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@LikelySatan You hinted at my icon, which is from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I don't care what you believe, and I'm not sure why you are pressing the issue.

He missed TONS of grass, didn't even play Hotel Mario, Mario All Stars, I Am a Teacher: Super Mario Sweater, Lost Levels, Mario Kart, or Mario is Missing, to name a few. He still needs to touch grass!

@smithyo Yeah, it started off great. I liked the presentation. But late-game turned into a slog.

@LikelySatan I didn't really get Castlevania vibes from Odallus at all, if that's what you're implying. It pooled so many ideas from different games and basically put it's own spin on things so it felt like a refreshing experience.

@daveMcFlave I actually enjoyed Blazing Chrome until the gimmicks they threw in, especially the speeder bike level in the snow. I uninstalled and never went back lol. Glad you like it. Odallus was a breath of fresh air, since it was such a unique experience. It was the first game they put out that didn't feel like a direct ripoff of something else.

@BeefSanta Have fun defending your video game.

Blazing Chrome is hot garbage, Odallus was much much better. Oniken is also terrible. This dev knows their style, but I found their games to be wildly inconsistent in terms of quality. I have Shinobi III, I have Mega Man, so I don't see why I need this. At least Odallus was unlike anything I've played before.

@progx I've been reading the site for 6 years. NL gets a little click-baity, and IGN feels like it's on the rise towards being a good site again. Their review of the Final Fantasy origin remake thing was actually a very good read.

That's lovely, looks like an obscure game on the GBA called Lady Sia.

@progx That logic falls flat as soon as you look at the main page.

@Arawn93 Sometimes cheaper, always downgraded.

If they are business smart, their next console will be 2025, without backwards compatibility.

If they appreciate their customers, they should have backwards compat.

@braincandy101 *tons of downgraded games for full retail.

FTFY

Please tell me they're going to localize that game title for other audiences? lul

The video isn't capturing how miserable and over-crowded the lines are going to be when it first opens up.

@ElRoberico Uh oh, the Kotaku posters are getting bored and posting here. Anyway, she already has all the money, so ¯(ツ)/¯

@SwitchForce Digital sales are final? Have you seen GOG's amazing 30 day money back policy if you don't like the game? Steam's is also decent; 2 weeks of ownership or 2 hours of gameplay, whatever happens first. But still, there's never an issue getting your money back from those platforms. Switch and Sony, however...that's an uphill battle.

Since all my games are either purchased through GOG or Steam, I have complete control over backing up my collection. I'm not tied to a digital storefront as long as I am diligent with my back ups. Just another pro against Nintendo's and Sony's poor digital storefronts.

And while we're on this subject, thank GOD for Anbernic devices. The RG351V with Amber Elec's custom firmware is so amazing!

I used to be hardcore physical only, but after seeing how much clutter I built up, going digital was the best fracking thing I've ever done. It's amazing knowing that my entire collection is backed up on a 2" external drive. I don't have to keep dust off of tons of cartridges anymore and I don't have to upkeep old consoles that require either a CRTV or expensive adapter to work on modern TVs.

I love the control I have over each thing I purchase, largely thanks to GOG and Smart Steam Emu. I'm not tied to anything other than electricity and a computer. Best decision of my life.

@Blooberz It's all opinions, there's no point to prove.

Arcade game are poetry. What an astute observation; how true that is!

Why does Japan almost always make their poc look like joke characters? To this day, I still don't understand.

Hehehe a social media joke in a video game. No thank you, I'll pass.

@Tandoori People already complain enough about that since hey, humans tend to just copy or taken inspiration from one another already.

I want a game featuring that green mech/katana woman, that would be amazing. Preferably a top-down shmup with melee/shooting or a 3D action game. Easily the best art-piece of the bunch.

@SupremeAllah Rising is great, another would be fun too

Looks great! I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords.

Are they still making games?

@SupremeAllah I think for a series as old as Metal Gear, it will be nice to have a fresh set of eyes on it. There's such a thing as the "law of the lid," in leadership. Kojima definitely did his part, but even a great designer needs to recognize they don't have all the answers. I keep my eye on Metal Gear to see when it will innovate next.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Sorry, but that other guy got you about Metal Gear/Kojima. You're trolling hard for some reason, tonight!

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Opinions aren't factual. Aw, who am I kidding, it's amusing that you think so

@YoshiF2 Yeah, this piece looks like it could appear in any medieval setting. The least they could have done was choose an iconic area, such as the Deku Tree/Forest, water temple...something.

@YoshiF2 Now that I think about it, Zelda games don't really have stand-out locations. It's more about the sum of parts.

@LikelySatan Don't try to rain on my parade, I'm not listening.

@Nua Thanks, never heard of that one.

@OorWullie Yes.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika What made you think I was talking about the "year in gaming?" Also, I thought Shovel Knight came out in 2014? Besides, only good games on that list are Shovel Knight and Elden Ring. Rest is shovelware.

Well, this is good news. 2023 is shaping up to be a much better year than 2022.

@-wc- You're good man, I don't have it in me to read a reply like that. Trim it down, since I'm essentially moving on from the discussion out of boredom.

@MegaVel91 It's interesting, because human brains seem to go through a similar process; we just call it inspiration. After all, a human can only make a decision based on the collection of knowledge it possesses. No different than an AI. An artist might use google search for their inspiration, and then sort through these semi-random search results and then move forward. The only edge a human really has over the AI right now is that a human can gain skill and create from seemingly nothing. The only limitation an AI has right now is that it needs pre-determined data; very similar to how beginners may stumble through their process.

@ComfyAko In AI art, the author is the person who coded the AI. This process takes just as much human effort as creating a beautiful painting; it is simply a different skill.

That moving picture you adore on your Switch is computer generated art, just made by human hands. Without the people coding in the background, the moving pictures that we fall in love with lose their meaning.

It's also possible to be totally unmoved by art that is crafted from scratch by a human. As I said to the other user, the viewer completes the art.

@-wc- You're starting to miss the bigger picture with your post, though. The reality that we currently live in uses both the mass produced and the handmade for certain things, but it's much harder to sell someone a $200 sweater than a $25 one.

As for AI, art is always in the eye of the beholder. It doesn't matter who or what made it. Some will find it boring, as you do, and others will look at the same piece and feel something from it. The viewer completes the art, so the saying goes. The fact you find something boring still lends to it being an art piece; it made you feel something regardless. We are attached to positive outcomes, which leads us to ignore such results.

In the end, AI can and will produce meaningful art that people enjoy, but it will go side-by-side with the handmade. In fact, I think it's going to improve handmade art, because so many people are going to put forth more effort to "combat" the AI art pieces.

F-Zero and F-Zero X, Contra, anything by Fromsoft, Dragon Warrior 1-2, Kirby's Adventure, Super Metroid, Virtual On, Cybattler, and anything by Cave, to name a few

This is interesting, since most of the worlds toughest games have been coming out of Japan for decades. There must be some other reason than it's ease of entry.

Elden Ring and GoW were the themes of the year. Nothing else mattered.

Out Zone, Aero Fighters 3, Cadash.

And I’ll be maining Armored Core VI, after Elden Ring, thank you very much.

Ugly wallpaper, interesting survey. Seems like they are more interested in testing to see how well their advertising is working, more than anything else.

Gunman Clive was super cute and had some clever ideas.