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Bro, no. Not him, not at the age of 68.

He could've still been around for two more decades. I've seen other big creators live longer because they've had access to better health care resources. But man, him not appearing publicly really makes this all the more sad because we've never seen him be around or give any in-person interviews or interact with fans.

I can imagine it must be really terrible for the health of Japanese manga authors when you hear about the absolutely stressful jobs they have working tirelessly to finish their books under a strict deadline by publishers. Japanese work culture in general must really do a number on a person's health, knowing it will definitely compromise one's life expectancy.

Hearing how the Yu-Gi-Oh creator, Kazuki Takahashi, passed away two years ago and now Toriyama, really feels terrible knowing we've lost some very important legends in the manga entertainment industry due to unforeseen and uncontrollable circumstances they were in.

But as always, we will never forget the impact they had on us and the industry as a whole. They influenced all different types of media with their awe-inspiring stories filled with depth defying action, suspenseful character driven narratives, and dramatic moments.

So thank you for everything both from Mr. Toyriyama and Takahashi for influencing all our creative en devours and shaping entertainment as a whole. R.I.P. to both the finest Mangaka legends.

Hope people remind Microsoft of Rare Replay still not being ported over.

@GameOtaku Capital idea. Just wonder if Microsoft still knows about it to port to other platforms like PC.

@DripDropCop146 Unless he knows anyone or has an agent, I don't think we'll know...

He's had dozens upon dozens of roles playing Batman in different media and I imagine this would've been just another pay check for him, but knowing his condition, I think he put his heart and soul into it thinking it would please his fans.

He was unfortunately at the mercy of the writers for this game, Batman's ultimate fate and the end is something I don't think he was okay with but I imagine he did it anyway because he thought it would be his final send off not knowing if it was good or not. I don't think anyone wanted to tell him the bad news unless someone over at Rocksteady knows but won't willing disclose it due to NDA's. We might not know for several years, honestly. Not until that NDA expires.

Please, and everyone hear me out so that we can demand Capcom put this game on platforms so that more people would appreciate it...

GOD HAND PS2 remastered for Steam and GOG.

@Sequel So it's not well optimized for other hardware and it's a pretty graphically intensive game, right?

@Sequel Is it really that intensive on the Steam Deck hardware also?

Strong Metroid Dread vibes with this one.
Might pick it up on Steam and play on the Deck.

Wonder if the game changes scenery once in a while and the locations aren't just rocky caves all the time?

Also, despite the high numbers in people buying this game during launch, others have pointed out how similar games like Avengers initially also did well during launch. However, player numbers according to Steam Charts peaked around 26,000 players before dropping off and the developers deeming the game a failure before ultimately shutting it down permanently.

Suicide Squad's numbers as of now hover around 13,000+ on Steam charts, and if we consider how much money was poured into making this game and marketing it... I feel this game has a very slim chance of making a return on investment, if not being able to break even. Especially since this game has gotten worse reception and fan feedback since Marvel's Avengers. Only time will tell for certain...

I remember when the Saints Row reboot was high up in the charts for best sellers before eventually dropping off pretty hard later on.

That's the thing with these big triple A releases, they do pretty well early on but when there are other games releasing along the year to compete for everyone's attention, and the game itself has few legs to stand on when it comes to the rule of diminishing returns because of the repetitive aspect of it's gameplay loop, players are quickly going to abandon this game once they've they realize how they've experienced everything there is to offer.

They will move on to the next big game immediately and no amount of content updates from the developers is going to fix what good will that has been damaged to Rocksteady's fan community due to the poor reception of this game and how they treated their beloved characters. It's not just that they killed the Justice League, but how they went about doing it and the way Batman was unceremoniously killed off without any sort grand speech or anything at all while he gets disrespected by Harley. The lamest way to kill off a beloved character.

When are they going to consider making another Wario Land game?

@martynstuff I'm more curious how they'll update the Steam version of the game. I hope I don't have to buy Sonic Generations again to play this and it's just DLC added to the base game.

@larryisaman Nope. It's how Shadow got branded as a try-hard edgelord and a laughing stock. Nobody outside the Sonic fandom takes him seriously and he's looked at as a joke.

