Died over a thousand times in 9 hours? That kind of cruelty would make From Software blush. Also sounds like overkill (pun intended) in terms of difficulty.

Awful lotta crunch on that list. Hmmmm

I love fan-service levels, but I’m not a fan of the moving background stages. I think a Higjwind stage or a Mako Reactor stage would’ve been boss. I need to check in on my full-fledged pilot buddy on the bridge!

Sephiroth is the only character that gets his own name-dropping theme song ripped from Wagner. Nice.

Yep. Especially now that we’re required to feel guilty about buying a game from any publisher  that isn’t as squeaky clean as a 12 person indie studio.

When it comes to Nomura, always assume any decision is made with the intention of maximizing coolness, while indirectly minimizing character depth.

I’m guessing Ethan is one of those people who claim online smash is unplayable and diminishes his mad skillz. While it’s definitely up and down, I put smash down for a few months and decided to try a few other fighting games in the meantime. We played DBFZ, Soul Caliber 6, and Tekken 7 all on PS4 for a week or so…

Because it’s sounds foreign and cool!

Ezra is the worst thing to happen to Star Wars since jar jar. 

Also, why the fuck do you have an airlock in the room where you keep your advanced droid platoon? And why is it so easy to activate!? Someone could’ve leaned on the wall and wooooshh! Kiss millions of credits worth of imperial technology good bye.

He’d still crack a smile or a joke once in a while though. He didn’t even bust R2’s balls! 

If only Oberyn Martel had that beskar helmet. Oh, how things might’ve gone...

Kind of agree. There was a slight uncanny valley effect and it was weird. Like he was a really close look-a-like that cosplays on Hollywood boulevard. He seemed a little bit chubbier, which OK, but he just didn’t have that charming presence that enters with Hamill on screen. Maybe it was the mannerisms or lack of…

Hundreds not dozens. The credits are 40 minutes long. Possibly in the thousands, but I’m too lazy to look it up. Point is, you can’t make a AAA game with a handful of people like in the 80’s and 90’s anymore.

I really like the Shadow bringers one with the lady in the red dress, but can’t find a high quality without the logo and texts.

It’s just his style. I always attribute it to a dream-haze perspective as if you were seeing figures in the fire.

It’s definitely an issue in the US, but holy hell is it a big deal in Asia. It took me ages to convince my Shanghai-born wife that my married female friends of decades weren’t trying to steal me away. Her parents are still concerned over it. It’s just ingrained in the culture that “all’s fair in love and war”. And the…

There’s a threshold to that though. You can respect most differing views well enough, but when the differences are about basic morality, a fundamental disagreement of right and wrong. Such as wether putting children in cages is a just punishment for illegal immigrants risking their lives for a better one, how do you…

Seriously. No one asked for Bloodbourne or Sekiro but I’m damn glad they made them.

Nostalgia and brand loyalty go a long way. I would never have given FF13 the time of day if it didn’t have the Final Fantasy name attached to it. Yet I played the game all the way through and enjoyed it for the most part. Yet, I’m not entirely sure if I would’ve enjoyed it with out all the FF trappings like Chocobos…