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I´m certain the remaster will be a PS5 Pro launch title. Do you think lots of people would buy a PS5 Pro just to play it? I would

@Brundleflies21 I remember playing it on the Vita and I thought it was pretty lame. Isn´t there a sequel releasing though?

I´m glad this crashes and burns, if only so it can make big publishers and developer studios think twice about releasing another live service online multiplayer shooter

@johncalmc I agree. It´s just a very unappealing game that doesn´t understand its target audience at all. The article didn´t mention this due to its political nature, but the modern kind of "inclusivity" that this game radiates obviously doesn´t sit well with a lot of people, whether they say it or not. This product was doomed to fail, trying to cater to people who don´t actually play video games

@Brundleflies21 Wasn´t the Sony smash bros clone relatively successful? I think you´re onto something

I physically cringed when I read they were "going open world"
What a tragedy that every game now has to have a completely oversized map. I hate it

Cant wait for the crowbcat video highlighting this trainwreck of a release. Then the game will at least have produced some entertainment of value. It´s history repeating itself again, first Cliffy B, then the ugly Borderlands hero shooter and now this

I used to play this and World Party a ton as a kid. The early 2000s 3d animations still haunt me to this day (in a good way)

@RBRTMNZ Have you played Black Desert?

@Frmknst I can´t wait for Cairn. That was imo the most interesting title from the summer game fest show

Does adult Goku even use a staff? Shouldn´t it be his child form?
I haven´t read the manga in ages...

@LikelySatan I´m not sure either. as you say, it´s been a while. I just remember a lot of cool action and fighting Paz while jpop plays (amazing)

@Zemo55 that´s cool. hopefully they´ll remake 4 as well with some extended Rex gameplay

Sounds great. Here´s hoping they´ll remake Peace Walker as well, although that is probably pretty unlikely, considering them remaking 3 before 2. (1 is excusable, since that GC remake exists)

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Saying stuff like "it´s just pixels on a screen" goes to show you have no real appreciation for the work that goes into making great experiences. You clearly care little for the art, since you have no respect towards it

@Stale-Bread I view the issue a little differently. It´s a development philosophy change moving from the remains of a "hunting simulator" to a pure action title. It´s clear that MH is more popular than ever, but to me it is a former shell of itself (only in some ways, I obviously still love the incredible graphics and the meaty and flashy combat)

I think it´s great, especially if they keep making multiple designs for every set. Fashion is one of my biggest draws in these kinds of games and more options are always welcome.
I´ve done multiple playthroughs of some MHs before, but that was back when I really used to be into this series (2nd and 3rd gen). Now I have no desire to play these games that extensively, so this just adds a lot of flavor

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Why do hate video games so much?

@Max_the_German It´s the same thing over and over. I still dislike that they "casualized" mining and gathering from MH World on, to the point where you don´t even need to get mining gear. If you just casually mine here and there during regular hunts, you are basically set for the duration of the game. I can see why people dislike it, since it´s not the most exciting, but it also added a lot to the idea of living as a monster hunter, that it´s not just fun and games while beating up monsters. Now everything is just super fast for the sake of convenience.

If you disagree with my sentiment, think about the saying "the bad parts in life make you appreciate the good parts". It´s the same for video games, a cumbersome and struggle-filled process yields a more satisfying result than one, where you are basically transported to the destination without even having to move.

I started it yesterday after a grueling 100+ GB download, but only managed to play around 20 minutes after fiddling with the settings.
My PC can barely get a stable 60 FPS on medium-high settings with raytracing disabled and quality DLSS. I do have some odd stuttering, which makes it feel less smooth than I would like.
Although I´ve seen that there are already some mods that attempt to address some of the performance issues, so I´ll try those when I find the time.

My first impression is pretty good, the gameplay in the tutorial fight felt fairly good and it looked really impressive. I did notice a lot of clipping in the cutscenes for some reason, like the spear of the tutorial boss clipping through Wukongs armor, or that old man you meet at the first bonfire after the tutorial fight, his beard growth was clipping through his clothing.

