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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 286

HallowMoonshadow

On PS4 I'm going to be playing Resident Evil Revelations 2 which just arrived today in the post about 30 minutes after I'd finished the demo's/chapter 1 Raid mode content using Gina with a bit of Claire and Jill on the side

Having finished up Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu on PS1 I'm just booting up the sequel Jade Cocoon 2 on PS2! Been ages since I played this

Re: Ratchet & Clank Is Vital in the Present and Future, Says Sony

HallowMoonshadow

... Am I the only one who thought while the gamplay the was good, Ratchet & Clank 2016 was actually a step down in a lot of ways from the original?

Everyone always likes to wail on Ratchet in the original for being a bit of a butt... but I found his reluctance to heroism much more interesting then his characterisation of eternal goody goody two shoes and the galactic rangers were such a snore.

Not to mention Supreme Executive Chairman Drek was so much better voice acted in the original and a pretty good villain too!

I know there was the film going on at the same time with the 2016 version but it was a bit too childish with the dialogue.

Plus we lost a WHOLE bunch of interesting levels like the poisonous Blarg homeworld or the city that's in constant rainfall (Been way too long for me to remember the names)

Not to mention the loss of the suck cannon! Plus I liked that lightning claw weapon too...

... Quark was good though as he usually is

-EDIT- Ha looks like I'm not the only one @crimsontadpoles ! Didn't see your comment til after I'd posted mine!

Re: ANTHEM Lead Producer Leaves BioWare

HallowMoonshadow

I'm surprised he stayed that long having to prattle on about Anthem!

It's weird that none of the ex-BioWare staff haven't made a new company to just basically be BioWare again before EA bought them... I'm sure with that pedigree (Even if don't agree with the opinion they were the bee's knees) they'd get plenty of funding to make narrative driven games of yore they did not Games as a Service tripe

Re: Work on a New Saints Row Game Is Currently Underway at Volition

HallowMoonshadow

I didn't like the bosses characterisation of being a complete and utter psycho in 2. Plus it was still just a reskin of incredibly drab GTA.

3 and 4 were pretty good at painting them as more loveably nuts or as they'd say a puckish rogue. Just as long as I can use Troy Baker and Laura Bailey as the male and female voices I'm good to go! Give me the wackiness!

Re: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Microtransactions Are Rolling Out on PS4 Now

HallowMoonshadow

Still scummy as hell stealth rolling them out like this. Really enjoying CTR but ugh these coins and the always online requirement for them

Not much ya can do about it sadly but since the announcement every time one of those "fun surveys" comes up I say No.

Once I get Spyro collection that's it for Activision for me. Not that I like any of the other stuff they put out anyway...

Re: Random: Raging Zelda Fan Smashes PS4 Over Breath of the Wild 'Clone' Genshin Impact

HallowMoonshadow

Oh that starting area is definitely derivitive @Ralizah especially those screenshots of yours that look like BotW tit for tat... The rest of the trailer as @NintendoFan4Lyf says shows some unique looking places (Though I haven't seen much of BotW barring the starting area) and seeing as I won't be able to get a switch for a good while this could be a good substitute

Shame on that comment though and some of the others. All fandoms can get a bit overzealous...

Re: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Is Getting Microtransactions

HallowMoonshadow

Well I'm not surprised... Playing offline (Well Online but not against other players at least) the last three/four days of the grand prix I managed to get about 4500 coins and got Ami, Megumi & Liz along with unlocking Tawna.

Still plays great and looks fantastic but can't say I'm not disappointed either in what was obviously a grindfest for money.

Re: Darksiders Genesis: Nephilim Edition Is Pricey as Hell, Includes Full Blown Board Game

HallowMoonshadow

Read up about the downfall of THQ @naruball 'cus I admittedly wasn't completely sure but they were hemorrhaging money left and right and centre on stuff like chasing after WoW to make an MMO and stuck in expensive licensing deals for kids games

The U draw was definitely one of the final nails in the coffin for THQ though... The Wii version apparently sold gangbusters but as you said the PS3/360 versions bombed disastrously

Still a £230/$260 board game for a super special edition doesn't scream smart finacial investment for a series that had a rather poorly recieved installment recently

Re: Kill la Kill - IF Demo Is Playable Now on PS4

HallowMoonshadow

So I know nothing about Kill la Kill other then I've heard of it before... And that certainly was something .

Not sure I liked it at all.

There's some really poor graphics with the character Ira Gamagoori in the story mode when it shows him from a distance... unless that's part of the anime's visual style... either way I'm not a fan of it.

The versus mode opening animations also got boring very fast... I played as Ryuko Matoi against the other three and there's no differenation bar a different line being spoken.

Not sure I'm fond of the fan service either 😅