@PuppetMaster I don't think drive rush can be removed as it's a core feature. Reworked however... Like the freeze frame eating your input us still partially there and I think it's too cheap for 1 bar, given all the advantages it's giving you.
Also, some characters desperately need it to compensate their weaknesses, others seem to be in a state of "win more"
But, overall, I'm "on your side" and think the game was very well tuned from the start (no fighting is perfectly balanced), thus making any potential changes either toned down or drastic
Granblue Versus is another exemple of another very well balanced game IMHO
@nessisonett Specially if you're not into shooters...
Still, I say this, but I only have like 3 vr games and I have yet to play them as much as I'd like since they are competing for my attention with others non vr games.
I was lucky to buy the headset at 50% of its price though.
@GirlVersusGame I guess the cynical explanation is that pressing charges would have been very bad PR with very little return anyway.
Ruthless... Yeah probably. We, my circle of friends, often wonder what it would take do such jobs and it seems like it's less about doing the job than getting it.
How reaching those heights (politics, hight stake jobs etc.) seems to require you to reach a very peculiar state of mind.
As far as habits go,I am mostly bothered by how we (French) tend to rank files by days, months and years instead of the other way around... I am the one renaming every files on the cloud
Probably nothing but, the way it read in French, I thought it had first been written in English, then translated in French.
While French, I really am not a legal guy or even close to know the associated vocabulary so this could be 100% my ignorance making it sound more stranger then it is.
I, too, would wish for more skins in a shorter amount of time. However, as many already said, you can''t rush quality.
Also, as a whole package, I find SF6 to be quite phenomenal in fact (I'm also one of those few who actually really enjoy the soundtrack).
Aaaand, I find it a little bit funny to hear/read complaints about not having enough cosmetic micro transactions when, in any other context, people would swear on everything they love that "gameplay comes first" and micro transactions are bad for full priced game
@Americansamurai1 I remember having a friend of mine who had a mic stand where we could put the RB mic on and we'd just play at being rock stars lol
My only grief, which isn't really one, was that as we were mixing gamers and non gamers, non gamers usually had the mic and we let them select the track, so I rarely had the chance play all my favorites
@get2sammyb Wish I could have gotten into it, but after playing the beta, I just didn't find my groove. Seemed to be the story of every SNK fighting games I try (except maybe SamSho). There is something with their rythm and timing I just can't get. Even though their character design is often top notch
@lazarus11 Not really contesting your point but, I recently found to have a much harder time than anticipated to define the Role (or roll? ) Playing Game category in video games. I guess this is why they often add "action" in front of it now.
CrisTale is pretty cool but, trophy hunters beware, one of them is glitched and it's one of the last trophy to get later in the game. Highly recommend using a guide to avoir a near complete second playthrough
@MFTWrecks Sounds about right too. However, I really like the tension in Sifu. When you're in the zone, it's beautifull but, lose it and you're getting wrecked and I think it really gels a Legendary seasoned assassin
@MrPeanutbutterz Agreed. "Back in the days"... Well, there was no character/balance patches dlc and you had to buy a whole new game the next year or so. I'm not sure anyone really miss buying the samey game full price every year because it added 2 characters and the word "super" or "pro" or whatever to it's title
Probably good. I don't think any of the games shown were my cup of tea, except for Marvel Tokon, which made my day by adding Magik, Danger and seemingly team related finishers ^_^
@MrPeanutbutterz If you have a passion for Street Fighter, I highly recommand the book called "Like A hurrican", a book version of a long running piece that formerly appeared on polygon called "the oral history of street fighter 2". It's pretty cool.
Also, less specific, but still Capcom centric, there is a "key arts book" that's gorgeous with cover arts from, I think, all of their games.
@DennisReynolds I understand your pov but, also, bear in mind that this, unlike traditional tag fighters, can be played using 1 character only, using the other 3 for assist. They all share the sale life gauge. I suspect many people will learn one main with an optimum team assist and one counter pick, just in case, at most.
