I’ve been on a very specific kick as of late wherein I not only want to play Japanese games, but specifically Japanese games that either are or feel like sixth-gen titles.

All of these suggestions are terrible apart from Idris Elba. And his name’s been floating around since the Sony Pictures hack. Plus, he’s already stated for the record that he won’t take the role.

As long as one of those ‘blank check’ projects is a sequel to Alita: Battle Angel.

For sure, and it was largely why I was focusing on Part I as well, seeing as that was the jumping off point for the whole exchange.

I mean, you’re not necessarily incorrect for thinking that, but at the same time, you need to acknowledge that there exists a technical bar for qualification as a remake which The Last of Us Part I handily crosses.

I feel like the Last of U Part I has become a litmus test of sorts, at least based on the number of times I’ve seen journalists use it as a springboard for commentary on other things. In addition to the blistering hot takes on The Last of Us Part I’s visuals, which have been disingenuous at best.

People make this discussion so much more complicated than it needs to be.

“…White, suburban women in particular—a demographic that notoriously believed a leopard would never eat their face…”

Authorities have been teasing the licenses, folding them unevenly, stapling them together in the upper-right corner - you know, provoking them.

Haruka’s requests from A Rank onwards are downright evil. I’ve done my best to blot those portions of all but the most recent Yakuza releases from my memory.

RE: Citizen Sleeper

Did you, like, read past the second paragraph? Clearly not since I address the very issue of a ‘perfect’ experience. At least I can safely ignore the rest of your post as a consequence.

Don’t listen to anybody who came to this series on either PC or Xbox, they received the games either piecemeal and/or out of order and are offering you a definitive answer based on a ‘well, this is what was available to me at the time’ experience.

I remember reading somewhere (though I can’t recall where) that the Kingdom Hearts collection released on PlayStation 4 (and subsequently elsewhere) doesn’t actually contain native ports, but wrappers running the PlayStation 3 versions. (Which themselves are essentially remakes, having needed to be rebuilt from the…

Reposting my thoughts from elsewhere:

Shredder’s Revenge is a fun throwback which mercifully plays nothing like Scott Pilgrim. Though it is guilty of the cardinal sin committed by most modern beat ‘em ups in that it is far too long. At least when approached as an arcade game.

Yeah, it’s a lot like when a platform holder swallows a major third-party publisher whole and—

The Last of Us isn’t a bad third-person shooter at all, it’s just dated. Particularly coming off of A Thief’s End/Lost Legacy and The Last of Us Part II. It’s a moot point regardless as Part I is being remade to incorporate Part II’s mechanics and encounter design.

The point is for Sony to not be directing those fresh off the HBO series towards a nearly ten year old title. (And definitely ten by the time the finale airs.) I say this as someone who adores the game, but, having replayed Remastered recently in preparation for finally getting around to Part II, it very much feels…

Eh, I’ve played too many indie games with the mechanical depth of a puddle and the insight of an Intro to Creative Writing student to feel the whole ‘indies rule, AAAs drool’ is anything more than the gaming of equivalent of a high schooler who just discovered Vonnegut and now fancies themself a dangerous intellectual.