The Gears 5 power fantasy of Maddy’s dreams apparently falls somewhere between “that scene in FF7 Advent Children where Cloud cleaves a motorcycle in half in midair in glorious slow motion, but with chainsaws” and “having the final act of the game play out like Half-Life 2 - they’ve taken all your weapons, but you get…

I feel this 100%. I know it’s cliche to suggest more ports, but Mana and Grandia’s release and Capcom’s recent streak of great releases makes me really hope that someday we'll get Switch ports of Breath of Fire 3 and 4, which I've been wanting to play for years. (And which I own on Vita, but it gets harder and harder…

I second that - go play Chrono Trigger. Best 25 hours you can have. The DS port is great and pretty affordable.

I mean, it’s no Evo: Search for Eden.

Hawksguy, Hawksguy / Does whatever a hawk would try / Dives at prey, eats rats for food, shits all over your car’s hood / Look out! That’ll ruin your paint~ 

I’ve had a similar bluetooth version of those speakers for the past year, and they’re absolutely fantastic. The sound is very rich and full for the price, and the speakers look elegant with the wood finish. The only minor complaint is that bluetooth pairing is finicky, but once it’s set up (as it is currently for my…

I’ve had a similar bluetooth version of those speakers for the past year, and they’re absolutely fantastic. The…

The most cynical part of that buzzword-filled press statement was definitely the fact that they branded their layoff process. That’s insane. God, I hope those poor employees didn’t get pink slips labeled ‘GAME OVER’.

I agree with other comments here. Mostly it just feels 5-10 years old. But more than that, was it just me, or did all the fighting and movement feel incredibly slow? Hulk and Cap looked okay, but Thor and Iron Man looked like they were moving at half speed, and Taskmaster owns the slowest jetpack in the world.…

“Welp, gotta finish my first playthrough of Three Houses in the next two weeks..."

I’m surprised there wasn’t mention of Crosscode, since it’s supposedly coming out in 2019. Hopefully it’s still on schedule!

No, unless you were already considering it. The general assumption is that Game Freak will build back up the Pokedex over the next couple of years. I can’t imagine they’d leave the competitive pool limited for long, and the backlash to this is enough that the smart decision would be to bring that functionality back to…

This is a powerful article, Gita, thank you for sharing.

Wow. That's not a great look. Bet it was more appealing to people in Montana though.

Totally agree, especially about the music. The boss theme totally owns. Plus even the cinematography in battles is ramped up and energetic, which makes the limit breaks and summons some of the most dynamic and exciting in the series. And the battle system itself is so fast and punchy, it makes encounters much more…

As others have mentioned, that both sides stance is really disappointing, and seems incredibly disconnected from the conceptual foundations of many of their game worlds. It makes me wonder if the initial concepts are intended to make a strong statement, but the concept is politically neutered through some kind of…

I also subscribe to the Squall is Dead conspiracy. Unfortunately the developers recently denied this theory is canon.

Let me be clear - I don’t think it’s a good plot, in the same way that I don’t think KH is a good plot. It’s a fucking mess, and stands as a bright neon sign of how not to write cohesive genre fiction. I’d argue that it’s actually generally pretty bad in that “so bad it’s campy and ridiculous” sort of way, but it’s…

Seriously. Whatsisface the pirate who is a guest character in the second half of the game has like six lines and still has way more depth (and is a certified bamf). The only way I can wrap my head around Fran is that she’s effectively the sexy Chewbacca to Balthier’s Han - everything she does in the plot revolves…

Best part of this batshit game is that the main character is the straight man (in a comedic routine sense) surrounded by the world losing its mind, and he’s having none of it.

I’ve never played FFXI so I can’t speak to that one. While FFXII is a very well-realized story (actually possibly my favorite in the series), it is a) literally Star Wars with some politics mixed in; and b) pretty thin in the back half, which leaves the characters with very little to do and few opportunities for…