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@Glrd ATB started with final fantasy four but nice try.

@ComfyAko You are right. There's a great (albeit 45-min) review by SkillUp on YouTube worth a peep for anyone skeptical of the new direction.

As for your copypaste comment, A lot of people say the game feels very dated with almost archaic mechanics. Numerous comparisons to the Witcher have been made already.

It's definitely worth checking out if you have the time. The old school was where it was at, though, for SURE.

@RubyCarbuncle @WiltonRoots Yeah when they 1st launched there was curiosity and they had something for the Halo crowd, but is Halo even "a thing" anymore?

Historically, Their entire console division has been a lesson in nosedives. Loss leader-ship for sure

You know the world is always changing, but i'm glad that we will always have the constant of old men who are out of touch with everything deciding rules for the rest of us.

Personally don't feel like xbox is competitor to anything, but that's just me. They have no good first party titles and no real alluring exclusives. Just a big tech company lost in the tall grass

I'm so old we used to call that Magikoopa

I have this personal problem where any time I hear the term xbox. I just stop paying attention.

I struggle with the concept that anybody actually cares about the xbox

The premise for this game feels too much like made in abyss.

@Serpenterror I definitely agree with the last part of what you said. Dragon quest is still good because the creator is still attached and final fantasy is not because The creator is not.

I strongly believe all intellectual properties should stay and die with their creators.

So it's a Lovecraftian metroidvania that's a total piece of crap? I might dig this actually.

But no real talk, MV fans, you gotta check out afterimage.

I'll probably wait for a couple of patches, but this looks pretty cool actually.

I don't normally watch these, but I thought this was pretty good and there was something for everyone.

@Serpenterror Whatever it is it looks like garbage.

This is the first time I feel like the 2DHD style actually takes away from the original artwork. It looks downright bad here.

I haven't bought a Mario game in a long long time. this will change that

I thought this was already on switch. 🫤

But yeah the best part of the direct for me was seeing Peach sitting in the flowers and I was like oh. It's coming to nso... and then... wait a minute, and it got the new coat of paint and I lost it.

This is a properly done remaster. They maintained the entire core essence of the original and just made it look better and more fun.
I usually pass on remakes especially when I own the original but I will throw down on this for sure.

great job, Big N

@Bobb indeed. The facebook pages are worse. It's always time to celebrate a fictional somebody's birthday.

@Zapoo smart move. I've done the same. So many games go on sale almost immediately, I can wait.

@Crono1973 I am. 2dHD was a cute novelty that expired quickly. The background blur and motion blur are kinda nausea inducing. I couldn't play triangle strategy until I turned off all of the 2dhd effects.

I was never part of the crowd that thought everything should be remade in this style because that's a disservice to art. For instance chrono trigger has the best pixel artwork ever. Why would you remake that into this 2DHD crap? So it just looks like everything else and loses its identity on the way?
I'm just not a fan of that homogenized look and every 2dhd game looks exactly the same.

I think it worked great for Octopath traveler as the art style for that game but trying to turn every other snes remake into that style is uninspired. I'm not a big fan of remakes anyway but it's a little out of hand now especially when you have entire fanbases saying "just redo your entire catalogue to look this way!"

That is not economically viable.

But yeah I'm pretty sure you picked it up already, But I think that remaking this game at all is a disservice.

Man the only thing square is good at these days is congratulating themselves for mediocre achievements

You know it's kind of sad when the culture has been this conditioned to be excited for remakes and remasters, even though/while they tell you that the New games are really where it's at.

Especially when you consider that the remakes and remasters are never better than the originals.

LOL silksong LOL. Staahhhhp

No. Game is perfect. Enough with the remakes. I doubt the remake would even attempt to capture the whole operatic essence that is FFVI.

@CharlieGirl She definitely added something that would have been great given more time... And they definitely needed something extra because that new album is hollow.

Sounds like a gwar character

No thanks. I hated that dampe stuff in links awakening remake. Sounded fun on the surface, but I just did not enjoy it at all.

Oddly enough the most fun I had doing dungeon design like that was in mario paint.

This is the best star ocean game by a long shot, but it's still mids.

@Crono1973 Starfield?
Games take a lot longer to make now.

@EaglyPurahfan Yeah? Duffman says lots of things. Maybe try something for yourself If you're going to share an opinion.

Cat game? Count me in... again. And again.

@mcdreamer Yeah I was looking at the trails series, but I don't want to be in for a grand and the rest of my life. (exaggerated joke) I'll check it out. Thanks.

I'm too old to understand amiibos, but that's great character design right there. I'm late to The xenoblade party but need something RPG since FF is DEAD to me.

So in an era where everybody complains every game needs to be remade over n over for all platforms because of game preservation or whatever BS they're pushing it as, when a company actually does that... you guys take pot shots at their sales numbers?

Just say you didn't like it or better yet don't say anything at all!

@Troubbble This game is actually my number one piece of evidence when I argue against voice acting in old school games. I Can read faster and probably feature better headcanon voices.

I wish Devs would Just save the money. Old school games didn't have voice acting and they really don't need it. Or benefit from it.

I gave up on this one.The dialogue is too much and too dry just get to the point already. The gameplay was kind of fun but lacked any real challenge unless on the highest difficulty.

Probably the only one who will say I preferred redemption reapers to this.

Reaper's felt more like I was playing a grim dark DnD campaign which I could get into. I could never relate to any of the characters in triangle. I was really hoping it was gonna be more like final fantasy tactics. And it wasn't

@Jacoby Should have used The Saltiron Wars

I only hear about them when they're doing something stupid business related so i'm not really surprised.

At first I was questioning why this article was here and then I just see a ton of comments bashing squeenix and... well, that's cool with me!

I'm here for a little nemo and that frog song game looks cute AF.

@FeederJones Afterimage

Eh, please not Illumination. Not for Zelda.

Also, what's with Nintendo tryna be Disney now? Theme parks and all.

I'm all in for SacriFire. Glad to see any kind of update.