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by Ben77000000
November 22nd, 2021, 11:12 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Death Stranding
Replies: 23
Views: 21927

Re: 489 - Death Stranding

I didn't realise how deftly Kojima had played me until a discussion with my coworker a few days after we'd both bought the game at launch. I had posited that the concept of the MULEs was absurd; a group of mysterious nuisances obsessed with stealing cargo because the act of delivering things was suc...
by Ben77000000
July 21st, 2021, 2:25 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade
Replies: 25
Views: 19100

Re: 463 - Final Fantasy VII Remake

The character writing and performances in Final Fantasy VII Remake are solid enough to ensure its returning characters manage the 23 year leap onto modern hardware without losing an ounce of charm along the way. The extra attention given to the supporting roles also lends real weight to the late gam...
by Ben77000000
June 18th, 2021, 1:07 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy I - XVI
Replies: 120
Views: 100315

Re: Final Fantasy I - XV

VIII is well worth playing. It's probably the most experimental/original of all of them. Almost definitely the weirdest. There's a pretty substantial portion of the fanbase that consider VIII's OST Uematsu's best. I think Thomas from the C&R team even said that VIII's music is incredibly sophist...
by Ben77000000
June 11th, 2021, 10:31 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Koudelka
Replies: 6
Views: 4317

Re: Our next podcast recording (19.6.21): 474 - Koudelka

As one of the plebs who walked away from Breath of the Wild disgruntled with its flimsy weapons, Koudelka's weapon durability system proved to be a pleasant surprise. Seeing my characters' proficiency with certain weapons improve every time they broke one meant that I ended up welcoming the notifica...
by Ben77000000
January 25th, 2021, 1:48 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Resident Evil 3 (2020)
Replies: 8
Views: 6256

Re: 455 - Resident Evil 3 (2020)

The first thing I did after beating Resident Evil 3 was buy the PS4 version of Resident Evil 6. Rather than inspiring dread or tension in me, the Nemesis encounters in 3 made me miss the Ustanak from 6. I don't mean to imply that 3 is such a bad game that it made me yearn to play the critically deri...
by Ben77000000
October 3rd, 2020, 2:20 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Jet Force Gemini
Replies: 5
Views: 10502

Re: 440: Jet Force Gemini

I haven't played Jet Force Gemini since I was about twelve, and am hesitant to go back to it. Not only due to the nature of its early 3D controls , but also because I don't want to taint my memories of it. This was as immersive a world to me as Ocarina of Time's, and I remember being astonished by t...
by Ben77000000
October 2nd, 2019, 2:57 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy XIII
Replies: 9
Views: 7162

Re: Our next podcast recording (5.10.19) - 390: Final Fantasy XIII

As accurate as Leon's comments on the X episode were regarding the innacuracy of the perceived perceptions of Final Fantasy titles, I feel that, reasonable critical reception aside, the continued consensus surrounding XIII warrants its supporters assuming a defensive stance more than any numbered en...
by Ben77000000
September 25th, 2019, 5:33 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Replies: 21
Views: 19759

Re: 393: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Looking back on the Metal Gear Solid V saga, it seems somewhat telling that one of the most exciting portions of the whole wild ride were the initial Moby Dick Studios marketing shenanigans, before the game's place in the Metal Gear series had been confirmed. I reckon this is down to The Phantom Pai...
by Ben77000000
September 25th, 2019, 5:20 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The Evil Within 2
Replies: 8
Views: 7908

Re: 396: The Evil Within 2

For as visually striking and emotionally rousing as The Evil Within 2's final few stages were, since beating the game I struggle to remember large portions of the journey leading up to them. Where the first title's disjointed design and vaguely janky feel combined with its creatively eerie enemy ros...
by Ben77000000
April 17th, 2019, 4:36 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Persona 5
Replies: 8
Views: 6851

Re: 368: Persona 5

Persona games are typically lengthy affairs, but of the 4 Persona games I've played, only 5 left me feeling that it had mostly wasted the 106 hours I'd given it. I'm not sure whether this was down simply to diminishing returns, a localisation effort lacking the care that helped previous entries shin...
by Ben77000000
March 12th, 2019, 1:49 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy IX
Replies: 22
Views: 14286

Re: Our next Final Fantasy podcast recording (13.4.19) - 365: Final Fantasy IX

Three Word Review:

Genre's finest journey
by Ben77000000
January 14th, 2019, 9:34 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Replies: 31
Views: 22100

Re: 383: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes/The Phantom Pain

Three Word Review:

With a whimper.
by Ben77000000
January 14th, 2019, 9:29 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy VIII
Replies: 35
Views: 24210

Re: Our next Final Fantasy podcast recording (16.2.19) - Issue 357: Final Fantasy VIII

FFVIII is as bizarre a hodge-podge as any game I've played, and though it pulls off an admirable amount of bold ideas with aplomb, I feel my experience with VIII was ultimately defined by the game's missteps. The narrative's backbone revolving around a time loop that begins with a group of mercenari...
by Ben77000000
June 18th, 2017, 2:40 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Viewtiful Joe
Replies: 10
Views: 9283

Re: Viewtiful Joe

Having only played a handful of Nintendo 64 games before graduating to the Gamecube as an impressionable 14 year old, my gaming repertoire was somewhat limited upon my first encounter with Viewtiful Joe. Not yet considering myself an adult, I opted for the game's 'kids' difficulty and, before long, ...