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@Terra_Custodes The only dlc I got for T7 was Noctis from ff15 but begrudgingly as the same company released link, yoda, vader in soul calibur for free back in the day.

@Terra_Custodes You're probably right. These so called "dlc" characters are being advertised even before the game launches now. Means it's purely a predatory attempt to make more money from gamers as these characters could have been put in the initial launch even if it had to be delayed by a few months.

@themightyant That sounds pretty useless especially since all the items you mentioned can be gotten in a 2 hr free session. to charge 10 bucks for that is unforgivable.

@Terra_Custodes Yea being a fighting game fan I remember the full roster glory days. Tekken 8 seems like the only one willing to uphold that tradition which is why it's the only one I shall purchase out of the big 3. Gamers need to vote with their wallets. If they stop buying this crap the studios will stop peddling but then again they hire staff who know how to abuse and influence gambling addiction. It's pretty disgusting when you think about it. No wonder there's more negativity in the gaming sphere.

@themightyant What HSR preorder edition was there?

The people who greenlit this probably greenlit the sacking too

How can they justify a skin with no added benefits and that you can only see during cutscenes and in inventory for £20 same price as a dungeon filled with weapons, enemies, exotics, lore and it's own unique gear?

Yeah his voice does sound weird and thanks for the image as now I see the concern with his face compared to his original look. Still no word on Lei Wulong or did Jackie Chan's lawyers finally have a word with Bamco? Looks like I'll be getting this out of the big 3, neither MK or SF had me thirsting for combat.

@TheCollector316 I really hope they sort out the repetition or at least make it more entertaining. I haven't been back to the Ghosts of the deep dungeon since I got the navigator and its catalyst. That grind almost made me delete the game.

Isn't final shape supposed to be 3 seasons instead of 4 and they will all be playable unlike now where the previous season content is removed. If this is the case I will wait till all the seasons are complete and they've fixed what needs fixing along the way.

@Mythologue The conversation began because of the complaints. I do understand what angle you're coming from but there is so much nuance within this topic that a general blanket that the complaints are unimportant shows you have not taken the time to read them.

@Mythologue Interesting you took the time to comment on something you deemed "unimportant"

@Flaming_Kaiser Haha yea sometimes they do go over the top where form has no practical function. In those instances I just laugh it off cause they must have done it as a joke. Older gamers grew up watching Arthur lose his armour and run around in his underwear. Same with Gill and Urien from SF3 fighting in thongs. Urien rips up his suit to fight in a thong. This sexualised depiction is always done to males so I still have difficulty understanding when people say it can't/shouldn't be done with female characters.

@Flaming_Kaiser I get what you're saying about female armour in rpg's and to be honest I used to think that too. Then you look at comparisons in real life and the only 2 groups of women warriors I can think of that existed were the Amazons and the African women warrior tribes. Their armour sets were also minimalist like in rpgs. Makes sense as men have more stamina to run around with heavy equipment. For those who think that was a sexist remark blame the army training around the world as they have different weights sets for male and female training. I think because males are sexualised as standard in games you can no longer tell. A much higher percentage of men are overweight and obese than healthy let alone ripped and yet its that minority that heavily represented in most games with added chiseled features and machismo. Devs are just balancing the scales on the females part but yet people complain.

It's pretty pathetic and hypocritical how some commenters on here and in society are so quick to put others down for their female aesthetic preferences in the games they want to play when male characters have and are constantly being oversexualized and hypermasculine. No one complained for decades of having to watch snake go prone and crawl for hours with his skin tight suit and perfectly shaped buns but lara croft crawls through 1 tunnel and all hell breaks loose. Fighting game males are always half naked and hyper masculine. Go complain about those first and maybe I'll consider your points of view.

It's probably down to Chinese gov censorship. I believe they have an actual morality police force now. I am against this type of censorship especially since all male characters tend to be bishounen. But if a dude complains about this stuff there is always the "perv" icon prescribed to him. (incoming rant)The prime directive of live is to replicate we shouldn't shame or censor anyone's preferences so long as it's within legal bounds. I recall team ninja adding a "boob jiggle" function to ninja gaiden 2 cutscenes with the dual shock mechanism back in the day. Gamers found stuff like that funny back then. Now the devs would have pitchforks outside their offices and get cancelled.

PS console generations have always been like fine wine. They get better with age. Here's hoping to a Neurolink VRMMO future.

@dnb Haha They create these "issues"to distract you from the real issues. Gamers probably spend more time online than most. If they rallied and confronted any of the major companies that caused and continue to cause the cost of living crisis they'd probably make a dent but instead we are here.

@RadioHedgeFund I'm pretty sure they were £40, £60 if you required the expansion pack.

With Sony in the firing line we should expect more cases against studios who abuse MTX. Hopefully as this trend needs to die. I wonder if I can get an AI lawyer to get the ball rolling.

@DonaldMcRonald Haha we've been there before. 10-20 bucks for memory cards back in the day.

Dunno why they're asking Bungie for advice on such matters. Surely it's in Bungie's best interest that none of those games outshine destiny. It's like being asked to interview someone for your job when you just got hired. Most people I know can only handle 1 or 2 live service games at a time.

I do want Argenti but don't think I've got enough jades to get his signature light cone. Great to see this game doing well on ps5 also. hopefully with all the extra cash they're raking in they can get more staff and release more content sooner.

I think MCU's downfall was when they tried to unify everything(make everything a joke like Thor) The comics always had different writers and artists and it only ever came together at the big showdowns. They all had their own unique flairs in the beginning. Well at least they still have the yack multiverse reset option for reboots.

