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@Pillowpants Ok. Don’t use them then. Having the option at all is good for everyone.

I don’t really see any way for this to make a cohesive story, unless it’s some sort of companion piece or prequel. Even then, it’s just too dense for modern moviegoers, same as Warcraft was. Please keep Shaun Dooley though, his performance in Elden Ring is one of my favourite VA performances by a traditional actor.

I absolutely loved Hyrule Warriors 1. I’m not playing Age of Calamity or this because I’m just utterly bored of the BotWverse and Zelda reinvents itself over and over yet apparently now has become Persona 5 levels of oversaturation.

Oh my god please bring these back

Grim. Also already resulting in any protections in place being completely destroyed, clips floating about of Darth Vader calling himself a puppy girl.

I really agree with this article. As much as I played Evolution on Vita so got the QOL changes, the rhythm of this game is incredibly chill to the point that I understand why some are put off but it’s right up my alley. I don’t want them to overblow this remake like the entire Cold Steel series, and most of all they have to refrain from bogging it down with creepy af underaged fan service. The original games have their issues with regards to the same old predatory lesbian jokes and obviously Estelle and Joshua are adopted incestuous but it was handled so much better in the PSP titles than when they moved onto home consoles.

@tdub154420 Baffling to say that about this of all series. UMK3? MK Gold? Never mind all the arcade revisions over the years. This is nothing new for Mortal Kombat.

I find this pretty much sacrilegious but to be fair, I have a visually impaired mate who can’t read subtitles consistently for long periods of time and said the English dubs of the newer Yakuza games helped them appreciate the series far more even if the performances weren’t as good as the JP cast.

Also, that is a huge spoiler saying which games Kashiwagi also appears in. Relevancy to the article shouldn’t take precedence over spoiling a series that many users on this site will be new to, with the series only just hitting Switch recently.

@SilverdudeOmni Which is why 3 should have been DLC for 1+2 and 4 could have been a standalone. So, so much has been cut here.

The fact Andy seems fairly positive while still being measured makes me think it’ll be at least good. It might not be what I wanted with regards to 4 but the challenge system alone from 1+2 is the best thing the series ever did. I watched all his vids (and his Tony Hawk interview) and I’m definitely glad I’m playing it on release. If they do go ahead with an Undergound remake then they absolutely need to bring Andy back on (skate)board, nobody knows the intricacies like he does.

@rjejr It’s a little hard to explain but there’s a general uncanny nature to AI generated images because human brains perceive art in ways that a computer is incapable of. For example if we drew a circle then we’d draw one long curve in one stroke, whereas the AI will generate pixels in a grid format until a circle is created. Depth is often completely lacking from AI art because of that, you can’t generate something based on the ramblings of the human mind, scrapped ideas, the interpretation that the failings of memory introduces etc. It’s a fad because people love jingling keys, but the way it’s being shoved down our throats by corpos means it’s probably here to stay.

That’s not AI generated. Once you train yourself to spot it, you can tell the specific ‘look’. Nintendo would be the last devs to use generative AI.

The bigger news is Andy Anderson’s gonna be in it!!!

This game is great but similar to Majora’s Mask, there’s a best of both worlds version yet to be made.

Triple Jump announced they were going today too, gutted for the team. Those even attempting to tie this news to ‘woke’ are beyond help, all journalism is under threat from slop farming venture capitalists who will gut sites and push for AI written nonsense.

Truly bizarre article. All games are different, some need fall damage and some don’t. You’d have to completely design your game around a lack of fall damage to account for how much more difficult it is to gate areas from each other. I know that most journos have zero idea of how games are actually designed but this does sort of take the biscuit.

Options are good and all but surely nobody would rather play with the original controls for Angel of Darkness? It controls like complete ass on PS2.

God this game is so good even now. Have to say I’m a sucker for 3D fighting games, just massively prefer having a third axis. Probably why I struggle with the modern Mortal Kombat games but thought Deadly Alliance was incredible when I played it last year.

Excited to get round to this one but will probably stick to PS5 since y’know I actually have one. Cool to see Hondo.

I’m probably one of the few people who doesn’t see annual sports titles as disposable so any crumb of exclusive features for Switch 2 would be super cool. EA Sports’ output has become stale and homogenised really since Covid at the very latest in terms of features that outlive the online cycle, FC 24’s playstyles and this year’s roles are the only significant additions that span the whole game for example. I frequently return to the PS2 titles across the brand (and EA Sports BIG) because of the unique features and game modes that stretch beyond just a nostalgic snapshot of a specific year. NBA Live’s dunk contest was amazing back in those days, Tiger Woods 04 is arguably the greatest sports game of all time because of its unique features too. Rivalled by the PS3 titles solely because of modes like the Tiger Woods life story mode (minus the adultery) and I’ve been playing the history of golf mode from 14 that is absolutely absurdly impressive for a sports game, with accurate clubs from the 1900s and playable Bobby Jones and Old Tom Morris.

To be fair, it’s a games in general issue with shallow offline content being offered as you can’t sell extra compared to online modes having MTX but it’s the unique features of these sorts of games that make them cult classics, whether that’s MVP Baseball 05’s home run derby with obstacles or that one Wii FIFA game that turned it into a weird RPG. All I ask for is a bit of creativity, these games are made by so, so many people and teams that surely they can squeeze in interesting modes.

