

23 күн бұрын

@@ewerton8463 and guess who owns eurogamer now? please keep up

I'm so sorry IGN has ended your work-from-home policy.

@animon9819

24 күн бұрын

Expect more shilling for products like Forswoken.

@alexanderbattaglia6048

24 күн бұрын

We still work from home 😂

@emiami458

24 күн бұрын

​@@alexanderbattaglia6048 then that means you guys barely get out of the house, when's the last time you've seen an actual real life frog in the wild?

@Saif0412

24 күн бұрын

😂

@DeeBatch

24 күн бұрын

@@alexanderbattaglia6048 😂THEY are losing it Alex

Interesting how having all of you there changes the dynamics of the conversation. It's more of a dialogue now than it normally is.

@Maryokutaizero

23 күн бұрын

Yeah, I thought that, too. Probably down to not having a delay between responses and Rich not needing to play the role of a moderator as much as a result.

@maximdionne233

21 күн бұрын

"You are a True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!"

it’s always fun seeing the gang together! thanks for continued good work! much love to the whole DF fam!

I love the fact that they made it clear that they don't like live service games. Good one DF!

@maximdionne233

21 күн бұрын

"You are a True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!"

I like the usual format, but the chemistry and familiarity you guys have with each other comes through more in person. The way you expressed yourselves had more nuance and comfort to it this time around.

Years of working together have given this trio a wonderfully natural rapport, and they take to the studio format very well.

I love face to face Directs cuz the conversations flow naturally and they can interrupt and comment on top of each other

I love how John describe old games, you can see how many emotions did he experienced from that era

@stevenuss1482

23 күн бұрын

Games used to be good.

@MrStrangermoon

23 күн бұрын

he describe slient hill 2 ps2 on vhs truely amazing but there was another game pc crush that graphicly to death. Nocturne game. df retro Nocturne Terminal Reailty game must done before anything else that era on pc. ı wonder alex suprise that game how smilar to ray tracing effects. better than alan wake 2 some aspects.

@abnerradu3426

22 күн бұрын

​@@stevenuss1482games are better today than they ever were, you must be on some heavy dose of nostalgia copium. An 8/10 indie now is better than 80% of games before 2000.

@orijimi

22 күн бұрын

​@@MrStrangermoonHoly hell. Work on your English, dude.

Alex and John in the backrooms

@Name-tn3md

24 күн бұрын

Nooooooooo 🤫😭😭😭😭

The reactions to Astro Bot are really taking me back to when the first LittleBigPlanet came out on PS3 and everyone was just in awe of how something like a charming platformer could come out and make a statement about being so refreshing aesthetically and tonally in a year defined by games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and GTA 4. It's great that Sony gave a game like this its moment because it definitely evokes a lot of what made PS1-3 so experimental from a games perspective That and we straight up do not have many big first-party platformer stuff that isn't Nintendo these days outside the indie scene so Sony throwing their hat in the ring and going all in on Astro Bot after how good Playroom was is really cool

@mjc0961

23 күн бұрын

Games like Astro Bot have really been missing from PS5. PlayStation closed a lot of their studios that used to make these quirky games and it's been the same generic third person open world very serious narrative from nearly every game PlayStation has released. Astro Bot is a much needed breath of fresh air and I wish PlayStation had more of these. RIP Japan Studio in particular 😭

Hell yeah! Boys are back together. You could record on a hand camcoreder in a barn and it would be as valuable as it is, but it is nice to see a refresh of the format from time to time, to break the monotony.

So cool to see you all together in the same room!

45:52 Oliver (I assume) choosing to use the "Maria serving" tweet has me dying lolol

@fear3bk

20 күн бұрын

Bro I’m still laughing hahahahahhaha

It's beautiful to see y'all together

Why they haven't ported Astro Bot Rescue Mission over to PSVR2 still baffles me. I'd love a new one, but I wouldn't mind playing the original again on the far superior headset. Hell, I'd pay for it again. Sony has a way of making me buy their games over and over again.

@sanchezs7614

24 күн бұрын

Because PSVR is dying

@S1X_Bucks

24 күн бұрын

It's because it's a totally different technology and they would have to remake the entire game. I guess they would rather just make a new game.

