The more things change, the more they stay the same
I also legitimately enjoy that Blizzard is still trolling about the Dance Studio
Id play steins;gate golf. There would finally be a game about steins;gate then.
I hate that semicolon so much
what a giant, wonderful #burn that page/game is.
Bloodborne: The Movie is looking real good there.
iāll have to admit that after catching up on that XV event a few days later, Iām even more looking forward to this game multi-franchise experiment.
The last few ones that SQEX did, failed more or less miserably, e.g. Code Age Commanders (gone & forgotten) or the Fabulae Novalis/Cristallis/whatever-FFXIII series (that did seemingly ok-ish in the end). Anyway, Iām planning to catch up with this during the annual, upcoming SQEX-week, letās see whatās what then.
man that ffxv demothing really feels like garbage to me, i really donāt get it
Yeah, what a wierd demo to put out for what will be most peopleās first experience with the game. I wasnāt digging the changes to the battle system from duscae either. I couldnāt really find a flow when fighting the iron golem at the end. It requires some awkward finger movement to change attacks mid-combo now via the d-pad, and they really should have kept defense on a shoulder button. Hopefully the proper release will let you remap controls, but yeah, what a weird little thing. Super sleazy that they ask you if you wanna order the game at the end.
Square-Enix needs to hire more game designers and fewer artists.
This is truly kingdom hearts
it feels so much worse than kingdom hearts, even
iām legit unsure how this could be possible, must try this demo now
The combat feels really bad for sure. Thereās absolutely no friction or weight to any of it, and the dodge mechanic should just be tossed at this point. This is weird to me considering Type-0ās combat was kinda alright, so Iām not sure why they canāt quite pull it together.
If they were to scrap their entire system for something like DMC 3ās combat, I would be alright with that. Regardless, the appeal of driving around in a jaguar convertible and picking fights with dinosaurs is so insane and stupid that i might just give the game a chance despite all thatās wrong with it.
yeah it really seemed to me like lightning returns and type 0 were dry runs for the kind of in-principle-dumb-but-maybe-actually-OK-with-great-effort action combat theyāve been trying to do since kingdom hearts, but hearing that theyāve backpedaled and shit it up at the last minute isnāt exactly surprising
I mentally group last story in with the rest of these too, though itās equally point-missing ā almost-OK from a tactile perspective but thereās no real interesting challenge there, just kludgy abstractions.
jRPGs cannot be saved
long live persona 5
mainline SMTs still get me excited
Final Fantasy is basically a tribute act at this point anyway. If it were up to me, theyād bet the farm on Kawazu.
I was expecting to shell out for p5 on the strength of its trailers but now that Iām playing nocturne for the first time I think Iām gonna be sated
the lil kh tutorial thing is pretty irrelevant and wonāt even be in the final game. the boss at the end itself did not feel like kh at all really and kind of owned.
i actually really like that you have to commit to defense both by having the shield equipped (making it your only offensive tool at the time) and then hot-swapping to it DMC4 style. staggering the boss with the Just-Defend/parry thing feels super good to do especially because of that commitment. thereās a secret fuuma shuriken that ruled but didnāt really seem to have a downside so that was strange. that you can either hold the button or press buttons in sequence to attack/dodge suggests some interesting potential for the game offering situations that require careful commitment of action, again.
having guard be on shoulder could honestly only make the game feel mushier and more passive. donāt agree at all.
iād like to see more evidence of the utility of heavier weapons vs lighter ones, but there werenāt really opportunities for that in this demo.
granted i didnāt come into the thing ready to harsh it and also i spent like two hours just beating and reviving the boss so i could actually feel things out so i can see how yall could fail to have the correct opinion
So some concept art for God of War 4 leaked and it might be taking place in Norse Mythology this time:
http://nerdleaks.com/videogames/god-of-war-iv-here-are-some-concept-arts-showing-kratos-in-norse-mythology-246
In short though:
