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I’m a couple days off being in the same bracket as 34 year olds. That’s well depressing, been here since I was like 14 too.

Good game. Recommend the fan translation.

@rvcolem1 Borderlands is essentially just Diablo with guns. That genre needs the post-launch support to control power creep, make balance changes and add new enemies to handle the increased damage output. Believe me, if any game needed a firm hand after launch, it’s something like Borderlands. It’s less that the game is incomplete and more that you need to work hand in hand with the community to shape the future of the game, you can’t get a true representation of the meta just through internal testing.

Tbh, the game does need a roadmap because having played The Pre Sequel very recently, that’s what happens when support is planned but not followed through. The game feels so barebones compared to 2 because that game had so much post-release support that the game is a brilliant package.

@Jeff2sayshi Nothing will top Yakuza 3’s chapter literally called The Plot which explains the entire game’s plot in a big cutscene. My PS5 almost shut down into standby mode.

@Jeff2sayshi The beginning to 0 is one of the slowest paced games of all time. Once it clicks, and it will, you’re in for one of the best games of all time.

@MTMike87 Playing these games in English should be punishable by tarring and feathering.

Kiwami 2 (and 6) still runs at 30FPS on the PS5 which is why I’m reluctant to go back and replay it. Switch 2’s boost is impressive given it’s a handheld.

@X68000 Apple I trust more than MS, the pushback against Starmer wanting back doors on iPhones means they do actually care a bit about privacy. Elon is worse, I agree. He’d probably use it to make some sort of eugenics program.

@LastFootnote The best version of Dare is the live one where Shaun Ryder is absolutely rat-arsed and can barely even say the word Dare.

At least it’s songs from when they were listenable.

I cannot think of anything worse than Windows having access to eye-scan data.

@AJWolfTill @IronMan30 Seeing Philip J Reed here was a bit of a shock, such a terrible shame what happened. It’s sort of nice to see names that have left us be immortalised here.

I’d ask for them to fix the shoddy collision but it seems to be pretty heavily baked into the game. You just get an awful lot of ‘this doesn’t feel quite right’ which I never had in 1+2, whether that’s spine transfers bugging so I land on my face or wallrides not registering/clipping on scenery. Then again, the fact I’m still getting over 10 million point sessions on each park compared to how difficult I found 1+2’s secret scores speaks to how great the level design of 3 and some of 4 is for those high score runs. I’ve really been appreciating Canada much more now, one of my favourite maps in the entire series, just chasing that top 1000 in the world but I’m getting pushed down by the cheaters daily at this point.

Sakurai is announcing Smash at the same time xoxo

Very glad I have a Les Paul and dongle. YARG and Clone Hero are much more fun than Fortnite MTXtival.

Honestly surprising but good to see as a fan of the series. My guess is that the Switch 2 doesn’t quite have the bottomless audience that the first one did in the UK, you kept wondering who didn’t already own Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

I don’t think Nintendo should do that. In some cultures, laser-targeting toddlers with the intent to kill or maim is unacceptable.

@Lizuka So perfect for kids then. Honestly, I’ll take Mario torture over Cocomelon any day.

Come on lads, it’s for charity. If the copies of games are bought then I don’t see why permission has to be granted at all. If you were doing a sponsored baked bean bath then you wouldn’t have to ask permission from Heinz.

Just find it odd to make your third game a remaster of your first game. Feels like a dev that was set up for 1 specific game and now feels lost.

@jesse_dylan Yes? Even just The Champion’s Ballad is up there with the most memorable Zelda tunes, along with Tarrey Town’s changing melody as you add more citizens. With boss fights, character themes, town themes etc all having distinct melodies, it’s only really the field themes and the shrines that are more sparse.

@foursider What a bizarre take. Breath of the Wild, which I’m assuming you’re referring to, has a far more interesting take on music than the very safe, corporate tunes of the Wii U/3DS days. Do you remember a single track from Triforce Heroes’ OST?

It’s Nintendo. Basically anything would be a bonus.

An 8 year old console going up in price is absolutely insane. I can only assume it’s tariff related, Nintendo want the PS2’s record and a price increase is not how you increase sales.

Some poor intern is getting sacked cause they somehow introduced fan art to a reference sheet.

@ShieldHero Silver Surfer’s in the new Fantastic Four movie, just the female version from the comics and not the more common male one. Plus he was the star of the NES game of the same name, brutally hard with a great soundtrack.

Oh man, Beta Ray Bill is a great addition. Fingers crossed for Noh-Varr and Hulkling for a bit more Kree and Skrull representation.

It does look nice. Just a shame that you don’t get the little dioramas that the Atari one came with to represent the games.

