Specters

Cancelled my preorder. 3 DLCs before launch not a great look and can't trust Ubisoft's quality. I'll wait for the 'gold edition' that has it all when it is 70% off in a year or maybe not get it at all.

@IronMan30 Getting mad when you don't even know the basics that they are a first party developer that Nintendo has a controlling stake in, they are not an internal Nintendo Studio like EAD. They're former Squaresoft and have history before being acquired by Nintendo. If you actually read that article, before disparaging it, you might have known that.

Just finished it today completing the available side content and now working on the post game content. Absolutely one of the best RPGs out there.
The English voice cast did a great job, especially the main cast. Mio is Ranni the Witch from Elden Ring and this role lets her have way more range than just vaguely menacing.

Feel a lot of criticism about the voice cast are from people that to me seem to have only played the early chapters when the characters are actually really clueless (story reasons). Chapter 4 onward with highlights of Chapter 5 and Chapter 7 I think put them up there with the best.

Open zones still look terrible, empty, and disconnected.
Combat still looks simplistic and unappealing.
Cyberspace levels actually looks like what the game should have been.

Oh well, hopefully it is actually better than their marketing has made it look.

Trailer didn't really show off anything especially impressive or distinctive about the game. But I'll have to look out for the reviews.

I was on Team Scissors and honestly loved defending. It would definitely need more communications or people understanding the concept. When people where focusing on defending and only 1, maybe 2 people were going to ink the enemy territory we won fairly consistently. But when people were just inking anything and not defending we would easily lose.

Defending also seemed to favor weapons like sloshers, blasters, and snipers.

Maybe if they had a way that if the defenders where able to push into enemy territory they could have their own ultra signals. That way there is a little more push and pull rather than just defending.

Or if ultra signals could be stopped or depleted by the defenders once they're activated. If someone got 1 they could easily win off that by just playing decently and if they got two there was no way possible to win as a defender after that.

I have a high end PC which I usually can get just about every game so far at 120 fps or higher (if available) and VRR/G-sync takes care of any inconsistencies. It is my preferred way to play and any game that is multiplatform I will choose the PC. However on consoles I prefer a locked frame rate over anything. An inconsistent 60 fps is worse than dropping it down to a locked 30 fps. DRS technology is getting better every year and I hope in the next Switch they're able to utilize the latest DLSS.

Ended up going Scissors only because I was convinced by Big Man's argument in the game. But I probably gone with Rock otherwise.

This looks better than the previous 'open zones' while on the flip side looks like dozens of other environments we have been in Sonic. Hopefully they can pull off some type of continuity and logic between them because of right now the open zones look so disjointed with the random floating platforms while they have smaller random Sonic-esque levels.

Definitely interested in this one. Really wish there was a demo to try out the mechanics.

@RasandeRose what then of intersex people? Do you need to confirm everyone's biological sex? Does it bother you that people might not think the same way as you?

Your attitude is coming through in all your comments as a very hateful person so it does concern me and anyone on this site that wants to just appreciate games without people like you bringing a toxic culture to this site.

@RasandeRose I find it strange that you're so concerned with how other people see themselves when it has no effect on you.

Is the Japanese using that too? As Nintendo of America seems to be turning even more conservative (and creepy) compared to actual Nintendo.

Good thing. Splatoon 1 was good but was a pretty slim package. Splatoon 2 added more all around and some new modes. And looks like 3 is going to do the same.

I wanted to get this on launch but with Ubisoft being Ubisoft it's a no from me.

@Rayquaza2510 It's because the chip despite being Nvidia does not support DLSS. The AMD is open source and the FidelityFX 1.0 supports older chips.

But hopefully it is a trend we can look forward to the Super Switch or Switch 2 or whatever that they should be utilizing upscaling technology and hopefully the new DLSS which is great.

Sounds like contract workers found out that the rights of contract workers in America is near nonexistent.

Maybe time to invest in some politicians that actually want to better workers rights (progressives)

Looks like great additions. The new movement, weapons and specials look fantastic. Definitely they will mix up meta depending how powerful those rolls i frames are.

Also they didn't really say it but you can see in Rainmaker there is actually now a closer check point platform instead of just 1. I assume the Rainmaker will reset there instead of back in the middle. So there might be other changes to the ranked modes.

@invictus4000 buddy you're the one closing your eyes and complaining you can't see.

@invictus4000 don't know what to tell you other than you seem to have a warped expectation if a new single player campaign, new weapons, new stages, new specials is just not enough 'newness' for you. You should still be playing Splatoon 1 if you could do everything the same as before.
And the rest of us will be playing 3 having much more fun without you.

@invictus4000 new weapons, new specials, new stages, new single player campaign. Maybe you're not looking.

@chocolate_supra Everything in the screenshots was also in the Nintendo Directs. Also if you're really worried about spoilers probably shouldn't read on articles explaining anything about something you don't want spoiled.

I'm not worried about it. I'm actually excited about it. It's been in nearly every regular Nintendo Direct since its announcement and mostly will have something within the next weeks closer to the release.

@Patendo would recommend it if you enjoyed any of the previous games. If you enjoy any JRPG or RPG in general it's already shaping out to be one of the best. I'm about 30 hours in and having a great time with it.
There are several connections already with the previous games but it could still be enjoyed without that knowledge.

If you have no interest in RPGs, expansive worlds, multilayered gameplay systems, or complex storylines then it probably won't be for you but you could always go to a retailer and get a physical copy and most with return them within a certain period of time.