@larryisaman Guns are for whimps.

Shadows supposed to be the "ultimate life form" that uses his own chaos powers.

@FatBeverly There's even a costume from Origins in Arkham Knight. But from I hear as to why Arkham Origins cannot be re-released on modern platforms has to do with the music license and also the game not reviewing or selling well when it originally released back in 2013.

@SMUGSLOTH69 Be aware that each of these games have their own individual issues when trying to play them on Steam Deck.

For example, you need to download a compatibility program called "Proton GE" in order to run Arkham Asylum. Then you might need to do the same for City but that game tends to crash after an hour of play time and I have read that there's no solution to fix this so far. The same thing can happen to Asylum after playing for a while, but that hasn't stopped me from 100% the game.

Origins might have the same issues as City, but I think my issue is that I have memory leaks from other installed programs on my Deck.

Arkham Knight is pretty much the only Steam Deck Verified game out of all of them that runs well out of the box.

If you need anymore pointers on how run each of these games or other Steam games on Deck, try looking into ProtonDB.

@PJOReilly I know you typically give these types of basic ports of games very low scores. I'm curious if you will update your review score if this collection gets patches to improve performance?

@Arawn93 Am I PS users now all of a sudden??
I don't even own a PS5 but go on then...

At the very least I can say that Spider-Man 2's open world has been enhanced and changed since the first game. Improved graphics, better story, and definitely no lower frame rates or resolution unlike TOTK.

For a game that introduced voice acting in BOTW, they sure don't do much with it besides using it for exposition and minor character moments. Older Zelda games had no voice acting, yet these newer Zelda games still go through the same plot beats. They could remove the voices and it wouldn't change much.

I really want to know who's making that Streets of Rage game.
It doesn't look like Dotemu is making it this time which has me concerned. It looks like it's in the style of those other Sega games shown off in this trailer which do look like mobile games and that's part of the reason I'm cautiously optimistic about this.

@Arawn93 When it came to story, yeah it definitely was.

Last game felt more focused while this one felt like those Spider-Man movies that had too many villains and were trying to rush through having character arcs to get to the climax. Completely all over the place. Still a good game, though. But I'm curious how the next game will be? If it's going to drop Peter in favor of Miles, then I'll lose interest immediately.

Insomniac Spider-Man games are great and all. But I'm not really a fan of the focus on themes of activism they've been putting into these games recently and there doesn't seem to be more interpersonal stories going on between Peter and his larger cast of friends/supporting characters.

Yep, sounds about right. No way Zelda is winning game of the year twice after reusing the same open world but with minor changes. Even Majora's Mask, a sequel to Ocarina of Time, had a drastically different overworld which felt new to explore.

But of course, am betting Nintendo Life users will heavily disagree.

@DdG1408 Welp... I guess the people that voted for game of the year definitely disagreed there.

So that next Streets of Rage game... is it Streets of Rage 5 or some type of live service game?...

@TruestoryYep Nintendo fanboys always simping for their pastel-colored kiddy games.

No way this game deserves Game of the Year award after Breath of the Wild already won in 2017 and Tears already re-uses the same features as the previous game. Only difference is you get to build a bunch of contraptions to traverse mostly the same world and find more parts to explore the world and repeat the same gameplay loop as the previous game.

If any game deserves praise for breaking new ground it should be Baldur's Gate 3 because it has a ton of features and is actually a new game worth $70. Just don't tell Nintendo fanboys that since they will defend any Zelda game to high heaven and call it a 10/10 no matter what.

@Sisilly_G Not sure why Nintendo is ignoring the success of the 3DS with many of the home menu themes and such.

You'd think they fired the person in charge of adding all those customization options that people liked on the 3DS just as they transitioned over to the new home console. While Nintendo not to recently has hired another new guy to design for the Switch's UI and probably was the same person that added that compressed NSO logo in the Switch home menu that didn't fit aesthetically.

@Arminillo Not to mention, the hundreds of "Souls-like" like games in the indie game market as of now.

You know everybody's just going to be watching the show for the GTA6 reveal, right?

So is the Metal Gear master collection not on sale digitally?

