Definitely feels like a show that will be canceled just when it's getting good b/c it's too expensive to make. Amazon did rescue the Expanse though so maybe they can just reuse a lot of the computer graphics and costumes from that? 🤷♂️
I've never played any of the Me games but I'm assuming it's similar to The Expanse and Halo. Halo had a good first season but the 2nd not so much. And then it was gone. Scifi ain't cheap. At least Foundation is still going.
I'm probably going to play this now. After going to see the new film in a theater it will be kinda cool. And the trailer looked really good on my iPad. I'm a big fan of bright colors.
Just made me wonder if there will be a dlc movie tie-in they'll talk about closer to release as announcing this 5 months out is kinda weird.
@themightyant @Nekomichu Nikki has like 5-6 hours of content every month, it's the equivalent of reading the Sunday comics once a week.
For those of you not old and in the US reading the special in color Sunday comics was a thing people used to do. Then the cheapskates among us would use them as wrapping paper for gifts. 😂
@WolfyTn Well I liked where you started, but then you completely went off the rails. Try this: It's like buying dinner at a restaurant of a hamburger or a steak and then seeing on the menu they charge an extra $1 for a slice of cheese, a strip of bacon, mushroom topping, or fries on the side, of upgrading from fries to onion rings or a baked potato. Which almost every restaurant (in the US) selling dinner does.
I'm glad this was in a financial paper and not a social media post. It's still poorly worded but their thought isn't as horrible as the headline makes it sound. The problem is when you grew up playing games before the internet the game was complete on cart or disc, and now they sell us everything piecemeal. We don't just buy a combo meal for a set price anymore, we go to fast casual and pay for every item individually. It sucks, but getting nickled & dimed to death is how capitalism works now. And some people like being able to pick and choose, and those people can probably afford it.
But Ubi could have worded it better. Maybe not for their stockholders where only $ matters.🤑
@Slideaway1983 I've pretty much always worried about robots and computers and sci-fi stuff, but it was only a few months or so back when I first wondered, what if Siri, Hey Google, and Chatgpt all gained sentience around the same time? W/ all the sci-fi I'd consumed I couldn't actually think of any where 2 AI fight it out. Not saying there weren't any, I don't consume that much, but nothing on the level of Skynet from Terminator or the world conquering computer in the Matrix or War Games. Or all the other movies about 1 evil computer taking over. The whole "AI" thing seems fairly new to me but same thing.
So, I looked it up. And I've only found 1. A 1966 book turned into a 1970 movie. Which I probably watched late at night on a 13" B&W TV but it rings no bells. Colossus.
US and Russian super sentient computers become friends, merge, and take over the world. Enslavement is probably better than death but it's the only 1 I've found so far.
Dr Who did do the Daleks vs the Cybrrmen once but that seems less AI and more space invasion. Even I'm not cuckoo enough to be losing any sleep over aliens.😂
I don't know, probably won't happen, no reason for AI to be as evil as humans. I just think about how much cash I never see, it's all electronic transactions now. Direct deposit, electronic bill payment, who needs cash. 🤷♂️ If the power gets turned off, or financial systems get zeroed out, how are humans going to react? Lord of the Flies planet wide is not a happy thought.
So yeah, AI taking video game jobs, not moving the needle for me.
Is the "trilogy" w/ Festival of Blood or Second Son?
Don't think I've played Festival of Blood, but that would be a nice trilogy properly updated. 2nd S8n should be packaged w/ First Light but really I don't think we need it. First 2, w/ or w/o Fob, would be nice though. I miss games like that.
Though honestly I'd rather have Sunset Overdrive on PS5. That game was so fun. Infamous w/ color. Weird.
@get2sammyb Thanks for the Cage update. I like Urban, I watch just about everything he's in b/c he's in it, but never once have I ever thought, that guy is a great "American" actor. Weird choice. I mean I'm sure it could have been worse, they could have gotten Jean Claude Van Damn (wait wasn't he in street fighter?) but I'm sure there are plenty of American American actors around his fame level and pay grade. I don't get it.
@Hyena_socks Dragonheart was good. Nobody should ever have to think about Mel Brooks Robinhood Men in Tights (1993). 😂 Let's assume you just meant Kevin Costner Robinhood Prince of Thieves (1991) and continue shall we. 😎
I liked the recent D&D movie where it's played for laughs, can't imagine they'll go for that w/ Zelda. She's too self important and he's too important. I think they'll go more serious epic LOTR Academy Award feel that the Hobbits Saturday matinee comedy feel. Or at least I think they should.
From today's news on AC getting made into a TV series, I really hope Zelda is more epic adventure like Prince of Persia Sands of Time and less whatever discombobulated mess that AC movie was.
I think it can, and should, be good. But they gotta thread the needle. Everyone has to be on the same page. Is it drama, comedy, action, emotion, VFX or love story? More ways to screw it up than succeed but I have hope.🤞
@Slideaway1983 AI seems to mostly be trained by incels who hate everything so flat out just killing us makes the most sense. But it's also trained by the world's biggest narcissists so each AI thinks it's the best AI and should destroy every other AI and wipe us out in the process as collateral damage.
Not saying this is happening tomorrow or anytime soon but if we don't kill ourselves it will, those seem the only 2 possible outcomes. Entropy is undefeated. 😩
I think I enjoyed the first movie, if it's the 1 I'm thinking of. Seen a lot of bad fighting movies the past few years, both new and old.
Won't go see it in theaters but looking forward to watching it at home. Karl Urban is always a plus in my book.
Edit: OK I may have misspoke earlier. Having watched the 2 trailers I think Urban may not have been the right choice. I don't know anything about Cage or MK but he just seems too old. I mean I guess he's an old 80s movie star in 2025, which is a thing as I like both Stallone in Tulsa King and Schwarzenegger in Fubar, but something seems off. Like, even he doesn't know if he's supposed to be an actual tough guy or the comic relief?
I'm sure the film will be fine, but going for "a fish out of water" is a choice, and perhaps a distracting one. Though if that's who he is in the game then fine I guess. I think Jake Gylenhal in Roadhouse would have been a better choice. Is Cage supposed to be British?
@wildcat_kickz I was thinking something along those lines, but not anthology though. Highlander tv show had a lot of flashback episodes while taking place mostly in the present. This one would be more in the past but grounded in whatever passes for the present.
Unless by anthology you meant episodic like Quantum Leap, I still get confused when the UK crew call seasons of a tv show "series".
I hadn't thought about the cost, that could hold them back, having to do ancient Greece, Italy, Japan, Egypt or wherever. Maybe each season is 1 country to cut down on costs?
The movie did suck though. Not sure how or why it was so bad. It released only a few years after Prince of Persia Sands of Time, which I thought was pretty good, and they basically took that same movie but made it such.
This could be good. On a tv budget kind of way like the Arrowverse shows. Or hopefully better like The Witcher and Sandman, both on NF. I'd watch, and I don't even play the games.
When my kid graduated college a couple of years back I was extremely worried about AI use in video game development.
Now I've moved on to worrying about Mechahitler, cars driven by Mechahitler, what if Mechahitler decides Humans suck and need to be handled, what if Mechahitler and Chatgpt decide there's only room for one and decide to try to take each other out by any means necessary.
I'm old. I've seen all the AI end of the world movies. And I can tell you right now not all of them are going to come true. It's just fiction after all. But think about this. Think about all the movies where AI goes bad and destroys everything. Then think about all the AI movies where everything turns out great.
