I don't remember having a problem with it but it was too long ago now. Honestly one of my many gripes with XIII is that the combat was tediously easy and repetitive outside a few of the optional fights on Pulse where you have to actually think about what you're doing a little more. Pretty much every other fight though…

KH2 was when the series really started refining the combat so it just eliminates a lot of the clunkiness in KH1 and Sora just moves a lot better. That said it’s also when they started just designing fights around Second Chance and Once More, the abilities that let you remain on 1HP after being hit by a combo/big…

At the same time how do you bring a video game to a satisfying climax without either a big fight or dramatic set piece at the end. Though yeah maybe a set piece would have worked better than a boss fight for AA.

I’d say KH2 Sephiroth is easier but different people have different opinions on this. Honestly though the KH series is just notorious for having ridiculously hard optional bosses. I’ve been fighting a bunch on my way through platinuming the whole series (which I started as a plan to play all the other games before…

I never finished Shippuden (dropped out sometime around eight tails being introduced) so recently I decided to rewatch the whole series from the start. And man I haven't seen a lot of these episodes since I was a teenager and I didn't remember how much Sakura sucks and how Ino is a much better character and friend.

I agree in principal. AI does not prevent people from creating art, it restricts people’s ability to utilise art as a form of labour. However labour isn’t what we should strive for, it’s a necessity rather than a purpose.

Some games can have a pretty long tail. Especially the big first party offerings. They’re the games people are most likely to pick up when they buy the console. Besides with Spider-Man 2 on the Horizon people will be looking to pick up the first game.

I doubt it. While it would be fine as a stand-alone movie it just flat out doesn't work as part of a trilogy. Rise of Skywalker is worse sure, but ultimately Johnson pulled the same crap as Abrams did with it. Namely taking a look at the movie that came before and instead of building on it throwing 90% of it out to do…

Rey in a vacuum is fine as a character but the sequel trilogy was such a mess that I’d rather they moved on and pretended the whole thing didn’t happen. There was just no consistent creative vision for the films as a whole. The prequels have their issues but at least the one thing Lucas did right was create a…

Yeah I did mention that. It’s a big “if” though. One because he may ultimately decide not to run, though I think this outcome is doubtful. But two because it's likely they'll change the law so he can run without resigning. Which I think is depressingly probable. So I think the end of 2026 is when Disney is…

It’s one of the reasons why gestures and tablets never became the be all and end all of computing despite the claims of some over zealous tech bloggers. 

I mean it’s neat. But too pricy to be anything other than a toy for rich kids (and this includes adults). Sure I could afford it... but I can also think of at least a hundred other things I’d rather spend that amount of money on than a water gun.

I do. The haptic triggers on the dualsense are great, they’re just underutilised. Still I don’t think it’s truly essential as things stand right now. It’s a largely subtle thing that often fades into the background of play so you don’t notice much whether it’s there or not half the time. Doesn’t mean I don’t want it…

Social constructs are real, they just have nothing to do with scientific fact or objective truth. No matter how much you whine. Why you people are so threatened by the concept of gender is beyond me. I mean how pathetic do you have to be that this is what you fear? I really worry at how you’d cope with an actual…

Hard nope if it’s not standalone. I barely have need of a portable these days but when I do I need it to be truly portable. Something that is a brick on a plane does not fit that bill. And honestly the Switch has just been one of the best portable experiences so far. The hardware is enough that it doesn’t feel like a…

At the same time in any civilised country "finding out" shouldn't involve getting gut shot. And yet people will continue to pretend that guns aren't a problem in America.

And that’s all they need to do. DeSantis is on the clock, Disney aren’t. There’s a two term consecutive limit on the governors office, so all Disney need to do is stall until 2026 when Ron will be gone.  And that’s if he doesn’t have to step down before then if he makes a run for the White House.

This is peak “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”. I don’t know if DeSantis is more mad that he lost, or more mad that Disney took a page right out of the Republican playbook to outfox him.

It’s also that if you take away the location based elements there’s just nothing special about it. They want less people realising what a thoroughly mediocre game it is.

Anywhere? It's not like they need to keep upping the stakes. And there's plenty of other big bads they've got waiting in the wings. Galactus and Apocalypse to name a couple.