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@SMcCrae95 Interesting that you prefer the original's music over this one — there are so many tracks here that I absolutely adored (except for the one with the animals — while it's a neat idea for a medley, it's a bit dirge-y; the dogs all sound really bored)

Having never played any of the games, I have zero context or expectation of what this show actually is or about — did it bear any reference or resemblance to the lore of the game universe?

@AndyKazama I suck at modern controls — there's a lot of muscle memory from Classic Controls that's really hard to actively forget, but it's cool that the option's there.

Absolutely loved this on PS2 — definitely gonna be rolling the remaster up.

I really wanted PSVR2 to do well — I wonder if a lack of backwards compatibility might have hurt it a little - I mean, could you imagine if the PS5 had launched without BC? I've been waiting for various words-of-mouth to gush about an absolute system seller that's going to change my overall indifference towards it, but we're months after launch and I'm still waiting.

Also, to echo a few sentiments here, the few times I've tried VR I've definitely experienced some level of motion sickness. Not consistently, but certainly enough times to seriously question dropping over half a grand on one.

@CrispyMango92 I'm gonna be lost in Hyrule for the next few weeks, but yeah it's definitely high on my list!

@CrispyMango92 yeah I've not really made any effort to seek out LIS2, until recently I thought they were just referring to BtS — I dunno, something about the look of the characters seems a little off-putting, and I feel like I'd really miss Max and Chloe's presence.

@CrispyMango92 I got the Arcadia Bay collection for Christmas so I played both games back to back — oof! Needed an emotional lie down after that... Is True Colours just as good?

Watching that showcase, this clip was the very first thing my mind went when Pete was doing his "symbiote voice"

Using a dollar sign in place of the letter "S" should have been outlawed long before the turn of the century.

I'll kindly decline anything being "aggressively" sold to me — least of all Cloud gaming as a standard.

@OmegaStriver Came here to say exactly this

They probably shouldn't have designated numbers to 11 and 14, they should have been their own "FF Online" subseries, like with Tactics and the Chocobo games

@MrSensical yeah, it's apparently very therapeutic — kind of the equivalent to those colouring in books that were all the rage a few years ago

Dang that looks lush

I wonder who the villain's gonna be.

@sanderson72 I noticed one that looks nice. And not too expensive.

Nah, I did pretty much everything there was to do on PS4, so I don't think there's much point in double dipping, even via the upgrade

25GB? That's not a patch, that's a quilt.

Loved the original Flashback, and still do — I'm gonna approach this with cautious optimism

H'okaaay, so apparently you not only need to be online to play anything other than Quick Play, but when you go online, you're automatically prompted to create an EA account? Man I'm glad I got this from CEX — they have a 48-hour no quibble return policy...

Yeah I remember really enjoying this on PS1, but I remember racing towards the end of the game (fleeing battles seemed to work 100% of the time) and found myself ludicrously underpowered by the time I had to face down ExDeath so never did finish it

I know VI is widely regarded as the best, but IV might still be my favourite of the pre-VII games. The DS remake is probably the definitive version for me, but I'm definitely gonna be picking this up eventually.

@ShogunRok Man, I sure hope they show hours and hours of in-game footage — I don't think there's been enough of that yet.

Oh FFS... I'm playing RE4 right now, in a cutscene with Ada, and was just literally wondering who her VA was as she sounded familiar, and then I have to go and read this? Bravo, internet — you've met your daily quota of toxicity. Carry on...

@Meehanuk_1987 Yeah, 6 is widely regarded as the best of the bunch, but I'd put 4 at a close second, if not my actual favourite (the DS remake was fantastic)

Can you make a decent movie adaptation of Street Fighter? Shoryuken.

Yeah, a boost to XP will eliminate pre-boss grinding (essentially like turning up the battle speed in the Bravely Default games), but turning off random encounters will be SUCH a godsend, especially when you're limping back to town from a massive boss battle, only to have your entire party wiped out by a Lv1 goblin or something...

Never heard of this until today, but Strider was always a big favourite of mine (still one of the most faithful Mega Drive ports, especially considering how early in its life it came out) — definitely gonna give this a whirl

What're ya buyin'?

Resident Evil 4, apparently.

@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.

@Snake_V5 Lamentably, no

@WallyWest Yeah, that and Metroid Prime Trilogy were perfect examples of motion control done right

I always thought the Wii version was the quintessential version of this game, but I'm certainly gonna give the PS5 version a whirl

I double dipped with a digital purchase of R4 on PS3 because I was such a fan of it on PS1. I'd love to see it appear in my PS5 library.

"We haven't been to a gym outside of a Pokémon game in twenty years, but you better believe if there was a ghost after us we'd move faster than this." Brilliant.

@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...

@Americansamurai1 I'd rather surrender my sanity to cordyceps than sit through The Oscars

@Olskeezy You can plug a Dual Sense into the USB port and it'll work perfectly! I've tried various ways to get it to work wirelessly but nothing seems to work, though...

@Browny Ah, I know right? They've already done the offline version — just rope in their (very competent) localisation team to smash out a version that us poor chumps in the west can play!

@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)

@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

I find the weeb comment particularly amusing because the original Final Fantasy took a lot of its inspiration from Lord of the Rings, you know that book written by prolific Japanese author JRR Tolkien?

@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)

What is this, an Aloy for ants?

12 million? But last year, last year I got 13 million.

My god... Syphon Filter!

Yep, still Sunday night / Monday morning at 2am for the chumps subscribed to Sky

Great game, highly recommend it — the difficulty spike is brutal though; in the later levels there's zero room for error.

@EVIL-C It's like they took a freehand concept rendering and went straight into mass production without ever considering how the thing would exist on a surface, and then quickly rushed the stand (which doesn't even clip neatly into the frame) into production