There's only one way this ends, and I'm guessing it's not 1 of the few good ones.😱
Is the 3 days early play time in the video for all preorders or only the digital deluxe edition?
I agree w/ Sammy that paying extra for a deluxe edition to play early is kind of scummy but if it's a way of rewarding everyone who preorders the game I'm OK w/ that. They may get a lot of preorders just for the werewolf car w/ the Wolverine claws. Of course the 3 days early is probably digital only, not physical, but the world is heading that way anyway, might as well get something out of it.🤷♂️
Nice to see it on PS4 as well. I mean if it can run it, why not.
@DennisReynolds "CDPR have been doing it for the game since before the game was even released"
Maybe that's why the game had to be recalled and refunded on PS4, spending too much time on live streams when they should have been focusing on making the game functional. 😂
@Kiefer-Sutherland I'm not complaining about the trailer, I'm complaining about the announcement of a trailer.😁
Announcements of announcements is a pet peeve of mind. If you have something to announce, just announce it, you don't need to announce an announcement. It's like having a commercial for an upcoming commercial.
OK so in this case it's half that, my pet peeve, and also a 2.2 to 2.3 upgrade needing a live stream. Live streams should be for big new reveals, not this minor update. I think the company making this game has already moved onto the next one so I'm not expecting anything ground breaking stop the presses in this.🤷♂️
I just read the update at the top of the page, not impressed. Though I can't even tell if the livesteam has happened yet or not so...
Don't know what's going on, don't really care, but what's the game play? Reminded me of the original Genji game, still 1 of my favorites, but it could be a turn based strategy board game from what I could tell.🤷♂️
Poll needed a 4th option: Cut their losses like "Batgirl" and be done with it. 😝 No offense @theSpectre I'm 50/50 on whether they proceed or not. If they announce they can finish it in a 10 episode season 3 in 2027 might as well, but if they announce 2 more 7 episode seasons in 2027 and 2029 don't bother.🤷♂️
Which 90s films were you thinking of? The 2 movies I think this will look like most are Willow 1988 and Eragon 2006. Those are basically the same movie only Eragon has a dragon, don't think Zelda will.
All of the LOTR and Hobhit movies are after 2000 but I never put them in the same category as the cheapo 80s stuff, they're actual films. Who knows, maybe they can get this there.
Oh I forgot Legend. Maybe this is just Legend. Probably the closest.
@LiamCroft Thanks Liam. You got anything since the renewal announcement? This Fandom page seems a bit confused. It says sole survivor Craig Mazin hadn't started writing season 3 yet as of April but also the show began filming June 30th, which I hadn't heard. Isabel Merced, aka Hawkgirl, said she wasn't filing until 2026. I know she won't have much screen time in Abbys timeline but we all know what happens when the lights go dark and the shot rings out.
Don't trouble yourself. I'll do a deep dive after I pick my wife up at the train. Gotta be more than this.🤷♂️
Edit: As of 2 weeks ago it seems like nothing has started on season 3 yet, so I'm still not completely convinced, renewed or not. Maybe winning a bunch of Emmys will speed things along.
@DennisReynolds You don't think it's ridiculous to announce a live stream for an update of a 5 year old game? Why does this have to be live, and why does it need to be announced? OK in hindsight it does probably have to be announced if it's live, I just don't see why it needs to be live. Just update the game and drop a trailer on YT and mention it on social media.
Man, if a 5yr old game is getting announcements for live trailers for an update from 2.2 to 2.3 I can only imagine what we're going to get next year for the GTA 6 release. Actual live human virgins sacrificed by being thrown into a volcano, 1 a day for the week leading up to the game?🌋
@Paramahansa You're welcome. Sometimes these articles on here and NL mention Steam, sometimes they don't. When there's a free demo available on Steam it seems like an easy thing to mention, most people here probably have some hardware they can try out a demo on. I don't think Steam is affecting Sony or Push square all that much. I mean if it's only releasing at the same on Steam no reason to mention it here unless they're getting paid for it, but a year old game w/ a demo, reviews and a price seems useful.🤷♂️
If Spiderman gets ported to Xbox I don't think anyone should care at this point, it's a last gen game, gotta be like 8 years old. Spiderman 2 I'd be a little more hesitant on, depending on how well the first game sold.
Not doing a 2 pack bundle, $60 each. Spiderman 3 won't see light of day on an Xboxen console, they'll be dead by then.
Tak and the Power of Juju 5. Or 7. Whatever it was up to.
Definitely my thing. Kind of surprised it's getting a physical release. Also surprised it's also not coming to Switch 2 but maybe they haven't gotten a dev kit yet.
I'll buy it on sale or maybe borrow it from the library, depending on game length. Glad to see these kind of games still being made though.👍
Edit: Relevant info (that the article probably could have mentioned but whatever).
Game released on Steam a year ago after about a year on early access.
It's only $25 US, real price, not a sale price.
About 40 hours of game time.
There seems to be some dlc and bundles.
76 review score.
I'm guessing $40 on disc, but $30 would be great. Wish I had a PC, I'd give it a go.
I haven't seen anyone else mention it so I'll chime in.
Switch 2 launched recently and it's very light in the streaming apps department. And now Sony is showing this video promoting streaming on PS5. Coincidence?🤷♂️
I don't use my PS5 for streaming b/c I've read enough on PS about how much power it uses. Keep beating that drum. Not enough people beating it over AI.😝
@crudfish Thanks. I suppose a guy who loves DQ that much isn't going to be biased at all on what the best games on the PS1 are. 😉 It is good to know as much as he personally liked the game, and the series as a whole, he still wasn't pushing it to be on PS1 Classic. It's good to be self aware. My favorite games always seem to be the least liked. Like Starfox Adventures being my favorite Starfox and GameCube game. And Sonic Adventure being my favorite Sonic game and probably top 5 Dreamcast games. I'm not putting them on any lists though, I'm aware of my quirks. 😁
@Gryzor Man, and people call me a Squenix fanboi. 😂 I've never seen a Zelda game stand out on a list like that. Like people just snuck it in to see if anyone was paying attention. I've never played OoT either but in my head it's THE Zelda game, like the Mario 64 of Zelda games. I was going to play it after Twilight Princess but then I saw some trailers and it looked too much like TP for me to want to play it. Then I played Skyward Sword b/c it was new and I really didn't like it so less interest in OoT now. Then my kid started OoT on 3DS and stopped b/c bored, so I'm over it. Though I suppose if they redid it in a modern engine, not Nintendo's idea of a modern engine, an actual modern engine, maybe I'd finally give it a go.
This list may have inspired me to play DQ3 HD-2D. Not a fan of pixels or HD-2D but if these gamers voted it 3rd, ahead of 8 which is great, well I'm intrigued. Not too worried about 9th. Though if the rumour is true, who knows.
Oh, you don't like the 3 day structure, you want it in chronological order, well we'll give you chronological order, in the worst way possible, strictly chronological, no flashbacks whatsoever, and you'll be begging us to never do that again. 😝
Flashbacks are an acceptable part of all media, books, movies, games, and it can be very well used. I don't recall reading about anyone complaining about the game having flashbacks. The problem a lot of people had was with the 3 day structure, not the flashbacks.
I assumed chronological order meant day 1 Ellie then Abby, day 2 Ellie then Abbey, Day 3 Ellie then Abbey, including the flashbacks where they belonged in each day.
