XVI was by far the worst game of 2023 for me, I genuinely couldn't stand it at all.
The miserable tone, insufferably easy combat with insane damage spounge enemies, every character being boring bar Cid and the worst writing I've ever seen for women in a JRPG was just a huge turn off for me.
Don't know where you got that leap of "your opinion is the only one that matters" junk from because it's clearly obvious that isn't what I meant.
I've played the game and it just baffles me that people can stomach a game that is 70% filler and 30% actual importance but you do you, have fun with that.
Also, I'm not the one making conspiracies in this article, just look at all the people getting mad over nothing because someone dares not to like their precious REBIRTH.
Apparently there's a conspiracy against the bloated mess that is Final Fantasy VII: REBIRTH now. God forbid it be an overly bloated mess of a game and not the masterpiece that reviewers are making it out to be.
As someone who has finished a good chunk of the series and adores Final Fantasy, I honestly find the 93 on MC baffling.
Highly disagree myself. I thought XVI was genuinely terrible and I stopped playing it after 15 hours (I managed to sit through XV) and I found REMAKE so average on replay.
REMAKE being far too linear (I get why it is before people start getting crazy) and far far far too scripted just made it a slog to get through for me on replay.
Tired of this narrative of "fps doesn't matter" because Xbox is having issues with all their first party games reaching 60fps now.
60fps should absolutely be the standard for these two consoles or the target at least.
Hellblade 2 being 30fps is laughable considering it's a 5 hour long cinematic game and I don't care how pretty it looks.
The industry mocked the PS4 Pro (rightfully so) for having poor framerates compared to the One X and they should be calling this out for these new systems.
Oh man, I'd love to own it on N64 one day. I have Resident Evil Gaiden on GBC at least and the original on the SEGA Saturn but the N64 of RE2 would be the crown jewel lol.
That's extremely impressive and good on Namco for supporting the game for so long when other developers give up support fairly quickly. Double edge sword though as the amount of DLC is more than enough to turn off new players like me.
This current gen has been an absolute failure to me. There are good games but most of them still run on PS4 so nothing is really taking advantage of these new consoles so far.
Absolutely no pity for Microsoft at this point. After their pathetic consolidating the industry because they're bad at it and trying to deter businesses from setting up in the UK because they weren't getting their way initially, no time for their nonsense whatsoever.
I stand by that Xbox has gotten worse and worse with each passing generation and lost all their spark once Kinect became a thing.
Something is clearly wrong with Square Enix's vision of Final Fantasy now and they need to start correcting this.
I like Rebirth fine enough but it pales in comparison to the golden era of Final Fantasy to me and I don't think it comes close to the original Final Fantasy VII.
Unless Sony acquires them, they should stop doing timed deals with all three of them and start focusing on becoming a better third party publisher.
I refuse to support them again after the Persona 5 Royal PS5 edition nonsense and every single move they've made since has only reinforced that stance for me.
I play JRPGs primarily so I don't think Persona is even that great of a series and is possibly the most overrated one I can think of.
I do however enjoy Persona 3 enough that I would have broken that stance for one game because of how much I enjoyed that one but Atlus has made it very clear that they don't give a toss about certain players.
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Re: Microsoft 'Meeting Players Where They Are' as Xbox Games Among PS Store's Bestsellers
Removed; user is banned
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 526
Stellar Blade.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Stellar Blade?
Playing it now.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Fallout 4's Next-Gen Version?
@HeeHo
Not on PS4 nope, why?
Re: Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update
Suuuuuuuure it's a mistake.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Fallout 4's Next-Gen Version?
I don't support publishers that agree to let a console maker buy them out so nope.
Re: Stellar Blade (PS5) - A Stellar PS5 Debut Destined to Become a Fan Favourite
Absolutely loved the demo, can't wait to sink time into this one.
Re: Rumour: Sonic Frontiers 2 in the Works, Say Multiple Sources
Meh, hated the original so seems like Sonic isn't for me anymore.
Re: EA Japan Exec Criticises Rating Board for Apparent Stellar Blade Special Treatment
Know it's not the point of the article but I still feel no sympathy for EA.
Re: Persona Dev's Metaphor: ReFantazio Releases For PS5, PS4 in October, New Gameplay Is Glorious
Least they didn't screw over their actual consumer base this time like the last game. Still won't be buying this, Atlus are slimy con men.
Re: It Looks Like Kena: Bridge of Spirits Is Heading to New Platforms
Got it physically but still need to play it.
