This is really disappointing - I’ve heard nothing but good things about the game. I hope these devs can reach some settlement soon, not only for their work product but also for their own future prosperity.

I don’t think we can assume that they’ve gotten everything sorted out for the sequel - these folks have a lot of experience and it would have been equally reasonable to assume that Playtonic’s first game would reflect a strong sense for 3D platforming camera and controls. Not to be a downer, but I think it would be…

That’s cool - I’ll cautiously await the reviews, given the questionable aspects of Yooka-Laylee’s 3D debut, but this could be really engaging. The character design, if nothing else, is quite appealing already.

Oof, Juzou is so tough. Once you get down a couple of tricks he gets simpler but he can always crush you in a couple of unlucky swings. Hit me up if you need any tips.

This is such a gross comment. (1) Why would it be OK to do what these MAGA folks did even if there were a million comments? (2) Why do you lack empathy for a person explaining a bad thing that happened to them? (3) Why should offering criticism or an opinion come with some kind of implied physical test of strength?…

Glad to hear that you’re enjoying Sekiro, William. That’s what I’m playing too.

You’ve done a lot to put me off of We. The Revolution. but I just can’t stay away. I haven’t picked this up yet but most certainly will. It really sounds like they could have made a better, smaller game though.

There would be no trouble playing the original versions of these games on Switch. Heck, you can do so right now on a Vita. I would imagine what SE is trying to do is avoid presenting two different versions of the game - the original and the “remaster” - in an effort to reduce customer confusion; I’d like to think that…

I’m enjoying the port, but my bar was set very low - FFIX is among my favorite games and having a reasonably pretty version on a hybrid home/portable device was worth my $21. That said, I agree wholeheartedly with your criticisms and it would be nice to see the issues resolved. That world map theme is so beautiful,…

Haha, that’s pretty funny. I’m sure they’ll patch it, which will be a (very minor) shame for folks coming tot he game in the future.

Kudos on making FFXI work. I recently wrote an article on the history of the series and was disappointed that most avenues to FFXI were closed to me; I can play FFI-X and XII-XV easily, but FFXI is a little trickier. Maybe I just need to be more adventurous. In any case, I recall enjoying it well enough back around…

No, I don’t think that’s over the top. I have a few friends who dropped the game for the same reason, and as a sufferer from an anxiety disorder myself, I’m kind of baffled why it works for me! Funny enough, I think I end up in something of a zen state while playing; this is similar to stuff like Tetris or Dr. Mario.…

I like the architecture of Demon Ruins/Lost Izalith more than most, but it does feel like it could have been even more special than it was. I’m not sure it ever ends up rising above the initial encounter with what appears to be a massive subterranean UFO at the periphery of Demon Ruins.

This weekend I’ll primarily be playing Dark Souls, I suspect. The Switch port remains engaging, even though I’m into the game’s sadly undercooked later levels. No successor would quite match the original Dark Souls’ novelty or sense of connected space, but it’s nice FromSoft managed to avoid the “2/3 of a perfect…

Can’t wait to grab Diablo III around Christmastime. I figured I had to choose between World of Final Fantasy and Diablo III for my November Switch port pick, and I went with the former.

I’m with you, Chum. Laylowmoe raises a legitimate point of course, as our mother tongue is dumb as bricks when it comes to ambiguities, but the context does clarify what is intended by Clayton’s headline.

I hadn’t looked into Return of the Obra Dinn, but that image is gorgeous. As for RE6, never ever play it.

I’ll have you know that I laughed out loud at your Vordt “quote.” As for DS3, I found the tutorial boss to be one of the game’s most challenging sequences on the whole. How weird, eh? I think I died to him more than almost any other boss. I’d recommend persevering, if only because the game’s environments and…

Easy and reliable access to a wide group of people is important, though. Art should not be restricted to a small group of folks who are in the know or have good virus protection ;-)

Hear hear. I’m all about buying legacy content when it’s available - I’ll buy a new copy of Super Mario World or Chrono Trigger on anything they get released on - but Nintendo has a preposterously bad track record of supporting legacy content. They hit a home run occasionally, with stuff like the Zelda HD rereleases…