Agreed. I don’t even think the P5 anime is good, but the new songs made for that show absolutely slap.

I’m really surprised that nobody included one of the greatest opening tracks and / or mood setters, Time’s Scar from Chrono Cross. When I played through this game as a teen, I’d watch the entire opening cinematic (sometimes multiple times) before loading my file. Certainly doesn’t hurt that the cinematic that goes…

I don’t trust the company that made Metal Gear Survive with anything at this point, let alone a Capcom-level remake of a carefully crafted horror masterpiece. 

I can see where you’re coming from, but I do think the most responsible course is to probably continue highlighting and exposing the company’s issues while still covering and critiquing the games, much in the same way they handled Rockstar’s issues during RDR2's rollout (the review tackled the complicated mix of awe…

I know I’m the outlier in not enjoying it when it first came out, but I had just finished Witcher 3 and BOTW prior to starting it, so I think between giant game exhaustion and unfair comparisons, Horizon was dealt an unfair hand. Now after spending much of the past year or so diving into smaller games, indies, and old…

I’m absolutely baffled that anyone from Marvel approved those character models, they look like shit and are actively pushing me away from this game (that and the fact that the damn thing just doesn’t look fun or interesting). It feels very similar to when Marvel vs Capcom Infinite was revealed and everyone recoiled in…

Maybe it’s partially because I haven’t played many AAA open world games in the past couple years, but I totally agree. The UI / UX and wayfinding in this game are really well done. 

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I’ve owned this for a couple years on PS4 but always bounced off in the first few hours due to AAA open world game fatigue, but having not played one of those in a while, I was hoping to pick this up and play on my PC for a higher quality experience. When that apparently wasn’t going to be the case, I started a new…

Ironically, I just went from two monitors down to one a couple days ago and I’m really liking it so far. This week I finally got around to painting my office, which I’d been procrastinating on since it meant I’d need to disassemble my desk and move my shelves in order to get to the walls. After painting, I had to rush…

Arkham Knight. Not that it was necessarily bad, I just think that the first two had a really strong understanding of the characters and rogues and used them well, whereas the third felt really confused in comparison. Deathstroke, a master of sniping and hand-to-hand combat? Fight him in a tank. Riddler, a master of…

I’ll definitely give it a shot! I just hope the writing is better...

I finally gave in and got Cadence of Hyrule this week after trying the demo, and I’m so glad I did - it’s a fantastic little game with an amazing soundtrack, and I think it might be my favorite 2d Zelda. I’m also appreciating that a run through the game is fairly short (I’m just under 5 hrs and about to walk into the…

I’m not concerned. Avengers looks bland because it’s desperately trying to mimic the charisma and energy of the highly charismatic and vivid films, which it seems to be failing at, and this feels like it’s robbed the game of its own unique flavor or identity. That game gives the impression that it was designed by…

Adding another wrinkle to this, Apple receives a 30% cut of subscriptions (for the first year of a user’s subscription, apparently reduces to 15% after that). I don’t think pricing has been revealed yet, but let’s say xCloud by itself is $10 per month, putting it on par with standard Game Pass. Apple just made $36…

Sure, and I think that’s totally fair. I guess I would feel more accepting of that goal of experiencing a movie if this seemed like it was going to have a strong identity or experience because of it, rather than every component (visuals, actors, setpieces, etc) seeming like a knockoff version of the stellar films that…

Me: “Oh, that does sound mediocre. Hopefully they get things ironed out before it releases...oh shit, next month. That’s not good.”

Now that’s some good news! But the further we get out from Not-E3, the more I’m realizing that Nintendo probably had a strong hour long Direct that they’ve now chopped into these bite-sized bits to spread across the summer, which might explain the strangely uneven highs (this, Pokemon Snap, SMT) and lows (Bakugan, the…

One detail from this leak that I’ve found interesting but I haven’t seen anyone discuss (and I for the life of me can’t find anywhere again) is that an earlier version of Mario’s cape sprite showed him wearing a helmet, which really gives the impression of a daredevil flying through the air. I always wondered how they…

That’s okay - I love Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG but for some reason have always had a hard time getting into Mario & Luigi, which is totally nonsensical. It’s not necessarily a direct correlation. I’ve heard Color Splash is especially wild, I’m really curious about that one but unfortunately never played it while…