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The character animations were very well done as I recall.

That Cactuar jacket is sweet; I would buy a real one for sure.

It's only shameful if it cannot improve on or riff off the aspects it is drawing inspiration from in an interesting way.

"...with only four arenas in which to fight..."

Hrm...

Thanks for reviewing these smaller games.

Any JRPG character has more personality than Sackboy. Go Rean!

Times like these call for...more FFXII!

Finally available alone - will buy.

Never, ever pre-order; trusting the promises of marketers is foolish, I think. Those quality-of-life improvements do sound great though. Looking forward to the review details proper for sure.

More options in direct-input controllers makes me happy. This looks to be a contender as replacement #1 once my pack-in controller is worn out.

Reminds me of Spyro 1&2. Looking good!

For the uber-fan; I'll just get the DS1 remaster. Ah well :/

Looking forward to the Push review

HOO-RAY!

Lovely Planet would be kewl.

I'll take that sweater instead!

This weekend is nearly over, but Let It Die and Madcap Castle have my full attention.

@Elodin Same here, cleared it a few months ago on a vanilla slim PS4. From the sale I abducted 'Destroy All Humans'. Loving the humor in this one.

Animated bosses! O! The joy!

@get2sammyb That screenshot is from DS1

Finally opened my pack-in copy of Uncharted 4 and stopped at chapter 10. Later comes the back half of Cat Quest, which I'm really liking.

@KirbyTheVampire Enter the 'Bell of Resonance'...

I bought the Farcry Primal GOTY, DA Inquisition GOTY and Unravel. Maybe my grandchildren will play them one day.

The more complete the game is the better for when it finally comes off the backlist. Hoo~ray!

Salt & Sanctuary is finally conquered, so now on to Jotun!

@get2sammyb "The affably awful live-action cut-scenes..." [Sic?]

@ellsworth004 Indeed, and it's worth a trophy.

@ellsworth004
That would be the one on the deck of the ship during that awful storm. You get one chance to off it per save, so dying means creating a new character to re-try.

So very close to platinum in Salt & Sanctuary: about 60% of one more playthrough and that bastard of a tutorial boss left to go. After that something sweet, I think.

Thanks for reminding us about Sonic Mania and Mariah Carey.

@get2sammyb
That reminds me of the last time. No getting around the repair bill.

@hi_drnick
Something like 'Warning!! A huge battleship "Tripod Sardine" is approaching fast'?

@BAMozzy
Maybe better than you think: The hardcore buy day-one and demonstrate the server and performance flaws. Meanwhile buying time to patch and stabilize everything before the sale price and inevitable flood of "price-savvy" holiday buyers. Looks quite canny.

@AFCC
That sounds like a dodgy bet. I'll take stability over zeitgeist every time. Fingers crossed, but still going to wait a while for this one to settle out.

W H A T ~ A ~ T I M E ~ T O ~ B E ~ A L I V E

"...you've just spent the last two hours patiently working your way through a maze of corridors and dozens of enemy encounters."

Can the game be saved anywhere, and what is the minimum session time?

@BowTiesAreCool Like as not designed for eight year olds. I for one would have proudly worn tacky TMNT and Star Wars clothes at that age.

Eagerly awaiting the review!

What a time to be alive.

Thanks for including details like no online trophies; great review.

First Dark Souls 3, next Nioh and now this. Can't wait to wallow in all that saucy content.

Inevitable confirmation gets my inevitable purchase!

Yep, waiting for the complete edition.

@Th3solution It is exactly what it looks like. Replace the birds with anime people and there is your typical high school VN. Cooo!

Where have we seen that combat system before? It reminds me a bit of Transistor in that you can move to a favorable spot before attacking and party positioning matters. Otherwise I think it looks very pretty and also very rote. Here's hoping it's good despite!

I bought Uno, Ziggurat (Milkstone sure has come a long way) and Stories:...Destinies.

Concerns now defenestrated.

Divinity and DA Inquisition GotY have got my interest!

Throw your Pawn off the first cliff you see and carry on.

Whoa, flashback of Silent Hill 3 there at the end.

I hope the tilt-based transition bonus round from TxK gets changed, that was a bit frustrating. But 4000 is a lucky number, so wishing them the best.