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I feel like PS5 owners who like JRPGs cannot physically keep an eye on anymore games.
Vonimir doesn’t look half bad tbh

Nice read! Even being a tad older than you, I can relate to that feeling of discovering an entire new world through JRPGs.
Playing the original Phantasy Star series as a child alongside my older sister compelled both of us to learn English (debatable) and later on Japanese and eventually become flight attendants to visit this land where all these games and stories were created.
And it all started with a Sega Master System cartridge we picked from the shelf on a whim because it had a girl brandishing a sword on the cover and what appeared to be a fighting cat.
So thank you, Sega, for changing our lives forever and taking us far away from our home, both figuratively and literally.

These all look so good they could be each character main costume. Well maybe not Juri’s 😝

Also those little sketches and drawings are art book quality…Capcom design for this is on another level

Healthy competition is always nice but I am going to be sincere and admit I am glad to see Xbox’s “let’s spend Sony out of business” plan is not working out at all.

Their marketing team has been super
annoying and I find Phil Spencer unbearably slimy

Grandia and Klonoa are made of joy

I Have got to postpone Persona 3 because I waited for Granblue so long and no way I am skipping Tekken or FFVII. I want to play Unicorn Overlord as well.

But of course Dagon Dogma is a must …I sincerely hope it is coming out in June

Gorgeous, gorgeous game

Returnal is my favourite game on ps5, so very sad to see him leaving but wishing him the best.

Kudos to Red XIII’s voice actor. He really delivered on the first game and this recap really hit me!

Idk, I am glad they are adding more options but level scaling always ends up screwing up some things as some enemies become incredibly difficult while others are as easy as they would be without scaling and the difficulty gets all weird like that.

Mmm ….
Are we secretly preparing for another epidemic lockdown kinda situation? Are we secretly hoping for it?

I see a lot of replies really underestimating SEGA. They have been regularly in the top 10 (when not top 3) publisher (by review score) every year for the last decade. Huge company with more history and assets than any buyer could handle

Wake me up to the smell of Death Stranding 2 news

Square-Enix casting pr*ckoga on us.

@DennisReynolds I disagree but hey, that’s alright! What strikes me about your impression is that really the combat couldn’t be more different than a MMO, it’s really an action adventure game in the vain of GOW and DMC 😅 if you are spamming square you must be wearing the assist rings and that is like playing Bayo with the automatic combo accessory. It really mirrors that kind of game. Arcade mode also scores you after every encounter. The side quest implementation is the only element of the game I would kinda see being similar to a MMO.

@Scottyy well on top of that they didn’t have kind words for the games in their leaked e-mails…basically calling it a B tier game: they really don’t seem to understand gaming 😅

@DennisReynolds No I am not joking, Ryota Suzuki (Devil May Cry) was the director of combat and he thinks it is his best work yet. As do plenty of reviewers. So yeah my opinion is not really out there…I didn’t even love FF16 but the combat IS insanely good once you get a couple of Eikons. The scale of boss fights is just insane. It is really, really similar to Bayo in many ways, don’t let the first ciotole of hours fool you

@ShogunRok yeah OT 2 is the best traditional RPG I played this year. You will love it.

I know right? LOL FF16 is literally made by DMC key staff lol…

FF16 up with Baldur’s Gate for best RPG but not best action game? It has to be the best combat system since Bayonetta and GOW2018

Street Fighter 6 getting fighting game for sure!

Give the project to Kojima Productions or Sony plz.

Fingers crossed that something nice came out of that development hell

@Tr3mm0r inquisition was a very nice game 🫶🏻

@GymratAmarillo fast forward to Nintendo sneakily announcing they chose to produce the movie with Paramount instead after Sony already confirmed its involvement 🤪

It is almost guaranteed to be a hit so it would be stupid not to be involved! And technically it’s Sony and not PlayStation, I guess?

I consider humans part of the human race and the human race is part of our interest as we look into expanding our portfolio welcoming Universal Love in the Xbox family. Namaste. 🤡

You all not mentioning Valkyria Chronicles alongside XCOM 🥲

A shorter, ps5 only GOW title would be perfection!
I (like many) am not too fond of Athreus, though!

I honestly liked Shenmue 3 but I admit it felt like we were finally getting a game made 20 years ago…and I enjoyed this little time anomaly I could pretend to live in. I am very curious about the future of the series and this prequel thing sounds interesting but I am not holding my breath for anything soon.

Love Mitsuru!
She is a trope (extremely rich girl who finds commoners’ life intriguing) but such a well executed one!

I am in the market for those buds 😍

That’s a sweet moment! FFXVI is surely not my favourite entry in the series but I can respect what Yoshi-P tried to do with it.
For me as a player, it needed a couple of mini-games or some other third element (other than story and combat) and maybe a better villain. In terms of modern FF games I loved XV and XII way more. I would put XVI in the same category of XIII: very good combat system but too streamlined. XVI has a stronger story going for it but also a weaker cast of characters. Jill must be the dullest female character in a FF game ever. She is pure cardboard. Cidney or Lunafreya showed more personality in the 10 minutes they had in XV than she ever does in the 10 hours we hear her talking in XVI. Beta female character that is there just so we can see Clive grow. Not cool.

Mini-game overload! I sincerely hope that that strategy game they had in Intergrade also makes a comeback, as it was pretty fun imho.

I am partial to Haruka Kanata

It’s alright as in November only the hardcore fans will buy this and they will play it with Japanese dub like it is meant to be played 😜

They chose wisely! Admittedly having Final Fantasy, Zelda and Street Fighter dropped so close to one another was hard, but we powered through and raised to the occasion

Square Enix is releasing a game every two weeks 😂 this looks interesting for sure!

I kinda had hopes for this despite its absolute nightmare of a title. Well, one less to play in this intense time of gaming, I guess.

Also, we love you Square Enix, but is everything all right? What’s with these seemingly random projects? Loved both 16 and Octopath II, keep those coming

What do you mean 100 hours, it’s more like 150-200 for each of those 😣

So glad the outfits are for the avatars! I have a pet peeve about holiday outfits for fighting game characters as they ruin the aesthetic of any game

I am glad I am not alone in finding this absurdly difficult and not in a fun way 😣 I had really liked the base game

Playing this and finding it quite a spike up in difficulty but wow they gave us a lot! Every character has is own skill three and stuff

This plays nothing like Splatoon TBH

I’m your friendly middle elf bard playing in the tavern

I mean, It’s not a big deal and comes off as a bit petty for Xbox as it is an update way way down the line

Heartwarming stuff, really.😅 Now Phil you could retire too and you could play golf together. Think about it. Let it simmer.

Are they remastering Andrew House?
Always been more partial to Kaz

@truerbluer useful list but HFW won’t release in 2023 on PC. Probably within the end of March 2024.

Wow! Got of War Ragnarok is still expensive! I want this for Europe I would get Tsushima

These services most certainly devalue games, they are a very talented studio and did the right thing imho.

Now be a a good boy and stay clear of February-March

Ah mini games! And exploration! I missed you inf FF16 - though that was a very nice experience, this looks more like my thing!

Now I just need to sort out Baldur’s Gate 3 and cut the inexplicable relapse I had for Phantasy Star Online Episode I and II 😂