Re: Sony Reportedly in Talks to Team Up for Paramount Bid
Microsoft should acquire Disney to make up for this, they'll never be able to compete.
Re: Video: Is Fallout 76 Worth Playing in 2024?
No Fallout game is worth playing, no matter the year.
Re: Prepare Yourself for Incoming Metaphor: ReFantazio Livestreams
Will PlayStation fans get royally screwed over because of Atlus being slimy con men again or nah?
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Successfully Expanded the Series to New, Younger Players, Says Square Enix
@nessisonett
I gave up on the game and just moved on to play games I actually enjoyed instead.
Keep in mind that I finished Final Fantasy XIII, XV and VII REBIRTH (I don't like REBIRTH) but XVI was just not Final Fantasy to me at all.
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Successfully Expanded the Series to New, Younger Players, Says Square Enix
XVI was by far the worst game of 2023 for me, I genuinely couldn't stand it at all.
The miserable tone, insufferably easy combat with insane damage spounge enemies, every character being boring bar Cid and the worst writing I've ever seen for women in a JRPG was just a huge turn off for me.
Re: Fallout Player Counts Skyrocket After Amazon Adaptation Drops
No plans to watch this, hated Fallout 3 from what I played so no thanks.
Re: Job Listing Confirms EA's Black Panther Game Is Open World
@Ichiban
Asia in general I'd say.
Re: Job Listing Confirms EA's Black Panther Game Is Open World
More Marvel and now open world, pass.
Re: Stellar Blade's Demo Had Way More Daily Active Players Than Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's
@Titntin
Don't know where you got that leap of "your opinion is the only one that matters" junk from because it's clearly obvious that isn't what I meant.
I've played the game and it just baffles me that people can stomach a game that is 70% filler and 30% actual importance but you do you, have fun with that.
Also, I'm not the one making conspiracies in this article, just look at all the people getting mad over nothing because someone dares not to like their precious REBIRTH.
Re: Stellar Blade's Demo Had Way More Daily Active Players Than Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's
@danzoEX
Nope, I enjoy fighting the enemies because I enjoy Soulslike's actually. No need to be mad that this game is already a better time than VII REBIRTH.
Re: Stellar Blade Download Size Will Respect Your PS5 Storage
So it's not a bloated install like FFVII REBIRTH, great to see.
Re: Stellar Blade's Demo Had Way More Daily Active Players Than Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's
Apparently there's a conspiracy against the bloated mess that is Final Fantasy VII: REBIRTH now. God forbid it be an overly bloated mess of a game and not the masterpiece that reviewers are making it out to be.
As someone who has finished a good chunk of the series and adores Final Fantasy, I honestly find the 93 on MC baffling.
Re: Stellar Blade's Demo Had Way More Daily Active Players Than Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's
@danzoEX
Nope, I enjoyed it for its gameplay far more than I did VII REBIRTH. Nice try though.
Re: Stellar Blade's Demo Had Way More Daily Active Players Than Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's
@BugCatcherGarl
Highly disagree myself. I thought XVI was genuinely terrible and I stopped playing it after 15 hours (I managed to sit through XV) and I found REMAKE so average on replay.
REMAKE being far too linear (I get why it is before people start getting crazy) and far far far too scripted just made it a slog to get through for me on replay.
Re: Stellar Blade's Demo Had Way More Daily Active Players Than Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's
After playing the demo for Stellar Blade and the full game for REBIRTH, I heavily preferred Stellar Blade.
I honestly think REBIRTH is one of the worst Square Enix games in recent memory and no, I'm not trolling here, I genuinely hated it by the end.
The amount of bloat is absolutely insane and the awful story changes entirely killed my interest in the 3rd game.
Re: Despite Flagging Physical Software Sales, PS5's Retail Presence Is Still Strong in Japan
I went to Japan last year and there was definitely some interest in PlayStation (at least far more than internet dwellers have you believe).
Granted I went to Bic Camera so there was a lot more people.
Re: Yuji Naka Surfaces to Accuse Recently Ousted Dragon Quest Producer of 'Lying in Court'
Go away Naka you slimy worm.
Re: Poll: How Much Do You Care About 60fps on PS5?
Tired of this narrative of "fps doesn't matter" because Xbox is having issues with all their first party games reaching 60fps now.
60fps should absolutely be the standard for these two consoles or the target at least.
Hellblade 2 being 30fps is laughable considering it's a 5 hour long cinematic game and I don't care how pretty it looks.
The industry mocked the PS4 Pro (rightfully so) for having poor framerates compared to the One X and they should be calling this out for these new systems.
