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@ShadowSniper7
They’re not necessarily bad tracks (though I do agree on the carnival statement) but I just don’t like any of the new ones I heard in the gamexplain comparison. I never loved the originals but at least I liked most of those… it’s just weird for me to feel all negative on music so I’ll see if I change my mind when I’m actually playing the game with it in the background.

I’m not a big fan of sonic 3’s music by any means but… it baffles me how I like none of the new ones, not even a tiny bit, from these little excerpts. Sonic music usually wins me over at least somewhat but damn, these are pretty bad.

I think it's about time for a direct, but at the same time, you won't see me complaining. My backlog is huuuuuge and I'll finally have time to give it some love, and Xenoblade 3 is totally my thing, so I'm good for now. The issue for me is that I only see potential spoilers in a Xenoblade3 direct so I'm not much a fan of that. : P Would've preferred a regular direct, like most people probably.

Skipping this, avoiding spoilers like the plague. I’m very spoiler-sensitive in terms of what a gaming experience can mean to me if it’s experienced blind compared to spoiled, so yeap, twenty minutes I won’t be looking at just yet.

Looks good but it’s got hollow knight written all over it. I tend to be less excited when games just feel like a retread of another game, even when they’re equal in quality. Ah well, we’ll see how it turns out.

I’m still looking forward to it, but can’t deny how mishandled the ‘trailers’ were and the dev response to them seemed to ‘not understand’ why those trailers just weren’t a good showing of what their game is supposed to be about.

Still excited, but within reasonable degree until I can get a better idea what exactly this game is going for in the bigger picture.

@RubyCarbuncle
No reason not to be positive with so many wildly differing opinions and footage going around. Some love what they’re seeing, some despise it, what else is new here? Same with pokemon, the complaints are valid but legends arceus has restored my hope quite successfully for the future. This looks promising too, why not give it a chance before flaming it into oblivion?

@AtlanteanMan
A lot of valid questions and thoughts that can be summarised in: we’ll see how it does. Besides, with Sega going forward with splitting Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic as two different gameplay styles, I think this would be the style they think modern sonic should go in, and classic can still do his own thing.
The boost gameplay was around for ages, I think it’s alright that they’re trying something different and hoping for it to pop off. If it doesn’t, they can rewrite their course. One statement doesn’t put an entire plan in stone.

I’ll give you one thing, SEGA does make a lot of weird decsions with Sonic, but a little overdramatic imo. Interesting read nevertheless, you could put this on an anti-sonic frontiers rebellion page and it’d look fitting.

A lot of commotion for nothing right now, if you ask me. I’ll just wait out the release of the game before I put any of this into perspective. I for one am glad they’re mixing it up at all, the boost formula just really wasn’t doing much for me anymore and the level design got worse and worse, so maybe a new focus leads to something better. We’ll see how it ends up going.

Sword and shield was alright. It got a lot of hate but as always I find myself enjoying that more than hating along with everyone else. The youtube content that comes out of it is just too fun to watch to mind, hehe. Besides, the games were fun, though rather bland and boring.
Skipped the BDSP remakes, atrocious excuses for remakes, especially compared to the platinum version all the way back on the DS. For those that haven’t played those Ds titles though, probably more than fine so I’m glad people get to enjoy Diamond and pearl that way.
Legends Arceus somehow had me putting hours upon hours into the game, in a way no pokemon game ever has before, catching them all for the very first time. I love that game and though I see a lot of room for improvement, that just has me hopeful for the future of pokemon for the first time in a looong while.
I also somehow got stuck into the trading card game and enjoying that a lot.
Yep, hopefully good times ahead for pokemon, no matter what anyone else might say. I guess I am totally a part of the problem, but hey, feels like half the world is part of it so I don’t mind rolling along if I get fun, comfortable gaming experiences : P
As someone above me mentioned, pokémon kind of feels like comfort food.

@blindsquarel
I share this opinion because it was my first zelda game and the only one that I wasn’t totally spoiled for besides BOTW, so the experience was nice and fresh. I had no idea there was gonna be some weird puppet that suddenly screams at me o-o
With the redeads in other games I was kind of like ‘ah yeah, you.’ I guess when you know what’s coming there’s not much left to scare you-

@Fizza
Become an astronaut, head for the moon, get some hats, and you too can be just like those post-game fashionable toads!