@TheSparkynuts

24 күн бұрын

They could give less of a shit about psvr2 since it didn't sell enough in the first few months

@Ryan-tn4gk

24 күн бұрын

Recuse mission is one of my favorite VR games of all time. I would have loved a port or just wished that this one was in VR. But I understand that it's basically wasted time for them to work on the psvr 2

@kiisseli1337

24 күн бұрын

They know they failed the device when they made it use fresnel instead of pancake lenses like this generation leaders use (Quest, Pico) and also pentile non-rgb OLED with half resolution compared to rivals :facepalm

It's been a long 39 episodes since the last in person direct. It's so beautiful, so bespoke

I trust DF but it’s still weird knowing IGN is a partner now or under the same roof so to speak.

DF Crew, assemble (in person)!

@techsamurai11

24 күн бұрын

Good one!!! 🙂

@tyo101

24 күн бұрын

@@techsamurai11 Thanks 😃

Are any of the camera’s mirrored? Feels weird that you’re all looking to the right, almost seems like you’re not looking at each other when talking. Dunno why, but couldn’t ignore it lol

Silent Hill 2 is PS5 and PC btw, it already has a Steam page.

"Better than a 5v5 multiplayer game." John said that with his whole chest and I completely agree wholeheartedly.

@MrStrangermoon

23 күн бұрын

finals review was good.

@maximdionne233

21 күн бұрын

"You are a True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!"

DF direct all together in one room!!! A treat!!

Awesome seeing you guys all together!

Nice to see all of you together 🙂

This is a legendary moment!

I sincerely hope nothing bad will come out of the IGN acquisition. DF needs to stay.

@ThisisCitrus

24 күн бұрын

Thats bait if I've ever seen it

@corey2232

24 күн бұрын

Did you even watch last week's video? They literally said IGN only took over the former company's stake, and that DF is free to leave at any point. How could IGN make DF not "stay?" They don't control them.

Good see all of y’all together in person 🔥

Nice to see you all talking in person! Thanks for the pod.

They can’t take COD off of GP or not offer it day/date. People forget that it was a major factor in them allowing the deal to go through and legal commitments were made. There was never a doubt it was coming to and staying on GP not to mention I doubt they’d risk billion dollar fines and the possibility of the whole ABK deal being unwound for COD. This is also why we won’t see new tiers or significant price increases beyond inflationary levels. All of that were concerns of regulators to which Microsoft made assurances. Plus it would affect the chances of making any acquisition they’d want to pursue for any part of Microsoft.

Alex looks like he's wearing a fast food uniform 🤣

@tetsuoshima7385

24 күн бұрын

🍔🍟😂

@itsuadman

24 күн бұрын

He could serve me up a meal! A digital meal, that is

@koerel

24 күн бұрын

Ray McTrace

@iiXboxLiive

24 күн бұрын

Lol are Polos no longer considered business casual? 😂

@cosmosofinfinity

23 күн бұрын

I want Alex to show me the beef

Just to confirm that Alex and John are indeed German, they both sit there with their bottles of sparkling water 😅😅

@gerboog

23 күн бұрын

Sprudel

Episodes like this are a treat! Thanks for the weekly episode, as always!

John, just do it; keep letting it grow for fun even, just once.

John Linneman has some of the best takes in gaming.

Love seeing you guys altogether!

Sir John Beardman in the house

Why does it look like they're both sitting on the right hand side of the room? I can't deal.

I love the Infinite Warfare appreciation - it's by far the best CoD campaign and one of the better sci fi shooter campaigns of that generation, never understood the hate for that game. Visually amazing too.

@AlmostLikeHuman

24 күн бұрын

2 hours of unskippable cutscenes in a 5 hour game might have something to do with it... At least for me, personally, that's what keeps me from wanting to replay it. Not to mention even attempting the permadeath mode.

@MrStrangermoon

23 күн бұрын

ı think those kill dead space. for ı know glen scolfield left for to work cod for space theme . he was not on dead space 2 and 3. he worked cod game before infinte warfare. smilarr spacy future theme.

So good to see you three together on the other side of the acquisition, hoping for the best for DF.

Wonderful to see you guys together! Great show as always!!

