Christ, like I needed yet another reason to never go into GameStop again...”Hi, can I interest you in a preorder? No? Power up rewards? How about I explain to you that buying a jpeg is an ambitious and worthwhile financial investment?”

A bunch of googling says that JSRF was BC on 360 but is not playable on One or Series. Sounds like people tried both versions.

Maybe the PS5 isn’t catching on over there because it’s roughly the size of an average Japanese living room? But also, I thought I’d heard before (but may be wrong) that Japanese consumers on average care less about raw graphics power than western audiences? The PS5 doesn’t have anything to offer beyond that for the…

I agree on both points. I seem to remember both multiple delays and stories of a long / rough development cycle for Days Gone. Not sure if Ghost had the same, but given Sucker Punch’s experience with open world games and how much clear guidance ‘playable samurai film’ gives the creative process, I doubt it. And I do…

I agree. JSR should absolutely be my shit, but I've spent at least the past decade trying and failing to get past its controls and slow, floaty physics. I've never tried Future and wish Xbox had made it backwards compatible. I'm very excited about this new game so I can hopefully finally enjoy a game in this spirit.

Well have I got some sweaty gym clothes to sell you!

“In Final Fantasy VII: reUN7ON Part Deux, enterprising players will be able to more fully immerse themselves in the world by collecting unique beads of character sweat as NFTs! That bead on Cloud’s brow as he discovers Sephiroth went back in time through the multiverse to bang his mom and become his father? Level it…

Last Story’s cool but strange, I haven’t quite figured out if I really like it yet or not, but I’m only like five hours in. It’s definitely interesting and unique, very worth trying at least. I think of it similarly to Xenoblade Chronicles - if it hadn’t released in a generation almost completely lacking in decent…

Man, you’re right - that Backbone recommendation for Android is really strange, especially since (according to the very Gizmodo article linked in the article) you also apparently have to pay $50/yr for the privilege of evenusing it on Android, which is some bullshit. I’ve also heard the Kishi is great. I just use a…

Mine’s similar - I’ve been playing a lot more on my modded Wii U than I would have expected in 2021, but that thing is a retro dream. Dolphin emulation quality on Switch? Mediocre at best, often unplayable. Playing Last Story, Tatsunoku vs Capcom, Muramasa, and other Wii games that supported traditional controls (as…

I definitely need to finish more games and stop bouncing around so much. I spent the last year or two rebuilding my old retro collection, so half the time a new game came in I’d drop whatever I was playing and put a couple hours into the new one. So I’ve played a ton of games this year, but probably finished fewer…

Man, I forgot Nintendo bought Next Level. That just makes me wish they had also bought AlphaDream (the dev behind the Mario and Luigi RPGs) before that studio went bankrupt. Sure, NL is super consistent and seems to have a wider variety in their portfolio, I’m just sad the makers of the clever M+L games are no more.

Can the guy encase him in resin carbonite-style? I'd pay extra.

Look, I’d rather he be encased in resin for countless reasons, but this is totally harmless and I’ve seen much more wasteful retro projects. I couldn’t find an accurate count for GBC alone, but the Game Boy / Pocket / Color line sold a bananas 118 million units, and I’d guess a huge increase happened post-Pokemon…

I was curious and looked into both a bit. For Air Ride, it didn’t seem to review well outside of Japan (to be fair, it’s a strange game). On top of that, in a four month window Nintendo released three first party racing games - Air Ride in July, F-Zero GX in August, and MK Double Dash in November. Nintendo shot…

Biggest surprise for me...Kirby Air Ride ranking higher than 20+ all time bangers, including MGS, Persona 4, and a few DQs. Game's good, but that good???

While I agree in theory, a couple critiques. First, I think it’s just as worthwhile to find balance - I have spent the past few years with probably a 50/50 split between new games and retro (although leaning more retro lately). I can still keep up with the few big new releases I care about (FF7 Remake, Nintendo games,…

As always, I’m understanding and happy for the delay. COVID makes everything in creative work so much more challenging, plus it hopefully helps the team both avoid crunch and not release a half-finished game like XV that has to spend the following couple years being thoroughly patched.

They released a trailer a year or so ago which looks intriguing but graphically underwhelming (which is why Yoshi P keeps bringing up graphical enhancements specifically).

Swing sword, kill stuff, numbers go up. Grab loot, upgrade stuff, numbers go up.