HowHammerYou
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From what I heard, it was delayed to Q1 2025 so they could make sure they had enough inventory to counter scalpers. It sucks that scalpers are this big of a problem these days.
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Looks like there will be no physical copy on release date, it's less than a week away and Amazon still doesn't have it listed. Bummer. However, Aspyr does have a track record of partnering with other companies to release their Star Wars remasters physically a few months after release, so I'm hoping for that.
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Upscaling is about the only thing I will tolerate AI doing. I'm almost completely opposed to AI, because it's a replacement for the human mind and eventually humanity in general. I'm reminded of a quote from The Matrix, "This was the peak of your civilization. I say your civilization because as soon as we began making your decisions for you, it became our civilization." But whatever, just as long as they don't allow it to learn outside its programming.
I was planning to buy a PS5 Pro this year, but Sony recently made a very strange statement regarding the PS5. They said it was in the latter part of its life cycle already. Now the PS5 is just over 3 years old, so if it's already past the halfway point, that would indicate the PS6 releasing in 2026 instead of the previously rumored 2028 release. So why would I buy a new console now if they're just going to release another one in roughly 2 years? Plus I'm certain that the PS6 will be getting all of the PS5 games as (possibly 8K) remasters. I guess I'll be playing Elden Ring Complete Edition Remastered and Demon's Souls Remake Remastered on the PS6.🤣
Really, Sony's statement about the PS5 reminds me of when the president of SEGA said, "The Sega Saturn isn't our future." and killed interest in that console.
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I'm really excited for this. Can't wait to hit the snowdrifts on Hoth again, and rack up the body count with a tie interceptor in the space battles. So many good memories from back in the day.
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Personally, I'm rooting for Xbox Y.
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Definitely the limited-edition PS4 Pro that was made to commemorate the console selling over 500 million units. That shiny, transparent blue shell with bronze logos looks so slick. It looks like a gigantic sapphire. I still dream of adding one to my collection some day.
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A forgotten horror game from an otherwise very popular horror series: Resident Evil Code: Veronica X. It's so forgotten that Capcom forgot to release it physically when they ported their old RE games to PS4 and Xbox One. It was the only RE game remaster to be released digital-only. It's probably my favorite or second favorite game in the series, and I really hope it winds up being Capcom's next remake.
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Some form of non-disc physical media. I imagine something like an SD card the size of a credit card, but made with more advanced technology, or those crystal coins that are being used to archive data now. I want physical media to stay alive, but I also think it needs to evolve beyond the limitations of the disc format.
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I'm really psyched for the Star Wars Battlefront Classics Collection releasing in March, more than I have been for any game in the past 5 years. I might even buy it on release day since it's $35.
I'm also cautiously optimistic about Metal Gear Solid Delta, I just hope it doesn't get screwed up. I also hope it doesn't reopen my old wounds caused by MGS5, not sure I can bring myself to play another MGS game.
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The only developers I still like or care about these days are From Software, Capcom, and SNK. From Software's games are almost always great and I love their Soulsborne genre, Capcom has been knocking it out of the park with all of their Resident Evil remakes, and SNK has an amazing legacy of classic games (even if they don't make a whole lot of new stuff besides the occasional Samurai Shodown or King of Fighters sequel).
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For me, it's a variety of reasons:
First, I don't have as much time anymore. Second, more and more often, games are disappointing or releasing in incomplete states. Third, games just aren't designed for my generation anymore. I first realized that when I bought BOTW and saw they had managed to shoehorn smartphones into a Zelda game as an integral gameplay element. Fourth, games these days are too big. The open-world monogenre has turned video games into massive timesinks that take hundreds of hours to finish, and I'm just not into that.
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As I've said before, I'd love to see From Software make a soulsborne-style Zelda game. Others that come to mind are: A 3rd-person shooter prequel to Horizon: Zero Dawn set during the war with the Faro machines, A Resident Evil game where the main character uses a claymore or similar big sword instead of a gun, An offline single-player version of World of Tanks, and a 3rd-person military shooter set in the FFVII universe where you lead a SOLDIER squad.
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Mine was the SNES. I only ever had 2 cartridges for it, though. Thankfully, one was the pack-in Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World, probably one of the best pack-in games ever made. I didn't really get hardcore into the hobby, though, until the N64 and Gameboy Color.
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My first Sony console was the PS2. Since then I've owned at least one example of each except the two VR systems (I have no interest in VR) and the PS5. Currently I own: PSOne (mothballed), PS2 fat model (mothballed), PS3 slim, PS4 Pro, PSP 1000, and PS TV. I'll probably get a PS5 within the next couple of years, but I'm waiting on more info about a slim or pro model as I don't want the gigantic ugly original model.
