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Hahaha... of course it does. Pay + ads. Of course.
If they had free online with ads, that would actually make sense. Otherwise it's just demented greed.

DQ8 should be an easy remaster.
I have no intention of playing it again even though i enjoyed it. There is a lot of grinding in these games. They have a certain purity and simplicity, but after playing trails of cold steel games, this kind of turn based system is severely lacking.

Ah... but i'm interested in seeing DQ XII.

Aww... no footage.

@Propaperpusher There is a demo. It isn't bad. It's just low budget. It has a Sonic feel to it. There is even a Sonic outfit for Bubsy.
For the budget it's got, it's a surprisingly fun game. Don't expect a AAA experience though. This is very much an indie level game. More comparable to Yooka-layle or whatever that is called.

Am i glad i didn't pre-order. What shambles... No, good sirs, i would rather wait 2 weeks and get a functional disk.
Now i reward you with waiting for a sale.

@Divergent95 Don't worry. The guy was already paid for the gig. Wether they use it or not. The only thing he will be missing on is exposure.
Also, if it was a tone problem, it wasn't even his fault. He wasn't directed appropriately.

They must be feeling confident. We shall see.

If that happens the whole xbox division might close down. There is a reason why they went 3rd party and it wasn't cause they wanted to.

Good thing i don't pay for it and will continue to do so.
But, i still say it's short-sighted to not want to grow your online community. This would pay for itself with micro transactions.

Well, aside from the fact that it's AI slop, it does give an idea of what a high budget FF6 remake could look like and i would like to see it one day.

Very easily can argue. There is a limited pool of players and hours for that kind of experience.
People playing those games can't magically play others at the same time and won't easily jump ship after investing time and money on their game of choice which on it's own now has years of content support.
So, no, it's not a case of throw 10 at the wall and one will stick. Probably none will stick after the turists go back to their game of choice.

On the topic of single player games, live services are designed to make you log on daily and do tasks. Of course the predatory design will result in more play hours. That's the point.
Single player games can be played at any time and do not "force" you to keep logging on to progress. It's a chill and pure experience. Play time is not the metric to measure their sucess.

Sadly for you, the meme is press X to doubt. But, i know what you wanted to go for.

@neillaw Yes, you know the internet. People live to dunk on stuff and parrot.
They also say terrible things about the Oblivion remaster and i had a great time with it.

Oh grow up. It's not weirder than Sonic on Nintendo consoles and what a perfect fit it is now.

Good. I plan to give this a chance when it's on high discount.

Fitting, because the game performed and looked terrible too.
I still need to force myself to finish the story.
I am ready to move on to rise 2.

Loved the first game aside it's necessity to be online for progression. Very excited for this one. Curious to see the remaining teams before launch! 😁

Very deserved. Falcom has been doing banger RPG's for a while now.
I am presently playing through trails into reverie, myself.

Sounds good. GaaS is a huge risk at this point.

I prefer Amys style. It feels like Uncharted.
Uncharted 4 was very much another the last of us in feel. Too much drama, not enough adventurer spirit.

@StitchJones If you want to play oblivion, play it.

I platinum'ed the game. Had a great time. The issues are overblown. It's mostly just when the game is auto saving it hiccups.

Well... yeah it was a weird acquisition to begin with. Another little morsel leftover from Jim Ryan's dumb live service push.
Though looking at how they have closed other studios they bought, i am not sure there were any other better acquisitions. I think they need to sort themselves out first, before bringing others in.

After getting Persona 3, i came to the conclusion that persona remakes are not a good idea. Much of the interest in the games is trying to figure out the killer/bad guy. When i already know, i don't feel the same motivation to grind.

I doubt this is a precise number. It just means he play tested segments many times. The game is most likely not playable beginning to finish yet.
I am pretty sure he is not grind levelling anything.

I was never interested and still ain't. But, it clearly resonated with some people.

Ah well... that's a shame.
I really enjoyed their mars war logs and technomancer games as well as Bound by flame.
The stuff they did after didn't appeal to me. I really wanted more of those two worlds. They should have focused on those IP. They tried to do it with Greedfall and the new prequel but it was too late.
I do think you need to build an IP fanbase to give you stability. They liked making new IP a bit too much for their own good.

I hope the other studios pull through.
Kyloton makes rally games i enjoy. I didn't get anything from Cyanide but those Styx games look good.

@PuppetMaster

First, you can have your opinion about uncharted 3. It's not the same as mine.

Second, it is you that wants to place all the blame on Amy.

"Excuses", "didn't do well". Because that's what happens, right? People leave their job at Sony and they must build a studio, get funding in the order of the hundreds of millions and release a game in 4 years or they are clearly incompetent.
It doesn't matter. What she has done after has no bearing on what happened before.

Sorry, but Amy shipped several hits including the first 3 uncharted's. Heck she is credited as the franchise creator.

