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They have to be working on Quake 2. The sales on Q1 seem pretty decent, and Q2 is such a masterpiece. I really hope it drops some time this year. But amazing work on this, and great to see some of the best level-mods being added for free download. Value for money on this is off the charts. I personally didn't like this new clear text that was automatically configured into this update, but pleased to see you had the option to revert back to 'classic' text options. Seems to be an overall graphical refinement and tidy-up with this update that is nice to see as well.

idk, nice and everything, but is making a news story everytime a piece of shovelware hits the WiiU feels kinda tedious

"a free digital rom will become available two weeks after sales go live."

are things like this just labors of love and a kind of hobby for the developer. I mean it is gonna be given away for free, and i suppose they will be lucky to get a retun on the money they put into it. Respect to people that do this, but I kinda don't get it.

i gave 1 a good go. I dunno, maybe it is a nostalgia thing were it was epic back in the day, but it didnt grab me in any way. I watched some gameplay of the otheres. Maybe the later titles are superior, but i cannot help but feel the fandom surrounding this franchise is a little gimmicky and hype.

@MrGawain Nintendo didn't develop the game, Mercury Steam did. Nintendo produced it as its IP (and supervised it to an extent). So Dread is 'other people' making Nintendo's stuff. Also, you say this in a dismissive tone as though AM2R is some kind of trashy remake of M2. AM2R is way, way superior to Mercury Steams 3DS M2 remake, and feels authentically like a Metroid game in the way Steam Metroid's dont. It is a remarkable fan 'remake' by any standard, produced with passion and care that eclipses most big budget titles. I think that DoctorM64 is entitled to his opinion.

nice to see TS get into the top 10 for sure. Crazy that MK8 is consistently in the top 10 week after week. What a money spinner..

fitting for a role play game

@origamihero yes, price gouging by the pharma industries that is permitted by Governments is criminal

@origamihero depends what you mean by 'access to healthcare'. medical error was the 3rd leading cause of death in the US - and those stats came in after the fact that no one covers each others backs more than doctors (and the police). When i was doing my postgrad studies, i shared a house with med students, and i realised then that the best and the brightest were definitely not being brought into the hospital systems. Nothing is more misplaced than our current idolisation of the medical system and its employees. At the same time i know some doctors and they are competent and professional - but they tell me how bad it really is with new people coming into the structures. If by access to healthcare you mean access to proper nutrition and well directed medical supplementation (vits D, B, and c, etc) then yes, that is essential. Our soils are heavily depleted, and nutrients in food is decreasing rapidly. Knowledge is most important.

I heard this recently from a old doctor, that the bone density is really decreasing with generations and that now, the bone density and skeletal resistance is very weak. I doubt gaming is the cause lol, but there is something about the way we live now that is making our bodies change.

i would like to see a review on this. clearly alot of heart and effort went into this game. it deserves it

amazing that so much has been invested into the concept and art direction but so many amateur errors and choices in gameplay. A few good updates and yeah, this could be good. Yet they have had so much time since the Steam release to make the said changes. Still enjoyable, but Konami, get it together and finish something properly.

nice. looks like it might be playable without causing an epileptic seizure as well. I couldn't play the 3DS with the 3D on for more than five minutes before starting to feel uncomfortable

@MrHonest do you want to enlighten me since you have such great insight. what are the issues you have?

@MrHonest I am not from Poland. I am British. I can speak a bit about Poland. It is a country under seige from big money looking to force Poland into the same homogenous globalist-liberalist model most the West has been brought under. Interestingly in Poland though, they dont have the level of tyranny and authoritarianism when it comes to mandates and coercion that other 'free' western nations have. There is still actual freedom in Poland to some degree.

