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Nabs

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Epic has a hard on for remasters, and they like to package them with sequel deals. I would be very surprised if we get it this year.

Remedy doesn't particularly care to make it easy on Steam users. They never have.
 

ZKenir

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I can't even think of many other fitting fantasy franchises to be honest, because most either lack military (harry potter) or high fantasy elements (game of thrones)
I think if SEGA managed to strike a deal with WotC they could use the Forgotten Realms setting or D&D more in general, I'd like a drow army personally
 
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dex3108

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4am here, was working on Saturday/Sunday because change time zone in my country (servers check) im so happy is already over i was so nervous but everything ended fine. now i can sleep relaxedl again
Nah you should have just let everything burn and sleep XD
 
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Pommes

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Any recomendations for mouse? i own a logitech g403 and i love it but the mouse wheel is wonky, its making me crazy :(
Yeah the wheel on my G502 is dying and that's driving my insane. But fuck, mouse are pricey.
It might be that there is dirt/dust which makes the mouse wheel act wonky. This was at least the case for me.
One way to get the dirt out of the mouse is the following: Turn the mouse over and roll the mouse wheel on the desk.
If there is dirt in the mouse it should now come out of it.
After I did this a few times my mouse wheel does now work as good as new.
 
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Li Kao

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Didn't play Psychonauts 2 or Control for four days, we are approaching the drop zone, wonderful ! :confounded-face:
And all I can think of is how I would like to play a good CRPG, preferably Space Opera but unfortunately there are no such things in recent memory. Why yes, the hype for Wrath of the Righteous got me. A good chunky CRPG.

Oh right, I forgot to mention that while looking for Sci-Fi CRPG I learned that Encased is on the 7th and Gamedec on the 16th. Cool ! But no isometric Space Op.
 
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fantomena

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Saw on Twitter a hint from someone on ERA that there will be a announcement from FromSoft on Sony showcase. So either something Elden Ring (gameplay and pre-orders opening up?), new rumored PS5 exclusive (most likely too soon) or Bloodborne Remastered (PS5 announcement, PC confirmed in blogpost or trailer after the show).

In terms of likeness:

1) Elden Ring stuff
2) Bloodborne Remastered
3) New game

Otherwise I can also see a GoW PC announcement on PS blog and PS YT channel trailer after the show as we will probably get Ragnarok gameplay and stuff on the showcase.
 

Shahem

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Saw on Twitter a hint from someone on ERA that there will be a announcement from FromSoft on Sony showcase. So either something Elden Ring (gameplay and pre-orders opening up?), new rumored PS5 exclusive (most likely too soon) or Bloodborne Remastered (PS5 announcement, PC confirmed in blogpost or trailer after the show).

In terms of likeness:

1) Elden Ring stuff
2) Bloodborne Remastered
3) New game

Otherwise I can also see a GoW PC announcement on PS blog and PS YT channel trailer after the show as we will probably get Ragnarok gameplay and stuff on the showcase.
Inch Allah.
 

Li Kao

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I can't seem to find a good spoiler free Kingmaker guide. Given the length of the game, the probability of me replaying it is extremely low, but the game is so rich that the prospect of finding a guide with the big missables and endings in a spoiler free form is low.
 
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Mor

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Saw on Twitter a hint from someone on ERA that there will be a announcement from FromSoft on Sony showcase. So either something Elden Ring (gameplay and pre-orders opening up?), new rumored PS5 exclusive (most likely too soon) or Bloodborne Remastered (PS5 announcement, PC confirmed in blogpost or trailer after the show).

In terms of likeness:

1) Elden Ring stuff
2) Bloodborne Remastered
3) New game

Otherwise I can also see a GoW PC announcement on PS blog and PS YT channel trailer after the show as we will probably get Ragnarok gameplay and stuff on the showcase.
Saw too and I think it won't be Elden Ring, if it's a showcase I could see a new deal between Sony and From a la Bloodborne, as for the remastered version os said game (and PC) yeah, I could see them announcing it alongside a new deal, it is a possibility although I don't want to get too excited about this just in case.

As for GoW PC, you know it is the game I'm waiting the most so yeah, I would love to get a Steam release announcement via Blog, but, god knows.

Yeah, you can clearly see that I'm not entirely convinced or excited in this aspect because we got so many confirmations that they are coming that this feels like the worst part of SEGA PC initiative.
 
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Mor

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What a strange twitter account, like, it's full or rumors, ""leaks"" and tagging other users.

And while I'm not going to check all of the pictures I'm going with #TeamFake
 

fantomena

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It's fake, was debunked on that subreddit for gaming leaks.

Which is a good thing because the image quality is bad.
 
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Tomasety

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I can't seem to find a good spoiler free Kingmaker guide. Given the length of the game, the probability of me replaying it is extremely low, but the game is so rich that the prospect of finding a guide with the big missables and endings in a spoiler free form is low.
The best guide I used was halfway-through completed but unfortunately it doesn't seem it will ever be a whole guide.
It covers first 3 ACTs and is spoiler free in my opinion. Pathfinder: Kingmaker FAQs, Walkthroughs, and Guides for PC - GameFAQs

But unfortunately as I said I don't think there's any other competent guide for the game so you either have to go blind for the rest of the game as I did or use the "official guide" which is not spoiler free at all. Pathfinder: Kingmaker | Guide Official Walkthrough & Guide | Gamer Guides®

If you find a full guide(covering everything) let me know please and thanks in advance.