@Pillowpants
The start of the Sonic ‘06 sequel, no doubt.

@Snatcher
Same, it looks like fun and I keep seeing it go on sale but then at that point there are other games that just grab my attention more.

@Jey887
I’ve played my fair share of kirby games and this one is definitely a highlight. Highly recommend it!

Honestly, glad they're sticking to their guns. Fan demand has been a big thorn in Sonic's side because of just how many different game styles he's been toying around with. If they feel confident in this one, better they stick with it and give it the best they got than try and take all the backlash into account with how different people ask for different things in a Sonic game.

That said, if their confidence ends up giving us a game as underwhelming as Forces or Lost world, then I have no idea anymore. xD

I assume his little wings might be high entia related… but goodness, they’re even smaller than before, ain’t nobody flying with those, haha. They’re pretty cute though.

I have zero nostalgia for this one but I do think the american/european boxart just shows what the series is about better. The japanese one looks clean but a tad bland.

@Fizza
I have honestly been contemplating buying it for the single player stuff since it just seems so solid, but since that’s the only part that has my interest I find the price a bit steep even on sale.. Wish I could just buy octo-expansion by itself even if that makes no sense, haha. I’ll probably wait for splatoon 3 for the multiplayer if I’m feeling like it.

@BrianJL
I really loved how movement and combat seemed to flow seamlessly in AoC. Like Link shield surfing hurt enemies, but also made it so I could move at the same time. Feels like I was always stuck in this 'stop-and-go' in other musou games... but again, I feel like it has to be more than that so I have no idea haha. Maybe it's indeed what makes it different from the others that works for me, and why the older ones don't grab me as much. I'm gonna try the demo for this one today, we'll see how it goes. Hope we both get our kind of musou to enjoy!

And just as I asked for it in the other article, what excellent timing! Going to try it out right away.

Besides having to look up what belter means, (you learn something new every day) I really can never tell from reviews or first impressions with musou games if I will like them. I loved Age of Calamity so much that I went to try out more musous to see if that would click now, but nope, the ones I disliked before still suck for me. So it comes down to something in the fluidity, how the gameplay ‘feels’ and I hope a demo can enlighten me a bit on that.

Oh, and a halfway decent story, no matter how ridiculous, helps too.

Always find it hard to justify a purchase like this, because the gameplay is fun but I'm more so interested in the local multiplayer part than any of the online stuff. With my buds being quite a bit less good at gaming than me, I always have to wonder 'Okay, is this something they'll grasp and we'll be able to have fun with or will it be too complex and I'll just steamroll them all the time?' I'm glad to hear it plays as well as it looks, at least!

@Anti-Matter
Well, this is a game with proper gameplay, but you're right, there's no boxing in sight. Everyone will have their preferences.

This both makes me happy but also makes me question what the heck they were thinking. The fact there was so much discussion over how rough it looked just proves that showing off the game with this early build stuff without making it extra clear was just… a big oof. Let’s hope they got something better to show in the current build trailer soon.

It's a looker, but the score is about in line with what I played. A good time, but a bit mediocre in comparison to other metroidvanias. No biggie to me, enjoyed it either way.

Like so many others have pointed out, it feels like a tech demo instead of a trailer. I’ll keep my judgement for when an actual trailer is released that gives me an idea what all this running around will lead to.

Played this one on steam a while back. I didn't know if I'd like it much but it ended up pretty solid. Reminded me a tad of Momodora and I loved that.

They look like big cat marshmallows, how cute.

I was expecting the huge lead from Lechonk but I myself vastly prefer Pawmi. It's just so adorable! I like Koraidon's design better than Miraidon too. Anyone else think Miraidon's neck looks unnatural with that curve?

I always connected Mario Strikers with the European boxart, it has a special place in my heart but I think it genuinely looks the best too.

The price tag discourages me a bit since I already played through most of the games, but this really looks like a great collection! Glad to see it.