@Pokester99 Saudi being singled out is not really 'racism' as such. It is more that Saudi is an acceptable target of criticism, but the reasons for this are more ideological than racial. You will notice western press, institutions and narratives almost never really criticise the Chinese government. they are afraid to do so. It is not because people are more racist against saudis or something like that. It is just like in the West these same narratives and set-ups never really criticise Communism and communist regimes despite the fact they are responsible for the most murder in human history. Also the same people never criticise American governments or intelligence agencies (i mean the deep power structures), despite the fact US intel agencies like the FBI and CIA are basically mafias with a massive sphere of influence. Same goes for Israel. So i dont see it as a question of racism - it is more built into the inherent globalist-liberal narrative structures (what is allowed to be said versus what isnt) that still dominate in many ways

@Pokester99 hold up - Saudis most senior rulership and no less than MBS himself actually ordered the murder of a journalist in absolutely brutal fashion. then basically stripped and refurnished the rooms he was murdered in whilst not allowing any investigators in to collect forensic evidence. An absolutely murderous criminal regime. Anywaym probably no more criminal than the US intel agencies or China. But come on, lets not pretend calling out Saudi is simply just 'racism'

@Damo Indeed, i am confusing with RayStorm which is the game i had in mind but havent played for years

Nice. absolute classic. Think this was a PS1 launch title in Japan. about time this was ported over.

@NWC Mercury Steam never got the 'feel' or metroid down imo. They feel like something different with the metroid IP pasted onto it.

@StarPoint Hollow Knight is incredibly well made as a metroidvania, but idk, i just dont rank it personally as a top tier mv. there is no way it is better than Super Metroid. I rate contemporary metroidvanias like Cathedral and Momodora as better for some reason

cannot stand that name. i get it is trying to be a bit different, but ugh

just learning that some people literally have hundreds of games downloaded and download multiple games each week. man, i am at around 1 download a month and still have a huge backlog

i mean, Navi is kinda iconic and i really cannot imagine the game without here. it would be like removing something essential.

@Zuljaras you know how it is man. will release digital only and within 6 months to a year someone will announce a limited physical edition with standard and collector edition variants.

is it just me or are Platinum points a 3DS thing. who the heck is still building up Platinum points?

@UglyCasanova i dont think scapers are going to be grabbing a 1k item to shift at 2k lol. the demand is relatively weak, and people are mostly broke and not gonna be dropping 2k on an item they can buy direct any way. Not everything that comes out has scalpers waiting to buy and resell.

If Metroid Prime Trilogy hasn't been announced, i don't want to hear it.

@Stocksy mmmm, you might be over-exagerating this a bit. Paul is hardly a 'cult figure' i mean he makes his money from fighting - not from people 'throwing money' at him.

@Zuljaras There isn't really good reason for hating on him more than any other celebrity tbh. People are mostly mad that he has continued to silence the critics that laughed when he set out in the sport of boxing. He wasn't supposed to get this far - not even close. He needs some more major matches to show he can hold his own and isnt a faker, but he is actually a pretty good boxer considering he hasn't been training since the age of 12, or something like that. The GameBoy thing is a non-story really. Not a fan myself by any means, but he is just another mouthy fighter that happens to have beaten the odds.

200 consoles and games and his profit was 25,000 USD? That would mean he was profiting over 1k on each console/game.

This is a load of nonsense.

ROckStar got lazy eh. I suppose after constant success and money spinners, it is easy to do. GTA V the best selling video game of all time (or close enough) racked in millions with port after port. I suppose this was initially a no brainer - just whack out a low effort 'definitive' edition and watch the zeros roll over like always. Got a bit blind-sided here though. Understandable enough, even if totally lazy. And Nintendo? Whatever happened to Ninty's 'Seal of Quality'. It is like the need to rake in cash and sales figures totally eclipses any regard Nintendo used to have for basic standard (at least with third party content)

no way that is getting inside my FlipGrip. ugh

i dont get these sets. they dont look that great. i mean, who sits with these things and plays with them for hours? kids to be sure. but at 160 quid? Guess its a collectors thing

@TimGibsonPBS ok man, thanks for offer, will do

@CharlieGirl only because you have no idea what it means.

I own this, but i couldn't get into it. It is one of those games where i think if i give it a few hours, i could really start to like it. Should maybe give it another go.

kinda feel sorry for people that think BotW is the greatest game ever of even a great Zelda game.