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b-dragon
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VN's are a format I only really dabble in, so I appreciate the additional coverage. Helps me decide which ones seem interesting, since they rarely generate much buzz on their own.
I'll probably get Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 (or whatever the heck the silly title is,) though I doubt I'll play it too terribly much. Partly because I'm already learning/trying to improve in Strive. But I do believe in fiscally rewarding good dev behavior, just as much as I believe in fiscally punishing the bad. And updating older games to have good netcode definitely strikes me as good. |
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AQuin1904
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VN news is always cool, although I don't even have time to finish all the ones I already own. Picked up that JP Switch edition of Fata Morgana last summer and still haven't even found a spare moment to boot it up.
More rollback updates for old Guilty Gear is always good news, especially since I already have Rev 2 sitting in my Steam account.
It definitely wasn't, unfortunately. Aside from the fact that porting something made with the Vita's higher resolution and widescreen visuals (not to mention the gameplay system overhauls that version got) would probably have been a pain, I don't think it was even possible to release new Wii titles by that point. Plus, the change of international publishers likely would have made a port Japan-only even if it could have happened. Which sucks, because the DLC is probably better than either version of the base game. It remains a crying shame that Oboro Muramasa isn't more widely available in some form. A Switch version would be nice, since it's basically the Vita 2, although a PC port would likely have more longevity. |
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MarshalBanana
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As a huge Vanillaware fan(I've bought all their games beginning with Muramasa on Wii, even on multiple systems) I'll give Sword of the Vagrant a go. It certainly has the look and gameplay style down, though not quite the same charm.
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AiddonValentine
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I await the adventures of Pepsi-chan in Engage. After several games with branching paths and hefty stories, it's no wonder Intelligent Systems wanted to do something more lighthearted and sillier. I also find it funny that Alfred is voiced by Finn Wolfhard's brother.
As for Microsoft, it just irks me how they do that and are STILL trying to buy ActiBlizz. If they can't manage their own, current studios properly then how in the world are they supposed to run a new acquisition? It's pathetic |
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NeoStrayCat
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Yeah, about that, its only PC/Steam. I don't see it happening on PS3/PS4 if they want to break cross-play for those versions, which I don't see ASW doing. |
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notcurlybrace
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oh hi Izuna
always glad to see her nowadays, even if she'll never get another game makes me happy people still remember my OG waifu :') |
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Nate148
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Anne is so cute she hides in a chest. daw also she is the next loc lightening rod because pedos. ugh
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v1cious
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??? I'm pretty sure this game has been out on the Switch Eshop for like a month now. In fact, I just saw it on sale. |
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FinalVentCard
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Right you are, it's the PS5 version that's still incoming. Thank you for the correction! |
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seoulman1985
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Another darling game from Brazil was Chroma Squad, a loving take on tokusatsu that was nearly stomped out by the buzzkills at Saban, to the point that the end all solution was for the game to add "Inspired by Saban's Power Rangers."
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FinalVentCard
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Yes! I can't believe I forgot Chroma Squad! Chroma Squad is particularly important because there's an established Tokusatsu fandom in Brazil; they actually got localized episodes of Kamen Rider and Changeman back in the day. Didn't even have "Power Rangers" branding--it was pure "Super Sentai". This was a dick move from Saban, for sure. |
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Greed1914
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One of the odd reactions I have seen in comments about the Microsoft layoffs is questioning why gaming news sites/channels are focusing on that and not talking much about Amazon or Google. Considering Microsoft is a much bigger player in the gaming industry, and those layoffs have affected development studios specifically, it should be pretty obvious. Plus, Microsoft announced this after spending the last year trying to convince all sorts of regulators to let it spend $69 billion on Activision.
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enurtsol
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Many big tech companies over-hired during the pandemic, in order to meet the needs when so many people suddenly required to work remotely and use tech services
And now that's gone, plus with the Fed wanting to slow inflation by tightening monetary policy, resulting in this current job market correction But the good news is that the US job market (especially tech) has been surprisingly resilient throughout all these global crises the last couple years. Even with the threat of recession, there's still more job openings than people looking for jobs, and the market keeps adding jobs (just not as bullish as before - exactly what the Fed wants). It is indeed a weird situation. Yet that means tech workers would get a good severance package, then find another job within months
Because they let the new acquisitions pretty much run on their own as pre-acquisition. That's the lesson they learned from acquiring Mojang Studio (Minecraft), LinkedIn, and GitHub: "How Minecraft and Mojang taught Xbox how to buy studios - Xbox's new studios: “Things have been almost exactly the same, just without the terror of going out of business” https://www.gamesindustry.biz/how-minecraft-and-mojang-taught-xbox-how-to-buy-studios
That's a big reason the studios agreed to be acquired by Microsoft - that they know Microsoft would leave them alone for the most part (In fact, there's also now some pushback - that Microsoft is too hands-off, that MS needs to crack the whip a little and put some discipline into the studios getting things done on a more timely manner) And that's how it's gonna be with Activision Blizzard. But with the big hope that MS would get rid of Kotick soon afterwards, even if they have to give him a large golden parachute (that's pretty much the only way to finally get rid of Kotick, without that golden parachute, he'd stay as CEO - but what other company can afford to give him a lot of money to simply go away?) and also that they clean up AB's work culture (MS already started that by staying out of the way letting AB workers to unionize, unlike the current AB management. MS' deal with the union only covers AB, but MS still extended the same to Bethesda workers to unionize, even though Bethesda is not part of the deal with union. That's why the workers union is in full support of MS acquiring AB) |
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