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Well that’s cause it is incomplete. They have to surgically remove lots of Samus’ Power suit at the beginning of the game to save her from the parasite. The blue left on her design in Fusion is literally the parts of the parasite they couldn’t remove. 

So….a new Metroid game and it looks like a spiritual sequel to Fusion basically. It looks real fucking good too. Color me shocked.😶
 
Sucks that Prime 4 still seems so far away, but goddamn Dread looks sick. It’s just nice to see Nintendo still gives a fuck about the IP period. 
 
Wario Ware, Fatal Frame, SMT5 and BOTW2 all look rad as fuck too. I think it’s safe to say Nintendo won this E3  lol
 
Adding my Tekken main to Smash is pretty awesome too actually. They keep managing to surprise me with these characters man.
 
Harada just posted this on Twitter lmao 
 

 
 

So….a new Metroid game and it looks like a spiritual sequel to Fusion basically. It looks real fucking good too. Color me shocked.😶
 
Sucks that Prime 4 still seems so far away, but goddamn Dread looks sick. It’s just nice to see Nintendo still gives a fuck about the IP period. 
 
Wario Ware, Fatal Frame, SMT5 and BOTW2 all look rad as fuck too. I think it’s safe to say Nintendo won this E3  lol
 
Adding my Tekken main to Smash is pretty awesome too actually. They keep managing to surprise me with these characters man.
 
Harada just posted this on Twitter lmao 
 

 
 

I started playing Ratchet and Clank yesterday- it's my first game in the series.  So far it's been a blast!  Very cool movement upgrades and crazy weapons to fuck around with. I'm playing on the second-to-hardest difficulty and it's feels just about right.  Nice puzzles and exploring, too.

Hard disagree, 3 is a great story. It's greatly paced, has well defined characters with understood motivations, has a few plot twists to keep you engaged and a solid theme about family and the importance of growing up & cleaning up ones messes. 
 
Its a great little story. These characters and the events that happen to them resonate with fans for a reason. 

I think the combat is better because the combo system is a little more free form and diverse.
 
Once you learn how to really work Dante it becomes less about the back and forth between him and the demons and more about just dispatching them while looking cool. 
 
With the occasional boss or enemy that will hit you with combat checks and keep it from being a COMPLETE power trip. Like the Proto Angelos in 5; those dudes make you step back and think and I really like that flow between enemies you can juggle for free and tougher mobs that get thrown in and force more of a back and forth 
 
As opposed to the combat in 1 where I feel very limited in combo creativity by comparison. But hey maybe that’s cause I enjoyed the newer games first and have a bias 

I think the combat is better because the combo system is a little more free form and diverse.
 
Once you learn how to really work Dante it becomes less about the back and forth between him and the demons and more about just dispatching them while looking cool. 
 
With the occasional boss or enemy that will hit you with combat checks and keep it from being a COMPLETE power trip. Like the Proto Angelos in 5; those dudes make you step back and think and I really like that flow between enemies you can juggle for free and tougher mobs that get thrown in and force more of a back and forth 
 
As opposed to the combat in 1 where I feel very limited in combo creativity by comparison. But hey maybe that’s cause I enjoyed the newer games first and have a bias 

He was a villain, not THE villain. He comes off as the worst person in the reboot for me. 
 
And that's fine. I never needed him to he 3D. He was a fine character as he was. Even that besides I don't like the choices they made to make him 3D. It didn't make him a better for me. It made him far worse. I prefer the "shallower" character. Hes a better person and I value that in that character more then I do depth that wasn't ever needed to begin with imo. 

DmC isn't a shit game, it's quite serviceable, it just not good as a DMC game. Swap the name and it would've done decently. I've played far worse action games 

I got through Sen's on Friday, now I'm in Anor Londo which his fucking BEAUTIFUL, I thought I'd walked back into Yharnam for a second! I'm at the infamous part with the snipers, and while I haven't gotten past it yet, I can see how to do it and its not too bad. The first play through of any Soulsborne game is always frustrating for me, but once I have a better idea what I'm doing, it's more fun, so while the frustrated part of me is like "I probably won't play this again" I know I likely will even if I take a break for a bit. It's definitely different than DS2, especially in that you don't get penalized by losing your life gauge for dying (but the curse thing in dsr is bullshit lol)
 
As for DMC, the combat in 1 is pretty robust, not as much as the sequels, but you can really do a lot of cool stuff in that game. Tbh, I think 3 is the pinnacle of the series because it marries great combat with pretty good atmosphere. 4 has great combat but is a chore to play through, imo playing Dante in Bloody Palace is about as good as that game will get, and 5 is better but not quite as good as 3 in the atmosphere area. I do like how expanded the combat is in 5 though, that V isn't just another swordbro and how different Nero is. I hated playing as Nero in 4 but he's probably my favorite character in 5. 
 
I'm sure it'll ruffle feathers, but DmC also did a good job of marrying excellent atmosphere with combat that while it wasn't as deep as 4, it was still pretty robust and it was like they made something of a "best of" of Dante's DMC3 tools. 
 
 

I’ve recently been playing them all as well (never played 1 or 3 so I went ahead and beat those) and I never knew the first game was so different from the rest. Atmospherically I think it probably takes the cake yeah, though I really liked the the Temen Ni Gru from 3 as a setting. Hard to decide.
 
