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Re: Best PS3 Games

Andee

@jgrangervikings1 It's a fascinating list, seeing the majority which were re-released on PS4/5. I've still got my PS3 connected for a couple of handfuls of games which is slowly being whittled down, but a list of best PS3 exclusives would make for a good read. All those weird little indie titles from the beginning of the console's life, like Trash Panic, Super Rub a Dub, and Katamari Forever. I'd love for Sega to sort out whatever licensing issues are preventing Outrun 2 and Afterburner Climax from being released on modern consoles as well.

Re: It Wasn't For Nothing! The Last of Us' Penultimate Episode Tops 8.1 Million

Andee

@KidBoruto oh definitely — they're almost like an automatic Disney/Pixar award for being Disney/Pixar. It's like "well, we showed how diverse we are by giving that weird Japanese film the award two decades ago, what more do you want from us?" How about acknowledging Cartoon Saloon or Laika once in a while?

And yes, big fan! Although I still haven't got around to that HBO miniseries that came out a few years ago...

Re: Preview: Final Fantasy 16 Is Shaping Up to Be a PS5 Game of the Year Contender

Andee

@Browny Yeah, while Final Fantasy has been the series that tends to "move with the times", for better or worse, Dragon Quest has always been a reliable, dependable, "traditional" turn-based JRPG, at least in terms of its mainline numbered iterations (which is why I always think they should have called DQX "Dragon Quest Online" or something, as that always felt like a bit of an outlier)

Re: Preview: Final Fantasy 16 Is Shaping Up to Be a PS5 Game of the Year Contender

Andee

@Fiendish-Beaver Nah, you'll be fine — the Crystals reference is just one of numerous oft-recurring elements that many FF games share, but you don't need to have played any previous games to understand others; aside from a couple of direct sequels (FFXIII 1-3, FFX 1-2, and FFXII: Revenant Wings), they're all completely unconnected standalone universes

Re: Preview: Final Fantasy 16 Is Shaping Up to Be a PS5 Game of the Year Contender

Andee

@StrickenBiged Yeah, while I enjoyed FFVIIR for what it was, and it is a much more modernised in terms of gameplay/QoL/aesthetics, you're simply not getting the full story that you would have if you played the current version of FFVII that exists on the PSN/eShop. If you can get past the PS1-era graphics (although I find the designs quite charming) and turn based battles, it's definitely a good start if you've never played a FF game before (although personally I would recommend IX)

Re: Future DC Games Will Connect to the DCEU, Confirms James Gunn

Andee

@BeerIsAwesome I think I've been relatively unscathed with trying to keep up with Star Wars purely by watching the movies, and some of the TV shows, but I'm not slogging through 7 seasons of Clone Wars just to know who a character is who shows up in a film. What I did find egregious was the whole "play Fortnite to find out how Emperor Palpatine returned" or being expected to read a comic/novel spinoff, or whatever it was they did. A film needs to exist on its own merits, and if you need supplementary material to make complete sense of it, then it fails as a film.