But that probably would have taken slightly more effort, and may have made it better, this way was easier and making it worse was a plus.
I'd still like to play the entire Uncharted this way, beginning to end w/ no flashbacks, but that's pretty much all about Nathan, so it doesn't really matter. It doesn't work w/ Abbey as a new protagonist when we all want Ellie and Joel. I still think they could have made it work, if they put in the work, so I can't help but think they didn't want it to work.🤷♂️
@crudfish Tim Rogers - might be a different one - had a Twitter post in 2018 about what 32 games he would have put on the PS Classic. Probably really no surprise to anyone here that DQ7 isn't on his list. There are 85 replies, I only read through several, but didn't see it mentioned.
In case anyone is now wondering, like I was, is DQ7 on the PS Classic? No, it was not. Had it been I probably would have played it by now and save myself a lot of time. 😂
Battle Arena Toshinden Cool Boarders 2 Destruction Derby Final Fantasy VII Grand Theft Auto Intelligent Qube Jumping Flash Metal Gear Solid Mr Driller Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee Rayman Resident Evil Director’s Cut Revelations: Persona Ridge Racer Type 4 Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo Syphon Filter Tekken 3 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Twisted Metal Wild Arms
I think most people are in agreement that game compilation was not ideal, so I'm not arguing it meant anything, it doesn't. Had it been on there, well I'd look kind of stupid now, wouldn't I.😁
Oh, and just for fun, here's what AI assumed when I searched for Tim Rogers top 5 PS1 games. I don't use AI but my browser does.
"AI Overview
Tim Rogers' top 5 PS1 games, in no particular order, are likely to include Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Resident Evil 2, and Silent Hill. These titles are frequently cited as classics and are known for their innovation and impact on the industry. "
Who reads Famitsu? I'm pretty sure that's a Japanese centric publication. I wouldn't be surprised if I wasn't familiar with half of the games on that list, b/c as I already wrote earlier - which you could have easily missed b/c I have several comments in this thread:
"OK maybe in Japan, I have no knowledge of what happened in Japan in 2000, like most DQ games over there it was big"
So I'm glad for it that Japan thinks it's great. Maybe had I played it I'd think it's great as well. I've never played GTAV, but I've most certainly read about it. Doom, Halo, FIFA, Madden, Gran Turismo. I don't play FPS or sports games, but I read about them a lot. More than I, or most people on here, have about DQ7. Outside of Japan.
You got a link to that list, now you got me curious? 🤷♂️
@NonbinaryStarr Never said I used Google, b/c I didn't, but if that's the only reply you have, I accept your GG.
@NonbinaryStarr If DQ7 had a zeitgeist moment, whether I had played it or not, I probably would at least know about it and most of the comments in this thread wouldn't exist. 😎
OK maybe in Japan, I have no knowledge of what happened in Japan in 2000, like most DQ games over there it was big. But there are few "Top 5 PS1 JRPG" lists that include DQ7. I searched the web, it's barely a thing. 🤷♂️
@John_Deacon Well I guess the engagement worked. 😂 I feel like I would have played DQ7 had it released in 97-2000 in the US but between buying a house mid 2001, I played the first half of Skies of Arcadia in my apartment and the 2nd half in my house, and the PS2 and Dreamcast, no time for PS1 games in 2022. 0
@charbtronic Yeah I missed Wild Arms as well but honestly before this article if someone asked me to list ALL the JRPG on PS1 I probably would have recalled Wild Arms at some point but not DQ7. Thankfully it was explained to me why earlier, so I don't feel too bad about it, but I still think "without question" is a bit strong.
Now I'm curious but the 100 hour play time is scaring me off. If they remade it to look modern, not like FF7R just DQ11, I'd probably play it. Not a fan of 2DHD or pixels.
Funny thing about all of this, I hated Vagrant Story, it was just a slow brown boring cave crawl for me (screw those bats), and Parasite Eve was great, the first PS1 game I played, but I don't consider either of them to be JRPG, they're just their own thing.
@NonbinaryStarr I don't think anyone was using echo chamber in the PS generation,I think the word your looking for is fanboi, but as I already mentioned Lunar & Grandia, both from Game Arts, and Dragoon, from Sony, well that's a sizeable chunk of my original JRPG list made by a company other than Squaresoft. So it wasn't a company bias, I have no issue w/ Enix, I also already mentioned DQ8 was awesome. I can see your point though.
@DaveTheRave Thank you, it was probably 3 then. I can never remember b/c they bundled them all weird back then. 4 of them, 1&2 Origins 5&6 Anthology, came in pairs and 4 came w/ Chrono Trigger in Chronicles. They're all on my shelf, just checked.😁
@darkswabber "their opinions"
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and if they would have said "1 of my favorites" that's fine, more power to them. But to say "WITHOUT QUESTION", well that's kind of taking their own opinion out of it and sort of stating it as a fact. 🤷♂️
@Lowdefal "The real killer? DQ7's US release was November 2001, the same month as Final Fantasy X."
Thank you very much, for all of that. Does explain a lot. I bought a PS2 for FFX soon after that game released, probably wasn't going back to PS1 much after that, PS2 is my favorite console of all time for the JRPG and all of the 3D platformers. So it does explain why I missed it.
That was over 20 yrs ago now and I really can't recall seeing it high on many lists. Or at all. Might be biased b/c I never played it but I never played any of the Suikoden or Saga games but I feel like I read about them a lot.🤷♂️
"Dragon Quest 7 is, without question, one of the greatest RPGs on the PS1."
Can we get an opinion on this from someone who actually likes JRPGs?🤷♂️ PS1 was my heyday for JRPG, both built for it and I think a lot of them were ports though I didn't know it at the time. And I don't think I've ever played this. Pretty sure as I think 8 on PS2 was my first DQ game and it was awesome.
On PS1 I played
FF7,8,9 (also 1-6 but I'm missing 1 of them I think) Chrono Cross, Legend of Dragoon, Lunar Silver Star Story Complete, Grandia, Xenogears
and that's just off the top of my head.
And I can't recall ever reading "DQ7 is 1 of the best JRPG on PS1, you really have to play it." Really not ever. 🤷♂️
@AdamNovice 5? Nice, thanks.👍 Just ordered Split Fiction today for $35 on Amazon. I think that game is done now as far as I've read. If this is finished now might be time to pick it up next time it's on sale.
Just ordered Split Fiction for $35 b/c my kid's girlfriend is arriving later today to spend a week with us so I figure that will give them something to do. And my wife and I will play it after they leave.
Came for the Wolverine comments, not disappointed. There's a Black Panther & Captain America game out there tok somewhere, right?
You know, after Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad, maybe all these companies are holding off on all of these superhero games until the movie situation improves. Superman seems to be well received and FF has potential, and then Avengers again and again. Who knows, maybe things will turn for the games as well? 🤷♂️
Looking forward to season 2. I had a 2 month free trial of Peacock, I think from Target, that I went to cancel when it was over, and they offered me 6 months at $1.99/m, so I'm good to go. Still need to start watching season 2 of Pokerface as well. The "Love Hurts" movie was better than the reviews.
If they did this with all of the Uncharted games, except the handheld, I'd play them again. The first game always felt kind of lame and I'm not a fan of the first half of tye 3rd game being a flashback but if they put them all in order it would be kinda cool. Also weird not having Sam show up for nearly the entire experience but at least he'd be there right at the beginning even before Sully.