Can't wait to play this! Now the challenge is to complete it before Splatoon 3.

I found a lot of The Witcher 3 to be great with little stories all over the place. The filler icons and 'quests' where whatever. If you were going for completion then it would be annoying. But those icons really bother people because Elden Ring has hundreds of those useless filler bosses/dungeons that held little to no stories and the general consensus is that's brilliant design.

I think BoTW was much better because of the immersion, lack of UI clutter, and the interlocking systems. While on the board they didn't have a ton of side quests they were fun and had some good stories. I would just say they needed more multipart quests and a few legacy dungeons and it would have been damn near perfect.

Definitely doesn't look like Fall Guys. What a click bait title.

Looks more like Air Ride than Fall Guys.

Would rather it just died. These conventions are totally obsolete.

Thought the first one was sort of bland. Barely got through a couple chapters unlike Hyrule Warriors I must have put in like 200 hours. So this one I wasn't optimistic but after playing the demo they made a lot of great changes and the focus on Three Houses characters was the best decision they could have made. I've been playing through the Golden Deer path and loving it so far.

I was 'processing the payment' for about 3 hours before giving up. Oh well.

FINALLY! It's sort of damped by it being on Game Pass but glad for Switch owners that can have it on the go now. I might even get it both on PC and Switch.

Let's hope Atlus/Sega continue this.

At first I was like "is that Erik and Mia or just standard Dragon Quest characters?" But really great to see their story expand and it looks like a fun spin off.

I'm shocked Square had this in the hiding till now. A more refined Rune Factory that looks to be more about the combat than relationship building. The more the merrier.

This looked beautiful. Definitely going to pick this one up.

The two sections that look like traditional Sonic zones actually looked interesting and maybe even fun. The open world/zone/hub still looks lifeless and boring.
But I'm more interested than none now.

Clearly Sega didn't cut that trailer.

This was a pretty decent Nintendo Direct and probably the best Nintendo Direct Mini. Tons of great titles shown off.

Played the demo and then went and bought the game. Definitely feels like their best effort yet for the more traditional Musou. Though I must say I absolutely loved Persona Strikers and I would hope they do more in the style of Persona Strikers for another series with a smaller cast. Maybe even a Tokyo Mirage Sessions sequel if they ever did I think would be perfect for that style.

This was a great game just in general. Really wish they did something more with the IP.

Watched the new gameplay demos and doesn't look any better. He has some punches and kicks and what looks like a dodge counter. Puzzles still look boring. Pop in of platforms is still poor and too close to the player especially when going at speed...like Sonic does.
If we are giving Team Sonic the benefit of the doubt and their concept is just TOOOOO REVOLUTIONARY for our simple minds to understand then whoever is running their marketing and PR should be fired. Sega has really botched this up.

All and all how I see looks like it is trying to be elements of ripped right out of BoTW & Mario Odyssey + bog standard modern platforming + Sonic speed. Wish they could just give us a hint of something more creative. Sonic Forces at least promised something more exciting than Frontiers is now.

Wow this is a bad response to criticism and really shows how terrible Team Sonic's concept is. People responding negatively to videos Team Sonic put out! They could have shown off something everyone could have 'understood' better but I don't think there is anything else to it.
Maybe they need a better marketing team to 'explain' it to all of us.

@Pandy-the-Panda yes all builds are early builds before release I'm glad you took what he said absolutely literally and not what he meant by saying he hoped they could fix issues in the early build before launch. For the Sonic Team to show this off as their first impressions doesn't give the greatest confidence to potential buyers and it is also true that this is the game if it is releasing soon.
They might polish it up, but their previous games would say that polish ain't their best attribute. They might get the draw distance better so playable platforms don't disappear 50 feet away from the player, I mean how would Sonic go fast if you can't even see the platforms. They might get the frame rate better through optimizations. But this is the game. The art is this, the combat is this, the puzzles are this. You cannot change the core fundamentals of the game within 6 months.

@Pandy-the-Panda this isn't an alpha or a beta. This is the game. Unless they delay it for a couple years and basically scrap it this is how the game is going to look and play.

There is absolutely no way it is from an "early build" and the game is coming out soon and THAT is what they decided to show as the first impression.

Or maybe the Sonic Team is just that poor at even finding something good in their design to show off.

This is bad news just in general. Don't like 99% of their games but all these large mergers are only bad for the industry and over all society becoming more monologist.

If these ultra wealthy executives wanted to do something truly good they could allow the studios to run the company as a collective. They don't need any more money (which this is really about).

@Abes3 Is that what you think markers look like?

They definitely don't want someone taking over because new leadership might not want to cover up all the serious serious serious issues Ubisoft continues to not take any real action on.

Wow this looks great. Hope the final product is good. Definitely on my radar now.

This is a big no. Looks like a very uninspired game.

DxM was decent loved when you were actually in a fight but there was a lot of barriers to just being in the fights themselves. Was really hopeing they did sequel to expand it out because there is a really good core to the game. Maybe later but probably not given how poorly it did.

This is truly excellent news. Though it does make me think that Splatoon 3 won't be coming out this summer anymore as was rumored. Which is fine because XBC3 will take me a month or two to finish easily.

@Chocobo_Shepherd It would only improve the 'open world' that ran at 30 fps (and below) but most if not all the fights were at a fairly steady 60 fps. And taking it from a dynamic 1080p to maybe 4K, but the art style would scale fairly easily.

Doubt they'll put any amount of work to do any other optimizations or improvements for other platforms.