@Overzeal That’s absolute madness. It’s a 4X game with a million different systems, tuning them based on player feedback should be applauded rather than this nonsense about the game not being finished. If this was 20 years ago then the balance issues would remain until the next £30 expansion instead of being patched, making balance patches paid content instead of free like is being delivered. I know this is a Nintendo site so not everyone actually plays strategy games unless they star underage girls but the general practice with these games pivoting towards free tweaks to gameplay to fine tune incredibly complicated systems is a good one and the community largely agrees.

@Overzeal It’s 100% a full release. Back in the early 00s we got balance patches as part of paid expansions… which introduced their own problems that needed patching. This is literally better in every conceivable way. The only thing I’m not convinced by is the individual Civs, not even leaders, being sold instead of being part of packs.

@bloodycelt At least in the UK, it’s incredibly common both with Cockneys and up here in Glasgow, with varying usage everywhere in between. I dunno, it’s just weird that every other word is fair game on the telly apart from that.

Prick seems fair enough in terms of these things given that it’s explicitly slang for penis, more than just crap and such. Still annoying that the word c**t is censored across even TV these days as the one word you can’t use given how much it’s used in public. Although that might just be up here.

Uncharted Waters is a total cult classic imo. Really solid game.

I support the Red Sox so can’t even really make jokes about the Mariners being crap.

@Chlocean Man, nothing says date night like “excruciating pain", "bodily injury" and "depictions of sexual violence" 😂

Bizarrely disrespectful headline given how much of a classic it is. Great game, mad to think it’s coming to a Nintendo console given subject matter.

Where are the indie games starting people? Every time I see a game that might be good the devs are furries.

@somnambulance There’s some real good stuff in the 4 soundtrack so I hope that it’s not gutted in the same way that the game itself has been. Specifically need to see Haiku d’Etat on there and Eyedea and Abilities.

@somnambulance This is drop 1 of 3. There’s still room for songs to return. The only ones confirmed to not be back are the three Muskabeatz songs from 4.

Also people are insane for whining about rap songs being on the soundtrack considering 3 and 4 were 50/50 when it came to punk and hip hop. They’ve got Jeff Rosenstock and WAVVES added and they’ve added Kendrick and RTJ so it’s still as 50/50 as it’s always been.

@Chlocean Add Disco Elysium to the pile, another one ruined by corporate greed. Jury’s out on Celeste, something might materialise at some point. ConcernedApe will be making Stardew Valley until he’s dead and Silksong is vapourware. Part of the issue is that making something new isn’t guaranteed success, many indie devs rapidly expand after unexpected success and the only way out after that is economic constriction, downsizing then death or acquisition. Building from success to success is borderline impossible, no matter how many suits toot the ‘constant growth’ horn.

Indie devs and abusive behaviour, name a more iconic duo!

It’s almost like cults of personality and company abuses are much more common if there’s less of an internal structure and more of a ‘I am the auteur and you are my plebs’ setup going on. Personal grievances are amplified massively in devs like these too because you end up with founders claiming they’re the real genius and the other is just a money-grubbing charlatan.

The recasts are such a shame. I grew pretty attached to the JP voice cast of the Liberl crew cause I played the Evo versions first.

@you4rhea I dunno where that started, I’ve seen loads of people mistakenly saying that 4 PS1 had the 2 minute formula and it just isn’t true. Mad how they can create a whole campaign with free roam goals on the PS1 in 2003 but it’s just too much for a modern dev to tackle.

@ParadoxFawkes Underground 2 is probably the most played game in the series because THUG PRO is built on it. It’s a decent game anyway but the Jackass stuff has aged horribly. Also Skate came out in 2007, the same year as Tony Hawk’s Proving Grounds which was the last real game until 5 anyway, the series didn’t really overlap.

Both can be true. Tony Hawk 4 is being objectively butchered, it’s not the same game at all. Tony Hawk 3 I think will be a fantastic remake and exactly what I, and lots of the community, wanted.

DK ‘94 is a classic for a reason. Such a good game.

At this point you should just be thankful they’re porting PS5 games to an 8 year old handheld console.

A bunch of good changes here. The game’s great but issues are more noticeable the more games you play.

@MegaMari0 I wouldn’t say it’s barebones at all, there’s honestly a lot of stuff there in the game. My main issue is the games feel a bit repetitive given what the AI prioritises and you can feel railroaded into a Culture Victory. The changes will turn it into a game on par with IV and V.

@squidduforeal ….Microsoft and Sony provide a month in advance when they remove games from their services. This was removed with no warning. You’re talking hypotheticals when there’s demonstrable evidence that Nintendo have provided less warning or lead-up than other companies.

To be perfectly honest, I think I’ll stick to Showdown!

Bring back Pokepark!

God I’m so ready for these, even if 3 and 4’s campaigns will be completely different! Hope the music’s back, 4 had a great mix of heavier tracks and the hip hop, Eyedea and Abilities’ Big Shots and Hot Water Music’s Freightliner on blast 😂

@ibookboyuk The pro videos you unlock in 4 for beating each pro challenge were my first introduction to a lot of the legends. Bob Burnquist even had his Mega Ramp!