Princess_Lilly

Doesn't Steam already have something like that? It works how it works but it's there

Punko Flop

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A masterpiece is a masterpiece, no matter how well it sells, but it really is a joy when more people appreciate hard work and quality.

Definitely on a "to watch at least a couple of times" list.

The eyes are not creepy like in Scarlet Violence but I would still prefer the OG pokemon eyes

But still type disadvantage to people outside of UK

Many great recommendations, Shovel Knight and Lunistice need more spotlight. Okami is a thing that I will never not recommend.

Ace Combat 7 sat well with me too (ps5) - the story was actually written by someone who had something to convey, it's not just a bang bang background filler. It's rare for action games.

Also Phantom Brave Lost Hero 10/10 review when

This is wonderful. This truly is s magnificent year

@Tyranexx word up. It's not even a matter of price anymore, literally I can't "afford" my shelf space

I know it's a work of love but I can't help but think "come on guys, your talent and effort is better spent elsewhere, here the best thank you will get for making free advertisement is a takedown notice"

@demacho welcome to clownworld 2025, where everything has gone comically wrong for the last 15 years and it's only gonna get worse

"I don't know who to trust."

Hoping this time they'll enlist more than 3 people to work on Pokemon Zaza

@-wc- Exactly. Nintendo just doesn't offer any volume options, and it wasn't an issue 20 years ago, but today, not presenting any options at all feels very barebones. Also it was just an example of how Nintendo doesn't really care all that much about the details anymore. I could have gone with any other instance of them being either behind everyone or downgrading things

@Serpenterror the seal of quality was a joke, explained above. As for not having volume options, again:
1. it's just an example, it was when I started noticing how they cut corners.
2. It was not an issue 20 years back, but today? Almost every game has it
3. TV volume doesn't allow tuning the music/sfx volume. Sometimes you want to turn music off or turn sfx down to better hear it.

Lushfoil Photographjy Sim is the only one that caught my eye, but I'm mildly interested.

Hoping for some good surprises

A demo version is always a green flag. (Almost, vide Balan)

@EarthboundBenjy yeah I know. It was just a little joke from me, maybe it didn't land. Many people associate the Seal with Nintendo games which were traditionally of very high quality until recently. (explaining the joke that didn't land is more embarrassing than I thought)

State of the industry, 2025

@EarthboundBenjy the seal of quality itself is kinda fading away, N is getting more and more sloppy. It's a continous process, but I realized this when I got MK8 on Wii U and there wasn't even a sound (music/sfx) volume setting. The rot probably started earlier though

These pieces are magnificent

Also there is nothing wrong with pink hair and P/Link

The descent continues

The clo... I mean judges won't rest until the corporations have it their way

If N forces this ridiculous outcome, it will never get the respect back

I don't really think people thought that because of its origins. I saw the gameplay and before knowing who created the game, I thought that it's gonna end in court 100%. Like I said, it's a completely different matter if you copy towers, an attack, or any other single element. But Genshin copied literally 99% of how you interact with the environment from BOTW. It wasn't even an amalgamation of a couple of different games, it was taken from one single game that was very different than the rest, so there was no mistaking it.

Also it was the first chinese game that really hit it off with any other market, so there was no established prejudice in any way. There is of course a commonly known issue of the chinese companies stealing intellectual property on gargantuan, previously unimaginable scale, but none of the earlier games really made it big enough for anyone to care.

Given all the above, and I remember that situation pretty well, I can't really say we can be speaking about any double standards. Copycat games were always called out, like the "Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta" a plagiarism of Uncharted, or "Limbo of the Lost". But none of the other games gained this popularity and revenue, so they just enter through 1 ear and exit through the other.

Only if you make it work, Hirabayashi. Also it's a bit sus that it was him anwsering the question and not Kamiya himself

Games with female leading character for the win! it's a great trend to have a bunch of plot important charismatic character who are actually charismatic.

I'm glad Deluxe edition has nothing worthwhile, so its digitallness is a nonissue.

I mean, you could flip Switch upside down too. And every other console, too.

@AstroTheGamosian I also played GI for a long time, since launch actually. I also played BOTW and an ungodly amount of other games. I am not saying that in a hostile manner and I appreciate your input, I just want to set the background of my opinion.