I lost all interest in MCU after Waititi absolutely ruined Planet Hulk. That was one of the best arcs Marvel comics had ever made.

Missed the HSR livestream but just logged on to use the redemption codes sucks they only last 24 hrs or so. Really looking forward to ZZZ. Hopefully it's for an open beta.

Am I the only one thinking that even though they fired 100 employees upper managements "bonuses" would not have been affected? But now with all the cancelled preorders will they keep axing staff or take a lower cut.

So should we expect a class action law suit seeing as there could be grounds for unfair dismissal if the staff who were asking for improvements are the majority of those fired?

@Constable_What Yea most AI art is ripped from other artists work. I saw an article where an artist created a brand new character then used AI and as that was the only image of the character on the net it made an exact copy but messed up the hands (dunno why they keep getting hands wrong). the voices are probably a rip off too. There's endless amount of content out there might be harder to locate. Could this potentially be an avenue for artists to start converting all their work to NFT? So they get paid each time AI uses a sample of their work?

What happened to Lei? I won't be surprised if they also add Heihachi in some form... Mokujin perhaps?

Doesn't AI just take bits of other peoples work and fuse them together? maybe someone should make an AI that locates all the stolen work and artists and writers can sue the companies. That'll keep AI out of the creative sphere at least till GI appears.

@DixyViking That's not even the worst part. What irks me the most is the rng for raid or dungeon exotic weapons. I've spoken with players who had to run raids over 60 times just for the weapon to drop. It's bad enough trying to find people willing to spend a couple of hours on the raid and then forcing players to run it so many times is so predatory it should be illegal especially since all raids and dungeons are paid content. it would be different if they're doing runs to get better stats on the weapon but for fixed stats it's a disgusting mechanic.

Looking forward to this

Maybe change it to wrapper instead of credits in the article title. It's the truth and i'd still click on it. No need to trick me push square.

Instead of buying studios they should buy IP's. Seen Konami mentioned a lot in the responses and they have a nice catalogue of IP's Sony and friends can revitalize for this current gen and beyond. Should be cheaper on the wallet too.

Wow they shouldn't have made a part 2. I like many others allotted some time for my daily overwatch fix. When part 2 came out I just lost interest.

Honkai star rail pokemon.

@Constable_What Hahaha dear lord. I guess the walk of shame was a history a lot of us arcade gamers shared.

@Constable_What Lol yup. I probably spent up to 1k from bank of mum and dad on MvC 2 arcades alone. When you add for inflation it's an insane amount. I suddenly don't feel too bad about gacha and DLC.

@Constable_What Yea the story battles are pretty forgiving so you don't need max level characters to complete them. Talent farming is a drag since your daily actions are limited but rewarding once you finally lv up their talents. I only get the battle pass when i'm close to completing it (feels a lot more rewarding that way).
Everytime they ask for suggestions in their survey I keep asking for them to add mats to simulated universe lol. I much prefer to grind and know what i'm getting for my time spent than lots of other games that use the accursed rng system (looking at you bungie). I have clan mates that have replayed the same dungeon (takes about 45mins -1hr)over 60 times and still don't have the exotic drop. Rng is far more predatory than any gacha system.
The new story quest was fun and really well written (Really wanted to fight you know who). I just wish they had more options for the responses you choose or optional story paths but that would be a lot of work for a free game. Looking forward to all the IPC "stone" character reveals.

@ATaco Gacha isn't new. It's from Gashapon which is pretty much Kinder eggs with random toys. Same with trading cards and the like. This is just a video game variant of a system that has been around since the 1960's.

@Tomato_Goose This only when I've completed the mainline arc that's been released so far. There's regular events and end game content but the higher levels are pretty difficult so need to farm materials to level up characters and their weapons. The higher the level the higher the material cost and since I'm not gonna pay for materials I chose to grind instead. The end game content refreshes every week or so and winning each battle drops the premium currency to unlock the characters and weapons so they've in effect made it possible to play and win the gacha without spending any real money.

@Dragon83 I know this very wall but I find that the game then takes up only 30mins of my time a day and I can move on to other stuff. Sometimes I even put the grindy farm battles on fast forward and auto now that some of my characters are leveled up enough for the auto AI to not die on those battles. Spend even less time with that.

The first 3 codes were for 24hrs only. They were for those who watched the live stream. The 1.5 live stream should be some point in November.

@themightyant I think it's different in HSR as the most recent side story answered quite a lot of questions for players which were only loosely touched upon in the main arc.

@PepperMintRex It's not for everyone but I'd much rather pay for a fully fleshed out playable character than a cosmetic item which is all a lot of games offer these days.

@Papers92 The premium characters have companion missions that delve into their backgrounds and they are replaced once their banner event is over. The banners are doing a rerun from the 27th of October and each banner runs for about 2 weeks so if you like the game you can experience all the lore.

Blade is missing from the tier list.

@Constable_What Unfortunately I don't have Welt yet I'm so close to 300 on the normal banner but not sure if I should go for Welt or Gepard. I managed to get Welts light cone and I've pulled Imbibitor Lunae, Yukong and Luocha so might go for full imaginary team. I hope Harmony TB is as you say so can get my Himeko to do more than farm resources. Kafka was a letdown for me so I did not pull her. She was nice and OP as a boss but as a playable she no longer had her mind control mechanic which I was really hoping to use on bosses that summon minions lol. Jingyuan is still one of my top characters but don't have his lightcone.

@Constable_What Haha that's sound advice. I wasted resources on Herta and Sampo and now I haven't used either in a long while. I know Sampo can be good but DoT isn't my play style.