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An inexperienced assassin could botch it and just end up really injuring/paralyzing someone! Probably...

Yeah, it's pretty cool that it's coming to PC. I only tried a demo for one of the PSP games and didn't really get it but I'd be willing to give it another shot. Monster Hunter is one of those series that's not insanely popular but the people that are into it seem to be really into it. It just ends up making me super curious because it kinda feels like I'm missing out on something. Same reason I'm curious about Ace Combat 7.

Yeah, that's really dumb. People need to learn some damn patience. If they have something that's ready to be shown, they should show it regardless of how far off the actual game is. Just don't go full retard and start showing concept art and tech demos like EA and Square-Enix did last year. Sometimes I like knowing that a game exists ahead of time. Like, it's cool that Evil Within 2 is coming in just 4 months but I would've been fine waiting a year or longer instead of having to wonder if the IP was dead.

I was hoping for at least one major new game reveal or something. Days Gone, Lost Legacy, God of War and Spider-Man all looked cool but we already knew about all of them and none of the gameplay really blew me away. Detroit looks kinda meh and I'm not really a Monster Hunter fan, so that one did nothing for me. I'm not saying it was awful, Sony are just the ones I usually have the highest expectations from. This has been a pretty good E3 so far, all things considered.

That was kind of underwhelming from Sony. Can't win every year, I guess. Also, am I the only one confused as to why they're remaking Shadow of the Colossus? It just seems... unnecessary.

Meh, they didn't really have a whole lot that I'm all that excited for and they failed to announce a new Splinter Cell. PC Gaming Show was the best one for me, by far. They finally have a normal format like the other conferences and they showed way more stuff that I'm interested in.

Expansion is called War of the Chosen, coming August 29. They claim it's their biggest expansion yet but it's not entirely clear if they mean out of all their games or just compared to Enemy Within (which they specifically said this is twice the size of).

Damn, I really hope that toy space game isn't the only project Ubisoft Toronto are working on. If this is Clint Hocking's game and they don't announce anything again this year, I think I'm gonna have to give up on Splinter Cell.

I KNOW, RIGHT?!?

So, the Devolver conference is pretty much the best conference ever.

Yeah, I meant when it came out. Evil Within was way better than RE5, RE6 and the Revelations games. Not sure about RE7, to be honest. I might actually like TEW more, I'd need to replay it to be sure.

Obviously it did well enough to get a sequel. Say what you will about them but I love how Bethesda isn't as eager to kill new IPs as other publishers. Nah, it was better than that. I mean, how could it be the "poor man's RE" when it was made by the same dude and was better than pretty much ever single RE in over a decade? Plus, I feel it's even more welcome now that RE has moved away from that kind of gameplay.

Awww yeah! Someone pushed a button early it seems.

PlatinumGames are very similar to FromSoftware where they excel at a very specific type of games and your view of them largely depends on whether you like those or not. Also I guess they both dislike having spaces in their names. If you didn't care for Bayonetta (which is objectively one of the best action games of all time!!), then you probably won't see anything special in W101, no. You say that as if tacky headphones aren't a thing that actually exist. And that still looks massively better than anything in Andromeda. You can keep them! Hell, you can have both of them! I'll trade you my Bioware for Klei any time.

Bioware hasn't made a game I've wanted to play since Mass Effect 3, and even that one was just to finish the trilogy. Platinum was just the first example that came to mind of a dev I'd actually care about. Besides, your list is a bit off. Transformers Devastation was fine and, from what I've heard, Wonderful 101 is easily one of their best games. They've had some stinkers but those were almost all rushed licensed games or suffered from publisher meddling. What's Bioware's excuse? @TheMightyEthan Just want to be clear I'm only liking the first half of your comment!

Honestly, if Microsoft are gonna keep buying third-party exclusives, a present day Bioware game would be one of the least upsetting scenarios imaginable. I'll gladly sacrifice them on that particular altar over a studio like Platinum.

