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Now if only Hi Fi Rush jumped onboard as well...

Wait, they're showing FFXVI in China? Wasn't that version of the game cancelled in the first place because Square refused to censor what they wanted them to (probably Dion being gay)?

Something changed there, and if it was Square that gave in, then oh boy, expect some controversy.

My favorite colors are red and black, so that controller actually looks pretty good to me. If I ever need a replacement I might try to get one of those.

@dskatter Actually had no idea the game had been rather heavily censored for the Noah release, so I appreciate the heads-up and will install the patch. Thankfully I'm super early into the game (basically the parts where Takumi's with Yua) so I won't have missed out on much.

Last year ended with the tragic news of this developer declaring insolvency, so I'll definitely be supporting this game at launch instead of waiting for a sale. The people who made Steins;Gate deserve to keep making what they like for a long, long time.

On a tangential note I'm actually playing Chaos;Head on Steam right now, with the intention of buying Chaos;Child on PS later if I liked the first game. Gotta catch up on the dev's other stuff.

This is the first time I've read an article about Square being satisfied with a game's performance. Wow.

One of the characters is Yamato, 100%.

LISA Not-So-Definitive Edition, only on PlayStation.

I already completed this (really cool) game on Steam years ago so I don't care personally, but this is pathetic.

I guess. I might try Samurai Warriors 5, it's when a while since I played a Musou.

The voice acting reminded me of Commodore Perry's episodes in Gag Manga Biyori, with the same kind of super stereotypical exaggerated accent and all. Not that anyone will know what I'm talking about.

CD-i? Nostalgia? Memes? It's yours Arzette, as long as you have enough rubees.

I see nothing wrong. These are Roy, Chan Liao, Lucky and Keimi from Alley Brawler just the way I remember them.

I find it a little weird that the narrative is so coy about something as important as the missing Dominant of Water and the missing Eikon (called 'Leviathan the Lost' exactly once in a throwaway line), and yet apparently no additional storyline was planned for that. I mean, if they didn't plan to go into that topic at length, at least a couple lore entries would have been nice.

Similarly, it's weird that in the entirety of Valisthea there wasn't even a single NPC belonging to Jill's northern tribe. Not even a minor sidequest to kind of address that part of the setting - nothing.

And to be clear these things are weird because of how detailed everything else about the game's lore is and how obvious it is that the devs cared about that aspect, especially with stuff like the chronological history map. If the game felt slapdash narratively I wouldn't even point these out.

@get2sammyb Yeah, this is not a good precedent to set at all.

Haven't watched the music video yet, but I enjoyed the song when I listened to it during the credits.

Good for attendees and such. But as someone who's only interested in announcements, I expect it to be as 'small' as ever in that regard.

He should just show up with that for every presentation from now on and say it's Emil's new look.

FF16, RE4, LaD Ishin.

Yong has a good voice. Whether it's a good voice for a hard-boiled badass like Kiryu is a different matter. The nasal aspect of it alone kind of already clashes with Kiryu's whole image.

I don't play these games without their original audio and I don't intend to ever start, though, so it doesn't affect me either way. Hopefully more people will warm up to his performance when they hear it in full I guess.

Looking forward to this since I first saw it, Q1 2024 would be great.

Four fifths into the story or so, a solid 9 so far. Could have even been a 10 if area exploration/loot and sidequests were better.

@Kevw2006 I appreciate the reply. Nothing concrete for me to worry about for the rest of my playthrough then, good news.

Too bad I can't know which 'certain point' it is without looking it up and getting spoiled.

Mine did shut down at one point, but I attributed it to the day's heat and playing for many hours in a row rather than the fight itself, because it happened to be a rather mundane encounter - far removed from this game's spectacular clashes.

My story progress according to PS5 is 77% incidentally, but my one crash happened a lot earlier.

20-30 people watching on Twitch for a newly released multiplayer game is actually not just bad, but abysmal.

Thinking of trying at least the first Bioshock and Raiden V.

Either a remaster or a remake would be cool by me. I completed RDR2 last year and enjoyed it, so it'd be nice to play its chronological sequel on modern systems with a face lift.

Hopefully it'll be done in-house and not outsourced to the likes of the team who botched the GTA Trilogy, though.

Cheers for Alan Wake, I was hoping that'd be coming sooner or later since the sequel's releasing soon. I guess I'll see what the series is all about.

Might give Endling a try as well. Good month.

Square was probably projecting about 10 quadrillion copies sold as per usual so they'll likely be disappointed, but 3 million for a PS5 exclusive in less than a week sounds pretty damn good.

"We're just trying to help the gaming industry grow and evolve, I swear we're not trying to create a monopoly. Will these secret emails about how we want to spend our competition out of business convince you that I'm being sincere?"

Gross. Hands off my Like a Dragon and SMT.

If securing Starfield was the whole point, wouldn't it have been more reasonable to just buy exclusivity for that game (timed or otherwise) instead of the whole ass company? As much as Microsoft loves throwing money around willy-nilly, I think they're just making an excuse here.

Can't wait for the ESA to announce E3's return in 2026 and for everyone to bail out again as the memes pour in.

Oh no, not the licensed garbage, you can't take that away from PS! You monsters!

The saddest part of this is them actually using the term "console wars". This has now officially devolved into an argument between manchildren.

Yup, having good fun with it so far.

Nice for Yong to keep picking up major roles. As always, though, I'll play LaD in Japanese.

Callisto Protocol is a huge deal so I'm sure everyone's going to care a lot about a DLC coming two days sooner, right?

It was a silly statement to make, or to take at face value really.

I assumed there would be some sort of early patch because there are always things to improve upon on games this big. I'm just glad the version that went gold is polished enough that only minor tweaks are required.

Sure, I'll play a bunch of them, starting with The Talos Principle.

And I've already completed Inscryption myself (twice...), but it's an awesome addition to the catalogue.

I wonder if stores that break street dates actually get punished at all, or blacklisted. It happens so often you would think they all see zero risk in doing it.

@WallyWest I was talking in general, but in Diablo's case specifically, give it a while. Plenty of games withhold pay-to-win schemes during launch period to ensure good press and reception, then implement them later. A story older than time.

Not that I care about Diablo, but it's always hilarious to me when this excuse is used for any game.

If the issue truly were that the less efficient dungeons are being ignored by players, then work on making those more efficient and fun to farm on, instead of making the current favorites worse.

It's got nothing to do with keeping a balance between areas, it's just about increasing the grind a.k.a. engagement time of as many users as possible - and, needless to say, tempting them more towards microtransactions.

Hope it was worth the dough, MS.

I wonder for how long. Many people got Premium when the service began or got it as a continuation of PS Now, so the question is whether they'll renew when that period's over.

And sure, of course it'd be a "pleasant surprise" to offer a garbage tier with garbage updates as the most expensive option on your service and have it be the most popular option. It's almost free money.

They probably paid for a longer embargo on that one since it's the biggest Atlus announcement out of the three.

It'd have been absolutely weird to make Yuffie's chapter PS5 exclusive only to then make the next full game cross-gen. It'd be like Horizon 3 being available on PS4 after Burning Shores already made the leap forward.

Nothing quite like the hubris of a clueless big corporation.

Ghost Trick was a very neat game, glad it'll reach more players now.

At least the series isn't completely forgotten. This 4-5-6 collection was also in that Capcom leak from years ago, so fingers crossed once more that Ace Attorney 7 is indeed real as well.

Kind of funny how this game only ever gets updates when they want to say it's been delayed. Some sparse gameplay footage this time at least, but it didn't tell me much at all.