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God this looks is gonna be such a fire game when I buy it for $20 at GameStop in like September

This is literally the biggest fighting game expansion I’ve seen
-New gameplay mechanics
-Expanded current gameplay modes
-Expanded characters
-New characters and stages
-New gameplay modes
-Reworked visuals
-Crossplay
-Rollback

Granblue was the game that really got me into FGs, I really hope this brings back everyone to the title

Idk why people are so offended by the lack of a PS5 version. Yeah the corporate nonsense with how off the deal between Microsoft and Atlus is for these ports is cringe, but the actual experience itself isn’t compromised. A turn based RPG being 60fps and not 120 isn’t a big deal.

Are the achievements similar to P5R where you don’t need to max out every single social link to get a platinum?

Genuinely how does stuff like this happen. It was one of the better games in the lineup as well so that’s a bummer.

It’s wild how ILCA went from the devs of the worst received Pokémon remakes and one of worst received Pokémon games in general to making a seemingly great JRPG on a larger scale for their second big outing.

I’m glad that, at least from the outside, it looks like Naughty Dog is making strides for improving workplace culture, not feeling the pressure to announce things early as well as their recent shift to including more producer roles will ultimately be best for everyone. It doesn’t forgive the alleged hardship the devs experienced with TLOU2, but it does bring good signs for the future.

Yknow Bloober might not be as bad as I initially thought for this. Their biggest criticism was with the story and messages of some of their games. If they’re just yoinking the story from SH2 with minimal changes then it should be good. But I still don’t fully trust Bloober and modern Konami.

Sonic Frontiers being listed as one of the best games of the year but not even being in the best 17 soundtracks of the year is weird

No way Neon White didn’t make it after it topped 2 of your individual GOTY lists. (Assuming 3, 2, and 1 are Horizon, Elden Ring, and GoW)

Look you do you and put frontiers at whatever spot you want

I just don’t get having over 50% of your list being rereleases

I know most people are saying Santa Monica because the game they released is phenomenal, but I think they deserve it due to their openness with GoW—at least when the marketing push started. At first you still had the devs talking about it and the experience making it on twitter. However, since the second trailer they’ve been consistent with developer uploads detailing every aspect of the game, going into both the creative process and the actual features. They even made another thank you video for ragnarok’s reception, which I haven’t seen any other dev do. Santa Monica definitely was one of the most open developers when they were allowed.

Microsoft saw Sony complaining about no Bethesda games on PS+ so they decided to give them Fallout 76💀

I don’t personally get the Signalis pick. To me, there was better looking sprite art and a lot better looking indie games this year. Again, just my own opinion.

Not to overdose on copium but

I wouldn’t be surprised if we got something Spider-Man 2. Spider-Man’s become the golden goose for creative Sony media. It probably won’t be a blowout trailer or anything, just info to appeal to investors.

But again, Copium

Idk if it’s generous to sell GBA games for $60

No Neon White?

@Milktastrophe He also directed Binding Blade and Shadow Dragon, so he’s more than just PoR

This dude directed Path of Radiance, widely agreed to be among the elite Fire Emblem games alongside Blazing Sword and Genealogy of the Holy War. We’ve all learned that big names don’t equate to good games, but I’m always down for more SRPGs like FE. Hopefully it has a permadeath option and a way that develops the characters like the support system.

The only thing I disliked is Geoff’s insistence on using film and tv industry people for The Game Awards

Not only is the gaming industry bigger than those since the pandemic, but it takes away an opportunity to celebrate the creatives behind the games to just give them to Hollywood actors instead

Besides that phenomenal show loved most announcements and the award picks were great as well

If my two most anticipated games (SF6 and FF16) come out in like a week of each other I’m gonna cry

FF7 Intergrade and GGST already came out on the same day

Genuine question, how do we know that this isn’t the Xbox cloud project Kojima revealed at E3?

There’s been people in my mentions for the past two days on twitter arguing about this still

The Game Awards discord is now just debates on Genshin vs Sonic

The subreddits for Genshin and Sonic are filled with debate over this while the Elden Ring and God of War subs aren’t even acknowledging it

This is the most annoying I’ve seen the Genshin and especially the Sonic fanbase in a long time

After reviews, I’m gonna wait and see. I’ve seen some of the reviews, and idk how severe the issues are cuz if I handle unfair difficulty and unoriginality if it isn’t extreme. Probably for like $20 if Dead Space doesn’t blow it out of the water.

Are these deals usually only for digital games? Should we not expect to find these deals like 1/2 of Ratchet and Clank for the physical version, for example?

