Ryu_Niiyama

Ryu_Niiyama

Astrophysics. Perfume. Taiko. =Life

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Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Lays the Foundation for a New Modern-Day Narrative

Ryu_Niiyama

This is the AC I have been waiting for after the modern day storyline has gone off the rails (imo death of Juno) but i don’t know if they can piece the modern day narrative into a coherent story at this point, for me at least. As such for me AC:S will be my final AC but I am going all out (CE and hidden blade are preordered). For me I cared about the modern story to keep me interested in the series as not every assassin or locale/culture was fun/interesting to me so at this point with the modern storyline to pot I am just riding out finally going to Japan. I feel like losing Desilets (and possibly May) put the franchise in a slow crash and burn trajectory.

Re: More People Are Playing the Original Horizon Zero Dawn Than Its Remaster on PC

Ryu_Niiyama

From the PC perspective the original is a more recent release and now there is “already” a remaster? I bought the original for PS4 day 1 and I still felt it was too soon for a remaster. So I can see users with machines just as or more powerful than a PS5 not being bothered (especially if they aren’t aware what has changed). That being said I hope sony stays the course. They keep going all in for PC and i don’t have to buy a PS6. Win win for me.

Re: Fortnite Mixing It Up with Hip-Hop Chapter 2 Reboot

Ryu_Niiyama

@AfroMario I never said that. I asked if young teens are listening to these artists. When I was a teen it wasn’t popular to listen to artists that debuted 3-4 decades ago. (Not saying I didn’t listen to old music but it was still considered old. Which is my point.) That’s the logic. And since none of the folks replying to me are teens my question still stands.

Re: Ubisoft Confident Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Make February Launch

Ryu_Niiyama

I really hope so. But I am working on Odyssey (just got back from Greece too so it hits harder) and Mirage (tried Valhalla and I hate it so I may have to youtube it) to tide me over. Shadows and Ghost of Yotei are my most anticipated AAA games next year. Super excited for Shadows. Making room for my shiny new statue!!

Re: Hideo Kojima's Dream of Breaking into Hollywood Is Nearly a Reality

Ryu_Niiyama

Good luck. But I don’t think it will pan out the way he wants. Most of his work either heavily lifts from movies he likes or is so convoluted that you can’t make a movie out of it. I pity the screenwriter that would have to adapt MGS. I don’t think he can write a movie that would be well received as a movie. Perhaps a video game adaptation but that would mostly draw his fans. But the rest of the movie going audience would likely bounce off it. Most video game plots go to either extreme. Either too sparse or too convoluted/nonsensical.

Re: Dragon Quest Veterans on Dealing with 'Ridiculous Country' USA Amid Censorship Row

Ryu_Niiyama

I am only annoyed by the type a/type b nonsense. The human species is sexually dimorphic and that is easily visible except in medical issues/genetic issues. I am still going to play whatever type is the female character.

As for bodily exposure I can’t take most of it seriously because most characters that are designed with half naked women and girls (as many male focused media love sexualizing the female body at young ages) are designed for boys and men to look at them sexually as opposed to a power fantasy which is why male characters are designed musclebound and (if) no shirt. Objectification vs (male) power fantasy. If I walk around with no shirt on I will get arrested (or harassed … likely both) if a man walks around with no shirt on, nothing happens at all. The last time I could do that I was a toddler. Female and male bodies are not treated the same. Full stop. (I have not heard of a place where they are treated exactly the same. If it exists someone tell me and I will move.) We have countries where women have to be covered from head to toe and can’t speak in public. With legal/criminal and physical repercussions if they aren’t. Until that goes away forever I can’t take any argument about “censorship “ seriously as it isn’t in good faith and it never will be.

Let women and girls tell you what we find to be a power fantasy or practical for our bodies and heroines.

Re: Fans Appear to Be Coming Around to PS5 Pro

Ryu_Niiyama

It’s probably more the folks that were gonna buy it anyway are speaking up. There are plenty of people that just want the latest tech (and if they can afford it, more power to them) and will be there day 1. But there are many that will evaluate based on value. Personally since we are at a transition period for this gen (Nintendo will announce their new system this fiscal year, Sony putting out the Pro) it’s a good time for PC upgrades imo.

Re: Random: Xbox Boss Complains About X Button After Being Handed PS5 Pad

Ryu_Niiyama

It is annoying. I have all three major systems and have to readjust if I have been camping on one system for a bit. By the time I get out of the Zelda fog next year I won't know how to hold a dualshock. Especially since I game less on Sony because I don't like symmetrical joysticks. At least they all have similar button count now. Back when they were all pretty different was a nightmare.

Re: PS5's Ghost of Yotei Triggers Social Media, Ex-Sony Exec Says 'If You Don't Like It, Don't Buy It'

Ryu_Niiyama

Agreed. Everyone has to whine about a game now (and it's usually something to dehumanize others at that). Oh no there are women in it, Oh no we can't see breasts, oh no the girls aren't 14 years old in game, Oh no this woman character doesn't look like solo fun time material, Oh no the women can fight.

Seriously cavedude stuff. Just pick a game you like and buy it (and also go outside and touch grass). Not everything is made for you. I skip TONS of games due to disinterest. Still have more to play, than I can finish in a lifetime.

Either way, I am super excited for this game and will be preordering asap (hoping for a CE). Sony will likely get two sales out of me if they make a PC version.

Re: Rumour: PS6 Could Span a Console and Handheld Device

Ryu_Niiyama

@Yousef- pretty much multiple. For me PS is my exclusives box or if it won’t run on switch (and isn’t on xbox). I feel like right now there aren’t enough exclusives in play to account for various genres/user interests. For instance for me Horizon and Spiderman are the only Sony (exclusives) games I am playing (with Nioh and GoT also being favorites but are last gen). So as of right now that means that for me the PS “has no games”. (I am getting the Astro Bot demo though, hopefully I will enjoy).

I’m waiting on the system to pick up with more exclusives. I agree that this is years down the pipe but as a consumer that is concerning (as of right now I have no interest in the PS5pro or PS6 because the PS5 has under delivered). I think they should float smaller AA games to make their library more diverse. Like how Nintendo has made a Zelda game every year but they aren’t all huge mainline games but they span different genres. Sony has the IP catalog to put out more games if they would make them smaller or changed genres.

Edit: so the new Ghost game has pulled me back in. Well played Sony.

Re: Reaction: Why There Are So Many Unnecessary PS5 Remasters for Games That Don't Need Them

Ryu_Niiyama

Nintendo pulled forward a catalog that most Switch owners didn’t have access to, while adding to the games (Mario Kart 8 which still sells well had changes made that make it different from the original version and dlc that you can’t get on WiiU). They were never just pure remasters. Even still that was done while adding to their new game catalog. For several years Nintendo had a new game coming out monthly…as in from them. And that ratio has only slowed down slightly. So not quite the same situation.

Sony on the other hand I feel isn’t churning out games as fast internally, instead relying on third parties to float it (something Nintendo can’t afford to do although 3rd party support for them is at an all time high.)