DF crew in 4K , nice !

Love the IRL podcast! I had the mistaken idea you guys all had an office you went into without realizing Alex has been doing this overseas!

@mechanicalmonk2020

24 күн бұрын

Alex and John live in Germany, Rich lives in the UK. Oliver is US based

@Tbonetron1701

24 күн бұрын

@@mechanicalmonk2020Oliver is in the US? I thought he was in Canada.

@caseypenk

24 күн бұрын

Oh wow that’s so interesting! Thanks for sharing

Great to see the three of you together in person.

Would love to see this more often

I’ve heard DF comment that PS4 Pro was the introduction of HDR. I seem to remember a software update on my base PS4 that introduced HDR while playing Resident Evil 7, at the time.

Does the fact that you are now part of the IGN empire mean that you are going to have to massively dumb-down your content and rate no game lower than a 7 out of 10?

“Lady on the corner” had me dying😂😂

It’s cool to see the guys together again

It looks like you're in the QVC studio lol

The stars have aligned ❤

Such a good show this week. Cool to see you 3 In 1 room

Great video, nice to see them together :)

My reaction to the production charge- Rich looks the same😅 John has a head full of hair 😮 and Alex looks much less buff than normal😢

This setup is breaking my brain.

It's great to see you all together in the same room👍

Longest DF Direct yet? and in person no less. Thanks gents!

John looking like a god damn gladiator.

@MrStrangermoon

23 күн бұрын

russell crowe says dont know who is gladiator 2 actor. but he mention set goes on germany. you never known.

Astrobot is the only game i will buy from the showcase. 😂

Finally, my monday is complete

45:30 I disagree with John. Many people have argued about how Maria should represent what James goes through (some "repression" stuff without going into detail), but her outfit is what we should be discussing the least. What's important about the character of Maria is first and foremost her personality: as long as they keep her flirtatious and needy, that's all that matters. That's what makes Maria important in contrast to what we know of her character and what she is. Let's not forget her outfit in the original is just Christina Aguilera in 1999, and devs chose it because they liked it lmao

@FenderUsa

24 күн бұрын

Why did they cover her up in the first place

@DravenxEyeless

24 күн бұрын

@@FenderUsa A myriad of reasons come to mind: maybe just reusing the same outfit Christina Aguilera wore in the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards wasn't very original. Maybe it has to do with the story. Maybe it's unlockable after beating the game. Etc... Whatever the reason, it's minor compared to what makes Mary the character that she is. Fixating on whether we see her bellybutton is redundant.

Making a handheld specifically for ps4 games just seems like a step backwards tbh.

I think Spider-Man using the symbiote was some kind of team attack with Venom

Digital Foundry, I really enjoyed watching this, so I hit the like button!

As much as I love John, his constant interrupting of Alex really hurts, even as a viewer

@FenderUsa

23 күн бұрын

He does the same to Tom

And for the record, they remain editorially independent.

@duxcrottv8830

24 күн бұрын

Yeah right. It's like when some big company buys a gaming studio. They will get involved in everything really soon.

@Lilbee730

24 күн бұрын

I mean, they hired nxgamer to do DF-lite type content, and there was no change from the content on his own channel. Now they have the real deal.

@ThisisCitrus

24 күн бұрын

@@duxcrottv8830 DF owns their own company, IGN is just a partner. They can leave if they wanted to. Do your own DD.

@ThisisCitrus

24 күн бұрын

@@duxcrottv8830 You know nothing, dude.

@superbadisfunmy

24 күн бұрын

​@@duxcrottv8830 clearly your ignorant of the situation 😂

1:07:22 you can see the passion and emotion from John, thats awesome.

the framing gives strong "god emperor adresses his minions" vibes

Well, the CGI trailer for Helldivers 2 sure fuckin worked.

@StarRain6

24 күн бұрын

Same for dare i say Overwatch?

@WayStedYou

23 күн бұрын

Did it? they currently have less players than redfall.

@Alas7eR

23 күн бұрын

​@@WayStedYouwanna check that again, lmao.

@manyamaggot

23 күн бұрын

On Xbox for sure ​@@WayStedYou

Love seeing the young lads in a room together!

