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@dschons cool. Ok.

Such an epic list of adjustments. One thing I love about FROMSOFT is they support their games long after release with patches. Other developers could learn a few things here…

@CRASH64 what’s your favourite?

@CRASH64 the dlc on ds2 was extremely well done and added dozens of hours of content

The frame rate might take a hit but I’m keen to give it a go with Ray Tracing nonetheless.
Makes me want to start a new character!!! I’ve finished it 5 times already but I doubt I’ve seen everything! Such an amazing game. BRING ON THE DLC. Fromsoft DLC is always epic!
Dark Souls 2 has my favourite DLC and is my fav FS game. Unpopular opinion but hey, that’s how I roll. But no fat-rolls 🤪

I’ve seen these games everywhere but never tried them. I’m not a huge JRPG fan, so will I enjoy this? No idea

@CthulhuFhtagn hahahaha yes. I feel ya

@trev666 it’s also a pile of garbage with unintuitive systems and a gigantic, completely empty open world. I lasted 15 mins.

Premium is such a waste of time. Extra is barely worthwhile either tbh.

His performance on the Eric Andre show was legendary.

This sounds like a dumpster fire of a game.

If only it was scary and not a walking simulator

Hell yes. Bring this thing on.

My favourite Far Cry. I absolutely hated FC6.

I find every single one of their games technically impressive but boring and beige.

TANGO TANGO TANGO

All I want is the option to skip the intro cutscene/walking sections at the start.

@EvilSilentFrame Yeah I wasn’t saying they should be directly compared. I just meant that clunkiness, tedious combat and slow movement are not positive attributes. Not at all. They add nothing expect fodder for insufferable purists to whine about.
I love RE4 (Original) but I would never try to argue it’s clunkiness is something that elevates it above later games. It’s just not logical.
In the case of Fatal Frame, those attributes mentioned are negatives not positives.

@EvilSilentFrame If it’s by design actually improves the game, sure. Otherwise it’s just annoying lazy game design at this point. RE2 Remake is slow paced and didn’t need to be clunky, slow or tedious.

@jrt87 I’ve been a fan of horror games most of my life and I certainly don’t want clunky, slow movement and tedious combat. Puritans are weird..

@Robocod I love how Capcom throw spanners in the works like repopulating already explored areas with lickers and Mr x. Especially enjoyable with 3D audio and headphones. Makes it so much scarier!!!!
Crimson Heads are terrifying!

@Robocod It’s actually a quite lengthy game! One of my fears is that they’ll edit it down like they did with RE3 Remake. But hopefully Capcom listened to the criticism there - and Capcom do actually listen to fans, so I have faith.

I think it comes down to personal preference and self control. Personally, I don’t like to read anything much about games, tv shows, movies or books - choosing to ‘go in blind’. I feel like I enjoy things better that way. For RE4 Remake I’m not going to read spoilers or play the demo or read the final review (until after I finish it). Of course I know the section of the game the demo is based on but I want that visceral enjoyment that will no doubt happen when I play the full game. I have been playing RE4 each year since it’s original release and adore the game, like many.
However I have a friend who always plays demos and reads reviews and often reads spoilers because he can’t wait to devour all information available - and that’s fine too!
But I definitely think the internet has greatly heightened the sense of FOMO and created this atmosphere where people are racing to finish games on day one, as some kind of badge of honour or ‘internet brownie points’ especially with video games. I say to that, slow down and smell the flowers. Anyway. Those are my thoughts 🤔

I prefer to just wait and play the game blind, but that’s just me.

Capcom are the best developers out there.

@Northern_munkey You don’t get to police my tone or comments. Nor do you get to tell me when or how I should criticise Rowling. I don’t believe for a second you have trans friends - you’re invoking an imaginary situation to desperately try to add legitimacy to your argument. I am trans, and I’ll talk about the topic however I please, within the boundaries of the terms of service.

@Northern_munkey Feel free to show us all where I was toxic, antisocial, childish, bullying, insulting, or bitter.
The issue here is you made a snarky and sarcastic comment which i responded to intelligently. You’ve then proceeded to write a passive aggressive and fragile diatribe because you don’t like being called out. Grow up.

”You and a couple of others on here just sound like the people you say you stand against..”
I don’t recall being transphobic or distorting feminism.

@Northern_munkey I didn’t use insulting language or tone one bit. Stop gaslighting. Your initial reply to me was snarky and ridiculing.

