The characters in this game have no character.

I find it very strange that there are so few Australian fighting game characters. It amazes me that Capcom has resisted putting a guy in a hat who throws energy boomerangs into at least one Street Fighter.

I mostly play fighting games, so I’ll never go full keyboard. But for an FPS yeah, fuhgeddaboutit. I can’t believe I grew up playing Halo and Goldeneye on controllers. Seems so backwards now.

Still not impressed by Popplio’s final form. I was hoping they would do something creative with it juggling water bubbles or something. I have noticed that a lot of the designs this gen look better in motion, so maybe I’ll change my mind later on. But I’m far more excited about Luchatigre/Luchaliger and Robin Hood:…

I like that theory. The rocks jutting out of the top form a kind of rail gun, so you might be on to something.

Anyone got any theories on what the hell Alolan Golem is supposed to be? He looks like he might be part electric type and I dig the beard, but is there a reference I’m missing that makes the design make sense?

I can’t wait for genderbent Bastion.

Props for using the Tekken 3 ost in the video. One of the all-time great game soundtracks imo.

Shoehorned crafting systems. If it’s not an interesting and integral part of the game, I don’t want to waste time on fetch quests just because you needed a way to make your game longer.

I have known tiny (5'5") ugly dudes with pugnacious personalities that are never without a girlfriend. The key is to be sociable and active in groups and to not expect to date models.

Haha okay, I can see the appeal.

Interesting. But there are plenty of games that offer hot anime boyfriends that aren’t as needy as these dopes, right? (full disclosure, I’ve never played a dating sim)

The success of the game suggests that while not all women enjoy (or relate to, if not enjoy) the role of emotional caregiver, many of them do. It’s a time-honored form of female martyrdom, akin to the machismo male complaining about his needy/dependent wife. “Ugh, I have to put so much effort into this relationship,…

A Zelda-like set in Naruto’s world could actually be pretty interesting. Move it a couple hundred years into the past or fifty years into the future or something. Naruto himself was always the worst thing about Naruto.

The new art style reminds me of Clay Fighters, and not in a good way.

I say let the punishment fit the crime. In this case, since the punishment involves Guilty Gear, the only reasonable course of action is to perform an Insta-kill on the dodgy bastard.

Thanks for the rec Luke. This looks so far up my alley it’s.....like, out in the street or something. Like way past the dumpsters and the drunk passed out (dead?) guy.

Aw man. Here I was hoping the game would eventually die so that you and Kirk’s off-again/on-again semi-abusive relationship with it would end. :(

Free yourself, Jason!

You make a really good point at the end there. Who knows what the future will bring. Maybe we’ll start seeing cyborgs and sexbots with breasts that are full of helium, finally completing the “art imitates life” cycle. :/

Jolie looks like an ensorcelled skeleton. Cotillard is a beauty for the ages.