@pixelpatch Are you sure?
I haven't seen screenshots of it or anybody mention it.

Not a fan of the Cal arts/Tumblr art style this game uses.

Seems every "quirky" indie-developed RPG is copying from either Undertale or Earthbound.

I mostly ignored the Indie Direct because as usual I figured it be nothing but Cozy butt Simulator games, but seeing this Symphony of the Night game that takes heavy inspiration from it in art style but has this futuristic aesthetic really has me interested.

Anything Symphony of the Night related is welcome since Konami has yet to release it on other platforms...

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@AlanaHagues This is the unfortunate casualty of accessibility, having it so prioritized to the point where the core experience that was carefully designed in the original is pretty much made less enjoyable because there's less of a genuine challenge, whether or not some people may agree.

@Maverick75 Okay, but I can't exactly measure you're experience to other players who are more competent at playing JRPG games.

@rushiosan Wonder if it's possible to map the buttons for those games to work in a modern control style where left trigger is to hold up your weapon and right trigger is used to fire.

@mikegamer Looks like they have yet to add other filters including the "CRT" one they mentioned before. I'm probably the only person here, but I'm sort of holding out hope that there are more improvements down the line. Especially if people keep giving flack, they better notice and do something.

Why doesn't this game have a "hard" mode?

Seems Nintendo must've mandated that the game be easy for average players, but if there's less of a challenge then there's less incentive for replay ability. Nintendo looks to have been going through this trend with recent Paper Mario games and I fear Thousand Year Door Remake will have a lack of challenge and won't be as normally difficult as the original.

This is sounding very similar to when Sony approached Nintendo in the 90s to make a console together and they wanted most of the profits from software sales all to themselves, and Nintendo declined and decided to partner with Philips to produce some of the most memorably bad licensed games on their platform.

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This is the equivalent of if they made a food survey, then the highest votes would go to plain white bread and water.

The least interesting picks.

@ArcticEcho There's a level of grounded-ness that the Metal Gear series has up to a certain extent. It doesn't mean ever game is like Metal Gear Rising. Snake can't do what Raiden does in that game.

And as far as logic is concerned, it's a mix of some logic mixed in with the absurd, but there's at least a normal balance sometimes. This isn't Smash Bros. where Snake can just do ridiculous actions.

@Stamina_Wheel Really?
Well that's news too me. If anything I hear they must be annoyed at all comments they must be getting and just decided not to say anything. Because I also would be annoyed at these SJW-type folks who spout wild stuff.

Either way, 3D Realms did eventually donate money to LGBTQ+ organizations, so I'll take that as a nice gesture for this knee-jerk reaction everyone had.

But the way everyone hyperbolizes this non-controversy, it's their own stance and that doesn't mean we have to agree with them on their views. Either way, more harassment doesn't bring anything good and I judge folks based on their actions and not on their facetious comments. Do with that however you will, it takes a mature individual to just ignore things and move on.

Don't like someone/something, then just ignore it. It's like Hogwarts Legacy all over again.

@SwitchForce I'm pretty sure CDPR was given a bigger budget from the success of their flagship franchise then how disconnected Konami is when making these enhanced ports. I'm sure there's a hierarchy in place in the company that limits their scope when it comes to the budget and time necessary to make this. Not saying it's low quality collection, but could've been better.

It's a weird trend I see with Japanese developers were they don't go out of their way to make better remasters for these old games like most Western developers do with the likes of these classic FPS remasters and Tomb Raider, and sometimes you get stuff like Sonic Origins and Mario 3D All Stars, where they do the bare minimum.

@LikelySatan Which is why you have to use your alt fire on your lover boy revolver to get those flying enemies.

@Snatcher Another Japanese company... before Microsoft or Sony decides to monopolize all those studios and Capcom loses it's identity when all it's major devs start leaving.

Anybody know the player numbers for this game?
Since Nintendo doesn't have charts like Steam it's hard to gauge exactly how many active players are currently playing.

Man, it's so weird that someone decided to make a game about an actor from a lot 60s spaghetti western films that not many people know about. Wonder why there isn't a game starring Clint Eastwood, at least he's more well-known from that era of cowboy films.