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Shahem

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Why does he want to be blacklisted by just about any major outlets ? This is a sure way for your games not to receive covering and perhaps even console manufacturers not wanting to have anything to do with you.
 
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fantomena

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Why does he want to be blacklisted by just about any major outlets ? This is a sure way for your games not to receive covering and perhaps even console manufacturers not wanting to have anything to do with you.
I get that in the US he might find more support for his abortion views and it's still a hot thing to talk about there all the time, but in Europe, there are very few with his views, so I don't understand why he tweeted that out.

In Norway at least we view US as the country of "guns, abortion and the bible" as in those being the main talking point in the US.
 

Digoman

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I guess this does continue the trend of a lot smaller developers who don't know when to shut up.

And now I’m feeling scummy for playing Maneater on Gamepass. At least I didn’t buy it on Steam….. phew.
 
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C-Dub

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And now I’m feeling scummy for playing Maneater on Gamepass. At least I didn’t buy it on Steam….. phew.
You can't feel bad for buying games based on something you didn't know. I'm sure most of us have bought an ActiBlizz or Ubisoft game before we know how extra shitty both companies have and continue to be.

What matters is you use this new information to inform future purchases. And the best way to do that is to blanket ignore them as a publisher on Steam.
 

fantomena

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FF7 Remake is a fun game, but woof. You can tell it was designed for PS4.

Lot of corridors and hallways, as well as masked loading lol
yeah

Finshed Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4 Pro)

Disclaimer: I finished the original game on dec 23rd 2020 according to the Steam cheevo, I loved it (think I gave it 9/10 and would still do), so my memories of the original game is still fresh, so my experience with the original game has no doubt affected my experience with the remake,.



Positive things first. The graphics are for the most part great and in some areas straight up gorgeus, however certain objects looks kinda muddy/unclear in certain places like the devs forgot to add textures to them and in the later chapters the city of Midgard looks straight up like a JPEG, laughed at that. However overall the grapgics are great. The music is nice, but certain melodies was annoying to listen to. I liked mostly the music that I remember from the original game, overall the music was decent overall. I did laugh when Barrett at times started singing the original game's finishing music theme when enemies have been defeated and since the game's combat isn't turn based I somewhat missed the finishing music from the original game.

The combat and in general the gameplay was fun and good during the first 5-8 hours (took me about 24 hours to finish the game), but then it got really repetive and boring regardless what sort of materia I used (materia is some sort of weapon upgrades giving you access to new abilities you can use, you pickup materia throughout the game, you can also buy them and unlock materia through challenges given by NPCs). Well I did not ever quite fully understand what materia is. The combat thanskfully never got fully repetive and boring, but it was not really something I looked forward to, combat was overall decent and okay, but a mixture of repetiveness, boring and uninteresting regardless what materia I used, what weapon I used and which character I played as.

I could play as different characters, Cloud had the buster swords (and other swords you pick up) which was the most fun, Tifa could kick and beat with knuckles/hands, Barrett could shoot with minigun and Aerith could use spells with her stick thing. I hated fighting as Barrett and Aerith, felt lack of impact on enemies and it was just frustrating. Weapons and armor are upgradable by using points (increase weapon abilities) and buying better armor. So upgrading weapons and armor was actually nice.

Considering Midgar lasted like 5 hours in the original game and I used 24 hours to finish Remake means made up story stuff and fillers and areas being too long for it's own good. I really disliked that. There are chapters that were completely uninteresting and fillers to get the game to be longer without needing to be. Areas that are too long and I really disliked that. The only good thing from the filler content is that some characters got more fleshed out, otherwise the pacing was really bad in many chapters, sometimes contant cutscenes that didn't have to be there, unncessary slow walks. Some of the chapters (at least 2) was filled with side quests, did some, they were okay, but nothing special. I did like how lively and good the town in Midgar look (again, great graphics).

I really disliked the pacing, the fillers, the too long areas, the slow walks, makes me not want to replay the game anytime soon, completely unnecessary.

Story was good and really interesting (at least the part I remember from the original game and some characters that got fleshed out), ending was super weird and I don't really have any thoughts on the ending other than "okay, let's see where this is going, it's gonna be weird, but Im optimistic". 2 deaths that I got sad over which I did not get sad over in the original (fleshed out characters) and another death which was really stupid because the character became alive like 5 min later again. I did know that the ending has been controversial, people expecting the original's ending, but what has happened feels like a sequel or a reimagine of the story, not a remake. Basically I don't know what to feel about the ending, but the fate of certain characters feels like a cop-out (Square "oh you think some characters are dead? well it's....complicated".). Too much crazy shit at the end that didn't make much sense to me.

Landing on a score for the game was much harder than I thought. The game overall looks great, sounds great (most of the time), world feels like it's living and because I overall liked the story (I really loved the original game because of the story), everything else feels either bad (fillers, pacing, long areas, slow walks), or just above mediocre (combat was fun, yet uninteresting and and somewhat repetive) or have really no feelings about (crazy ending and twists).

Score: 6.8/10

I thought about giving it a 7 or 7.5, but the more I think of how the original game played off in Midgar, the more I feel 6.8/10 is justificed for myself.
 
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ZKenir

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finished my replay of DQ XI by playing DQ XI S


I'm gonna miss those characters just like the first time I played that game, guess it's time to jump back into gacha and bide my time until Tales of Arise is out, unless I jump into something else first
 

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Court makes a ruling, no one bats an eye.
Some obscure dude tweets about court making a ruling - all hell brakes loose.

In this case you want to be boycotting Usa.

Btw haven't heard about their president in a long time, do they have one?
 
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