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@LikelySatan That trailer alone is why I play the Trails games in Japanese. Not much better mind, but at least not offensively dreadful.

Forgot about this one! Probably rubbish, let’s be real.

I love wonky Oblivion but it’s definitely the black sheep compared to Morrowind and Skyrim. I also question how true this is considering the Creation Engine exists. Also poor Skyblivion if this is true!

@N0CYmr0k I have no idea what you’re talking about.

@N0CYmr0k I haven’t played Stalker 2 yet but I played the Metro games in Russian. Depends how good the dubs are in most cases but some games feel far better in the original language. I wouldn’t play Witcher 3 in Polish though so it’s a case by case basis.

What a day. Sammy being an AI shill and tabloid level articles. Fun times.

I cannot imagine playing these in English. Possibly if your jumping on point was 7, that’s it. Fun to see Señor Joe here though, they say that all men are created equal.

@Ralizah The romance for me is far more acceptable when you see them later on in the series, as they’re older and obviously not related, plus you learn far more about the circumstances leading to Joshua being taken in. When they’re skirting around each other it’s a bit weird but it’s one of the few romances in the series actually confirmed, probably because surprisingly enough the female protagonist doesn’t get a harem but the male protagonists do, making canon a bitch. Olivier is ridiculous but there are several characters in his archetype who push things a million times further in a way that’s genuinely hard to read. I’d appreciate them either knocking the vague bisexuality in the head or just outright confirming it though, that nonsense is rife in Japanese media, especially tied to ‘flirty’ characters.

And Evo on the Vita, where I played Sky first, had like 8x speed up so I never found the gameplay very slow or boring. Auto battle worked well too for grinding. I honestly think it’s one of the better designed RPGs of its day, with AP and CP being two separate resources to perform spells or skills. My only gripe is late game bosses having insane amounts of HP and Sky 1 and 2 don’t really allow you to break it the way 3rd and the later games do. Evasion tanks are incredibly broken in almost every game, just stack evasion and get the quartz that has critical hits on counters, makes a lot of fights much easier.

The pointless PS5 versions of Cold Steel 3 and 4 were clearly just the beginning!

Evo was already a great remake, if this is written anything like Cold Steel 4 then it’ll be borderline unplayable.

@Brundleflies21 They’d hit the jackpot thinking they won thousands but it’s actually only about £5 through PS Stars.

Couldn’t imagine living there. What a colossal eyesore.

I’d quite like another female protagonist. Love Eternal Punishment’s vibe with Maya being an adult female protagonist and the other party members all being adults. I’m pretty sure from this article, you haven’t played Eternal Punishment!

@-Sigma- I guess there’s not really an equivalent UK wise. Maybe if EA brought back Fight Night, similar starvation of a good franchise.

@Kingy You’re drawing parallels between fictionalised child abuse and the existence of transgender people.

It’s a slam dunk. The market isn’t dead, it’s just totally shrunk and incredibly unwelcoming to newcomers. This is a good game though, my gripes can easily be sorted with balance patches as the core game is solid.

Right say it with me, UPSKIRTING IS A CRIME. All these incels that think the East is a wonderful Nirvana of anti-woke, why don’t they ask why all cameras in Japan are required to make a loud shutter noise? Allowing you to perv on fictional children with zero consequences is just mad, this being defended while Pixar censoring their new show for depicting a transgender person is welcomed, is insane.

Crazy that College Football’s the highest selling sports game ever. I know it’s the US but there’ve been so many sports games over the years that it’s a really big deal to set that record.

Good luck with that!

There is no way this will hold true. When any character opens their mouth the games drop from a 7 to a 1.

She’s a good actress. The Naughty Dog thing of the same actors being across movies, TV and games makes it feel a bit cliquey though.

@lazarus11 Hahaha the bit in the Day Today where Coogan’s huffing helium to mock the Gerry Adams voice ban too. The squeaky voice talking about the will of the Irish people 😂

@Apollo2212 Any time Ireland is mentioned in any context my mind goes to that It spin off show Welcome To Derry and the guy on Twitter who mocked up a poster saying ‘CLOYNE: CHAPTER TOY’

To be fair, EA and 2K get a lot more flack for their casino elements than the anime gacha games. It’s all a bit shady but I like football and Ultimate Team is practically the only mode in FIFA/EAFC that hasn’t been completely gutted. Never spent a penny more than what I paid for the game (too much, it’s pretty dire this year). Anyway play Balatro it’s amazing.

I should have more interest in this than I actually do. Elden Ring is probably top 5 all time for me but I still haven’t even got Erdtree cause it’s expensive.

Early access to sales. Thank you for valuing our custom.

@LogicStrikesAgain Sexism, homophobia and xenophobia is quite literally what anti-woke means. That’s the whole deal.

The reality is that a bunch of classic games over the years wouldn’t fit their purity tests if they released today. Movies too. I cannot imagine being this miserable.

Well this is petty and childish. Guess China’s really getting into 2012 level nonsense.

@jberg Oh I’m being silly, I get both games confused all the time! Frontiers is definitely creative, and i think it sold quite well too.

Trying to defend Superstars and Forces as them doing something creative is quite a choice.

Oh look the sexists are crying. Piss off.

Robbie Williams monkey biopic clear

@tameshiyaku David Cage said that his games weren’t for ‘fags’ and that all female characters in his games were ‘whores’. I ultimately do not give one single iota if it’s unhealthy or weird to not like somebody that hateful.

David Cage would be a much better person if he was comprised of literally nothing.

Ok there’s a huge difference between product placement in movies and games. In movies, there’s products in scenes because those are filmed in the real world, which involves real objects. In this scenario, somebody’s job was to create 3D models of these products for the sole reason of advertising. If Porsche had created the prop for a movie, you can understand why it would have a Porsche logo, but this is a render created by an art team that isn’t Porsche and therefore the spaceship itself isn’t a Porsche. It’s infinitely more pathetic to actually create adverts out of thin air than it is to have already-existing products in a movie. Game looks decent outside of that.

Beyond disappointed that it’s just Sonic. Sega Racing Transformed is brilliant and Sega have a really wide group of people to stick in a game like that, more if you include Atlus and RGG Studio.

@charbtronic Marathon too, that’s three retro sci-fi games!

@SillyBoyJudas …….the adverts every 2 minutes?

Probably coolest one of the night.

New game. New IP which is nice. Product placement is laughable. Remains to be seen whether it turns out good or not but ND usually at least deliver.

Cannot feasibly be anything more than okay. Good stuff there but so SO much filler that made it drag for years.

…are they aware of how Sony notoriously handles cybersecurity?

If Sony fully cut the disc drive then they’ll be sued into oblivion and forced to sell digital codes to other retailers. It’s either that or they pull out of the EU completely. Being happy about being locked into Sony prices is buffoon behaviour.

The game of the year. One of the best designed games of all time. So glad Localthunk’s getting the plaudits they deserve.

Super excited. Mafia’s another series me old mum enjoys and this should hopefully be no different.

@NxtDoc What have you seen Tom Holland in that wasn’t a blockbuster? He’s an actual actor, brilliant in Wolf Hall despite his age and he was a superb Billy Elliott on stage. It’s a big claim to say that he’s a poor actor compared to other Spider-Man actors, you have to actually watch the good movies the three of them have made and not the rubbish.