Maybe some day HBO will let you watch seasons 2 and 3 intertwined as well. If they ever do make season 3. I won't believe it until they start production.
@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy If you're playing this for the platinum good luck. I'm at 250 hours and I have 75% of trophies. I've read there is 1 trophy requirement that is really time consuming to get. I don't recall the details b/c I don't care, but it was a large number of something.
I'm free to play and haven't had any problem moving forward. My only hiccup was not doing the styling challenges in each region b/c they seemed silly. To get to the final boss fight you have to do them all though, so I spent about a week doing nothing but those. 😝
I can't recall how the chapters worked but the main area of the map is fairly slow and boring but the last 2 areas that open up really make it feel like a fantasy JRPG which is when I really got into it. I just wish they would have required the styling challenges to be completed before letting us move forward.
Exchange your free vitality every day for bubbles and threads. This was my first Gatcha and I didn't do that for the first few months. I currently have 54,000 diamonds and 4 million $ but I never try to get the clothes.
@Nekomichu Hadn't seen anything about 1.8 or 2.0. So I'm not so in the dark where should I be looking for info? I get everything from Instagram posts and occasionally I'll do a web search. Like I was doing last week for 1.7 before seeing the new trailer last night. Housing doesn't matter to me personally but I really liked the main game, minus the gate keeping styling competitions, and am looking forward to 2.0. I would gladly play the rest of the fame for years, but I would like a roadmap.
@pyrrhic_victory The story wasn't exactly retconned, they've said as much. And as someone who has played since day 1 the additional content seems fine. Similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe adding a multiverse so they can do whatever they want.
The problem is, and it is a huge problem, is that anyone who started playing the game since the 1.5 update starts the game in the multiverse, without seeing the original opening story that explains Nikki's arrival in the game. So it appears the story is retconned for new players b/c new players aren't seeing the original opening for some stupid reason. That's on Infold. But I think the new storyline works. They just needed new players to only see it AFTER finishing the main storyline in the game. But then no multi-player, so they botched it. Big time. It must make the game seem really weird to anyone starting it now. Hopefully they do fix that somehow and bring the original opening back. Maybe add this new opening in somewhere in the middle. There's a particular point in the game, very early on, that you need to reach for most anything to happen, I suppose they could add it there.
This feels like just another update like the last few updates that will have about a 1 hour story then another 3 or 4 hours of exposition missions leaving everyone wanting more.
I don't go on YT for the comments but the Instagram replies certainly have been getting worse.
There used to be a lot more defenders. I was one of them. After finishing the huge main story I suspected it would be a good 6 months before the game offered anything substantial like the next new region in the game. I believe they even said so before the game launched, major updates about every 6 months. So every 3 to 4 weeks when we got a new update the past 6 months I wasn't expecting much. But it's been 6 months now, and they aren't very forthcoming with a decent roadmap. Even Disney Speedstorm, which seemingly everyone has stopped playing, has a roadmap for the next few months, Toy Story just started, then Alice in Wonderland followed by Winnie the Pooh. But IN seems long term silent.
Also not helping is the lack of a house or home for Nikki. That I'm pretty sure was in a trailer once upon a time, naybe even before the game released, but nothing there either.
I understand these things take time, and with 5 or 6 more miracle outfits and as many regions to go, I always assumed this game was going to take 4 or 5 or 6 years to finish, but they need to do a better job explaining that to people. What they are doing now is not going to grow the player base, just keep shrinking it. 😢
Here's the story cut scene, basically a post game cut scene setting up future content. Start the Video around 17:30 to avoid actual end game spoilers and just watch the video that probably should have started the game, not ended it. 🤷♂️
Romero's entire company going under really has to be one of those - Well if THAT guy can't make it in the video game industry what hope is there for the rest of us? I mean the guy's career survived Daikatana. And now thus happens 25 years later.
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Re: Mass Effect TV Series Being Handled by Fallout Production Team
Definitely feels like a show that will be canceled just when it's getting good b/c it's too expensive to make. Amazon did rescue the Expanse though so maybe they can just reuse a lot of the computer graphics and costumes from that? 🤷♂️
I've never played any of the Me games but I'm assuming it's similar to The Expanse and Halo. Halo had a good first season but the 2nd not so much. And then it was gone. Scifi ain't cheap. At least Foundation is still going.
Re: Avatar PS5 Game Gets a Third-Person Mode, New Game+ in Huge December Update
I'm probably going to play this now. After going to see the new film in a theater it will be kinda cool. And the trailer looked really good on my iPad. I'm a big fan of bright colors.
Just made me wonder if there will be a dlc movie tie-in they'll talk about closer to release as announcing this 5 months out is kinda weird.
Re: Free RPG Wuthering Waves Extends Its Story in Upcoming PS5 Update
@themightyant @Nekomichu Nikki has like 5-6 hours of content every month, it's the equivalent of reading the Sunday comics once a week.
For those of you not old and in the US reading the special in color Sunday comics was a thing people used to do. Then the cheapskates among us would use them as wrapping paper for gifts. 😂
Re: Ubisoft Reckons Microtransactions Make Games 'More Fun'
@WolfyTn Well I liked where you started, but then you completely went off the rails. Try this: It's like buying dinner at a restaurant of a hamburger or a steak and then seeing on the menu they charge an extra $1 for a slice of cheese, a strip of bacon, mushroom topping, or fries on the side, of upgrading from fries to onion rings or a baked potato. Which almost every restaurant (in the US) selling dinner does.
I'm glad this was in a financial paper and not a social media post. It's still poorly worded but their thought isn't as horrible as the headline makes it sound. The problem is when you grew up playing games before the internet the game was complete on cart or disc, and now they sell us everything piecemeal. We don't just buy a combo meal for a set price anymore, we go to fast casual and pay for every item individually. It sucks, but getting nickled & dimed to death is how capitalism works now. And some people like being able to pick and choose, and those people can probably afford it.
But Ubi could have worded it better. Maybe not for their stockholders where only $ matters.🤑
Re: Stellar Blade's Social Media Hacked in Cryptocurrency Scam
Hackers
Twitter
Crypto
Mr Robot as documentary. 😩
Re: Free RPG Wuthering Waves Extends Its Story in Upcoming PS5 Update
Still playing Nikki Infinity. One's enough.
Re: Worried About AI in Game Development? It's Here, and It's Only Getting Worse
@Slideaway1983 I've pretty much always worried about robots and computers and sci-fi stuff, but it was only a few months or so back when I first wondered, what if Siri, Hey Google, and Chatgpt all gained sentience around the same time? W/ all the sci-fi I'd consumed I couldn't actually think of any where 2 AI fight it out. Not saying there weren't any, I don't consume that much, but nothing on the level of Skynet from Terminator or the world conquering computer in the Matrix or War Games. Or all the other movies about 1 evil computer taking over. The whole "AI" thing seems fairly new to me but same thing.
So, I looked it up. And I've only found 1. A 1966 book turned into a 1970 movie. Which I probably watched late at night on a 13" B&W TV but it rings no bells. Colossus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project
US and Russian super sentient computers become friends, merge, and take over the world. Enslavement is probably better than death but it's the only 1 I've found so far.
