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Jet set radio? I can dream

@ShogunRok Just for the sake of conversation, (your reviews of these and more games were very informative and useful to limit my crazy JRPG spending):

Pacing problems aside, FF16 really lacks a third wind in terms of gameplay.

P3R, on the other hand, is a very subdued and understated "homework" remake that lacks the FF7 or RE remakes' impact, re-imagination and ambition. Consider Gekkoukan High in P3 and P3R, Kalm in FF7, and Rebirth afterwards—not exactly the same level of work 😅 the game maintains the same size as the original, doesn't truly utilize the power of the current generation, and doesn't even include all that might be included—the female MP and the answer are both missing.

And while these two games kind of tunneled me in different ways, FF Rebirth is the funniest game to play and the least dictatorial when it comes to telling me what to do and when to do it.

I have one hour tonight and I can do some Shinra Towers, unwind, do some hunting in Rebirth in a way that doesn't function well in the other two games. It’s just my taste though.

Good point about the install base@Porco I am not so sure about a ps4 version and honestly glad they just released it on ps5 - the visuals held better than from say FFXIII to XIII-2, it’s easier to make a linear game look very good but once you are out in very large areas …

@ShogunRok the skinner meme is on point hahah.

But I am seriously surprised you scored FF16 and P3R higher than Rebirth. I am only on chapter 5 but so far this is clearly the best experience out of the three. I mean, they are all good games and there is no accounting for taste but this is the richer, grandest and most ambitious game out of the three. I am constantly waiting for Rebirth to terribly disappoint me since I am really loving it hahaha

@somnambulance same experience here!
I hope the fact that it is actually a part 2 doesn’t punish its sales too much. Honestly the best JRPG experience I had in a very long time - loving it.

I still find it nice looking and fluid and pretty impressive considering its open world-ish nature, especially coming from P3 Reload that feels like a switch game most of the time (don’t get me started on the dormitory)

But yeah I recently played right on front of my TV and found the fuzziness people were referring to, though I still prefer it to the variable frame rate of 16, but if it can be improved I am all for it!

I will surely keep my eyes on this

The quality of the illustrations is crazy for a F2P game event trailer

Wow Sakimoto’s soundtrack is immediately recognizable, he’s so underrated!

Oh Power Battle is gonna be mine

I am currently unavailable due to very important personal matters 🌸

My mantra for the next weeks

This is getting more and more concerning …are we moving away from AAA development for good?

In all honesty, this would annoy me quite a bit. I like things to be in the right place

She says something like that when you first meet her at the slums church

Devastating news! I hope everyone affected lands on his feet and manages to get a better position/job as soon as possible

I really enjoyed the small DLC (probably compiled in a month or two) they already put out - looking forward to Leviathan! One of the best FF combat systems ever

I am sure that is not the main selling point but I am here to point out that costume is horrible! Hopefully we can influence the costume choice like in the first one

Yeah I am hooked! 🥵 Japanese game fatigue

Tried on switch, will play on PS5 - Too many great games! 🥵

@Cloud39472 preach it!

The poor visuals statements are hitting my faith in humanity hard. Those are some of the best character models I have ever seen in any videogame.

@ShogunRok I wasn’t objecting to your review at all, just pointing out that many posters here are overly dramatic: I can think of many, many RPGs that did side quest worse than recent FF. SMT and Persona, for instance, have absolutely dire ones, yet that aren’t scrutinized for not being on the level of the Witcher 3 or BG3, a completely other vibe and form of game.

And while we’re at it: maybe we should start comparing FF16 or FF7R combat and boss fights with The Witcher 3’s (again, one of my faves) since it seems so natural to compare the side quest, let’s do the same with the combat …it is just my opinion but these comparisons are one sided, unfair and serve a ready-made narrative that it’s getting more and more tiresome.

All the people complaining dramatically about ff16 and Remake quests have been playing P3 Reload? Because bring me Pine Resin and Muscle drink were really compelling and moving side quests that redefined the genre 🙄

Thank you for the review!
It sounds more up my alley than 16 (which I liked!) was. Love mini-games and explorations and non-linear plots.

It has a striking 93 on MC for what it’s worth…I see the dry PS5 2024 continues after TLOU2, GBfabtasy Relink and Hell Divers 2: such a bleak, bleak year for PS.