I´m on the fence on whether I should play with the Chinese dub or English. I usually prefer playing with the native language from the country of development, because I dislike most English pronunciations of foreign places and names

Is this a complete single player game at this point? I thought they were going for a mix of single and multiplayer
And am I understanding correctly that you are made to play the guy in these videos, instead of creating your own character?

That´s great. Even just a reshade will do wonders for this game visually

@Maubari I disagree. I dont think it´s unacceptable. People can say whatever they want on the internet (within legal limits of course). If you wear your heart on your sleeve, you obviously open yourself up to being attacked.
These devs need to get a thicker skin in my opinion. If every dev was this pathetic then studios all across the globe would go up in flames due to hurt feelings

@Maubari Why would censorship be a solution for anything? These developers sure don´t have it easy dealing with toxic people like that, but come on

I dislike these games on a fundamental level, because gacha + mobile + f2p. It´s like the holy trinity of red flags in my opinion.

The music and art design are always really impressively good though

I can´t wait for the DLC, if only because I want to hear more of the remade OST.
Heartful Cry is one of my favorite Persona tracks

On another note: P4 > P3 > P5
What do you think?

@dark_knightmare2 Marvel succeeds precisely because they have a sound strategy of utilizing their juicy IP to provide people with characters they actually like.
Likewise, The First Descendant succeeds where Concord fails, because it´s actually got characters that people want to play as. It sets itself apart thanks to its superior T&A
Why would anyone choose to play Concord, when Overwatch or Valorant exist? It´s laughable

@dark_knightmare2 Sounds to me like you´re quite biased. The arena based hero shooter market is just as oversaturated, if not more so. Any game like Overwatch releasing in 2024, which doesn´t have a unique and worthwhile gimmick, is just dead on arrival
Hell, the hero shooter market was already oversaturated years ago, when Cliff Bleszinski made his poor attempt

Anything below a stable native 4K 60 FPS should be banned from release. Frame gen and super sampling are neat but if possible I want to avoid using it, unless I´m going for way higher FPS than 60

@vrubayka I wouldn´t get hung up on genre definitions, but if you are comparing Gothic and Dragon´s Dogma then that makes little to no sense in my mind. DD is primarily action with little to no role playing

I thought it was ok. There weren´t many games I hadn´t seen before that I was actually interested in. There were also no reveals of games I was actually hoping for.
My main takeaways were that MH Wilds is looking even better than I thought and that Peter Molyneux finally made a return. I also registered for the Infinity Nikki and Khazan beta tests. Here´s hoping

@Recover20 I feel the same. Even if I´ll never play most of the games shown, it´s still interesting to see them presented. Not to mention that there is always at least a chance, something really unexpected but awesome may be shown

@J2theEzzo The combat in Witcher 3 is by far my least liked aspect from that game. Its dull and repetitive swordplay killed nearly any enthusiasm I felt when actually fighting, especially against some of the bigger monsters. I guess if you engage in actively using the ranged options and signs other than the shield, you might enjoy it more. I found the melee aspect to be pretty lame though, no combos, only like 2 special attacks. Even some Zelda games offer more elaborate move sets

DD2 combat is basically just a more refined Dark Arisen. You have the same amount of skills as before for every class, except for the wayfarer, who can weapon swap (it´s the only one I didn´t play, so don´t quote me on this)

@The_Elder That´s nice. I´ll be glad to see some more of TQ2 and Gothic

@The_Elder Are they showing more gameplay there? I´d love a more indepth look at Titan Quest 2 and its mechanics. The trailer didn´t give me much to go in in terms of what´s interesting about an aRPG

@Ravix Great choice, I hope it´ll be a bloody one

A 2 hour long show does have a good amount of room for some new announcements. Very exciting to be sure, I love seeing new video games

@vrubayka What do you mean with "WRPG"? Western RPG? I don´t think this game will have very deep RPG mechanics, if any

@Decimateh-xblz I already cheated to beat the first colliseum and got the achievement, but I felt bad afterwards and just left it at that

