Ashina

Ashina

I don't age. I just level up

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Re: Sonic Fanbase Heartbroken Over The Game Awards Loss

Ashina

I still don't know how Genshin fits in the category (then again, a lot of the categories in Game Awards don't make sense sometimes, like they just want to award something or someone for the sake of having an award). Genshin fits more with the best on-going game but then FFXIV beat them to it. Regardless of who won, I think both games are fun. Genshin has a lot of contents lately albeit the gacha mechanics but I've had enough characters to get me going. Sonic Frontiers is surprisingly fun as well, it does try to be as BoTW as it can with the open-world map but still fun for what it offers.

Re: Poll: How Would You Rate The Game Awards 2022?

Ashina

Pretty happy about it. As expected, it's a battle between GoW Ragnarok and Elden Ring but the highlights for me are the world premiers, especially Armored Core VI. Congrats to Elden Ring and Miyazaki's team. TBH, I'm fine with either GoW Ragnarok or Elden Ring winning. Kinda felt bad for HFW and Xenoblades 3 tho, especially XB3, I really enjoyed its story and gameplay

Re: See How Persona 5 Royal on PS5 Compares in Latest Digital Foundry Tech Test

Ashina

Still unsure if I'll be getting this on either PS5 or Switch. I still have my copy of the PS4 version. I can get it on the Switch but lately, I haven't been gaming on the go due to work and I usually end up playing at home. I am tempted to get the PS5 version but I'm not sure I'm willing to pay another full price just for the 60fps upgrade. I might just end up sticking with the PS4 version. Still sucks that there's no way to upgrade. Hell, I'm willing to pay that $10 fee if required.

Re: Sony Wasn't Interested in New JRPG from Ex-Wild Arms Devs

Ashina

Understandable but still disappointing. I've been gaming since the PS1 era and majority of the games I've enjoyed are JRPG. Over the years, the genre has become niche and only a few people are invested. If it weren't for the Switch's sucess, JRPG may have died in today's era of gaming. Such a shame that Sony aren't as invested as they were back then (unless they came from bigger companies like Square Enix). At least Nintendo is still interested in it which is why the Switch has been a JRPG heaven.

Re: Poll: Was Sony's Latest State of Play a Show to Remember?

Ashina

I say both Sony and Nintendo delivered with their respective presentations. Definitely going to look forward to that Ronin game and the Yakuza Ishin. More feudal Japan games is good. Stellar Blade looks great too.

So many great games on both sides and my wallet is the only one not happy.

Re: PS5 Price Increase Has Some Japanese Players Praying for PC Port of Final Fantasy 16

Ashina

This is based on how many Japanese fans? Did they ever made a survey out of this? If so, what is the result and how many responded? Problem with modern journalism is how they would generalize everything. You see three or four people giving an opinion on said matter and these "journalists" assume and/or make it sound like it's the entire mass of people that voiced out their concern just for the sake of drama and to paint a company as evil.

There's no doubt that Sony shot themselves on the foot with the recent announcement for a price increase but this is just another one of those topics that tries hard to rub Sony the wrong way.

Unfortunately, this will leave that kind of impression to most people, not understanding the real context. You'd think many will learn not to fall for clickbaits but the sad reality is that, there are plenty who will believe these kind of articles

Re: Sonic Frontiers Divides Fans with Footage Showing 'Copy-Pasted' Level Design

Ashina

Feels like people are now just nitpicking just to find something to complain about this game. NGL, I was very skeptical of this when seeing that IGN open-world gameplay due to how empty it looks and feel. Then the Nintendo direct showed more and I was actually surprised with the level designs and thought it's what should have been shown first as a gameplay footage. Regardless, it got me excited to try Sonic Frontiers

Now, I admit that I did not play that many 3D Sonic games so I won't be able to tell what was copied from what but I see this as a good thing since I'll be able to experience these levels without thinking "oh, this was the same level as [insert level from previous Sonic games here]".

Re: No Free PS4 to PS5 Upgrade Path for Persona 5 Royal

Ashina

It'd be sad if all this is going to offer is a framerate boost and maybe include the DLCs but still, not enough to justify their reasoning of purchase the game again. At least offer a $10 upgrade to those who already owned the game instead of buying it again.

Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake Series Is Three Games, Part 3 Already in Pre-Production

Ashina

Reminds me of the .Hack// games. I do like this approach. I hope the 3rd part is actually a much larger scale considering that post-midgar pretty much allow you to explore the overworld. Regardless, I'm really happy with this decision as it allows for the games to be remade with more quality.

I just hope that Nomura won't make the FF7 lore too convoluted than what it was before