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Dragon's Dogma 2 looks awesome. Super excited for it.
My favorite Ace Attorney game is AA6. Compared with AA3 (which is a masterpiece through and through), AA6 is more personal and it managed to make me cry. What a game. Can't wait to revisit it on the deck.
I like how in exoprimal the fuel to power time travel is dinosaur blood
As much as I loved cases 4-5 in AA3, the way Shu Takumi weaved the connecting thread of all the cases in TGAA2 was nothing short of masterful. It is pretty much a kamige to me, and the music is peak Ace Attorney.
I'm not expecting the depth of TGAA2 because, after all, it came after AA6, but I hope the case structure is just as interesting as the latter.
So if they're remastering Ghost Trick, of all things, and actually went to the trouble of localizing The Great Ace Attorney a few years ago, then surely the Miles Edgeworth Investigations games are next, right? Right?!
Boomer shooter have done the impossible!
All the shitty doom clones are being revived!
We can relive 90's again!
Suffering through shitty fucking doom clones until someone makes a HALF LIFE TM like game and then fuckin poof a Unreal Tournament esque game in 5 years from now!
What hath irony wrought
Boomer shooters innovating whilst stagnating
a tale as old as time itself
All the shitty doom clones are being revived!
We can relive 90's again!
Suffering through shitty fucking doom clones until someone makes a HALF LIFE TM like game and then fuckin poof a Unreal Tournament esque game in 5 years from now!
What hath irony wrought
Boomer shooters innovating whilst stagnating
a tale as old as time itself
Capcom can take their time with AAI1-2, so they won't ruin the perfection that is Judge Courtney.
I read the whole thread, and that's a lot of interesting changes. I might need to replay the whole game instead of just playing the expansion
Even if you're a jaded gamer that hates the AAA industry you have to admit, this has been an absolutely stellar year for gaming. So far we've had (if you ignore the shittiness of some PC ports)
Plus the games that haven't launched yet but look great
And on top of all that we're apparently getting the real version of Cyberpunk 2077 that we should've gotten 3 years ago + a huge expansion?? I didn't mention this but when I finally got the means to build a gaming PC back in 2020, I did it for the sole purpose of playing Cyberpunk, but the game was such a shitshow at launch that it killed all the hype that I had for it and I didn't even bother to play it ever. Now I'm tempted to buy both CP2077 and the expansion lol.
It's rare to have a year like this in gaming, normally we get more 2021's than 2023's.
- Dead Space Remake
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon Ishin
- Resident Evil 4 Remake (My personal favorite lol)
- Zelda TOTK
- Returnal PC
- The Last of Us PC
- Star Wards Jedi Survivor
- Amnesia The Bunker
- System Shock Remake
- Street Fighter 6
- Diablo IV
Plus the games that haven't launched yet but look great
- FF XVI
- Spiderman 2
- Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart PC
- Forza Motorsport
- Starfield
- Silent Hill 2 Remake (if the leaks are correct)
- MGS The Master Collection Vol. 1 (it has to come to Steam right guys? )
- Alan Wake II (Egsclusive goddamn it)
- Persona 5 Tactica
- Avatar
- Ass Ass of Creed Mirage (2 ubi games looking kinda good? What?)
- Lies of P
And on top of all that we're apparently getting the real version of Cyberpunk 2077 that we should've gotten 3 years ago + a huge expansion?? I didn't mention this but when I finally got the means to build a gaming PC back in 2020, I did it for the sole purpose of playing Cyberpunk, but the game was such a shitshow at launch that it killed all the hype that I had for it and I didn't even bother to play it ever. Now I'm tempted to buy both CP2077 and the expansion lol.
It's rare to have a year like this in gaming, normally we get more 2021's than 2023's.
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im hyped for APOLLO JUSTICE BABY LETS GOOO thanks capcom only played the trilogy in my old ds, never bought a 3ds
Caught up on some E3 stuff. Xbox show was good. Other big shows kind of bad. Indie shows made my wishlist grow.
Atlus be like
The money bag that Xbox gave to Sega/Atlus to have all the trailers on their show must have been nice.
Anyways, I'll probably play Persona3 Reloaded and Metaphor: ReFantazio. I'm so behind on their games that that will probably be in 2030 or something.
I'm interested in Fable.
Avowed looks neat.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 looks neat but I need to play the first game first.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, sure. Though I'm so behind on the series now.
