DF Direct Weekly #135: Alan Wake 2 - A Tech Masterpiece, MGS 'Master' Collection, Star Citizen!

In this week's DF Direct Weekly, Rich returns to join Alex and John for an appreciation of Alan Wake 2 and to discuss the latest news surrounding the new PlayStation 5's detachable Blu-ray drive. Meanwhile, there's a double helping of Metal Gear Solid news as the disastrous MGS 'Master' Collection releases and a new MGS Delta Snake Eater trailer emerges. Finally, Alex gets excited about the latest Star Citizen tech upgrades and the announcement that Squadron 42 is 'content complete'. 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:45 News 01: Alan Wake 2: a tech masterpiece 0:34:12 News 02: New PS5 needs internet to pair disc drive 0:42:18 News 03: MGS Master Collection Volume 1 released 0:58:16 News 04: MGS Delta Snake Eater demoed 1:07:37 News 05: Star Citizen improvements, new content shown off at CitizenCon 1:21:48 Supporter Q1: Given that Alan Wake 2 doesn’t support Pascal GPUs, is it time for a GTX 1080/Ti eulogy? 1:28:51 Supporter Q2: Any thoughts on Intel’s 14th gen CPUs? 1:31:24 Supporter Q3: How could Horizon: Zero Dawn and TLOU 2 be meaningfully remastered for PS5? 1:40:53 Supporter Q4: Are better visual features really worth the image quality hit on consoles? 1:49:10 Supporter Q5: What are John’s impressions of the Meta Quest 3? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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