I'm currently getting irrationally upset about this article about the upcoming RE2 "remake", especially this quote: [...]"We had discussions on whether we could make a game that was everything for everyone," says Capcom Europe COO Stuart Turner. "For those guys who want tank...

Yeah, I did collect them all. It was one of my first experiences with the open world genre, and I was rather enthusiastic about the premise of a medieval adventure to the point that I severely underestimated the mechanical tedium of it all. I also wanted to grab all the achievements to show my suppo...

AC never hits the same heights, don't get me wrong. But it's like a Marvel movie to me. It gets the job done and it has moments of beauty or originality within a structure which pulls on familiar strings in my heart. That's OK by me. That's an interesting analogy, I can behind that. I'm not inheren...

Well, I suppose you and I play games for the exact opposite reasons Sam, because little is more important to me than the presence of a unique design philosophy and distinct creative voice! :) One additional thing I'd like to point out though, is that the "authorial intent" I mentioned earl...

Oh it's no big deal, really! I didn't mean to add to the existing workload. It's unlikely you'll get many complaints about that one.

Ah no problem, I was just teasing! The detail jumped out at me because I'm currently replaying those. :P In case the game(s) come up again on SoP in the future (which is likely, the OST is fantastic), here are some official font-free artworks for the first two games. Golden Sun (2001) https://i.pini...

Time for some geeky pedantry:



This part of the banner is an artwork from Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (2010), and not from the original Golden Sun (2001) the song is from!


(Don't mind me. Good show.)

Yes, I suppose we are talking about auteur theory. And it is indeed the case that strong creative visions tend to be more noticeable in japanese-developed games. I also don't think I made my point very well. Authorial intent is not a shortcut to quality, after all. Because yes, there is plenty of gr...

Well, I haven't played Origins. But based on my previous experiences with the series, I would say that Assassin's Creed simply doesn't feel like the realization of a specific creative vision, and more like a mosaic of safe and heavily focus tested elements. A Mikami game is unlike anything else. A K...

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Hardly anybody makes this kind of risky idiosyncratic AAA titles oozing with purpose and personality anymore. While we're on the subject, may I ask what your issue was with SotC? Because it very much belongs in that same delightfully authored 6th gen category as Õ...

I've just finished what I assume is the first act of Okami. The most I've enjoyed a single player game since...hmm...I can't remember putting fifteen hours into a purely single player adventure game for a long time. :clap: Wonderful! :P Perhaps it's just that I quite miss the linearity and 'brainle...

I've managed to finish Golden Sun in-between bits of furious ninja carnage. I tend to replay my favourite games rather regularly, which means that I'm not usually very prone to nostalgia. I haven't played this game very often however, and there were many sections that rustled my distant memories in ...

duskvstweak wrote: ↑August 13th, 2018, 3:45 pm Got back to Nioh. I shouldn't have gone two months away because I've been absolute garbage at the thing since I got back. It took me a while to remember how to do Ki Pulses correctly.

I can vouch for that.

Today in Capcom being Capcom:


(Approx. $680.00 USD)

Meanwhile, for $249.00 USD...

Fantastic post, as always. :) The cardboard Game Boy boxes have a very specific charm, don't they? I lost all of mine during a move (Is that the right phrasing? Doesn't sound right.) - thankfully, I still have all the cartridges. It's nice to see them being cared for like this. PS: Game Boy Player i...

Well, I suppose I'm gonna have to very respectfully disagree with Mr. Forman on this one! :P But to be honest, the differences between the two versions are subtle, and mostly related to high-level play (nerfed enemy AI) and the removal of certain sections. As a purist, Black will always be my favori...

I thought I'd give Ninja Gaiden Sigma another go in order to unlock the platinum, at least. Joke's on me, game doesn't even have trophies! Might as well keep playing, I suppose.

What can I say, I love this game so much I'm having a blast even with the trash version.

Alex79uk wrote: ↑August 10th, 2018, 10:51 amVita hacking?

...Could you go into a tiny bit more detail, perhaps?

I hesitate to even post in this thread considering I don't feel entirely qualified to do so. But in the interest of having a broader gamut of opinions to choose from, I'll say that I couldn't get on with Final Fantasy VII in the ten or so hours I spent with it when playing it for the first time arou...

The start is still pretty painful but I feel I'm 'in' now and having recently bounced off God of War, Shadow of the Colossus and every other single player narrative kind of thing I've tried, I'm glad to be into a game that isn't pure arcade or multiplayer. Mate, I really hope you'll stick with it a...