I suggest a bias only because the trend is rather odd. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many critics mention multiple flaws or problems with a major studio’s animation, but then entirely excuse those problems because it’s a new style/medium/etc. for them.

I mean, it’s fine if that’s how the various reviews read to you, but that’s not how they sound to me.

Some of the best writing, voice acting, and direction in the genre, IMO. A masterful translation and a thrilling story. Most cutscenes are voiced.

I agree that there are some good things! I’d love to see a more fully realized version of this style—though part of me wonders if part of the problem was how they tried to translate Ghibli’s 2D style into 3D more or less directly.

If this was a smaller studio with a less storied history, I might agree. But I have higher expectations than that from Studio Ghibli.

I didn’t mean there’s no room for disagreement; it’s totally fine if people like how it looks. It’s just odd to me that so many reviews are saying things along the lines of, “it’s a good first effort.” The connotation is obviously that the critic thinks it doesn’t look great but that Ghibli should be excused, and I…

Everyone’s saying the animation is “a good first try,” but would we say that about any other studio? I feel like there’s a lot of Ghibli bias making people way more forgiving than they should be. First attempt at CGI or not, this does not look good.

Sliggoo kind of reminds me of Louise’s Kuchikopi after it went in the oven

Upgraded from an S20 and I’m very satisfied. Fingerprint sensor alone is a game changer; it hasn’t fucked up once, which is really impressive compared to the S20. Feels so much better in the hand, and because it’s plastic I might even go without a case.

this situation is so fucked, but also deliciously ironic

The game seems rather confused about its tone, but I’m still tentatively excited. The combat looked great and hopefully the rest of it holds up as well; I’m praying the radio silence from THQ and the devs was a good thing.

Wow, he just went full-on Mike Pence with that “spending time with women” bit. Can’t wait for him to start calling his wife “mother.”

As an Overwatch fan, I’m hoping this means more resources can go towards OW2 and we might actually get a release date

I know that KotM was mediocre, but I'm still really pumped for this

Games with Gold being playable off-subscription is huge! Though maybe that just means the games are going to geteven worse lol

when they said “scintilla” I SCREAMED

Super regretting getting the PS4 version now. It’s not a good enough game to bother sitting on the couch for, but would make a great pre-bedtime or podcast game.

WHEN DID ERIC START WRITING FOR KOTAKU

Influencers aren’t new, they’re just no longer tied to legacy publications and other forms of prestige-granting employment. Sometimes for better and sometimes for worse, but they have always and will always be "a thing"

Zune was pretty cool, tbh. Meaningless, but a cool sounding name!