Video Game Discussion Thread vol. 2

Darc_Requiem · May 7, 2023

20 hours ago, Hecatom said:

And will surely do the same thing to the upcoming series.

Which btw, I am already expecting those pigs to go and attack the kids that will be casted and their families.

Oh they will. They amoral intolerant jackasses with no self awareness that attack from the guise fighting intolerance. Maybe just maybe companies will realize that Twitter isn't representative of the market after recent events....nah they'll keeping doing dumb shit that costs them money.

Sonichuman · May 7, 2023

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Wellman · May 7, 2023

1 hour ago, Sonichuman said:

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Can we call that a creative as hell way to scare folks?

RSG3 · May 8, 2023

2 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

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That games combat system is so much fun, and Tifa is probably the most fun of all the characters to run. She has so many options, so many cancels and so much mobility.

RegH81 · May 8, 2023

FINAL FANTASY III Pixel Remaster is donezo! Had my Dragoon jump spam and my Ninja spam shuryukens. My two Sages cast Holy and Flare between recovering. That beam Cloud of Darkness kept spamming made me remember why I hated her/it in the DS version. Thing did so much damage. in PR, I was in the early 80s for my levels and I could afford to get hit by it a few times before casting curaga. And with that, my revenge is complete.

Sonichuman · May 8, 2023

Power won....Can't say I'm surprised. They crushed every category.

RegH81 · May 8, 2023

One time I paid for Shadow's services when I was Sabin and headed back to Nashe. During the first random battle I got into, no cap, that MF was like...

And I'm like...

To this day I am STILL salty about that ish.

Chadouken · May 8, 2023

When's that new Zelder game come out?

Sonichuman · May 8, 2023

28 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

When's that new Zelder game come out?

The 12th

Wellman · May 8, 2023

The parental app told me it downloaded the game to my Switch on Friday so I get home with the slight hope Nintendo done goofed only for it to tell me after checking the date online I can't play it.

Damn digital release system could just downloaded that without giving me false hope.

Faltimar the Dark · May 8, 2023

Played the demo of this game here a day or two ago. Short demo, also the biggest demo I ever downloaded I think. 20GB. Anyhow, the game seems real cool and I'd recommend giving the demo a try.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/731040/The_Invincible/

https://steamdb.info/app/731040/

Sonichuman · May 8, 2023

Hecatom · May 8, 2023

BornWinner · May 9, 2023

Hard hitting criticism only delivered by Hard Drive.

RSG3 · May 9, 2023

Everyone gives Nintendo shit for the 3DS naming conventions and the Wii-U but Microsoft really outdid them with thay Series S/X naming convention set. It's hard to keep all the models straight imo.

Edited May 9, 2023 by RSG3

Sonichuman · May 9, 2023

Sonichuman · May 9, 2023

I can't put my finger on it....but there's definitely something familiar looking about this game...

Sonichuman · May 9, 2023

I'll definitely watch people play this game cause I have no doubt there's going to be people needing their brown pants

Hecatom · May 9, 2023

I would like to see this game comeback on a collection or something 😅

Hecatom · May 9, 2023

1 hour ago, Sonichuman said:

Glad to see my main from 14 back, specially with new moves.

Her toolkit looks vastly improved.

Edited May 9, 2023 by Hecatom

Hecatom · May 9, 2023

The Internet works fast

RSG3 · May 9, 2023

Her design still suck....oh well.

TheInfernoman · May 9, 2023

6 hours ago, BornWinner said:

Hard hitting criticism only delivered by Hard Drive.

X for eXtra, S for Small? that's how I always looked at it? I still am happy with my S

Hecatom · May 9, 2023

30 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

Her design still suck....oh well.

Hecatom · May 9, 2023

Lantis · May 9, 2023

6 hours ago, RSG3 said:

Her design still suck....oh well.

Yep. Out of all the KOF XIV newcomers (which I now realize a LOT have been left on the chopping block), I could probably have taken ANYONE but her.

That includes that creep Xanadu

RSG3 · May 9, 2023

25 minutes ago, Lantis said:

Yep. Out of all the KOF XIV newcomers (which I now realize a LOT have been left on the chopping block), I could probably have taken ANYONE but her.

That includes that creep Xanadu

I just really dont see how gluing random ass shit from a kids art box to someone is considered character design. Looks like she got shot in the face with a Confetti Shotgun.

Shes also loud and annoying but that's an issue i have with a number of fighting game characters anymore.

Darc_Requiem · May 9, 2023

8 hours ago, RSG3 said:

Her design still suck....oh well.

Hey we are all about representation these days man. And trash needs representation too 😉

Edited May 9, 2023 by Darc_Requiem

Sonichuman · May 9, 2023

I found Sylvie's original design really weird but considering the influences to her design I found out about later, it kinda works. I actually prefer her redesign here a whole hell of a lot better than her original. Keeps her quirky look without looking like she had a clown throw up on her.

Edited May 9, 2023 by Sonichuman

AriesWarlock · May 9, 2023

Camacho · May 9, 2023

I remember when new fighting game characters usually looked cool- that was a long time ago.

Wellman · May 9, 2023

13 hours ago, RSG3 said:

Everyone gives Nintendo shit for the 3DS naming conventions and the Wii-U but Microsoft really outdid them with thay Series S/X naming convention set. It's hard to keep all the models straight imo.

Yeah, I get what they were going for trying to create a sub brand but it honestly feels like they should have just called it Xbox (2020) S/X because saying series with either S or X is a hassle.

