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Unfortunately, the reality of the situation is that gambling with terrible odds on a bunch of projects like these is a drop in the ocean for big companies.

What really burns out with every failed live service isn't their money reserves, it's the motivation of every developer unfortunate enough to have spent years of their life assigned to working on soulless garbage.

I just completed the original GR2 a few weeks back and that's enough for me, but the game could definitely benefit from a remaster in terms of performance, so I guess this release makes some sense.

Still there in my country, which is nice since I plan to buy it sooner or later. Looks like a lot of fun indeed.

Hooray for Sifu, the opposite for everything else in there. One good game per month is all I ask for from Essential, so I'm content.

And I usually redeem every game even if I have zero intention of ever playing them, but I might pass on even doing that for Hello Neighbor 2 out of sheer spite. That's just how much I hated the first game.

I get the complaints about the headline from people not familiar with that player's username, but to be honest it reads just fine if you are.

Anyway, it'd be neat if the DLC had a new boss that convinced this guy to switch targets and start a whole new saga. Even better if the boss happens to be female as well, that way he won't even need a name change.

This is great for anyone who wants their copy of these games around 2026.

Great news, hope the performance improvements will be substantial.

"(like the identity of Luke Skywalker's father)"

Wait, what? We get a father reveal for Luke? I'm only on the first movie, how could you do this to me??

But yeah, I think at this point FF7 spoilers are fair game. If there was a statute of limitations for spoilers, it would have expired a while ago. Besides, since the new trilogy has been introducing variations on the fates of characters and such, it's not like prior knowledge of the original sets anything in stone.

Korean rating leaks pretty much always lead to an actual release, so this is pretty good news. I've always been interested in this game but would much rather experience it in better hardware than my Switch.

They're just begging to get meme'd to death with that AAAA comment, especially considering this game's trajectory.

I don't care much about their games being ported, other than Hi-Fi Rush which admittedly I would really like to play. Good for other people interested in their library, but it won't change what I play in the future a whole lot.

I'd love it if this move also put the brakes on their acquisition spree, though. It was only a matter of time until they bought out a studio I actually cared about. Maybe they will continue doing that, but this entire thing feels like downsizing their aggressive strategy.

@LifeGirl The "technical exercise" was having to look up a guide for every little interaction if you wanted to have a snowball's chance in hell to get the date you wanted - Barrett's especially so.

This is just playing the game, which is what it should have been from the start.

Gotta say, I shudder a little whenever I read "Nextflix exclusive" referring to a videogame.

Korean works for me. When it comes to any kind of entertainment media, I always go for the original audio whenever that's available.

Finally some Stellar Blade, huh? About time.

Also looking forward to seeing more from Rise of the Ronin.

I'll always be there for more Ace Attorney, but I'd be lying if I said the long period of news drought hasn't put a damper on my excitement.

Out of these I've completed Resident Evil 7, Tekken 7, I Am Setsuna and Thomas Was Alone.

I'll probably just try Tacoma and Lost Words since they're very short, maybe Hue as well. I'm kind of curious about Ace Combat but not quite in the mood for that gameplay right now, and I didn't like Setsuna enough to commit 50-ish hours to the devs' other two projects.

Shippers don't ruin anything because shippers are irrelevant. Learn to ignore them.

What a terrible company.

Gives it a better chance of success in the long run, at least.

My Plus subscription ran out on the 9th, but I'm planning to grab a month in a few days. This happens to be releasing during that month, so I may at least give it a try.

Pitching in with the rest of the "not watching any more of these" crowd. By now I've lost count of how many Rebirth trailers I've ignored.

I'm sold, Square. You've got me. Please let me go into the game as blind as possible.

Reina's looking like a "reina" indeed.

While I can certainly appreciate some positivity, I feel as though you guys are setting yourselves up for utter disappointment with this many rose-colored predictions.

For people who haven't played RE2 yet, I imagine this is a good month. Unluckily for me, that's not the case. Oh well.

The actual collab content was clearly going to be dismal, I'm just glad we got that cool little animated fight between Yor and Chun-li.

