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@LifeGirl this one is basically a D&D campaign (apparently a good one at that)

Sea of Stars, it’s really good. Really loving the level design in this one.

I think I'll hold off on buying another year before the price bump and get it on some kind of sale again instead. There's usually one for Black Friday.

awesome, definitely playing this soon

If it wasn’t right after Spider-Man 2, I’d be on it day one. Loved the first game.

Guess I should play Chicory next, then.

I believe I saw the Remedy community director mention a demo too? Not sure if that's something available for download or maybe just playable at Gamescom or even for the press only, though.

@djlard it's out on Tuesday next week (launches on PS+ Extra too)

@Quintumply @PSfan4Life22 oh, that's actually awesome

Does this have crossplay? I suspect not but it would be nice.

@ShogunRok Thanks! It was a super fun project.
Seriously though - The finals AND all of day 2 for Strive was super hype.
I'm yet to watch the SF6 finals because I couldn't stay away unfortunately but having the Capcom band play player intros live on stage was a nice touch!

Also, before SF6 finals, Rick teased EVO coming to "somewhere new" besides USA and Japan in 2024 and I gotta assume that means Europe. If that happens, I'm 100% going!

Casting a biased vote because I worked on the GGST finals intro

I like the look of this! Seems like character models are similar to KOF XV but the shading and vfx look better!
Also, I played A TON of Garou back in the day, it was great.

@z0d15g0d These are just the main stage games. There's 18 others in the community tournaments and a BYOC event for several more on top of that.

Anyway... who's watching? 👀

I imagine upcoming EVO had a thing or two to do with that

@KaijuKaiser @ShogunRok The big issues earlier this year definitely killed some of its momentum and SF6's launch didn't help either but it's already starting to come back a little.
I guess EVO hype might be part of it, summer vacation another part (a lot of GG players are young people) but the competitive scene is doing visibly better now than it did 3-6 months ago, some players that left to play SF6 are already back, and the beginning of Season 3 will definitely bring a lot more back, even if just for a while. It's still the 2nd biggest game at EVO and other North American tournaments (Europe's always been more about Tekken). It's doing fine.
That said, GG has never been remotely as big as SF, Tekken or Mortal Kombat so with new ones coming out for each of those, it's quite understandable that you hear about them way more.

I'm keeping the beep. I understand others might have valid reasons to mute it though.

@MFTWrecks I think it's just implying you can use them with a console (which doesn't support bluetooth headphones without a dongle)

@UltimateOtaku91 The contrary, apparently. It sold very well and they're looking to sell even more.

@Melee_Ace Good point. There’s the rumored FF9 remake too. Looking forward to playing this in my 60s.

Also, if you can't suplex a train, they might as well not release it

I loved FF6 even if I never finished it (I should probably get the remaster on my phone and finally do it).
I wonder how well a character like Ultros would translate to modern presentation though

@Vega37 I mean - I know this specifically about Poland, where subbing to Peacock is not even an option. No idea if it’s also true for other places. The regional licensing for TV can be weird sometimes

Peacock is not available here but it's supposed to launch on HBO MAX in early September so that's when I'll check it out.

@KAIRU Hard to imagine Tekken without him

Peacock isn't available in my country but it's apparently coming to HBO Max here - not until September though

I might get the DualSense if they don't sell out in the next few weeks. I don't exactly need a 5th one but oh well

@riceNpea Technically correct (the best kind of correct) but it seems safe to assume that retailers ordering large amounts from Sony means retailers selling similarly large amounts to customers.

F.I.S.T. was very good. This sounds very different but I'm definitely interested.

@HotGoomba Nah, I’m already seeing parts of Twitter (sorry - X!) saying Insomniac and DF are both lying now
Backed by footage of the game running ok-ish on a machine with a hdd (that just happens to have 4x, maybe 8x the amount of RAM the PS4 had)

Not my month - already got DD and not interested in the other games (although I do appreciate Dreams being excellent in what it does)

Very much looking forward to this year’s EVO for multiple reasons including personal

Very nice, the game gives me major Chrono Trigger vibes

@ShogunRok I had a few matches that would literally pause for half a second every few seconds and not all of them were wifi players.
My other complaint is that it would often add delay frames while rollback frames remained at 0-1 despite being set to favor responsiveness. I'd very much rather have 4f of rollback than 2f of delay.
Very solid for most matches though.

@ShogunRok @somnambulance Thing is, this year's Tekken World Tour has already started and it's a series of Tekken 7 tournaments so it's unlikely that Tekken 8 releases before it concludes. There is no date for the finals yet but the 2022 tour ended in early February this year.

Unfortunately I was out of town for most of the weekend but I still got to play the CNT (not a great acronym, is it) for a few hours and while I admittedly suck at Tekken (for now anyway), I had a lot of fun. I'll definitely play more this week when it returns with crossplay.
The game probably needs some rebalancing and the netcode was a little bit inconsistent (but mostly good) but hey, it's exactly what the test is for. Looks like it's potentially headed for a very successful launch, whenever that might be.

This is literally just an Android tablet

Love me a good puzzle game!

I liked this game a lot and (after several weeks of waiting on patch that fixed my progression blocker) I got the platinum trophy for it but what it needs is performance improvements.

@ORO_ERICIUS wasn't it only free for a limited time? I do agree it's very good though

I did not expect this but I actually liked this trailer a lot. Not gonna sub to Peacock for it but I'll watch it eventually

@get2sammyb I'm gonna have to disagree about the ceiling thing. No argument about the fun factor though

Word of advice from a somewhat competitive fighting game player - even if you are looking to become a pro player, make extra sure an arcade stick is what you want (assuming it would be your first).
While legacy players will often use sticks because they started playing the games in arcades and it's simply what they're used to, it's not like this type of controller will really give you an advantage in most cases.
In some games, having access to extra buttons with your left hand's fingers will make a pad the optimal controller (especially if it's a 4-button game, so basically anything other than SF). And you can go even further with a "pro" pad equipped with back paddles.
Elsewhere, an all-button controller like the Hitbox will give you the most precise control over directional inputs.
Ultimately it's really down to personal preference and you simply shouldn't assume you need a specific controller to git gud. Maybe find someone who already has one and try using it for a while, see if you like it first.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk

@HonestHick That's a good point. I personally didn't buy it because I'm still playing a lot of Guilty Gear Strive, which I find more fun than SF. I wouldn't find the time to improve in both at the same time.

The last Test Drive game I played was this, lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkx4AEC9ycI

@themightyant It's good for a fighting game. Other than Mortal Kombat, it's a pretty niche genre.
That said, the levels of hype for SF6 (including the competitive scene) were so high, I also thought it would be more. I think it's still a bit better than initial SFV sales.

I actually wanna play all of these! Now if I only had the time for even one...

@tameshiyaku I looked at the linked tweets and they both mention the fight at Bewitt Bridge (I don't think this is a big spoiler) - which I've already beat in graphics mode with zero issues.

Not saying people aren't having problems but I'm 20h in using graphics mode and I had 0 issues, haven't even seen a smallest bug.
Also according to another source it's the performance mode causing problems, so I'm going to say the choice might not be relevant.

Putting it on the wishlist and waiting for sale, then!