Besides, your team assemble throughout the rounds, you don't get them all at first.
Last, but not least, ArcSyd games tend not to have characters overlapping much due to each one having some sort of unique mechanics or system.
So, 20 to learn (moves, match ups, assist etc.) is plenty at launch already imho.
To me, it's more like 20 new characters times 4 possible rôles plus combinations.
@AhmadSumadi I know it's a bit shameful, but I have yet to play the Witcher 3. I remember playing the second Witcher and liking it enough to do a second run in hard mode but, I also realized that, while I liked the game in itself, I had no particular love for Geralt or the world and, somehow, didn't feel like spending hours with them.
I won't lie, I kind of have regrets. I might try to correct this with that Ciri centric opus coming. I did enjoy Cyberpunk though (even though FPS are not my thing) and plan on doing a second run now that it's supposedly in its final form.
Back in the day, when I was playing on Xbox 360, I remember finishing the first Mass Effect about 20 times because, I realized I wanted a save with each classes and you had to finish the game 3 times, if you wanted to max Paragon or Renegade at 12 lol. Those were pre back log days
@AhmadSumadi I'm a bit jealous you managed to embrace to your platinum duties like this. I, on the contrary, usually find it to be a bore to platinum a game a second time lol.
I hear you for Absolum. It's, however, 100% worth its price tag I think, even more so if you've got a friend to play it with ^^
TBH, Absolum and Streets Of Rage raised the bar so high for beat them up that it's hard for me to find another one to be appealing. Even games from Tribute (TMNT, Marvel Cosmic...) which should be exactly what I dream about don't appear as sexy as they should IMHO.
Continuing Indivisible. Doing a small street fighter marathon, going through the 30th anniversary collection, the marvel VS Capcom collection and the one with the Capcom VS SNK ^^
I am ok with E33 being considered GOTY. Loved the game. I am just a bit sad Citizen Sleeper 2 seemingly disapeared from the collective mind. This game and its prequel offered incredible writings, artworks and a subtile but very appropriate moody music imho
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Re: 'This Is Unsustainable Madness': Modern Video Game Budgets Are Out of Control
Aaaand I remember the game that made me buy a PS4, instead of the XBOX of that era, was Transistor, which became one of my all time favorite.
Re: Tekken 8 Season 3 Backlash Somehow Even Worse Than Season 2, Game Gets Review Bombed
@PuppetMaster
As a Marisa player, I do agree.
Yes, many have been clamoring for a greater risk to balance the rewards.
Extending the hitbox during drive rush was also often cited.
Maybe DR shouldn't be exactly the same for all characters...
I'm no game designer and far from being a pro player though.
Re: Tekken 8 Season 3 Backlash Somehow Even Worse Than Season 2, Game Gets Review Bombed
@PuppetMaster
I don't think drive rush can be removed as it's a core feature.
Reworked however...
Like the freeze frame eating your input us still partially there and I think it's too cheap for 1 bar, given all the advantages it's giving you.
Also, some characters desperately need it to compensate their weaknesses, others seem to be in a state of "win more"
But, overall, I'm "on your side" and think the game was very well tuned from the start (no fighting is perfectly balanced), thus making any potential changes either toned down or drastic
Granblue Versus is another exemple of another very well balanced game IMHO
Re: Peni Parker Is the Perfect Fit for PS5, PC Fighter Marvel Tokon
YES!!!
Asked, I would have bet on Spider-Gwen or Venom TBH, but I'm very happy nonetheless (I guess they'll be easy money DLC)
Re: Gran Turismo 7 Was an Inspiration for Microsoft Flight Sim 2024's PSVR2 Mode, Coming Soon
@nessisonett
Specially if you're not into shooters...
Still, I say this, but I only have like 3 vr games and I have yet to play them as much as I'd like since they are competing for my attention with others non vr games.
I was lucky to buy the headset at 50% of its price though.
Re: Street Fighter 6's Incestuous New Storyline Divides Opinion
@naruball
Yeah... I would say I have my moments... Probably not on thursday.
