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Even I have to admit that was a good trailer though I'm afraid it makes it look more interesting than it will be if botw was any indication.
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I think I can probably wait. I think the only game that could tempt me back is Persona 6, but that’s just hypothetical at this point.
FFXVI looks technically and visually impressive, but I suspect it’s going to be a watered-down AAA experience that is hollowed out.
I wasn’t at all impressed by that State of Play. Game looks like it has much depth as a puddle.
I wasn’t at all impressed by that State of Play. Game looks like it has much depth as a puddle.
Every showing of FF16 I hate it more and more. This was supposedly a RPG breakdown vid that yoshi p has been teasing for like 2 months now and once again 70% of it was combat clips. This is looking to have fewer RPG stuff than non RPG games like Horizon. I can't even say any of the story stuff looks appealing so far. Most of the characters are dry and boring with no defining features (their designs are equally uninspired) or traits and all I know about the story is the main character smolders with generic rage and wants revenge.
I like everything I see except the combat. First true action rpg, what are they even talking about? It seems like they've been doing this crap for ages now. I'm not sure about the thrilling roller coaster ride talk either. Bayonetta 3 did the whole summons thing way better than this simplistic take here. Bring in Sakaguchi and adopt something like The Last Story, that was a way more forward thinking JRPG combat system and it's been over a decade. It was just a bit stiff and limited by the budget and the Wii's system specs. A modern improvement on that with Square money would be sweet. Still, the world and everything else look real good.
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They've been doing this "first real action rpg" thing for a while now and I'm like even if you just look only at FF they haven't had a non action FF in FIFTEEN YEARS.
Also if DMC is their definition of "real action rpg" then we need an intervention for these guys.
Also if DMC is their definition of "real action rpg" then we need an intervention for these guys.
I think if someone slapped a different name on that game and said it was a first party Sony game, I’d believe them.
I’m sure the game will have its fans, but I personally feel its strayed too far from what I want out of a Final Fantasy game.
I think it will probably sell a ton, mostly to the crowd who laps up every cinematic AAA experience, but there will be plenty of long-time FF fans who’ll feel left out in the cold.
This has the feeling of an EA-style “broadening” where they discard all the things that made the series unique to sell more copies.
I’m sure the game will have its fans, but I personally feel its strayed too far from what I want out of a Final Fantasy game.
I think it will probably sell a ton, mostly to the crowd who laps up every cinematic AAA experience, but there will be plenty of long-time FF fans who’ll feel left out in the cold.
This has the feeling of an EA-style “broadening” where they discard all the things that made the series unique to sell more copies.
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Im just gonna wait for the PC version. There's been so many times in the last few years where I picked up the console version of a game fully knowing a PC version will release at some point and then I ended up barely playing the console version at all.
Im not gonna be a doubledipp sucker again.
Im not gonna be a doubledipp sucker again.
I just played some Astral Chain. I'm on Chapter/File 3 but googled to see if it opens up later. It's a fully linear action game with stats (like most character action games have healing, support, attack items or skills and such to unlock via gathered resource(s) as you progress, that doesn't make them RPGs), I dunno why people have been giving the impression it's an RPG and likening it more to Nier than Bayonetta. It's a good and fun game but so restrictive if you expect more of those elements from it so if you haven't played it and intend to don't expect that stuff. The mission areas are preset, it switches from investigation to action phases to even some Persona-like simplistic 'dungeon' areas or Platinum's usual mini game bits. Everything is in a predetermined order by the story and mission, even if there may be some little deadend side paths and objectives for maximum gains per file.
I'm just disappointed, not because of how good the game is but after all the RPG talk surrounding it for apparently zero reason now that I've played it, I had even watched a bit of the DF analysis on it where they were talking about the performance in the action vs the open city areas and those turn out to be just linear levels with some platforming or switch triggering to progress during the investigation phase or even during the action phase. They too said it's more consistent and polished than Nier. Oh well. The combat is pretty rad with the dual character control (just got a 2nd demon).
I'm just disappointed, not because of how good the game is but after all the RPG talk surrounding it for apparently zero reason now that I've played it, I had even watched a bit of the DF analysis on it where they were talking about the performance in the action vs the open city areas and those turn out to be just linear levels with some platforming or switch triggering to progress during the investigation phase or even during the action phase. They too said it's more consistent and polished than Nier. Oh well. The combat is pretty rad with the dual character control (just got a 2nd demon).
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I've never heard anyone call Astral Chains RPG. It could be called RPG-lite or something, because there are stats and skills you can fiddle with, but its RPG elements aren't robust enough to call it true RPG. As for the game itself, I really liked it, although the story was meh and the dungeons got boring really fast, but the combat and movement were excellent.
I hardly remember anything about Astral Chain, but I remember it having some awesome vocal tracks:
Zelda previews are dropping, and as expected, another classic in the making.
Yeah there's a guy streaming Tears of the Kingdom right now on some streaming site called trovo. I think he is playing directly on the Switch.
For those who are curious about the leak:
For those who are curious about the leak:
I clicked "not interested" on a few zelda videos. Hopefully this can prevent the algorithm from recommending spoiler video to me.
Damn I have waited this game for 6 years. I am not ruining the experience by watching spoilers.
Damn I have waited this game for 6 years. I am not ruining the experience by watching spoilers.
A dump of the game that people claim to be playable on emulators seems to be readily available through the usual channels that release this kind of content.
I guess it's either time to play the game or take a vacation from youtube for the next week. I have preordered the game and will go for the for the youtube vacation due to not really having the patience for emulators and especially not warez releases these days.