Jusant, that Dontnod climbing game could be cool depending on how the climbing paths are determined. Like, how free are you to take your path and figure out how to get to point A to B.
Still Wakes the Deep is potentially interesting, but maybe it's too spoopy.
Great to see some Cities Skylines 2, maybe the traffic is easier to manage this time so even I can do it.
Clockwork Revolution looks cool but now idea what it ends up being.
I could see myself playing a lot of Starfield. Like a lot.
What was up with Keanus's microphone?
Nothing from Double Fine, kind of surprised.
Atlus be like
The money bag that Xbox gave to Sega/Atlus to have all the trailers on their show must have been nice.
Anyways, I'll probably play Persona3 Reloaded and Metaphor: ReFantazio. I'm so behind on their games that that will probably be in 2030 or something.
I'm interested in Fable.
Avowed looks neat.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 looks neat but I need to play the first game first.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, sure. Though I'm so behind on the series now.
Jusant, that Dontnod climbing game could be cool depending on how the climbing paths are determined. Like, how free are you to take your path and figure out how to get to point A to B.
Still Wakes the Deep is potentially interesting, but maybe it's too spoopy.
Great to see some Cities Skylines 2, maybe the traffic is easier to manage this time so even I can do it.
Clockwork Revolution looks cool but now idea what it ends up being.
I could see myself playing a lot of Starfield. Like a lot.
What was up with Keanus's microphone?
Nothing from Double Fine, kind of surprised.
SIRI PLEASE GOOGLE SEARCH WILL OUTLAWS PROTAG HAVE SHOES ON THE ENTIRE GAME YES OR NO
I didn't know Tarantino had a MetaCouncil account.
It's by inXile, so hopefully a first-person RPG proper. I like the steampunk aesthetics.
Man I just watched this trailer and it looks so great. I've owned BG3 since near the time it came out in early access but I never played it nor did I even look at what was going on with the development. So, for example, I'm actually surprised that you can walk around in the game in 3rd person mode because I had just assumed it would be an isometric game. The city does look wonderful and I'm confident that Larian will make it immersive and interesting to explore.
It's a real shame this game is going to get slaughtered by Starfield.
I suppose that's a bit dramatic but it's also kind of true. Starfield early access starts 1 day after this game releases. I've wanted a new BG game for 20 years now and the fact that Larian is the studio making it is one of those 'stars have aligned' moments and yet I think even I'll be playing Starfield first. Even though BG3 is going to be a much deeper and reactive game which is what I prefer. Even though Starfield will likely launch broken and if not, will require several months of patches and mods to make it better. Even though I've been increasingly disappointed with every BGS game that has come out after Morrowind. BGS game releases have this gravitational pull that is just a landmark moment where you have to see what they've done this time around. And a science fiction setting is way more to my liking than fantasy and post-apocalypse.
Kind of reminds me of 2014 where Larian made the best RPG of the year in Divinity Original Sin and it was completely ignored in favour of Dragon Age Inquisition. I expect Starfield will suck all the air out of the room but at least, I hope, it will not be garbage like Inquisition was. I hope BG3 sells millions and exceeds Larian's expectations. Most importantly, I really hope the game turns out to be as good as BG2 was back in it's day.
The photo mode is going to be a disgusting waste of time in this. So good.
A few texture and weather mods will make this game jump an entire generation into the future imo. I remember some of the extreme New Vegas weather mods made that game look so good. I'm guessing Bethesda won't put in that much weather variety so to not kill the console framerates but PC modding communities are gonna go crazy with this.
Love the overall art direction. Its like a big mix of Death Stranding, Fallout and Star Citizen.
A few texture and weather mods will make this game jump an entire generation into the future imo. I remember some of the extreme New Vegas weather mods made that game look so good. I'm guessing Bethesda won't put in that much weather variety so to not kill the console framerates but PC modding communities are gonna go crazy with this.
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There's a decent fan translation of AAI2, yep. That's the only game that hasn't been localised yet, the first one got a limited Western released.
Hopefully there's a chance that Capcom brings those two back as well. Hardly a bigger risk than TGAA was
Embracer is not doing well...
They are going to restructure the entire company with shutting down game studios, cancel unannonced games with low expectations...
Article in Swedish. Haven't been able to find an article in English yet
www.breakit.se
They are going to restructure the entire company with shutting down game studios, cancel unannonced games with low expectations...