Dr Who did do the Daleks vs the Cybrrmen once but that seems less AI and more space invasion. Even I'm not cuckoo enough to be losing any sleep over aliens.😂
I don't know, probably won't happen, no reason for AI to be as evil as humans. I just think about how much cash I never see, it's all electronic transactions now. Direct deposit, electronic bill payment, who needs cash. 🤷♂️ If the power gets turned off, or financial systems get zeroed out, how are humans going to react? Lord of the Flies planet wide is not a happy thought.
So yeah, AI taking video game jobs, not moving the needle for me.
Re: Sucker Punch Would 'Love' an inFAMOUS Trilogy on PS5
Is the "trilogy" w/ Festival of Blood or Second Son?
Don't think I've played Festival of Blood, but that would be a nice trilogy properly updated. 2nd S8n should be packaged w/ First Light but really I don't think we need it. First 2, w/ or w/o Fob, would be nice though. I miss games like that.
Though honestly I'd rather have Sunset Overdrive on PS5. That game was so fun. Infamous w/ color. Weird.
Re: The Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Doesn't Look Good, But That's Kinda Perfect
@get2sammyb Thanks for the Cage update. I like Urban, I watch just about everything he's in b/c he's in it, but never once have I ever thought, that guy is a great "American" actor. Weird choice. I mean I'm sure it could have been worse, they could have gotten Jean Claude Van Damn (wait wasn't he in street fighter?) but I'm sure there are plenty of American American actors around his fame level and pay grade. I don't get it.
Re: Sony's Zelda Movie Confirms Its Link and Zelda Actors
@Hyena_socks Dragonheart was good. Nobody should ever have to think about Mel Brooks Robinhood Men in Tights (1993). 😂 Let's assume you just meant Kevin Costner Robinhood Prince of Thieves (1991) and continue shall we. 😎
I liked the recent D&D movie where it's played for laughs, can't imagine they'll go for that w/ Zelda. She's too self important and he's too important. I think they'll go more serious epic LOTR Academy Award feel that the Hobbits Saturday matinee comedy feel. Or at least I think they should.
From today's news on AC getting made into a TV series, I really hope Zelda is more epic adventure like Prince of Persia Sands of Time and less whatever discombobulated mess that AC movie was.
I think it can, and should, be good. But they gotta thread the needle. Everyone has to be on the same page. Is it drama, comedy, action, emotion, VFX or love story? More ways to screw it up than succeed but I have hope.🤞
Re: Worried About AI in Game Development? It's Here, and It's Only Getting Worse
@Slideaway1983 AI seems to mostly be trained by incels who hate everything so flat out just killing us makes the most sense. But it's also trained by the world's biggest narcissists so each AI thinks it's the best AI and should destroy every other AI and wipe us out in the process as collateral damage.
Not saying this is happening tomorrow or anytime soon but if we don't kill ourselves it will, those seem the only 2 possible outcomes. Entropy is undefeated. 😩
Re: The Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Doesn't Look Good, But That's Kinda Perfect
I think I enjoyed the first movie, if it's the 1 I'm thinking of. Seen a lot of bad fighting movies the past few years, both new and old.
Won't go see it in theaters but looking forward to watching it at home. Karl Urban is always a plus in my book.
Edit: OK I may have misspoke earlier. Having watched the 2 trailers I think Urban may not have been the right choice. I don't know anything about Cage or MK but he just seems too old. I mean I guess he's an old 80s movie star in 2025, which is a thing as I like both Stallone in Tulsa King and Schwarzenegger in Fubar, but something seems off. Like, even he doesn't know if he's supposed to be an actual tough guy or the comic relief?
I'm sure the film will be fine, but going for "a fish out of water" is a choice, and perhaps a distracting one. Though if that's who he is in the game then fine I guess. I think Jake Gylenhal in Roadhouse would have been a better choice. Is Cage supposed to be British?
Re: Live-Action Assassin's Creed TV Show Still Happening, Netflix Green-Lights
@wildcat_kickz I was thinking something along those lines, but not anthology though. Highlander tv show had a lot of flashback episodes while taking place mostly in the present. This one would be more in the past but grounded in whatever passes for the present.
Unless by anthology you meant episodic like Quantum Leap, I still get confused when the UK crew call seasons of a tv show "series".
I hadn't thought about the cost, that could hold them back, having to do ancient Greece, Italy, Japan, Egypt or wherever. Maybe each season is 1 country to cut down on costs?
The movie did suck though. Not sure how or why it was so bad. It released only a few years after Prince of Persia Sands of Time, which I thought was pretty good, and they basically took that same movie but made it such.
This could be good. On a tv budget kind of way like the Arrowverse shows. Or hopefully better like The Witcher and Sandman, both on NF. I'd watch, and I don't even play the games.
Re: Worried About AI in Game Development? It's Here, and It's Only Getting Worse
When my kid graduated college a couple of years back I was extremely worried about AI use in video game development.
Now I've moved on to worrying about Mechahitler, cars driven by Mechahitler, what if Mechahitler decides Humans suck and need to be handled, what if Mechahitler and Chatgpt decide there's only room for one and decide to try to take each other out by any means necessary.
I'm old. I've seen all the AI end of the world movies. And I can tell you right now not all of them are going to come true. It's just fiction after all. But think about this. Think about all the movies where AI goes bad and destroys everything. Then think about all the AI movies where everything turns out great.
There's only one way this ends, and I'm guessing it's not 1 of the few good ones.😱
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' Customisation Puts Other Kart Racers to Shame
Is the 3 days early play time in the video for all preorders or only the digital deluxe edition?
I agree w/ Sammy that paying extra for a deluxe edition to play early is kind of scummy but if it's a way of rewarding everyone who preorders the game I'm OK w/ that. They may get a lot of preorders just for the werewolf car w/ the Wolverine claws. Of course the 3 days early is probably digital only, not physical, but the world is heading that way anyway, might as well get something out of it.🤷♂️
Nice to see it on PS4 as well. I mean if it can run it, why not.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.3 Out Tomorrow, Adds New Quests, Cars, Auto Drive, VRR on PS5, More
@DennisReynolds "CDPR have been doing it for the game since before the game was even released"
Maybe that's why the game had to be recalled and refunded on PS4, spending too much time on live streams when they should have been focusing on making the game functional. 😂
I feel like this is all No Man's Sky fault.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.3 Out Tomorrow, Adds New Quests, Cars, Auto Drive, VRR on PS5, More
@Kiefer-Sutherland I'm not complaining about the trailer, I'm complaining about the announcement of a trailer.😁
Announcements of announcements is a pet peeve of mind. If you have something to announce, just announce it, you don't need to announce an announcement. It's like having a commercial for an upcoming commercial.
OK so in this case it's half that, my pet peeve, and also a 2.2 to 2.3 upgrade needing a live stream. Live streams should be for big new reveals, not this minor update. I think the company making this game has already moved onto the next one so I'm not expecting anything ground breaking stop the presses in this.🤷♂️
I just read the update at the top of the page, not impressed. Though I can't even tell if the livesteam has happened yet or not so...