Genuinely regardless of the quality of this game, these characters are really bad. Most of them have been characters that are extremely close to other characters if I remember correctly (Hawkeye’s daughter, mighty Thor, she-hulk I think, and now the winter soldier to an extent) and the ones that weren’t were Hawkeye which isn’t gonna break the internet, a PlayStation exclusive, and Black Panther which was genuinely cool. Where’s Wolverine, Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, Daredevil, anyone unique?

Depends on the context. If it’s just Aloy rambling to herself then that’s patronizing. If it’s like Ragnarok so far where it’s just a group of companions giving suggestions and naturally reacting, then that’s fine.

I would be extremely happy if God of War or Neon White won. Both represent two different goals and execution of completely different fields of gaming. Both were the peak of gaming for me this year.

Extra seems neat but I find it really funny when the UK regulation board said that no Microsoft games were on other streaming services when PS+ has Deathloop and now Skyrim.

@Notorioustk genuine question, where’s the harm of them not learning if they still have fun with the game regardless

If it was playing on a phone, then wouldn’t it be likely that this is the Xbox game that focused on cloud technology that was announced earlier? Avoiding the gameplay purposefully but I’m hyped.

They’ve literally removed more things than they added at this point

This is definitely still a wait and see for me. If there’s a publisher I don’t trust it’s Konami and if there’s a developer I don’t trust it’s Bloober Team. It will be hard to mess this up so I have more faith in it than I would otherwise, but I’m still worried and more willing to put my dollar towards RE4.

“There’s a funny bit in chapter 3” being the only positive feels more brutal than saying there’s no positives lmaoo

God of War 2018 had some of the best melee combat, visuals, and probably my 2nd favorite narrative I’ve ever experienced.

Even if this is just that but juiced up to the extreme, this is gonna be something special

Remasters aren’t a bad thing. Last of Us remastered allowed so many more people to play that game, and while it’s still early to tell, Uncharted’s remaster PS5 and especially PC could bring a lot more people in. Makes sense especially if Forbidden West is one of the most owned games with the system due to all the bundles.

I can’t believe the studio with both extremely awful work culture and has probably the worst reputation in the industry is suffering a talent drain.

The issue with Embracer is that while they own a lot of stuff, barely any of that stuff is consistently high quality. The acquisition of Western Square stuff should hopefully help this, but whatever idc really about the health of a massive conglomerate that entered the gaming sphere by just buying everyone.

This is, genuinely just pay 2 win

Even in fighting games with DLC characters that may or may not be stronger than others, the basis of Overwatch has always been character swapping and variety. This locks one of the most critical elements behind a grind or paywall.

It’s the same issue I have with all the HD-2D games and pixel remasters from square. The environments look good enough, but they overuse lighting effects and the non-updated sprites look so out of place compared to the polished up environments.

This has to be the most annoying thing in gaming for a while for me. A company that I don’t like at all gets bought for billions, multi platform games are about to become exclusive, the rightfully earned Activision controversy gets swept under the rug and is the only reason this deal was able to happen, Sony keeps on gassing up Call of Duty like it’s the savior of the industry, and fanboys are now calling for more publishers to be bought.

Hate it here

This is a Mickey Mouse name 💀
(Still hyped)

I know a lot of eyebrows are being raised at the last gen versions, but tbh Jrpgs have always been kind of slow to get off cross gen. Persona 5 released on PS3 in 2017 from this same publisher.

@Would_you_kindly it’s confirmed that PlayStation Stars also involves earning PSN credit.

The reaction to this on Social Media is wild

This is like if everyone hated the Smash Bros trophies by just assuming they were something they weren’t

As a 20 minute showcase with it already setting expectations on Japanese games, that was pretty good. Tekken 8, God of War, the Yakuza Samurai series coming to the west, Rise of the Ronin, and Stellar Blade. Definitely better than the Farm Direct today, everything felt pretty snappy and clean besides some PlayStation Stars stuff, even if there wasn’t a huge showstopper.

Wild how the best thing from that showcase was a 1 minute trailer for a game we all knew existed with no gameplay or even written gameplay details

Disney is pathetic

I know some good can come of this, but I really hate how Ubisoft is trying to live service everything, leading to the point where their singleplayer games are caught up in the crazed crossfire. Making multimillionaire aren’t enough for them, apparently.

@Amin1998 compared to most developers, Naughty Dog has relatively fast turn around I feel. If you don’t count the remasters but do count the remake, then between 2011 and now they’ve released 6 games, 9 if you count DLC and remasters.

@tameshiyaku it’s not among us yet