It’s a shame. Daggerfall is still crazy ambitious. Cool that the original dev team are working on a spiritual successor sort of deal.

@Joker1234 Why should I care about some no-lifer with parasocial fans? Being a ‘leaker’ is just parroting information someone else has told you.

If enough people say one is coming every single month then eventually some of them will be correct. Who gives a sh*t what a YouTuber says. If there’s an announcement then there’s an announcement.

@HammerGalladeBro @AussieMcBucket The main issue is Nintendo really really don’t like mandating handheld mode, when that would be a perfect way to do DS games that require the stylus. Ironically enough, emulation of certain Wii and DS games is more hassle than tracking down original hardware. I play a lot of older games just emulated but I’ll grab the 3DS if I wanna play something that heavily uses the touchscreen.

@AussieMcBucket I don’t really see a control scheme for Ranger that would work with the Switch!

@AmanPikon Guardian Signs is genuinely one of the best games on the DS. It’s sad that there are games which pretty much can’t get sequels on current hardware due to requiring the touchscreen of the DS.

The first Legends felt like a breath of fresh air for the franchise with a clear visual style and new take on the Pokémon structure. This looks worse in every way other than gameplay. Sure, Kalos was the gen that destroyed my love of the franchise, but this game looks visually bland and taking place in one city is incredibly stifling. The little faith I had in TPC is now gone.

He’s been a bit busy to be fair. I do find it funny how big he got worldwide cause of Daredevil, I think of Stardust first and foremost.

Remember when Pokémon spin-offs were things like Super Pokémon Rumble? Or Ranger?

Really good game, only found it later on with emulation. Don’t recall ever hearing about it back in the day!

It’s true, the original’s level design works far better with original controls. You could say that about a lot of games with remakes.

This is genuinely more childish than games made for babies. Who does this stuff appeal to other than teenage boys? Humour like this can work but it’s a very very difficult balancing act. This does not work.

I tried playing this a couple weeks back for RetroAchievements and genuinely hated it. I cannot stand platformers that lack any fluidity and punish you for tiny mistakes. Mad to think how the original Mario perfected movement that many years ago.

@CJD87 The 3 side of the package really is great, I’ve never been as big on 3 as the surrounding games but I didn’t have the same nostalgia for that as 4 and THUG. I do wish there was a bit more challenge with the expert scores though, I demolished Canada’s couple mil and wish I could be pushed a little further. Canada especially I’m really in awe of the level design, the snow totally adds to the atmosphere but the core layout of the map is such a great mix of the skate park elements and the natural lines with the trees and minecart rails. I’d probably say that was the best map in the game!

@CJD87 I’d argue that they’ve somehow made the worst of both worlds with regards to the changeable timer cop-out. The goals are designed for 2 minute runs on the THPS4 maps, yet the maps are far too large for the 2 minute timer. So what you end up with is a choice between doing a goal or two each run, or using the 60 minutes (which also eliminates any challenge with the high scores) and bashing through the entire level in less than 10 minutes. It’s night and day comparing how well the THPS3 maps are designed around the timer with the THPS4 maps. Suburbia and Alcatraz are the third map in each game, Suburbia is a tight map where you dig around every skateable area for the goals, whereas Alcatraz only uses about 30% of the space for the goals. I’ve unlocked the pro goals now and they do add more character and challenge but the fundamental issues with the game remain. I genuinely think that the levels from 3 should have just been DLC for 1+2 and they build 4 as a £30 game, modernising some elements of the structure while using the career as a base, adding pro challenges for every new skater.

The most damning comparison between the original and the remake of 4 is the pro challenge system. Take Bob Burnquist, in the original you do tricks between the gaps of a massive loop, inspired by a part he shot in real life. In the remake, his pro challenge, same as every other skater in the game, is to do a 250k combo including his special move. That’s it.

@Fiergala There’s a whole article on VGC about Hawk’s reasoning for the new soundtrack. I don’t necessarily agree but he sees it as an opportunity to introduce new music to the audience. I just think it could have been more of a balance between the new tracks and older tracks.

@Ellie-Moo Even ignoring that 4 has been lobotomised, the actual goals for each level don’t work. College and San Francisco are passable but it all falls apart when you get to Alcatraz which is far too large to accommodate traditional goals so whole areas of the map go unused, and the new levels are very hit and miss. Kona and Zoo have no goals at all, with Zoo losing whole areas of the map like the aquarium and the entrance. A good remake makes the original redundant. This does not make 4 redundant but it achieves it with 3.

The 4 half of the game is downright bad. The 3 side of the game is really good. It’s tough to judge it as a whole package because of that. Seeing the missed potential just grates a lot. It’s nice to have the new skaters though.