Re: Rumour: Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
@LikelySatan This is from like 3 days ago, we've all moved on. 🤷♂️
Re: PS5 Action RPG KAKU: Ancient Seal Has Real Throwback Appeal
@themightyant 👍
You're lucky, you get the short reply.😂
Re: No One Knows What's Going on in This Atmospheric Where Winds Meet PS5 Trailer
Mulan: The True Story
Don't know what's going on, don't really care, but what's the game play? Reminded me of the original Genji game, still 1 of my favorites, but it could be a turn based strategy board game from what I could tell.🤷♂️
Re: The Last of Us TV Show Team Split on One More Season or Two
Poll needed a 4th option: Cut their losses like "Batgirl" and be done with it. 😝 No offense @theSpectre I'm 50/50 on whether they proceed or not. If they announce they can finish it in a 10 episode season 3 in 2027 might as well, but if they announce 2 more 7 episode seasons in 2027 and 2029 don't bother.🤷♂️
Re: Sony's Zelda Movie Confirms Its Link and Zelda Actors
@Hyena_socks "cheapo 90s fantasy throwback"
Which 90s films were you thinking of? The 2 movies I think this will look like most are Willow 1988 and Eragon 2006. Those are basically the same movie only Eragon has a dragon, don't think Zelda will.
All of the LOTR and Hobhit movies are after 2000 but I never put them in the same category as the cheapo 80s stuff, they're actual films. Who knows, maybe they can get this there.
Oh I forgot Legend. Maybe this is just Legend. Probably the closest.
https://youtu.be/w3ZWskwjHG4?si=UqmIpSqPz_aFnmk6
For it's time, I consider Excalibur 1981 the OG of fantasy films. But I think it's too dark and adult for Zelda.
https://youtu.be/w3ZWskwjHG4?si=UqmIpSqPz_aFnmk6
Re: 88+ PS5, PS4 Games You Should Buy in PS Store's Huge Summer Sale
The only good thing about these pages long alphabetical lists is that it doesn't take me long to see Astrobot isn't on it.
Only thing on my Wishlist on sale is Nikoderoko, $20 from $30.
Re: The Last of Us Season 2 Gets 16 Emmy Awards Nominations
@LiamCroft Thanks Liam. You got anything since the renewal announcement? This Fandom page seems a bit confused. It says sole survivor Craig Mazin hadn't started writing season 3 yet as of April but also the show began filming June 30th, which I hadn't heard. Isabel Merced, aka Hawkgirl, said she wasn't filing until 2026. I know she won't have much screen time in Abbys timeline but we all know what happens when the lights go dark and the shot rings out.
Don't trouble yourself. I'll do a deep dive after I pick my wife up at the train. Gotta be more than this.🤷♂️
https://thelastofus.fandom.com/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(season_3)
Edit: As of 2 weeks ago it seems like nothing has started on season 3 yet, so I'm still not completely convinced, renewed or not. Maybe winning a bunch of Emmys will speed things along.
https://www.vulture.com/article/the-last-of-us-season-3-release-date.html
Re: The Last of Us Season 2 Gets 16 Emmy Awards Nominations
"More seasons of The Last of Us from HBO are confirmed to be coming,"
Is this true? All I've read is nothing is happening yet. I suppose it could be greenlit, but "Batgirl" was finished and they still haven't shown it.
I mean after all these Emmy noms I guess they'll do another season. Is recently canceled Wheel of Time up for any? 🤷♂️
Edit: Nope. No wheel of Time. Not sure anything from Amazon made it.
Wait, didn't the Emmys used to be about TV shows on network TV? Almost all I see are Netflix, Hulu, Apple and HBO. Oh well.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2025-primetime-emmy-nominations-full-list/
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.3 Showcase Announced for Tomorrow
@DennisReynolds You don't think it's ridiculous to announce a live stream for an update of a 5 year old game? Why does this have to be live, and why does it need to be announced? OK in hindsight it does probably have to be announced if it's live, I just don't see why it needs to be live. Just update the game and drop a trailer on YT and mention it on social media.
Man, if a 5yr old game is getting announcements for live trailers for an update from 2.2 to 2.3 I can only imagine what we're going to get next year for the GTA 6 release. Actual live human virgins sacrificed by being thrown into a volcano, 1 a day for the week leading up to the game?🌋
Re: PS5 Action RPG KAKU: Ancient Seal Has Real Throwback Appeal
@Paramahansa You're welcome. Sometimes these articles on here and NL mention Steam, sometimes they don't. When there's a free demo available on Steam it seems like an easy thing to mention, most people here probably have some hardware they can try out a demo on. I don't think Steam is affecting Sony or Push square all that much. I mean if it's only releasing at the same on Steam no reason to mention it here unless they're getting paid for it, but a year old game w/ a demo, reviews and a price seems useful.🤷♂️
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.3 Showcase Announced for Tomorrow
We're getting an announcement of an announcement tomorrow about getting an update going from 2.2 to 2.3?
Gaming is a joke.🙄
Re: Helldivers 2 Xbox Announcement Prompts Avalanche of Spider-Man Port Begging
PS using "port begging" unironically in a title in2025 is a choice. Unless it was ironic and I missed it, then that's on me.🤷
https://www.pushsquare.com/features/reaction-its-time-for-xbox-to-tell-us-which-games-its-bringing-to-ps5-and-which-games-it-isnt
If Spiderman gets ported to Xbox I don't think anyone should care at this point, it's a last gen game, gotta be like 8 years old. Spiderman 2 I'd be a little more hesitant on, depending on how well the first game sold.
Not doing a 2 pack bundle, $60 each. Spiderman 3 won't see light of day on an Xboxen console, they'll be dead by then.
Re: PS5 Action RPG KAKU: Ancient Seal Has Real Throwback Appeal
Tak and the Power of Juju 5. Or 7. Whatever it was up to.
Definitely my thing. Kind of surprised it's getting a physical release. Also surprised it's also not coming to Switch 2 but maybe they haven't gotten a dev kit yet.
I'll buy it on sale or maybe borrow it from the library, depending on game length. Glad to see these kind of games still being made though.👍
Edit: Relevant info (that the article probably could have mentioned but whatever).
Game released on Steam a year ago after about a year on early access.
It's only $25 US, real price, not a sale price.
About 40 hours of game time.
There seems to be some dlc and bundles.
76 review score.
I'm guessing $40 on disc, but $30 would be great. Wish I had a PC, I'd give it a go.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1179580/KAKU_Ancient_Seal/
Re: Sony Says PS5 Is the Best Place to Watch in TV Centric Ad
I haven't seen anyone else mention it so I'll chime in.
Switch 2 launched recently and it's very light in the streaming apps department. And now Sony is showing this video promoting streaming on PS5. Coincidence?🤷♂️
I don't use my PS5 for streaming b/c I've read enough on PS about how much power it uses. Keep beating that drum. Not enough people beating it over AI.😝
Re: Rumour: Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
@crudfish Thanks. I suppose a guy who loves DQ that much isn't going to be biased at all on what the best games on the PS1 are. 😉 It is good to know as much as he personally liked the game, and the series as a whole, he still wasn't pushing it to be on PS1 Classic. It's good to be self aware. My favorite games always seem to be the least liked. Like Starfox Adventures being my favorite Starfox and GameCube game. And Sonic Adventure being my favorite Sonic game and probably top 5 Dreamcast games. I'm not putting them on any lists though, I'm aware of my quirks. 😁
@Gryzor Man, and people call me a Squenix fanboi. 😂 I've never seen a Zelda game stand out on a list like that. Like people just snuck it in to see if anyone was paying attention. I've never played OoT either but in my head it's THE Zelda game, like the Mario 64 of Zelda games. I was going to play it after Twilight Princess but then I saw some trailers and it looked too much like TP for me to want to play it. Then I played Skyward Sword b/c it was new and I really didn't like it so less interest in OoT now. Then my kid started OoT on 3DS and stopped b/c bored, so I'm over it. Though I suppose if they redid it in a modern engine, not Nintendo's idea of a modern engine, an actual modern engine, maybe I'd finally give it a go.
