What a weird take. Sure, the One was a mess in the first half of the generation, but by the end the One S and X were great pieces of hardware, Game Pass is incredible, the UI’s way better than PS4, and I’ve never had any issues with mine. I’ve played tons of Forza Horizon 4, Control, DMC 5, and other AAA games without…

Obviously Kirby is traveling to the Forgotten Lands to colonize the place and exploit their resources for wealth and power. Same as most other open world games, they just labeled it with a pith hat.

I just started replacing this recently, and I'm still blown away at how great it looks on a base PS4, so I'm sure it's phenomenal on PC.

It's too bad this extended manufacturing period won't result in an exciting hardware revision like in previous generations, such as the PSone or PS2 Slim. I'd love to see how small a PS4 can get 7 years after release, maybe an all-digital model so you don't need the disc drive. I'd guess about the same size as a…

That game was great! Like most Kirby games, I think the difficulty really depends on how much you want to focus on getting secrets, which in that game usually required a very specific power combo. (Bring back power combos!) I remember putting a lot of time into it as a kid, but I’d guess you could fly through the main…

I mean, even 80 hours is insanely long for an open world action game. How is this not just going to feel like the same content stretched out through sheer scale and repetition into mundanity, just like the AC games? Plus, from a labor / effort standpoint, what tiny fraction of players will even see a quarter of all…

Besides the actual Cloud costume (which I forgot about), the joke referred to the fact that Lightning was literally envisioned as a female Cloud - weather-themed name, ex-soldier, cold and detached, would rather prioritize the mission than stop and deal with her comrades' emotions, eventually grows into a…

...let me tell you about a game called Final Fantasy XIII.

Interestingly, this video finally helped me understand the core systems - this is effectively the classic Safari Zone expanded into a whole game. Back then, Pokemon felt just as temperamental, unpredictable, and wild as they do in this trailer, but at least now it’s not just a bunch of obscure statistics running the…

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…