Oh I meant dogs conceptually. Just irl in the world. Haven’t played much of Rise beyond the (great) demo.

Passing out popcorn for the comments.

My hottest take is that dogs are just OK. Really surprised the MH version won the poll when the cats have much more personality.

Crazy to me that we can get a large-ish, online looter-shooter now without much fanfare (that I’ve seen). I still think of these things as big-budget exercises, and maybe this one is, but it’s wild to me to see it drop somewhat stealthily. So many games now!

Damn, would love to stick this on a big ‘ol TV and give it a go. Someday I’ll have you, PS5.

I mean... sounds like the whole game is told, structured, and balanced around being a roguelike. Calling that padding seems pretty crazy to me. It’s just what the game is. Gamers gotta let the hour number obsession go, too.

It’s on the list, along with whatever version of 2 is available on PS3. Would have to be on PS3, though, I don’t have a Vita and I avoid sailing the seas when I can. Persona 4 and 5 are also on the list, though, and more easily accessible...

Atlus made it out okay :)

Man, that TEARDROPS one is offensive. I can’t read that!

I’m really happy to hear about the 4 levels of getting a pic of all the Pokémon. Sounds like this is going to be a great game to have a chill time with. Count me in.

The Switch does this too. Real dumb.

The original is fucking great! Would love to see what Anno could do with it. Could be cool. Budget would be a massive concern, though.

Wages have remained stagnant, but the budget for game products have gone way up. In a broader economic sense maybe consumers aren’t getting a good deal, but the return for companies when you pay $60 for a new game (or whatever ridiculously low price you’re paying for an indie game) is a lot less than it used to be.

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I never really got why people got so upset about Trubbish (and the ice cream Pokémon, Vanilluxe). We’ve always had inanimate object Pokémon, and frankly Trubbish is a lot more creative than some of the original 151. I really like these guys. They know what they’re about.

Is that so? My b. Let’s get these eboys in some bikinis, then.

I think the policy actually explicitly says no “female presenting nipples”

I think all these angry eboys should do some bikini streams of their own!

Yeah I’d definitely be interested in Revengeance, but it’s so far off in my “to play” list that I can’t be bothered to get excited about it yet. Phantom Pain and Ground Zeros sound fun for open world schenanigans, but I definitely have heard iffy things on the story.