I think I like the graphics pared down into this more distinctive look anyway. For all the high-end ambition of XV, nothing popped like it does here.

I could kind of be down for the character work if the eyes would move in some way.

I’ll be curious if io9 ever says so much as a peep of this.

Excellent use of Leonard Cohen on this.

That Minecraft Edition almost completely redeems the stupidly boxy aesthetic they’ve been committing to this generation. It is actually clever, cute, and lively.

Think of it as a rotating sprite. I mean, it totally already is that, but what I mean is it’s not *really* 3D

I wonder how well he’s gonna do with this given how much this shtick is ingrained in his improv by now.

While there’s no arguing that the launch version was deeply incomplete, there’s something to be said for the developers deciding to keep at this thing and show their commitment and belief in the project.

nice work.

It’s a brilliant extension of Nintendo’s uncanny brand flexing. Remember when they sold a Gameboy Advance with no screen, power cable, or controls to Gamecube owners?

Gatling gun’ll do that.

Oh, crung. They better like quintuple the unit production on this one.

Are...are those supposed to be chocolate roosters?

I just realized how ridiculous it is that Microsoft’s two platforms are so similar sounding= the One S and the One X.

Exactly. Any ill will that could be apparent from this is overshadowed by Sony’s other numerous positives right now. Some day cross-platform play could become as necessary as online play, but not for a while just yet.

I mean, hell. BGE2 looks nice and all, but it kind of screams Ninja Theory’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West a whole lot more than what the original BGE was doing. I don’t hate it, but...

I want to be positive-minded about a new Bioware IP.

I’d further the ante: Most of the guy characters might as well be golems. How do they breathe? Do they have peripheral version? If they get wounded will they bleed out before their twelve handlers get to them on the field to dismantle their gear and treat the wound?

Wow. I’m honestly pretty impressed.

Some of these look pretty ugly.