@Northern_munkey Having principles and standing up to discrimination is not ‘hating’. However, the author of Harry Potter is very much hating vulnerable people who haven’t hurt anyone and don’t deserve it. It sounds like you would rather ridicule those who dare to mention her rather than stand for anything yourself. Brave.
As Push Square said, her work doesn’t exist inside a vacuum. There are real world consequences to platforming her and/or her body of work.

@Toypop I think it’s related to the shortages of PS5 consoles, as well as the high costs of making games these days. I wasn’t able to get a Ps5 until two months ago, and believe me I tried.

Good. Less money into the hands of a disgraceful TERF.

Good. The sooner these predatory games and these publishers are taken to court and sanctioned, the better.

Haven’t been this excited about a game in ages. I still play RE4 multiple times per year. Big shoes to fill!!!

@OrtadragoonX The Ps4 version is hardly a ‘heavy downgrade’. The only significant difference between PS4 and Ps5 versions are haptic feedback , marginally better textures and Ray tracing. Ray tracing is the most immediately noticeable. Both versions have rock solid frame rates. At launch, the ps4 version had a more consistent frame rate. I’ve played through both versions a half dozen times each.
Either way it’s a fantastic looking game. With a few exceptions, Capcom’s games are always graphically elite!

Capcom have long been my favourite developer. They might not always get it right (RE6) but in my opinion they pretty much constantly hit home runs. I’ve played Village through about 12 times now and I wish I could afford VR so I could experience this.

@KundaliniRising333 That fact you think my comments about JK Rowling were ‘trolling’ says a lot about your understanding of social issues.

@KundaliniRising333 Feel free to point to where you have given a ‘critique’ of the loot system and UI of Nioh 2.

@KundaliniRising333 I didn’t ignore anything. Your complaints amount to 4 things. The graphics, the loot, UI and one vague sentence about level design.
Graphics - Your statement that the graphics affect the combat/gameplay is nonsensical to me. I’ve never experienced a single moment where this is the case and I have 2000 hours clocked in Nioh 2. Care to elaborate using specifics?
The graphics are obviously not cutting edge but if you need amazing graphics to enjoy a game I don’t know what to tell you. I’d rather have amazing gameplay than amazing graphics and I think most gamers would agree.
As for the loot. There are at least three ways to offload loot which allow you more flexibility, especially in the later game. Two of these are dismantling loot for tempering options in the blacksmith, and ‘making offerings’ which convert loot into one of the game’s two currencies. Literally the only way to obtain this currency.
You can also set up thresholds in the options which stop you from being able to pick up loot based on the selected rarity threshold.
As for the UI - It’s a complicated game, it’s going to have a complicated UI. Anyone who has reached end-game content is intimately familiar with the menus and can navigate them quickly.
Personally, the only part I found unintuitive in Nioh 2 was the skill-tree menu.
Level design - While not on par with FROMSOFT level design, I never thought of the level design in Nioh 2 to be ‘bad’ in any way.
For the most part they have clever shortcuts that open up as you play each level and have good variety of visual styles between regions.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. The draw of Nioh is that is has the best combat and build variety of any ‘souls like’ and the sheer variety of complex options and menus leave absolutely nothing missing or wanting. The end game content (Underworld) and the NG+ cycles add new enemies and totally different enemy placement. You can essentially play the game 5 times and have a different experience each time. Then if you add the 100 levels of Underworld, it’s amazing value, and something that FROMSOFT could learn from.
We haven’t seen different enemies and enemy placement for NG+ in a FROMSOFT game since Dark Souls 2.

@KundaliniRising333 This is the third time you’ve used stories about Wo-Long to pedantically moan about Nioh 2. If you don’t like the games then maybe don’t play them.

Cannot wait for this. It looks quite similar to Nioh and as far as I’m concerned that’s a VERY good thing. The superb gameplay loop and amazing combat in Nioh 2 hooked me for years - in fact I still play it daily. I couldn’t care less if the graphics aren’t next-level, I play these games for the gameplay, sheer number of builds and complex, in-depth systems and variety of options.
Easily the best game I’ve played in the last two generations. BRING ON WO-LONG.

@Fizza Capcom consistently release amazing games of the highest quality. I’m with you!

@Flora2122 A score of 7 isn’t ‘mid’. There are literally loads of games which have 6 or 7 scores which are amazing for the right player or demographic.

I love the visual style of aggressively Japanese games like this. Functional and cute.

@dskatter From what the article says, it’s a remake not a remaster, so they’d be well within their rights to charge accordingly.

What about all the other PS1 games?
I feel like the overall selection of PS1,2,3 games is pretty pathetic. Like why bother if you’re going to half-ass it?