That’s too bad, I was really looking forward to buying this on switch instead of on steam. Steam it is then.

Is it just me or do all the animations in that trailer look incredibly janky? What happened there? O-o

Rise is the only monster hunter game I could get into. I tried MH4U, 3U, generations… they all just felt too slow for me, I guess. The repetition is what killed it for me most of all, I’d get sick of hunting the same thing again and again when nothing around the encounter changes at all. With the older ones being kind of clunky to boot, I’d written the series off… but Rise fixed most of what I couldn’t stand in the older games. I’m now more open to giving 4U and generations a go again too. I’ll definitely pick up the dlc to get some more fun out of this one.

If it weren’t for the name, I think the piggie would get a lot less attention, but I don’t think the design is all that bad. Cute piggie, I find the name funny, that’s about it.

I'd totally ignore this one if not for this review, might give the demo a shot to see if it's for me.

Stiiiill hopeful. I like open world game and I don't need something to do every ten seconds as long as traversing it is fun... so that'll be up to how sonic controls. Pls be gud!

I really don't get all the simping for them, haha. I DO like how Turo just looks like the chad meme. I'll still go Scarlet for the legendary, I couldn't care less which professor hands me my starters and then disappears for the rest of the adventure.

The 'wheel' thing in their chest looks kind of out of place on Miraidon, but then it looks like it fits just fine with Koraidon. Welp, I'll go with Scarlet anyway, I knew I'd go for Koraidon within seconds of seeing them side-by-side.

Played Edith Finch, honestly didn't get what the review was all about, I felt nearly nothing throughout that whole thing and when it ended I was just confused why this was supposed to be emotional. Child of light, same thing. Now To the moon and Ori got me good, especially Ori had me tearing up five minutes after the game started. Love that game and its sequel even if that one didn't get me that emotional a second time.

As for the zelda games... eh? Link's awakening, sad? I found the plot twist more interesting than saddening. Sure, the implications are a bit sad, but the game just shrugs it off and trudges on. Majora's mask lost any chance at impact with how the internet spoiled it completely for me when I was younger.

My hype didn’t soar, but it also didn’t plummet. I actually like all the new designs pretty much and it at least doesn’t seem like a step down from Legends Arceus. Remains to be seen if the ‘throwing pokeballs’ mechanic for wild pokemon returns, but I really hope it does. I’ll be going scarlet, quite like the look of the legendary and feel nothing towards violet.

Looks like something I'd be into and I always like diving into new games that seem like they'll fly under the radar, will give it a go.

So many games I'm interested in buying... but exams will take up most of this entire month, so no luck for me on that front! Welp, I'll get to them eventually.

Been a while since I cared about a pokémon game, but I’m genuinely interested to see what they have to show. Let’s hope it’ll show some promise!

I was wondering why Thanatos looked so wrong to me, then I checked out his portrait in-game... it's the hood. He's always wearing it so seeing him without it just looked wrong to my eyes. The rest look pretty neat tho, even though I'm not interested in ever getting one.

@Shambo
https://www.siliconera.com/labyrinth-of-galleria-coven-of-dusk-switch-version-announced/

Good news, the sequel has been released on switch in Japan already at this point, so hopefully it'll make it's way over here soon too. Always nice to meet a fellow Etrian Odyssey fan! If I come across any good Etrian-likes I'll throw a recommendation your way.

@Shambo
Oh that sounds really promising! Besides the Persona Q and Persona Q2 spin-offs on 3DS I don't know any that immediately come to mind, but I'll put LoR on my wishlist now to see for myself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0T_zIR9m60
Here's the link to the EO teaser by the way! It's been a while but it's clear they at least have plans for the series' future, whatever those may be.

@Shambo Labyrinth of Refrain is one I'd maybe give a try if I didn't have some Etrian and Etrian-likes still left in my backlog, haha. I'm a big fan of the series but I've got quite a few left to play. Didn't Atlus tease a new Etrian Odyssey game being in the works a long while back?? Hopefully it'll see the light of day soon, it's been too long.

The artstyle reminded me of Etrian Odyssey, but the demo made sure I steered clear of this one.