All of those games have a very distinct aesthetic.

It’s a little more complicated than that, but I agree. The entire discourse regarding Action games vs JRPG is getting tired, as there are so many great JRPGs this year.

Tears of the Whatdom? This one has a dog.

such as?

I really hate being critical of this site, as I feel progressive sites usually get excess criticism for existing in the first place but: why is this article focused on the answer to a question about use of the DualSense controller, downplaying the larger interview that it was a part of?

Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker?

The one that’s a game that involves playing a role of someone.

Switch ports are way worse because most ports can’t even run it at 30 fucking fps... MHR can’t even hold 30 fps steady...

The last year or so of PC ports has pushed me fully back to console gaming. More and more, PC gaming seems to be asking you to brute force games with overwhelming GPU power and overkill amounts of VRAM with little to no optimization. Often, the answer to get games to run well is to lower graphics settings to a point…

Good thing this isn’t the Luminous Engine then?

It is not an open-world game.

I don't think you critiques have any basis. Because I can't understand looking at the exploration trailer and just saying "generic". Generic of what? Other FF games? It's also not even Luminous Engine. That was a completely different studio and team.

So uninspired that it’s not even open world.

Seems fine to me.

To be fair, most of your articles also read like they were developed by an AI generator.

You wrote the article based on this hour long video and still think it’s open world? And that the locations, which had their own showcase video, were generated and generic?

You guys really wrote an article about this (a 2 seconds clip from a 1 hour stream).

Are you guys still salty you weren’t invited to the press event?

The game isn’t open-world though.

Yes, that one second gif showed you everything about the game. Also it's not even open world.