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Why would they just announce the remake on the 7th July... For a 25th anniversary. Would it not be more appropriate to, you know, release it 😉 maybe that's just wishful thinking.

I'd be intrigued by what criteria an old remastered game could ever receive a 9 or 10/10 score. Theoretically it should be possible and if it's not there's something wrong with push squares criteria when it comes to remasters.

The problem with grading a remaster negatively for not ageing well in certain areas doesn't make sense to me. How can a remaster score well if it isn't authentic. Maybe as a remaster the scoring criteria should be different.

Creating a category for best remaster, best dlc and best remake seems like a good idea to me. It would be good to set a standard and degree of competitiveness for these things that way

Great news! Not crap at all. To be honest by virtue of them being actual games that let you play them and don't hold your hand that means they beat dead a lot of modern competition by default.

It's the right and braver move to start with a whole new character and story. The whole IP is refreshed and enriched by not just reusing past successes to the point they get stale.

The problem with having only one difficulty (hard) is that it limits the ways you can enjoy the game. Yes there is a real sense of achievement in overcoming a challenge - this is good. However there are other ways to appreciate games too especially in something like ER such as atmosphere, world and monster design and the lore. Sometimes by reducing the emphasis on difficulty it'd be possible to appreciate these other elements more.

I think the hand crafted environments are great, such an interesting way of doing it, arty and unique. Like running around a tabletop model.

I think the key thing is they need to teach the basics of the souls formula for leveling up better within the games for total newcomers. I went into Bloodborne blind having never played a souls game. I didn't realise dying meant losing my XP. Nor did i realise you could get them back by returning to your body. Its a huge added barrier for people who are already novices and want to play the game organically. I think just improving on this one aspect would help a lot. I did like the optional dropdown tutorial area within ER though i think it just needs outline the basic progression structure better.

@BrotherFriede As far as I know you can already play Dark Cloud 2, it's called Dark Chronicle - which I think is its European title.

You know what I think would make people less salty? If they included as an extra a simple remastered version of the original game. Its not gonna happen but I'd thought that might be a relatively easy win to cool people's anger if they did indeed feel disappointed by bloobers work.

@MikeOrator I think with these stats itd help if they put things in proportion so that it takes into account that all switch games are logically going to sell more because there are more switch owners. Perhaps in ratio of consoles owned to game units sold the playstation games would show a better number.

I'm a little burnt out on medieval fantasy rpgs. From Elden Ring to FF16 to Baldurs Gate... which is the main put off of Dragons Dogma for me, not its quality.

This list doesn't really surprise me. Personally I would place Lara as being way more iconic than Mario as I have no history with the guy. However it could be a definition thing as iconic has more than one meaning. Maybe iconic in the sense of being personally meaningful as opposed to being distinct as an artistic character.

The surprise for me is the inclusion of BG3 characters. It really hasn't been long enough.

A game that innovates and brings new ideas to the medium is just what we need. Looking forward to this.

They could even unlock secret hidden strategies and gameplay options depending on what you ask. Although it sounds like the conversation around games will be quite different if everyone has a unique experience...its nice for the community to be able to share and relate to a single experience in a way which is the same for everyone.

Charming that they have improved kissing but how about a sorting button for the radial menus, sorted by type probably. The radial menus can get very cluttered and manually sorting it is time consuming.

How about Konami whip out a remaster of the original Silent Hill 2 in the vein of the recent Tomb Raider rather than MGS collection. Then they bring out this SH2 Remake some time after and then everyone wins.

I'm just happy to be getting more Lara in the future.

Also the macaws in the background...assuming therefore South America jungle setting once again?

I think people are very confused these days on how to communicate without offending anyone.

When someone says that a woman looks to have masculine traits it is not necessarily a negative comment nor should it be. It could be a positive comment or neutral comment just as easily depending on the subjective opinion of observer. In exactly the same way to call a man feminine is historically considered negative but it doesn't need to be nor should it be. It should just as easily be neutral or positive depending on the tastes of the observer.

Realistically to do what she does she'd have to be damn athletic and strong so perhaps the masculine build makes most sense. Maybe that's what they were going for...