This list may have inspired me to play DQ3 HD-2D. Not a fan of pixels or HD-2D but if these gamers voted it 3rd, ahead of 8 which is great, well I'm intrigued. Not too worried about 9th. Though if the rumour is true, who knows.
Re: Hands On: Chronological Mode Is a Fascinating Way to Play The Last of Us 2 Again
It reads like Naughty Dog said:
Oh, you don't like the 3 day structure, you want it in chronological order, well we'll give you chronological order, in the worst way possible, strictly chronological, no flashbacks whatsoever, and you'll be begging us to never do that again. 😝
Flashbacks are an acceptable part of all media, books, movies, games, and it can be very well used. I don't recall reading about anyone complaining about the game having flashbacks. The problem a lot of people had was with the 3 day structure, not the flashbacks.
I assumed chronological order meant day 1 Ellie then Abby, day 2 Ellie then Abbey, Day 3 Ellie then Abbey, including the flashbacks where they belonged in each day.
But that probably would have taken slightly more effort, and may have made it better, this way was easier and making it worse was a plus.
I'd still like to play the entire Uncharted this way, beginning to end w/ no flashbacks, but that's pretty much all about Nathan, so it doesn't really matter. It doesn't work w/ Abbey as a new protagonist when we all want Ellie and Joel. I still think they could have made it work, if they put in the work, so I can't help but think they didn't want it to work.🤷♂️
Re: Rumour: Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
@crudfish Tim Rogers - might be a different one - had a Twitter post in 2018 about what 32 games he would have put on the PS Classic. Probably really no surprise to anyone here that DQ7 isn't on his list. There are 85 replies, I only read through several, but didn't see it mentioned.
https://x.com/108/status/1057014742697558016
In case anyone is now wondering, like I was, is DQ7 on the PS Classic? No, it was not. Had it been I probably would have played it by now and save myself a lot of time. 😂
Battle Arena Toshinden
Cool Boarders 2
Destruction Derby
Final Fantasy VII
Grand Theft Auto
Intelligent Qube
Jumping Flash
Metal Gear Solid
Mr Driller
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
Rayman
Resident Evil Director’s Cut
Revelations: Persona
Ridge Racer Type 4
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Syphon Filter
Tekken 3
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
Twisted Metal
Wild Arms
I think most people are in agreement that game compilation was not ideal, so I'm not arguing it meant anything, it doesn't. Had it been on there, well I'd look kind of stupid now, wouldn't I.😁
Oh, and just for fun, here's what AI assumed when I searched for Tim Rogers top 5 PS1 games. I don't use AI but my browser does.
"AI Overview
Tim Rogers' top 5 PS1 games, in no particular order, are likely to include Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Resident Evil 2, and Silent Hill. These titles are frequently cited as classics and are known for their innovation and impact on the industry. "
Re: Rumour: Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
@Gryzor "Famitsu readers"
Who reads Famitsu? I'm pretty sure that's a Japanese centric publication. I wouldn't be surprised if I wasn't familiar with half of the games on that list, b/c as I already wrote earlier - which you could have easily missed b/c I have several comments in this thread:
"OK maybe in Japan, I have no knowledge of what happened in Japan in 2000, like most DQ games over there it was big"
So I'm glad for it that Japan thinks it's great. Maybe had I played it I'd think it's great as well. I've never played GTAV, but I've most certainly read about it. Doom, Halo, FIFA, Madden, Gran Turismo. I don't play FPS or sports games, but I read about them a lot. More than I, or most people on here, have about DQ7. Outside of Japan.
You got a link to that list, now you got me curious? 🤷♂️
@NonbinaryStarr Never said I used Google, b/c I didn't, but if that's the only reply you have, I accept your GG.
Re: Rumour: Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
@NonbinaryStarr If DQ7 had a zeitgeist moment, whether I had played it or not, I probably would at least know about it and most of the comments in this thread wouldn't exist. 😎
OK maybe in Japan, I have no knowledge of what happened in Japan in 2000, like most DQ games over there it was big. But there are few "Top 5 PS1 JRPG" lists that include DQ7. I searched the web, it's barely a thing. 🤷♂️
@John_Deacon Well I guess the engagement worked. 😂
I feel like I would have played DQ7 had it released in 97-2000 in the US but between buying a house mid 2001, I played the first half of Skies of Arcadia in my apartment and the 2nd half in my house, and the PS2 and Dreamcast, no time for PS1 games in 2022. 0
@charbtronic Yeah I missed Wild Arms as well but honestly before this article if someone asked me to list ALL the JRPG on PS1 I probably would have recalled Wild Arms at some point but not DQ7. Thankfully it was explained to me why earlier, so I don't feel too bad about it, but I still think "without question" is a bit strong.
Now I'm curious but the 100 hour play time is scaring me off. If they remade it to look modern, not like FF7R just DQ11, I'd probably play it. Not a fan of 2DHD or pixels.
Re: Rumour: Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
Just went and did an internet search, and DQ7 was a PS JRPG and it had it's fans, but it never shows up as high top tier or anything.
I found this list where it was ranked at number 16.
https://www.denofgeek.com/games/best-ps1-rpgs-ever-all-time/#disqus_thread
And I found this Reddit PS1 JRPG thread from 4yrs ago where I didn't see anyone mention it. 🤷♂️
https://www.reddit.com/r/JRPG/comments/nt8kkk/what_are_the_best_ps1_jrpgs/
Funny thing about all of this, I hated Vagrant Story, it was just a slow brown boring cave crawl for me (screw those bats), and Parasite Eve was great, the first PS1 game I played, but I don't consider either of them to be JRPG, they're just their own thing.
Guess it's all just opinions all the way down.🤣
Re: Rumour: Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
@NonbinaryStarr I don't think anyone was using echo chamber in the PS generation,I think the word your looking for is fanboi, but as I already mentioned Lunar & Grandia, both from Game Arts, and Dragoon, from Sony, well that's a sizeable chunk of my original JRPG list made by a company other than Squaresoft. So it wasn't a company bias, I have no issue w/ Enix, I also already mentioned DQ8 was awesome. I can see your point though.
@DaveTheRave Thank you, it was probably 3 then. I can never remember b/c they bundled them all weird back then. 4 of them, 1&2 Origins 5&6 Anthology, came in pairs and 4 came w/ Chrono Trigger in Chronicles. They're all on my shelf, just checked.😁
@darkswabber "their opinions"
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and if they would have said "1 of my favorites" that's fine, more power to them. But to say "WITHOUT QUESTION", well that's kind of taking their own opinion out of it and sort of stating it as a fact. 🤷♂️
@Lowdefal "The real killer? DQ7's US release was November 2001, the same month as Final Fantasy X."
Thank you very much, for all of that. Does explain a lot. I bought a PS2 for FFX soon after that game released, probably wasn't going back to PS1 much after that, PS2 is my favorite console of all time for the JRPG and all of the 3D platformers. So it does explain why I missed it.