Re: Sea of Thieves Reportedly a 'Key Test' for More Xbox Games on PS5
I got the only Xbox game I want, they can keep the rest.
Re: Game Pass Woes for Indie Devs as Microsoft, Epic Funding Reportedly Drying Up
@Toot1st
Nice job blatantly ignoring the posts that list those types of articles. It's only Sony fans that are bad eh?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 522
Nintendo - More Xenoblade Chronicles X
Xbox - Finishing off Grabbed by the Ghoulies
PS - nothing currently
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 522
@Zuljaras
Oh man, I'd love to own it on N64 one day. I have Resident Evil Gaiden on GBC at least and the original on the SEGA Saturn but the N64 of RE2 would be the crown jewel lol.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 522
@Zuljaras
Great find with the GameCube version of RE3.
Have both RE2 and RE3 on Dreamcast & GameCube myself.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing the Stellar Blade Demo?
Played it and absolutely loved my time with it.
Re: Game Pass Woes for Indie Devs as Microsoft, Epic Funding Reportedly Drying Up
@Toot1st
I assume that you're as critical of PureXbox then?
Re: Game Pass Woes for Indie Devs as Microsoft, Epic Funding Reportedly Drying Up
@GeeEssEff
That doesn't fit the narrative of Xbox being a massive victim though now does it?
Re: Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 Support Simply Never Ends as Four-Part Expansion Is Announced
That's extremely impressive and good on Namco for supporting the game for so long when other developers give up support fairly quickly. Double edge sword though as the amount of DLC is more than enough to turn off new players like me.
Re: Xbox Planning to Release the 'Majority' of Its Exclusives on PS5
@Stickleman
Suuuuuure you don't love, sure you don't.
Guess I've just imagined the glee on twitter, PureXbox and YouTube then.
Re: Xbox Planning to Release the 'Majority' of Its Exclusives on PS5
@MomsSpaghetti
I think they peaked during the OG Xbox era myself. Nothing on 360 was close to as amazing as Ninja Gaiden Black and Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate for me.
Re: Devs Allegedly Pondering the Point of Sony's PS5 Pro Upgrade
This current gen has been an absolute failure to me. There are good games but most of them still run on PS4 so nothing is really taking advantage of these new consoles so far.
Re: Xbox Planning to Release the 'Majority' of Its Exclusives on PS5
Absolutely no pity for Microsoft at this point. After their pathetic consolidating the industry because they're bad at it and trying to deter businesses from setting up in the UK because they weren't getting their way initially, no time for their nonsense whatsoever.
I stand by that Xbox has gotten worse and worse with each passing generation and lost all their spark once Kinect became a thing.
2002 - 2009 was peak Xbox imo.
Re: Xbox Planning to Release the 'Majority' of Its Exclusives on PS5
@Stickleman
Like how people are gleeful for PS VR2 failing and how we never stop hearing that Microsoft should buy Sony out the industry you mean?
Re: Xbox Planning to Release the 'Majority' of Its Exclusives on PS5
Somehow this will be Sony's fault to the other side.
Re: The Elder Scrolls Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Gives a Small Update on TES 6
I stand by that Bethesda is a garbage developer so Xbox can keep this.
Re: Rise of the Ronin (PS5) - A Safe, Outdated Open World Game
Well that's really disappointing to hear, I was really excited for this one too.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Hi-Fi Rush?
It's the only Xbox game that I wanted so yes, I will be playing this on PS5.
I have it on Xbox as well but can't stand the controller.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PS5 Sales Slip 91% at Retail
Something is clearly wrong with Square Enix's vision of Final Fantasy now and they need to start correcting this.
I like Rebirth fine enough but it pales in comparison to the golden era of Final Fantasy to me and I don't think it comes close to the original Final Fantasy VII.
Unless Sony acquires them, they should stop doing timed deals with all three of them and start focusing on becoming a better third party publisher.
Re: Oft-Forgotten Jak & Daxter Spin-Off The Lost Frontier Soaring to PS5, PS4 via PS Plus Premium
I wish this remained forgotten and we got Daxter instead.
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Will Be Locked Behind Expansion Pass
@dskatter
I refuse to support them again after the Persona 5 Royal PS5 edition nonsense and every single move they've made since has only reinforced that stance for me.
I play JRPGs primarily so I don't think Persona is even that great of a series and is possibly the most overrated one I can think of.
I do however enjoy Persona 3 enough that I would have broken that stance for one game because of how much I enjoyed that one but Atlus has made it very clear that they don't give a toss about certain players.