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

@Unprotected1232

26 күн бұрын

When worlds collide

@electrikoptik

26 күн бұрын

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

@oo--7714

26 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

26 күн бұрын

a rather bespoke and cromulent situation one might add

@ErenTheWarcriminal

26 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

24 күн бұрын

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

@exzisd

20 күн бұрын

Rich the GOAT 🐐

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

@schneckenwilly

26 күн бұрын

Yeah John is almost double the width of Alex lmao.

@MrStrangermoon

26 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

26 күн бұрын

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

@MegaLoquendo2000

25 күн бұрын

​@@MrStrangermoonwhat

@nicksterba

25 күн бұрын

lmao underrated.

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

@joejoe2658

26 күн бұрын

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

@D.S.handle

26 күн бұрын

@@joejoe2658 true that. My bad.

@doniscoming

25 күн бұрын

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

@eSKAone-

25 күн бұрын

It's PS5 Progressive! 🌌💟

@chrisbullock6477

25 күн бұрын

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

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

26 күн бұрын

Excellent analysis if I may say.

@XhoowieX

26 күн бұрын

​@@zubairhussain7866bespoke, even.

@megapro125

26 күн бұрын

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

@mbsfaridi

25 күн бұрын

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

@maximdionne233

24 күн бұрын

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

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

@willianjohnam

26 күн бұрын

lol that's exactly what I thought.

@robbieburns3564

26 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

26 күн бұрын

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

@anabang1251

26 күн бұрын

Absolutely

@305backup

26 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

26 күн бұрын

Pre order bonus should be a fidget spinner

@maximdionne233

24 күн бұрын

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

@THU31

23 күн бұрын

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

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

@fabrigarciacartoons

26 күн бұрын

Bespoke comment

@rangersnut

26 күн бұрын

@@fabrigarciacartoons 😆

@mytholostica7634

26 күн бұрын

A very quote unquote suprise "Drop"

@rangersnut

26 күн бұрын

@@mytholostica7634 ha ha

@thepadster123

26 күн бұрын

Any caveats?

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

@randydonovan7844

26 күн бұрын

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

@alansmith4655

26 күн бұрын

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

@piyh3962

26 күн бұрын

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

@NatrajChaturvedi

26 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

26 күн бұрын

@@NatrajChaturvedi do you not see the irony here

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

@ThisisCitrus

26 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

26 күн бұрын

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

@ewerton8463

26 күн бұрын

isnt DF owned by eurogamer?

@ThisisCitrus

26 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

26 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

26 күн бұрын

Expect more shilling for products like Forswoken.

@alexanderbattaglia6048

26 күн бұрын

We still work from home 😂

@emiami458

26 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

26 күн бұрын

😂

@DeeBatch

26 күн бұрын

@@alexanderbattaglia6048 😂THEY are losing it Alex

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

@vincevirtua

26 күн бұрын

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

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.

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

@maximdionne233

24 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!

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

26 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

24 күн бұрын

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

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

25 күн бұрын

I'm waiting for a VR version.

@maximdionne233

24 күн бұрын

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

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

@stevenuss1482

26 күн бұрын

Games used to be good.

@MrStrangermoon

26 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

25 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

24 күн бұрын

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

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.

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

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

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

23 күн бұрын

Bro I’m still laughing hahahahahhaha

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

It's beautiful to see y'all together

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

26 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 😭

Awesome seeing you guys all together!

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

@MrStrangermoon

26 күн бұрын

finals review was good.

@maximdionne233

24 күн бұрын

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

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

Alex and John in the backrooms

@Name-tn3md

26 күн бұрын

Nooooooooo 🤫😭😭😭😭

DF Crew, assemble (in person)!