And I am also really sorry if I offended you. It sincerly wasn't my intention.
Re: Street Fighter 6's Incestuous New Storyline Divides Opinion
Is it what they call LGBTCUZ+ ?
English is not my primary language mind you, neither is subtlety Xb
Re: Mega Man Blasts onto PS5, PS4's Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds with DLC Launch Next Week
Megaman' stuff also coming to SF6, sounds almost like Capcom is trying to tell us something
Re: Shinobi: Art of Vengeance DLC Dated in One of the Best PS5 Trailers You'll See Today
Nice!
Loved the démo, still waiting for my limited run copy
Re: PS5 Game Devs Collectively Clown on Nvidia's Controversial DLSS 5 Tech
@Oram77
Catquest takes the crown for me.
But I'm weak against féline content
Re: Here Is Crimson Desert Gameplay on Base PS5
@Czar_Khastik
Puddle gate!
I remember when Insomniac ended adding puddle to place in spiderman photo mode
Re: Base PS5 Owners Should Download New Firmware Update Too for This Extra Feature
@RedRiot193
P5 animated wallscreen were nice!
So was indivisible and Transistor's
I really miss this feature too!
Re: Clair Obscur Dev Withdraws All Legal Action Against Unrelated Comic Book
@GirlVersusGame
I guess the cynical explanation is that pressing charges would have been very bad PR with very little return anyway.
Ruthless... Yeah probably. We, my circle of friends, often wonder what it would take do such jobs and it seems like it's less about doing the job than getting it.
How reaching those heights (politics, hight stake jobs etc.) seems to require you to reach a very peculiar state of mind.
As far as habits go,I am mostly bothered by how we (French) tend to rank files by days, months and years instead of the other way around... I am the one renaming every files on the cloud
Re: Clair Obscur Dev Withdraws All Legal Action Against Unrelated Comic Book
@GirlVersusGame
You might be right about them trying to use common English first.
Might explain this kind of uncanny valley feeling I had.
Btw, you must have a ***** load of aweful stories with a sharky lawyer friend
Re: Clair Obscur Dev Withdraws All Legal Action Against Unrelated Comic Book
Probably nothing but, the way it read in French, I thought it had first been written in English, then translated in French.
While French, I really am not a legal guy or even close to know the associated vocabulary so this could be 100% my ignorance making it sound more stranger then it is.
Re: Yakuza Creator's Promising New PS5 Game May Soon Be Sleeping with the Fishes as Funding Is Cut
@Matroska
I really shouldn't have laughed at this but that was too good.
👏
Re: Mini Review: Scott Pilgrim EX (PS5) - Fans Will Be in Lesbians with This Fun-Filled Brawler
@Czar_Khastik
You deserve that heart, take an extra life
Re: 'You've Got to Be Joking': Street Fighter 6 Fans Rage at Slow Rollout of Skins
I, too, would wish for more skins in a shorter amount of time.
However, as many already said, you can''t rush quality.
Also, as a whole package, I find SF6 to be quite phenomenal in fact (I'm also one of those few who actually really enjoy the soundtrack).
Aaaand, I find it a little bit funny to hear/read complaints about not having enough cosmetic micro transactions when, in any other context, people would swear on everything they love that "gameplay comes first" and micro transactions are bad for full priced game
Re: Guitar Hero Studio RedOctane Is Back with Stage Tour, a New Plastic Instrument Rhythm Game
@Americansamurai1
I remember having a friend of mine who had a mic stand where we could put the RB mic on and we'd just play at being rock stars lol
My only grief, which isn't really one, was that as we were mixing gamers and non gamers, non gamers usually had the mic and we let them select the track, so I rarely had the chance play all my favorites
Re: Guitar Hero Studio RedOctane Is Back with Stage Tour, a New Plastic Instrument Rhythm Game
@Americansamurai1
Songs always make or break those games.
I have very fond memories of playing RockBand with friends ^___^
Re: Legendary Anime Evangelion Is Getting a Brand New Series Written by NieR's Yoko Taro
I am all for more Eva in my life.