And I am going to be honest, I really like GI, but there are games inspired by others, and games that take the majority of the gameplay from 1 single other game. Genshin played very much like Zelda BOTW, and so many details were straight up replicated, from the climbing everywhere mechanic with climbing the trees and gathering fruit, to cooking in designated cooking points, to fire arrows and gliding, to the whole exploration along with treasure chests for solving tiny puzzles (relocating a stone so that it matches pattern on the ground).

Zelda was novel and invented many different things. It was super plastic and memorable for it. Sure, the towers were taken from Ubi (or probably from some earlier game that Ubi copied because Ubi replicates many things from the competitors), but for every thing that was borrowed, 10 more were novel and fresh.

I fully agree that worldbuilding (WB) and storytelling (ST) is very important (maybe not for racing games like Tokyo Xtreme, but even Wipeout had some worldbuilding with manufacturers). And GI has very nice WB and ST (I was so worried for Kachina that one time, I was so invested in that storyquest). Well maybe beside the fact that they casually dropped the biggest plottwist in a time limited event with the meteorites (I remember it to this day)

Do I play Genshin more than Zelda Botw? Definitely. But could Genshin even exist without Zelda Botw? I really don't think so.

On one hand, nice. Less clutter on the platform

On the other hand, where should the boundary lie? If you remove some games, even shovelware, there will always be a question of whether you should also remove other games that are not really... that fantastic. And there will always be someone that would have liked them.

Same with ripoffs. If you remove the last hope, should you also remove Genshin Impact for example?

@Xenoblade-Fan I'll allow it

The patch should remove CivVII and install Civ II and IV, then it will be perfect

@LFOD that's the best part of Civilization tho

2D metroidvania games, yes. But if they tried to revive it, they would probably try to make another copypaste openworld for the fabled, ever elusive "modern audience"

I agree, the cover on Wii is so pretty it should stay in foil

Make a fantastic job
get laid off

Yeah looks kinda like it

Also if anyone wants a game like Celeste:
"Sunblaze" and "Mutant Express"

Okay this is concerning

They are one of the last bastions of people who kinda know how to make good games

Lineup? Will any classics be there or just standard 1000000 chapters shonen?

I love it how this got a review here but major release Phantom Brave 2 did not (not that HKIA is bad or anything Im interested myself)

All in all, PS2's victory is well deserved

@johnedwin it was, but after they killed off their best franchises, I can no longer love them as much as I loved them in the PS1 2 3 Era. We had so many fantastic things there.

@8bit-Man I think it might be a mark of the times. It's not the names that have changed

@Wisps yeah, that's completely true. And I probably should have clarified that I don't think everyone should play difficult games only, but lowering the difficulty for every game just to get a better review score is ridiculous.

In Celeste, for example, difficulty level plays a huge role in storytelling. Moreover, if you have a long buildup to a boss that is supposed to be terrifyingly powerful, you can't just make him a wussy in the battle, or else the whole storytelling is falling apart

@Wisps I grew up hearing mostly harsh words, more harsh words won't bother me. And to truth be told, my own comment was a bit stern, but I feel like it had to be stated. A game is no fun if it plays itself. Finding ways to overcome difficulties feels wonderful, and you can't feel that if you breeze through a game

Fraudulent use yeah right.

oh Nintendo you never learn do you

For those who dont like the difficulty, there is an strategy called git gud, it is based on trying a couple of times before succeeding.

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Momodora has always been good, gonna check this one out

That's some exciting news! Crazy Taxi full collection on Switch, please!

Capcom, make that happen and I'll give you 11/10 and you know how much this is worth

@canaryfarmer I'm sure at least one boomer had his hands with at least one boomer shooter

That's true. We could use the Boomer and GenX creative minds though, 80s to 00s popculture is unmatched

@canaryfarmer But they made them. Also, it's just a name, and game genre names have always been weird, like metroidvania, shmup or walking simulator

• Play a game, get epilepsy

Should be in the description with the rest

@canaryfarmer why?

@Mando44646 it's a very common term for old school shooters, mostly with sprite enemies, ammo everywhere and keycards to find and progress the completely illogical maps

I don't mind getting more Sega goodies

@-wc- The one and only

This is it people, the world is healing and the universe is once again filled with glory and light. The Sims 1 and 2 are absolute essentials for anyone. I am so excited for this!