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2 hours ago, Reality vs Adventure said:
What happened with FF15? You got burned from preordering and got a bunch of bugs? I'm haven't a good ol time playing the game. I just started playing so maybe I'm jumping the gun. What are your expectations?
To its credit, the half of the game that they finished is damn good. I was having a blast playing it until about the halfway point. Then right after the big fight with Leviathan, the second half begins and it becomes very obvious that they ran out of development time. The game develops a very on-rails feel to it (sometimes literally) and starts racing through new areas and plot points at lightning speed. Then it got really good again right at the end... except the fans didn't like the old ending because everyone died, so Square wussed out and wrote a completely different ending which was patched in and changed the story.
At first I thought it was no big deal and that they would patch in the stuff that was missing from the second half of the game. They did for some things, but the trouble is they paywalled it behind paid DLC. Then they spent years making a fishing sim and other pointless stuff nobody asked for instead of just finishing the second half.
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For me it was Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. From a gameplay standpoint the game is great, it has tons of features and plays like a dream. But the story, the thing people play the Metal gear series for and the thing this game was supposed to tie together and send off with a bang? The story was an absolute dumpster fire. Now to be fair, each game in the series has some off-the-wall story elements in it, but they were never on the level of "people can pull full-sized battle rifles out of the palms of their hands because they found rare skin parasites that let them do that." The sheer amount of character assassination they did to Big Boss, who at the time was one of my favorite fictional characters, also really turned my stomach.
Not only do I regret ever playing the game, it was also one of the major factors that persuaded me to no longer buy Collector's Editions or pre-order games. Getting burned a second time next year by Square Enix's half-finished Final Fantasy XV put the final nail in that coffin.
Dishonorable Mentions: Final Fantasy XV, Zelda: BoTW, Fallout 4.
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I don't really have any fond memories of it. When I was a kid I tried to get my parents into video games so we could play together. They'd act interested for maybe a half hour and then go off to do something else. All I took away from it was that they didn't really care about anything I was into, so I gave up on it. Now that I'm older, everyone I meet already plays video games, so there's no need to teach them.
I do plan on teaching my own kids whenever I have them. I'll start them off with an SNK micro-console or one of those Chinese rom boxes so they gain an appreciation for good 2D gaming, then when they're older I'll get them an Xbox 360 or PS3 so they can play some of the earlier (and better) open-world stuff. I'm never getting them anything curren-gen, though. If they want a current-gen system so they can play the latest multiplayer hyper-monetized lootbox fest, they can get jobs and buy it with their own money.
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I know I have too many games, probably around 300-400. It's to the point where I have a hard time deciding what I want to play whenever I do play video games. For that reason and others I've decided that from Gen 9 onwards, I'm limiting myself to only one console per gen and only 10 games per console.
Not sure what I'm getting for gen 9, though. My plan was to get a Switch 2 so I could at least play pokemon games, but given the serious quality control issues with the most recent pokemon games I no longer feel like they're a safe choice. I might get a PS5 Slim instead (or Pro if that turns out to be real).
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How ironic! Spacer's Choice was notorious for making unreliable and shoddily built products, talk about jinxing your own game. "It's not the best choice, it's Spacer's Choice!"
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This kind of bug is inexcusable, especially after the game has been patched several times. It should have been caught in beta (if beta testing even exists anymore). Like you, I'm glad I didn't buy either of these games. After how poorly Scarlet, Violet, and the Diamond and Pearl remakes turned out, I'll be very careful about buying any pokemon games in the future.
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Not immediately, but I do think Nintendo will start to run into bigger problems if they don't release a new console by the end of 2024. It's crazy to think about, but the Switch will be 7 years old in 2024 and badly in need of a replacement. The recent batch of Switch 2 leaks/rumors, and Nintendo's efforts to silence them, make me feel like something's coming. I'm now expecting a reveal in summer/fall 2023 and a release by the end of summer 2024, but I won't complain if we get something sooner.
It will be interesting to see what they come up with.
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I really wish they'd just sell the Metal Gear IP to Sony or Ubisoft. I ended up hating MGS5, and Konami blew their first shot at a post-Kojima Metal Gear game with Survive. However, Sony and Ubisoft both have proven track records for making great stealth-action shooters (Sony had SOCOM, Ubisoft has Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon). I'd love to see either one do a clean reboot of the franchise
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Right now it's just Hogwarts: Legacy and the Resident Evil 4 remake.
2025 is Already Stacked to Be Another 2023 in Video Games
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Just Pokemon Legends Z-A. However, given how BD/SP and Scarlet/Violet turned out, I'm expecting them to ruin it.