Article in Swedish. Haven't been able to find an article in English yet
Massivt krispaket på Embracer – ska spara miljarder: "Smärtsamt"
Spelbolaget Embracer lanserar sparpaket.
www.breakit.se
For exhaustiveness sake I would take the Layton collab, too. But I'm far from convinced it's in the cards.
Or maybe it's more Layton and less AA ? People who played it, was it good ?
This is fucking pathetic. Peak crazy capitalism.
I could’ve told you this would eventually happen.Embracer is not doing well...
They are going to restructure the entire company with shutting down game studios, cancel unannonced games with low expectations...
Article in Swedish. Haven't been able to find an article in English yet
Massivt krispaket på Embracer – ska spara miljarder: "Smärtsamt"
Spelbolaget Embracer lanserar sparpaket.
Everyone with an ounce of common sense knew.
Capitalism is cancer.
I didn’t know I could ever be less surprised as about the news about embracer.
Embracer is not doing well...
They are going to restructure the entire company with shutting down game studios, cancel unannonced games with low expectations...
Article in Swedish. Haven't been able to find an article in English yet
Massivt krispaket på Embracer – ska spara miljarder: "Smärtsamt"
Spelbolaget Embracer lanserar sparpaket.
I'm quite happy with what I've seen this year. Very very strong offerings. If anything the Playstation Direct was weak but there are way too many things to play out there for the next few years.
Last night's Ubisoft stream was great. I really like the Metroidvania PoP, Avatar looked good (although I'm scared of this one having too much filler like Assassin's Creed), and Star Wars Outlaws looked like made for me aside from the framerate at times.
Xbox show was insane for me, I'm in for (and I'm making a list):
Baldur's Gate 3 comes out a few days after my birthday so if I can save some leisure moneyby then ( right now I'm paying for a kitchen renovation that couldn't wait anymore :-/ ) I'll pick it up as a self gift.
I'll probably, eventually give FFXVI a try when it comes out on PC even though I really really dislike how they've gone the action route.
And there are many other games that I haven't mentiones or were shown before like DD2.
Last night's Ubisoft stream was great. I really like the Metroidvania PoP, Avatar looked good (although I'm scared of this one having too much filler like Assassin's Creed), and Star Wars Outlaws looked like made for me aside from the framerate at times.
Xbox show was insane for me, I'm in for (and I'm making a list):
- Persona 3 Reloaded
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Persona 5 Tactica
- Fable is in the cards.
- Avowed
- Clockwork Revolutionis in the cards but right now looks like a Lidl Bioshock Infinite.
- Starfield is going to take my life.
Baldur's Gate 3 comes out a few days after my birthday so if I can save some leisure moneyby then ( right now I'm paying for a kitchen renovation that couldn't wait anymore :-/ ) I'll pick it up as a self gift.
I'll probably, eventually give FFXVI a try when it comes out on PC even though I really really dislike how they've gone the action route.
And there are many other games that I haven't mentiones or were shown before like DD2.
Its almost like consolidation is bad huh.
Support indie devs.
Support indie devs.
Exactly, this was to be expected. Embracer has been buying way too many studio's, and most of their output was mediocre at best. Sabre, Zen Studios and Deep Silver also keep signing exclusivity deals with Epic, thereby further alienating and pissing off their fanbase on PC. The only games from Embracer I've bought/play the fast few years are the ones in Humble Monthly...
Mask of the Rose released with very little fanfare.
Harmony: Fall of Reverie released with so little that I just learned it was out.
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Maybe don't release during E3. Just a suggestion.
Like the bozos who release their game during a Steam sale
Harmony: Fall of Reverie released with so little that I just learned it was out.
...
Maybe don't release during E3. Just a suggestion.
Like the bozos who release their game during a Steam sale
I'm honestly surprised it took Embracer this long to announce a massive scaling back of their company. Of course it was always coming.
I'm shocked Embracer are buckling under their own weight
It's the consolidation after the consolidation. They're gonna trim everything they deem redundant ruthlessly.
Sooo... Embracer failed at Extend and went straight to Extinguish, huh. Except they're applying it to themselves. Oof.
That 2 billion deal falling through must have stung a lot. But also taking a non-finalized deal for granted and planning around it seems pretty reckless, if that is what happened.
That 2 billion deal falling through must have stung a lot. But also taking a non-finalized deal for granted and planning around it seems pretty reckless, if that is what happened.
I wonder if there are going to be some heavily hazardous planets in the base game, or if we'll have to wait for mods for that. I'm talking toxic planets, volcanic planets, frozen planets, etc. Something that'd require heavily specialized equipment to step on.
There's a cool Reddit post I've read a while ago about what would a theoretical "landing" on Jupiter look like (it's a gas giant so you can't land per se, but you get the meaning). I recommend it to everyone, it's an interesting read.
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These are both games I should be playing right now, because they are exactly the types of games I love. Hell, I backed Mask of the Rose so I have it already! But I don't have time to play any games, because I'm now officially a drone in Hoyoverse's gacha factory.Mask of the Rose released with very little fanfare.
Harmony: Fall of Reverie released with so little that I just learned it was out.
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Maybe don't release during E3. Just a suggestion.
Like the bozos who release their game during a Steam sale
That's one of those things that is very neglected in SciFi, truly weird and hostile worlds. Not just the "toxic atmosphere" or "too hot" ones that would be obviously irrelevant conditions to any space faring species.
A failed star like Jupiter is so cool, and there's a lot more to do with the terrible effect it has on moons getting too close, let alone weird shit like HD 189733 b where it rains molten glass sideways.
It'd be cool to see more alien aliens like in the books of Asimov, and not always sexy blue people or fantasy races with a makeover
Rofl, that one has always been clown shoes to me, and I'm not a lawyer or corporate apologist, but 'We had a verbal agreement' is just incredible.
It was only a question of time, the way they were acquiring studios was not self sustaining.Embracer is not doing well...
They are going to restructure the entire company with shutting down game studios, cancel unannonced games with low expectations...
Article in Swedish. Haven't been able to find an article in English yet
Massivt krispaket på Embracer – ska spara miljarder: "Smärtsamt"
Spelbolaget Embracer lanserar sparpaket.
I feel for everyone who will lose their jobs and I hope they all can land on their feet
Oh I guess at some point Embracer actually did name the operating group that they created for Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, it's called CDE Entertainment. Very creative.
I'll be very curious what studios they end up gutting or shutting down. And whether it will only concern video games. I have no real sense on how they tabletop branch is doing, for example.
And looking at their operating groups, I have never even heard of this first one that's listed on wikipedia, Amplifier Game Invest. And aside from Tarsier Studios, I don't really know any of these devs under that group either.
17000 employees is a lot that's for sure.
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Not gonna lie, I'm a bit surprised that Giant Bomb is continuing their nightly shows from not-E3 this year with so much of the crew having changed.
Maybe I shouldn't be surprised.
Just replace Jeff G with another Jeff G as the interviewer and no one will know the difference.
I'll be very curious what studios they end up gutting or shutting down. And whether it will only concern video games. I have no real sense on how they tabletop branch is doing, for example.
And looking at their operating groups, I have never even heard of this first one that's listed on wikipedia, Amplifier Game Invest. And aside from Tarsier Studios, I don't really know any of these devs under that group either.
17000 employees is a lot that's for sure.
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Not gonna lie, I'm a bit surprised that Giant Bomb is continuing their nightly shows from not-E3 this year with so much of the crew having changed.
Maybe I shouldn't be surprised.
Just replace Jeff G with another Jeff G as the interviewer and no one will know the difference.
Even tho all the old folks left they still been putting together good content imo. The voicemail dumptrucks are pretty good and the regular podcasts have been ok.Not gonna lie, I'm a bit surprised that Giant Bomb is continuing their nightly shows from not-E3 this year with so much of the crew having changed.
Maybe I shouldn't be surprised.
Just replace Jeff G with another Jeff G as the interviewer and no one will know the difference.
No one can replace Gerstmann with his E3 nights interviews.
That said, I really enjoyed Gruff's interviews too. He brings in his energy to make people comfortable and let them speak their hearts out.
I have some unpopular opinions towards TGAA because the pacing in the two games is a mess in my opinion. Takumi managed to collect the story threads into one which is an impressive feast, but I opt for a more concise experience like AA3 or AAI2, whereas TGAA has too much fat, a rather mediocre first game and the one who looks like a big bad guy (spoiler warning to those who haven't played the game)[ ISPOILER]is the big bad guy.[/ISPOILER]
While AA6 is not as intricate as some previous AA game, it is my favorite game in the series because it is very personal and sentimental. I also love mystic elements in a AA game and the whole premise is built on it. It also has one big twist late game and I was caught completely offguard by the reveal, so those who love twists surely has something to look forward to.
Nervous chuckle as he looks at his still empty goty list for the year
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