Well said.

I see this take on every story like this, and I have to wonder: are you saying that these people deserved to be fooled?

First off, you’re using a flawed analogy: this game isn’t adapting from another medium.

Secondly, if it’s a silly take, it’s a silly take that echoes common complaints from the first remake installment. There’s way too much filler, to the point where it feels like defensive justification of the remake itself.

A lot of…

One thing I don’t see people talking about is just how awful the menu UX is.

I agree. These kinds of mechanics make the game feel like it’s trying to justify spending an entire game in Midgar by putting in as much filler as possible.

I literally laughed the first time Cloud flips a switch in the reactor and Jessie says something like “wow, you’re strong!”

Girl, he had to summon his strength for 10 seconds to flip a switch... it’s not that impressive

Oh god, they didn’t fix the audio mixing? I’m playing through FF7R right now and it drives me nuts. Not to mention battle music continuing once a battle is done, despite it not being mixed to work well with conversation.

Also, thank you for clearly stating how I feel about these minigames. The same things that come…

Hi, I’ve been programming for multiple decades as well and regardless of the correctness of your argument, the fact you’re so incredibly dismissive of support tells me you’re a complete tool.

It took me like 4 weeks, but same. I’m just not sure why someone not looking for a hookup would go on Tinder.

It’s 2024. The rest of the world has moved beyond “h8rs gonna h8,” you probably should too.

Yeah, I can envision a world where you have hitscan shots that you shoot into the ground which explode into foam after a short delay.

Or maybe a rocket launcher with a missile that explodes into foam on contact.

100%

I will randomly sing “got places to go, gotta follow my rainbow!” at odd times, and I’m not even the right age for SA2 to have been one of Those Games for me.

Damn, this commentariat is incredibly dismissive and condescending. As a professional programmer with ADHD who is married to another person with ADHD, this would really be a very effective device.

Or it’s for neurodivergent people (like me, with ADHD) who need big, visual reminders of things and don’t have the time to tinker with undersupported open source projects and raspberry pi’s to get something functional.

A friend told me there was talk of getting the team back together. Turns out, they were just goofin’

The irony here is strong. The article said Keyring crashed because so many employees were trying to use their codes before getting laid off.

What the fuck do you think the implication is? Perhaps, just perhaps, the implication is that they could no longer use them after being laid off.

And Nintendo (or more specifically, the Pokemon Company) is all over it.

Oh my fucking god. Stop pasting this ridiculous comment everywhere.

And they are. What kind of defense do you have now?

Oh rad! So if I want to “satirize” Elden Ring, I can just rip all their meshes, _very_ lightly modify them, then get paid for that?

Whether or not it’s satire isn’t even remotely the point. The point is that they based their assets on someone else’s artwork and called it their own.