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Re: Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Movie Nears $300 Million At International Box Office

Quantaur

I wonder if it will manage to get up near Detective Pikachu. I was surprised to see Pikachu did over $430 million. Sonic will probably struggle to surpass $400 million, but still good to see video game movies improving. Though admittedly it wouldn't be that hard, considering some of those video game movies, lol. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Need for Speed, Bloodrayne, House of the Dead make the live action Super Mario movie look quite good by comparison, lol

Re: Now Parents Are Getting Their Kids To Sue Nintendo Over Joy-Con Drift

Quantaur

I'll be honest, I had forgotten it was a thing. Been awhile since I've heard about it and I only had the problem on one of my four joycons. It's been fine in the 3 years since Nintendo fixed it for free, and it took less than a week to get back. But that's only me, obviously everyone will have different experiences with it.

This headline does scream of parents using their children to get rich quick though.

Re: Quake Has Received Its Second Major Update For Nintendo Switch - Horde Mode, A New Free Add-On And More

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@Zenszulu
r/wooosh!
Ah, I'm sorry, I couldn't resist! I'm guessing you haven't heard of the Honey app/add on for web browsers? It's designed to automatically search for coupons/lower prices of goods you order through places like Amazon. I see it advertised frequently, so I couldn't help but make a joke about this add on being called Honey not only adds a campaign, but also somehow searches for the best deals online. Just a simple joke.

Re: Reggie Fils-Aimé Will Be A Presenter At This Year's Game Awards

Quantaur

That's pretty cool. Honestly, if all presenters were the at least the same caliber as Reggie I might watch one of these, but I don't waste time on overlong, pointless award shows, no matter what it's for. Give me the 5 minutes (if that) of highlights and I'm good. I'll spend the time on better, more productive activities

Re: Review: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition - Three Classics In One Shocking Package

Quantaur

I'm seeing reviews saying that even PC and PS5 versions of this are suffering from stuttering and framerate issues, among other things, when trying to run.

This is sounding like a classic case of a rushed development, most likely for the holiday season, and the publisher thinks any problems can be quickly patched out. Though I want to emphasize this is just my opinion.

Re: Now, This Is What Next-Gen Pokémon Should Look Like

Quantaur

A great game with 'dated' graphics is far better than a bland, forgettable game with great graphics.

I was first intrigued by the trailer, but as it went on I quickly grew bored. Nothing was particularly memorable or unique about it, almost like Ubisoft quickly threw in some monster collecting into one of their open world games and not much else. And for as long as the trailer was, I have little idea what the mechanics are. Is there a point to going around on a waverunner? How do you catch monsters? Why do you catch monsters? How do the battles work? Is there exploration, or just a big, bland, familiar world to walk around in?

I haven't played pokemon since Sun, though I am tempted to play Sword, and I am interested in the upcoming remakes and Arceus. The worlds still look and feel unique to me from what I've seen, as do the monsters, which I think has always been a major strength of the series.

My opinion of this Dokev game may change once we actually learn what the mechanics of the gameplay are and how the game flows, but right now I don't see anything but a pretty coat of paint.

If all we care about is how good a games graphics are, why even bother with gameplay at all?

Re: Takashi Iizuka Admits The Sonic 2022 Reveal Was Probably A Bit Too Early

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@1ofUs
Eh, better choice would have been something like Bayonetta 3.
At least we got a good teaser with BOTW 2, and who knows how much the covid lockdowns affected development time on that game.
That Sonic teaser was like announcing a new Mario Bros. game and only showing Mario's hat as he jumped into a question block before fading to black.
Hopefully it will finally be good Sonic game though!

Re: Detective Pikachu Star Doesn't Seem To Think A Second Movie Will Happen

Quantaur

"Although Pikachu's movie debut was a box office success, the Sonic the Hedgehog movie had no issues outpacing it."

But Detective Pikachu made $433 million globally, while Sonic did $319 million... Sonic DID 2-4 million better in the states, but had FAR less competition. (second week of Avengers Endgame and summer releases vs. 2nd week of Harley Quinn and a slow spring)

I'm honestly really curious what I'm missing here. Are they just saying Sonic reached certain money numbers faster, despite doing $114 million less at the box office?

Re: Soapbox: An Anniversary Ode To Okami, The Best Zelda Game That Isn't

Quantaur

Just my opinion, but I wonder if all the Zelda comparisons from articles like this have actually hurt the game more than helped it.
I worked at an EB Games when this was first released, and most people who bought it due to hearing how much like Zelda it was turned out very disappointed by it. Some even flat out said it was not like a Zelda experience at all.

Re: Review: Balan Wonderworld - A Charmless, Confusing Fossil From The Creators Of Sonic

Quantaur

Looking at the Metacritic reviews, this isn't doing well on any platform....

Unless you count the user reviews, some calling it the best game of the generation, lol.

I personally have no interest in this game, but looking at those perfect reviews, there's probably a lot more entertainment to be had from those trying to overhype it.

As admirable as it is to support a creator, I can't help but wonder what those reviews and feedback would be if Yuji Naka wasn't involved in this game.

Re: QubicGames Is Back With Another Ridiculous Switch Sale, 17 Games Discounted To Just $0.17

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@BenAV I'm honestly surprised it's being offered for that price. I have several hours in it and I've thoroughly enjoyed it! Just a heads up if you get it: the beginning of the game can be a little difficult to figure out where you can go and what you can do, not to mention it's easy to get killed early in the game. Fortunately it's generous with allowing you to save the game when you want to

Re: Hades Takes Game Of The Year At 10th Annual New York Game Awards

Quantaur

Hades definitely deserves the love. Looks like it won best game, music, writing, indie and acting.

For anyone curious, GoT won best world
Alyx won best VR game (probably no surprise there lol)
Genshin won best mobile game
and FF7R won best remake

Also looks like the journalism award went to the story about naughty dog's crunch practices

Re: EU Calls For Investigation Into Switch Joy-Con Drift Following More Than 25,000 Complaints

Quantaur

This whole thing is strange to me. I experienced it on one of my 4 joycons, they fixed it in less than a week, and it's worked perfectly since then. The other 3 have never had any issues. I also have friends who never experienced the problem on any of theirs and those who experienced with each one they had before getting them fixed. Lately I keep forgetting about it until I see headlines like this. Curious why some have this problem and others don't

Re: Frustrated Fan Makes My Nintendo Physical Reward Stock Checker

Quantaur

I usually only use the gold points since they act as currency towards game purchases. I only recently used the platinum points to get the Mario ornament and Xenoblade stickers, which I'm happy with. My platinum points have accumulated since you get them from simply visiting the site once a week or doing surveys and completing "missions", so I can't imagine most of those rewards being very good.

@Thwomp_Stomper Yeah, I did the same thing and it came to about the same price for three items