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Man this game is an all-timer. Great to see it on Switch 2 and I’ll need to find out wtf these new scenes are.

I still think Blood Money is the pinnacle of Hitman but oh man, these games were an absolute treat to support this last almost decade (horrifying it’s been so long). I think 2016 is my favourite actually, the episodic release was part of why I massively preferred it to 2 at the time, I was forced to really suck everything out of each level before the next released instead of following them like a campaign where I didn’t stop to smell the roses. Yes, that includes Colorado and yes, that was a long wait for Hokkaido. Paris on release is one of my favourite gaming moments ever, exploring the map, finding new secrets, toying with the new systems, WALKING THE RUNWAY! Then Sapienza was just as good and the fanbase realised collectively that IO nailed it. It’s hard to put into words just how seriously this game revived a franchise that was capital D Dead. Absolution is a franchise killer of a game, plenty series have never ever gotten past entries like that.

I have the Hitman 3 platinum (47 trophies ofc) and have every single location at the maximum level, this package is not for me. However, I would find it very difficult to name a product that provides as many hours of sheer fun as this, especially in handheld mode. I’d implore as many people to buy this game as humanly possible, forget the frame issues, forget the online requirement nonsense because this game is worth it. The fact they went from Square Enix, to WB, to self publishing the final part of the trilogy speaks to the sheer tenacity the devs showed in service of these games, which is why I have every confidence that Bond will be brilliant too. PLAY THIS GAME!

Me for the near future

@OthmaneAD That’s the same thing on PS5 as well though, some games get £10 upgrades with big improvements, older games get 60FPS and that’s it.

@OthmaneAD I played Super Mario Sunshine on my PC almost 15 years ago with a fan-made HD texture pack. That looked better than a basic upscale.

I really wish I had one of these, I do love the N64 one with the improvements they made.

@OthmaneAD That’s such a stupid comparison though, by that logic literally nothing ever will look better than a PC with mods depending on how many thousands you pump into your PC. I emulate everything from the Wii generation and back but the draw with Switch 2 is that it’s a handheld console running things this well.

I love watching any Japanese movie from the past 30 years because I’ll randomly be pointing at the screen cause I recognise someone from Yakuza. It’s kinda mad how many big actors they’ve had in the games.

@sethfranum It’s June. Everything went up in April. I had £6 in my account the day before payday there. I haven’t actually bought a game with money in about 3 years, a year worth of PS Plus is the only way I get ‘new’ games unless I borrow from family or friends or get one for my birthday or something. Adult life!

Where’s the option for “I’m too poor due to rent, food, energy and essentials increasingly exponentially”?

I bought mine with my first (double) student loan payment. The Switch 2’s coming out after my Switch seeing a hell of a lot; global pandemic, mental health struggles, a degree followed by complete disillusionment with my chosen field. 2017 is a long time ago now even if it doesn’t feel like it on paper. It’s been a great generation for Nintendo, but not necessarily for me. I love the form factor of the Switch but a lot of the big games didn’t captivate me like they did in previous generations. Creativity in some aspects seems to have been replaced by more and more corporate elements that have crept in post Wii/DS.

While I’m slightly done with the 2012 Tumblr queer vibes in general, this does seem like it would have been incredibly fun as a group of VAs due to each character being a blank slate to create a fun personality around.

@dartmonkey It’s about more than just moderation of a single article though. This happens every single time an article is even remotely linked to a minority group. I understand that you can’t choose the audience you cultivate but every time there’s some sort of ban, another takes their place to spew blatant hate speech. They must feel comfortable doing so for a reason, and so there’s clearly more that can be done to stamp it out.

I forget how fash this site’s users lean until an article like this rolls along. You’d think blatant transphobia would be against the site’s rules, it’s a protected characteristic under the UK Equality Act (yes still, despite the Mould Queen’s big money campaign). Then again, a lot of the Pride content died when Kate left so perhaps it’s a conscious decision.

Mike Ashley has somehow made GAME worse. Shame he didn’t bury Rangers for good while he was at it!

Go back to 3D, Deadly Alliance and Deception are brilliant!

Possibly one of the least ethical game mechanics I’ve ever heard. Like if that was explored in a movie then the person would be a borderline supervillain.

Yep, procedural generation getting tarred with the AI brush is a shame, it’s a core part of many games over the years and an absolute artform.

@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.