I mean, the seconds hand jumping five seconds past 12 could just indicate that May 12 tomorrow is the date of the formal MK12 reveal.
In anycase, considering MK11's DLC ending(s), a second reboot of the series' storyline isn't a surprise. I just hope the game has a fairly large base roster when it comes to the fighters.
I'm not a fan of Fortnite myself but I'm not fuming over this news piece as its not exactly the "strangest thing" that ever happened to the gaming or olympic world imo (and admittedly, my long-since dead interest in the olympics, which frankly has been a joke for years now thanks to many other "serious" reasons, is also why I'm not 'going crazy' lol).
Overall this road for gaming is not something I personally would or will support, but considering how gaming has been slowly but surely trying to merge into the mainstream scene for decades, and coupled with the insane popularity of both Fortnite and the e-Sports scene, this news kinda makes sense in a way.
Plus, as BeerIsAwesome above mentioned, a few e-Sport games (DOTA 2, eFootball, and Rocket League) were an invitational part of the Commonwealth games last year, so something like this was a long time coming.
It won't stop me from getting the game but... roguelite elements? Bleh...
Glad we are getting a new DD game nonetheless.
Some people also say the artstyle is reminiscent of TMNT Shreddrer's Revenge but imo its slighty less visually impressive then that game.
@ShogunRok: "Are you interested in Mon-Yu: DMAGSWAAYMBDBDGUBS? Never ask us to write of abbreviate that name ever again in the comments section below."
Please abbreviate this game's full name again in the future.π€ jk/
But seriously though, you be surprised on how many Japanese games with "long" names there are out there.π
I can't think of Gadget without thinking of that classic theme song.π As for this game, I need to see it in action but I'm not really interested in a party title.
I'm pretty sure a Gravity Rush movie was announced last year, though whether it is animated or live-action is unknown.
Still, I rather have a new Gravity Rush game. Don't really see a point in making the movie, besides gauging interest in the IP, considering how GR sadly has been put in the back corner along with certain other Sony IPs.
I heard the rumor before but never thought much about it. I can understand why some believed or wanted it to true though, Vaan is definitely memorable enough as being one of the most dullest MCs ever created in Japanese storytelling, gaming or otherwise.
I had to look up who Wade was again, saw it is Tom's follow cop buddy and went "huh, okay". He was/is pretty forgettable to me like most of the humans in the movies. I don't expect great things from this tv series but I do hope it doesn't focus entirely on the unlikely dou here.
Jesus, by energy drink standards the Monster brand's stuff is not even that good (imo its actually far from good).
This behaviour of the brand's people and their lawyers is just plain pathetic.
Regardless of how I feel towards Ubisoft these days they made the most sensible choice in this case. The only real shocker here is that ESA still hasn't officially declared E3 dead at this point.
Gameplay itself is fairly good imo but the devs pretty much ruined the game's rep with microtransactions among other bad choices, and the fact that Multiversus is still in beta phase obviously doesn't help either. I'd be surprised if the "Fighting Game of The Year 2022" (π€£) survives for atleast two weeks when it relaunch next year.
About time Amy's official playable in the classic mainline games came along, should have been in the original Origins though. The addition of the game gear titles is also good.
@get2sammyb: "The product description makes mentions of the βmultiverseβ, but we think this is referencing the character at large, and not necessarily alluding to any Marvelβs Spider-Man 2 storyline secrets."
Another day, another awkwardness from this silly ActBlizzard drama, in this case Microsoft's lawyers, lol.
And while we are on topic, Superman has been needing his own solo game again for a long time now. The last Superman game was in the mid-2000's if I remember correctly and said game was just the, unsurprisingly, awful title based on the Superman Returns film.
Surprise, surprise. S-E's unrealistic sales expectations strikes once again.π That said, I'm not shocked at Forspoken as the game was lackluster to say the least.
Valkyrie Elysium & Star Ocean TDF aren't surprising either but its still too bad imo. I actually enjoyed them despite their flaws.
@wiiware @ManifoldCuriosity: Going by everything seen so far, I would say Rising is basically a major update that is treated as a sequel/new game. Just my opinion though.
Of all the pre-FighterZ fighting games within Dragon Ball games the Budokai Tenkaichi series is the one I remember the best.