Sonichuman · May 9, 2023

Nintendo financials are out, Nintendo actually mentions new console, says that it's progressing well but tells people to not expect anything before next spring at the earliest

Looking up Financial stuff now

Wellman · May 9, 2023

2 hours ago, Lantis said:

Yep. Out of all the KOF XIV newcomers (which I now realize a LOT have been left on the chopping block), I could probably have taken ANYONE but her.

That includes that creep Xanadu

Xanadu is sort of the poster for XIV character design. They either went hard in on a concept to the point of it being overboard or played it safe and traditional. Luong and Antonov I would say are the best new comers with potential to stick around from XIV but they are safe combinations of popular tropes.

I still do hope they bring back Bandeiras Hattori. Homeboy was hilarious and the funniest Ninja in a fighting game since Bang from BlazBlue

Sonichuman · May 9, 2023

Nintendo fiscal year end report

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/230509_4e.pdf

This console now has 35 titles that have crossed the 1 mill threshold.(22 Nintendo, 13 by other publishers). This number now includes Metroid Prime Remastered which has sold 1.09 mill so far. Fire Emblem Engage also has now sold 1.61 mill\

Top 10 best selling games thus far are MK8D (53.79 Mill), AC: NH (42.21 Mill), Smash Ult (31.09), BotW ( 29.81 ), Pokemon SW/Sh ( 25.82 ), SMO (25.76), Pokemon Sc/Vi (22.10), Super Mario Party ( 19.14) NSMBUD (15.41) and Ring Fit Adventure (15.38)

They've also stated that they're aware of the Switch's sales decline and expecting it to decline even further. They feel they're in unknown territory right now because no console they've has been selling this many units at this stage in its lifespan.

Sonichuman · May 9, 2023

Playstation Blog has a celebration of Guerilla on its page

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/05/09/20-years-of-guerrilla-the-story-of-a-playstation-studio/

Mention some sales numbers at the end. Horizon franches has sold through more than 32.7 mill worldwide. HFW has sold 8.4 mill thus far.

Sonichuman · May 9, 2023

Ask Developer Interviews for TotK

Part 1

https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-9-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-part-1/

Part 2

https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-9-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-part-2/

BornWinner · May 9, 2023

35 minutes ago, Camacho said:

I remember when new fighting game characters usually looked cool- that was a long time ago.

Sakura, a regular ass schoolgirl, was introduced to Street Fighter in 1996 to fight with martial artists, cops, military men, assassins, and terrorists.

Long-running series Tekken debuted with having a karate using bear as a playable character. The following game added a boxing kangaroo and a dinosaur.

Even KOF started with having a midget Freddy Krueger and a guy throwing basketballs at you in it’s first game.

You’re right it’s been a long time since fighting games only added characters that were cool. Fighting games has had goofy characters close to 30 years now.

Lantis · May 9, 2023

LMAO the Biden AI has gotten to RE4 Remake now

iStu X · May 9, 2023

More Jedi Survivor patches

Camacho · May 9, 2023

3 hours ago, BornWinner said:

Sakura, a regular ass schoolgirl, was introduced to Street Fighter in 1996 to fight with martial artists, cops, military men, assassins, and terrorists.

Long-running series Tekken debuted with having a karate using bear as a playable character. The following game added a boxing kangaroo and a dinosaur.

Even KOF started with having a midget Freddy Krueger and a guy throwing basketballs at you in it’s first game.

You’re right it’s been a long time since fighting games only added characters that were cool. Fighting games has had goofy characters close to 30 years now.

I did say usually. And to be fair, a karate bear is way cooler than the KoFxHot Topic version of Rainbow Brite.

iStu X · May 9, 2023

Man, you really can’t spell Ignorance without IGN.

RSG3 · May 9, 2023

23 minutes ago, iStu X said:

Man, you really can’t spell Ignorance without IGN.

Do away with shitty number scores and this entire made up problem goes away.

RSG3 · May 9, 2023

36 minutes ago, Camacho said:

I did say usually. And to be fair, a karate bear is way cooler than the KoFxHot Topic version of Rainbow Brite.

I agree, a boxing bear is way cooler, but even SFIIs character design can mostly be boiled down to "Take cultural stereotype and make it pretty silly."

I would honestly argue that cool fighting game characters are the actual rarity and silly ones have always been the norm.

Doesn't mean i have to like the design just because its supposed to be dumb lol.

Sonichuman · May 9, 2023

30 minutes ago, iStu X said:

Man, you really can’t spell Ignorance without IGN.

I mean what he was saying didn't sound bad...until he got to the part where he says "If you've never heard of the game, we probably didn't review it, and it probably isn't that good anyway". That's comes off kinda arrogant. There are tons of games out there that have released that probably never showed up on my radar but I've never assumed just because I didn't hear about it that it's probably garbage.

Lantis · May 9, 2023

Yeah they should have just said "there's too many fuckin games each year, we aint gonna review all of 'em", instead of giving out 7s just to fulfill the quota

RSG3 · May 9, 2023

Least he admits they are a super main stream rag and you'll never not find main stream shit on their site.

AriesWarlock · May 9, 2023

RegH81 · May 9, 2023

My copy of Splatoon 3 decided to work for a change. Not once did I get a softward error crash. And something crazy strange happened when I was playing last night. I... I actually had fun playing on the Spawning Grounds. The weapon rotation was... GOOD. Like, really freaking good! No matter what weapon I had in any given wave I was golden. We even killed Cohozuna with nearly 30 seconds left on the clock!