That was over 20 yrs ago now and I really can't recall seeing it high on many lists. Or at all. Might be biased b/c I never played it but I never played any of the Suikoden or Saga games but I feel like I read about them a lot.🤷♂️
Re: Rumour: Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
"Dragon Quest 7 is, without question, one of the greatest RPGs on the PS1."
Can we get an opinion on this from someone who actually likes JRPGs?🤷♂️ PS1 was my heyday for JRPG, both built for it and I think a lot of them were ports though I didn't know it at the time. And I don't think I've ever played this. Pretty sure as I think 8 on PS2 was my first DQ game and it was awesome.
On PS1 I played
FF7,8,9 (also 1-6 but I'm missing 1 of them I think) Chrono Cross, Legend of Dragoon, Lunar Silver Star Story Complete, Grandia, Xenogears
and that's just off the top of my head.
And I can't recall ever reading "DQ7 is 1 of the best JRPG on PS1, you really have to play it." Really not ever. 🤷♂️
Re: Astro Bot Has Added Its Most Wanted Cameo in Huge PS5 Update
@AdamNovice 5? Nice, thanks.👍 Just ordered Split Fiction today for $35 on Amazon. I think that game is done now as far as I've read. If this is finished now might be time to pick it up next time it's on sale.
Re: Amazon Prime Day 2025 - Best Deals on PS5 Games, Controllers, SSDs, 4K TVs, and More
Just ordered Split Fiction for $35 b/c my kid's girlfriend is arriving later today to spend a week with us so I figure that will give them something to do. And my wife and I will play it after they leave.
Re: Astro Bot Has Added Its Most Wanted Cameo in Huge PS5 Update
So just 1 new stage but 4 new collectibles? People really do like their collectibles, huh.
Re: Xbox and Arkane's Blade Game Sounds Like It's Still a Long, Long Way Off
Came for the Wolverine comments, not disappointed. There's a Black Panther & Captain America game out there tok somewhere, right?
You know, after Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad, maybe all these companies are holding off on all of these superhero games until the movie situation improves. Superman seems to be well received and FF has potential, and then Avengers again and again. Who knows, maybe things will turn for the games as well? 🤷♂️
Re: Twisted Metal Shapes Up for Another Season of Sublimely Stupid Television
Looking forward to season 2. I had a 2 month free trial of Peacock, I think from Target, that I went to cancel when it was over, and they offered me 6 months at $1.99/m, so I'm good to go. Still need to start watching season 2 of Pokerface as well. The "Love Hurts" movie was better than the reviews.
Re: The Last of Us Part 2's Chronological Update Out Now on PS5, PC, Lets You Play Through the Story in Linear Order
If they did this with all of the Uncharted games, except the handheld, I'd play them again. The first game always felt kind of lame and I'm not a fan of the first half of tye 3rd game being a flashback but if they put them all in order it would be kinda cool. Also weird not having Sam show up for nearly the entire experience but at least he'd be there right at the beginning even before Sully.
Maybe some day HBO will let you watch seasons 2 and 3 intertwined as well. If they ever do make season 3. I won't believe it until they start production.
Re: Free PS5 Fashion Platformer Infinity Nikki Seeks Redemption in Blue Tears Update
@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy If you're playing this for the platinum good luck. I'm at 250 hours and I have 75% of trophies. I've read there is 1 trophy requirement that is really time consuming to get. I don't recall the details b/c I don't care, but it was a large number of something.
I'm free to play and haven't had any problem moving forward. My only hiccup was not doing the styling challenges in each region b/c they seemed silly. To get to the final boss fight you have to do them all though, so I spent about a week doing nothing but those. 😝
I can't recall how the chapters worked but the main area of the map is fairly slow and boring but the last 2 areas that open up really make it feel like a fantasy JRPG which is when I really got into it. I just wish they would have required the styling challenges to be completed before letting us move forward.
Exchange your free vitality every day for bubbles and threads. This was my first Gatcha and I didn't do that for the first few months. I currently have 54,000 diamonds and 4 million $ but I never try to get the clothes.
Re: Free PS5 Fashion Platformer Infinity Nikki Seeks Redemption in Blue Tears Update
@Nekomichu Hadn't seen anything about 1.8 or 2.0. So I'm not so in the dark where should I be looking for info? I get everything from Instagram posts and occasionally I'll do a web search. Like I was doing last week for 1.7 before seeing the new trailer last night. Housing doesn't matter to me personally but I really liked the main game, minus the gate keeping styling competitions, and am looking forward to 2.0. I would gladly play the rest of the fame for years, but I would like a roadmap.
@pyrrhic_victory The story wasn't exactly retconned, they've said as much. And as someone who has played since day 1 the additional content seems fine. Similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe adding a multiverse so they can do whatever they want.
The problem is, and it is a huge problem, is that anyone who started playing the game since the 1.5 update starts the game in the multiverse, without seeing the original opening story that explains Nikki's arrival in the game. So it appears the story is retconned for new players b/c new players aren't seeing the original opening for some stupid reason. That's on Infold. But I think the new storyline works. They just needed new players to only see it AFTER finishing the main storyline in the game. But then no multi-player, so they botched it. Big time. It must make the game seem really weird to anyone starting it now. Hopefully they do fix that somehow and bring the original opening back. Maybe add this new opening in somewhere in the middle. There's a particular point in the game, very early on, that you need to reach for most anything to happen, I suppose they could add it there.
Re: Free PS5 Fashion Platformer Infinity Nikki Seeks Redemption in Blue Tears Update
"For those of you still playing Infinity Nikki"
I feel seen.😁
This feels like just another update like the last few updates that will have about a 1 hour story then another 3 or 4 hours of exposition missions leaving everyone wanting more.
I don't go on YT for the comments but the Instagram replies certainly have been getting worse.
There used to be a lot more defenders. I was one of them. After finishing the huge main story I suspected it would be a good 6 months before the game offered anything substantial like the next new region in the game. I believe they even said so before the game launched, major updates about every 6 months. So every 3 to 4 weeks when we got a new update the past 6 months I wasn't expecting much. But it's been 6 months now, and they aren't very forthcoming with a decent roadmap. Even Disney Speedstorm, which seemingly everyone has stopped playing, has a roadmap for the next few months, Toy Story just started, then Alice in Wonderland followed by Winnie the Pooh. But IN seems long term silent.
Also not helping is the lack of a house or home for Nikki. That I'm pretty sure was in a trailer once upon a time, naybe even before the game released, but nothing there either.
I understand these things take time, and with 5 or 6 more miracle outfits and as many regions to go, I always assumed this game was going to take 4 or 5 or 6 years to finish, but they need to do a better job explaining that to people. What they are doing now is not going to grow the player base, just keep shrinking it. 😢
Here's the story cut scene, basically a post game cut scene setting up future content. Start the Video around 17:30 to avoid actual end game spoilers and just watch the video that probably should have started the game, not ended it. 🤷♂️
https://youtu.be/kE7o4MRI1bM?si=xv18E-F6QHcniMmh&t=1051
Re: Anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Officially Announced by Studio Trigger
@Drago201 I was thinking the same thing but I didn't want to say anything b/c spoilers. 😢
The show was so good I played the game after. I don't play FP games normally.
Re: Romero Games Shuttered and Over 100 Staff Axed After Xbox Pulls Funding
Romero's entire company going under really has to be one of those - Well if THAT guy can't make it in the video game industry what hope is there for the rest of us? I mean the guy's career survived Daikatana. And now thus happens 25 years later.
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