I can only hope the new installment is good, especially after the success of FighterZ which I'm sure it will be (unfavourably) compared to, unfortunately, by a lot of people.
Don't see how this debate is so 'controversial' or something new for that matter. As for me, while I generally go linear, it really depends on how the game is made as there are good and bad examples of both types.
Remember when BG&E2 originally looked somewhat closer to the first game? Good times...
Now? This whole mess makes me almost wanna forgot the Beyond Good & Evil IP was even a thing, sad.
If MK12 was in the SoP presentation it would have been the highlight for me. I still would have preferred Injustice 3 but I guess WB don't want it to steal the attention from SS (considering that game also features a "evil Superman" story, among others reasons).
If my last shred of interest wasn't already lost long ago this would have done the trick.
Between this and the idiotic DC high-ups' decision to have all future games be part of DCEU/DCU's shared media universe this is not a good time to be a DC games fan.
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Re: Random: God of War Cameos in Tenacious D's Tribute to Video Games
This was nice.^^
Re: Rumour: Mortal Kombat 1 Is the Next Main Entry on PS5
I don't really care what they call it, Iβll still call it either MK12 or MK '23 (or whatever year it may get released).
Re: Mortal Kombat 12 Teaser Trailer Hints at Series Reboot for PS5
I mean, the seconds hand jumping five seconds past 12 could just indicate that May 12 tomorrow is the date of the formal MK12 reveal.
In anycase, considering MK11's DLC ending(s), a second reboot of the series' storyline isn't a surprise. I just hope the game has a fairly large base roster when it comes to the fighters.
Re: Concrete Genie Developer PixelOpus Is Shutting Down
Truly a shame, CG was good imo.
Re: Fortnite Is Now Officially an Olympic eSport
I'm not a fan of Fortnite myself but I'm not fuming over this news piece as its not exactly the "strangest thing" that ever happened to the gaming or olympic world imo (and admittedly, my long-since dead interest in the olympics, which frankly has been a joke for years now thanks to many other "serious" reasons, is also why I'm not 'going crazy' lol).
Overall this road for gaming is not something I personally would or will support, but considering how gaming has been slowly but surely trying to merge into the mainstream scene for decades, and coupled with the insane popularity of both Fortnite and the e-Sports scene, this news kinda makes sense in a way.
Plus, as BeerIsAwesome above mentioned, a few e-Sport games (DOTA 2, eFootball, and Rocket League) were an invitational part of the Commonwealth games last year, so something like this was a long time coming.
Re: Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons Cleans the Streets on PS5, PS4 This Summer
It won't stop me from getting the game but... roguelite elements? Bleh...
Glad we are getting a new DD game nonetheless.
Some people also say the artstyle is reminiscent of TMNT Shreddrer's Revenge but imo its slighty less visually impressive then that game.
Re: Newly Announced RPG Mon-Yu Might Have the Most Ridiculous Full Name on PS5
@ShogunRok: "Are you interested in Mon-Yu: DMAGSWAAYMBDBDGUBS? Never ask us to write of abbreviate that name ever again in the comments section below."
Please abbreviate this game's full name again in the future.π€ jk/
But seriously though, you be surprised on how many Japanese games with "long" names there are out there.π
Re: Mortal Kombat 12 Is Koming! Very First Teaser Appears to Emerge
MK12 was expected even though I still had a tiny hope for Injustice 3 tbh, but more MK is always welcome.
Re: Feature: Net Yaroze - Sonyβs Fascinating First Foray into the World of Indie Game Development
Very fascinating. I don't think I ever had the luck to try out any Net Yaroze games back then sadly but I have heard about them. Thanks for the read!
Re: Inspector Gadget: Mad Time Party Hangs Up Its Trench Coat on PS5, PS4 This Fall
I can't think of Gadget without thinking of that classic theme song.π
As for this game, I need to see it in action but I'm not really interested in a party title.
Re: CMA Expected to Rule in Favour of Microsoft's $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Tomorrow
About damn time I say, I been so sick of hearing all the nonsense in this "historical battle".
Re: Expect Some Animated Adaptations of PS5, PS4's Biggest Franchises
I'm pretty sure a Gravity Rush movie was announced last year, though whether it is animated or live-action is unknown.
Still, I rather have a new Gravity Rush game. Don't really see a point in making the movie, besides gauging interest in the IP, considering how GR sadly has been put in the back corner along with certain other Sony IPs.