Re: Some Fans Think Fatal Fury PS5, PS4 Is Delivering Better Street Fighter Content Than SF6
@get2sammyb
Oooooooor wait for CvS 3 which might have SNK characters with Capcom game designXb
Re: Some Fans Think Fatal Fury PS5, PS4 Is Delivering Better Street Fighter Content Than SF6
@get2sammyb
Wish I could have gotten into it, but after playing the beta, I just didn't find my groove.
Seemed to be the story of every SNK fighting games I try (except maybe SamSho). There is something with their rythm and timing I just can't get.
Even though their character design is often top notch
Re: Don't Expect Crimson Desert to Be Easy, PS5 Open Worlder Won't Have Difficulty Options at Launch
@lazarus11
I hear you.
Hope we don't roll a critical faillure
Re: Don't Expect Crimson Desert to Be Easy, PS5 Open Worlder Won't Have Difficulty Options at Launch
@lazarus11
Not really contesting your point but, I recently found to have a much harder time than anticipated to define the
Role (or roll? ) Playing Game category in video games.
I guess this is why they often add "action" in front of it now.
Re: 6 More PS5, PS4 Games Will Be Removed from PS Plus Extra Next Month
CrisTale is pretty cool but, trophy hunters beware, one of them is glitched and it's one of the last trophy to get later in the game.
Highly recommend using a guide to avoir a near complete second playthrough
Re: God of War Dev's Next Big PS5 Exclusive Plotted for 2027 Release
Pretty confident they'll ace it.
Even as someone not that interested in Egyptian mythology or even the GoW franchise.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 620
Nothing.
Weekend with a friend, in the country.
Just lots of food and terribad jokes you can only laugh at with your bros
Re: AAA John Wick Game Announced for PS5
@MFTWrecks
Sounds about right too.
However, I really like the tension in Sifu.
When you're in the zone, it's beautifull but, lose it and you're getting wrecked and I think it really gels a Legendary seasoned assassin
Re: AAA John Wick Game Announced for PS5
@themightyant
I really hope it is Sifu like.
Crossing lots of fingers ^^
Re: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: All Confirmed Characters and Stages
@MrPeanutbutterz
Agreed.
"Back in the days"... Well, there was no character/balance patches dlc and you had to buy a whole new game the next year or so.
I'm not sure anyone really miss buying the samey game full price every year because it added 2 characters and the word "super" or "pro" or whatever to it's title
Re: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: All Confirmed Characters and Stages
So glad!
Magik was my top pick.
Danger is a pleasant surprise imho.
Wolverine, I didn't much care, but he was inévitable, I guess.
Also, team finishers, right!?
Still day one for me ^^
Re: 10 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for February 2026 Announced
Very nice line up!
Neva is the big take away for me.
Then, spidey 2 and maybe venba and season. ^_^
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for February 2026?
Probably good.
I don't think any of the games shown were my cup of tea, except for Marvel Tokon, which made my day by adding Magik, Danger and seemingly team related finishers ^_^
Re: Feature: Capcom's Tokyo Art Exhibition Is a Celebration of Gaming Greatness
@MrPeanutbutterz
If you have a passion for Street Fighter, I highly recommand the book called "Like A hurrican", a book version of a long running piece that formerly appeared on polygon called "the oral history of street fighter 2".
It's pretty cool.
Also, less specific, but still Capcom centric, there is a "key arts book" that's gorgeous with cover arts from, I think, all of their games.
Re: PS Plus Extra Games for February 2026 Leaked
Awesome!
Neva was on my wishlist and spidey 2 is a nice bonus ^_____^
Re: 20 PS5 Predictions for State of Play February 2026
@Americansamurai1
Hades 2 release date would be awesome.
Re: 20 PS5 Predictions for State of Play February 2026
@Dan12836666
Add me to the list.
