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Re: Talking Point: Triangle Strategy Is A Bad Name, Which Hopefully Won't Matter

Strictlystyles

@Gwynbleidd honestly I thought about adding in parenthesis “in Japanese” also refers to phonetics as well because I knew someone would say this but oh well.

And yea, it actually does sound better phonetically in an Japanese accent with more syllables then the way it sounds with an English accent. That’s usually the reason why they pick these what we call “odd” names. It just sounds cooler when they say it.

Re: SEGA Goes Big On Nostalgia For "Project Sonic '22"

Strictlystyles

@2Qwuik and ngs used a “modified” version of he1 which technically could have been the basis for he2. So my assumptions could be correct. I mean if you play ngs the graphics and terrain look almost identical to that of the little we’ve seen of frontier. It would make perfect sense

Re: Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard, Now Owns Call Of Duty And Crash Bandicoot

Strictlystyles

@dkxcalibur we are talking about publishers not developers here. There were only but so many big publishers and now Microsoft has taken 2 of the biggest. Of course this isn’t the end of it and the more publishers they get the closer this gets to a monopoly. You would be right if this was just an issue of them snatching up developers this another level.

As far as Microsoft pc you still have a choice it’s just that devs don’t make that choice, the same way a lot of devs overlook android.

Re: Phil Spencer: Elder Scrolls 6's Xbox Exclusivity Isn't About "Punishing" Other Platforms

Strictlystyles

@NinjaGuy69 the cringe response was you defending Microsoft. And that says a lot coming from me
Because I’m an Xbox guy and even I know this was sleazy move.
And when I said it affects gamers as a whole that includes Nintendo and Sony gamers. There are a lot of people who don’t have a decent gaming pc and an Xbox and it only lowers the install base of Bethesdas titles.

Re: Niantic's Pokémon GO-Style Harry Potter Mobile Game Is Being Shut Down

Strictlystyles

It doesn’t matter if the games are free, the monetization scheme for a lot of these games is still a predatory scam aimed at luring people in with f2p mechanics and then coaxing them into gambling their money away on RNG characters/items to keep up. it just promotes lazy game development that isn’t worth the money being put into it.
Even those strategy/puzzle games with the “timer” element get so bad at f2p, you are waiting days and not hrs, in which people who are that entrenched will just shell out the money. I’d rather pay money and get a decent game then an half assed gatcha game that’s scamming it’s users.

Re: Niantic's Pokémon GO-Style Harry Potter Mobile Game Is Being Shut Down

Strictlystyles

@Grot mobile games are a legitimate scam lol. We’re not talking about just digital purchases, I digitally purchase games all the time. But the way a lot of these mobile titles monetize their content is a total scam. It’s usually not based off gameplay or new content like dlc. A lot of it is just rolling the dice on something with a .98746 to 4% chance of hitting every couple of weeks. I don’t know how you can defend these practices tbh.