I will surely get Hi-fi Rush and maybe put Pentiment on a wishlist.

That said, to have the podcast and not reveal the titles “to leve it to the developers” and then announce them all unceremoniously 1 week later …why?
It really looks bad for them, don’t they realize it?

This game has plenty of room to become a better version of himself and was actually really suffering from severe hardware restrictions.
I still enjoyed it but would welcome an expanded PS5 port

Balanced sounds good! Really looking forward to this one

Final Fantasy VII remake quick re-run and Tekken!
@Bentleyma I wish I had your stamina!
@ApostateMage I wish the female protagonist was in Reload, she is so cool! And the female perspective is nice for a change in these dating (kinda) heavy games

“We couldn’t sell consoles and subs and our parent company is tired of losing money and forced us to publish games on other platforms”.

It helps PlayStation move hardware and expand/reinforce their brand.
It helps the dev to optimize the game and ship it sooner. It’s one less platform to worry about…
What about acquiring entire studios that had games in development for PS, who did it help, Phil?

@Korgon Yes! The voice of reason

And I thought Sony’s communication was weak…
This was a master class on how NOT to squash internet rumors.
It basically indirectly confirmed that anything could be coming to PlayStation and Switch.
What a terrible show!

A big Astrobot game would be HUGE for me! Please make it real

It’s selling faster than SF6, isn’t?

These are excellent games, I prefer SF6 if you put a gun to my head but it’s just more my vibe! Anyway we are eating good, now back to some Tekken matches and trying to finish my quick Remake rerun

Not the most inventive title to be honest. But colour me interested in a PlayStation Studios RPG!

C’mon even FF16 was rated M and the sexuality played out like some bizarrely puritan version of GOT. I don’t think she will be flashing us! At least I hope so. What did I pre-order 😂

@MrMagic and then complain about AAA development times after driving development teams insane with some insanely high standards

Err…people seriously had no idea of how this looked after roughly 200 hours of trailers? The characters models are incredible, the art direction is solid and it runs at a very stable frame rate in performance!
The demo convinced me 100% and to think this kind of graphic impact will be applied to huge open worldish areas is just …wow!

@lacerz I mean, this is on their own proprietary hardware alone, it’s actually pretty shocking how high this is. Xbox would sure love to pull similar numbers on their consoles but they have changed their strategy and will change it again because it couldn’t pull this (among other things) off

@sanderson72 lol @ lackluster release schedule? Are we living in the same start of 2024? I can’t literally find time to play half of what I strictly consider must play on ps5

Nice to know but it looked fabulous to my eyes!

Wow it sounds and looks like an amazing re-release!
I think my standard for re-releases/remasters is Crisis Core atm. Not my favorite game but they really delivered on that one!

Happy for them!
Wasn’t the best time to come out

Thank you for the review! I’m tempted to join the fun but keeping my schedule clear for Rebirth atm

For the sake of prediction, I predict immense vagueness.

“It’s currently being considered on a one by one case to bring a selection of our games to other platforms as we aim to bring more players into the Xbox family” kind of deal.
I honestly expected Spencer to post something like this on Twitter to end the insanity of hardcore fans.

Also, do you remember when Phil told something like “we consider PlayStation users part of the Xbox family”? You guys covered that story. I thought it was just incoherent rambling but maybe 🤔 Was this the time he said something true?

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/11/playstation-users-to-be-considered-part-of-the-xbox-community-says-xbox-boss

SEGA is one of my favourite developers alongside Capcom but they were approaching Square Enix level of self inflicted damage with their nonsensical release schedule last Fall/Winter.

Kojima is 60? WTH

@Korgon I was summoning dead gods in Eternal Darkness when I had that discussion and she thought I was joining a cult or something.

I honestly thought it was way worse, like 1:3. Must be still going decently in the US.

Errr, I mean…has anybody ever been excited to play Starfield? They can surely keep it close to their chest, especially if it stops Xbox hardcore fans from losing their sanity online as it’s been going on for a week or so.

@Styledvinny79 we have a pc in the house and we actually regifted a Series S we got for Christmas 😅 it’s already a tough sell imho