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Re: Final Fantasy 16's English Cast Will Speak with British English Accents, Not American

8bit4Life

Seems to me that Yoshida may have also been trying to separate FF16 from the prior FF15. FF15 was a modern setting and 3 of the bros (Noct, Prompto, and Gladio) had American accents, while my boy Iggy was the only British lad.

I’m in the shunned FF corner that actually really enjoyed FF15. Not so much as a Final Fantasy game, but as a road-trip with friends, with hints of Final Fantasy flavor mixed in.

Re: The 19th Huge No Man's Sky Update Is Out Now on PS5, PS4

8bit4Life

I bought NMS at launch on PS4, and admittedly it wasn’t as good as the speculation. However, I did spend a lot of time bouncing from planet to planet, simply for the joy of exploring.

This past weekend I loaded up the PS5 version and the quality of life improvements with the more powerful hardware and the game updates vastly changed the overall experience. It’s still No Man’s Sky, but it’s it’s like a iPhone 3G next to a iPhone 12 Pro. Everything is better, yet recognizable.

Re: Gran Turismo 7's New Approach to Microtransactions Isn't Going Down Well

8bit4Life

I’m not surprised that micro transactions are in the game. I’ve played WoW and FFXIV for years and an online shop is pretty normal. Granted, those shops mostly serve up non play-enhancing items, but I would compare buying cars in GT7 to buying a leveling-skip in FFXIV. Players that earn their way to the top through play will likely know how to race better than the people who buy their way up.

But on the flip-side, if you are a seasoned racer and you see a car that you want down the road, and don’t have the credit, why not have an option to pay for it? A game like this costs many millions of dollars to develop and continue developing. You have to monetize it somehow.