@J2theEzzo I wouldn´t mind more skills for each weapon type but personally I don´t care if I can´t cast spells as a warrior or use a bow. There´s just not enough buttons on a controller to do much more than what DD offered in an intuitive manner.
I guess it remains to be seen, how/if you can create and customize your character

@J2theEzzo I wouldn´t exactly call it an upgrade, it´s just a lot more flashy/cartoony. DD has some of the nicest feeling combat I've tried and I doubt this game can top that

I wonder what the "Battery" stat is about (you can see it when they open the menu for a moment near the 3rd phase of the fight)
If it´s like DFO, where you can only play a certain amount before all your progress is halted then I´m gonna be so sad.

Other than that, this looks pretty fun. Here´s hoping the single player portion somehow doesn´t involve a permanent internet connection, I hate playing action games online

I am pretty excited for this. The last trailer looked suitably weird with Troy Baker using a guitar to fight this weird robot samurai.
Here's hoping for a more in depth look at the gameplay, instead of just another story trailer that doesn´t make any sense

I´m kind of shocked at this trailer. The gameplay reveal they did earlier left me with the impression that this was still a game that was largely focused around Solas. Now we´re fighting gods? The *****?
I understand the need to raise the scales as a last ditch effort before the studio goes up in flames, but man. I hope this turns out all right, it doesn´t look completely terrible

@KundaliniRising333 I don´t think a BioWare has made a game that didn´t looked dated at release since Origins
Anthem doesn´t count, since it´s more like a tech demo and not an actual game

I simply do not understand the problem people seem to have with this game, calling it lazy or a cash grab.
Have you played it? Have you listened to the soundtrack? Hundreds of dedicated artists must have poured their heart into this game, and you ***** on it just because the publisher does some questionable stuff
I played the original on PS2 and I can say with certainty that this version is the definitive one for 95% of the player base, simply because it´s a lot more accessible and less grindy. The new OST is also arguably better, though I do prefer the original singer for many of the tracks

On that note, I wish review scales would change to offer two seperate scores. One that factors in the price and another that simply looks at the game as an artwork, unmarred by any hostile pricing models or paid launch DLC mumbojumbo. Then people could actually see these games for what they are, instead of being blindsided by their anger against big corporations robbing them blind

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@RadioHedgeFund Have you considered that you can simply swap between the two modes? I know most games struggle with this, but there are some that have achieved multiple camera angles for the player..

I always like to watch these big stage shows, even if a lot of it is completely sanitized corporate drivel and I´ll never play 99% of the games shown. Geoff seems like cool dude, like he´s even friends with the Hideo Kojima.

I wanna see some new big cRPG titles. Maybe Larian will show off one of their new games. I´d also like a release date for Avowed
Maybe they´ll show off the new 40K Total War game? That would be cool
Or some Kingdom Hearts 4. I'd love to see more of that
Not that it´s ever gonna happen, but I would love to see Soul Sacrifice (it´s a Vita game, in case you don´t know) brought up again in any kind of way, or maybe the missing Patapon 3 HD remaster
On that note, Bloodborne 2, Bloodborne 1 for PS5 or a remake of Dark Souls with the game actually finished would all get me moderately excited

@Balie3000 Not sure if this translates well to console, but they released a benchmarking tool for PC and it ran like dogwater on my high end rig, with medium settings barely getting a stable 60 FPS

I´ve never beaten Hollow Knight completely because the DLC colliseum stuff is just too difficult for me. Maybe I´ll give it another shot. Looks like I`ll have plenty of time before the sequel releases after all, haha..

Ubisoft games are rotten from the inside. Disregard all the drama about identity politics and bad graphics and whatnot, the real issue is the mindnumbing world and quest design.
The game worlds are always far too large and filled to the brim with the most inane side """""""content""""""" that would make even early 2000s F2P MMOs blush.

My plea to all developers: stop making gigantic games stretched with boring filler content, make compact games that are actually consistently fun (more than 40-50 hours for a 100% completion is way over the top for a game that is mostly action)