I had this come in the final phase of the final fight and the first time (it happened more than once) confused the hell out of me. The last thing I wanted to do was restart the entire sequence. 

I’m honestly surprised that made it passed QA. I feel like it’s a translation issue, but more than likely the compromise with them having so many retry options and so many different scenarios(multi-phase battles) to apply them to.

This got me so bad in the final battle which felt like 15 minute long battle. I died in the final stage and chose ‘retry from this battle’ instead of ‘before current battle’, it was so frustrating to go through the whole thing again and DIED ONCE MORE in the final stage.

Second time around I chose the other option…

So does the SciFi Channel miniseries. I mean, it had great design ideas, they just didn’t have the budget necessary to really realize them properly, so in the end they look cheap. But they definitely had a vision there.

That is maybe the one thing Lynch’s Dune gets right. The design is so wild and feels lived in (people have pet pugs!). New Dune feels so sterile.

> Every inch of Dune: Part Two is dripping with style

I just talked to an executive at a very smart tech company that decided not to lay off their entire talent staff during the tech recession, but instead to re-train them to do other critical tasks.  This way, they get people who know the company doing important stuff, and the talent staff will be in place to snatch the…

What are you talking about?  PS3->PS4 = 7 years, PS4->PS5 = 7 years.  PS5 is barely 3 years old.  How is it not surprising that they’re announcing the end already.

I played Spiderman which was great but didn’t feel like a hugely different game from the first and Ragnarök which was also released on the PS4. Both undoubtedly great games...It feels like we’re missing some console defining first party games. Can’t wait for Rebirth, but that’s about it moving forward.

PS5 is already showing it’s age hardware wise

I think it surprising most people because for well over the first two years of this things existence it was so hard to get. And many people, such as myself, have barely had their PS5 for a year and there has truly been very few games that are pure PS5 games.  Sure it’s been out for almost 4 years but it definitely…

Man, my PS5 still feels like a newish addition to my console collection. I have no desire for an upgrade. It doesn't even feel like games are pushing it to its limits yet.

Great review, thank you very much Mr. Broadwell. I had a quick question if you are inclined to answer? How far do these Tales style skits go in this game. I remember Tales of Arise got so obnoxious and bogged down by them at the end that it frustrated me to no end. Like end game stuff of hitting story cut scenes, then…

It really is “Final Fantasy XI” in a way that the actual Final Fantasy XI wasn’t, and had top-notch storytelling with a level of nuance that a lot of the other games in the series lacked.

I mean, this is the company that is laying off 2,000 people while simultaneously giving Bobby ~Fucking~ Kotick a gigantic golden parachute of $400 million.

How shitty do you have to be as a company, to not allow people to redeem their fairly earned game time codes *after* they’ve been laid off too?
As shitty as Blizzard, apparently.

Good lord, who are you hiring for your VO that it costs millions?!

I loved the triple triad online multiplayer available on the french website FFworld (i don’t think the game still exists though)
You could compete again anyone following the same win/lose conditions as in the real game (losing and winning your opponent cards)

Only with less personality, at least Avengers wasn’t “just give everyone guns” as the way each hero played factored more into their unique hero identity rather than just “Captain america with a rifle”

If you want to play a modern version of the good Arkham games, just play Insomniac’s Spiderman. Bespoke, narrative side-quests and detailed environments crafted with clear intention - along with that sort of ‘dodge and parry when this icon is above your head’ gameplay that, when done right, feels slick as hell.

Why…