I'd love Hi-Fi Rush on PS5, it's pretty much the only Xbox console exclusive currently out that I'd really like to try.

Silksong is the one I'm looking forward to the most, but I'm not expecting it in 2024.

So more realistically I'm itching to try out Baby Steps, because I actually love Bennett Foddy's Getting Over It and this is his latest work.

Needless to say it's an abysmal game, but being able to see actual footage for the whole game instead of the awful ol' stills is a pretty big change nonetheless.

Years ago I dug up the PC version online and played it due to the funny AVGN video, but I wouldn't pay for this just to continue the joke. Still, the above change at least means it's not just a basic re-release, so I'm sure someone out there will be curious enough to pay.

Photogenic? He looks like a malicious little gremlin in every image.

Yeah, I'd been hoping for Requiem on either Essential or Extra for a while. At least they're starting off the year on the right note.

Oh man, I was so looking forward to it launching one minute before New Year.

Baldur's Gate got a mini-discount for the first time ever, so I guess I might as well get it now. I'll also buy World of Horror.

Super Meat Boy deathless runs... Pain and suffering.

Also Valhalla, which is awesome.

Eh, not much of a point for me if I can't practise Asuka nor try out Reina. Hope others will enjoy the demo.

Currently stuck with finishing another game, but the Valhalla update is next in line. If all goes according to plan, I'll start it today.

"(...)presumably Final Fantasy XVII, the first time in the series' long history that four Roman numerals are required in the title?"

XIII says otherwise. So does VIII.

Anyway, I'm fine with Rising Tide being the last thing we get on FFXVI as I think it's a pretty complete story and world as is. On the other hand, it's a bit sad that this quick disbandment is probably related to 'disappointing' sales performance rather than what the team envisioned would happen from the start. Yoshida feels a lot less enthusiastic about his game in this interview.

Cool if it turns out not to be a mistake, I kind of wanted to play that one.

The tattoos don't look even remotely similar.

You don't have a monopoly on "faces plastered with crappy ink art" my guy.

Thirty seconds is ridiculous, an overwhelmed dev can barely even collect their thoughts within that time, even if they prepared a speech beforehand. Let alone enjoy the moment.

Imposing rigid time limits for this kind of thing is a bad idea to begin with, but if you're gonna do it, make it at least a minute and half. You're supposed to be celebrating these people and their games, so at least act like it.

Top 4 right now would be Like a Dragon 8, Rebirth, Rise of the Ronin and Metaphor, in that order. Not sure about the fifth.

Shadow dropping the first FFXVI expansion was pretty cool. I wish I could play it today.

Their position as dead last in the console market is more clearly defined than ever. At this point, "we want GamePass on the other systems" has a different connotation to it.

Months ago, it could have been seen as "we want to dominate every space in the market", but now it sounds more like "we're giving up and planning to slowly turn into Netflix with extra steps". As the popular narrative changes so do the statements that attempt to reshape it.

Excited for it, FFXVI was one of my favorite things this year.

I wish we heard less about Shift Up's business moves and more about the actual game they're making.

"Rockstar mystique", hah. What a load of self-important horseshit.

Is there anything more intrinsically insincere than saying a company "feels" something?

I'm going to play El Hijo and Foreclosed.

Maybe Caladrius Blaze too, but I already completed that on Steam years ago. It's an alright bullet hell/shoot 'em up.

@bpomber By healthy competition you mean trillion dollar company Microsoft continuing their studio buying spree because they don't see any other way to succeed, therefore turning more and more games into console exclusives which is always a detriment to players as a whole?

Yeah, no thanks. The sooner they throw in the towel the better. At least then I'll know that the third party games I love aren't going to get locked to Xbox.

True to their name, GameMill keep churning these out without a thought.

Yeah, I want to play almost everything on that list eventually. 😂 Crazy schedule.

Sticking to just Like a Dragon 8 and Rebirth for early 2024, though. And maybe I'll squeeze in the Elden Ring DLC, if the rumors hold water.