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Holy shit I just did the mid game "escape sequence" thing someone mentioned and yeah that shit was sick 😂

Holy fuck Dread IS that fucking good. Samus moves so smoothly and quickly, it's incredible how great it feels to control her. And the melee stuff adds just the right amount of panache. I love that countering bosses gets you a cinematic where you actually attack AS the little animation is playing out. So sick. The atmosphere and art design is fucking on point too. Coolest power suit so far. I love the ankle guards sliding up and down to account for crouching. Map design is really interesting too, you really go all over the place. This is actually my first 2D Metroid, I'd only played the Prime series before this.

My PS4 Pro's optical disc reader is malfunctioning so I had to take it to a repair guy unfortunately, but he said it would only be around $100 so at least it's not too bad. Just sucks to be interrupted cause I'm chapter 11 in Judgment right now lol

Played a blue aura Millia for a long set last night. Was a freaking ton of fun and maybe the most fun matches I'd had so far. I don't think Strive is perfect or anything but man the game is SO fucking fun. I fucking love Guilty Gear, and this patch makes it feel even more like GG. Also, I think they over buffed Nago clone. The fact that it goes full screen and so fast is incredibly strong and makes it super easy for me to use. I would honestly be fine with them nerfing either the distance or projectile travel speed back to how it was. Just keep the faster startup and one or the other of the former

It's amazing how he has to be like, "WELL THERE'S STILL ALL THESE OTHER PATHS" every single time. Too funny lol

Horizon and Elden at the same time is rooooough. Those are both going to be super time consuming. And then Stranger of Paradise in March too, sheesh.

In the context of the rest of the buffs and how strong air to ground combos will be now, it's possible that it's still reasonable. Axl and Faust both got 5f normals now as well so Nago can't bully them with spin anymore, so buffing projectile to help him get in since it'll be harder to stay in does make some sense. Honestly this patch is pretty fucking exciting.

Yeah to be honest I feel like they definitely could have gone in a little more on buffing Ky, looking at the other characters and the FD changes

Yo these Nago buffs are insane. DP can now frametrap on it's own cause the follow-up is delayable, and it's fucking ground bounce on counter hit. Also allows new routes with just the first part cause the recovery isn't too long. Clone is now full screen and super fast. It also can delete projectiles like Charge Stun Edge 😂

Honestly I tell myself the same thing. I don't know how to stop myself, it's a real problem 😂 Nah if everything's buffed it just means the situations get more layered. They're even trying to do something about the damage by adjusting certain characters combo routes and increasing scaling from some of the more important special moves. Zoning can be stronger, so if someone gets around it in the air, they get rewarded well for doing it, but if it's read, the defender gets better reward from their AA. Of course only time will tell if it actually shakes out like that for sure, but I don't think more buffs in terms of options is bad. Faust afro buffs his paper bag, makes it large and bounce a few times and doesn't hurt him. One time use per afro he gets. Dust RC thing is talking about before/during homing jump I think? Not sure on that one but it would be weird to take away RC combos during Dust, so I'm guessing it's not that. We'll see.

If you mean Ky specifically they say they reduced recovery time AND overall duration while making it startup slower. So you spend less time vulnerable on whiff and will also be less negative on block. Anji' and Nago's projectiles just seem better all the way around.

Nice. I'm actually playing through Judgment right now but I'm planning on getting Metroid Dread too. It'll be my first 2D Metroid but it looks like a good one to start with.

Sakurai said in the presentation after that Sora was the #1 most requested character in their polls so that's probably why

Looking at the publisher's release history I doubt they'll put much care into it but hopefully it's good.

I'll believe it when I see it. They never fixed any past ports, and who knows what they feel is acceptable on input lag.

Armor sets in general have less melee damage bonuses and tend to be less specialized in N2, but honestly unless you're in Way of the Strong, you haven't really seen the build potential of N1 anyway. Most builds are combinations of sets, using the Yasakani accessory, as it reduces set costs by 1, so it really enables mixed sets, but you don't get one on the first difficulty IIRC. And then Way of the Wise(4th difficulty) adds a whole bunch of new sets with a new rarity level beyond Divine, and those sets are also often mixed. Red Demon is just a very easy to use set in your first run, but mixed sets outclass full sets. I'd say N2 doesn't have any clear first run sets that are best but mixed sets being king is still the case. But again, can't really do that til you've finished the first difficulty

It's basically just more of the same great stuff. Most of the older enemies are still in on top of a lot of new ones, 4 new weapons after DLC, and new skills for all, overall better level design, LW is replaced with something more fun and less broken, the create a character is REALLY good, and honestly even the story felt better, though you still need knowledge of the sengoku era to really follow it. Oh and human boss enemy balance is a lot better, they don't just stay in LW most of the time on harder difficulties. If you've fought Date or Sanada in N1 yet you'll know what I mean. It's a major refinement, which can be seen as good and bad. One of the reasons I'm looking forward to Stranger of Paradise is cause it actually feels different while still being a Nioh game. It has new, fresh combat ideas and such but is definitely still related.

Holy fucking crap 11f is insane lol

Literally the first time Sol has been clearly the top tier in GG so I doubt it has much to do with that lol Framedata is all on dustloop

Its the combat dude. The older PS5 demo was great even just for the combat. Which is how Nioh was as well lol.

Oh shit Bayo's new style is SIIIICK

Man, Splatoon's music is always so fucking good

Oh WOW already announcing a Master Rank update for Monster Hunter Rise huh?

Love how even arstechnica is literally just sourcing Digital Foundry lol

If the list is right I don't think it would be like a true remake either. FF9's popularity is not anywhere near that level to warrant it. I suppose it's entirely possible it's just some dummy list.