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Yeah, I figured whatever they did for the arcade mode would be extremely lazy. Resident Evil and to a lesser extent Monster Hunter are movie games now. They're ***** movies, but it is what it is.

Sony, how come I have to pay a ransom fee to rent Ape Escape 2 from you?

@Balaam_ WOAH! Let's not get too crazy now. How would we be able to sell you those games again at... reasonable prices, hmm?

I'm not a teenager watching E3 on Spike TV anymore, so spoilers for commercials don't offend me. Might be different if it was MY commercial getting spoiled though

Don't worry, Horizon Hunter Gathering will be the one. It'll be their golden goose, trust

@PuppetMaster In the next game they'll feature Yuri as Ms. Karate

Guys I have a sneaking suspicion that DoA7 isn't going to be very good

Practically every game that hits with the mainstream audience nowadays is overrated, and Expedition 33 isn't an exception BUT it does still deserve high praise. It's very well made, it has a decent cast to keep you engaged in the story, an incredibly fun albeit completely busted combat system / character building, and an excellent presentation (which I'm convinced is the only thing that actually matters if you want high marks in the games industry from journos and gamers alike).

You just have to keep in mind that because of its popularity, the majority of people lauding it haven't played a proper JRPG since Persona 5, FFX, or ever. So many of the mechanics this game borrows from other games are going to feel completely fresh to them.
It absolutely deserves its GOTY status, granted there wasn't much last year that could compete with it - it is an exceptional game, but maybe not the masterpiece people make it out to be.

I'm beginning to think that these are mandated

Not crazy about a lot of these designs. The urban fantasy aesthetic is what got me into the game, and I really enjoyed how most of the earlier characters had some sort of contemporary theme that tied them together.
EG - Cunning Hares are a street gang, Belobog being a small time industrial company, etc they all look the part.

But I've noticed that much of the later characters have taken on a more generic fantasy aesthetic that a lot of other gacha games employ, where their outfits are a themeless mess of frills and accessories. Like, there's a reason why I'm playing ZZZ and not these other Hoyo games, it's because the other ones have comparatively bland character designs. But now those blander designs are slowly becoming the norm for this game.
There's always personality to make up for it, I suppose, I wasn't crazy about Cissia's design most recently but she grew on me as a character. But idk how many more assembly line waifus I can take before I lose interest.

Eagerly awaiting S-rank Billy

I still have hope

@twitchtvpat Yep, and if / when the information changes, so too will my opinion of it. The brain is very dynamic like that

@twitchtvpat Yeah, I'm judging based on the information I have. That's how thoughts work.

Sounds unfocused and all over the place. Characters from two distinct north European mythologies going to Mesoamerica and two distinct cultures of the far east in one game? Do you know how much material there is in any of of those settings to focus a whole game/ series of games on? And they're just gonna pit-stop it? Lame.
Also- nearly every mythos has some kind of warrior god, just make a new protagonist if you want to retire Kratos instead of having all his buddies going globe-trotting.

Big company spends too much on a product virtually no one wanted and loses money for it

It getting a physical release in July is a good excuse for me to wait on it until then.

I don't think $20 is bad a bad deal for an RPG. It'll probably last you decently longer than your average GBA game.
This is coming from someone who dropped $35 for the latest Shantae game though so I could just be numb to WayForward's pricing strategy.

That ocean maid costume strained the hell out of my hand, and not in the fun way

They should've never gave you n***** MONEY

Stop trying to peddle slop to me

Now's a better time than ever to start delving into that backlog you have

I am shocked. SHOCKED!
Well, not that shocked

The series gets spotty by RE6 onwards but I'm obsessed with it nonetheless.
Depending on the day of the week or alignment of the moon I could easily put RE4, RE2, or REmake at the top. All three are masterpieces.

Sold out on Amazon and my local retailers. I guess it's not a big deal since I'm still playing Resident Evil and Arknights, but I'm very much looking forward to this one.

@Oram77 The funny part is that we only ever learn about Carla from Ada's campaign. From Leon's perspective he only ever watched the tape of Ada 2 being "born" and never got a proper explanation.
It's actually hilarious to think about how each character in that game would recall the events given how much info they lack from the other campaigns. It's complete gobbledegook

@Oram77 Ada seems like the obvious choice but let's not forget that she's a spy and international criminal. And- provided that RE6 is still canon- the last time we've seen these two interact Leon saw Ada hatch from an egg and never got any context lmao.
Honestly if this guy is married, I would hope it's just to some random woman we've never met, if only so his home life can be relatively normal

Arle is a goated pick, but I hope they don't skip out on all the Dreamcast era characters that made up a lot of the roster in the older Sonic Racing games. I'm less interested in the third party / non-game characters, though Mega Man and Proto Man are cool.

