I haven’t seen it nearly this bad until this year. This is the worst year I’ve ever seen for it, and Hoyo games are by far the worst
Congrats for lasting this far. I quit the anime world years ago when it became clear that that shit was becoming the norm, and 95% of products specifically catered to that demographic.
I seem to remember MS claiming they were opening the "first AAAA dev studio" (The Initiative). Since then, the studio has been radio silent, lost a bunch of talent, and needed help from Crystal Dynamics to work on their first game (Perfect Dark reboot).
If that's the reason, it doesn't paint MS in a good light. Bullying small indie devs out of spite. Especially considering that, after saying that in March, Jyamma spent time and money to release the game on Xbox the same day as the other platforms.
But I honestly doubt it. Corporations are NOT people (even if the law would like to pretend otherwise) and they don't think the same way as people. They don't play favourites, they don't play nice or bully others because they feel like to. They chase money, and that's it. A game releasing on their platform is literally free money. This is just a fuck up on their part. If I had to guess, MS cut jobs and replaced them with AI and left a skeleton crew working on this.
You seem to really love Rockstar games.
Europe is in a very sorry state lately. A lot of far-right parties are gaining ground and/or winning the elections. Italy has elected a far-righr politician, France and Germany are very close to electing one.
I feel like the 2016 US elections have had a profound influence on ours as well. (Not faulting Americans for how the situation evolved, of course; it's our fault in the first place).
The beauty of Final Fantasy is that, with each entry being different from the others, every game of the series ends up resonating differently with different people.
The "best" Final Fantasy varies greatly depending on who you ask, for a combination of factors, including nostalgia and subjective opinions on the different aspects of the game (story, characters, gameplay).
It's what I love about this series. You may play ten games, but the eleventh will still surprise you in some way. Even if I don't like a specific entry, I can still appreciate that they tried something new and unique, and I always look forward to playing the next one.
I started playing during the PS1 era when tank controls were the norm. I have no qualms with tank controls in other kind of games. To use your example, I genuinely think that REmake is a lot better with tank controls; modern controls conflict with fixed camera angles, because you may turn a corner and suddenly left becomes right, and the control scheme is clearly not designed with that in mind.
But in a platform game with very precise platforming sequences, tank controls and unresponsive camera were horrible. It made playing it frustrating to the point that, despite playing it a lot, I never actually finished the game, because I would always give up somewhere through the game. The farthest I went into Croc 2 was the fourth world (still don't know how many there are), and iirc third world in Croc 1. As opposed to Spyro and Crash which I replayed dozens of times from beginning to end.
I won't say that my experience is universal and I can definitely see people enjoying the control scheme, but I gave it a lot more than a fair shake and it never convinced me. I always had the impression that the game was fighting me and genuinely wanted me to fail.
I played the original countless times as a kid! It was a great platformer hindered by the tank controls, which unfortunately led me to prefer Spyro. If there ever was a game in need of a remaster (as opposed to a remake), it's this one. Update the controls, and the game itself is still a lot of fun.
At which point can the market be considered saturated?
Like, I would imagine that there's a finite amount of coomers willing to drop their wallets on skins or PNGs of their favourite waifu.
Honestly, the true ending is nothing to write home about. Sea of Stars is probably one of my favourite JRPG ever, but the entire last arc and both endings were a huge letdown.
Daily reminder that Peter Molyneux is a pathological liar whose only accomplishment has been giving us one of the most brutally accurate piece of gaming journalism to date.
FIRST PIC TRANSCRIPTION:
Dear Pokémon fan game community,
It is with heavy heart that I announce that the Relic Castle website has been taken down following a DMCA takedown notice.
Relic Castle has always been a non-profit, ad-free, tight-knit community and we pride ourselves in what we have achieved. Members have felt at home, made friends, and even careers with us. It is with deep regret that I have to inform you that the forum part of this community, which was to turn 10 years old this year, has had to come to an end. With over 20.000 members and 65.000 posts, Relic Castle was a home to many of us.
The Discord server is not going anywhere, and the site is still visible as an archive using the Wayback Machine.
Thank you all for being with us this last decade, and thank you for making Relic Castle as awesome and life-changing as it has been for some of us.
Sincerely, Marin (Owner) & Andy (Manager)
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FAQ: (will update as we can/want to)
1- The website was backed up and sent to me (Cat) right before it was taken down, so nothing is truly lost.
2- TCPI should not be contacted as it was a third party who is authorized by TCPI to supply DMCAs and looks legitimate to us.
3- The DMCA was on the entire site for using "unauthorized copies of copyrighted material", so different from one game being taken down.
4- What will RC staff do next? Is there a new site or will the Discord be expanded? We don't know right now.
5- Put love into the world today
Also, healing is definitively the strongest quality of the Peace Domain.
