toxicitizen

Well, first off I think the hype for Prey 2 is less about the original and more about what they showed a few years ago looking genuinely cool and unique. Then all that shit between Bethesda and Human Head went down and the game was taken away, so obviously now all the little boys and girls want it more than anything else simply because they can't have it. The original Prey wasn't particularly amazing but at the time it was a noteworthy PC game tech-wise. Think Half-Life 2, Doom 3, etc. It looked really good, had some impressive tech for the time and was admittedly a pretty novel concept (indians in space, and Prey 2 was going to be cowboys in space). But beyond that it was your typical early 2000s sci-fi shooter. I only played through it once and thought it was alright but it didn't leave a lasting impression or anything like that. The opening scene is still cool as hell, though. But yeah, if Arkane are indeed still working on whatever became of Prey 2, I honestly hope they're not going to call it Prey 2. When it changed hands, they most certainly rebooted it completely and it might as well just be its own new IP. It's not like the Prey name in and of itself is a major selling point, anyway. If anything, calling it Prey 2 would probably work against it if it ends up being a completely different thing. It's just asking to dig up a controversy from a few years back that mostly died down at this point.

Honestly, when Nintendo said they weren't announcing the NX my excitement kinda died down. Not because I was particularly hyped for it but rather because a new system reveal is always more interesting than just new games. Beyond that, don't really care enough to make predictions. Instead, here's what I'm most hoping to see: The Evil Within 2 announcement Resident Evil 7 announcement something Devil May Cry related (two of the main VA/mo-cap dudes have been known to be working on something together for a little while, DMC5 is the popular theory) finally some official details on PS4K release date for Dragon Quest VII 3DS And, uh, I guess that's about it? Can't really think of anything else. XSEED have already made their E3 announcements, which was one of the main things I was looking forward to. Most things relevant to my interests have either already been announced or are unlikely to be revealed at E3.

Well, it's Cowboy... Anyway, just watched the 20mins vid and I'm on board with it so far. Not sure what all the negativity is about other than "hurr durr ubisoft".

Well, keep in mind this is in CAD dollars, so it's inflated a little bit. Also, it's the cheapest it's been on Steam specifically. It's probably been cheaper elsewhere at some point but that would've been a Uplay key, which, you know, no thanks.

Finally gave in. 20 bucks for the whole thing, so not too bad and it doesn't seem like they're dropping it beyond that anyway. I didn't wanna get it until I was caught up on Assassin's Creed but IGN just leaked that the sequel is coming in November, so I figure at least I can be up to date for that one. Besides, I'm kind of more interested in playing this than AC these days. I'm almost done with Trails of Cold Steel, so I think I'll jump right into this one after.

Gematsu is reporting on a rumor that Wolfenstein: The New Order 2, Prey 2 and The Evil Within 2 could all be announced at E3 by Bethesda. TNO2 is cool and Prey 2 is pretty much guaranteed to no longer be the game we know of so I'll wait until I see it but man, if Evil Within 2 is announced I will lose my shit. The game wasn't perfect but I loved it so much. It's probably my most hoped for title this year, similar to how Dishonored 2 was last year. Really hope there's truth to this one.

Probably due to licensing issues. These things can get pretty tricky in Japan, from what I hear. Just a few months ago, there was a Japanese Steam release whose pre-order bonus went from full to partial soundtrack at the last minute because of such issues. Can't remember which one it was, either Danganronpa or Disgaea. Similarly, the Trails/Kiseki games have all been getting enhanced Vita remakes in Japan with new soundtracks and voice acting. And there's so many different companies involved that it's become a complete clusterfuck of licensing to the point where XSEED have straight up said there's no way they could ever touch them.

Welp, just woke up to an email in my inbox. Game isn't coming out until Feb 14th 2017 in NA. There's a PS4 exclusive Premium Edition, which I kinda want even though it comes with a fucking steelbook. Oh and the PS3 version is still happening.

Oh, good point. Yeah, makes sense not to mention it in a Japan trailer, I guess.

Hell yeah, about time they confirmed this one. FFXII was great! Kinda weird that they're only announcing for PS4, though. We all know it'll inevitably come to PC eventually. Hopefully it won't take 2 fucking years this time, though...

Zero Time Dilemma's store page is up on Steam! Coming out June 29th. If they do like they did with the Danganronpa games, it'll probably be prepurchasable a couple weeks before launch. Really glad the Steam release ended up being essentially day and date with the handheld one. Now I don't have to double dip.

From what I heard, hard mode is just straight up unfair. It sounds like that's an issue with Falcom games in general. It's certainly not meant for a first playthrough, at the very least. I'd just stick to normal if I were you.

Sigh... so much for that Vita copy I never really got around to playing. Probably for the best, though. A fast-paced brawler like this is definitely going to benefit from 60 fps. Hell, even in Trails of Cold Steel the performance often makes me wish I was playing on PC. It's great to have these bigger 3D games on a handheld but the hardware really struggles to run them properly. :/

Whaaaat?! Get back to it, then! I don't know what else you're playing right now but it's probably not as good! You need to finish it so you can at least play SC and be blown away once you realize how much better it is.

Started playing Trails of Cold Steel a few days ago. About 30 hours in now and I'm having a blast with it. It's a Trails game alright. Although the overall structure is different (it actually takes a few pages out of the Persona book), the core gameplay loop is very similar to Trails in the Sky where you explore a town and its surrounding areas and complete various jobs/quests there. Hell, the quests themselves are pretty similar with monster hunts and whatnot. I'm on the 3rd chapter now and still no clue what the main plot is supposed to be about. I'm assuming it'll start to pick up in the next few chapters but this was expected after Trails in the Sky FC. The first game is taking its time to introduce the world and the characters properly and the second game is likely to be where most of the action happens. But holy shit, like I said, 30 hours in so I kind of assumed I was roughly halfway through. Then I pop into the game's OT on NeoGAF and someone informed me that I wasn't even 1/4 of the way through lmao. Some people are even reporting final playtimes of over 100 hours. What the fuck did I get myself into?! This one is going to take a while...

Same name, same avatar.

There's never been an FLD thread. Also, I mostly stay out of OT.

Off the top of my head, I know me, Cowboy and Wally are there. Also Kenshi/SomTervo. Not sure about anyone else.

Kind of but from what I understand it's more of an RPG than just a sandbox block-building game. IIRC, it's set in the same world as the original Dragon Quest and the premise is that the bad guy won and you have to rebuild the kingdom.

Dragon Quest Builders coming west this October on PS4/Vita! Really glad this one is finally confirmed, was a little worried we might not get it since the announcement was taking so long. I'll be there day one... in December for the late Steam release. At least, I hope that's what they'll do like they did with Dragon Quest Heroes. I'd rather avoid getting it on Vita if possible.

It's the only Oddworld game I was still missing and it's currently on sale for like a dollar. I was holding off until they updated it to the HD remaster (or whatever you wanna call it) like they did with Stranger's Wrath a few years ago. It took fucking forever but it looks like the HD update is in open beta now, so I finally grabbed it.

Yeah, there's a button for it, Ethan! See?

Gameplay footage. It's some random youtube dude talking over a short clip but at least you can see the game in action a little bit. edit: Less annoying version of same footage. At least in this one you can hear the sound better and the guy doesn't pause it every 10 seconds.

Yeah, it really sounds like it was rushed to be out in time for the movie. Not too surprising coming from Activision but it sucks since a Platinum-made TMNT game could be so fucking great. They weren't rushed with Transformers and from what I heard that one's pretty damn good. :/