So basically they do the opposite of what you guys do. Not surprised this got you salty enough to make a whole article to vent about it.

1. The games listed are all in niche genres and shouldn't be expected to always blow up. In fact you should expect them to sell modestly, which they do.
2. You guys give every game a good review so your word doesn't mean anything.

@MaelysSedisia Except this popularity contest determines how long the game stays online and available to the market.

Remember, industry creeps like this benefit the most from you the player not knowing how much engagement a game is getting. If they could take it from you, they would.

And like I said in a previous article. Nobody says "***** the steam charts" for games that actually have good numbers on the steam charts.

@GamerDad76 I've noticed this "yeah, ***** the steam charts" argument is never rolled out for games that are actually pulling good numbers in the steam charts 🤔

Lmao dude. Like clockwork at this point

Maybe Marathon can manage two months

Guys, stop talking about Bluepoint already, that's like last week's news. How am I supposed to lap up Sony's next live service swill if you guys keep criticizing them!?

I didn't think these kind of corpo-weasel tactics were still effective, but unfortunately it seems like it is to some extent.

All three of them (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo) have been headless chickens for some time now. All brand no brains

Not inspiring hope for DoA7

Wow. Fingers crossed they didn't steal anymore art to make this

Eeehh, this game was plenty looked when it came out last year. I think just not a lot of people actually liked it. Nice try though

Considering brain-dead has been the new standard difficulty mode for a while, this doesn't really tell me much. But I love the energy regardless. Looking forward to this one.

My guy, the PS5 has like 10 games and you already want to move on to the PS6??

"Preview: Ignore The Haters, Concord Is a Good PS5 Shooter We Can't Wait to Play More Of" - Push Square article from July 2024
Also the "Highguard is potentially great on PS5" article from last month.

You guys have a great track record for these kinds of games.

@Bez87 A remake implies changes, no? I don't imagine the current GoW team is interested in just doing a graphical overhaul, they're probably going to make them play like the Norse games and be as narratively focused as they are. Guess we won't know until they have something to show.

Neat, I need to play these games. I always liked the MC designs when I saw them in Project X Zone

They should stay in, but there's about a 99.9% chance it's cut.

Also, I haven't really delved into GoW yet so I can't say, but why are they remaking these games in the first place? Other than money obviously.
Isn't the crux of Kratos' characterization in the Norse games reliant on his actions in the original trilogy? Wouldn't changing things start to confuse the narrative? Just seems like a baffling announcement in general rather than moving on to a new setting and pantheon.

That's pretty *****. I remember in the Jaffe video he complained that characters kept breaking the flow to stop and yap.
So I wonder if they locked co-op initially so you have less incentive to skip the story. Sounds like a very Sony move nowadays. Movie first, game second.

@Fluberuper The factory beckons... It beckons

@Runex2121 The cuts are baffling and I hope it's something that stays exclusive to this remake due to SE being terrified of DQVII's online reputation. Cause quite frankly if Reimagined is a window for what we can expect for future remakes and DQXII, I wouldn't be interested in the franchise anymore.

It goes beyond cuts for me too. Things like your characters auto-reviving on death and reloading an autosave after a party wipe are way more than a QoL features, they fundamentally change the game design. They've essentially stripped out any semblance of a failure state in the game and it's not something you can turn off.

I'm reaching the end of my PS1 playthrough now, and I've realized that DQVII is probably one of my favorite games ever made. For how long it is, it still manages to be succinct and briskly paced with its chapters, none of them overstay their welcome and I can't think of more than a couple occasions that I felt the game was wasting my time.
And that surprised me cause when I played the 3DS version as a teen I bounced off the game in 20hrs. I thought it was bland and meandering. I've had a complete 180 on it.
Unfortunately, the producer of Reimagined had similar impressions of the game that I did as a kid, and decided those initial impressions warranted "fixing" the game over, and that's why Reimagined is the way it is. I find that a bit depressing, but at least this led to me rediscovering a game I will never forget.