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I'm glad they kept the looks classic instead of going HD-2D. Jumping in tonight.

Pre-loaded a few days ago, will dive in tonight. Price was no problem for me given the stellar treatment, additions, upgrades, etc. To echo everyone else, bring on FFT: WotL! (but make Dark Knight easier to get)

@NintendoJunkie Sonic, Pokémon, and Paper Mario.

Pre-loaded Tactics Ogre but that surprise Rogue Legacy 2 release got me quakin'. Also, I will probably check out that weird milk bag game because of the title alone. The cajones of those guys, i must credit. It rules.

Hmm, if they can patch out the crashing and bugs, I will pick this up for sure.

I'll probably be playing Tactics Ogre in portable mode while having streams of this Sonic game going on my TV.

@jrt87 meh, condescend all you like, but I truly don't care whether it's above 30, I just don't like it under. But even saying that, I still put hundreds of joyful hours into SMT5, DQ11, and BOTW with very little complaint despite those all being criticized for performance and/or resolution issues.

@invictus4000 whew, took me a while to stop laughing after the "anti-freedom" comment in your first post.

Fine, I guess I cna be convinced to play my GOTY choice for a 4th time.

@Pillowpants not really. It's not even a Metroidvania, if that's what you're looking for. It's about an hour long game with some straightforward kinda CV platforming levels, each ending with bullet hell inspired boss. It's just okay (the music is great).

I recommend Touhou Luna Nights or the Lodoss War Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth. Those are two phenomenal, satisfying games.

Isn't SNK owned by the Saudi guy who had that journalist murdered a while back? I'd rather there be no SNK than one with those ties.

@AstraeaV you do mean it's GoW Ragnaok's mistake to launch in Nov against Sonic, right?

Well, my copy arrived and I beat it this weekend. Twice. It's only about an hour long. 8 stages total. The music is the best part tbh

Yeah, I could chill with this. Maybe they'll even throw in some accessibility options for plebs like me who couldn't finish Blasphemous. >_>

Wow that Japanese version is STACKED. My years of language study continue to pay off.

Not super interested in playing this, but considering purchasing if only to show support for DQ stuff getting western releases. And who knows, maybe I will play it eventually.

I am excited to finay play this.

Sounds a solid enough reason to again run through what is still my GOTY 2022!

Only $30? Yeah I can swing that. Aaaand done. Looking forward to it.

Pff, Odyssey has rendered all 3D Mario's obsolete, change my mind.

as others have stated, the official japanese title ライブ・ア・ライブ is undeniably the first option, however, the poll's question is how to i pronounce it (not what is the "correct" pronunciation) so I go with the second option, because it doesn't sound idiotic in english lmao

@Bravery_and_Greed game looks pretty hot. Do you gain any permanent Stat bonuses (or other upgrades) during successive runs? Or is it from zero every time?

@Sinton the west has decided time and time again that violence is acceptable (and encouraged) for all ages, but vulgarity and sexuality are too much. it's weird, jerry. humans are real weird.

Looks real hot, jerry

@Serpenterror 20 hours is plenty, bro. Not every rpg needs to be dozens upon dozens of padded hours.

I forgot this was originally scheduled for this year! So, no biggie. Plenty of backlog to get me well into next year.

This is great, and more games should follow suit. I don't necessarily "need" these, but adjusting the text and icons might be nice.

I enjoyed this game a whole bunch and look forward to whatever the devs come up with next.

@LittleGhost bro, I'd play this (sort of again) in a heartbeat if it got a Western release. lmao I'm not complaining about its dated-ness (as I've said before, I've played a bunch of the online version in Japanese), I'm saying it being dated is part of why it won't come to the west: I don't think SE believes it will appeal to enough Westerners to turn a profit off the huge amount of work in localizing that people here keep brushing off. That's all I'm saying. Don't forget that SE never brough the 3DS DQ11 to the West, and if anything, at this point DQ10 looks kinda like a 3DS game on a console. And while they do a lot of remasters/ports, **most** of them already had English translations or were much less text-heavy than something like DQ10. In fact, I'd say almost all their remasters/ports combined might approach the amount of text in DQ10 and its expansions lol

@moodycat I don't doubt that SE could afford the localization. But I truly think you overestimate the hypothetical potential sales figures for a game this old and dated.

@Tyranexx but we don't know what "condensed" means. I've been reading all the Japanese news posts I can find and it's still unclear. Depending on how many expansions they include, I think you underestimate the volumes of text there is. And localizing to English isn't enough these days. How many languages was DQ11 translated into? We're talking big time sales needed. DQ11 did great in the west, which is fantastic, but that doesn't mean the very dated predecessor with a far-from-big budget look and feel will do anywhere near as well.

@moodycat

The other problem is this game and its expansions combined has more text to translate than three DQ11s. And it's a decade old game that doesn't have the big, luxurious AAA aesthetic of 11. I honestly don't think it truly has much appeal to anyone who isn't already a huge Dragon Quest fan. And this is coming from someone who is a big diaper-wearing DQ fanboy who has played a considerable amount of DQX in Japanese. It would be a huuuuuge investment to localize this one into multiple languages for western markets when the chances of substantial profit for the most niche entry in the series is smaller than people seem to want to believe.

I wish game developers cared as much about stability as Nintendo.

Ahh, a new Brandon Sheffield joint. Hyper Gunsport was a good game and I listen to the Insert Credit podcast regularly. I'm sure this will be pretty cool.

I'm not enjoying Souldiers as much as I had hoped. The load times are shocking and the controls aren't quite tight enough. But it's still alright, I guess. I don't hate it, and it's certainly beautiful looking.

Lost Ruins, on the other hand, is great so far. It just needs more music. Otherwise, chef's kiss.

Souldiers and Wonder Boy, baybee.

@Mauzuri but half the ost was either recycled from 8 or were arranged versions of tracks from old games. Aside from the main overworld theme, I found XI to have some pretty good new tracks (like the flying whale theme).

@ChromaticDracula loved ender lillies!

Yeah, give me this please. I've completed 12 metroidvanias this year so far. Most have been pretty good.

This game plays and looks similarly to Family Tennis, which is great because that's still the best tennis game. I recommend at least checking out the version with the pseudo-RPG, because it's basically the Dragon Quest of tennis games: https://youtu.be/RFCxW5uzbeU

"shells-like" is gold, Jerry. Gold!

@IronMan30 I thought the point of 'that' scene in the film was to show that Pitt's character might be unreliable, and thinks he's above the average stuntman. Slightly delusional.

Very much looking forward to this one, so this announcement doesn't bother me at all.A small delay now is much than releasing a buggy-ass game and patching it later. Also, I like the title.

@nowthisisepic don't worry, my friend, if it's any consolation, there's nobody who dislikes me more than me

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TIL G4 didn't die a decade ago

I don't generally play first person games because they give me nausea, but this one was well worth it.

@Picola-Wicola that's just what Santa looks like existing for millennia. Think of all the surgeries and experiments he must undergo to cling to something resembling life. For the children. You don't get a lot of quality nutrition from just cookies and milk.

Hm, like a deck building, Gradius cross subterrannia cross metroidvania? I might have to wait for reviews on this one, but I admire the vision

I backed it, cause I'm a weirdo who gets off on this sorta thing.