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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.

Don't really have any predictions this year but I do have a few things I'm hoping for. Itsuno's secret project is finally announced to be Devil May Cry 5 That trademark leak turns out to be real and Bethesda announces The Evil Within 2 (this and Wolfenstein 2 are very likely, I think) And, of course, my continued hope for a new Splinter Cell. They revealed Far Cry 5 early, so this has to mean they have more than just the new AC, right?!? I'm also very curious to see what XSEED's E3 line-up will be. They usually announce it the week before the show and with Tokyo Xanadu and Ys VIII both going to other companies I can't really make any guesses. We already know it's coming but I'm not sure if that Senran Kagura Splatoon rip-off was officially announced. Probably that, I guess. Last year they announced a bunch of indie games, which was a little disappointing, so I'm hoping they have at least one or two neat surprises this year.

That's quite the understatement! It looks so good that I'm really tempted to grab their previous games. The graphics are a bit of a turn off but I've heard really good things about them.

Are you sure the quest item you need to find is there? I don't remember any quest that was gated off by the main story like that, at least not off the top of my head. And locked doors and elevators in the abandoned factory definitely sounds like stuff that will eventually open up through the main story.

Yeah, this is likely just a happy accident, I doubt it was intended to be so topical. Besides, this seems to be leaning on the cult angle more than anything else. It's almost like the type of people that would get triggered by this are fucking idiots or something!

FTFY. And yeah, I haven't been all that interested in the series recently but this direction is interesting enough that I might actually jump in. I was pretty much sold right away on the first piece of art they released.

The weird thing is I don't even have anything against NISA. I never had any problems with their work on Disgaea and Danganronpa. If anything, it's Aksys and Tokyo Xanadu we should be worrying about. I know that NISA haven't done anything wrong here but I can't help but feel like they're a bunch of butts for stealing Ys from XSEED. edit: Also, the first part of your post confused the shit out of me lol. When you say "Kiseki", do you mean the series as a whole? The way I'm reading it, it makes more sense if you meant Trails in the Sky, which would be Sora.

We also know that it's releasing on Sept 12 (15 in EU). I'm still apprehensive as to whether or not NISA will do as good of a job as XSEED would have but with a release date it's hard not get hyped as hell. On the other hand, my hype for Cold Steel III diminished a bit due to something I learned recently. They've been showing new characters this week and what I assumed were two new ones are actually people from Zero/Ao. So, it looks like CSIII will tie into Zero/Ao more than the previous games, which means we'll inevitably miss out on some stuff by not having the full picture. Come on XSEED, give Crossbell! ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

Yeah, the thing about Nier is that it has some really cool ideas and does some really neat experimental things with its gameplay but it's just not a very well-made game. I wouldn't recommend going out of your way to play it (unless they bring out a remaster), but it's not like it would be the worst thing in the world to play. Personally I had to drop it halfway through, I just wasn't enjoying it. I get what you mean, though. That story recap spoiled the entire thing and kinda made me want to maybe give it another shot at some point. Maybe if they remaster it and release it on PC...

The two games thing isn't much of a mystery. I think it'll be covered in the recap I linked but basically they're the exact same game except for the protagonist. In the JP PS3 version, he's younger and is the brother of a girl in the game. In the X360 version, he's older (and uglier) and is her father instead. When the time came to localize it for the West, we ended up only getting the father version for both platforms. Probably because the 360 version was made to be more appealing to western players in the first place.