I guess it's either time to play the game or take a vacation from youtube for the next week. I have preordered the game and will go for the for the youtube vacation due to not really having the patience for emulators and especially not warez releases these days.
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Got TLG, will get Bloodborne soon.
GR is on sale but I dont have access to my card...
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Holy shit, Zelda runs really great here on Ryu with that 30fps mod.
KH3 is never coming to Steam, isn't it? (please god jinx this)
Rent A Hero No.1 Dreamcast fan translation of weirdo parody action RPG has released.
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This is a complete 3D remake of the mediocre Genesis/Mega Drive game that was also fan translated. A leaked cancelled unfinished Xbox port had English too.
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Pre-patched GDI/CDI on cdromance or wherever each of you goes to acquire such stuff.
This is a complete 3D remake of the mediocre Genesis/Mega Drive game that was also fan translated. A leaked cancelled unfinished Xbox port had English too.
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Huh, I only just discovered there was a decent looking Japan only Gundam game on Wii. It kinda looks like it takes after the cool & simy Dreamcast game a bit. Which itself took after the Sega Saturn Side Story games which were also in first person simy style but more simplistic in their approach given the gulf in tech.
Severe frame drops aside (maybe fixable in Dolphin with a 60fps code?) I'd love to play it for sure if there was a good translation I could understand. Oh well. It seems like the best Gundam games are the stuff nobody has heard of. Maybe with the exception of the Gundam vs series which has had some visibility at times.
Severe frame drops aside (maybe fixable in Dolphin with a 60fps code?) I'd love to play it for sure if there was a good translation I could understand. Oh well. It seems like the best Gundam games are the stuff nobody has heard of. Maybe with the exception of the Gundam vs series which has had some visibility at times.
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I give him credit for at least showing up and taking the hits after the redfall disaster.
One thing that raised my eyebrows a bit was near the end when he basically admits there's nothing they can do that's going to make them outsell sony or nintendo. I think the exact quote is "there's no world where starfield is a 11/10 and people sell their ps5 and come to us". He also says something that I've seen some say online and agree with, that they lost the most important generation (last gen) when people started becoming entrenched into digital ecosystems. That being said it's not impossible to gain ground. Sony said a while ago that 30% of ps5 buyers didn't have a ps4 and that number could be higher now.
Really though I don't think there's anything they can do to ever get on sony's level. Their best performance ever happened to coincide with sony actively fucking up in every possible way they could...and they still ended up getting outsold by ps3 by the end of the gen. They're basically going up against the apple of gaming in terms of brand power.
I just checked my small physical PS4 collection, and the only console exclusive left I'd further recommend without a doubt is 13 Sentinels.
Really speaks out to
a) PS4 never had that many great exclusives to begin with
b) Many of those have been ported to PC over the last few years (FF15, FF7R, Sony First Parties)
Two more exclusives in my collection I could recommend: Sakura Wars (amazing music), Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Fortune (amazing.. chest ahead).
Looking forward to playing Zelda on Friday. Finally switching on my switch after a long time (only have like 5 games for it). Wish I could emulate it, but my cpu is not up to the task I feel (i5).
It is weird going into this one blind though, only know it uses a similar or same map and those levels in the sky. Otherwise it will be fresh.
It is weird going into this one blind though, only know it uses a similar or same map and those levels in the sky. Otherwise it will be fresh.
Well they aren't launching it in April, May or Summer of next year. No one launches hardware in those months so if its not March then it has to be Fall 2024.
They'll do a marketing blitz next summer and probably push it out in Oct/Nov.
This year they will just just drop the Switch price by like 50$ to sell a ton with the new Zelda + wtvr big game that comes out in the 2nd half of the year.
Its kind of crazy how long people have to wait for it. I wonder if Nvidia just hasn't been able to put together an affordable and good performing chip for them. Still wtvr the Switch 2 ends up being I don't expect anything under 400$ at launch.
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Do they have ads for different age groups or is this the main launch ad? Not that I mind because I am also the olds.
I totally forgot about my Zelda preorder. Just checked my Gmail, saw they sent it out two days ago. Checked DHL homepage, they said it was delivered two hours ago. So the one time I did not check my mail box after returning from work was today.
But hey, I now have Zelda in my hand. Now the difficult choice to rip this (launch Switch) or not.
But hey, I now have Zelda in my hand. Now the difficult choice to rip this (launch Switch) or not.
My Zelda copy is delayed and it will be sent after the weekend. I always draw the short stick. 
My Zelda copy is delayed and it will be sent after the weekend. I always draw the short stick.
I'm still waiting on my CE from the Nintendo store to be delivered. I'm scared of how beaten up it might have been by the delivery service.
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Twin Peaks co-creator met with Nintendo to share ideas for Zelda: Link's Awakening (UPDATE)
That game you like is going to come back in style
That game you like is going to come back in style.
Nintendo failing me once again. Not delivered yet and not even out for delivery today. They contacted me directly from their support account yesterday to reconfirm my address. Something is going onI'm still waiting on my CE from the Nintendo store to be delivered. I'm scared of how beaten up it might have been by the delivery service.
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Confirming address could be a courier issue. Label may not have been printed right, or your address didn’t parse on their system properly meaning their system can’t add your address to the delivery route.Nintendo failing me once again. Not delivered yet and not even out for delivery today. They contacted me directly from their support account yesterday to reconfirm my address. Something is going on
It happened to me before with my Steam Deck Dock and the parcel eventually arrived in pristine condition (one day before I was due to fly abroad, too).