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Re: Random: Samus Is Joined By Doom Slayer's Voice Actor In Metroid Prime 4

Noelemahc

@OrtadragoonX my favorite in this case is Isaac from Dead Space, who wasn't "voiced" in the first game unless you overspam the "kick dead body" button (it's that kind of game, yeah) and his inarticulate grunts and snarls evolve into vaguely comprehensible cussing. Not the guy they hired to voice him (with actual lines) in subsequent games OR the remake, however.

Re: Random: Did You Know Aliens: Infestation's End Credits Song Is A Rollercoaster Of Xenomorphic Emotion?

Noelemahc

Actually, most of the lyrics are direct quotes from Ash from the first movie.

Loved this game. It was supposed to be a companion piece to the trainwreck that Aliens Colonial Marines turned out to be, but due to delays it came out two years earlier and was its own thing loosely based on William Gibson's unfilmed Alien³ script, art by a Marvel comics artist that made half the cast look like X-Men characters cosplaying as spacemen, and of course that song.

The gun-based gameplay was a fun break from all the Castlevania-like fare in Metroidvanias of the time, and the much more modern Mummy Demastered is basically a long lost sequel, using the same gun-based squad-oriented gameplay to stand out from the crowd, again.

I highly recommend both.

Re: Feature: "We Have Absolutely No Intention Of Neglecting Her" - Persona 3 Reload Devs On FeMC And Porting To Switch 2

Noelemahc

Mark my words a year from now there will be a Persona 3 Perfect release as a PS6 launch title with Barrette Girl on the cover and no upgrade path for existing purchasers, like it was done with Vengeance which I ultimately bought used after shelling out for the topmost CE of the original available in my region.

Feels ridiculously disingeneous when fans have already ported the entire mode to the PC version. They're "not neglecting" her just like they're "not neglecting" the first four games.

Re: 'Rogue 'Em Up' Absolum's New Gameplay Trailer Is Packed With Fighting, Fantasy And Frogs

Noelemahc

Tried the demo on Steam Next Fest, reminded me very strongly of Capcom's teo D&D beatemups, especially Shadow Over Mystara - same integration of RPG progression with traditional beatemupery, with the Sundered or Darkest Dungeon approach to roguelikeness rather than Dead Cells - the story progresses as you unlock more of the map so you dying only regenerates levels, not requires you to trek back from the very beginning.

Looking forward to the full release.

Re: Best Nintendo Switch 2 Third-Party TV Docks

Noelemahc

Huh, you don't have the (brandless) one I got off AliExpress, with the fold-out stand with a fan.

Should also be pointed out that the bands on these vary from region to region, YouTube shows the one you list as JEMDO as CableTime, and the SIWIQU is under three different brands on AliExpress.

Re: Review: Heretic + Hexen (Switch) - Two FPS Cult Classics Masterfully Revamped

Noelemahc

@Beetlebum91 I think it's because of the whirlpool of ownership issues. Monolith died under WB Games rule but the game rights went to Vivendi (read: Activision Blizzard) after Sierra's demise which means Microsoft has them now.And guess who Bethesda belongs to these days!

So it's an easier mess than it was when One Unit Whole Blood was released on Steam.

Re: "One Of The Slowest Modern LCDs I've Ever Seen" - Digital Foundry's John Linneman On Switch 2's Display

Noelemahc

@danemord it's not PSP-3000 bad is what matters, really. There's a few posts on Reddit of people capturing identical footage off the Rev2 Switches and Switch 2's for comparison and the 2 IS slower but by what looks like an extremely negligible margin.

Interesting how they hyperfocused on the super expensive SD cards (instead of cheaper but comparatively faster SSDs) but went for a cheaper screen solution.

Re: Atlus Lead Explains Why Persona Protagonists Are High School Males

Noelemahc

This feels duplicitous since all Persona and most SMT protagonists were androgynous at best, outright femboys at worst (there's no narrative reason for the SMTV protagonist to look like a girl even in human form and yet he does) so they are aware lots of women play these games and the sort of guys that do won't really mind looking at a girl's back when running around the gameworld.

Heck, IV had a whole set of outfits for the protagonist to dress him up as a woman, complete with wig (even though he too has long hair).

Somehow this was not a problem for SMT If, they even canonized the FEMALE protagonist of that into Persona 1/2 as a recurring NPC. It's a modern development approach issue.

I mean, I can sort of understand if it was "development costs" as an excuse because Persona 3 Portable's female route is 60% all new dialogue content, but that argument was never used here or for why she isn't part of Reload (and yet the fans somehow adapted her into the PC version in half a year).

They just don't wanna. That's the TLDR.