Re: Final Fantasy 12 Director Quashes That Long-Standing Basch Rumour
I heard the rumor before but never thought much about it. I can understand why some believed or wanted it to true though, Vaan is definitely memorable enough as being one of the most dullest MCs ever created in Japanese storytelling, gaming or otherwise.
Re: Street Fighter 6's First Wave of DLC Includes Rashid, AKI, Ed, Akuma
Akuma was expected and Rashid I kinda get but why bring back Ed? No offense to any fans but he was such a bore.
Re: Production Begins on Knuckles, a Spin-Off TV Series from the Sonic Movies
I had to look up who Wade was again, saw it is Tom's follow cop buddy and went "huh, okay". He was/is pretty forgettable to me like most of the humans in the movies.
I don't expect great things from this tv series but I do hope it doesn't focus entirely on the unlikely dou here.
Re: Random: Monster Energy Thinks You Might Confuse Its Drinks with Monster Hunter
Jesus, by energy drink standards the Monster brand's stuff is not even that good (imo its actually far from good).
This behaviour of the brand's people and their lawyers is just plain pathetic.
Re: You Need to See PlayStation Thailand's New Commercial to Believe It
Atleast this was better to watch then most of Sony's modern NA PlayStation commercials.
Re: Capcom's Classic RPG Series Breath of Fire Is Now 30 Years Old
What I wouldn't give for a 'real' BoF6...
Re: Random: Sony Shoehorns PS5 Ad into Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer
The "3+ seconds" PS5 ad slide seems to be in more and more trailers' end nowadays so its not weird. Cool for sure but, yeah.
As for this trailer itself, loved it. I chuckled at the therapy session bit at the end.^^
Re: Here Comes a Returning Challenger! Street Fighter Getting Readied for TV, Film Revival
Meh, I rather take a SF anime series over any live-action project tbh.
Re: Tekken 8 Confirms Leroy, Asuka Have Made the Cut
Glad to see those two characters again.
Re: The King of Fighters XIII Makes PS4 Return with Rollback Netcode
One of the best 2D visuals in a FG ever.
Re: Jun Kazama Is Finally Back in Tekken 8, and She Looks Amazing
One of my FG queens!ππ
Re: Put a Pin in It! Ubisoft Pulls Out of E3 2023 As Well
Regardless of how I feel towards Ubisoft these days they made the most sensible choice in this case.
The only real shocker here is that ESA still hasn't officially declared E3 dead at this point.
Re: MultiVersus Going Offline in June, Full Launch Planned for Early 2024
Gameplay itself is fairly good imo but the devs pretty much ruined the game's rep with microtransactions among other bad choices, and the fact that Multiversus is still in beta phase obviously doesn't help either. I'd be surprised if the "Fighting Game of The Year 2022" (π€£) survives for atleast two weeks when it relaunch next year.
Re: Random: Pop Star Rina Sawayama Is a PlayStation Fangirl, and Wants a Final Fantasy 9 Remake
I dunno who she is but I agree on a FF9 remake for sure.
Re: Poll: What Game Should Capcom Remake Next?
Dino Crisis, Darkstalkers, and (hopefully if CyberConnect2 is on board) Asura's Wrath, among others.
Re: Sonic Origins Plus Officially Announced, Adds Game Gear Titles and More in June
About time Amy's official playable in the classic mainline games came along, should have been in the original Origins though.
The addition of the game gear titles is also good.
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Merch Comes Out Swinging Ahead of PS5 Release Date Leak
@get2sammyb: "The product description makes mentions of the βmultiverseβ, but we think this is referencing the character at large, and not necessarily alluding to any Marvelβs Spider-Man 2 storyline secrets."
And you were right.
According to Hasbro the mention of multiverse (which is now removed), was mistakenly referencing the upcoming Across The Spiderverse movie.
https://www.psu.com/news/marvels-spider-man-2-will-have-a-connection-to-the-multiverse-a-miles-morales-action-figure-reveals/
Re: A Bunch of EA Classics Are Getting Delisted from PS Store
@get2sammyb: Seems like Mirror's Edge won't be delisted after all according to the Battlefield Twitter account.
https://twitter.com/Battlefield/status/1638266357933301760
Re: Random: Resident Evil 4 Anime Short Simultaneously Cute, Disturbing
This was funny.π
Re: Horizon, The Wire's Lance Reddick Has Passed Away
Rest in Peace mister Reddick. Thank you for all your hard work.
