I’d have chose the same. As much as I love Splatoon I very rarely take part in Splatfests just because they’re only playable over a weekend. Why was Springfest a bit different?
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I’d have chose the same. As much as I love Splatoon I very rarely take part in Splatfests just because they’re only playable over a weekend. Why was Springfest a bit different?
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It was a bit different because it had a new mechanic to it. As the matches go on your team started with a small amount of these little pop bombs. Then further into the match you held more. This was on top of the subweapon you already had. So think of grenades that float in the air and pop a little ink around. It changed things up a fair amount. I loved it.
Summer Game Fest? More like Summer SNOOZE fest, am I right gamers?
I miss E3.
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Civ VII announcement is enough for me tbh. Game will be rough until the first or second expansion as usual but I’m really looking forward to the latest installment. The odd number is usually the revolution whereas the even number is the refinement. Be hard to top VI for me. Wild they’ve been churning out (great) content for it for 7 and a half years at this point.
Shame nothing has really filled E3’s void.
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I miss E3 as well but I think the gaming landscape has changed so much that it might not really fit the bill anymore anyway. Games are taking so long to make now for most studios with technology improvements, we already had so many announcements that were made too early with events like E3 in mind so it’d be even worse now. Then you have the increasing popularity of F2P games which often start off in a fairly limited form and over time improve with updates, more content and bigger userbases. At the minute the industry is in a bad place with so many studios being shut down and staff being let go. Microsoft have looked like they’ve been moving towards a point where the Xbox doesn’t have long left despite their acquisitions with their focus on Gamepass and it looking like a huge amount of their IPs are going to other platforms. Nintendo were already favouring doing their own Directs throughout the year before covid put the nail in the coffin of E3, and that has worked really well for them (remember how many underwhelming E3 shows they had?). Sony might be the only one of “the big 3” that it would still work for in a sense but even then you look at their state of play last week and see that the split of ones focusing on smaller/indie releases alongside others focused on major titles is probably best (although I’m still crazily excited for Astro Bot given how good a platformer Playroom is, I adored it when I got my PS5 and restarted it a few weeks ago).
I’ll never forget the Sony E3 show with the The Last Guardian re-reveal and Shenmue III and Final Fantasy Remake announcements because those were enormous and the crowd reactions were incredible, I stayed up late for that by chance (think it only began at 1AM here) but that was a long time ago.
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I kinda miss E3, but I guess it ain´t coming back. I also don´t dislike how it is now.
Did anyone catch Nintendo Direct? Looks like good news for Mario RPG fans.
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Also: holy shit you guys
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Wow @NickRocks would be stoked if he ever stopped by!
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Phantom Blade Zero looks like absolute kino beyond excited for this game
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Alongside Black Myth: Wukong, Wuxia babies are feasting.
Picked up Two Point Hospital for £3. The first level/hospital is exactly the same as the one from Theme Hospital and the quirky humour is everywhere so I’m already in love.
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I got this for Leah I think the year before last? She liked it a lot, although the hectic nature of it after a while became a bit too much for her but she has said she wants to go back to it soon. Interested in the campus one myself, might pick it up some time.
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If it’s anything like Theme Hospital it’ll be manageable,fun and engaging for at least half the levels then it’ll get to a point where there’s so much going on you have to micro manage too much stuff in real time that it becomes a chore / only beatable by cheating money and buying / hiring everything. I’m 100% convinced the original game wasn’t possible to complete by playing legitimately. RTS or not a game this/that quirky shouldn’t get bogged down in minutiae.
Oh man an It’s Always Sunny reference in my new favourite game ever made.
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In between work and the horrors of house renovations, I´ve finally made some progress in FFVII Rebirth. Loved the story part of Cosmo Canyon, the city, the newly added story part and have now just started exploring a bit in Nibelheim. I´ve actually gotten used to all the extra chores. I skip Chadley mostly, and the side quests are often fun to do. Some of the Gongaga ones are so ridiculous they´re funny.
I probably won´t try to get the platinum anytime soon. I´m going to finish the story and start some other games I´ve been meaning to start for months now.
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Not a Maximillian Dood fan but where is NickCocks gone, this is for you wherever you are
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bought mw2 for like 20 bucks on ebay to experience the story. I can see why cod fans didn’t like aspects of mw2. atleast as far as I am currently the game feels like it’s trying to capture the gameplay of ready or not or the older rainbow six games. now I only just got to the sniping mission so we will see.
concurrently I am also making my way through the ps3 MW3 which is bombastic in everyway the og series was. I’m weird glad I never played this story Li e back in the day. now I have the perfect time capsule of that era.
Along with all of this,I’ve nodded my wii to allow close 80 games on it. playing alot of Rhythm Heaven Fever, what a shame I passed on this game back then, now though it’s the perfect group chill game.
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Man, that was such a pointless venture. MW as in the original trilogy was so heavily beloved that you would have to create beyond a phenomenal piece of work and an astounding original story too to attain a good level of appreciation. When the idea of a MW entry set for the PS4 first came up, it was assumed to be an expanded remake (faithful to the original) or a sequel. For it to be neither was truly stupid lmao. No interest personally in playing any of the 3.
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So. How about that Black Myth: Wukong?
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is it as good as everyone is saying? it wasn’t on my radar until like…today lol
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I honestly cannot wait to pick it up come payday. Been waiting for it for what feels like ages now.
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