Holy shit, Arc System Works are making a 2D Dragon Ball Z fighting game! Seems to be done in the same "fake 2D" style as Guilty Gear Xrd, which is absolutely fantastic! I'm not the biggest fighting game fan there is but I fucking love DBZ and if I have a favorite fighting game dev, it's definitely ASW. So, this is pretty much the dream game I never realized I wanted! If I can't get Persona 4 Arena on Steam (get fucked, Atlus!), then this is a very welcome substitute.

Seems like XCOM 2 might finally be getting an expansion. Hopefully they follow up on that tease from the end of the game and it's an ocean-themed Terror From the Deep kinda deal.

I've been kinda stuck in-between games this week. Tried a few things but nothing really grabbed me and there's nothing on my backlog that I particularly feel like starting right now, so I spent the last few nights catching up on movies instead. Keanu I marathoned all five seasons of Key & Peele about a month ago, so watching this seemed like the logical conclusion to that. It's basically an extended skit from the show, so it's a pretty good comedy if you were a fan. I don't know how well this one did but I really hope they'll keep making movies as a duo. I love these guys. Get Out Probably the best one of the bunch. I had heard really good things about it when it first came out and it did not disappoint. It's not a perfect movie by any means and the trailer gave way too much away but it's just really effective at what it does. It does a pretty good job of putting you in the main character's shoes and making you feel as uncomfortable as he is. 10 Cloverfield Lane I enjoyed the original Cloverfield when it first came out and actually rewatched it not long ago in preparation for this. It wasn't quite what I expected but I really enjoyed it. Split I was unfortunately spoiled one element of this one, you know the one. It actually increased my interest in watching it, and what I assumed would be the climax of the movie turned out to be more of an easter egg, but it definitely affected how I perceived the movie the entire time. What would've been kind of a WTF third act and cool reveal became more of a "Yeah, seems about right." I still loved it but I can't help but really wish I hadn't been spoiled. So, that was a fun few nights. Haven't been watching movies as much in recent years, so whenever I get in the mood I usually have a few great ones to pick from. Think I might do Doctor Strange and Star Trek Beyond tonight.

I'm so torn about those fan translations. Trails is definitely a series that would suffer from a subpar translation. I don't think I wanna touch those and I'm not sure I want XSEED to, either. Besides, they tend to over-edit the games so much (I mean, they're still making the occasional tweaks to FC's script) that it might actually end up taking longer if the fan translation is dodgy. But you raise an interesting point. I assumed that with Cold Steel III releasing in September, XSEED will promptly get to work on it and we'll get it late 2018. But it will be the first Trails game to get localized right at launch, so we don't have anything to compare to in terms of how long it should take. It very well could be a 2019 release. This might actually be the longest period without a Trails release we've seen since SC's launch. XSEED have really been spoiling us in that regard lol. At least we'll have the Cold Steel ports to keep us busy until then...

XSEED are localizing Falcom's Zwei II Plus for PC. Coming out this summer as Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection. Not sure what made them choose it or why they're skipping the first one but the main thing I'm noticing here is that it's not a game set in Crossbell! What the hell?!!! Seriously, though, looks like it could be alright. Although it kinda reminds me of Gurumin, which I wasn't crazy about.

That looks like an interesting concept but when I look at it I can't help but feel like it would benefit from some Vanillaware-style 2D art. Cool that they're announcing a PC version right away, though. It's definitely on my radar now.

Yep. My guess is that the morons at Square-Enix couldn't leave it alone and had to cash in on the first season's success. Hopefully that means that Dontnod are indeed making something new. I really hope we're not getting a prequel and a sequel. The first season worked as its own thing, I don't need or want more of it...

So, yesterday there was news that the Pain developers (that shitty PS3 game) had rebranded to Deck Nine and were working on a new narrative-driven game in a critically-acclaimed franchise from a AAA publisher. Well, if this leak is to be believed, it's apparently a Life is Strange prequel focusing on Chloe and Rachel. Because I guess someone thought that was a good idea. There's screenshots and everything, so it seems at least somewhat believable. I... can't say I feel like this needed to exist. If we're getting this then I really hope Dontnod's season 2 is going to be something completely new.