@techsamurai11

26 күн бұрын

Good one!!! 🙂

@tyo101

26 күн бұрын

@@techsamurai11 Thanks 😃

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

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

Nice to see all of you together 🙂

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

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

Good see all of y’all together in person 🔥

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

26 күн бұрын

Because PSVR is dying

@S1X_Bucks

26 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

26 күн бұрын

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

@Ryan-tn4gk

26 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

26 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

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

@tetsuoshima7385

26 күн бұрын

🍔🍟😂

@itsuadman

26 күн бұрын

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

@koerel

26 күн бұрын

Ray McTrace

@iiXboxLiive

26 күн бұрын

Lol are Polos no longer considered business casual? 😂

@cosmosofinfinity

26 күн бұрын

I want Alex to show me the beef

Love seeing you guys altogether!

This is a legendary moment!

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

26 күн бұрын

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

@Tbonetron1701

26 күн бұрын

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

@caseypenk

26 күн бұрын

Oh wow that’s so interesting! Thanks for sharing

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

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

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.

Sir John Beardman in the house

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

26 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

26 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.

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

John Linneman has some of the best takes in gaming.

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.

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

@gerboog

25 күн бұрын

Sprudel

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

@ThisisCitrus

26 күн бұрын

Thats bait if I've ever seen it

@corey2232

26 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.

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

@StarRain6

26 күн бұрын

Same for dare i say Overwatch?

@WayStedYou

26 күн бұрын

Did it? they currently have less players than redfall.

@Alas7eR

26 күн бұрын

​@@WayStedYouwanna check that again, lmao.

@manyamaggot

25 күн бұрын

On Xbox for sure ​@@WayStedYou

Great to see the three of you together in person.

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

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?

It looks like you're in the QVC studio lol

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

It’s cool to see the guys together again

Love seeing the young lads in a room together!

The stars have aligned ❤

Would love to see this more often

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

DF crew in 4K , nice !

John looking like a god damn gladiator.

@MrStrangermoon

26 күн бұрын

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

Great video, nice to see them together :)

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

@KrazzyMoose

26 күн бұрын

Next steps for in-studio goodness = Camera awareness

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😢

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.

WOW finally all of them together is crazy! So cool

Amazing! Love the studio

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

This setup is breaking my brain.

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

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

And for the record, they remain editorially independent.

@blabla1177-r7u

26 күн бұрын

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

@Lilbee730

26 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

26 күн бұрын

@@blabla1177-r7u DF owns their own company, IGN is just a partner. They can leave if they wanted to. Do your own DD.

@ThisisCitrus

26 күн бұрын

@@blabla1177-r7u You know nothing, dude.

@superbadisfunmy

26 күн бұрын

​@@blabla1177-r7u clearly your ignorant of the situation 😂

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

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

26 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!

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.

Yes John! Keep growing that beard 🧔‍♂️

Fantastic stuff, I love this, everyone together!

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

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

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

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

Got a kick out of the fact that their microphone cables are red, green, and blue. Nice touch!

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

26 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

26 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

26 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.

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

I like the new production, it also felt like I was watching an episode of This Morning!!

Production value went through the roof 👌

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

@FenderUsa

25 күн бұрын

He does the same to Tom

Nice room gentlemen. I still miss John room with blue color sectors from Doom PS1. Stay RETRO. edit: John made an excellent point in 45:20. I must say, I kinda curious if Bloober Team even played the original Silent Hill 2 to begin with. Is very very strange dumb decisions.

The homies all together! Love it!

Finally, my monday is complete

Oooooo IGN money.

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

26 күн бұрын

Jubilee

@RealJeffTidwell

26 күн бұрын

Wolverine

@miguelroman4294

26 күн бұрын

To me Oliver is Colossus. ✌️

Oh, man… How I’d love to see y’all together more often. What a great episode! Also, that Astro Bot trailer… We might finally get to save Sly from Egypt lol

This is wonderful! You gathered like this in the same room have changed the way you communicate with eachother and it’s so much smoother and natural! I love this change!!

They seem so thrilled about the acquisition and new room lol hope you guys can get out of that umbrella soon be well

@CaptToilet

26 күн бұрын

Acquisitions usually never end well for a lot of people. We will see what happens.

@xivlore

26 күн бұрын

Its a partnership, not an acquisition.