I mean, even a 7/10 3d Sonic game is a goddamn masterpiece compared to most of the series’ history. And it’s interesting to hear that the reviewers are matching up with my impressions from the trailers - this game has felt rushed and taped together in most gameplay trailers, with fans wondering if it should be delayed…

*pops champagne* Oh thank god - as a recent Steam Deck convert with basically zero interest in a PS5 (only XVI and VIIR Part Deux were tempting to me), only having to wait (and avoid spoilers) for six months feels much more doable than potentially a year or more. Here’s hoping that the next chapter of VIIR has a…

On the one hand, absolute yikes on Yoshi P’s reasoning. On the other, Square’s shown over the past decades that its Black characters often succeed in spite of much of their design or basic characterization. Barrett’s initial impression is of a large, brash, constantly angry Black man with a quick temper. Sazh dresses…

HA. I say this as a lifelong Square fan - there is no game company more adept at disappointing you in new and confounding ways.

I’ve actually wondered if it’s because a couple / few years ago they had a statement or announcement where they said they wanted to better utilize their back catalog, so my theory is that they started a bunch of similarly-sized projects at the same time, and instead of doing the simple and logical thing of spacing the…

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On one hand, who on earth at Nintendo was like “oh yeah, this RPG guy should make the music for our mini-game competition”? But then again, around the same time you have Yoko Shimomura killing it on everything from Super Mario RPG to Street Fighter II to Final Fight, etc etc, and while she’s a goddamn legend, it’s…

All great points. Definitely agree that Microsoft feels much more consumer friendly in most aspects. The fact that they’ve decided that their expensive console itself is an optional part of the experience opens up gaming to a much wider range of people at a much lower barrier of entry. Heck, I own an Xbox but usually…

I know the technology they’re packing into these things is probably expensive and there were much smarter people than an internet commenter who obsessed over that pricepoint, but combined with the recent PS5 price increase and Sony’s general attitude over this generation so far it makes me concerned that it’s becoming…

Bummed. Don’t tease me with a good time like that.

I’m not all-in on this explanation, but it could certainly be part of the issue combined with Cavill getting more popular (and therefore probably harder to pay for and schedule around for an intensive series like this). Plus I can imagine even if he deeply loves the material and the character, being locked down to a…

I suppose Doctor Who is a good example with an explanation built-in, so maybe Geralt will be affected by a bad potion or spell off-screen and come back with a new face.

So...when's the last time the lead character in a popular show was recast halfway through?

Right? Not sure I've ever bought a game out of spite before.

On one hand, I guess it makes some sense - I forget exactly how big game discs are at this point, but that 150+ gb is at least three discs, right? Even if you’re using that base 100 gb number, you’re still at two discs. The only games in the past generation or so that I’m aware of doing this (typically an installation…

Considering how numb we’ve all become to subscription services increasing their costs (I can’t believe how much Netflix is now), combined with the fact that Microsoft’s focus is currently on services rather than hardware sales, I think a Game Pass increase is the most likely. And since it’s commonly referred to as the…

This is an oversimplification of complex personal issues, but the whole time I was reading this I was thinking about how Britney got trapped in a terribly restrictive conservatorship for way less than the behavior Kanye’s exhibited in the past couple of years. I’m not saying Kanye should have someone siphoning off his…

I haven’t played the mission and don’t know if it predictably ends in violence (judging by that embedded video’s thumbnail, probably). But if it does...is it just me or does it seem strange or distasteful to so accurately recreate a living, breathing neighborhood that actually exists and then to portray terrible…

At least Leon has some bravado, throwing out one-liners against undead Napoleon types.