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I remember the PS3 being a laughing stock of a console until 2009 when it started becoming a console worth owning.
It was the Eurogamer review that enticed me, review was in may of 2009 I think. It sounded like the most interesting game I ever heard of. Spent a month trying to get a copy and spent my last 80 euro of my PhD grant on it.
Well worth it!
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Speaking of the PS3, I was doing a cleanout before Christmas and found my receipt for it. 630 jesusing euro. Thinking how i just threw that money around at that age and yeah, living at home, no rent/mortgage, no kids, no responsibilities, ah the good ol' ps3 days :D
As for Demon's's Soul's's, i loved it but found it incredibly hard. Couldn't get past the 3rd level of any world. I only 'figured' out Souls games on my 2nd playthrough of Dark Souls and I got to go back to Demons Souls for another go after Dark Souls 2 & 3, thinking i had it's number and it still kicked my arse. I loved it though, serious sense of accomplishment beating it. The Remake is definitely easier but an incredible remake of an incredible game.
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I think most of it was down to hubris. Sony just off the back of the PS2 thought they could charge whatever. I mean Sony said get a second job if you can't afford it.
Thinking about it though the PS3 did offer a lot of featured the 360 didn't. The 360 base console it was being compared to didn't have a hard disk which became essential to the console and the wifi adapter they charge 80 euros for what was essentially a USB wifi dongle with a bit of drm on it.
It also took a long time for decent games to come to the platform and it didn't help that third party games performed and looked horrible on it for the first couple of years.
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Absolutely incredible Nintendo Direct there. So many games to look forward to and this only covers 6 months.
Highlights for me:
Pikmin 4
People laughed when I said Pikmin 3 is better than Last of Us and I'll stand by it. This looks more of the same but the core of these games is so good and they managed to perfect it with Pikmin 3
Fashion Dreamer
This looks like it could be the next entry in the Style Savvy/Style Boutique series. They look like girly games but they are actually really interesting management sims with some hilarious and brilliantly written dialogue
Ghost Trick
Great to see this game being available again. It was created by the Ace Attorney team and was one of the best DS puzzle games. Probably will be on other platforms
Deca Police
Looks interesting but it's a Level 5 game and well, they made the Ni No Kuni games which are utter shite. Might be good.
Bayonetta Origins
This looks like a really fun action puzzle game with some of the Astral Chain mechanics expanded upon. Looking really good.
Samba de Amigo
One of the all time great rhythm action games on the dreamcast. Had an outing on the Wii which was disappointing due to the imprecise motion controls. Hopefully the better sensors in the Switch controllers mean it's as good as that dreamcast classic
We Love Katamari
The original is one of the best games ever made and this sequel is even better. Should be on other consoles and you would be stupid to not pick it up.
Sea of Stars
Looks promising, again not a console exclusive
Etrian Odyssey Trilogy
Three of the best RPGs in the last 20 years. These games are seriously incredible. They take the dungeon crawling formula and by adding map mapping turn them into one of the best RPG experiences of all time. Incredible games with insanely good soundtracks. So glad to see these games again and I'll probably snap up EO3 as I've yet to finish that one.
Advance Wars 1 + 2
Finally getting a release after the delay last year. Not a whole lot to say but you are getting 2 over the best strategy games off all time in one package.
Kirby
This game was great fun on Wii. The metroidvania bonus game looks like a lot of fun. I'll be picking this up again just for it.
Gameboy and Gameboy Advance games
Decent selection of stone cold classics shown off and on the way.
Metroid Prime
This looked absolutely incredible. Metorid Prime is one of my all time favourite games and I'm so glad more people will get to experience an all time great.
Rain Code
Wouldn't ignore this one because of the anime aesthetics, it's from the team and writer of Dangan Ronpa. Should be another great mystery game as usual from this team. This looks to be not platform exclusive
Baten Kaitos 1+2
I've played the first game and it was very slow to start but a few hours in it comes together and has one of the all time best JRPG battle systems. I've not played origins but it's meant to be even better. The pre-rendered backgrounds in the original looked amazing but seem to be AI upscaled here which is a shame.
Layton
I can take or leave this series.
Zelda
Looks incredible. Getting major Majora's Mask vibes from this. I'm wondering now if this is going to take a massive gameplay departure from BotW like MM took from OoT
Frankly if you didn't see anything there to get excited about you either don't like videogames or need to check your pulse.
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The original art director is complaining on twitter they messed up the alpha on the doors as he put a huge amount of work into getting them right. He does clarify that he thinks overall it's a stunning conversion and nothing a patch wouldn't fix. The original game looked incredible but it's very obvious from the trailer that the environment detail has been increased massively and the models are a big improvement.
I could hear the phendrana drifts music when watching that trailer last night. I'm so jealous of people that are getting to experience the game for the first time.
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There was talk of a remastered mp4 logo at this direct.
Could well be setting up for a 2023 q4 release with this remaster. Apparently this remaster has been oven ready for a long while and sitting ready for a release.
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I've not been keeping close track of it but it does seem to be set in the same world a couple of years on, so the same map and added sky areas. I've a feeling this is going to be a Majora's Mask/Link between worlds type Zelda with a very similar structure to BotW but some additions that make the game loop wildly different.
I'll die on the hill that says BotW weapon degradation is great and makes the combat interesting. Just ignore your weapon hoarding anxiety and use what weapons you have at hand. They game doles out more weapons than you ever need to use or can pick up. If you think nintendo added weapon degradation to the game with out fully testing it and exploring it and then deciding, yes, this addition improves the combat so much that we are including it, doesn't know how nintendo operate. I really believe the combat would be far less interesting without it.
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It's a hard thing to let go of and recognise that it is a problem for some people. I blame resident evil and being so careful with item and consumable use. But how many FF games have you gotten to the end of with an inventory full to the brim of megaelixirs and other brokenly powerful items because 'you never know when I might need this'. I think Zelda probably needed a disclaimer 'weapon management will never be an issue, go wild'.
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Which would be valid if there wasn't an absolute butt load of weapons and all weapon type came in a vast array of types and varieties. It wasn't really a game like D&D where you pick a weapon class and stick with it. Haven't got a spear? Take out an axe. Hell you also had powers to experiment with.
What I don't get about the complaints was that you always had something in your pocket to take out and use, you were never defenseless (although the weapon degradation was balanced in a way to make it feel like you were in the same way Resi 4 built consumable tension).
Honestly I think we are always going to go around in circles in this. While I think that it did enrich the combat in the game I think it might have been better communicated with the player that holding on to weapons is going to negatively affect playing. I mean you really should be making use of the very satisfying mechanic of throwing your weapon when it's about to break to get a massive increase in damage if it connects.
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Do you remember when the older souls bournes games had weapon degradation? And how on PC at 60 FPS weapon durability was doubled.... and From never fixed it.
Now that was weapon degradation worth being annoyed with.
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It's insane to think that it was a 1993 game. It's pretty much Dreamcast level graphics and the DC didn't come out until 1998. I mean it had bilinear filtered texture mapping, first game ever to use it, and ran at 60 FPS. In 1993 we were all mostly playing Aladdin on the SNES and Megadrive, maybe muddling with early 3D on a 386 or 486 machine, maybe a 3DO or jaguar if you were unfortunate.
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