I mean, honestly - and I say this as someone who regularly plays 80+ hour RPGs for the characters and story - has anyone ever really bought a Zelda game for the plot?

I dumped a few hundred hours into BotW and I never stopped hating the weapon degradation.

The people saying this looks like a vagina have never seen one at all so it’s all good 

Devine Beast summons. You might be able to beat him normally but I got on screen prompts to pull off the Devine Beast summons. It triggers the next cutscene and advances the story/ends the fight. 

I has been trying to do the first boss for two days and losing hope. I am just not fast enough for the parry mechanic. 

No snark intended, but given that two of those three things basically permeates every single aspect of our lives, I’m not sure how you have any conversations...

It’s the same exact narrative that crypto bros were using to hype NFTs.  Anyone who was against NFTS were old or part of the elite and trying to keep “everyone” from making money.  The stuff for AI sounds similarly the same.

Most video game animation uses AI to do inbetweens and other dynamic animations already, which are then fine-tuned after. I think Prince of Persia: Sands of Time was one of the games that really pushed the technology forward. It exists, and depending on the quality of the animation you want, it can be super helpful,…

Engagement!

No, gaslighting based on the score would be if the game told the player all racers were weighted the same, and that the player must be imaging that they’re being penalized for being a certain character. The player “feeling tricked or lied to” doesn’t make it gaslighting. Gaslighting is about convincing the person…

Instead, the secret point bonuses led people to feel gaslit about how difficult it was to achieve three stars on lighter characters.

They mention in the dev video that there’s a battle pass, a content roadmap, cosmetic unlockables and new playable characters coming down the road. It also has loot with power levels and rarities. So... yeah, it’s live service. What more evidence do you need?

Okay, gay man here. Gotta say a few things...

This is 100% the correct response. Maybe its a generational thing , but I kind of feel like someone needs to remand the internet that two guys or girls can be close without it being a sexual relationship . That “every character is automatically at least Bi” attitude around shipping is pretty insulting , especially for…

I get where you are coming from. But implying that 2 dudes being friendly with each other should be gay also diminishes that 2 dudes can also be open with each other and trust each other in a way that isn’t “toxic masculinity”. What I mean to say is they are best friends who care about each other. Atlus definitely…

Whoa whoa, this is too mature and reasonable of a take for Kotaku. Dial it down buddy!

Fully agree with you. I loved seeing their relationship develop the way it did. Beyond brothers really. Deep platonic love for eachother with nothing held back is one of the purest forms of love there is.

I was surprised to see it was supposed to be gay according to this article.

Why is it necessary? why force it? I am a gay man I do not need every game or media to have a character that represents me, even less when is done JUST to include it without real heart or purpose. I never saw any of them as being gay, and never had the illusion of them being gay, they do not have a gay story, so why…

LMFAO 🤣 

Dude, he just wrote the article, don’t shoot the messenger.