At the time I’m writing this comment, there is literally not a single previous comment that doesn’t mention Tim Rogers’ 6 hour video on the first Boku No Natsuyasumi game, yet this article just glosses over the fact that this video exists and likely contributed heavily to the western audience’s knowledge of this…

I really miss Tim Roger’s on writing for Kotaku

I watched all of Tim Rogers’ six hour video about the first game. You’d think they’d do me the courtesy of releasing that one. I guess the world doesn’t actually revolve around me. Still rude.

This isn’t new at all. Like, in any way, shape or form. During Prohibition, federal agents looked for this fungus growing on trees and houses to track down illegal stills all up and down Appalachia. I learned it a decade ago on a tour of a distillery located 16 miles away from the Jack Daniels distillery.

What IS new…

I was expecting the worst and that clip was somehow even worse than I imagined. Holy shit. Its almost like whoever was the showrunner/head writer was obsessed with the comedy central roasts of that era, and thought whatever they wrote was the funniest shit imaginable.

Yeah. I’m US-ican born in 80 who grew up w/ JRPG only meaning RPG made by a Japanese company and Western RPG meaning ‘rent if you’re desperate’.

It’s weird because growing up in Asia in the 90s, the term “JRPG” was a praise and has always meant a stamp of quality.

In the real world , this is terrible , and JD should be forced to clean up their mess.

I don’t get the people saying that it was of its time, in a way it was, but a lot of this was pretty racist even for the time. See:

Isn’t it sort of...i dunno, *implied* that anything from 2006 is going to be “of it’s time?” I’m not excusing the content of what’s said but like, gaming in the early 00' ain’t exactly the most inclusive hobby.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836 we don't know the IQ of criminals but we do know the IQ of cops is below 100. Every single cop. Even the ones you know, even the ones in your family are low IQ morons. 

...throwing them out will be cheaper than trying to sell them.

Why wouldn’t it be straight? The amount of grip you can get with four offroad tires on cold pavement is orders of magnitude less than what it would take to bend a frame.

Resident Zoomer here and a benefit at least for me is its a lot easier to loan someone a car when it is a manual. When manuals are essentially only for enthusiasts who actively seek them out; you can weed out people who you wouldn’t want to borrow your car. The manual pickup has gotten me out of several “hey can I…

First, I think it is a valid thing to note the difference between various styles of gameplay. There’s major structural, stylistic, mechanical and other differences between, say, Final Fantasy 7 and Baldur’s Gate, to the point where only calling them both “RPGs” feels overly broad.

JRPG always denoted a style of game to me, not an RPG made in Japan. I don’t consider Dragon’s Dogma or Dark Souls JRPGs. But I do consider Chained Echoes a JRPG, even though it was developed by someone from Germany. 

I kinda just want a turned based JRPG that looks really pretty. 

I imagine they have metrics to back up their design shifts, but I can’t help but wonder at their strategy here. One of the linked articles has Yoshida mentioning that fans are distancing themselves from the franchise as it’s gone on, which seems to coincide with its move away from traditional JRPG mechanics in favor…

The game starts barren and rough for sure in a lot of ways. It’s a tough sell for the first few chapters... this is because it’s illustrating the harshness of living a solitary life in the gameplay and narrative. The more you connect and collaborate, the more you’re able to catch a stride and gain momentum. As they…

People give it shit for the claim that Kojima said it’s the first “Strand Type Game” and it didn’t fit into any of their expectations - the need for people to be proven right for their presuppositions.

Honestly though, for better or worse, it does stand apart as quite unique for all the reasons you listed. At every…