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Re: Xbox Wants to Cancel Marvel's Blade, Close Arkane Studios

8thDoctor

The game barely existed when they announced it in Dec 2023, if it releases as expected in late 2027 that's just 4 years of development time. What kind of sorcery is Microsoft expecting from Arkane?
There's no space in this calendar year for it to launch either, Forza, Halo, Gears and COD have taken up all the major space for MS games in 2026. 2027 with Fable -> Clockwork -> Spyro -> Blade -> COD makes a ton of sense. State of Decay 3 and Hellblade 3 still need to fit somewhere into that schedule (until the moment they officially get rid of the studios), but they're all lesser names so you can pack the space a bit more than the 4 major MS franchises command.

Re: Opinion: The PS6 Cannot Come Out in This Era of $1,000+ Consoles

8thDoctor

We are staring down the barrel of the longest cross-gen period ever because the solution to a $1000+ PS6 is to just keep releasing everything on PS5 as well.
The masses keep playing on PS5 and the elite few that have thousands of dollars on hand to spend on a gaming console can get a PS6 for the graphic settings and complain they don't have any true exclusive games forever.
Millions of PS6 will be sold, it will likely be sold out for months after release, and in the end it will all be a drop in the bucket compared to the previous gens.

Re: PS5 Adds Custom GTA 6 Start-Up Screen, Sony Rebrands PS App as Pre-Orders Go Live

8thDoctor

Seeing the change on my iPad and Galaxy phone.
Kinda funny that not a single one of their own games gets this privilege, but the one game that's going sell by the truckload even if they never drop another trailer gets all this. I do get it, marketing loves spending on surefire bets that will easily recoup whatever money they put into it. But imagine if Saros or Marathon got a similar push on the app & console? Maybe it convinces a bunch more people to take notice & hopefully buy it.

Re: Persona 4 Fans Torn Over Remake's Totally New English Voice Cast

8thDoctor

I hope Bosch is at least back for Adachi, he was such a great fit for the character. Persona dubs have historically been great, with great care going into them, so yeah the og cast will be missed a lot specially when no one is getting recast in Japanese.
That said, I think it's nice giving work to a younger generation of VAs like the OG's did 20 years ago, when Yuri, Bailey, Bosch, Mignogna, Ruff, etc weren't huge VA names and instead just the quality people you hired.

Re: Feature: This Somber Platformer, Now 15-Years-Old, Deserves a Revisit on PS5

8thDoctor

For a moment I thought this was a remaster announcement and got very excited.
Really love Madness Return, though the levels tend to outstay their welcome and the gameplay isn't anything special, the game comes together to make something that's unique. Alice 1 is also a special experience. It's clunky and looks its age, but the story and world are still so wonderfully unique. It's worth pushing through what doesn't work to experience the whole of McGee's vision, plus it comes free with Alice 2 so nothing lost giving it a chance.

Re: While You Wait for Kingdom Hearts 4, Play the Entire Saga with New Collection on PS5

8thDoctor

@GravyThief It is a really thought out naming scheme, relating to each game in the collection, to explain the numbers. For KH2.8 Final Chapter: the main game in 2.8 is Dream Drop Distance from the 3DS (hence the 3D name) which is KH 2.6 because it follows the 2.5 Remix, then the KH3 prologue has the "Birth by Sleep" name so it is 0.2 (because BBS is 0.1), and the KHX cutscenes included are 0 because no Sora. So 2.6+0.2+0= 2.8

Re: 'We Have Many More Stories to Tell with Kratos': Sony Confirms New Games with God of War's Protagonist

8thDoctor

I wouldn't mind if they move on from Kratos, Valhalla seemed to close out his story really well.
Only thing I could see is him returning to Greece to fix what he broke. I felt like Valhalla was asking if making amends and being better™️ really counts if you're doing it far away from the people you hurt, & your amends do nothing for them. Which I think is a really strong point. He's always been good and helpful to the people of the 9 Realms, only killing in self-defense. Obviously that story was never going there & I don't see how you move from Valhalla's ending to traveling to Greece without another massive time skip, which would then beg the question why Greece couldn't get better on their own after so long.

Re: Rayman Returns in a Stunning Modern Retelling of Legends on PS5

8thDoctor

It's an uglier version of Legends, with a camera tilt gimmick and some on-rails levels bolted-on between worlds. The extra world and musical stages sound great, though! It's still a very pretty game, but it cannot match the style Origins and Legends went for with UbiArt. I'm sure it's going to be a great game, because Legends is a great game.
Seems to me like all that effort should have gone to making a sequel to Legends instead. It wouldn't be the end of the world to remix stages & carry over stuff from Origins and Legends to fill up the level count in a Rayman 6.

Re: Rumour: Rayman PS5 Remake to Feature Astro Bot, Will Be Revealed at State of Play

8thDoctor

It's a whole different look, and a worse one at that. Almost as if someone grabbed Rayman Legends key-art and told a chatbot to make it 3d. The characters already had 3D models in Legends, while the world was still mostly 2D like in Origins, which makes the complete change in art direction even more senseless.

EDIT: the art being upscaled by AI would explain what happened to the poor fairy in the background. Though I don't remember them being in Legends, probably a sign that it includes the Origins levels.

Re: Leaks Suggest This Year's Call of Duty Is Modern Warfare 4

8thDoctor

@AverageGamer it's been a long time since they last tried variety. When MW4 releases 8 of the last 10 games while have been either MW or BO, with the 2 WW2 games rounding it out. It's time to try again, who knows maybe the people that grew up during the more creative phase will be more receptive to it than the older core were back then.