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Game DVR. Excited?


On 07/05/2013 at 03:24 AM by KnightDriver

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     Both the PS4 and Xbox One will have this feature which will allow you to record gameplay from any game you play on the system. How will you use it? Will these blogs be just full of gameplay videos? I know mine will. Except that i'm going to try and keep them short and to the point. No one wants to watch tens of minutes of footage of someone else's game. At least, I don't think so. I know I'm kinda warry of watching anything game related for more than a minute or two because there just isn't enough time and I want to go play something, not watch someone else play. Short highlights seem the best thing to me.

     I remember when save films started for Halo and I thought it would be really cool to watch the mayhem in other people's games. I got on Waypoint and I watched the gameplay and you know what? I was bored pretty quickly and never bothered to go back there. It's one of those things that is much better when you are a part of it. Gameplay, as crazy as it may be, all starts to look the same after a while.

    However, that being said, it would be really cool to show off something you made in Minecraft or a brief key highlight in some action game.

     I wonder if there will be editing tools on the new consoles so you can make your own highlight reels and then send them anywhere you want.

     I'm excited for Game DVR. Are you?


 

Comments

Super Step Contributing Writer

07/05/2013 at 03:28 AM

Well, if they have editing tools that's awesome. Most Let's PLays are shit, but I genuinely enjoy a few of them, and I like things like Red vs. Blue, even if I don't always want to play Halo; so if these DVRs make that easier, I'm definitely all for it.

KnightDriver

07/05/2013 at 04:17 PM

I was initially thinking that Game DVR meant you could record your entire play-through of a game, but it seems like it will just keep track of a certain number of minutes of recent play for you to capture if something interesting happens. I'm not totally sure though. I never had a DVR player for TV ever, so I'm not really sure how that all works.

Super Step Contributing Writer

07/05/2013 at 06:58 PM

The way our DVR works is you can record any program you want, and it will save to the DVR. How much space is left is told to you by what percentage of it is full. I imagine it will work similarly, but with all the other stuff in that box, you're right, I wonder how much memory will really be put aside for the DVR, and I imagine there will be restrictions on what you can do with the recorded footage, cause companies know people are somehow making a profit talking over their content, and probably aren't happy with that fact unless they're in a deal with those people, especially given how high production costs have become.

So you're right, it will probably be fairly limited. But I can dream.

KnightDriver

07/06/2013 at 02:27 AM

It's stated that you can share these vids to popular social media sites. So I image I'll be able to link them here as well.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

07/05/2013 at 04:15 AM

they will be good for capturing glitches and totally weird moments.  that's what excites me.

KnightDriver

07/05/2013 at 04:19 PM

Yea, I like the way Xbox One will tie it to achievements so you can capture the moment you get that really tough one. PS4 might tie it to trophies, but I've haven't heard anything about that yet.

avidacridjam

07/05/2013 at 09:16 AM

The only thing I used for Halo Theater moments (and I only used them for Halo 3) is funny moments in MP, like when an opponent tried to sneak in a bubble shield, throw a sticky grenade but stuck himself because he didn't clear the shield in time. It went over really well with my friends.

Aside from things like that, I'm not sure if I'd use that feature as much.

KnightDriver

07/05/2013 at 04:21 PM

I did that once in, I think, Halo: Reach because there was an achievement for sharing a video. It worked very smoothly. If I played with more people, I would've probably used that feature a lot more. 

smartcelt

07/05/2013 at 02:14 PM

I like watching shorts or a collection of them. Some people do amusing things on YouTube with them. Like that guy Minnesota Burns. He likes to post vids of his COD matches where he relentlessly screws with angry kids. Even makes them cry sometimes. If it's a game I don't own yet I like watching to get a feel for the gameplay that is unedited and real.

KnightDriver

07/05/2013 at 04:25 PM

My friend I used to work with used to tell me stories all the time about the way he got back at people on COD by messing with them verbally. 

I remember watching the vids of that guy who did the Warthog toss thing in Halo: CE. And I watched some Skyrim mod videos. Funny stuff.

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