It’s strange….I feel conflicted. My first DMC games were 4 and 5 so it was a bit jarring to go back and play the more grounded game that is the first DMC. But the atmosphere and environment of Mallet island is pretty unbeatable as far as the sequels go.
 
Yet, the combat in every game 3 and onward is such a vast improvement and I don’t really know if I’d trade that for a more realized atmosphere like 1. Though I will say, I’m playing through DMC5 again as Vergil finally and I’m starting to realize just how boring and uninspired a lot of the levels can be. I mean everything looks very much the same. You’re either in a city street or in some hell room inside the Qliphoth. Nothing is really that memorable, as opposed to 1 and 3 where I can remember a ton of amazing areas that stuck out. Especially considering they’d usually make fun use of backtracking.
 
USUALLY…….😑
 
If I had to absolutely pick a game and the rest go away, I dunno man, it’d probably be 3 or 5. 4 actually almost escapes the problem of samey environments for the first half but then they just funnel you through the entire game again with Dante which is MAD lazy.
 
Also, you’re playing Dark Souls? Oh Lordy. I love hearing a first timer’s stories in Souls games. 😀
 
Curious how long Sen’s Fortress will hold ya’
 
 
 

I’ve recently been playing them all as well (never played 1 or 3 so I went ahead and beat those) and I never knew the first game was so different from the rest. Atmospherically I think it probably takes the cake yeah, though I really liked the the Temen Ni Gru from 3 as a setting. Hard to decide.
 
It’s strange….I feel conflicted. My first DMC games were 4 and 5 so it was a bit jarring to go back and play the more grounded game that is the first DMC. But the atmosphere and environment of Mallet island is pretty unbeatable as far as the sequels go.
 
Yet, the combat in every game 3 and onward is such a vast improvement and I don’t really know if I’d trade that for a more realized atmosphere like 1. Though I will say, I’m playing through DMC5 again as Vergil finally and I’m starting to realize just how boring and uninspired a lot of the levels can be. I mean everything looks very much the same. You’re either in a city street or in some hell room inside the Qliphoth. Nothing is really that memorable, as opposed to 1 and 3 where I can remember a ton of amazing areas that stuck out. Especially considering they’d usually make fun use of backtracking.
 
USUALLY…….😑
 
If I had to absolutely pick a game and the rest go away, I dunno man, it’d probably be 3 or 5. 4 actually almost escapes the problem of samey environments for the first half but then they just funnel you through the entire game again with Dante which is MAD lazy.
 
Also, you’re playing Dark Souls? Oh Lordy. I love hearing a first timer’s stories in Souls games. 😀
 
Curious how long Sen’s Fortress will hold ya’
 
 
 

I finished the first DMC game today, haven't played it in a long ass time, but outside of the visuals looking like PS2 era visuals, I think it may be the best DMC game still. Yes, the sequels were more polished and the combat is crazier, but you can do some pretty wild stuff with the combat in DMC1 and the aesthetics and vibe of this game still curbstomps every other one in the series imo. 
 
In Dark Souls news, I got to Sen's Fortress. Fuck Sen's Fortress 😂

Wishing you luck on more people and more Haterade from Clayton.

@M A R T I A N
 
The other day, I got a:
 
Detonating Radium Rifle.
 
...
 
This thing is stupid.
 
An explosive, radiation, and kinetic gun.
 
Commando+Demo+Nuke Phys 2.
 
It is as good as or better than any unique I have come across thus far.
 
I named it:
 
Booooom, Blast & Ruin

GGs @KingTubb @GetTheTables and @M A R T I A N!
 
game’s too fun, even when I’m getting smoked lol

@MattatsuGGs man. You're definitely getting the hang of Millia.
 
You did a great job playing around my ranges to start. I think once you get more comfortable dealing with my counter adjustments I'll be in a lot of trouble. Not that anyone likes being in the Millia blender but with Ram it feels like she can really dance around me if I let her get a foothold.
 
@KingTubbYou are a magnificent Dolphin riding bastard. Never change. 
 
@M A R T I A NI appreciate the Axl beatings.  And the Potbusters for awareness. 

Ibuki's stage with a nice orange and black pallette would be so killer. It's one of my favorite stages ever and would coincidentally make a great theme for Halloween. 
 

Me and Piper already retired to our skyloft above Concord, where we watch our slaves tow the land while sitting and reflecting on how much time we wasted playing fighting games with bad netcode.
 
I think she sticks around cause she’s impressed by my bobble head collection.
 
It ain’t much, but it’s honest livin’. 😬
 
 
 

Also:
 
@M A R T I A N
 
Yeah.
 
I maxed out the reporter, and got Gift of Gab.
I am also laying pipe to Piper.
 
+15% experience for a banging implication, is so very choice.

Sega had/has shitty management. If Sega had average management, they'd still be making consoles today. At one point they were the best game developer in the world. If you were a fan of genre, Sega most likely had a quality title for it. How do you have that level of quality software and fail sell enough consoles to stay afloat? Especially with a dominant, at the time, presence in the arcades.

I was fully prepared to buy VF5 just to show support and help get VF6 off the ground but shit, I'll take free any day 😄

I’m laughing so hard at this 
 
https://www.destructoid.com/stories/amiibo-as-butt-plugs-ranked-331236.phtml

Damn. They really did it.
 
 
I try to get out but they just keep on adding my favorite franchises to this game....