Your assumptions are just that. You do not know what went down and why it went down.

If a co-worker goes to the boss and says you are doing a bad job, even though you proved yourself time and again in the company, what do you call that? I don't know what was going wrong, but something was.

@Ainu20 You shouldn't make assumptions. I do not think it was Druckman, if that's what you're getting at. Apparantly it was someone else that is no longer with the company.

@Ainu20 what's not realistic is that a team that made 3 uncharted games unlearned how to make them. Heck, i am certain this has nothing to do with the writing, but rather the gameplay. Many games are developed in pieces and are put together at the end. So, this demo could not be anything but a taste.
The question is why did an experienced team seemingly didn't impress? There is more context here and just blaming it on an experienced and proven director is not something i will do. She was undermined, that much is obvious to me.

@cainhurst94

I don't see her credited with any frankenstein game. Dunno where you are getting this.

The game is not indefinitly delayed. The statement was that it was delayed from it's early 2026 release window. It should still come out later this year or early in the next.
Also, as i said in the other post, let's not act like naughty dog has been doing peachy and has shipped lots of new games in the last decade.

@PuppetMaster
Ok,let's go in parts.

First Uncharted 3 was actually quite good and i don't agree with that exageration. The story was pretty good. It explored the past of nate and the special substance that gave alucinations made the story unpredictable. I don't think it was badly written at all. Yeah, some people might not like the supernatural aspect, but it's always been a part of these indiana jones like games. Tomb raider was the same.

Most games tend to not have just one writer. Regardless, it's uncontestable that she has a great track record of success with different teams and that she is the creator of Uncharted.

It wasn't her star wars project that was cancelled per se but the studio visceral games that she joined a year prior that was shutdown by EA because of Battlefield hardline failing to meet expectations. It's the default EA behaviour.

After that she did indeed start up a new studio with skydance from scratch, which is not easy to do. Marvel 1943 has currently a release date for the later half of 2026, but it's coming. Many other famous developers have tried to do this and failed. She is still going and a game will seemingly get shipped.

I don't know if uncharted 4 struggled. I believe it more likely it was a someone trying to fish for a promotion by throwing others under the bus. A team that made 3 uncharted games doesn't just unlearn hiw to make them from one game to the next. There is some context missing.

Also, let's not pretend naughty dog has been just peachy since she left. The only game they made after uncharted 4 which was a leftover, was the last of us 2. Not like things have been peachy either.

@StitchJones Same can be said about any other director. Opening a studio, securing funding and developing and shipping a game these days aren't easy tasks.
After ND she was in some EA studio that was working on a star wars game before it was closed. We had some leaked footage and it looked great. After that she started a studio with skydance.
Besides, you are well aware she got a game coming out soon.

Also uncharted wasn't her first sucess as she raised legacy of kain/soul reaver into legendary status.

So, no, the writing was not the problem and it clearly was a gameplay demo.
Still, i think this was someone who saw their chance at a promotion and decided to stirr up crap.

@cainhurst94 What do you mean? Amy was the main writer on all 3 games.
She wrote Soul reaver 1 and 2 as well. Saying her writing isn't good is quite the hot take.

I heard this story and i still don't believe the team that made the first 3 uncharted's just unlearned how to make a good game.
This was a power play.

Well... if it's data driven, then the decision is beyond clear.
But, please, go the exclusive route. I want to see how much patience the shareholders will have with her. 😅

They can re-evaluate whatever they want. The Xbox platform audience is not large enough to sustain triple A game development.
PC helps them, but the big money is on playstation and nintendo and they know it.

They are free to nuke themselves some more though. Doesn't bother me. I doubt the shareholders will be happy when the division profits go down though.

Yeah... whatever. This means WA5 might get released as well and that is the one i haven't played yet.

Sounds like the 140k report was bull.

Well... that's gonna be so bad it might be a good laugh.

@Throb Have you added a PS5 Pro?😅
It has one. The base one i don't think it does.

This is good news. Let's hope more in on the way.
They could also have financed that ill fated kickstarter for the spiritual successor and made it official. We can but hope.

Yes, bandai namco are being cheap as hell.
Just release a collection of the ps2 titles and no one will complain. I just don't get it. Fans can do it, why can't paid professionals?

Good. The PC saga is over. It was stupid to follow Xbox, as always.
Now get your house in order. Get those first party studios pumping and stop closing them down without giving them a chance.

They saw that DLSS5 and thought they'd want in on that. 😂

Pachter has been trying to sell this particular snake oil for decades.
He is the one that doesn't figure it out.

Uff... there go my hopes of a new legacy of kain.

I do think PSN down is better than PS down.

On another point, i think this reveals something else. It reveals that they are preparing for the Playstation platform to be an online platform.

It looks very good.

I want to see exec heads roll.
Effin awful management.

It's BS.
They are definitly making far more than they spend.
The problrm is the profits weren't going up at a fast enough rate. The usual.