Gtas fall into my "love to read about it, don't want to play them" list
Re: Sony's PS5 Fighter Marvel Tokon Confirms 20 Characters at Launch, Single Player 'Episode' Mode
@DennisReynolds
I understand your pov but, also, bear in mind that this, unlike traditional tag fighters, can be played using 1 character only, using the other 3 for assist.
They all share the sale life gauge.
I suspect many people will learn one main with an optimum team assist and one counter pick, just in case, at most.
Besides, your team assemble throughout the rounds, you don't get them all at first.
Last, but not least, ArcSyd games tend not to have characters overlapping much due to each one having some sort of unique mechanics or system.
So, 20 to learn (moves, match ups, assist etc.) is plenty at launch already imho.
To me, it's more like 20 new characters times 4 possible rôles plus combinations.
Re: PS5's First State of Play of 2026 Tipped for Later This Week
@PuppetMaster
Me too ^^
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 619
Hopefully be able to play and finish Indivisible.
Probably some sf6 too ^^
Re: Awesome Beat-'Em-Up Absolum Slaps February Release Date on Huge PS5 Patch
@AhmadSumadi
I know it's a bit shameful, but I have yet to play the Witcher 3.
I remember playing the second Witcher and liking it enough to do a second run in hard mode but, I also realized that, while I liked the game in itself, I had no particular love for Geralt or the world and, somehow, didn't feel like spending hours with them.
I won't lie, I kind of have regrets.
I might try to correct this with that Ciri centric opus coming.
I did enjoy Cyberpunk though (even though FPS are not my thing) and plan on doing a second run now that it's supposedly in its final form.
Back in the day, when I was playing on Xbox 360, I remember finishing the first Mass Effect about 20 times because, I realized I wanted a save with each classes and you had to finish the game 3 times, if you wanted to max Paragon or Renegade at 12 lol. Those were pre back log days
Re: Awesome Beat-'Em-Up Absolum Slaps February Release Date on Huge PS5 Patch
@AhmadSumadi
I'm a bit jealous you managed to embrace to your platinum duties like this.
I, on the contrary, usually find it to be a bore to platinum a game a second time lol.
I hear you for Absolum.
It's, however, 100% worth its price tag I think, even more so if you've got a friend to play it with ^^
TBH, Absolum and Streets Of Rage raised the bar so high for beat them up that it's hard for me to find another one to be appealing. Even games from Tribute (TMNT, Marvel Cosmic...) which should be exactly what I dream about don't appear as sexy as they should IMHO.
Re: Awesome Beat-'Em-Up Absolum Slaps February Release Date on Huge PS5 Patch
Loved this game.
Not as much as Streets of rage 4 but it was a real good coop game
Re: Earnest Evans Collection Releases This Week in the West, Bringing Cult Classic SEGA Adventures to PS5, PS4
Nostalgia for sure!
Had an imported el viento cartridge which, at the time, I thought was an adaptation of Nadia from gainax lol
Did end purchasing Ernest evans even though the reviews were less than stellar, even back in the day on sega CD.
Re: Metaphor: ReFantazio 'Guidebook' Version Out Now, and It's a Discount Upgrade If You Already Own the Game
@SodaPop6548
Loved it too.
So much I did a NG+ to fight the red dragon of apocalypse ^^
Lots of cool character design ideas and musics.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 615
Continuing Indivisible.
Doing a small street fighter marathon, going through the 30th anniversary collection, the marvel VS Capcom collection and the one with the Capcom VS SNK ^^
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 New Year's Resolutions?
Play more games from my back log
Play more PSVR2 games
Get better at fighting games
While somehow finding out more time for tabletop rpg, boardgames, personal project and sport...
Re: Game of the Year: #1 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
I am ok with E33 being considered GOTY.
Loved the game.
I am just a bit sad Citizen Sleeper 2 seemingly disapeared from the collective mind.
This game and its prequel offered incredible writings, artworks and a subtile but very appropriate moody music imho
Re: A Very Happy New Year to You
Happy new years guys and all this wonderfull community
May you all game wonderfully this year