WOW finally all of them together is crazy! So cool

Amazing! Love the studio

Very interested in Astro bot, I liked Rescue Mission and PlayRoom. Hope they can make and introduce many unique levels. Maybe not on the level op mario bros wonder, but still I expect good things.

I think the more realistic perspective about Hermen Hulst' statement is that the reason why they delay the PC versions is to stop PS5 players from leaving the platform and moving to PC. It kinda makes way more sense when you think about it that way.

@alexk9295

24 күн бұрын

That's exactly the reason. The people that would leave PS the soonest are probably the biggest spenders as well as they can afford a $1500 gaming PC. Sony just worded it less defensive

@paul1979uk2000

24 күн бұрын

It's possible but they can't say that as it would suggest that they know the PC platform is better, but when you think about it, if you need to use exclusives as a selling point, they are kinda suggesting the PS5 can't stand on its own feet. Say what we want about the PC, it doesn't need exclusives shoved down our throats to convince us to buy into the platform, people buy into it either because it's a better platform or they prefer it. Either way, with how many games being released now, it's hard to care about a few exclusive games when there are too many games and not enough time, we should also remember that the PC gets by far the most exclusive games of any platforms, this is more of a choice by the development team then it being forced like Sony and Nintendo does. The irony is that I don't think it would have a negative impact on PS5 if their games were released on PC at the same time as PS5, Sony would likely make a lot more money than they are doing on PC, and in the end, PC and console gamers are different and want different things, I prefer playing keyboard and mouse and want a locked 60fps at my given resolution and visual settings, the PC offers me that, whereas with consoles, you are at the mercy of what the developers give.

@spaghebbio

24 күн бұрын

You also have to consider the quality of the console versions and eventual ports. Aside from a couple duds Sony has for the most part delivered much more graphically impressive and technically sound games on launch on ps5 and the same for PC versions while Xbox has been delivering for the most part last gen looking games with poor performance.

Great job guys! Love the new production value here and the interruptions at a minimum, sans the usual internet video delay...

@KrazzyMoose

23 күн бұрын

Next steps for in-studio goodness = Camera awareness

Three legends in the same room 😮

Yes John! Keep growing that beard 🧔‍♂️

Both cameras have you guys facing right, breaking the 180 degree line. I could’ve used an establishing shot at the beginning to untangle that a bit.

Oh wow all you guys in the same room, always wondered how often you all meet. Feels weirdly great seeing you guys together lol

@Lilbee730

24 күн бұрын

Usually we'd get one of these in person DF directs a year, usually when they meet up for a trade show of some sort. I think they did one from a hotel room for uh... Gamescom some time? I forget. But yeah, always a special occasion!

Seeing you guys sitting together with each other really feels different and I would love it if you did this more often.

Feels weird than Rich is lookin “to the left” to look into guys’ eyes, and the guys are looking “to the left”. Very weird. And disturbing. And not having a cut of a room where all three are visible feels uncomfortable.

@mattsstuff5626

23 күн бұрын

They crossed the line / 180 degree rule, setting the shots up. Honestly expected such sticklers for detail to pick up on that.

If you were the X-Men and friends, clearly Richard is Charles Xavier, Tom is Gambit, Alex would be Cyclops, and John would be Beast. But who is Oliver... 👀

@aldoelektrika

24 күн бұрын

Jubilee

@RealJeffTidwell

24 күн бұрын

Wolverine

@miguelroman4294

24 күн бұрын

To me Oliver is Colossus. ✌️

Are we getting optimized settings for Hellblade 2?

Great new set lads..Digital Foundry in the flesh!

I feel uncomfortable that they’re so close together. I’m so use to a different format.

Oooooo IGN money.

Everybody was so chilled and talked so calmly, I'm almost fell asleep. 😅 Great episode nevertheless!

Production value went through the roof 👌

7:17 you guys... This video is breaking the 180 degrees camera rule so much that it hurts my head 😅. You camera setup looks incorrect which is causing that. Funny for a channel that you are so picky when it comes to graphics in video games.

@YourComputerProf

23 күн бұрын

I didn’t know about the 180 rule till now now that I know I can’t rewatch the video without noticing it, amazing stuff just as the podcasts themselves the comment section is just as good!