Re: Sigh! For the Record, Sony Is Not Making a Superman PS5 Exclusive
Another day, another awkwardness from this silly ActBlizzard drama, in this case Microsoft's lawyers, lol.
And while we are on topic, Superman has been needing his own solo game again for a long time now. The last Superman game was in the mid-2000's if I remember correctly and said game was just the, unsurprisingly, awful title based on the Superman Returns film.
Re: PlayStation Legend Shuhei Yoshida to Be Awarded the BAFTA Fellowship
Well deserved, congrats!
Re: Capcom's Barmy Dino Shooter Exoprimal Bites PS5, PS4 on 14th July
The second I learned the game is PvP and online only was the second I went π... while slowly shaking my head at Capcom.
Re: Surprise! Forspoken and Other Square Enix Games Didn't Meet Sales Expectations
Surprise, surprise. S-E's unrealistic sales expectations strikes once again.π That said, I'm not shocked at Forspoken as the game was lackluster to say the least.
Valkyrie Elysium & Star Ocean TDF aren't surprising either but its still too bad imo. I actually enjoyed them despite their flaws.
Re: Streets of Rage 4 Major Update Adds Over 300 Improvements, Co-Op Moves, More
Along with the free update to Fight'N Rage this made my day.
Re: Paul Looks Powerful in New Tekken 8 Gameplay, But We're Still Not Sold on the Hair
@Matroska: I see what you did there.π€
Re: Detective RPG DECAPOLICE Could Be One of 2023's Best PS5, PS4 Surprises
I'm excited for this one.
Re: Romancelvania Bares Its Fangs, Now Taking Suitors on PS5
Am I the only one who thinks it would be funny if Elvira made a cameo in some way in this game?π
Re: Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Gameplay Shows New Character Anila in Action
@wiiware @ManifoldCuriosity: Going by everything seen so far, I would say Rising is basically a major update that is treated as a sequel/new game. Just my opinion though.
Re: New Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi Game Announced
Of all the pre-FighterZ fighting games within Dragon Ball games the Budokai Tenkaichi series is the one I remember the best.
I can only hope the new installment is good, especially after the success of FighterZ which I'm sure it will be (unfavourably) compared to, unfortunately, by a lot of people.
Re: The Last of Us Co-Creator Sparks Developer Debate As He Declares Linear Games Are Easier to Make
Don't see how this debate is so 'controversial' or something new for that matter.
As for me, while I generally go linear, it really depends on how the game is made as there are good and bad examples of both types.
Re: Resident Evil 4, Exoprimal, More to Feature in Capcom Spotlight Next Week
@BusyOlf: Ah, got it. I did hear there was a new RE movie coming later this year but didn't know its subtitle until now. Thanks for the explanation.
Re: Resident Evil 4, Exoprimal, More to Feature in Capcom Spotlight Next Week
@BusyOlf : Dead Island isn't a Capcom IP though? Or were you referring to something else?
Re: Beyond Good & Evil 2 Reportedly Loses Studio Head, French Labor Investigation Begins
Remember when BG&E2 originally looked somewhat closer to the first game? Good times...
Now? This whole mess makes me almost wanna forgot the Beyond Good & Evil IP was even a thing, sad.
Re: Resident Evil 4, Street Fighter 6 the Big Winners from State of Play
No suprise there. Personally SF6 was the only highlight in the presentation.
Re: Street Fighter 6 Hype as Cammy's Super Is Based on the Street Fighter 2 Animated Movie
As I wrote in the previous SF6 article I really liked this nod to the movie. Thumbs-up for that Capcom.π
Re: Mortal Kombat 12 Wasn't At State of Play, But Was Just Announced
If MK12 was in the SoP presentation it would have been the highlight for me. I still would have preferred Injustice 3 but I guess WB don't want it to steal the attention from SS (considering that game also features a "evil Superman" story, among others reasons).
Re: Suicide Squad Requires an Internet Connection Even in Single Player
If my last shred of interest wasn't already lost long ago this would have done the trick.
Between this and the idiotic DC high-ups' decision to have all future games be part of DCEU/DCU's shared media universe this is not a good time to be a DC games fan.