Mister Jack

Alright, now I've ACTUALLY beaten Kingdom Hearts 3. The first question I'm sure most people would ask is "did it live up to the hype?" Honestly, how could anything live up to 13 years of hype? That's not to say I'm disappointed in the game. I thought it was great. I just realize that a lot of people probably either expect absolute perfection from this game or they're smugly waiting to gloat about how it didn't live up. I, on the other hand, wanted nothing more than a great game and that's what I got. All the loose threads from the clusterfuck of a story are finally wrapped up and the final confrontation that's been building up for over a decade now did not disappoint. Square had to have been well aware of just how high people's expectations were because the last few hours are absolute balls to the wall insanity like what you'd expect from the climax of Nier: Automata or the Infinity War movie. Some great improvements were made to the battle system, picking out the best bits from previous games while also adding some new stuff on top of it that makes literally every fight as flashy as you want it to be or not to be. So what's not so great? Well, not much. The pacing is sometimes a little uneven, but it didn't bother me too much. The camera occasionally becomes an issue, but it's not a constant problem and it's usually fixed easily. Something else that bears mentioning is that barring some quick recap movies in the main menu, this game doesn't even pretend to care about players who haven't gone through the other games first. When I said it wraps up the loose ends, I mean aaaaaall the loose ends from almost 20 years in this series. If you haven't been keeping up then the game says "fuck you, you had your chance." Outside of a few brief conversations here and there where characters reminisce on past events, the game does not care if you're new. At all. I've played all the games though so thankfully this didn't both me, but I'm sure there are some PS4 and Xbox players out there who would try to start with this as their first game in the series and I would advise against it. The gameplay is still fun, but when you have no idea what's even happening it can damper your enjoyment.

I'm sure the tone deaf response from the administration doesn't inspire much confidence in the third paycheck either. "Work something out with your grocery store." "Ask to do chores in lieu of rent." "Just get a loan." If you're a government employee, I can only imagine how terrifying it must be to hear that.

"Ye gods! A government shutdown! My luncheon is ruined! But what if...I were to purchase fast food and disguise it as a White House banquet? Ho ho ho...Delightfully devilish, Donald..."

Son of a bitch, I gotta start double checking the thread titles

I usually don't buy two games at the same time anymore because I tend to let one of them fall by the wayside, but there is no way that's going to happen here.

I mean, does anyone expect that to actually stick?

They laughed when I bought the PS Move, but WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?! Also, PSVR has sold at least 3 million headsets so far.

I think it was built in Nebraska, so maybe?

My laptop is doing something scary. Every now and then when I turn it on, a purple, sometimes greenish tint starts to slowly raise up from the bottom of the monitor until it covers the whole screen. It's a rare occurrence, and it goes away if I shut everything down and do it again, but the fact it happens at all is alarming. Anyone else ever seen something like this? It's gotta be hardware related but that pisses me off. This laptop isn't that old, but it's old enough to be out of warranty.

VR responsibly, kids.

If I have to fashion a guess from this, it's that the PC ports will be the original games and the updated re-releases will remain console exclusive.

Depends on the company. Atlus games are pretty much unheard of, so if this is true it's huge because it means Persona ports are possible.

@Baconrath I really REALLY hate the gacha system, even if it doesn't use real money, and I say this as someone who already got several rare blades from it. If it weren't for that and the fact you have to have certain blades in your party to use field skills, the game would be a 9/10 for me instead of an 8/10.

Man, that's what really pisses me off about the Playstation Classic. In theory, it's something I'd love to own and even hoped for, but they bungled it so badly that we would have been better off with nothing at all. At least then we'd still have the potential for a decent classic console at some point in the future. Now those hopes are completely dashed. Whose idiotic idea was it to put PAL roms on the thing? No dualshocks which means no Ape Escape. Plus there's no Castlevania, no Klonoa, no Brave Fencer Musashi, no Tomba, no Legend of Dragoon, no Tomb Raider, no Suikoden II, no Parappa, no Silent Hill, no Final Fantasy Tactics, no Tony Hawk. I mean, what the hell were they thinking? I know they'd have to pay for licenses, but you gotta spend money to make money, bruh. I'm not saying they'd need to have ALL of those games, but they should have had at least a few of them because the lineup they actually have is pathetic. No wonder the thing is flopping hard.

A bunch of artists got together to remake Steamboat Willie. It was shown back in August at a convention but this is the first time I've seen it floating around. I don't know why the video is 22 minutes long but the actual short is only around six minutes long.

God, I hate internet lists that divide the entries up onto 20 different pages, forcing you to click each one individually. I know what you're doing, you motherfuckers, and it doesn't matter because I use uBlock so you can all KISS MY DICK.

Atlus has registered a P5R.jp domain. Could be nothing, since companies do this sort of thing all the time just to deter squatters, but it's worth keeping an eye on. In other news, this might be the only time Sakurai has ever shown genuine happiness on camera.

I'd wait, personally. The hacking is still a work in progress and I'm willing to bet they'll slash the price even more before too long.